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like a freight train. we re seeing record-breaking and terrifying storm surges throughout florida and ft. myers, the water is so high pickup trucks are almost completely submerged. water levels have risen more than 6 feet in the last switch ho seven hours. let s get to tom sater in the cnn weather center. an updated forecast should come any minute now. what should we expect? it was just handed to me. forgive me for reading off. we still have a category 4 hurricane and five miles east of punta gorda. it will stay at hurricane strength through orlando. this will rake the entire peninsula. we had grove city a gust of 128. when we talk about the southern kind here, a better picture on radar will give an indication what we re looking at. here is the new track. keeps it as a 4 of course now moving inland but notice it s a category one. it will lose strength now that it s interacting with a land mass. that s typical. however, the winds have expanded now as these storms do. ....
Currently located now. this storm hasn t weakened just yet even though we ve had increate mental decreases in the wind. i m still feeling maximum, maximum hurricane force, the violent waves of energy that continue to come through here. i mean, if i can summarize it, this is the best way i can do it. i have a 4-year-old son that loves car washes. this reminds me of walking through a car wash or literally driving through your car wash and rolling your windows down. my son would understand that comparison but literally, it s just spraying you in the face almost stinging as it does and i can t imagine anyone who decided to ride this out, what they must be thinking at this moment in time. my producer has friends in the area here, closer to ft. myers that decided to ride the storm out and in my mind, i was thinking, jake, you know, if there is one family who decided ....
I mean, we have to be able to demonstrate what we are prepared to do, what we will do, what we have done and call the rest of the world to account. let me ask you about that. the united states is projected to be a net energy exporter by next year largely because of crude oil and natural gas. should the u.s. ban fossil fuel exports as some other candidates are calling for? i think we should in fact depending on what it is they are exporting for what they are replacing. everything is increate mental. you talked about transportation. i ve been pushing for mass transit and rail. we can take millions of vehicles off the road if we have high-speed rail. i ve been the champion of that for 25 years. we know where we can do that. it would take millions of vehicles off the road. but you have to have a rail system that makes people say if i get on that rail, i will get there as fast as i would have gotten had i driven and i can ....