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Our cnn meteorologist explains. >> hurricane matthew is likely to have a devastating economic impact on florida and u.s. look at the interstate system. this is interstate i-95. the main highway of the east coast of the united states, tremendous amount of goods flow up and down this corridor. let's start here in miami. the fourth largest urban area in the. united states. it's got the number one cruise passenger port in the world. now let's move up to ft. lauderdale known for its boating canals. the yachting industry is worth nearly $12 million and it's got one of the worlda's 50ist busiet airpo...

Lot of that stuff that will dry out and be fine or do you think you're going to have large-scale rebuilding to have to do? >> most of what you saw across the world in the media today was the interstate system, and that -- most of it is completely drivable right now. we have -- the first thing we did, more than 750 cars, getting them off and getting the roads open, getting mud off the roads and it's fine. we will do a critical infrastructure assessment tomorrow morning. bridge by bridge. overpass by overpass. to make sure that nothing was undermined. our -- it is unusual, however, for there to ...

It had to take a different path because of a thunderstorm? >> there was an area of thunderstorm activity down here. that's the normal area that the flight takes. i've gone back a month and the flight is always farther south than where it was. the lines on this map of europe are like the interstate system on the ground for us in the u.s. a plane will fly from one way point to the next, not even going straight all the time but the corridors that the planes fly in. it's not chaos up there. it's actually in the line. you're going right behind a plane that just went in front of you, maybe a half ho...

Employer health care, and looking at the $11 billion. i am not saying it is not a lot of money, but it is not anywhere near. and who among us is going to say, here, take my subsidy back. >> gary b, what do you say? >> well, the bigger issue is that once again we have faith that the government can somehow run an efficient program. it can't whether it social security, the v.a. hospital or for crying out loud, the interstate system or the landing on the moon and you can argue whether they were successes or failures but the fact of the matter is that the government says that a dollar is going to s...

Some of our elevated entrances and exits off of our interstate system. that will be their primary focus as they prepare for the rest of the week. the individuals who have concerns about their vehicles, we have agreed that the most appropriate thing for them to do would be to call the 511 number. it will be a coordinated effort between the state patrol and the department of transportation. and they will be able to give individuals appropriate answers in the event after the 9:00 deadline in the event their vehicle has been removed as to where they can go and where those vehicles will be located....