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In the face. that's when another waitress with a concealed carry permit pull out a handgun and points it at him. suspect ends up leaving the restaurant. police are searching for him. the victim is reportedly back to work. okay, we understood the technical difficulties have been ironed out. back to phil keating live in san juan. hey, phil. reporter: hey, mike. friday and saturday's hurricane beryl is now tropical storm beryl, no longer either. official parlance of the national hurricane center it is remnants of beryl and what is barreling through the island chains, specifically the island of ...

A little bit. i was flying to texas yesterday to help in houston. at the last minute i got a call back saying we need you here. i was here for andrew. we've kind of seen this before. we don't want this thing coming this way, that's for sure, you know? >> reporter: scared? >> yeah. i am. >> reporter: all florida keys residents must evacuate all of the island chains from key west by 7:00 p.m. tonight. broward county needs to do a mandatory evacuation. 4 p.m. today miami dade county, city and county leaders will have a briefing and they may institute mandatory evacuations for the beach communitie...

Warning. so are the bahamas, d.r., cuba, the virgin islands and other island chains. the so-called spaghetti strands of the various forecast models seem to suggest a u.s. impact friday night into saturday. and then, a turn to the north. that's why, tonight, a state of emergency is in effect in florida. home to 20 million people the everyone in florida is in the threat zone. there are lines for gas. some stores started selling out of supplies this past weekend. evacuations are under way in the florida keys, which can be a two-day to three-day process. they've suspended highway tolls to help spe...

Turks and kay cos and other island chains. the so-called spaghetti strands seem to suggest a u.s. impact friday night into saturday, then a turn to the north. that's why tonight a state of emergency is in effect in florida, home to 20 million people. everyone in florida is in the threat zone. there are already lines for gas, some stores started selling out of supplies this past weekend. evacuations are under way in the florida keys which can be a two to three day process. they've suspended highway tolls to help speed traffic. the keys remember stretch for 125 miles and there's one road out wit...

Anybody else in the path? >> new zealand and i just want to orient you and here is australia. it's a island chain here and these tiny islands that are vulnerable to these cyclones here. some areas can with stand them, but when you talk about a cyclone that's reached intensity and equivalent to a category five, we're talking about significant damage here. some of the description across the islands and the initial look at it has been devastating here. vila took a direct hit and that's a capital city of the island chains here. 155 miles an hour and it's still holding together. the good news is th...