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Evacuated two hospitals in miami and the hurricane turned south and hit a hospital we had evacuated. we had 154 patients and all the windows blew in because of andrew so we are going to do everything we can to evacuate the right facilities. just remember, this storm can change on a moment's notice. last night i requested president obama to declare a emergency declaration in 26 counties. i have also requested direct federal assistance to meet pre-landfall critical emergency needs of our communities. this includes resources from the federal government including food, water and tarps. that's what...

Those are going to be be inherently destructive. if it moves 20 miles, literally, off east, off the coast, then you could have a very different scenario. they say they're prepared. you never know until the time comes. >> chris cuomo, thanks so much. stay safe. gin joining me on the phone is florida senator marco rubio. thanks for joining us. what are you most concerned about right now in your state? >> we're most concerned about two things. number one is people not heeding evacuation orders especially in low lying areas near the coast and in mobile homes which are not build to withstand any st...

State and up the coast you have north carolina and south carolina both in action at home. those schools say they are monitoring the storm and they will move the game if necessary. the nfl also keeping an eye on matthew. the dolphins are scheduled to host the titans on sunday afternoon and the hurricane could possibly hit north carolina saturday. nascar officials hoping that doesn't affect their race on sunday in charlotte. elsewhere in the sports world madison bumgardner absolutely dominated the mets last night pitching a complete game shutout. he's the only pitcher in baseball history to th...

Of fear all along the southeast coast. we are awaiting the florida governor, rick scott, to hold a news conference at any moment but he has urged people all morning long if you live in those evacuation sites, get out. the storm will become so much more dangerous later tonight and into the morning that rescue workers will not be able to get to you. if you are taking a flight to florida, forget about it. more than 1300 flights have already been canceled at florida airports. it's just in a complete stall right now. traffic is probably terrible all along up and down the florida coast from jacksonv...

Coming, you know. we feel it's not going to be a direct hit, but our message has always been the same. we prepare with three days of water, and food, and we gas up our vehicles and we shutter up our property and then, you know, we don't have any evacuation orders, we have asked that folks that live in mobile homes to voluntarily evacuate to shelters. we have opened up shelters with capacity of about 1,000 people. we have about 300 people that have taken advantage of that. the way that this storm appears to be heading, it's going to be brushing us with tropical storm force winds and so we will ...