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With such a significant storm. but you know, obviously this is a pivotal day. people need to be making preparations and following orders today. the storm is likely to begin being felt this evening and certainly over the course of the day those of us who don't live in potentially affected areas will be sending our prayers to those who are potentially in harm's way, but people should take confidence from knowing that federal officials have been working very effectively with officials at the state and local level to prepare in advance of this storm. we have developed an expertise and we intend to...

You need to leave. evac wait, evacuate, evacuate. >> reporter: after pummelling the bahamas, matthew is expected to gain strength with gusts up to 165 miles per hour when it strikes the sunshine state. more than 2 million people are currently in evacuation zones. highways headed inland are clogged while national guard convoys are moving in, 3500 members have been activated. >> what are you going to do? it's just mother nature. not a thing you can do. i'm going to -- i'll err on the side of caution as opposed to watch it blow away. i'm not dorothy. >> reporter: airlines have canceled more tha...

He's very concerned about this massive storm, that it's approaching the florida coast. he's even added 1,000 -- activated 1,000 more members of the national guard to help with evacuations to make sure everybody is out and in a safe area. making no bones about it, he said this is a killer, killer storm. i will take a break. is that ice-t? nope, it's lemonade. is that ice-t? lemonade. ice-t? what's with these people, man? lemonade, read the sign. lemonade. read it. ok. delicious. ice-t at a lemonade stand? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money marin saved by switching to geico. yo, i...

>> welcome to you. >> you must be so busy and i do appreciate your taking the time. your city, your town is under a mandatory evacuation. have people obeyed the orders? >> many people have left and i would just like to reiterate what our governor said, which is this storm will kill you. on my way into the emergency operations center, i spoke with a gentleman and he stopped to see if i needed help, which i did not, but i say so are you planning to leave. he said no, he was not, that he has just finished his shed, his workshop, he has $50,000 worth of tools and he's planning to stay. i was not a...

Week so it certainly is not outside the realm of possibility it could change once again. we want to encourage people to stay up to date on that. but what we did learn overnight is that it's likely that the storm could strengthen further before making landfall and that obviously is deeply concerning. we want people to be prepared. the last thing i would say about this is there are those who doubt the intensity or severity of the storm, they need only look at the images that are coming back from haiti. it's clear the storm had rather significant impact in haiti and that is pretty good evidence o...