Look into whether that is a possibility here. again, it s a new news story. i just read it quickly. we need to understand what was involved in that effort because there is the possibility of foreign money, resources going into a u.s. campaign. congressman jim himes, thanks as usual for joining us. thanks, wolf. let s get more on the breaking news. we re following hurricane irma. our meteorologist tom sater. what is the latest? well, let s back up and we can let everyone know what the latest is by looking at the destruction that we re getting reports from from the islands of barbuda and st. maarten. prime minister from barbuda saying that the island is barely habitable. the french foreign minister in st. maarten is saying now the four largest buildings on the island are completely destroyed. most of the buildings are partially or completely destroyed. we have not heard yet from
Path within next day. the category 5 storm devastating the island of st. maarten. officials terrified by the damage they might see when pictures come in. puerto rico could be next. at whole foods market, we believe in food that s naturally beautiful, fresh and nutritious. so there are no artificial colors, no artificial flavors, no artificial preservatives in any of the food we sell. we believe in real food. whole foods market. stay with me, mr. parker. when a critical patient is far from the hospital, the hospital must come to the patient. stay with me, mr. parker. the at&t network is helping first responders connect with medical teams in near real time.
Harbor, this is st. john in the virgin islands. the wind so strong, knocked the coconuts out of the trees. look closely. you can see them on the ground. in addition when it goes to the bahamas, they believe the southern islands of the bahamas are in the worst shape. a lot of people in the southern island chain being evacuated up to nassau. trace gallagher has more. hey, trace. hey, shep. a cluster of islands there. it appears those on the clean side of the storm escaped it. i want to show you st. maarten, a population of about 75,000. it appears to have be hit the hardest. the french ministry says four of the government buildings on st. maarten that are built well have been badly damaged. many of those islands are recording winds upwards of 180 miles per hour. antigua appears to have dodged a
Now, irma has been churning with winds over 180 miles per hour. that is incredible. we are running out of adjectives to describe this monster. already we are seeing the center about 50 miles now from san juan. it is not expected to make a direct hit in puerto rico, as we talked about last night, but conditions are falling apart quickly. the worst winds, the worst storm surge, the greatest strength is that northeastern quadrant. therefore there have been evacuations in the turks and caicos and the southeast bahama islands. as we back up, at 1:00 in the morning we had a wind gust in the island of barbuda 155 miles per hour, and the instrumentation broke. so, we just don t know how strong. we have no communication from that island as well as st. maarten, or anguilla. month power most likely. we have heard from france s foreign minister that on the island of st. maarten, the four largest buildings are destroyed. they believe that most of the old buildings are either completely destroyed or partially destroyed.
Water could cover your house. so i want everybody to understand the importance of this. this is bigger than andrew. andrew, we just had the 25th anniversary. this is bigger than andrew. it will have more storm surge than andrew. it sure looks like it s going to barrel right down the middle of the state of florida. bigger than andrew. let s check the forecast. the storm s track from wnbc s steve sosna. steve, give me the latest. when i look at those images behind you, they don t look good. stephanie, this is still a very, very powerful hurricane. 185 are the sustained winds, category 5. we ve seen those images coming out of st. maarten and it s absolutely devastating. one of the definitions of catastrophic is an area will be uninhabitable for weeks and/or months. for some of these islands that s what we ll be seeing. there has been a little bit of a shift to the east now and we ll have to see if this is a trend or if this will stop here, but
Tax reform. finding the money for harvey relief. the president puts everything on the house and senate s to-do list and he says he ll revisit the d.r.e.a.m.ers program if congress does nothing. i have a love for these people and hopefully now congress will be able to help them and do it properly. meanwhile, thousands of protesters are focused on the d.r.e.a. d.r.e.a.m.er decision. we ll speak to an attorney leading the case. immigrants are welcome here. we ve got to begin this morning with the monster hurricane irma headed our way, a category 5 storm as it tears across the caribbean right now on a path toward florida. this right now on your screen is st. maarten. within the past hours, that is what it looks like when a cat 5 hits. florida governor rick scott is moments away from holding a news conference with the latest on
Losing her grip on this famous fence close to the end of a runway in st. maarten. authorities say she was there to feel the jet blast that can reach 100 miles an hour when these planes take off. the compulsion pushed her backwards, she tripped, fell and as a result of the impact, she was wounded fatally. reporter: a witness recording the desperate attempts to revive her. the islands beckons tourists with the sand so close. several people have been hurt over the years, including this similar incident in 2012, when a tourist was thrown into the same retaining wall. i think that sometimes there s a situation where some people might not be aware of the power that the engines might have. reporter: it s not illegal, but numerous warning signs are posted along this road. david, authorities say the woman killed was there with her husband, and it wasn t their first time on the island, david. kayna whitworth. kayna, thank you. when we come back tonight, what we have learned about a
Demands, they were refused. out of honduras where five syrian nationals are being held. authorities say they attempted to make it to the u.s. with stolen greek passports. we have cnn s alina machado live in miami. this story hits the buzzwords, alina. syria, the u.s., make passports. what s the latest? reporter: yes, the five men were intercepted in the capital of honduras after authorities there say they had traveled through five countries including lebanon, turkey and brazil. the men were stopped for using fake greek passports. interpol involved in tracking the men. but we still don t know why these men were being tracked. authorities in honduras believe the men were heading to the united states likely to travel by land from guatemala through mexico before crossing into the border into the united states. three were also detained in the caribbean island of st. maarten,
Turkey, brazil, argentina and costa rica before intercepted yesterday. they were all using fake greek passports to travel. now a spokesperson for the honduran police investigation unit believes that the men were heading to the united states likely planning to travel by land through guatemala and mexico before crossing into the u.s. earlier this week, authorities in the caribbean island of st. maarten detained three other syrians also traveling with fake greek passports. so far, though, none of these incidents have been linked to terrorism. but comes after concerns that one terrorist may have used of sea of refugees fleeing into europe as a cover for his travel. several governors in the u.s. have expressed concerns over accepting refugees in their states. and republican candidate donald trump had this to say about the refugee crisis last night. we can t take a chance on isis. it could be the great trojan horse. we cannot take a chance that some of these people coming in are isis.
The storm moved into louisiana, caused the same type of damage there. lots of stranded cars and roads flooded. again, the water is receding now. the rain has stopped and all is well here in texas. leah, back to you. thanks, dan. the controversial black bear hunt ending after two days. calling it off after 295 bears were killed. the limit, 320 bears. the hunt was supposed to last all week. the controversial bear hunt was the state s first bear hunt in 21 years. the commission hopes that it would help control population and stop an upswing in bear attacks. check this out. incredible video of a plane flying just above a cameraman. whoa. this video shows a jet taking off from princess julianna airport in st. maarten. the belly of the plane and the landing gather hovering above