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Commentator, legal commentator. he's a very conservative guy. he looks the part. he's an ex-university of iowa football player, big tough-looking guy. and we understand that's part of what is appealing to him, to trump. but he's not a name that people in connected d.c. legal circles would probably though. and he's really a behind-the-scenes guy as jeff sessions' chief of staff. >> we have a shot of him, in fact behind the attorney general. mark, thank you for your reporting tonight. thank you very much for joining us by telephone. matt zapotosky. forgive me. thank you so much. this is the late...

To three degrees fahrenheit warmer. so that allowed michael to stay much stronger than it normally would have as it approached the coast. >> all these and more reasons why michael now takes its place in hurricane history, certainly where the state of florida is concerned. mark demaria, thank you very much for being with us from the national hurricane center in miami. we will continue to follow the latest on this history-making storm and the path it continues on tonight. but first some new reporting to get to from the "washington post" that once again seems to put jeff sessions' name and job in...

>> i'm joined mark demaria. why did the storm get so bad so quickly as it approached the panhandle there? >> the water in the gulf of mexico was particularly warm. although it was not so ab-new york, a lot of times the ocean can maintain its heat well into october, even into early november. >> what have we seen in terms of storm surge and inland coastal flooding on top of the sea level rise eave already got? >> it takes awhile to sort out the storm surge. we need to sent surveyor in there. there's not a lot of instrumentation in there. that will be sorted out over the week. we have storm surge...

Go out, emergency responders can't go out once winds reach a certain limit. it's about 35 miles an hour. so they said they're not sending anybody out for this area. they will start going out once they slow down. but they said they're getting inundated right now. they're actually putting out a call for atvs because they're so worried that they're not going to be able to get out because so many trees are down right now in this area. so brian, once first light comes up and the winds calm down, they're going to go out and start assessing the damage. they're also very worried about flooding in this...

So it still remains somewhat of a wind threat for tonight and into tomorrow morning. >> it was still strengthening as it came over land. it was a strong 4, borderline 5. and i'm curious how rare that was today. >> very rare for the storms to continue to intensify right up to the coast. particularly along the gulf coast. there's a fairly shallow shelf water there. and sometimes that mixes up and cools the ocean. but in this case for hurricane michael that didn't happen. and that was partially due to the fact that the waters in the northern gulf of mexico are much warmer than they usually are, u...