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Surrounding area. the house overwhelmingly passed a $7.85 billion disaster aid package just hours ago. but because it's such an important and you remember ent bill it's quickly becoming a negotiating tool for other government funding efforts r. president trump has a large stake in that process. he's out in north dakota today. he's going to deliver a speech on tax reform in about an hour. but we have to start this hour talking about this hurricane. it is that urgent. give us an idea of what we are dealing with here, raf if i. >> that's right. and we continue to break records with irma today. no...

i'm dr. sanjay gupta. thanks for joining us. hello, everyone. you're in the "cnn newsroom." i'm fredricka whitfield. outrage over a civilian massacre in syria is spilling out on to the streets. this was the scene in several cities today, of people so angry over the killing of 85 people in the town of hula, they risked retribution to turn out in force. video of some of 34 children killed in hula has surface ed online. children, some under the age of 10, some with missing limbs and severe head wounds. the u.n. security council is meeting on the crisis right now. cnn's mohammed jamjoo...

Evacuations along north carolina. so far here in virginia, no evacuations needed, and the evacuation routes are a lot more accessible. the red cross has about 80 shelters open up and down the east coast from the carolinas on up. we are preparing for the worst but hoping for the best, the turn to sea. hasn't happened yet. more from jacqui jeras about where exactly the storm is. jacqui, we are always talking about this cone of uncertainty. you never really know. not making a turn for the better just yet. >> the computer models have been trending westward and left of the storm but it appears it...

Right now, t.j. that's a little bit scary. there's a lot of people here that wouldn't normally be here. last week of summer, vacationers, people who reason very hurricane savvy, and the people who live here haven't endured a storm since hurricane isabelle. a little bit of hurricane amnesia, and if that storms makes a left jog, like it's doing, this area could be in some trouble. the other issues, you mentioned it, rip currents. we had hundreds of rescues over the past weekend from deadly rip currents because of hurricane danielle, which was smaller and way out there. now we have earl, billinge...

Hurricane. even though the winds were stronger earlier, we want you to treat this as a major storm no matter what because powerful hurricanes can't stay that strong for that long, so it is very common to see fluctuations, going back and forth. we had dry air trying to move in, but take a look, that eye is becoming much better defined and getting a much more symmetrical storm. it is possible the pressure will lower and see additional strengthening. hurricane conditions are possible in 48 hours or left, and this may be upgraded to a warning. it's stretching down toward surf city. we think those ...