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Puerto rico and florida are already under states of emergency as people there are preparing for the worst. look at the path of this thing. the national hurricane center warns that the storm is, quote, potentially catastrophic with an increasing chance to affect parts of florida later this week. i want to bring in nbc meteorologist rafael miranda who is tracking irma's path. rafael, what have you got there? >> ali, we're seeing a storm we've never seen before in the atlantic basin outside of the caribbean. this is the strongest in the gulf of mexico, 185-mile-per-hour winds, really a monster an...

Some are starting to return home for just the first time, but in other places, there are still mandatory evacuation orders. officials are releasing more water to try to bring down the levels of overwhelm eed reservoirs. 48 people have been killed so far as a result of the storm. we're also watching another storostorm, too. hurricane irma making its way towards puerto rico this morning. we're talking about states of emergency in puerto rico and in florida. and, listen, while we still don't know the storm's path, let's be clear about that. the national hurricane center says an increasing chanc...

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The winds here have been intensified and the worse is yet to come. >> officials warning either get out or die. it's going to be that intense on puerto rico. welcome back. that was some of gabe's reporting from puerto rico. i want to get another check on hurricane maria and the status. i want to bring in bill karins for that. i know i'm not supposed to compare hurricanes, but we were tracking irma last week. that's top of mind. the rainfall with maria is a lot more than irma ever delivered. >> yes. florida's flat. when we get tropical systems with mountains, that's when they really ring them ou...

Americans pull together, and we are one country. >> and can president trump heal the divide within his own party? this is "mtp daily," and it starts right now. good evening. i'm katy tur in new york, in for chuck todd. willi welcome to ho"mtp daily." our country could use historical unity. diving into the politics in a moment, but let's start with what is now tropical storm irma exiting florida after impacting the entire state from the keys to the panhandle, jacksonville and the northeast part of the state receiving record-setting flooding in the wake of irma. rain combined with a storm surg...