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Degrees, san juan, right around 96. it's still very uncomfortable. that really hasn't changend and it's not going to either. we're still tracking maria. by the way, it was seven day, a week from now that maria was making landfall in puerto rico. only seven days. think of all. stories and miss ray that's happened. here's the latest. 70-mile-per-hour winds. a tropical storm, about 150 miles due east of cape hatteras. this is the closest right now that the storm will come to the outer banks. the winds are not that bad. they've only been gusting at 30 to 40 miles per hour. the only problem is the ...

Have evacuated several thousand people who are at risk downstream. this afternoon they are going to give an update on that in the press conference around 2:30. >> heather: live from san juan, thank you. and of course, we are tracking maria's path with a tropical storm warning issued for most of the north carolina coast as the storm continues to weaken. mandatory evacuation order is already in place. parts of that region, maria will move slowly to the north through early wednesday when it should be a tropical storm and turn eastward out to sea and away from the u.s., but other parts of the east...

Conditions as the thing that would help preserve it. it was that and it was the allowing kids to stay on their parents insurance plans until they were 26. and so republicans -- they are in a really tough spot because they have to pass something, and yet once they pass something, there will be political consequences. >> and you saw the president saying that there is no way on pre-existing conditions i'm going to make sure i deliver on that. because understands your point. >> we'll be talk more about this until september 30, but in the meantime i do want to take a break and talk about something ...

>> harris: after slamming puerto rico, hurricane maria still serving a weaker but still damaging blow to the dominican republic. that category 3 storm is making its way north. so, what about the united states? chief meteorologist tracking maria. it's been one that we've watched all along, but puerto rico has taken the brunt of this. >> they really did. the numbers are staggering. think of what happened with houston and the flooding. we saw 30 to 50 inches of rain in a four day period. puerto rico, 36 inches of rain just yesterday. that much rain coming down that quickly in mountainous terrain ...

Inside behind me. >> marianna, as you've heard signs of life now from pa pair med paramedic. we'll keep the shot up in case there are any back to her immed. we also want to talk about the other disaster that's been unfolding in the caribbean. that's hurricane maria whipping through the dominican republic as a category 3 storm. it's targeting turks and caicos as puerto rico is just now starting to pick up the pieces. emergency officials there say it could be six months before everybody gets power back on the island. we get the latest now from gabe gutierrez in san juan. >> reporter: hallie, goo...