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Lauderdale. the wichbd winds are picking eye on miami. swrid i don't showing strong winds there, as well. waves ahead of hurricane irma's landfall. joining me now is sam champion. sam, what are you looking at there? >> reporter: well, we've been trying to show folks a little bit around the miami area. we just came off the beefach. along the beach, we saw a lot of tree limbs down. so already in a couple of the wind bursts, we've had some tree damage. came here because i wanted to show you some of the bridges in the dancistance. that is the bridge that goes to brick he wiell key. and beyond that...

By bridges, make sure authorities check those bridges are safe to use. mayor mayra pena lindsay, we will continue to stay in touch. >> thank you very much. homestead, florida, you know the name on florida's southeastern tip it was wrecked by hurricane andrew 25 years ago, it got a direct hit when andrew came ashore. joining me is mayor jeff porter. mayor, you are bracing for another big one, albeit hopefully not as big as it might have been 24 hours ago but still going to be big. set the scene. what is it like in homestead right now. >> well earlier today we've already had a pretty heavy fee...

Msnbc's special live coverage of hurricane irma, pummeling the coast of cuba. it is expected to take a sharp turn tonight hitting the florida keys directly tomorrow morning. irma's outer bands are already being if elt in the keys. let's get to emergency response teams on standby in florida. cammie clark is the public information officer with monaco county emergency management at the southernmost county, you're talking key largo, what do you know about things right now where you are? >> i've just been driving from the middle keys up to the northern section and there already is a bunch of downed...

Opportunity to join a swift rescue water teams on their boat but the conditions they had to endure is simply amazing. very courageous men and women doing this work not only the volunteers but the constables as well they have to navigate around flooded, submerged vehicles, tree limbs, road signs, and all this to go door to door to check if anyone's in these homes as people were getting trapped when floodwaters continued to rise. incredible. we interviewed a constable on one of these swift water rescue boats and this is what he said about his earxperience in the greater houston area. >> we had s...

One day away from being homeless and i should point out, as we stand here and we look up at the open roof, certainly you can't stay here. >> no, sir. >> and you were not alone. kelleye, you represent so many people in this community who are anxious about the next 24 hours of their life. >> i'm basically wanting to get word out to where people like me, like several of my neighbors here, are in the same condition. >> i got to ask you. you seem like you're still holding it together. are you doing that? >> well, i'll admit, few months ago i basically was homeless. i had no place to go. i had no wh...