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Sprint. some people got a little complacent because it slowed down. they have extra time, they don't know what they're supposed to do. let's pay attention again. we just have two more days to get through this and then the recovery starts. i've been pretty impressed that of all of the people who have contacted me from the white house to our senator rick scott to local officials, our state representative, our county is actually leading this. this is not led by the city. the county leads the emergency planning. we really have all of the support we can have. our local community is taking it seriou...

Weather conditions are deteriorating severely. all morning long we are feeling these powerful gusts of wind lashing us. it sounds like a jet engine where we are right now, the city of freeport. you have to imagine what it's like for so many bohemians. you spend the entire night listening to the sound, the wind roaring past. this is not the worst of it. hours from now when the eye is expected to pass over grand bahama later today, but for the moment this storm is stalled out over us. it is causing devastating damage. we've already seen in other parts of the bahamas how it's torn off roofs. how ...

Destruction between the two communities and we've heard how the city plans to step forward. one question remains the same, how do we stop the cycle of violence. >> a series of new firearms laws loosening restrictions went into effect in texas sunday. president trump who has suggested support for stronger background checks would recently only say this sunday. >> so we're going to see this really hasn't changed anything. sadly, if you look at the last four or five going back even five or six or seven years, for the most part, as strong as you make your background checks, they would not have stop...

A big storm in its own right even though it isn't what it is now. i don't have words for what the people in the bahama islands are experiencing now. catastrophic, unbelievable, we are going to wake up and look at pictures because we can't get them today. >> so tough, chad. almost entirely dependent on tourism. the recovery will be difficult. catastrophic damage is already being reported in the bahamas. >> everyone pray for us. please pray for us. >> the first shots of dorian are devastating ripping roofs off of homes. >> this is probably the most sad and worst day of my life to address the boh...

Withstand many things but never anything like this. >> chilling. storm surges are still expected to lift water levels as high as 18 to 23 feet above normal producing large and destructive waves. patrick ottman live for us from freeport, bahamas, with the latest. hi, patrick. >> reporter: yeah. conditions are just getting worse and worse. we're getting beat around here by the winds and you look out in this city and there are almost no lights. we lost power last night so you imagine for thousands of bohemians to go through an entire night and now morning of hearing the sound of this hurricane, i...