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Fizz 9 00 on a chilly wednesday morning. Welcome. Im john brown. Im amy. So glad youre with us this morning. Heres a look at what you can expect in our 9 00 hour. The people of New Hampshire have sent a profound message to the political establishment, to the economic establishment, and by the way, to the media establishment. So, New Hampshire, i want to thank you. We love you. Were going to be back a lot. Were not going to orget you. Well have details on how the big wins last night in New Hampshire could have a major impact on the race for the white house. Away from taking their six kids on a trip around the country in an rv. Theyre giving up everything to get family time and see the country. Plus, the most remote restaurant in all of Central Florida just in time for ....
Continuing to come here to this city. We know the winds have caused considerable number of Power Outages across the city. Now above 60,000 customers without power according to jea, the Power Company here. Many bridges have been shut down across the intercoastal but not the bridge over my shoulder. Were told by the mayor that the main street bridge over the st. John will be shut down when the winds sustained at 40 Miles Per Hour but we are seeing gusts coming in at 35 to 40 Miles Per Hour. We know the major concern here beyond the rain coming down and the wind is the storm surge that when that storm surge comes in small communities here, san marco here in downtown jacksonville, the community of riverside, they will likely see the worst of that storm surge. And because ....
Worry for state officials at this hour is the storm surge warning that extends from florida to north carolina. We have our team of reporters in the field and were starting with msnbcs mariana atencia. Water is rising where you are. What can you tell us . It is. Im in daytona proper and im standing on a main road. If you look to my right. That is the road you take to the causeway where the Barrier Islands are but we cant even get there to see how folks there are doing. You can see, there is a pole there that just fell over as well. Weve seen a lot of debris, downed trees and hallie. To my right. I realized there is a person there keeping shelter, are you okay, sir . Okay. He is waving to us, letting us know he is okay and hallie, what this just shows you is the folks here in these communities, if they thought this storm had passed, that is clearly not the story that were seeing on the ground here. Mariana, what are you seeing, beh ....
Issues. We know that the National Weather service here in jacksonville has issued a Flash Flood Warning until 6 15 p. M. Were told that theyre asking everyone to move to higher ground. Also the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office telling people do not go outside until you get the all clear from the Emergency Operations center. Thats not expected to come for several hours as our own chad myers tells us the worst of Hurricane Matthew is not going to hit the first coast of florida until maybe three hours from now. Now, the same dog barking at jacksonville bit daytona earlier today. Boris sanchez is, there he saw windows broken out of hotels, a lot of damage, sheet metal blowing down the stre ....
Now. Forecasters predict the storm surge in florida, georgia and South Carolina could reach as high as 11 feet. At least one death in florida is blamed on the storm pap woman died overnight of a heart attack after emergency crews were unable to respond to the call. President obama was briefed on the hurricane just a little while ago here in washington and warned people still in the storms path to listen to local officials. And so i just want to emphasize to everybody that this is still a really dangerous hurricane. That the potential for storm surge, flooding, loss of life and severe Property Damage continues to exist, and people continue to need to follow the instructions of their local officials over the course of the next 24, 48, 72 hours. Floridas governor rick scott says damage assessments are under way and echoed the president s warning that the danger is by no means o ....