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Florida. thank you. >> thank you. >> much more on the storm we have been talking about. florida is taking this one seriously. the governor has asked for and received a pledge of federal disaster assistance. to help evacuations run smoothly and people have been boarding up sp stocking up. randi kaye has been seeing it all ta. joining us from a home depot. what's it been like there today? are people doing what they need to do? >> they seem to be. it's been incredibly busy here since tuesday. that's when it started. people have been pouring in trying to get supplies. i spoke to an employee here a...

Briefings he's received is in the direct path of whenter storm is projected to go right now. he said he's not worried about anything. he said it is going to be fine. he's more concerned that state of florida. >> he was asked about the sudden resignation of his personal stand. what did he have to say about that? >> she's not this household name. her departure was pretty abrupt and send shock waves throughout the west wing. the president had said he had spoken with her following the off the record dinner she had where white house officials say she shared intimate information about the president....

County, in south florida, and all the way up the coast. everyone has to be prepared. floridians, we know how to prepare. and that's exactly what we're doing. >> we just got word in people can see on the screen, we just got word there will be a mandatory evacuation order in some parts of brevard county. starting sunday. some communities in florida are beginning to make that decision. despite what the president said, it's a local decision. evacuation orders are made at the local level, not the federal level. the storm has been difficult to predict which is why i know some of these local official...

Should do. to take care of individual families. >> some of the decisions on evacuations for the state have been difficult. because of the uncertainty. do you have any plans to evacuate the barrier island section of the beach? >> right now our police and i will join them on tomorrow, are out sharing with residents on the island. encouraging them if such evacuation mandate comes forward to heed the warning and accept it. of course we do not know. we have to wait for greater clarity. at that time we will get out and try and encourage residents to take the advice. >> as of now hospitals are planni...

For more on the new storm data. let's go to the source. the national hurricane center in miami. deputy director joining us now. this new forecast is what you expected to see? has the storm changes in any way? >> the storm has changed in the last few hours in terms of the intensity. earlier today it reached category 3 status. now it's close to category 4. we increased the wind and advisory. by ten miles per hour. now 125 miles per hour. and as you have been talking about it's not so much the intensity that's in question. it's the track of the hurricane. and we have one model offshore and anothe...