north korea may be moving an int intercontinental ballistic missile for another launch this week. that's what a south korea law maker tells cnn. north korea is also making new threats this morning saying they will quote blow up the u.s. mainland. >> a second day of live fire exercises at sea. all eyes on the strained relationships. the u.s. ambassador insists jim young un is begging for war. alisyn mentioned it. breaking news on hurricane irma. it just game more powerful, it is now a monster category 5 storm with winds now exceeding 175 miles per hour. pay attention to the forecast. the we're going have that coming up. it is crucial. we have it all covered for you with the global resources of cnn. will ripley live in tokyo.

>>reporter: and here in japan, john, scientists are saying that the explosion over the weekend of that nuclear device far more powerful than they originally thought. now saying essentially this bomb tested deep underground creating a magnitude 6.3 earth quake was stronger than the bombs dropped on hiroshima and nag a saki combined. a new threat this morning. "the great success of the h bomb test which stun the the world reflects the faith and will of the dprk to blow up the u.s. mainland and annihilate the wolf ish imperialists. very strong words. also strong words from the russian president who is saying the world is headed towards a global catastrophe if the united states doesn't change its stratd

ji. putsen continuing to insist that sanctions and pressure will not work. they will be a dead-end road. le even comparing it the situation in north korea to saddam hussein's. it could very well happen to them. ominous words. putin will be hosting a forum with south korea's president and the japan these prime minister. i can tell you when i was in north korea, they are not backing down. they are defiant and angry at the united states. with these reports of another launch imminent with a possible missile being rolled towards a launch site, this situation could escalate even more than it already has. >> we'll be back with you for more information momentarily. stand by. south korea, conducting a second day of live fired drill the at sea vowing to destroy and bury

the north if provoked. but there are growing concern that is president trump and south korea's president are not on the same page. cnn's paula hancocks is live in seoul with the latest. >>reporter: well alice son south korea is really trying to send a message to north korea at this point. this time, at sea, it included a 2500 ton frig get patrol boat. they want pyongyang to be able to see this. there was an interesting statement from the navy itself saying wherever it is, on or under the water, if north korea provokes, we will immediately destroy them and bury them at sea. that is the kind of phrase we're used to hearing from north korea. but now we're hearing it from south korea. they're really stepping up their rhetoric and trying to point out they are able to target the enemy's leadership if need be. that's what we heard on monday

putting the leader on notice. we do know the u.s. president has not spoken to south korea. despite him having spoken to the japanese leader twice. they have both agreed to maximize their efforts on north korea using all the tools at their disposal from the south korean point of view. they would like to see more u.s. military asset the in the region. >> thank you. the u.s. ambassador to the united stations said enough is enough. saying kim jong-un is begging for war. what can we do to stop the threat? cnn's barbara star live at the pentagon. >> reporter: good morning. the maximum needs to be done on diplomatic action and sanctions, but, then she had a dire warning. >> his abusive use of missiles

and his nuclear threats show he is begging for war. war is never something the united states wants. we don't want it now. but our country's patience is not unlimited. >>reporter: now, the north korean situation likely to come up several times during president trump's day today. he is scheduled to meet with his national security team, with his intelligence briefing and also with his economic advisers. here at the pentagon, what we're waiting for is will there be an announcement of any additional u.s. military forces headed to the region for their part in any drills, exercises, so called show of force. so far, no word on that. >> okay thank you very much. let's bring back bill ripley. and also gordon chang and ian

bremmer. great to have all of you. gordon you sat here 24 hours ago. since then there have only been more troubling developments. north korea has put out an announcement they are going to annihilate the u.s. mainland. appear to be moving and icbm into place. >> well the one thing ta is going to change is the north koreans are going to fire a icbm. they fired off two stage i-cbm's in july. we know they have a kno 8. they showed it to us in april, 2012. they haven't tested it. i would expect them to do something that will take us by surprise, i'm looking for an int intercontinental missile that's going to be different than the ones in h the past. >> what would that look like?

certainly much more range and also in april parade this year, the north koreans showed another. it looked like the -- that has a rage of at least 8,700 miles. that puts virtually all the u.s. in risk. i don't know exactly what is being transported westward but i'm sure it's going to be something that will grab us at a very emotional level like this detonation of the bomb. >> the technology keeps on advancing. they may have a three stage, and the question is what can the united states and other countries around the world do about it? the "new york times" david sanger reporting this morning they're trying to talking about cut off fuel. is that realistic? >> that's one big piece. second would be cutting off north korean as rights to work

in china. the a lot of source for hard currency. it's impossible to imagine that china would actually counsel ten nance those steps. trump said he would consider cutting off any country that continued to trade with north korea in terms of their economic dealings with the united states. probably the single least credible threat he has uttered given the impact that u.s./china trade relations actually have on americans and our economy, but that's what we need to watch. the u.s. china relationship. trump has been trying to find ways to push the chinese not just on north korea but on a host of economic issues for many months now. he's been frustrated his own advisers have been unwilling to give them the tariffs he wants. this excalation on north korea issue and the inability/unwillingness of the chinese to push the north korean's hard enough to resolve it means trum needs to blame

someone. ultimately people in beijing. the u.s./china relationship is the most important economic one in the world. it's likely to get worse on the back of this crisis. that's what we should be paying attention. >> blaming and convince rg two vastly different things. can i convince them? >> no. no, he can't. i think that's part of the problem. is that ultimately, the reason this crisis continues to exist and get worse over deck kaids is precisely because it's very hard to push the north koreans enough. the chinese are not happy. we're now seeing 15-0 votes. unanimous votes against the north koreans. it's hard to get the world unanimous on anything thedays b china's willingness to use it, it's closer to them than it is to us is not aligned with that of the united states. that's why i think the likely

near term implications are that u.s./china relations get worse, not that we suddenly start working with them and have a break through. >> gordon, what do you think? if president trump cannot cajole the chinese to help then what? >> i think there are things we ca convince them. we could actually sever it from the global financial system by merely enforcing u.s. law, declaring it to be a primary money laundering concern and not permitting it to use dollar accounts. that would rock the global financial system but more important, it would rock the chinese financial system. the chinese economy and indeed it could destabilize the chain nooez political system. in a run up toe the 19 -- doesn't want things like that toe happen. president trump to actually change these if he's willing to do things that we weren't considering a couple months ago.

in order to solve this he's going to have to do these types of big ideas. i think that essentially we've gotle tools just don't want to use them. i do believe we can solve this. we can get china to act in ways which are inconceivable, but we have to exercise political will. >> you keep your phrases like solve this and it does get to the idea of what is the actual goal? because north korea has nuclear weapons, they have int intercontinental ballistic missiles. are you going to get them to get rid of them? >> trump is saying they have to get rid of their nukes is very akin to obama saying assad must go. the it's great in a sound bite. we're not willing to exercise the political will or extraordinary costs to force it to happen. eight years later, assad is still there. the in eight years more, north korea is still going to have nukes, there is a possibility

that through coercion and negotiations we might be able to freeze the tests going forward but the idea they're going to get rid of a nuclear program, if you're kim jong-un, you see cud definite fi, no nukes, dead. you see kim jong-un, nukes, he's got a held of a stronger seat at the table. in fact even the chinese are less willing to push him around. clearly, i don't -- i can't say what he's thinking. but the fact is that it makes sense for a country, a rogue nation like the north koreans to put everything on the fact this they have to have this program and the fact that the americans are unwilling to recognize or counsel ten nens that is kind of a blind spot for us. >> well, from the region and all of your reporting, weigh in on all of these theories. >> that's exactly the point vladimir putin has been making when he mentioned iraq specifically and said the north koreans should remember what happened to saddam hussein.

i don't think we should expect to see a whole lot happening from china because xi is focusing on his power. this is an unwelcome disstrack st shn for him. vladimir is ready to step into to the role as peace maker as bizarre as that sounds. china and the u.s. will not be there, but a north korean delegation and along with a south korean and japan. delegates for north korea, and i think it's no coincidence that the messaging right now is warning that sanctions in his view are a dead-end road. he's been saying that for days, warning if this situation continues as it's going at the current moment it will be a global catastrophe with a number of high number of victims. russia is saying essentially what north korea has been saying in reese days as well. but as far as from the north

korean perspective and conversations i've had, there is no way in hell they're going to give up these nuclear weapons. they have it written into their constitution since 2013 that they're going to be a nuclear po power. they are basking in h the glory. they are getting ready to launch another icbm to make the point they have the war head and missile. it it's certainly a strong message. >> gentlemen thank you very much for your expertise: we do have to get to other breaking news because hurricane irma has intensified rapidly into now a category 5 storm. that means it is packing winds of 175 miles per hour. hurricane warnings are up for puerto rico and u.s. vir nin islands. this monitor storm is posting a major threat to millions of peep the in florida. let's goat chad myers.

you pre detected in and here we are. >> we just watch the hurricane hunter air draft fly throw it. gusts of 186, 192 aloft. that's where these hurricane00 der aircraft fly. the fact is they're getting down to the surface probably close to 175. an quill la and the virgin islands under warnings. it's a done deal for you. you are going to get this storm. you are going to get the track of the stormy right over some of those islands. if you do, the winds at 175 will be devastating. as we move it along into the dr and haiti, there's a lot of mountainous areas that may tear it up. this number at 5:00 said the storm in the florida straits somewhere around 130. now is says 150. le that's more impressive. there are mountains in here and

those will catch some of the rain and tear the storm up just a little bit. so this track, although not quite set in stone is certainly pretty obvious where this thing probably goes. the this storm size may still be significantly different from where we are now. let me just say this. if it you're retired in south florida and you have kids in michigan, time to go visit. that's for at least for now. i mean this is still four to five days away. but why hang out? sure looks like. >> those models, all of them ominous looking. we will speak to the national hurricane center shortly. in the meantime the u.s. goal has always been to denuclear rise the korean peninsula but does it mean it needs to accept that north korea is now a nuclear power? we will ask a key member of congress next.

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south korean intelligence believes north korea may be moving a ballistic missile for another launch. it is unacceptable but does this latest break through mean that view needs to change. listen to what john curby told us momenting ago. >> i believe de nuclearization the peninsula is the appropriate outcome over time.

that horse has left the bomb. they have to try over time -- and it could take years to negotiate it done and regulate it and eliminate it if at all. but i think starting with the well, they're never -- we're never going to accept them having that capability, i just think that's polly anna ish at this point. >> joining me now is adam king zinger. thanks for more being with us. is it time for the united states to accept and recognize that north korea is in fact a nuclear power? >> sure. yeah. if you're ready to recognize i ran is a nuclear power, south korea to become one, japan, brazil, mexico, any country in the world that decides, we'll never be able to stop if we just accept north korea. it's always amazing to me by the way to hear these former members of the administration like mr. kirby to say now this confrontation of north korea so say look we can't have nuclear

weapons is how many to you polly anna. when he was mart of one -- i'm not one of these guys that points to the prior administration to take heat off the current. this is where we are. these folks saying any attempt to bring china on board is not going to happen. we need to take a deep breath and -- >> you do acknowledge north korea does have these weapons. >> yeah. well they do. and i think to say that we're now going to move away from the idea of a denuclearize the korean peninsula is one thing. that's is a change of policy. that basically says we now accept it. >> he was saying long-term he does still think that due nuclearization is the best plan but saying in h the short term, i think he saw a don fliconflic.

that appears to be the fate of 800,000 people, d.r.e.a.m.ers in this country. immigrants brought to this country when they were children who have been living here because of the executive action of president obama. let me put with the president wrote moments ago. he said congress, get ready to do your job. da daca. that is the action for d.r.e.a.m.ers. can you understand, after having watched congress for the last few years why these 800,000 people living in the united states might be nervous? >> yeah. absolutely. i've been in congress for the last few year, the disfunction's pretty amazing, but i think -- i'm more optimistic we can get this done than a lot of people i heard over the weekend talk about. i'd say the majority of the majority of republicans that understand that this is important. we have gotten close in the past to a deal with president obama

on immigration for instance. it was some of the talking heads you hear on the radio and stuff that kind of canned that and made it not happen. this is something if the president comes oud and say es he a suspending daca in six months and hopes congress gets their act to go and put it is into law, i think it's going to depend on what the tone of the president is. i've supported the daca program. i think people that no know other country besides the the united states, can't be sent to another country. >> it may not be for the president that we hear any words today on this subject. the it's going to be from the attorney general jeff sessions holding an event at 11:00. he's had a lot harsher rhetoric than the president himself. we don't know what we're going to he hear. do you think it's fair, again, to start a clock, an hour glass, for these 800,000 people? why put a time limit on it, if, as you say, you think they should stay here anyway. why not congress just get to

work? >> well, i agree with you. the problem is congress dozen get stuff done without a deadline. there's a lot of good people in congress but when it comes to deadlines, that's what happened. we're taking a government shut down to the end -- putting a clock on it, although it makes people nervous, i think it's the way we gt something done. the even if its a' five months later and this hasn't been dealt with, the idea that 500,000 people -- >> again, it's a hope -- >> can you guarantee? we've had dreamers on this show. can you guarantee that they will be allowed to stay in this country on six months plus one day? >> no. of course i can't guarantee that. i don't see the federal government turning to large roundups but this is a situation we find ourselves in.

i know what i'm committed to working towards. i've seen a lot of republicans even on cnn saying they're committed as well. i think if you do a whip count and see the numbers it's there. >> there are others that are not, but most we've spoken to are on board. let me ask you this. if the president makes it contingent on funding for his border wall, would you vote for it? do you think they should be tied? >> well i don't think they should be tied. they've separate issues but i support border security. i don't think it necessarily has to be a wall. i've worked the water with the national guard. there are a lot of drug that is come over. the it's a real issue. le i don't think the two should be contingent. >> always great to have you on with us. thanks so much, sir. lot of work to do if you listen to the president right now. >> john, so just what you've been talking about, the political battle over the fated d.r.e.a.m.ers.

it's lrds been fierce within the gop. could the president's decision on d.r.e.a.m.ers create somehow a bigger rift within his own party. two republicans with very different views make their cases next.

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so this morning the president seems to be signaling his opinion on the future of the daca program that protects drooim l. d.r.e.a.m.ers from being deported. tweeting congress get ready to do your job, daca! so joining us now are two republicans on opposite sides of this issue. rudy fernandez, former special assistant to george w. bush. he supports daca and arizona state senator steve montenegro, who is against tadaca. what would you like to see happen to these 800 dreamers? >> well, first of all, thank you

for having me this morning. look, we have to understand that what president obama did with daca is clearly unconstitutional. i think once it -- i think it become is apparent if it goes to the kours, ats something that is a gross neglect or just ignoring the rule of law. constitution federal laws. we have to make sure we're honoring legal immigrants and legal immigrants waiting to come into the country. >> i hear you. listen. i under stand that position. we've heard it a couple times and it makes perfect sense. but my question is now what? these are 800 young people who are already in school have jobs here what do you want to see happen to them? >> well, again, we have to remember that first of all, they're not kids. as the left would have his believe, and really, look, we have to think of the folks that are waiting to emigrate legally into this country. we can't ignore so many folks that are dreaming, as well, to come into the country legally

who have applied and been waiting 10, 12, 14 years to enter the country legally. there are laws that dictate what needs to happen. if you're in the this country not lawfully, there's law that is dictate you are deported. >> that's what i want to understand. because i just want to understand what this is going to look like. if congress for some reason cannot get its act together over the next six months, frankly not having the track record to do so. you're comfortable with i.c.e. agents showing up and taking them away? >> look, we have to look at the laws that we have in this country. they're nothing new. congress has to figure out what's going to happen here. 245e9s what our federal laws dictate. congress needs to decide and give these folks a solution. it's nothing new. the laws are in this country. if you're here unlawfully, you're deported. that's nothing new. >> mr. fernandez.

>> well, listen, this 800,000 d.r.e.a.m.ers, they are american by almost any measure that you can imagine. many of them this is the only country they've ever known. most of them only speak english. they're in our k through 12 schools, colleges. some are serving in the military. it would be cruel and frankly inhuman to have a mass deport 800,000 children that are here yes, here illegally through no fault of of their own. we have a long standing tradition in this country and governor rick scott of florida, a conservative and close friend of president trump said reese its entally that we have a long tradition in this country we don't hold the sins of the parents against children. and frankly it would be inhumane. i don't think we're an inhumane country or a cruel country. i do agree with president trump that it's time for congress to finally put this issue to rest by doing their job and taking action, and i support congress

taking definitive action to make sure these d.r.e.a.m.ers stay in the u.s. and can make positive upontry bugss to the country. >> mr. mon ten nation. >> well, look, again, let's look at this in reality. over 64% of these folks are over 24 years oel. >> i'm not say they're children. i'm saying they were children when brought here. >> but they were just referred to as children. >> if you came here when you were 4 years old, you've been here for 20 years -- you didn't know -- >> reality-- >> go ahead. >> we do have -- we have to understand that we're dealing with immigration laws as well. i suspect that congress is going to come to some type of agreement that deals with this. that's the best thing we can do. give these folks a decision.

but we have to remember folk that is are waiting in the process who have been waiting for years, they're dreaming as well. who's going to speak up for them? are we going to make sure we're honoring the legal immigration process here? so i suspect that there is something that would be done through congress, if there's e verify, if we're talking about ending chain migration. that's another point we have to roer. we have to remember that it's not just 800,000 folks. we're dealing with their families now. is that going to include their families being able to, after through fault of your own or parents whoever it is emigrated and received status as well? we have to make sure we're following. >> of course -- >> coming here legally. >> understood. it's complicated. that's why it's taken so long. that's why it seems that the president has been so conflict birthday thi ed about this. >> big nagest names in business

have written lers to president trump about this because they want them to know the effect this would have on the economy. so all of these practical applications for instance, $460 billion loss to the economy, they claim, if these d.r.e.a.m.ers were to be deported and $24.5 billion lost in social security and medicare taxes. why do you think republicans are so divided? >> keeping these d.r.e.a.m.ers here who are making very positive contributions makes economic sense. it makes moral sense and it makes policy sense. congress needs to focus on this and finally do their job. and in florida, these are some of the best and brightest. students in our universities and k through 12 system. these are small business owners, to deport them and their fomlies would break up communities, that's unamerican. >> all right. we have to leave it there. i'm sorry. thank you, both very much for the debate.

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all right. we are following breaking news, hurricane irma intensifying rapidly. now a category 5 storm packing winds in excess of 15miles per hour. this is now bearing now and posing a major threat to people ultimately in florida. the joining us the hurricane specialist. we got here this morning the thing had top speeds of 145. now it's 175. looks like puerto rico and virgin islands are in serious trouble. >> we're very concerned about the islands. potentially catastrophic impacts from the center of hurricane irma has it's going to affect those areas during the next day or two. right now, we have that core of 175 miles an hour winds near the center. see storm surge of 7 to 11 feet.

that's certainly life threatening and very heavy flooding rainfall. those whippeds ind the in the c capable of severe damage to infrastructure in any location that gets the eye wall. >> so put this in context. if this is a category 5, strongest atlantic hurricane since when? >> in the caribbean last year matthew. but irma is a very powell hurricane regardless of whether it's 4 or 5. it it's life threatening impacts. >> in every single model we see gives it some kind of impact on the united states. the continental united states whether it be in western florida or even as you get over tote pan handle right now. is there anything that could slow it down before land fall? >> well if the center were to move a little south of our forecast and perhaps go over

portions of cuba or his to be yoel la. it could weaken. but we're extending of -- trying to pin it down is uncertain now. we do expect irma to slow down and take some sort of northward turn as we get into sunday and monday but it could turn and take it west, over it or along the east coast. the detail tsz and timings of where that occurs have huge impacts on what areas are going to see the most impacts from the storm. it's too early to sort it out. >> what's your biggest concern at this hour? >> well, the biggest concern is for the folks in the northeastern caribbean. that's where we're most confident of where the impacts are going to occur. as we get later in time, we're concerned about the his pan yoel la, the cuba. the florida peninsula. the main message in h florida is this is your chance to get

ready. know if it you love ive in an evacuation zone. you want to be ready by friday. beyond those times we could see tropical sporm force winds. >> now is the time to pay attention. thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you. time now for the five things to know for your new day. south korean law maker tells cnn north korea was spotted moving a projectile plobelieved to be a missile this morning. they say the country is willing to blow up the u.s. mainland. >> attorney general jeff sessions exp emded to announce this morning the trump administration to end the daca. >> the diplomatic spat between u.s. and russia may head to

court. putin now threatening to sue the u.s. after russia allegedly meddled in the u.s. election. >> president trump set to meet with the big six. le and administration officials that will negotiate a plan to try to rewrite the tax code. >> more than a week after harvey hit texas, searchers are getting more and more desperate for people still missing. fema also starting to rush recovery money to survivors with flood insurance. with more you can go to cnn.com/new day for the latest. >> the threat north korea poses keeps on escalating but is the trump administration's tough talk helping or hurting. a key national security insider weighing in next. (hard exhalation) honey? can we do this tomorrow? (grunts of effort) can we do this tomorrow?

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. the threat from north korea on president trump's mind this morning. this is what he just wrote. immaterial a he allowing japan and south korea to buy a substantially increased amount of highly sophisticated military

equipment from the united states. this comes as south korea intelligence reports that north korea may be moving an interconten nin tal ballistic missile for new test launch. joining us now lisa monica. great to have you here. this new information from the president selling new military equipment to south korea and japan, you think that is a good move. >> sure. and frankly i would have liked to see him start with that tweet on sunday instead of lashing out at south korea, which he did, in his initial tweet. talking about south korea being apiecers, which is not the case. it's one of the reasons why twitter foreign policy is not effective and can be quite dangerous. this latest move, i think that's good. i don't think it's going to change kim jong-un's calculus. >> can you help us understand where we are? give us context. help us understand in terms of

national security threat, how concerned american the should be? because when you hear the rhetoric that there's going to be annihilation of the american manland, it's hard to know if this is saber rattling or -- >> let's be very clear. the desire of the regime in north korea and their steady march to acquire a nuclear-tipped missal to hit the united states is the most urgent national security issue that we kwas and that's why president obama during the transition amongst add administrations maid that point to prup and told them that. we should distinguish, though, the threat to the hoermland. there's four elements that north korea needs to have in order toer pose that threat to the homeland. first, the nuclear capability. we saw the most serious test to date. >> so they have that. >> they've been testing steadily testing the missile delivery

capability. that's the second element. >> they're getting that if they don't have it yet. >> steadily moving that way. miniature easecation, getting it mall snuff on to the mitszle system. we've seen one element give a report about that that leaked several weeks ago. >> ug issing that he have that. >> i want to be clear that's one element of 16 agencies. i'd like to see what the full intelligence community says about that. the fourth element is reentry. that's the most complex. our intelligence community did not believe they're there yet. four elements, their steady mar to get them but not there. >> two out of the four maybe plea. but who'ving into the direction have having all of them. >> absolutely. >> suggesting, among other things that at a certain point have you to accept that north korea is, as we sit here this morning, a nuclear power. >> absolutely. right? they have the capability to threaten their neighbors and

importantly the distinction we should focus on is their ability to deploy nuclear blackmail. if p they were to invoid south korea, they could threaten further nuclear destruction if we were to intercede. so that capability of deploying nuclear blackmail is certainly very present. >> it's so interesting because you approach it from the national security angle and that's of course they have that capability. the diplomats that we talked to are like no. they're not willing to say that because that's a lever they don't want to -- a chip they don't want to give north korea it's sort of like reality versus illusion. >> oneth things we need to do is figure out what are we willing to put on the table. ambassador haley said yesterday we need to deploy all elements of our diplomatic capability. we have to exhaust all elements of our diplomacy. but the question is what are we

willing to do in that regard. they've -- she's clearly reejected the russia sln china freeze for freeze approach which i think is correct. but the question is what are we willing to do from a diplomatic stance? >> what are you willing to live with? >> frankly we need to folk sus very much on deterring north korea's use. we should be increasing ballistic defenses. we ought to be doing more not covert realm. roll back, to sab tong to curtail their capability. >> very quickly. when they say north korea is begging for war, do you agree with in a? >> i don't. i think what we see is the region meme in north korea is dead set on staying in power, on

retaining the regime. they want to see a unified peninsula under that control. they want to retain the regime and seen as a nuclear power. >> lisa mon in a cothank you very much. >> all right. cnn news room with poppy harlow. only poppy. picks up after this quick break. it senses and automatically adjusts on both sides. the new 360 smart bed is part of our biggest sale of the year where all beds are on sale. and right now the sleep number queen c2 mattress now only $699. ends sunday!

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xxx top of the hour i'm poppy harlow. we begin with breaking news this morning. hurricane irma has strennened into a powerful category 5. packing winds up to 175 miles an hour as we speak. and while it is still too early to tell how it will impact both florida and pouerto rico have declared states of emergency. the nation hurricane center says it is extremely dangerous and preparations should be rushed. let's go to the meteorologist chadmyers. this has ac cell rated so quickly just this morning. >> the hurricane hunter aircraft flew through it about an hour and a half ago and