lou: what kind of nonsense is that. we'll play if you play first? >> they would not go public with it if they didn't have the votes. lou: >> this is without a doubt the most dangerous form of our generation. lauren: billions of dollars in debt and bankrupt with catastrophic hurricane maria to take a direct hit on puerto rico with power and communications blackout expected for days. cheryl: in mexico, 200 deaths after a powerful seven-point one magnitude earthquake hit southeast of mexico city yesterday. continuing with many still trapped under the rubble. lauren: president donald trump's first speech at the united nations where the u.s. is totally prepared to destroy north korea.

cheryl: record set for the stock averages ahead of the fed's announcement and selling up to $4 trillion bond portfolio. futures point to a mixed bag. dow only up by six points in the free market. lauren: said trading across the board in europe. cheryl: as you can see on your screen, a mixed bag for a shed. most of the market up a little bit. lauren: new retail ice age victim and it is best die. shares cratering over worries that amazon will crash profit. "fbn:am" starts right now. train 25:01 a.m. in new york in wednesday from september 20th. good morning. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: good morning, everyone. i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: mother nature is not

letting puerto rico get any relief. lauren: weather has been terrific this summer. train to pass. hurricane maria about to make landfall in puerto rico as a catastrophic category four storm. maximum sustained winds right now. 155 miles per hour. the most powerful hurricane to directly hit the u.s. territory and 85 years. lauren: the governor say more than 10,000 people are now in shelters. we expected to dump 10 to 15,000 inches of rain. it can search water levels by six to nine feet. first responders in the u.s. mainland or in puerto rico ahead of maria. >> it is life safety first. we'll do a quick assessment and i think we come in the organization will figure out where the damage areas are and do as much good quickly because

time is that the essence. très tres puerto rico being hit hard by new monster hurricanes. be careful, our hearts are with you. we will be there to help. fox senior meteorologist janice dean elected us in a few moments. trained to do really hope puerto rico is ready for it. captain lewis merced joins us on the phone from puerto rico. he's the general secretary of the salvation army. good morning. >> good morning, lauren and cheryl. cheryl: let's talk about preparations underway. puerto rico was worried about a direct hit from her mother, but the island was spared. thousands of people still without power. it's puerto rico ready for maria? >> we are trying the best we can. you know, i don't think we are really ready. the power system is very fragile right now.

so we are praying for the best, but getting ready for the worst. cheryl: let's talk about shelters being put in place. 70,000 people without power in shelters because of our men and the damage after firm. you've got five shelters that could take in people. are those shelters ready to go this morning? >> it's my understanding they are ready to go. the governor announced publicly, you know, that shelters were ready to go. i think this is a positive thing. irma was kind of a warning to all puerto ricans who have flimsy houses. many of our houses. the i.t. that many puerto ricans are going to shelters is good ata. we are aware of the fact this is no joke, category five hurricane. cheryl: let me ask you about the

utility provided they are. obviously a billion dollars had already to the island. you'll need federal assistance and funding. we understand female is on the ground. it's very banking system with the power situation on the ground in puerto rico? >> that is the hope. as i mentioned earlier, we have a very fragile infrastructure in terms of power. many puerto ricans are talking about the fact this hurricane has a similar pattern as georgia in 1998. i remember that hurricane and around her one of the biggest issues was crops. and it's very hard on our economy, so you know, we hope that seems and the president can

come in and help us at the situation. train to captain lewis merced county thank you for joining us. the folks of puerto rico are in our prayers. lauren: mexico, the frantic search for survivors continues following the deadliest earthquake in over 40 years. so far, 248 people have died after seven-point one magnitude quake toppled homes in mexico city, a city of 20 million people in the surrounding states. 25 bodies recovered from what is left of the school. in a twist of irony here coming yesterday's earthquake struck on the 302nd anniversary of the quake that killed thousands and it happened just two hours after earthquake drills were held to mark the days. train to the hurricane that hit south of mexico city. it's almost like these earthquakes usually happen in patterns, which is frightening at this point. we are monitoring that story and

watching a lot of breaking news that home. a lot of mixed reactions after president trump issued a strong warning to kim jong un after his first speech at the united nations general assembly yesterday. adam shapiro has those details. reporter: president trump used a speech at the united nations to set the stage for not only the trump agenda as we go forward, but how he expects the u.n. to confront north korea. here is that the president said about a nuclearized north korea. >> the united states has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend himself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. reporter: there was reaction to the president had to say. dianne feinstein said the cause of the united nations or to foster peace and create global.

lindsey graham was supportive of the president being president trump will rally the world to deal a nuclear court korea and getting a better deal with iran. back to you. cheryl: we should say we should say president trump treated last night agreed an important day at the united nations had met with leaders of many nations who agree with much or all of what i stated in my speech. lauren: he does not leave much room for ambiguity. the federal reserve expected to release long-awaited details on when it plans to start to wind down of its massive bond portfolio today. the fed expand its holdings in a year after the financial crisis back in 2008 to boost the economy at the time. fed chair janet yellen not expected to announce an interest rate hike at this meaning that investors will be listening for any clues that will update the

economic forecast by the central bank. fox business will have live coverage and analysis of the fed decision at 2:00 eastern time and there will be a news conference at 2:30. tree into a good question at this point with janet yellen. it's been a long time in the making come of the sprint and t-mobile may be in the market for a merger. lauren: tracee carrasco joining us with that and other headlines. good to see you. >> good morning, ladies. the on-again off-again merger talks between sprint and t-mobile are apparently back on. the two are reportedly negotiating a stock-based merger that would make deutsche telekom owns t-mobile the majority owner of wireless carriers. a merger between t-mobile and sprint the nation's number three in four wireless carriers might than capable of taking on verizon and at&t. shares of sprint were up 80% while shares of t-mobile were up 5% yesterday.

>> competition continue certainly. another retail story. if by this time. >> possibly another fake in here. the first investor day since 2012. best buy forecast that sales would hit $32 billion by 2021, which comes out to 2.2% annual growth that increased competition from amazon will eat into future profits. investors aren't too happy with long-term projections wiping out about $157 billion, lows for the day. lauren: that's surprising because they've done a good job in recent years. amazon sending baby gifts to people who don't have babies. tracee: there is nothing more exciting than someone sending you a check. some amazon customers received a

notification someone had purchased a gift from their baby registry. the only problem, these customers don't have a baby registry or even a baby. he resulted in confusion and some pretty funny treat. got an e-mail from amazon saying someone ought a gift for my baby registry. i'm not planning to uphold my end of the bargain, fyi. the awkward moment when amazon for someone but you would get from your baby registry that you definitely don't have because you are definitely not pregnant. amazon says it was a technical glitch and later sent an apology e-mail to those customers. tree into it gave us a lot of good on twitter. lauren: may have caused a few fights between couples. cheryl: thinks, tracee. okay, we've got a lot for coming out. are republicans going to finally kill obamacare?

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cheryl: welcome back. look back. let's get you caught up and went happening now. "the wall street journal" said special counsel robert mueller's office has interviewed rob rosenstein about president trump's firing of former fbi director james comey. the interview reportedly took pace in june or july over the summer. more technically answers to rosenstein because jeff sessions recused himself from the investigation and direction of meddling. three democratic congressmen arrested outside of trump tower after protesting in new york after they disagreed with the immigration policy. the speaker the new york city council arrested. representative grijalva of arizona, a dram as that of new york representative luis gutierrez said illinois at all arrested there. finally, check with the video

during military drills of russian helicopters accidentally fired a missile. the crowd of people on the ground explodes at the missile slammed and the camera man thrown off his feet. the kremlin says no one locally was injured. that is what is happening now. lauren: crunch time for republicans on capitol hill to find a way to repeal and replace obamacare and they have just over a week to push through the bill. late night talk show host jimmy kimmel is a critic. he's previously had senator bill cassidy on his show after he revealed his newborn son billy had a heart condition. >> i don't know what happened to bill cassidy, but when he was on his publicity tour he lifted his demands very clearly. these are his words. he wants coverage for all, no discrimination based on preexisting conditions, lower premiums for families and no lifetime cap. guess what? the new bill does none of those

things. lauren: gop strategists map the kodiak and brian brenberg, chair of the program in business finance at the king's college in manhattan. good morning. >> good morning. lauren: brian, we'll begin with you. the bill would leave in place a bill that requires insurers to cover those with existing conditions, the states could apply for waivers. insurers could technically charge those customers more. are you concerned about what kimmel is talking about. >> doubled the concern in passing the bill, a threshold to it democrats, but this is why the bill even though it's getting a little bit of a push late in the game, it is unlike me to pass because there are too many of these quote, unquote controversial provisions in the bill. at the end of the day, a lot of senators will say i can't go along with that. you might get close, just like what the other health care reform bill, but she won't get all the way over the hill.

lauren: pens his homeland, graham says he's never felt better. brian says it will pass. what do you think? >> this is the last chance. the senate parliamentarians have only until september 30th until the reconciliation window closes as many reviewers know that the only way they could do that on a majority vote threshold. it sounds like 47 and 48 right now. they need 50 out of 52 republican senators plus the vice president. they lost to so they have to get lisa murkowski, john mccain and anyone else, mike lee as well. i think this is probably the early more likely to pass the senate than not. it's very close right now. good news and bad things in the bill. the idea is to set up a situation where all 50 states compete against each other, to do that in the waiters more federalism and the system then today. it gets rid of the individual mandate an employer mandate pulls out the device tax.

if the device's health savings accounts, lots of good things but certainly legitimate criticisms as well. lauren: can we expect to see a cbo score? criticism from democrats and senators will be coded. >> at the cbo can do it, it won't be until the very last minute to vote on this thing. i don't think the cbo score will help republicans. it was a good thing the last cbo score sandwiches you will have many were people without health insurance. legitimate criticisms of the cbo. i don't think this standard is cold here, but one of those things that can peel off some republicans that need to get the bill across and that is why it not going to make at the end of the day. lauren: i know it last minute, but it seems that's when congress functions best. what do you say in the final 10 seconds here? >> yeah, things happen at the end. very close.

we will see. >> maybe he won't do this though as they did in july. thank you to both of you. >> things. trade do we continue to follow what is happening in puerto rico. evacuate or die is the dire warning given to residents there. with an economy already in preparing for a direct hit from hurricane maria. fox senior meteorologist janice dean will have the latest on track for maria. you are watching "fbn:am." ♪ what did we do before phones?

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lauren: we are watching hurricane maria at the center of the storm getting very close to puerto rico. this right now is a very powerful category four. cheryl: let's bring in janice dean with all the latest. how are we looking? puerto rico will be devastated. a portion of the rings dropped a couple miles. the effects would be the same. the eye wall coming over the eastern portion of puerto rico and the most devastating part of the storm is going to affect this area with wind gusts in excess of 145 miles per hour throughout the day today, hurricane force winds through wednesday in tomorrow as well and we'll have to watch the turks and caicos and bahamas. i'm very concerned for puerto rico. probably one of the worst hurricanes in their history. rainfall amounts could be upwards of two feet. six to 11-foot storm surge inundating these areas ahead of maria. taking a look at the past, the latest at 5:00 a.m. they downgraded the storm just a

little bit too much i have been category five but is going through structural changes in that it's trying to strengthen again. we have to watch for turks and caicos, bahamas and even the east coast. we cannot rule out impacts along the east coast of the u.s. here are reliable forecast models come in the euro at gss coming very close to the coastline on thursday. contacts for maria could potentially be widespread, but right now we are concerned for puerto rico. also point out that tropical storm warnings for cape cod and the islands because of hurricane josé, which has been downgraded as of the 5:00 a.m. tropical storm as well. the 80s, we will monitor maria. devastating impacts. right now within the next couple hours in the lasted rest of today. on the eastern portion of the country right now.

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>> races without a doubt the most dangerous time in our generation. cheryl: breaking news this morning with billions of dollars in debt and bankruptcy, tiny

island of puerto rico to take a direct hit from hurricane maria. cat four storm, power and communication blackouts expected for days. cheryl: in mexico, 200 deaths following a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake. the latest on the rescue effort. cheryl: ahead of the federal reserve today. how would they hold up the portfolio? basically flat. lauren: global markets on hold ahead of the fed decision in europe. a paris at the just slightly. cheryl: mostly positive news out of asia to the upside with the kospi appointment 6%. drink your fiat chrysler can catch fire. "fbn:am" starts right now. cheryl: 5:31 a.m. in new york

aired wednesday, september 20th. good morning, cheryl casone. lauren: good morning. i'm lauren simonetti. overwhelmed by the weather recently. lauren: over and over again. breaking news this morning. maria is about to make landfall of puerto rico as a catastrophic categories are formed with sustained winds of 155 miles an hour as i speak. the most powerful hurricane to directly to puerto rico in 85 years. trade to the governor puerto rico saying more than 10,000 people already in shelters. expected to dump 10 to 15 inches of rain in the storm surge could raise water levels anywhere from six to nine feet. first responders from the united states mainland are now in puerto rico ahead of maria. >> it is life safety first. we will do a quick assessment and i need the organization to figure out where the more damaged areas are and do us much

good quickly because time is at the essence. trade to president lauren: device device may puerto rico being hit hard by monster hurricanes. be careful, hurt her with you. we will be there to help. fema already on the ground. cheryl: let's bring in ignacio gutierrez who lives in san juan, puerto rico joining us now over the phone. good to see you, sir. where exactly are you right now? >> i'm actually in my apartment complex in the hallway looking outside at the storm. it's not even started and i have never in my life been nervous. lauren: you are feeling the wind and the rain. describe to me what you feel from your hallway. >> i can see the wind, the trees fall down, the cars move because of the way and.

all of the windows shake and tremble. lauren: do you have power? >> we don't. we lost power about 10:00 at night. lauren: even communication systems will start to go down. may i ask you why you didn't evacuate? >> i actually live in a pretty sturdy building and it doesn't slaughter anything, so we didn't feel the need to evacuate. with the storm shutters all around the windows. you can feel that. it's very uneasy. i've never felt this unease during a hurricane all my life here. lauren: i'm assuming you're just feeling the beginning of the storm. >> yes, ma'am.

lauren: i can hear the nervousness in your voice. you wish to evacuate or do you still feel secure? >> no, ma'am. i'm pretty sure i really secure where i yam. i don't believe there will be any problem where i'm staying. fish is the fact that we lost power and we are probably going to lose water and a couple of hours. cheryl: is there a sense among your friends and family that because puerto rico was spared from hurricane garment that this one won't be so bad? is there a sense of complacency? >> no. puerto rico was going to be twice as bad. lauren: what are you hearing from officials there? what are the warnings they been sending to you? >> nobody is out in the streets through the streets were kind of empty about 11:00 at night. everybody should stay in their homes, lock themselves in the

bathroom if you have windows that are not ordered out. get to a shelter. i don't believe anyone to do anything about anything right now. drink your heart goes out to you. we do wish you and your family the best. good luck, sir. ignacio gutierrez. cheryl: he was talking about the shelters, lauren. they've got 133,000 people come in shelters that can take it 103,000 people. they're shelters are likely going to be full by tomorrow. lauren: it seems like he really thought about that decision. we are going to stay in our building in our hallway. he sounded scared. cheryl: restructures ready to handle the storm. with cuts in other news at home we're following for all of you this morning. president trump speaking to the united nations general assembly

yesterday here in new york. he blasted the nuclear deal that president obama reached with other world powers. he called an embarrassment. the precarious state rex tillerson said the agreement has to be revisited and telling fox news bread they are a major sticking point is the sunset clause that would automatically lift restrictions on iran's nuclear program by 2030. >> it is not a stiff enough agreement. it doesn't slow their program enough and holding them accountable is difficult under the agreement. most importantly it comes to the end so they can almost start the countdown clock as to whether they will resume nuclear weapons capability. cheryl: president trump reviewing the deal with iran opposed the decision about whether the united states will abandon that deal. cheryl: hillary clinton taking her first opportunity to slam president trump's america first speech at the u.n. the former presidential candidate herself was on the late show and called trump

speech dangerous. >> i thought it was very dark, and dangerous, not the kind of message that the leader of the greatest nation in the world should be delivering. lauren: also criticized for college kim jong un rocket man. cheryl: definitely a lot of reaction. >> at the speech was never heard from officials. cheryl: a president for sure. lauren: tracee carrasco joining us more with headlines on that. good morning. tracee: good morning pbr chrysler recalling 440 pick up trucks in u.s. 494 worldwide because of a water pump that could overheat and potentially cause a fire. i recall includes 23rd team-2017 models of the 3500 pickup trucks at 627-liter diesel engines.

fiat chrysler said its not a worthy injuries are related to the issues that have reports of a small number of fire related incidents. cheryl: a recall for them. not good. coles is rolling out a strategy to increase foot traffic at the stores. that's interesting. tracee: hopefully this will make lives easier. you'll be able to return select items ordered on amazon at coles stores. this would be available in 82 stores in l.a. and chicago. the move follows close announcement this month that he would help amazon's devices including the voice controlled speaker at the 10 stories in those two cities. as you said some analysts predict this will bring in more foot traffic to pull stores as coles has reportedly said their sales is following the last six quarters. cheryl: the stock is up, right? doing pretty good. lauren: the brick and mortars are desperate these days comes that they are getting creative.

it's a good idea. starbucks has a new drink. people are crazy over this. this one is interesting. it is not an irish coffee, but maybe the next best thing. starbucks introducing the whiskey flavored coffee. there is no alcohol in it, but it's made their place it's made by placing it on roasted coffee beans an empty barrels that once had aged whiskey inside to the beings can soak up the flavor. this coffee available at select starbucks reserve ours across the country. maybe available about soon. lauren: the expensive reserve powers. >> the fancy ones. there is if i remember correctly. you don't need alcohol. just the caffeine. tracee: not that kind of buzz. a caffeine buzz. cheryl: thank you very much. we've got a lot more coming up, including the federal reserve set to unwind it $4 trillion

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lauren: welcome back to get too caught up on what's happening now. when we see a third man taken into custody on suspicion of playing a part in friday's attack on the subway. the arrest took place last night in wales and is charging a federal men with terrorism. two other men arrested the day after the attack. speaking in portland, oregon yesterday, jeff sessions attacking california's new sanctuary city built which gives some protection to undocumented immigrants across the state of california. sessions called the bill unconscionable and a threat to the safety of everybody.

what do cops do during a break on the night shift? this is what they do in michigan. they lip sync to the backstreet boys 1999 hit, i want it that way. ♪ lauren: the officer in the back of my favorite channing. they practice the song for weeks leading up to the taping. cheryl, that's what's happening now. maybe bill gates and new careers. i don't know. cheryl: i love when the police officer shows a different side of what they do. we certainly are going to either appreciate or not appreciate what the fed is going to do today. the big meeting they will release details of one a try and wind down the massive bond portfolio, the balance sheet. those bonds they were buying during the financial crisis.

let's bring in jeff taylor, cofounder of digital rights. good morning. let's first talk about the expert patient here. we've been expecting them today in particular to tell us they will begin to bond reduction to how were they going to do it. what do you think? >> you've got to understand really what they talk about now is the fed reinvesting every dollar they are earning for the existing bonds. they will start slowing back down and not purchasing using all the proceeds to purchase those problems. the real headline here that is good news for the u.s. is the mortgage-backed securities over the last eight years have had such stellar performances in the market these bombs into the broader international investors making a very compelling story for international investors who may have gotten burned through the financial crisis to come back in and purchase the bond, hence we won't see too big of an interest rate in a short term.

cheryl: was going to ask you considering the economic fact of the hurricanes have hit the united states, a lot of folks say a percentage point shape of gdp. the fed will have to talk about that. is it a bigger chance interest rates don't move in december? >> i still think they do move in september because of where we've been the last eight years and the economy is still strong. you are right. what's been happening in houston happened with harvey, what's happening again with maria right now. those are all wildcards will definitely play into the process, but they do still think there's a hike in september. cheryl: reporters will ask ginny guillen about her future plans. she's maintained if she's asked to serve the chairwoman of shall do so. what do you think? >> and outcome of this administration you never know exactly what's going to happen.

i actually do think she will be asked to serve again. president trump has enough other things honestly he's trying to get through like tax reform for one. we will see what happens. >> there's a lot of talk jerry kohn has been waiting in the wings for the job. again, a lot of things to sit through. thank you for their respect. have a great day. >> mentioning the big decision with full analysis of the fed decision 2:00 p.m. eastern time and jimmy allen's big news conference at 2:30 pretty nauseous when asked if she will stick around or not. one way or the other, coming up in sports. homerun records for major league baseball came from an unlikely source, jerry max of the highlights bear. shares of said david sinking after bad reviews of this smart watch that the company was

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cheryl: shares of the bed after reviews of the new ionic sport watch. it was created supposedly with apple watch. and a lot of consumers don't think it's going to be much of a threat due to its choice of apps in ability to take or receive calls or text messages. they closed down nearly 5%

yesterday. >> you haven't been wearing your smart watch recently. cheryl: i'm trying to shake it up. the garment is alive and well. lauren: it's a banner year for major league baseball. >> you've got to major league baseball. >> this is pretty cool. hit the ball, touch them all come a moment in the sun. over and over again like never before. kansas city's alex gordon at the five to two loss to the blue jays into the major league baseball books. home run number 5494 ever had in a single year of major league baseball. 12 days left in the regular season. chicago cubs manager joe matas from the hero's welcome in st. petersburg, florida were used to manage the tampa bay rays. now of course this cubs skipper was there from six to 14.

last night listed chicago cubs terrific jury. milwaukee brewers kept pace with the cubs and climbed up to wildcards indians. the only one of the game as the brewers scored one out the window at the pittsburgh pirate of milwaukee. now one game back of the colorado rockies for the second wild-card spot. charles peanut tillman trained to crack a new note. "chicago tribune" says tillman was a criminal justice major group in a military family is training to become an fbi special agent. special agents must be younger than 37 when appointed. he turns 37 in late february. by unanimous vote, the nfl players association yesterday in a preseason game last month on malcolm jenkins so they

protested the national anthem. yesterday long revealed he is donating money to the first games this year to fund scholarships and charlottesville. two students at the seven at the seven years of their work for the boys and girls club of central virginia to end his alma mater. the hometown treats with hatred in the future you. my wife at night tried to combat options at their own positive investment in our community. in illinois involving an 8-year-old who saw something we've never seen. children in unison kneeling for the national anthem. [inaudible] they are saying look. i felt like it was a good moment for me. >> all the parents agreed to let

this happen. you see the images of this and even educated students about: kaepernick and wide. they say they're only going to do it once. not again. cheryl: it sets a precedent. on mornings with her way later on, both jerry jones, arthur blank of the falcons as both of the owners about the kneeling controversy. their answers are going to surprise you about how they feel, what they say in america's football fields right now. lauren: i asked eli manning about last week you're not positive. >> this video is -- cheryl: you can get sports reports fox news headlines 24/7. fox news channel 115. lauren: coming up, how global markets react in today in advance of utter federal reserve does this afternoon.

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lauren: federal reserve policy makers wrapping up a two-day meeting this afternoon. have expected to announce the wind down their massive balance sheet. we have of gold from "the wall street journal." you've got the global market reaction for us, riva. >> indeed. just as you see the real cause on wall street, similar effect on markets in euros and broadly across asia as well. implications of what the fed

does today will have a profound impact on emerging market with the dead sensitive to any kind of changes. you've also got the ecb likely watching closely to see what the impact is on the exchange rate. very much a global theme today. but the fed is doing has kept traders away from making any big moves ahead of the news. >> big news in germany. you've got angela merkel who is really going to be kind of fighting for a fourth year in power. what are investors looking for? what do investors want? >> well, you think there is a wide consensus among investors on the latest poll she's going to the chancery. coalition partners the rest of the eurozone hundreds of french election. people are watching because we'll have a profound impact on not just germany's public spending plan, but the

institutions. cheryl: riva gold, thanks for your perspective. that's it for us. we now turn it over to maria bartiromo. >> thanks for joining us. i maria bartiromo. happy wednesday to you. wednesday comes up number 20. top stories right out of 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. hurricane maria barreling towards bankrupt puerto rico. the category four storm has maximum speed winds of 155 miles an hour. it is expected to make landfall in the next few hours, possibly while we are on the air. officials warned residents to get to shelters right away. >> hurricane maria is imminent. it is a dangerous, slow hurricane with catastrophic bass, affects on infrastructure, lots of rai