ask your doctor about jardiance. the type 2 diabetes pill that's on it. learn more at jardiance.com i martha mcallen. landfall there one of the strongest hurricanes ever tracked. now it is headed for the united states mainland over the course of the next 24-48 hours. the storm's next move is going to be critical to determining which parts of the united states are going to be most affected. for an update on the progress, which we just received a short while ago, joining me, my good friend, rich. >> hey martha. the 8:00 advisory just came in. they've lowered the sustained

winds down 248 miles an hour. still a category 4 storm. we had that rapid it got to that and incredibly strong storm. we are seeing these bands that have actually moved all the way through to parts of west florid florida. we are seeing some of the showers. in fact, we had a tornado warning earlier with that. you can see the center of it, still, it's battering the bahamas, where it has been for the last 24 hours. this is a new model run from our american model, the gfs, we call it. it has also nudged it just a tiny bench towards the east. they are in the 3-inch range all along the florida coast.

but then, you notice that it's in the 10-inch range on the entire south carolina coast. cuts into areas of north carolina, virginia, and up into the outer banks. a little into maryland. there are a lot of people that are going to be impacted by the storm. this is the center of it. this is the last three hours. you see that little northerly jock, it looked like it was taking? it drives down to the south. it's wobbling a little bit. it is still called stationary. there is no movement of the storm at all right now. i can't imagine what they continue to go through with these wind it's still on the very, very west side. i just want to say, though, the centerpoint is here, but the

storm will be growing. while there's a bit of a weakening, the strongest winds are going to spread out a little bit. that's why we still think we will see some hurricane winds, maybe towards daytona beach. it looks like across south carolina. maybe a landfall of the storm somewhere around north carolina later on this week. >> martha: thank you very much. we now go to the scene of the storm itself. jupiter, florida. she joins us from there tonight. hello again, jackie. >> jackie: high, martha. thank you. the outer bands come through and get pelted with rain. if you are staying on the beach like i am, the sand is springing up into your face. you really do feel this outer band. you can see that the surf is just really kicking up.

we've got rollers that are starting way far out from shore. that has changed really over the course of the day. we are in the mandatory evacuation zone here, not just because of the risk of the high winds, which we have been feeling, but because of all the low-lying flood prone areas. they are under a mandatory evacuation order. use to be able to walk to the other side of that. there is no chance you can do that now. erosion is going to be a major concern as the storm surge continues. low tide was at 6:30. with the king tide, which is happening along this area, that's where you have a higher than normal tide. today is supposed to be the highest tide of the year anyway, even without this storm. the storm surge, creeping in. you've got a real risk of some serious flooding. police have been working to keep people out of the beaches come

off of these areas. marinas have been cleared out of their boats. they are trying to make sure that people are safe so that first responders don't have to be put in any danger to rescue. they shut that down on friday. it's dark. they wrapped its 6,000-pound lengths to protect it from the storm. we can expect this area, after we get more of those bands come through, to see more damage as the tide continues to rise and these areas continues to see some flooding. >> martha: thank you very much. millions of americans have been ordered to evacuate. to explain why it's important to heed those orders, we are joined by russell honore. sir, thank you so much. it's good to have you with us.

my mind keeps going back to these folks in the bahamas at the moment, because nobody knows where this thing is headed, but they, we don't even know the extent to what they are handling down there. what are your thoughts tonight, sir? >> russell: my heart goes out to them. many of those people trapped there, they didn't have many places to go in the first place, and less they went to another island. i'm sure that opportunity was afforded, but here we go. 14 years later, this week, i was arriving in new orleans, katrina, where we lost over 18,000 citizens. 20% that did not evacuate, 1800 died. most of those people who were found were home, alone, they were elderly and disabled. that's the majority of people we found in their homes in new orleans. the importance of evacuation,

making sure that we get the elderly population out is so significant. we are in florida, trying to convince people to evacuate. if they don't, catastrophic events will happen, because this disaster is going to but water on the beaches of florida, georgia, north carolina, south carolina. it's going to take the lights out on a certain portion of the land east of 95. people need to evacuate. if you don't, you're putting your life at risk. absolutely. what we said back in the army, we are opening the gates. we've got a battalion of helicopters. there is an engineer task force that will go through open roads. core engineers, moving assets into the area. every states, u.s. northern

command has put liaisons in each state. the opening response is dubbed by the national guard, and now the u.s. department of the feds has stepped in. even the navy and marines are getting prepared, as they prepared prepared to assist the people in the bahamas. once the hurricane mopes out. at the national level, fema drives this. in conjunction with the northern command, national guard national out of washington, d.c., are synchronizing these activities. >> martha: it's an amazing undertaking, and we have an incredible force to handle it.

general, thank you so much. good to see you tonight, sir. thank you. >> russell: and good luck to them. good luck to them. >> martha: absolutely paired good luck to them is right. some daring researchers are flying into dorian's eye to collect the storm data that they can get from inside of it. they are going to be calling in to us from mid air during the program. as soon as we get the call, we will take it as our special hurricane coverage continues on fox news, right after this.

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>> martha: welcome back. special break in coverage tonight hurricane dorian. dorian is an extremely powerful storm, and we are sure to hear people blame its strength on global climate change. so, should we? is that correct? roy spencer is a meteorologist. simple research scientist at the university of alabama and author of the book "inevitable disaster." why hurricanes can't be blamed on global warming. it's good to have you with us tonight. a lot of people look at this and say that global warming has heated the surface of the ocean oceans. that warm water is what leads to the fact that we've had five

category five and just the last few years. what you say to that? >> the 1900, out of all of the major hurricanes that have hit florida, there has been no long-term trend in either their intensity or in the number of major hurricanes. that is category 3 or stronger. even if dorian were to hit florida as a category 4, which it looks like now is not going to happen, there still would be no long-term trend. yes, we do expect, theoretically, that warmer waters should lead to stronger hurricanes. and the waters around the bahamas where dorian intensified, were more. but if you go back to the last hundred or more years, and you see the temperatures and the hurricanes that hit florida, it turns out that the seven

hurricanes that went over the most unusually warm water for that time of year, and then hitm occurred before 1950. >> martha: that's very interesting. another statistic out there. you tell me what you think about it. since 1970, you've had a one tenths of a percent increase every decade. so it's the slow but steady climb, according to those numbers, that show that over time, the oceans are warming up. what do you say about that? >> the atmosphere is warming up. i think, probably based on the theory, over 50% of that is due to humans. but the warming is very slow. warm waters are only one part of hurricane formation, okay? in order to have a hurricane, most of the tropics, most of the tropics all the time, during the summer, are capable of producing or supporting a major hurricane.

what's usually missing is a pre-existing disturbance, which is most of the hurricanes we get started out as african easterly waves, which come off of africa, south of the sahara. you need that. more importantly, you need wind. it's kind of like tornadoes. you have to have a special mixture of certain ingredients. it's not just a sea surface temperature. otherwise, we'd be having major hurricanes all over the tropics. and we don't. they are a relatively rare phenomenon. statistically, like i said, if you look at the data, going over 100 years, you really can't support increasing hurricane activity with the increasing sea surface temperatures that we actually are seen. sue and thank you, sir. good to have you with us tonight. >> thank you, martha. >> our thanks to him. if you are stuck, you need to

prepare. you need to get your home evacuated, what some practical advice. what you actually need to do? he joins us now. roy, we've seen people boarding up these stores and shops of florida. some of them, it's a shame, because some of them won't get head hit at all. they've lost their labor day, which is important to all of these. what would what would you tell? which of the need to know? 's before the first thing that i would tell you is, make sure that you do follow the advice of your local forecasters. you won it drill out a cavity by yourself. you would go to a dentist. want to make sure that you are relying on a professional to give you this advice. we watched the storm move up the eastern seaboard, people kept looking, saying, i am going to be on the left side of the eye. that may be the hopeful scenario that we see. yet, we will likely see wind

exceeding a hundred miles per hour on the left side of that storm, across florida, up to georgia, and into the carolinas. so, what do folks need to do? the first thing that you need to do is everything that is outside your house i can fly away is brought inside your house. your lawn furniture, your plant can turn into a missile to fly in at 70-80-a hundred miles per hour into your home or a neighbor's home. make sure all that is brought in. secondly, you need to go through with a video on your iphone or the like, and to document your house. before you leave, you need to document everything, because if you do happen to have that worst day experience, you want to be able to show an insurance company what your home looks like. third, close the doors. think about this for a moment. if a little bit of air gets into

your house at that wind speed, your house can begin to act like a balloon and literally pop your roof off. you can reduce that by 30% by simply closing all the interior doors and all of your exterior windows. and then, if you've been told to evacuate, leave. you are not smarter than those professional weather forecaster forecasters. you want to be out of harm's way. you don't want to be in a spot, cut off. >> martha: we heard a bunch of folks, you know, as we always do, say, yeah. i've been here a long time. i'm writing this thing out. if you are in your house at this point, we will watch more of this over the course of a half. we are watching interesting graphics that come from your organization. if you are still in there, what should you do? >> roy: you want to be inside an interior space in your house.

if there is high winds going on, you do not want to be in any place where debris can come in and puncture. know that these bands are going to keep coming. don't think just because the wind let up a bit, that you are in the clear. you are not. this storm is basically stationary right now off of west palm beach, sitting still, gathering more and more energy. and the left side bands are going to keep swinging, not the storm surge across the coast, but wind upon wind. the reports dominic were reports saying that there were $22 billion worth of damages just in north carolina. that storm sat there, it rains, and the wind kept coming.

that perpetual impact. >> martha: wow. these videos, fascinating. i think they are a great depiction. also, your advice about closing all their those interior doors. very helpful. we've got more coverage for you on the hurricane dorian, just ahead. stay with us. we'll be right back. we're carvana, the company who invented

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>> martha: welcome back, everybody come on this labor day evening, as we are watching hurricane dorian. sad news to report from the bahamas. they have confirmed that five people have lost their lives in the bahamas, as this storm continues to turn over the island there. we go go to evan. he is just across the way in juno beach florida. evan, how's it going there?

speak a good evening. right now, with got some wins that have been coming through. we get some wins some rain. as you see, not much going on here behind me. the concern that we have right now in palm beach county, where i am, is the storm surge. right now, they have evacuated all of the low-lying areas. most folks who are living along the lower cost. they have been asked to leave their homes. no one has been asked to leave the county or anything like that. they don't want to start clogging up the road. right now, people are in a partial evacuation here. the question we are waiting to answer, at midnight, that storm is expected to come in. the concern that we have is that those low-lying homes are going to start to be overcome with water. remember, these folks here were not asked to leave. at one point, they thought they were going to be right in the hurricane's bull's-eye. obviously, that did not happen.

this storm is expected to go straight up here over my shoulder, may be off the coast. as a ghost further north in florida, it's going to get closer to the coast. right now, where i am, people have been spared by it. people sprung into action a couple days ago. thankfully, the punctuation prs been done. we will have to wait and see on that. >> martha: yet, we will have to wait and see. thank you so much, evan. good to have you here. let's go to former secret service agent. he joins us. dan, were you supposed to leave? >> dan: no. we have a place over in stuart. it's probably best that they wanted people to leave there, because of the proximity of the water. but we are safe over here.

it's been pretty mild. the reporting has been pretty mild. you get these bands, martha, where the rain gets pretty intense. but absolutely nothing compared to what went on in the bahamas. those videos are just absolutely catastrophic and pretty heartbreaking. but overnight, it should intensify. we'll get some winds. the preparedness was great. i can't say enough about the local and the state officials. they were on top of this. there were no shortages in the grocery store. i don't mean to go on, but i can't emphasize enough. floridians are pretty resilient. each time, the response gets better and better and better. i didn't even wait for gast on here for more than maybe 10-15 minutes. they've really got this process down. >> martha: i think everybody's got their formula. they know how to shore up their house. they know if they need to get out of there, they have a plan probably for where they are to go. this is his first time dealing with the hurricane since he was

elected. i spoke with the governor in georgia, who's also going through it for the first time ever. in terms of that level of response how's that going? >> dan: it's been, it's really, i can't say enough about it. luckily, our local sheriff and our local county officials have been great. but the governor has been all over the news. i don't think he sleeps. him and rick scott have been on the news, on the local news on here constantly. the briefings have been recurrent. the local news on here, the weather, they go wall to wall down here. the news has been on basically 24 hours per day. the reporting down here has been spectacular. i'll say, i've only been here for years, but a jell-o when i first came here, there was a lull. it wasn't really that big of a deal. we were taking advice from people who had been around.

but now, pretty much everyone in my neighborhood has been through one or two. so, they've got the shutter system. the food and the gas. it's really about getting your windows shut, getting supplies, getting gas in your car and your generator. pretty much everyone in the neighborhood has that taken care of. >> martha: good to see you tonight. >> you got it, martha. thanks a lot. when you bet. she joins us now. good to see you tonight. what's going through your mind this evening? >> you too, martha. governor scott, when he was governor and i was attorney general, we lived through way too many of these. i'm just hoping that people are heating has morning. it's not too late, like dan said. stuck up on your supplies, if you are not leaving. senator scott and i lived through hurricane michael.

you saw the utter devastation that that hurricane did to the panhandle. so many folks didn't want to get out of there. if they are telling you to leave, your local sheriff's, your local police, you need to heed their warning. >> martha: entire towns were literally wiped out by hurricane michael. this is an important video to look at. >> pam: it is. you know, i was just talking to senator scott. we want to remind people that something really bad can happen even if the hurricane does not hit land in florida, because of the tide, because of the storm surge. the flooding could be catastrophic. there are plenty of shelters for your pets. we have such great law enforcement officers, such great people. everyone is working so hard to protect floridians.

>> martha: what category was michael when it hit in the panhandle? >> pam: and michael was either a four or a five. it might have been a 4. i can't recall. but you saw that devastation that it did. it was a direct devastation to our panhandle. it was coming up through the gulf of mexico, which made it even more catastrophic. >> martha: there is the possibility for tornadoes, because even if you get a storm surge, tornadoes, where i am, we just had a tornado over the summer, and it can be devastating. so some of the sort of tangential events can also be things that people need to be very concerned about, right? >> pam: yeah, absolutely. like you saw those pictures from the panhandle, those trees were thrown up like toothpicks. houses were literally picked up and moved down the street. one of those houses was a beachfront house that was down the street on top of another house come up logically.

the army had to get me through there, the military, to take that video, because the roads were completely shut off. that's how catastrophic it can be. stock up on these essential commodities and just be safe. >> martha: pam, thank you. great to see you tonight. thanks for being here. we wish everyone in florida wel well. pam, thank you to you. when you look at what the chief concerns are in all of this, that's one of the big questions. we turn to fox medical contributor, marc siegel, who joins me here in the state stu. there are a lot of people who have to go stay somewhere else or go stay with a relative or friend more inland. >> the first thing, it's already been said. you do have to evacuate. if fema tells you to evacuate. it has been very organized.

if you don't evacuate, then you risk a lot higher risk of death. now, if you evacuate, you have to make sure that you take your medical supplies with you. if you are disabled, your equipment has to come with you. your medications have to come with you. you have to make sure that you have clean water to drink. this is extremely important. the number one problem medically, is fear. people who are afraid it don't take proper precautions. people rush back to their homes. they rush through water. we are talking about surges being the number one problem after hurricanes. your house may be under water. do you bang around there. injuries, lacerations are very common in that situation. electrocution. drownings occur. all of these things occur because people are afraid and they are not doing what they're told. that's the most important thing. >> martha: you. i mean, it's a great point. you have to get out, and then you have to wait to get back in. we are looking at what some of

the waves coming up on shore. their ability to take care of what's going on, it's just different. it is. >> dr siegel: a big contrast. they know where every dialysis unit is. they know where everyone has a respirator. down there, people being rescued by jet skis, by helicopters. they are trapped in areas where no one can get to them. that's why we're seeing a lot more risk. five deaths already. one, tragically, by a 7-year-old child. >> martha: we hope that the united states is going to not get the brunt of this. up the coastline, it could be a little more difficult in

charleston. these pictures are from freeport in the bahamas. we keep an eye on all of that. the aftermath is one of your biggest concerns, right question marks before you, martha, and i do think that regardless of how hard this hits us, you are going to see areas with black out, you're going to see areas with flooding. that's where we are really concerned. you are trying to drive through floods, you're trying to walk through floods. what are you doing when the power goes out? do you have your supplies? to have connection to people that can help you? people that get stranded, that's where fema and human services come in. people get stranded when the power goes out. >> martha: we saw that nursing home where people were trapped in the nursing home. obviously, that's a big concern too. there was a horrific situation in texas a couple years back, where they were getting people out on the bus. that turned into a bad situation. just moving people around is very, very difficult. >> dr siegel: which is why

it's happening now, which is why it has to happen in advance of the storm. now is the time to get people into shelter. the more people you move, the less people are going to get hurt and style. >> martha: thank you for listening. if you have family members in georgia, or north carolina, south carolina, where there's more time for preparation at this point. >> dr siegel: staying calm is the most important thing. >> martha: thank you. always good to see you, mark. so, the navy is gearing up for rescue operations after dorian's arrival. we are going to talk just ahead as our special coverage continues tonight, right after this.

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>> martha: all right. welcome back everyone as we watch hurricane dorian over the bahamas. he's been there all throughout the day. he is watching this area that lies in the path of dorian. it's sort of offshore at this point. jeff, how's it going there? >> jeff: yeah, it's been sort of a weird day for weather. it has been sunny and hot at some times, and then at other points, the winds will really pick up and be very strong. you'll hear the waves crashing onto shore, and then you'll gett

a downpour of rain. we are starting to feel these outer bands of hurricane dorian coming through. most of the people in this town all say the same thing. we've been through this before. we are prepared. we got this morning last week. we gassed up. we got our generators going. now, they are just sort of taking it all in. there are tons of people out on the beach. some people are even taking advantage of the weather. even one server was out there. we spoke with him before he went out there. he says that he has served hurricanes before in the past. he kind of knows what he's doing. he's he knows he's limits. >> we would like them to stay off the coast. >> jeff: now, in cocoa beach, we are on a barrier island.

they have already gotten off the island here and went more in land. if you drive around town, businesses are boarded up, homes are boarded up. some of those businesses closed a few days ago. that's been pretty frustrating for some of my employees who count on labor day labor day w. >> most people understand that this is where we live. this is going to happen. but at the same time, we want to get ourselves and our employees back to work as fast as we possibly can. there's a lot of people who they missed three or four days of pay. it's hard for them to pay the rent. >> jeff: we are at about 15 feet above sea level. it's not really a whole bunch. we think about the storm surges that are starting to kind of come through. that warning has already begun. we are hearing about 4-7 feet of

storms moving through, maybe even possible tonight or tomorrow morning. >> martha: will see you later. so, the members of the cage and navy are gearing up. they have rescued thousands of people. brian thrasher is a disaster and national spokesman for the cajun navy. thank you so much for making time with us as we watch and wait. what's your plan? >> well, thanks for helping us spread the word. we have a saying here on the coast that waiting for a hurricane is a lot like being stocked by air turtle. you don't know where when it'sg to come. >> martha: you guys have been involved in so many rescue

efforts. give everybody, maybe you have a story or two that you can share with us, about going into those really hard to reach places. there are times when only neighbors and friends and volunteers can really get the job done. >> jeff: there's been a lot of situations like hurricane harven 2017, where we were able to go in and do shallow water rescue. what a lot of people don't realize is that when first responders get called into the theater of a disaster event, they get called in there, but there is water and ice, and basic food, may not show up for a day or two. they bring in water, ice, food, sometimes furniture. we have people all over the country who help. we are happy to be that move that holds every thing together. >> martha: i was in houston

after harvey. you just watch people tearing all of the stuff out of their house. their belongings, their clothes, everything is ruined. the mod all over their photo albums. everything. you guys do such a great service to go in and help them if they are stranded. and also, as you say, to kind of bring stuff stuff in there. what drives you, i guess to do this? there's other stuff that you could be doing, and you guys do this. tell me why. >> brian: look, it's part of the louisiana culture. it's people helping people. that's where it all started. it all started from a good place. last year, with hurricane michael, the navy really set a precedence on that. now, they've moved over to the east coast in jacksonville. it just comes from a place of money to help people. the nation opens up their hearts

after katrina. we feel like we owe almost a blood debt. we have to be there for people who were there for us. we just want to be there to augment the amazing first responders and help in any way we can. people are probably tired of hearing that they need to prepare. you cannot be over prepared. you've got to keep your foot on the gas. great britain had a 13 colony lead and lost the american revolution. so, never keep your foot off the gas. >> martha: that's an excellent point. hot do you know how long to wait? >> telmex before i try my best to tell them to stay out of harm's way, but they would rather go into the danger. they'll go anywhere. of course, they always link up with local sheriffs, local fire departments, local red cross, because they get some good guidance as to where they are

helping. we try to walk that line and make sure that everybody walks away, looking at us as a big help, and not getting in the way and muddying things up. still when you have. we are just looking at some of these incredible videos, people swimming through the water, and small boats coming up to help them. these are amazing pictures from, i believe these are from katrin katrina. these things are so devastating. so much of it also is the emotional support that people feel when somebody shows up to give them a hand. >> brian: yeah, just getting somebody some cold ice to put in their mouth. bringing in some equipment to help people wash their clothes. some mobile shower units where people can just get clean and just feel human again. it's little things like that. after going through katrina myself, i went through all this. i know how the little things can add up to make you feel so much

better and make you feel like you have hope for the recovery, that there's going to be a light at the end of the tunnel and it's not just a fema train. >> martha: brian, thank you so much. great to see you tonight. >> brian: thanks for happiness. >> martha: thank you for all you do. what is the best way to protect your dog or your cats or your bird or whoever you've got to come your furry friends that are living with you? this is such an important part of all of this. that is next as our special coverage continues tonight. vision loss is not something that you feel until it happens.

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>> martha: all right, we've got you covered here. we are back with the latest. we are going to go live now to daytona beach. how's it going? >> martha, pretty good. we've got some tree service equipment trucks behind us in parking lots all up and down the coast. you see people preparing, getting ready for what could be an impending disaster. things are shutting down quickly, also. restaurants, grocery stores, and perhaps, most importantly, airports. daytona is shot in west palm beach. the major international airport will be closing at 2:00 a.m. one of the key things is to get people in low-lying areas to evacuate. here's what it looks like with him trying to get people to evacuate some dangerous terrain. >> i don't know if you saw a

correspondence? did the police come by? this is a mandatory evacuation. >> i want to get out of here. >> good. where you going customer >> panama city. >> okay. great, great, great. do you have family up there? i'm glad to hear that. safe travels. >> steve: that can be a tough sell sometimes. you see him going door to door, trying to make sure that people do have a place to go. there are concerns here about several things, depending on the course of the storm. if it does move further west, we could see not just tropical storms, but also hurricane force winds. the rain could be anywhere from 6-10 inches. a storm surge of 4-7 feet. it's watching and waiting here,

and getting the people to move to safer territory in those low-lying areas. >> martha: that can make a huge difference. that can happen at any time. steve, thank you very much. we'll see you later. so, human lives are not the only ones in danger. many beloved pets are also at risk. what should you do with your pets if you are threatened by an approaching storm? >> ashley, thank you so much for being here tonight. 91% of animal guardians are not prepared for a natural disaster. what does that mean? >> ashley: yeah. that's correct. i think we know that having a plan can be the difference between life and death for the whole family. we urge people to plan ahead, meaning, have an emergency preparedness kit with food,

medications, water, harnesses, carriers for small animals, i.d., ideally have the microchip, and know where you're going, because many emergency shelters don't allow animals. call ahead, find out. you can also call hotels. a lot of them will suspend their policy during a disaster. >> martha: katrina was such a disaster for so many animals. there were so many people who were terrified to leave their home, because they didn't want to leave their animal, and then they put their themselves in d. talk to me a little bit about that. >> ashley: absolutely. the worst thing that you can do during a hurricane or another natural disaster is to leave your animal behind or to leave them outside, especially chained or pent up. the emergency rescue team has seen firsthand, the dominic the devastation that can occur when animals are left to fend for

themselves. we found a kitten who had been clinging to the top of a number low for days. we saw a dog who was changed to a house that had been picked up and thrown across the guard. so, above all, we urge people to keep their animals with them and bring them indoors. >> martha: yeah, we are looking at all of these rescues i have one one friend who has g that she rescued from katrina. it's so important. i guessed one of the most difft situations, these people are taking that dog with them, but if, for some reason, they get the feeling that it's either my life or not. i have to leave the dog here. don't tie it up to anything. don't put it in a pan. that's an emergency situation. what is best? >> ashley: insist on taking your animals, but if the

authorities will not let you, it's very important not to leave them compliant, not to leave them change. bring them to the upper floors of the house. leave food out for several days. make sure it's dry food. the wet food will go bad. leave out as much water as you can. of course, get back to that house as soon as you possibly can. to everything you can. everything in your power to just refuse to leave your animals behind. you don't know what's going to happen to your house before you can get back to it. >> martha: you. just watching some of these pictures that we've been showing. so heartbreaking. you think about some of the eventualities when the stars are left behind. a lot of them end up in shelter shelters. that's a difficult situation, because they don't all get adopted. >> ashley: that's why, again, people need to be sure. this is something that we can all do ahead before there is an emergency. make sure that your animals always have current i.d. on

their color or harness. make sure they are microchip to, so that if that comes back, they can still be traced back to you, so you can be reunited. that brings a lot of families back together after they are separated. >> martha: good advice. just to reiterate, i love these pictures of these guys carrying these beautiful dogs out of the house. all of these amazing rescue people that we spoke to, they are very happy to help you get your dog or animal out. but you don't want to let it get to this point. i think the other point that you made, which i wanted to mention again, is that you call ahead, the shelters, the hotels, they will change their rules in these emergency situations. >> ashley: absolutely. a lot of hotels will suspend their no pet policies. a lot of hotels already do have policies that allow pets. if you go to peta.org, we have a free kit that you can order.

>> martha: thank you so much, ashley. take care of your dog. be ready. our special hurricane coverage continues throughout the evenin evening. tucker will be back tomorrow night. >> a fox news alert for you. it is 9:00 p.m. on the east coast of the united states, where the eye of hurricane dorian is hovering just above the florida coast. our special coverage of hurricane dorian continues. state of emergency declared and florida, georgia, north carolina, and virginia. millions are bracing now for impact. joining us with the very latest on the ground in jupiter, florida, jackie. jackie. see for john, dorian is still about 100 miles east of us. we just went through one. the rain has been pelting.

if you are on the beach like i am. right about 12 miles down the street from where we are is a significant shower right now. it's producing 50-mile-an-hour gusts. we are feeling that 12 miles up the road. so you can imagine what it's like in other places where they are feeling the greater part of those bands. take a look behind me. you could, at one point, walked to the other side of that retaining wall. you can't do that anymore. low tide was that 6:30. so, the tide is coming in. but also bear in mind, the sun, the moon that affects the gravitational pull. even without the storm, we expected today's high tide to be the highest of the year. combine that with 4-7-foot storm surge that's being brought in by this storm and also the outer bands. you are looking at really dire situation at the low lying and

flood prone areas. this is a mandatory evacuation zone. along this area of jupiter, anything that is in a low-lying area, people have been asked to leave. the idea is that people won't be placing first responders in any harm's way. we don't want to see that happen. the governor is asking folks to keep that in mind. >> thank you. joining us further north up the coast in cocoa beach, florida, jeff. >> jeff: yeah, john. right now, we are in the window of when it comes to the storm surge. about 100 yards away from where the atlantic ocean is. just off the coast of cocoa beach. there's not a lot separating the water for many of the businesses out here. some of the homes, resorts, hotels. that is the main concern right now. moving up the coast. from further south, further north. they are worried about where

that water is going to go. most of the people here have been through storms time and time again. but they say, what makes this one a little bit different is that it is quite large and quite unpredictable. they feel like they have been preparing for the last couple of days. they've got all the things in place. one person told me, they just want to get this over with. they say to keep your preparations in place, because they don't know exactly what's going to happen next. john. >> john: thank you. they are still taking a pounding from dorian. how bad, we don't know yet. eyewitness news reporter in the bahamas, matthew. matthew, what's the latest. speak or right. as of right now, our northern islands are in pretty bad shape. they got a really hard hit yesterday. the devastation is just terrible. if you are able to see the videos, the flooding is massive. we had reports of people's

rooftops flying off. they are on the roof of their home, as they are trying to evade the water that was simply pouring in from the flooding outside. people have been confirmed dead as a result of hurricane dorian. as we all know, dorian is currently moving over the grand bahama. the island is taking a very bad beating. not too long ago, there were calls from a doctor need and inf immediate help. the building has now become compromised. people inside our pleading for help. the u.s. coast guard has stepped in. they rescued six people. just moments ago, we just spoke with one of her other reporters, who was trapped ine stopped. local officials on the island.

rescue missions keep stopping because of flooding. >> john: it could be that there have been severe injuries on some of the outlying islands that no one is hearing about yet. right? >> matthew: right, yes. the village people on those outer islands, they did receive an evacuation order by the . as of now, they should be on the mainland. >> john: not everybody moves though, even when they get an evacuation order. we knew know that from past st. >> matthew: right. we know that five people are dead. there could be more, but we are awaiting official word from the government. >> john: thank you. hurricane dorian bears down on the east coast of the united states. presidents in multiple states are preparing for the worse.

what can we expect in the coming hours and days? fox news weather center chief meteorologist. rick. >> hey john. about former days that we are going to be watching the impact. obviously, still in the bahamas. that hasn't changed. hurricane warning in effect. you are going to see hurricane conditions likely. all the way into areas of northern florida. hurricane watch has been issued up through that central coast, including the charleston area. with withoverall, that isn't goo that much damage. it's going to cause a little bit of beach erosion, and that's going to be one of our problems we see across florida. but, take a look at this. this is the last 36 hour move for dorian.

36 hours across the bahamas. it's only moved about 110 miles. we are about 90 miles off the coast. the storm has been absolutely stationary. if you move a little bit closer, this is grand bahama. this is the six hours. it it's not moving at all. our computer models have been doing different things for a long time. that is no longer the case. we have really good agreement now. it begins to pull up towards the northwest. it will eventually take this northeast turn. it kind of mimics the way the coastline is. there will be impacts. there will be very strong winds. especially around cape canaveral and towards daytona beach. if we do see a land, it will be

a category 1 or 2. >> john: it was mowing right up the middle. >> rick: it would have been catastrophic. what's happening to the bahamas would have been something that would happen here. we are so much more populated here than in the bahamas. i don't want to make any light of what's happening in the bahamas, because it's devastating for them. but, this is the best scenario that we could've asked for. >> john: thank you. join us now, someone all-too-familiar with major hurricanes, former florida governor and governor, rick scott. what can you tell us? are the folks prepared? >> rick: first off, your heart goes out to everyone in the bahamas. you rebuild these houses, but

you sure can't rebuild a life. we are still going to get a lot of storms. i've been talking to sheriffs, mayors, to make sure that people are evacuating if they've been asked to evacuate. it starts coming a little bit closer to our coast. i hope everybody takes it seriously and leaves that they need to and if they can. but everybody's got to watch this close, dominic. see one right, because even though the eye of the storm seems to be gearing off shore, you are still going to have hurricane force winds hitting most of the coast. >> rick: it doesn't always stay right within that cone. often, it gets a little bit further east or west. if the ghost storm surge, i mek

about this. this is a wall of water coming towards your house. very difficult to survive that. i talked to a lot of people from her from hurricane michael. went through hurricane maria. you don't survive this storm surge. very few people do. >> john: unfortunately, florida has too much experience dealing with hurricanes. you did during your administration there as governo governor. you think that the rescue authorities, the famous and others are prepared? >> rick: i had a great team when i was there. we had a great management team. fema was a great partner. i think that's still true now. we were that great local peopl. i talked to the president last week. i was with him saturday and

sunday. went and visited fema on sunday. they are absolutely committed. i talked to every cabinet member and made sure that they are going to provide every service that florida needs. >> john: senator scott, thank you. senator tim scott. senator, from your point of view, in south carolina, you can only watch and worry, i suppose. >> tim: while, this is certainly a time of reflection. 30 years ago this month, hurricane eagle came through our state and left 27 dead. one of the lessons in that hurricane is that complacency leads to catastrophe. that's one of the reasons why we urge people in the mandatory evacuation zone, to get out now. part of the evacuation being not being where there is a mandatory evacuation, which includes the coast of south carolina.

>> john: i was in hurricane hugo. it was a frightening, frightening event. these things, if people aren't prepared, if they haven't experienced them before, they can tend to take them a little bit lightly. you are telling people not to do that, not to be complacent about this one. >> tim: exactly, john. i was here during hurricane hugo. i don't recommend that for anyone. our president has been speaking with our governor. i've spoken with our governor. i spoke to the white house today, our chief of staff. there has been a lot of coordination. i spent some of the day at the emergency operations. they are talking with local officials. they are prepared to respond to this storm. i'm very thankful to live in a community that is prepared. the one thing we don't want to see his emergency responders trying to save someone that could have saved themselves by simply evacuating.

one of the reasons why we maintain our vigilance about taking the time now to figure out your evacuation plan, where you going? who should he take with you? what do you need? your medicine and all the things. and, where you going. take the time to make the decision if you are in a mandatory evacuation error. too many people on the southeast coast should be finding a way to get off the coast. this is very important for your life, but it's also incredibly important for the emergency responders, who are putting their lives on the line to get you out when you could do that right now. >> john: very good advice. senator tim scott from south carolina. we appreciate you. >> tim: thank you. >> john: the author of the climate chronicles. chief meteorologist. joe. give us the latest on the storm and your expectations. >> joe: well, it's just sitting there right now. it's going to start moving off to the north-northwest.

what we've been telling people since saturday is, inc. about florida up to georgia. this storm will be very similar to the effect she had in matthew a couple years ago. except, it's moving much slower. that's the key. you are going to continue to get water. we could be looking at title flooding greater. the other aspect is the intensity. you see it weakening, because its upwelling the water, so there's cool water coming up underneath it. its energy supply is being diminished. however, once it starts moving up to the northwest, it has fresh warm water in the way. so we'll probably see it maintain intensity. category 4, category 3. but there's another interesting aspect that will happen a couple of days from now. when it's in that gap just to

the east of the florida coast, you see the way the coast is shaped with the storm out there, the configuration of the coast, actually, is something that helps the storm try to tighten up again. it would not be surprising to me if this held on its intensity further north and farther northeast. i expect it to be close, it ift go over matthew, even if the storm stays offshore. this is stronger than matthew. remember, matthew hits, i guess it was turning northeast. this is going to continue to come northeast, along the coast to just offshore. that track means it will be a lot stronger in their than what you had with matthew. i would say wind gusts around

wilmington, are all going to be very close to, if not over what happened in florence. remember, florence was moving back to the southwest, john. this is coming up the most more classic path to the northeast. if you look back to 1954, carol was heading northeast off to se sea. wound up going into providence. the worry i have is that the configuration and this is similar, not that it's going all the way back to providence. perhaps, it could bring it to southeast new england. there's a lot in front of us here. >> john: the entire eastern seaboard of the united states has to pay attention. thank you.

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>> john: continuing now with our coverage of hurricane doria dorian.

live from daytona beach, florida, . laura. >> high hi john. dorian remains a category category 4 storm. county officials have warned people the eye of dorian could come within 30-40 miles of shore. probably sometime tomorrow afternoon into wednesday morning. now, states of emergency declared from florida up to virginia. people have been told to prepare for the worse. stock up, plan ahead, gas lines in some areas have been long, or they have even been running out. here in florida, we have seen hundreds of utility trucks. companies are trying to be ready for whatever the storm brings in order to restore power. now, authorities have warned people, if they decide to not evacuate and they are in one of these areas that could be hit

really hard, they need to be planned to be stuck in their home for a number of days, just because of how slow dorian is moving. the only thing predictable about the storm, john, is just how unpredictable it is. >> john: lauren from daytona beach. lauren, thank you. as this hurricane dorian makes it slow truck closer to florida, more than a million people have been told to evacuate along the u.s. southeast coast. here for the latest on disaster preparedness and recovery efforts, fema regional administrator, joseph. how are people heeding these evacuation orders question mexico, john, thanks for having us on the program tonight. what we're hearing from state and local officials is as they are mandating evacuation, my sense is that it somewhat mixed. there are some that are heating

the heading the evacuation. some are not. please, heed the warning of evacuation officials. if they don't evacuate, they need to plan to be there for potentially several days. it's going to be very difficult for first responders to get to them if they have an emergency. >> john: the number of people who move to florida each day is in the hundreds, if not the thousands. i mean, there are people there who have never experienced a hurricane like this. what you tell them about what lies ahead? speak of the most important thing, whether this is your first hurricane or you've been through many before, we have to take it seriously. i think the struggle that everyone has right now is, because the hurricane has shifted so much over the last couple of days, there are some people that assume that they are in the clear. there may be some complacent,

thinking that it's not going to impact them as severely as the bahamas. a category 4 still is bringing 140 mile-per-hour winds. we are going to see surges between 4-7 feet. that's 7 feet of water, coming at very high speeds. it will definitely damage infrastructure and it could cost you your life. we have some great videos that talk about storm surge and the impact it could have. i encourage everyone to take a look at those videos. >> john: plus, you've got a very slow moving storm, so those winds are going to hammer a community for days on end. as well as the rain. you are going to have rainfall that just won't let up. so this is going to be a long-running nightmare for people. >> it will. we see the impact that has been happening over the bahamas with the slow moving storm. john, my thoughts and prayers to all those impacted in the

bahamas. that impact, we can see impacted very similar to that, as it makes its way towards florida and the upper coast. >> john: all right. last question about what you tell people to do as they are trying to make their decision about whether to stay or go? >> it's very important that those evacuation orders are listened to. as you are getting ready to evacuate, make sure you have a stomach enough emergency supplies for your kids, your pets. it's important that you take important documentation as you are evacuating. make sure you have a prescription for your family members and pets if they need them. until your local officials tell you that it's safe to return, do not go back. we don't want anyone going back and facing potential injury. please, listen to your local officials. >> john: too many americans

die after the storm has passed. thank you. and coming up next, the storm chaser joins us from florida. plus, we'll bring you the very latest developments from hurricane dorian trade stay with us as our special coverage continues. ♪ children: yeah! announcer: ride the totally realistic traffic jam. ♪ beep, beep, beep, beep children: traffic jam! announcer: and the world's first never bump bumper cars. children: never bump! announcer: it's a real savings hootenanny with options that fit your budget. that's fun for the whole family. announcer: only at progressive par... maybe an insurance park was a bad idea. yeah. yep.

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all up and down the coast. the storm surge all the way from southern florida on up toward jacksonville is going to be a huge issue. that's going to be a huge problem on into wednesday. it is starting to slowly pull away. we are hearing a lot of tragedy down there. it's catastrophic. the news coming out in the coming days will not be good. anyway, heed these warnings. heed the evacuations. this storm is unpredictable in the sense of the stalling. as it comes up the coast, you need to be on guard.

do not ignore this storm. as it comes up the coast, tomorrow night, be prepared for anything that could happen. >> john: you mentioned evacuations. you get a sense as to how many people have evacuated there from the beach area? what percentage of the population? >> jeff: most of the people have left. most of the hotels, most of the local condominiums. the sheriff and the state officials have done an incredible job here evacuating those people out. it is in total lockdown. i can tell you, they have really blocked this area out. the good news is that most people have evacuated those areas earlier.

people have left. it's basically a ghost town right now. >> john: so much of the impact depends on the tides. but this is such a slow moving storm. it sounds like you are going to have a couple of high tides, along with a still a very active hurricane. >> jeff: yeah, about four or five tides. we are going to have three or four high tides. it's definitely higher than normal. you combine all those together, and areas that normally would not flood arsine flood waters. it's going to come up quite a bit over the next 24 hours all along the florida coast.

all the way up to jacksonville. be prepared for hurricane winds. it's going to be extremely dangerous tomorrow along the east coast. >> john: jeff, thank you. joining me now, with the latest on hurricane dorian, deputy director, ed. ed, i suppose the good news is that the original projections had this thing mowing right up the i, that is, mowing up the east coast of florida. it went a little bit east of there. good news for florida. bad news for the bahamas. steve are right. we've been watching as expected, that the hurricane was going to make a run towards the east coast. unfortunately, for the bahamas, it has done that. it's been devastating there. you see the eye of the hurricane

is essentially stationary. it's been there for 12-18 hours now. these hurricane winds have been occurring for close to a day. now, the forecast is for the center to start moving again later tonight or early tomorrow. of course, that will take it roughly parallel to the florida east coast and the southeastern united states. let me switch to another graphic, take a look more carefully at that. here's the southeast coast of the united states. florida. right now, the forecast is for the center to remain about 50 miles offshore. that's important, because hurricane force winds extend about 45 miles. if the hurricanes come right up to the shoreline, but the forecasts aren't always perfect. so if it comes a little bit further to the west, it could be a potentially dangerous storm

surge across the shoreline. >> john: numerous people need to be done might pay very close attention to the storm. c4 that's right. >> john: we appreciate the information. thank you. >> thank you. >> john: coming up, we will have more coverage from the ground in florida. don't go away.

>> john: continuing now with our coverage of hurricane dorian. chief meteorologist joins us with the latest update. greg. >> hey john. take a look at this. just 24 hours ago, it was covering donna coming on shore. that said, it's also only been

about 100 miles off the coast of florida. it is such a testament to the investment in technology that we have had. you could have a cap 5 hurricane. now, cap 4. to the north of that, we have it. we are going to see the chance for hurricane conditions right here along the coastline come up toward jacksonville. that's what we'll likely see. we will see the worst of any winds. that said, it should stay off the shore. we won't see that direct hit. what we will see, though, is all for states. florida, georgia, south carolina, north carolina. they will be impacted by the storm. very strong wind. storm surge as well. with that storm surge, we will see the flooding along the coas

coast. cap 1, cap two dominic 2 hurricane along the carolinas. >> john: joining us now with the latest update on what to expect from hurricane dorian. live from daytona beach, steve. >> steve: john, the first hints of rain here just beginning. machinery in parking lots all up and down the florida coast. you can see people preparing staging to deal with what could be a potential disaster. it's also very quiet as well. a lot of stores, restaurants, hotels, closed for business. some real concerns about what may be coming. major airports shutting down in florida, west palm beach, here in daytona. all shutting down. gas gasoline in many places doet

exist. how far west it moves. we could also be seen hurricane force winds. rain anywhere from 6-10 inches and a possible storm surge of 4-7 feet. >> john: steve, thank you. joining us now with the laces dominic latest, congressman mat. i suppose people are breathing a little bit of a sigh of relief. it looks like it's not going to do that now, but at the same time, you don't want anybody taking things lightly. what is the sense that you get, congressman? >> matt: here in florida, we are prepared for whatever version of the store we may get, whether it's a grazing or more impact. it's important to note that the geography that you described, is

very well developed. even if we just receive tropical storm force winds, we would very likely see a loss import in power. they issued declarations of emergency. that allowed us to preposition our power lines and our recovery teams to be able to go in right away. folks may want to be a part of assistance in florida, they can go to volunteer florida.org. you can go over to the west coast, and you may be able to go over to the east coast and to help our fellow floridians. our emphasis is on infrastructure. we've got a lot of nursing homes. that's the center of the emergency. >> john: what about food and water. soma? >> matt: you want to keep that seven day supply of food and water. but of power goes out, we also

are very concerned about medicine for needy and vulnerable populations. that's why it's so important to have a recovery team that's ready to go in and immediately and restore power. we are very good at this in florida. we are prepared for it. we trained for. i would see the local government response we've seen has been remarkable. it has required so much participation. if there's a political lesson in this, it's that all of our communities band together and worked together on the front end. it would sure be nice if we deep politicized hurricanes and if we just dealt with the needs of fellow americans. it's my hope that just may be, we will be able to rise above the normal dysfunction of washington and respond with the type of vigor that we've seen

from our local communities. >> john: it would be nice if the folks on capitol hill where you work could listen to what you are saying right now. congressman matt gates, we appreciate it. what efforts will be needed in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane. anthony, your agency is known for its relief efforts, but you've got a big job ahead. where do you start? >> anthony: where do we start? we started late last week as we started mobilizing volunteers. we are prepared. we have 60 shelters set up. last night alone, we saw about 2,000 people stay in childress. we stand ready. we have about a thousand trailers. i'm sorry. we have 100 tractor-trailers full of equipments, full of emergency supplies, as we prepare to help thousands of people who are going to be impacted. >> john: you get these roads with trees down, power lines

down. if you don't have the roads clear, you can't get the tractor-trailers to where they need to be, right? >> anthony: you are absolutely right. that's why it's an important relief effort. it's working with utility crews, working with local officials to make that possible, so that we can set up, so that we can help those impacted. >> john: if americans want to donate to the red cross, how do they do that? >> anthony: there's 1 of 3 ways that we can usually dominic really use the help. donate to the red cross. donate blood. there are hospitals that are in need. any sort of financial contribution is always amazing. you can do that at redcross.org. >> john: let's not forget, this storm has killed at least five people in the bahamas. that number, very likely to go

higher. anthony turned out from the american red cross. we appreciate it. >> anthony: thanks for having us on. to be up next, jill will be back with the very latest from hurricane dorian. stay with us as our special storm coverage continues on this labor day. a car 100% online. now we've created a brand new way for you to sell your car. whether it's a year old or a few years old, we want to buy your car. so go to carvana and enter your license plate, answer a few questions, and our techno-wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds. when you're ready, we'll come to you, pay you on the spot, and pick up your car. that's it. so ditch the old way of selling your car, and say hello to the new way-- at carvana.

♪ >> welcome back to our continuing coverage of hurricane dorian. winds are hammering the east coast of florida as dorian continues on its path to the north and perhaps the west. joining is now at the very latest on the ground in jupiter, florida, jacqui heinrich. >> john, we last talked to you about 15 minutes ago and from then until now we lost about 20 feet of beach. i just want to show you how high up the way if they are out. you can see her this little line in the sand, we just had one that almost took our camera. we might have to move the next time we see you. looking back at the retaining wall over here, we'd seen some of these swells pressing that retaining wall, spraying up onto the building that is barricaded, windows are boarded up. this is part of a mandatory evacuation zone and we are under those orders not just because of the risk of the high winds, which we have been seeing, but because of the storm surge. it could be 4-7 feet.

tide is coming in and we are seeing that storm surge swell. also, this is king tied in this area. it's a higher than normal tied because of the gravitational pull associated with the moon, the earth, the sun at this time of year. it's a protectable natural phenomenon but this storm surge combined with the king tied, some combined with the storm is made for a very dangerous situation but we are rapidly losing the chair. >> jacqui heinrich, thank you. back with us now, whether ball.com senior meteorologist joba started. joe, the question is is this thing going to move anymore westward or is it going to go pretty much straight north, do we know yet? >> i think it's going to parallel up the coast it's most impossible to drive hurricane, a major hurricane ashore between cape canaveral and up near jacksonville. it's happened one time in 400 years, that was hurricane dora back in 1964 and even that

stalled off the coast before coming on england. at one installed, there were a lot of loops in the tracks and actually weakened it a bit off its peak but it had a big huge high pressure system to the north. in this particular case we have these troughs of low pressure that are going back to the north and they are trying to pull the storm up toward them. you've got to understand, as powerful, as majestic as these things are, on the screen, they are caught in a stream number so everything them is influencing it including the frictional effects of land. so if you get a storm trying to come from the southeast, remember matthew? stay offshore. with the coast bends back towards the northeast, that could be a different story depending on the overall flow. right now the forecasted track on the one we have it whether bell is right on the coast from cape fear up to cape hatteras. the other truck a little bit east, little west, it won't make a little different because those folks up there will get a worse storm than what they got in matthew. so where we are in florida on up

to georgia over the next 24-48 hours, it's similar to matthew as far as effects go with the winds. the water comes up higher and i'm worried about that air from north florida all the way up to charleston, perhaps even further north having record tides out of this, something we saw with matthew. >> that's going to be the scary part of this. joba started, thank you. and we are going to have more coverage on hurricane dorian from the ground in florida right after a quick break, stay with us. ♪ -and...that's your basic three-point turn. -[ scoffs ] if you say so. ♪ -i'm sorry? -what teach here isn't telling you is that snapshot rewards safe drivers with discounts on car insurance. -what? ♪ -or maybe he didn't know. ♪ [ chuckles ] i'm done with this class. -you're not even enrolled in this class. -i know. i'm supposed to be in ceramics. do you know -- -room 303. -oh. thank you. -yeah. -good luck, everybody.

♪ >> john: hurricane dorian continues to creep along and perhaps toward the florida coast. it joining us now with the latest on the ground in cocoa beach, florida, jeff paul. what are you seeing their? >> john, not too much rain right now, but the wind gusts have definitely picked up as the outer bands start to move through. we are standing here right along the coast of cocoa beach and you can see the water has been coming up higher and higher and that is the concern right now, the storm surge. no matter how close the storm gets to land, even just a little bit, a lot of that water, 4-7 feet could become happier and when that water comes up here it could rush into homes, hotels, businesses, so that's why this area and a lot of the areas, the low-lying areas are under mandatory evacuation zone. the emergency responders that we have spoken with her hoping that many of these people have their things in place so when the

storm, very slow and unpredictable starts moving its way up the coast, that they can get out in a safe manner. >> john: jeff paul, thank you. and stay with fox news channel for continuing coverage of hurricane dorian. a fox news alert and hurricane dorian continues barreling up the east coast tonight as a powerful category four storm. this massive system already to blame for at least five deaths in the bahamas, mandatory evacuations are in effect from south florida to north carolina. good evening, i'm jon scott, this is special coverage of hurricane dorian buried forecasters say the huge storm might spare the u.s. a direct hit, but will still cause catastrophic damage. the fox team coverage, meteorologist adam klotz's live in the fox extreme weather center with the updated track and forecast as well. jacqui heinrich is standing by in jupiter beach florida, jeff paul live in cocoa beach, but we begin with adam klotz.

the weather center. adam. >> this is such a unique system that we continue to track. this is a tropical satellite from the last 12 hours and you see next to no motion. when i was here last night, next to no motion since then. if you are on the island, this has been an absolute nightmare, consistently winds up to 160-17. nonstop for nearly 24 hours. the system still not moving hardly at all but it is sitting about 85 miles off the florida coast. you're seeing it there, some of the outer bands of rain beginning to work that way, some big seas, traffic conditions, but really those extreme, extreme winds are not there. they are stretching out from the center of the system about 35 miles and as i showed you, we are roughly 80 miles off the shore. they aren't getting there, currently we're just talking about some outer bands of rain moving that direction. where is the system going to move? maybe finally is going to start to take off sometime tomorrow, so there is still a lot of time for this thing is going to sit

basically completely still, weakening as it gets going but here you are tuesday afternoon, 2:00 in the afternoon, finally a little bit of movement with this and possibly moving perpendicular up the florida coast. that's going to be enough to make the seas very choppy, winds are going to pick up, probably tropical force winds depending on where exactly this moves up along the coast and then you run up even closer to land as you get up into the carolinas. that's going to be something where paying very close attention to getting closer into thursday, so this is still a very active situation. i do think maybe the biggest thing we're going to to be paying attention to in the next couple of days and might end up to be the worst part of this, is what happens from georgia to south carolina and then maybe eventually north carolina, but again, that is still days away and i think folks along the florida coast still want to take this very seriously. >> jon: a storm surge and the beach erosion is going to be awful from the storm. >> absolutely true and we've already seen some of that video, even though i've told you it's 80 miles away, with all the warning, the seas have been so

rough. the wind beginning to pick up. that's going to be the main thing, the rough seas, the wind from that in the rain might not be too bad, but the ground already saturated there, so anything that they do get is going to be an issue. >> jon: it meteorologist adam klotz in the fox extreme weather center, thanks. south florida already feeling the effect of hurricane dorian tonight. it will get worse in the next 12 hours. we just heard from jacqui heinrich, she's back with us from jupiter, florida, just north of west palm beach, what's the situation there now? >> well, john, actually want to step out of the way and let you just take this site in. look at the waves. violent serfs. these are massive rolling waves that are just requesting that retaining wall. we have lost about 20 feet of beach over the course of the last hour. those waves are coming in further and stronger than they have all evening. tide is coming in right now it is a violent serfs out there. the governor has warned people

in mandatory evacuation areas like this one to take those orders seriously. people in flood-prone, low-lying areas have been ordered to go to higher ground. first responders don't have to be put at risk, but nevertheless, those crews are in place in the case they have to make those rescues. customs and border protection sent highly trained teams to areas in the path of the storm, including this one, preparing for air and marine operations, blackhawk ella doctors are staged in miami so they can come in when conditions allow the high water vehicles are in place all along the coast. the florida national guard has more than 4500 soldiers and airmen ready with boats and generators. they also have a helicopter team on standby with eight different airframes like blackhawks ready to do search and rescue operations along the barrier islands in areas that are low-lying like this one that are seeing a lot of damage from this surf. local officials, the priority has been for them getting vulnerable people to safety, west palm beach using city buses to bring disabled people to shelters. they also rounded up the

homeless population to bring them to safety. caravans of ambulances move patients from area hospitals, good samaritan 1 of 8 that effectuate statewide. nevertheless, some residents are choosing to ride out the storm, come what may. >> what's going to take for you to leave? you are already under mandatory evacuation enter here, so what he waiting to see to make the decision? >> we just watch the path of the hurricane, the turn, the speed, the pressure, the winds. we watch and we leave when we leave. >> because the bands of the storm are intermittent in the area has not been hit too hard just yet by any rain, people have come down to the coast to enjoy the surf, one teenager went to the skim boarding sunset when the rates really started to pick up. the bottom line is because people have been having so much time to prepare, the storm has been moving pretty slowly, a lot of people feel they are ready, but what we saw in the bahamas,

it's capable of catastrophic damage and we are seeing just the beginnings of that among the florida coast. nothing in the way of damage yet, but some very scary conditions on the water out here, we will continue to monitor it. >> jon: there talk about a storm surge of, what, potentially 4-7 feet? so that would put the water -- the ocean water above your head where you're standing right now. >> it would. and keep in mind too that this is king -type of this area, so it's a higher than normal high tide and the tide is coming in, so we are seeing higher than normal tide, we are seeing storm surge conditions and we are seeing violent waves. i mean, this has the potential for a lot of damage. you saw in the marinas, they moved boats to dry dock areas trying to avoid any damage to the docks and people have really, along the coastline, tried to move themselves further inland. if the people are coming down to enjoy the beach today, they were people who live further inland and aren't going to see flooding in people who lived in the dune area that was a little bit

higher up from the surf but we are seeing right now these waves are coming in, this is a rapidly changing scenario out here and it's just an indicator of how powerful this hurricane is and what it might look like if it comes closer to land. >> jon: jacqui heinrich in jupiter, florida, thank you. if we will take you now north of where she is in jupiter to martin county, that's were mandatory evacuations also in effect and as you can see in this video, water is already rising at the popular waterfront area in town. bill patchy, deputy director of emergency management in martin county joins us now on the phone. bill, what's the biggest challenge or the biggest hurdle where you are? >> right now, it's to let people know that it's not safe and it's not over yet. the storm is just sitting offshore and it's not moving, so we are not out of the woods yet. we don't want people to think we are. if we want them to stay in their shelters, stay at home until the storm gets safely to our north

and then we can issue the all clear. >> jon: just a little bit of a wobble one direction to the west of that i could make conditions a whole lot more horrific than they are now. >> yeah, that's what we are worried about. the storm has been unpredictable so far and we really don't want to wobble, but if it does come we are prepared. our residents are prepared, they listened to the warnings, they stayed home and we are not having any problems right now. >> jon: what about evacuations? do you have mandatory evacuations there? >> yes, we do. we issued mandatory evacuation for our barrier island and are low-lying areas so those islands are closed right out of the public. law enforcement is on scene and will not let anybody get out to the island. >> jon: but obviously people are reluctant to leave their homes, even when a storm like this is bearing down on them. what do you say? what you say to people who might want to write it out? >> well, we tell them that if the storm does come in the situation gets really bad, the

first responders will not necessarily be able to come out and rescue you depending upon the conditions outside, so if you decide to stay at home and the new call for help later, we may not be able to get to you until the storm has passed. >> jon: are people still able to evacuate from the barrier islands if they are still on them tonight? are they able to get off? >> yes, they are. there's nothing preventing anyone from leaving and still going to any of the shelters we have open in the county. >> jon: so -- one of the questions that keeps people from heading to the shelters is the ability to bring their pets with them. they don't want to leave their pets behind. are any of those shelters open to pets? >> yes, we do have one pet shelter open, there is still plenty of capacity there. so if people were worried about that, they can come on in, we have plenty of room. >> jon: all right. bill, in martin county, thanks very much. we wish you well. because thank you. >> jon: the storm is on the move. thank you. so dorian is still some time

away but most of the florida coast is empty tonight. fox's jeff paul is in the popular tourist town of cocoa beach, florida. what are the conditions there like right now, jeff? >> yeah, since the last time we talk with you, the wind gusts out here have really started to pick up. no rain right now, but this is all from those very, very outer bands of hurricane dorian, which is really, really far away, and that's what emergency officials are trying to stress to people, that they are starting to feel the effects of the storm and it's not even close. and it's supposed to be just right outside their barreling up the ocean maybe if forecasters are correct. so for many people have gotten those provisions in place, they've been buying the items at the store, they've had several days to do this, some of the people we'd spoken with say that yes, it is a little frustrating that the forecasts have called it to come to the area earlier and then it hasn't. they appreciate the time and they also have been watching what's happening in the bahamas

and it gives them not only perspective on just how powerful the storm is, but also gives them perspective on how fortunate they are. >> and what did they do? we were fortunate enough that we can leave. they can't, they are stuck on an island. just wish them the best and pray for them. >> some of those locals who say that they aren't going to leave just yet say that they do have a plan in place and that's what emergency officials, the sheriff's department out here, hopes everybody has a plan in place in one of the thing i just want to mention just to kind of give you an idea. i know you can't see the ocean, you can probably hear the waves crashing up here. it has gotten a lot windier out here in the waves -- i know you can't see them, it's very dark out there, but they have been coming up closer and closer to hear and this is basically, where i'm standing, the very edge are all these homes and apartments and businesses start, so the concern is any sort of disturbance out there can bring all that water rushing forward here and that could be the big

problem with this storm, even if it doesn't make landfall, even if it's just outside there, the storm surge. in this area it so low-lying it really can't handle too much water. >> jon: jeff paul reporting live from cocoa beach, thank you. we will take you south now to the fort lauderdale area of florida tonight or officials have open three storm shelters. only a few residents have taken advantage of the option is working dorian remains out at sea, but broward county leaders say they will not take any chances as the storm's path could shift overnight. joining us down the phone, broward county mayor. what is your message tonight to residents of your county ahead of the storm back >> well, good evening. our message is pretty much to remain vigilant and be cautious. we learned in 2017 the predictions with hurricane irma was to go up our east coast, go north, just like everybody is saying today, but that storm

changed direction, cuts through the keys and then ended up on the west coast of naples. then they predicted it would go up the west coast and then it went through orlando and back to jacksonville on our east coast. so i think you learn a lesson, really you prepare for the worst, you hope for the best and it's interesting to hear all your reports, everybody saying that the hurricane is going up the coast. it hasn't even move. that hurricane is staying right there and we are concerned and watching it. >> jon: and as it sits there, it just gives it more time to do tremendous damage. it's really hitting grand bahama island hard, but the entire florida coast is going to be feeling the effects as this thing just sits there and churn churns. >> not only is it sitting there and churning, we are feeling the bands of that, we are getting wins, wind gusts, should take some of our cities are getting really hit with rain at times, so we are feeling it just like

everybody else, maybe not to the degree -- i'm not in the other counties, but we are optimistic but our emergency operations center is remaining open 24 hours. three shelters for the general public, we have four special needs shelters that are open for people who have special needs and we are operating as though we are on a tropical storm watch. just a few miles north is a hurricane watch in palm beach county, so we are still waiting and just hoping this thing goes north and dies out at sea, but you learn your lesson and we learned our lesson in 2017 with hurricane irma. >> jon: you have any mandatory evacuations they are the fort lauderdale area? >> no, we are waiting and watching. and for the past 24 hours it was heading due west like 1 mile an hour and if it kept coming due

west at that rate we would probably consider some type of evacuation, but it stopped. all predictions are to go north and we don't want to create a problem if we don't have to, so people can -- you know, it's really tough because when you evacuate, where you going? are you going to go north? where the hurricane might go? they are going to across our state west where in 2017 it crossed our state west? it's really difficult to tell people to evacuate when you have no idea what direction it's going to end up in varied >> jon: very tense times for millions of people in florida. mark, the mayor of broward county. mayer, thanks, we wish you well today. >> thank you. >> jon: still to come on this special coverage of hurricane dorian, we are live up and down the east coast of florida as this very powerful and scary category for hurricane slowly makes its way towards the u.s. we will talk with one resident

who has decided to ride out the storm. plus, steve harrigan standing by in daytona beach, we will take you there live after the break. >> a storm like this is not something to take lightly. it is a catastrophic storm and people should take this very, very seriously. ♪

♪ pick are not a single leaf was left on any tree. >> every room in this house has the windows blown out except for the one we stayed in right here. >> oh, my god, ! >> jon: and that's a resident in the bahamas surveying the damage done to her home from hurricane dorian. the frighteningly powerful category four storm already to blame for at least five deaths in that nation. the storm has stalled out over the bahamas right now, but is expected to begin a move north up the u.s. east coast later tonight. hurricane steve harrigan live in daytona. once the situation like there, steve? >> those pictures from the bahamas certainly sobering for a lot of people who are waiting

and watching and wondering if some of the destruction might be coming this way. there some heavy machinery behind me to deal with downed trees. in parking lots really up and on the coast you can see first responders, emergency responders getting ready, staging for what could be on the way. it's also eerily quiet here. people have either left, 5 million people under mandatory evacuation orders, or things are simply shutting down. hotels asking their guests to leave, hospitals evacuating patients further inland. homes for elderly also shutting down as well and most significantly, airports making a really tough to get around with thousands of canceled flights. major airports in orlando and fort lauderdale, here in daytona, all shutting down in the wake of the storm. one of the biggest challenges as people wait and officials here say is to make sure floridians don't get complacent about this storm. >> it's important that residents heed those calls. get out now while you have time, while there is fuel available.

you'll be safe on the roads. and of course you can go to floridadisaster.org/info for all evacuation updates. >> we are really looking for conditions changed dramatically over the next 24 hours. it depends on how far west storm track goes. if it goes far enough west, we could see hurricane force winds near anywhere from 6-10 inches of rain and what concerns people the most, a storm surge buried anywhere from 4-7 feet. back to you. >> jon: steve harrigan from daytona beach. thank you. the forecast path of the storm shows dorian staying just off shore of florida's east coast, at least the i have it anyway, and moving past jacksonville wednesday afternoon as a category three hurricane. that proximity would rank tropical storm force winds to the area and potentially hurricane force winds right along the coast. but that's not enough to convince many residents to evacuate. joining us now on the phone from

jacksonville, julie watkins, a former meteorologist who decided to ride out the storm at home, so julie, you're an expert in this field, why did you decide to stay? >> sometimes it's required. i am still working the storm. i've had to work all the storms that have pretty much passed through florida since about 2005. we know what to do in order to prepare for it and we try to be as micro with the forecast as we can when it comes to the area that we are specifically in. so i am close to the beach in jacksonville, but in a fairly secure location and it's comforting to know for us at least that the curving path of the storm, that it is going to be a lot farther off the coast compared to where matthew was. it's a little bit smaller of the storm in terms of how wide it is, so those hurricane force winds and tropical storm force winds -- even though you're right, you are going to be brushing up along the coastline,

they're not going to be as far-reaching as matthew was either, so we do have a couple things as of right now working in our favor, but of course we are monitoring it 24/7 just to see what changes are happening. as you know, as of right now, nothing has changed with that system. >> jon: but as a meteorologist you know that the science of protecting hurricanes is not an exact science in this thing could wobble a little bit to the left and all of a sudden you've got a cat four right on top of you. >> absolutely. and if that were the case, then evacuation plan would definitely change. but we also know that with the science and kind of the path's history of some storms, that staying on our toes is always good, but we have one extra day to prepare with the storm. so still on tuesday being up in northeast florida, we can still monitor it and watch it and see when it does begin its movement, exactly where it's going to track and also today, all the

models have been in agreement time and time again aware that path is so it shows us that it's kind of really zoning at atoning as to where the track is going and when it doesn't wobble back and forth like it initially does in the beginning, our confidence is raised a little bit more with each passing that it's going to be the direction that the storm takes. >> jon: as a meteorologist you probably started the labor day hurricane of 1935. today is labor day and that particular storm back in the days from the days when they weren't naming the storms, killed nearly 500 people in florida. that was the most intense hurricane ever to hit that state or really the united states mainland. >> absolutely. and luckily, again, we're living in a timer that science science has changed dramatically, so we can keep an eye on the storm almost ten days out and plot it and forecast it and we've got a lot of science to back exactly where that storm is going to go so we can keep an eye on it, monitor it, and track it.

and i think when people say stay vigilant when it comes to these storms come it's because that path has changed in any direction. you do want to stay on top of what the forecasters are telling you and heed the warnings of city officials because i know that they are just trying to play the safe side, but there's many of us that cannot evacuate, our first responders, are essential people that need to stay in the city, so we need to reassure them as well, that we are still here to give you the direction that you need when that storm does begin to shift and then to also headache to know that if it's just staying more and more to the right, that you can see less impact and things are going to be looking better for you. with this storm is going to be a fast mover. we are lucky to see it kind of in and out of our area within 12 hours unlike what they are seeing in the south, where it is just staying on top of the spot for over 12 hours. so being here will be -- absolutely help her situation.

>> jon: julie watkins, meteorologist riding up a storm and planning to stay put at least if the storm track does not change. julie, thanks for speaking with us this evening. >> thank you, john. >> jon: millions of americans under a mandatory evacuation, all along the east coast. we will go back to florida for a live report, moments away. ♪ >> tech: at safelite autoglass, we really pride ourselves on making it easy for you to get your windshield fixed. with safelite, you can see exactly when we'll be there. saving you time for what you love most. >> kids: whoa! >> kids vo: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ oh, wow. you two are going to have such a great trip. thanks to you, we will. this is why voya helps reach today's goals... ...all while helping you to and through retirement. can you help with these? we're more of the plan, invest and protect kind of help... voya. helping you to and through retirement.

>> this hurricane has shattered all-time records when you think about the wind speeds of 185 miles an hour. yesterday afternoon. and it is certainly one of the most powerful we've ever seen in the atlantic. if coastal residents decide not to not to evacuate, and i want to be very clear, they will be on their own if the

first responders are on able to reach them. >> jon: georgia governor bryant camp earlier this evening with an ominous warning for residents of his state about the onset of hurricane dorian. the category four storm expected to impact georgia later this week. tonight dorian remains a powerful storm off the coast of florida. it is sitting still for the moment, but it is expected to turn to the north. we have team fox coverage as the hurricane moves closer to the u.s. meteorologist adam klotz's live in a fox extreme weather center with the updated track and forecast. jacqui heinrich is standing by in jupiter beach florida. jeff paul is live in cocoa beach, but we begin with adam klotz and extreme weather center. adam. >> we continue to look at a major massive storm that is showing very little movement. this is our satellite from the last 24 hours and you can see that i wall absolutely crawling along grand bahama. it is hell on earth for some of these folks and those islands

for the last 36 hours. a major massive storm, now down to a category four but still very strong winds. about 85 miles away from the florida coast, and you're beginning to see those winds pick up. at some wind gust over the last couple of hours anywhere from 35 to 35 miles an hour. but again, this is still a ways away. may move a little closer before it's all said and done. forecast of wind gusts. we will put this in motion for you and as we finally begin to see a little movement out of the storm, beginning to lift it to the north by the time you get into tuesday, you start to see some of these totals climb up to 35 to 40 miles an hour, which are not particularly high other than it's just consistent hour after hour after hour a 40-mile-an-hour winds, it's enough to start to do damage and enough to really start to pile up the water as you talk about storm surge along some of these areas. these are some of our favorite forecast models, both forecasting where the storm might possibly go. we're looking at it to begin -- really begin moving on tuesday, running its way up the coast, weakening slightly as it does so but maybe making a closer path

by the time you get to georgia, south carolina, even as far north as north carolina. as you move a little bit closer you start to see perhaps higher tide. so these are your forecast numbers and used her to see the green and blue, that's getting anywhere in the 2-3-foot range and where running through portions of southern border but as you run into central florida, you get new vero beach, you start to see four and 5-foot tides perhaps. daytona beach and farther to the north before you know it, you start to see some of these red colors, that's indicating tides up to 7-8 feet and then i back up a little bit more and you see georgia and south carolina and very widespread, 7-foot tides come up to 10-foot tides, this is still three or four days away but perhaps the worst of the storm is going to cover overly large area, so yes, folks in florida need to pay attention but we're talking about a really long stretch of the coast to watch. >> jon: and again, these things can change. we're looking at the eye, but it wobbles a little bit one way or the other, and a whole lot more people are going to be affected.

>> we are saying it's going to be 50 miles away from the shore, but hurricane force winds are about 40 miles away from the shore, so that's not a very big wobble to suddenly push a very strong winds on shore, and that changes everything. >> jon: adam klotz, a fox news meteorologist, thank you. so mandatory evacuations are underway from florida to north carolina as hurricane dorian threatens to cause catastrophic damage to coastal communities. life-threatening storm surge, high winds, and flooding are expected off and down the coastline. dorian is anticipated to wallop florida's central coast by tuesday night as it heads up the eastern seaboard. jacqui heinrich is live in jupiter where some residents have been ordered to evacuate out of the storm. >> what a difference a couple of hours makes. we lost at least 20 feet of beach and i want to step out of the way and let you take in this site because this really tells the story. this violent see that we are

seeing, wave pressing the retaining wall there, coming up over that wall and approaching the structure that is in this mandatory evacuation zone. we are here on jupiter beach, we are seeing some beach erosion already. sand being pulled back out as these giant waves come crashing in over and over and over again. four to 7-foot swells are expected here because of the storm surge. and we already beginning to see just how damaging that could be. things have taken a turn really in the last couple of hours. we were seeing the outer bands of that storm come in throughout the afternoon and early evening. intermittent rain and some wind gusts. a couple around 25, 26 miles an hour but now the sun has gone down, titus come in, its king tide, so it's a higher than normal tide in this area anyway and the storm surge is creeping in. we're beginning to see just how violent and dangerous the storm can be and that is why the governor issued mandatory evacuation orders, cities

ordered mandatory evacuations for certain vulnerable communities, including low-lying areas, flood-prone areas, barrier island and substandard construction. the big evacuation effort to get vulnerable people, including homeless folks and disabled people to shelters, they're more than 8,000 people across the state in shelters right now and a hospitals have also been evacuated, trying to get those folks to a safer location so they don't experience any power outages because we do expect with the storm surge, this area will flood and we will lose power. >> jon: we've been watching over the hours as that water creeps closer and closer to where you are. viewers are going to be wondering what are you in a camera crew going to do for safety tonight? >> welcome we are actually pretty close to a set of stairs, and that's our relief area and our light kit is up on a ledge over here, so we have staked out this area in a place where we can show you what's going on, we can light up the wall where you can really see the waves coming in because otherwise it would be very difficult to show anybody what the ocean looks like.

it's hard to like a big black object without any natural sunlight, so we are here to show the story, but we also do have access to a safety ramp. police were making a big effort to get people off the beach, folks were coming down to play in the surf, we saw someone surfing right before sunset. that's the kind of thing the police don't want to see happen. if they that our crew is experienced and we've got some support for us too in case we run into anything sticky, so we are watching it and we are making the call is needed if we need to creep up those stairs, we just moved our light over the last 30 minutes or so because it was coming in a little bit too close. >> jon: jacqui heinrich reporting live. thank you. forecasters expect dorian will stay offshore, at least the eye of it, but they cautioned that only a small deviation could draw dorian's dangerous core towards the east coast. fox's jeff paul is live in cocoa beach, florida, tonight with an update on conditions

there. jeff. >> yeah come at a little earlier today we were experiencing some of those heavy downpours. so far tonight it has mostly been just windy. we have our anemometer out here. we've been trying to keep track of just the change in the win. a little earlier it was around 10-12, those costs now at times can be up to 20 miles per hour and when you think about that, every once in a while we will have one of the strong gusts come up, only 20 miles per hour can almost knock you off your feet and you think about what the people are going through right now in the bahamas. winds at one point -- sustained at 180 miles per hour. i think a lot of the people here in this area watching the radar, seeing some of the horrific audios coming in from the bahamas, feeling the winds that they have her here and just trying to put themselves in their shoes. they feel not only fortunate that they are in a situation where they can get away, unlike the people in the bahamas who were on the island but also just to take note to just how serious this storm is when it does come through, even if it doesn't make

landfall, they have the proper preparations in place. a lot of other people who have been through several, and some of these people if any for decades, have a list off a long list of stars that gone through, they say they just want to get this thing over with. >> ready to get dorian over wit with. not afraid. it's going to be tropical storm hurricane 1 winds. i live in a good house. we got our shutters up. >> the concern tomorrow will be the storm surge is that storm gets closer and closer to the coast here on the islands of cocoa beach. >> jon: jeff paul. jeff, thank you. now to miami where mayor francis suarez joins us live. the storm is still battering the bahamas. it is threatening florida's coast but you are already preparing your first responders to deploy for rescue operations. where you sending them? >> would have an early search and rescue team that is

nationally known. if they have gone to disaster areas across the united states and also to different parts of the world. they were at 9/11, they were in the panhandle after hurricane michael. they were in haiti after the earthquake. and of course in puerto rico. they are already -- ready and waiting on the president of service word. reached out to the white house tonight asking the president to deploy our urban search and rescue team, to go to the bahamas to freeport, to grand bahama and to marsh harbor, which were hit with what is really a combination of all most of of andrew and the worst of irma, because you had, you know, and enter a category five with hurricane sustained winds. 200-mile-an-hour range and with irma you had in miami at least a storm surge in the 6-8-foot range. we are hearing reports that in marsh harbor the storm surge is

somewhere between 18 and 25 feet. i spoke with the deputy prime minister of the bahamas, peter turnquist, this evening and he says it's like nothing that they've ever seen, the devastation is just horrible and he's in the grand bahamas, where the hurricane is certain, concurrently sitting on top with category four wins and not even moving. our urban search and rescue team is ready and as soon as we hear word from the white house, we will deploy not only to the bahamas, but to anywhere in the u.s. on the coast of florida that we may be needed. >> jon: but you can't get into the bahamas yet. storm is still right on top of grand bahama island basically. >> yeah. we're not going to be able -- we estimate that the soonest that we can get to the bahamas are tomorrow afternoon. obviously we have to let the storm clear out it would have to be below the storm and getting around the storm, sort of in behind the storm, but absolutely, we are ready to deploy, our urban search and

rescue team has been active because we didn't know exactly what the trajectory of the storm would be, how much would it would affect south florida. we are in a state of readiness. and as soon as the white house gives us the command, we will be heading to the bahamas. >> jon: we know that your city seems to have dodged unthinkable bullet, but the bahamas are getting hammered very, very har hard. mayor suarez, we appreciate your time tonight, thank you. >> thank you so much. >> jon: and continue to keep it right here, we are watching hurricane dorian and its path very closely, but first, dozens feared dead after a commercial diving boat catches fire off the coast of california. an update on that tragedy. plus investigators still trying to determine why a man went on a shooting rampage in texas over the weekend. texas lieutenant governor dan patrick joins us with some brand-new information when we come back.

♪ >> jon: we are continuing to keep an eye on hurricane dorian, which has been pounding the bahamas, sitting right on top of grand bahama island for roughly the last 24 hours as a category five hurricane. the damage to that nation is going to be immense. if we already know of five dead

there, but that toll seems likely to go even higher. the hurricane is forecast to begin slowly moving up along the coast of florida and really along the entire south eastern seaboard of the united states over the next couple of days. a very powerful storm, a slow mover, we are continuing to watch it from the fox weather center. in this fox news alert, at least eight people are dead, more than two dozen others missing after a diving boat burst into flames off the southern california coast early this morning. while most of its occupants were asleep. >> mayday, mayday, mayday. [inaudible] i can't breathe. >> jon: bill schuman of our fox affiliate kt tv is live there with breaking details.

phil. >> well, this is santa barbara harbor, normally one of the most beautiful spots in all of southern california, but it has been filled with darkness and despair today because of what happened off the coast here, the channel islands. 39 people over the conception, a 75-foot dive boat, five have been recovered. they are crewmembers. four bodies have been brought to shore. four other bodies have been identified on the ocean floor, so 26 people remain unaccounted for tonight and the coast guard tells us "to prepare for the worst outcome." no idea what caused that fire aboard the ship. this is a ship that has been in operation since 1981, was compliant with all coast guard regulations, had an excellent reputation, as did the captain and the crew, but so many questions tonight about what happened and why the crew were able to get off. we were told that they were on top of the deck and they were awake while those who most likely perished were all below deck sleeping, getting ready for an early morning dive.

>> jon: the crew has no idea what caused the fire. >> not at this point. they have been interviewed, as you can imagine there was a massive response here. the county fire, the sheriff's. the coast guard. they have been interviewed, but the authorities are not releasing information about what they said. they did tell us however that when that made a call came in that you heard, the boat was already fully engulfed in flames, which leads us to believe that it was some kind of quickly developing fire, maybe even an explosion, which felt account for the fact that it was only the crew that was able to get off. we've heard stories from a pleasure boat, good samaritan that helped rescue those five crewmembers who went back to the burning ship in a rowboat or try and see if there were any survivors. they said they didn't see any of and there was nothing they could do. >> jon: an awful tragedy there. phil shuman, thank you. to texas now where we are monitoring another breaking news

story. a single gunman going on a rampage this weekend after what should have been a routine traffic stop, killing seven and injuring 22 before officers rammed his car and shot him dead outside a movie theater. >> a look over my shoulder and a gold car pulled up and the man was there and he had a very large gun and it was pointing at me. >> he was not self-possessed. it wasn't a methodical thing. he was just randomly trying to kill whoever he could kill. >> jon: the attack coming up for the gunman fired from his job saturday morning with the fbi says it was not the motive for his massacre. >> i want to be clear, he showed up to work in a very distressed mental state, so it's not because he got fired. this did not happen because he was fired, which other active

shooters have occurred. when he showed up to work, he was already enraged. >> jon: joining us now, the lieutenant governor of the state of texas, dan patrick. lieutenant governor patrick, do you know anything more about what motivated this horrific crime? >> we do not yet. we do not know anymore than you just reported we do know, and it's been reported today, that he had failed a background check to buy a weapon and of course we will pursue the answer to how he was able to obtain that weapon. i was on fox several times a few weeks ago right before and after the el paso shooting and i think one of the things we have to do in this country is take a strong look at this ability for people to buy a weapon when they've been turned down by a background check. you might be surprised and the public might be surprised that we've actually had over 700,000

felons over the years actually go to a gun store and try to buy a gun officially with a background check. felons will always find a way to get a gun or someone, in this case, who is committed evil, and so we -- 80% of the guns in this country that are purchased are purchased through federally licensed firearms dealers. the other 20% are either stranger to stranger, or their family and friends. and i believe, as a supporter of the second amendment, we should protect that family transfer or family sale, but any stranger to stranger, however we don't know how this person got the gun, but we do know that that's a real loophole of a law and i think the nra is to get behind the president on that issue and really address that issue, because i'm a gun owner. i'm never going to sell my gun to someone i don't know, you have a criminal record, are they a danger to other people, but they ready to commit evil? there's no need for that.

>> jon: this latest shooting, as with shootings before it, has become a political issue. i want you to hear what joe biden, the presidential candidates candidate said. he saying that your administration is not acting rationally here. let's listen. >> it is irrational, with all due respect to the governor of texas, it is irrational what they're doing. the idea that we don't have a elimination of assault-type weapons, magazines that can hold multiple bullets in them is absolutely no violation of second amendment, it is just a bow to the special interest, the gun manufacturers and the nra. >> jon: what would be a response to former vice president biden? >> first of all, he shouldn't be talking about anything dealing with being rational, because he has not been on this campaign. he talks about a buyback program of these weapons. you can't buyback something you've never owned. joe biden doesn't own these guns. he doesn't own americans guns. the federal government doesn't own the guns.

this would be confiscation. i've known that beto o'rourke is now joined the train and he is a lot of bull talk for a guy at 2%, he says we are going to come after and take your guns. this is a multifaceted problem. and again, i don't think we should have strangers selling to strangers, and that's a loophole we can close. and we have to look at mental illness. we got to look at social media. we've got to look at video games. violent video games, we have to look at this culture that is harsh and almost every way of life now, even on the political front, just kids attacking each other and pulling each other in high school and social media and we have to remember, also, that we often hear, and we don't know the details yet on this shooter, we often hear these are loners. in this day and time of social media, there are no more loners. they are all connected. they are interconnected to each other. they praise each other. they look at each other as heroes for acts of those who go out and shoot other people.

they are considered heroes in this dark world of the web. and so there aren't any loners out there. these people that have mental health issues or evil on their mind, these are people who are being supported in the dark web, and we have to look at that and on social media as well. it's not just guns. >> jon: despite the laws that should have prevented them from having a gun, he got one anyway. >> and that's was going to happen. joe biden can take all the guns, the bad guys are going to get them. >> jon: we appreciated, thank you. back with more coverage of hurricane dorian in just a moment. ♪

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♪ >> shannon: hello and welcome to "fox news @ night," i'm shannon bream in washington. we begin tonight with special coverage of hurricane dorian, on record as one of the most powerful atlantic hurricanes to ever make landfall. ♪ we are going to have two hours of live special coverage for you tonight. dorian is bearing down on florida, threatening georgia as well. the big question remains right now where exactly will the massive storm go. we will give you a live update on its past and just a minute and take your life or the particles where preparations are still underway. the category four storm still reaping havoc on the bahamas, crawling across grand bahama nd