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right now at noon, irma is a tropical storm, but still delivering a punch to georgia. it is responsible for more than 30 deaths, seven in the caribbean, five in florida. chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at its path. doug: the storm is powerful. the spread. hundreds of miles wide, way out in the atlantic ocean. bands of showers and thunderstorms producing coastal tornadoes still. and give you the official information as far as the hurricane center briefing. justenter of the storm is in the tallahassee area and moving north-northwest about 70 miles or hour. to the north and east, we still have torrential rain. flooding a concern across georgia and parts of north carolina.

this high wind is producing tornadoes. the track will be a steady diminishing of intensity, but capablehuge cloud mass of producing a lot of rain. much of the rain is moving this way, not so much west. itself drawn toward the mid-atlantic friday into saturday morning. we could get some showers and thunderstorms at that point. but that is a long way down the road. for this day, we are at the northern edges of circulation. showsite radar clearly everything circulating through the atlantic and headed northwest. futurecast gives you an indication of high cloudiness moving across the area. wind coming east. this is a combination of high pressure to the north and circulation to the south. it is driving easterly wind. we get through tonight and

some of the showers over the northern fringes will get up to virginia and possibly even to our area here. also, a quick word on hurricane jose. it is the real deal. a looks like it will do little loop in the next four or five days, turn and come back. in the meantime, let's find out what is happening in tampa, florida. brad bell has a look at conditions there. >> at this hour in tampa, there is a very real sense that irma could have been a lot worse. i will start with the good news. the wind blew and blew mightily for a long time. we were out in it all night long. as you can see, the trees are still standing. the construction cranes are still standing. additional good news. take a look at the hillsborough river. yesterday, we were

to you. the water levels were way down. the concern was on the backside of the storm there would be a storm surge, the water rushing back and getting to flood level. ite, the water is high, but is not endangering this area in downtown tampa. that said, there are problems, a large number. almost 40% of customers are without power in this community. there are trees down, roads blocked, and there will be minor flooding. a concern is how much rain fell up river from here. some of the low-lying communities, especially later today, are going to be dealing with that flooding. the bottom line is, irma took a route that took it east of this city and as you can see, not even this sign blew down. tampa is going to be ok. it's a different story in

their coming up later today. adrianna: let's go to miami, where irma left its mark. this video showing the brute strength of the storm. check out this video. this is a 7-eleven in jacksonville torn apart. trees flattened to the ground, taking power lines with them. right now, 6 million people in the state are without power. rain causingeavy severe damage and flooding. it seems like things have called down in miami. stephanie ramos is there that ed down inve calm miami. stephanie ramos is there with the latest. stephanie: hurricane irma is now a tropical storm but it has left a trail of damage across florida. as the sun rose, a first glimpse of the devastation. the monster storm

once, but twice. keys, then tearing up florida's west coast on the san marco islands. this mother, daughter, and safetyughter rushing to just in time. in naples, dangerous gusts topping 142 miles per hour. >> there is a giant vacuum sucking everything out. storm chasers unable to stand. the entire state soaked and battered. in miami, the storm surge taking over the streets. on the road.boats cars there eat. more than 12 million people estimated without power -- cars buried. more than 12 million people estimated to be without power. >>

ultimately, the system weakening and becoming a tropical depression by tuesday. stephanie: there is so much debris and downed trees scattered across florida and cleanup is in full effect. from miami,ve stephanie ramos, abc seven eyewitness news. >> so many of the images we saw came across social media. this afternoon, some of those images were fake or from other storms, including those coming from the white house. take a look at this video. dan's give you know, director o, director ofavin social media for the white house, sent this video which is from august at the mexico city airport. has been shutort down for days. he later deleted that tweet. before you go

and what isn't actually true. this was the scene at a shoe store. looters. we saw people stealing sneakers. situation in miami and orlando, miami police tweeting this picture. they caught several of the looters are across the state. 32 people have been caught. finally, i want to touch on this. this was an unbelievable scene all day long. planes over the entire state of florida. compare that with the entire state. the airports are closed. at the earliest, most of the airports will likely begin operations tomorrow. still, airports have to get planes down through florida and they have to wait for ground crews and aircr

most of them evacuated with their families. they have to get their agents back in place. it likely won't be before the end of the week when operations fully resume. adrianna: don't forget to down load -- download our stormwatch 7 app for complete coverage of tropical storm irma. new at noon, two people are arrested for throwing objects over the white house fence or it we have more on what happened here. >> this is what we can tell you. about 9:00 this morning, witnesses tell us a man and woman were standing over here when the man suddenly darted toward the white house, jumped the lower fence and raced at the larger fence, where he threw something over that looks like a sign. afterward, something like a cell phone.

man and the woman who was with him were both taken into custody and taken away. closed.ire area was it just reopened about 15 minutes ago. we understand there has been an all clear sounded. that is the latest from the white house. thanks, steven. coming up, more weather and more tropical storm irma. coming up after the break. first, a quick check of traffic with eric smith. eric: good afternoon. a bit of a tough start for the beltway outer loop here on the american legion bridge out of maryland and into virginia. a crash has the three left lanes shut down. side now, the right but you can see that is

a solid jam. just after river road, it is going to be a jampacked ride. they are hoping to get traffic moving again. virginia,d toward things are looking pretty good on the beltway. nothing too slow. ,eading to virginia on 95 north the northbound right lane is blocked. do expect some northbound delays out of the stafford county area.

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moment of silence at the white house and a ceremony at the pentagon. in new york, a reading of the names of the memorial at the site where the twin towers once stood. john gonzalez is live now at the pentagon with more. >> hearing those names is always very difficult. the youngest victim at the pentagon 16 years ago was three years old. the oldest was 71. even though it took less than a year to rebuild the west side of the pentagon, the old wounds will never go away. have been lowered to half staff here in arlington county, where 100 84 people were killed 16 years ago today. as the sun was rising this morning, a giant u.s. flag unfurled and draped over the pentagon. day for always a reflection. it

much like that day was. and think sit back about what happened, remember those who were lost, and a little bit of pride, too, as a firefighter. >> the emotional scars will never go away. many, they are reopened and images of that dreadful day relived. >> we go to that building every day. to see it like that was a shock to the system. ourselves.ompose we had to gather everything together, the necessary equipment, and do what we needed to do. thisr donald trump, anniversary marks the first for him as commander in chief. he and the first lady led a moment of silence from the white house and then participated in a memorial. a mr. trump: we pledge to work together, to fight

to overcome together every enemy and obstacle that is ever in our path. >> donald trump also said this eyes were opened to the face of evil that moment 16 years ago. he also had a message for , saying there is no place to hide, no dark corner beyond our reach. for the: thanks updates. doug is here. we have a good day on tap. nice, sooner or later, we will feel some effects, but nothing today from irma. we are looking live at capitol hill, national harbor, some high cloudiness. that's like some exhaust circulationrom the of irma, way south. but high clouds and sunshine should still get through.

go, 67 baltimore.or, 72 in it will be about 76, 70 seven, very nice. the winds are turning from the east. they water temperatures are still very warm. a comfortable day around the area. satellite radar you can see over the past several hours, high spreading out. that's clearly coming into our area. heavy duty rain already pushing up through western north carolina, north georgia, much of out carolina along the coast. extend well be our radar range in the atlantic. showers and storms, some producing tornadoes, possibly. the circulation of irma comes back around to the west. plenty of rain, more flooding, maybe

down trees in some areas. additional rainfall tomorrow. columbia, upcountry, four inches of rain. it's going to continue to be a prolific storm. has the ability to lift the air and squeeze out a lot of moisture. we are watching irma and now jose. joseurricane center takes inner loop, briefly building to and then back to a category one. over the next couple of days, it eventually goes back northeast of the bahamas. where it goes from there, nobody knows, but certainly something to keep an eye on. track as we go forward in time. monday, northeast of the bahamas as a category one. outlook, a chance of

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adrianna: now to a developing story in texas. police are trying to figure out why a gun man killed seven people in a home. police confronted the suspected shooter. eventually, they shot and killed him. all of the

so far, no motive has been announced. we are still tracking tropical storm irma. the hurricane was downgraded this morning. it is still considered very dangerous. the death toll in florida is at least 32. are in these deaths caribbean, were thousands of americans are still trapped. >> our first look at the devastation in the u.s. virgin islands on the ground. u.s. coast guard team is doing an aide job, bringing everything from generators to food, water, clothing, and law enforcement personnel to help with the security situation. as we drove through the streets, utility poles and power lines down everywhere. trees stripped there. this once a lush landscape now looks like this. windows blown

off, buildings crumbling. a church in st. thomas. look what are irma dead. that was the altar. the entire front of the building gone. >> tourists and residents desperate to get off the island. with the airports destroyed, the only way office by boat. >> i have been told there are a couple of cruise ships coming in tomorrow taking people to puerto rico. government planes lacked in for a evacuation's end to drop off supplies. we saw looters attempting to raid a shipping container. a curfew was placed between 6:00 p.m. and new and. some of the 1200 tourists so far is accuray did telling us -- so far evacuated telling us about robbers wielding long swords. >> they started feeling food from our fridge. they beat up one

down the block, ran into our compound. >> regarding the looting problems, we know reinforcements are being called in to reinforce the law. 500 troops are headed to the virgin islands to help local police. the area was hit hard by irma and is expected to be hit hard today. right now, we are still watching tropical storm irma. a live look at florida where strong winds are still

behinda: as you can see us, a beautiful day outside. locally, beautiful weather. plenty of sunshine. highs reaching the mid-70's this afternoon. we are not only watching tropical storm irma now, we will keep an eye on remnants for many days to come. rain over the south carolina coast line right now, rough surf up and down the south carolina coast. later in the week, some of that moisture will head our way. adrianna: stay with us. we have more news and weather

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adrianna: this is a special edition of abc 7 news -- tracking irma. we are tracking tropical storm irma, not only the damage she is claiming but also the damage she has left behind. to doug hill. doug: at 11:00 this morning, the national hurricane center in miami downgraded the storm to tropical storm status. wind at 65 miles per hour. the center of the circulation is very wide and moving north-northwest at 17 miles per hour. still strong gust at 75, but they are removed from the center. most along the coastline. thunderstorms moving in. some small, spin up tornadoes. the track looks like this in the first part, from tallahassee today to birmingham, alabama, east of memphis by wednesday. beyond that, the energy that is

, and possibly later in the week having an effect in our area. weigh on the fringes, sometime late tomorrow or wednesday, parts of our viewing area could see rain showers. it could be saturday morning before the remnants get close enough to give us pop-up showers and thunderstorms. we are not expecting damaging winds, flooding, anything like that. but we could see rain and showers. nothing of the cope we are seeing over part of the southeast -- scope we are seeing over part of the southeast. right now, georgia and south carolina getting the worst of the wind and the rain. when that storm blew through tampa, the wind and rain was fierce, but now that the storm has moved out, things are starting to dry out. brad bell with a look at how things are now.

in tampa there is a very real sense that irma could have been a lot worse. i will dart with the good news. and blew mightily for a long time. we were out and it all night long. still can see, trees are standing. construction cranes are still standing. additional good news, take a look at the hillsborough river. yesterday we were showing this to you. the water level was way down. the wind has blown much of tampa bay away. there would be a storm surge, water rushing back and getting to flood level. here, the water is high, but not endangering this area in downtown tampa. that said, there are problems. of customers are without power. there are trees down, roads blocked, minor flooding.

is how much rain fell up river. some of the low-lying communities, especially later today, are going to be dealing with that flooding. the bottom line is irma took a rapid to get east of the city. as you can see, not even at this sign blew down. it looks like tab is going to be ok. we are heading to the ft. myers-naples area. it is a different story there and we will have live reports coming up later today. these images show the brute strength of this storm. irma is still nothing to take lightly. wind ripped down trees and power poles. power line is being blamed for causing a massive .ire that's in long beach county on the east coast of florida. the power line may have also fallen onto a car and that the car on fire.

into a category 1 early this morning, but her aken to ae -- we category 1 early this morning, but her winds were still strong. she had a hard time talking, but she did say that the winds were beyond ferocious. the floridanow at keys. you see just how bad flooding is. this is an aerial view. they were expecting massive flood damage. it appears from the pictures that's what they got. irma may be a tropical storm now, but it is still packing a big punch. naples got the brunt of the storm this weekend. >> a 400 mile wide storm moving up the coast of florida, making second landfall on an island. >> this is

>> the hurricane moving slightly up the coast, hitting us in naples after 4:00 p.m., hovering above. >> we are blocked by two concrete barriers, which is the only reason we are able to talk. >> it feels like you are being blasted by a fire hose. >> rain coming in sideways. >> the highest gust, 142 miles per hour. >> there is a giant factory him sucking everything out. sucking vacuum everything out. the sheltered or cracking under the pressure. the national guard picks up glass. -- theltered door sheltered door cracks under the pressure. the national guard picks up the glass. >> this is what happens. just be careful, tom

the awnings outside are crashing down, breaking windows inside .he hotel >> hurricane irma was not finished. ft. myers was next. hurricane irma is right over us now. i am a little concerned about projectiles. at this moment, ft. myers is getting ripped apart. >> the mayor of tampa said they were about to be tested. densely populated area of some 3 million people who now either need to be out of here or hunkered down. >> the eye of the storm continuing to cause ferocious and violent wind. there is no storm surge here yet. hopefully, folks are in shelters away from the water. >> right now, the american red cross mobilizing

those damaged by irma. >> we are inside the disaster operation coordination center of the american red cross in fairfax county. this is where they are keeping a watchful eye of -- on what remains of hurricane irma. the storm has left around 160,000 people in shelters and more than 4 million people without power. teams headingn be to florida. they are awaiting orders and then volunteers will get a deployment briefing before heading back. our emergency response crews will be moving supplies. as soon as it is safe, they will taking meals into the impacted community, going house by house. >> officials say they are prepared for a long-term operation in houston and florida.

in fairfax county, suzanne kennedy, abc seven news. >> as hurricane irma tour through florida, the acting fema director said more than 13,000 people were positioned in and around florida. they include the coast guard and the army corps of engineers. camp david,kend at donald trump received briefings on the storm and expressed confidence in the federal response. he said he plans to travel to florida in the coming days. aircraft have already relocated at least 1200 citizens out of st. maarten. toy others are still waiting be taken to safety. americans who have not yet a vacuum it it are being told to shelter in place. are being evacuated told to shelter in place. stay with abc seven

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stars and stripes, our beautiful than twot for more centuries has graced our ships, flown in our skies, and lead our brave heroes to victory after victory in battle. adrianna: donald trump speaking at the pentagon to mark the 16th anniversary of 9/11. emily rao has more on how the nation is remembering those lost on america's darkest day. emily: as the bells told in pennsylvania, one for each person who died on flight 93, donald trump spoke to a crowd of families and employees at the pentagon. mr. trump: here at westside of try totagon, terrorists break our resolve. not going to happen. but where they left a mark with fire and rubble, americans defiantly raised the stars and stripes.

of silence at 8:45 a.m., the time the first plane hit the world trade center. at ground zero, relatives of the nearly 3000 people killed on 9/11 again the annual reading of the names of their loved ones. >> my uncle, a firefighter, no we love you and we miss you every day. wish more than anything that i could have met you. ceremony marking 16 years since the planes hit the world trade center, the pentagon, and a field in pennsylvania. the first time native new yorker donald trump is observing 9/11 as president. mr. trump: on that day, not only did the world change, but we all changed. our eyes were opened. emily: trump began by talking about the

with irma and harvey. he said when americans face challenges, we emerge stronger than ever. adrianna: doug is here. we are looking at a beautiful day and a beautiful week. doug: i think so. thursday and friday are our best chances of pop-up thunderstorms, but nothing like we are seeing in florida and georgia. is this spectacular or what? 70 degrees. it looks like the trend by early next week, we are going to get back into a late summer pattern. currently 70 degrees in alexandria. 67 in martinsburg. 67 in haggard's town. 70 in baltimore. 73 at reagan national airport. today,

easterly breeze, highs at 77 or so. no sunshine for folks down south. withare still dealing recently downgraded hurricane, now tropical storm irma. shore,ow, coming in on this is the area with the heaviest rain and thunderstorms. the entire center spins north-northwest at 17 miles per hour. morell continue to see tropical moisture on the eastern flank of the storm. rain bands and very gusty winds. as far as local weather goes, we are not having any issues here. look at down the coast, this. 48 in charleston

, 52 in jacksonville, gainesville, 44 mile per hour gusts's. to spend.s continue these are tropical storm force and will continue for the rest of the day. there are possibilities for more weather on the eastern side. the biggest threat, i think, will be additional trees down. around the country, nice, comfortable. .e warm up farther west and northwest, i nice stretch of days. this area in green is going to be very cool and wet from the remnants of the tropical storm. a quick look at the seven-day. the best chances will be thursday and friday for rain. a warming

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adrianna: live pictures over miami right now. what would normally be a packed highway on monday at lunchtime is not packed at all. a lot of people not moving through the area. they had some pictures earlier of miami international airport. no aircraft at the airport. todayrport is closed for as well as likely tomorrow until crews can assess the damage. this area, not much flooding, of thisn, the point footage is to show you that there is not a lot of traffic on the roads. two major airports in florida are closed indefinitely.

they will not reopen until crews can assess the damage. fort lauderdale and miami international airport both closed today. miami could possibly resume service as early as tomorrow, but before they can do that, they have to have high lets fly in the aircraft and then they can take off again. fly in -- have pilots the aircraft in and then they can take off again. images of irma are stunning. we have more on the images that will take your breath away. ryan: hurricane irma unleashing an assault, first making landfall in the lower florida keys with winds of 130 miles per hour. today, we are getting a first look at the devastation. the streets. cars in the sand. houses tossed around like toys. debris littering the roads. chases oved in, storm

rs were blown over. in miami, irma unleashing its wrath and uprooting trees, , torrentials off rain flooding downtown. the financial district underwater. three construction cranes that were supposed to be able to withstand the wind and it up collapse he. in martin county, look at this road, washed away in the flood. in riviera beach, strong winds ripped down trees and power poles. a downed power line is being blamed for causing a massive fire. fell onto a vehicle and set it on fire. today, the painful process of cleaning up as irma continues to wreak have ache and head north. ryan hughes, abc 7 news. adrianna:

check this out. a catfish caught swimming in someone's driveway in fort myers. on whether the big guy landed on someone's plate or made his way back out to see where he belongs. switching years. the nfl season is well underway. the redskins have a lot of work to do with they are going to compete in a jampacked division. coming into sunday's home opener, kirk cousins connects with chris thompson. he made his way to the end zone. however, things turned ugly in the fourth. they were down five with a minute to go. he takes it into score. the eagles take the game 30-17. the offense has a whole lot of work to do. >> i

think our defense does some good things. i think their defenses outstanding. they gave us problems with the pass rush. they were able to harass kirk and never let him get comfortable. adrianna: to make matters worse for skins fans, the cowboys are off to a good start. dallas hosted the new york giants last night. 268 yards and one touchdown as dallas won this 119-3. ravens dominated the cincinnati bengals as they opened the season on the road. baltimore's defense did not give up a single point. they shut out cincinnati, forcing five turnovers. they used a ground and pound approach, gutting the bangles. they took this 120-0. the congratulations to the ballot -- they took this

20-0. congratulations to the nationals. stephen strasburg continued his scoreless streak, 34 innings. team to the first d.c. win back-to-back division titles. they deserve all the champagne. the nats posting photos on facebook. here is bryce harper asking in the glory. the entire locker room going the glory.sking in the entire locker room going crazy. now they are headed for the playoffs. good times. it's 12:54 p.m. still to come, a

adrianna: i have to say, i like what you have done with the weather. doug: it's not bad here. a quick word on irma. it is a tropical storm moving north-northwest. a lot of circulation. in our area, no rain, a few high clouds. 77. looking ahead, a few more clouds, but still a pleasant 74. wednesday through friday, maybe a couple of showers. otherwise, upper 70's and partly to mostly cloudy. adrianna: looks good.

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