irma set to hit land fall this weekend. >> residents who haven't evacuated yet may be missing their best chance to get out. today is the last day to get out before the winds reach unsafe speeds and that's according to the national weather service. >> now, the question is, what's next. officials are preparing for the worst, saying parts of florida could lose electricity for days, if not longer and that more than 100,000 people may be in need of shelter. >> we've got team coverage tonight, so let's get the latest update from chief meteorologistist doug kamerer, what's the latest. >> my parents may be in shelter, too. they're on the west side of this. the latest track is now in and takes it right over fort myers. i'm going to make a call right after i get done with this hit. the storm itself is lng

earlier notice these yellows here, that means the storm is trying to reintensify, trying to get its act together, couldn't really do it. no more of those yellow colors and it is expected, the latest track is now in. it will regain category 5 and it may do so, winds of 155 miles an hour, category 5 is 157, so it's just below that, won't take much to get it back, moving west at 12 miles an hour, so slowing down just a little bit and it's going to slow down, slow down and then make the turn, look what it does, though, they now do bring it to a category 5. winds of 160 miles per hour, 2:00 a.m. on sunday, slamming, absolutely slamming the keys here. we will, easily, see winds upwards of 150 maybe higher in around the florida keys. and then look at this, even farther to the west, away from miami, again, this is good news for miami, horrible news for naples, horrible news for areas around the fort er

going to talk much more about this. biggest threat, not just wind, storm surge could be epic, amelia is here with more on that. >> yeah, doug, here is the latest look of the potential storm surge flooding, the areas are in red are the areas you want to key in out around the homestead area. on the west coast, up to around the fort myers area, just south of there. just see nine feet of water from storm surge flooding, how that happens, guys, we'll have that much more coming up. >> as we move into the next 24 to 48 hours, we'll see a lot out of here. hopefully as many people left as you can. we're going to send it back to you. >> yeah, sure you are. yes, indeed. >> you're not the only one thinking about it. we are, too. >> all right, be safe. >> for people in florida, time is running out. >> they either have to hit

news 4 david culver live in south florida this evening talking to a few people who are going to honker down, david. >> wendy, that's right. some of the folks who are here in this area, on normal day like this, it's great. they're staying here. this is actually part of the area that's under the evacuation order. if they're staying, you can imagine they're still trying to stock up. that's what we found today. we actually, ourselves, wanted to stock up on a few more items. we went to nearby grocery store, the publix here. what you're about to -- those are employees standing guard in front of those water. they're standing guard to make sure that customers only get too cases each. want to make sure there's enough to go around. for the local business owners, the small business owners, caught up with them, too. and they, too, are trying to protect

>> see the fresh canvas on the windows. >> the message you're sending or painting, i should say. >> i tell the hurricane sit down. if it works for her. >> she always does. >> from new york, he's only lived here for about eight years, last year a taste of fear with hurricane matthew. >> we prepared last year, it's over prepared, nothing came, so now, this year we're over preparing again, it seems like this one is for real, so, nervous, i guess. he's not the only one, store owners along the popular land shielding their glass. driving up a 1 a, a rare sight, no traffic, just a few people soaking in one l

evacuation. >> public history got two cases of water, which that's all they give you. >> it's no point in running from irma. >> it's coming right straight up. you can't go to the west, you can't go to the east. and if you go north, it's on your tail. >> he's now trying to keep peace of mind, which around here, that's not easy. when you see the model, i mean, do you follow it, at this point, i don't want to see what's going on. >> social media has gotten me to block out everything -- i can't watch tv. everybody is meteorologist these days, so i think i'm overwhelmed by everything. i figure i'll turn it on a couple of hours before and see what to prepare for, you know, doing the best -- you know, we're doing the best we can. >> you may be able to see

clouds taking off here from fort lauderdale airport. you mentioned some of the friends and family. i have family here in south florida. my family was one who wanted to get out yesterday. he was on a plane for four hours sitting on the runway waiting to take off. he waited another four hours only to be told the flight was cancelled. he flew out this morning, he flew a short time ago landed at reagan national. he's feeling very relieved that he is up where you guys are and feeling a little bit more secure. send it back to you, wendy and leon. >> your mother wants to know when you're getting out, david? >> reporter: you know what, you tell my mother that we will take care of ourselves. he's experienced covering hurricanes, he use to live down here. we'll be perfectly safe, i promise you that. >> you do need an exit strategy. a travel nightmare is unfolding as you just heard at miami-dade airport, where

home. it's a little harder because home is not in the united states, so, imagine, you're stairing at the arrival and departure boards and you see that word cancelled all across the screen. what do you do, a lot of international travellers said they feel helpless and alone and some have boarded buses just to get to the nearby shelters. gas is selling out fast in parts of florida as the thousands try to get out and it is still bumper to bumper as you can imagine on the highways. in a videotaped message, president donald trump tried to change the minds of anyone who did decide to ride this out. >> this is a storm of absolutely historic, destructive attention. i ask everyone in the storm's path to be vigilant and heed all recommendations from government officials and law enforcement. >> irma killed at least 21 people in the caribbean so far, and that number is sure to go up when rescuers reach s

hardest hit areas. there's also a new danger on the horizon to the east of this called hurricane jose, 150 mile an hour winds, and that could punish some of the areas that are already devastated. doug is tracking this storm minute by minute, we'll have updates on the air and, of course, always in our nbc washington app. we're on the scene of breaking news, pregnant woman critically burned. how police catched the person she said attacked her. outside the home where this happened. shomari. >> reporter: good evening. right now that woman, as you say, is in critical condition and that is what people out here are coming up to me and talking about. they say that this is very sad, especially when they come here and see this crime scene tape and the scene behind me. you look right down there, you can see that there's a trash bag, there are crews, actually, doing clean up. and if you move up, my

photographer brooks merry weather can show you the window that's blown out right now. inside there's serious fire damage, that is where the fire occurred. let's roll some video, police say a man set the woman on fire shortly before noon out here in their capital heights apartment or on the 1,400 block. prince georges county police say they responded here to a domestic related-ar sen. son -- arson. neighbors tell me they heard them arguing, yelling inside the apartment yesterday. right now, the woman has severe burns. in fact one neighbor told me she saw skin peeling off of her body in some parts. they drove the woman to the hospital. she gave birth to baby girl. police say the baby is arrive. police spokesperson also tells us that the woman is courageous. >> she was very brave. we want her family to know how brave she was suffering as badly as she was. critically burned,

her unborn child, dealing with those injuries and was able to share that information with us, so that we could get moving with our investigation and locate the person. >> crime scene investigators, the fire marshal arson investigators are here right now. they are processing this scene, gathering evidence for this case. now, as for the suspect, neighbors say that if the victim's boyfriend, he turned himself in, i'm sure police have a lot of questions to ask him. they have not released the name of the suspect or the victim. a neighbor tells me that she does also have two other children. live here in prince georges county, i'm shomri stone, news 4. >> thank you. in the search of the maryland teacher who has been missing for nearly a week. they found her suv. tonight there were growing concerns about her well being. kristin wright, live in columbia with more on

in this case, kristin. what we just found out this afternoon is quite unsettling. we saw a police cruiser going back into the apartments. this is where police spotted laura wallace' suv parked last night. that coming from a police source close to the information. it was somewhere, we're told, back in that parking lot. we have chopper 4 video to give you a better look at where laura's car was found. but, of course, still no sign of the young teacher and a lot of people right now very worried. desperate to know where she is. >> i'm stressed. i've been worried sick about laura. it doesn't make sense to me. it's not the kind of person that just take on. >> today police back looking for evidence, anything to lead them to laura, her suv found in the

parking lot of the apartments in columbia last night. here at the high school where laura teaches, that never showed up for the first day tuesday. the crisis intervention team is helping students and staff. >> they're deeply concerned for her well being, for her safety. we're hoping for the best news possible from this. >> laura is four months pregnant. her family telling pat collins she's excited about the baby. but monday morning they got a text from laura's phone that they will only describe as troubling. >> the alarms were going off for me and i -- i had no -- you feel so helpful at that point because you don't know, you know -- we're -- where your child is. >> reporter: we don't know what, if any connection, laura has to the apartments, thank you. >> thank you, kristin. this is a major data breach, 143 m

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the duo montgomery gentry. this happened at about 1:00 this afternoon in an area in which he was to perform later today. troy gentry of montgomery gentry gone at the age of 50. back to you, guys. >> we've got irma about to make land fall probably in the next 24 hours, doug. >> yeah, it is going to be in about 24 hours. it will be tomorrow night into early sunday, 24 hours down around the keys early sunday morning in towards the florida mainland. you can see right here, here is the radar picture, these are the outer bands right here. you can even see some of the rain coming in here, also, related to irma, so not too far away from the florida coastline and here it is, again, the wider picture, showing you how massive this storm is, starting to get a little bit better organized here. but it is still moving a little bit more west. watch that wobble here. the last wobble goes north a little bit,

moves back down towards cuba, more interaction with cuba, the more it can decrease in intensity. that could be good news for us. it will hit cuba as possibly a category 4 or 5. winds at 155 miles per hour. two degrees shy moving west at 12 miles per hour as it moves up. it will hit the n fl keys here, national hurricane center, had it as a category 5. 160 mile an hour wind, that puts gusts close to 200 miles per hour potentially inside that eye wall. on sunday, at 1:45, as it makes its way to naples making land fall around the naples area which would be devastating to the naples area x , if you know anything about the naples area, devastating. now, let's talk about the wind, this is a little bit different here. what we're going to be seeing, here is where the storm is, the tropical storm force winds are in orange. we're looking at the winds

hour down around the key west area, these are the gusts. they're going to be a lot higher than this. 104 towards miami and making its way up towards the coast. once again, i expect it to be around 140, 150. this is a very large storm. look how large. this is the tropical storm force wind, all across the state and way out into ocean and into the gulf. let's talk about how big this storm is and -- amelia. >> to give you an idea right now irma is about 600 miles wide. when you go from coast to coast in the panhandle, florida, take a look, it's only about 150 miles. so irma is four times the size of the coast of florida, of course, wherever the eye wall impact is going to be the most damage and most destruction. again, as you go out, you're still going to see hurricane winds out in that area. i want to give you an idea of what we're looking at right here. this circl

circle it in yellow. this is 75 or 70 miles out in each direction. this is how far out hurricane force winds extend. you take that circle and you put that in the area where we're expected irma to make land fall. you can still see miami, seeing those hurricane force winds down around the naples area and through the keys and that potentially extends up towards the fort myers area. also a big concern the storm surge flooding, you'll have more on that coming up in a little bit. >> we'll talk about that at 5:45. there's going to be a lot of communities along the florida coastline, from the east coast to the west coast that will be under water. we'll take a much cloeser look t that. i want to show you what we'll deal with with our weather. we have plenty of time to watch what's happening with irma. we will track it here coming up possibly tuesday into wednesday, but the weekend looking absolutely fantastic. temperatures well below average in the 70s and morning lows in the 50s and into the 40s.

we'll toss it back into you right now with more, as i mention, 5:45. >> did you reach your folks? >> when i get douglas, i know that my -- douglas, we're not leaving. >> all right. disturbing details about former basketball coach and former teacher. police say this man, christopher spates, forced students to perform sex acts which he then recorded. now the investigation is expanding. there are already dozens of victims but investigators expect there are more out there. tracee wilkins is live at capitol heights. she's got new details. fill us in. >> reporter: spates was not found out because a child told an adult, he was found out out the drop box on his account. now the states attorney is saying we've got images of all of

know who a few of them are. >> coach chris was the substitute. >> this elementary parent is wondering should she have paid more attention to coach chris when he tried recruiting her son to play basketball. >> texting me to see if he could try out for his team or if he could come and practice with them. i said, well, no, he's already dedicate today a team. >> the states attorney announced charges in a widening case, involving, creating and child pornography. the child is believed to be so widespread. police are providing a hotline for possible victims. >> the number is glrowing. we can say it's an accurate. the case is under investigation. we have now, unfortunately, identified what we believe to be dozens of minor children. >> i encourage any kid that's involved in our program, any

began the sports academy together, a new sports organization. >> this was terrible. >> he said when news of spates' federal charges broke last spring, he had the hard job of talking with the kids, some of whom were possible victims. >> they were like 13, 12, the kids he coached. we were like if there was anything, why didn't one of you say anything. >> the program did background checks but found nothing, leaving him and others wondering, what could they have done. >> i see you're emotional about this. >> yeah, i mean, he was a friend. and we didn't know. i couldn't tell anything. >> investigators say that they know some of the kids are from prince georges county, they also believe they can be from outside of this area. they're asking anyone whose child had any kind of intersection with spates to call

1-800-637-5437. the fact that there's a hotline to see how spread it is. tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> we have breaking news this friday afternoon. we're getting word of an awful bus crash in louden county, it's not far from dulles airport. we're told multiple people are seriously injured. it's at watson road. chopper 4 is headed to that scene. we'll get you some live pictures and an

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we're tracking what we're calling a catastrophic storm like nothing we have ever seen. irma raging through the caribbean claiming 17 lives, the category 4 storm expected to slam into south florida about 24 hours from now. florida's governor is telling residents in that threat zone to evacuate now. and the final flight out of miami departing in less than two hours. even after irma passes, officials are warning up to 9 million could be without power for weeks. >> now, in florida, there are already warning signs of what's to come 24 hours ahead, let's get right to our storm team, chief meteorologistist with a look at the latest track, where and when this could strike. >> you mentioned people could be out of power for a week, this is why people evacuate, not just without power, they may have their

harvey, they will be without power for weeks. if people did leave, a very good if they're still there, yeah, i think that's going to be a big issue, power outages all up and down the peninsula. as we look towards miami and south florida, not a lot going on. but they are already starting to feel the effects. we've got the outer rain bands already starting to form. the strong ones are still well offsho offshore, they are moving that way, down in south florida, they're already figuring out and starting to see some impacts from irma. mike with more on what they're already seeing and what they're expected to come over the next few days. >> here on miami beach, we've noticed two things that have changed since this time yesterday. the wind is slowly ramping up, 15 miles an hour from the northeast and then -- white caps as far as the eye can see, these are about three footers, four footers, they are ankle slappers, now obviously

making an approach, you can see that all from the southeast, the leading edge of the clouds, that's the shield, we really won't get the first direct impacts until some time on saturday and then the worst of the weather expected here in south florida as we roll into saturday and night and sunday. look at this, erosion, you might see this at delaware beaches, we've beaches, we'll lose more sand because we're expecting a surge here of up to 10 feet. as that surge comes in tomorrow night and sunday, the beach goes under water. the hotels were evacuated yesterday. there is a mandatory evacuation for this one, which is -- all part of miami-dade county. mobile home residents that's 680,000 residents, this is the largest evacuation on record for miami-dade county. a lot of folks are heading north to get out of harm's way. irma expected to come on shore, no weaker than a strong cor

the worst of the weather will be where the eye wall, whether it's here or further west, towards naples or fort myers remains to be seen. even if we miss the eye wall, there will be wind damage, a lot of power outages and many many impacts on these beaches. i'm meteorologist mike sidel miami beach news 4, back to you. new details this evening in the arrest of a woman who was married to a prominent dc attorney, one who worked for president trump. she's accused of making illegal deliveries to young inmate. they found the woman and inmate in the backseat of the car in the jail's parking lot. news 4 julie carey learned there may be a second inmate involved. >> reporter: 53-year-old theresa birchfield, accused of meeting up with a jail inmate and giving him a bag full of vitamin sume

what's known as a trustee, permitted to do work outside the jail, like taking out the trash and washing deputies cars, the two were discovered on tuesday afternoon in this parking lot near the jail. they were in the backseat of birchfield's vehicle. >> there were two subjects in the vehicle at the time. what's being alleged is that the female subject was delivering unauthorized articles to the inmate. >> but these court documents reveal even more details. the inmate told investigators, he's been meeting with birchfield for the last month. she would bring cigarettes and they had sex in the car. the investigation shows there's a second inmate who's been meeting with birchfield and said the activity is going on for six months. both the inmates are back in secure detention. this is where court documents say birchfield live in this home near the patomic river. her attorney's

his biography on the web site describes him as an ethics adviser to president trump's businesses. i was unable to reach him today. her lawyer declined comment. she's due back here in court on november 13th. that's when preliminary hearing will be heard. i'm julie carey, news 4. i'm erica at the live desk, will he or won't he run for mayor? today dc attorney put to rest widespread speculation about his political future. he told news 4 tom sherwood that he will not run for dc mayor in 2018. >> really searching to my heart as to what is important and what is important to me. and i've decided what's most important to me is to continue to serve

>> meanwhile mayor virtually alone. the only other potential candidate might be former mayor and current council member who hasn't announced a decision, the primary is not until june of next year. this is big news for mayor who in the last washington post had a 67% approval rate. as for the attorney general, he did not say who, if anyone, he would endorse. leon. >> erica, thank you for that. they're skraflding goicaffo up. what's happening at the jefferson memorial. and after shock's rocking mexico after

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hurricane irma beat up every caribbean island in its path, and destroyed almost every structure on the island. they say 95% of the buildings there are completely wasted. the emergency assistance says supplies are already in. the island has no electricity and no drinking water. to add instult ult to injury, p are preparing for another warning. >> hurricane jose, is that going to be a double threat for us and that's going to possibly go out to sea? >> not threat for us, but a threat for those islands down there around the barbuda area and they're trying to get the entire island evacuated now, ahead of jose, which is right now, also, a category 4 hurricane. winds of 150 miles per hour. now, let's go back to irma

making its way very close to cuba, very close to the coastline and, again, the more it interacts with cuba and the more it interacts with the coast, more weakening, we can expect before reintensification as it moves across the florida straits, now winds of 150 miles an hour moves west at 12 miles an hour. so it has slowed a little bit and it is expected to come towards florida as a category 5. they do expect it to strengthen to 160 miles per hour, saturday night into sunday morning in towards the florida keys and right to south florida. now, south florida, under a hurricane warning. most of central florida, now, daytona beach all the way down the i-4 corridor, down towards fort myers now under a hurricane watch. they will most likely be upgrading the watch to a warning over the next 24 hours. of course that's farther to the north. i mentioned the storm surge. this is going to be huge. the latest forecast happened a little bit farther to the west. in these areas of southwest floridhe

this could go in for miles, upwards of 30 miles inland. of course, this is mostly the ever glades, but around naples and fort myers. it could be devastating there. what does the storm surge like this mean, let's go with amelia a little more on that. >> the winds are one thing, we can see a lot more damage from the storm surge. take a look, here is a map that doug was showing. a little bit more detailed, where you're noticing the red. these are going to be the areas where the storm surge will be the worst. you can see here, greater than 9 feet above the ground. so this is in the homestead area, just south of miami and out around the naples area just south of fort myers and then down through the ever glades. beautiful view. and here is your normal sea level, as you get the wind and the storm

maybe 6 inches into your home depending on how above ground your home is. this house is in water in southwestern florida, they're talking about officials and storm surge of around 12 feet to give you an idea. 74 on your saturday. 75 on sunday. it's going to be cool in the morning. many areas will be in the 40s. 75 on your monday, good chance of showers on tuesday. that's actually from irma, the bulk of the

i'm going to have much more for you next in the 6:00 hour. i'm erica gonzalez at the live desk. we continue to follow this breaking news. we can now show you chopper 4 over the scene of this very bad crash in louden county, want to be careful and sensitive as we zoom in here, because this is such a bad crash, in fact, that we have heard that there are multiple medivacs being called to the scene. you can see the huge response from firefighters there at this scene. it looks like a red bus, we can tell you from louden county police that this was once a school bus but it has been converted is what police have told us. we have a crew that is headed to the scene, as soon as we can get a reporter on camera for you there, we'll try to bring you more details from the scene. this is a bad crash in louden county

called to the scene. these images to chopper 4 over the area in louden county, breaking news this afternoon happening just after 5:00, back over to you guys. >> thank you, erica. local first responders are helping the victims of hurricane harvey. we saw the donations in the montgomery county, these trucks will be headed to texas soon. they're having a little fun in prince georges county. darcy spencer live with that part of our story. dar darcy. >> reporter: saving their friends and relatives from flooded buildings and homes. they're now out on the softball field and this is their way of giving back. >> we rescued about 2 to 300 people in a 12-hour span. >> reporter: darryl bush has been a houston firefighters for 27 years. when hurricane

was dying to see what 52 inches of water in three days could do to a city. >> when i started doing water rescue, the amount of water that has accumulated in just a short amount of time. >> he's here at regional park in prince georges county for a softball tournament. it brings firefighters together from across the country. >> it kind of decompress from situations that have weighed on my mind for the past three weeks. >> he ran the tournament for years. he had to drop out because hurricane irma is threatening to slam the coast this weekend. >> just like everywhere else. we know we'll do whatever we can to help. >> reporter: the tournament raises money to fight neuro muscular diseases, but for many, especially now, houston firefighter says his fire house was flooded. he shares what

about the devastation. >> just being in that water, period, is, you know, it's uncertain because you don't never know the currents, it was really bad, you know, and depends on certain places you were and just being in the back of a dump truck kind of getting people out of your homes that really don't want to leave, but for their safety, they need to leave because it's not only putting us in jeopardy, you're putting yourself in jeopardy, also. >> reporter: that's right. you know, the teams that were suppose to be here from florida had to cancel because, obviously, they have things to do down there to get ready for hurricane irma. now, i mention in the morning meeting today that i was a softball player, i was a pitcher on the warriors, my team. i've got this great guy here, he's on the senior league and he's going to catch my pitch. i think that was a strike. that was a strike. [ laughter ] sign me up. we'll send it back to you. everybody is having a great

>> she's in a dress and heels, okay. >> the heels are like cleats. they're cleats. all right. see you in a bit. a big day of thousands of dc teachers outside the classroom. scott macfarlane has learned. >> nearly 5,000 teachers are voting in this and tabulation is happening right now it began about an hour ago. this new contract, they're voting on offers a 4% pay raise for the work they did this year and a 3% raise for 2018. like so many other local school districts, teacher salaries were held flat during and just after the recession. and this deal must sign off, too, to get the races in place. union head say veteran teachers have been fleeing the district recently because of concerns about pa

well, we also live in a city that's one of the most expensive in the country. and we want to maintain -- we want to retain the teachers that we recruit. >> results expected tonight or this weekend, we'll keep you posted. back to you. >> local family who is cannot afford to go to the dentist will be able to get free dental care. the xfinity center at the university of maryland transformed into a dental clinic. people will be able to get anything and everything from routine cleanings to oral surgery using cutting edge technology. >> we have three 3 d printers here that will do permanent crowns for people and for smaller number of people who have lost their smile, lost their front teeth and bottom teeth. we have a laboratory that has volunteered to create dentures for them. they'll leave here today with a brand new set of teeth. >> very cool. the next is --

college park. it is open to everyone over the age of 18. go to our nbc washington app for more on services and just search clinic. >> examples of people coming together for each other. >> very generous now. it's an alarming even revolting. the man arrested for flashing women on the metro. >> not just once. he's been arrested ten times. so why do metro police say he's illst

police arrested a man for most recent sexual assault. many of these crimes target women on the metro. >> why is the suspect still allowed to ride the train. transit police find out why they can't ban him. >> reporter: 29-year-old na than yale ford has been arrested time after time over the past few years. most cases, ford was charged with exposing himself with passengers on metro. sometimes touching himself in a sexual manner and in the most recent case, at the west falls church metro station, he's charged with sexually assaulting a female victim. >> he has a history of this, not just before this, so it's just an example how an individual. >> ford, seen in this surveillance video wearing a red

most recent charge and is awaiting extradition to virginia. he says in this case speaks too much bigger problem impacting the safety of all metro riders and employees. only a judge can do that. points to the most recent case where a woman was charged with throwing a cup of her own urine in the face of a metro bus driver. in that case, metro asked the u.s. attorney to request the suspect be ordered to stay off all metro buses and trains. part of the problem of getting authority to ban someone from the entire system, is that metro operates across multiple state lines. >> how do you get that authority? who is able to give you that. 'r

we're looking for all the tools we can to protect employees and riders. >> the union have been calling for more protection for riders and bus drivers and for broader stay away orders for those caught assaulting passengers. in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >> news 4 at 6:00 starts now. now at 6:00, bracing for impact, hurricane irma barrelling closer to the u.s. as the death toll rises across the caribbean. >> the monster storm is still on pace to make history when it makes land fall in south florida this weekend. >> tonight it's a race against mother nature with seas like this -- with scenes like this one of clawed highways. >> supplies are running low. it's now or never, that's the message as officials urge people in florida to escape the danger before it's too late. >> this s

17 dead, 100 more injured and now all eyes turn to florida as irma closes in. >> tens of thousands of people have already evacuated, but others are choosing to ride the storm out. >> tonight we have working for you, tracking irma's path and the potential impact. let's start with doug amelia and storm team 4 weather center. >> we continue to track this storm and the closer and closer it gets to florida, the better we have an outlook on exactly where this is going to hit. it's shifting a little bit. >> it's shifting towards the west, we talk about you'll show the track and it's getting smaller and smaller to hone in on what areas you're going to see the most