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good morning, everybody. i'm chris lawrence in for david culver. >> i'm angie goff. a lot to cover not only this morning but throughout the week, not only this morning but over the weekend as it changes path quickly. >> what are you seeing right now? >> powerful category 4 hurricane expected to reintensify as we go over the next several hours. a category 4 winds are 130 miles an hour and barreling in on the keys and also southwest florida as the track shifted just to the west overnight. it's about 190 miles southeast of key west. you can see nothing happening in our area, thank goodness. here is a loot irma right now. it parallel the northern border of cuba. it continues this forward motion before it will take a turn to the north. that's something we're really wanting to see exactly when that's going tha

concerned about once you get a storm of this magnitude, storm surge. this is really something we will want after it makes landfall, which will be sometime during the day tomorrow. definitely don't want to concentrate on that as much as what we're going to be seeing over the next 24 to 36 hours because the wind and rain are stretching into that area. so we could have a 9 to 12 foot storm surge in some of that region. what does that exactly mean? the winds will push all this water up. the closer to the coast, the better chance of seeing this be a little bit stronger, especially down that southwestern coast right by names, right by ft. myers. so we're going to be watching major flooding unfortunately for that area. we'll give you the latest track and let you know what's going to be expected with irma. that happens next week. more on that coming up in just a little bit. >> we're continuing to open

we're going to do everything we can to get people to safety. the keys are going to start getting hit with the winds. the big thing i'm worried about is the storm surge. unbelievable storm surge. as much as 12 feet of storm surge. you're not going to survive it. if you're in an evacuation zone you've got to get out. you've got to get out now. >> not going to survive it. pretty strong words from governor rick scott on "today" we heard in the liss hour. we'll get a live update from him coming up in a few minutes. here is a quick look, four things to know about hurricane irma. currently category 4 storm winds blowing 130 miles an hour. 23 deaths have already been reported. this monster storm is expected to pass through the florida keys tonight before moving spoke southwest florida. nbc's sarah rosario reports on ft. lauderdale, which is great in the crosshairs. >> the message clear. >> you need to go

irma showed its strength. >> we've been here, katrina, nothing really frightening as this. >> many heeding warnings as the most powerful atlantic hurricane on record battered the caribbean taking lives, homes, and leaving morning a million people without power. >> this is a catastrophic storm that our state has never seen. >> many shelters are full. gas stations and airports closed. >> i don't know what to do. >> preparations made across the state. protecting animals at the miami zoo to shutting down the happiest place on earth. disney and other theme parks closed as irma sets sights on the sunshine state. those who can't make it out are preparing to bear down as the storm hits hoping foe

in ft. lauderdale, nbc news. police gearing up to help first responders in texas and florida. they are sending two trailers loaded with supplies. two more left for victims of hurricane harvey. local police and fire departments collected the goods. it's 9:05. president trump will be keeping a close eye on hurricane irma at camp david. before he left, the president delivered a message on social media urging people in the path of the storm to listen to local officials. >> i ask everyone in the storm's path to be vigilant and heed all recommendations from government officials and law enforcement. nothing is more important than the safety and security of our people. we are doing everything we can to help with disaster preparations. and when the time comes, we will restore, recover, and rebuild together as americans.

the areas affected will come back stronger than ever before. while florida braces for landfall with hurricane irma, thousands across the caribbean are desperately searching for shelter after the storm. st. martin has been definite straighted. news 4 talking to a local woman whose sister is strappeded there. >> what's your greatest fear? >> not seeing her again. >> denise polk is worried. her only sister is stuck at a ravaged resort in the caribbean. >> she's our baby sister, and we just want to get her home. >> reporter: alice and her husband flew to oyster bay beach resort in st. maarten last thursday. they texted this video to denise. >> you see our view of the atlantic ocean. >> she only had me on the text message because she didn't want to worry anyone else.

>> she sent this video early wednesday morning showing hurricane irma's fierce winds at the resort. the total told guests to evacuate. denise said her sister couldn't get a flight out. >> just a text. she had to leave the room and sent the text message that says we're going to try to make a run for it. >> irma destroyed st. maarten, electricity and wi-fi signals are scarce. denise talked to her sister for a couple minutes. >> she said, denise, do whatever you can to get us home. >> now she's concerned because of hurricane jose. >> you've been in contact with the state department. what are they telling you? >> my understanding is they are trying to bring a plane in but the airport is demolished. >> right now she waits for answers hoping her sister makes it back to the u.s. >> there's no more shelter. >> shomari stone, news 4. 9:07. we continue to work for you in florida. our news 4's david culver is tr

from him this weekend as they get ready for the arrival. don't miss reports here. right now we're live on facebook. go to nbc washingto facebookn

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illegal behavior and alet of the incidents happened on trains. metro officials say they do not have the authority to ban people, even those who repeatedly commit crimes. 9:11 right now early on saturday morning, we want to take a live look, a beautiful look over our nation's capital, the national monthment. we're going to check in with lauryn ricketts and she'll tell us what to expect irma as we fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have.

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>> if you're thinking about late summer grilling, this would be the day to do e. plenty of sunshine, going down at 7:26 this evening. getting earlier and earlier as we begin fall. feels like fall low- to mid-70s. let you know exactly when we can expect rain. that rain will be remnants from irma. talk about the latest track in a couple minutes. >> lauryn, thank you. 9:14. first priority has to be emergencies and saving lives, rescue missions. what about the people who require dialysis and prescription

to help. news 4's lauren ginsler. >> reporter: here staffers have been working around the clock. >> we're in the going to be able to do a meaningful close out of harvey before we start irma. >> reporter: from this small room in northwest washington, d.c., this malteam works the phones. >> let me ask around and see what they have. >> reporter: and the computers to help coordinate health care and delivery of medicines in disaster zones to people who need it. >> the first look at what the dialysis community is facing. that's puerto rico and virgin islands. >> health care ready was a national nonprofit created after hurricane katrina. the team worked with nonprofit organizations in houston during harvey as well as health care providers all across the country. health care ready has representatives on the scene, but most of the work is

from this room nicollette in charge. >> how can we make sure deliveries are made. it's great the hospital maintains power but if they don't have the supplies they fled, they aren't able to take care of patients. >> health care ready helped individual patients. >> one lady said her brother took his last hiv pill and he had called the pharmacy and they said it would be five days fwf they would have another prescription ready for him. with hiv you can't wait five days because of the resistance. we were able to get it in a few hours. >> rx open. fema relies on it now. >> it gives us feeds and we're able to use data we get twice a day to update the status of pharmacies. >> with all eyes on hurricane irma

puerto rico. >> there are pharmacies starting to close as a precaution. we have a number of red dots coming up now but there are a number of pharmacies that are open. >> she and her team have started getting calls from florida pharmacies. they are going on 16 straight days of work now. they believe the benefits are worth it. >> we genuinely believe we are helping thousands of people. >> that was news 4's doreen reporting. search nbc washington app and search health care ready. >> keep in mind hurricane irma is wider than the entire state of florida. we are keeping an eye on a potential press conference coming up in the next few minutes or so. governor rick scott will be updating us on preparations under way to try to protect as many people as possible in the path of the storm. >> we're still on facebook live but david culver beamed into our

facebook live and talked about his entire hotel is it filled with power companies. they are expected unprecedented power outages. as many as 9 million in the dark after it sweeps through and carves the did he instructive path in the caribbean, which by the way is dealing with another proceed. >> jose. one after another. >> this heavy stuff. >> amping up the season. this hurricane season is nothing to take lightly. some people decided to stay down there. i get it. sometimes you can't get out. you don't have anywhere to go. i get it. this is a very dangerous situation unfortunately. i was on my way back to north carolina yesterday. saw a lot of people, every license plate i saw was florida or georgia. i'm glad people were able to get out of there. if you're one of those we welcome you to our area. hopefully everything is safe down there, however we're watching the monster storm as you are. let's go ahead and show you what to expect. l

is beautiful, shaping up to be wonderful. we do have rain on the way. that will be from irma. that is monday night through possibly thursday. it was a chilly start this morning. we started in the 40s and 50s, now warmed into the lower 60s in the region and will continue to warm low- to mid-70s today. a-ok today. plenty of sunshine after that chilly start. it's going to be another chilly night tonight as well. all right. let's go ahead and take you down south. this is irma right now. winds 130 miles an hour. i don't need to point it out to you. this is cuba right here. it continues to move west northwest. bands of heavy rain and thunderstorms already up in that southern tip around miami. pretty much south of miami all the way to the tip, not a lot of population, nobody lives there, once you get down to miami and naples there. it's weakened a little bit, 130 miles an hour. my system is stalling becau

the water right here is in the upper 80s to lower 90s. there we go. so begin, it could reintensify as it travels and takes the turn to the north because warm water fuels hurricanes. not a lot of wind in the upper layer of the atmosphere to sheer it apart. it could be apart by that point. might be too late. category 4 right now. expected to remain category 4 as it sweeps into the ft. myers area during the day tomorrow, then rolls through tampa, sarasota, siesta key. some of those areas evacuated and continues to move up through central florida. then by tuesday, wednesday, it's in the deep south and up through the ohio valley. we're going to start to see cloud cover debris monday morning. clouds will increase monday for our area. then by the time we get into tuesday and wednesday, that's when we could see rain out of it. once it hits land, we're going to have to concentrate on the

we're going to see a few showers or going to see heavy rain possible with flooding around for our area. again, that's going to be something we watch for tuesday, wednesday, thursday of next week. guys. >> thank you, lauryn. >> 9:21, here is a look at the damage left behind from one of the most powerful earthquakes in mexico. this thing shook and damaged hundreds of buildings and caused power outages to nearly 2 million people. the 8.1 earthquake hit in the middle of the night on thursday. we know at this point the death toll stands at 61. >> people across the country pitching in to help those in need. two iconic figures using their celebrity for good. >> the story behind these memorable visits to texas

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. when you've been married 75 years, there's going to be some good times and stormy ones as well. >> that's right. for a couple in spokane washington, there's something happening right now that caught them completely off-guard. you may ask, what's in a name. ryan overton explains. >> in two weeks, there have been two major hurricanes making landfall in the united states. first harvey in texas, and now irma into florida. hurricanes can last a few days to a couple of weeks, a different harvey and irma have lived a combined 196 years.

no secrets to life, irma 92 and harvey celebrating his 104th birthday and also celebrating between them 75 years of marriage. >> give and take and live each day one at a time. >> all the while living their lives right here in the lilac city. >> it's just kind of like home. i've never been no place else. >> while they do share the same names as the destructive force of nature, nothing else about them resembles a hurricane. >> i don't really know a whole lot of hurricanes outside of what i -- i've never studied them or anything. >> irma learning the hurricane names from her kids. >> i was surprised, but i thought those kids were pulling our leg. i didn't believe them. i thought, oh, sure. kids are always trying to get the best of me anyway. >> irma and harvey, who live a peaceful lif

when the hurricanes finally do end. >> it will be nice when it's over with. a lot of people are being really torn up with this. >> ryan overton reporting there. people still staying at a shelter in houston due to harvey. they got a special visit yesterday. you recognize that face. janet jackson visiting them, taking a tour of the shelter in george r. brown convention center. she's actually performing at houston's toyota center and dedicating the concert to those affected by harvey. jackson donating proceeds from the show to local flood relief charity. >> beyonce spent part of friday in hometown of houston for those affected by harvey. her mother posted some photos on instagram. she first stopped at a church and 400 families affected by the storm. can you

that's beyonce handing out dpreens beans to the families. hurricane irmater towards florida with landfall sometime tomorrow. david culver in florida covering this monster form. south korea suggesting north could launch another missile test this weekend. dpt anniversary of the founding. they have a history of marking

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♪ ♪ . hi everybody. and welcome to "inside the redskins." i'm rick "doc" walker. tomorrow the 2017 campaign gets started with the home opener against the philadelphia eagles at 1:00 p.m. head coach jay gruden has the keys to the game. and it's brought to you by long & foster. >> jay, opening day. what's the strength of this philadelphia defense? they got a good front line, don't they? >> they have a great front line, a lot of guys that can get home at the quarterback, very talented. linebackers are good. all-around good