tonight bracing for impact. irma made landfall in the caribbean overnight as the most powerful storm ever recorded in the atlantic. states of emergency are in evict. parts of the u.s. as the monster marches close to florida. >> it's what we're taub tonight at 6:30, hurricane irma, category 5 as high as it goes made landfall in the caribbean for the first time overnight and marked a new record. the most powerful hurricane recorded at last check in the atlantic, the storm packeted max sustained winds of 180 and gusts 200 >> it is on path, i believe, sue

rico but it will certainly hit florida. emergency officials aren't taking chance. president trump issued emergency declarations in florida, puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. the president tweeted he wrote watching hurricane closely my team which is done and is doing such a good job in texas is already in florida. no rest for the weary. evacuation warnings have been issued across the caribbean and florida. the storm comes days after hurricane harvey but experts say this time the biggest danger is not the potential flooding but the winds. >> sue is tracking the storm right now. this is unheard of when we're talking 185. >> and to maintain it, jim, for over 24 hours and the national, the hurricane hunters are you flying through it. not much disrupted it as it came through the british virginia islands and i heard you mention puerto rico, they're getting hurricane conditions fortunately for them. the eye is

puerto rico, and will likely pass north of the dominican republic. the hurricane winds extend so far from the center of circulation, but this is the center of circulation, we can see it on radar now, look at this incredibly organized and frightening storm, still has that massive eye as it continues to churn to the west northwest. everybody has been waiting for it to make a turn. i wanted to show you more of a track. let me, hopefully will go back to that. i wanted to mention today we had pretty good consensus from the models, good agreement now and the track was shifted more from west coast of flood to the east. all of florida still remains in the cone of uncertainty and looks like on that particular path, it may be going downhill over the weekend, may be as early as saturday morning for the turks and cakeos. and south florida, the entire east coast as well as south carolina and georgia will really have to watch

we've been watching light showers, not related to anything hurricane-wise, this is a system moving through. if we see any rain from irma, that will likely take until some time next tuesday or wednesday. we'll have the latest coming up on fox 5 plus at 8:00 and sensible later tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. that's latest on irma. two other hurricanes out there. both will miss the east coast. back to you. we have a lot to discuss including the fact that there's a new and seems to be record breaking hurricane heading right toward florida and puerto rico and other places. we'll see what happens, we'll know in a very short amount of time but looks like it will be something that will be not good >> that was president trump talking about hurricane irma with a group of congressional leaders earlier. florida governor rick scott said irma is bigger, faster and strongerha

which you know did massive damage to florida. state-wide states of emergency has been declared. deputy news editor at ax ios joins us. it's been hectic, we've been taub the hurricane from afar, you hate to talk about the political impact. that was something we went to a couple days after harvey. president said his crews are handling this pretty well. looks like we're not seeing major issues so far >> florida governor rick scott has been tweeting all day, vigilantly with updates, so florida residents know exactly what's going on. i think what's really reassuring from the political side of this is that rick scott is talking to elaine chow, the transportation secretary, calling drop who's picking up the phone and having these conversations despite being in north dakota and talking about ways to move forward with relief already. elaine chow lifted federal regulations so that there could be more gasoline sent to florida. because earlier today, via social media,

saying they had to drive over an hour to get gasoline. >> how else have you been hearing politicians saying? they saw what went on with harvey in houston, and know what happened down there when andrew came through. seems like everybody is, i guess, walking in the right direction right now in terms of this storm. >> they are. so hurricane andrew as governor, rick scott said today, in 1992, it caused $48 billion in damage and hurricane irma is expected to do even more than that. so everyone is sort of on their toes preparing for the worst. and far in advance. and so rick scott is also deploying seven thousand more national guard service members tomorrow in addition to the 1,000 they deployed today. there are mandatory evacuations happening. marco rubio tweeted that he also spoke with president trump, who said he's willing to sort of give any federal resources necessary to help in relief efforts. we're seeing these updates on social media and politicians from

in florida preparing for landfall tomorrow >> we heard quite a bit through harvey, a lot are saying, don't repeat what the bush administration did during katrina and seems like so far, that's held pretty well. even though you're comparing apples and oranges when it comes to these storms >> exactly. it's a comparison but i believe they're also recognizing there's never been a situation in the two u.s. where two category 4 have hit in the same season and that's what's happening, with hurricane katrina in the past, the bush administration was learning as they go, harvey, although unfortunate gave administration and other politicians a look into how bad irma will be, and that's sort of influencing their preparation now. >> hopefully they will keep the ball rolling as we know, the house passed hurricane relief for harvey. thanks so much for coming in tonight. >> thanks for having me. we still don't know what hurricane irma will bring but rounding up from

loss could say easily top 200 billion dollars. that's both katrina and sandy combined >> the problem is that fema disaster relief fund only had a billion dollars in it. ronica cleary joins us now on how congress is moving forward to sort of they know this around. >> reporter: absolutely. jim and shawn. it is unusual to see back-to-back national disasters of this scale and significance. we spoke with fema and the red cross today about how they're handling the financial implications of that. you know, when i spoke with katie fox of the red cross she had to go back to 1994 to really remember a time or an example when they saw -- when florida saw multiple hurricanes hit florida. now, i did speak to her about this harvey relief bill, there was breaking news today, that the fema emergency fund was down to a billion dollars and to -- that sounds like a lot of money, to put that in context, they

thursday, they're obviously going through that quickly. and people were worried they would be literally insolvent by the end of the week, but this harvey relief fund passed, 7.8 billion dollars. majority going to female. here's what katie fox had to say about that >> we're confident that the administration and congress are working together to do everything that the needed to make sure that we have funding, it is certainly not getting in the way of life safety and life staining missions. >> i spoke with paul cardon at the red cross about how they're handling the situation, how they're preparing for the financial constraints they may face. you know, one interesting point that he brought up was the idea that people actually respond to natural disasters differently. they don't just hear natural disaster and donate $10 or $25 to the red cross. they have different connections to them based on where they are in parts of the country. so he said we will

potentially see different donor whose donated to harvey relief than people who donated to irma. obviously some may be the same. if you just wrote a check for harvey would you feel sort of tapped out? he said there will potentially be different base to donates for each. here's what h had to say about how the red cross plans as they prepare for hurricane season every year financially and through resources. take a listen. >> the american red cross counts on the american public to help us respond disasters throughout the united states. we didn't put all our recordses in texas, we held some in reserve for the next major disaster. we feel confident we have the records and more important we got the support of the american public to help us had respond to this disaster and take care of those in need. >> reporter: so female and the red cross, if you will, putting on -- i don't know how to describe it other than a brave face really at least

the idea they're going to be able to handle and manage these natural disasters coming so close together. we hope that ends up being the case as it comes to pass. i was just exchanging text messages with my contact at the red cross continuing who's offering to continue to help and i said certainly i hope we don't need that, maybe irma won't be as catastrophic as some of the predictions are. he said you and me both. and i think it's really, you know, a sad and scary time for so many. back to you, jim and shawn >> it's all of us, you got that right. i got a brother and a sister in law, my mother-in-law live in florida. i was talking to my brother earlier today, he lives in miami. they're already headed north, they stopped in tallahassee. they will stay there and head to new orleans >> there's airlines, some people say are gouging prices, jetblue is capping everything and 99 bucks, 159 bucks, the mad dash is on. >> let's hope see is see

humanity like that president trump is north dakota. says members of the gop want to simplify the tax code, slash corporate tax rates and bring relief to the middle class. the trip is a continuation of the president's tax tour from missouri last week. he was there with senator hide dehigh camp a democrat and if you remember in missouri, the president took direct aim at clare mccas kel. you want to keep your seats but you have to cater to your constituency >> dozens marching from charlottesville have arrived in the district. >> reporter: good evening, we've been following them since they arrived in dc. they went to the mlk memorial but look at this. apparently, the group now is setting up an en campment coming up at 5at630. we'll tell you where they are, what they're

they might be here in dc. the story live report coming hup next.

hundreds gathered near the white house finishing their ten-day walk from charlottesville to the capitol. they made 118 mile journey to deliver a message against hate and confront white supremacy >> tom fitzgerald has been following the group, hasn't been the whole way but been in dc, in farragut square with more. >> reporter: certainly not going the 118 miles these folks have. but you know, we thought, we thought we were i'm going to cover the end of this. we thought we were covering the end of it. turned out what we stumbled into was the beginning of something else. we're in farragut square right now. these tents, these weren't here about an hours ago. a lot of these

people who marched all the way from charlottesville to here, to here in dc. now, they got to the mlk memorial. they had a big rally. they talked about white supremacy, talked about civil rights. but they weren't done. of they started marching again. they started marching to the white house over there. then they passed the white house and came all the way over here to farragut square, which is where they are right now and the reason they're here is because they're staying here. they have decided that they're going to make an en campment here and say they will be here the next 30 days. we want to find out what exactly they're doing, charlotte. sell left. you came from charlotte. you did three days of this march >> yes. >> reporter: come over here,

you've decided to stay >> yes. >> reporter: was this a decision you knew coming or was this just made today? >> i think we were thinking about what would be some of the best ways to really get the word out around white supremacy. >> reporter: make yourself seen >> and i think daca has a piece to do with that, the healthcare bill, fact that the budget is being decided on. >> reporter: things changed as you went on that march. >> i think things changed and as organizers make strategic decisions to leverage our voice when it's appropriate. >> reporter: i've got to ask you, celeste. it's raining. a lot of you are tired. you've been doing this for days. you've got, i know you got sleeping bags. i know you got mattresses down here.

are you going to be able to do this? is it safe for people after they've been through this march to do this? >> yes, you know, fighting for change is not an easy task and frederick douglas said there's no progress without struggle. if we have to struggle and be outside in the rain, we can do all of that and we're willing to. >> reporter: thank you for your time. i guess you're going to sleep tonight because a lot of people have been marching hard. we thank you for to taking time. we want to tell you this before we send it back to you. these police officers over there, this is the u.s. park police. a lot may remember from the occupy wall street protest of six years ago, it was almost exactly six years ago in october, 2011, that took place over at mcpherson square. over here in farragut square, this is patrolled by the u.s. park police. the answer we got, as to whether or not they're allowed to do this is we're working on it. so it is not exactly

the group is permitted to be here, it's not exactly clear that they will be allowed to stay here. but we have been seeing these kinds of conversations go on, look like park police are talking with the marchers, we don't have a resolution yet. but they do appear to be setting up in an en campment. and are going to stay here the next 30 days. >> we will monitor the situation. major changes underway at one of the dc's landmarks stained glass windows at the nash cathedral at least the ones that honor confederate generals being pulled down. two winds honor robert e. lee and thomas stone what will jackson. it was first called to be removed two years ago after the shooting in charleston. tuesday the cathedral voted to remove them immediately and keep them in storage until figuring out what to do long-term. a virginia politician is speaking out after dis

flyers popped up across prince william's county. we'll be right back.

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♪ ♪ 15 states including virginia and the district of columbia followed lawsuit to block president trump's plan to fades out daca >> right now 800,000 undocumented immigrants protection for did deportation. but entered the new directive. department of home land security will stop processing applications for the program. if congress doesn't act people could start to lose status next year. they called upon paul ryan and mitch mcconnell to immediately put the dream act on the floor for a vote in the house and in the senate. >> i think it will come up sooner than later >> the twist here is you have many people on the republican side as well saying you know, let's find way to keep daca in some way, shape or form. the president said six months, he was asked today when he sent a tweet last night saying he would revisit it if congress doesn't act. it's not about second

to a stories that only on fox 5 tonight. disturbing flyers with images of virginia politician corey stewart popping up across prince william's county. >> the flyers show stewart and trump sounded by anti-semitic images and more, tisha lewis with more. >> i was in clifton, virginia, off of 612 and i was putting out some signs, and i found this flyer, there were a few of them in the ground there. >> at first glance, realtor vicky thought this flyer was the real deal from corey stewart himself, quickly realized otherwise when she spotted pork on a stewart instead of corey. >> what is the most offensive >> for me it's the swastikas, i'm not that offended by the confederate flag but to see the swastika here and everything that's happening in our country i want to say. what happened recently in charlottesville, that was my initial reaction as to let me find out what this is about. >> very disturbing. >> reporter: stewart is a

conservative running for u.s. senate against incumbent liberal tim kane, he's currently on the board of supervisors in prince william's county. he blame the controversial protest group an tifa for delivering hate filled literature. >> the failure by politicians to denounce antifa and other extremists groups like this is causing them to get increasingly bold. publishing this garbage is extraordinarily disturbing. >> reporter: it not only depicts stewart call him a fascist but shows an unflattering image of donald trump >> it's obviously put out by some extremist left wing group who's trying to defame me and the president, i might add. i think it's pretty obvious, anybody with common sense can see

>> tisha lewis, fox 5 local news. coming up. steve harvey sets the record straight about the meeting he had with president trump coming up after this. up after thi he's our pediatrician, dr. ralph northam. born and raised in rural virginia went to vmi. trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldiers seriously wounded in the gulf war. eighteen years as volunteer medical director of a children's hospice. as lt. governor, he's fighting to expand healthcare in virginia. he'll get it done as governor. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, and we need to provide access to affordable healthcare for all virginians, not take it away.

steve harvey regrets his decision to meet with president trump after the presidential election. you may recall harvey met with trump at trump tower after the election but before he had been sworn in. his wife advised him to skip the meeting and go ahead with plans to go on a boating trip for his 60th birthday, he told hollywood reporter he should have listened. harvey received a bunch of backlash. the two men have not had any contact since this january meeting. >> considered how big the steve harvey empire grown and it's one of these things. he's his on man, he's talking with the future

united states, one can maybe understand why he wanted to take the meeting. backlash is what it is. there may no longer be in the white house former president obama and michelle obama are holding on to one title. best dressed. they both made the cut on vanity fair's international best dress list, a white club montco -- -- got you. >> and the custom bcbg olive green pants >> blue shirt, navy trousers for him. milania trump is also on the best dressed cut. justin trudeau was also on the list. >> i was trying to help you out there have not i had no idea what -- mon

>> we'll keep the focus on hurricane irma and other two hurricanes forming in the atlantic. >> final five at 11:30 tonight.

announcer: today on "tmz" -- harvey: i'm not touching this one. you do it. [laughter] >> racial controversy. jason whitlock, who is an anchor on fs1 and it was the guy with a colin kaepernick costume. the internet thought he was a bck guy, not a white guy. light-skinned brother. not just any light-skinned brother. it's drake. [laughter] >> kim and kanye, they're having their third child at the end of january. >> did you see kim kdashian talk about how north hates her baby brother? harvey: if you have two kids that don't get along with each otr, is having a third kid someing that creates peace or make a bigger problem. >> probably a bigger problem.