captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, september 6th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." trackinger ma. the most powerful hurricane makes landfall slamming the caribbean. president trump scraps the d.r.e.a.m.er program now putting the pressure on congress. >> hopefully congress will be able to help them and do it properly. and stealing signals. the red sox get caught in a high-tech cheating scandal. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at

in new york. i'm brook silva-braga in for anne-marie green. the most powerful hurricane is bearing down and landfall in florida is looking more and more likely. irma hit barbuda where it knocked down power lines in the neighboring area of an teague ya. it's packing sustained winds of nearly 185 miles an hour. it's expected to move over parts of the virgin islands today and passion near puerto rico by tonight. the governor said irma is like nothing we have ever seen. evacuations have begun in the bahamas and begin this morning in florida keys. irma could hit florida by this weekend. seth lemon has been monitoring the details. >> good morning, brook. residents in hurricane-prone florida aren't taking any

devastation by hurricane harvey. they're raidg store shelves as they head out of town and the mandatory evacuations begin. this is video from the eye of irma, the most powerful atlantic hurricane in recorded history. the storm has officially made landfall as it churns toward the caribbean and heads toward florida. >> after what happened in houston, everyone is paying more attention than they probably have in the past. >> reporter: topping the scale as a category 5, winds have reached 185 miles an hour. officials in bahamas have issued its largest evacuation ever. in the florida keys where most islands are three to five feet above sea level. storm surge could reach 10 feet. >> we could be looking at wave heights that could put the storm over the island. >> reporter: the storm is predicted to reach cuba before

over the weekend. >> it's going to turn north. is it going be in the gulf coast, too early to tell. >> president trump has already declared emergencies in florida, puerto rico, and the u.s. virgin islands. >> normally it's a wait-and-see deal. i'll be honest with you. this track of this particular hurricane could be so devastating we're getting an early jump on it. >> florida's governor insists fema is prepared and ready to help in case this powerful storm takes a toll. on those radar images, you may have spotted another system forming just behind irma, and that could make a bad situation even worse. the national hurricane system says that could make the situation even more. that's tropical storm jose which could become a hurricane tonight. brook? >> thank you, seth. so far nearly 900 flights

the islands in the hurricane's potential path. our affiliate kpix is tracking irma. >> they're receive 1g 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts as literally the eye of the storm is passing directly your head or nearby. the worst of the hurricane is the eyewall which surrounds the center of the storm. that's what's moving toward barbuda right now and will move toward saint martin and the virgin islands in the next several hours. it's got sustained winds of 185 miles per hour. the wind gusts have been as high as 225 miles per hour. that is as strong as an ef-5 tonight. it continues to move west-northwest. here's the track, dangerously close to puerto rico, then dangerousl

5 to the dominican republic and haiti. then the track widens. it in clurds the state of florida, but a direct hit is still not a guarantee. there will be significant damage from barbuda to the virgin islands. once again a direct hit on the state of florida is not yet guarantee. aisle paul ano of kpix news. >> k078ing up, we'll have more on the florida keys and miami. president trump's decision triggered protests from new york to los angeles. the president has given congress a deadline to come up with a solution to the program he canceled. on twitter last night he wrote congress now has six months to legalize daca. if they can't, i will revisit the issue. major garrett has the story. >> i have a great heart for the folks we're talking about.

decision to cancel daca means congress must act. >> i have a love for these people and hopefully now congress may be able to help them. >> earlier attorney general jeff sessions called daca unconstitutional. >> it was limited eun laterally to great controversy and legal concern after the congress rejected legislative proposals to extend general benefits to this same group of illegal aliens. >> president obama implemented daca in 2012. it approved illegal immigrants who met other kwamfications. the executive action removed the specter of deportation but did not provide a path to citizen ship. deportations will not begin immediately. existing applications will be processed but no new applications for work permits will be accepted. those with permits scheduled to expire in the next six months have until october 5

for an extension. if a permit sayre skpooirs after march 5th 20ks 18, the beholder could be subject to removal. the move sparked protests around the country. supporters note that many of the roughly 8,000 people covered hold full 250i78 jobs, enroll in college, or serve in the military. on facebook former president obama called it, quote, self-defeating or cruel. writing kicking them out won't lower the unemployment rate or lighten anyone's taxes or raise anybody's wage. white house press secretary sarah sanders says president trump wrestled with his decision. >> would he be willing to signed something that simply addresses daca legislate actively? >> the president wants to see sponls immigration reform and be part of it, but, again, we can't take just a one-piece fix. >> as part of that immigration reform, the white house also

merit-based rules for illegal immigration and viva reform. these and other issues have tied congress in knots for years, testing president trump's relationship with a republican controlled congress on this issue. major garrett, cbs news, the white house. this morning russian president vladimir putin called for talks with north korea to resolve the issue of its nuclear program. putin said sanctions are not the answer to the crisis calling it. the top north korean diplomat promised more gift pack j ages the u.s. dozens of wind-driven wildfires burning in the west are feeding on dry conditions. the eagle creek fire in oregon has now burned 20,000

it's threatened hundreds of buildings. though no injuries have been reported. thousands have been evacuated. >> it fwees doing take work from the weather and help from the firefighters. it's going to take time. it's a big running fire and a lot of timber and we're having winds pushing it. >> the fire started saturday likely from someone using fireworks. it's confirms the major league has confirmed the red sox stole sign. how did they do it? according to records, an apple watch. they stole the signs reerks laid them and then sent them on to a base runner who gave the pitch information to the batter. the sox reportedly admitted the wrongdoing and accused the yankees of doing something similar. stealing signs is not illegal but e

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breaking news, hurricane irma officially making land fall in the caribbean early this morning. the massive category 5 storm passed over barbuda. people still on the u land say the phone lines went down. we are following the path o

allyson, take it away. >> yeah, this is a major, major storm. category a still as of 2:00 advisory, and this one is going down in the recordbooks. by the way, we are not going to really touch on it because it's not a concern right now, we also have jose quickly behind it, another tropical depression in the gulf of mexico. lots to cover here. we do have this moving through the lee -- leeward islands still as a category 5. the wind speed and pressure are remarkable. the wind speed is the highest wind speed they've had in the atlantic excludeing the caribbean and gulf of mexico. as far as the pressure, it's the 11th lowest pressure. if it drops anymore, the winds are going to continue to follow and increase. this is moving through puerto rico now. hurricane warnings are in place. as it travels near the british virgin islands, the u.s. virgin islands and peru later on tonight and eventually making its way

caicos, parts of the bahamas and cuba. a lot of preparations are going in place. this is the latest track, and it's interesting to see if they update it at 5:00 to nudge it a little bit farther to the east. we have some changes in the computer models. we told you this was going to happen. every day we look at these, they change a little bit with the extended forecast. so we'll show you those coming up in just a little bit and what that could mean for our region. we have an accident 95 and virginia right before you get to the beltway. it's impacting your northbound lanes. not significant backups here, but you might see this accident over on the shoulder. traffic lane camera not right at the accident, pretty close to there, though. we do actually have some traffic heading northbound this morning so more than what we've seen. maybe we will have a busier commute today. we also have some construction going on in an area where we had an accident as well yesterday, wellington road right by prince william street and route 28. no back ups there, but you are going to see crews out working this morning. other than that, things on the roadsoo

also happening today, an exciting day for hoagie lovers. dc is getting its first wawa. our executive producer is very xietd. the ceremony is going to be held on 19th street. he says they have the best sandwiches ever. i've never had one. they plan to open ten more stores in the area in the next few years. 4:28 right now. new this morning, harvard university is calling for peace today as a controversial plans to take the stage. the school is hosting a talk by an author who co-wrote a book discussing racial differences in intelligence. political scientist charles murray cowrote the bell curve. he says his views are misunderstood and hopes tonight's appearance on campus is peaceful. president donald trump has declared emergencies in florida, puerto rico, and the u.s. virgin islands as hurricane irma bears down on that region. the declarations are going to authorize the department of homeland security and fem a

coordinate disaster relief efforts in those places immediately. key west residents and businesses boarding up and leafing town ahead of the major storm. there's only one row in and out. florida keys are already packed. the traffic is on that one road. mandatory evacuations don't start until today. florida governor rick scott declared a statewide emergency. still, tourists took a moment to snap a photograph at the southernmost point in the united states. that's a look at what's going on. the news at 4:30 starts right now. this is wake up washington on wusa 9. things are changing by the hour when it comes to the path of hurricane irma. the models continue to change as the storm moves closer to the u.s. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> can't get enough of that hurricane video. a friend of mine used to be a pilot for one of those things. a lot of rain comingur

areas in the path of hurricane irma are going to take. the most powerful atlantic storm in recorded history has started lashing parts of the caribbean as it makes its way toward florida. irma has sustained winds at a staggering 185 miles an hour. seth lemon with more. >> this is video from the eye of irma, the most powerful atlantic ocean hurricane in recorded history. the storm has officially made landfall as it churns through the caribbean heading towards florida. >> after everything that happened in houston, i think everyone is really paying more attention probably than they have in the past. >> topping the scale as a powerful category 5 storm, winds have reached 185 miles per hour. officials in the bahamas issued its largest hurricane evacuation ever. in the florida keys where most islands are 3 to 5 feet above sea level, storm surge could reach 10 feet. >> we could be looking at -- at wave height that would literally put th