it's friday, september 8th, 2017, this is the cbs morning news. a massive 8.1 magnitude earthquake robs the coast of mexico causing buildings to violently shake and trigger a tsunami. bracing for hurricane irma, the deadly category 5 storm is making its way towards florida where more than 700,000 people have been told to evacuate. data breach, equifax is hit by hackers. it is

information of 143 million americans. good morning from studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with breaking news overnight from mexico. a massive earthquake hit off the country's southern coast. at least five people are reported killed. the quake had a magnitude of 8.1. it was sen stecentered off the n state. homes, hospitals, and schools were damaged. the quake was so powerful, it was felt in mexico city more than 650 miles away. jeff paul of our dallas-ft. worth station is in escondido mexico west of where the quake was centered. as i understand it, you were there on vacation. >> ias

rico but just went through an earthquake. >> you walked right into a natural disaster. were you in the backyard of the arme where you were saying we e seeing some of your video right now. tell me what happened and how it felt. >> we were just eating and we thought at first it was a large truck outside kind of rumbling by. when you started hearing the whole house creek and started making noise and you see the waves moving, it was apparent it was an earthquake. we sort of ran out to the center of the yard away from any buildings and other neighbors came by making sure they were okay and rode it out there and watched things move its way. >> i see the video is quite dark. around what time did this happen. were you able to get out and about around the neighbor mohooo see what the situation was. >> it happened right before midnight, whichld

before 1:00 a.m. we did, once the aftershocks stopped, i did walk around a little bit. it is pretty dark out here. from my vantage point and from where we are, we are very fortunate. i am not seeing any damages to any buildings and heard of any injuries. i think now the water and we are hearing in our area, we are under a tsunami warning. it is not helping any of us sleep. we are sort of staying up and watching what's going on. >> jeff paul, i know you are supposed to be on vacation. instead, now, you are reporting the news. can't get awhich fray from it. i hope you stay safe. now, to hurricane irma. parts of southern florida are under a storm surge warning. a direct hit appears to be more and more likely beginning tomorrow. prompting from an unprecedented evacuation order.

irma remains category 5, 160 miles per hour. this morning, the hurricane is moving away from the turks and caicos islands towards the bahamas, taking aim at the florida peninsula. more than 700,000 people have been ordered to leave south florida. major roads are clogged with traffic and gas is hard to find, at least 11 deaths are blamed on the storm as it cut through the caribbean. meg oliver is in miami. >> reporter: this gas station has run out and so has the one across the street and three others we passed on the way. for folks on the road, now, it is a race to outrun this terrifying storm. miami's mayor called it a nuclear hurricane. >> final preparations are underway as florida residents watch and wait. many seeing the damage hurricane irma, the most powerful atlantic storm on record has left behind

>> it has caused untold damaging and suffering in its wake. >> in cuba, hundreds gathered asking the country's patron saint to spare them. the storm still packing wind more than 160 miles per hour is expected to hit there late tonight and then bear down on florida, sometimes saturday night into sunday. >> this is a ctratasophic storm that our state has never seen. it has already killed many people in the caribbean. do not believe you can ride this out. >> more than half a million people have been told to evacuate. people made a rush for gas. by one estimate, nearly 40% of the pumps in miami and ft. lauderdale have run dry. >> this is scary looking at the news. >> reporter: though much of the focus is on

own irma could also punish areas to the north in georgia and the carolinas. >> reporter: as you can see behind me, this gas station is boarded up. if you are ordered to evacuate, this is the last day to do so. authorities are saying it might be a safer bet than hitting the highways to find friends or family in the area. ann marie, if you are headed to a shelter, you need to bring three days worth of food and water. >> good to know, meg oliver in miami. >> meteorologist, troy bridges of our orlando affiliate, wkmg, has the latest on what's happening with irma. troy, good morning. good morning, ann marie. the real concern is that we are going to continue to see this strong storm develop into a category 5, continuing at category 5 strength and weakening a little bit interacting with land there over cuba sometime through saturday before making that turn to the

north into south florida. this is the latest track. of course, we will get a brand new track at 5:00 eastern time. we would like to see it move farther off to the east. there were indications with some computer models that it could. right now, it looks like the system will move right up the center of the state of florida with category 3 hurricane force wind by sunday through the afternoon on through monday. we are talking about two days, sunday and monday with damaging winds, up to category strength near 115 miles per hour. we are concerned with widespread damage and power outages. it will be a big story for the entire state going up to georgia through tuesday. right now, category 5 with wind at 160 miles per hour moving through the turks and caicos moving at 16 miles per hour

a we are concerned it could strengthen before making landfall. these water temperatures just south of miami are near 90 degrees. that is jet fuel to fire up the storm and lead to widespread damage for much of the state of florida. we are going to be watching for the new update coming at 5:00 eastern. hoping for a shift. we think this thing is going to bring a lot of damage for our area, areas to the south and to the north. we are going to watch this throughout the day today. a big factor across the weekend. >> troy, thank you so much. ahead on ""cbs this morning,"" we'll have the very latest on hurricane irma and the preparations in southern florida and the aftermath in the hard hit caribbean. amy jurmajor cyberbreach is under investigation. hackers gave information belonging to 143 million ic

you are an he qui factiequifax . >> equifax gets their information from credit cards and other lenders. the scope of those now threatened with having their identity stolen runs the gamut. it is one of three major credit reporting agencies. the breach occurred between mid-may and july. equifax waited until yesterday to alert customers. names, addresses, social security numbers and credit card numbers were compromised. the hackers gained access through the company's website. this may be the largest cybersecurity the cybersecurity theft involving social security numbers and driver's license numbers. they have found no evidence of th

main reporting databases. >> this is clearly a disappointing event apartmend ot strikes at the heart of who we are and what we do. i deeply regret this incident. >> the biggest hack in u.s. corporate history involved yahoo!. more tlhan 1 billion users were comp p compromised. three executives sold shares a few days after the hack was discovered. equifax shares they plummeted nearly 19% following this announcement. they say they are alerting themselves through the mail and a website. >> seth lemon in washington, thank you so much. the trump administration is changing how colleges should handle allegations of sexual assault on campus

era policies. betsy devos made the announcement. >> every survivor of sexual misconduct must be taken seriously. every student accused of sexual misconduct must know that guilt is not predetermined. >> supporters of the 2011 guidelines say they crack down on sexual violence on campus. they lowered the standard of proof for sexual assault cases but sometimes deny the accused the right to hear evidence against them. they say the guidelines trample the rights of the accused coming up, relaxing president trump's travel ban. an appeals court loosens restrictions on familiy members and first responders at a chemical plant hit by harvey file a lawsuit. this is the cbs morning news. so. yes, they are. and our adult children, they're here too.

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administration's request to block more travelers from six mostly muslim nations. they said grandparents and other close relatives of people in the u.s. shouldn't be prevented from coming into the country. the texas tribune reports on first responders filing a lawsuit against a chemical plant after hurricane harvey hit. they claim they were never told about toxic fumes at the plant in crosby before responding. they say any were exposed to the fumes and became ill. "the washington post" says billionaire richard branson rode out hurricane irma in, of course, his wine cellar on his private island in the caribbean. branson says he and his staff were inside the concrete cellar and that everybody is safe. the surrounding area is sxle completely and utterly devastated. amazon is seeking prime real estate. the online retail giant is

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here is a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. hurricane harvey brought out destruction and the bess in the humanity. >> we want to help our fellow americans begin to recover. >> the five living u.s. presidents are

in places hit by harvey and irma. donations can be made online at oneamericaappeal.org. parts of texas in the aftermath of hurricane harvey are covered in piles of ruined possessions. officials say it could take months to clear the garbage. there is an estimated 8 million cubic yards in houston. the house is set to vote on a disaster aid package. the senate approved a $15 million aid bill yesterday. it is still hard to get around parts of houston. many roads and highways sustained heavy damage. there is some good news. the northbound lanes of the sam houston tollway reopened last night. city officials say the southbound lanes could open next week. coming up on "cbs this morning," the latest on hurricane irma's track. a look at the storm's destruction in the caribbean. i'm anne-marie green.

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the wreckage of hurricane irma, take a look at this helicopter video of the decimated buildings across st. maarten. at least 11 dead in the caribbean are blamed on this category 5 storm and some of these islands could be threatened again by hurrican

island, what just happened to hurricane harvey, millions of the southeast in florida are serious about getting out of irma's path. here's meteorologist allyson rae, with a first look at irma and our forecast. allyson >> good morning. yeah. we just had the 2:00 advisory in. and we're waiting patiently before the fierveg advisory comes on in. it has weakened just a little bit. we can't take this lightly at all. this is still a category 5 hurricane and a strong one at that. now, it is taking aim right now at the southeastern islands of the bahamas. this is crooked island and it has a population of several hundred people. they're not there because the wave heights are impressive, let alone the winds and also some storm surge. so this is going to make a big impact for the bahamas. we're tracking the latest computer models and we're not seeing a ton of change eastward. we want to be eastward. we really want to go far, far,

but that just doesn't seem to be in the cards. this purple outlet is the only one. notice how we also have some going farther to the south and then curving back off to the west. no where in florida is safe. it's going to be pretty daunting as we head through the next 24, 48 hours to see how this storm progresses closer and closer to florida. i'll have the updated computer model track coming up in just a little bit. ellen, good morning >>reporter: allyson, pretty exciting stuff going on in the traffic world. we have a boat that is about to open up the woodrow wilson bridge. if you normally go on that bridge, know it is going to be closed. at 4:40 it should take off. it should get to the bridge about 4:45. you know this area. the woodrow wilson memorial bridge, bottom side of the beltway, we have a traffic lane camera on top of the bridge as well. this is pretty exciting for a friday morning, especially when everything else i have is construction and it's no

>> ellen, thanks so much. we have breaking news from overnight. a powerful earthquake hits off the southwest coast of mexico. >> yeah, the magnitude of the tremor right now 8.1. it was felt a few hundred miles away in mexico city and even at the distance the shaking had many people running into the streets in the capital, worried there that buildings would collapse. the quake center is not far from mexico's border with guatemala. five deaths, that could go higher. a man suspected in the notorious disappearance and murder of the lyons sisters plans to plead guilty. lloyd welch, jr. was scheduled to go on trial next week for the death of 12-year-old sheila lyon and 10-year-old katherine lyon. the sisters were walking between wheaton plaza and their home in kensington in march of 1975. that's 42 years ago when they disappeared. their bodies were never found. investigators say welch was at the mall that day when the girls vanished. he's been in

sexually assaulting a 10-year- old girl. 4:28. another confederate statue in a major southern city could soon be coming down. a judge has dissolved a temporary restraining order which had blocked the removal of a robert e. lee statue in dallas. sometimes these statues have come down in the middle of the night. so far there's no sign when crews could bring this down. >> that's just a quick look at what's going on. and it's a lot. >> a lot is going on this morning, folks. the news at 4:30 starts now. hurricane irma has shown her strength in the caribbean, and now this monster storm is set to hit florida this weekend. good morning, everyone, i'm mikea turner in for mike hydeck this morning. >> i'm jan jeffcoat. let's get right to the forecast and the latest trajectory there on hurricane irma, meteorologist allyson rae. >> good morning. i'm tracking this on the computer models and what i'm not liking to see is that it's going to make a right over to florida. so the bahamas

jeopardy today with storm surge, wave heights and also strong winds on top of that and the amount of rain the storm seems to have as well. taking a look at this, we like this purple outlier, but that's really the only one. that's exactly it, it's an outlier, so we're looking at the most liability scenario right through the center of florida. so that's not determined, it's not nailed down, but it could make landfall anywhere in south florida. but it could also kind of take this turn off to the west before bending back into just north of tampa. so where does it go after that? well, this is new. this is different from yesterday, taking more of a northwesterly turn instead of northeasterly, then it will extend some of its moisture back here. it will dissipate pretty fast once it gets near georgia in some of those mountains. one thing to note is, yes, we have had slight weakening in the updated advisory, but it's still going to be very strong this. is a look at the water temperatures, the anomalies of how much warmer it is compared to o