storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug cameron here tonight to lead our team coverage on the powerfulng closer to florida. we want to start showing you live pictures from ft. myers where you can see winds starting to pick up. right now all of southwest florida is bracing for irma's fury. good evening, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm erika gonzalez. we start in the storm team 4 "weather center" meteorologist. with this latest track, where does it put irma and how many areas from landfall? >> only a couple hours away from landfall in key west. this eye may do over key west. i'm concerned about the island of key west, the entire area of florida. let's show you what's going on around cuba all day long on the edge here. it didn't lose a lot of power. it is a category 3. it is starting to strengthen again. i really think the national hurricane season has underdone the track here. take a look at the latest track. i want to show you first off, just around portions of key west, down towards key west area, what are we seeing from this? already seeing not just rain but rain bands coming in

. >> doug cameron was there. i was there. >> it's like a who's who. >> those people came to bowl. what the heck are these people doing here? why are they standing in the middle of my lane? >> they actually had a great >> i wonder how people came up and asked for a personal forecast? >> quite a few. eric was there, i had a great time. i got to bed at 10:00. >> whoa, are you pretty disciplined. >> this is going to hurt. luckily just one dirty karen martini. still only three-and-a-half hours of sleep last night. the schedule will get you but it was -- >> you have to live, though. >> you got to live a little. >> exactly. >> we have clear skies this morning, it is a pleasant start to your friday. our september finishing up on a very dry and a very warm note for sure. three 90s this week for the month now. we were way below average the first of the month. we have been below. we are in plus territory for temperatures, but two inches behind in rainfall, just for the month of september. things have dried out considerably after a soggy summer. there's the weather front out there, the heavy

ashley: doug, what is your thought on this speech? steve hilton, david cameron'sr, would you have written a speech like that for david cameron? no way what i have done that but he loved it. >> i very much appreciate the substance. given the circumstances, the overheated rhetoric is probably appropriate to the time and place. the bipartisanship is critically important because it brings another dimension to the presidency, approval ratings, i know firsthand, and the moral authority of the office increases as the approval rating goes up. this is mostly if not totally all good. ashley: 71% approve of donald trump making a deal with democrats which i alluded to which i can't see the problem. a shot across the about for the gop leadership. >> he made it clear he is still a republican. he would prefer to deal with republicans but on healthcare he made it clear their failure is the reason we haven't repealed and replaced obamacare is republicans said they want to do. he is handling it right but i think more effort of conciliation, lowering the tone of the rhetoric will on