stalled there over the bahamas. this must be a devastating night for so many people there as it scours that island chain and then where does it go from there? >> yeah, good point. think about that. over 24 hours now. there's no power there, middle of the night and it's dark. people are wondering why is this noise going on? why is this hurricane still on top of us? they usually come and go within 24 hours. i've never seen anything like this. the steering currents are to blame. they got together. we have a big ridge of high pressure, bermuda high that basically pushed this almost into florida. we have another high to the north and west. it stalled out. finally that is the one that will be pulling the hurricane up to the north away from grand bahama. say in about six to eight hours. six to eight hours more of this, 120-mile-an-hour winds. a category 3. it has weakened some. it looks like it's begun to move to the north. it hasn't. it's a wobble. the eye just kind of goes a little bit haywire trying to reform in some ar

in new york and in the bahamas. that's where we begin. the bahamas obliterated by hurricane dorian. the scope of the devastation finally coming into view. thousands of homes flattened, entire communities eviscerated. official death toll stands at seven this morning. and that number is likely to climb significantly higher. >> on grand bahama, an estimated 75% of the homes, 75% under water. recovering from this unprecedented storm will cost billions. the world food program estimates more than 60,000 people will need to be fed. look at what used to be the runway at freeport international airport. that's right. that used to be the runway. it is submerged. listen to the prime minister of the bahamas describe the enormity of the destruction. >> we have been attacked by a vicious, devastating storm. an enemy that we would have had very little defense against such an enemy, and it's caused severe damage to two of our major islands, that is abaco and grand bahama. >> from overhead, the scene is sobering. the photographer who captured these images describes what used to be a vibrant community

from nassau, bahamas. the u.s. coast guard has gone ahead and moved in and they're rescuing people who need it most. that's incredibly good news because dorian was such a powerful storm and it made it almost impossible for anyone to reach those hardest hit areas for the majority of today. earlier in a press conference, the bahamian prime minister saying that the coast guard is now working in conjunction with local agencies to try to help those folks out who were trapped by those rising waters. a result of that storm surge that was more than two stories high. in the meantime, just to the west of abaco island sits grand bahama. where more than 50,000 people sought shelter when dorian made its way through, moving at some places at one mile an hour. dumping not inches but feet of rain. the main problem there, flooding that could be the case for days to come. we've seen video of the grand bahama police department under water. we know their airport is also submerged in some cases making it impossible for planes

patrick oppmann, cnn, freeport, the bahamas. >> chef jose andres joins us now from the bahamas. great to have you with us. it is, indeed, an honor to speak with you. you're with your world central kitchen team in the bahamas riding this storm out with everyone else and preparing to offer relief in the form of food for those in need. you posted this video earlier. let's just take a close look at that. >> so i want everybody to understand we are -- [ inaudible ] imagine what's going on in abaco. >> so, chef jose, it certainly looks a lot calmer where you are right now, but talk to us about the situation on the ground and what you're hearing what other people are experiencing there in the bahamas. >> well, here in nassau we are okay. heavy winds at times. rain. a lot of rain in the last hour or two. some -- a lot of thunderstorms. right in my back is where probably 90-plus miles away is where the hurricane is located, the grand bahamas where abaco is. and also what we're trying to do, we tried to ride to freeport but we couldn't. and what we are doing now here is with the help of t

it hit the bahamas very hard. we are working with the government of the bahamas at their request. we have a lot of people helping and most importantly the united states coast guards which has done so incredibly well in texas and florida and puerto rico. admiral, if you can say a few words about that? >> we are ready domestically here from florida to the carolinas part of the dhs theme. in the bahamas, it has been k challenging. flight crews got in there. we rescued 50 folks to date. we are just started to get the site picture of freeport. today we'll have a fuller picture. that's the region where dorian just pounded the region. we expect the impact will be severe, we are rendering life saving support here. providing urgent support or air marine counter parts and we'll see where this evolves in the next 24 hours. >> and even from puerto rico to areas that'll definitely get hit if you look at north carolina and south carolina and georgia. >> we are in south florida, we are working on supplies in the bahamas and maritime bridge for coast guards which are challenge right now. we have

bahamas, a big section of the bahamas was hit like few people have seen before. we're helping in a humanitarian way. we've been asked to help by the government of the bahamas. we've had numerous helicopters and we're sending some people to give them a hand. they need a big hand in what's going on over there is incredible. few people have seen anything like that. although i must tell you, over the years there have been some hurricanes that were bigger and stronger and more powerful that hit us very hard also. but i just maybe would like to start, kevin, if you could say a few words about where we are, and then i'll ask the admiral to talk about what you're doing in the bahamas and then we'll get back to south carolina, north carolina and what we expect. okay? thank you. kevin? >> yes, sir, mr. president. acting administrator pete gainer from fema. >> let's get the latest on dorian's path as we're watching it track up the florida coast towards georgia and the carolinas. our chad myers is in the cnn weather center. tell us what you're seeing where this is heading. >

the bahamas, of course, are a nation of about 400,000 people, about 700 islands in the bahamas. the devastation there from hurricane dorian is not evenly spread, to say the least. the focus for rescue and recovery now is on the places in the bahamas that have been hardest hit. it's all just almost impossible to visually take if he what you're looking at here, but this is what it looks like as of now in the abaco islands, which is part of the northern bahamas. this is less than 200 miles off the florida coast. hurricane dorian hit abaco on sunday as a category 5 hurricane with winds that reached more than 185 miles per hour. this is the most powerful storm to ever have been known to have hit the bahamas. prime minister announced just in this past hour that the known death toll in his country has risen to seven. before tonight it had been five. now it is seven. it is feared that that toll will further rise for the reasons you can see on your screen right now. this widespread devastation in the bahamas as aerial photography is finally able to get in there and people are finally abl

around 70,000 people in bahama.f the population of an entire country has been hit by this hurricane. many have lost their homes. family members. this is unbelievable. imagine that in the united states, 20% of our population will lose their homes and they will show up one morning without water, without lelectricity, without cell signal. wow, this is total chaos. with that, they want to say, this country, small country in size but very big country in heart, actually has done a fairly good job in handling this situation. so i want the world to know that, yes, sometimes in these situations you'll begin hearing criticisms. i think that if anything, the prime minister and entire bahamian government supported by the international organizations, they've done a fairly good job. >> what do -- that's good to know. and what do you think people should do who want to help? >> listen, as, for example, we keep doing food. we're helping the government making sure that that's not a problem. other people, usaid show up, united nations

as alex ottman gained access to the bahama airport in grand bahama island. first to jennifer gray live in the cnn weather center. jennifer, where is the storm right now. >> right now about 150 miles south of charleston. and you're right, just shy of a category 3. with 110-mile-per-hour winds, gusts of 130 moving about 8-mile-per-hour in a north northwestly direction. you can see the outer bands making it on on shore. south carolina, georgia, florida still feeling impacts of the storm. we are concerned about places like charleston as you mentioned because we are expected to see the storm surge push in. it's a very vulnerable area. we could see maybe the second or third highest tide level there just behind hugo. if you remember that it can cause major flooding in the area. conditions will deteriorate throughout the day tomorrow. midday especially is when we think the peak winds will be. and then it will head north and east most likely. there is a potential for this storm to make landfall anywhere along the carolinas still too early to tell but places like wilm

let's get more now from the bahamas. basel dean is the deputy director of the bahamas department of meteorology. this is the strongest storm to hit the bahamas. what's happening right now? >> right now, dorian is sitting smack over grand bahama. it's been sitting there now for the last nine hours, and that's pretty much unfortunate because the battering waves, the strong surge and torrential rains are causing quite a mess in grand bahama. we had storm surges inundating the entire island of grand bahama, and persons have been calling in for relief. unfortunately because of the very strong winds, relief workers are unable to get in there. but looking at the sunlight pictures and radar imageries just before i left the station, the sudden eyewall is now starting to creeposs grand bahama, and that means that the intense 140-mile-per-hour winds should be battering the central portions of grand bahama as a speak. but that hopefully will continue during the course of the night, and if that eyewall continues to move northward, we

the bahamas is one part of the caribbean.ear, it is puerto rico one year, the virgin islands another year, dominica another year. we know the language of this horror all too well. and unfortunately, i think one of the reasons i wrote the op-ed was to really communicate to the wider world what that means. to feel what we feel and use language in a way to communicate was sometimes becomes almost impossible to believe with our own eyes. i wanted us to feel this through language. that was my primary goal with the op-ed. i think in terms of my own family, we have family on abaco and grand bahama. it is a small community. we have 400,000 people. we are scattered across a vast amount of ocean. we are connected, interconnected with various islands. my primary concern was my cousin who is on dialysis who is in need of a kidney. you know, getting from abaco to nassau. securedrealized she was , it gave me almost permission to worry more about my family, my other friends, and people that i have come to love, you professional life. profes

patrick oppmann, freeport, on the island of grand bahama. >> watching the bahamas there, let's turn to the united states and meteorologist derek van dam, in stewart, florida. and nick valencia. derek, we're hearing that dorian will start moving in five to six hours now. what does that mean for florida? and talk about the current situation, where you are, in stuart. >> well, what that means is it is a slow pace. a slow crawl for a dangerous category 3 hurricane. the closer it edges or wobbles westward toward the coast of florida, the more intense the elements become, especially along the coast. we are in stuart, florida. just to give you an indication of what we're experiencing here, every 30, 45 minutes, we get lashed by one of the outer rain bands from the center of the storm, which, by the way, is 100 miles offshore. it's taking that energy, and transporting it to the coastline and creating the strong, gusty winds you see occasionally in the live shots you see in the overnight period. martin county, that's the county i'm located in, there's massive evacuations for the low lying areas

the bahamas. dorian slammed the islands, leaving five people dead and more than 20 injured. satellite images of grand bahama before and after show dorian's arrival and they show how devastating the storm can be with flooding significant areas including grand bahama international airport. >> here in the united states more than 1 million people are under evacuation orders across the states of florida, georgia, and south carolina. already home to nearly 15 million people they're now under hurricane or tropical storm warnings, even more facing storm surge warnings or watches. as dorian creeps closer, more than 70 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in the state of florida have officially been evacuated. 85 shelters are opened throughout the state as more than 1200 flights to and from florida airports have been canceled today. according to the national hurricane center, dorian is approaching as a category 2 hurricane with speed winds topping 110 miles an hour but no one should interpret that a

in n parts of northern bahamas. our missioioand focuss now is search, rescue, and recoverery. i ask foror your prayers for the in affected areas and for our first responders. amy: hurricane dorian made landfall as a category 5 storm, but president trump claimed over the weekend that he had never heard of category 5. the u.s. has in fact been threatened by four category 5 storms during trump's presidency alone. trump also denied knowing what a category 5 storm was in 2017 when hurricane irma struck texas -- struck florida and in 2018 when hurricane michael hit florida. trump also caused confusion sunday by falsely suggesting alabama would be hit by hurricane dorian. his tweet -- one of at least 122 he posted this weekend -- was quickly denied by the national weather servrvice. trump spent t the long weeeekend golfing at his club in virginia despite the hurricane and the mass shooting in west texas. dorian is expected to continue its destructive path toward florida, georgia, and south -- and the carolinas. we'll have

we begin today's show in the bahamas. it is a scene of utter devastation after the category 5 hurricane dorian ravaged the island nation. residents of florida, geororgia, and the carolilinas arare now bracing for the ststorm which hs been downgraraded to categorory. the e official death toll in the bahamas is at seven but t is expepected to risese. on the islands of abaco and grand bahama, as many as 13,000 homes have been destroyed or heavily damaged. rescue efforts have been hampered by widespread flooding. some reports say 70% to 80% of the affected areas remains underwater, including grand bahama international airport. this is bahamian prime minister hubert alexander minnis. >> we are in the midst of one of the greatest crisis i in our countries history. the government will bring to bear every resource possible to and the people of abaco grand bahama or any other island nanation that is necessary. no effort or resources will be held back. the bahamas red cross and other relief groups are scribbling to help survivors.

the university of the bahamas. however, we were successful in rescuing three security guards at the university. we discovered that the entire bottom floor at the university is no longer there. it's been destroyed, decimated. again, there's going to be a lot of intensive rebuilding, but our main focus right now is on rescuing those individuals. after that, we'll do assessments and see how we can get into our recovery. so right now it is just -- i'm speechless. that is very unusual for me to be speechless. but right now in the wake of what i'm seeing -- but i do -- i would say that there is some good news. the city of freeport itself, the damage is not as severe as during hurricane matthew. however, the island of grand bahama got torn up. but the city itself where essential services will be provided and have been provided fared a lot better this time than the last time. however, the outlying settlements are in trouble. so we're doing our best to stage. we're hoping that the united states of america would not receive

for our friends in the bahamas it's too late. you've had it parked there for 24 hour, the devastation will be incredible when we're able to get up high and show you the pictures from the ground have been bad enough. these bands you see here, i think that's where we have the potential there with 125-mile-an-hour winds, that's where they'll be contained and they don't extend that much further, about 45 miles so not reaching florida but what is reaching florida are the outer bands and those contain tropical storm force winds and we've been checking with our reporters fanned out along the coast and will continue throughout the night. lull, still windy and tropical downpours and rinse, repeat. that's the case not just tonight but today and the day after that we are eventually going to get this out of the bahamas. my goodness, it's going to take another six hours then will begin to feel the pull and that pulls the storm along the coast. there it is 8:00 p.m. a.m. finally moving 125-mile-an-hour winds. east of jacksonville and then even

he is bahamianan-american and hs family in the bahamas. he has been lobbying the trump administration to waive visa requirements for bahamians. representative jones, welcome to democracy now! can you talk about the situation in the bahamas now and what you're calling for in terms of bahamians seeking refuge in the united states? >> thank you so much. thank you all for bringing light to this very important humanitarian issue. i'm currently now within the bahamas, they are still in search and rescue mode. while being in search and rescue mode, there are individuals who are t there who have lost everythingng. they are just looking to get back on their feet. what we have asked the trurump administratition to do is if thy can ease the requirements for individuals to come overer to te states. as you know, and as you just reported, there have been indidividuals who were taken off of the ferry because they did not have the correct documentation. but to our understanding, it was not the federal government but mades the company that that action. the

patrick ottman live from freeport, bahamas. let's talk more about what's going on where you are and these storm surges. >> reporter: yes. the storm surges are a major concern but let's talk about the wind first. we are being lashed in freeport by dorian's wind all night long in the dark because power is out here. it sounds like a jet engine, just screaming winds that pick up but never really go away. they die down a bit, but they never really go away. keep getting stronger and stronger. people are in their homes, no power, no information, no tv. maybe they're listening to radio. it has to be terrifying. nobody here in the bahamas has ever experienced a storm like this because they've never had a storm like this. and a real concern though is later on with the storm surge, talking about a storm surge exceeding 20 feet. the highest point on this island is 30 feet. much of this island by the end of today, by tomorrow will be under water. >> patrick ottman, appreciate it. thanks so much. >>> an eerie calm in coastal florida as doria

patrick oppmann, cnn, freeport, the bahamas. >> and from the bahamas we have now caseton pinder with us, a fisherman in the spanish wells. thank you again for being with us. >> good to be here. >> caseton, we do understand you're among the lucky ones. you went through this storm in an area that spared the real brunt of dorian, but what are you hearing from others nearby who might not have been quite as lucky? >> terrible stories about -- we had some friends of ours send snapchat videos and videos through whatsapp and stuff about trees blowing through their houses and trying to stay locked down in their closets and just flooding. i had one report say that they were -- they were leaving the house in the eye of the storm because they had their roof, they were fortunate because their roof hadn't blown off yet, but they had 5 feet of water in the downstairs section of the home. >> wow. and for yourself, what was it like to go through this? i mean, this was one of the strongest storms to pass through that area. >> yeah. this was probably the strongest storm i've ever lived through. but her

made the turn over the bahamas. had that happened across the eastern seaboard of south florida, i can't imagine the damage it would have caused there. obviously the bahamas took the brunt of this storm. >> shepard: clearly. the last hour a new tropical storm in gulf. >> there is. this is in the gulf. it's tropical storm fernand. it will bring a lot of moisture up across south texas. so the brownsville area, get ready for some significant flooding from that moisture. shepard, peak of hurricane season is september 10. we're september 3, i believe. there's a lot of activity in the atlantic. we're not done with this season. >> shepard: thanks, rick. as hurricane dorian crawls towards florida, folks in palm beach county are getting tropical force wind gusts. ellison barber reporting live in jupiter beach in the northern end of the county. hi, ellison. >> hi, shep. yeah, right now this area where we're in, there is a storm surge and hurricane warning. sort of right on the edge of where that warning beginning and ends. at

another destruction in the bahamas simply unprecedented. just parked on top of the bahamas. hurricane is a slow moving nightmare. for those trapped on the island. storm is responsible for at least five deaths and demolished 13,000 homes. we have more. >> there's a death toll after hurricane dorian whipped through the bahamas. and stalled over the island for hours. >> we know that there are number of people in grand bahamas who are in serious disstress. and provide relief and assistance as soon as possible. >> now more than 24 hours since making land fall, the mission is rescue and recovery. >> the initial reports is that the devastation is unprecedented and extensive. >> in miami, much needed donations being collected for the devastated islands. meanwhile the rest of florida still on edge. waiting for dorian to make a move. florida's governor says dozens of medical facilities are moving patients to safer ground. >> get out now while you have time and there's fuel available. >> a million people ordered to evacuate from florida to the carolinas. thousands of flights cancelled

the bahamas' press tweeted that the grand bahama international airport is under five feet of water. >> and look at this. the storm's projected path. mandatory evacuations ordered for areas of florida, georgia and south carolina including parts of jacksonville, florida disaster in the bahamas. this morning, scenes of utter devastation after a direct hit from dorian. >> please pray for us. please pray for us, everyone. please pray for us. >> new video from the bahamas showing widespread destruction. homes surrounded by water. trees ripped apart. boats capsized. >> we need assistance fast. >> reporter: hurricane dorian making history as the strongest storm ever to hit the chain of islands and tying for the strongest atlantic hurricane landfall on record. this woman taking to social media pleading for help after winds up to 185 miles per hour ripped the roof off her apartment building. >> everyone that's staying in the apartment building, we stuck right here. please pray for us. >> reporter: in the two-minute video she describes being trapped with her baby as the water rushes in quickly r

our patrick ottman is in the bahamas with more. >> reporter: i'm on the island of grand bahama, where the weather conditions are deteriorating severely. all morning long we are feeling these powerful gusts of wind lashing us. it sounds like a jet engine where we are right now, the city of freeport. you have to imagine what it's like for so many bohemians. you spend the entire night listening to the sound, the wind roaring past. this is not the worst of it. hours from now when the eye is expected to pass over grand bahama later today, but for the moment this storm is stalled out over us. it is causing devastating damage. we've already seen in other parts of the bahamas how it's torn off roofs. how it has flipped cars and how it has completely submerged whole neighborhoods. it is expected to bring a storm surge here of over 20 feet. of course, on this island the highest point is 30 feet. so it is a real danger going to continue on all day into tomorrow. for so many people help is not coming for several days. they are going to have to ride it out. >> patrick ottman, stay safe. >>> eerie

they are on the bahamas right now. they are helping with the bahamas. the bahamas was a big section hit like few people have seen before. but we are helping in any but humanitarian way. we've been asked to help by the government of the bahamas. we have numerous helicopters and we are sending some people to give them a hand. they need a big hand and was going on over there. it's incredible. few people have seen anything like that. i must tell you, over the years there have been some hurricanes that were bigger and stronger and more powerful that hit us very hard, also. i would maybe like to start -- kevin, if you could say a few words about where we are, and i will ask the admiral to talk about what you are doing in the bahamas. then we will get back to south carolina, north carolina, and what we expect. okay? thank you. >> yes, sir, mr. president. we have the acting demonstrator from fema on the line. he's been in florida yesterday, in georgia right now, headed to south carolina. touching base with the emergency managers and all the states on the path o

this was stationary for days across the bahamas.etting the devastating images the storm is historic in terms of the catastrophic damage in the bahamas and now starting to move. we are seeing tropical storm force windss moving onshore, tropical storm force windss extend 175 miles from the center of the storm, hurricane force windss 60 miles from the center of the storm and the storm is 80 miles offshore of florida. let's look at future radar. one of our forecast models as we go further in time coming into good agreement the storm is going to give a close brush to south carolina and north carolina and perhaps making landfall in between. the best shot will be the outer banks as we head into friday but we will still feel the results of this. storm surge is not changed, 5 to 7 feet, north florida, central florida toward georgia and north carolina and south carolina and as we get to the outer banks it is 3 to 5 feet. additional rainfall depending on where the storm brushes the coastline and where those counterclockwise winds come onshore

so we have two major islands in the bahamas, grand bahama and abaco.we forget about the keys around the abaco in particular. they themselves, we have to put tremendous focus on those keys because we have residents living on those keys as well. we have, as i said before a lot of resources currently in the area. a lot more moving to the area. our national emergency management agency is hard at work. the entire arm of the government is hard at work. we're grateful to nations from around the world coming and demonstrating their support to us here in the bahamas. as well as nongovernment organizations and local and private organizations. the support is overwhelming. we have to structure it in such a way that it does not go counter to what we're seeking to achieve. so with that, i thank you so much. i turn it over now to charles a. bowers. >> we're working hand and hand in partnership with the bahamian government. we're communicating nearly every minute with different parts of the government under the leadership of the prime minister and national emergency a

let's switch over to the bahamas right now. morgan chesky is in nassau hub, bahamas, right now.e screen and i'll show notes right now where morgan is. you're down near nassau which is about right here. best laid plans with tv. i want to show where morgan is. this is where the storm is. abacor. morgan is further south and it is getting quite a bit of rain in some parts of where you are, morgan. >> reporter: that's right. we are getting the outer bands of dorian's hurricane making the way over abaco island right now. that's where the devastation is happening as we speak. sustained winds of 180 miles per hour with gusts up to 200 wrecked havoc in that area. we heard from the bahamian prime minister and he said this is one of the saddest days the speak to his own people with the sheer devastation as a result of the historic storm, most powerful hurricane the northwest bahamas has seen in recent history. we have seen video coming in as the storm surge well inland. cars nearly underwater and a significant amount of wind damage with roofs peeled off, power poles napped and people simpl

now back to the bahamas. dorian may have left but the destruction it left behind and finding people stranded in the wreckage is the giant challenge now. in grand bahama, tracking the status of the rescue missions. >> reporter: the sun is finally shining here. rescue operations should begin. this island has been cut off since dorian came in as a category 5, slammed into this island, taking out the power, water and cell service for many, many people here, if not everybody. we are awaiting for any sign of helicopters coming in, for boats. the need here is incredibly desperate. we've not had any resources since the storm, and people are running out of food, out of water and many people are still in the homes where they rode out the storm, where the storm surge flooded them and they dropped off food in their attics or on their roofs. a brave crew of bahamaians have gone out, risking their lives in dangerous conditions to pick up people in their boats, in their jet skis and get them to safety. but at this point, ga

at that point, it was parked over the bahamas.ell, we're getting our first aerial pictures of the damage left behind by this storm. it's not out of the neighborhood yet. but it is moving slowly, away from the bahamas. and we'll have those pictures for you when cnn's special live coverage of hurricane dorian continues. tremfya® helps adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis get clearer. and tremfya® was proven superior to humira® in providing significantly clearer skin. don't use if you're allergic to tremfya®. tremfya® may lower your ability to fight infections tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya®. get clearer. janssen can help you explore cost support options. i can. the two words whispered at the start of every race. every new job. and attempt to parallel park. (electrical current buzzing) each new draft of every novel. (typing clicks) the finishing touch on every masterpiece. (newborn cries) it is humanity's official two-w

the airline bahamas air will fly them out free of charge to the capital, on grand bahama, and saturdayill fly into grand bahama and speak with the grand bahamians and the residents there and reassure them that the government will not dessert them. we will be there with them throughout -- through thick and thin. after all, we one bahamian and we are one nation and we will go together. >> prime minister minnis, i know you have a huge job ahead of you. i appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> we'll have more on hurricane dorian just ahead. chef jose andres is continuing his mission to feed as many as he can as fast as he can in storm ravaged bahamas. we'll talk with him, what he's seen and what he's done. your eyes won't show it. new super stay concealer from maybelline new york. dark circles wiped out full coverage and up to 24-hour wear. new super stay concealer only from maybelline new york. should always be working harder. that's why, your cash automatically goes into a money market fund when you open a new account. and fidelity's rate is h

now, if you understand the bahama islands, we are -- we have different islands that make up the bahamasso freeport is a part of grand bahama. our central government sits on the island of new providence. so it was difficult for planes to come in while they were having all of that wind gusts and everything. so after the all clear, the central government, the units and so forth and also persons who assist from florida with the u.s. coast guard will be coming in to bring assistance and everything. so we look forward to that. because there is a food shortage. there is a water shortage. because, like i said, persons left their homes and came to the shelters and they didn't have time to go pick up their food and all that stuff and everything. they just ran for their life, you know? >> yeah, totally. >> so coming into the shelters and the shelters you're talking about 400 persons in the shelter i was in last night. this shelter i'm in now is one of the shelters that's being -- it's the old hotel -- the hotel that -- one of the moments of the island, sorry. and they have the generator up so it h

folks back from the bahamas.alk to us about what is happening on that seed of the story. >> okay. well, first of all, the coast guard is, its motto is semper fi, always ready. i was heartened to see the coast guard showing up immediately after they could fly in, and providing that assistance. it's a primary role of the coast guard as a first responder is to do that search and rescue-type work after a storm passes. >> leland: give us a sense in terms of how much in the way of assets the coast guard has right now between key west, miami, and then a little bit further north. >> well, the really important thing is, you know, while everyone else is doing the preparations on their houses, which is really important, the coast guard is prepositioning assets in places where it is safe and they can respond as quickly as possible. once the storm passes. so, those aircraft you saw that were in the bahamas came from florida, and from places where they are just waiting to do the proper response. and that is important not just

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you work conserving coral across the bahamas.ou worried about what you're going to find after the storm is gone? >> yeah. hurricanes have a track record of really ripping apart coral reefs, and that's obviously tragic from an ecological standpoint. a quarter of the marine life dependis on the coral reef. they can act like seawalls. 80% of the reefs here are dead in the bahamas and the caribbean. i started a company to regrow coral and restore dying reef. people are going to have to go back out to help rebuild the reef. they're not only to protect it for their own life but to provide jobs and security. >> sam teicher, thank you so much for telling us what you're seeing there. >> we're going to need help across the bahamas. we started a gofundme campaign. if you google hurricane dorian relief in gofundme, everyone is going to need help. they don't have the resources like they do in the united states. please, please, please do what you can to help the people in the bahamas. >> sam, thank you so much. >>> there are mandatory evacuati

so at the end of the day, even though we're one bahamas, grand bahama is different from abaco island.ing to see what's going to happen. in 2004 when we had hurricane francis, we went through the aftermath of ten weeks of no power, no water and everything, and we know what that felt like, and so we will rebuild and we're going to rebuild again. so anything happens like that, we just rebuild again. >> kevin, we hear people there around you so i know that you're in a shelter. how many people are there with you? >> this shelter's one of the smallest shelters we have. there are no more than probably 43 persons here or less, but this shelter is an area where most persons are -- live in the area where they are either on the water or near to the water. so they came here, more inland, to move away from the coastal area. because we were advised by our federal government to move out of the coastal area, and so this is why we came here. so this is an area where it's, i mean, it's really been taken care of really well. the workers here are really, really extremely nice. we all understand what we'r

the abaco islands into grand bahama.e bahamas, where does it go next? well, continues west but then it looks like it is going to take a turn to the north. this is the forecast track from the usa national hurricane center. along this line here — if it follows that track, it would not make landfall in the usa. but look at the range of possibilities in the blue shaded area. it may still head a little bit further west than this. and it's a distinct possibility that it could still make landfall in florida or anywhere into the south—east of the usa towards the mid—atlantic. as we take a look at the forecast rain and wind after the bahamas, as it takes a turn to the north, eventually, look how close it comes to florida. even if it doesn't make landfall in the usa, it is close enough along this coastline here to bring some significant impacts before eventually it starts to move a little bit quicker and then back out into the atlantic. but all of these ingredients come with hurricane dorian. it is truly a devastating storm as it

will find in the bahamas.e devastated. we will be prepared to help those communities any way they need. our emergency medical teams are on standby, looking to deploy up to 100 or several hundred volunteers in the bahamas. in the united states we have 100,000 volunteers, they are waiting to deploy, we don't know what we don't know yet. the hurricane hasn't caused damage in the continental united states yet but we are confident that it will, we just have to wait and see what it will be. carley: i would imagine your military training really kicks in in a disaster situation like a hurricane. >> you are right. there are a lot of similarities between the battlefield and is a disaster zone. there are many things that are remarkably different but the chaos, the uncertainty, limited resources, lack of information, all of those things are present in a disaster zone and that is where volunteers thrive. rob: the work you do and team rubicon, things like pre-staging, roof clearance teams, getting teams ready to go, chainsa

it just sat there and ground out the bahamas. grand bahama, abaco island, hit the hardest. at least 43 people have died and that number most likely will change. morgan chesky has the latest from that nassau for us. >> reporter: we're really starting to see the first glimmer of real hope since this hurricane moved in. and that is because relief agencies and rescue efforts have gotten a foot hold in the hard hit areas. the federal agency u.s. aid setting up a camp there and that is where crews will use as a base to go to the devastated neighborhoods where they will be searching door to door through the rubble to make sure no one is left behind in those hard hit areas. coast guard choppers, we can hear them flying nonstop. they will be rescuing the critically injured, people still trapped in hard to reach islands and bringing them here where they can receive medical care from doctors in nearby hospitals across nassau. and in the meantime, hundreds if not thousands are trying to leave the islands at abaco and grand bahama because there is simply nothing left behind for them. 11

we begin with morgan chesky in the bahamas. morgan, is it too late to evacuate? >> reporter: yeah, kate, good evening for those people who haven't gotten out of the bahamas, it is too late dorian is here, and it is simply pounding the islands to the north of us. all efforts go to rescuing those people in the hardest-hit areas. islands are now unrecognizable from a storm that just keeps coming tonight historic devastation. >> this is my >> reporter: and dorian isn't even done yet. the category 5 hurricane shredding the northern bahamas m surge towering00 two stories on abaco island, a paradise turned nightmare. >> please pray for us. pray for abaco please, i'm begging you. my baby is only 4 months old please, pray for us. >> reporter: gursa and her infant are par of nearly the 70,000 people caught in the past their only option, to stay together and survive. >> this is probably the most saddened and worst day of my life to address the bahamian people. >> reporter: the island's prime minister says it could take days before the total damage is known, the center of th

and another huge factor here is that so much of the bahamas, much of the bahamas, is incredibly low lying. islands in this area are a few feet above sea level. we're on a slightly higher island, yet the maximum piece of land is only 30 feet high and yet we're talking about a storm surge of over 20 feet. the math just doesn't add up and we've already seen in towns like marsh harbour on the island of abaco whole neighborhoods under water. we heard about whole communities being swept away. houses, you hope nobody was in those houses. i just received an email from a bahamian government spokesperson who said there are no reported fatalities at this time but, of course, there are so many areas where emergency responders have just not been able to respond. it will not be able to respond. and here in freeport, on the island of abaco, we probably won't get help until the airport opens and that could be days after the storm leaves us. so i talk about people being prepared, but how do you prepare for something like this and so many people who live in this region don't have the resources. we only fou

still a lot of uncertainty in the bahamas.point out, five people we've now confirmed were killed in this storm. jennifer, we'll check back with you shortly. let's get some more on the breaking news right now. joining us, republican senator, rick scott of florida. he's the former governor of florida. senator, thanks so much for joining pups >> wolf, you know, you can rebuild your house, but you can't rebuild your life. and as jennifer said, you know, we don't know for sure exactly where this storm is going to go and we're already talking, even if it stays off the coast, of 4 to 7 feet of storm surge. i mean, that is deadly. if that's coming into your house, you're not going to survive 7 feet of storm surge. so i want everyone to continue to watch, follow the local law enforcement that are telling you whether you need to evacuate. but thank you for doing this to keep people informed. >> well, thank you for what you're doing, as well. we see the tracking of this storm, where it will hit. what sort of preparations are you making a

the bahamas and what it's going to take.t official on the ground there who's going his best to survey the situation. the question for him is at this point do they believe this is about recovery or are these islands never going to be the same. please, stay with us. limited cad every time i get gas. give me a little slack! with freedom unlimited, you're always earning. i said i need some slack on pump three! ♪ are we supposed to dance? ♪ boy bands without dancing are just ok. get a better than just ok unlimited plan with spotify premium included on america's best network. only from at&t more for your thing. that's our thing. your eyes won't show it. new super stay concealer from maybelline new york. dark circles wiped out full coverage and up to 24-hour wear. new super stay concealer only from maybelline new york. because there's always another team looking to punch one in. a spectacular touchdown grab with nfl redzone from nfl network on xfinity, you get every touchdown from every game on sunday afternoons, all season long. w

hurricane dorian turning deadly overnight taking the lives of 7-year-old boy in the bahamas, winds 200 miles per hour battling the island leaving entire neighborhoods under water. massive category 5 storm now towards the u.s. with millions in its path. this is "fox & friends first" on the monday morning, i'm heather childers, thank you so much for joining us. more than 1 million people being told to leave the east coast this morning, florida, georgia and the carolina coast all preparing for the worst, we have live team coverage for you, griff jenkins and jillian mele, following the monster's storm latest track, good morning, thank you so much for joining us. janice: so our friends in bahamas are still enduring a category 5 hurricane and i liken it to a tornado that's raking across the small islands, these small vulnerable islands with wind gusts in excess of 200 miles per hour, so this storm has slowed down incredibly, we will be dealing with the potential for storm surge, upwards of 23 feet, of course, 30-inches of rainfall and then those relentless category 5 winds across the vulnera

. >>> the strongest storm on record to strike the bahamas. hurricane dorian is slamming the islands and now threatens the u.s. with devastating conditions. we'll have the very latest storm track and updates from team on the ground. >>> plus, another mass shooting in america. a gunman kills seven in west texas. we'll go live to total of 22 pe wounded. >> good morning, everybody. on this labor day, monday, september 2, i'm yasmin vossoughian with geoff bennett and susan del percio with us as well. we begin with record setting hurricane dorian now a catastrophic category 5 storm. right now the bahamas is getting pounded as the storm heads towards the united states. now, this is video from the abacos, where dorian made two landfalls there. we are getting reports of ripped off rooftops and maximum sustained winds of 185 miles an hour. the storm is tied one of the strongest atlantic hurricanes ever recorded. earlier this morning the national hurricane center warned of the ongoing life threatening situation in the bahamas and warned that the storm w