. >> chris myers joins us from the csn studio. couple crazy place. >> a inside the park, hope run, it's rare. taylor was on the losing end of tonight the nats put up statistics that most people hope to get in a entire week, two singles, triple, stolen base, outfield sift and a grand slam inside the park. he wasn't the only national chasing rare ified air. the phillys down 3-2. herrera shows off the hospitals doesn't get the hospitals. he misses the ball. jogs over casually. going a thousand percent clear, beats the throw. first time it happened in the majors since taylor gave up one a year ago. that wasn't enough t. curtis smacks a home run, just a triple -- 9-4. taylor getting the job done on defense, too. guns 4-7 taylor. also finish a double away from the cycle, five runs, nats win by that single one 11-10. >> where does this ball game rank for you overall. >> probably number one right now. that was -- that was pretty cool. thank everybody for making it better for me, cheering me on and everything. you guys got loud today. appr

thank you, chris myers.sinessman with a successful train, thinks this would work for me once we are out of the eu? anything will work with wto rules boast the best thing for uk to go for. that is relationships with america, china and so on, and works for them. it‘s the basis for the eu trade with these countries. the eu has not done a trade deal with a big economy, only trade deals with small economies because of the difficulty they have in incrementing their things for 27—28 nation. i am the press what i have heard about a two—year transition period and paying money to the eu. we have been told that the government say there is no need for legal basis for payments, and the two—year transition deal, 2021, five years after the referendum, hilary benn says staying within the single market and the customs union. i think five years is quite a long time. anything goes wrong of the economy before them, all the remainer ‘s will say this is because of brexit. it is a partial step to not leaving the eu. that is how i

myers, florida. chris cuomo is in miami beach. cern in here in ft. myers that has ratcheted up dramatically over the last ten hours or so as people have seen this storm move somewhat to the west areas like naples, florida, collier county, here in ft. myers, tampa expecting greater storm surge than predicted earlier. 5 to 8 feet now of storm surge according to chad myers. 10 to 15 feet in collier county and points south on the west. again, a lot to be concerned about. if you i've been watching, you saw drew griffin outside a nearby shelter. he estimates there have been thousands of people lined up for hours trying to get into that shelter. it is orderly. people are calm. but that's thankfully in large part because it is not raining yet. it is not terrible out. it's actually a pretty calm day in terms of the weather and so people are able to just stand in line and wait. but when the rain comes as you've seen with chris' coverage from miami beach, things change verychanges on a dime. it's easy to get lulled into a false sense of secur

we're basically around what's called few at that ras sa point from fort myers beach, chris. and earlier today when we were out with the cape coral fire department they were telling us 179,000 people that live in that city are at great risk because of the storm surge there. everything is so low lying around here and to give you an example, chris of how high the water is actually going to get out here, and rest assured, we are going to get out of here as well, here we are at sea level right here. the river is up that way, fort myers, cape coral are on both sides of the river. there are evacuations happening on both sides. if the water does get up to about 15 feet, so basically here we are down at sea level. i'm under six feet tall so this has got to be about eight or nine feet tall. if water gets up to 15 feet, it might be up to the fence that's at the top of this little pev here below the hotel that we're standing under right now. if the water got up to that level, i have a feeling that people are safe and sound in this area. this hotel has been evacuated. but in a place like

situation and then as you have been reporting, chris when that water comes back in and any potential surge we're going to have down here in the fort myers area. chris? >> all right. drew, keel keep checking in. give me a heads up if there are things people need to know and i'm come right to you. and ed lavandera, my partner, surveilling the area. once it started to deteriorate we had to fall back to the hotel. waiting for ed to get a shot up. ready to go? tell us what's going on from the ground level. >> reporter: chris, you know, talking throughout the morning. we had a chance to venture out and kind of at least survey a little bit of the initial bands of the storm, as it was approaching here in the naples area, and -- within minutes of the worst bands starting to hit, just a couple hours ago, we'd already seeing trees falling down, and -- that is only going to continue to get worse. also, an area of concern is about -- 20 miles south of us. that's marco island. a popular tourist destination full of high-rise condos and that sort of thing. i've been speaking with the police chief down on marco island. he messaged me saying they lost po

chris? >> all right. miguel, please stay safe and stay in contact and let me know when to come back to you and we will straightaway. let's get to drew griffin right now in ft. myer. what are you seeing there right now, drew? >> reporter: we have -- good? all right. we're just in the cove of this building. the wind is incredible, chris. we're going to try to regather. we thought we heard something falling. there's a lot of gutters coming down the street. here's the situation. we're very much near the southwest florida ft. myers airport. whatever wind gust chad myers is getting there, that's what we're getting now. this is the worst wind we've had today and it seems to be increasing yet as the eye wall should be approaching us now here in the ft. myers area. just incredible wind. i know you can't see it, chris, but you might be able to hear it. it is just blasting. blasting through here. and there's a lot -- anything that is loose, any of the debris is now flying and you really need to be sheltered from this, which we are. we are behind a solid build, four-story building taking you pictures of this. but the trees being battered are now laying down. and the actual

myers was flooded by hurricane harvey two weeks ago. it is now dealing with the severe effects of hurricane irma and chris van cleave is in fort myers. >> reporter: irma lumbered into fort myers, lashing the southwest florida community with winds in excess of 100 miles an hour. category donna had landed here in an earlier year. people remained in shelters, including the jermaine arena. >> reporter: what made you come here? do you think your house is going to make it through? >> my house is at the beach. not a safe place. >> at a middle school, people took shelter, including one woman who went into labor just as the storm picked up. fortunately medical staff were on hand. principal is worried about supplies. >> the next step is to get more food. we only have enough food for tonight. >> reporter: but the wind is keeping first responders off the road. >> we shut our operation off at 45 miles per hour, and the gusts that we're receiving now have been up to 68 miles per hour winds and we only expect those to increase over time. >> reporter: despite warnings to stay in, some cars were on the road and this man ventured out on foot. >> i'll mak

. >> dickerson: in fort myers, thanks, chris. for full picture of what is going on with hurricane irma, in florida, we now go to governor rick scott who is in tallahassee. governor, as you get the first reports of the storm as it hits florida what are you learning and what does that tell you about the rest of the state can expect >> i pray for every person that didn't evacuate down there. i talked to a friend earlier. then see all along the west coast, my hometown to nap else. they will see 10-15 foot above ground level of storm surge. i know lot of people are praying for us around the world. lot of people want to help us. we need more volunteers, we have over 400 shelters open now, we'll need volunteers after the fact. i know people want to donate you can go to text disaster at 202 20222. and donate $10. pray for us, we're going to do everything we can to keep every person in our state alive and protected. >> dickerson: governor, when you get these initial reports, is there something you're looking for that let's you know whethe

myers is getting some of the worst of irma tonight. we want to head back there right now, kris van cleave is there, chris? the the wind gusts are getting strong are and stronger in fort myers as irm' gets closer to the eye. we under-- city, we understand the eye wall should be into fort myers within the hour. you can see what it is doing to the trees here. people are off the roads and that's a good thing because there is debris everywhere. we have watched branches come down. we have seen transfrs explode. emergency crews are to longer responding to 911 calls. it's too dangerous for them to be outside. now we know we're going to get a lot of wind. hundred mile an hour plus, wind gusts much higher than that, potentially well into tonight. then as the wind ramps down, storm surge becomes the real concern it could be ten feet or more in part parts of fort myers, that is what prompted evacuation. 30,000 people or so are in evacuation shelters right now, one woman at one of the shelters went into labor today, fortunately there was an emergency crew on hand there to help her through that. but the bottomline here,

myers, as we've been talking throughout the day, chris, the alarm bells are ringing.ple know the clock is ticking. there's only about another half an hour that the shovel service is going to be in operation to even get people to shelter. so after that is done at 3:00 p.m. then it's really up to people to get themselves to shelters. and then of course as the weather starts to deteriorate, i mean, right now it's fine, but as it starts to deteriorate, it's going to be too late. and that's what city managers and the mayor, the fire chief, everybody we've been talking to is saying. look, try to get to a shelter now if you can in ft. myers. and as we saw outside the arena with our drew griffin, there were thousands of people still waiting. and thank goodness they were able to wait in weather that was okay. imagine if it was pouring rain, if the winds were already picking up what it would be like for them standing in those lines for hours and hours and hours. let's check in with chad myers at the weather center. chad, can you give us a sense just in terms of the timeline for

chris, here just a little bit. this is the first kind of indication of some winds we've been getting in ft. myers over the last couple hours. it's actually been sunny and actually kind of a very humid, very, very hot, but again, it's just a whisper of the winds to come, chris. >> you know, anderson, i was checking the noaa scans while i was listening to the interview. you have squalls headed your way that will be like what you saw with us. they light up in colors if people want to go to the site to see themselves. your situation will change momentarily. i know you guys are all geared up. there's no better pro than you. now, here we're seeing subtle changes. these are boat owners. some of them are media and producers and stuff, but they're coming out to retie their boats. why would they keep them in the water? well, it's all about opportunity. a lot of people have nowhere else to put their boat so they tie up the best they can and property is least concern. it's all about people and about human life and making the best choice for your own safety. now, the government is going to help you make some

chris cuomo in miami beach. the major concern obviously as chad myers mentioned is that that part of the state was looking at a much weaker storm obviously overnight irma shifted westerly and instead of 80-85-mile-per-hour winds, they're looking at upwards of 115-mile-per-hour winds. let's turn over to bill weir in key largo, which is going to be very close to where the storm hit. it is still going to be felt very strongly there, bill. what are you seeing now? >> we saw a couple of squalls, we thought here we go, and now it's calmed down. the rain has stopped and the whitecaps have eased off at snappers beach bar, i've been getting messages from people. you keep talking about coverages, what's a conch? it's a marine snail, a symbol of key west. in the early tongue-in-cheek move in the early '80s, they seceded from the united states and created the conch republic. when the people down here get scared, stuff's about to get real. and we've seen it in real-time over the last couple of days. the stereotypical laid-back, jimmy buffett attitude of the locals through the keys say i rode out every storm, i was here for wilm

myers into naples and marco island. >> chris hayes is standing by in naples., i am assuming you heard all of that. it's not looking good for how much of this you guys are going to get there. >> reporter: no. if there's one little bit of up side, it is that the slow progress, like i said before has been excruciating, will create more damage, it opened up that window for folks to get to places. yesterday the sense in collier county in naples and lee county and up to ft. myers was a wrong footed scrambling as the storm tracked further west than people thought. we passed a huge arena 20 miles north of here, folks slept on the street overnight to try to get into the shelter. it is holding 4900 people. naples shelters were essentially full to capacity. the timing gave people more window to hunker down safe. right now, basically everyone is indoors, we are six or seven hours from the eye brushing up past naples beach which is about four miles due west of where i'm standing. that's going to push 10 to 15 foot storm surge, national weather service has been warning abou

myers and naples, as we saw chris cuomo, and ed braving the eye f all the power is out there and it hits as hard as they think it hit, it could be weeks, not days before they get it restored. they'll have to determine that after the storm passes. these guys are up and ready to go. >> sara sidner in daytona. thank you. for those worried about ryan, ryan is okay. the reason he's out there to cover this, so he's doing just fine. not to worry about ryan young. we'll come back, much more on this monster storm as it makes its way up florida. we'll go to some people in irma's path and see how they're preparing. rethink the experience. rethink your allergy pills. flonase sensimist allergy relief uses unique mistpro technology and helps block 6 key inflammatory substances with a gentle mist. most allergy pills only block one. and 6 is greater than one. rethink your allergy relief. flonase sensimist. ♪ un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer. with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy. ah, it's so fresh. and it's going to last from wash to... ...wear for up

no one's going to avoid the hurricane force winds, but it's the eye chris that i'm most krped with. naples area, ft. myers, get out now while you can. >> all right, big karins, thank you for that. al roker is of course coanchor of the "today" show. here's here with me. i was talking to folks today, as the storm track was uptated to wiggle to the west, there was a little relief around these parts. the problem is just how enormous this storm is. >> right and i wouldn't focus on where the eye is. i, if you look at the, what we call the cone of uncertainty, anything within that cone is fair game at this point. so, we are talking about a a wide swath and it's going to be moving up the spine of florida for almost 24 hours. >> someone was talking to me about the difference between andrew and this. this is moving slower than andrew. >> moving slower and andrew went from east to west. cleared of the state in about four or five hours. this is going to be a 24-hour plus event. going up the coast. >> it's going to be able to sustain hurricane force we think through that entire duration. >> probably up to the georgia

, our reporters, getting hammered there in miami and chris christie starting to expect some turn, some bad, really bad weather according to chad myers in the next hour or so. our coverage is going to continue obviously from here and at all point across southern florida and beyond. we'll be right back. tech: when you schedule with safelite autoglass, you get time for more life. this family wanted to keep the game going. son: hey mom, one more game? tech: with safelite, you get a text when we're on our way. you can see exactly when we'll arrive. mom: sure. bring it! tech: i'm micah with safelite. mom: thanks for coming, it's right over here. tech: giving you a few more minutes for what matters most. take care! family: bye! kids singing: safelite® repair, safelite® replace. listen up, heart disease.) you too, unnecessary er visits. and hey, unmanaged depression, don't get too comfortable. we're talking to you, cost inefficiencies and data without insights. and fragmented care- stop getting in the way of patient recovery and pay attention. every single one of you is on our list. for those who won't rest until the world is healthier, nei

myers like naples, so a lot to cover. chrisg by for us in miami beach, it is that storm surge here that a lot of people who haven't been through a storm like this forget about. but, you know, for fatalities and hurricanes it is very often people drown. >> yeah. chad's been telling us about it all morning, anderson. it's not the wind that kills you, it's the water. there's so many components to potential catastrophe there's lots of things that can get you. that's why they're pushing you from the federal level down to the local level to make the smartest choice for your own safety. if you're in an evaccent centeru have to evacuate. we heard from senator rubio, lifelong floridian, he knows storms. you have 72 hours worth of supplies, batteries, water, food, why that long? because it may take that long to get to you. first responders can only do so much, especially in the aftermath of something like what is expected to be coming here right now. as the track shifts, so do the priorities. where anderson is, that's new ground in terms

myers, in that area, this is what's happened overnight. chrisl went from somewhere around making landfall in marathon, to very close to summerland key. let's call it key west. that makes a difference on key west on what happens on the southwest side of the state. this is the area that is going to see the significant surge. the models have been pretty consistent, although clearly the european model has done better over the last couple of days. this is what the rainfall looks like right now. the winds are 130. when the storm gets in the middle of the channel between the florida keys and cuba, the water is warm enough that the storm may regenerate into a large cat 4 or to a cat 5. something different for you, tampa. the winds may very well be 115 and not 85, because the storm isn't here, the storm is now closer to you. it is in your zone. you may flood parts of tampa bay depending on how far north the storm gets, this is all different for the overnight hours. i haven't been able to use this graphic. this is downtown miami, with everywhere that's bl

issued the problems here at the germane center arena outside of fort myers, just continue as people try to get over this storm. chris. >> reporter: the loss of power, the not knowing what was going on, feeding the frustration and now the anxiety of wanting to get home and maybe water in places won't let you and can be very dangerous if you persist. so, we'll keep an eye on it, drew, thank you very much. john berman, back to you in miami. >> reporter: we had a welcome site here in miami. we had a caravan of utility crews and tree cleanup crews drive by just about 30 seconds ago. they have a lot of work to do here. there are still cities dealing with the brunt of the storm. and you had to move inside because it simply wasn't safe to be where you were outside, any more. >> reporter: that's right, john, where we were standing our live position was behind concrete barriers of hotel. bovr them were awnings, we had street lamps and we had even the sign of this hotel that came crashing down during our last live shot. we wanted to play it safe from this hit and talk to you from inside as you're seeing the wind blowing outsid

chris. >> i'll take it, leyla. be safe. obviously we'll check back with you throughout the program. let's get to cnn meteorologist chad myers. he has the latest forecast. exactly where is this right now, chuck? >> reporter: just about 10 miles southwest of where nick paton walsh is, the center of the eye itself. landfall means the center has moved onshore. the worst of the storm is already onshore, especially the areas already getting smashed with the worst possible wind on on the north side of the eye. our nick peyton walsh right there. he said the wind died off just a little bit. nick will see the eyewall in the next 15, 20 minutes. up into san juan, already the outer bands coming in. i suspect san juan will have winds at 120 miles per hour. a significant damaging storm. catastrophic, if you will. hard to put words on this storm how much damage will happen to puerto rico. the entire island will be covered with hurricane force winds or greater. about 20% or 30% will have winds over 100. some near 130 near the eyewall. it moves away from the island in eight hours. think of yourself in an ef-1 f-2 tornado. typically they los

. >> chris: is it too late for people to try to get out, talking about people now let's say up to naples, is it too late, fort myers, should they shelter in place? >> it's too late for folks in the monroe county, florida keys, maximum radius winds moving over as we speak right now. it's going to be very hard to get out of the keys. i'm sure if you are going to move and leave southwest florida from marco island on up the coast your time is running out. in some cases if the water starts to rise around you and you become isolate withstand the winds and get elevated and get out of the storm surge. >> chris: at one of the big changes in fema since hurricane katrina is that you folks are nw a more proactive in terms of positioning personnel, positioning equipment then fema used to be before. i wonder what this change, because we kept thinking until the last 24 hours it was and headed off to the east coast, the atlantic coast, now to the gulf coast. does not mean that some of our equipment and people are out of position, is not going to create a new problem? >> brock: not at all. we've been in great position, we are leadi

chris hayes joining us from naples. >> i'm going to ask the director to put the picture up of fort myers because the wind looks a little more obvious there. that's a live picture of fort myers and where you see the palm trees moving around. there is some wind. but remember, in addition to the storm surge, that rain, when you get that storm surge and the degree of rain, you have drainage issues. that can contribute to normal flooding and the sea level rises as we get closer to the storm. >> think about those vulnerable places, sandoval island, those small, narrow islands, how vulnerable they are at a time like this. the winds are only starting to pick up. what it's going to look like over the next 24 hours. joining us now wbbh reporter, trent kelly. he's in fort myers. seems like in the last five or ten minutes the wind's really picking up. >> after. that's right. in fact, we've been out here, we're not in fort myers tonight. we're in the city just to the west of it. the city of cape coral, that is the largest city on the southwest florida coast line situated right next to the city of fort myers. we've been out here pre

myers. that's the problem. it's not going to lose power. as the storm goes by, chris, your wind will shift to this direction, so all the water that went out is going to come crashing back in. do not go into your canal and pick up something that you lost after your boat two weeks ago. you need to stay out of the water. that water will cup crashing back in. i heard you have an interview with someone in marco. marco will be under water. i know he's on the second or third floor, but so what? the west of your building is under water. all the utilities, all the power is under wear. there's the radar, because key west has failed, probably not that unusual during a hurricane, but miami is not giving out any signals either. so we will lose miami here, they're going to try to take it down and bring it back um. that will push the water into the everglades. 10 to 15 feet deep. that will flood marco cape coral, and from bonita springs to naples, 10 to 15-foot storm surges as the storm goes pup, then the west coast pushing water onto the east coast. expect coastal flooding, especia

myers. he will be meeting with first responders. the angels on earth that are making such a huge difference in this situation. alex? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, chrispresident's third visit to an area devastated by a hurricane in just three weeks after these back-to-back historic hurricanes. he will touchdown in air force one right here at ft. myers airport with first lady melania trump in four hours's time. he will be greeted by mike pence and wife karen. they will then get in marine one and fly south to where you are. naples one of the hardest hit areas in the wake of hurricane irma. the white house has gone to great lengths to show him getting briefings in the oval office with maps and other briefing materials. this is following his first trip to houston in the wake of hurricane harvey. he was accused of not visiting with any of the victims or seeing any of the devastated areas. now, florida is very much getting back on its feet. as you know, the florida keys have absolutely been ravaged. there is floodwater all across the state. the big problem is getting the power back up and running. the power companies have made significant progress getting

myers. i'm sorry to parrot the wisdom of chad, but i have learned how truitt is, and i'm passing it along to others. >> chris, it is a big storm. i know you have seen what irma did. this will be a devastating event offshore for the dr, the dominican republic. more rain on to puerto rico today. flash flood warnings in effect for the entire early. we will see it gain more strength. we're back up to a category 3. likely stronger by the time it works its way through the turks and caicos. this is the new model track. it does not approach the u.s. today. now, yesterday it made kind of a run, especially at north carolina. for now the new model tracks take the storm and keep the storm offshore. that's good news. not good news for the turks and caicoss, and not good news for the battering erosion that is taking place across the east coastment for now u.s. in the clear. we will keep you advised. that can always change. this is warm water. at times hurricanes can do what they want. chris? >> it's amazing how the eastern shore of long island, which has nothing to worry about in terms of the path. the beaches have change

myers. even as far north as tallahassee, we're nearing 100 potenti potential miles per hour for that maximum wind gust. we've seen the expansion, chris, of the watches and warnings across the southeastern states. we've taken the hurricane warnings all the way to the georgia state line. but even the city of atlanta, chris, now under a tropical storm warning. 52 of 67 counties, hurricane warning. the governor has made it plain for days and now the reality is here. we have bill weir in key largo. let's check in right now. what's the situation? >> reporter: i can hear you, chris. it's really cranking up here as irma huffs and puffs and tries to blow us all down. i've become increasingly thankful for building codes in south florida, many of them stiffened after hurricane andrew. we are hunkered down in a concrete -- whoa, condominium complex. i just saw a huge branch come snapping off this tree right around the corner. we don't want to move our camera out to the spot to show you but take my word for it, irma is trimming all the trees in this neighborhood. right now, it's blinding sheets of rain and we are on the biscayn ebay side. it's ev

t chris, as you mentioned, n more than 400 shelters are open throughout the state of florida. yesterday we saw massive lines at one of the shelters in particular outside of ft. myersot far from here. and overnight we have been told that collier county is actually down to one shelter and at last check it had a few seats available because people have been flooding these emergency shelters because think had decided not to evacuate and then this storm shifted to the west. they realized they had few options to get out of this state because of the gas shortages and the clogged roadways. then they decided yesterday to go to a shelter and basically all showed up at once especially at this one shelter in particular. luckily they were able to get inside, but this is something we saw play out throughout the state as people really come to realize how powerful this storm could be. here in naples, as expected the conditions are expected to deteriorate, chris, over the next coming hours. thankfully we're at a bit of a lull. back to you. i should mention by the way the city of naples the emergency workers in the city had to be spread out and evacuated. no government building can

chris. i'll be back to you in a little while. let's go to randall henderson in naples. this is headed north from napels to fort myers where we have a similar problem there in that it's going to start to seem a little more relaxed and then that storm surge is going to come in. randall henderson, what's the situation in fort meyers as you know it to be right now? >> it is definitely in full mode right now. i can share with you that the caloosahatchee river has diminished to the gulf of mexico. we are laser focused as you have been talking about with the backlash of the surge that will whiplash back up to us. we're encouraged that the storm has been weakened somewhat. we think that friends in marco and napels have contributed over the land area and that could save us a little bit on the surge, but we're anxiously, awaiting her arrival and it is messy right now. >> sadly, each one of you who takes a hit from the storm saves north of you, so by coming in with marco and naples, you will get it probably less than you might have and you'll take strength out of the storm for the folks out in port charlotte and sarasota and t

chris, it's already 4 feet down because winds blowing the wrong way. this is major event for marco, santa bell, punta gorda, where we were years ago, all the way through fort myersplaces that are never seen water before. >> there's storm surge, but depending on the force of the winds there can be waves on top of that, correct the. >> the waves will come in from the ocean off the gulf of mexico at about 100 miles per hour. the backside of the eye never recovered from hitting cuba. and i guess we're going to thank some stars for america, but we're going to have to help cuba, because they got hit by a 160 mile per hour cat 5 that took the stuffing out of this storm. that's why we're not talking 160, we're talking 125. big difference in power, big difference in damage. the northern part of the cuban keys were really destroyed from this storm. taking the energy from irma putting it onto cuba proper and taking that energy damage away from america. it finally moves up to albany and makin' and the like. and we'll have hurricane wind gusts even here in atlanta. i know that seems ridiculous because everybody left and went to atlanta or charlotte or williamsburg or somepla

myers up to the tampa/st. pete area had are fleeing to shelters, they should continue to follow all of the directions that they're given. in south florida where you are, chris where i am, we can't watch the cone as we've done for a week now. and think that because it's shifted, suddenly everything is fine. that it's okay to go outside. that it's okay to start taking shutters off of your house. we're going to see consistent winds 50, 60 miles per hour for more than 24 hours. with gusts considerably higher. we're going to see the storm surge, people will lose power. roofs will be affected, trees will come down. people should continue to say where they are there's a curfew in palm beach county, there's a curfew in broward county this afternoon. that's just to help keep people safe. people should abide by it and get to where they're going and hunker down. and stay safe. that's the most important thing to remember. >> congressman, while you're speaking i'm watching a guy down at the marine, he just caught a baby tarpon and is now down at the dock which is submerged, trying to release it. it's a nice thing to, do but as a sportsman it's a crazy thing to do, the u

myers, florida the impacts will be felt this evening. rainfall totals eight to 12 inches and a storm surge anywhere from ten to 15 feet. >>> as chris has beens all morning, irma expected to batter the west coast of florida with powerful winds, that is certainly not all >> along with those winds will be heavy rain and the possibility of storm surges several feet high. anchor brian taff in naples for us this morning, what are the conditions like there right now? i know the concern is that storm surge. >> reporter: yes. in a word, deteriorating and quickly at that gray and nydia, rain coming down significantly the wind kicking up from time to time. current conditions here are the 40 wind gusts with a consistent wind speed just north of about 30 miles an hour, so nothing -- it pales in comparison to the story, later today, but we got word from the associated press the storm made landfall down in the key west, it is still about 80 miles, 90 miles from where we are right now, we know the worst is yet to come. there's been so much talk about the breadth of this thing, the size of this storm and i got a few pieces of video to show you evidence of t

chris cuomo just a few minutes ago told us that we're going to get a band of some of the rain that he experienced in miami beach, that's going to be coming to the ft. myers area. let's go to drew griffin who's outside the arena that holds about 8,000 people. drew, first of all, i understand for the thousands of people waiting outside for those who are still left, i understand it's already starting to rain there. >> yeah, a blast of rain just came through. it's subsided just a second, but it created a little bit of a panic. what happened was at the same time they were opening up a second door on this center, the germain center and trying to get the people inside now with a little more importance because the squalls are now really beginning to come through. there was a bad tweet that went out not too long ago, anderson, that said somehow or another this place was going to reach capacity. that is not true. i want to knock that down for anybody who might be in the viewing area. it's not true. there is plenty of capacity at the germain center. everybody here is going to get in. but obviously the rain has begun. we're seeing the first bands coming through. and

chris. we've retreated to the safety of this wall but i'm going to have george albright just turn around and you can see why we retreated. this is really close to the southwest florida ft. myersy're clocking there, we're probably clocking here and it is just battering right now with the wind that is coming -- get a sense of that. straight out of that front curve of the hurricane. this is not the backside. we're anticipating the wall will arrive and that calm will come but right now this part of florida is still getting hammered by the very front leading edge of hurricane irma. and i think -- i don't know if you can see, chris, or not but the wind is just incredible at this point. >> reporter: i can't see it where you are, drew, but ed and i sure as heck saw it where we are and it is odd. it does seem as though it's getting shot through a fire hose at you it really weaponizes the water, this wind and i think that was part of the concern from chad myers and the community about what this storm was capable of especially when you combine that with the duration. that's what chad would relay to you, drew, the problem isn't just the intensity, it's the time, it's going to last a whil

chris hayes. we will be hunkering down in a safe place, concrete structure. that's what you have to do in a situation like this. hopefully anybody else that decided to stay here in naples area, ft. myers, cape coral has a place like that. it is peeling off flimsy structures and not near the worst. >> jacob, we will check back in. migel almaguer is in florida city, on the eastern side of the peninsula of florida. so when we saw the storm come across the florida keys, this is the effect it is having in the east. migel, for members of the audience that can't see, you're tethered to your location, shouldn't worry about losing you as we talk to you. >> reporter: yes, brian. using a tow rope for security. we are in a safe place, connected, attached to the police department here. this is where we have been hunkering down, we rode out the storm overnight. we're about ten miles off the coast. the storm surge here isn't the major concern and neither is this blinding, punishing rain. it is the powerful winds here. i would say three or four hours ago, winds completely knocked out power to the entire city. it hasn't come back, as we know. power outages are continuing across the region, conditions