south florida's last-minute evacuees stampeded into gridlock on the florida turnpike. traffic stood still for miles. >> rose: turning to politics we talk to jonathan swan of axios. >> here's the real question, there are something like 50 or 55% of americans who cannot stand donald trump. the question is, if he starts doing more things that chuck schumer and nancy pleasey would like him to do, do some of these people then start to say, oh, well, maybe this guy is actually pretty good and maybe i'll vote for him. i don't know the answer to that question, but he's surely going to lose some of the people who voted for him if he moves more in their direction. >> rose: "the deuce," i talk to david simon, george pataki, maggie gyllenhaal and james franco. >> labor is the product. you have this product that is street pornography. to this day there is no regulation of sex work, obviously, and you have this moment where an industry springs rapidly into being, and these people are the pioneers. >> rose: we conclude with an excerpt with my conversation from steve bannon former c.e

. >> stampeded into gridlock ton florida turnpike. -- on the florida turnpike.this miami high school among 40 shelters in the area more than 1,000 people were turned away. >> wait in line the buses will be picking you up. i want you folks to be safer okay? >> reporter: stood in line to buy propane water and food. attorney general pam bonde called some by name. >> 7-eleven, come on, this isn't time to make a buck, but to help your fellow citizens. >> told people to evacuate, including sherry schwartz, she wroirworried what she had to coe back to. >> i'm afraid, i'm afraid there might not be much. >> it's that worrisome. >> reporter: tony and rachel cotington will ride out irma in their condo many with a three week supply of food, hurricane shutters and a great view of the storm when it barrels through here. >> i'm not sure if it's a good thing or bad thing but we'll definitely see what's happening. >> was it a tough call? >> a very tough call, i want nothing but a place for my wife and my dog. i think we can manage to a degree but it is area. >> reporter: it's fr

. >> reporter: south florida's last-minute evacuees stampeded into gridlock on the florida turnpike. traffic stood still for miles. shelters overflowed with pets and people. at this miami high school, among 40 shelters in the area, more than 1,000 people were turned away. >> wait in line. the buses will be picking you up. we will find you guys places to be safe, okay. >> reporter: people stood in line to buy propane, water and food. a storm of price gouging has hit the state, and florida attorney general pam bondi called out some companies by name. >> 7-eleven, come on. this isn't the time to make a buck. this is the time to help your fellow citizens. >> reporter: miami-dade county has ordered almost 700,000 people to evacuate, including shari schwartz. she worried what she may come back to. >> i'm really afraid. i am. i have to be honest. i'm afraid that... there might not be much. >> reporter: really? it's that worrisome? tony and rachel coddington will ride out irma in their condo. they live on the 15th floor of this miami high-rise with a three-week supply of food, hurricane shut

jonathan: new video of traffic along the florida turnpike. all of those folks are heading north and want to get out. millions packing up and leaving their homes for safer grounds, but time is ticking. we have seen the rush for supply and fuel. in florida. what are you seeing now with the number of folks who world just hunker down and stay? we were ater today the store, a lot of people out and about. tonight, this is atlantic avenue in delray beach. it is normally packed on a friday night. there is parlor still open. they are closing. the pizza place is bringing out storm shutters and they will turn their restaurant into one that looks more like this, like all of the businesses in town. they are covered with storm shutters and they are putting down sandbanks to try to protect against the storm surge that they fear so much. preparations for irma have been in effect for days now. go through a residential neighborhood and you will see homes with storm shutters in place. in delray beach, you will also see plenty of people at home, where they plan

they were saying that, oh, there's guaranteed going to be gas stations opened up on the florida turnpikeand -- >> reporter: i don't believe that? >> i don't believe it, other locals said, take it with a grain of salt, you are on your own out there. i totally believe that, if i'm going to be on my own, i will be on my own here on my boat. >> reporter: i hope i do not have to come back and do a tragic follow-up. best of luck to your wife and yourself and your two weiner dogs. >> we wish them all the best. new forecast data on what the keys to be facing what is lying ahead all the way up the florida peninsula. fall time. badda book. badda boom. pumpkin spice cookie? i'm good. book now at choicehotels.com when itrust the brandtburn, doctors trust. nexium 24hr is the number one choice of doctors and pharmacists for their own frequent heartburn. and all day, all night protection. when it comes to heartburn, trust nexium 24hr. >>> a continuing question for millions of people, where in florida will hurricane irma hit and after that, when will hurricane jose. ed, first of all, i want to go back t

this is the florida turnpike. it's packed with the evacuees bumper to bumper there. many of them are coming up our way. jonathan: we know that, northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg joining us along dale city tonight where he met floridians fleeing irma. you knew that because everywhere you turn the license plates were from florida. >> well, you absolutely said the trend is unmistakable. you come in the parking lot from prince william county. this is all you are seeing. the florida license plate. florida license plate. another one right there. everybody fleeing hurricane irma heading to see family and friends in the safety and the comfort in d.c. or t to stay away from the hurricane. many are relieved to get out of the storm's path. they are concerned about what is going to happen back home. >> your have to take important things with you and replace things later. >> they decided it was time to pack up the car. leave irma's path and stay with family in new york. >> you don't want to stay around for that. i'm expecting my house to flood, we expect hit house to n

the florida turnpike is a little bit congested, orange and red there. once you get around jupiter and palm beach gardens, all of this south florida mess sort of converges on i-95 and you head north, that's where there's a lot of traffic. from jupiter to about port st. lucie. once you get up to orlando, this the florida turnpike, takes you up around. kissimmee, ocala, really crowded on i-75, somewhat crowded northbound on i-95. there i see no contra-flow. when they tun all the freeways around, headed out, no contra-flow, they want to get supplies in. there's gasoline, oil, that's coming in over here to a port in mississippi. in south mississippi, right about here, they'll bring it all the way down into florida. no contra flow. southbound lanes, northbound lanes all open. north, you have to evacuate from charleston, savannah, you see there's a lot of traffic around i-95 here as well. always traffic in atlanta, always, especially right now coming up into the big city. traffic is still manageable. phil keating is watching this in fort lauderdale, hollywood i

state it's a bit of a different story as you look at i-95 and the florida turnpike, we are hearing reportser-to-bumper traffic there and certainly about 60 miles north of here where 75 merges with the turnpike we're hearing that things have really slowed down and that's really because of two things. number one, miami dade county is in the middle of carrying out the largest evacuation they've ever ordered the largest mandatory evacuation some 600,000 people told they have to leave their homes. many are not sheltering in the regional shelters but are choosing to hit the record. secondly and i think this is why we'll see this traffic pick up tremendously tonight into tomorrow as your meteorologists are watching this we're seeing somewhat of a western shift in the track of this storm that could affect central florida and perhaps the western part of the state, more so than it looked like yesterday. and if that's the case, i imagine a lot more people on this decide that this is the time to make a decision and they may decide to hit the road so we certainly think we'll see a lot more traffic on 7

time ago and you can see the scene here traffic lining up from the gas tanks back out onto the florida turnpike where it has been absolute gridlock for much of the day on the northbound lanes and take a look, police are directing traffic here at this gas station trying to ensure order. i spoke to one member of the florida highway patrol about how people are fairing today. >> they have been in very good spirits. we've had a few here and there but for the most part everybody's been cooperative. we're just trying to keep an orderly fashion so that we can keep the traffic from backing out onto the main line so that we can keep that opened. right now as you can see it's pretty successful. there have been times where it's come close though. >> reporter: police say they expect things will change over the next 24 hours as more people begin to heed those warnings and hit the road. they say they're prepared doing everything they can to get everyone to safety and as fast as they can. for now lie life in okeechobee florida brian taff channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you brian. be careful. >>> one o

yesterday, but they're still pulling in this morning and you have to florida highway patrol that's directing vehicles in. that's the turnpikend i don't see a car on it right now. there's a few coming. traffic is very light this morning. here's the food news. i just talked to a florida highway patrolman who said wide open, i-95 and the florida turnpike. if you're on the turnpike, we're told there is gas station at every service station from south florida to orlando. with irma steaming ahead, a steady stream of cars rolled in to fill up while they can. christine tee yaz hack through this before. >> andrew, george, i made it, but the island was devastated. >> reporter: she planned to stay home in key west until a 5:00 advisory showed the category 5 storm headed right her way. that made me say i'm out of here. >> reporter: gas stations are becoming a rare commodity. the governor is urging them to act more like public servants. >> we will raise police escorts for your employees so they can get out safely. >> reporter: the governor is organizing escorts because this was the highway on friday and this was the ft. lauderdale intern

tell you where it was in case you're evacuating north. 32 pumps in pompano beach, right off the florida turnpike. if you're headed north to orlando, can't miss it. guys will wave you in. right you see car after car pulling in. as you drive in, the florida highway patrol policing the situation. these gentlemen with red flags stop you there if there's a line at the pump. notice traffic moving north on the turnpike, it's flowing. moving nicely. in the city of miami, a lot tougher. take a look. this man left miami and says he couldn't find an open gas station for nearly 70 miles. he had to push his car to the pump. >> becomes very difficult to keep up with that level of demand. >> reporter: patrick, senior pa pr petroleum analyst puts the blame on -- >> makes the situation almost as bad as it goes. >> reporter: the trump administration eased regulations to get gas to stations more kwikly. the governor ordered police escorts for tanker trucks. >> for gas stations, they're evacuation zones. stay open as long we will arrangement police escorts for your people so they can get out safely. >> reporter: an

florida from here. you can go on the turnpike or 95.those major roads, cars are just moving at a 5 miles per hour clip. so what is normally a five-hour ride out of the state can turn into more than that. real concerns about people also being stuck on the roads without gasoline a ban -- abandoning their cars. the governor has changed rules on tankers carrying gasoline to get more here and using police escorts to get tankers to the pumps as quickly as possible. back to you. >> neil: pam bondi that called out the gougers there. attorney general, very good to have you. you did catch a few. >> oh, i have and i will continue to. if i catch you -- neil, i can't put them in jail. it's civil penalties. $1,000 per penalty, up to $25,000 every 24 hours. you know what? i will shame them, go all over tv and tell everybody who they are and not to shop in their stores. people know i've been doing that. it's so interesting how fast i can get a ceo to do that when i start shaming them. >> neil: when you call them out, it does have a big impact. where an

. >> northbound traffic on the florida turnpike from south florida to orlando was bumper-to-bumper atme drivers saying the normally four-hour drive was taking them eight. i-90 as of this afternoon was actually flowing quite smoothly. perhaps this indicates a lot of the people that were going to evacuate did so prior to this afternoon. or they're waiting for the last minute tomorrow. we shall see. but gasoline has been in short supply at many gas stations. miami beach, two locations for free sandbags, drawing hundreds of people that is until the city ran out of sandbags. no more time for that. it is too late. internet providers like comcast and at&t have set up more than 150,000 free wi-fi hot spots so that if in fact power goes out and internet towers go down after the hurricane, as is expected, if it is going to be as bad as it is, you can at least find a way to get some wi-fi service. you may not be able to call somebody for days or weeks but you might be able to send a text message. >> neil: that could be valuable. thank you, phil keating, be safe. you've heard about it, phil touch

almost goes up the florida turnpike, hits or lan do and goes up to the jacksonville area.otice the cone of uncertainty, w w about 200 miles here. so the storm could go west or east, we're hoping for east, offshore but now it looks like the west of the miami area. so they're all under hurricane warnings here. let me show you the wind. by 2:00 a.m. on sunday 85 mile an hour wind. 127 miles per hour wins sunday, and fort myers, watch what's, 125 around the miami area but 105 on the backside of this from irma and we could see some big time flood from this, too. all the way to just south of fort myers and the florida keys. hurricane warning is mostly for wind we have storm surge 10 feet of ocean water making its way in here. this is the gulf of mexico coming in, could encompass the entire area of the everglades this is something we're going to watch very, very closely. it moves up forwards the atlanta area as a tropical storm and eventually a tropical depression. notice how far from our region. that means we don't see many effects at all. a beautiful looking friday out there, l

top speed on florida's turnpike at that time, 1:30 a.m., 5 miles an hour.e to get into a rest stop for gas, at least a half mile. the reporter says families driving minivans and u-hauls and rvs packed with as much as they could hold. gas stations are out of gas in many stations. this is a fairly familiar scene. people trying to fill sand bags and board up their homes and board up their homes and businesses before getting out, going to a shelter or trying to ride out the storm system where. steve harrigan is one to do that he's in miami shores in south florida. hello, steve. >> shepard, a little wind kicking up. gusts 20 miles an hour. more and more, it's getting to be like a ghost town, a different mood here. people are afraid. people who have been here, been through a lot of hurricanes, they're afraid. they're afraid of what they've seen. the death toll 23 and continuing to rise. just the devastation on so many islands in the caribbean. complete destruction. it has people here afraid. when you talk to them, listen to them, you can see the fear in their fac

others it is a real mess, especially going north on the florida turnpike. there are scenes where people are trying to flee and running out of gas creating more logjams. in some places we are seeing 4,000 cars and our past. one reason this is so problematic, to get safe you practically have to leave the entire state of florida. you have to drive all the way into georgia to try to get out of the path of the storm. >> jon: what a mess, thank you. keep it here for fox news expanded coverage of hurricane irma as it takes aim at south florida. in addition to his program at 3:00 p.m. eastern time shepard smith will also beat reporting at 5:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox. >> heather: you mentioned going to georgia, they are under a state of emergency as well. a huge. >> jon: it is going to hit a lot of states and it is going to be a mess. >> heather: wildfires are raging out of control out west, firefighters are forced to change their strategy. plus, more life team box coverage, tracking the path of a powerful hurricane as hundreds of thousands of people in flor

i want you to take a look at the cars here, just backed up stretching along the florida turnpike. huge traffic jams like there were yesterday, there are some people make something tough decisions right now. christi, you know that i lived here in south florida for several years before moving to cnn. some of my friends here have made that long drive to atlanta to get out of florida. governor rick scott is now telling people if you have not gotten on to the roads up to midnight, which is almost six hours ago now, is this not the time to get on to the roads. go to a shelter if you're on the evacuation area. this is the time to make that decision to get out of these areas where there are mandatory evacuations. we know that shelters across this area are filling up. >> yes, they are. in fact, some are to capacity. thank you so much, victor, we're going to keep going to victor, obviously, all morning, as he is where this is. starting to change, you're seeing the winds start to get a little stronger down there where he is in miami. but there's a storm surge here that may be 12 feet high in

i-95, the florida turnpike, you can open your maps out and look at it yourself, you'll see a lot of red headed up the turnpike. where 75 merges with the turnpike we're hearing reports up there that's around the gainsville area that it's like a parking lot. so, these people that are headed that way know that this is coming and they've chosen to pack their patience. one positive note today is that we're not hearing of the widespread fuel shortages that we saw yesterday. they were able to get some fuel barges in to ports overnight and trucks were able to get in and replenish the supplies to local gas stations. so we're not seeing widespread fuel problems. the fears of getting on the road and then running out of gas while you're stuck on the interstate, those are not being realized at this point. these people have chosen to throw themselves at the mercy of the highway rather than at the mercy of mother nature. guys. >> chris, of course, we know florida has been hit, you major hurricanes. given what has happened in texas with harvey, do you think that was sort of something that folks are loo

either on the florida turnpike or on i-95 headed north.n both those roads, there's been lots of problems. shortages of gasoline, hotels, you move along at a 5-mile-per-hour clip. there's a real fear you could be trapped on the highway during the storm. so stay or go, it's tough for both sides in this.st the category 4 storm could really wreak havoc here. that means it's going to tear roofs off, uproot trees, andro e surge with 10 inches of rain could do tremendous damage. officials are vowing to do everything in their power to save lives, but there are limits to what can be done in the storm. officials have said during the first 72 hours, you may be on your own. sean, back to you. >> sean: steve, we will check in throughout the night. rickba leventhal is in daytona beach, florida. rick, calm before the storm? >> a mandatory evacuation order went into effect for the beach at 5:00 this afternoon. anyone in low-lying areas in volusia county was told they should have already gotten out and if they haven't yet, they should pack up their stuff t

concerned about the tough choice they have to make to get on the highway north either on the florida turnpike or i-95 with questionable gas supplies and also concerns about the traffic as well in some places moving 5 miles an hour. so if you want to get up to st. augustine like one man i was speaking to earlier, he finally found a hotel room up there. he said, "i don't know if i can make it and i do not want to die on the highway to." people feeling the stress in south florida, they are rolling the dice one way, get on the highway, worry about gas, can you find a hotel room, or to stay here where they could be facing 10 inches of rain and a possible 10-foot storm surge. i saw one man actually checking this new level of his house with a gps out in front. it was 12 feet above sea level as we get 10 inches of rain and a 10-foot storm surge, a lot of these one-story buildings could be underwater. i saw a woman also constructing a safe room in her house with mattresses in the windowless area. a category four storm, if it hits here, would be able to rip the roofs off of houses and also ripped away

i got into town yesterday, all day today, i would imagine on our interstates and the florida turnpikesouth carolina and north carolina wouldn't be good. that's the issue, but, yes, people are doing things, hoping they're doing the right thing. not their fault because the storm is such a tricky thing given its current path. trish: representative desantis, thank you very much. we hope everyone is able to get out of harm's way, very, very difficult right now given it's hard to predict where the storm is going and the usual places you might go are still in harm's way. markets turning higher right now. storm related stocks moving, we're going to be back with that next. i'm vern, the orange money retirement rabbit, from voya. i'm the money you save for retirement. who's he? he's green money, for spending today. makes it easy to tell you apart. that, and i am better looking. i heard that. when it's time to get organized for retirement, it's time to get voya. . trish: let's get the very latest on the path of hurricane irma, and just exactly what folks can expect with the monster storm. rick r

take a look at some video, some incredible video showing the scene on the florida turnpike here today. you can see the northbound lanes absolutely jammed. the southbound side, though, you could put a bowling ball down those lanes. there was no one on those lanes save for us, save for first responders and police trying to get safely where they're going. obviously all those cars that are heading north need gas. and to that end we just launched drone6, a few minutes ago here where we are. we're at a rest stop in okeechobee florida, just about 115 miles north of the miami area. take a look at what we saw from this bird's eye perspective, a line of cars which goes back out to the highway, police officers trying to maintain an orderly process of getting gasoline and fuel to these cars which are then trying get out as quickly as they can. let's come on back out live here and i'm going to introduce you to lieutenant lester colter from the florida highway patrol. lieutenant thank you so much for joining us. >> yes, sir. >> obviously your message has gotten out there. people are heeding your wa

hwayt this on the florida turnpike, those northbound lanes absolutely jammed and you see it for yourselfno cars at all heading south. that's on the eastern side of the state. very similar scene on the western side on interstate 75 as the path of irma right now brings it right up the center of florida. no one on either side of the state is taking any chances. want to bring you back out live here right now and give you a sense as to how the scene has changed since we joined you about 30 minutes ago here on "action news." as i said it's been hot and cold right now very hot. there's not a single gas pump to be found right now. there are police who are corralling these cars in and if i can draw your attention jason our photographer over to this side, over here you'll get a sense that the cars just past this florida highway patrol officer actually stretch right back out onto the highway right now. so they're doing everything they can to keep this an orderly process right now but -- and we have to tell you people have been very patient and very kind from what we experienced so far but make no m

we're at the florida turnpike and i-75 where two major roadways, the traffic has just been slowly movingtrying to get north of the area in enough time, and now to the conditions before they become worse. >> looks like it's going to be really bad up there as well as people try to escape. ben, we're going to get back to you, stand by for us as well. >>> coming up, latest forecast on when and where hurricane irma will hit florida. the growing threat of direct impacts on georgia, the carolinas, also breaking a cnn exclusive. stand by for details on why robert mueller's team wants to speak with remembers of the president's white house staff. i make it easy to save $600 on car insurance, so being cool comes naturally. hmm. i can't decide if this place is swag or bling. it's pretzels. word. ladies, you know when you switch, you get my bomb-diggity discounts automatically. ♪ no duh, right? [ chuckles ] sir, you forgot -- keep it. you're gonna need it when i make it precipitate. what, what? what? you myour joints...thing for your heart... or your digestion... so why wouldn't you take something fo

now, when i mentioned inland, once again, if you know florida, i-75, florida turnpike, i-95. that's where everybody lives. in the interior there's not a lot of people there and even key west, i was so worried about key west because this storm looked like it was going to go just to the west of key west, the most populated island in the florida keys. and just destroy everything we know and love down around the key west area. but it moved to the east and most of these islands are not all that inhabited. there is not a lot of people down here or a lot of houses. look where it goes. right up towards marco island and around the naples area. people in that region and we have seen a lot of damage in and around naples. one again, 142 mile an hour wind in marco island, 135 mile in naples. it goes to the east of ft. myers. this was huge. again, my parents live right here. i was so worried about their house. but they only got 80 mile an hour winds on the weak side of the storm. the strongest storm, notice, there's not even a town over here. this is the area that got walloped the hardest

south florida's last-minute evacuees stampeded into gridlock on the florida turnpike.ffic stood still for miles. >> rose: turning to politics we talk to jonathan swan of axios. >> here's the real question, there are something like 50 or 55% of americans who cannot stand donald trump. the question is, if he starts doing more things that chuck schumer and nancy pleasey would like him to do, do some of these people then start to say, oh, well, maybe this guy is actually pretty good and maybe i'll vote for him. i don't know the answer to that question, but he's surely goi

. >> with the florida turnpike and interstate 4 under construction, well, disney made his decision.y quiet. >> well, they had to buy up the land very secretly because as soon as you said disney was coming to central florida, the land values would have gone through the -- the roof. >> he actually formed several fictitious companies. >> about 36 different real-estate companies, none of which knew what the others were doing. >> in 1964, he began quietly buying up millions of dollars' worth of land a few thousand acres at a time. >> without anybody really being aware of what was going on. >> in the beginning, there was a couple names that the project went by -- project x, project future and project east. >> these companies started purchasing 47 square miles, 30,000 acres. >> twice the size of manhattan island, larger than the city of san francisco. >> and it was quite an epic vision that he had for what everybody else looked at to be undevelopable swampland. >> eventually, word got out. >> walt disney will bring a new world of entertainment, pleasure, and economic development to the sta

florida turnpike and i-95. there've been problems on both. at times, traffic has moved at just 5 miles per hour. there's a shortage of gasoline and hotels and when you see the conditions on the road, it makes people scared to stay and scared to leave. you really see that fear you talk to people here. to get to safety, you basically have to leave the state entirely. what could be a five hour drive could be a ten or 20 hour drive. it makes people hesitant to leave. there've been a number of shelters set up in miami-dade county. it can hold 100,000 people. but they are places of last resort. when you hear from officials of the things on tv, the warnings, first responders can't go out when the winds are over 45 miles an hour, don't call 911 during the storm, we can't save you during the storm, it all seems counterintuitive. it builds into the fear of what is going on. we see people in the miami area really struggling with the decision to seek shelter in their homes to try to ride it out or get on the highway and hope to find gas and a place to st

at one point, you know, the florida turnpike and 95 north were about 5 miles an hour. so i really understood people like my neighbor who said what am i going to do? am i going to get in a car, who knows if i'll get gas or a hotel room. so you make life-threatening decisions whatever you co. i'm really tired of people hearing scold floridians for not leaving. i mean, leaving was no bargain. it was no picnic to get out of this state. and i've got to tell you, oh, jesus. so 15 minutes then the eye's going to come out. that's probably going to last about 20 minutes, and then the back side of the storm, and then we'll see if what they're saying is true. is there going to be a 15-foot storm surge, is it going to come up abruptly and suddenly. that's what they've warned us, that's why everyone's phone is blinking. if that does happen, the first story of most buildings could be underwater. we could see people on their roofs tonight if that does happen. with all these storms, you have to wait and see if it actually does happen, shepard. shepard: i think it will. janice dean is

we're talking about i-95 and the florida turnpike. when you're talking about more than a million people on the road, potentially asked to evacuate, that's a lot of people and a lot of traffic. i-75 will take you west so take you up through the west side so we're only talking about three major roads for more than a million people. you could expect a lot of traffic, robin. >> gio, i hope you have a fall tank. we've been talking about the shortage of gas. how about when people get stuck in traffic. it's taking longer and burring their tank of gas waiting. >> reporter: that's a real concern, robin. because about 40% of gas stations are already out of gas in south florida. look at this graphic here because it takes about half a gallon to a gallon of gasper hour to sort of -- in idling to run out and when you're talking about a tacnk that has 15 ones you're talking about 20 hours of idling time. it may sound like a not. it's not if you are stuck in traffic. to get out of the state of florida it's about eight to ten hours. >> you take care,

they sat there, 95, florida turnpike up able to move. guess depend whether you're moving. reporter: that is the fear right now. homestead is just next couple towns down. which was epicenter of that one. looks like headed same way. so you're right. that could be -- this is a huge population center. 16 million people in line of this. it is worst place you can have a hurricane. so, there you go. neil: buddy, thank you very, very, very much. jeff flock. that whole entire environment could be different 48 hours from now. back to washington, the president expected to have a joint press conference very soon with the kuwait i emir. that is scheduled hour and 15 minutes. no doubt will brink up arrangement he cobbled together for the democrats. government lights on, ceiling raised through middle of december. a lot of republicans were caught off-guard with that. treasury secretary steve mnuchin was chatting with our own maria bartiromo today, that he is fine with it, despite a nonplussed reaction and a concern maybe this came out of nowhere. it does clear the decks for tax reform and

florida is a peninsula. on the west coast we have i-75. east coast, 95, 27 the turnpike up the center. this storm will march from south florida up these highways as it moves north. even supplies that fema and the state are getting ready are not going to be able to travel south until this hurricane is out of the way. a lot of the initial response will be local responders that are in those areas and neighbors helping neighbors. as we found in previous hurricanes you cannot get on those highways until the winds get low enough so you don't blow off the trucks. >> what are you -- what is florida prepared to do? what is fema prepared to do for the elderly residents, many who do not want to leave? >> governor scott has been putting out 800 numbers for people who need travel assistance. there are special needs shelters and medically dependent shelters. but people need to heed evacuations. again, you don't need to drive hundreds of miles. the big thing is to get out of the storm surge areas and go tens of miles as shelters are being opened up across the evacuated communities. >> and when we thin

powerful atlantic storm in history, on the move heading straight for florida, governor rick scott activated the national guard suspending turnpikeg millions to get on the road as soon as possible. live at the emergency management center in orlando with the state is preparing. >> reporter: in central florida we are preparing schools as shelters, stephen lerner with emergency operations, in central florida, across the state. >> schools in central florida coordinating closures and looking at how to mobilize shelters. thankfully the governor signed an emergency declaration which allows us to start those conversations and allows us to bring in assets to respond. >> reporter: in south florida they shipped out schools. >> we have school district in south florida that are close to. >> reporter: how does the governor help the state by declaring this emergency? >> a number of national guard assets are available, we looked at an increase in supplies for essentials like food and water, additional emergency response teams could coming. >> reporter: we are used to so many hurricanes in florida but we want to stress to people it is never too e

sunrise just west of the florida turnpike north of interstate 595 right on the border of the evergladestting the window ] >> shep: there are 1.1 million power customers in miami-dade county. hall of them are without power now more than a million floridians without power and that number will most likely rise. let's turn to michael brennan, the chief hurricane specialist with the national hurricane center. we saw official landfall in cudjoe. >> right, 9:00-10 a.m. in cudjoe key in the lower florida keys and the eye is about to move off the lower florida keys into the florida bay south of the southwest coast but still very strong winds strong bands now moving into the middle and upper keys and we're very concerned about this particular band here that's moving in from the upper keys into miami-dade county in the next couple hours we could see wind gusts of 80-100 miles per hour across most of the metropolitan area between 10 a.m. and noon as this band moves northeastward so that could cause a lot of trouble in this part of the state. >> shep: where is this thing headed generally speaking mi

. >>> a live look now in florida as hurricane irma churns nearby. take a look. the turnpike is just packed as people are trying to get out of the way of the storm. this area is going to see high winds and that rain by tomorrow morning. and then the eye of the hurricane is actually going to pass over that area by late afternoon tomorrow. so of course a lot of people are trying to head out of town. you can kind dated on hurricane irma on our website, cbssf.com. and also, later today at 5:00. >> thank you for watching. that's it for kpix 5 news at noon. have a wonderful weekend. ♪ >> bill: you want more transparency? is that it? okay. i'll give it to you. i told justin to get someone to set fire to spectra fashions so i could build spencer tower! that's it! are you satisfied? are you happy now? i did it! >> bill: you recorded our private conversation? >> liam: you went too far, dad. it's criminal activity, and it stops now. you will step down, and you will take not only a leave of absence, but a long, hard look at yourself. you're gonna have a memo on my

/ homestead, florida resident> "today is really the deadline. people are gonna get caught on the turnpikes, they're gonna get caught on the roads, they're gonna do that last minute panic and try to get out of here, it's gonna be too late." mandatory evacuations now include downtown miami as well as miami beach. "miami-dade will have major hurricane impacts with deadly storm surge - deadly storm surge and life threatening winds." "i cannot stress this enough, you don't wait to evacuate."thousands of mobile home residents in south florida have been ordered to find a safer place to ride out the storm."it is what it is. these are not structural, sound buildings."broward county's animal shelter evacuated more than 175 of its residents by plane in order to make room for displaced pets during the storm. natand a new sight on florida highways: state police escorting convoys of fuel trucks "one of our top priorities right now is fuel availability.drivers have lined up for hours to buy gas, only to find the pumps

the difficult part about florida is there's only two main ways out. you're talking about the turnpike or i-95. >> and it's a very long day of driving for a whole lot of people. the warnings about this storm prompted a mass exodus, then people in cities like miami, fort lauderdale hit the road or headed to airports to try to get clear of hurricane irma. for most of the day, lines at miami international airport seemed endless. then this evening, one of the terminals was shut down because a man brought a weapon to the airport, and officers opened fire. gas is in such short supply, the florida highway patrol has been escorting fuel trucks to fill up stations. roads and freeways out of south florida have been packed. i talked with a friend of mine as she headed from naples to destin, a nearly 600-mile drive. >> then just walking the track a little more, we kind of thought, you know what? we're going to get out of here. so we got everything packed up this morning, got the kids all together. >> reporter: she and her boyfriend and his kids started the day shuttering his house. they got snagge

if you look at the pictures, on anything going north out of florida, the roads are jammed. the interstates, the turnpike, they are jammed. the phenomena that is occurring is people need gasoline, and they're running out on the road, which is all the more chaos. or they're going to the gas stations, and the gas stations are running out of gasoline. and so an urgent plea that i made yesterday that i would make to fema again, that we get gasoline into the state of florida, down into the peninsula so the evacuation, as the orders come along the coast as the hurricane gets closer and closer, that people will be able to flee. this is an unusual one. usually you will see the tracks from the national hurricane center move around. basically the track of what is expected from the hurricane center, it has stayed fairly steady for the last 36 hours. we will get our next update at 11:00 this morning, but it hits south florida somewhere in the miami area, and it will go right up the coast, and it will go on up the coast of georgia, south carolina, and into north carolina. that is a massive population along the easter

traffic days i ninety five there seventy five and there's the turnpike so as i say hundreds of thousands of people are trying to leave florida going up north towards the carolinas and georgia using these three major highways therefore traffic has been very very heavy during the past hours now it's actually a bit better i drove up here beach from miami it was approximately an hour drive and i have to say traffic was fluid that's because most of the people have already left they are already moving towards the carolinas or georgia some of them a stay in in central florida and for those that are evacuating their homes but they stay in closer to home they're staying in their towns and their cities well obviously there's hundreds of shelters across florida we heard the mayor of miami dade say that they could shelter up to one hundred thousand people in the city but we're talking about miami that is a big city even going to have stadiums that are going to be used as shelters but this there's loads of smaller towns the use in public buildings such as schools like the one i have behind me here in boston beach up to two thousand peopl

/ homestead, florida resident> "today is really the deadline. people are gonna get caught on the turnpikes, they're gonna get caught on the roads, they're gonna do that last minute panic and try to get out of here, it's gonna be too late." mandatory evacuations now include downtown miami as well as miami beach. "miami-dade will have major hurricane impacts with deadly storm surge - deadly storm surge and life threatening winds." "i cannot stress this enough, you don't wait to evacuate."thousands of mobile home residents in south florida have been ordered to find a safer place to ride out the storm."it is what it is. these are not structural, sound buildings."broward county's animal shelter evacuated more than 175 of its residents by plane in order to make room for displaced pets during the storm. natand a new sight on florida highways: state police escorting convoys of fuel trucks "one of our top priorities right now is fuel availability.drivers have lined up for hours to buy gas, only to find the pumps

joel melendez / homestead, florida resident: "today is really the deadline. people are gonna get caught on the turnpikes, they're gonna get caught on the roads, they're gonna do that last minute panic and try to get out of here, it's gonna be too late." their urgency echoed by governor rick scott this afternoon as the sunshine state braces for the most powerful hurricane ever recorded.gov. rick scott / (r) florida: "we cannot save you when the storm starts so if you're in an evacuation zone and you need help you need to tell us now."from kissimmee to ft lauderdale - residents are waiting hours for the fuel to get out of its path. scott reassuring them supply is his top prioritygov. rick scott / (r) florida: "please take only what you need, we have got to be considerate of others so everybody can get out."as fuel tankers make their way into florida's ports to meet demand... smaller boats and cruise ships are heading out. at least one cruise company tells cnn it is using its vessel to evacuate employees to calmer waters. mayor philip levine / miami beach, fl: "this is a serious, serious storm. i've called