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music star kenny chesney saved two brothers from a hurricane.they are here in philadelphia talking only to nbc 10 about his grand gesture to rescue them. >>> and i'm tracking a pair of hurricanes tonight. one impacting one part of our area and the other about to slam puerto rico. what to expect with both storms in my most accurate forecast. fran grenier. new jersey born and raised. like his father before him, he served our country with honor in the navy. came home and worked his way up from floor technician to supervisor at the salem power plant. as a husband and father, grenier knows how families struggle to make ends meet. that's why he'll fight to cut our taxes, and stand up to career politicians like steve sweeney. if we want to change trenton, there's only one way. fran grenier. >>> right now, trouble in puerto rico. jose and maria are swirling tonight. gusty winds and flooding. and in the caribbean, the threat of disaster once again. >>> good evening. hurricane jose is threatening part of our area. you can see both storms churning on the f

. ♪ i come from a little i hometown ♪ >> kenny chesney lent his personal jet to help get residents outthe virgin islands. a pair of brothers were on board. they were visiting their grandfather in st. john when irma hit and had to be evacuated. the boys are safely in philadelphia with their mother this morning. they say they will be downloading a little more country because of chesney's generosity. >> kenny chesney. thank you very much. i really want to meet you in person. i want to shake your hand, you know, give you a hug. let you know that we're here partially because of you. >> great. hurricane irma cost chesney his own home on the virgin islands. and since the hurricane, he's been very active in raising money to help friends and neighbors on the island. the bruce brothers plan on going back to help, as well. >> kinney chesney -- cheney chesney, helping those boys. they'll never be the same. >> they're going country. >>> and now for more of the stories we're following on nbc10 news at 6:00 a.m. -- >> island catastrophe. breaking overnight, hurricane maria made landfall in the caribb

. >>> country star kenny chesney has two new fans after he helped two brothers escape irma.he men are safe in philadelphia this morning with their mother. the bruce brothers were spending time with their grandfather in st. john when irma hit. the boys were evacuated to st. croix. then a woman took them in and kept them safe there. the woman's daughter got them on chesney's private jet out of the country. >> kenny chesney, thank you very much. i really want to meet you in person. i want to shake your hand, you know, give you a hug. let you know we're here partially because of you. >> wow. ♪ >> hurricane irma cost chesney his own home on the virgin islands. since the hurricane, he's been very active in raising money to help his friends and neighbors on the islands including getting those young men out. the bruce brothers plan on going back to help, as well. >> terrific. we're big fans. they're well spoken, explained what happened. very grateful. >> the boys said the house was lifted up. they were in the basement, and it slammed down like a piece of bread on top of a sandwich.

kenny chesney has been a resident of st. john for years now. he wasn't on the island when irma hit. 7 people at his home. earlier, cnn's anderson cooper spoke with chesney and one of the people he housed. >> kenny, you love st. john. you have a place there. you've been there for a long time. when you see the images of what's happened there, what goes through your mind? >> it's a lot of heartbreak, anderson. it's really just so many emotions running through my head and through my heart. it's hard to put into words, really, because i have so many memories there. so many friends there. so many fabrics and pieces of my life on that island. and to see that devastation and to see what it is today -- when i was just there last week, it's really heartbreaking. i know what all my friends are going through and all the wonderful people of that island are going through. and i -- my heartbreaks for them. and it breaks for all of us, really. >> kate, you were there until today. you just got out today. what was it like? what's it been like the last couple days? >> it's been terrifying. it's the sca

i know you're stay -- you were staying at kenny chesney's house when the storm came through. is your house? >> i was actually in the middle of moving. i haven't checked on my new apartment, where all my clothes are. i haven't gotten in contact with that landlord yet. i'm really hoping he's okay. the roads have just started to be officially cleared in that area for me to even go there and check, but there's just other priorities that i've been trying to take care of, by helping people in town and helping, you know, the guys that i am with. they're designating their own road-clearing teams and actually out there right now trying to clear out in coral pay. there's still many families that haven't been heard from yet. and communication is so limited, i don't even know how i have a signal right now, to be honest, because so many others don't. i'm kind of the team lead as far as communicating messages from -- sorry, a helicopter, might get a little loud. >> i don't mean to put a fine point on it, ann, but st. john is a u.s. territory. the united states is -- and we've heard from a

. >> they lost everything else, but there is a reason to smile courtesy of kenny chesney. >> reporterart felt good-bye to the complete stranger who took the bruce brothers in after the storm. the teenagers were on st. john when hurricane irma blasted the island and decimated the home they grew up in while they were inside. >> we were in the shower, laying down against -- against a concrete wall and five minutes later the roof gets ripped off our head. >> that's the moment where i was terrified because i felt like irma was a spirit because like, i felt like i saw the hand grab the roof, squeeze it and throw it off into the wind. it was just -- it was crazy. >> reporter: they survived alongside their grandfather but the winds tore nearly everything else apart on the island. >> i feel like the best way is to picture a car on the highway going 185 miles an hour, you feel the wind on your hand outside, picture your body outside and you feel you're going at that speed. that's what it felt like. >> reporter: when it was all over they were left with nothing. their childhood home gone along wi

we found out who that anonymous donor was, it's country star kenny chesney. >> i kept saying one dayoing to be one good story to tell. >> now we're on cnn telling our story, you know, it's crazy. >> reporter: soon they'll be telling their story in person to their mother, who is anxiously awaiting their arrival back in philadelphia. sara sidner, cnn, st. croix, u.s. virgin islands. >> thank you so much for sharing your time with us this morning. >>> next hour of "cnn newsroom" with fredricka whitfield starts right after this break. my dell small business advisor has gotten to know our business so well that is feels like he's a part of our team. with one phone call, he sets me up with tailored products and services. and when my advisor is focused on my tech, i can focus on my small business. ♪ a dell advisor can help you choose the right products with powerful intel® core™ processors. ♪ we come into this world needi♪ others. then we are told it's braver to go it alone. ♪ but there is another way to live. ♪ a way that sees the only path to fulfillment- is through others. ♪ hey hun, huh!

it's country star kenny chesney. >> i kept saying one day this will be one hell of a story to tell.t's going to be one good story to tell. >> and now we're on cnn telling this story. it's crazy. >> soon they'll telling the story in person to their mother who is anxiously awaiting their arrival back in philadelphia. >> sara, thank you for that report and thank you for being with us this hour. i'm george howell live at the cnn center in atlanta. the news continues here on cnn right after the break. hi, i'm johnny bench. after a hall of fame career, it's no wonder why i use blue-emu arthritis cream. blue-emu's non-greasy, deep-penetrating formula gets down deep into those joints for big time pain relief. blue-emu, it works fast and you won't stink. they save us from gettingones? lost, getting hungry, and getting tired of places like this. phones changed everything - shouldn't the way pay for them change too? introducing xfinity mobile. where you can pay for data by the gig, and share it across all of your lines. no one else lets you do that. see how much you can save when you pay by th

we heard earlier in the program from kenny chesney who has a place in saint john.rying to get supplies in and we're going to talk more to ken in the next hour. we met to focus on what's happening on saint martin. one side is dutch and the other side is french. the dutch coast guard on saint martin contacted him and asked him to help with missions after the storm hit. he was one of the first people to fly to the island and he's been flying three rescue missions a day. what's it like, wade? it's a beautiful island, both sides. what's it like now. ? >> it's devastating, actually. i did the first mission in just as irma was barely leaving. it was still pretty windy and the skies were just starting to clear, and it was shocking. there's really not a building that's not in some shape or form affected with i would guess about 575% of brilgdsthe buildi uninhabitable. it's a beautiful island and it's unfortunately just been destroyed because of this. >> let me just get to you repeat that. by your estimate, and you've been flying a buchlk of missions there, you think 75% of

kenny chesney, that's one of his. >> it's in the u.s. -- british virgin islands.any other people said he lost his home in the u.s. virgin islands to this storm. he said it is completely gone. totally flattened. now he has decided to do something about it. he has created a charity called the love for love city foundation. and he is urging fans to donate. he also said that he is going to be working on some new music to help with the relief effort as well. we can expect to hear maybe some more songs and that money will hopefully go to the charities as well. todd: scary thing. his home is very well built. if that got destroyed you have to fear for the other homes. >> absolutely. thanks a lot. heather: thank you. todd: hillary clinton's new book hitting shelves today. heather: next best wrote the best seller or her failed campaign and weighs in on her never ending blame game. ♪ ♪ did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's

we found out who it was, it was kenny chesney. >> i said one day it is going to be a good story to tellell the story to their mother who's awaiting their arrival in philadelphia. >> we need more endings like that one from this terrible hurricane. >>> when tragedy stuck on st. thomas one woman who lost her home doubled her efforts to help those in need. they've been serving free meals at a cafe and continue to serve 1,000 people a day as long as the need exists. she's able to give because of her love for the island and its people. if you would like to help the people of the caribbean, check out the shareties on our web site, at cnn.com/impact. >>> nearly 20 years after its launch nasa bid a fond fair well to its casini space graft. now it's running low on fuel, it transmitted its final signal. and nasa sent it into a death dive into sa turn's atmosphere. thank you for watching. anderson cooper is up next here on cnn. bed should face north ea. on it. you're trying everything to get pregnant. new one-a-day couples pack gives you both nutritional support you may need. for her to prepare for