linzie janis is in puerto rico. >> reporter: the biggest problem here, power outages. nearly a million people still without power. and this is the main reason why. there are hundreds and hundreds of trees like this one down. this one has a power line in it. hurricane irma claimed three hours in puerto rico, but elsewhere in the caribbean t was much more destructive. we spoke with u.s. coast guard pilots who were doing rescue missions to the u.s. virgin they introduced us to two young women, college students who were rescued from st. thomas. we spoke to them. their names alex demore and maddie gortat. they were worried the roof was going to come off the home they were in. when the storm was over, they went outside to survey the damage. they described utter destruction, but alex slipped and fell, hitting her head, she was in and out of consciousness, but they couldn't get to a hospital on the island.

>> linzie janis with us live tonight. linzie, thank you. >>> in the meantime, the next threat, of course, it is major, hurricane maria. as ginger said, growing into a cat 4 earlier today. sat line images showing the giant storm. the eye churning there. some of the same island s hit b irma could get hit now. meteorologist rob marciano on the desperate race to prepare there. >> reporter: tonight, hurricane maria rapidly intensifying. residents bracing across the caribbean. puerto rico boarding up, the second major hurricane bearing down on the island in less than two weeks. flights to san juan usually packed with tourists, today mostly residents scrambling to get back home. maria now poised to make a direct hit. people nervous, scared? >> oh, definitely, you know, it's been awhile since we've got such a strong hurricane, hit us directly, so, yeah. >> reporter: the eye of the deadly category 5 hurricane irma passing just north of here. winds on the island reaching 70 miles per hour. irma devastating the virgin islands and the

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this one actually has a power line tangled up in it, david. >> linzie janis leading us off tonight. linzie, our thanks to you, and let's get to the storm track. chief meteorologist, ginger zee s back at the weather wall in mork. what does it now mean for the u.s.? >> reporter: it could mean catastrophe, especially for southeast florida. let me take you through this storm. hurricane irma still a category 5 over the turks and caicos it will go tonight, and then it's friday into saturday where it's just south of florida and it goes into the keys early sunday morning. 5:00 a.m. sunday, places like keilar goe, feeling the ridiculously strong winds. through the day on sunday into monday, it will keep going north as a strong category 1, and then tropical storms and this cone now involves indiana and ohio. this goes from jupiter inlet over west palm beach, and these hurricane watches are for all of south florida, and we stopped the time here at sunday afternoon, and it will have a wind gust of 127, david. >> just incredible, and while we have you, ginger, we wanted to show everyone at home t

linzie janis and our team in san swan. stay safe tonight. >>> as we told ehere last night in the broadcast, we were looking at two possible scenarios for florida. tonight, a much clearer picture here. the new models are in. also north and south carolina declaring states of emergency. let's get to meteorologist ginger zee tonight. she has been tracking irma with us all day, and where is she right now? >> reporter: irma is northeast of san juan, puerto rico. the eye is about 20 miles across, is moving west, northwest at 16. so san juan, my primary concern for that part, and puerto rico, the northeast corner, flash flooding. as this moves on, with 185-mile-per-hour winds still, the pressure is actually dropping. we could see strengthening yet tonight. that's what's frightening. look at turks and caicos, and the southernbahamas, and nassau. we could see a 20-foot storm surge. these islands have elevation of a couple of feet. this is thursday into friday, and friday into saturday, it's north of cuba, and saturday into sunday, i

we begin with abc's linzie janis in puerto rico. >> reporter: shelves across florida empty as irma takes aim at the u.s. >> if you wait until the last minute, there's nothing to be found, and it's like total chaos. >> reporter: after harvey, even hurricane veterans are preparing for the worst. >> our hearts are in houston right now, but our reality is in key west. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott declaring a state of emergency and urging residents to get their disaster plan ready. a state of disaster already declared in puerto rico. fly wood and battees the national guard has been activated. schools closed and workers across this island have been ordered to cut their day short so they can get ready. american airlines adding flights to get tourists out of irma's path. and cruise ships rerouting to dodge the storm. fema at the ready. 400 people on stand by. giant containers stuffed with supplies delivered to the u.s. virgin hinds. 60 people, including children evacuated. and now the people who live there, stuck. greg and ashley and their two sons are from kansas and live in st. cro

abc's linzie janis is in puerto rico with some fortunate survivors. >> reporter: tonight hurricane irmaearing down on turks and caicos. after leaving a string of caribbean islands in ruins. buildings and trees ripped apart. this communications tower snapped. hundreds now homeless. >> it was the worst time in my life. and i would not want anything like this to happen again. >> reporter: barbuda's prime minister telling abc news it's as if a bomb was dropped on the tiny island. one of the first hit. >> my main concern right now is how we're going to survive after this. >> reporter: st. marten next in irma's crosshairs. shipping containers tossed like toys. boats crashing together. at least 14 now dead in the storm zone including 16-year-old zander venezia drowning in rough surf off the barbados coast. irma's death toll expected to rise and scores more injured. teams like this one have been flying in and out of the virgin islands rescuing people. our cameraman on one of those choppers, capturing scenes of destruction as irma moved across the caribbean. we met canadian college student alex

abc's linzie janis is there. >> i didn't think i would >> reporter: in is all that's left of the hotel marie was staying in st. martin. the simpson bay resort was to be her dream birthday vacation. >> it went from the most beautiful resort ever to chaos to total destruction. >> reporter: the category 5 storm killed at least 37 people from barbuda -- >> this has been one of the worst days of my life, the entire country has been decimated. >> reporter: to st. martin to the virgin islands. now there are severe shortages of food, water and medicine. on sunday we left with the coast guard on a cutter as they rushed to st. thomas in the u.s. virgin islands to bring in needed supplies and to evacuate stranded americans to puerto rico. >> we'll have water, we'll have dry food, some clothes for kids in need and we also are dropping off federal agents to help with law enforcement and try to re-open the airport and the ports in st. defense says 4600 service members are helping with relief efforts in the virgin islands and puerto rico. while the lucky ones from another devastated island, st. marti

whole time. >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm linzie janis in puerto rico. >> our thanks to linzie. for breaking news alerts on hurricane irma download the abc news app. it's one of the most intense storms in history heads toward the east coast, our first responders are equipped with one of the newest life-saving technologies, drones. no longer just used to look around, now they're actually assisting in critical rescue operations. here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: a bird's eye view of the devastation of the british virgin islands today. the scope of hurricane irma's destruction captured by a drone. and in the wake of hurricane harvey in texas more aerial images showing structural damage prompting an evacuation. >> the roof was caving in. and there were people in there working. >> reporter: these aircraft deployable in just minutes are used by more than 300 state and local agencies across the country. now goin down. drones are also saving lives. from flying a safety line for this swift water rescue of two stranded boys in maine to south carolina, where a drone's thermal imaging

linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> and she still made it to the game. thanks for watching. david muir. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. >>> tonight we have live team coverage at uc berkeley where arrested have been made hours from conservative commentator ben shapiro is scheduled to speak. >> and new record we've reached when can comes to fighting fires. >> congress is starting to listen to one another is hopeful. >> conversation starting in earnest in washington to address daca and going to court to protect its dreamers. >>> just one hour remains before conservative commentator ben shapiro is scheduled to speak on cal's campus and doors are opening now as we take a live look from sky7. thanks for joining us, i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. ben shapiro scheduled to speak 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. sold out. >> conservative commentator and drawing activists from other side of the political spectrum. >> police shutting down roads. tweeted this photo of the arrest of two protesters for bringing banned items into the plaza. >> laura anthony has been in berkeley

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abc's linzie janis is in the region tonight. >> reporter: tonight shelves across florida, empty, as irma takes aim at the u.s. >> if you wait until the last min there's nothing to be found and it's total chaos. >> reporter: after harvey even hurricane veterans are preparing for the worst. >> our hearts are in houston right now, but our reality is here in key west. >> reporter: florida governor, rick scott, declaring a state of emergency and urging residents to get their "disaster plan" ready. a state of emergency already declared in puerto rico. plywood and batteries flying off shelves before the storm hits here wednesday. the national guard has been activated, schools have been closed and workers ordered to cut their day short tomorrow so they can get ready. american airlines adding flights to get tourists out of irma's path, and cruise ships rerouting to dodge the storm. tonight, fema at the ready. 400 people on stand-by giant crates of supplies delivered to the u.s. virgin islands, where irma could hit as early as tomorrow night. 60 people including 20 children already evacuated by th

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abc's linzie janis with the urgent effort tonight to get prepared in san juan. >> reporter: tonight, protests >> reporter: fisherman in antigua pulling people to safety. the time to prepare is over. the island, the first in line to feel irma's effects. may god protect us all. puerto rico also in irma's path. the national weather service says it hasn't seen a storm of this magnitude in nearly 100 years. here in puerto rico, it is a race against time to prepare for irma. every hour counts. the governor saying the decisions we make in the coming hours could be the difference between life and death. americans matthew and rachel are on vacation here. they can't get a seat on a flight home before the hurricane hits. >> we have food. we have water. we froze water bottles so we have extra water and it keeps our food colder. we have flashlights, backup battery chargers. >> reporter: stranded tourists stocking up on water across the region tonight. claudia harris stuck with her family in the u.s. virgin islands. >> i think we're just going to hunker down here and hope for the best. >> we are h

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linzie janis joins us from san juan, and they expect the first effects thing in the morning? >> reporter: that's right, david. the governor here just spoke. he said the latest forecast showed the eye of irma is closer to this island. those first dangerous winds expected by early mornitomorrow. he is warning the results could be catastrophic. as for those leeward islands, they are expecting hurricane force winds by tonight, david. >> you and the team stay safe. our thanks to you, alex and ginger. we will have much more first thing in the good morning right here on "good morning america." >>> in the meantime, we are following other major news tine. president trump ending the daca program saying congress must now decide the fate of the so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers. 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants brought here by their parents. tonight, the president saying he has a great love for the d.r.e.a.m.ers. here's abc's senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega. >> reporter: tonight, protests from the white house to trump tower to denver, colorado. students marching out of class.

here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: the crime was as bizarre as it was chilling.e sail marlene warren opened the door of her florida home to find a clown, who handed her balloons and flowers, then pulled out a gun and shot her to death. for 27 years, no arrest -- until now. >> this is the woman who detectives say dressed as a clown. >> reporter: police in virginia arresting sheila keen warren, who has been married to the victim's husband, michael warren, since 2002. at the time of the murder, investigators suspected keen warren, who worked at the couple's used car dealership. police re-opening the cold case three years ago and doing new dna testing. >> took us 27 years to bring closure to the victim's family. >> reporter: tonight, the victim's son, joe, who says he saw the clown drive away that day in this white convertible, says "i'm happier than i've been in many years." as for his step-dad, michael warren, he says, there is no doubt he was involved. however, police are not saying michael warren is a suspect. david, keen warren is behind bars in virginia tonight

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here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: julia louis-dreyfus revealing her diagnosis, tweeting one in get breast cancer, today, i'm the within. the 56-year-old actress getting the news the day after winning a sixth consecutive emmy for her role in >> i am still a young woman. look at my hands, look at my neck. >> reporter: also wading into the health care debate saying i have fantastic insurance through my union, but not all women so lucky. so let's fight all cancers and make universal health care a reality. the actress has two sons with her husband of 30 years, brad hall. support pouring in. survivors like christina applegate tweeting, mama find my. let's talk if you want. and rita wilson writing god bless you, stay strong. hbo is expressing support saying veep is scheduling the production schedule around her treatments if necessary. >> thanks to lindsey there president, former veep also posting encouragement overnight there and saying we veeps stick together, jill and i and all of the bidens are with you, julia. >> and next month is breast cancer awareness month. julia's definitely

. >> abc's linzie janis is there. >> reporter: nick and diane, eye of hurricane irma just passed us near san juan, about 50 miles to the north off the coast, a little further away that it was predicted to come. but we just now feel safe enough to come outdoors, because we have been experiencing sustained winds of 55 miles per hour with gusts of up to 70 miles per hour. we have seen objects flying, trees falling, transformers popping. there's a lot of concern about rain. there is a predicted 20 inches in some areas. but hurricane irma has already devastated parts of the caribbean. at least three people are dead. authorities in barbuda and st. martin report more than 90% of those islands are damaged or destroyed. cars seen floating through the streets. buildings shredded. terrified tourists riding out the storm. irma ripping through the u.s. virgin islands. here in san juan, the governor has warned that the impact of there already 1 million people without power and it's not over yet. nick and diane? >> thanks very much. irma is now a category five hurricane and expected to remain that stro

here's linzie janis. >> reporter: tonight, the most serious charges in the hazing death of 19-year-old timothy piazza thrown out by a pennsylvania judge. 18 penn state fraternity brothers stood accused of en b ngdi pasy it became clear he was in trouble. prosecutors say piazza fell headfirst down a flight of stairs, struggling and in pain for hours. owfe allegedly ignoring and some even hitting him before eventually alling 911.nvoluntary nslaughter and assault. 14 brothersts ilfal cees l ha c>> wrg very serious charges. ntre>> at the end of the day wet want to see justice served, brothers now face no charges at all. he tofeam >> i don't think there's i could have done.t do i wish i had knowledge? do i wish i could have saved him? absolutely. >> thank you. >>> let's politics. the president says he will soon reveal whether he w program protectingil 800,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the u.s. as children. here's cecilia veg >> reporter: president trump in the oval office today, and we asked when will he make that decision on dreamers. >> a dn daioisorac o donver the weekend we'll

here's linzie janis. >> reporter: tonight, the most serious charges in the hazing death of 19-year-old timothy piazza thrown out by a pennsylvania judge. 18 penn state fraternity brothers stood accused of standing by as piazza pounded drinks, and doing nothing when it became clear he was in trouble. prosecutors say piazza fell headfirst down a flight of stairs, struggling and in pain for hours. his fellow frat brothers allegedly ignoring and some even hitting him before eventually calling 911. but today the judge dismissed charges of involuntary manslaughter and assault. charges including reckless endangerment and furnishing alcohol to minors. >> charges which survived are very serious charges. >> reporter: piazza's parents, now looking ahead to the trial. >> at the end of the day we just want to see justice served, >> reporter: but four fraternity brothers now face no charges at all. one of them speaking out. >> i don't think there's anything with my knowledge at the time that i could have done. do i wish i had knowledge? do i wish i could have saved him? absolutely. >> thank you. >>>