we thought we would look at the miami herald and i just thought we would look at the miami herald andke to one of the journalist earlier and he bravely decided to stay to get the newspaper out, they brought their families to the newsroom as well because it is safe so they are camping there with their families. reports of looting. i am always very wa ry reports of looting. i am always very wary about reports of looting because i remember going back to katrina, reports of huge looting as they were massively exaggerated and depended on who was seen foraging. the ethnicity broke the story. i approached the rest of this with scepticism. the impression of the headline, its widespread but actually we talk about two people being detained, two suspects taken into custody, and the police chief can't even give any major details. just disbursing units through the city, a few reports but not many details to a localised report. the pollies are the last to leave and first to get in there. and the fire department of course. and what the journalists at the miami herald as saying, it's called looting b

she's tightened her grip on south florida, becoming, as "the miami herald" put it, a monster hurricane bearing down on miami and a coast with 7 million people. there's at story that we're following here on "hardball" tonight. that's the news that robert mueller, the special counsel, now wants to talk to some of the president's current and former white house aides like reince priebus, hope hicks, and sean spicer. in other words, the fbi investigation is edging closer to the president himself. but back to hurricane irma this weekend. right now current models show the devastating path of the hurricane hitting the south coast early sunday morning, then sawing its way up west of central florida, bringing with it coastal flooding, high winds, and of course heavy rain. president trump urged floridians to take heed. >> this is a storm of absolutely historic destructive potential. i ask everyone in the storm's path to be vigilant and to heed all recommendations from government officials and law enforcement. >> florida's governor rick scott pleaded with the citizens to get out of the way. let's

david, i know you're with "miami herald." tell us what you seeing in key west, one area we know having listened to our meteorologist it's going to be seeing the biggest impact from irma. what are you seeing out your window, what are you hearing? >> hello? >> hey, david. can you hear me? >> yes, i can. i'm sorry about that. can you hear me? >> i can hear you well. i was just asking you to give us a sense of what you can see and what you can hear. >> okay. well, we don't -- i'm in a three-story building in the middle of key west. it's pretty high ground, so it's pretty safe. as you were saying earlier, the storm really is nowhere near us. it's still about 70 miles away from key west. right now we're just getting the bad winds. so far the one window we can see out of, there's no storm surge yet and the winds are just whipping really, really strong now. we lost power about 8:00 p.m. last night. i'd say about five, six hours ago. just a lot of debris, power is out everywhere. we're boarding up one of the windows down here because

electricity for an indeterminate amount of time. jolie, briefly, looking at the website of the miami heraldlook at the rivers that have emerged in the middle of miami. ——joey. rivers that have emerged in the middle of miami. -- joey. it is something of the police officers and all law—enforcement here are trying to keep a check on. they have to stay safe also an something we were all notified of a head of the storm was that there wouldn't be emergency services and law enforcement available during the heat of the storms that it's a risk, a risk when basically you have an area that is not policed and well guarded that you could have it but at the same time it's important to remember really quickly that people sometimes do not have the means and if they see somewhere that has bred and has water and has some food, and the glasses broken down and are desperate, sometimes they will go and take it so i think it is something to consider. joey, we are glad you, your families something to consider. joey, we are glad you, yourfamilies and your collea g u es glad you, yourfamilies and your colleagues ar

toll unknown, roads blockd and houses destroyed, miami herald. of daytona beach news journal, path of estruction, talking about how residents there, including photo from jim tiller of the news of the residents there and the property and car vehicle and condition of that. bay times relief, return and clean up and mostly n the dark talking about those without electricity and also related stories there. kentucky, t in republican line. dwight, go ahead. caller: good morning, sir. have two quick points about daca. have never heard nybody explain how daca and dreamers and illegal immigrants contributing to the economy if you can'tes and illegal, s, if you are how to you get a social security number that is legal? if you get one that is legal, to vote.ligible i never heard anybody ask that. support, i'm fully retired military. daca, immigrants are vetted and join military, do time, they do their ours oversea fist needed and -- thank you. joan, from minnesota, democrat's line. aller: i have a question, i noticed this morning that several republicans are

the miami herald runs a story on its website about looting — something seen in many of the countriesa times' website which declared sunday a day of uncertainty after it was hit by the hurricane. no—one died but lots of damage to property there.

for more on that we go to "miami herald" reporter david, he joins us on the phone from miami.the length of the keys since the storm. you were all the way down in key west, right? >> yes. thank you. we were in key west before the storm. we rode out the storm there. pretty much every other news organization picked up and left before the storm because the forecasts were too dangerous so we ended up being one of the few organizations in town covering it. and we rode out the storm and then as the storm is still going on it was safe enough to start surveying some of the damage and then again today we made it out to pretty much the entire length of the keys and all the way back up to miami. we had to come back to miami after filming footage and doing interviews and surveying everything because we couldn't file our stories and a video from the road because all the cell service had been knocked out. it was a logistical challenge. a stop sign that had been upturned, burst at our tired so we had to go on a spare for a while, running low, on fumes, the engine started giving out on us but

"miami herald," two south florida nuclear plants lie in irma's path. are they ready? scary thought. back to cbs miami. dried water in short supply. get this -- four navy ships and thousands of troops. the hurricane irma is stronger n all of 2017s other eight atlantic storms combined. that's how serious the storm is. joining is now on the phone is the florida governor, rick scott. governor, our thoughts and prayers are with you, sir. i've been watching the e.u. and every preparation possible i see is in effect. let's talk to the people in the path of this storm. what you want to say to them? >> i care about every person that lives in our state and i want everyone to be safe. the important thing is be prepared, follow the news. if you are in an evacuation area, evacuate media back immediately. i will do everything to provide fuel so you can get out, i've been working with the oil companies, the carriers, the retailers, i am trying to get more fuel into this state. we have three more tankers coming into tampa, the white house, fema, epa, department of transportation and department of en

to run the kitchen but still wasn't using it for air conditioning. >> miami herald says the facility has been cited twice for violations related to federal requirements about its backup power. the facility has an inspection rating of quote much below average by the florida agency for health care administration. the facility's overall rating was also listed below average. >> as we monitor that story let's check in with gadi schwartz with the latest on the recovery effort elsewhere. >> reporter: in parts of the florida keys irma's wrath is visible as far as the eye can see. devastation felt in one neighborhood after another. >> every door is gone, the roof is gone. >> reporter: returning residents only now discovering the full impact of irma's crushing power. >> it's just a mess, just one big mess. >> i'd have to say this is the worst storm that was ever been through. never left before. i might consider leaving after this one. >> reporter: fema estimates nearly a quarter of the homes here have been destroyed. here in big pine key, some homes ripped off foundation while other homes comp

trish: okay, what about what we're hearing, and i was looking on the miami herald website. people are giving up on evacuation in some cases because they have a quarter of a tank of gasoline left, they can't find a place to buy gasoline and gridlock on i-95. what do you do in that case? >> find the highest ground you can. the most recent national weather service hurricane prediction foretells 6 to 12 inches of storm surge that saturday morning, it's going cross flamingo and it will be up between naples and miami couple hours after that. that's going to be approaching high tide. you can add another foot to that. >> i want to, if we can, look at radar in part of the screen, and maybe a map too, because your congressional district is more on the west side, the gulf side. so not the orlando, miami, palm beach. in fact, you represent naples, santa bell, marco island, cape coral. right now, are they thinking it's not going to be as horrible for us because once it hits land it will downgrade to a category 3? is that a danger to be thinking that way? >> a very grave danger to think.

>> i actually -- we're part of "the miami herald," so i work from "the miami herald's" office in durrell. a colleague of mine lived in marathon. we have yet to hear from him. the last time was saturday. >> i was just talking to somebody whose cousin and uncle decided to ride it out in mar-a-thma marath marathon, but they're okay. people are unable to get down there and find them. it could be weeks for you guys in keys just getting basic services, water, sewage, power fully restored. how are you getting by? >> i live in miami-dade, so i'm coming down. we have power actually. we went back to our house yesterday. there wasn't a tree standing in our neighborhood, but our house is okay. >> but your office. >> i don't know what we're going to do. i think i'll be working at home a lot or from "the herald" building. i'm going to have to keep coming down and work remotely. we had a small office in the upper keys, so we'll be able to make arrangements once we get some semblance of order. >> are you driving south? >> i've been driving all day. >> got it. >> typically it takes me an hour to get down

they didn't know she was here. >> yang: patricia mazzei of the "miami herald," thank you so much forring your stories with us. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, the official death toll reached at least 324 in last week's earthquake in central mexico. today, crews in mexico city were still searching the rubble of collapsed buildings, though hope of finding survivors is all but gone. meanwhile officials cleared just 103 of the city's nearly 9,000 schools as safe to re-open. texas has won another legal round in its bid to ban so- called sanctuary cities that protect undocumented migrants. a federal appeals court in new orleans gave the lone star state more latitude today to enforce the statute. that means police chiefs and jail officials who don't cooperate with federal immigration officials can face jail time. in germany, chancellor angela merkel now faces a struggle to create a new ruling coalition, after sunday's election. her conservatives finished first, but lost seats, as a far- right party surged to new prominence. matt fry of independent television news, repo

david ovalle of the "miami herald" has witnessed the damage first hand. >> it was very hard to tell the extent of the damage because there was still a lot of areas you could not get to. but certainly it looked like a war zone. trees down everywhere. there were boats flipped up on the road. there were trailer parks that were completely demolished that looked like they were just smashed by a bomb. but there was also a lot of neighborhoods, even near the epicenter, even at cudjoe key where the eye wall came across the florida key, there were neighborhoods that were intact. there were these big concrete structures basically on stilts. it was designed for the storm surge to passes through. so it's still hard to see the extent of the damage. certainly almost every house is damaged, but i think it's too early to say if they're actually obliterated. >> yang: what are conditions like? was there water? i doubt there was power. >> there's definitely no power in the keys. there's no cell phone service. for the perhaps 1,000 people that are still in the -- 10,000 people still in the florida key, it

the miami herald hurricane reporter. pictures from the latest radar on the weather service from the us. the eye of hurricane irma is to the right of the screen, beginning to whip its way across the caribbean. we have heard from laura bicker in puerto rico, which will be one of the places next hit by hurricane irma. it's approaching the british virgin islands. it has already caused destruction in antigua, barbuda and saint martin and st barts. after puerto rico, according to the satellite imagery and the forecasting, it will head a bit further west to cuba. 0ur correspondent will grant joins us from havana... all the folk across the caribbean used to hurricanes the problem is, this is the biggest that has been recorded in the atlantic basin. this is the biggest that has been recorded in the atlantic basinlj think that's the issue, isn't it, that the whole region knows how they should react in the face of a hurricane, or a tropical storm, should react in the face of a hurricane, ora tropicalstorm, but one this magnitude re

they deserve better, that is the message from this opinion he's in the miami herald. trumpsses out at donald saying that all of his tweets about trump right now have been downright judgmental and victim blaming. santiago says this while food supplies are dwindling, water is undrinkable, and he is stifling. a dire situation that she says is not being reported on enough. trump says he will be visiting weeks after the hurricane struck, so he is really taken his time on this one. just like george bush. dearly for his delayed response to victims of hurricane katrina, one writer in puerto rico says trump must reach out to puerto ricans now, at the risk of this becoming his katrina moment. >> wrapping up in paris, fashion week wrapped up. for the first time, ultra skinny models not allowed to be on the runway. >> that is after a decision ♪ musicic [loud raindrops] narrator: torrential rain in the dry season. flooding when there's nonormally droughtht. desert where trere used to b be grass. ♪ music narrator: tens of thousands of deaths in cities across europe from freak heat

. >>> "the miami herald" reports that three cranes at south florida construction sites snapped in irma's howling winds. the first crane collapsed at an apartment building being built in downtown miami sunday morning. hours later the winds brought down another crane at a miami condo tower. and a third went down later in the day in ft. lauderdale. no injuries were reported. >>> and the tampa bay times reports on the rescue of two manatees stuck in the bay. the reverse storm surge sucked the water out of sarasota bay, leaving the manatees stranded. a friend posted them on facebook. they rolled the manatees onto a tarp and dragged them 100 yards. wildlife officials were notified and helped get the manatees into deeper water. >>> still ahead, riding out the storm. we'll take you to atlantic beach, florida, where many residents decided to ride out the hurricane despite evacuation orders. decided to ride out the hurricane despite evacuation orders. i don't want to put life on hold because of a headache. that's why i use excedrin. it has two pain fighters plus an amplifier and for some, headache

the miami herald has a look at hurricane andrew, which took place in 1992. this headline from an earlier from irmadamage could surpass andrew's aftermath. storm is making its way up the coast. it is larger than the state of florida. expectations it is as large as the state of texas or france. you can see a map the size of the storm and the winds that follows. flooding is a big concern, especially with wind gusts and flooding in the florida keys, as much as 25 inches of rain expected in the aftermath of hurricane irma. we will go to wisconsin. james is next. good morning. caller: i have not heard about the dali museum in st. petersburg. cap of the works of salvador dali are there, and they have had to build a hurricane proof building to get those works put into st. petersburg. we are going to find out if it is hurricane proof. host: thanks. disney world closed today for the fifth time in its history because of hurricane winds. florida has also canceled classes for friday and monday as the state of emergency continues. recovery efforts continuing houston with

the miami herald reports by yesterday pliess to fly out of south florida sky rocketed to more than $3,000 per person for domestic flights. well richard branson who has been hold newspaper a wine cellar survived the storm. he says that everybody on his private caribbean island are okay. they hunkered down in a concrete shelter with his family and staff. more news coming up in two minutes. food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. we just want fast internet for one, simple rate. for all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all... for the this. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. bridge >>> a very good thursday morning to you. taking a live look outside. this is the san mateo bridge. folks already up and out the door. it is a very nice start to our thursday morning, nice temperatures on tap for today as well. the full forecast coming up with kari in just a moment. it's 4:55. >>> outage in marin coun

reporters from cbs news, the miami herald and our own jane 0'brien out in the elements, braving highloods brought on by irma. we should say that all bbc correspondents receive full training on how to deal with this and other situations, and they have safety advisors on hand at all times. but looking at some tweets of the coverage, david asks why networks have to put reporters in dangerous conditions. "for visual proof?" "for ratings?" while joel loves the coverage, but feels that the reporters should be following their own advise by getting out of the storm! we hope that we got the balance of reporting and safetyjust about right! if you want to get in an update from the white house. the florida keys may not be fit for re—entry by regular citizens for weeks. shocked residents have returned to their shattered homes as the weakened hurricane pushed in leaving millions without power. it was downgraded to a tropical storm early on monday. it had ranked as one of the most powerful atlantic hurricanes ever recorded cutting off power to millions of people and ripping roots of homes as it hit

host: the miami herald this morning in their editorial taking a look at the decision saying that the dreamers cannot become pawns for the president's goal of building a wall. the unholy proposal offers a framework to start negotiating a more powerful agreement, enhancing border security perhaps. it is a starting point. another note -- another republicansying, bristled over -- daca because they saw was an program as an overreach of presidential authority. so now let's see the republican led congress fix the problem by passing a bill. from south carolina. go ahead. caller: hello. host: linda, you're going to have to keep going. caller: hello. on this. the president host: linda, we are going to put you on hold for a second. if you would not mind, please turn down your television, and then we will come back to you. dominic in new york on the oppose line. go ahead. caller: the congress and the senate do not give the president anything. they voted against him no matter what. obamacare, nothing. we have a chance now. he has to get something out of this deal. it is ridiculous how everything

"the miami herald," saying swamped i irma. "landwerful word there, -- slammed."cenic reporter, nearly blown from her feet covering the storm , i have that coming up for you at 6:45. adrianna: all morning long we are tracking irma's every move. they come in. the redskins got off to a pretty rough start. , there had been five straight wins abc over the eagles, but they broke tackles into the end zone for the one point lead. taking it in for the score, the eagles take this game 30 to 17. larry: better news, meanwhile, in southwest. >> is a magic number. one. larry: the marlins lost yesterday for the nat, getting it done, heading in the playoffs. they are the first ec major league baseball team to win back-to-back titles. combat -- congrats. adrianna: hurricane irma, now tracking north. plus a live each are out of orlando as it moves north and floods neighborhoods there. we have continuing coverage all morning long. stay with us. you can support the victims of hurricane irma by donating to the red cross. text red cross 290999 to give $10 today. when what it's abou