now in the coming dis, places in central and north georgia are also preparing for heavy winds. the transit system in atlanta already can selling rail and bus service, believe it or not. in some areas, schools are closed today. some are, in fact, closed tomorrow as well. >> all right. let's go back to florida where nbc news' bill manna is standing by in hollywood, florida. you have been making your way around that city to sort of assess the damage and the situation there. so different us an update, phili philip. >> yeah, i actually spoke to you on saturday night, up with of the last gas stations opened. this is a1a known as ocean boulevard around here. they have really nice condos and hotels and this is one of the areas, they're trying to get opened now, you can see a canopy there that flew you a one of these high rise buildings. we are only a block away from the ocean. the storm surge or a concern they had some we know these hurricane force winds were knocking down these trees. we know we talked to police here, they said there was a downed power line, so that's why we had to ke

now in the coming dis, places in central and north georgia are also preparing for heavy winds. the transit system in atlanta already can selling rail and bus service, believe it or not. in some areas, schools are closed today. some are, in fact, closed tomorrow as well. >> all right. let's go back to florida where nbc news' bill manna is standing by in hollywood, florida. you have been making your way around that city to sort of assess the damage and the situation there. so different us an update, phili philip. >> yeah, i actually spoke to you on saturday night, up with of the last gas stations opened. this is a1a known as ocean boulevard around here. they have really nice condos and hotels and this is one of the areas, they're trying to get opened now, you can see a canopy there that flew you a one of these high rise buildings. we are only a block away from the ocean. the storm surge or a concern they had some we know these hurricane force winds were knocking down these trees. we know we talked to police here, they said there was a downed power line, so that's why we had to ke

wins have been gusting into the 60s across areas as far north as north georgia. rainfall totals have been extreme. we are going to see it continuing to pull north. tomorrow evening we will mostly be done. >> bret: hopefully you will get a break. nice job. now to our other major story, the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. today was president trump's turn to guide the nation through the memories. here is john roberts. >> for the first time in his presidency, as his predecessors have done for 15 years prior, president trump led a moment of silence at the white house today for the victims of 9/11. from the white house to the pentagon to wear 184 people died. >> we know not a single day goes by when you don't think about the loved ones stolen from your life. >> the president, who has launched a newly aggressive policy against terrorism, insisted 9/11 will stand as a beacon in the fight against extremists. >> we are making plane to these savage killers that there's no dark corner beyond our reach. no sanctuary beyond our grasp and nowhere to hide anywhere on this v

the system is now a tropical storm as it moves north toward georgia. the sun, now breaking through in florida. we will soon see the extent of that damage left behind. >> right now, house-to-house searches are about to get under way in florida keys. police will be looking for survivors now that the storm passed through. here is where things stand at this hour. so far, no confirmed deaths after the storm made land fall twice. crews are still assessing some of that damage. millions are without power across florida. we are still monitoring the possibility of tornadoes in the northeast, areas of florida and north georgia today. in the meantime, local first responders on alert this morning, ready to assist in the disaster. teams from northern california arrives in florida before hurricane irma rolled through. that includes more than 100 troops from the national guard, 129 rescue wing based in the field. sergeant joseph says they expect to be mobilize zed sometime today. >> the goal here is to assist and aid anybody that sheltered in place and then, through u

heavy rain now across much of north florida and southern georgia. on-shore winds back into tampa bay. we' we showed you that video of the dogs. the wind is blowing the water back in. as far north as i think the rain shield is going to make it today. as far southwestern georgia may be to south hill virginia. for us today. here's future weather. we'll see a gradual increase in cloud cover. here's 7:00 tonight. skies, plenty of sunshine early. filtered sunshine at that. more clouds coming in later today. dry on our future weather model. here's 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. there's the leading edge of those rain showers. tomorrow will be the first day we need the umbrellas back. unfortunately, once we get the umbrellas out tomorrow, we might have several days in a row with rain chances. enjoy today. off to a cool start. 40s in the shenandoah valley. mid-50s around town. if you're planning out our monday, plan a nice one. high of 75 degrees. down at 7:22. we'll take a look at future weather through the rest of the week and i'll partner up with my buddy sheena in a

north it will continue to weaken. as soon as hurricanes hit land it starts to degrade the system. but it's going to continue to have hurricane-force gusts all the way up into southern georgiaareas from pretty much the rest of the evening from kissimmee to orlando and further north. an ocala up to gainesville as it makes its way up to the north. as it moves father north we'll see localized flash flooding. it will start speeding up, the forward movement is 14 miles an hour. the faster it goes the less we'll see in the flash flood threat. but the winds. those winds clearly are strong enough to down trees and down power lines. in those situations. most of deaths from hurricane, tornadoes, flash flooding in the united states occur not because the danger snuck up on people it's because people pig mored the warning. they went into danger area, they drove into floodwaters. they weren't paying attention. they ended up driving over, stepping into an area that saw a downed power line and got electric cute. they did not -- they got electrocuted. as this system moves north it will continue to be a threat for large areas to lose power at times. you need to make sure the entire northern

the flood watches extend all the way to north georgia.expansion of this storm does not stop at the peninsula of florida, southwest, south carolina and also eastern alabama in there. >> the region is so big, the region of destruction. >> a lot of times we talk about storms being a massive storm and i often say hold on guys, let's hold on, it's relatively small. this is massive in size and in intensity. those things do not always come together but in irma's case it does. >> which is why we'll stay on this all day long. we'll take a minute break right now and then come back and expecting to hear from the governor of florida press conference in just a minute. you can follow the breaking news with our abc news app and we'll have continuing coverage all day long. a special edition of "world news tonight" with david muir and a special on this hurricane. so much destructive force. abc news will be with you every step of the way. test. >>> i'm nydia han along with gray hall. >>> hurricane irma hit florida. the storm is being blamed for several dea

north. we are wrapping things up here in central and southern florida. you get a great day. that's certainly good news, georgia and areas of north florida dealing with that storm. >> let me ask you quickly with georgia. one of the issues we were talking to in the days leading up to the weekend, was the concern of storm surge, now we have been focusing on the wind gust and debris and what that means for folks in florida. what can they expect? >> the high tide circle around mid-day, four-to-six feet of water will be coming n. it's also, they are dealing with torrential rain. so the combination of that they will see levels like what they saw last year with matthew. >> right. >> that flooding is devastating, it killed i think 20-something people there. we could be looking at that same type of situation. it's the delayed on set. so hopefully everybody took those precautions. >> it is as prepared as florida was as well. >> they have the tornado threat the heavy rain threat and also the storm surge, but today, it looks like things will start to wrap up by tomorrow. >> quickly, how many tornado did we register yesterd

heavy rain is expected monday throughout north georgia and metro atlanta where many schools and businesses are already closed. alabama officials are also getting ready. >> reporter: irma spent a record-setting 3 days and spent category 5 at the highest known in the gulf of mexico or caribbean sea. >> reporter: one of the things that has been so remarkable about the storm is the unpredictability, here in tampa they were expecting it to make landfall as a category 4 but it went east and over the state and landed here in tampa at a much lower strength. >>> one key concern with hurricane irma's blackouts as transformers explode. pg&e e crews are in florida during up to bring power back. >> we will have a go time start tomorrow, an all clear and this is a wonderful and humbling feeling to know we are part of supporting spl. >> bay area firefighters are pitching in to help those in need, california task force 4 head 80 members from oakland and alameda county fire, they are waiting for irma to pass so they can start rescue efforts. >> there talking about 12 hours of sustained hurricane winds, so

as hurricane irma moves north towards georgia. this morning we are getting a look at more of the damage from overnight. this is a live shot of the flooding in orlando. the storm has been downgraded to a tropical storm but the worry now is storm surge, heavy rain and high winds. ( mark ) and take a look at this... this is the scene out of riviera beach, florida. a downed power line causing a fire. fire officials think the line fell on a car and set the car on fire. four million people are without power across the state this morning. ( darya ) breaking overnight... a mountain lion sighting in san mateo county. it happened just before 12:30 this morning. the county sent out an alert saying the mountain lion was seen in the area of polhemus road and ticonderoga drive in the eichler highlands neighborhood. people in the area are being advised to be on the lookout and keep their pets indoors during dusk and evening hours. ( mark ) now to bay area football where the raiders opened their season with a win on the road.( darya ) kron four's

to the north and east, we still have torrential rain. flooding a concern across georgia and parts of north carolina. this high wind is producing tornadoes. the track will be a steady diminishing of intensity, but capablehuge cloud mass of producing a lot of rain. much of the rain is moving this way, not so much west. itself drawn toward the mid-atlantic friday into saturday morning. we could get some showers and thunderstorms at that point. but that is a long way down the road. for this day, we are at the northern edges of circulation. showsite radar clearly everything circulating through the atlantic and headed northwest. futurecast gives you an indication of high cloudiness moving across the area. wind coming east. this is a combination of high pressure to the north and circulation to the south. it is driving easterly wind. we get through tonight and some of the showers over the northern fringes will get up to virginia and possibly even to our area here. also, a quick word on hurricane jose. it is the real deal. a looks like it will do little loop in the next four or f

and rainfall, 15-plus inches, 8 in north georgia possible with the flood watches. >> watching the rain, ginger and the storm surge at this hour. >>> in the meantime, we turn to florida's east coast. parts of miami and miami beach are already under water. the hurricane was wider than the state of florida. and construction cranes have toppled. gio benitez is live there. >> reporter: good evening. you and ginger just talked about the storm surge. it's turned roads into rivers, this goes for blocks. evidence that a powerful system moved through here. tonight, massive flooding in downtown miami. rising water swallowing street signs. this hotel swamped. madeleine wright from our miami affiliate, wplg, in the middle of the storm surge. >> this is a street. it is not a river, but it looks like it. >> reporter: this car finding itself in the path of the flood waters, suddenly forced to back up. the rain relentless for hours, creating blinding conditions. i don't think i ever would've described a hurricane and sort of compared it to a blizzard. that's what this looks like here. gusts approaching

farther north, georgia governor nathan deal ordered evacuations along the atlantic coast. residents of savannah lined up to catch buses out of town. and at camp david, president trump and his cabinet members received briefings on the planned response by the federal emergency management agency, fema. >> sreenivasan: the southernmost part of florida and the united states is key west, and it's currently in irma's direct path. the keys are a group of small islands connected by bridges, and they're closer to havana than miami. some 80,000 residents were ordered three days ago to evacuate. but staying behind is craig cates. he's been the mayor of key west since 2009, and joins me now on the phone. first mayor, the decision to stay, why stay? >> well, you know, we had to be here after the storm, and we want to make sure we were here right to-- at least right up to the storm where we could tell all the residents to keep them going into shelters. we open shelters at the last minute here. and we put a lot of residents in there, and we just need to be here to make sure that we do eve

the danger isn't quite over, but hurricane irma will continue to weaken as it heads north into georgiay to mark the anniversary of 9/11, president trump offered his condolences to those caught in the aftermath of hurricane irma. before we begin i'd like to send our nation's prayers to everyone in the path in hurricane irma and to everyone suffering through the devastation of hurricane harvey. these are storms of catastrophic severity and we're marshalling the full resources of the federal government to help our fellow americans in florida, alabama, georgia, texas, louisiana and tennessee and all of those wonder places and states in harm's way. when americans are in need, americans pull together and we are one country and when we face hardship, we emerge, closer, stronger and more determined than ever. let's talk to our correspondent gary 0'donoghue who is in tampa. too early to talk about recovery, but it would seem the worst is over? yes, we're just experiencing a little storm at the moment, but in terms of tampa and this area, these are the dying embers of what we've experienced here

the storm has been downgraded to a tropical storm and is heading north towards the state of georgia.t is daylight in miami now, people have had some hours to get used to what has happened. how bad is it?” am staggered by how quickly this city is returning to normal. yesterday, this street was a raging torrent, a river of storm surging floodwaters running through the financial district. today, it is more of a puddle, because hurricane irma did not last that long. it was not like harvey, sitting over the state for days on end dumping rain. florida had a plan, put the plan in action merrily on in the week. miami has had many upgrades since hurricane andrew 25 years ago. nevertheless, there is still 75% of the state without power, 72% in miami, but businesses are saying that this is more of the clean—up operation than a recovery. my colleague has the latest on that. after a day of darkness and furyk, miami opened its eyes to the aftermath. boats were lifted clean out of the bay and dumped on the shore. —— darkness and fud. people are emerging from their shelters and barricaded homes to s

as this continues to travel north, a good portion of georgia and south carolina will feel the impacts. as i mention, it's not only a wind producer, it's a rain producer as well you can see a good producer of georgia, 5 to 8 inches of rain would not be surprised if a few areas of southern georgia pick up more than 4 to 8 inches of rain, as much as 15 inches as this drops a lot of rainfall send it back over to you. >> david, now a category 1 hurricane as we left things for friday evening is this a slightly better circumstance monday morning than we had feared? >> yeah, it's a i little bit of good news/bad news the good news is it is weakening. the bad news is that it shifts to being a huge rain producer. it covers several states at this point and it has severe winds with it. it will be a tropical storm in a few hours. >> david biggar, thank you very much look at the scene throughout ft. lauderdale as hurricane irma washed up shore. contessa brewer joins us good morning >> reporter: good morning there, will fr wilfred. we're in a brief period of calm after a very long sunday of storms wh

. >> it is a tropical storm now and regardless of that it's still dumping rain in parts of north georgia and the carolinas and a lot of wind. max winds, 65 miles an hour and it will quickly be weakening to the remnants as it nears northern alabama and parts of western tennessee. so those areas seeing a lot of rain and wind. tampa still has the onshore flow and they're still looking at that as an issue and as far as the rain is concerned, heavy rain into much of georgia, south carolina and that rain moving into alabama and these are concerns. locally, though, we have the cloud cover from irma just to our south. so this will be moving in later today and then we can expect some showers from it, too. coming up in just a bit we'll talk about local impacts and when the rain chances will go up from the remnants of irma. that's straight ahead. >> all right, sheena, thank you. >>> we are remembering the events of september 11th, 2001. first lady melania trump joined him for a moment of silence at the white house this morning at the same time the first plane struck one of the twin towers in new yo

. >> farther north georgia's governor ordered mandatory evacuations starting on saturday. a team of bay area first responders returned home tonight. >> they understand what lies ahead for their fellow team members. >> abc 7 news reporter has the story from men low park. >> these firefighters are glad to be home. they have turned in their gear. it needs to be decontaminated and handed off to the next crew. the trucks rolled in one by one. inside heroes who spent the last week and a half helping rescue victims from hurricane harvey. fire chiefs from around the bay area came to welcome them back home. >> it was a long drive, long trip and we're glad we were out there and had had a great experience given the unfortunate circumstances we were there to help which was awesome. >> reporter: some are retired, active. they're all part of an elite team fema uses to respond to natural disasters iround the country. they specialize in water rescue. >> there's always the safety hazards we have to worry about. electrical wires, cars we couldn't see under the water, fences. there's always

the flood watches extend all the way to north georgia.orm does not stop at the peninsula of florida, southwest, south carolina and also eastern alabama in there. >> the region is so big, the region of destruction. >> a lot of times we talk about storms being a massive storm and i often say hold on guys, let's hold on, it's relatively small. this is massive in size and in intensity. those things do not always come together but in irma's case it does. >> which is why we'll stay on this all day long. we'll take a minute break right now and then come back and expecting to hear from the governor of florida press conference in just a minute. you can follow the breaking news with our abc news app and we'll have continuing coverage all day long. a special edition of "world news tonight" with david muir and a special on this hurricane. so much destructive force. abc news will be with you every step of the way. test. >>> this is an abc news special report. hurricane irma. now reporting, george stephanopoulos. >>> good day. that hurricane irma is bi

even everything in the yellow is still tropical force winds and they will run into north georgia and atlanta. you will see some high tides. it's likely rising in fort myer myers. as soon as the system passes through the tampa area , that will be a position where the tide will rise. looking at the storm surge of 5 - 10 feet and that's a base level. any waves crashing will be happening on top of that. >> we had a viewer asked on social media, what about hurricane josÉ. florida has its hands full with hurricane irma but what about the next storm. >> nothing right now is telling us that josÉ will be the next storm but i did want to bring this up, there is josÉ spinning out right now. this looks like a hodgepodge. this is a whole bunch of models. what they are doing is taking this category three, doing a loop and then this is the u.s. coast. bringing it back this direction. the fact is that we are ten days out heading back that direction, there's a lot of people taking notice of this and we will watch it really closely for the next ten days or so. >> wow. thank you for that. >> fingers cr

getting winds and gusts, that will lift across the state, and by tomorrow evening, folks in atlanta, north georgia to 50 perhaps gusting to 60 miles an hour. there is a lot to deal work no surprise, that the entire state still under the hurricane warning for now, and portions of south georgia, then a tropical storm warning to atlanta, and even up against north shore, large area continue to be watch. melissa: add am, every time something like this happens we learn about atmospheric science, you heard that boat camp an, -- captain talk about as storm moved in water went out, and his boat was on the sand, others describing the same thing. it you tell us about that. >> that is scary, i've seen photos that are mind-blowing, the sea seems like it left. the storm surge that we're talking about, that has to come from somewhere, most of that comes from other places on the coast. so if there is 10 feet of water outside your door, someone else is missing that 10 feet of water, we have a lot of moisture in clouds rain. it comes from somewhere, the images have been mind-blowing to see how much water is pulled

heavy rain bands as far north as georgia. there is the eye wall moving to the north and to the west. now we will be experiencing storm surge up and down the coast line of florida. that is the next major concern. high tide cycles later this afternoon and this evening. chris in. >> we're going to keep checking back in with you. when do we get the next update from the national hurricane -- >> we'll get a full path at 11:00 a.m. but they are updating each and every hour. >> thank you, steve. appreciate that. let's turn to ft. lauderdale. that's where msnbc is on the ground. there's a tornado warning in effect in fort lauderdale? >> as a matter of fact, it happened to just expire not too long ago, but what we are experiencing right now, 200 miles away from the keys where steve was just talking about, we are now experiencing the strongest gusts of rain and wind that we have seen so far this evening. this is -- this morning, rather. this is so strong. as a matter of fact, the florida police -- the fire department, rather, they tweete

jacksonville, the wind, rain and energy from this storm move to the north and spread out to north alabama, georgia and arizona. >> first responders from the bay area are in florida tonight ready to help with rescues and relieves from hurricane irma. 3.5 million customers don't have power. abc news kordel bernard talk to someone who regrets not leaving his home. >> the street is completely flooding. water is beginning to encroach on my house. >> reporter: that's my former colleague riding out irma from his house in for tt. meyers flo. >> i am in my bedroom but i have an anterior bathroom to set up. >> reporter: john's power has been out for hours but does have a generator. he lives outside the mandatory evacuation zone and chose to stay put but many of his neighbors got out days ago. >> i'm going to be honest, i think i would have left town on wednesday. >> we're looking at the sleeping arrangements that were housed in the gymnasium. >> reporter: tech sergeant joe prowl shows us the -- staging in northern florida. these pictures show a risky air mission on saturday when equipment and personnel were

look at these feeder bands, still coming in here and the atlanta area north georgia seeing a lot of rainrom this. the storm is going to move, continue to move up to the north and west. and then eventually it will move back over towards parts of d.c. what does that mean for us? we'll see some showers, not expecting much in the way tomorrow. just cloud cover. 1:00, here we are about 5:00, maybe an isolated shower or two, but most of your tuesday dry. here comes the rain on tuesday night into the day on wednesday. here's 5:00 a.m shower activity during the day on wednesday. but not a whole lot of rain then either. we're not going to see a lot of rain. we're not going to see much in the way of wind with this storm either as it moves out to sea. eventually possibly picking up jose. if you can see jose east of miami, portions of the bahamas. where is this storm going to go? amelia 1k3i678 be amelia and i have been looking at it all day. >> we hope it stays out to sea. a category 2 hurricane, south of the bahamas, north of thank you, a -- turks and caicos. we're going to see it sit in a similar

the national hurricane center says irma's impact will reach as far north as georgia, tennessee, alabama and south carolina today. coming up on good morning washington - remembering nine eleven. a live look at the pentagon as we mark sixteen years since the septemeber 11th attacks, still ahead. hurricane - irma weakening, as it moves over the western florida peninsula - next update from nhc at 5am - increasing clouds from irma today - cloudy & cool tomorrow; few showers late - unsettled work week; warming late week today: sunny and high clouds. highs: 74-77 winds: ne to e 5 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. lows: 54-61 winds: ne 5 mph tuesday: overcast. cool. a few showers late. highs: 71-75 winds: e 5 mph julie toss to break (vo) there's a freedom about asheville. an unspoken invitation to discover who you really are. here, the world is a big, beautiful place filled with adventure. take it in. visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out. with a live look at irma's wrath in florida the storm, heading north right now and leavi

georgia and the carries. the national guard as far north as north carolina. nearly 700,000 people in florida are rushing to get out. some of the major highways, i-95, i-75, have seen gridlock and shelters are opening up in miami dade county. people are satisfying this very seriously. what makes this very different, this storm unlike andrew, which sliced through east to west, this one, the projected path could go from south to north. basically engulfing the entire state so there's no way to get out. some people are hunkering down. others are rushing north, trying get out of irma's path. >> bill carnes is at the nbc weather center. i wonder about florida. not tonight, the conversation about climate change. but it is a fact, florida has very low ground level. very close to sea level. it wouldn't take much for a surge to sweep that peninsula of the. >> that's an excellent point. this is completely different than harvey. this devastation will be caused by the winds and the storm surge near where the lavell will be. there will be areas hit so hard that they'll be u

far north georgia encompassing much of eastern alabama, suburbs of atlanta all the way into south carolinaing up in the next hour, we'll talk more about that, wolf. sustained winds are at 50. by stock market morning down to 40, continuing to lose its strength. thank goodness there will never be another harvey or irma. those names will be retired. >> good point. we'll check back in the next hour. >>> more on the breaking news. after hammering florida from one ind to the other, irma moves north as a tropical storm bringing high winds and high water to georgia and the carolinas. left behind, a path of destruction. as communities begin to assess the damage. welcome! how's it going? hi! okay, so you've got two friends here. yes. this is the j.d. power award for dependability. now i want you to give it to the friend that you think is most dependable. ohhhh. ughh. wow. that's just not fair. does she have to? she doesn't have to! oh, i don't? no, but it's a tough choice, isn't it? yes. well luckily, chevy makes it a little easier. cause it's the only brand to earn j.d. power dependability awards f

north, to the west palm beach area, it's not slowing down. it's still 140. then it makes aim somewhere near the coast of georgia, south carolina or north carolina and still a category 4 or category 5 hurricane. that's the rub with this storm, there's nothing that we can do to make it hit nothing. this is so big, we are going to get damage somewhere. i just want you to notice, i don't know if this is true or whether it's just slightly a wobble, but if you look at the last couple frames, right there, the storm turned to the north a little bit. that was not in the forecast. we'll see if this is a meaningful change or just a wobble and it goes back on its path. we'll know probably in an hour or two to see what this is going to do to see if it does change path a little bit, which would make the forecast different. by 11:00, you will know. >> chad myers, we'll check in with you, as always. >> unbelievable, watching the path of that storm. we want to go to haiti. the storm is passing the dominican republic and haiti as we speak. paula newton is there. paula? >> reporter: given what chad said, a move to the north is ig

it weakens to a category 1 but still cuts a vast trail of destruction as the storm moves north towards georgia. >>> reinsurance stocks rally as they count the relief. it could top $65 billion. >>> highs and lows for the drug makers roche falls on the failure of a skin cancer drug while novartis rallies astrazeneca gets a boost. >>> and leaks ahead of apple's product launch reveal the tech titan could be ready to unveil a phone that costs $1,000. >>> good morning, everyone it's monday. how are you? did you have a good weekend? >> i did i was put to work in the garden by my mom. >> you were physically active? >> very, very physical very active. >> in a way if we take a look at markets today, they're seemingly very calm. it's because we didn't have the latest missile test coming out of north korea that was factored into the markets because we saw that founding day in north korea over the week end are you surprised it didn't happen or do you think it's precisely because everyone was expecting it that they didn't do it >> i think it's going to ebb and flow it's going to be very, very episodic i thi

they've closed a number of public schools across north georgia.his is what has been very troubling. now it's about 55 miles to the south-southeast of key west, florida. looking very impressive on the radar imagery as it swirls with winds of 130 miles an hour. because it is going to interact with this land mass, it may lose some of its energy, but we've been saying all along, don't focus on the winds, on the rain, all of those specifics. we're worried about all of those combined and the storm surge. there was a report earlier from a woman in the keys who said there's already eight inches of water in my house. the obvious question is, was that rainfall? she said, no, we really haven't had that much rain. at that point, she said this is the surge. this is the surge you talk about. so it is remarkable. and literally we saw some tornado warnings out right around ft. pierce and interstate 95. this area from melbourne all the way down towards miami is in a tornado watch. we'll see some of those tornado warnings spin up. but the worst is yet to come, and

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georgia made the plays on defense at the end. and the trip up northwill mean a very happy return. win one for jake fromm in his first opportunity as a starting quarterback. all these georgia fans have made a weekend out of it. some are heading back to chicago tomorrow to go watch the falcons. kirby smart is standing by with kh kathryn. >> kathryn: coach, what can you say about your team tonight? >> chopping wood. coach tucker, he had them playing hard. they love him and they played r relentless. we got do clean things up. we got a great team but you talk about sloppy. penalties, penalties, you can't do that. >> what did you say to fromm? >> just a great kid, a winner. we brought 40,000-some fans down here and these guys are awesome. >> kathryn: thank you, coach. appreciate it. >> mike: they'll get eason back but they got a couple of good ones. they're going to go sing "glory glory" as they enjoy a special night on this trip. what did you do in the first start of your college career? i won at notre dame stadium. i'm jake fromm. you'll hear what brian k

georgia made the plays on defense at the end. and the trip up northwill mean a very happy return. win one for jake fromm in his first opportunity as a starting quarterback. all these georgia fans have made a weekend out of it. some are tomorrow to go watch the falcons. kirby smart is standing by with kh kathryn. >> kathryn: coach, what can you say about your team tonight? >> chopping wood. coach tucker, he had them playing hard. they love him and they played r relentless. we got do clean things up. we got a great team but you talk about sloppy. penalties, penalties, you can't do that. >> what did you say to fromm? >> just a great kid, a winner. we brought 40,000-some fans down here and these guys are awesome. >> kathryn: thank you, coach. appreciate it. >> mike: but they got a couple of good ones. they're going to go sing "glory glory" as they enjoy a special night on this trip. what did you do in the first start of your college career? i won at notre dame stadium. i'm jake fromm. you'll hear what brian kelly has to say on his press conference. on the

and finally pushing back up into north georgia and even the carolin carolinas. le here's the map.del in blue, american in red. yesterday, they didn't agree. well, today, they do. right over the keys, just to the east of naples, west of miami. the this also means that miami is going to be on the right side of the eye. that's always the highest wind side. and then up right through orlando. now look at the cone. where does it hurricane center have the cone? right over the models, as ut' expect. john. >>> florida, is a can't miss right now. for hurricane irma and it is not the kind of can't miss that you ever had bch. chad myers an important forecast. poppy? >> pretty terrifying looking how close those two model the are this morning. right up through the center of where you are. let's get perspective from the mayor of south florida. thank you for being with me. the just your reaction from what we heard from our meteorologist. those two models take this storm up through miami. >> well, no reaction here. we're ahead of it. he's got it exactly right. that's what we're looking at. the we'

strength over land, still about the size of texas having subsumed the state of florida, heading north into georgia. clouds now visible in north carolina and virginia. a lot of storm left. a lot of coverage left for us after this. >>> yeah, wow, i got to say, guys, this is the strongest. in fact, i'm going to take a knee for a second. because it's kind of like exhausting to stand there for a little bit. >> this is rain that -- wow, is hitting me. wow. >> okay, why don't you get under the overhang. >> these winds are coming and they have not stopped in the last five, six, seven minutes. and it does not look like, brian, there is any signed sein of them letting up. >> right now it's full force hurricane, no question about it. and the beating that marco island, naples, everglade city, ft. myers are going to take are going to be something you're not ever going to forget. >> that last guy there, mike bettes of the weather channel, these are all friends of ours. these are all friends of ours who chose to put themselves in the line of danger today to bring the story to you. and i know a good many people w

now, tracking irma as it continues to work its way from south to north towards georgia, we can see byonday morning at 8:00 a.m., expected wind speeds 75 miles per hour. so at that point, it would have become or will become a category 1 hurricane for irma but it will continue to work its way northward through georgia, touching atlanta, going to the west of it as a tropical storm and eventually becoming a tropical depression as it continues to work its way north, westward, through the tennessee valley. so there's a lot more to come with hurricane irma. and we'll be tracking that for you. so follow us on social media @ nbcphiladelphia. coming up in just a bit, we'll talk about what to expect for your monday morning. the week does not start off that bad. >>> nbc 10 has been bringing you continuous coverage of hurricane irma all day. and we'll continue to do that into tomorrow morning. but you can always get instant updates and alerts at any time with the nbc 10 app. >>> new at 11:00, a man is in custody in connection with a deadly crash in philadelphia's taconey neighborhood. police say a

the storm will not stop here, current weather models have it heading up north toward georgia. >> thank you stephanie. >>> 100 members of the new jersey army national guard are shipping out ahead of the storm part of the 253 transportation company outfitted with high wheels military vehicles to get through flooding. task force one has been activated. they have just returned from duty during hurricane harvey. "action news" reporter, brian taff is heading to florida to cover hurricane irma. you can find his live reports beginning later today. >>> 5:38 a.m., now to a developing story in spring garden, a father was gunned down in front of his 2-year-old daughter during a robbery. the victim gave up the money, but the thieves opened fire anyway. the father parked the car on mellon street. neighbors rushed to the side of the 38-year-old man. >> by the time we ran up to him, people were bandaging him and holding him. >> reporter: where was he shot. >> in the head and the face. there was a pool of blood. >> police are searching for two men described as being in their late teens and early 20s. a

. >> head and up to north georgia and ended up getting stuck right in the middle of it again when all came through. >> reporter: fueling up for the moment stretch loaded up with water gas cans generatorring and carrying with them a little anxiety about what waits at home. >> praying that everyone is safe. i don't even know how my home is. um in ft. lauderdale. we haven't been that. we heard it's been flooded in miami. >> journey of the past few days has been a long one. people are heading home exhausted. >> everything was just completely booked up. so we ended up catching a few hours of sleep here. >> you slept on the hood of your car? >> i d i did. it was more comfortable. >> i talked to one trooper who said that traffic picked up here on the turnpike almost as soon as the storm passed. but he says he does expect busy conditions and give yourself plenty of time. be patient. in osi yoel la county dana jay fox 35 news. >> with all eyes on maim understandable until recent days harvey has taken a back seat. residents in houston are still working to just put their lives back together whil

it will lifting into portions really north georgia by late monday and even tropical force winds gettingt could be 40, 50-mile-an-hour winds. how strong with those be in the initial landfall? these are wind gusts being projected we are expecting getting a gust up to 140 miles per hour. that would do huge damage. not consistent, but that's a really big numbers. >> jon: it is going to be a scary couple of days in florida. adam, thank you. i want to head out to miami, florida, where fox's bryan llenas is waiting for it to hit. bryan? >> we are here at the internet continental hotel with a sign to all those in miami. stay safe, and stay calm as well. that is what it says up there on that sign. this is downtown miami, and we have the bayside over here. that is chops on this side, and we have lightning that has been happening with the gusts of wind. they are expecting anywhere from 5-10 feet of storm surge depending on where it goes, and that will likely leave this area flooded. this is a mandatory evacuation area here in downtown. everybody always repairs, hurricane andrew, south of the city.

this storm pulls north into georgia as we get into monday. it's not just the wind and the rain it will be a tremendous storm surge with the storm. >> a huge system. we'll keep an eye on it. irma is inching closer to the united states slowly moving away from cuba as a category five storm. the hurricane which is larger than the state of florida. it's poised to hit the sunshine state sometime tomorrow. thousands have been ordered to evacuate leading to clogged highways and gasoline shortages, but some say they plan to ride out the storm. >> heck no. i've been here every other hurricane and never had a problem. you know. i'm not afraid of irma. maybe i should be, but. >> those people not heeding the word of advice from government officials state leaders not good advice they are taking. >> irma has killed 21 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes across the carribean. >> the situation is is great that some gas stations are running out of gas, abc's marcy gonzalez is in the storm zone as people brace for impact. >> reporter: an urgent

though much of the focus is on florida, forecasters own irma could also punish areas to the north in georgia and the carolinas. >> reporter: as you can see behind me, this gas station is boarded up. if you are ordered to evacuate, this is the last day to do so. authorities are saying it might be a safer bet than hitting the highways to find friends or family in the area. ann marie, if you are headed to a shelter, you need to bring three days worth of food and water. >> good to know, meg oliver in miami. >> meteorologist, troy bridges of our orlando affiliate, wkmg, has the latest on what's happening with irma. troy, good morning. >>> good morning, ann marie. the real concern is that we are going to continue to see this strong storm develop into a category 5, continuing at category 5 strength and weakening a little bit interacting with land there over cuba sometime through saturday before making that turn to the north into south florida. this is the latest track. of course, we will get a brand new track at 5:00 eastern time. we would like to see it move farther off to the east. there were ind

by the time it gets close to florida and then again it is targeting florida and also georgia, south carolina and northina. you can see it's now towards the east coast of florida, and models are are trying to keep it off the east coast of florida and that would aim it on the georgia south carolina border anywhere from north carolina in the outer banks down to the east and even west coast of florida, this is something that you will definitely continue to watch. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan back at home, we are dealing with our own nasty weather today. lots of clouds and chilly breeze and steady rain to the north and west and pop of heavy rain and all of this spreads to the east into the overnight hours. temperatures have not gotten out of the low 60s. a bit warmer at the shore temperatures in the 70s and rainfall over an inch of rain and parts of atlantic county with downpours and thunderstorms during the early afternoon hours. it's all along a stalled front. that is what brought severe weather this time yesterday. and putting on the brakes and energy arriving at 10:00 tonight and inten

brooshgs -- brooke, it conti break records, and it is just something up into the carolinas and north georgia records are falling. nice to see the dry air to infiltrate the system and the sunshine for the cleanup efforts, but of course, the rescuers continuing with the aid that needs to get out. as we are taking a look of this, there is a little bit of the wind coming in of course from the west coast, and we have not and will not see what is expected as far as some of the great damage of the surge after the storm made its way more inland and that is good news, baup kol of days ago we were talking about how this is 500 miles from naples that we were going to be talk about jacksonville, and jacksonville, because early on with the storm being so broad, we were seeing this wind flow coming in to northern florida, and they saw it first when the system was still well off shore off of the coast of south florida, so we know what happened with matthew a year ago, but now we are seeing the records broken and the surge is going to continue through the carolina coast. first watches and warnings and notic

i am based in north georgia in a very red district. we're the third reddest in the nation, and we have local candidates and congressional candidates that are progressive running throughout the ballot this year. one thing that we've run into is that we have a lot of candidates that have really good ideas, but the minute that we label them something like raising the minimum wage or green energy, people shut us down because of the terminology that we use is associated so much with so many negative things that they hear from the right that we cannot have a conversation. and we can't -- a lot of them would agree with what we had to say if they listened. and so, my question is, how do we reframe the topic so that we can talk about it without being immediately polarized on the subject of what it's called and how it's labeled? >> good question. thank you. let's go one more, then we'll do some input. >> i'm richard matthews. i'm a member of the board of save puerta ranch, fighting to protect the residents following the massive canyon natural ga

for the first time ever, a tropical storm warning is in effect for all the way into north georgia, from eastern alabama to south carolina. so that again is shocking people because still wind gusts are 50, even 60 miles per hour and we talked about the massive area of pine trees in here and they easily fall. heavy rainfall, tornado watch still in effect for parts of south carolina. charleston under a flash flood emergency. the state of florida issued 69 tornado warnings. the all-time record was 46. but i want to take a look at -- show you all of these numbers. florida, 6.5 million without power. georgia, almost a million yon. 930,000. south carolina, 166, almost 167,000. 45,000, alabama, new york -- that's a total of 7.67 million people without power. that staggers the imagination. but it's all going to come to an end and it falls apart over night tonight. >> thanks very much. before irma battered florida it left a path of destruction in the caribbean. millions are desperate for food, water and other supplies. a lot of places in the caribbean have not got the attention that they should.

coffee, it's grown in the north georgia mountains. these are brand-new leaves.rgia it's just not simple. we have no other choice but to keep them in buckets. these plants can survive very well during three seasons but they've got to go indoors in greenhouses for the winter. you've got to trick em. you've got to produce what they think is the rainy season. we ship 10 pounds out of just recently to japan. we ship it out to seattle. and alaska. we open up our first retail location and now we have our second one. and between those retail locations and our mobile food truck, that's how we really introduce folks so they can take georgia grown coffee home. people come in and we give them a choice not only from different coffees around the world but we give them a choice of trying something that's grown right here where they live. that's the success. right there is in that cup. tasting coffee that we were told can't be done. we're doing it. and i'm drinking it. what started as a passion to make something original... ...has grown into an enterprise. that's why i switched

this means 3, 6 inches of rain possible through north georgia into tennessee from this storm. and we'll quickly talk about the rainfall and the other effects that are down in florida for the most part. looking at up to 10 inches of rain in south florida from this florida, a little less as you move north and the storm will weaken. here's a brnd nu product that the hurricane center has put out this year, and that's the storm surge threat. now, you're looking at anywhere from the keys all the way up to west palm beach and around toward naples, because remember, this is an all-florida storm. this storm is about 350 miles across. florida is only about 150 miles across so it's an all florida impact storm. every city, every community gets impacted with hurricane-force winds and this rain and the possibility of the storm surge in those bright pink areas that are 5 to 10, that is 5 to ten feet. that's 5 to ten feet additional water. how we measure it in the u.s., when your ocean touches dry land, we're talk about 5 to ten feet above that. so taller than i am is the possibility of water