passy pete predicts how long summer will last. summer at this annual ceremony. it's pretty eccentric. he picks a scroll to determine whether maine will see an extended summer. >> it looks like he's pulled i'd like to drill down. what's the name of this river? >> it's -- >> it's, just say the name. >> i really need to know the name of this river. >> the gas wacky. >> moving on, moving on. we're going to ireland where video was captured of a bat flying around someone's kitchen. i've watched it maybe 20 times today. i can't get enough of it, now's your turn, watch. >> will you stop looking in the door? oh, catch him, daddy. no, he's there. the dog's pissing. >> the dog's pissing? this guy's in a panic. he's having a bad day. >> i love this. you need a you need a tennis racket. >> catch him, ♪ ♪ ♪ with the company trusted for more than 75 years, you have the compassion and strength of a name. giving you the power to keep pace. carefirst blue cross blue shield. live fearless. >>> this morning on "world news now." hurricane irma barrell

passy pete actually predicted six more weeks of summer in maine.> right now, we're covering some breaking news. we're just getting this in. officials have closed the entrance to washington adventist hospital. montgomery county firefighters tell us they're investigating a chemical spill and some people are being told to shelter in place. this hospital is on carroll avenue. you can look for updates on the nbwa >>> look. >> from an nation to rap to outer space, just a few of the short films featured in this year's d.c. short film festival. movie maker magazine calls it one of the best film festivals in the world. now in its 14th year, the festival starts thursday and runs through september 17 of programming. welcome. thank you for being with us. for folks who don't know, what qualifies as a short film? are we talking a few minutes, under an hour? >> a little bit of both. we tend to go by the motion picture arts and sciences, who define a short film as 40 minutes or under. and for us, that just made sense to sort of use that as the category. for us in

plus a couple of lobster men from maine predict six more weeks of summer, according to lobster passy pete. we'll explain. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> great being with you. i'm frances rivera. this morning puerto rico and florida are under states of emergency and the u.s. virgin islands are facing hurricane warning as hurricane irma, a category 4 storm, continues to grow stronger. residents in florida are already stocking up on supplies like food, water and gasoline before irma hits the main land. one home depot already running out of key supplies. governor rick scott said he spoke to president trump who promised full federal resources. in puerto rico, the head of the island's power authority says it could take up to six months for electricity to be fully restored after irma sweeps through. the power of irma was captured by hurricane hunters from the ocean atmosphere administration as they flew directly into the storm to check the strength and very ross it of the center of the hurricane. >> hundreds of thousands of young immigrants could see the groun

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