that was ron anderson talking to me earlierfrom that was ron anderson talking to me earlier from tampan talking to me earlierfrom tampa in florida. a million cubans have also been evacuated and there are reports of villages being engulfed by storm surges with whole communities left homeless. our correspondent is in the capital of cuba, havana, and he has been assessing for us how the country has coped. well, it has been an extraordinary experience being in cuba during hurricane irma and now it is reaching, it has reached havana. this is the bbc havana bureau and i'm speaking from inside because we simply can't go outside any longer. we're boarding in the building. miraculously we still have electricity but much of the rest of the building does not have that. as you can see behind me, the window is flexing with the winds that are buffeting the city and it is raining very, very hard out there. that, of course, is nothing in comparison to what cubans further east on the island have already experienced. these are just the last vestiges, really, of hurricane irma as she moves out of cuban t

ron anderson, a resident of tampa, who also runs the florida disaster consulting agency.us. that is the situation in florida. meanwhile cuba is counting the cost after the storm battered its north coast. the government says it caused significant damage and cut off power to large areas. more than a million cubans were evacuated and there are reports of villages being engulfed by storm surges, with whole communities left homeless. our correspondent, will grant, is in cuba's capital, havana. he's been assessing how the country has been coping. well, it has been an extraordinary experience being in cuba during hurricane irma and now it is reaching, it has reached, havana. this is the bbc havana bureau and i'm speaking from inside because we simply can't go outside any longer. we're boarding in the building. miraculously we still have electricity but much of the rest of the building does not have any of that. as you can see behind me, the window is flexing with the winds that are buffeting the city and it is raining very, very hard out there. that, of course, is nothing in com

ron anderson lives in lakeland, near tampa.any and used to help officials organise evacuations. we can speak to him now. thanks forjoining us, i know it's a difficult time for everyone. can you tell us what you are experiencing 110w tell us what you are experiencing now and how the preparations are going? good morning. here in lakeland going? good morning. here in la keland the wind going? good morning. here in lakeland the wind gusts probably haven't reached 25 mph yet but the storm is located around 250 miles south of us so i think it is close. we're expecting a lot of wind to occui’ we're expecting a lot of wind to occur here in lakeland. we will not get any storm surge over here but neighbouring communities in tampa will. we are just reading that the hurricane has now been upgraded again toa hurricane has now been upgraded again to a category four hurricane andi again to a category four hurricane and i know if you're living in the path of the storm that makes little difference as to weather it is a three or a four but nonet

linebacker ron anderson are the other two. burgundy and gold could be without the top returning target on sunday. >> whatever i have to do. it wasn't nothing major from the set, from the get go. it was just minor -- minor injury that, you know, i planned this whole week. it wasn't nothing. >> fresh off the biggest upset in college football history, howard is looking for an encore, the odds will be stacked against them the same way they were last week, that's 45 points at unlv. howard taking along, final note, ezekiel elliot will play the entire season. that came down right before it came on for this broadcast. the cowboys will have it and contact >> all right. chris myles. thank you. have a good weekend. >> thank you for joining us. "nightly news" is coming up he's our pediatrician, dr. ralph northam. born and raised in rural virginia went to vmi. trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldiers seriously wounded in the gulf war. eighteen years as volunteer medical director of a children's hospice. as lt. governor

delicious eye ron any when she tells anderson cooper they should abolish the electoral college and acceptn it was a year ago when she was badgering donald trump when donald trump asked will you accept the results of the election? and he said i don't know. and she said this: >> that's horrifying. you know, every time donald thinks things are not going in his direction, he claims whatever it is rigged against him. that is not the way our democracy works. that is a direct threat to our democracy. i'm not gonna try to call it anything else bus that's what it is. all this talk about the election being rigged, trying to stir up people who are supporting him at his rallies. that is a direct threat to our democracy. brian: this is getting sad at this point. that's why president obama had to pick up the phone the night of the election and basically make her understand that she lost. steve: she is mad at president obama. she is mad at bernie sanders, the bernie bros. i have a three hour show. ainsley: joe biden. steve: matt lauer. ainsley: now she is saying everything is rigged against her. in octo