sam teicher, you are from the united states.ou live on grand bahama as you try to restore the coral reef. what does it mean to have the president of the united states right nextxt door denying climae change? what kind of effect is that have on the islands of the bahamas, if it does? whatrst, i want to echo crystal set and a bahamian people have rallied to help people out here. tremendous credit to them. the priority is on rescue right now. you know, if i had a country club along the florida coast, i would want april reef that is healthy because if nothing else, it is going to lower my insurance rates because it will reduce storm damage. you can think about it from an economic perspective, public health perspective, human attain, ecological, national security. arctic, the the amazon -- all of these ecosystems and ultimately the impact of climate change affect people everywhere. i would really encourage the president to take better advice from better people. i think he has the ability to change his mind and to really use the resou

. >> sam teicher, thank you so much for telling us what you're seeing there. >> we're going to need helps the bahamas. we started a gofundme campaign. if you google hurricane dorian relief in gofundme, everyone is going to need help. they don't have the resources like they do in the united states. please, please, please do what you can to help the people in the bahamas. >> sam, thank you so much. >>> there are mandatory evacuations now in effect in parts of florida. i want to go to randi kaye at singer island. randi, this is a popular tourist beach. are people heeding warnings and getting out of dodge? >> reporter: they seem to be, i certainly hope so, brianna, because the hurricane is wobbling and getting close to singer island. it certainly has folks concerned. there was an official evacuation order given yesterday afternoon in this area. most people have gotten out of dodge. if you take a look -- it's hard for me to look, but if you pan down that way, you can see the buildings and the beach are pretty empty. those are hotels and condominiums. there's really nobody on the beach down th

sam teicher from freeport on grand bahama. best of luck to you and good luck with rescues and help-outs. i know people will be appreciative. >> thanks, shep. there's a fund called the close community fund. i can forward on information. if you look that up, really light now the best thing people can do is send in diapers to water, fuel, building supplies, power tools, boats. we've been here because the bahamian people need help. >> shepard: sam, good luck. thank you. >> thanks, shep. >> shepard: freeport is on an idea. it's worth a google look. here it is. just east of there, almost exactly due east of free point is marsh harbor. and then the next idea, great abaco. that's where it came ashore. that's the place we haven't seen images. that's the place where people haven't been able to get in in large number to find out if people are okay and what people need. the storm is largely away from them. we'll learn later today and tomorrow how bad all of great abaco is. marsh harbor, crown haven and the rest of them, a lot of work and

sam teicher. >> thank you very much. >> i know one team devotes itself to helping people in a emergencyam rubicon miebl eyeses veterans across the nation to help people repair and recover from disasters. they have people deployed in south carolina, north carolina. the chief operating officer of art rubicon. thank you for what you do. specifically today for this weekend, how are you prepared and prepared the areas where you're stationed for the storm? >> team rubicon has been actively engaged the past few days. we've watched the storm develop from the tropical storm as it has moved north. we've set up our emergency operation center in grand prairie, texas, which has served as a quarterback. we have teams, as you said, spread across florida, georgia, north carolina and south carolina and each of these teams has capabilities that they can bring to bear as the storm begins to play out. >> what's the most pressing need? >> right now i think the biggest pressing need is manifesting itself as we just heard from sam in the bahamas where the storm has hit and is basically stationary. so a lot of

>> sam teicher is in freeport, on the southern end of freeport.t is, as he said, fortunately the southern end of the island is not being hit as hard, but those winds, 100 mile an hour winds, 130 mile per hour gusts, that is still substantially stronger than most people can stand up to or most facilities they're in can stand up to. >>> all right. coming up, multiple people have been killed in a raging boat fire in california. dozens more are still missing. we've got the latest on the investigation and what caused the blaze. >>> and new details on saturday's deadly shooting in odessa, texas, which left seven people dead. we've got detail on a revealing phone call the shooter made to police before the shootings. more on the other side of this break. is break. tomer service, every time. our 18 year old was in an accident. usaa took care of her car rental, and getting her car towed. all i had to take care of was making sure that my daughter was ok. if i met another veteran, and they were with another insurance company, i would tell them, you need to jo