marked the twenty fifth anniversary of hurricane andrew the category five monster made landfall in south florida destroying more than sixty three thousand homes claiming sixty five lives and costing twenty six billion dollars in damages today one hundred forty five officers from florida's fish and wildlife conservation commission are in texas supporting search and rescue operations on houston continues to feel the brunt from harvie concerns are rising that miami could be next. or to. defense secretary james mattis signed orders to begin deploying troops to afghanistan today however details of the deployment will not be released until next week last week president trump announced the u.s. will be upping its commitment to what seems to be a never ending war and now we are learning new details about the already existing number of troops in the country or to the pentagon confirmed this week as more than previously thought are to correspondent on a pair of hello breaks down the numbers and how the military is able to shield the

the atlantic but his legacy will be heavy rainfall, looking at potential for more heavy rain in south florida, close to disneyland over the next several hours and we saw 6 inches of rain in a short time and four to six inches in south florida along the coast. otherwise the rest of the forecast is very hot on the west coast, heat advisories up and down california toward washington and oregon and scattered showers. we will be tracking the remnants of emily throughout the day today. ibly20 attempting to repeal obamacare, attempts are not dead yet. donald trump has anything to say about it, the president fuming at the senate since last week's rocky results they released on healthcare but senator lindsey graham is urging his colleagues to keep working on alternatives. graham offering legislation that could get 50 republican votes. >> i'm 1000% for donald trump on this. we should be politically horse whipped if we don't try again. the best idea we brought up, take all the money under obamacare and send it back to the states eagleing single-payer health care, the government closest to the people is

south florida scored 28 unanswered points and went on to win 42-22.as this fight stopped too soon? >>> straight ahead, was it worth the price? floyd mayweather, connor mcgregor. was this fight stopped too soon? and, and the saturday night local big leaguers, 31 games left for the giants, 33 for the a's. this... ...but conor macgregor, ea 1 >>> all right, broadcast rights did not permit us to show you highlights of this. but connor mcgregor, the great ufc champion. he was defenseless in the end. mayweather says he's retiring with a record of 50-0. after his share of promotion he stand to earn $200 million. >>> now to baseball. the giants fans, they're in arizona, they wanted to see the best of madison baumgarner. parker tied the game at 1. mad baum served it up to martinez, and he was not coming back. arizona won 2-1. >>> dennis eckersly was back in town. got to come from the side eck, come on man. bottom of the 3rd against texas. chad pinder got all of this one. a's win it final of 8-3. but everybody in the twitter world and social media all talking a

it is dumping rain across south florida as it towards and into the atlantic. all tropical storm warnings across the state have expired and most of the flood watches have been dropped as well about 31 counties are still under a state of emergency and total of 8 inches of rain are still possible in some locations by the time the storm is through. >>> now here's a look at the rest of today's forecast. >> good morning, emily downgraded to a tropical depression overnight, will strengthen to a tropical storm as soon as she clears florida bringing rain and thunderstorms across portions of miami. keep in mind as thee tracks toward the north expecting her to pass myrtle beach by 2:00 a.m. wednesday, cape hatteras 2:00 p.m. wednesday and moving out to sea and towards bermuda at 2:00 p.m. on thursday. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams with your forecast. >>> the olympic dilemma involving los angeles and paris is finally solved. >> los angeles will host the games in 2028 and leave the olympic games for paris. both wanted the earlier games. the international olym

he has connection to the community, south florida businessman, long-standing cuban family in south floridaowners meeting, and we'll see what happens. i mean, this thing is -- i mean, you've got to admit. how many -- i mean, it's the gift that keeps on giving. liz: can i quote meryl streep? by all means, feel free to move at a glacial pace. >> well, it's kind of interesting. liz: these things take time. >> these things take time but this is a -- this is a franchise. i mean, listen, why is the marlins, which is very mediocre -- mediocre financially. they actually lose money from what i understand. why do you have a bid of, like, over a billion for a franchise like this? well, it's a scarcity value deal. so the people want it. we should point out that if this deal gets done at a billion, the new york yankees, which right now have the -- are the most valuable team at something like three or four billion, will be when i talk to people will be worth like five billion. so it moves everybody up if this thing does sell for this price. i still don't think it's worth it. listen, all you have to do is

. >> eagles made a trade withseat still ahead in >> the dolphins are not the only south florida team.thes face the marlins. j.p. crawford plays third base for the iron pigs tonight. it's the second straight gameo so. crawford has a 4-3 over syracuse. the team from jackson new jersey scoring nine runs in the third inning. r.j. with two out today. jackson lives to play another day winning 12-9 facing connecticut tomorrow night. >> penn state is ranked sixth in the football poll. penn state opens september 2nd at home immense against akron. this saturday the soul faces the storm for the title. soul looking to make it back to back championships. thank you, ducis. finally those in wayne and haverford dined out for a good cause. the restaurants teamed up preston and steve for "dining out" with dogs. it cost about $2,000 for service dogs for military veterans suffering from ptsd and other combat related injuries. tonight they raise money.he's grateful. shn's g >> "jimmy kimmel channel6 followed by jimmy'syn and music from brett young. "action news" con at 4:30 meteorologist david murphey and ka

it's going to be love to gather for his second touchdown of the game but south florida has rallied for 21 straight points and now leads 21-16 with about five minutes left in the second quarter. ocolorado state opened its brand new football stadium by hosting oregon state. a wide open timmy hernandez for the first touchdown of the season. he threw a pair of td's and intercepted three times. tray thomas brings this back 34 yards. the rams dominate the second half and crush oregon state 58-27. and in just a few moments stanford will kick off its season in sidsny, australia. >> you got to win both halves of the game. >> you do. >>> there were tense moments as organizers . >>> we're staying on top of breaking news involving a series of protests and confrontations. that group eventually went to crissy field where a small group of counterprotesters met with them. civic plaza when marchers arrived for the peace, love and understanding rally and in berkeley, an interfaith group prayed for peace at the site of an antimarxist rally planned for tomorrow. we'll have more on 9:00 on kofy and abc 7 n

. >> them and the folks who were living there, living in south florida, arrived just after wilma or before which was pretty bad not as bad as sandy here but pretty bad and then every other week down in south florida is a hurricane announcement and people would run to home depot and spend a lot of money, pretty good for the economy. >> those companies it is, so many others get hit so hard. but a lot of folks because when the storm doesn't hit the way it's supposed to they stop doing those types of things and it takes one really bad storm to find outdo it, do every single time, this is one of those storm s. >> its been a while since wilma back in 05 that we've been and we'll come back and we want to talk as we always do about the financial impact of this and we're going to talk about the markets and everything else as well as the human toll we'll get a live report from galveston. let me get to the michael flynn and john wood is with us former u.s. attorney and former deputy associate u.s. attorney so the wall street journal comes out with this story this evening that michael flynn the former

. >> i'll take you to south florida for the first home game this reseason. >>> mainly in the clear, a couple of spots with some fog. a clear view of boat louse road u. doesn't that look nice? we've got a warm one ahead. i'll show you how warm in your neighborhood coming up. but first, your first alert traffic. ♪ walter? hmm? is that the rest of our food? what? no. how come you have cheese in your beard? because switching to geico could save you 15% or more on car insurance. oh! ok. geico. because saving 15% or more on car insurance is always a great answer. whoa! gross! >>> breaking overnight, police protection officers surround the frank rizzo tat chew statue. >> and president trump faces more backlash. >> tonight the birds and the bills meet at the link in the first preseason game at home. >>> everybody is excited about that. >> good morning. let's get right to bill in the first alert forecast. football weather tonight or tomorrow? >> primed for a win tonight. is that what you saw on the field yesterday? >> the temperatures are a couple points lower than yesterday which is making fo

it's going to be love to gather for his second touchdown of the game but south florida has rallied for 21 straight points and now leads 21-16 with about five minutes left in the second quarter. ocolorado state opened its brand new football stadium by hosting oregon state. a wide open timmy hernandez for the first touchdown of the season. he threw a pair of td's and intercepted three times. tray thomas brings this back 34 yards. the rams dominate the second half and crush oregon state 58-27. and in just a few moments stanford will kick off its season in sidsny, australia. >> you got to win both halves of the game. >> you do. >>> there were tense moments as organizers >>> tv's number one daily viral video show. "right this minute." . >>> we're staying on top of breaking news involving a series of protests and confrontations.s that group eventually went to crissy field where a small group of counterprotesters met with them. civic plaza when marchers arrived for the peace, love and understanding rally and in berkeley, an interfaith group prayed for peace at the site of an antimarxist rally

. >> the south florida management district paid hourly wage to special wranglers and they're trying everythingn dogs to training amateurs. >> hold it would two fingers. who wants to go first. >> they even hold competitions to encourage the public to get in onto hunt. >> you don't think might bite you. >> it might but then i'll pull it out of there. >> "nightline" spent the day with the cyprus boys who made it look easy. spotting one from their car. >> oh, my god. >> just watch it. >> come here. >> there he is. there he is. >> i see him. >> and in catching two more at once. >> jahhe holy [ bleep ]. >> they caught four that day. winning the python challenge by catching 33 in a month. >> ready. >> yeah. >> that's the same number these two caught in their trip in the sunshine state. >> our mission is not yet finished we're getting on to the boats to check some of the waterways because that's where pythons like to hang out. >> we island hop. >> got if. >> our team battles some very thick branches. heading for holes and other potential hide out zbrz in case one attacks. >> okay. >> where he goes i t

. >> heat will be a factor tonight at hard rock stayed yummed in south florida as the ravens head tod for the first time in the preseason. ravens and dolphins, tonight from miami! >> i'm so excited to be a raven. i came here because i want to hoof. >> maclin's fit. the ravens, defense, defense, defense. first four picks, they were one of the best defenses in

that, 62 to 7. >> i think stanford is good. >>> san jose state looking to make a splash against south floridabay. spartans jumped to a lead but turnovers doomed them. south florida wins last night in san jose. >>> up next on ktvu, the fox college football kick off. >> if you want more news, join clue dean, bill and yours truly as we head to ktvu plus. we are following the events that could happen in berkeley with the protests. >> we are following hurricane harvey. join us on the plus. thanks for joining us today. >> there are no easy paths on the way to greatness. each road is littered with the hungry, the hostile, the emboldened. >> ♪ i'm a pain dealer ♪ i'm a faith healer ♪ i'm a soul stealer ♪ and i'm coming for you >> along the way, 128 teams must navigate the perilous trails throughout this journey. >> death valley... >> the big house... [ overlapping voices ] >> there are no shortcuts. forgotten to the archives of history are the accomplishments of years passed, for this is a new season, a fresh start. >> ♪ they call me freedom falling ♪ ♪ don't you hear me calling? >> we dominate this

>>> tropical storm emily brought this unusual scene to florida. just southf cape coral, catfish trying to navigate the streets. it brought them out of their natural habitat. wildlife officials say these walking catfish can live out of the water with little or no oxygen. >> looks like sci-fi. >>> morning road condition, hopefully no run-ins with any catfish but driving west across the upper plains. flooding condition also stretch from arizona to east texas. >> that said guess where we have possible airport delays, miami. >>> a an inmate on the run after that mass jail breakoutin alabama. >> sunday a dozen inmates got out of the walker county jail near birmingham by using peanut butter. the sheriff said they used it to trick a new employee. that worker opened an outside door believing it was a jail cell. 11 of the escapees were recaptured monday. >> that might sound crazy but they're crazy like a fox. it was a human error. i'm not going to make any excuses. that caused it to happen. >> 24-year-old bradley kilpatrick is the inmate that is still on the loose. mu

we go throughout the entire weekend into monday, it could just stall and stay over the top of south florida. that would be a huge threat of fresh water flooding and river flooding throughout that area. so again, we don't want to see the storm intensify. it only has about 48 hours left to get stronger. we need to keep it weaker. we don't want to deal with wind problems. >> bill, thank you. >>> now we have a single winner of the record setting $758 million powerball jackpot. blake, what do we know about the winning ticket? >> it's not us. >> obviously. >> i wore my lotto green to bring us luck. didn't happen. someone in massachusetts is waking up a whole lot richer this morning. the winning ticket was sold right here, this tiny little store called the handy variety in watertown, massachusetts. this is just outside boston. since there was only one winning ticket, whoever won will get the largest single payout in u.s. lotto history. $758.7 million, the cash option in this case, $480 million. there was one larger jackpot in 2016, split by three winning ticketholders. so what does that cash do to

one takes it into south florida. just be advised, we do have irma, category 4.his is by tuesday at 2:00 p.m. so even next tuesday, it's still way away from lesser antilles, and puerto rico. we will keep that will be on our website, and our app as well. a live look outside. there is the cathedral. it's pretty comfortable. 83. dew point, 62. driving the heat index up 1 degree. i'll show you the radar again. a couple of showers essentially well north of us. essentially north of the border. i think most of these will lose their punch, but we'll keep the chance of a shower in tonight as we go through the next 6 hours or so. otherwise, just a cool night. temps inthe 60s. dry tomorrow night. showers possible by evening, but i want to emphasize, you can get stuff done tomorrow. cut the grass, that sort of thing. the other good news, nothing heavy from harvey is going to roll through the metro area. i don't see any flooding. yes, we could have a brief period of heavy rain, or a couple of thunderstorms overnight saturday. but for the most part, we're going to escape the f

. >> and south florida. >> correct. >> and we have a lot of structures in the community. one is the jewish community federation that you mentioned earlier which is kind of like a jewish community united way, that people donate to for the sake of the community. and people then, as a benefit of that donation, often times get a subscription to the newspaper. >> correct. and i wanted to turn it over to steve for a little bit to talk about how we function, how people can find us. >> well we call ourselves a newspaper, we are evolving. we use the term media outlet because there are many ways to access content now. we have a print edition that comes out twice a month. that is the traditional newspaper that has been publishing for 122 years. we have a new website. it is jay weekly.com. it was just designed and launched in january. it is breaking news throughout the day. it is updated throughout the day. if you sign up for the friday e- mail newsletter of the top stories of the week, you will also get breaking news as it happens in the community. and we are very proud of that. for

san jose state opens its football season on saturday when they host south florida. >>> scaffolding in napa is more likely for development than quake repairs. >>> hotels are all back. restaurants are, come, try them. >> also farmed salmon escape in northwest. one calls it a nightmare. another sells anglers, please, go fishing. >>> if it hasn't felt like summer to you much lately, don't worry. it's going to soon. i'll show you how hot it's going to get, coming up. >>> which repellants offer the >>> there's no formal commemoration of the earthquake that happened three years ago. what used to be the napa post office. wayne. >> reporter: good afternoon. used to be a post office and someday they are saying it may become a hotel, but nothing is confirmed yet. when you look at napa and their earthquake experience, there's a lesson here. this is a community that's gone through their big one. unlike the rest of the bay area that's still waiting. as the sign says napa, the words are three years later. >> it's easily the worst quake. >> fear. just absolute fear. >> reporter: that's how napa's 6.0

on the left side of the screen is a model of what south florida looks like now.e right side of the screen, what it could look like if the planet warms by 2 degrees celsius, which is 3.6 degrees fahrenheit, which two new studies indicate will happen certainly by the end of this century. key biscayne is located in that zone. the may year or of that city, m lindsay is joining us now. >> thank you. >> hi, mayor. >> hi, how are you? key biscayne like many coastal cities in the united states faces major challenges protecting its shoreline from the rising tides. what can be done on a federal level to protect coastlines from sea level rise and its environmental impacts? >> i know the communities in south florida are really undergoing a big challenge affecting real estate already, affecting freshwater distribution systems and sewage systems and so forth. i know several of the mayors down there have joined together on a bipartisan basis to say, hey, this is not political, we just need to solve this, and i know the mayor of miami nearby is a conservative republican and he r

san jose state kicked off its season today at home against 19th ranked south florida. this was also the first game for new spartans head coach. san jose is a 21-point underdog but has looked good early on. love to holmes for 32 yards. he gets down to the 14. a few plays later love will hook up with gaither for the touchdown. now late in the first, san jose state leads 16-0. the spartans have not been a ranked team since 2013. >>> colorado state opened its brand-new football stadium by hosting oregon state. jake lutton tried to spoil the party by hitting a wide open hernandez for the first touch of the season. he threw a pair of tds but was also intercepted three times. trey thomas brings this one back, 34 yards. the rams dominate the second half and crush oregon state 58-27. >>> and at 7:00 tonight, stanford kicks off its season in sydney, australia, by taking on rice. so the post christian >>> we're continuing to follow praeking news as the organizers of the patriot prayer rally back in san francisco. tonight at 6:00, a look at the heated exchanges as protesters confr

storm emily, now a tropical depression, has dropped up to eight inches of rain across central and south florida. it's expected to move off shore and run parallel up the eastern seaboard over the next few days kicking up some high surf on atlantic beaches. >>> meanwhile in the west, record heat is baking several states. 15 million people under heat advisories right now. forecasters say it could hit 108 degrees in portland, oregon. dangerous northwestern heat that will last at least three days. >>> tonight, authorities are working to identify the body of a man who friends and family fear was killed while searching for millions in hidden treasure. if the fatality is linked to the southwestern treasure hunt, it would be the third death and the second in as many months. with authorities calling for an end to the hunt, the man behind the fortune has no plans to stop it. here's nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer. >> reporter: where rapids cascade below the colorado rockies, a grim discovery, an unidentified body washed down river. friends and family fear it's 31-year-old eric ashby who mo

. >>> that tropical depression down south has moved off the coast of florida but not before creatingess. south florida got slammed by torrential rain and flash flooding yesterday. 7-inches of rain fell in just a few hours. in miami, parked cars were actually lifted off the ground when cars drove through the flood waters. much of the flood waters have receded but the cleanup gets going today. >> employees at a company in wisconsin actually lined up to get micro chips implanted into their hands. we first told you about this story last month. it's been getting a lot of buzz but yesterday was implant day. the chips allow the employees at the tech company to open doors, log onto their computers and buy snacks in the break room, all with the swipe of their hand. three square market says 41 of its 85 employees, so roughly half, agreed to be voluntarily chipped by a tattoo artist during the clip party yesterday. >> i thought it went great. you don't know how it's going to feel or what it's going to feel like but really in my opinion it didn't feel like anything. >> there it is so tiny. it's

. >> reporter: in south florida, another strange odor forcing a flight from ft. lauderdale to barbados, to make a u-turn. three flight attendants complaining of headaches. >> developing chest pains, somebody on oxygen because of the fumes. >> reporter: they were all treated on site. still not clear what caused the problems on the flights. the passengers destination. and jetblue is investigating. cecilia? >>> thanks. a jogger pushing a woman into a bus. it was caught on video footage. london police arresting a u.s. banker. but says they have the wrong man. >> reporter: it's the viral video shocking the internet. a jogger appears to push a woman in front of a london bus. look again at the man in the grey shirt. he runs along the sidewalk, straight into a woman walking the other way. she falls into the road, the bus swerving to miss her, just inches from her head. >> if it hadn't been for very good reflexes on the part of the bus driver or the level of force was such to push her even further into the road, almost certainly this could have ended in a fatality. >> rep

. >>> phillies set to entertain a team from south florida. the marlins.ould jp crawford be on the move to a new position. crawford played third base for the iron pigs. he'll do so again tonight. until yesterday he had never played another position other than short stop. with freddy galvis blocking his path to the major league level this would be away around it. >>> the ap college football poll is out. nittany lions ranked six. ally a is the number one team in the nation. >>> check out who was checking out the eagles this morning. charles barkley at practice. he always supports the local teams. the former sixers star says the jury is still out on the birds for this year. but he's rather bullish on the sixers. >> they're going to make the playoffs. i will be totally shocked if they're healthy, i mean, if they're healthy i don't think it's any way they can't make the playoffs. i love embiid. ben simmons i think he's got a bright future. obviously they got markelle fultz. i tell you what i would be totally shocked if the sixers did not make the playoffs. >> y

. >>> under new head coach, san jose state opened its season at home under 19 south florida. 10-0 sanose. then after a blocked punt, the combo strikes again. and it is 16-0 42-22 the final. next week, the spartans play poly. >> i thought our team played hard. and you know, it is frustrating because we didn't get the result we wanted. >> pre season football had the raiders in texas to take on the cowboys. derek carr looks this one to cooper for a 48-yard touchdown. 13-10 raiders. lewis grabs it out of thin air and returns it 65 yards. dallas takes the lead but with four seconds left. cook throws it into the end zone. cowboys win 24-20. and this abc 7 sports report has been brought to you by river rock casino. later in the show highlights from the a's and giants. >>> the top u.s. army is saying about the latest military fan. and growing at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with

the category 5 hurricane tore through south florida. 44 people died in the storm. it also leveled tens of thousands of buildings and left more than a million people without power. andrew hit in 1992 and is still the most ever hit florida. this morning, we're keeping an eye on another storm in the gulf of mexico. harvey could impact texas this weekend. but it shouldn't impact our weekend too much. we want to head to sheena with the forecast and a look at that. sheena, i have so many friends and family members in that area. it sounds like this is headed there. bit concerning this morning. what are we looking at? what are we talking about? >> it's concerning erika, because of the rainfall alone. i think they'll see a lot of flooding in parts of southern texas. you're right, this weekend won't impact our weather. that's going to stay in texas. next weekend, labor day, unfortunately, that's when we're looking at it impacting us with the remnants of what harvey is. i'm going to show you that in a second. where it's heading the track of all that and the timing. for this m

san jose state hosts south florida tomorrow night. >> petaluma based la gunitas is out with a new beer that's brews with cannabis extracts. it's only available in select locations in california including more than 40 bars and stores around the bay area. don't get too excited. this does not include thc. >> meanwhile, the tracy unified school district says it's alarmed by the rising trend in marijuana edibles showing up on campuses. the edibles are in the form of candy bars, cereal or other treats. they have come across ten cases of edibles since spring. administrators say they started appearing after the passage of prop 64 to legalize recreational marijuana. what is even more concerning to the district are the high levels of thc inside edibles. >> a young person was either sick because maybe they ate too much of it, and so as they got sick and then were in the office, we started to talk to them, we found out what was going on. >> the district wants to get the issue out in the open. it's scheduled a series of seminars next month at high schools for parents and students. >> uber is partne

. >> dangerous prank caught on surveillance video in south florida, someone threw a fire work inside wendy's rest tur rant in deerfield beach. worker was not hurt but detectives believe a group of teens might be responsible and offering a $3,000 reward for their capture. >>> a huge fire destroys a classic car company in illinois and dozens of vehicles. >> amateur video shows fire that swept through five buildings there, including one that housed no less than 150 classic cars. in daylight the devastation is clear, car collectors all around the world are just burned debris. >> a lot of them cars in there are classic. >> devastate to go see history , like this, you know, burned to the ground. >> thirteen fire co responded and there were no hydrants near that scene and water had to be trucked to the site. >>> well houston's drying out after more than 8 inches have rain fell this week. >> up next we will show you how officials are helping wild animals displaced by the flooding rains, we will be right >>> back on "eyewitness news" this morning and a look at shocking flood ago cross houston

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it is very important that in fact in this county broward county we're in south florida there is an issue coming up in the next two weeks not through statues both remove the names of streets in the city of hollywood florida that are named day after confederate folks are specifically there's a street name they have to the head of the ku klux klan in florida the city commission has already indicated a willingness to do it they'll be a final hearing on that a few weeks actually which i will be at most for simply this is a big issue because it is part of the south and i think this is part of the growing trend look the the or right than the neo nazis and all these other groups already said they're going to be in boston and doing other tours around the country this is a very serious issue in our history and i think for like anything else is always part of the national conversation so yes let's turn to donald trump's issues amy he said today that he has no regrets for his comments about charlottesville has trump to find his presidency to the point of no return i don't believe so and not only did

andrew in 1992 and coincidentally thursday marked the 25 year anniversary since andrew slammed into south florida the last category 5 storm to hit the u.s. and its impact is still felt today by those who survived it and andrew caused nearly $25 billion in damage destroying more than 25,000 homes and damaging 100,000 others, but texas also has its own history of deadly storms that caused billions of dollars in damage. harvey is the first significant hurricane to hit texas since ike in september 2008. ike was one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit texas and one of the deadliest. it brought winds of 110 miles per hour to galveston and houston areas and caused $22 billion in damage and killed 84 people. harvey is also the first big storm along the middle texas coast since hurricane claudette in 2003 when it caused $180 million in damage and now harvey is hitting the same area as hurricane carla. in 1961, carla came ashore with wind gusts estimated at 175 miles per hour and caused more than $300 million in damage so time will tell where harvey's impact will be remembered in history. but to

caller: i went through hurricane andrew in south florida connecting saddam improved since katrina ain'tims have improved -- and i think things have improved since katrina. the billionaires cannot just have all the money. there has to be economic justice some people are strong. people are starving and we have to take care of our people so we do not have these weak people because they're hungry. it is ridiculous out there. we have to be stronger in a constant ways of that when these disasters hit, because they will be worse all the time, that we are better able to care for ourselves. we have millions of homeless people. we have to get them on the streets. host: coming up on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will be joined by the white house reporter for bloomberg news. he will be here to discuss the week ahead at the white house. and we will have the executive director of the centrist project. he will discuss efforts to run centrist candidates in 2018. today's" kevin johnson will discuss the cost of protecting the president and his family. that is offer "washington journal" today. tune

. >>> parts of south florida are still getting drenched as a tropical depression moves east towards thec ocean. yesterday tropical storm emily made landfall south of saint petersburg with winds reaching 45 miles an hour. the wind was so strong in fort myers the large portion of a resort's roof was ripped away like it was paper. and flash flooding is another concern, up to 8-inches of rain fell in the last two days. governor rick scott declared a state of emergency for 31 counties. >>> and a swarm of bees attacked a group of children and camp counselors in southern california. they were on a nature mark in san clemente when one boy dared another boy to throw a rock at a beehive and the bees didn't like it. one boy was stung about 30 times. three children were taken to the hospital. parents say none of the children are allergic to beestings and all of the children are expected to be okay. >> a driver in california took road rage to a whole new level. a man was caught on video repeatedly plowing his car into the vehicle in front of him. witnesses describe the scene as a demolition derby. e

the communities change after these storms after andrew hit south florida in 1992, the population in southually grew by a third, so these communities reinvent themselves. new orleans reinvented itself and i think huestouston will reinvent itself and the president is a builder and i think he can help. >> do you think real estate developers writ large are learning from what's happened in houston, new orleans and new york city? >> oh, yeah in, miami as well. the way buildings are built today. south florida got ahead of it after andrew and most buildings, the buildings that we build are built to withstand an impact of a category 4 hurricane they are also elevated, so that they are -- that there are knockout walls, for example, that will let the water and floods run through them and putting the infrastructure and mechanical systems and electrical systems on the roof as opposed in new york city that was a big problem with sandy below ground most of the developers didn't want to use up that profitable space with mechanicals and electric cams so that were underground and they were all, you know, d

from south florida, and the epidemic is pretty bad. i want to know that i am 24 and i am an addict in recovery, and i do have an elderly father, so i do understand the impact it makes on people that actually need it, but my point for the think thatis that i basically, like the lady was saying earlier how practices were different back then, and people really do not need these opiates. the truth is big pharmaceutical companies make tons of money off their doing the thing in ohio state, and it is bad, man. they are bad. it needs to stop. you say you are 24. how did you get started? how did your habits start? if you look back in early florida, five or 10 years ago when the pill mills started, it was very lenient here. everybody came to south florida to, like, the pill mills. that's how everyone started in south florida. you could get them so easily. you were, like, in your late teens or early 20's when this all started for you? >> i was -- caller: i was actually a lot younger. what happened is that the pharmaceutical companies that got eve

from south florida, and the epidemic is pretty bad. i want to know that i am 24 and i am an addict in recovery, and i do have an elderly father, so i do understand the impact it makes on people that actually need it, but my point for the think thatis that i basically, like the lady was saying earlier how practices were different back then, and people really do not need these opiates. the truth is big pharmaceutical companies make tons of money off their doing the thing in ohio state, and it is bad, man. they are bad. it needs to stop. you say you are 24. how did you get started? how did your habits start? if you look back in early florida, five or 10 years ago when the pill mills started, it was very lenient here. everybody came to south florida to, like, the pill mills. that's how everyone started in south florida. you could get them so easily. you were, like, in your late teens or early 20's when this all started for you? >> i was -- caller: i was actually a lot younger. what happened is that the pharmaceutical companies that got eve