on the hillsboro river, we have been watching the river go down.has not topped the wall at all but it is definitely up several is feet more than it normally would be. we're going to continue to watch that. but i want to go back to john. >> you know, it's interesting, anderson, 5.8 million people in florida. interesting to see some people out walking around. they haven't been able to watch tv. they don't know what's going on. they want to find out how long it will take to recover. former director of emergency management for the state of florida. i was literally leaning on you so i wouldn't blow away. i want to talk about an area we haven't talked about too much. we don't have enough information yet. that's the florida keys, the string of islands that got the direct hit from the eye of irma whut was still a category 4 storm. you were very concerned. >> very concerned. unfortunately no news is not good news. we want to get down as quickly as we can. responders are hard at work. the state is not waiting. the state will be moving resources out of the or

hillsboro on november 23, 1804. before he was one year old, his father moved him into the big georgian mansion in hillsboro where he ran a tavern. ,so pierce grew up in social circumstances, a lot of people coming and going, a lot of political discussions. he was educated at some of the academies around hillsboro. when he was 16, his father took him up to brunswick, maine, to go to college. he made some really good friends up there. one of them was nathaniel hawthorne. he ended up graduating third in his class. franklin pierce's interest in politics started early. his father had the tavern, lots of political conversations going on. his father was always involved in politics. he represented hillsboro in the legislature, was sheriff of the county, went on to be governor twice of new hampshire. when he was 23, pierce ran for the legislature. he was elected. and then when he was 26, he was the youngest speaker of the house we have ever had in new hampshire. at that time, there were 200 members in our house. today, 435, it is a large legislative body. he went on to run for the house. -- for congress. franklin pierce was

it is an area where water is a big part of life, the hillsboro river right near tampa. of course, there are the beaches. tonight all of that under close watch. ted? >> lauren, thank you. nbc 10 is with you every step of the way as we track irma's destructive path. you can always get instant updates and alerts with the nbc 10 app. nbc's lester holt is live in atlanta with a special edition of "nbc nightly news" coming up at 6:30. >>> the birds are back. the eagles opened the season in washington against the rival redskins and left with a wind. >> i know it's just one thing, but the birds have to feel good after winning this one. >> reporter: yeah, the birds said they really wanted this one. they had lost five straight games to the redskins and they wanted to end on a good note, and they did just that. carson wentz with over 300 yards passing and just an unbelievable play. michael vick scrambling away, and nelson aguilar with a career day already in the first quarter. pretty amazing. how about four? fletcher is a beast. the eagles beat the redskins 30-17. and after the gam

we are literally right now along the hillsboro river in the eye of the storm. least what's left of irma's eye. no rain at moment. but we know that back half of this storm is coming and bring a lot of wind and rain with it. the rest of tampa should know that as well. let's go to stephanie elam. before this calm period started, the wind was rough, rain was heavy and we know it is going to start again. >> yes. no doubt about it, victor. when we first came out i was soaking wet and now that we are are in this eye part of the storm my jack set drying out. it is like i'm in a blowdryer. which is kind of nice because it has been kind of cold. we never lost power in downtown tampa. i've been out here all night and power has been here the entire time. the fear is it might be out not just for a couple of days but for weeks depending on how severe it was. that's not the case. didn't even see it flicker. i did see earlier tonight a couple of "transformers" blue. but there hasn't been an issue with the power. i've been watching these puddles and it is picking up enough to b

>> yeah, guys, this is a salt water river, the hillsboro river.f you look over by that drainpipe, 007, we've had long time residents come by and say they've never seen that decline pipe, even at low tide. you see all that land, they've never seen that either. we've been watching over the last half hour this river actually lowering. this feeds into the tampa bay. and that would correspond with the reports we've been getting that the bay itself is emptying out, due to this lowering of pressure, this -- in fact if you look down beyond that bridge, dwayne, if you can see beyond that white bridge, there's land underneath that. that was not visible when we started this morning. it really is a testament to the intensity of this pressure, this low pressure of irma. that's why this is such a powerful storm, and goes out so wide. tropical force winds out 200 miles from the center. that's pretty amazing. >> the bay is in that direction. >> right. >> so any surge would be coming at us. >> yes. but we're not going to get that yet. this is all draining out to t

but if you look at the hillsboro river behind us, frances and richard, this has been a real wonder tostarted observing it earlier today, it had receded considerably, and people had told us that they had never seen the rock and the beach and sand it demonstrated earlier. water being pulled by irma and that was a big concern for the energy pouring back in to create a storm surge issue for tampa and st. pete, that area specifically, considering that we saw images, too, of tampa bay and the fact that all that water had been pulled out for energy resources for irma. this was a big rain producing event. this has also been a big wind producing event with certain gusts in this area, getting up to about 1900 miles per hour. to our south 140 miles per hour. at naples international airport. and you know there are over 4 million people that are without electricity, and they could be without electric and power for a long time to come. so, while it looks calm now, rich pardon a richard and frances, there is a lot of healing that needs to be done after irma. >> thomas roberts, thank you so much. we

we are on the river walk, you have got the hillsboro river here, the university of tampa is behind me and downtown tampa is that way. where i am walking now, the thought is, is that you could be swimming here within the next 12 hours, the water is moving in the way of the low tide, heading out toward the bay. we are hearing that when the storm actually moves in, it will happen around high tide, so you have got the water that is coming in from the gulf will move across the bay, which is about 700 miles of coast hype and right up here, this is essentially a choke point, the water has got nowhere to go but out, every hotel, business, the college around here is a ghost town. you have got the people lushing and taking selfies and photos hanging out in the area. one of the local sheriffs, the area was on the television a short time ago telling people if you haven't gotten out and you want to it is probably too late here is a concern for them right now. some of the evacuation routes out of the tampa area may already be accumulating water on the roadway. and the trouble is, if you haven't got

>> yeah, guys, this is a salt water river, the hillsboro river. if you look over by that drainpipe, 007, we've had long time residents come by and say they've never seen that decline pipe, even at low tide. you see all that land, they've never seen that either. we've been watching over the last half hour this river actually lowering. this feeds into the tampa bay. and that would correspond with the reports we've been getting that the bay itself is emptying out, due to this lowering of pressure, this -- in fact if you look down beyond that bridge, dwayne, if you can see beyond that white bridge, there's land underneath that. that was not visible when we started this morning. it really is a testament to the intensity of this pressure, this low pressure of irma. that's why this is such a powerful storm, and goes out so wide. tropical force winds out 200 miles from the center. that's pretty amazing. >> the bay is in that direction. >> right. >> so any surge would be coming at us. >> yes. but we're not going to get that yet. this is all draining out to

this is the hillsboro river, and you can see right here how there is beachfront that is shown by these rocks. people that live and work here have been telling us by this seawall, that typically the water is up to the wall itself, that it's never this low. we've been watching the water kind of flow back in throughout the day. as you can see, the sheets of rain that are pouring down with the wind gusts. now in this area for stampa and saint pete, we found out earlier they've had issues of 1.3 million people reporting problems of losing their electricity. that's just for the folks able to report the incidents of that. it was a couple hours ago that hillsboro officials decided they would not respond to any more emergency calls because it was too dangerous for people who were going to have to be out on the road -- excuse me -- who were going to have to be out on the road. these are some of the stronger winds and strongest winds that we've had over the last several hours. now, it was roughly around 8:00 when we first started to see the rotation of the heaviest parts of irma finally make its

wee are looking here right now at the hillsboro river. this was really well receded over the last 24 hours. and now we're seeing the fact that it has swollen back to pretty normal heights, but will there be any issues with water reaching over the sea walls? that's the big concern. but so far, we have our own new reporting just a half hour ago, but so far, there is no major flooding reported in this area the biggest thing, though, power. people as you have been reporting up to 5 million without pow sorry far that that will be a bigger obstacle for the technicians to restore power to people. then it's, you know, everybody physicals out where to go from here, because if they did not sustain much damage, there are probably going to be minor fixes and people that want to go home to evacuate. >> thomas roberts, thank you. >> from nearby where thomas is, peter rascone is in st. petersburg, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: a lot of people will wake up in the tampa bay area to debris and leaves and tree branch itself and the like. there are

one of the things that makes tampa so beautiful is the hillsboro river, where later today we are expecting to see, right now as the winds are moving counter clockwise, the tropical storm wince, the hurricanes storm winds, the water is actually going out. later today that water will be coming back in. chad, just explain where this storm is right now and what folks here are going to be expecting in the hours ahead. >> absolutely the storm has moved over the lower keys. florida bay is a warm body of water. there's a lot of lobs terse, warm-water lobs terse. as the storm moved to the north, you think, wow, great it's going to hit the land here. this is the everglades. it's not really land. miami you will not be in the clear until the center gets here, your closest approach. so you still have more hours of worsening weather to go, even though you think you're done. these bands coming on shore as well. >> this is where it is now. here is key west. keyes west, at least 120 miles per hour here, as the storm wrapped around. making landfall here, also very being damage, and also big pine key. we als

wee are looking here right now at the hillsboro river. this was really well receded over the last 24 hours. and now we're seeing the fact that it has swollen back to pretty normal heights, but will there be any issues with water reaching over the sea walls? that's the big concern. but so far, we have our own new reporting just a half hour ago, but so far, there is no major flooding reported in this area the biggest thing, though, power. people as you have been reporting up to 5 million without pow sorry far that that will be a bigger obstacle for the technicians to restore power to people. then it's, you know, everybody physicals out where to go from here, because if they did not sustain much damage, there are probably going to be minor fixes and people that want to go home to evacuate. >> thomas roberts, thank you. >> from nearby where thomas is, peter rascone is in st. petersburg, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: a lot of people will wake up in the tampa bay area to debris and leaves and tree branch itself and the like. there are

this is the hillsboro river that dumps out into the bay. they're sitting on water. that's a hospital, actually, right behind me. a lot of people there could not be evacuated. they have storm windows. they have to ride it out. pan here. they have growth. they continue the build. they have a huge $3 billion project just approved. cranes. the downtown. what is bustling area where people want to live. part of the reason that people keep coming here is because they have not had a major storm, a category 3 or above storm here in some 100 years. since 1921. this is what everyone feared. what would happen if this place gets hit directly, or close to directly by a storm that large. we're about to see it now. we have 14er89s open. half of them are full. 21,000 people have heeded the warnings. they've made it to shelters. we got word that uber has now offered to give people free rides to shelters right now. the city has stopped all of its service. if you need a ride, folk, in the tampa area, they'll give you a free ride to the shelter. this is a shallow bay. all this wind, the

the goals will arrive tomorrow morning. 50s, 60s, warmer on the loews -- low. 52 is one of the coolest, hillsboro 62. when you get the northwest went to get the water temperature going down. san francisco buoy 59. by the end of the week they may be 52, 53. 30 up in truckee, could be a light dusting of snow late tonight into tomorrow as well starting off with some cloud coverage moving and, not here yet but it will be later this afternoon. if you're traveling in the morning is the best time to go. technically is still summer. it still impressive that it's making it here and right now the system begins to take an. we get increasing clouds. turning cloudy, cold and breezy with light rain to the north. 60s and 70s, no 80s on the map at all. the first time i've seen in a long time. of tonight into tomorrow wednesday a cooler and very cool on friday morning and breezy in each day on the weekend it will be a little warmer. next week looks warmer as well. next couple days will be quote. >> it feels like it. select and updates on interference with future elections, what democrats on capitol hill want to

this is the hillsboro river that dumps out into the bay. they're sitting on water. that's a hospital, actually, right behind me. a lot of people there could not be evacuated. they have storm windows. they have to ride it out. pan here. they have growth. they continue the build. they have a huge $3 billion project just approved. cranes. the downtown. what is happening, this is a bustling area where people want to live. part of the reason that people keep coming here is because they have not had a major storm, a category 3 or above storm here in some 100 years. since 1921. this is what everyone feared. what would happen if this place gets hit directly, or close to directly by a storm that large. we're about to see it now. we have 14er89s open. half of them are full. 21,000 people have heeded the warnings. they've made it to shelters. we got word that uber has now offered to give people free rides to shelters right now. the city has stopped all of its service. if you need a ride, folk, in the tampa area, they'll give you a free ride to the shelter. this is a shallow ba

we are a low-lying city right on the hillsboro bay. ater as you well know. there are reasonable areas in it, one of which is mine. my family is evacuated. you're going to have significant impact on some of the residential communities around tampa bay, downtown tampa will be affected, harbor island, davis island, bayshore beloved that is world famous will be affected. the wind and rain are going to be significant. but anderson, what is compounding the problem is that the surge will occur at the same time that we have a high tide. so early, early sunday morning from probably 6:00 to about 12:00, we will have a high tide as well, so that will increase the amount of water that is being pushed up onto land. knock on wood, we're going to be okay, but there will be damages and there will be flooding. >> if people wake up tomorrow morning in tampa and decide, i'm not going to ride this out, are there still shelters? you said there's still some room. are there shelters they can go to still tomorrow in the early part of the day? >> there are. tha

he was educated at some of the academies around hillsboro. when he was 16, his father took him up to brunswick, maine, to go to college. he made good friends there. one of them was nathaniel hawthorne. he ended up graduating third from his class. ' franklin pierce's -- frequent fears's -- franklin pierce's interest in politics started early. his father's tavern had politic conversations going on. his father was in the legislature. he went to be governor that she was on to be governor twice. when he was 23, pierce ran for the legislature. he was elected. when he was 26, he was the youngest speaker of the house we have ever had in new hampshire. at that time, there were 200 members in our house. represented -- represented today, order 35, it is a large legislative body. he went on to run for -- today, 435, it is a large legislative body. he went on to run for the house. he went on to run for the senate. he resigned in the senate seat. his wife, jane, did not like washington, did not like politics. she was a very shy, retiring person. she prefer

. >> the hillsboro river goes to tampa bay. >> when the eye of the storm comes up off the coast and that counterclockwise wind is going to bring that water up tampa bay, and up here it doesn't have anywhere to go. you're going to get some flooding here. >> storm surge expected between five to eight feet. with the hurricane force winds, there will be winds on top of that water. >> especially at high tide. then we have all the more water. >> yes. you know, nobody who has lived in tampa or nobody alive in tampa, has ever seen a storm like this hit tampa. 1921 was the last time. >> it's never been the big one that would bring the water up here. now, the only consolation is that it's not going to be a cat 5. at 155 miles an hour plus. but it is going to be significant wind that is going to drive that water up here. >> i was reading stuff the mayor had said. i believe last year. warning about a cat 3 storm, about the flooding that would take place, even, you know in heavy rain. not a torrential, not a hurricane. tampa -- areas in st. petersburg, have problems with flooding. >> that's an exampl

this is the hillsboro river here. it dumps by. you talk about the water being sucked out. we have watched it literally happen the last few hours. give people some perspective on why the anxiety is what it is here in tampa and the whole tampa bay area. it is going to hit the east coast, the east side of florida. they woke up saturday to this new reality. oh, i need to prepare? i need to evacuate. that was one part of it. the other part is this area is prone to flood anyway. it is ranked one of the top places in the world that is prone to flooding. yes, the tampa bay area. and the third thing now, george, is they have had to sit and watch for hours what's happening to their brethren down south florida. they are sitting here and waiting for their turn. so miami, other places south that are taking the type of hit that tampa is going to take. they are having to sit and wait and watch. is that going to happen to us? we're going to get worse hit than that. that is just increasing the anxiety around these parts. and, again, i don't know exactly where these folks might be going. no

this is kind of a river walk area here, the tampa river walk along the hillsboro river here.jogging by. if you didn't know there was a hurricane coming, you would think this was showers on a regular florida day. but we do know there's a hurricane coming, so we'll be moving to high ground sometime probably early this evening. it's expected the storm itself would get here around the 1:00 a.m. period of time. and so we'll be obviously in a much higher, more secure you will, when that happens. but this has always been the worst fear, a city that's highly vulnerable, maybe the most vulnerable in the country according to some experts, because so much low-lying area, so much coastline. as i noted in one of my earlier reports, they've done simulations in the past that haven't had good outcomes. that's why they've trying to get so many people in shelters here. there wasn't a rush to shelters on the west coast of florida, because as you recall, last week everything seemed like it would be affecting the east. now it's shifted to the west, that's changed things. at the appropriate time,

what i want to do is i want to take you over to the hillsboro river. it's an interesting thing over there because earlier today, the river was going in the opposite direction. the water was going toward the gulf of mexico. so supposedly now, the hurricane coming, it's going to swirl everything and put back the flow of the river, back toward the bay. and that is what is going to cause some major flood surge here. take a look. you can see the river right now is going that way toward the gulf. what should it be doing is going in the opposite direction. manny, that's over here to the rite. what officials are concerned about is the storm surge. the hurricane is going to whip this all back, put the water back in the correct direction, and then it's all just going to flood this area. a major concern. as you can tell, let me catch my breath for a second. this wind is really strong. if you can see with the lights there, you can see just how much hurricane irma is whipping the winds. we're doing our very best to stay safe out here, obviously. but the hurricane is

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if you were with us yesterday, we were here along the hillsboro river. y down. you could see dry land in this river. well, look at it now. it is completely refilled. it's back to normal. the locals telling me this is the way it looks all the time. so now that irma's pulled away, we've actually gotten behind some buildings that we're a little more protected from the wind. here's the latest on irma right now. it is a tropical storm as you mentioned. 30 miles north/northeast of cedar key, florida. 70 mile-per-hour winds. it's moving north/northwest at 18 miles per hour. as it continues on the move as you mentioned, we are looking at those high water rescues in jacksonville. 50 to 75 mile-per-hour winds this morning. a storm surge possible of three to five feet. and another three to six inches. charleston and savannah today, winds of 40 to 60 miles per hour. a storm surge 4 to 6 feet. rainfall 4 to 7 feet. and as it continues making its way into the southeast, atlanta. in fact, they're reporting now that there are major, major cancellations at atlanta hartsfi

. >> reporter: guys, when we were with you this time yesterday, this river, the hillsboro river, all ture, a lot of it had gotten sucked out because of irma. well, now it has returned back to its normal level, but it was really something to see. people, locals here said they hadn't seen it this dry in 20-30 years. it was really amazing. >> all right, al, thanks very much for that. appreciate your time this morning. >>> coming up next, irma's lingering impact on the airlines. as you can imagine, thousands of flights have been canceled today. flood damage reported at florida's largest airport. florida's largest airport. that and much more right after (nothing comes before coffee. (fighting briefly resumes) that's why we're introducing a whole new line of espresso drinks from mccafe. café-quality from beans to espresso machines. (fighting unintelligible) what's new from light and fit? greek nonfat yogurt with zero artificial sweeteners. real fruit and 90 calories... you'll be wowed! try new light & fit with zero artificial sweeteners. ♪ seed to the oat. ♪ ♪to the oat is the good that we

. >> the hillsboro river that goes into tampa bay, you could actually see it. >> and you saw boats sittingtorm was as impressive as it gets from a hurricane standpoint. >> and you were driving around. >> i was -- you know, i was kind of the advanced team, i guess. we were kind of always staying just a little bit ahead of the storm to be in the next location for the next morning and there were some points where you drove to the point where your wipers don't even go fast enough. i mean, this was actually once we got to jacksonville, this was the st. john's river. >> that looks like an ocean. >> oh, my goodness. >> and the water was crashing in waves up across parts of the buildings, and people are coming out to take it all in saying i've never in my life ever seen something like this before because it's never risen that high. historic levels. >> one of the things that keeps you going is messages from home. >> i'm going to be honest. as a meteorologist i understand the situation, you know. i'm not a storm chaser of tornadoes. i understand that that is out of my comfort zone and i'm not going

this isn't just one anyone out for a joy ride through the woods and a hillsboro county mosquito controlmployee. he's checking a popped near cockroach bay. no larvae. all clear. >> yes, what we have here is called a,ing. >> they are collecting a lot of these guys in traps set around the counsel too. >> it's a flood water mosquito and the characteristics of this mosquito are the dots along the front of the leg. >> as soon as hurricane irma moved out surveillance crews moved in. >> we knew we were going to be bizzy. >> checking for standing water. killing mosquito larvae. but as expected, the buzzing picked up last weekend. so did call volume by about 50%. >> we've definitely noticed increase in the adult mosquito population this week post storm. we treated roughly 60,000 acres by air. treating the adult mosquitoes and right around 45,000 acres by ground. >> here's an idea of what they're dealing with. in gibson ton last week they counted 3,000 of the cylix which is another flood water mosquito this week it's 9,000. that's triple. in apollo beach the population went from 546 to more than 4

members of the florida delegation have been tweeting this morning, including senator marco rubio, saying time to wrap up prep for those living in hillsboro. the storm surge threat is great. said atan congressman florida center providing last-minute updates on irma. charlie crist tweeted our gratitude and prayers are with our first responders working around the clock to keep our communities safe. president trump is at camp david meeting with cabinet officials while receiving updates on hurricane harvey and the approach of hurricane irma. we will keep you updated if the president delivers a statement. 2'shis weekend on c-span on his, bernie sanders thoughts on how to bring about change in america. >> what is the agenda. what should we be doing as a nation? if you have millions of people living in poverty and sometimes the firstte hoppity, thing we have to do is demand that if you work 40 hours a week in iowa, vermont, or in america, you're not living in poverty. then fox news contributor and pollster discusses his book "america in the age of trump." >> my book tries to forge common sense why partisan solutions to the problems we are facing

the county under individual assistance declarations, there's quite a few. i want to read those off. broward county, palm beach, clay, do fall, flagler, putnam, st. john's, charlotte, coyer, hillsboro, manatee, miami-dade, monroe, the nose, sarasota. these counties right now if your citizen in the scanners you can go to disasterassistance.gov to begin registering for assistance if you received damages and having hardship. in some cases the first line of defense is filed in insurance when you're about to get back home, filed a insurance. that only your personal insurance but also to the nfip program, the national flood insurance program if your policyholder. want to return home please call your private insurer to activate that policy if you do damage and we can begin to process, begin the process to money flow to help in that regard. the other thing here is that we are also watching the continued situation in jacksonville. overnight jacksonville and the areas around the st. john's river were heavily impacted. we're still conducting some life safety missions in and around the area because of the flooding. we were very aware of it last night and continue to spar state and local partne

. >> the company says groups in hillsboro are interesteded. is says it adds another dimension to home security cameras. >> it also is a license plate reader, so we're capturing that piece of evidence, which can prove valuable down the road. >> as always, some are concerned about the privacy issue. >> in general, i'm leaning against more big brother. >> most of those we spoke with in downtown burrling game endorsed the concept. >> i think it would be a good thing. it would make me feel safer. >> i don't see it as a problem. especially since it's a matter of public safety. >> frock says its cameras are not intended to track people, only crime. when it happens. nick lee, abc 7 news. >>> straight ahead on abc 7 morning, the uc system takes a stand on immigration policy. we'll tell you how the federal lawsuit over daca could protect dreamers. but first, here's a live look outside from the abc 7 camera at pier 15 pointed toward the financial district this morning. you can see that cloud cover over the sky. francis will have your >>> good morning. tim

the accident. loudoun county authorities have traffic eastbound on route 9 at hillsboro road. >> thank you, jack. >>> 6:14 our time now. >> o.j. simpson could be a free man in a few days. >> he's expected to be released on prison as early as monday. the 70-year-old has been in prison since 2008 for kidnapping and armed robbery. he was granted parole back in july. >>> a rock climber died in a national park. >> dozens of people were on or near el capoten in yosemite national the moments it happened. >> boy oh, boy aaron, this boulder was the size of an apartment building. the rock climber who shot the video says 100 feet wide by 100 feet high. >> number 6. >> he was on the face of a hill when the rock peeled off and came tumbling down. look to the middle of the screen. see all the white smoke from the impact as it ruffles down the hill. boulder shattered into thousands of pieces. killed one and injured a woman as well. park rangers helped to pull her out to get her to a hospital. pretty amazing stuff. aaron? >> unbelieve anl. chris at the live desk for us. thank you. >>> this morning, you will not be

appreciate the things that you have, and the moment that you don't have something, i'm not going to complain, and moan and grown about it like i used to. >> reporter: in hillsboro, peggy fox, wusa9. >>> women say they committed to helping the people of st. john get back on their feet. we were just talking. people who go to the islands, and i know i have, this time of year, we know it's hurricane season, but the price is right. can't afford to go in the winter months. >> bermuda too. you're taking a risk. i've gone that labor day, it didn't work out so well. but what a great story. this takes a long time to get that back. >> as they pointed out, the people who live there who depend on the tourist industry to make their living, it's gone. >> they lost their business and their home. that's just, that's going to be a slow recovery. >>> as far as we're concerned, a little bit of a shower activity, bruce. we're watching one around nats park right now. let's start with the three degree. i wasn't sweating as much today as i was yesterday. i think i went 81 today. i think we're going to be okay. we're going to go 84 tomorrow. live look outside. we're looking atmp to 79.

. >> the company says groups in hillsboro are interesteded. davis says it adds another dimension to home security cameras. >> it also is a license plate reader, so we're capturing that piece of evidence, which can prove valuable down the road. >> as always, some are concerned about the privacy issue. >> in general, i'm leaning against more big brother. >> most of those we spoke with in downtown burrling game endorsed the concept. >> i think it would be a good thing. it would make me feel safer. >> i don't see it as a problem. especially since it's a matter of public safety. >> frock says its cameras are not intended to track people, only crime. when it happens. nick lee, abc 7 news. >>> straight ahead on abc 7 morning, the uc system takes a stand on immigration policy. we'll tell you how the federal lawsuit over daca could protect dreamers. but first, here's a live look outside from our east bay hills camera where you can't see much of anything. ♪ it's twith the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your every move and automatically adjust

shepard: my understanding is the greatest flooding concerns are dared in hillsboro county around saintete and low-lying areas they are. >> yes, that is correct. similar to what we saw on the east coast of florida. the heavy rainfall makes flooding more likely. the heavy rainfall near the coast doesn't have anywhere to go when you had the storm surge elevated. it collects more than it usually does, making the rainfall even worse. shepard: mark demaria. how are you guys holding up down there? >> it's a bit of a marathon. we are holding up. shepard: we appreciated so very much. mark demaria and all the votes of the national hurricane center, thank you again. landfall is coming again. landfall this morning after 9:00 in the lower keys and now there is another landfall on the way. where will it be? no one is certain of that, but it looks like marco island, everglades city and up into naples somewhere. will be the storm that his marco island? we will know soon enough moving north at nine miles an hour with maximum sustained winds of 100 dirty miles per hour. a massive category for storm bear

the line with fema. for example, i was in hillsboro, which is tampa emergency operations center. there's already a fellow in there from fema. he, by the way, was scheduled to go to texas. they held him back because irma was could go. they bret a number of female personnel and prepositioned supplies to come into the florida in the aftermath of the storm. >> senator bill nelson, long time senator from the sunshine state. senator nelson, always good to talk to you, sir. thanks so much for your time. our thoughts and prayers continue to be with those in your state. >>> our coverage of hurricane irma continues. we'll be through as the storm continues to make landfall there in florida and beyond. >>> hurricane irma getting ready to attack the state of florida. so far the largest evacuation in u.s. history. roughly 7 million people ordered to leave their homes by the governor of the state. there's an aircraft carrier on the way to the eastern part of that state. once the storm passes they want to make sure they have ships in place for the relief effort. a relief effort that's expected to

i saw it, i just came from tampa from hillsboro county emergency center, the traffic on interstate 4 going east is significantly picked up. so that's exactly what people are doing like your friend that you just mentioned. they had evacuated to the west coast. now they're moving off the west coast back to the east. >> yeah. when i drove here obviously going west from miami this morning there was virtually no traffic heading back to miami. but as you say now that's definitely changed. senator, appreciate talking to you. we'll talk to you in the days ahead. another short break, but our coverage continues in a moment. ♪ we are not here to sit idly by. we are here...to leave a mark. experience a shift in the natural order. experience amazing. ♪ ♪ when does a business trip really start? ♪ ♪ the global lounge collection from american express offers you a place to prepare and recharge at over one thousand airport lounges worldwide. ♪ ♪ the world is yours, with platinum. backed by the service and security of american express. ♪ ♪ backed by the service and security of american express. after a

the midst of all this? >> a lot of shelters have been opened by hillsboro county. but you're absolutely right. there were many hotels that had to turn people away. because once we put the evacuation notice out, some of them were in level-a flood zones, so they had to turn people away or turn people out. so yeah, it's been pretty disconcerting for a lot of folks from the east coast ever florida who came over here seeking refuge and then either had to flee or hunker down and hope for the best. >> the mayor of tampa there earlier this morning. and more than 16,000 power workers from outside florida are prepared to help get the lights back on in florida. >> that is the hope. at one point, we heard reporting of more than 80% of florida power light customers had lost power. the company has trucks in position in the daytona beach area to try to restore service once irma passes. officials are estimating it could take weeks to get everyone back online. >>> and major cruise lines are sending ships into the caribbean to try to help the islands devastated by irma. royal caribbean is devoting four ships to

hillsboroer virginia. beautiful place and tell us what the problem s is this unique to you? >> i don't think it's unique to us because we're one of the larger vineyards we get more attention because of it and i tend to be fairly out spoken when it comes to the issues we have and no it's not unique to us and because we're larger we see more people and the problems are more prevalent. >> did you think this would be a larger issue people stealing glasses. >> never considered that really. you think of shrinkage like any business but not in the quantities we've been losing. >> is this something new or ongoing? basically people come from tasteings right? >> yes. >> they obviously have to taste out of a glass. >> correct. >> and then they guess feel they get to keep the glass. >> yeah they want to kept glass. it's not included. in the beginning we did include glasses and that was 20 years ago. and you would get a souvenir glass with tasting. >> show us the glass that people drink out of and what they're tasting. is it this one or this one or even this one. >> so this is the glass w

the last one, 1921. let's get to st. pete beach now, that's in hillsboro county, matt is there on st. pete beach. wind and the rain is picking up. this is gulf boulevard behind us kind of the drag of st. pete where the restaurants and hotels are and as you can see it is a complete ghost town. no humans in sight except for a random person here and there on a sidewalk or some business owners who decided to stay. you know, there's been devastating and very saddening news for the tampa bay area in the past day because originally irma was expected to land on the southern portion of florida and then perhaps go east up the east coast so a lot of attention paid to the east coast but now it is headed west as we've been reporting, the governor here is saying there could be a storm surge of 13 feet tampa bay's own fire chief telling us that this is the strongest storm to hit this area in a generation and it really could be catastrophic. we ran into this gentleman here, his name is keith and he's the president of the trade winds resort. he's deciding to stick it out. keith you have enough food, water and gen

the same time. >> reporter: hillsboro county alone converted 42 schools into shelters.nick among hundreds of nursing home patients school. critical supplies loaded onto trucks. >> everyone is resting. they've gotten their meds. they've gotten dinner. we're finally exhaling for a moment. >> reporter: dawn mcmahon, one of the scores of dedicated caregivers leaving their families in homes in irma's path until the threat was over. this morning millions from tampa bay waking up to thankful to have avoided the worst case scenario. and guys, we just met karen who lives here. she came out. of course she was shocked. she said she slept with pillows over her head. and incredibly, we had to break the news to her what had happened around the state. when she went to bed yesterday, she still expected the storm to hit as a category 3. she had no idea what had happened. >> a lot of people waking up this morning and seeing the damage. jacob, thank you isso much. >>> let's getth the weather. al is in tampa this morning and it's still going to be pretty heavy there. al, good morning again

hillsboro county, florida. they did not put women on the jury rolls. she argued that denies me the opportunity to be judged by it jury of my peers. of course it would include women. the supreme court and another clip opinion said -- glib opinion said women have nothing to complain about. plato that the survey don't want to. give a want to serve, they can go to the clerk's office and volunteer. the exemption is perfectly reasonable because, after all, women are the center of home and family life. how she must've felt when she received the news about that decision. what about me? her idea was it by hand women on the jerry, might not -- jury, they might not have acquitted me that they would have convicted me on the lesser crime of manslaughter. not murder, for which she was convicted. that was up until 1961. when the turning point came in the supreme court's decision in the, it was brought by aclu. they brought the brief for the challenge for sally reed. would place the name of two and --dorothy kenyon woman who it faced the same thing we were saying in t

stronger sway higher up but they did that. 28,000 people in this county, hillsboro county which tampa is in are in 45 shelters around the area. they say they still had room but if you're not there don't go out. there's no reason to come out here right now. while it may look like this is a calmer moment it changes on a dime so fast. you can feel you're taken offer your balance by the win and the rain so it's not worth coming out here. it's much better to stay inside, stay with your loved ones and check on everything else tomorrow. as far as things are concerned right now, i can tell you that it's started to feel like it's starting to pick up here in downtown tampa with the winds and rains coming around -- the rain coming around. sometimes it kind of takes your breath away. but yeah, so far -- but not as much as we thought it was going to be doing earlier in the night. michael. >> yeah, steph i know what you mean it picked up here in the last couple of minutes or so and it's howling down the river. appreciate that stephanie elam here in tampa, florida. we came to tampa early yesterday morning, to tampa from orlando becaus

the law. they wrote about rand paul than chuck d more schumer to save affordable care act. if you want to read that in "wall street journal." cody, hillsboro, north carolina, independent. go ahead. caller: hey, two things. all thise basis behind sports and all these other things is it doesn't seem like understands the concept of freedom of speech and points in the constitution. just want to make that point, line of the healthcare thing, strict ontrast between my experiences in the public health system and the v.a. started going to the v.a., i'm on disability, before the north going to carolina hospital and they every time i went there, they gave me every procedure they could possibly the regulations of the health care system. would go to get mris and things like that, i guild for ery simple thing like getting antibiotics in the business, v's, they would give me mris, and ultrasounds and things like that, that they could charge didn't need. the problem is the health care charging as much as they can, they are charging as much as they can with medication when you're in jorgeorgetown law yesterday and asked to way in on player protest. >> i a

the way to hog warts. you could go to hillsboro oregon that's where middle schoolteacher spent his summer vacation transforming this is his way of sharing the joy the books brought to him. after the big reveal they based on surveys they fill out. if you're on board the most awesome teacher ever. if not -- >> it's lame. >> this is where we're going. >> he's going above and beyond. >> hopefully the kids having a good learning experience. >> speaking of learning experience, did you say that. >> i did say -- >> class is in session. >> school is in session. at least the blackboard s the empty blackboard. >> yes. >> yes, professor. >> we're here. >> school is back. let's get going. time for another important cl class. >> i'm sure. >> time for learn thing or two. >> i'm ready. time for your weather report card for the day. let's do it. we are featuring -- i can't, l we go. >> what's happening. >> featuring sunshine. it's been a long summer. >> big fat straight a. humidity, not too bad, give 8b. afternoon temperatures mid to upper 80s we've give it an a. last full day of summer and if you guys tried the new doughnuts