has been one of the worst days of my life, the entire country has been decimated. >> reporter: to st. martine virgin islands. now there are severeof food, wa. on sunday we left with the coast guard on a cutter as they rushed to st. thomas in the u.s. virgin islands to bring in needed supplies and to evacuate stranded americans to puerto rico. >> we'll have water, we'll have dry food, some clothes for kids in need and we also are dropping off federal agents to help with members are helping with relief efforts in the virgin islands and puerto rico. while the lucky ones from another devastated island, st. martin, are evacuated by c-130s. what did it sound like as it was hiting. >> a sound i never want to hear again in my life. >> like an airplane engine. >> it did. >> it was a whistle. a high whistle you never want to hear in your life. i don't wish that on my worst enemy. >> reporter: an estimated 5,000 americans were believed to be trapped on st. martin in the aftermath of irma. since friday, the u.s. state department has airlifted 1900 americans, france's president emmanuel macron is expecte

tomorrow's france's president, emmanuel macron is expected to travel a st. martiney the damage and offer relief to the french/dutch island. residents are worried about how they will rebuild. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: many people left homeless. some forced to cook their meals on coals in the middle of the street. the dutch military transporting some to another ireland to go to the netherlands, for the residents they are left with little but their grief. barbuda, flattened, 90% of its buildings decimated. >> this is the worst! >> i tell you, last night was the worst time in my life. and i would not stay in a hurricane like this again. >> reporter: tonight, for those like the pratts with homes to return to, a profound sense of gratitude. >> you must feel lucky you got out. >> it's a miracle. it really is. >> reporter: i'm lindsay janice in san juan, puerto rico. >>> when we come back, the ceremonies around the country today honoring the lives lost in the 9/11 attacks, 16 years ago. endless shrimp is back at red lobster. and we went all out to bring y

the entire country has been decimated. >> reporter: to st. martin, to the virgin islands. now there are severe shortages of food, water and medicine. we left with the coast guard on a cutter as they raced to st. thomas to bring in needed supplies and evacuate stranded americans to puerto rico. we're just coming into st. thomas, and you can see already the evidence of irma, because all of this used to be green. the leave the are no longer on the trees. many of the trees are down. destroyed. >> we'll have water. we'll have dry food, some clothes for kids in need and dropping off federal agents to help with law enforcement and try to reopen the airport and the ports in st. thomas. >> reporter: the department of defense says 4600 service members are helping with relief efforts in the islands. while the lucky ones from another devastated island, st. martin, are evacuated by c-130s. what did it sound like? >> a sound i never want to hear in my life. >> like an airplane engine. >> like a high whistle. >> reporter: an estimated 5,000 americans were believed to be trapped on st. mar

from barbuda to st. martin. homes reduced to rubble and cars floating down the street. thousands don't have running water right now. in puerto rico, more than a million people are in the dark for a second morning in a row. this is all a terrifying preview of what would be in store for florida. >> right now, people in florida are paying attention to the warnings and the evacuation orders. thousands trying to get out of irma's path by land or air. you take a look at the lines for gasoline. we've heard reports of people waiting in line for two hours here. some gas stations have police officers patrolling. once folks fill up, they're stuck in

st. maarten. >>> french president macron is colleging e in pledging to rebuild the territories. he visited st. martinerve the devastation firsthand. officials say 90% of the island was destroyed. mr. macron assured residents that life will return to normal. >> translator: the days that follow are the days for returning to normal life and reconstructing. and it's important that as many people as possible, everyone who can and who wants to, stays on the island of st. martin. and i say this because st. martin has a future, one that needs to be reconstructed. and today, we should think about reconstruction in the short, medium and long-term. >>> the storm left many of the caribbean islands unrecognizable. some in the virgin islands lost everything and are stranded. paula sandoval reveals there's glimmers of hope on the island of tortola. >> reporter: when you think you've seen some of the worst damage by irma, you come here. and you can see the devastation is widespread here on tortola. you can see what's left of one of the marinas here. this is certainly one of the hardest-hit regions. people here had b

that number is likely to rise. >> the images we're seeing are just heartbreaking from barbuda to st. martinmes have been reduced to rubble. we've seen cars just floating down the street. thousands don't have running water. in puerto rico, more than a million people in the dark for a second morning in a row. >> as we've been saying, hurricane irma remains on a track to hit miami this weekend. >> even though the storm weakened to a category 4, it will still pack a punch. we want to take you to miami where al roker explains the impact it will have on the states. >> reporter: we're here in south beach in miami beach, florida. right up. we're in an evacuation situation here. as we watch irma make its way towards south florida, one of the largest evacuations ever in the miami-dade county area and we are really prepared for this system to come on shore. we're looking at storm surges of anywhere from 7 to 10 feet. 10 to 12 inches of rain. right now a category 4 storm. but that does not mean people should be less vigilant because this could reintensify and could be a natural cycling of things. even

this was her 39th trip to st. martin. she says it maybe years now before she goes back. she does plan to do just that. at some point. >> glad she's okay. if you're looking for ways to help the victims, go to our web site nbc10.com. boasted links and information to help you get started. also tonight the controversial statue of former philadelphia mayor has company. in center city. this 12 foot tall after row pick is titled all power to all people. the mural arts program which unvailed the statue hopes it can act as a counter balance to the rizzo statue. there have been several incidents of vandalism in recent months. some are calling for the removal. because they say rizzo's tactics were racist. we asked mural arts about the new statue placement. >> the idea is to add something to that picture. to value stories of solidarity and social justice. and make that meaningful. right in the heart of the city. >> the statue is the work of artist hank thomas. >>> chester continue teen accused of threatening students on social mode media is facing charges. charged as a juvenile. accu

st. martin, we had had the rath of the hurricane come over st. martin. tosome figures four people died on st. martin. one of them of natural causes and three deaths directly related to the hurricane. by the way i'll speak on the dutch part of st. martin due to 40,000 people. more than 40 people injured. seriously injured. i think of all the structures. 90% is damaged and 30% is damaged beyond repair. part of a wider kingdom of of course the other three parts of the kingdom were not touched by st. martin. i think the hardening thing you can see is that the other parts of the kingdom includes the part in europe have immediately patched to the people of st. martin. we will not abandoned you. we are all part of -- our king went out to carousel last sunday to vizzed people who have been evacuated from the island. he visited st. martin on monday, stayed overnight on the island and went on tuesday yesterday to the two other islands that they're too close by. small islands and visited them as a sign of solidarity. and he reiterated that plants are with you in your

st. martin, yes, we had the wrath of the hurricane come over st. martin. toes, four people died on st. martin. one of them of natural causes and three deaths directly related to the hurricane. isle speak on the dutch part of st. martin and not on the french part, the 40,000 people. more than 40 people injured, of which 11 seriously injured. i think of all the structures to, the houtzs in st. martin, 90% is damaged and probably 30% is damaged beyond repair. itis a severe -- we are in a different situation because st. martin being part of a wider kingdom of course the other parts of the kingdom were not touched by st. martin. i think the heartening thing you can see is that the other parts of the kingdom including the part have immediately pledged to the people of st. martin we will not abandon you. we are all part of one kingdom. we have four parts of one kingdom. we are there with you also in this moment of need. our king went out to curacao last sunday to visit people who had been evacuated from the island. he visited st. martin on monday, stayed overnight o

the french president emmanuel macron is heading to st. martin and st. sday to oversee relief efforts there. both of those islands devastated by hurricane irma. cnn's jim bittermann joining us now live from paris. jim, some controversy over how this was handled. what sort of reception is mr. macron likely to receive? >> reporter: well, it may not be the friendliest reception. the fact is, the president has been severely criticized by the residents of both islands in the caribbean, st. bart's and st. martin. a number of those victims of the hurricane arrived in france yesterday, and they complained of feeling abandoned, the fact that they were subject to looting and to armed gangs, and that the law and order kind of broke down on the french side of that island, st. martin's, which is half dutch and half french. meantime, the dutch king visited the dutch side of the island yesterday. so macron appears to be coming just a day late. of course, for people that they say have suffered five days for having food and water, they are really objecting a bit to the wa

french president is headed to st. martin to bring water, food and tons of medicine and emergency equipment. back here in the bay, a couple during high tide, two people stranded at this cave. it happened yesterday afternoon. coast guard released this video of the rescue just last night. a man and woman told the crews they got down to the cave during low tide and the woman hurt her leg and they could not get back before high tide came in. coast guard helicopter hoisted them to shore about an hour after the call came in. >> this afternoon burkely city counsel expected to see how police should handle crowd control. >> get out. get out. >> chief andrew greenwood said times have changed and when protesters show up with gas mask and shields, officers need tools to control crowds. this comes after multiple violent crashes between anti violence. the city of burkely has banned using pepper spray to control crowds over the past 20 years. they're asking the counsel to allow it, to help police gain control in situations when protests tur

st. martin today a resort turned to rubble overnight. the island of 72,000 took a direct hit from irma. cials say they evacuated about 1,200 u.s. cities from st. martin, shuttling them on military transport planes to nearby puerto rico. for those that remain there's been almost no food, power or water for days and the search for essentials took a turn. looters demanded anything from food to a working car. >> that's roof. the roof is about to come. there it is. the roof just went, jess. the whole roof just went flying off. >> reporter: irma killed at least 8 people when it pummelled the british and u.s. virgin islands. u.s. navy personnel moved in to medevac the most seriously injured. anguilla and barbuda were the hardest hit. >> it became a question at one point of whether we would live to see through it. >> irma raked total devastation there. >> i can barely hear you. >> reporter: irma heavily flooded the streets of havana, cuba. they cut off power as a safety measure. and as bad as havana was hit, the east coast took a bigger pounding before it turned its sights north. >>> french pres

that means the huge problem of how to fix st. martin is not st. martin's problem alone, it's up to the neither lands and france to send money and aid and supplies and get st. martin back on its feet. the united states has the same responsibility for the u.s. virgin islands. the u.s. bought the virgin islands. the united states bought the virgin islands from denmark in 1917. we made $25 million for the virgin islands. talk about a bargain. the u.s. virgin islands are part of a chunk of the islands called the virgin islands group. s some belong to the u.k. we have st. croix, st. john, and st. thomas and 50 small ones, most of which are too tiny to show up on a map. all together, if you e mask the land, you get land area twice the size of washington d.c. they are known for being absolutely gorgeous. known for white pristine beaches, old world castles and architecture. their incredible culture and incredible art and museums and incredible food, really rich storied culture and right now, the u.s. virgin islands are really, really hurting. two of those t

from barbuda to st. martin. homes reduced to rubble and cars floating down the street. thousands don't have running water right now. in puerto rico, more than a million people are in the dark for a second morning in a row. this is all a terrifying preview of what would be in store for florida. >> right now, people in florida are paying attention to the warnings and the evacuation orders. thousands trying to get out of irma's path by land or air. you take a look at the lines for gasoline. we've heard reports of people waiting in line for two hours here. some gas stations have police officers patrolling. once folks fill up, they're stuck in traffic trying to get out. >> long wait lines at miami international grew even longer after an officer-involved shooting. a police officer shot a man authorities say was armed and trying to get back into the airport through the ceiling. that shut down an entire terminal, which was already packed with passengers desperate to catch a flight. meanwhile, thousands of flights to and from florida have been canceled. coming up at 5:00, news 4

we want them to come back to st martin and bring relief, supplies, get people back home.oyal caribbean comeback in and get people on the island. we have 4000 visitors on the island. we have 4000 visitors on the island during the storm. that is a lot of people we need to get out. the airport, the runway is operable and if you did get that help that would at least start the process off. yes, the airport is barely functional. the tarmac is good, it is safer landing. san juan functional. the tarmac is good, it is safer landing. sanjuan is doing the tower work for us, the air traffic control. the military is working hard to accept —— to secure the perimeter. we can accept flights, please get in touch, get people in and get people out. you have also been speaking to the military and aid organisations. what aid is needed? 0bviously clean water is one of the first? water, water is so important. i think as an island with visitors on board, and with locals, and the sad fact that looting took place yesterday, there isa looting took place yesterday, there is a shortage of water on th

now the two hardest hit islands st martin and st barts needs to be completely rebuilt. and st martin ninety percent of buildings have been destroyed or significantly damaged so who's going to foot the bill. insurance companies reimburse cars houses and buildings with comprehensive coverage. who will look weak on a is one of the lucky ones have comprehensive insurance he owns a boat rental business in saint martin? simple songs soon we've lost at least fifty percent of all boats which announces a tens of millions of dollars. noone appellant it'll. but owners of buildings or cars that are not covered under comprehensive insurance policy will not be compensated. this is particularly problematic in saint martin for experts estimate that fifty percent of homeowners do not have insurance. yes and it's true that many people on these islands are not insured and of course that's when the government steps in a multi don't goodwill. each to cover the costs of the french government will dip into funds that are put aside for natural disasters in the overseas territories. these funds

they were on an annual vacation to st. martin when the hurricane hit. with the help of family and friends, they got to puerto rico on a military plane after three days of rationing what little food they had. >> it was scary. i can't sit here and front like it wasn't the scariest thing i've ever been through. 90% of our resort is in splinters. >> lady b. says her faith helped her survive the storm. >>> 4:05. flights have resumed from philly international to most parts of florida. flights to and from jacksonville still canceled. there are flights to and from orlando, tampa, west palm beach, ft. lauderdale, and miami, with spotty cancelations. check your airlines. first flights to philadelphia arrived yesterday. passengers told us they were cheering when their flight took off after days of being stranded in florida. the people on board couldn't hold back their excitement. kathy freed of allentown says the hardest part was finding out what was going on. >> communication was the issue. we cooperate get a flight. -- we couldn't get a flight. we couldn't find o

a woman who went with her husband to st. martin for a tropical paradise vacation got stranded there because of hurricane irma. you see a little and being home. >> i am. i really am. i'm just really glad to be home. it's the strongest storm i've ever endured. >> reporter: it took her a week to get home. her sister was waiting at the airport with balloons, flowers and posters. >> i'm just glad she's here and alive and safe. >> reporter: and jackson's say they weatherered irma at the resort. >> we saw cars flying by, the winds about 200 miles per hour. it was pretty wild. >> you could just hear cars bouncing off buildings. you could hear the building shake. >> reporter: they finally got a military flight out of puerto rico saturday. and then sunday they were both back home. >> it was a beautiful country before it started and then after it was totally destroyed. >> reporter: that couple has trip planned later this y their wedding anniversary. as you can imagine, they're not quite sure they're going to do it. they're not in a big hurry

that means the huge problem of how to fix st. martin is not st. martin's problem alone, it's up to the netherlands and france to send money and aid and supplies and get st. martin back on its feet. the united states has the same responsibility for the u.s. virgin islands. the u.s. bought the virgin yiernlgsds about 40 miles off puerto rico. the united states bought the virgin islands from denmark in 1917. we made $25 million for the virgin islands. talk about a bargain. the u.s. virgin islands are part of a big chunk of islands called the virgin islands group. some belong to the u.k. british virgin islands. but the ones that belong to us are these three big guys, st. croix, st. john, and st. thomas, plus another 50 small ones, most of which are too tiny to show up on a map. altogether if you amassed all the land mass of the u.s. virgin islands you'd get a land area twice the size of washington, d.c. u.s. virgin islands are known primarily for being absolutely gorgeous. they're known for their white pris scene beaches, their old world castles and ar

it's already made landfall in barbuda and it's on its way to st. martin an the eye and the eye over st. martin, moments ago as it's roaring through the atlantic heading towards several islands towards puerto rico. that hurricane warning has been in effect for a few days there now. a lot of people trying to get out. there's been curfews in place. people trying to stock up on supplies. they are expecting power to be out for weeks after this hurricane comes through. so it's not just those destructive winds that could rip apart houses and businesses and tear out trees but also, of course, the rain, several inches associated with this, and the storm surge, the waves that will just be so massive. it's really affecting the way the current is. here it is right now at 225. you can see this puerto rico is next in line expected to reach there by tonight. still category 5 as it moves towards the dominican republic. as it gets toward haiti towards places like cuba, it's expected to be downgraded to a category 4. those are still extremely destructive. here it is where

st. martin trying to get out. state department evacuated 1 1200 americans so far and hopes to get more people out tomorrow. state department put out a tweet that says air evacuations from st. martin have concluded for the day and it's trying to continue evacuations tomorrow but they're not confirmed yet. >> all right. evacuations underway in virgin island and this shows members of navy and marine corps flying outpatients from hospitals and st. thomas and st. john and helicopters flown out 50 patients and delivered more than 17,000 pounds of food, water and medical supplies to virm inislands. >> we're seeing incredible images of sgrution from the french caribbean islands of st. barts. hurricane irma caused close to a million an a half dollars damage to both st. damage to both st. marts and st. martin. this is biggest nar natural disaster to hit a 25eur quory in five years. >> visit fema headquarters in the washington d.c. area. he met with fema nroy anesthesia as well as members of the coastguard. mr. pennsylvania s

and the french president emmanuel macron has announced he would be traveling to st martin on tuesday ing aid supplies to show that paris is committed to both helping and rebuilding its far—away territories pummeled by hurricane irma. we are going to get the latest now on what hurricane irma is doing. we canjoin our bbc on what hurricane irma is doing. we can join our bbc presenter tomasz schafernaker, who can join our bbc presenter tomasz schaferna ker, who is can join our bbc presenter tomasz schafernaker, who is normally in the warmth of the studio, but is now facing the elements on a balcony in tampa. how did tampa cope right in the path of the storm? well, actually, we are sheltered from the wind here. the eye of the storm is very close, it is actuallyjust passing tampa now. we have had hours and hours of relentless strong winds, andi and hours of relentless strong winds, and i think in the last couple of hours or so we saw the worst of the weather. we were actually outside in front of the hotel where we are stating, observing all of this weather. the best way to describe it, it m

i want to talk about the recovery in st. martin. week after mushing irma roared through as a category five hurricane, and this map gives perspective. the north of the island administered by france, the south by the netherlands. the residents are in desperate need of help. our cla rissa ward takes a look at how people are coping on the french side of the island. >> reporter: from above, you can see the true scale of irma's violent force. roofs ripped off. trees battered bare. down on the trashed clogged streets, locals work to rebuild their lives with little more than their bare hands. time here has stood still since irma hit six days ago. >> right now, the momentum is desperate. we are in desperate need of help. >> reporter: garbage is the biggest threat. >> we see a lot of rats. and they carry diseases that we really don't need at this time. that's my biggest concern. >> reporter: scenes like this are carried out across many parts of the caribbean. house after house, street after street largely devastated. and the basic aid trickli

st. martin and from the british virgin islands in the morning. state department says u.s. citizens who can get to st. martin and the airport to arrive no later than 8:30 a.m. local time at the airport and the british virgin islands at the airport, on tore tolla, the deadline for u.s. citizens to get to the airport tomorrow to get on a flight is 9:00 a.m. joining us from st. thomas in the u.s. virgin islands is suzanne carlson. she's a staff writer for the u.s. virgin islands "daily news." thanks for joining us. i know times are tough >> thanks for having me. >> where were you during the storm and how have you been over the last holding up? >> i was at the newspaper's office during the storm and rode it out with colleagues and it was absolutely terrifying. i never experienced anything like that before. it was extremely frightening to hear what sounded like a jet engine. for hours on end things flying around and the building was shaking and roof was shaking. -- buckling. the building survived and we came through just fine. >> it's been hard to get a lot of information out of -- a lot of different p

from martinez to -- st. martin to barbuda. 95% o tiny island are damaged. >> the country has been decimated. i have never seen anything like this before. marci: now florida bracing for what governor rick scott warns could be more disastrous than the worst hurricane to hit the state. >> this storm is bigger, faster and stronger than hurricane andrew. marci: mandatory evacuations are in place in low-lying coastal part of south florida. everybody in the keys is ordered out. >> if you stay and are being irresponsible don't expect us to risk lives of our first responders because of your irresponsibility. marci: floridians heeding the warning. traffic stretching for miles. lines for gas in some places hours' long with stations running out. >> i'm very nervous. i have been driving around for 30 minutes and my car is on e for the last hour. marci: lines for plywood and water. many store shelves left empty. the rush to get ready ahead of the monstrous storm. >> part of busy boarding up the homes. others plan to do so tomorr

had live video with what it looks like over the islands that made land fall and moving closer to st. martinht now, moving closer to puerto rico. it will remain a category 5 as it rolls to the west and definitely a lot in the path as far as islands and eventually into florida where they are evacuating and preparing for a category 4. behind that, there's tropical storm jose with wind speeds of 60 miles an hour curving to the north a little more. it may become a hurricane up to a category 2 and weaken over the open waters. we also have what's tropical storm katia expected to move into mexico over the next several days. a lot going on in the atlantic as far as this hurricane season. for us, we are looking atmore quiet weather besides the chance of showers tomorrow and a chance of rain tomorrow. mike has breaking news on the road. >> suddenly got busy for a couple spots. overall, the bridge is looking great for the commute. the issue is north of the bay bridge an san francisco. the first is the sig-alert. it's not the biggest sig-alert. i'll put something out with what it means with the origin o

the monster storm is screaming through the carr beeian right now, just listen to irma in st. martinirma first hit barbuda this morning and she went to st. martin destroying the island's four strongest buildings. all eyes are tracking the hurricane's every move. it is getting more likely by the hour she will hit florida. inkey west, everyone is ordered to evacuate. it's mandatory, all visitors, business owners, and residents need to get out by 7:00 tonight. >> with sus stained winds at 175 miles per hour, irma is being called potentially catastrophic and life threatening. >> there is a new and seems to be record breaking hurricane heading right toward florida and puerto rico and other places. we'll see what happens, we'll know in a very short period of time, it could be not good, believe me. >> it could be a coast to coast threat. it is large enough to impact

as we move sort of west to east, st. martin, you mentioned that, it is a half dutch territory, half french territory. there are significant problems on the island, and many are related to looting. i hate to use the term looting because we think of people going into stores and robbing. it's not what's happening. people are going for food and water. it is a lawless situation, according to the dutch government. they've put troops in the city to try to restore what they can. this was the first category 5 storm to hit cuba since 1932. they evacuated a million people off of the key islands of north earn cuba. this is what, in many ways, slowed irma down. we are expecting a cat 4 or cat 5 landfall from irma. cuba slowed it down. the pictures are from havana. the flooding came in six blocks into the city of havana, surrounded the u.s. embassy up to waist-high water. a difficult scene. as we've heard, at least ten people killed in cuba. it was interesting to listen to the interview you all did with the fema director, brock long, talking

st. martin. battered boats and flooded streets. look at that. cars submerged. look at that. a look at the hotel from st. martin as well, where they are trying too through and assess the damage. communication and images from the island were cut off from the world because of the storm's strength. because the island is in the eye of the storm, people are actually experiencing a quick break. hurricane force winds will begin once again after that eye has passed. >> 5:42. new video showing the terrifying moments off a boat in central missouri. the back of the left side of the boat, you can see the woman and dog thrown into the air. this happened last week. fortunately, everyone is expected to be okay. it was extinguished shortly after the explosion. there's no word on why it happened. >>> richmond police are reminding people to be careful meeting people online. a robbery suspect is now behind bars. the victim came to the neighborhood to give an estimate for a job. the man he was meeting then robbed him at gunpoint. the suspect tried to shoot the victim, but the weapon jammed. these are the pictures of the gun. the suspect fled, but police eventually

to the u.s. virgin islands. the u.s. is is there. they're taking residents from st. martin to san juan. biggest sigh of relief was in puerto rico and san juan. the eye staying off the land, lashing the island with heavy rain but no direct hit. then it made its way to turks and kay coast, a number of the islands at category 5, the strongest in history to ever affect the turks and caicos. on its way to cuba. for 37 hours, sustaining winds at 185 miles per hour. there has never been a cyclone in the world, a typhoon in the world or any other hurricane that has sustained that kind of strength for that long a period of time. making its way to northern coast of cuba as a category 5, making landfall, the strongest since 1924. lashing with heavy rains on its western flank, the city streets of havana. most likely the interaction kept us in the u.s. from getting a category 5 landfall but we had our category 4. in the keys, just 16 days after harvey made landfall in rockport, texas, for the first time in history, the u.s. has two category 4 landfalls in the same year. after the keys, landfall. mar

he arrived in guadalupe this morning and then went to st. martin. ten people were killed. a take. frastructure specialist there's help mac ron to help assess the damage. european nations have been criticized for neglecting the caribbean after the storm. >>> and celebrities will be part of a telethon to benefit those who were hit by harvey. they are expected to take part. in telethon will raise money for thousands in texas who were displaced. and those who lost their homes because of harvey and the flooding that it watched. you can watch at 8:00. >> president trump met with the malaysian president. he spoke with president trump with maritime security and counter terrorism. it was a state fund under investigation. the justice department says people close to him stole billions of dollars and the trump administration is working to seize almost $2 billion it says was taken from the fund to bias et cetera in the u.s. >> mr. trump is calling new u.n. security sanctions against north korea not a big deal. they target some of the biggest remaining revenue streams but they fall short of what

it's loading up supplies to take to st. martin tonight. >> brangham: for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham. >> sreenivasan: the florida keys are still reeling from a devastating hit. they're largely inaccessible and conditions remain very difficult. to get a sense of what communities are dealing with, i spoke by phone this afternoon with the vice mayor of marathon, florida, michelle coldiron. >> we received a lot of damage. we currently do not have our electric on. we do not have water services. we do not have cell services. we don't have internet connections. so it is pretty sketchy right now. however, we do have a very collaborative structured team on the ground. they're working in collaboration with monroe county. we have a well-trained recovery effort in progress as we speak. >> sreenivasan: what are your greatest needs right now? >> right now our greatest needs are food, fuel, and water. our marathon airport has been cleared so that official planes can arrive. they are coming in. we have c-130s that are arriving. with th

to rescue in all? >> i think our over all group picked up 1,543 people from st. martinough four days of work. >> four days of work, right? >> four very long days, yes, sir. >> i can only imagine. do you know how long you're going to be down there helping out? >> i don't, sir. i do know there are talks of redeploying our assets to florida to follow the wake and the path of hurricane irma. and whatever it takes to best utilize our skill sets however we can, that's what we're here for. >> one of the things that were so hard to comprehend while conveying this story was the sheer scale of the damage. is that something you notice in particular when you're flying over? do you notice it immediately? >> of course. even getting our first landing seeing the destruction that even puerto rico felt was jarring. and our first daylight hop into st. martin and st. croix, twisted metal wreckage. something i've never seen before, and i've been in the air force almost ten years now. so it was kind of staggering. so the things we could do to help however small or big it was our pleasure. >>

then set sail for san squan puerto rico where the evacuees will disembark and it will continue to st. martin, also heavily hit to pick up more evacuees from there. here on the island, more resources came in yesterday. we took the u.s. cutter from san juan puerto rico. they are trying to get the airport on the west end back up and running perhaps by the weekend we might see commercial air traffic start again here. there are food and water supplies here. there are checkpoints for people who have been affected to go to those places and get their supplies for the day. the death toll from irma still stands at least four here on saint thomas. cruise continue to go through the island to look for potential victims and going forward they want to try to get the infrastructure up and running so people can get the basic supplies to get through each and every day. there is still a curfew here, an 18-hour curfew from 6:00 p.m. until noon the following day. i spoke to the governor yesterday, perhaps by thursday maybe friday they may start to ease those restrictions. that's the very latest on saint thomas,

we've been told about hurricane jose, now a category 4 storm and it could pass close to st. martinxt 24 hours. a double hit, extraordinary stuff. meanwhile irma has stretening back into a category 5 and set to slam the state of florida. irma now battling cuba as we speak. even before it made landfall, irma was bringing torrential rain to the country. our patrick gutman with more from the cuban coast. >> reporter: so here on the northern central coast of cuba, we continue to feel these feeder bans coming in, bringing a lot of rain and wind. this one is not that strong. earlier tonight though, i was nearly blown over, a storm came in and really out of nowhere, i didn't have time to put my rain jacket on, it was incredibly forceful. i've covered plenty of hurricanes and nothing like this was where i could not get my jacket on. out of nowhere rain came in that was pretty much blinding and knocked out that power in the area where i am in cuba. we've seen a lot of evacuations over the last day or two. so the people are going to continue to deter rate here as we get into saturday as the s

full they prepositioned in case of disaster, and after irma came through, they shipped that out to st. martinother islands, so they have nothing now. with so many other islands hit by irma and maria, they hope their needs are not forgotten. >>> facebook says it will share information about ads it sold to russian trolls during the 2016 election, and president trump, though, already blasting away. that's next. what can you do? guard your card? guard your card? just like your credit card. nobody gets my number, unless i know they should have it. to protect your identity, new medicare cards without social security numbers will be mailed next year. visit medicare.gov/fraud stay sharp people! this is not a cloud. this is a car protected from storms by an insurance company that knows the weather down to the square block. this is a diamond tracked on a blockchain - protected against fraud, theft and trafficking. this is a financial transaction secure from hacks and threats others can't see. this is a patient's medical history made secure - while still available to their doctor at their fingertips. th

it‘s going to mow over the top of st martin and thenit to mow over the top of st martin and then it willamage, notjust from the winds but in the 11—foot storm surge. catastrophic damage is expected there. here in the uk, we have got partly cloudy skies with some sunny spells. one or two showers for north—west england, getting in towards the midlands. one or two for northern ireland and north—west scotland. for many, it‘s a dry—looking day. the temperatures range between 15 and 20. overnight, the cloud will tend to break upa overnight, the cloud will tend to break up a little bit as we go through the night. still a few showers coming and going. western scotla nd showers coming and going. western scotland and northern ireland where the cloud will tend to thicken up later in the night. temperatures 12-15. later in the night. temperatures 12—15. chilly in rural parts of north—east scotland. on thursday, the winds will start to blow more strongly across the north—west of the uk, as the rain pushes into northern ireland and scotland, getting into the north—west of england and wales, as we go t

it's forecasted to pass close to st. martin over the weekend, delivering a second damaging blow after irma devastated that island earlier this week. they cannot catch a break. meteorologist rab mayeda joins us now. i know you've been tracking irma and you're also tracking our forecast here and you see the heat is returning. >> first heat and then we'll lose the heat and then the humidity. >> great. great for my hair. >> we'll be seeing changes in our weather as we go through the weekend. hurricane irma, still a strong storm here. category 4, technically still on the coast of cuba, west northwest movement there, 12 miles per hour. 130 mile per hour sustained winds. we'll show you where the storm is expected to move now. if you saw this map last night, thinking it's shifted to the west, it has. technically some of the eastern side of florida, the atlantic side maybe not seeing the worst of the storm. it's areas like ft. myers, key west and tampa where the legacy of the storm will be the potential for extreme coastal flooding. the

these images we're seeing are breathtaking from barbuda to st. martin. homes have been reduced to rubble. we see cars floating down the street. thousands don't have running water right now. there are moha morning in a row. let's go to sheena parveen with more on irma's track. sheena? >> good morning. an up from the 5:00 -- update from the 5:00 advisory. winds sustained at 155 miles per hour. it has weakened a little bit. it's still a huge threat to the state of florida as we go into saturday and sunday, it will be taking that turn to the north over very warm waters here. it's going to be expected to stay a major hurricane. moving into south florida, the keys and south florida as far as storm surge and high winds are concerned, moving inland near tampa by monday morning, possibly still as a hurricane. it's so large, it will impact both coastlines of florida. it will move inland and the remnants towards tennessee. this is a huge storm. about 400 miles wide. it's going to cover the entire state of florida. coming up in a bit, we'll talk about what florida ma

st. thomas before turning back to hard-hit st. martin to do much the same. it's all hands on deck in this recovery, lester. >> ron mott, thank you. >>> tonight, it's happened again in another american school. police say a student opened fire on fellow classmates, killing one and wounding several others. it happened at freeman high school south of spokane, washington. and nbc's joe fryer has late details on what happened inside. >> reporter: this school day was just getting started when the sound of gunshots filled the air at freeman high near spokane. >> i just hear this loud bang. i thought it was like someone popped something. >> the thing that kept going through my head was run, just go. >> reporter: students quickly took cover as news of the shooting spread across rockford, washington. >> i have a mother who says her daughter was shot in the leg. >> reporter: the sheriff says an armed student showed up at school today. his first weapon jammed. >> he went to his next weapon. a student walked up to him, engaged him and that student was shot. >> reporter: a