us at the top of the hour. the next big update at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. i want to bring you rob gold from florida power and light coming to us from palm beach. what's the story now on power? >> it's really pretty much where we expect it to be. we've got about half a million customers who are now out of power. i would say though we've already restored about a quarter of a million. so we've been at it all night. we do have an army of about 16,000 restoration workers. it's arguably not just the most preset, prestaged before in history. so we're ready to get at it. we're going to have some challenges today because the weather is going to prevent us from getting out, particularly with the high wind. once the wind subsides in certain areas such as miami-dade, tri-county area, moving up the east coast, we'll get about restoration. what we're saying to our customers, the real challenge on the east coast, we're talking about days. it's going to be a restoration, repairing equipment. on the west coast if our worst fears are realized, we could be facing an entire rebuild of a system which could last weeks. >> what will separate those who you can actual

us at the top of the hour. the next big update at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. i want to bring you rob gold from florida power and light coming to us from palm beach. what's the story now on power? >> it's really pretty much where we expect it to be. we've got about half a million customers who are now out of power. i would say though we've already restored about a quarter of a million. so we've been at it all night. we do have an army of about 16,000 restoration workers. it's arguably not just the most preset, prestaged before the storm but actually in the u.s. in history. so we're ready to get at it. we're going to have some challenges today because the weather is going to prevent us from getting out, particularly with the high wind. once the wind subsides in certain areas such as miami-dade, tri-county area, moving up the east coast, we'll get about restoration. what we're saying to our customers, the real challenge on the east coast, we're talking about days. it's going to be a restoration, repairing equipment. on the west coast if our worst fears are realized, we could be facing an entire rebuild of a system which could last weeks. >> what wil

palm beach, brevard and sarasota counties. and representing the 22nd congressional district including areas of broward and palm beach counties, joining us from boca raton, florida. thanks for joining us. i know you're incredibly busy. what is your biggest fear now? we're only hours away from this hurricane hitting florida. >> well, my biggest fear is over the things we do have control of. which is people's decision to follow or not to follow the mandatory evacuation that's in place for large parts of south florida. people who live in areas that are subject to mandatory evacuation have to leave and can't leave until tomorrow, it might be too late and can't think they'll simply ride it out and if there's a problem emergency responders will come to them, because they won't. so that's my big concern, and

jackie deangelis is working that story for us from west palm beach, florida good morning, jackie theower story appears to be the one affecting most floridans. >> that's right. because it covers most of the state. yesterday we saw more than 6 million people across florida without power. that number has dropped down to a little over 5 million people that's definitely a step in the right direction considering the fact that this storm just blew through. but sometimes it's the outskirts, the outer parts of the state that are the hardest to get to. crews not only have to get out and restore the power, but make sure that these wires are safe this is a neighborhood that didn't have power about eight hours ago. this morning, some of the lights are on and we suspect that they do. but, again, these safety impediments are something that crews have to work on. in palm beach county specifically, we saw a little over half a million yesterday with that power. that dropped about 125,000 but still, this is a massive project to take on and there are crews even coming from out of state to try to help wi

brian joins us from west palm beach.mething that prompted a very dramatic rescue, right? >> right, don. in palm beach county, which, by the way, has been pounded by hurricane force winds for coming up on 11 1/2 hours which is a sustained barrage here of wind and rain. palm beach county not far from where we are, a dramatic rescue, 50 plus people pulled from the stonybrook complex in riviera beach, florida. the mayor of that town, thomas masters, told us he had to go there with fire and rescue teams and police when the roofs got ripped off of two units in that apartment complex. they went door to door and made sure people got out. but they pulled more than 50 people out. they got them to a shelter and higher ground and a safer area including several children. and he reported that none of them were injured, but this is kind of the product of what we've been going through here, again, close to 12 hours here in palm beach county. over on this street, flagler drive along the intercoastal waterway, we saw three transformers bl

from the new york times. a 300 mile wide storm trains. on florida -- trains fury on florida. joining us is jennifer from north palm beach, florida. tell us where you are and what the last couple days have been like. caller: just a lot of people fleeing the area, flying out, if they can afford buying extremely expensive tickets. we have stayed put. i am happy we did. 60 mile per gusts and small tornadoes coming off the water, but it is livable. i wanted to share with everyone a great new documentary called frumpkins sky. it is from the global elite tv. some militaryt technology like chem trails and things like that and how they are building these massive storms. i thought it would be great to share that. host: you have decided to stay put and not evacuate? caller: that is true. we are not really in the conditions that it is like in naples or the west coast. it is relatively manageable. we went through the other hurricanes, and we got a special garage door and shutters and things like that. it is definitely -- we are staying put. we cannot go out. have like that, but we canned goods and stuff like that. we have power, so we are happ

maxine bentell joining us live from the palm beach area, turnpike and the conditions going on now. what is happening down there? >> it's very busy. so busy, in fact, take a look. there is a line of cars so long we have the florida state troopers here tonight directing traffic. the drivers are starting to get stressed out as they prepare to head north away >> if i didn't have her, i probably would have stayed. my decision was based on her. >> latrice and her 7-year-old daughter london are heading to alabama from florida. >> i see maybe two more storms behind this storm. it's like let me just get out of here. i'd rather be safe than sorry. >> she packed up the car and hit the road. >> bottles of water, of course. blow up bed. business cards. just in case i can't go back home. start my business somewhere else. >> hello. >> she wasn't alone at the west palm beach service plaza where dozens of cars were waiting to fill up with gas before fleeing florida. travelers were also scrambling to get out of town. >> one of the friends called the airport. i need to go anywhere. >> anywhere? >> he

joining us now from west palm beach is the governor of florida, rick scott. governor scott, thank you, again, for being with us this morning and could you update us on where preparations stand with irma making its way closer to florida. >> it is a massive storm. it can be devastating. you know, i'm a father. i'm a grandfather. i love my family. i hope every parent in this state and grandparent is thinking how do i protect my family? if you're in an evacuation zone you have to get out. you can't wait. the roads will get worse when it gets out, i've canceled all the schools, k-12, state college and universities to open up more shelters. they're good evacuation shellering areas. i just want everybody to listen to their local understand this is can be a devastating storm. it's way bigger than andrew. we saw the devastation of andrew. my job is to protect everybody. i want everybody in the state to be safe. >> it does appear, governor, that the people are listening to you and they're getting in their cars and they're having a difficult time still with the supply of

palm beach, brevard and sarasota counties. and representing the 22nd congressional district including areas of broward and palm beach counties, joining us fromoca raton, florida. thanks for joining us. i know you're incredibly busy. what is your biggest fear now? we're only hours away from this hurricane hitting florida. >> well, my biggest fear is over the things we do have control of. which is people's decision to follow or not to follow the mandatory evacuation that's in place for large parts of south florida. people who live in areas that are subject to mandatory evacuation have to leave and can't leave until tomorrow, it might be too late and can't think they'll simply ride it out and if there's a problem emergency responders will come to them, because they won't. so that's my big concern, and beyond that, those working hard to take care of neighbors, everyone's chipping in. i just want them to do what they need to do to be safe. >> it's not against the law for feel ride it out and ignore the advice, and the great advice to get out, but to ignore the evacuation orders, right? >> but they're doing so at their own peril. the fact is, if t

from palm beach. he flew over florida keys from top to bottom giving us these images.en we have been talking with people in the keys. they don't know whether people are okay, missing or have perished. what did you see? >> reporter: well, we saw a lot. there was a lot of destruction throughout all the way from miami down to key west. the most -- most of the deaf station was around big fine key near marathon. it was -- we saw a lot of boats that were sunken, we saw a lot of trailer homes were all piled up and some were blown into the nearby water. and it was really sad. we didn't see many people out on the streets, so that was good. hopefully most of the people were evacuated or got out of the keys. from -- yes. >> i was going to say when you say marathon where you saw it looked some of the worst. when you look at the keys map marathon right in the middle, on key west end and to the other, what did it look like there that made that feel to you that was sort of the worst hit area? >> well, you could -- you -- you could clearly see a lot of the roofs were blown off, houses

us all day long. that is another through here. this is where much of the winds energy from the hurricane is hitting now in west palm beach. it's really intense here we've also had very intense rain bands hit us. i'm going to throw it to you, john berman, where you are in miami. i know you've got the intense hurricanes-strength winds there. it sure feels like it's hitting up here, too. >> reporter: yeah respect hard to operate. hard to move, hard to hear. hard to do anything in conditions like this, with the winds pounding like they are. again in the high rises they've had gusts of 100 miles an hour. moor than a million people over southern florida as a whole. as bad as it is in miami, this is downtown miami, you can't see it, because it's raining so hard, and the soup is so thick, but miami beach is out there, and that's where i want to go to kyung lau. >> what is it like? >> as it happens in a hurricane, our electronics are starting to get down as things get waterlogged. conditions are starting to deteriorate here. i want to give you a look the what it looks like here in miami beach. it looks bad, yes, but i need to tell

palm beach county. it really has not let up. we can also report some horrible news from hardee county in the middle of the state where palm beach officials here were telling usout it and it was reported earlier, two law enforcement officers in hardee county died in a vehicle collision. they were in an evacuation zone and it tells you that about the risks that some of these law enforcement officers are taking to try to save people. we were told by palm beach officials and officials in other countries that they were not able to send other people, and they were not going to be able to send first responders and don't call 911. they can't come for you. will, still in hardee county these officers risk their lives and unfortunately, two officers lost their lives tonight. the circumstances around the vehicle collision aren't quite clear right now, but we do know that they've passed away. so anderson, the intensity on the east coast, as bad as it is on the west coast and we know it's horrible. i don't think for a moment the intensity has decreased on the east coast. >> yeah. well, our thoughts and our prayers are certainly with the families of those officers. there i

us, we join you. >> hurricane irma is hours away from what is expected to be a devastating hit to the florida keys. looking at palm beach rain are lashing, landfall is expected early morning hours. with that said time for a check with melissa magee. >> you are correct with that. the national hurricane center shifted the track to the west, nonetheless working its way up the southwest coast of florida. at home, the comen doar barry bridge is quiet. all eyes o eyes on the tropics. it's a category three storm right now. we have the latest stats with winds 120 miles per hour. we are seeing a shift from the west northwest to the northwest six miles per hour, maximum sustained gusts at 60 miles per hour. it's a large storm we are tracking for the state of florida. the sustained winds looking at the center of circulation, the red is the indication of hurricane force winds from the center of the storm. the yellow shaded circle is an indication of tropical storm force winds extending 205-miles out from the center of the storm. to give you an idea, tropical storm force winds are greater than the state of florida because florida fr

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from coast to coast, tampa to orlando and cities and communities nearby. joining us live now, bob buckhorn. what stands out to me, mayor, there are people i've spoken to from miami and palm beach who have evacuated to tampa. is tampa a safe evacuation zone? >> well, it is, steph, we're on the back side even though the track has moved a little to the west which puts us at a little greater risk. we anticipate this will largely be a wind and rain event but we are looking at the surge models. as of 2:00 this afternoon, i'll be declaring flood zone level a will be under a mandatory evacuation, just to err on the side of caution but remember, we are on the water. if we took a cat 3 direct hit to tampa, my office in downtown tampa would be 15 feet under water. we are taking this seriously. we train for this all year round, guys and that's one of the challenges of living in this tropic environment. so we are prepared. we're ready to execute -- >> that's some of the good news because we see pictures of those roads of people getting out of plagss that they are supposed to evacuate from. i have a map up on the left side which is the area a, the red is the area a. that is what you are ann

. >> joining us now on the phone from the coast guard briefing at the port of palm beach which is amonghe busiest ports in florida, we have the ports executive director thank you so much for calling in >> what can you tell buus about closing the port in florida? cancelling cargo shipments and cruise ships what's the sflan. >> what's the sflan. >> plan? >> we're under yankee. there is no other vessel that we allow to come into the port. any vessel making its way to here at this point is adviced to seek another destination we have been working on this since the day before yesterday i can honestly tell you that conditions out here are very calm at this point a little cloudy. but that's just the storm, the quiet before the storm it's going to -- it looks like it's going to hit south florida and they're prepared, as prepared as we can be. >> how long do you expect the port to actually be shut down? >> i would imagine the port, if history serves us correctly, we will probably be closed until next tuesday >> okay. and what should we expect when it comes to disruptions? what is the most common

. >>> florida governor rick scott joins us now from the south florida water management center in west palm beach. governor, good morning. >> good morning. i want everybody to listen to the evacuation orders, charlie. we have got to -- everybody think about your family. i love my family. i want my family to be safe. i want to protect them. i think about that with the state. so if there's evacuation orders in your area, you have to listen to. >> what is the latest you can tell us about the expectation when the storm hits and the devastation from it? >> well, here's what's different between this and andrew. this is bigger than andrew, and we're going to have way more storm surge. we're going to start seeing hurricane force winds tonight in the keys, and looks like -- follow the track, come up a slight move, decide it's going to the west coast versus the east coast and said all along. don't be complacent. not exactly sure where it will go. think about your life, your family's life, but five to ten feet of storm surge if the southern part of the state will cover homes. we're not a high state. we don'

he thinks rebuilding your own foundation by using bricks from resource retirement -- from your retirement money is the right idea. you're in west palm beachit? >> that's correct, yes. liz: looks like hurricane irma is set to possibly hit you guys. what are you hearing? >> mass hysteria has set in. yesterday the supermarkets were all out of water, a lot of canned goods. i mean, they're getting more shipments in, but i think yesterday was the day the official freakout began. liz: well, when you see the empty shelves and you see what the people in texas are going through, maybe that's not necessarily too hysterical. but let's talk about what people are going through. they're looking for a pile of money which, in many cases, they do not have. they think to themselves, well, i do have some liquidity in my 401(k). i know i'm not supposed to touch it, but what about borrowing from it and then thinking i will get back on my feet and repay it just so i can have a place to live? >> yeah. i mean, it's not going to surprise you, liz, when i say i'm not a fan of borrowing, much less taking a hardship withdrawal -- liz: why not? give people a hard reas

from west palm beach through miami and key west. that means hurricane conditions will be experienced there within the next 48 hours. and future tracker 6 shows us key largo experiencing wind gusts 114 miles per hour and heading into sun morning, miami wind gusts 127 miles per hour and the latest track from the national hurricane center shows pretty close to a worst case scenario for florida. it brings the storm from the florida keys to miami sun morning as the tide is coming in. this is so unusual i can't remember a hurricane from this path north to the center of the peninsula spreading out the damage and hurricane force winds through the entire peninsula. and we are looking at enormous damage. >>> this is the frantic scene at miami international airport. thousands of floridians scramble to escape before they halt all plane traffic there. sara bloomquist is live at philadelphia international airport the destination for some of those florida travellers. what are you learning there? >> jimming all the major airlines are suspending operations to and from all south florida airports by tomorrow evening. some as early as tomorrow afternoon and that m

that's about an hour's drive from where i am now to brian todd in west palm beach. brian, let usy is preparing. we saw those police officers out telling everybody that it's time to evacuate yesterday about this time. in the afternoon hours as well. >> reporter: that's right, victor. they were out telling people to get out then. they want people out now. we saw a lot of police officers patrolling this morning. they want people off the roads right now. they don't want them out. they've told us, at some point as the dynamics of this storm start to deteriorate in the area, they're going to shut down the bridges like this that connect west palm beach to palm beach. a couple of significant threats that they're monitoring here, victor. storm surge is one of them. we've heard chad and other experts tell us 5 to 12 feet of storm surge possible. we're at low hide in the intracoastal waterway, when the tide rises, 12 feet, this could be inundated. palm beach could be inundated. here's another threat. the construction sites and cranes. look at this, this is a very large crane along the coast

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 out if there was a flight. >> coming up, we'll go live to miami to show the recovery efforts and how people are coping as crews work to get the power back on. >>> if you're looking for ways to help the victims of hurricane irma or harvey, go to the nbc10 app or nbc10.com. we've post links and more information on how to donate, plus find more pictures and damage and updates on the recovery. >>> 4:06. in wilmington, a hit-and-run driver remains on the loose. delaware police say before 8:00 last night the driver hit a man near delaware park drive. right now investigators don't even know what type of vehicle that they're looking for. the victim is expected to be o

beach is going to be joining us in a few moments. he's coming from some of his preparations. so right now, i want to go to brian todd, he's in west palm beach. police there are going door to door to see whether or not the residents are heeding the evacuation calls and if those who remain have a plan and have supplies for 72 hours. brian, what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, chris, those police just came by here with a loud speaker, going door to door, saying this area is under a mandatory evacuation, please evacuate. across the intercoastal waterway at palm beach, they've already done that. but we're with people here who are going to ride this out. this is emanuela and mark. they're here on the south flagler drive. you're going to stay. you've heard all the warnings, you've heard everybody on tv and the governor, everybody saying you've got to get out. why are you staying? >> we have, we feel, a very secure home. concrete block, hurricane shutters, sandbags. it's been around for 45 years. there's never been any damage. we have a lot of friends in this so-so neighborhood that are staying. we all feel confident and they're all florid

you can see minor debris, palm frahms in the road, we're in front of a big hotel, a big wall here, separating us from the beach but if you look down atlantic avenue, some trees that are not protected, and street signs they are rocking out here. emergency management told us they are expecting worse winds in this overnight. they are expecting tropical storm force winds. overnight, then, possible gusts to 75 miles per hour here in the county. between now and 10 or 10:00 a.m. in the morning, that is why they closed all of the bridges between the beach and mainland, and there a curfew until noon tomorrow, they don't' people on the streets, the wind is howling and stuff is flying. mike: you have high winds, heavy rain. millions without power then you have to worry about tornadoes as well? brutal, rick? >> yeah. it certainly can be. and we hope we don't see any more of those in this area. but, you know, the power is a huge concern. they had thousands of people lose power here in this county. but the winds have not been that bad here yet. we have a lot of power crews in this hotel on stand by, ready to roll as soon as

palm trees. what we've been looking at is the beach is about 200 yards from us. watching those water fs fer whipped up. you can taste the water in your mouth because it's so strong. we're standing out here. we should make that clear to people so that viewers and people who live here don't have to. you can see what's going on in your neighborhoods. can you see what's going on in your cities. this is our job. we do it. we do it with pleasure, but we want to show you what is going on so that you don't have to put yourself in danger. i want to show you where we are. we're under a concrete structure. this is the hilton hotel right on the beach. we're right in front of the daytona beach police department who we have been talking to in the past few days. they stoe they told us 500 people in shelters. some with special needs they had to go in in case the power went out. we have a hotel that has dozens upon dozens and dozens of florida power and light workers. people here on contract to exactly when the storm stops, exactly when the winds stop, they'll get in their trucks

from the hurricane itself will be worse. don? >> miguel marquez in miami. thank you. brian todd is in palm beach for us. brian, hello to you. there's a large senior population there. how are folks preparing? >> reporter: a lot of anxiety, don. and a lot of worry how they're going to move some of these elderly people around. they're trying to communicate with as many caregivers as possible in palm beach county. there's a high concentration of retirees. elderly people with special needs. one official told me they're trying to get as many people into shelters here. they have about 15 shelters were people here in palm beach county. they're trying to get as many into shelters as possible. but if they come, they have to bring the caregivers with them because they don't have the personnel to care for them in the shelters. that's one challenge. another is communicating to all those people. very clearly, to try to get them from one place to another. they had to start this day ago. they had been doing it because it takes longer to move these people. that's a big concern tonight. storm surgery erge is another o. five to ten feet of st

us how people there are preparing for the worst. that's ahead on nbc 10 news a at 6:00. first a live look from west palm beach.we have been showing this camera. it looks picture perfect out there. you see no boats in the water because we all know irma is on the way. >> it's a great picture. a little earlier all the homes are close to the water. that's the case along the coastline. if you need evidence of just how bad this storm could be, new video from st. thomas, hurricane irma tore through home there is. the destruction is humbling. the hurricane knocked out power, water and television service. and new video from turks and caicos. you can see broken trees and debris. a woman in florida desperate for a generator found out that even difficult times strangers can be heros. listen. >> my father is on oxygen. i'm worry ied about the storm. >> my wife is not been well either. >> this is what happens next. pam broke down after learning the last generator had been sold out. that's when that guy there stepped in and gave her the generator in his cart. >> i don't know him at all. he's a stranger. he's an angel from go

from $200 billion earlier, in terms of estimates. our very own reporter is reporting in palm beach. great to have you with us.xplain what kind of damage you have seen. what attempts are being made to get back to some sort of normality? >> this is one of the most exclusive, expensive retail locations in america. it is empty. m beach is a ghost town. we had to talk to the police and tell them what we were doing, reporting on the damage. they aren't even letting the residents in. we're talking about people like the kock brothers, ken griffin, ken langone, the billionaires who live here in palm beach, as far as their vacation homes are concerned. this is a town with an average medium sales price of almost a million dollars. is the one current we have seen on the road. i am going to wave him through. scarlet: seo it is -- see who it is! people whosee the run this town have tidied up some of the palms, scattered across the street earlier. we saw a lot worse in orlando. it was supposed to be a two-hour, 43 minute drive. did you have to refuel? >> the hardest thing was finding gas. we had to wait about 45 minutes in

us from ft. myers. joining me is dylan dryer, nbc's dylan dryer driving across west palm beach to the west gulf coast. dylan, what's the situation? >> well, hey, ali. you know, we are leaving west palm beach, which is where we were kind of hunkered down when the storm track was a little farther to the east, but we're not leaving because nothing's going to happen here. we're just heading to the west side of the state because we certainly do think there's going to be a major story in the tampa area if this storm maintains the track that it is. but as al just pointed out, it's all within that cone of uncertainty and the track of this storm is still not yet set in stone. but we are heading north on 95 right now. if you take a look out the front of the car you can see there are really not a whole lot of cars on the road. i think everybody has gotten to where they're going to be to ride out this storm. one interesting thing, you can't see and hear, but we've passed several billboards that actually had holes punched out in them because they can act like a kite or a sail in the wind. they definitely take in p

from jupiter, florida, which is under one of those mandatory evacuation orders. mayor, thanks for staying us late with us. >> sure, my pleasure. >> what can you tell us tonight? >> in palm beach county, we have had mandatory evacuations along the coastal boundaries. but we've been watching the storm move to the west. and so we're feeling like we're not going to get the prunt of the storm per se, but we're still planning for storm surges and maybe more likely to have tropical storm winds rather than the bare brunt of the storm as it moves to the west. but we were certainly preparing for the worst, not more than 24 hours ago. >> sure. in our coverage tonight and our reporters on the ground have seen a lot of folks who are figuring out what they're doing. some getting gas, some going north. some getting gas and going home. what are you telling folks now at this stage? >> well, you know, the foebs that were in the mandatory evacuation area hopefully you made arrangements, you made a plan. if not, that simply means if something goes south in the middle of the storm there's no first reresponders that are going to be available to you until after the heavy winds have died down. so he

clean up here in south florida from palm beach, broward and you know what, really, the entire state of florida, pretty unprecedented, guys. todd: bryan llenas live for use. 38 minutes exactly after the hour. this morning we are commemorating the anniversary of 9/11. army veteran pete hegseth live at ground zero next. heather: plus the family who decided to ride out hurricane irma's wrath this video outside their home they join us live with a firsthand account up next ♪ ♪ i am totally blind. and non-24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424. trusted battery for your son's favorite toy?t maybe not. maybe, you could trust he wouldn't leave the upstairs water running. (woman screams) or, you could just trust duracell. ♪ heather: well, despite warnings to evacuate, many florida residents decided to stay put and ride out the storm, including our next guest who chose to ride it out from one of the hardest hit areas, actually. todd: randy, a recreational fishing company in the florida keys. we have been in touch with him since saturday. he joining us now by phone with an upd

us in palm beach. thank you. >>> president trump is watching irma's path, as well. he'll be monitoring the storm from camp david. kristen welker is at the white house. >> reporter: good morning. president trump's message, the federal government is ready to deal with hurricane irma and the public should take the storm seriously. with his cabinet at camp david trying to show it is all hands on deck. at camp david this morning, president trump tracking irma, while trying to reassure the public, just before leaving the white house, telling reporters -- >> we're prepared at highest level. >> reporter: in his weekly address, urging everyone to take the storm seriously. >> i ask everyone in the storm's watt to be vigilant and to heed all recommendations from government officials and law enforcement. nothing is more important than the safety and security of our people. >> reporter: later this morning, the president will get briefed on the storm, as he convenes a meeting with his entire cabinet for the fourth time since taking office. in addition to irma, the white house is monitoring another hurricane, jose,

what we can report to you from this county is that the intensity of the wind has prompted a rescue. and a pretty significant one. the mayor of palm beach county has told ushat the stoney brook apartment complex in riviera beach had the roofs ripped off two apartment units of that complex. they had to get first responders in there in these conditions and rescue at least 50 people. 50 people pulled out of those apartment units. he himself went over there along with the fire and police department and went door to door to get people out of there. luckily they got at least 50 people out and got them safely to a shelter, including several small children and there were no injuries. but again, the intensity of the wind, people think in this county they can ride it out and it's just been pounding for several hours and the people at that apartment complex thought it wouldn't last this long. it certainly did. this evening they had to be rescued. our message is clear. you can be arrested if. you're out here because of the curf curfew. they want people to stay inside, stay hunkered down and stay in shelters. this is just not letting up. >> that's the message from the

it used to have, among its many ,upporters, the bush family nancy reagan, is a relatively new developments and i think it's pretty opportunistic on their part. host: from west palm beach, florida, dennis. how are you doing? caller: i'm doing fine, the roof is still on. host: the cable is on. caller: that's right. , iore i make my comment wanted to just say that i really enjoy both of your guests, and i have for years. her on, used to watch the mclaughlin group. but nobody on the show was any more knowledgeable, and she was great. terry jeffrey, he always writes excellent columns, even though these are on the opposite sides of issues. host: stay on the line. were you on the program from the beginning? guest: no, but not quite. host: go ahead. caller: i was going ask the two of them, which is a really think is the best way to bring about peace in north korea? it seems to me that we don't even really discussed the possibility. why don't they try to bring north korea into the realm of system? market not even china or russia are still involved in that anymore. it all moved towards the free market system and north korea is all by itself. just keep think that making economic

palm beach. so, to some video from the east side of the state. we want to bring in amy, who is in the florida keys. she is specifically in islamorada. joining ust the eye is to the west of you. can you tell us what the situation is like where you are right now? >> um -- it's really windy. there's a lot of downed trees. i live right on the canal. three boats have sunk down our street. it's pretty bad. i mean, i thought it was going to be worse, to be honest. but it's pretty bad. the wind gusts are going sideways. >> you are on what is called the dirty vid of the storm right now. the worst part of it. it could get worse few you. we were looking at a video you shot on your phone of your back deck. i have to ask you, because i'm sure a lot of people are wondering, hi did you stay? >> um -- you know, i -- everybody asked me that. i don't have a great answer. i feel safe in my home. it's a concrete structure. concrete roof. i was raised in the key. my husband is a fisherman. our boat is here. that's hour lyely hood. once you leave the keys, you can't get back in. we can't wait two weeks to see if we have a livelihood. >> when you said it's not as ba

us. palm beach, what are your residents doing throughout? >> right now everybody has developed a plan. they are working the plan. our evacuation processes are in place. we're evacuating 32,000 people fromh of lake ochichobi. these storms are fluid. they were beginning the transporting of 32,000 residents to shelters on the east coast. >> what is the last moment that people can evacuate? >> tomorrow afternoon at 3:00, there will be a mandatory county wide curfew. everybody should be off the streets. that's because of the wind levels. even our first responders, everything is shut down. there will be no emergency responders out in the storm weather. tomorrow at 3:00 we'll begin the curfew. people can evacuate up until that time. >> so, allot lot of people are making the comparison to hurricane andrew. does the experience make you aware of, particularly worried about a certain area or anything specific? >> well, we have a very seasoned team here in palm beach county of highly qualified and dedicated individuals. a variety of agencies and levels of government here working cl collaboratively together. even though this storm appears to be going on the western side of the state, we are not tak

us through mar-a-lago and what it means. >> well, mar-a-lago of course is the president's private club down there in palm beach and right after he was elected the dues apparently doubled from $100,000 to $200,000. we have a lot of people joining that club in order to get access to the president. meanwhile he's been taking a lot of trips down there and we had the united states billed $500 a night for a hotel room. that's a lot of money to most taxpayers, i think we ought to be entitled to know who's coming in and out of there and lobbying the president and that's exactly why crew, citizen for responsibility and ethics in washington, brought the action in new york and the judge entered the order. and we don't think the president is complying with the order. we're going to go back to court. we're going to get those names and we're going to find out who's coming in and out of there. all they told us today is who the japanese prime minister's butler was and a bunch of other useless information from one particular visit and that's not what we asked for and that's not what the judge asked them to give us. >> right. so they by one count have 1,001 names. they only give up 22. is t

from mia being used as a staging area at toward the u.s. coast guard. the coast guard facility in key west is inoperable and also north of west palm beach. they are using miami as the headquarters so to speak for u.s. coast guard had a number of vehicles -- i'm sorry, aircraft flying in yesterday at miami palatka airport in that search and rescue aircraft will be using in the next few days to assist in the keys and anywhere north about helping to search and rescue. true to greg, being the daughter of a private pilot, i know it g8 means, general aviation so i just want to clarify that. i know the way pilots are in people in the aviation world, how they talk. good news for me. thank you for joining us, greg chan from miami-dade aviation. take care. >> thank you, take care. the u.n. unanimously approving sanctions against north korea looking to hit the country where it hurts. north korea's leader still talking tough. the s&p 500 hitting an all-time high in two massive storms euratom. we take a look of which industries helped take the s&p's to another record. so what else is new? how's your mother? umm..she's doing good. she needs more care

palm beach gardens until 10 eastern daylight time. randy with us riding out the storm in taverneer in the florida keys. from shepherd we are. its been blowing for the last five or six hours. i'm sure with gusts way over a hundred miles an hour but we've been pretty well and heard a lot of trees breaking a lot of things hitting the house, we're boarded up pretty well where we can't really see outside but we can hear the noise and sounds like we're getting a lot of tree damage. we hear that and i've gotten some phone calls and text messages from friends of mine that are on the other side. i'm on the bay side they're on the ocean side and they're dealing with high water right now. >> shep: any idea how many people just off the top of your head remain behind? >> well, i know when the islamor ada, upper keys area there was about 400 of us because we had a facebook page riding it out in the upper keys and i know there were quite a few people that signed up for that. everybody that i've been talking to has fared very well. i haven't heard of anybody with any issues. the bay side has been pretty safe right now. the