chance to evacuate ahead of what could be a catastrophic storm. president trump is adding his voice to those warnings. let's go live to our senior white house correspondent, jeff zeleny. so what is the president saying? >> reporter: wolf, this evening the president is mincing no words, saying hurricane florence looks bigger than anticipated. this comes as the president is still saying there are no lessons to be learned from the government's response to that deadly hurricane a year ago in puerto rico, hurricane more i can't maria. but the president had these ominous words to say today. he said, don't play games with this. it's a big one. >> president trump issuing dire warnings tonight about the powerful force of hurricane florence, as it roars toward the carolinas. the president calling the storm even bigger than anticipated, and extremely dangerous. as his administration braces for the first major hurricane of the season. he even sent a rose garden video