senator rubio and i were together in miami last wednesday. i went back to help pass the fema bill and as you know, we got it up to $15 billion, which we passed in the senate yesterday and i call it back, so i've been on the east coast emergency operation centers today. i will be because of the westward drift, i'll be over on the west coast of florida tomorrow. >> senator, thank you for your time tonight. >> thanks. >> nbc news correspondent rehema ellis joins me live from the bahamas. we've seen some awful images of destruction. what are reports like for those islands that have already seen the effects of irma? >> one of the things that people are thinking about is the effects that have occurred to some of those other islands. that's why when we feel these