United states. This is the storms eye hitting the island. This is in san juan, puerto rico. Puerto rico is under a state of emergency emergency the hurricane barrels towards it. Here is a live look at center city philadelphia. Parts of our region could see storms today. Good morning. Im vai sikahema. Irma is a category 5 with sustained winds of 185 miles per hour. It made its first land fall mandatory evacuations are underway in the florida keys. Erika martin has the latest. The update right now is irma has been able to sustain her strength and fact that it has been organizing very well now. It has been moving westward just below the 20 degree north latitude line. Thats where a lot of hurricanes get dismantled. Staying west right now is irma. Lets show you what to expect in the coming days. It is going to effect puerto rico in the way of storm surge and strong winds at about 8 00 p. M. On wednesday. It continues to work its way west and northwestward. It will continue to get strong and maintain its strength. It is expected to be in miami on thursday. Sustained wind speeds at approximately 155 miles per hour. As it makes land fall we are expecting to have a lot of issues including storm surge, strong winds. So well talk more about irma and ill do a Facebook Live and update you on local weather. Thank you. Well come back to you for updates throughout the hour. People are bracing for a catastrophic storm. Dave reports from the florida keys. Reporter making its first land fall over barbuda. This morning all of florida under a state of emergency as category 5 races towards the u. S. Incredible images showing the monster storm. This one is serious. Prepare now. Stock up on emergency supplies. It. Is now to most powerful atlantic storm on record. The scramble to get out of way is on. Miamidade could start its evacuations as early as today. How worried . Bottled water already hard to find. We have to go somewhere else on the water. Plywood brought in by the truckloads. We cant take no chances. Hurricane hunters happened map every move. It is known as a cape verde hurricane. They call irma potential i catastroph catastrophic. Reporter ma m say it is stirring up memory of hurricane an druchlt 7,000 members are now on alert from the National Guard. President trump tweeted out watching hurricane closely. No rest for the weary. Irma is having an impact as flights are cancelled all around the possible strike zone. Tell us about it. Reporter we have seen flights arrive from west orlando and miami full of passengers fleeing the storm. Many looking to stay with family in the philadelphia area. Flights out of san juan, puerto rico are cancelled. This storm is forcing so many to flee north. This morning we caught up with two students originally from philadelphia. Now they are students in downtown miami. They are urging every student to head north. A lot of students driving home and flying home. What made you want to get out of florida . It was my mom really. She bought plane tickets right away. I dont know how much damage there is going to be. We are in the middle of miami. Hopefully everything is okay when we get back. Im praying for everybody. Those two students will be staying with their mother. They dont know exactly when they will be safe enough to return home or what they are going to find but they are glad they got a flight out in time. Thank you. Right now nbc 10 has a team of journalists heading to cover Hurricane Irma. Well have live reports starting tomorrow. You can track the tomorrow and get instant alerts sent to you home. One of the victims ran for help moments before he collapsed in the street. He was shot twice in the head along not skillman street the search is on for the gunman. Philadelphia police say a man was shot and killed on his 50th birthday. There are no suspects or arrests. New security video from wilmington shows a man running from a scene of a shooting that injured a fiveyearold girl sitting on a sidewalk. Video taken monday shows the man drop his arm and run away. People say its a sign that their neighborhood is changing. There sant day that doesnt go by that people dont say this was a nice neighborhood. This was a nice city. The fiveyearold was grazed in her lower right leg but will be okay. About ten after 11 00 a. M. Time to check on the roads with pamela osborne. No major problems to speak of. We are looking at 95 and girardo. A maintenance vehicle is looking better and traffic is moving more freely. Elsewhere northbound lanes as well around new hope. Theres a lane restriction there because of roadwork. Lets give you a look at drive times. 76 and average speeds in the 50s. Everything is in the green right now. One more check. Everything is looking good except for the thorndale train is about 11 minutes late. Thank you. Catholic School Students back for the first day. Students will get tshirts to mark the moment. All of the schools opened today. The principal at saint martha is excited for the new year. We are a small school but a big heart and very family atmosphere. You can see the children love it here and we love them. A great feeling there at the school. Yesterday the contract includes a 1,200 Salary Increase and no increase for medical coverage. The first day means youll be snapping lot of pictures. Open the nbc 10 app and click on the top left corner and click on see it, share it and well share your pictures right here on nbc10. Com. Standing up for dreamers, reaction to immigration that could impact 800,000 young immigrants. And later, a wild ride, a suspect caught on camera stealing a police van as officers look on. And vai, im tracking Hurricane Irma as floridans brace for land fall. Well talk about what to expect for the rest of today and well touch on the weekend. See you in just a bit. 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Well give you a live look where people are rallying in support of those impacted by president trumps order to shut down the deferred action or daca program. Nbc 10 is monitoring developments in washington. Reporter what the president calls a case of heart now sparking emotional protests all over the country. They cant send me back home because this is my home. Reporter now at risk for deportation unless Congress Acts within the next six months. We shouldnt try to do the same thing they failed to do. We should address the problem if front of us. President trump says if congress doesnt daca he will revisit the issue. I hope they will do it properly. Under rules announced no new applications will be accepted. The program will phase out in just over two years. Most americans know how heartless this decision is. Reporter president obama called this wrong and called. But Trump Supporters say its not about the dreamers, its about the law. This ununinstitutionconstitu. Reporter now, we got a look at a memo that says Homeland Security is encouraging dream toers go i head and start planning their exit from the united states, getting travel documents together even though the white house says they will not be a pry or theiority. And bob menendez is in court. He said not once have i dishonored my public office. He is accused of accepting expensive vacations. He is the first to face bribery charges and because of the trial the democrat could miss key votes ton senate floor. We are tracking showers moving through the area. Notice we do see a break for areas north and west of philadelphia however we are seeing it for burkes county and lehigh valley. Starting to see showers moving to south jersey and central delaware. It tells us why we do have this cold front sweeping on through. We are seeing damage reports, plenty of lightning. I do expect rounds of thunderstorms later this afternoon into the evening hours. I will time it out for you. With are getting reports of damage and also of hail. So keep that in mind. Not only are we expecting isolated thunderstorms moving from the north with west to the southeast. A live look outside. We are seeing the winds blowing a little strong. It is great now but dry in center city. Our winds are coming mainly out of the north. Thats to be expected because we have the cold front sweeping through. Coming out of the west or southwest at 14 miles per hour. It shows us that the cold front is sweeping through right now and well start to see isolated thunderstorms. Current temperatures mainly in the 60s. A pair of 5s from atlantic city. Millville currently at 72 for you. Philadelphia current temperatures 63 degrees. So temperatures for today are going to be cooler than average. We normally see 82 degrees. Hour by hour forecast, notice i do have the icon included with this isolated thunderstorm. I do think as that cold front sweeps on through again it is coming from the north, northwest and it looks like well start to see isolated thunderstorms move into our area. Ill pause it at 6 00 p. M. We are tracking the chance for isolated thunderstorms to get here. I think well see one or two earlier, right around 4 00 p. M. For parts of lehigh valley. Well keep you updated on that. Follow us at nbc, philadelphia. We are keeping you updated on what to expect for the rest of the day. Later notice how everything starts to fill in here. Everything is moving across our area later tonight into the overnight hours. The good news is at least we see it clearing by tomorrow. Here is your neighborhood forecast. We are seeing the threat of isolated thunderstorms. Everything improving by the Early Morning hours. Even though this has rain in it i think well see a peek of sunshine. A lot of it already drying out. If philadelphia suburbs, it looks like temperatures will be chillier than faverage. We have a decent forecast. Back to you. Thank you. Well check back with you in a few minutes. Up next, eagles fans have been waiting a long time. Up next ill talk live with philadelphia insider and our weekly wednesday chat about the birds matchup and criticism that he may have picked up for the job. Also, students are getting a helping hand. Still ahead, the plan to teach students who are stayiruggling stay afloat. The bird sz open up their regular season on sunday. 1 00 kick off. Dave is with us this morning, as he always is on wednesday. I love chatting with you on wednesdays. I love being here. We know him as mike lombardi. He made discouraging remarks, basically that he had never seen anyone less qualified to coach an nfl team. Really a cheap shot. I have a Good Relationship with mike. I think he has gone way outside the boundaries of what is right. Clearly try to go gain attention. So kind of put those comments to the side. And i like the way he dealt with it. They hired me so something must think im pretty good and if i recall he was an assistant for six years. Sure. One other thing, among the things that he was critical about was that carson wentz regression last year as a quarterback. Lets deal with that. Yeah. I would tell you he started with three wins. Lost his right tackle. Not a lot of talent around him. I have said this from the start, i have not seen a quarterback who is as poised, talented, a layer that understands the big picture. Well see a big jump from him. You were there when i was there. Yes. They kept five running backs in probably the previous ten years. I think its a red shirt year for him. Corey clement youll see a little bit. Youll see blount in red zone situations. They want to count on him to be that guy. Thats the big problem with him. He hasnt been able to stay healthy. And thel i think well use them more as a receiver this year. All right. Before we go, you and i were talking about this. They are going to win this. Have to start. Five straight losses there to the redskins. Tough muchups against kerrigan. So if the eagles can find a way to start that. You know whats fun about this . Youre good at this. You make it easy. Thank you. All right. The chiefs and patriots kick off the new season. Nbcs live coverage begins. It is the official station. Join us for eagles game day kickoff. Well have more. After the news well break down all of the highlights on eagles game day finals. The impact of irma, we are track the effects of the monster store. Floridas governor warns people to prepare now. Plus the storm way back. Up next, how local animal lovers are save even more of them. You shop around. Do your research. Find the best fit. Why not do the same for your Prescription Drug plan . At silverscript, were experts in Medicare Part d. And 5 Million People, just like you, trust us every day. With no deductible, we could help you save money. 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Here is a live look at irma it greeing there. 18 firefighters are heading south this morning as part of the pennsylvania search and rescue team that will help during irma. A short time ago floridas governor issued a warning to everyone in the forms path. We can rebuild your home but we cannot rebuild your life. This if drivers waited for blocks adds irma gets closer. President trump met and smoke about Hurricane Irma. We have a lot to discuss including there is a new and record breaking hurricane and other places. Well see what happens. Well know in a very short period of time. It looks like it will be something that is not good. The president hopes to work out issues ranging from irmas impact. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist erika martin and to break it all down for us. Right now the biggest concern is state martin. We are getting lots of images coming in from saint martin. Currently irma is a category 5 hurricane and wind speeds are 185 miles per hour. It is moving west northwesterly at approximately 16 miles per hour. So at a decent rate. Because it is tending westward it is maintaining its strength. It is expected to make land fall in florida as a category 4. Lets go ahead and time this out for you. Notice it passes to the northeast of puerto rico and to the north of the dominican republic. Because of this path thats whats actually sustaining Hurricane Irma. Once it gets to florida it looks like it is going to make a land fall. Unfortunately a category 4 is what we are expecting. I would say overnight saturday into sunday we are expecting that to make land fall. Whats going to happen here is that it has to continue in some way. Energy and motion stays in motion. Storm surges will effect everyone up and down the eastern sea board. There is no way that something of this magnitude could do that. Even though it will make land fall in florida we have to keep in mind we are going to be effected in some way. You are also talk about the port of miami where a lot of cruise lines come in abdomnd out. I expect a lot of damage for everyone along the eastern sea board. Follow us on nbc philadelphia. Here is our radar image. Well talk about how we will be effected here tracking thunderstorms balater today. Back to you guys. Thank you for that. Puerto rico is bracing for irmas impact. We saw one of those outer bands come through. You can see already risen about two or three feet. Preparing for what could be the harshest portion of this storm. They are stocking up on the nonparishables. They are now begins to fill up. Entire families are coming in saying look, we need food, water, backup generators and protection. Finally, some people are just stranded here. About 150 flights have been cancelled coming in and out of san juan alone. In the meantime the National Guard and fema say their number one priority today will be saving lives. Back to you. It is even topping katrina and harv harvey. They ensure damage could hit nearly 130 billion. That compared with 50 billion for hurricane katrina. It means problems for heading to florida. Flights are being cancelled as we speak. Randy is live with passenger concern, randy. Reporter we have seeing a lot of people fleeing those places coming up this way. We have already seen it full of people ride tsing out this storm. As you he thinksed cancellations. We are expecting to see a lot more in the days to come. It is forcing a lot of people to flee north. A family lis in the family area. They decided today was the day to go. Being pregnant i cant risk being there. I have two friends that are about to go into labor. You know, the homts will be safe. How am i going to get to the hospital . Anybody that can get out we are urging. I watched the flights are selling out too. The family will be staying with their mother. They did leave their beach house behind which was supposed to be sold next week. The paperwork has not been signed and they are really concerned about what it will look like when they get back in florida. They do say they are happy they could catch a flight out of there in time. They will be keeping a very close eye on the track of this storm. Nbc 10 news. Thank you for that report. We have a team of reporters heading to florida right now. Tim furlong will be following the latest developments as the storm nears. You can look for their live reports later this week. You can track the storm and get instant alerts sent right to your phone. And today Congress Plans to approve People Living in texas and louisiana get back on their feet after Hurricane Harvey. The relief package is money that fema desperately needs. The emergency aid is one of several checks Congress Plans to write in the coming weeks and months. And welcome home. About 30 dogs who survived Hurricane Harvey arrived here. This is in west chester. Rescuers drove all night to bring the dogs to a dry shelter. This process is really critical. A lot cant get back to their families. It is really a matter of life and death for those animals. The dogs will get a check up and will be ready for adoption. The driver that brought them up fell in love with one dog and is adopting it. Very nice. Pope francis in an effort to promote peace. His flight is on a different route to avoid Hurricane Irma. He hopes the people of columbia are divided. More than 4 Million People are expected to come and see the pope. Francis is the first than john paul sz ii. The looeter of after they say doomis the first happened in 2008 and the flas june of this year. Neighbors say they are in disbelief. I was just surprised. I had never seen that. You never know. He was doing a video and dance groups. He seemed like a really nice guy as far as i could tell. Police say they are looking for other possible victims. 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Lets take a look at what we do have for the west my clicker just got stuck. We are going to track it and talk about how we will be effected here in the u. S. Irma just moving through and the wind speeds are at approximately 185 miles per hour. Moving west northwesterly at 16 miles per hour. Now, it is currently a category 5. It will continue to be the case as it moves up towards florida. Thats because theres not much. It is not going to encounter much as far as any high terrain. This is why it is going to really maintain its strength as it makes land fall. Follow irma abdomen how it will effect us. Dooler for today and tomorrow. Temperatures will be below average but on saturday we are seeing plenty on of shine. It will be our beater maccer. M we will keep you updated on social media. Well be back on the other side of the break. Gus nice job gus heyyy looking good laugh gus hi kelly. Gus. Hey guys huh . Oh, gus we didnt see you there. Yeah. We were just playing gus. Gus. The new scratchoff from the pennsylvania lottery. Yeah. With top prizes of a hundred grand. You know, youre much cuter in person. Aww. giggling keep on scratchin the island of tortola is where irma is heading. Sunshine and area of High Pressure builds here through the weekend. Temperatures will be below average. Youll be back later this afternoon. I will. Thanks for watching nbc 10 news at 11 00. Im vai sikahema. From erika martin and all of us here at nbc 10 have a great day. Fios is not cable. Were a 100 fiber optic network. And with the new fios gigabit connection. You get our fastest. Internet ever. With download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. Switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for 79. 99 a month online for the first year. Plus hbo for one year and multiroom dvr service for two years, all with a twoyear agreement. And switching has never been easier. 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