feet of snow that will grind our transport to a halt across that area. we re looking for the potential of another major storm taking place across the nation s midsection. natalie, back to you. if i recall, derek, you told us about a storm before thanksgiving, pre-christmas and after christmas. it hasn t been the great travel week. the bearer of bad news. that s my job, right? all right, derek, thanks. yeah. all right. israel s con sentiservatives ar ready to give up on benjamin netanyahu. the embattled prime minister has won a challenge to the likud party with 72.5% of the vote of party members. mr. netanyahu, you may recall, faces criminal indictments for fraud, bribery and breach of trust. he will now lead his party in general elections set for march. this is israel s third vote in 12 months. on thursday, he tweeted this
one has had the interests of the civilian population at heart or been willing to do what it would actually take to protect the civilians. and thus, the cycle continues. arwa damon live for us from istanbul. thanks so much. a setback for any hope of a shakeup to break that political stalemate in israel. benjamin netanyahu with a resounding win in his party s leadership race, despite facing criminal indictments and a third election. netanyahu sounds supremely confident. cnn s oren liebermann is in jerusalem following the latest developments. reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu was looking for a big win in this leadership contest to see who heads the likud party, the party he s led for a decade. and with the final results counted, that s what netanyahu got. according to the likud party, he brought in 72.5% of the vote.
embattled israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu celebrating a victory. even though he is facing criminal indictments. live in jerusalem with more, how did this play out yesterday? reporter: well, he was looking for a big victory to show not only was he still in large of his own likud party, but he was also the indisputed leader of israel s right wing and that is the kind of victory he got, pulling in 72.5% of the vote and leaving gideon saur. shortly after he claimed victory and said with god s help and yours i will lead the likud to achievements. this morning he said he won despite the fake news and polls being against him.
now all the models really saying it s going to go this direction. does it stop when it gets there and turn to the right like the gfs, the american model, or does it keep right on going, right through the space coast or up and down the east coast of florida? that s the real rub right here. deeper in intensity, the pressure is going lower and the winds are picking up. i saw a wind gust of 72.5 from the hurricane hunter aircraft flying through it right now. we ll see this thing take off in very warm waters of the bahamas. chad, we know you ll be keeping a close eye on all of that. thank you very much. you re welcome. puerto ricans are understandably on edge. dorian is the first hurricane to hit the island since maria hit two years ago. live in puerto rico with more, omar, what are you seeing in the last few hours before the storm is expected to hit? reporter: yeah, alex. we are on the eastern coast of
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