the atlantic and the reason people are focus on it, again it is in the middle of nowhere but we are paying attention because of how quickly it intensified. it is a category 3 storm right now. but again, the good news is it is a far, far away from land at this point. but it is going to edge a little bit closer in the coming days. right now category 3 storm, winds around 120 miles per hour. moving west at about 13 miles per hour. now in the coming days, it is going to start to take a little bit of a southerly dip, in doing so it will enter slightly warmer water. this will allow for the storm to intensify a little bit. getting up to perhaps a category four if not even stronger of a storm in the short-term, anderson. but again, the real question is where does it go after that? so when are we going to have a better handle on potential impacts on the u.s., if any. that is a great question. because that is the question everybody wants to know.
trust a lot of people or unwilling to trust a lot of people. do you think the financial issue is real. think it is both in terms of the pay issue, frankly i think when people go into government, when they have worked in the private sector, it often involves taking a pay cut. i think it is also worth remembering that kei schiller, and we don t know this, but he is likely to have attorney fs given that he was the person who attempted to deliver that letter to james comey and he was aware of certain aspects of that process. that could also become very expensive. and david axelrod, you think about the sheer number of people who have left from the president s inner circle or those who were starting out in the white house. especially amidst this idea of the president feeling isolates with the stress of the russia investigation. what kind of impact do you think that has. i think it does have an impact, anderson. i think presidents want people around them whom they are comfortable. preside
is there anything lindsay before we go, anything else you want to say to shannon. we re forever changed by witnessing your embodiyment of the human heart and we re forever grateful. you re welcome. well thank you so much and nash thank you. and it is a great drawing and we ll get it to shannon and thank you so much for all you ve done. thank you, anderson. incredible. wow. such a great story. we ll have plenty more coming up. but first breaking news out of the white house. find out what new evidence special counsel robert mueller is considering in the russia probe when we come back. when only the best will do. one of a kind tempur-pedic delivers. only tempur material precisely conforms to your weight, shape and temperature. it provides up to twice as much pressure relieving power, so you won t toss and turn. and tempur-pedic is the best at minimizing motion transfer from your partner.
time. in sight right now. as long as there is a demand to fly to dallas, the military will fly in the c-130s. and many people have been evacuated and this c-130 is being being loaded up and people are aboard and it will leave shortly. coy tell you right now, there are still several buses outside of this airport and they too are waiting to board the plane tods fly to a new life. gary, i m glad you are there. so many important stories to tell. and so many different parts of the state, louisiana as well. more now on the arkema fire. the epa has just released a statement. for an update to brian todd. what do we know about the fire? well, aerpd anderson, the fire was horrific looking. huge plumes from the arkema plant starting this afternoon. we do know what caused. it i ll talk about that in a second. but we need to tell you about the epament they posted a
that the chemicals were going to degrade. this is organic peroxide in the containers and they are not been cooled for several days. they knew they would degrade and then probably heat up and catch fire. and they say the best course of action right now is to let the fires burn out. anderson. so in your you are in bow mant so let s talk about residents are facing. serious problems with drinking water. what is the situation with that right now. we thought there might be cause for optimism when we were told they are at about 10% capacity of pumping out water and that they hope to have the water on tonight. but indications are that they may not get their water back tonight. i spoke to a local official who said that what they are being told is that the amount of water that they are pumping into that treatment facility behind me from the natches river through the pumps that are the temporary pumps is not matching the actual levels that they are reading in the gauges in there. and they