they were not hurt. the family shark scare in the bahamas tonight. 8-year-old asher jones swimming with nurse sharks, which are not considered dangerous to humans. he began screaming when one attacked. bite marks on his back. we re told he will be okay. and researchers say women who snore may be at a higher risk than men for heart attack or stroke. symptoms are similar to obstructive sleep apnea, fatigue and trouble breathing. we have more on our website. when we come back, have you ever wondered, would a dog remember you if you had to go away for a long time? stay tuned. so a tree falls on your brand-new car and totals it. and as if that wasn t bad enough, now your insurance won t replace it outright because of depreciation. if your insurance won t replace your car, what good is it? yo i m gr that.ment, if your brand-new car gets totaled, liberty mutual will pay
the national hurricane center has predicted irma will remain at category 4 or 5 strength for the next day or two as it passes over parts of a bahamas tonight and cuba tomorrow night and likely heading toward florida. that s a lot of water to pick up our to hover over the next few days. we are all over it, keep it on fox. and this is happening. president trump and house speaker paul ryan are having dinner tonight. it follows this remark will seen at the white house yesterday. the president and chuck schumer looking pleased after the president decided with democrats on their goal to raise the debt ceiling for a short time, a shorter time the republicans had wanted in fact. the same deal ryan called ridiculous and disgraceful just hours before it happened. the president said this about yesterday s turn of events in north dakota to push tax reform. here it is. we had a great meeting with
bears down on the east coast. phil keating is in the bahamas tonight. good evening, phil. reporter: bret, the eastern islands are feeling the bankrupt of hurricane irene with the winds topping 120 miles per hour. we re still here in nassau, 205 miles abay from the eye of the storm. you can see it s all clouds and rain. that is the sheer size of the hurricane. 400 miles wide. the main issue, the water behind me. all of the islands of the bama has, 700 in total will seriously have flooding issues due to the storm surge as the hurricane is expected to produce. 7 to 15 feet. 7 to 11 feet. rather. 15 inches of potential rain. in downtown nassau and in all of the islands, hurricane shutters and plywood have been going up on windows for two days. almost everything is closed at this point. all businesses. restaurants and everyone in their homes or in hotels.
bears down on the east coast. phil keating is in the bahamas tonight. good evening, phil. reporter: bret, the eastern islands are feeling the bankrupt of hurricane irene with the winds topping 120 miles per hour. we re still here in nassau, 205 miles abay from the eye of the storm. you can see it s all clouds and rain. that is the sheer size of the hurricane. 400 miles wide. the main issue, the water behind me. all of the islands of the bama has, 700 in total will seriously have flooding issues due to the storm surge as the hurricane is expected to produce. 7 to 15 feet. 7 to 11 feet. rather. 15 inches of potential rain. in downtown nassau and in all of the islands, hurricane shutters and plywood have been going up on windows for two days. almost everything is closed at this point. all businesses. restaurants and everyone in their homes or in hotels.
shepard: continuing coverage a monster hurricane headed in this direction. a few moments ago we learned the east coast will feel the effects of this storm by the end of the week, no question. before the storm arrives here, it s tearing through the caribbean and our phil keating is streaming live in the bahamas tonight. it s my understanding the rain has finally showed up there, phil. yeah, shep. that first outer band of rain, wind, and big waves has come and gone. right now a little lull, but, of course, the worst is to come 15 inches of rain expected for the bahamas. the eye still 200 miles away from where we are. we have already been feeling the outer bands. that s how monstrous this system is here. in downtown nassau right now. it s basically a ghost town. every business, government building and operational restaurant is completely shuttered and sandbagged at the door waist. the big threat, of course, is going to be flooding for all of the 700 islands of the bahamas all relative