he s planning to wait it out himself, he joins us now, mr. lay, good morning to you, i m going to ask the 64,000-dollar question, why are you deciding to stay? good morning, how are you? well, in the beginning as of yesterday, my purpose on stayingtous help rebuild the community. i know what s going to happen. i have been through this before. have i been through something like this before, no, the biggest one i have been through is wilma. we are prepared. we are not being stupid about it. we are going to be safe, we have a place to go to, our local government is doing fantastic job making sure that everybody has to get to where they want to get, shelters and things of that sort. we are listening to the governor s office. at this point we are past your hour, what we are going to do is be where we have to be by 11:00 o clock this morning.
florida, you need gas. you can see now is a good time to come out and get it the lines aren t that long just yet. certainly won t be the case later on this morning. back to you. heather: not with 1.2 million people impacted by the evacuation order. jackie: you may have a lot of company there in an hour or two. you said gas buddy is the app.? jillian: gas buddy. heather: despite the warning from officials to get out, we told you, you heard it some people are choosing to stay at home and ride out the hurricane. jackie: like bill lay plans to ride out the storm himself. you are going to wait it out. you have a lot riding on this storm. two restaurants, one martini bar and catering company that employs 50 people. you are going to stay put, huh? i am. i generally don t leave. first of all, thanks for having me. i generally don t leave for hurricane. i know this one is the most intense one since wilma a way back. personally, i have an obligation, i feel, to the city of key west.
dispointed losing a few of his key senate votes on this the administration had been on aning with streak in the senate, including invoking the nuclear option last fall. you remember that would have meant nominees like a degg bill lay, only needed 50 votes to move forward. here is the senate s top republican, mitch mcconnell. this nominee however, was so unfit for the position which he would be nominated, even seven democrats couldn t support it. reporter: thiasuses rag questions other key issues the whether he can count on democrats from the keystone pipeline, epa regulation, climate change, to raising the minimum wage. jon? jon: shannon bream, in washington, thank you. i did a bit of cycling yesterday to help battle cancer. you can join in as well. we ll show you some pictures coming up.