Naked. What police are saying. Plus, kevin oleary, star of tvs shark tank involved in a deadly boat crash. The bear attack in colorado. A couple describes fighting off a mother bear inside their home. It was like and i am not a weak woman. How they did it and the damage done. Game of thrones star trapped for hours inside this elevator. The two things he had with him. Good wednesday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with puerto rico bracing for Tropical Storm dorian which is expected to grow into a hurricane today. President trump has already signed an emergency declaration. Up to 8 inches of rain could trigger lifethreatening flash ofeoe sti heavy winds will veen repaired after maria. This morning fema says its ready deploying thousands to the island with food, water and medical supplies. Abcs Mona Kosar Abdi begins our coverage. Good morning, mona. Reporter good morning, kenneth, good morning, janai. As dorian approaches Hurricane Maria is still fresh on the minds
And Steve Hartman on how one letter from a little girl made a big difference. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell. Dickerson good evening. Norah is off tonight. Im john dickerson. This is our western edition. Hurricane dorian reached category 3 intensity today. Forecasters consider that a major hurricane. And it will only get worse before it strikes early next week, likely as a category 4. More than 20 million americans could feel the storms impact. Views from space show the hurricane clenching like a fist as it stalks the bahamas. It now appears the storm could stall there for a few days. Floridas east coast is bracing for what could be its most powerful storm in 27 years. Georgia and the carolinas are also on high alert. Lonnie quinn is tracking dorian. Lonnie, whats the latest . Ep reporter well, the latest is, we just got an update from ioe National Hurricane center about an hour ago or so. Take a look at this. He storm is getting stronger, a perfectly formed eye right
Along with the emergency that is going on, it requires the agency, the department to reprogram funding. It is a common thing to happen. If you dont have bed space for adults, they will wait in custody for too long, or they get released like their families do, and that would effectively give you an opening order. The department of Homeland Security notified congress about its plans last month he is a 30 day notification. Back is set to end on sunday. They say that they intend to reprogram and transfer 116 million to fund i. C. E. Single adult attention beth, and millions of dollars to establish and operate temporary hearing facilities along the southwest border. Thats 271 million in all. 155 million coming from fema Disaster Relief funds. This is a major storm heads towards puerto rico, still dealing with the damage from hurricane maria. They claim that this is necessary. They say more single adults are crossing the border, and without additional funding for transportation and bets, i.
That pun, did we . We did. We just did. A hungry hump day. Welcome to viewers in the United States and around the world, this isari arily start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. 4 00 a. M. In new york. Lets begin with Tropical Storm dorian expected to strengthen into the hurricane by the time it makes landfall in florida. The National Hurricane center has updated the storms track. It is expected to hit puerto rico near hurricane strength around midday today. Late last night, President Trump approved an Emergency Declaration for puerto rico to speed up delivery of resources. More on that in a moment. Dorian now forecast to strengthen into a categoryone hurricane by friday evening before it makes landfall across the east coast of florida on saturday. Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri live for us this morning in the cnn Weather Center. Good morning to you, sir. Whats ahead . Good morning, dave. This is a storm system thats been so complex in a lot of ways. Compact system, interacted with
Strengthen into at categoryone hurricane by friday evening before it makes landfall across the east coast of florida early labor day morning. Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri live for us though, in the weather center. We know right at the stroke of 5 00, we were expecting an update. What are they saying . Were seeing it shift to the east. Its continued in the past 24, how shifting about 80 miles to the east of where it was forecast yesterday. It is skirting toward a corner of puerto rico. The British Virgin islands also in line for impact with the storm system in the next couple of hours. Then, of course, the storm has the potential if it continues skirting to the east as it has in the past model runs here, potentially skirting even skirting entirely away. Theres an outside chance puerto rico misses the direct impact, and the storm remains off shore and, of course, if thats the case, that is what we can be looking at. A storm that potentially strengthens to a cat two or stronger if it ent