storm of epic proportion s. harris: we are seeing some of the surge in miami area which has been frightening. we have pictures now up on the screen from earlier today and then we had reporter brian who was in the thick of it coming up out of and saw frightening stuff. there is an element to this that people may not realize and a lot of people from fort lauderdale thought, you know what, we re friends and relatives on the other side of the state and let s go to naples and what we are finding you re a 100% right. i talked with so many people that told me we evacuated the barrier island and we asked people to move to higher in dryer ground and we told people don t necessarily go to the shelters, go to your friends and family and i had several dozen people told me they were going across the state, naples, fort myers, tampa, that and all of a sudden, here you are, and they re having this i think were coming back. i m saying don t come back here. hunker down and let s ride this
because we don t need that. the aquafer is what we drink down there. people get cut off, can t go anywhere, the power is out, the water is out. it s no place to be after a storm surge. and how quickly they can get things back up and running. it s not just the impact, it s the days after that is a concern. the storm surge, you shouldn t be anywhere near it now. thanks for laying it out. fema says florida has never been hit by a storm like irma. president trump says officials are ready to handle what is on the way. a short time ago, the president tweeted, irma is of epic proportion, perhaps bigger than we have ever seen. the federal government is ready. the next guest has been dealing with hurricanes in florida for years. david is joining me now. he is the former director it have the florida division of
president just tweeting about the dangers of this hurricane. take a look at it for yourself. hurricane irma is of epic proportion perhaps bigger than we have ever seen. be safe, get out of its way if possible. federal government is ready. he went on to say our incredible u.s. coast guard saved more than 15,000 lives last week with harvey. irma could be even tougher. we love our coast guard. well, i m sure everybody joins the president in that sentiment. our first responders are the best among us. literally angels on earth. but, the point is about giving them the least work to do. the joining us now is dr. dan zig. he is the mayer of marathon. that s a city in the florida keys. mr. mayor thank you very much for joining us. what is the situation where you are? chris, we ve been working for days. with the county and our state government in order to try to
all schools are closed. people are really starting to get very concerned as we are now on friday and the forecast is showing south florida, is not a question of if it gets in, everyone knows it is going to get hit and the question is how bad. julie: truly incredible to see all the residents heating the warning, something you don t see in florida because so many people are accustomed to these hurricanes. phil keating, thank you. bill: from the west wing earlier today, president trump tweeting this about burma. hurricane irma s of epic proportion, perhaps bigger than we ve ever seen. it is safe to get out of its way. our credible u.s. coast guard say that 15,000 miles last week with harvey. irma could be even tougher. we love our coast guard. julie: all five living former presidents banding together to help those affected by the last major storm, hurricane harvey. they did a psa that aired during the nfl game last night and
welcome back. i m stephanie ruhle. you re watching miss income. and any second now florida governor rick scott will hold a news conference updating on the evacuation efforts there. in the meantime, president trump is warning residents of florida to take the incoming hurricane seriously. he tweeted this morning, hurricane irma is of epic proportion, perhaps bigger than we have ever seen. be safe and get out of its way if football. federal g is ready! here s what we know about the storm at this hour. so far 17 people have died as a result of hurricane irma after it ripped through caribbean. the category 5 storm has been downgraded to a category 4 this morning as it e heads towards fle fl and appears on track to slam into miami this weekend. it is considered to be the most powerful atlantic hurricane on record. as florida preps for storm, the