The law . President trump again will be taking questions from reporters in the rose garden this hour. We will have his joint press conference with the leader of kuwait in just a few minutes. We start down in florida. All eyes are on irma. She is a giant category 5 storm forecast to slam south florida, head on this weekend. At least nine people across the islands in the caribbean are led. St. Martin reported to have sustained, quote, wide scale destruction. Officials there are just starting to assess the damage. Puerto rico did not take a direct hit but more than 1 mell pool are without ow pow they are afternoon. The islands ports remain closed and commercial air traffic is still suspended. Irmas winds have dropped slightly but are still in the devastating 175 Miles Per Hour. Heavy traffic clogging florida roadways starting last night as many visitors and residents headed north the try and get outharms way. Governor rick scott with this ominous warning just last hour. This is serious, a
Feel bad for secretary pompeo who is a graduate of the United States military academy at west point which, you know, instills in graduates and the cadets and when they graduate duty on the country and just a reminder, i think, of people that are in the trump orb is not unlike the moth that flies too close to the hot candle. And this is of course, the two answers are going to be on highlight films now for some time to come. I would note that the question at the press conference that he had in italy, he didnt address at all whether he thought that what went on and what transpired during that phone call was appropriate or not. No, he dodged that question even today as he admitted the truth that he could have admitted to Martha Raddatz as she asked the very direct question ten days ago. What do you think he might have been trying to hide . Why not say i heard the conversation . I dont know. Im not a mind reader, but i think there was a, perhaps, a certain amount of guilt pang, i think, tha
As i would remind people, as youre looking at these forecasts, a bump in one direction or the other could have really significant ramifications in terms of impact. If it bumps further east, that obviously is positive. If it bumps a little west, youre looking at really, really Significant Impacts. Laura the white house says President Trump is being briefed by fema every hour. Looking like our great South Carolina could get hit much harder than first thought. Georgia and North Carolina also, its moving around, he says and very hard to h predict except tt its one of the biggest that weve seen in dec decades. Manage havemergencies have beend in florida, georgia and South Carolina. Lets go to Allison Barber live in miami with more on storm prep efforts. Hi,a allison. Reporter the people weve spoken to in the miami area have been watching the forecast reports. They have seen in the last 24 hours that the cone of concern appears like its heading north. Officials are trying to tell them they n
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