because i ve seen some telecasts in other cities, not yours, people saying, i don t want to go, i ve been here for years. how are the people in west palm beach, are they cooperating with your requests? well, i mean, so far it appears to be the case, but it s still early. the shelters opened at 1:00. the the evacuation orders went out at noon so it s still relatively early. hopefully people are abiding by that. i think the coverage by your network and others, they re seeing how serious of a storm this is. and this is nothing to play with. all right. mayor of west palm beach, florida, keith james, thank withdr you. thank you very much. up next, will the gun control debate become the mayor through line in the 2020 campaign? we ll discuss it next. be right back. is boost® delicious boost® high protein nutritional drink has 20 grams of protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals.
keith james of west palm beach, florida. mr. mayor, thank you for being with us. tell us what reverend, thank you for having me. okay. tell us what preparations are being made and what are you hearing might be coming your way as far as those that can really kind of read and predict more accurately? well, reverend sharpton, we activated our emergency operations center. i m here now. i will be here through the duration of the storm. even the aftermath. we have through the county, we have announced some evacuation zones. we ve opened up several shelters. we have gone into full emergency activation mode. we re expecting tropical-storm-force winds beginning as early as tonight and lasting until wednesday. and for even a part of that period, probably having some
seeing the same exact thing. they went through the eye for about three hours earlier today. so it can look beautiful, but if you re on the ground, one of the scariest things you ll ever live through. right now see it went from marsh harbour, going through the eastern eye wall right now. they re finally starting to get out of it. all of a sudden now we re watching the freeport area, where it s going to head throughout the night tonight. this is all the 5k update. no changes with intensity. look at this. crawling. it s a walking speed now at 5 miles per hour. that s how long and painful this is going to be. that s why, you know, we re saying the island, grand bahama, great abaco, are never going to look the same. storm, one of the strongest we ve ever recorded on the planet, walking through the island, northern island chain here. as far as florida goes, hurricane warnings are now up from south of ft. pierce up to the kennedy space center. we do think that means we can get hurricane-stren
chance for a storm surge of 4 to 7 feet in this area. that s still going to cause problems especially during the high tide cycles. in case you missed it, here is the new path from the national hurricane center. again, the cone of uncertainty still over much of the east coast of florida. we hope for a path as far out as possible but most likely it s going to be a close call and a close shave right along the coast. maybe 30 to 40 miles off the shore. and that still could bring very rough conditions to the beaches and then our friends to the north, even though the storm will be weaker instead of a category should go down to a 4 tomorrow hopefully, then a 3, possibly a 2, as we go along the georgia/south carolina coast. and maybe even weakening down to a 1 by the time we get to the outer banks. you get the picture here, reverend, we have four days to go watching this tomorrow. any little slight wiggle or w wobble could put it closer to harm s way for our friends on the east coast. bill
18 that brian mass beat me in that eight-way primary and went on to win the general, which was crazy. but i ve got to tell you, wouldn t you think with florida being so focused upon, you know, back in the day where we had the al gore and bush and the pregnant chads and the hanging chads and all that stuff going on, wouldn t you think that they know they re going to be a main focus and it s so important which way florida goes, especially if we re looking at 2020? wouldn t you think they would have their act together? i know you re on the ground. i know you. you re an awesome reporter and a lot of people look to you to see your opinions. wouldn t you think florida would have their act together by now? well, when it comes to broward county, i think the answer is no. broward county has had repeated elections problems and meltdowns and koncontroversies. for instance, in the last year, the republican party had to sue brenda snipes, the election