Into the us state of florida and is moving up its west coast bringing widespread coastal flooding, torrential rain and winds of about 120mph. Power supplies have been cut to more than three million homes and businesses. Several cities in the state have declared overnight cu rfews to prevent looting. The storm has been downgraded to a category 2. The streets of miamis Business District have been swamped by up to 3ft of water. 0ur correspondent Aleem Maqbool is there. They warned miami would flood, and it has. Irmas massive downpours and ocean surges combined to inundate the citys financial district. As thousands from the city hunkered down in hurricane shelters, others captured dramatic footage of the storm coming through. Probably the hardest it has been all day. Power lines being torn down. Oh my god . Lethal tornadoes being unleashed. A roof being torn off a home, a smashed crane, and water surging into town. More than a million homes and businesses are already without power. There i
Hurricane irma has slammed into the us state of florida and is moving up its west coast bringing widespread coastal flooding, torrential rain, and winds of about 120 miles an hour. Power supplies have been cut to more than three million homes and businesses. Several cities in the state have declared overnight cu rfews to prevent looting. The storm has been downgraded to a category two, but officials are warning of life threatening storm surges. The streets of miamis Business District have been swamped by a up to three feet of water brought by a storm surge. 0ur correspondent, aleem maqbool, is there. They warned miami would flood, and it has. Irmas massive downpours and ocean surges combined to inundate the citys financial district. As thousands from the city hunkered down in hurricane shelters, others captured dramatic footage of the storm coming through. Its probably the hardest its been all day. Of power lines being torn down. Oh my god . Of lethal tornadoes being unleashed. Of a ro
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Welcome back. Here is what were monitoring at the half hour. Hurricane irma has southern florida in its sights. At this hour, the storm is now a category 4 hurricane with winds up to 144 miles per hour. Potentially 245 miles southsoutheast of miami we should say. Over 5 million florida yads are under mandatory evacuations this morning, many waiting for hours to try and get in the shelters ahead of this storm. Georgia governor faithan diehl ordering residents to evacuate the coast as the hurricane is now pounding cuba with winds up to 155 miles per hour. Welcome back, everybody, to msnbc world headquarters. As this hour, the storm is now at category 4 and poised to make landfall in the next 24 hours. Over 5 million floridans are under mandatory evacuation as weve been talking about. Bonnie, for those people that have been just getting up in the morning, everybody has had their eye owes Hurricane Irma understanding the fact that florida is in the eye of the storm. The entire state. You c
I mean he can make calls from a land line too. Im not really sure what the question is here whether or not he made a call from a cell phone or the land line. The calls from the white house those calls are logged versus a cell phone, this is his personal phone, correct . The president again, i dont sit in on every call he makes. Im telling you what im aware of at this point. Certainly we will keep you posted as we do with numerous calls that the president makes throughout the day and the evening. Sarah. Sarah on tax reform the president s top adviser said seems unlikely. Has the president appeared to back off the demand for 15 . The president is prepared to push for as low of a rate we can get. We are going to continue to push for in a and work with congress to get the best deal possible. Would he accept 20 . Again the president is focused on getting the best deal possible. We are going to continue working to make sure we get that one. Can i ask you on north korea testimony president tw