Rico right now. And tonight this is just one of three hurricanes in the atlantic. Now at 11 00 one of the most powerful hurricanes in history is pounding puerto rico. Tonight this is just one of three hurricanes in the atlantic. Good evening. Im veronica de la cruz. Im ken bastida. Lets get right over to kpix5s betty yu for the very latest on this. Hurricane irma which is about 450 miles wide is now the most powerful storm ever recorded in the atlantic ocean. Irma is blamed for at least three deaths so far in the caribbean and tonight florida, georgia and South Carolina are all bracing for potential devastation. Puerto rico took a being from irma beating from irma wednesday. It is home to more than 3 million people. Wind gusts whipped across the u. S. Territory knocking out power and toppling trees. Irma flooded and battered the French West Indies with st. Maarten taking a direct hit. The rain and high winds were so strong they almost completely obscure the camera lens. Millions of flo
Most powerful storm ever recorded in the atlantic ocean. Irma is blamed for at least three deaths so far in the caribbean and tonight florida, georgia and South Carolina are all bracing for potential devastation. Puerto rico took a being from irma beating from irma wednesday. It is home to more than 3 million people. Wind gusts whipped across the u. S. Territory knocking out power and toppling trees. Irma flooded and battered the French West Indies with st. Maarten taking a direct hit. The rain and high winds were so strong they almost completely obscure the camera lens. Millions of floridians are in irmas path. It will likely hit somewhere in florida saturday or sunday. The governor is sounding the alarm. This is not a storm you can sit and wait through. Reporter residents of the florida keys were ordered out. Im scared, category 5, never been through one. Reporter the major concern here is storm surge. The islands average about 6 feet above sea level. The surge from irma has the pote
Of lanes blocked and were starting to see some slowdowns. Speeds below 30 Miles Per Hour. Past that, you are in the green as you head over towards the bay bridge toll plaza. Speeds is at the limit and we do have some roadwork on the upper deck. Two lanes closed until 5 a. M. But no delays. Hurricane irma is blamed for at least 10 deaths in the caribbean. Its hit several islands including barbuda, st. Martin and the British Virgin islands. Its the most powerful storm ever recorded in the atlantic. Kpix 5s betty yu says florida and other states are all bracing for potentially devastating hits. Reporter puerto rico took a beating wednesday from Hurricane Irma. Home to more than 3 million people, wind gusts whipped over knocking out power and toppling trees flooding and battering the French West Indies with st. Martin taking a direct hit. Rain and high winds so strong, they almost completely obscure the camera lens. Millions of floridians are in irmas path. It will likely hit somewhere in
Pro main street and going to keep those tax hikes or rather the taxes in place for the upper brackets . This is risk reward im elizabeth macdonald. Former governor of arkansas Mike Huckabee joins us now. Great to be with you liz. Liz im so glad to sort this out. The president is trying to govern from the middle for main street with this broad based go a recognition bipartisanship. The question is how do you get 4 growth when youre taking more money from the upper brackets including Small Businesses . Whose going to ask the states that question right . Governor yeah, i dont think that theres going to be any advantage in saying were going to go after the people at the top of the brackets and make them pay more taxes. Theyre already paying more. Now what he needs to do is to focus on middle class, focus on the Corporate Tax rate, get it down to 15. I hope hes un compromising about that. I know that there are some that say oh, its 25. No get it to 15. Youll see an explosion of Economic Gro
Impact right away. Speaking of amazon, latest things for prime lures and retailers get on the site, theyre talking about expanding harrassment issues have its entertainment chief suspended. Roy price, evolving sort of a dilemma here for amazon, how far does this go . The corporate board, corporate area. Roy price, all the company released, roy price is on leave of absence effective immediately. He was charged by a producer after Amazon Program some years back, man in the high castle, for lewd and lascivious comments. He is out on suspension. This is the talk of the town that would be otherwise focused on revenues, earnings expectations the stock, well keep eye on that. This expanding issue how far maledominated work place, harassing women, whether it goes beyond amazon, other technology players, his ties to Harvey Weinstein, a lot of business together. Very close relationship, that didnt necessarily extend to amazon but i do want to say here, it comes at a time when these type of incid