out of hand. at this point these aren t tariffs, they re attack on hard-working americans. the way that we can beat china in the global marketplace is by investing our american workers. our human capital is our most potent work force. neil: i know this pre-dates you almosting a congressman, but the hurricane in florida, dorian, seems to be taken a slight turn, and he s seen history where hugs that storm the coast go up to the northeast. as a staten island, and sandy that didn t register as a hurricane. a lot of floridians, i m not saying they re nonchalant, but thinking this, too, will pass. what do you say given the sandy experience, the fact that sometimes a storm can be short
changed. look, they cannot underestimate the power of a hurricane or a super storm. put a larger perspective on all of this. we don t trust authorities in the way that we once did. there s this stream of fake news, all of these multiple news outlets. people have got to trust what the authorities are saying. this is a matter of their own security and i urge them to both listen to the reports you re putting out and generally what the government is saying. good seeing you again. so good seeing you. enjoy your summer. new york congressman. and the congressman was addressing as well and heeding warnings, here is a fellow tracking it better than i know the national hurricane center s ken graham. what s the latest? i tell you, look on satellite. the components of the powerful hurricane. the hurricane hunters are in the middle of the storm with the
off shore might be a category 4, but you get a hurricane 2 where you are anyway. no mandatory evacuation, but for the low lying counties in florida, and you re careful with. i would do what the experts say on that. i do the weather and they figure out from there. i ve learned you don t go telling people what to do, but what i do, this is what i believe is going to happen and this is the best we can do, we tell our clients we ve been on this since monday with this and we try to get people prepared. if you have an edge, even a 10% edge, you ve got a chance to come out okay with these things. neil: all right. joe bastardi. good to see you. i didn t know that about your dad, also in the business. i was fortunate with that. neil: and there you go. joe bastardi. and another name, joe namath. he s next. ill be the kitchen.
neil: they always look at florida wherever you are in the south, a hurricane judged by katrina standards. it did ultimate devastation after the fact. that was one that hopped over the state of florida, got into the gulf and the rest is history. most restrictive storm in united states history and resulted in 1800 death. former hurricane katrina task force commander lieutenant general russell joining us via skype. thank you for coming. what do you think authorities on the scene regardless of party, mayors, fema officials, what should they be thinking right now? they should be refining estimates on the impact of surge water. the fact the storm has turned will not necessarily eliminate dangers for most coastal
doppler radar and the noaa p-3. what we found was 150 mile per hour winds so very dangerous, very powerful america. neil: when you look at this in a slight eastward tilt? what does it mean? if it s slight and it s going in that direction, is it possible it misses flo florida altogether? yes, even the forecast shows it off florida, but so many things, a big hurricane like this is like a ship that has to turn, once it makes the turn it s got to slow down. if it turns early it could be on the right side of the coast, if it turns late, impacts could reach 100 miles. we have to pay attention and be ready. neil: you were reminding folks as well. hugging the coast doesn t mean it s avoiding the coast. there s flooding and surging. if you think about it, even