better. it s actually going to get worse over the next 24 hours. so believe it or not, this is actually the remnants of a priests typhoon. it s previous typhoon. it s travelled across the entire pacific ocean and has reached the shores of the united states. look at the wind gusts. this is the storm that came through on friday. oceanside, oregon, over 100 mile-per-hour winds. this is hurricane force, by the way. megler, oregon, high wind warnings in place. you can imagine the coastal erosion is a concern. the potential for flooding rains is our secondary as our secondary storm system slams the u.s. and gusts at 60 to 70 miles per hour. some higher elevations could easily top turk hurricane top hurricane efforts winds this saturday morning. the constant barrage of moisture impacting the united states. specifically from washington into oregon and northern california. they have the potential for six
best for your state? plus six. understands your problems, plus four. handling social issues, a two-point lead. on to new jersey, it s all chris christie, dominating the race against barbara buono. christie is 94% of republicans while just a slim majority of democrats back buono. 51% independents go forchr christie. 81% approve of his hurricane efforts. joining us now, larry and our expert on new jersey here is the host of msnbc s new weekend show, up, with steve kornacki. gentlemen, hello to woet of you. hi. larry, i want to start with you. i think the most amazing thing you learned from our poll is essentially the voters in virginia are screaming they want
a. plus for our hurricane efforts, and he says james lee wit, director of fema and clinton. a man i know and respect. you know that that s nonsense, that he never heard of that guy before this moment. and he gave it to me for all the hurricanes, including puerto rico and it turns out that wasn t true. it was given for just the first two. irma and harvey. so you think to yourself, there s something almost pathological about it. you know, he can t stop himself from just in that moment he feels like this will sound better. why don t i say i know this guy really well. people kbel lish all the time, but when you re the leader of the free world, that s a whole another level. really interesting question that s why i think it s pathological. why do it? it doesn t really give you much advantage. it ends up producing this firestorm of fact checking and criticism. i m not sure that he can stop
and the rescue efforts in puerto rico are unfolding at a good pace. and trump is tweeting this morning. the fact is puerto rico has been destroyed by two hurricanes, big decisions will have to be made as to the cost of rebuilding. in a moment we will get an update from fema, and we will bring that to you live as soon as it happens. 10,000 responders are on the ground to help, and we are told that more support is on the way. the pentagon has appointed a three-star general to lead all of the military hurricane efforts on the island. logistics are a problem. there were unforeseen and unplanned for contingencies. a ton of stuff has come to the island but can t get to where it needs to be fast enough. how do we know? because we have the biggest team of reporters in the business on the island. they see nothing but devastation everywhere they look. the need is great and it