Residents. The Prime Minister puts the cost of rebuilding at 100 million. My main concern right now is how were going to survive after this. Every house, every infrastructure, everything is completely damaged and gone. As irma takes aim, Hurricane Harvey still very much and issue. First installment of aid money approved from congress. All 90 no votes came from republicans. Most at a broader deal President Trump made with the democrats. The idea were voting against relief is absurd. All were asking for is a comma. Were doing to do something about the 20 million for the next generation. Yes, hugely frustrated. And irma closing in on florida. Downgraded to a category 4 not making it any less deadly. Irma expected to slam into miami this weekend. The red cross says 26 Million People are still sitting in the storms path. President trump is getting briefed again this hour and issued a warning on twitter saying, irma is bigger than we have ever seen. Get out of the way if possible. More than
Thats all ahead in this hour of Shepard Smith reporting. I am Trace Gallagher. Irma is gone but people are still facing deadly conditions. At least eight patients from a nursing home in hollywood, florida, are dead, apparently because of sweltering heat. Officers evacuated at least 115 people from the building north of miami which lost power in the storm had no air conditioning. Police have opened a criminal investigation. Rescue crews started going doortodoor 95 degrees heat to check on elderly people and hand out food and water. The mayor of hollywood, florida, urging people across the state to do the same. Watch. Be mindful of the hot temperatures that followed this hurricane. We had temperatures reaching 95 degrees. I would like to implore upon everyone to check up on your neighbors, elderly, do what you can to make sure everyones okay. Trace investigators at least five people died and more than a dozen hurt after breathing Carbon Monoxide fumes from generators. Orlando, miami, day
Inside americas news headquarters. Molly bryan llenas is with us and we begin with adam housley. Reporter the conditions continue to deteriorate. The conditions were almost like they were when we left the oceanside which is where the hurricane winds as they come around hit that side first. There is three feet of water in that area and its expected to move in this direction. We know that at least the latest forecasts are calling for Hurricane Irma to move to the west. The keys will get hammered as it goes up the coast. You can hear these gusts have picked up significantly since we spoke about an hour ago. You can hear things popping. Thats usually power going out. You are finding bigger and bigger branches here. We are in a secure location where we keep an eye on this stuff. We are in an area kinds of basically protected. And you can see how much these trees are blowing. The water is coming down heavier. You cant see from the camera angle. But the water has come up a little bit back the
Wow. Why dont you get under the overhang. Yeah, wow. I have to say, guys, this is the strongest. Im going to stay a knee for a second because its exhausting to stand there for a little bit. I bet, right . Thomas roberts has been reporting on this storm all day for us and all night. He joins us from tampa. Thomas, with a soggy good morning to you, because you have been wet for the last few hours, so that area is getting pretty significant wind and rain still, right . Reporter yeah, its been a wild night because the eye has just passed through on the eastern side of us. That typically brings a calm as the eye has passed over the southwest portion of florida for most of the day. Meanwhile, we have seen the Hillsborough River return. So, weve been monitoring this for hours now, alex. Earlier, this was all beach. You could see rocks. You could see the return of what the water was putting back into the river. In is not what people had seen around bay shore, around tampa bay. That was the exa
Situation. If youve been ordered ed ted evacuate, you need to leave now. Do not wait. Evacuate. Not tonight. Not in an hour. You need to go right now. If youre in an evacuation zone, leave. The time is running out to make that decision to leave. Good morning, im ali velshi bringing you live coverage of Hurricane Irma from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. The latest this hour though, Hurricane Irma is now a category 4 storm, pounding cuba with fierce winds of up to 130 miles an hour. Final preparations are under way across virtually the entire state of florida. Georgia has ordered mandatory evacuations along its coast. Landfall is expected in the florida keys within 24 hours. Forecasts this morning have shifted the storm slightly to the west, and that is putting the keys and the states western coast in irmas crosshairs. Joining me now is wnbc meteorologist Raphael Miranda who i saw a few minutes ago studying the latest on Hurricane Irma. There have been significant changes thro