And these are the islands of the bahamas where the leading edge of Hurricane Dorian is hitting first, Straight Line winds, clocked at a devastating 185 Miles Per Hour. The National Hurricane center now confirming that this is the strongest hurricane ever to hit the bahamas. Ever. The storm has already blown off the roofs from many homes and power is starting to go out across the islands. On the Barrier Islands being hammered by the hurricane now, not every building provides shelter. These people are now seeking safety somewhere else after the storm tore this roof away. Before we go live to the bahamas, i want to take a moment to to show you just how serious the difference is between a category 4 and a category 5 hurricane. There are only five categories and the cat 5 means the sustained winds have reached 157 Miles Per Hour. Again, Hurricane Dorian has sustained winds right now of 185 Miles Per Hour, with gusts above 200. And, according to the governments own website, this is what a ca
Evacuated and theyre hopeful theyll not see as bad of conditions as they were expecting from dorian. Off course. Vice president mike pence staying on the wrong coast of ireland during an official visit in order to stay at the president s golf resort. Standing in for the president to stay home to monitor the hurricane, in part from his virginia golf course. The opportunity to stay at Trump National to accommodate the unique footprint that comes with our security detail and other personnel made it logical. And inferno. Unanswered questions about what caused that boat fire off the coast of Santa Barbara, killing dozens below deck. A passer by rescuing the crew. They told me there was another exit but the exit was blocked. There were two ways out . Blo . Both of them were blocked. And well have a lot more on that horrific boat fire coming up, but good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington. We have details on Hurricane Dorians small push toward the atlantic coast. The storm just downgraded
And over donald trump. More trouble for the bahamas. Two weeks after dorian left so much devastation, a new storm with another threat to the northern islands. This time with florida in its sights. Also ahead this hour, the british Prime Minister accused of lying to the queen. More on the brexit drama, as the clock ticks down. Were live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Its 2 01 here on the u. S. East coast. Early in the morning. But theres no knockout blows just a few hours before this show. Plenty of rhetorical punches. The big democratic debate was one to watch. The three frontrunners were on center stage. Joe biden got the most attention, not only from his closest competitors, senators Bernie Sanders and elizabeth warren, but also from the seven other candidates, all taking their jabs, trying to sound like contenders, instead of also rans. From the be
Executive production. Whats executive production, you ask . No idea. Thanks to you at home for the audit doesnt say. Joining us this hour. We have lots to get to, but we but hey, theres that 27 start with news about a key million accounted for. Figure in trump world and now a nothing to see here. Now this week a new report from key witness in the mueller investigators with the house investigation. Rick gates served as deputy Oversight Committee finds that chairman of the trump campaign. He leveraged ties to president gates had been Paul Manaforts trump and the administration to right hand deputy working for promote his own interests, including by pushing mike ukrainian oligarchs before manafort joined the trump flynns Saudi Nuclear plan. Campaign and brought gates overnight chairman elijah along. Manafort was pushed out in cummings wrote august of 2016, but rick gates stayed on through election day. Gates then served as the number two official on the trump nug as an example, the report
Hurricane dorian sat over the bahamas for 1 1 2 days pounding the northwestern islands for hours and hours on end. It first made landfall as a monster category five storm with a 23 foot storm surge and wind gusts topping 225 miles an hour. Thats the same strength as a powerful tornado. This is what folks woke up to this morning in freeport. This woman in chesthigh waters with two dogs. More than 60,000 people will food, clean Drinking Water and other aid according to the United Nations. Take a look at this. Shepard a live look at this is the second floor of a ft. Lauderdale beach now. Well south of the area that is home in freeport. You can see the waves splashing supposed to get storm surge. Against the second florida ominous clouds there even with windows. Flood waters coming up the people on the beach today, many likely trying to get waves out stairs. This is grand bahamas of this thing. Hurricane dorian is pounding the international airport. Under water. The tarmac looks like a rag