there may be downed power lines. make sure your phones are charged. make sure you have a radio, a plan in place, and all of these sorts of things so that you can kind of wait things out so that it s safe for the emergency responders to get to you. absolutely. marsha, you re going to be with us later in the hour as well. so thank you for following all the updates on this storm. appreciate that. so what was it like to live through dorian on the bahamas? we re going to check in with the country s minister of agriculture next to see how he and his fellow citizens are trying to cope. we ll also monitor the situation along north carolina s outer banks. here is what it looks like in nags head as we re giving you a live picture here on msnbc.
saw were dozens of people around the building, trying to get off that island, after losing everything. we made our way into the town, driving over roads that were still flooded, debris covered in a lot of instances, and we came upon a clinic that has become a bit of a public gathering place. hundreds of people outside. none really seriously injured, but no one else having anywhere else to go because each person we spoke to said dorian took away their home and nearly all of them said they lost everything. at this point in time, we believe that 50% of all structures on both abaco island and neighboring grand bahama were either damaged or destroyed, and i can believe that it s at least that after driving through what s left of marsh harbour earlier today. we expect a full update from government officials later today, but until then, we ll send it back to you. all right, morgan chesky, thank you so much for that. joining me right now once again, marsha catron, former press secretary for
possibility of tropical storm force winds in southeastern alabama. there is at least one report from earlier that suggests the president personally directed that official to issue this statement. let s discuss this with marsha catron. great to have you with us. the washington post report implies that the president was not being somewhat truthful when he denied on wednesday knowing how the map was altered. watch this. that map you showed today with a sharpie. i don t know. i don t know. i don t know. so what do you make of all this? it s easy to brush this aside and call it sharpie gate, but this specific moment where the president came out and said he didn t know how that map was altered while you re now having an official tell the washington post albeit an unnamed official say it was the president personally who took the sharpie to that map. this is no laughing matter.
rain. so be prepared for at least three days to a week if you are in one of these areas. it is better to over prepare because we know these things don t just happen on the coast line. they can come in as far as a hundred yards inland. we know florida is used to massive storms like this. what advice would you give emergency officials and their teams in places like georgia and the carolinas? i would say, you know, do like florida has. take it seriously. consider, you know, we said, evacuating and putting people out of their homes for several days, is a burden. however, it s far, far better than losing lives unnecessarily in these kinds of storms. what i have seen so far in georgia, south carolina, north carolina, i think they are leaning forward appropriately just as florida has in this situation. all right. bryan, thank you so much. bryan koon and marsha catron. coming up, a group of democratic lawmakers launching a new offensive against gun violence as congress returns to
to you first, it looks like florida won t be taking a direct hit. but are you worried that so many people there will assume the danger is passed? i m concerned that folks are going to think there will be no impacts today and go out unnecessarily. my recommendation, it is not going to be a good day for weather on the east coast. stay inside. many schools have been canceled. stay inside. watch the news. think about how it can mitigate against these storms in the future. gosh, when you look at those waves. marsha, we know the u.s. coast guard is working to rescue survivors in the bahamas. what kind of role does the united states typically play in helping people there? in the bahamas u.s. aid will help out and then in the states of course the governors are working together and we ve already seen a couple governors declare an emergency declaration so that the federal government can come in and help those