Death rates in one day. Florida, mississippi, new jersey, hitting their greatest number of oneday fatalities so far and Record Number of cases have been reported in North Carolina and iowa but those facts have not stopped or Public Officials in spots in our country from starting reopening, Christina Coleman covering with all of us but first Mark Meredith who is standing by in the north lawn in the white house with the latest on the president s plan. Mark afternoon, eric, the white house says hopes the country can be able to mend soon and although they had cases that would drop for 14 days we have seen governors decide to go ahead and reopen certain businesses but also hearing from dr. Deborah birx americans have personal responsibility in all of this. As States Reopen we really want them to file the gated criteria and also make sheer to the american, this is what you need to do to continue to protect yourself. You need to continue to social distance an you need to continue to practice
I know its early hours of the investigation, not a lot has been confirmed at this time but their investigator on the scene. We have heard from a Law Enforcement source and a county official there in Caldwell County just southeast of austin, texas. And it appears that one of the things that investigators will be taking a very close, early look at is the role is when you look at the video from the scenes there, those high power lines in that area, and how that might have contributed to that accident. Weve heard from two different sources now who tell us they believe its believed that the hot air balloon might have collided into those power lines igniting a fire before it crashed to the ground there, killing all 16 people that were on board. This by no means the official cause of the accident at this point. But it appears to be what investigators and officials there on the ground are taking a very close early look at in this horrific accident that occurred just before 8 00 this morning in
Floridas top leadership is saying if you are in an evacuation zone you need to get to a shelter now. This begins those latenight hours that irma will likely do her worst. Forecasters are making it pretty clear, as we look at the size of our members is the size of the state of florida. No matter which side takes it most, east or west coast, barring a miracle moved by this beast of a storm you are pretty much would have to move the state of florida to grab it from irma. From box, americas news headquarters, im harris. On its present course, it will move up in the warm everglades feeling up and expecting to burst into a bigger storm and, of course, the shift we watched happened today so the west coast taking a direct hit potentially. Immediately put extreme burden on citizens to suddenly evacuate and places that they hadnt planned to like naples and the huge metro of tampa in saint pete. Hard facts are these and this has just come in. Florida keys, we are almost at just a couple of miles
Family. [inaudible] abby Hurricane Irma an hour away now from the eye of the storm making landfall on the west coast now bracing. Hundreds of thousands of the entire mayor. Sustained winds of 130 Miles Per Hour and could reach 15 feet in some areas. Others are forced to stay behind. Team coverage this morning. Pete with Griff Jenkins on the ground right now. Reporter in naples the wind is terrible. Its about 25 come in maybe 30 miles, but it coming and key west which is just minutes away from a direct impact with 130mile per hour winds are near to the west coast. They are hunkered down. Officials here describing it as a worstCase Scenario because you will have high wind combined with storm surge. The mayor telling me the biggest concern is storm surge. The west coast of florida will take the water row. Just behind me to bring it back in. Upwards of 15 feet above ground level search starts hitting here, it is going to absolutely flood everything and you do not want to be there. Thats wh
The eye wall is hitting both the bahamas. Thats the view on satellite pictures. Well switch over to the radar image, which shows that the center is still over to the bahamas. It extends well to the west and is coming into the east coast of florida and crossing the peninsula. Over the last 12 hours or so, they have brought winds to. The forecast is for the hurricane to just inch along tonight. It will begin the southwestern motion either late tonight or early tomorrow. The forecast has the center, moving roughly parallel to the coast for the next 23 days. Perhaps 50 miles offshore. Thats important, because Hurricane Force winds extend outward. What that means is that we are certain to have Tropical Storm force winds over the eastern portion of florida, and we very well may have Hurricane Force winds offshore, as forecast. There is a warning for much of the east coast of florida, and a watch has been extended as well father to the north. Hurricane warnings and hurricane watches are in ef