messaging on facebook and twitter from february 1st through mid-march. in a pandemic, misinformation has a life that has a cost that s paid in lives. reporter: we tried to track down dr. murkola to ask him about the misinformation he s been posting. like masks may not work. vaccines could be dangerous. and vitamin c and d can prevent or treat the coronavirus. we first tried to find him at his office in cape coral, florida. outside ft. myers. i m looking for dr. joseph murkola. he s not here. not here. is he here today? can i leave a message? he s not here. will he be here tomorrow if not today? no, he is normally not here. even though his office is listed here, he doesn t work out of here? no. okay. thank you. next stop, more than 220 miles away, ormond beach, florida, where he calls home. we found his house behind a large gate and tried making
priorities, getting people back their power. jacob rascon, thanks to you. hollywood, florida, outside ft. lauderdale, nbc s philip mina. what s it look like on the east coast today? willie, good morning. we can see there are police hollywood police blocking this road. that s a1a, ocean boulevard, one of the most popular down this stretch of the coast. there are live wires, they told us, on top of some of the debris you see here. on the other side of that police cruiser you can see a canopy that is also in the road. they have the rapid assessment, impact assessment team on their way over here to prioritize the damage so they can get public works to clear this road and a police officer here blocking the entrance to that 7-eleven there. one of the last places to have gas. we were here a couple of days ago. they re trying to prevent anyone from going down here or prevent looting. that s a problem we ve seen, unfortunately, in miami and ft. lauderdale. 28 arrested in miami.
moving up into georgia, these are all flash flood warnings in this region. the cloud shield is still enormous. the circulation goes from the southern portion of the keys all the way up into areas like west virgin virginia. the 75-mile-per-hour winds are mostly confined out here over the open water. center of the storm is located north of tampa by 60 miles. this red shows you where we could still get hurricane gusts. the yellow shows this enormous wind field. this is where it s possible to have tropical storm gusts all the way down here to west palm beach still, ft. myers and approaching the atlanta area. almost up through myrtle beach. just a huge 415 miles from the center. that s irma s legacy, how huge it is. strongest on land right now is right around orlando. daytona beach is 46. the colors here, offshore, winds are higher, off the east coast and off the west coast. in land in the 40 to
and taking notes and the pieces of baggage still there. but now all of that is removed and they are cleaning it all up and removing the carpet. ayman. all right. nbc s jacob rascon live for us outside ft. lauderdale hollywood international airport. well, josh levy is the mayor of hollywood, florida. he s been monitoring events closely. he joins me now by phone. mr. mayor, great to have you with us. i know you ve been a lifelong resident of hollywood, florida. you re very familiar with this airport, probably traveled here a lo at s your reaction, sir,o this incident and how it s really affected the community here? sure. well, it all started yesterday about 1:00 p.m. when this first started unfolding certainly as you can imagine this airport being, you know, minutes away from where we live, we have friends, relatives co-workers who might be transiting through that airport at any given moment on any given day. so certainly for sure at first you have concern and wonder about anyone who y