the eyewall coming through right now making landfall in mexico beach. that s about 45 minutes from where we are. we re told the winds are 155 miles an hour. 157 miles an hour is what would make it the most powerful category storm. a category 5. so right now, you are looking at the strongest, most powerful category 4 hurricane to exist. and this is one for the history books. this is going to be a record breaker. and unfortunately, we are so very concerned for those in the path. local reporter witnessing, sadly, a hurricane that now lives in the record books. in tallahassee, loretta denes and her husband, martin kendall reid, rode out hurricane michael in a crawl space under their home.
reid, rode out hurricane michael in a crawl space under their home. loretta, martin, thank you for being with us. at what point during the storm did you move down to the crawl space and what made you seek shelter there? we decided to stay in our home. we had talked about our plan of action. my husband suggested this idea, and i thought he was crazy. i m afraid of certain bugs and i assumed they would be under my house and he came actually down here and vacuumed it and cleaned it and laid down blankets and made it very inviting and when the storm got really going and limbs, large limbs, were falling, it became a very inviting space to be. first of all so all credit to him. you have the nicest husband who would vacuum underneath the crawl space. i can t even imagine. i know. crawl spaces are not very fun to hang out in. that was very nice of him to do.
place and we are afraid the trees will fall on our emergency personnel and kill them. we have to assess it before we can get out there. i can tell you, they are coming in and the calls are coming in, and for those folks that heeded the advice of the emergency operators, that s what we wanted them to do, but those that rode the storm out we knew we would have these kinds of situations, but we will get out there as soon as we can, and these men and women are dedicated to saving peoples lives and that s what we are going to do. mayor saffo i understand you receive add call from the president of the united states last night, and what can you tell us about that? he was very gracious. he let us know that they were there for us, and they have been monitoring the situation on a daily basis and he just wanted to assure me he would be there
move some of their operations overseas? absolutely, i do. for keep costs affordable for everyone that wants to purchase their vehicles. harley davidson has put up a lot of money too, i feel, to keep the costs down. reporter: that second woman that you heard from there, ali, she works in a dealership in michigan and rode in for the weekend. as you heard, oftentimes there s acknowledgement that some of these policies are currently hurting the folks like them, they said at the same time there s others like that first gentleman that said hopefully in the long run it works out and there are still other policies that they re voting on, not just simply this trade war. vaughn, thanks very much for your reporting from there. a very interesting story. vaughn hillyard in milwaukee. labor day was created to celebrate the labor movement and the american worker. that s what we re celebrating today. president trump marked the holiday by tweeting that, quote, the worker in america is doing bet
to them. so you understand them. you were, i assume, like minded with the coke brothers. here is what they ve said about this. billionaire charles koch has said the greater the level of trade restrictions the greater the risk of severe economic fallout depends on the degree. it could any protectionism at any level is very detrimental. any nation that has prospered is one that didn t engage in trade wars. the president says he wants zero tariffs, zero trade barriers. what are the mechanisms to get there? that s where charles and the president disagree. the president wants to get to a point to have more access for american products overseas. sounds like charles koch is saying that the road he is taking will be so detrimental it s not work it. there s a lot of do you like the rode the president is taking? i think tariffs rise prices