A very high level. Some are saying its one of the biggest storms ever to hit our country. It built very rapidly,ed a briefing with secretary of Homeland Security and the administrator of fema and we are watching Hurricane Michael. Its just hitting shore now. Winds are going up to close to 200 miles an hour. Category 4. You dont hear about that. Its the most powerful recorded storm to strike the Florida Panhandle ever. It will bring with it anywhere from 150 mile to almost 200 mile an hour winds. The storm surges could be up to 15 feet. Additional rainfall could also produce Flash Flooding at the highest levels. We have been in constant communications with governor rick scott of florida. With all the authorities in the various states. Were very well prepared for massive amounts of food and we have First Responders all over, the Electrical Companies are staged and ready to go in after the storm. Over a thousands trucks. We have large amounts of food and water and Everything Else that you
He is executing that and has the right tone, not over exciting to people and it appears he and the mayor started communications and that will work for the benefit of the people. at the end of the day people need to take their own risks. can you live a few days without electricity? is your house in that zone that might flood? will your home flood. more people from the surge and the water from the storm that we do from the wind. neil: that is true, proven in one disaster after another. thank you very much. good luck to all. neil: lieutenant general russell honoray. parents heading to stores as kids are back to class, buying a lot of school supplies that could cost a lot more in 24 hours.
Our biggest problem is we only have one highway, u.s. 98, that runs east and west, the only east/west corridor that connects panama city on the west and tallahassee on the east. what road is that, just so we know? u.s. 98. 98, that s the one we ve been talking about. we ve been very worried that u.s. 98 is going to be an impassable road for a while. by the way, for those of you crossing the country using interstate 10, that s almost where this storm is right now. allen, thanks very much. stay safe. we ll stay in touch with you. i want to bring in retired army lieutenant general russell honoray who led the efforts after hurricane katrina. one of the points you make, general, is that the places that are hardest hit are populated by the people who can least do
Retired lieutenant russell honoray who was a commander of joints task force katrina and my old friend. general, good to see you. good afternoon, ali. good to be here with you in washington, d.c. talk to me about this force. everybody is wondering what they ll do and what the national guard people will do. they are not supposed to interact with immigrants and not involved in law enforcement so what sort of role can they play and what do you think of the deployment. as a follow to put in context your statement there, that is being worked in what will be an operations order with instructions through the chief of the national guard bureau who is a member of the joint chiefs to the generals inside of the state, with recommendations on rules of engagement as well as operational capacity that those guardsmen and based on the type of missions that homeland
It is my personal money. and then goes on to sara huckabee sanders and said if you have an idea of where i should donate the money please speak up. one minute calling them the fake news and the next asking them for advice. thank you both. thank you. this is something. a reunion 12 years in the making. general russell honoray, the man who took charge in the wake of hurricane katrina, remember this those were the twin boys he helped save. he is meeting them now. their emotional reunion and yet another city that has just been devastated by the flood waters. this is a cnn exclusive. do stay close.