looking at the hurricane making landfall saturday night into sunday. jon: keep an eye on it for us. thank you. speak to a massive story, south florida could feel hurricane irma s winds. you said in 24 hours, half a million people in that state to evacuate. many of them facing gas shortages and gridlock. phil keating live in miami beach with more from there. hello. the weather was left of blue skies and sunshine in south beach sand are very limited at this point. you get a sense as you go around town that people know the clock is ticking. and most people i would say of the total population of miami beach have heeded the mandatory evacuation warning and gotten out of town. the streets are empty ocean drive, a smattering of people. these are a few people on the beach that the lifeguards who rode up on and making sure that they do not go into the surf, as
than four hours from now. 3:00 p.m. fort lauderdale, last flight in the 7:00 hour tonight. many people hitting the roads. gas buddy, the app says basically half of the gas stations are out of fuel. that is been a major issue for the fourth straight day. just to let you know how fortunate it is that so many people in south florida, unlike other hurricanes in the past, who do not leave, are leaving this time. they have been watching the forecast track for four days. her nonstop on local news. and we were able to gas up the cars for the first time since there was not a line of 100 cars wrapping around the block. so many people have left town. that gas station here in south beach is closing at 11. at 11:00. we are hunkering down for the hurricane. and 1980s building in solid