hurricane dorian now a catastrophic category 5 storm. right now the bahamas is getting pounded as the storm heads towards the united states. now, this is video from the abacos, where dorian made two landfalls there. we are getting reports of ripped off rooftops and maximum sustained winds of 185 miles an hour. the storm is tied one of the strongest atlantic hurricanes ever recorded. earlier this morning the national hurricane center warned of the ongoing life threatening situation in the bahamas and warned that the storm will move dangerously close to the u.s. meanwhile, more than 1 million people on the coast of florida, georgia and south carolina are under mandatory evacuation orders which take effect as of noon today. for the very latest let s bring in the meteorologist janessa webb. where do things stand right now? this is an unfortunate situation for the grand bahamas
all right. as the top it s the top of the hour on september 2nd, labor day, i m yasmin vossoughian alongside geoff bennett and susan del percio will be with us all hour. hurricane dorian is a category 5 storm and right now the bahamas is getting pounded as the storm heads to the united states. this is video from the abacos where dorian made two landfalls. we are getting reports of widespread damage across the islands from ripped off rooftops to overturned cars and who knows what else with maximum sustained winds of 185 miles an hour. the storm is tied as one of the strongest atlantic hurricanes ever recorded. the images there, devastating. early this morning the national hurricane center warned of the ongoing but life threatening situation in the bahamas and warned that the storm will move quote dangerously close to the united states. meanwhile, more than 1 million people on the coasts of florida,
at some of the news. it s been announced that the trump administration is planning to divert hundreds of millions of dollars in homeland security funds to ramp up security at our southern border. they are going to reprogram the money. brian: democrats are blasting the move calling it cruel and backwards. ainsley: ellison barber joins us live from the white house with why dhs says the move is necessary. good morning, ellison. the department of homeland security notified congress about this plan last month. the 30-day period for innovation is set to end on sunday. the department of homeland security says it intends to reprogram and transfer $116 million to fund ice single adult detention beds and transportation. and to transfer $155 million to establish and operate temporary immigration hearing facilities along the southwest border. $271 million in all over 150 million coming from fema s disaster relief fund. this as a major storm heads
house and feed detained migrant children. democrats did not raise any widespread rejections to the proposal back then, but president trump s proposal to do exactly the same thing has been met with howls of outrage, particularly as this new storm heads toward puerto rico. in a statement, senate minority leader chuck schumer saying taking these critical funds from disaster preparedness and recovery efforts threatens lives and weakens the government s availability to help with naturl disasters. they did this to meet the people s priority. officials say the money being transferred from this disaster relief fund is administrative and not money that could go into recovery or preparedness effort efforts. listen to hogan gidley here. they know this money isn t being diverted from anything that can be used for recovery efforts or preparedness efforts. they know that.
along with the emergency that is going on, it requires the agency, the department to reprogram funding. it is a common thing to happen. if you don t have bed space for adults, they will wait in custody for too long, or they get released like their families do, and that would effectively give you an opening order. the department of homeland security notified congress about its plans last month he is a 30 day notification. back is set to end on sunday. they say that they intend to reprogram and transfer $116 million to fund i.c.e. single adult attention beth, and millions of dollars to establish and operate temporary hearing facilities along the southwest border. that s $271 million in all. $155 million coming from fema disaster relief funds. this is a major storm heads