by then the storm path had shifted so much that anyone watching knew it was not going to hit alabama, quote, much harder than anticipated as the president tweeted. but the president can t stand being wrong. we know this. he can t stand being corrected. so instead of just forgetting about it, he is continually focusing on this and tweeting about how right he was. yesterday he went beyond even that. we thought we d give you a update on the hurricane. we got lucky in florida, very, very lucky indeed. we had actually our original chart was that it was going to be hit hitting florida directly, maybe i could just see that, kevin. it was going to be hitting directly and that would have affected a lot of other states. but that was the original chart. and you see it was going to hit not only florida, but georgia and could have was going toward the gulf. that was what we what was
golf. they are supposed to know there are such things as category 5 hurricanes and supposed to know especially when they have been president in several cat 5 storms have occurred on their watch. and presidents are aren t supposed to defend phony statements about the storm path. this was president trump today continuing to talk about the path of destruction that he says almost was. that was the original chart. and you see it was going to hit not only florida. but georgia and was going towards the gulf. that s what we was originally projected. and it took a right turn. okay we stopped a video. at a point your attention to the map. a projection of the path from last thursday. he talked about alabama being in the eye of the storm on sunday. as you know a lot changes between thursday and sunday with the massive hurricane. at the end he circled with a sharp e is part of alabama.
it is something else, it is dangerous to a democracy. dangerous to a democracy is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. former democratic congresswoman donna edwards joins us. former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi, frank figliuzzi is back. with us from the new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker. at the tame rick stengel, former managing editor of time mack scene who worked with machine s state department. plus, executive editor from bloom opinion, tim o brien. tim, i will start with you because you have been chronicling donald trump the liar longer than all of us together. but as someone who worked in the white house and state department, there are still moments like the president holding up a doctored image of a storm path that continue to rattle and shake what s left of our norms. you know, i don t think it s just about lying. lying is an outcome of other things that trouble the
homes. the mud as we know has been completely destroyed or decimated. as the bahamas struggled. dorian isn t over yet. the hurricane has gotten weaker over the past 24 hours but it s not weak. it s now category 2 picking up speed in size as it lashes the eastern u.s. florida at this hour is seeing fierce winds and rain. along with storm surge. and flooding. coastal georgia is also bracing. and dorian is not expected to make land fall there it could threaten the carolinas later on this week. we are covering this hurricane from all angles. in florida. along with the east coast. i want to hear from the storm path. good to see just talk us through where we are right now. good seeing you. this is still a menacing storm system. it doesn t look impressive
conditions your city faces near record storm surge, still a potential the hurricane could theoretically make landfall. as mayor what is your biggest concern right now? well, thank you, jake. we are if i may say, well prepared. we have had training over the last four years in a row with major storms. our preparedness team is top notch. that being said, it is starting to whip up. we are expecting real high tides tonight. the biggest concern is the combination of heavy rain and high tide and storm surge all at the same time which can bring water right into our city. but at this point i must say, we are ready to take what comes. our teams are standing by for response and recovery. and we re looking forward to getting cleaned up and moving on to this weekend. charleston is under a mandatory evacuation order, as you know. what is your message to residents who see this storm