Tonight, breaking news. As we come on the air in the west tonight. The states of emergency. A major hurricane moving in. Hurricane michael rapidly gaining strength at this hour. The new track just in tonight. Racing toward the american coast. The fastmoving storm could make landfall as a category 3 hurricane. Mandatory evacuations coming. Long lines for gas already. Tonight, cruise ships out at sea changing course. Meteorologist ginger zee has the hour by hour when this hits. Also tonight, we have new reporting here after that deadly limousine crash. 20 people killed. Among them, four sisters. What authorities have just revealed about the driver tonight. And about the limo itself. And tonight, what weve learned about the owner of the company. You will see the undercover video of him as an fbi informant. Also breaking tonight, the new Supreme Court justice, brett kavanaugh, at the white house this evening. The ceremony with the president. What the president said to his new Supreme Court
also breaking tonight, the new supreme court justice, brett kavanaugh, at the white house this evening. the ceremony with the president. what the president said to his new supreme court justice, with the other justices watching and listening. the alarming medical mystery tonight. several children in the same region coming down with a rare polio-like illness. what s causing this? and what public health officials are now saying. the news coming in about a former olympic star and his wife, after the heartbreaking death of their 19-month-old daughter. what they ve now shared tonight. and the wedding kept under wraps. leaving two former presidents beaming tonight. good evening as we come on the air here in the west tonight. it is get to start another week with all of you here at home. and as we come on tonight, we re tracking hurricane michael growing in strength, soon to be a major hurricane. we re also monitoring an event at the white house a short time ago.
some coastal flooding already along alabama s beaches. michael s outer bands reaching key west. every family must be prepared. every family. remember, we can rebuild your house, but we cannot rebuild your life. reporter: drivers headed out of panama city beach tonight. tomorrow, these evacuations will be mandatory. there are long lines for gas in tallahassee, and sandbagging is in full force. to the south, we met cole, stocking up. we weren t nervous last night when we went to bed and when we woke up this morning and all of a sudden it was well, first it was a category 2 and now it s looking like it s going to be worse than that. so, we re a little nervous. reporter: some cruise ships altering their routes to avoid the storm. also offshore, oil and natural gas platforms are shutting down and evacuating workers. and victor oquendo joins us live from florida tonight. and we know the winds are a real concern with this hurricane and it s getting here quickly. but also tonight,
the ceremonial swearing in of new supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. what the president said, right here in a moment. but first, that hurricane speeding across the gulf. word of monday tear evacuations just issued moments ago. hurricane michael is right now racing across the warm waters of the gulf. it is expected to strengthen over the next 24 to 36 hours and could be a category 3 hurricane as it nears the coast. and unlike hurricane florence, this is coming quickly. you can see the traffic already tonight. these images from panama city, florida. families getting out, aware of how big this could be and how quickly it will be here. the outer bands of wind and rain already being felt in parts of florida. and tonight, there are states of emergency in effect. several states watching this, of course. ginger has the new track just in. and abc s victor oquendo is in apalachicola, florida, tonight, leading us off. reporter: tonight, winds from hurricane michael already blowing in mexico