out of harm s way all over the world. do you know what this represents? maybe it s the calm before the storm. what is the storm? you ll find out. so is the united states about to face some serious military conflict? did the president just say that s in our next episode? cnn s joe johns at the white house. it s 9:18. any sign of a storm yet? what the president meant by that is anybody s guess. it s clear he was meeting with the military leaders. the white house put a readout of the president s meeting with the military leaders and it doesn t shed that much light on what we already knew. we know the president talked about north korea and the threat there. we know the president talked
sort of pick what side they want to be on in history. kate and selena, thanks so much for being with me. wish it weren t for such a thing, but nevertheless, great to have you on. a major storm taking a direct aim at the gulf coast. this could hit as soon as tomorrow. not much time to prepare. we re tracking the latest developments. feel the power of theraflu expressmax. new power. .to fight back theraflu s powerful new formula to defeat 7 cold and flu symptoms. fast. so you can play on. theraflu expressmax. new power. not much time to prepare.
bureaucracy. what storm was the president talking about? well, they did talk about actual storms. the military response to the hurricanes that have occurred here in the united states over the past few weeks. maybe that s the storm they were talking about, john? hmm. thank you. joining me now, barbara starr, molly balls, cnn political analyst. barbara starr you are better sourced at the pentagon than anybody i know, and are your sources aware of any imminent storm that might face those military leaders gathered around the president last night? well, yes, there are a number of things the u.s. could face at any minute. think about north korea, right? that could blow up, and i am speaking figuratively. you have the situation in west africa where green berets have
there could be three to five feet of surge. that s not the surge we saw from katrina which was somewhere in the ballpark of 22 feet, but enough surge to get into the land areas where people live. don t look at this as a category 1 hurricane, this is a land falling storm that will have surge and wind damage. the wind gets all the way into mississippi and alabama, and bringing down power lines in georgia with the wind because we are still at 40 to 50 miles per hour right over atlanta, and that s never a good thing in a big city with a lot of old trees, power lines come down and the surge here from morgan city almost over to mobile that could be three to five feet or higher in the storm gets stronger. right now three to five is the number. the key is this thing will make a direct hit, and it s coming fast so not much time to prepare. appreciate it. more breaking news. a headline in the u.s. economy
the wind keeps blowing it and it s moving quickly, and that s considered shear. that should not allow it to get too much stronger than a category 1. we will see. biloxi, st. louis and all the way to new orleans, that s right in the cone, all of this right in the cone right now. hurricane hunters are in the storm right now flying around, and those are the two airplanes flying around, and 997 for millibars. this is not harvey or irma or maria, but as it gets over the gulf of mexico it could certainly strengthen. the u.s. and the european model over the same place. it s important to note the storm turns to the right quickly after or close to landfall. you could see some storm surge from this.