thank you very much. let s go now to the nbc station in miami. okay, looks like you are there at jacksonville beach, florida. how about the folks there? what are they feeling and how much are they preparing? reporter: you see the surf behind me and they don t want to take any chances here. the latest information i can share with you the the beach you see behind me, all across jacksonville, duval county, beaches will be closed going forward as of 12:01 tuesday morning. police here locally want people to stay out of the water and just behind me you can see why just how rough the surf is ahead of hurricane dorian even with it still so far out from us here in the atlantic. people still have time to prepare and that s exactly they are doing as we spoke with one man who told us he s lived here for 20 years and he needs to protect his home. always prepare for the worst.
even if it s offshore, look at the size. how big the storm is. even if it s offshore, that could bring devastating impacts on the coast. we re trying to communicate the size and focus people on the large system and not just the center. great job. thank you very much. mr. president, we are joined today by governors from florida, georgia, north carolina, and south carolina. we begin first with the governor from the state of florida. thank you, and thank you, mr. president for all you ve done for florida. you ve done a lot for the michael aftermath. those folks are still rebuilding. now we have dorian. to put dorian in perspective, this is significantly stronger than hurricane andrew okay. okay, everybody. we had a little bit of an audio mishap and camera movement. we ve been listening to rick scott, the senator from florida and immediately as we tuned you in to what we were hearing, that
federal government and also with partners supporting the state and local level to be ready for this massive storm. for our briefing today, we ll start with an update on the forecast from ken, the director of the national hurricane center. we re going to continue monitoring what s going on at that fema press conference. we ve heard the president speak and there s the acting dhs sec tory. joining me right you former press secretary for the department of homeland security. we had a lot of time to chat today. we re doing it today. dorian could hit the bahamas has a category 5 storm. can you put in perspective the kind of devastation that might bring? it s important for the folks in the possibly affected areas to listen to their state and local officials, the emergency managers on the ground and not to pay too much attention to the track that it might take, but to be prepared. there s still time to put a plan
all right. a survivor of yesterday s rampage in texas joins me to talk about how she barely escaped with her life. and grave concerns in the bahamas with hurricane dorian approaching. we ll stay on top of where this monster storm is headed. play it cool and escape heartburn fast with new tums chewy bites cooling sensation. tum tum tum tums
hurricane in history with winds higher than that. we re moving at 7 miles per hour. slow, and moving very, very, very slow. way too slow in just about 24 hours. let s look at dorian s watches and warnings. we re focusing on the bahamas. this is where the dire need is. we re looking at hurricane warnings in the red. the category 5 right over them. we have a hurricane watch to the south. u.s. coast, we re talking about that. a little more time to prepare. we want to focus on that s happening in the bahamas. i storm surge and heavy rainfall over the next 46 hours. look at this graphic. when we think of hurricanes, causes of death from the hurricane atlantic hurricanes, 49% from storm surge. it is literally a wall of water that s shoved onto land. we re looking at water that will be two feet in some spots. certainly watching that. rain 27%. we re looking at rain falling for 36 hours. we could see 24 inches or