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40 minutes past the hour right now. authorities are focusing on one particular clue now in the wake of the las vegas massacre. a source tells cnn that note stephen paddock left behind in his hotel room it contained written calculations and those calculations authorities now say they believe are regarding how he will target the crowd at a country music festival there. remember, he killed himself after killing 58 people and injuring another 500 last sunday. cnn s scott mclean is in las vegas with more on these calculations and what they mean in establishing a motive potentially. investigators don t yet know. what are investigators saying about the meticulous nature and the detail into which this gunman went to plan this shooting? reporter: yeah. there is no doubt, victor and christi, how much length the shooter went to planning this. he had 23 guns inside that have
good morning. i m christi paul. i m victor black well. breaking news. nate is now a tropical storm after it made landfall twice overnight. first in louisiana and then again in mississippi and it was a category one hurricane as it hit both of those areas. the first hurricane to make landfall in mississippi since hurricane katrina back in 2005. the storm as expected is bringing strong winds, heavy rain, major flooding for some areas. here is some video inside the golden nugget casino. this is the garage there in biloxi. expect it to weaken, this storm. it s continuing as it moves farther inland. right now there are thousands, tens of thousands of customers without power in alabama and mississippi. also a few thousand more along the florida panhandle. let s start this coverage with meteorologist chad myers. chad, the storm is not done yet. the potential for tornadoes, talk about that, if you would. any time you have a hurricane moving on shore, you can bring a
up with no power this morning after one of the most ferocious hurricanes in years, threat of storm surge rs lurking in the south where the storm left plenty of devastation behieptsds. welcome back to early start everybody. i m dave briggs. i m christine romans. victor blackwell is coanchoring. right now devastating winds whipping through florida from coast to toast. relentless pounding ripping down power lines leaving a trail of destruction. take a look at this transformer blowing in miami. it seems like that playing out all over the state. more than 4 million lectry customers without power and that number likely to go higher as the storm travels north. in naples water levels rising at an alarming rate. nine feet in a three-hour span.
welcome back to cnn s continuing live coverage of hurricane irma. i m victor black well. the back half continues to move north and hits this point. if you have been watching, you know sara sidner out on the east coast of florida on daytona beach has been holding on to a cement wall. what is it like now? reporter: we want to make clear this is not a place for people to come out. we did see some folks trying to come out here who were staying at our same hotel but it does blow you around. we re out here because it s our job and we want people to see and satisfy their curiosity if you will. this is an incredibly powerful