Travel to poland this weekend but cancelled the trip to monitor the hurricane. We have complete coverage of hurricane doctor yan beginning with nbc news metrologist Michelle Grossman who joins us. Walk us through where the storm is and whats likely to happen once it gets to land. Hi, there, ali. We have a powerful storm even at this moment. Winds around 110mileperhour, and we are only going to get stronger from there. Still anticipated to be a category 4 storm. Lets look at the stats here. Its 660 miles east of West Palm Beach looking at winds of 110mileperhour. Its moving northwest at 10mileperhour. So ali that was a take away from the last advisory. Moving quicker yesterday. Its slowing, drastically slowing down throughout the next couple of days, even down to 4. 5mileperhour. A walking pace. Thats not good news because its going to pick up steam and be able to linger over florida a lot longer. Lets take you through the track. The track is the most uncertainty right now. Were were confident about the strength but its where it makes landfall that we look for. Over the next few days we will solidify that. Right now, category 2 storm. Sometime today Early Saturday Morning well see it blossom into a category 3 with 125mileperhour winds. Those are sustained winds. Well see gusts higher than that. Then its going to near the northwestern parts of the bahamas at 130mileperhour winds. As it goes into the powerhouse of a category 4 storm by sunday morning. Saturday in the bahamas youll feel the winds peck up. The seas get rougher. But by sunday thats when we feel the effects of dorian. Now throughout time here and we approach the coast of florida, again the kwoen is getting smaller, right. We have seen it as large as into southern georgia. But its getting smaller. Were continuing to see it smaller over the next several days. Keep in mind we have four or five days to go. It needs a bit of time. Category 4 storm into the state of florida we could see life threatening storm surge. We are going to have high tide with the new moon. Well see flash flooding and destructive winds somewhere along the coast here. And then its going to linger because its moving at a snails pace. And well see rain for days, Power Outages at this point. That could last a week maybe into two weeks. And thats why we want you to be prepared now. Things looking god. Looking at sunshine right now. This is the time to prepare. Now, as we go through the bahamas on sunday, i mentioned that the weather is going to start to change saturday. By sunday thats where we feel the effects because of that we have a hurricane watch already posted for the northwestern bahamas, including free peter, nassau. Heed the warnings now. Here is the gakts impacts. Wind and also flooding. Lets look at the winds. Catastrophic winds. We dont use that word often. But its damaging and destructive winds possible for sunday. Then by eastern florida we look at the gusts lated monday and the brunt will be early on tuesday. Ali we are continuing to watch it and weve been watching it for days. It has changed a bit. Were going to continue to watch the next four or five days. We could see change with that. Michelle lets talk about evacuation. There are people trying to evacuate from florida. The confusion is of course if you go due north you could be going into an area the storm will be or subsequently hit. Absolutely. So even though that cone is getting smaller we still could see the impact because we are still so far out. Even as far north as South Carolina. So here is a suggestion. You want to heed the warning of your local officials, watch the forecast over the next several days. Its probably too early to make the call. But over the next several days well start to pinpoint where the landfall is and then listen to local authorities. Anywhere along the coast from South Carolina to florida you want the evacuation plan in place. Michelle thanks. Our meteorologist well stay close with he her as this develops. Right now all of florida, 67 counties understand a state of emergency as floridians brace for what could be the most destructive storm the state mass seen since hurricane andrew. Particularly residents in south and central florida, as moilss say dorians slow motion could bring massive amounts of wind and rain to those parts of the state. I want to bring in msnbcs reporter live in Palm Beach Gardens florida. What preparation efforts are you seeing under wade where you are . People are not taking this storm lightly, ali. They heard it from the governor of florida. S in a multiday event. Have supplies for seven days at the very least. Here along the eastern coast of florida, there is anxiety because people dont foe exactly where the storm is going to hit as we heard from michelle. So in places like balm beach fwardens, 14 miles north of West Palm Beach residents are making sure they are stocked up and prepared. And i want to bring in the mayor of palm beach garden, mark can you tell me you just came from a meeting with the folks at eoc how are you preparing. Were very prepared. The city went through this a couple years ago with irma. We have plan in place. The police chief, fire chief, all public works are prepared. Weve gone through the checklist of what we want to do to make sure were ready to respond as soon as the storm is over. What is the overall sentiment among residents. I think a little bit of anxiety. A little bit of nevdsness, frustration we are going through this again. But i think people are ready and prepared and our city is ready too. You mentioned irma two years ago. Ali and i were here in florida, of course andrew in 1992. Tell me about the Lessons Learned here for the community. Well the lessons are very clear. We understand how to support the city, how to get around the city after the storm is kmetted. Obviously we have to prepare the city in advance of the storm. In ourp city we have six fire stations and a new golf course that has staging a seventh location in the city. Each station can work independently of each other. If communications are down each station in each area is well defined. And there is fire, police, public works and building departments able to respond within hours of the storm being competed. Spo everyone is on alert. But were still a couple days away. Tell me about the shelter situation here in palm beach. In pauch beam gardens we have one stage at a shelter paup beach gardens high school. We have word from the county that all 15 stations 15 shelters around the county are prepared. They havent quite released details when theyll be open. But they will be opening soon im sure. As this storm is slow moving, ali, with we heard from michelle, the preparations these are key days and it might take a bit longer. Thank you mayor i know youre busy. Thank you. If you see people behind me they are stocking up as you mentioned, water nonperishables, batteries, flashlights of course, canisters for gas. Id say that the main item that is scarce here is water. Theyre limited the amount to two cases per person and that line this morning the first person there got here at 6 30 in the morning. Wow. Ali. Mariana well see you soon. Nbcs kathy park more from Cape Canaveral and the preparations there. Kathy. Ali, good afternoon continue to watch and wait for the weather to turn but the conditions have been favorable which is good because this gives folks a window of opportunity to get ready. As you know a lot of floridians are used to riding out their fair share of hurricanes. While there is concern there is no panic just yet. In the meantime here on the ground, a lot of preparations are happening, a lot of businesses are securing things that may be outside. Boats are also being brought in. And home owners are boarding up homes. Here in Port Canaveral the situation still dynamic. But its still open to commercial traffic. And we know that cruises that still leaving both today as well as tomorrow. But the coast guard is closely monitoring the situation. I think everyone here is still in stand buy mode. Thank you, kathy. We osk have teams all across florida. Ill be joining them in a few hours. Our friends in florida are preparing for hurricane dorian. Already a capturing 2 that could be a category 4py the time it makes landfall which could happen late monday. The last time florida was hit by that mag nude storm was in 2017. You heard mariana talk about that, irma. That storm is blamed for the deaths of 92 people in the United States and led to the evacuation of 6 million floridians. The category 4 storm before that was in 2004. Hurricane charlie led to the deaths of 40 people and forced nearly 2 Million People to evacuate florida. Now if dorian playbooks landfall as a category 4 storm, with sustained winds of around 130mileperhour, its going to be the strongest hurricane to strike floridas east coast since andrew in 1992. Andrew you will recall was a category 5 at landfall, reached maximum sustained winds of 165mileperhour. And blamed por the deaths of 65 people in the United States. Should dorian grow to a category 5 and that is not anticipated right now it would join the likes of last years october hurricane michael. That grew from a tropical dprergs to a category 5 inside of three days. And was responsible for 59 u. S. Deaths. All right. Dorian is on track to become the third consecutive hurricane of any size to hit the state of florida. Before irma in 2017, the last time a hurricane even touched the state was hurricane wilma in 2005. Yoing plea now is the florm direct of floridas division of molden management, brian kunn served in that position from 2011 to 2017. Good to talk to you again. Although we seem to have never any other reason to talk. What should floridians be doing right now if ner not evacuating . Right now, they should be using the time that they have to make sure that their family their businesses, community are as ready as they can be for the arrival of the storm this weekend. Reviewing insurance policies, making sure they have food, water, medicines all the things they need to be to be safe during this storm. They use this time right now to take care of those. What are the things happening afterwards that you as somebody responsible for Emergency Management were saying wsh gosh, i wish people had done this beforehand it would be make it easier afterwards . Well, again taking care of themselves is the primary thing to do. Right. There is 20 plus residents in the state of florida. But not all of them can take care of themselves to the same degree. The government officials, first responders, charitable organizations really want to focus on those who arent able to take care of themselves, either financially or medically. Thats who we want to focus on. If those who can can take care of themselves can make sure theyre safe. That allows us to take care of the needy citizens from florida. From a rescue point of view or recovery point of view after a storm whats the most serious to you, storm surge . Wind . People stuck inhouses . Is it power because we may be out of power with a storm of this magnitude hitting a populated area, it may be days. Storm surge is a big issue on this storm. But i think one of the issues that probably may be bigger given the slow nature of the sform is going to be the inland flooding. Well see tremendous rain up and down the peninsula. Inland flooding will be a bigger issue potentially than storm surgeon this. I think power restoration will be problematic. The Power Companies do a terrific job. Our systems are hardens we have great poles and transmission systems and continue to do better every year. However the crews cant go out until after the storm. And we are seeing 24 to 36 hours of Tropical Storm force winds in a single area. The outages will be longer than normally. I just saw a report from somebody heading north out of florida that power trucks are starting to theyre seeing them on the other side of the highway going south toward florida. This is always tricky. Because that storm we dont know where it goes after it goes to florida with whether it hits further north into georgia. How does staging work when for things like supplies, things like power trucks, the khmerry pickers . How do you think about that when you dont know where the storm is going . Well, Utility Companies do a terrific job on trying to understand where they have places they can put the vehicles near going to be safe. They have teams of meteorologists on call. And theyll find the locations that try to get them out of the areas of greatest impact and allow them to get as quickly as possible. The mutual aid system crass the Power Companies to be able to respond to storms like this is frankly second to none. Ner closely watching the storm as much as anybody else is. The two things that are of major concern in local areas are the number of Senior Citizens and homes in which they live in florida. And of course dialysis patients. We obviously have seen failures from Hurricane Irma in florida with respect to seniors homes the the governor said Nursing Homes will be getting site visits to ensure the generates are in place we saw 12 people die in a rae tab center after irma in 2017. Are there good things put in place for people needing Emergency Medical Care or are vulnerable . Tlf. And that storm was a real eye opener. Those facilities have done a much better job i think in understanding that they need in place in terms of cooling, airconditioning, jennerer units. What kind ever plans they need, and mutual aid they need in place if they need to cooperate with a facility somewhere in the state to transport. So i think irma, although highly unfortunate, really shown pennsylvania light again on the most vulnerable citizens and really improved the readiness of those systems to take care of them. Brian, thanks for talking to me. I think we might be in touch over the course of the next few days. Brayen coon is the director of Emergency Management in florida from 2011 to 2017. Coming up next new information coming to light on how Jeffrey Epstein recruited young girls. Rather than simplify the story, the answers and the alleged recruiters may complicate it further. 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Including sarah kellen whom the times calls the lieutenant and like an assistant to epsteins longtime friend elaine maxwell. One alleged epstein victim equalled her out in court saying jeffrey is no longer here and the woman that helped him dsh the women that helped him are. My experience was maxwell and sarah kellen and they definitely need to be held accountable for helping him help themselves almost like a system. But perhaps the most shocking part according to the New York Times two of the women in the circle may have started as epsteins victims themselves. Joining me now is one of the reporters of that New York Times story, amy julia harris. Good to see you thank you for being with zblaus thank you for having me. Your report calls it a ring of women and refers a organized network of under willings those training girls to sexually pleasure epstein. Recruiters who ensured he always had a fresh supply of teenage girls at the ready. A number of viewers will know about the woman on the right in the picture. Maxwell. With you you swroused other people, four other women who you call coconspiratorers in the controversial 2008 plea deal. Explain why those were granted immunity to your understanding in that deal. I think what we understand from the plea deal is that four Epstein Associates were named. Sarah kellen who was called a high ranking lieutenant in Jeffrey Epsteins world, leslie graffe, a longterm epstein assistant. Adriana ross accused in Court Documents of of wiping the palm beach mansion of computers. And then also nadia marsinkova who was alleged to have had sex with underage girls. What we know from reviewing civil suits and Palm Beach Police records is that some of the women were accused of being instrumental in the Trafficking Organization or handling