The past 24 hours. There is a mandatory evacuation that went into effect yesterday. Most people heeded the warning. These gentlemen have not. Everythings okay. We will take care of that. That Evacuation Order came for reason because the storm is changing. With that we have fox coverage out in key largo where the brunt of irma is coming on short. We begin with meteorologist janice. Take us through what the storm is doing now. What you have it still a category three hurricane. I want to point your attention to this very welldefined i credit just popped off the northern coast of cuba after being onshore and being disrupted by land. The storm needs the fuel of the warm water to strengthen and we think thats whats going to happen in the next 12 18 hours. About a hundred miles ahead and weve got 90degree temperatures in the florida straight. There is no reason why we are not going to have a strengthening hurricane, perhaps even strengthening as it makes landfall. Its deftly on the horizon fo
All of this, of course, happens as republican lawmakers are becoming increasingly worried about the escalating tensions between them and their president. We have a lot to cover today. Lets begin with ma knnu raju i washington. What is the latest . Reporter Mitch Mcconnell was at an event, a public event this morning and decided not to engage on this front. This has been mcconnells tact since august 9th when he made mild comments criticizing the president saying he had excessive expectations and perhaps didnt understand how legislating works and didnt realize you cant set artificial deadlines. That said, President Trump went on a tirade and a phone call on august 9th. We are told by sources briefed on that call told me that the president was irate, cursed mcconnell and not just about health care, but about the russia investigations happening on capitol hill and also the russia sanctions bill that passed in congress that President Trump had to reluctantly sign into law. Earlier today, mc
The most deaths in a hurricane. Storm surge is directly related to that type of concern. What were dealing with now is this back side of the storm, counterclockwise the storms move, so the energy distributes on one side, now comes back on the other side. Thats why the water was getting sucked out of the bayous and the bays up on this side of the state as the storm moved here. Now were getting the wind back in and with it will come the water and with it will come the storm surge. Were keeping our eyes open to see how far that is. Well use chad to take us through it. There are some sup setting numbers coming out of this storm. Right now 2. 3 Million People are without power in florida. And compounding the loss may be the length of loss. How long they go without power. It could be days or weeks, the Governors Office said. So 2. 3 million. And again this storm has not made it the full length of the state yet. Also, 70,000 people are in shelters. That is actually good news because that mean
Puerto rico in her shortterm path. Cuba and florida unnoticed. They best get ready. This morning the nations Hurricane Center upgraded to a category 5 with winds up to 175 miles per hour. Its a big storm. I talked to the president last night. The president promised me all of the federal resources that we might need. And congress is back with a parked consequential month ahead. One overer riding question, can the president do business with his own party after spending the summer attacking them . But i said, mitch, get to work and lets get it done. They should have had this last one done. They lost by one vote. For a thing like that to happen is a disgrace. And, frankly, it shouldnt have happened. That i can tell you. We begin with the major breaking immigration news and talk about passing the buck. Candidate trump promised bold immigration changes including ending Obama Administration protections for socalled dreamers. But he took more than seven months to make his decision and left it
Why the white house special counsel just asked a report fer, a reporter if she was on drugs. Good evening from new york. Today the president made good on a Campaign Promise to the most fervently antiimmigrant core of his base before the 20 of the country, according to the polls, by ending an Obama Era Program known as deferred action for childhood arrivals, or dakota la, that protects the deportation undocumented immigrants who are brought to this country as children. He launched his campaign by calling mexican immigrants rapists. A week and a half ago pardoned joe arpaio after he was convicted of contempt of court for persisting in the violation of latinos Fourth Amendment rights. But an executive who knows nothing more than to perform the role of president and draw attention. The president himself was nowhere to be founds during the announcement of one the most consequential decisions of his entire administration. Instead, that job was left to the attorney general Jeff Sessions who i