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Water could cover your house. so i want everybody to understand the importance of this. this is bigger than andrew. andrew, we just had the 25th anniversary. this is bigger than andrew. it will have more storm surge than andrew. it sure looks like it s going to barrel right down the middle of the state of florida. bigger than andrew. let s check the forecast. the storm s track from wnbc s steve sosna. steve, give me the latest. when i look at those images behind you, they don t look good. stephanie, this is still a very, very powerful hurricane. 185 are the sustained winds, category 5. we ve seen those images coming out of st. maarten and it s absolutely devastating. one of the definitions of catastrophic is an area will be uninhabitable for weeks and/or months. for some of these islands that s what we ll be seeing. there has been a little bit of a shift to the east now and we ll have to see if this is a trend or if this will stop here, but ....
Tax reform. finding the money for harvey relief. the president puts everything on the house and senate s to-do list and he says he ll revisit the d.r.e.a.m.ers program if congress does nothing. i have a love for these people and hopefully now congress will be able to help them and do it properly. meanwhile, thousands of protesters are focused on the d.r.e.a. d.r.e.a.m.er decision. we ll speak to an attorney leading the case. immigrants are welcome here. we ve got to begin this morning with the monster hurricane irma headed our way, a category 5 storm as it tears across the caribbean right now on a path toward florida. this right now on your screen is st. maarten. within the past hours, that is what it looks like when a cat 5 hits. florida governor rick scott is moments away from holding a news conference with the latest on ....
Losing her grip on this famous fence close to the end of a runway in st. maarten. authorities say she was there to feel the jet blast that can reach 100 miles an hour when these planes take off. the compulsion pushed her backwards, she tripped, fell and as a result of the impact, she was wounded fatally. reporter: a witness recording the desperate attempts to revive her. the islands beckons tourists with the sand so close. several people have been hurt over the years, including this similar incident in 2012, when a tourist was thrown into the same retaining wall. i think that sometimes there s a situation where some people might not be aware of the power that the engines might have. reporter: it s not illegal, but numerous warning signs are posted along this road. david, authorities say the woman killed was there with her husband, and it wasn t their first time on the island, david. kayna whitworth. kayna, thank you. when we come back tonight, what we have learned about a ....
Demands, they were refused. out of honduras where five syrian nationals are being held. authorities say they attempted to make it to the u.s. with stolen greek passports. we have cnn s alina machado live in miami. this story hits the buzzwords, alina. syria, the u.s., make passports. what s the latest? reporter: yes, the five men were intercepted in the capital of honduras after authorities there say they had traveled through five countries including lebanon, turkey and brazil. the men were stopped for using fake greek passports. interpol involved in tracking the men. but we still don t know why these men were being tracked. authorities in honduras believe the men were heading to the united states likely to travel by land from guatemala through mexico before crossing into the border into the united states. three were also detained in the caribbean island of st. maarten, ....
Turkey, brazil, argentina and costa rica before intercepted yesterday. they were all using fake greek passports to travel. now a spokesperson for the honduran police investigation unit believes that the men were heading to the united states likely planning to travel by land through guatemala and mexico before crossing into the u.s. earlier this week, authorities in the caribbean island of st. maarten detained three other syrians also traveling with fake greek passports. so far, though, none of these incidents have been linked to terrorism. but comes after concerns that one terrorist may have used of sea of refugees fleeing into europe as a cover for his travel. several governors in the u.s. have expressed concerns over accepting refugees in their states. and republican candidate donald trump had this to say about the refugee crisis last night. we can t take a chance on isis. it could be the great trojan horse. we cannot take a chance that some of these people coming in are isis. ....