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They ll have them better trained and equipped. still, we re seeing the emotional and mental health trauma that resulted as a result of this zero tolerance policy and the family separations just last year. it s amazing because kids, they re so young. they don t understand the circumstances of this. so they think their parents have abandoned them. that seems to be one of the prime conclusions here. yeah, and getting angry and confused about it because they just think that their parents left. goodness gracious. imagine if it was your own kid. jessica schneider, thanks very much. that s why having an independent body is so important to look at these things. all right. back to hurricane dorian. right now makes its way up the eastern seaboard. the storm about 100 miles off the florida coast right now. still dangerous. the mayor of jacksonville, florida, says the city is expecting conditions there to deteriorate in the next few hours. so lenny curry joins me now, mayor of jacksonvil ....
Always going to do everything that i can to prepare people to be safe and mitigate the pain that could come on the other side of these. and hope that they re nonevents. of course. we certainly hope that. mayor lenny curry of jacksonville, florida, appreciate your time this morning. good luck today. thank you. so many communities up and down the coast preparing for this. one day they think it s coming that day. the next day, they don t know. so hard to predict. it is hard. they re doing a great job getting ready. as dorian churns toward the u.s., major questions about the role climate change plays in all of this. well, tonight, 2020 democratic presidential contenders lay out their plans to combat it during a special series of cnn town halls. we ll preview it next. whoops. sorry. unlike ordinary diapers pampers is the first and only diaper that distributes wetness evenly into three extra absorb channels. they stay ....
What are the biggest areas of concern for you in jacksonville right now? well, right now the coastal communities, the beach cities that we have as a part of our county and city, this storm has just changed so much over the last week. we ve been watching this thing for a week. the early predictions last week had it coming at us and arriving last saturday or sunday. obviously we saw that shift and change. now it s crawling, just south of us, moving fortunately northwest. but we still expect coastal impact. we just want people to pay attention and continue to be smart about this thing. i know one of the things that you re preparing for is these life-threatening waves. at least as of last night, you had these shuttles running to all the shelters until 8:00 p.m. are those still going and operating for people that want to evacuate the coastal areas? the shuttles are not running right now, but if someone i would encourage folks that they can reach out to our city, call 630-city if the ....
Looks like a landfall right around carolina beach, but then as it drifts to the south, some of these models now hug the coast. from time to time, kate, even wanting to drop it nearly off or on. there is not much of a difference on or off, it s just the pace that you can outwalk. i mean, 5 miles per hour you can outrun this, but if it stays off shore it s just that open siphon again of this water. any way you look at it with this kind of a crawl, it very much is a reminder of hurricane harvey in texas last year. seems like such an unusual storm and the fact that there s still so many unknowns, just keep watching it. thank you, tom, back with you. joining me now, mayor of jacksonville, sammy phillips. mayor, can you hear me? yes, kate, i hear you. thank you very much for calling in. the latest forecast i m sure brings you very little comfort. the storm surge, what i was looking at where you are, could hit 8 to 12 feet. what are you seeing right now, mayor? right now we don t se ....
Florida. some of the parkland students were the at the white house and some in tallahassee. politico is reporting that a deal is coming together in the republican-led legislature to include age limits and waiting periods to buy certain assault rifles so that could mean fewer guns in schools. but the legislation would also include a program to arm more school officials which some argue that puts more guns in schools. but that sounds like it was taking half a loaf from each side of certain arguments at the white house. and joining me now is jay fant of jacksonville and running for florida attorney general. he voted against a motion yesterday to take up a bill that would ban assault weapons but today there is the piece of compromise legislation and representative, first welcome to the show, sir. thank you. glad to be on the show with you. let me ask you about this compromise out there which sounds like it is an attempt to try to merge two different ideas here. raising the age limit ....