He d be fighting for every vote. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. what can go wrong? keeping on track isn t always easy for politicians. what can go wrong? keeping on track isn t always easy for politicians. borisjohnson has faced considerable pressure in recent weeks after he broke his own covid laws, but next week he also wants your vote in local elections. well, come on, bury! 0r come on, you shakers! come on, you shakers. and on a visit to bury this morning, the prime minister said despite rows at westminster, the conservatives weren t taking their eye off the ball. we re the party that does more to empty your bins, does more to fix potholes. what we believe in fundamentally is delivering value for money and getting on with the job. that s what conservative councillors do up and down the country, they do a fantasticjob and we re going to be campaigning right up to polling day. but as well as local issues, next week s elections will also be seen as a judgment
Mike: hurricane irma s main target is tampa, not miami. bryan, what are conditions like this hour? reporter: sustained winds come in and make you move a little bit and seek cover. but we are only talking about 30, 40, 50-mile-an-hour winds. i say only because this was suppose to be where hurricane irma was suppose to be barreling in as a category 5 direct hit. that track isn t going to happen, we know that. i wouldn t have been able to stand in this spot had that track continued. this is biscayne boulevard. this is where bayside is where
they re going to get category 3 to category 4 winds, which can have devastating effects, extremely dangerous, as well as up to 10 feet of storm surge. so we expect considerable impacts in the keys area later today and into tomorrow. acting deputy director for the national hurricane center, thank you very much, mark. miami beach already feeling the brunt of the hurricane and this isn t even irma at full strength. live coverage continuing all day right here on msnbc as hurricane irma gets a lot closer to making landfall.
And a shift in a degree or two of the track isn t going to matter that much. the folks on the west coast are going to be in this. the folks on the east coast will feel this to a certain extent and may feel it even more if it shifts a little more to the east. make no mistake, this is a serious deal. and people, if they have moments, they have time to get out, they still should do it because this is not going to be pleasant. yeah. so, al, i m looking at the graphics that you provided us and seeing a nine-foot plus storm surge where you are. put that in perspective. i m looking at this dock behind you here. yes. will a 9-foot storm surge cover that? first of all, that area in red that you saw is actually 9 feet plus. it s probably going to be closer to 15 feet. depending on whether it s high tide or not, would put it over that talk. look, i m 5 7 . if it s a 15-foot storm surge,