dollars of disaster and a glancing blow with minor problems for miami, west palm beach, fort lauderdale. it's going to be almost a repeat of what we had with matthew last year. that was a huge piece too. it just missed and hit the bahamas. you can still see the storm is now pulling away from puerto rico who at a glancing blow category one or two. a million people without power on the island. here's the update. still amazing. now a two-day straight here of category five strike. typically the storms only maintain category five status for maybe one day, two days. the record is three days. the next big one will be 11:00 a.m. this morning. it does take it clear of the mountains. it's no longer -- it doesn't look like any chance at all that the mountains of cuba or of the dominican republic in haiti will weaken. turks and caicos, direct hit later on today. category five. they're going to get crushed. then the new forecast path from the hurricane center, i mean, this is about as bad as a forecast path as you'll want to see. again, the cone of uncertainty still has the whole west coast in a mis

orsaid they are cooperating fully with authorities. joining us live from miami, florida, mia rodriguez. you've been on the ground tore sometime. how are the recovery efforts faring. >> reporter: the cleanup is well under way but much working to be done. all these boats are still smashed up against the seawall in coconut grove. but there are more than 7,000 people in shelters spread across 87 shelters in the state. the hardest hit areas remain the florida keys. national guard and red cross have been making their way down there. here's what they said about the needs down there. take a listen. >> we're trying to put support in, something that people have the least of. we have water and food, two other big things we're pushing out. >> reporter: the good news is that 8.2 million people have gotten their power back. 3 million people still do not have it. florida power and light says by this weekend most of the customers that don't have it along the east coast of florida should get it back. >> extremely serious situation still happening down there in the florida keys. thanks so much

residents of miami dade county were ordered to evacuate jamming highways up and down the same. it's stronger and could be much more devastating than andrew. >> let's get a quick update on how the path of the storm was playing out. let's bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> nothing too major. still looking at very kroes to worst case scenario for the state of florida. the bigst change in the 5:00 a.m. have had advisory, no longer a category five. we're now looking at a category four. it's as strong as you get from category four. that's down from the peak. remember, 185 when it was near barbuda. now it's heading south of the bahamas. it's going to play an important role. how cool as it gets to cuba. this is the new forecast. when taking it out, this is saturday at 2:00 a.m. 155-mile-per-hour winds. just off the coast. >> it could weaken the storm more. bad for cuba. it's just off shore and only continues to weaken slightly. at 150-mile-per-hour winds. very close to landfall at 2:00 a.m. here in the keys, and then heading pretty much due northwards straight up through the state o

. 866,000 customers are in the dark. downtown miami swamped even though the storm passed well west of the city. on? on florida's west coast, drone damage showing wind gusts of 42 miles per hour, winds were so strong they caused the tide to recede into the gulf of members colorado can you see people there walking up, taking pictures, it's an unbelievable site there. this morning, hurricane irma will continue to move over the western peninsula before move nook southeastern states. overnight, miami-dade police saying 28 arrests have been made so far because of burglary and looting. our affiliate wtlv in st. augustine, they're getting heavy rain bands, give us an update on what you have been see sock far this morning. >> hey, good morning, as you can tell, heavy rains right now in eight augustine the winds proceeding. we measured it a few minutes ago, over 46 miles per hour. already this parking lot flooded and the lights just went out. right now so we're standing, you know, as close as we can to the power source as i move up to tell you, that most of downtown st. augustine completely under w

-14 in that one. great game there. over on the diamond, the miami marlins beat the braves 7-1. the big story was marlins slugger giancarlo stanton put on a show smacking 58 and 59 homers on the season. first player to hit 59 home runs in a season since 2001. also only the sixth player joining babe ruth, mark mcgwire and barry bonds to hit 59 or more home runs in a year. that's pretty good company. also one away from reaches the 60 home run miles stone with three games remaining. a lot of people out there rooting for him. and how about this for an epic selfie. snagged this with presidents at the presidents cup tournament at liberty national golf club in new jersey. very first time three presidents have attended the tournament since it launched back in 1994. and introduced by none other than our very own willie geist. quite the honor there. airs on the golf channel today and nbc this saturday and sunday. looks like an unreal event there. >> imagine being with three presidents. >> that would be so cool. he cut his face off in that selfie. >> long as he can prove the three presidents w

this one. it's their 11th straight 13-0. >>> and in miami john carlos stanton launched his league-leading 53rd home run of the season during the fifth inning of the marlins 7-2 loss against the nationals last night. while it might be good for ratings, the tv crew probably didn't appreciate it. the busted camera in right field, courtesy of stanton's home run ball there. that looks like an expensive one too. >> what would you feel like if your camera got busted by a home run? i think that would probably be a good story. >> bring home the camera as a souvenir. >> i don't know if they're going to let you do that. >>> still ahead, everybody, as the russia investigation continues, we've learned special counsel bob mueller is examining a letter in which the president explains his firing of jim co y comey. we have tensions escalating over north korea. defense secretary jim mattis says the u.s. has "many military options." we're going to get a live report coming up next. this is not a cloud. this is a car protected from storms by an insurance company that knows the weather down to the squa

implicate the university of miami which denied to comment. a statement from ncaa president calls it deemly disturbing with a despicable breach of trust. and meanwhile they raided the offices and current nba players. just a blockbuster case. >>> let's turn to the nba where lebron james and dwyane wade are on the verge of being reunited. espn reports wade will sign a one-year, $2.3 million deal with cleveland today. this comes after the 12-time all-star and chicago bulls reached a buyout agreement. he'll join james, kevin love, j.r. smith and tristan thompson on the cleveland court while the cavs make due without the injured point guard isaiah thomas until after january. >>> let's turn to baseball. los angeles dodgers finally clinched home field advantage. after defeating san diego 9-2 at home. the dodgers who currently own the best record in baseball at 101-and 57 two games up with homefield advantage through the nlcs and potentially even the world series. >>> and how about that blockbuster investigation into college basketball? >> it's stunning. a stunning story. >> incredible, dept