it to beake a case for more than florida. the key is to have your plan and make those preparations right now. assume that if you are affected by the storm, he will lose power. make accommodations. that.able to weather i have spoken with the president of florida and light. they're going to be mobilizing resources. the state has stressed the importance of getting the power back on. there is no way you can have a storm of this significance and not lose power. prepare for that. you should also prepare if you are in an area that experiences flooding when you have significant rain events. if you are impacted by the storm, you are to see a lot of water to can -- a lot of water. the threat.ing me even in the interior parts of the state that can be affected by significant amounts of rain, we have rivers, different bodies of water. be prepared for a lot of water. you should have seven days of food and medicine and water as part of your plan. i know people are going to the stores now. some of the water is flying off the shelf. we still

florida on heightened alert. bracing for what could be the most powerful hurricane to slam into the east coast in nearly three decades dorian is expected to make landfall as a category four storm on monday. overnight, the hurricane strengthened to category two, wind speeds increasing to 105 miles an hour. >> this will be the fourth year in a row for florida, getting hit by a hurricane. and that hasn't happened since the 1940s. at this hour, every county in florida is under a state of emergency. >> we can't tell you exactly where this thing is going to go right now. it has been kind of here and there. it has been a very i guess consistent path in some respects but nevertheless, be prepared, and so if you're anywhere on that east coast of florida, you want to have food, water, medicine, for up to seven days. >> state of emergency has also been declared in georgia. the storm packs a lethal combination of open seas and high tide. derrick van dam tracking dorian from the cnn center in atlanta. what's the latest? are w

that's not to say you can't let your guard down across florida, the whole state of florida is in a state of emergency. what we know is not a lot in this storm's path so we are anticipating strengthening in the next 24-36 hours to possibly a category 4 storm moving over the bahamas and possibly being very destructive for the bahamas and then as we get into sunday, monday and tuesday, this storm slows down and we are talking 4 or 5 mph meaning the worst effects, the rain, storm surge, hurricane force windss, major hurricane knocking on the door of the east coast of florida, the space coast and that will be problematic because when you are talking a strong storm that sits there for days over warm waters that is a devastating situation for the east coast of florida. the waters are very warm so we are anticipating very fast intensification over the next 24 to 36 hours. as we get into sunday, monday and tuesday, so much uncertainty. that is why the whole state of florida even towards georgia and south carolina needs to monitor the system because that kind of uncertainty gets wider thursday, su

expedia. ... >> you are looking live at clearwater, florida not too far from tampa, florida where you might just call this the calm before the storm. dorian is a category 4 hurricane right now with winds in excess of 130 miles per hour. this could very well be by the time it hits florida, we're told that could be late sunday night into monday morning. if it follows its current trajectory, with winds excess of 157 miles an hour. already this has turned slightly eastward and shifting more to the carolinas. they're not taking chances in florida, closing down the orlando international airport as of 2 a.m. monday and already seen one county, brevard county recommending an evacuation. that's the 10th largest county. and now to an update. >> this is ken graham, the official clock on the wall 11 a.m. eastern time. let's get the latest information on hurricane dorian. look how healthy on satellite. you still see that eye of the hurricane right there in the middle and we're noticing a lot of convex around the center. the other thing we look at, the health of the storm and outflow. you see the h

also for the florida peninsula. but will it make landfall in the florida peninsula? we keep looking at these computer models and they are very perplexing. some of the computer models suggest it could make landfall along that treasure coast or perhaps the space coast where they have launched the space shuttle and other space projects here in the last few years. but we keep it a category 4, moves across the bahamas with potentially catastrophic damage, moves across the florida strait. and then what happens? well, it approaches the coast of florida. still going to be battered by at least tropical storm-force winds and perhaps even hurricane-force winds. already we've seen the gas lines, the service stations without gas, we've seen people boarding up their homes, trying to get things all prepared for this long slog to go into tuesday when we think that the potential for landfall. all right. here we go, american model, the center of the eye on wednesday offshore for the european model, center of the eye offshore jacksonville, florida. doesn't make landfall in florida? wel

it always is in florida. when you look at evacuations in the storm of this magnitude, however we will be enablers and not prohibitors to the private sector in every way possible. >> what really worries me as someone who has covered the hurricanes is the gasoline shortages could hamper potential evacuation plans. and that is a very, very serious concern, right? >> yes, sir, it always is. i know working with the governor and his team we have -- they're working on plans to make sure that critical deliveries or working with the private sector to get critical deliveries into certain areas. with some changes in the track, it may be a benefit for those in the very southern part of florida, which is very densely populated as you well know, wolf. so that may aid to us, any help we could get we'll take across the board. but we're monitoring the fuel shortages, the fuel outages and we're working with our critical partners to see what, if anything, fema can do, the government can do and again what we don't want to do is

parents in florida. me and my parents have seen a massive influx of children that parents have not taken very good care of them and they've been put into the foster care system, but they don't have any place to call home. >> any place to what? >> any place to call home. >> oh, yeah. >> my question is, how do we encourage families in the state of florida and the country to foster or adopt these children and help get involved? >> you feel so sorry for kids that are in the foster system. here's what we did in the eight years. firstoff, one problem they had was the foster kids couldn't get driver's license. they didn't have any way to -- there was no system to help them. we solved that problem. the next thing is -- my wife did a lot of this work, we worked and got 20,000 foster kids adopted. [ applause ] then, when i got elected, the payments to go help the children to the parents only went to 18. we moved that to 21. so, and we dealt with some issues with regard to tuition benefits and things like that. let

so you could be dealing with the storm system in north florida, central florida, south florida, the gulf coast could get impacts. we could deal with a storm system moving to the north, part of georgia, carolinas need to be on alert. the fact it is slowing down, not just hours of days of i impacts along the florida coastline. could be a the worst part of the storm system. major storm surge, upwards of 12 feet or more, depending where the storm, center of the storm makes landfall, hovers along the coast. we'll deal with hurricane-force winds, perhaps a major hurricane not only hours but days. we could still see potential for incredible amounts of rain, some forecast models putting it some areas into two feet. upwards of two feet of rainfall over next couple days. still uncertainty involved here. especially we get into sunday, monday and tuesday. the steering current breaks down. our area of high pressure. this storm is just going to slow, meander near the coast. 4, 5 miles-an-hour. that is almost unheard of. why the worst effects of the storm, not just near the center of the cone, but all

today at my direction volunteer florida activated the florida disaster fund. the official private fund established to assist florida's communities as they correspond to and recover during times of emergency or disaster. and to donate please visit www.volunteer florida.org or text disaster to 20222 to make a $10 contribution and we appreciate that. the florida fish and wildlife conservation and commission is preparing officers and resources for potential deployments in the coming days, using a variety of specialized equipment using atv, air boats and drive vehicles. jared has also requested vehicles from the federal government that are able to navigate some potentially flooded streets and obviously the general is sensitive to that as well. you're looking at a potentially significant water event throughout portions of of the state so we want resources to be able to navigate that. there have been a number of school closures. daytona state college, eastern florida state college, indian river state college, seminal state college, the university of central florida h

kathy park is in indian harbor beach, florida what are you seeing there?bor b florida. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: peter, the water is still relatively calm. >> reporter: peter, the water is still relatively calm. preparations are intensifying along the coast. storm shutters are starting to go up as residents remain on high alert hurricane dorian nearly as wide as ohio. nearly as wide as ohio. the threat has customers in south florida jamming stores, buying supplies to keep them safe and sound >> a fan to help cool in case we lose power we can run off the generator >> reporter: the uncertainty has people on edge >> it's all the not knowing going to come, how bad it's going to hit. >> reporter: the where it's going to come, how bad it's going to hit. >> reporter: the entire state in the danger zone as a category 3 storm spins closer >> this is a major event to be it's much better to be prepared and not have to face it than to go into one of these things unprepared back in south florida at the docks, boats secured. >> reporter: the bahamas bracing too. back in

west palm beach and melbourne, florida. mr. mayor, what are you most concerned about with this unpredictable path of this storm? >> the surge. really on the other side, where we call the barrier island, inland here it's the winds that will get us from the right side as it swirls through. hopefully it stays out like you're mentioning, but even matthew we had power outage with matthew here, and matthew packed the same kind of impact as dorian. >> mm-hmm, so tell me about your population there. these, you know, folks who are -- who have been subjected to a lot -- >> we're 102,000. yes, yes, everybody's getting prepared. we're about 102,000 residents here in palm bay. we cover about 100 square miles, so we are a large community, but only about 35% of it is populated, so there's a lot of open land. >> so then a number of the residents there, what do you know about them and how they would respond to these kinds of warnings? would they be, you know, more inclined to hunker down? are they stockpiling? are they getting out of town?

the key is, it's 550 miles away from florida right now. we don't mind if it's a big huge storm over the open waters. we would like it to weaken from here on out because it's going to get very close to the northern portions of the bahamas, especially freeport area. looks like nassau will be further south, just a glancing blow. for the northern islands, sunday night through monday morning and monday during the day, there's a chance it could stall here for maybe 24 to 36 hours. we talk about a major hurricane stalling over the top of a small island, imagine what that's going to be like in your shelters or in your bathrooms, trying to go through that. so our thoughts are with the people in northern bahamas. the cone has shifted about at least half of it is now offshore. but the other half is still over central florida so we could easily see direct impact. we could possibly have a major hurricane landfall come tuesday on the central florida coast. some of our computers do show that. one of our more reliable ones, this yellow one, still has it c

florida has a 511 traveler information system. stay informed about what is happening on the roadways. you can go to www. fl 511.com. we do not know in terms of any evacuations. that will affect how the roads are operating. our department of environmental protection has completed pre-storm -- we have had 559 disaster debris management sites that have been preauthorized. as we add counties, there going to be more sites that are authorized. w w w devil and florida.org is being -- www. volunteer florida.org is being coordinated. people who are willing to volunteer their time and resources to assist people who are affected by hurricane dorian. visit florida has a partnership with expedia for these disaster situations. you can go to double debbie www.expedia.com/40. they have activated their emergency accommodations module. if you're in an area where there is an evacuation, you have to know how far you have to go to be safe. this app will be able to help you do that. i just want everybody in florida, particularly on the east coast, but

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as it hits florida. that wraps it up for me today. i'm ali velshi. you can watch on msnbc.com/now, msnbc app and apple tv and social media. thank you for watching, "deadline: white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. >>> hi, everyone, it's 4:00 in new york. all eyes are on florida. that's because the hurricane is currently gathering steam over the atlantic. hurricane dorian has the potential to be the most dangerous storm to hit florida's east coast since hurricane andrew. the governor of the state ron desantis has declared an emergency in every county of the state, with warnings the emergency can go on for several days. dorian, a category 3 storm now, is expected to hit florida early next week. for his part, donald trump plans to monitor the situation from camp davis, canceling his trip to poland. when it comes to managing the storm he will work with the

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florida power and light bracing for outages. some 15,000 transformers onhand. 5,000 crew members standing by. >> we are ready, we're prepared and we will address all the outages as they happen. >> reporter: dorian now potentially the strongest hurricane to strike florida's east coast since andrew, a category 5, in 1992. the last category 4, irma in 2017, first making landfall in the florida keys, packing winds of 130 miles per hour. >> irma and andrew leaving so much devastation behind. gio joins us live now from a home depot in miami. gio, the storm is still several days away from making landfall, and still questions about where it will hit. but from what you're seeing, some people seem to be taking this very seriously. >> reporter: oh, they sure are, tom. this is a very busy store right now. and take a look at these shelves behind me. because some of them have just emptied up, because so many people are buying this plywood to board up their homes. the manager here says he hasn't seen it this busy in years. tom? >> the rush is

with florida set to get it first. the governor urging locals to heed any calls for evacuation. >> even if it doesn't directly strike florida this is a big, powerful storm. you're still looking at really significant storm surge on the east coast of florida. you're looking at major flooding events. >> reporter: brevard and martin counties already announcing mandatory evacuations for the barrier islands, low-lying properties and mobile homes starting sunday morning with more evacuation orders expected over the weekend. >> i'm tired. >> reporter: eye -- eileen and her husband making a six-hour drive from florida to georgia to dodge the storm. >> it's time for older people to leave and florida is filled with older people. just say some prayers for us, please. >> it's pretty chaotic out there. i'm glad i prepared last weekend. >> reporter: dorian's winds could cut power for millions of customers in florida. more than 16,000 work crews from florida power & light on the way to help. >> the damage will require extended repair

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laura, how are people in florida preparing? >> wendy, floridians are used to hurricanes, but they're still heeding warnings of dorian's racket. some are choosing to stay and boarding up their homes to prepare for high winds. others are leaving town. store shelves are emptying across florida. >> i bought a lot of tuna fish, potato chips, peanut butter and jelly, and lots of water. >> dorian pounded the u.s. virgin islands as a category 1 hurricane and is now forecasted to reach florida this weekend. governor ron desantis told all floridians to stock up on seven days worth of supplies. >> even if it's a small one or you pretend it's not coming, you pretend it's coming. >> if it's not going to happen, i'm still going to use this. >> tourists are deciding whether to ghunker down or get out of town. local business leaders say they understand if tourists leave. >> why would you come to a hotel with kids and be trapped for two days. you can stay home and listen to them scream. >> homeowners are preparing, filling up sandbags and insta

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florida power and light bracing for outages. some 15,000 transformers on hand, 5,000 crew members standing by. >> we are ready, we're prepared, and we will address all the ash >> reporter: dorian now potentially the strongest hurricane to strike florida's east coast since andrew, a category 5, in 1992. the last category 4, irma in 2017, first making landfall in the florida keys, packing winds of 130 miles per hour. there's no doubt about it that people here in florida are listening to that message from authorities to start preparing right now. it's just so important. that storm may be days away, but preparing now when you can access all of these supplies and gas and water, that's what's really important. i'm gio benitez here in miami for abc news. >> our thanks to gio. >>> two major events have been changed because of dorian, including the rolling stones show. >> it was set to take place tomorrow night at the hard rock stadium in the miami area but has now been moved to tonight at 6:00 p.m. >> the florida state/boise state footb

florida this week, the miami dea team sniffing out the florida this week, the miami dea team sniffing out the illegal distribution of opioids. in three days, 290 arrests, 3.3 million in assets, and more than 600 pounds of illicit drugs. >> we're trying to get ahead of this problem and we're trying to reduce fatalities in our communities. reduce fatalities in our communities. >> reporter: a manager at t >> reporter: a manager at this convenience store arrested for and also the streets. selling heroin and cocaine tied to multiple overdose deaths. agents hitting stores and also the streets. dea agents have initiated a traffic stop after their surveillance captured a hand to hand drug sell most l liw america's most deadly drug we got a close up look at what's been taken into evidence taken into >> people are dying. it's a terrible trend that we're seeing for sure. >> reporter: agents wear protective suits to avoid all contact with the dangerous chemicals. dealers now combining the drug with others like cocaine to make products more potent and more addictive. >> we know that someone died b

well, perhaps on florida's atlantic coast. let's begin right there, with the breaking news on hurricane dorian. the category 4 storm now taking aim at northwestern bahamas. with life threatening storm surge and devastating winds. dozens of shelters have now been open to take in some thousands and thousands of people as we spin around you see the latest statistics we have from dorian. you can see hurricane dorian, category 4 storm, located right now about 205 miles near the great abaco key in bahamas itself. bill? >> yeah, we're just getting in some of the new information from our computer models, we get these in randomly. the big ones we watch for, is the european model or american models, we get our spaghetti lines. this is the 11:00 advisory, we'll wait for the new one coming out at 5:00 this evening. we look at the models to get a hint if they're going to change anything. most of our models are 50 to 100 miles off the coastline. everyone here is still in the cone, and we still think that we could get a close call here on th

while the european model pushes towards florida. both come in as strong hurricane category 3 system. but again, the spread of where it makes landfall really make this is a dangerous storm for a lot of people that are really having to be on alert now as we approach a holiday weekend. >> thank you so much. we'll check back with you next hour. on the phone with us now is pete gomez, assistant fire chief and emergency manager for the city of miami. thank you for being with us so early. what are preparations at this point. still thursday, this thing not expected until monday. >> yeah, it's one of those difficult decisions, but we're taking it very seriously. we have all departments starting to get ready and start working on the plan. there's prewritten plans we have so that if this hurricane were to come this way, we feel pretty confident that we're going to experience some tropical storm winds any us way based on the projections of where the storm is going. and where we sit within the cone of uncertainty. so we're geting the message out

florida' while ago about the impact.ct >> we anticipate this arriving somewhere in florida as a major hurricane. could reach category four plus winds, that is a significant storm. thld lead to a significant storm surge, has the possibility of having significant wind damage and destruction. make the preparations you need. you do have some time, but that time is running out. >> earlier i spoke with lance from the national hurricane center in miami. what can you tell u quick suite did just upgraded to a hurricane warning. it hma become a powerfur hurricane. 100 miles east from the east coast around nine miles per hour. ur>> do you still expect this to reach cagory four strength yes -- strength? >> with the warm water and the atmosphere is favorable for winds toise, we do expect further strengthening. >> how soon will florida feel the impact? e>> as it approache florida coast, it looks like late sunday night into early monday morning. the forecast hki become tricer. and start actually taking on a north -- taking on a northerly movement. >> how much of this is feeding ofof the warm weather

the florida coast at that point in time. then after that it's a very, very slow move inland. as it slowly weakens, this means it's going to be a huge rainfall threat on top of being a wind and storm surge threat. so seriously, certainly you can see that all of the florida peninsula is covered by the cone now, including the florida keys are not out of the woods with this system, but especially along the east coast here from the space coast all the way down to south florida, miami area, have to be watching for it and ar >>> states of emergency are in effect for florida and georgia ahead of hurricane dorian. at the kennedy space center the storm has prompted nasa to move its $650 million mobile rocket launcher into storage for safekeeping. nikole killion is in cocoa beach, florida, as people there prepare for the storm. >> reporter: floridians are stocking up on water, food, gasoline, and other supplies as dorian threatens to pound the state. >> we have three kids at home and a cat, and we're just trying to prepare. >> we only

river state college, seminole state college, university of central florida, florida atlantic, florida polytechnic, the university of central florida have issued closure starting today through tuesday. as the school districts have also announced closures for tuesday september 3rd. as you know, monday is labor day so the schools are scheduled to be closed anyways. our florida department of economic opportunity is extending the deadline for local governments to submit applications for the $85 million rebuild florida infrastructure repair program and has activated the hotel accommodation web portal so if there was an evacuation order, you can get a sense of what would be available in terms of accommodations. we have close to 1 million gallons of water, jared has requested another 2 million for fema. we have almost 2 million meals ready for distribution. we have not necessarily received a request for that yet but we stand ready to distribute the meals when we can. and then we are also working with some of the retailers like publix and walmart to make sure that their stocks are -- we don't

millions of people in florida are in the strike zone right now. >> florida's governor issuing a state of emergency for the entire stay. >> reporter: dorian's early calling card, violent winds and driving rain battering the caribbean and now the hurricane is churning in the warm atlantic waters, intensifying. forecasters he predicting it could be a category 4 storm with winds over 130 miles an hour at landfall. >> a major storm. a major hurricane coming our way some time during labor day. >> reporter: the current forecast cone covers the entire florida peninsula and so does the state of emergency. extended by governor ron de s santes. they are filing gas tanks -- >> batteries, flash lights, generators, extension cords. anything they can use that is going to give them survival. >> reporter: and testing again trirts make sure they're ready. >> just worried about contaminated water. worried about the electricity if it goes out. >> reporter: concerns shared by millions in the storm's path right now. >> any portion of florida could take -- >> reporter: as dorian takes aim at the florida coa

nick valencia is in florida's space coast on cocoa beach. i know it looks beautiful right now, nick but with the way this storm is intensifying, i have to assume that the people down there are anxious really because they just don't know what's coming. >> reporter: it appears as though from the latest weather model florida will be spared a direct hit from hurricane dorian. that doesn't mean it's stopped preparations here. it was late last night that the brevard county sheriff's office issued mandatory evacuation orders. they want residents to start evacuating about 8:00 a.m. this is a holiday weekend. we want to show you drone video of what the beach looks like now. this is drone video shot by jerry simonson. it gives you a look at what the beach looks like right now. it's virtually empty. not a lot of people out here. you saw behind me the red flag warning going up a little while ago, hazardous conditions in the water. we've heard of countless cancellations, hotel cancellations up and down the eastern coast of florida because up until just y

she is in palm beach, florida. chad was mentions that is a possible place for the storm to hit landfall. how seriously are folks there taking this? >> reporter: you know, people are heeding the warning. i'm here at heome depot and we'e been here for several hours and it has been slow and steady. people coming in getting the plywood and supplies they need to protect their properties and businesses, to secure construction sites. and then swiftly leaving so that they can go ahead and board up their property. governor ron desantis declaring a state of emergency for all 67 counties in florida. he has also requested a pre-landfa pre-landfall disaster declaration. it frees up some federal resources, which is critical. the officials here are asking people to have seven days worth of water, food and medicine on hand. that has led to those items flying off the shelves across the state. long gas lines, we're also seeing that from our affiliates across the state. governor ron desantis mentioning that the state of emergency hel

how worried should people be in florida? i think people in florida are right to be preparing for this storm, it is already a strong storm and it is only set to get stronger. we can take a look at the progress the storm has been making on the satellite picture. you can see it has passed just to the east of porto rico and if you watch the later frames of that image, it is now starting to look more and more we would expect a hurricane to look, the centre of the storm, wins around 110 mph according to the national hurricane center in the usa and that is the track that is forecast, some uncertainty about how for no —— how far north and south it will get and where it will land in florida but it is set to move north of the bahamas, and you will start to feel the effects of it in florida late sunday, into monday, the centre of the storm due to make landfall around monday, by which time, sustained winds could be 140 mph, gusts could be stronger than that and a storm surge could well inundate coastal areas, so very high sea levels

i think he wants to be in florida. the governor is doing a fantastic job, by the way, doing a fantastic job. >> how concerned are you about mar-a-lago being in the hurricane path? >> i haven't even thought about it until the question was just broached a little while ago. it looks like mar-a-lago is dead center. mar-a-lago can handle itself. it's a very powerful place. the thing i'm worried about is the state of florida. because this hurricane is looking like this could be a record setting hurricane. maybe things change. we're hoping for one element that might happen and that's that it makes a right turn and goes up north just prior to or equal to hitting shore. that would be great. but that's a pretty small percentage at this point. >> afghanistan, he said the war was over. >> so we're bringing them down to about 8,600 in afghanistan. we're really a police force more than anything else. that's something we can win quickly if we wanted to kill a lot of people, which i don't. we're getting along very well with a lot of p

he is a former emergency management in florida. how difficult is it to prepare the response for a storm like this, like dorian, especially when we don't know exactly where it's going to make landfall? how do we do it? >> there are elements, craig, that are more difficult than others. we know a lot about how storms impact the areas like florida. we've had a lot of experience there. but prepositioning assets that are going to be used in the response is as much art as it is science. and sometimes in a storm particularly where you have a storm like dorian where you're not really sure exactly where it's going to make landfall, you have to be more careful about prepositioning the kinds of things that you're going to use in the response, like tarps, generators rr generators, things like that. because you don't want to position assets in an area that's going to be impacted. and the assets become a part of the problem rather than the solution. >> and then there's of course the initial response from the storm comes ashore. how do you plan fo

and while southern florida is well acquainted with these big storms, the part of north central florida currently in dorian's cross hairs has never been hit with a category 3 hurricane despite records going back nearly 170 years. we'll go to cape canaveral and the weather center. the entire state of florida is pretty much inside the cone here. tell me what's going on there. >> reporter: chris, good morning to you. that's right. the governor of florida has declared a state of emergency in 26 counties and asked folks to stock up on supplies that will last about seven days. folks are listening to that warning. yesterday we saw folks heading to the grocery store as they're stocking up on extra food and water. also hardware stores seeing their shelves cleared out. generators, flash lights, as well as other hurricane supplies. and people are really heeding that warning and taking advantage of the lull in the weather that we have right now. we're also about 30 minutes away from the kennedy space center and teams there are securing multimillion dollar equipment ahead of the storm. as you know,

atlantic, florida polytechnic, florida international and the university of central florida have issued closures starting today through tuesday. the school districts in martin county and veil oubra county have announced closures for tuesday, september 3rd. monday is labor day so schools were scheduled to be closed anyway. our florida department of economic opportunities is extending the deadline for local governments to submit applications for the $85 million rebuild florida infrastructure repair program. and visit florida has activated the expedia visit florida hotel accommodation web portal so that if there are evacuation orders you can get a sense whaf would would -- a sense of what would be available in terms of accommodations. we have close to a million gallons of water. jared has requested i think another 2 million for fema. we have almost 2 million meals ready for distribution. now, we have not necessarily received requests for that yet but we stand ready to distribute the meals when we can. and the state, we're also working with some of the retailers like publix and walmart to m

hotel group is offering distressed rates for those in florida, maybe further south in florida planning to evacuate north. this storm is three days away but making a lot of people nervous. we've heard of cruise lines rerouting the track of their ships. also college football is back. florida state and boise state were expected to play a game in jacksonville this weekend. that venue has changed further north towards tallahassee. another thing we're keeping an eye on are orlando theme parks. they've only closed a handful of times, the last time was for hurricane matthew in 2016. we have checked in with a couple of restaurant owners and local businesses here. i spoke to one yesterday who said his message for those who are watching here in florida, listen to those emergency management officials. >> thanks so much for that. >>> all right. joining us now, someone who's been making reltsed decisions here. the mayor of jacksonville, florida. his city had flooding from hurricane irma. great to have you with us. i know you were just listening to that and you've been part of the decision making, sh

now west palm beach, florida. you're going to see long lines at gas stations as people try to fuel a. in the grocery store, hardware store, they are tried their best to restock their shelves as people come in and clear them out. so right now we see people looking for plywood. at this particular location, they just got a new shipment of play with in. of course people are trying to board up their windows right now. and we see people full of cars, just like this one. everybody's tried to grab batteries. when you talk about a category 4 storm. you know that those in are going to be strong. people are grabbing batteries. they know that they are going to have a big mess to clean up. we see a lot of cleaning supplies. big boxes of garbage bags. and then everybody wants sandbags. about an hour from here, at delray beach, there are three sandbagging locations. free for all residents to come by. by 930 they were out. everybody here taking the storm very seriously. they are trying to get their hands on any resources that can

mainland, the entire state of florida that's on alert. that's because hurricane dorian is about to become a major storm. right now it's a cat one, all that will change this weekend. dorian is expected to intensify as it crosses the bahamas. floridians to key west, you can see the shelves are empty. the governor has declared a state of emergency and told residents to stock up at least one week's worth of supplies. >> the next update will come out at 5:00 this afternoon, since it's not impacting land as of now, they won't do intermediate advisory updates. the storm is starting to intensify as it's out over open water these storms are fueled over open water. that's where it's going to sit over the next 48 to 72 hours. overall, this torm is expected to intensify significantly in the next 48 hours. winds are sustained at 85 miles per hour, moving to the northwest at 18 miles an hour, the track will continue that way as it continues to intensify as it approaches the bahamas reaching as high as category 4 strength. it will then spends approximat

florida is in the cone of uncertainty, meaning landfall is still possible anywhere along the florida east coast. >> the governor is telling everyone in the state take hurricane dorian seriously. a lot of people have already boarded up as officials tell residents to be prepared with at least seven days of supplies. >> we're covering this hurricane from every angle. cnn has crews stretched out across the coast. let's start, though, with cnn meteorologist allison chinchar in the weather center. allison, so the track has changed a bit. what do we know right now? >> reporter: right. the latest information that we have from the national hurricane center, winds are still at 140 miles per hour. again, that is a category four major hurricane. the movement has changed a little bit. it has started to speed up ever so slightly. it's moving west/northwest at about 12 miles per hour. still heading toward the bahamas, still heading toward florida at this point in time. the ultimate question becomes where does it go in the next few days. one thing to note, we saw a rapid intenseification cycle with

most likely along florida's atlantic coast. we'll have the brand-new forecast from the national weather center -- the hurricane center in just a moment. >>> also a major new study of same-sex behavior concludes there is no single gay gene. but what does it tell us about the role of genetics as well as environment in determining a person's sexual orientation? >>> and president trump claiming today that america's farmers are on his size, but is he tone deaf to farmers who are angry about how the trade war with china is hurting them? >>> plus how joe biden answered a boy's challenging question at a campaign event in south carolina. >> as president, how will you fix the damage donald trump has caused? >> biden's answer coming up. and i'm going to speak to that future voter, only 10 years old by the way. we're going to get to all of that this hour, but let's begin with the brand-new forecast for hurricane dorian. our meteorologist derek van dam is at the cnn weather center for us. derek, hello to you. you've got the brand-new foreca

petersburg college in florida. my mom and dad are currently foster parents in florida and me and my parents have seen a massive influx of children that parents have not taken good care and event put into the foster care system. they don't have any place to call home. >> any place to call home. >> my question is how do we encourage family in the state of florida and in the country to foster or adopt these children and help get involved? >> you feel so sorry for kids that are in the foster system. here's what we did in the eight years. first off, the foster kids cannot get drivers license did not have any way to -- there was no system to help them so we solved that problem. the next thing is and my wife we did a lot of work. we worked and got 20000 foster kids adopted. [applause] then when i got elected payment to go to help the children to the parents only went to 18 so we move that to 21 and we dealt with issues with the tuition benefits and things like that but let me tell you. your heart goes out to people that a

florida governor ron desantis is here. you know about hurricane dorian coming down on florida. ken the rookie governor measure up to the task? i think the answer is yes, the president mentioned that yesterday and we will talk to congressman michael waltz who used to be in a heroin situation and is a florida congressman talking when northern florida is going to get ready and border patrol commissioner robert perez will be here. we are wrapping up our summer concert series at the end of the three hours, we are taking down the stage individually. i cannot wait to see if he is what he claims to be. don't miss a minute of "fox and friends" and i ask you one last time to please get dressed. ve y by using dish soap to clean grease on more than dishes? try dawn ultra. dawn is for more than just dishes. with 3x more grease cleaning power per drop, it tackles tough grease on a variety of surfaces. try dawn ultra. hey! i live on my own now! i've got xfinity, because i like to live life in the fast lane. unlike my parents. you rambling about xfinity again? you're so cute when you get excit

, maybe all of florida. you know the drills. a lot of rain, storm, flooding, surging, all of that. the katrina commander, general russell honre says we have to change the system the way we respond to these events. general will be my special guest tomorrow as we go live with our coverage at 10:00 a.m. to noon on saturday. of course, we'll be leading with this and following this closely. ahead of that, we have the former fema official, tom pannuzio. thanks for being here. thank you. >> always a pleasure to be here. >> so ten me with this. how do you help floridians, should i leave, should i go? it's probably not a bad idea. what do you do? >> first, neil, it's really important to understand why people don't leave. if you look at hurricane katrina, they didn't leave because financial reasons. they didn't feel that they could leave their home without the home being burglarized or looted. they didn't leave, many of them, because of their animals and pets behind. so i think it's really important to understand the

he sure has nice things to say about florida. could that have to do with the fact that there are nine trump org-owned properties in south florida? including mar-a-lago and the trump national dural golf club. interesting. or could it be florida's 29 electoral votes and puerto rico's none? could it all have to do with, oh, i don't know, the president's re-election chances? by the way, that poland trip the president cancelled so he could be, you know, here stateside during the storm, he was supposed to meet with the president of ukraine while he was in warsaw. no word yet on whether the vice president will have that meeting. a meeting that takes on new meaning with the news that the president is seriously considering a plan to block a $250 million in assistance to ukraine. you know who is going to love that? vladimir putin. a man this president has been campaigning to return to the g7, which would make it the g8. the man who was kicked out in the first place for seizing crimea from ukraine. all that coming as this president seems to

toward florida. right now, dorian is moving northwest with maximum sustained winds nearing 110-mile-per-hour. a hurricane watch in effect for the bahamas as the storm is expected to maf over the islands this sunday and all signs showing dorian could have a maffe category 4 hurricane by the time it makes landfall in florida next week. today residents in the state high alert. stocking up, governor ron desantis issuing a statewide warning earlier today. >> you're looking at potentially significant water event, you know trout major portions of the state. and so we want resources to be able to navigate that. this is a major event. we still have some degree of uncertainty. we just got to be prepared for all those circumstances. >> the governor adding that he spoke with president trump who has pledged full emergency assistance to florida. the president scheduled to travel to poland this weekend but cancelled the trip to monitor the hurricane. we have complete coverage of hurricane doctor yan beginning with

fpnl is florida power and light. mayor, thank you. >> thank you. >>> breaking overnight, a move iowa caucuses.ically change the- the "des moines register" the first to report the committee will reject iowa's plan to hold virtual caucuses because of the potential for hacking. in february, party officials in the state proposed virtual voting after years of complaints the process makes it impossible for people who can't show up on caucus night. in february, a "des moines register" poll suggests the virtual caucuses could expand participation by nearly a third. >>> it's not entirely clear what happens next, but the future of iowa's first in the nation status could be in question down the road if iowa can't come up for a plan for people to vote that's different from a primary. the caucuses are five months aw away, and the campaigns and the party are facing a rapidly shrinking window to adjust strategies. >>> questions are being raised about a moving but apparently false war story joe biden has been sharing on the campaign