THE WAKE OF THIS CATEGORY 2
HURRICANE.
>> Bill: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOW
READY WITH ITS RESPONSE ON
DORIAN.
U.S. COAST GUARD ALREADY
STEPPING IN TO RESCUE DOZENS IN
THE BAHAMAS.
WHAT A PLACE THAT HAS BEEN
DEVASTATED NOW.
THE STORM SLAMMED THAT ISLAND
TURNING ITS ATTENTION TO THE
SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST.
WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT JOHN
ROBERTS HAS MORE FROM THE NORTH
LAWN THERE.
JOHN, GOOD DAY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THE U.S. MILITARY ALSO WORKING
IN THE BAHAMAS TO TRY TO CLEAR
RUNWAYS TO GET RELIEF SUPPLIES
INTO THE HARD-HIT AREAS IN
GREAT ABACO AND GRAND BA HAMA
ISLAND.
THE STATE GOVERNORS IN CHARGE
OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
RESPONSE TO ANYTHING THAT A
HURRICANE DOES WHEN IT COMES
THROUGH.
THEY WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH
LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT'S JOB TO BACK UP THE
GOVERNORS TO TRY TO GIVE THEM
WHATEVER THEY NEED.
FEMA WAS WELL PREPARED WE'RE
TOLD BY PRESIDENT TRUMP IN
PUERTO RICO AND AGAIN IN
FLORIDA AS IT LOOKED LIKE
DORIAN WAS SETTING ITS SIGHTS
ON THAT PART OF THE STATE AND
IS NOW REPOSITIONING SUPPLIES
TO PREPARE FOR A POSSIBLE
LANDING EITHER IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA OR ALONG
THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH
CAROLINA.
LISTEN TO WHAT THE ACTING
SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SAID ABOUT IT.
>> WE'VE BEEN VERY WELL
PREPARED AND COORDINATED FULLY
WITH THE STATES.
A LOT OF PRE-EMPLOYED ASSETS TO
FULLY RESPOND AFTER THE STORM
HITS AND REPOSITIONING SOME OF
THE ASSETS THAT WERE FURTHER
SOUTH IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.
WE'RE READY FOR THIS STORM.
>> AT THE SAME TIME IT'S
CHURNING IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO
DEFEND A TWEET HE SENT OUT
SUNDAY MORNING WHERE HE SAID
ALABAMA COULD POSSIBLY GET
DAMAGE FROM DORIAN.
ALABAMA WOULD BE HIT OR GRAZED
AND DORIAN TOOK A DIFFERENT
PLAN ALONG THE EAST COAST.
THE FAKE NEWS KNOWS THIS WELL.
A BIT OF CONTROVERSY ERUPTED
OVER IT.
AT THE HURRICANE BRIEFING THE
PRESIDENT HELD UP A GRAPHIC
FROM LAST FRIDAY THE 30th WHICH
APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN MODIFIED
WITH A SHARPY TO EXTEND THE
BUBBLE OUT THERE TO INCLUDE THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF
ALABAMA.
THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED HOW THE
LINE GOT THERE YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.
>> President Trump: THE
ORIGINAL PATH WAS THROUGH
FLORIDA.
PROBABLY THREE DAYS.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THREE
OR FOUR DAYS OLD.
THE ORIGINAL PATH MOST PEOPLE
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TAKING WAS
THROUGH FLORIDA WHERE ON THE
RIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN GEORGIA
OR ALABAMA.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS A
SHARPY.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE
DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE LINE GOT
THERE AND TWEETED OUT A GRAPHIC
OF HURRICANE MODEL PLOTS TO
PROVE THAT ALABAMA WAS AT RISK
AND SOME TRACKS DID COME VERY
CLOSE TO THE EASTERN PART OF
ALABAMA.
BUT THOSE SPAGHETTI MODELS WERE
FROM THURSDAY, AUGUST 28th.
BY THE TIME THE PRESIDENT
TWEETED ABOUT ALABAMA AT 10:51
A.M. ON SUNDAY THE FORECAST
TRACK HAD MOVED WELL EAST.
THE 8:00 IN THE MORNING WARNING
ON SUNDAY THE 1st AND YOU CAN
SEE THEY'RE INDICATING THAT
DORIAN WOULD STAY WELL-OFF
SHORE AND WELL AWAY FROM
ALABAMA.
SOME PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING BY
ALTERING A FORECAST MAP THE
PRESIDENT BROKE A FEDERAL LAW.
LET'S NOT FORGET THAT'S AN OLD
MAP.
IT WASN'T A CURRENT FORECAST.
THAT MAY BE A HARD CASE TO MAKE.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE REALLY NEED
TO STRESS IN ALL OF THIS, BILL,
A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF
PROPERTY IN HARM'S WAY AND
THERE IS A LOT FOR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT LOCAL AND STATE