Mandatory evacuations underway as Idalia intensifies

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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In what could be a once in a lifetime weather event for parts of Florida, Hurricane Idalia is rapidly intensifying as it makes its way through a warmer than normal Gulf of Mexico. A majority of Florida’s counties are under a state of emergency. Plus, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre joins to discuss federal support for the storm once it makes landfall. She also addresses the Biden administration negotiating prescription drug prices for Medicare and answers when Americans can expect to feel the impact of the negotiations and how much they can expect to save. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Lean I'm Jake Tapper, and we start today with breaking news and what
0:09.1	could be a once in a lifetime weather event for parts of Florida in the United States.
0:15.4	Right now, Hurricane Idleia, Idleia is barreling toward Florida's Gulf Coast and is expected
0:21.7	to make landfall as a category three storm or stronger overnight.
0:26.7	The storm is rapidly intensifying as it travels through a warmer than normal Gulf of Mexico.
0:32.9	The majority of Florida's counties are now under a state of emergency.
0:36.8	Schools are closed, airports have been shuttered and hospitals are moving the patients that
0:41.5	they can move to safer locations.
0:45.3	Cities around the eye of the hurricane are predicted to possibly see more than 12 feet of storm
0:51.9	surge with winds more than 100 miles per hour.
0:56.1	We're just getting in some new video.
0:58.1	This is out of Key West where residents are already starting to feel the storm's effects
1:03.9	moments ago.
1:05.4	This dire warning from the mayor of Cedar Key near where the storm is expected to
1:10.0	make landfall.
1:11.0	The mayor estimating around 100 people remain in his town.
1:15.6	He's urging them, pleading with them, to leave.
1:20.4	We're here to beg our citizens to heed this warning.
1:25.8	This storm is worse than we've ever seen.
1:30.3	My family has been here for many generations.
1:33.3	We haven't seen a storm this bad ever.
1:37.5	Our teams are positioned all along Florida's Gulf Coast as the storm approaches.
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