CBN News in a Minute: Today's Top Headlines – September 7

Ben Kennedy
09-07-2017

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1. Hurricane Irma is on a path to make landfall in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. The Category 5 hurricane is packing 175 mph winds as people evacuate from the Florida Keys and Miami.

"I've been through George. I've been through Andrew. I've been through Wilma, but I'm not staying for Irma," said Elizabeth Prieto, a Florida Keys resident.

"Every Floridian should take this seriously and be aggressive to protect their family. Possessions can be replaced. Your family cannot," warned Florida Gov. Rick Scott.

2. The storm has already brought death and destruction to Barbuda and submerged streets to the island of St. Martin.

3. President Donald Trump gave Congress six months to fix the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. DACA allows young undocumented immigrants who came into the U.S. as kids a chance to get work permits and go to school.

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Ben
Kennedy

Ben Kennedy is an Emmy Award-winning White House correspondent for CBN News in Washington, D.C. He has more than a decade of reporting experience covering breaking news nationwide. He's traveled cross country covering the President and scored exclusive interviews with lawmakers and White House officials. Kennedy spent seven years reporting for WPLG, the ABC affiliate in Miami, Florida. While there he reported live from Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Matthew hit the island. He was the first journalist to interview Diana Nyad moments after her historic swim from Cuba to Key West. He reported
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