US President Trump speaks with governors in Irma's path
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 10 September 2017
- Modified Date: 06:44 | 10 September 2017
President Donald Trump has spoken with the governors of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee as Hurricane Irma moves north.
All four states could be affected by the storm, which struck the Florida Keys on Sunday.
The White House says Trump spoke with the officials Sunday from the Camp David presidential retreat, where he was spending the weekend.
Trump has been in regular contract with Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Sen. Marco Rubio over the past week. Chief of staff John Kelly spoke Sunday with Florida Sen. Bill Nelson.
Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were scheduled to receive an updated Irma briefing on Sunday.