Florida Sens. Marco Rubio, Bill Nelson request emergency declaration before Hurricane Irma makes landfall

By Melissa Quinn

Published September 5, 2017 9:43pm ET

Florida Sens. Marco Rubio, Bill Nelson request emergency declaration before Hurricane Irma makes landfall — Florida Sens. Marco Rubio, a Republican, and Bill Nelson, a Democrat, are urging President Trump to grant a pre-landfall emergency declaration for Florida as the state prepares for Hurricane Irma to make landfall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

Florida Sens. Marco Rubio, a Republican, and Bill Nelson, a Democrat, are urging President Trump to grant a pre-landfall emergency declaration for Florida as the state prepares for Hurricane Irma to make landfall.

The two senators sent Trump a letter Tuesday after Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, requested from the president an emergency declaration to unlock federal resources for all of Florida’s 67 counties.