guys, good morning again. >> good morning, savannah. long time since this city was hit by a major hurricane. they're bracing, seeing what's coming. they have a little more time, they're farther north. al, in the forecast, we should put in perspective some of what you've been seeing. you saw video of storm chasers fighting the wind. if there's any benefit of that to the audience, it is to remind people what this is all about, these kinds of winds, what might it do to a home and floods, the surge as well. i want folks to know without getting into big discussion on what we are doing, we are not here to be reckless, we are here to get home at the end of this. >> these guys have been doing this, i have known justin and simon for years, they're professionals, they've been doing this. we have people here, folks that took time to find safe haven. >> we have fall back positions. >> we don't want people going out. it is not a case of do as i say, not as i do. >> when you look at that, think about buildings that aren't structurally sound, this is

savannah? >> all right, miguel, thank you very much. >>> we've got sam champion for us standing by in miami as he has been all morning long. sam, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hey, matt, savannah. we've actually had a pretty good last hour. we've been in a lull from a lot of the winds and rains. we've been watching these bands. we've got radar in lofront of m we're watching the band. we've got a significant amount of wind and rain coming up to us from the south. we had that crane topple, we had power outages here. the power outages went up with that big band of 90-mile-per-hour wind gusts. first responders told you you would be on your own. this is the time that you're on your own. as the eye continues to progress, it will become parallel with us later this afternoon. we stay in that hurricane-force wind gust field, tropical storm-force winds, for modified day. this is the time not to venture out. if you get into trouble right now, no one can come and get you. that's from here all the way

good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning. rain and wind has become blinding in the last hour, we have been in these conditions about 13 hours now, they continue to deteriorate. it is not just the pounding, steady rain flopping us in face all night and all morning, it is also powerful winds overnight. we could hear debris flying through the air and some of the buildings. want to show you how deserted it is. pan the camera here. this is downtown florida city. you can see it's a ghost town. a short time ago thought we saw first responders coming down, it was a fire truck, spin the camera here to get a better picture so the rain is not hitting the lens, this is what we are dealing with. very high winds pulling down palm trees and froms flying across the street. power lines are beginning to sag, seen transformers explode in the last several hours. first responders are out here. we have seen a few members of the public driving cars out here. this city has not for the most part evacuated. most are hunkering down. we are only a few m

. >> sunscreen protects your skin from the sun's harmful rays, but that may not be the case if it's savannah posted please, people, check your sunscreen after she got a severe burn during a trip to georgia. >> i thought maybe i need to check the expiration date and sure enough, i looked and it was two years expired. >> even worse, she says the sunscreen she used was purchased that day. >> two years expired? >> yeah. and it was just sitting on the shelf. >> we went shopping for sunscreen at eight different stores. we didn't find any expired bottles, but we found an expiration date was not uniform. check out these bottles. same sunscreen, but the bottle in front expires in 2019. the one right behind it expires a year earlier. >> we know that after the expiration date the product is going to become weaker. >> weaker sunscreen will leads to burns says this dermatologist. >> there are studies that show that even one sunburn as a child can increase the incidents of skin cancer later in life. a point to lather up their kids. but after a quick scan of their pool bags, we found expired sunscreen over

take a look at this photo posted by a twitter user named savannah. it shows a collapsed crane on top of a building. this was a great fear that many people had in the city of miami. officials saying those things can become missiles in some of these winds that we're seeing, as dave price told us 80 to 100-mile-per-hour gusts. one has gone down. at least two dozen cranes still standing. it takes too much time to get them down. it could be a week or more to dismantle one of those. the counterbalance on those can weigh up to 2,000 pounds that, too, very dangerous if the crane collapses in high winds. guys, these are 900 feet tall in some cases. there are more than 20 in the miami area. many people watching this anticipating this over the last week, were very worried about this exact scenario. and now, we do have one of the cranes collapsed on top of the high-rise in miami. >> not a good sign, willie. appreciate that. jo ling in ft. lauderdale. jo, we're been tracking you. how's the weather now? lost her microphone. we'll get word that she's not technicall

>> report of savannah is a lot bigger deal than you might think. this is the fourth largest shipping container facility in all of north america, second largest on the east coast. second only to new york and new jersey and after hurricane matthew, it took two months to catch up fully with commerce and get fully operational again. so you can imagine they're battening down the hatches here, tying down 24 cranes you can imagine how much time that takes and loading up the very last ships to get them out to sea before the storm hits. you can see that this port is seriously the economic engin of manchester city of the state of georgia. >> we're a gateway to the southeast. all the states in the southeast, we're servicing through imported and exported goods very important total of impact of about $84 billion a year for this southeast trade does not happen without this port. >> some of those trade customers you might be talking about, no biggy. just amazon, walmart, target, caterpillar, home depot. some of the names that come in and out of this port every da

i'm matt lauer with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. when you look at what's happening with the storm now, it's a little bit like yesterday. it depends on what city you're in in terms of what conditions you're facing. >> yeah. it's been downgraded to a tropical storm, but we're finding already this morning it's still got some surprises in it. let's get you up-to-date on where things stand. >> flooding being reported in jacksonville and orlando. crews are going door-to-door to evacuate homeowners in one neighborhood there. people who thought they were safe from the storm now getting some of the impact. >> of course storm surge was a major concern ahead of irma. the storm surge of more than ten feet recorded in the florida keys on sunday. late last night, a tide gauge reported seven-foot rise in water levels in just 90 minutes. that was in naples, florida. >> we have complete coverage for you. let's start this hour with nbc's they've seen some rain this morning. and jacksonville getting some flooding. you've heard about that, i'm sure. >>

and then it will possibly head into savannah. let's start with the historical perspective. by pressure, this is the 10th lowest, and the lower the pressure, the higher the wind. in terms of wind, 185 miles per hour, ties for the second highest. the record for sustained 180 plus for 24 hours, that is a new record. and finally, category 5 for a record for 30 consecutive hours, that sauls a record in the atlantic basin. okay. let's show you the computer models again. everyone is pretty much on board for a while. we are only a day or two out. this is 5:00 on friday and then it goes through the bahamas and south florida and most of the models are trying to turn to the right. again, i understand why. but irma is so big. a ridge of high pressure to the north. i think the turn will be later, maybe to key west and then in the everglades and then also go florida is in a world of hurt. after that, we could see a second landfall around savannah or as far north as myrtle beach or milton head milt -- hilton head and after that it dies. it's not an ivan situation or an isabel situation. b

take a look at this photo posted by a twitter user named savannah. it shows a collapsed crane on top of a building. this was a great fear that many people had in the city of miami. officials saying those things can become missiles in some of these winds that we're seeing, as dave price told us 80 to 100-mile-per-hour gusts. one has gone down. at least two dozen cranes still standing. them down. it could be a week or more to dismantle one of those. the counterbalance on those can weigh up to 2,000 pounds that, too, very dangerous if the crane collapses in high winds. guys, these are 900 feet tall in some cases. there are more than 20 in the miami area. many people watching this anticipating this over the last week, were very worried about this exact scenario. and now, we do have one of the cranes collapsed on top of the high-rise in miami. >> not a good sign, willie. appreciate that. jo ling in ft. lauderdale. jo, we're been tracking you. how's the weather now? lost her microphone. we'll get word that she's not technically being heard right now. we'll

miguel, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. believe it or not, we're actually 8 to 10 miles away from the coastline. the big concern is not the storm surge, it's not even the hammering rain that's blinding at times. it's that powerful wind that you can see is pushing me around a little bit here. it's knocked out power to so many people in this entire city. but not just this city. across the entire region here. first responders say it's too dangerous to actually go out and conduct any rescues. the mayor says most of the city is at home, did not evacuate, is hunkering down at home. but we don't know the state of the city right now, because it's too dangerous to venture much further down the road here. we're protected, our crew is und under an overhang. we're in a safe place. these roads here back here can be incredibly dangerous. they're wind tunnels, because the wind is coming right in this direction, blowing everything from trash cans to trees. even a newsstand we saw blow down from wind here. the conditions are expected to det

i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer. lester holt and al roker are in tampa, florida, this morning, and are also anchoring our coverage. we'll get to them in just a moment. >> we're sitting here with our maps of florida in front of us, all the counties, trying to figure out who's going to come into impact or have impact with this storm next. here's the latest on irma. packing quite a punch as it slammed southern florida, a dangerous category 4 storm. winds about 130 miles per hour. the eye wall hit the florida keys around 7:30 eastern time this morning. >> the number of power outages has been steadily going up all morning. three hours ago the total is about 200,000, but now more than 800,000 people are in the dark. >> by the way, the storm is massive. if you look at that satellite image, 350 to 400 miles from side to side. its reach is remarkable. of course southern florida is under hurricane warnings. well, just a short time ago, a tropical storm warning was issued for atlanta, georgia. that's some 600 miles to the north

i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer. lester holt and al roker are in tampa, florida, this morning, and are also anchoring our coverage. we'll get to them in just a moment. >> we're sitting here with our maps of florida in front of us, all the counties, trying to figure out who's going to come into impact or have impact with this storm next. here's the latest on irma. packing quite a punch as it slammed southern florida, a dangerous category 4 storm. winds about 130 miles per hour. the eye wall hit the florida keys around 7:30 eastern time this morning. >> the number of power outages has been steadily going up all morning. three hours ago the total is about 200,000, but now more than 800,000 people are in the dark. >> by the way, massive. if you look at that satellite image, 350 to 400 miles from side to side. its reach is remarkable. of course southern florida is under hurricane warnings. well, just a short time ago, a tropical storm warning was issued for atlanta, georgia. that's some 600 miles to the north of where irm

matt lauer with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. irma is no longer a hurricane. >> we just got an update from the national hurricane center. it's been downgraded to a tropical storm. take a look at the radar. impacts still being felt. atlanta was under a tropical storm warning earlier. we've got complete coverage for you. >> that's right. we were looking over our shoulder here because we've got something happening here with kerry sanders on marco island. kerry can't hear me, but he is the process along with another gentleman to rescue a baby dolphin that has washed ashore. let's go down to kerry. kerry, can you hear us? we've been watching this unfold for the last minute or so. they released the dolphin, got it into kind of knee deep water a second ago and then a wave came and brought it right back up. >> reporter: good morning, guys. we're on south marco island. amid all the human drama, we have a baby dolphin here that has washed ashore. mark and i have been trying to return it out into the gulf of mexico. but every time that we t

savannah has been fortunate when it comes to major storms. only three have made a direct landing here in over 100 years. the governor has activate 5,000 national guards men, both to protect life and property, as well as assist in rescues. jeff. >> glor: don dahler in georgia. now let's go back to anthony mason in new york. >> mason: thanks, jeff. the senate overwhelmingly approved an aid package for victims of hurricane harvey today, about $15.3 billion tied to raising the nation's debt limit. toe house votes on this temporary shelters and hotel rooms in texas. at least 63 people were killed by harvey's winds and floodwaters. today, education secretary betsy devos announced big changes in how colleges should handle allegations of sexual assault on campus, rolling back obama-era policies. jan crawford spoke to devos. >> the truth is that the system established by the prior administration has failed too many students. >> reporter: education secretary betsy devos said her department would soon begin the process of undoing the obama-era guideline

reporter: is there a report that savannah is withdrawing a lot of personnel, what would you make of that? mr. rubio: we have over two dozen american diplomats that have suffered diplomatic injuries and right now we want ensure the safety and security of much of our personnel there. reporter: are you saying you're satisfied with the way the federal government responded prior to maria's landfall? or did fema get caught unprepared for what happened? mr. rubio: i don't know the answer to that. i think that's something we'll have to look at in the future. and determine whether we were fully prepared for it. i think one of the challenges again was prepositioning assets there is not as easy as some might think. getting these -- we just lived through a hurricane in florida and we had this invasion of these trucks that come in from all over the country to restore our power and it took nine, 10 days in many communities to be able to do it. getting that many trucks into puerto rico would not be easy. because you'd have to barge them. in assuming they were available, given the fact that they were al

unfortunately, that is going to play out in savannah. our friends in charleston are looking at what it will be there. two feet below the all-time record. still major, but not record-breaking. >> this is kind of amazing, though. charleston and points north of that will be the east side of the heavy rain. and montgomery is going to be on the west side. >> and this is typical when we get storms over land. usually the dry air sucks in on the west side, weakens that, the flow still coming off the water, the easterly side, that's why we'll have the rainfall totals. around three to five inches. not anything that -- >> it's going to feel like a storm. >> not too big, but we're still watching from the center outwards of about 400 miles is till tropical storm force winds. >> bill, we'll stay in close touch with you about the places in danger. and we'll be talking throughout the course of the show about the places in southern florida that have been affected by this. but jacksonville is the story. i want to go over to say hi to by mbuddy, stephanie,

east and would keep the eye offshore and that would be a gentler solution, and then it will coast, savannah and dive into the tennessee valley. i am not super concerned. we'll keep an eye on it. i don't think we will see flooding. we could see severe weather. we could. 64, and winds east northeast at 12, a miserable day and plenty of rain, frederick, leesburg, brunswick, mostly light to moderate everywhere tonight. tonight, a yellow weather alert. the bus stop, chilly, and it will be dry tomorrow. so keep that in mind. a sweater, not a bad idea and nice and warm or thursday and friday, and a great weekend, mild to cool days, a touch of fall. 9:00, a few arundel county, and 53 in manassas. 9:00, pretty good shape, cool, upper 50s, low 60s. even lunchtime, 70 downtown and upper 60s in the burbs. feeling to be like october than september tomorrow. a really nice finish to the week, 76 and sunshine on friday and nice and cool on saturday and 71 for the high. the next 7 days, terps on saturday, and then the eagles, warm or monday, and sunshine will return on wednesday with highs in the lower 80s.

matt and savannah. >> all right, gabe. thank you very much. >> let's bring in florida's governor rick scott. good morning to you. >> morning. >> good morning. this is an unbelievable hurricane, big, 185 miles per hour. way bigger than hurricane andrew 25 years ago. we're going to see storm surge. i want to make sure everybody in florida understands the significance of this. it could impact either coast. the storm surge is going to be significant. we can get hurricane winds on both coasts. so everybody needs to listen to local officials about evacuation orders. make sure you have a plan. >> i was looking at the very latest track from the national weather service. they are basically saying that this after devastating the caribbean is going to make landfall somewhere on the southeastern coast of your state. that brings to mind the keys. that brings to mind the intense population center of miami. so how are preparations going there? >> well, we've been evacuating the keys since wednesday. so you can follow the traffic count. p

savannah is bracing for possible tornadoes, but as this storm pushes on, we are getting new images in of the devastation in florida. listen to this. more than 6 million people are without power. it is high tide in jacksonville, bringing in a record breaking storm surge that is taking over major roadways. our cnn cameras capturing some of the first video of the florida keys and just when you look at all these pictures and the devastation is stunning. my colleague john berman is joining me for the next two hours live there in miami amid boat debris. it looks like down in coconut grove, john berman. i know you are in the thick of it during the 100 mile an hour winds last night. tell me about where you are today. >> reporter: it goes without saying, brooke, it's not supposed to look like this. we are outside of coconut grove outside a bar named monty's and it was just hammered in the storm. look at all of the boats around me, sail boat, motor boats, tipped over and just pushed up on to the shore by the storm surge and it wasn't just the storm surge. it was one of the larger boats that bro

they cancelled his flights and they drove to savannah and they did keep the flight from savannah. >> that is good. >> we'll show you where it is. it is 300 miles southeast of miami. this is the latest advisory, 3:45, winds are 155, so it is a tick away from being a category 5 we're looking at steady pressure over the last two advisories. we keep an eye on that. it slowed down a little bit moving west at 12 miles an hour. again, it is going to skirt the north coast of cuba tonight and then by the time we get to 2:00 a.m. on saturday, it is back to a 5, starting to make the right turn or turn to the north, if you will. this is 160 miles an hour winds. i still think, howard and i are going back and forth on this. if this makes landfall here, this is a better case for miami and homestead because this huge area right here, see those greens? that is the everglades, nobody lives there. after that it will affect the entire peninsula of florida. i mean, this is now monday at 3:00 in the morning. it is north of tampa, so, yes, the higher winds, more severe weather to the right of this track, b

going up toward savannah. we will see measurements that are higher than what we saw yesterday and hurricane matthew, and in some cases the highest that we have seen for measurements here for water rights. his team towards charleston, get ready, the storm surge with the wind increasing throughout the day, we expect to see the storm surge peak later on today. we will go through a couple of high tide cycles. more rainfall trying to drain out into the ocean, and it cannot, because the ocean level is higher than the river that is trying to drain into it. it is making all the water rights. >> harris: it is a story about water once again. we will come back to you as the news warrants. we are beginning to get a glimpse now of all of the damage that irma has done to florida. millions of people not out of the woods as we have been telling you now as this thing bears down on jacksonville. the danger remains. including storm surges that rick was talking about and record levels at some parts of the states. we are live with

savannah has been fortunate when it comes to major storms. only three have made a direct landing here in over 100 years. the governor has activated 5,000 national guardsmen, both to protect life and property, as well as assist in rescues. jeff. >> glor: don dahler in georgia. now let's go back to anthony mason in new york. >> mason: thanks, jeff. the senate overwhelmingly approved an aid package for victims of hurricane harvey today, about $15.3 billion tied to raising the nation's debt limit. the house votes on this tomorrow. tens of thousands are living in temporary shelters and hotel rooms in texas. at least 63 people were killed by harvey's winds and floodwaters. today, education secretary betsy devos announced big changes in how colleges should handle allegations of sexual assault on campus, rolling back obama-era policies. jan crawford spoke to devos. >> the truth is that the system established by the prior administration has failed too many students. >> reporter: education secretary betsy devos said her department would soon begin the

it's piling the water into areas savannah and the water is not allowed to escape. high tide two hours from now is causing all the problems, same thing happening in the jacksonville area. jacksonville's wind direction is no longer on shore. now the water is rubbing out of the st. john's river. it has to go through downtown jacksonville which is already at record flooding. that's why they had the new evacuations because that water is now being pushed in the direction that the river flows to the ocean. that's going to happen at high tide in the next hour. so that's the concern. huge concerns there around the jacksonville area. a foot of rain. storm surge four to five feet. high tide at 12:36 p.m. after the tide passes, the water should we begin to recede. i showed this map of the jacksonville area before. this is downtown jacksonville. the blue is obviously, that's the st. john's river. everyone in red and in the orange, the sheriff said get out now. evacuate while you can. so some of those people had been evacuated. if you hadn't done it, now with the situation, they

one in savannah and georgia. of them are specifying hat the engineers and all the people that are supposed to make sure that the houses are not as low as the coast, supposed to go by regulation, built strong. and then the -- i don't understand why this hasn't been taken care of. they wouldn't been flood figure they would have taken care of it. not climate change. we have fire necessary arizona taking of people not care when they build a fire at camp grounds. that e floods in florida the dams are so high, can't get he water through and flood other counties. it is not climate change. your opinion on how we will go and get engineers to houses in hese of tampasavannah, west bay, to do regulations to keep the houses build up high. repeat, repeat and repeat. host: thank you, caller. guest: yeah, i talked about improving resilience of communities. some case its didn't make sense to raise individual homes, ther case its is more cost effective to build levees or pump stations to improve a community. what's happened is you

they cancelled his flights and they drove to savannah and they did keep the flight from savannah. >> that is good. >> we'll show you where it is. it is 300 miles southeast of miami. this is the latest advisory, 3:45, winds are 155, so it is a tick away from being a category 5

but the fart the worst myrtle beach is or charleston or savannah because will it make landfall again as a hurricane, probably not a category 4 but maybe a 3. right now, a live look outside, a dreary day, 64, and winds east at 7. here's is the radar, bits of modern activity around leesburg and germantown and brunswick, the heaviest rain south of 17. it will be dry at the bus stop tomorrow and chilly, 52 to 66 and dry, and the afternoon, great. thursday and friday, nice sunshine and a great weekend, and mild to cool days and chilly nights. even 40s are possible. 9:30 tonight on futurecast, most of the showers gone and temps in the upper 50s in the burbs. sun. friday, very nice and cooler on saturday for the terps' game, 71. that's football weather; right? nice on sunday forward eagles' game, and we will be mostly sunny by wednesday with the nats in town. >> we are going to do a little trash talking in a second but first, we are welcoming darren in here. >> she is so excited. she is from detroit and i went to detroit state. and we say, what up, dog? [laughter] they have been talking tra

savannah. >> all right, al. thank you. coming up, growing complaints this morning of price gouging as millions race to get ready for hurricane irma. how amazon and airlines are dealing with that problem. >>> then where did that come from? how a tiger managed to get loose and terrorize an atlanta neighborhood. >>> first on thursday morning, coñ( >>> still to come, helping after harvey. jeff rossen in houston to deliver your donations to the victims of that storm. >> good morning, hoda. >> good morning, kids. a big milestone for young prince george. he's heading my challenge is to be in sync with my body, myself, my life. it all starts with a healthy routine. begin the activia two week probiotic challenge by enjoying activia yogurt with billions of probiotics everyday. take the activia probiotic challenge! allergies with by enjoying activia yogurt with bilfind fast relief behind they. counter with claritin-d. strut past that aisle for the steroid free allergy relief that starts working in as little as 30 minutes. and conta

much the same in h savannah and charltton as well. >> thank you. people were evacuating too jacksonville to get out of the way of the storm. >> we should be clear there are flash flood warnings under way right now in the coastal cities in south carolina. this is still a very much ongoing water situation. >> indeed. before hurricane irma made its way it caused wide dev station across the u.s. virgin islands including here in at any time thomas. look at that boat. at crown bay. devastation across those u.s. virgin islands, we're still learning what really happened there. tough to get information out of those islands at this point. meantime in cuba, the death toll now at 10. cleanup efforts under way after irma pummelled the island nation. we will check in with patrick oppmann who is through in just a bit. he rode out the storm. >> not to be lost in irma's devastation is the city of houston trying to bounce back from hurricane harvey. tens of thousands of school children returned to classroom the monday. 268 of the 280 schools reopening. many challeng

morning if not late saturday night and then you see it grazes right up what we think is 95 closer to savannah and charleston. they have to be unhappy seeing that coming sarah, because a few years is when hurricane hugo came into south carolina as category now right now it weakened to a 3 on the path we're seeing at this point. it's not the only hurricane out there. >> right jose right. >> right. >> what we're seeing now with irma fuel what is going on with jose, is it feeding off of it. >> it may follow in the path a little bit. hopefully water will get up well enough it doesn't become the kind of monster irma is. irma is grabbing all energy out front. when two hurricanes are a distant apart they can interact but these are too far apart to happen. unfortunately jose is taking a path somewhat similar. check this out. hurricane hunters have been working so hard, getting into this system. the most recent path this is so concerning continuing to find in center of hurricane irma wind speeds sustained miles an hour gusts to 200 and some damage pictures we've seen coming out of barbood and st. marti

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and, good morning, everyone, welcome to "today" on this we appreciate joining us. >> we are going to start with this breaking news on hurricane irma. this is the fiercest storm ever recorded in the atlantic ocean. words like devastating, catastrophic and monster being used to describe this storm. >> overnight irma made its first landfall, it pounded the islands of the northeast caribbean with 185 mile per hour winds and a lot of heavy rain. it's expected to target the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico later tonight with florida now almost certain to feel its fury over the weekend. >> a mandatory evacuation a under way for residents in the keys this morning and officials in miami are preparing for what would be the first major evacuations in that city in 12 years. >> in anticipation of this storm 100 members of the florida national guard are being activated, 7,000 more have been told to report for duty in the coming days. we have correspo

savannah, matt? >> kristen welker at the white house, thank you. >> there's some breaking news overnight in the north korea crisis. south korea carrying out live fire exercises for a second straight day. following the regime's most powerful nuclear test to date. and the trump administration is again warning kim jong-un that enough is enough. nbc's keir simmons is is in vladivostok, russia, near the north korean border. keir, good morning to you. >>> 345u9, good morning. evening here in russia's far east, and the russian border with north korea is just along the coast in that direction. and this morning, russia's president putin issuing a thinly veiled rebuke of president trump saying that what he calls the hysteria over north korea is senseless, and could lead to a global catastrophe. south korea, demonstrating its power on the water with military exercises. a commander vowing this morning, north korea's navy will be buried at sea. but today, russia's president putin issuing a stark warning. north ko

i have a family member on the west tampa bay by the coast and then i have a family member in savannah and one in georgia. all three are specifying that the engineers and all these people that are supposed to make sure that the houses are not built as low as the coast, they are supposed to go by the regulations to keep their houses up and built strong. and i don't understand why this hasn't been taken care of. they wouldn't have been flooded. it's not climate change. we have fires here in arizona because of people not taking care of their fire when they build a fire at camp grounds. we have floods in florida that the dams are so high, that it lets the water through and flooded the other county. so it's not climate change. i want your opinion on how are we going to go forward and get these engineers to make sure that these houses in georgia, savannah, west of tampa bay to do the regulations to keep the housing built up high so us taxpayers won't keep paying for the same repeat, repeat, repeat about that. >> thank you, caller. >> yeah, thanks. it goes back to what i talked about where i

hi, gabe. >> savannah, good morning. blamed for a dozen deaths throughout the caribbean, the islands decimated. more than a million people in puerto rico are without power. more evacuations in south florida, tens of thousands of people have already evacuated the florida keys. more evacuations in miami-dade county. the largest such effort in 12 years. this morning, trouble in paradise. hurricane irma pounding the virgin islands and puerto rico overnight. the monster category 5 storm already proving deadly with powerful winds reaching 185 miles an hour. the strongest atlantic hurricane on record showing no signs of weakening south florida. >> the quicker we get out of here the better. >> in the keys mandatory evacuation orders, a mass exodus on u.s. 1, the only way out. >> we're evacuating. a little too scary. >> with tens of thousands running from the potential danger it seems florida's fuel supply running low. gasbuddy.com reports a third of stations in the ft. lauderdale area are out. >> it's not that we don't have enou

but first, kristen welker with the latest. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. the president is facing criticism for his decision that will affect 800,000 immigrants. hardliners on the far right said he didn't go far enough. in an overnight tweet the president may have reflected his own confusion, indicating he may revisit this issue. this morning the backlash is building over president trump's immigration decision with protests from coast to coast. after mr. trump's announcement ending an immigration policy referred to as daca, the obama era program protected nearly 800,000 dreamers, young, undocumented immigrants, brought here illegally as children. mr. trump tweeting late tuesday, if they can't, i will revisit the issue, earlier in the day defending his move. >> how does your daca decision affect you? >> i have a great love for them. >> underscoring the controversy, the president dispatched his attorney general, jeff sessions, to deliver the news. >> the compassionate thing to do is end the lawlessness, enforce our laws. >> what does it mean for current dream

savannah? >> yes. i did. for ditching school. yes. >> in the week that -- the days i've been here, i've leonaarned lot about you. >> she was a little rebellious. >> she was. >> i had to go a couple times. >> i spent a couple times in elementary school. i didn't see the value of raising my hand before i spoke in class. i would get sent to the office. >> in-school suspension, right? >> it was the principals office. but he taught me how to play chess. >> no. but in my defense, as far as cutting school, my aunt was the lady who ran the attendance office. so -- >> you couldn't -- >> i thought you were going to say he cut you a break. >> i did. yes, i did. i went to the principals office weekly. >> did you ever cheat on a test? >> no. >> don't lie. don't lie to the people of america. >> i probably cheated on a test, yeah. i probably did. i can't remember it. not as, not as in college or law school. but, yes. as a kid, i'm sure i did. did you? >> that's the only way i could get through precal. yeah. i sat next to people that i knew were

that includes the city of savannah, along with chatham county and other low-lying areas. and in south carolina, a mandatory evacuation order takes effect saturday morning at 10:00 eastern in coastal communities, coastal counties including charleston. >> there is the track. irma slammed turks and caicos overnight. meteorologist karen maginnis tracking this monster storm from the cnn center. she tells us when and where florida might expect her. good morning. >> good morning. yes, we expect landfall the next 36 to 48 hours. maybe late into the day on saturday or sunday morning. the latest from the national hurricane center, category 4. a strong category 4. we were looking at 185-mile-an-hour winds. we saw it go down to 160. and now 155 with gusts up to 190. moving to the west/northwest at just about 16 miles per hour. so it's really moving. but it's a really big hurricane. and now it is affecting the southern bahamas, this is going to move in a fashion pretty much like this -- not a straight line. typically we see fluctuations, and especially if it's trying to reorganize tha

go to fiosgigabit.com >>> the key here, savannah, the water temperature. the brewing performance is what we're looking at. you want it to be between 105 and 95 degrees. >> this is the number one? >> cuisinart took spots one and two. also the largest. this is the one i use. when you think about it, how easy is the carafe to get in and out? how easy are the controls to push and to use. >> around these parts, we need a lot of coffee. i need it in my system but this apparent sli t maker according to "consumer reports." this morning on the "today" show they revealed the top ratedet e yoepian coffee. >>> get ready to go for vegetables and sample local vegan food and drink beer and hear about living a plant-based life. eddie is a cookbook author and vegan food advocate an one of the speakers this weekend. he joins us here in the studio. i'm very excited to have eddie because he's a native south texas. both from the valley. this is awesome. that means that eddie knows about legit tacos. talking today and you can make it in a plant-based form -- >> absolutely. >> k

savannah? >> incredible piece of video, steve. thank you. >>> dylan is back an welcoming at the heat out west. >> very hot out west. all summer long, really. the northeast has been on the cooler side. we have excessive heat warnings and watches across parts of the coast of oregon, stretching right down across most of california. 40 million people are under some sort of heat advisory right now. this area of high pressure continues to keep the warm temperatures in place and we are looking at a high of 112 in redding, california, today. that could break a record. old record is 110. boise 92. salt lake city a high of 90 today. then on saturday, looking at on sunday, more of the same. portland's record of 94 could be broken on sunday with a forecast of 96 degrees and in salem, oregon, 102 on monday. the old record is 100 degrees. it is also very dry in the area, too. we have a high fire danger with fires into oregon and not going to see any improvements for several days and flooding rain likely acro

. >> from nbc news, this is "today," with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning. we appreciate you joining us. >> we're going to start with this breaking news on hurricane ir irma. this is the fiercest storm ever recorded in the atlantic ocean. >> overnight, irma made its first landfall and pounded the islands of the northeast caribbean with 185-mile-per-hour winds and a lot of rain. it's expected to target the virgin islands and then florida overnight. >> a mandatory evacuation is under way for residentses and tourists in the keys this morning. and officials in miami are preparing for what would be the first major evacuations in that city in 12 years. >> 100 members of the florida national guard are being activa activated. several more are being told to be on the real estady in the co days. let's begin with al and irma's latest track. >> things are changing with every model run it seems. you see how huge this system is. the winds across it, abou

matt and savannah? >> all right, anne thompson, thank you. >>> let's go back to al, who is down in miami beach. al? >> hey, guys. let's show you what else is going on around the country. luckily, not too violent of weather around. in fact, we've got a great day in the mid atlantic states. wet weather making its way up through the northeast and on into northern new england. we're also expecting to see some flood watches through the southwest with some monsoonal moisture. a decent day in the pacific northwest. again, rain will start to develop later today down in the southern peninsula. the florida peninsula. plenty of sunshine through the central plains. central plains. we're going to get to your local ♪ central plains. we're going to get to your local ♪ ♪ so many americans struggle with finances. starting today, state farm is here to help. giving us all the chance to simply sit down and learn. visit letsstarttoday.com or talk to an agent. >>> i'm first alert meteorologist, erika martin. we have a

and then possibly into or around savannah or charleston and then up towards our region. we're not expecting too much in the way of storm impacts here, other than rain, maybe a little bit of wind. nothing damaging in our areas. beautiful weather here, friday, saturday, sunday, redskins play at 1:00, looking great for that game. yeah, chance of showers tuesday and wednesday as we track the remnants of irma. we're going to track this all afternoon, much more coming up >> all right, doug. are you tossing and turning and not getting enough sleep at night. >> why a good night's sleep may be hard for a middle-aged if you'd have told me three years ago... that we'd be downloading in seconds, what used to take... minutes. that guests would compliment our wifi. that we could video conference... and do it like that. (snaps) if you'd have told me that i could afford... a gig-speed. a gig-speed network. it's like 20 times faster than what most people have. i'd of said... i'd of said you're dreaming. dreaming! definitely dreaming. then again, dreaming is how i got this far. now more b

charleston, savannah. let me break this down for you a little bit better. here's what's going on now with the two models being close. i can use two fingers. that's what is happening, what landfall is expected. i know this area so well. ltd european model taking somewhere, i would say right around marathon. airport, right through here with the gfs. you're talking 20 miles distance from here. and then into the everglades. don't think that's going to slow things down because they really don't have much land. it's all water anyway. we're going to fill up this bay. cutler ridge, cutler bay. significant flooding. then miami. i've drawn everything in blue that's six feet above sea level or less. we're going to see at least the surge. look at downtown miami, completely wet. white where you are, chris is going to have storm surge 6 to 10 feet. that will take out power. even in the high ride buildings, you're going to be surrounded by water. it's time to get out because they told you to get out. >> all right. chad, water can be weaponized. that's wa we hear from the

savannah? >> richard engel, thank you very much. >>> president trump is expected to make good on his campaign promise and order a phasing out of the docket immigration program. it protects dreamers, undocumented immigrants, who were brought here as children. congress will likely have a six-month delay for a fix. on ending the program. and the attorneys general of washington and new york state are threatening court. >>> if you are watching basketball this weekend, you will like this story. we see crowds cheer and clap for the games. what is going on in the university of iowa? everybody is waving. iowa football stadium sits across from the children's hospital. at the end of the first quarter, the entire crowd of 70,000, waves to the patients on the upper level. the kids can see them out the window. it's the sweetest thing. they wait for it. a lot of fans are also encouraged to donate money to the hospital. but the hawkeyes, showing some real love here. doesn't ha make you want to weep a little bi

>> announcer: from nbc news this is a special edition of "today" hurricane irma with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everyone. yes, welcome to this special edition of "today" on a monday morning. we're going to be with you for several hours this morning trying to figure out what's happening with this storm, where she's going, and what she's left behind. >> it's been a long night, long weekend for our friends in florida. let's get to where things stand with hurricane irma. it's a category 1 storm now packing 75 mile-an-hour winds still. we are waiting an updating from the national hurricane center. they'll give a sense of where it's headed. >> we were talking 140 miles an hour yesterday down to 75 today. it can still do damage. nearly 5 million people without power this morning. record power outages for the state of florida. people could be in the dark for awhile. florida power and light is warning customers this is not going to take just a couple of days to restore. this will take weeks before it's fully restored. >> as we mentio

north carolina and they're dealing with flooding issues and could be dealing with storm surge issues in savannah, georgiaa. as far as the tampa bay area is concerned they saw the onshore wind trying to push the water into tampa bay. locally, we are dry and there's the cloud cover. we will see clouds increasing as we go through the afternoon and evening. yes, that is from the northern edge of what's left of irma now that tropical storm. it's 69 in washington and 68 in leesburg, and clinton is at 68 degrees and your forecast for today, we stay nice and dry. temperatures stay in the mid-70s for a high and then we'll see another cool, overnight period and tuesday through friday and thai around in the forecast and make sure you have your umbrella with you and your weekend coming up. >> gina, thank you. >>> two police cruisers damaged on 395. what cause the accident that both snarled traffic and could have seriously injured the officers involved? >>> even before irma is done, >>> you're watching news 4 midday. >>> right now at 11:30, thunderstorm irma is plowing through georgia and other parts of the

it takes effect tomorrow morning and many residents in and around savannah are homes before leaving town. as of tomorrow morning all lanes of interstate 16 will become one way heading inland away from the coast. >>> a fema official meanwhile, tells abc news the agency is burning through $200 million a day trying to deal with hurricanes harvey and irma. that's an average of about $8 million an hour. now, despite its dwindling funds fema officials insist it has enough staff and supplies to cope with the fallout from irma and the house is expected to approve a $15 billion aid package for hurricane harvey disaster relief. >>> a powerful earthquake hitting mexico. the magnitude 8.1 quake was centered off the pacific coast near the border with guatemala. extensive damage reported in the city of oaxaca. at least five people have lost their lives including two children killed by a wall that collapsed. tsunami warnings were issued and felt in mexico city 650 miles away where buildings shook for more than a minute. some areas lost power. mexico's president calls it the largest quake to hit that co

we felt strong winds saw some flooding in different parts of the region, you talk about savannah, georgia, charleston, south carolina you talk about a flash flood emergency situation. that just came across, we understand the death toll from the storm in this part of the united states, three people died in the state of georgia, one person died in the u.s. state of south carolina. the airport situation also another situation weir monitoring because the world's busiest airport here in georgia, see this image, not so busy because of the flights cancelled or delayed. delta, which is based here in atlanta, cancelled 1,100 flight on monday, and southwest canceling the flights, mainly because of the strong winds going through the airport complex. i want to show you this image, this is flight aware.com. this is the misery scale, atlanta, georgia front and center. it will take some time, obviously, today they will start getting back to some partial activity, getting better and better as he we move each day forward. but michael you have to think about the fact there are so many people, especially in