mandatory evacuations ordered in several florida coastal counties. we're expect florida governor to speak and we'll bring that to you live. many floridians concerned. and residents have already boarded up homes, businesses. airbnb launched one of of its largest ever open homes programs to get folks free housing. >> i should have left. i was fool to stay. we're looking for a miracle to have it turn east and go north. >> let's go to morgan in the bahamas but first let's turn to meteorologist in new york, bill karins. bill, we just got that advisory in the last hour from noah. what did it say and how does it look? >> it said we're looking at a rare specimen. let's put this in perspective. the last time the u.s. mainland had a storm this can close was 1935. and the winds weren't quite as strong. this is in rarified air territory. and the picture we've been showing you so far is marsh harbor. that's still in the eastern eye wall or coming out of it. all the pictures came with a three-hour period with when they went through the eye of the storm. so they had the western eye wall. we showed

reaching parts of florida. >> all right. we've got our team on the ground with live reports from florida and south carolina. for the very latest i want to get a check with nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, i believe we have the 3:00 a.m. advisory here with the latest updates on the partingth hurricane dorian, where it's been and also headed up the florida coast. talk to us. >> the next big update. every six hours they give the forecast with intensity and path. that's going to be coming out at the end of this hour. it will be a very important one, too, because there's been very significant changes with the intensity of the storm. it's weakening quicker than what was expected. no one's going to complain about that, especially the people still going through it on grand bahama island. 120-mile-an-hour winds. the movement is pretty much what we call stationary. it hasn't been moving in about, i don't know, 12 hours now. it's just been sitting over the same location. that process has weakened the storm, you know, at the expense of everyone there on grand bahama island which still has a majo

coast of florida, so watching it very closely, even for south carolina to north carolina, by thursday afternoon. we're still seeing sustained winds of 100 miles per hour. we're going to keep you updated throughout the morning. >>> welcome back to this special edition of kasie dc. alongside me, tracking hurricane dorian, bill karins. we have a team of reporters in the east coast and in the bahamas. a brand new update. you have it. what's the latest? >> it's just an intensity and position update. for the first time in days, hurricane dorian is no longer intensifying. they left the winds alone. max at 185. we measured the pressure of these storms, and the pressure has been rising ever so slowly. what we have here is the eye, the hurricane hunters flying through the center of this. they drop the drop sounds into the center of the storm, out of the airplane, it measures the pressure at the surface and found that rose 5 milliliters. eventually as the pressure rises, the winds will come down. it's going to be a three or four day process watching this slowly tick down. it is peaking, since th

. it is friday, august 30th. any minute now we ekts petke to hear from the governor of florida, ron de-santos as his state prepares for hurricane dorian. couple of pieces of worrisome news about this storm which is now a category 2 hurricane. it is expected to strengthen to a category 4 as it barrels toward florida's east coast and to slow down considerably that could mean sustained periods of damaging winds, heavy rain, and destruction when the storm makes landfall in the coming days. >> yesterday, we submitted a request to the federal government for prelandfall declaration for assistance for protective measures. we anticipate a positive response. that has been endorsed by the entire florida delegation in the u.s. congress and we appreciate them for their support on that. floridians need to be prepared. the bad news going forward is it could potentially have impact before it reaches landfall but you have time to prepare if you have not done so. we urge all floridians to seven days' worth of food, medicine, and water. this is potentially a multi day event where it will churn slowly acr

dangerously close to the united states. millions in florida, georgia and south carolina are beg warned. >> what is happening is we are seeing this storm system completely stall out across freeport. seeing the backside of the bands. you are looking at the cloud coverage. look how expansive it is. about 300 miles in diameter here. nearly taking overall of florida. we are watching this closely. we are seeing sustained winds of 165 miles an hour. the 8:00 a.m. hour report still has it out of the west at one miles per hour. we are watching the potential of a storm surge across florida and south carolina. i want to do some live reporting here and show you exactly where this storm system currently is. it has stalled out across the northern bahamas. it will sit there at least the next 36 hours. you'll see this innun dags of water and storm surge, really significant here. everyone is talking about the potential landfalls. the outer band of this system that will push in the water. we are watching very closely from west palm beach to the eye of this storm. currently 102 miles here. from west palm

water from the storm surge of up to 23 feet there. millions of people are still threatened florida to virginia. dorian, one of the most intense storms ever in the atlantic ocean and the cone of uncertainty remains wide. right now at least a million people are under evacuations orders in florida, georgia, and south carolina. our team is here live with reports from the battered bahamas to the florida coast where holiday hot spots are turning into ghost towns. we will have the latest on the storm track as well, as well as a press conference with the latest from florida's governor coming up. let's begin with nbc's gabe gutierrez in jensen beach, florida to the east of port st. lucie. gabe, evacuation orders in place there. what are you seeing, feeling, and hearing? >> reporter: good morning, chris. over the last hour we've seen some of the outer rain bands of hurricane dorian. right now it is actually sunny. a half hour ago or so we were pelted with heavy rain. the last several hours since about 2:00 a.m. we've been feeling these winds start to pick up. as you mentioned, more than a mi

the florida trend today was fantastic for miami and the tampa/ft. myers/naples area. still, jupiter, the melbourne area, space coast through flagler county, volusia county, we have to closely watch those areas. the hurricane center has it as a category 2 up towards georgia and south carolina, lawrence. so we're not done with this yet by far. it's going to be a nervous weekend. we'll still have mass evacuations. we have to prepare for the worst but we still hope this trend offshore continues. >> we'll be watching. bill karins, thank you very much, appreciate it. >>> that is tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight, a new update posting this very minute on the path of hurricane dorian, as residents in the bahamas and florida go into emergency mode. could georgia and the carolinas be next? we have everything you need to know about what's happening now and what's coming next as this category 4 hurricane churns offshore. >>> plus the president posts a classified satellite photo on twitter to taunt iran while a new round of tariffs on china is set

jupiter, florida. craig, you've been in it and have been watching all morning in the rain and in the wind. >> and we are in the middle of one of those squalls right now, hallie jackson, good to see you. craig melvin here on the east coast of florida in jupiter where, again, as you just saw and heard from bill karins there, dorian expected to move dangerously close. that storm finally on the move. just moments ago we received that new guidance from the national hurricane center. as of now the storm slowly pulling away from the bahamas. it has been there for around 40 hours now sitting on top of that island and bringing with it some severe destruction and death as well. devastating winds, storm surge will continue to batter the island for several more hours. the prime minister there in the bahamas saying so far the storm has killed at least five people. we have our teams stationed this morning from the bahamas all the way up to the carolinas where according to that new guidance, the hurricane could be heading. let's start, let's start with that new guidance, my friend in today show col

path towards florida. and gaining strength as it goes. the warm waters of the atlantic is crank canning up the storm. it is sustained winds of over 130 matter of principle rr. the latest models have dorian making landfall late monday or early tuesday morning. but where it hits and how much destruction it causes are open questions. for now the entire east coast of florida up to georgia are in the danger zone. joining us with the latest forecast is meteorologist bill karins. what is the latest? >>> so much is changing and so quickly. we knew this storm would become category 4 and who knows rb maybe category 5. i zoomed in close. these are one-minute images from a satellite. it's a three-hour loop. you can see it clears out the eye, very symmetrical. just incredible. but it's still three days away from land. not like last year. so as long as we still have this with wiggle room, i'm okay with it being this intense right now. and with 130 mile-per-hour winds. so let's get to the good stuff, the positive stuff. this is our latest updated umpurt model. all the sudden these squiggle lin

dangerously close to the state of florida before creeping northeast along the coast of georgia, south carolina, and north carolina later this week. hurricane dorian is now a category 4 hurricane, and it remains devastatingly destructive. that is because it is traveling at a speed of just one single mile per hour grinding almost to a halt pummelling the northern islands of the bahamas which have already suffered catastrophic damage. heavy winds and life-threatening storm surges that have battered the islands, toppled trees, flips cars and are submerging homes entirely underway. slow speed also makes this storm more difficult for our meteorologists to accurately predict the path and the impact along florida's east coast could still be very strong even without getting a direct hit. i am now joined by our colleague msnbc meteorologist bail karens. what is the latest and specifically explain to us one-mile-an-hour, what that means. >> the first thing i want to talk about, we just mentioned the path and everything else. we have locked the path in. over the last 24 hours it hasn't cha

toward the northwestern bahamas and then the entire state of florida. potentially hitting florida as a category 4 when it makes landfall somewhere between the florida keys and southern georgia. just to help you picture what all of these categories look like, in a category 1 hurricane, wind speeds range from 74 to 95 miles per hour causing some damage like a home's roof, large tree branches snapping. category 2 wind speeds are 96 to 110 miles an hour causing extensive damage. trees snapping, uprooting and widespread power outages. category 3 you are looking at wind speeds of 111 to 129 miles per hour. that's what the storm's at right now, devastating to homes and power outages for days to weeks. category 4 which is the category dorian could reach, has wind speeds ranging from 130 to 156 miles per hour, and it means catastrophic damage, very important to remember. the scale is just about wind strength. the majority of hurricane deaths usually are caused by storm surge and flooding. floridians have been stockpiling supplies preparing for the worst. the president has officially declar

strengthening overnight and more intensification as it nears florida. more on that storm and our local holidayle forecast ahead. >>> breaking news. a staping in north attleboro leaves one dead. the suspect is expected to be arraigned. >>> patriots look ahead to the first regular game of the season. poe hoping to learn from last night's loss to the giants. >>> look who's here. good morning. i'm latoyia edwards. >> i'm jeff saperstone. happy to be here. >> here happy to have you. >> we're tracking hurricane dorian because national hurricane says category 2 storm is expected to upgrade to a 4. >> wow. you're taking a satellite image after dorian. forecast predictors expect it could hit the u.s. on monday somewhere between the florida keys and southern georgia. let's bring in the expert here for a moment. meteorologist michael page in the building for matt noyes. >> we're watching this carefully for florida. this is going to be a slow-moving storm, no doubt about it. days of impacts to the southeast. meanwhile here at home, we have a warm day ahead with temperatures surging into the

the cone of uncertainty is off the coast of florida. the cone is off of all of the georgia coastal areas, too. the thing that is interesting, a 120, 120, 115, hurricane center thinks 120, 120, 115, hurricane center thinks as it begins to move it will be over some warmer water and it should at least maintain its current intensity. so it's not going to be weakening that much, they still have it all the way into thursday morning still as a major hurricane being a category 3. so, again, this would bring storm surge concerns, but the winds would be tropical storm force in coastal sections of florida and georgia and the rainfall would mostly be off the coastline, just occasional bands heading in. now is the part that gets a little more interesting. overnight a bunch of our computers had it close to south carolina and north carolina line. the cone of uncertainty begins in between charleston and savannah, includes the myrtle beach area, morehead city, emerald isle, still the norfolk, virginia beach areas. it only drops in intensity to about a category 2 for eastern north carolina. category

florida. what we know right now about where it could make landfall. also joe biden playing defense this morning, pushing back strongly on this report that he mischaracterized a story about a war hero. >>> and president trump's inner circle shrinking by one. what could be behind this personal assistant's abrupt departure from the west wing. we'll get to that in a moment. but we start with that breaking news. florida preparing for the worst as hurricane dorian roars toord that state toward that east coast. dorian's path still unpredictable, but we can see the size of the storm from space. this is the view from the international space station. that is a monster of a cat two. signs indicate that south florida mayberry the brunt of the hurricanes, wind, and rain. and a storm surge is also increasing. all of these factors could make emergency response during a travel heavy holiday weekend even more difficult. let's break it down with michelle grossman with the latest update from the national hurricane center. msnbc's marianne attentionio is in palm beach gardens, florida. we'll get to yo

florida, georgia, and south carolina. already home to nearly 15 million people they're now under hurricane or tropical storm warnings, even more facing storm surge warnings or watches. as dorian creeps closer, more than 70 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in the state of florida have officially been evacuated. 85 shelters are opened throughout the state as more than 1200 flights to and from florida airports have been canceled today. according to the national hurricane center, dorian is approaching as a category 2 hurricane with speed winds topping 110 miles an hour but no one should interpret that as safe. those winds can still bring down trees and knock out power completely. one of the biggest concerns potentially deadly storm surge. >> it's raging. high tide is coming in. storm surge is rising. this is normally tranquil waters. >> we will not respond after hits of 50 miles per hour. we evaluate it at the time but generally 50 is the limit for us as far experienced flooding during matthew or irma in the last few years, they really should the governor has asked. and m

florida and gaining strength as it goes. the warm waters of the atlantic are cranking up the storm. in the last half hour, dorian was upgraded to a category 4. it has sustained winds over 130 miles an hour. the latest models have dorian making landfall late monday night or early tuesday morning. but where it hits and how much destruction it causes are open questions. for now, the entire east coast of florida, all the way up to georgia, are in the danger zone. joining us now with the latest forecast is nbc news meteorologist bill karens. what is the latest? >> so much is changing and so quickly. we knew this storm would become this category 4, maybe a 5 in the days ahead. the big question was where is it going to go. big changes with that that i'm going to get to. i have to show you how impressive the storm is. i zoomed in close. these are one minute images from a satellite. we compile them together. it's a three-hour loop. this is as powerful a form as you will see. incredible. it's three days away from land. that's where we want the powerful storms. not like last year why michael intensif

official residence for trump tower. >> i'm a big resident of florida. this is my second home, in many ways it's my first home. >>> and she has a plan for that. topping the polls in iowa, elizabeth warren rolling out her medicare for all plan with more than $20 trillion in new spending, vowing she can do it all without one penny of middle class tax increases. >> medicare is the least expensive way to provide health care coverage for everybody in the country. we know it. >> your signature, senator, is to have a plan for everything. except this. >> the difference between a plan and a pipe dream is something that you can actually get done. >>> and good day, everyone, i'm andrea mitchell in washington, as new polls reinforce just how divided our nation is over impeachment. a "washington post"/abc news poll done earlier this week but released today was done before the house actually voted, has 49% of americans supporting the impeachment and removal of president trump, with 47% opposed, well within the margin of error. that divide also follows party lines. 82% of democrats support impeachmen

way in parts of florida, nearly 5,000 florida guardsmen now activated to help with emergency response efforts. and parts of south carolina, georgia, also under emergency orders. long lines as you can see at gas stations. all of this because of a fuel shortage. we have team coverage in the bahamas and up and down the east coast and covering the federal response as well. we'll begin with nbc's bill karins. there was a shot of the ft. lauderdale area, lauderdale beach. it is looking like a fairly decent beach day, but this place is under a tropical storm warning. >> yeah, we're still watching the conditions arriving towards there. you can see how dark it is is on the horizon there. often the day before the storm arrives it's beautiful, sunny, warm, a light breeze. but the dark circles kick you were on the beaches and come tuesday it will be rough. i think ft. lauderdale will be in the clear for the significant damage. let me get into what we're dealing with. let's talk about our friends the people in the bahamas. so close to the coastline of florida. about 70,000 people that liv

toward florida. right now, dorian is moving northwest with maximum sustained winds nearing 110-mile-per-hour. a hurricane watch in effect for the bahamas as the storm is expected to maf over the islands this sunday and all signs showing dorian could have a maffe category 4 hurricane by the time it makes landfall in florida next week. today residents in the state high alert. stocking up, governor ron desantis issuing a statewide warning earlier today. >> you're looking at potentially significant water event, you know trout major portions of the state. and so we want resources to be able to navigate that. this is a major event. we still have some degree of uncertainty. we just got to be prepared for all those circumstances. >> the governor adding that he spoke with president trump who has pledged full emergency assistance to florida. the president scheduled to travel to poland this weekend but cancelled the trip to monitor the hurricane. we have complete coverage of hurricane doctor yan beginning with nbc news metrologist michelle grossman who joins us. walk us through where the storm

to be tropical-force strong winds along the coast in florida and into georgia and alabama. but me going to happen. it's going to be a hurricane that hits the continental united states. storm surge warnings. more than 20 million americans could feel the effect of this storm. local officials in parts of florida, in georgia, in south korea -- south carolina and at least a million people have been ordered to evacuate. keep in mind this track remains unpredictable. officials are urging residents to heed warnings and to get out while they still can. >> the water continues to rise here. and we're very concerned now because the water is about 8 feet up. but if anyone's decided to stay home, i don't know, it would be very difficult, hard to imagine them being able to leave with lives intact. >> attempt to evacuate to go by our neighbors, two stories up. wait, the car moving? >> you can rebuild houses, you can't rebuild lives. my biggest concern is people look at that path and say it's not going to hit florida, it's going to go up and hit someplace else. even if it does hit florida and we g

miami. steve kornacki will take us to florida, show us the new poll numbers as "the 11th hour" gets underway on this busy tuesday night. >>> good evening once again from our nbc news head quarters in new york. day 887 of the trump administration, and on the eve of the first democratic debate of the 2020 cycle there is breaking news on another front involving special counsel robert mueller. he agreed to testify in public and on camera. july 17th th before both the house judiciary and house intelligence committees. one after another. about his findings and his report on russian interference in our 2016 election. judiciary chairman jerry nadler and adam schiff announced mueller's decision a few hours ago. they both indicated mueller agreed to appear, this is important, despite deep reluctance after the two committees issued subpoenas. california congressman schiff spoke about mueller's decision earlier on this network. >> i don't think the special counsel's office could character rise it as a friendly subpoena. he did not want to testify. he made that very clear. nonetheless, they will

florida/georgia border. we've even got tropical storm watches for inland parts of florida. now, this is a very -- very weak steering systems with this. so what is going to steer this? what we've got, this ridge of high pressure that was right, stretched all the way across from the mid plains all the way out into the atlantic. but we expect it to break down a little bit and allow this system to slip up and through, get caught up in the jet, and then accelerate it out through the northeast and moved away by that trough later in the week. however, until this happens, we started to see a west-northwest bent now. but it is still moving so slowly. that means you can see this area that's in the cone of uncertainty from palm beach, orlando, jacksonville, charleston, cape hatteras. we may see a landfall, the european model just coming in now, starting to intimate that maybe that line crosses over into the carolinas. we may have a landfall there. we'll have to wait and see. but again, until this gets caught up there is really nothing to steer it. it can wobble back and forth. we worry about it mo

tomorrow, safely off the florida coast by about 80 to a hundred miles. that means the core, the 12k0-mile-per-hour winds, will not be onshore as we go through the next 48 hours and you'll notice the hurricane center doesn't have it weakening much. it is still over the warm waters of the gulf stream. all of the weakening should just about be done. it really shouldn't get any stronger but still could possibly be a category 3 storm as it makes the turn and heads up toward the carolinas. we are going to have a very close call here in areas of south carolina, north carolina, thursday into friday morning. all of our computer models are painting a picture here of brushing the coast or maybe even a landfall, stephanie. we are not done with this storm. you know, florida has to deal with some storm surge issues. same with georgia. but south carolina and north carolina, you could still have a direct landfall in about two days from now. >> all right. bill, thank you so much. a storm surge and a category 3 is serious business. gabe gutierrez is in jensen beach, florida, which is facing a storm su

friends in florida. >> appreciate it. that will do it for us on kasie dc. >>> this sunday, another mass shooting in texas. a man goes on a rampage shooting at people in vehicles from midland and odessa. and tracking hurricane dorian. >> there is nothing in its way. >> the hurricane charting an uncertain path. residents from florida to carolinas forced to get ready. an updated briefing from florida senator. >> renewed questions about whether joe biden's gas raises concern about his age. >> may god bless the memory of those who perished in toledo. >> the generation gap. is julian castro right? >> joining me for inside analysis, andrea mitchell. jeh johnson, daniel pletka and former nbc news senior producer, shanna thomas. welcome to sunday, "meet the press." >> good sunday morning on this difficult labor day weekend. we'll get to the political news in a moment. two big stories, mass shooting in texas and hurricane dorian. >> yesterday afternoon, a man fled a trappffic stop, hijacked male truck and began shooting. police killed the shooter. a white man in his 30s. i know we don't seem to k

florida coast. we begin with bill karens who is here with the brand new advisory. we just received from the weather service. >> we were thinking we had the possibility of getting a category five within this. they did measure a wind that was 160 miles per hour. if it gets to a category five, it doesn't matter for any land areas. it looks -- and as impressive as you would get, a textbook major hurricane, if 2 gets to cat five. the well defined wide eye. 100 mile wide tropical storm force wind field. if this was on top of florida or the islands in the bahamas, we'd be having mass devastation and catastrophe. it's not there yet, we are hoping it can weaken a little bit. by the time it gets to the northern bahamas. now we're down to about 8 miles per hour, this is going to continue to slow down and eventually stall about 36 to 48 hours from now, that's what's going to spare florida from getting a direct hit. it doesn't look like it's going to get pushed hard up to the west to get in there. i zoomed in here. it looked like something from lord of the rings, this is the eye of the storm. you ca

a category 4 storm. officials are telling residents of florida's east coast to get ready for the worst. we have new details on the departure of president trump's perm assistant. the comments she made about ivanka and tiffany trump that reportedly got her fired. >>> did the president tweet out a classified image of an iranian launch side. the full disclosure of the president that may have confirmed that the u.s. is invading iran's airspace. >>> and we'll talk to a report wloer wreporter who was in the room this week with joe biden. all right. let's start with president trump who is in camp david this morning. he canceled his planned trip to poland he said in order to monitor hurricane dorian stateside. he's opting to send vice president mike pence to poland in his place. we're following the path and strength of the storm which overnight intensified to category 4 in magnitude. here's a view of dorian from space. you can see the turning eyes with sustained winds of up to 140 miles per hour. it is expected to make a devastating impact on the northern bahamas before hitting the east c

it swirls toward florida. we have team coverage on the ground. we'll also speak to a hurricane hunter who has just flown through that storm. plus the results of a two-year investigation into former fbi director james comey are now out. will he be punished for sharing his memos about his meetings with president trump? and confusion over new citizenship rules affecting children born to u.s. troops while overseas. are they really going to be denied u.s. citizenship? right now all eyes are on hurricane dorian as the storm makes its way northwest through the caribbean toward florida. all signs showing dorian could now become a monster category 4 hurricane by the time it makes landfall again in the united states sunday evening. at this hour dorian is moving through the atlantic with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour and is expected to strengthen over the next few days. florida governor rhonda sanchez declaring a state of emergency for 26 counties in the possible path of the hurricane leaving floridians preparing for the worst. earlier, southwest airlines warning flights in

the palmetto state. good morning to you. i'm on florida's east coast where you can probably see now we've met the outer bands of hurricane dorian, the eye of that storm about 90 miles north of where i am standing right we've now. we've seen the waves here shift over the past few hours. and as you'll probably see over the next few minutes, the waves now also crashing into the coastline as well. the storm is churning, all florida, up the georgia coastline as you just saw from that update there into south carolina, into north carolina. al rocker is standing by with a brand-new update from the national hurricane center in just a moment. first, though, roughly 200 miles south of here this monster of a storm left the unimaginable. left unimaginable devastation throughout most of the bahamas. you see the pictures there. it shows literally miles of homes and business without their leveled leveled cars cars scattered around flooded cars tossed neighborhoods. cars tossed about like matchbox seven cars. seven people have died so far. officials there warning that that's a number that could rise

north carolina. it's not going to increase in intensity. this is the florida impact map. if we did this map for the bahamas, it would have been hust oreck, hysteroroic, historic. if it we're going to get damage it's going to be from the storm surge. and i don't think rainfall is a big concern either. same for georgia. four to seven feet. little weakerror storm, they may bring those numbers down because what drives the water torsds the coast is winds from the hurricane. so the stronger the storm, the it more water. the winds are weaker and we don't have to were a about it as much. and i still think we could get some of the highest wind gusts in areas of eastern north carolina. compared to what happened in the bahamas, this is very minor. but that storm surge kills a lot of people and especially with the winds lower, it can catch people off guard. that's why they're going to tell pop tool staw away thrum coach. >> i was talking with inmayor of miami as they were preparaing for this and miami has so many issues with it being so low level. is miami out the woods forx treme flooding? >> some

to the south around tallahassee, florida's capital, when people there saw his photo on tv. the search for gary hilton was about to widen. the mystery man person of interest in the meredith emerson case looked familiar to people who thought they'd seen him just about the time they learned of a sad case of another woman who had gone missing. sheryl dunlap, a nurse and mother. when sheryl didn't turn up for church one december sunday in 2007 and then missed her sunday school class, red flags went up. next door neighbor and friend tonya lad. >> sunday morning at church, i turned around and looked at her usual spot and she wasn't there. >> and she didn't teach her class? >> she didn't. >> immediately we knew something was wrong. that wasn't like her. >> everybody knew her agreed. 46-year-old sheryl was reliable, a woman solid in her faith and set in her habits. her fellow nurse friend and prayer partner, laura walker. >> she always liked to hear what we call our praise reports, like something good that happened with a patient or a coworker. >> when monday morning rolled around and tonya st

united states threatening to hit florida. most of florida is in dorian's cone of uncertainty. residents there are bracing for the worst stocking up ahead of the storm while the u.s. virgins islands are recovering with scattered power outages throughout the area. joining me with the latest on the storm's track is nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman. michelle, tell us about where this is headed. there are a whole lot of populated areas wondering if this is coming to them. >> that's right, ali. a whole lot of populated areas at the worst time, labor day weekend. we are talking about life-threatening flash flooding. we also have a storm coming to southern florida tomorrow -- on friday. so that's not going to help situations. let's talk about where it is right now. it's moving to the northwest north of the virgin islands, also puerto rico. so still a category one storm. we haven't had an advisory since earlier this morning around 11:00. it's not really going to be until 5:00 until we see an updated information. so the location 220 miles north/northwest of san juan, puerto ric

. right now, dorian is 112 miles off west palm beach florida, it's very slowly inching west through the atlantic, with wind gusts of up to 155 miles an hour. >>> and today, floridians are on edge for what could be the most destructive storm the state has seen since hurricane andrew. mandatory evacuations are under way across florida and the carolinas. residents of the bahamas seeing the discharge with 165-mile-per-hour winds and a massive 23-foot storm surge. >> please pray for us. please pray for us, everyone. please pray for us. >> the sea is just spraying on to our houses. the winds are howling like we've never ever, experienced before. >> we need help. please someone, come help us. >> this storm at this magnitude, could really cause massive destruction. and do not put your life in jeopardy by stayin ining behind. >> the high intensity of it, the winds, i've never seen them this high. i've been through other hurricanes which are a lot less. the hotels on the beach here are gone. >> joining me now is nbc's al roker. al, florida starting to see the impacts on the storm's outer bands, r

latest live. >>> labor day fears, florida still in the hurricane's sights as it grows whachlt residents are doing to escape or prepare to weather out this storm. >>> and the man who couldn't take it any more. former secretary of defense in a new interview. what he is and is not saying about the president. >>. >>> she said she was drinking a little bit and she was with reporters, and everything she said was off the record. >> as the white house turns the president's assistant forced to resign. hear why one of his daughters was involved, next. >>> we're going to start with the latest on hurricane dorian. national weather service calling dorian an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane. packing winds of up to 140 miles an hour. it's on track to become the most powerful hurricane to hit florida's east coast in 30 years. now this is the view from the international space station as dorian gets closer and closer to the bahamas, and this is what it looks like through the eye of the hurricane. this video, taken by storm hunters, storm chasers over the atlantic ocean. >>> and in flori

to say in president trump's official campaign announcement tonight in florida. >>> also with us tonight later in the hour is california's newest congressional star, democratic congresswoman katie porter, who is now in her first year in the house of representatives, serving in a congressional district that has voted republican for 50 years until katie porter came along and changed their mind and convinced them to vote for a democrat. congresswoman katie porter has just announced she is now in favor of beginning the impeachment process of president trump. congresswoman porter will join us to explain her decision tonight. >>> tonight, president trump officially announced that he is running for re-election. no surprise there. to make that announcement the president flew to orlando, florida where he was greeted by an extraordinary editorial in the "orlando sentinel" today. a year and a half before the election, the "orlando sentinel" delivered an endorsement for president in 2020, and that endorsement is not donald trump. the editorial said "donald trump is in orlando to announce the

state of florida with winds of 125 miles per hour or worse. and while southern florida is well acquainted with these big storms, the part of north central florida currently in dorian's cross hairs has never been hit with a category 3 hurricane despite records going back nearly 170 years. we'll go to cape canaveral and the weather center. the entire state of florida is pretty much inside the cone here. tell me what's going on there. >> reporter: chris, good morning to you. that's right. the governor of florida has declared a state of emergency in 26 counties and asked folks to stock up on supplies that will last about seven days. folks are listening to that warning. yesterday we saw folks heading to the grocery store as they're stocking up on extra food and water. also hardware stores seeing their shelves cleared out. generators, flash lights, as well as other hurricane supplies. and people are really heeding that warning and taking advantage of the lull in the weather that we have right now. we're also about 30 minutes away from the kennedy space center and teams there are secu

florida tonight. thank you both for joining us. that. >> thank you both for joining us. we appreciate it. the "the 11th hour" starts now. >>> there was the phony dossier. 18 very angry democrats. no collusion no obstruction. for good measure the academy awards. plus another cabinet secretary out. this time acting defense secretary patrick shanahan. because of a personal family issue. when it comes as some seem to be banging the drum for war in the gulf. tomorrow's witness before congress. hope hicks. appearing behind closed doors a white house lawyer beside her. already making objections about privilege before it begins. as "the 11th hour" begins on this tuesday night. >>> good evening once again from the headquarters here in new york. on this day 880 of the trump administration. with 581 days remaining. in his term. donald trump officially kicked off his reelection campaign with rally in orlando tonight. he spoke for one hour 18 minutes. as he left the white house he commented on the departure of the acting defense secretary. already replaced with a new acting defense secretary. at a

is anyone's guess. awaiting the next move. up to the carolinas. in florida shelters are maxing out. many residents in the region evacuate the area. including those in hospitals and elderly homes. >> straight to meteorologist. tracking this storm. we are going to say all night. it has been a week. ten days. >> almost two weeks. we're going to continue to watch this storm system into saturday. so we are not done yet. right now it's stationary over the northern bahamas. 120 miles per hour sustained winds. i want to show you very quickly the retract. the eye of the hurricane. it it's starting to split apart. starting to lose the force. but as it goes back into open water, it will gain steam once again. unfortunately these bands are very heavy. and they'll cause that storm surge in the major flooding across southern florida. we just got the latest update from the national hurricane center. i want to show you something very quickly. downgraded to a category 3. we're not concerned about the intensity here. the energy is split apart across the storm system. the flooding is going to be prol

just off the coast of southeastern florida with maximum sustained winds exceeding 150 miles per hour. the category 4 hurricane is extremely dangerous. mandatory evacuations have been ordered across multiple counties in the state. and while florida may avoid a direct hit, residents there are preparing for whatever dorian may bring. from florida the storm is expected to creep north along the coast of georgia, south carolina and north carolina. meanwhile, dorian has been pummeling the northern bahamas where the storm has hovered at a virtual standstill for the last 20 hours. heavy winds and storm surges have battered the islands causing massive flooding, and tonight the prime minister announced that five people have lost their lives so far in this storm. but first, authorities in california are holding a briefing on that deadly boat fire this morning in the waters near santa cruz island off santa barbara. four bodies have been recovered. dozens more unaccounted for. let's listen in. >> all of our speakers' statements, that would be helpful. we will give you an opportunity to ask those q

the president's change of residency from new york state to florida. joining me to explain whether these intersect at all is msnbc legal contributor katie phang and glenn kirschner. let's jump into it. katie, starting with you because you are a floridians. is this a good legal tactic? does this help him avoid providing his new york tax returns? >> frances, we have to shortage of florida man and pay patiently trump is about to become the consummate florida man. we are a debtor friendly state, no state income tax, no estate taxes, we are dead judgment debtor friendly. if there was the fraud capital of the united states it is florida. it's no big surprise that donald trump wants to come here but he does have a problem. just because you move to florida does not cut off at the knees the current litigation that he has in new york, that he has over in california, that he has in d.c., that he has the emolument clause litigation, but fundamentally the move to florida does signify that trump is trying to flee so what he considers to be one of his strongest support bases. florida has been a v

profits including -- it can happen anywhere, including the peaceful community of jupiter, florida. our office is joined with the fbi and the county sheriff's office to help start with a human trafficking task force. we realize there is a lot more to do. these cases are not about any one defendant or any group of defense. the larger picture we must confront is the cold reality many cases like this are the victims and lured into this country with promises of a better life only be forced to live in a sweat shop or a brothal, performing sex acts for strangers. human trafficking is built on fraud or coercion. it is evil. it is fuelled by the demand side. demands by law-abiding citizens who don't want to be aware of those being exploited. human trafficking occurred in plain sight which is why i am hopeful that these cases will encourage people to say something if they see something and for victims of this under reported crime to gain the courage to let their voices be heard. with that i would like to take any questions you may have. >> no, they are local residents. they will receive a s

posture though of how this compares to the case that was prosecuted or walked away from in florida, it makes these changes more stunning. quite frankly this is what should have happened in florida. these are the charges that the florida u.s. attorney's office could have brought and probably should have brought. i think this leaves a lot of open questions about why the federal prosecutors in the southern district of florida walked away from these kinds of charges. why epstein was allowed to plead to a minor state charge in that case and why the victims were intentionally excluded from the process. they are stunning charges for a number of reasons and given the posture, they are more stunning. >> the attorney answered very few questions, but why is this case being brought by the public corruption unit. does that sound as strange to you as it does to us? >> the answer is it's hard to tell. jeffrey berman, the u.s. attorney for the southern district. >> who are is a donald trump appointee. >> correct. he came out firmly and said please don't read anything into the fact that this is being p

. meanwhile, millions of residents under a mandatory evacuation order. bridges in florida are set to close at midnight in anticipation of the storm. fema urging residents in those areas, stay vigilant, prepare for the worst. nbc news meteorologist bill karen is with me now. this is unusual in its behavior. it's moving a mile an hour. we're normally used to seeing a pattern. >> we're waiting for them and now we're waiting for it to move. >> so unusual. >> yeah. having a category 5 forestall in one area. >> if you happen to be in that area, that's really serious. >> we've had them stall, but stall over land? we hear these stories, it's going to be -- they're going to need so much help. i hope there's a ton of resources positioned and ready to go in. >> tell me what's going on. >> obviously stationary, as we would say. that hasn't changed. the winds have ticked down, 140 is a whole lot better than 185, which it peaked at. we would like to get that lower. the reason it's weakening, that's the warmest water you can get in the bahamas. it can be up in the mid-80s. but when the storm is over the

provided by the internation at space station. tonight, mandatory evacuations are happening in florida, in georgia, along the carolinas. millions of people bracing. over the past 24 hours the storm has been hovering over the bahamas, though, causing catastrophic damage and officials there confirming five deaths so far. i want to get straight to bill karins, nbc news meteorologist. we were talking before about how it was just sitting and sitting and sitting. >> yes. >> where is it going? >> and/or though our thoughts w people in the grand bahama island still in the eye of this 24 hours later. the 8:00 east coast advisory. now we're at 140. still a category 4. still considered a catastrophic hurricane if it just moves near you, even just for a short period of time, let alone six straight hours. the position, stationary. still sitting at almost the exact same location it has been for the last six to 12 hours. just one band after another keeps going through the asame areas and doing more and more damage. just frightful. the pictures we see out of there will be extraordinary. so what does t

. preparations under way in florida. >>> snap shot of iran. why this tweet by the president is stirring controversy. what it is and why it may have been classified. >> she said she was drinking a little bit and with reporters and everything she said was off the record. >> the president saying why his assistant was forced to resign. it had to do with his family. next. >> we begin with the latest on dorian this morning. it is on track to be the most powerful hurricane to hit the east coast in 30 years. it is now a category 4 hurricane packing winds up to 140 miles an hour. dorian will pass the island of the bahamas today. tomorrow, mandatory evacuation are already in effect for some areas there. >> let me be extremely clear, those who don't heed the warning place their themes in the way of the very powerful threatening storm. >> the view from the international space station, president trump has declared a state of emergency in florida. officials have announced mandatory evacuations starting tomorrow. across florida, people are stocking up on water, food and fuel and waiting in line for ho

the southern district of florida. despite his office developing a case against epstein acosta traveled from miami to west palm beach meeting privately with epstein's lawyers. for some reason out of that meeting came an npa, a nonprosecution agreement that basically allowed a guilty plea on lesser state charges. epstein was to serve 13 months in jail and required him to register as a sex offender at acosta's confirmation hearing to be secretary of labor senator tim kaine of virginia pressed him on this nonprosecution agreement. >> there is an allegation that i just read that you did not pursue a federal indictment even though your staff had advocated that you do so, is that accurate? >> that is not accurate. >> federal prosecutors detailed their findings in an 82-page prosecution memo and a 53-page indictment, but epstein was never indicted. then there is a quote, quote, this agreement, the agreement you describe, will not be made part of any public record. >> it is pretty typical in a prosecution for an indictment, a draft indictment, to be written. that doesn't necessarily me

team coverage with phpz mariana a tenseeo in cocoa beach florida. mariana, as we wait to hear from the tpofrgovernor, are people hg the calls to evacuate? >> reporter: not just yet, phillip. at least the folks i have been speaking to. they are in full preparedness mode. they are almost tell you they're experts in hurricanes with with a smile on their face. i moved onto the beach at the cocoa beach pier to show you the height of the waves behind me, phillip. it is a sign of things to come. this monster of a storm with wind gusts over 200 miles per hour, as you mentioned. here is the site of a very famous worldwide surfing competition. i want to bring in one of the locals pondering the decision whether to stay or go. this is my friend david over here. you have lived here since the 1960s. what's on your mind today? are you leaving? are you staying? >> for now we are going to stay until we find out the official track and see what that does once it hits the gulf stream. so that could change. . >> you see what happened in the bahamas. you see the forecast now. is there anything that will

coast of florida, georgia and south carolina are under mandatory evacuation orders which take effect as of noon today. >> for the very latest let's bring in the meteorologist janessa webb. where do things stand right now? >> this is an unfortunate situation for the grand bahamas right now. you said about 5 miles an hour with the latest update currently moving out of the west at 1 miles an hour. so basically what's happening is this storm system is starting to stall out. and that is just unfortunate. this is catastrophic for the grand bahama where about 50,000 people reside in that area and it's currently dark and the eye of the system continues to make its way to the west. now, what we're doing to see is just this steering mechanism hopefully before it starts to creep well to the north here. we'll start to see the transition of this storm system. but right now, we still have hurricane warnings also this just in from the national hurricane center at 6:00 a.m. hurricane warnings have been issued for coastal areas of south florida here. also, tropical storm warnings. what that means the ne