el on the air with us and when he started to realize this meant virginia, florida, he physically became ashen and he became -- his mood went dark. that's when we knew. what can you share about us about what it was like on the inside that night? >> it's interesting. the first signed of trouble were florida early in the night. >> oh, man. >> they see what's going on there. in particular there were a couple of people, craig smith, one of plenty p president plaent clinton's oldest aides and allies, they kept calling people and saying this doesn't look good, this doesn't look right. ultimately, they saw that they were going to lose in florida. then question was, is what we're seeing in florida, is the change in republican and democratic strength in some of these areas in florida, is that going to be extrapolated out to north carolina? will it be the same in rural parts of pennsylvania and suburban parts of pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin? there was a sinking feeling pretty early on that there was a good chance that that was going to happen but they had to wait and watch while this w

has a campaign rally tomorrow. >> in florida. >> to when he felt undersiege he wasn't wac to his roots. that's what we saw today. >> what about the backbreaking work of the presidency that remains, that is tomorrow, on the next day and the next? >> we have an enormous crisis of incompetent in this white house. we have never seen anything like this. we lost national security adviser for lying to the vice president. the vice president went out gave misinformation on television. white house knew that national security adviser was lying. the chaos set off. the making up fake massacre, every day more and more dishonest statements. total chaos and its dangerous. >> are we looking at trouble in the foreseeable future? >> you, absolutely. we are going from this general mayhem to a national security crisis as this investion fo. we may be going quickly to a constitutional crisis if these start playing out we may be heading to benedict arnold to the white house. >> thank you all, to the panel. >>> another break. when we come back update on the news on this day that got buried by you know wh

florida, a look at the daunting task of evacuating massive cities of the. >> if you're told to evacuate, get out now. >> good evening from new york. tonight, south florida is racing to prepare for the worst. as hurricane irma continues on its path of destruction through caribbean. at this hour, irma is moving through the bahamas with massive sustained winds of 175 miles an hour. the category 5 storm already blamed for nine deaths. the virgin islands took a direct hit yesterday. in puerto rico which was spared the worst of the storm, more than a million people are still without power. according to the latest forecast, it is now on track though it south florida by sunday. forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate out of harm's way. the city of miami is in the cross hairs. first let's to go bill of the. >> it is looking horrible for the turks and caicos. there's eye of the hurricane right over the island. you can see the sun setting on the storm. currently, 175-mile-per-hour winds, a very powerful cat 5. you can see the bahamas and there's miami. that's how close it is getting. we ha

down on turks and caicos and the bahamas. >> a growing fear south florida will take a direct hit and it dob catastrophic, causing anxiety up and down the southeast coast. >> if you think you're a tough guy, you're on your own. >> more than a third at stations in the miami ft. lauderdale air have run dry. >> those who do have gas, prices have increased. take a look at this, more than $7 a gallon. this was immediately investigated as the price went up. >> in florida's capital, a price gouging call center. >> i can do a fine and hurt them and destroy the reputation as well. >> our special coverage of hurricane irma continues this hour. breaking news we've just received the latest track of this monster storm. there are now hurricane and storm surge watches posted for florida. >> listen to that. [ . >> that's the impact of hurricane irma caught on camera by a resident in british inislands. irma roars her way toward the united states, some 150,000 people along the coast ever being ordered to leave or risk being stranded. governor rick scott of florida warned the entire state they must take th

of time. this storm is almost here. >> florida braces for impact with hurricane irma. >> this thing just looks like a monster. >> i don't know anybody in florida that's ever experienced what's about to hit south florida. >> look at andrew. this is bigger than andrew, about a third bigger in size and circumference. >> this is as bad as they get kind of hurricane. >> if you are in an evacuation zone, you need to go now. >> this could be the largest mass evacuation in the history of the united states. >> the beach right now, it's like post-apocalyptic. >> an estimated half million people heading to more than 40 shelters today. >> we have never been in a shelter before. we were very -- really very afraid. >> i visualize myself going back to my condominium and be destroyed. >> if you have not evacuated in an evacuation zone, you could die. >> we're not trying to scare people. we just want to give them the facts. >> the storm has already been deadly in the u.s. virgin islands. >> do not put yourself or your family's life at risk. >> we'll be lucky to survive. >>> good evening. i'm ali vel

path toward florida. >> we boarded up the house and we're hoping for the best. it that's all we can do right now. >> and it's question time. donald trump jr. headed to capitol hill to talk with the senate judiciary committee. you know what about. it's that meeting he had with the russian lawyer at trump tower last june. >> the critical part of his testimony will be following the financial dealing, the approaches and promises that were made about the meeting. >> and president trump choosing sides, surprise, surprise, infuriating republican leadership by making a deal with democrats. >> we had a very good meeting with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. we agreed to a three-month extension on debt ceiling. >> we begin this morning with hurricane irma, the worst-case scenario now looking like a category 4 or even a category 5 hurricane slamming into our own miami this weekend and the governor of florida expected to give us an update any minute. when we get that, we will bring it to you live. in the meantime, this storm is showing exactly what it can do. 180-mile-an-hour winds blacking out muc

sweltering heat. to board a caribbean cruise ship en route to virgin islands and then florida. >> we don't have water. nothing. >> anxious to get on the ship after a harrowing week and several canceled flights. >> you literally can't get out. it's desperation. people get antsy and crazy. you cannot get off the island. >> you don't realize how essential phone service is. how difficult it is to communicate with local officials. spoken with power cruise who say at one point just clearing debris. not even fixing the lines. they couldn't communicate with headquarters. there are plenty of supplies here. until phone services improve, until people can communicate, this recovery is at a virtual stand still. ayman. >>> the revelations about expensive noncommercial travel keep coming from tom price. latest report, price accompanied by wife and top aide, toork militatook military jets around the cities and world. a flight to geneva that cost $16,000. in context, kathleen told us she never took a military jet and always flew commercially overseas. noncommercial air travel tops $1 million since may. in

interview and the latest this politics. >>> we are beginning in florida where the authorities, experts and scientists all agree on one thing. this hurricane is on the way. a category 4 storm. it's expected to tear into the u.s. coastline at wind speeds now exceed 155 miles an hour and the estimates and surges that may exceed ten feet in height. we also can report 17 deaths from the impact alone in the bahamas already. the path of the storm can wind through the state of florida. 1 out of every 20 americans live there. buildings to collapse into the sea. one estimate from the national weather service tells us some areas will be inaccessible to human beings for weeks or more. >> this storm has taken lives already. it's going to take more unfortunately. >> the this thing looks like a monster. >> we're running out of time. the storm is almost here. >> we may be running out of time. at my moment we expect to hear a new update from florida governor rick scott. important for people in that state as well as folks around the country. we'll bring that to you live. >>> we begin with nbc's jose diaz wh

. >> catherine, when you hear that he brought no members of his senior staff with him to florida, and we have a long weekend here, and you see what you see going on in the west wing, what do you think is going on inside? >> well, obviously he's down there and his staff we assume will continue working over the weekend. obviously he can be in touch with folks as he needs to be. but i'd be surprised if we don't hear from him some over the weekend, just knowing the president and knowing how he likes to communicate directly with folks over twitter. so, it's certainly likely that we'll be hearing from him more. >> and rick stengel, what do you make of all of this? wikileaks and russia kind of got normalized in that weird period of months we have just lived through, normalizing them back again, making sure people see them as arms of whatever organization or states they're arms of. that's going to take some doing. >> well, and i have to say, i thought it was bold and strong what the cia director said about wikileaks. i could not agree more. they're a dangerous transgressive organization that has been

>>> good morning. items tuesday, september 12. and across the entire state of florida this morning, we're just beginning to get a sense of the damage left behind by hurricane irma as the storm continues its assault on the southeast. the storm has weakened to a tropical storm, but millions in florida and now georgia and south carolina are without power. and many more are cut off from their homes. in jacksonville, entire streets swallowed by record flooding as heavy rain and storm on surge hit that city. the mayor asks people to hang white flags outside their homes as a signal for help. and the coast guard says they rescued more than 100 people and 40 3petses. and this entire intersection was washed out because of the heavy rain. and much of the florida keys remain cut off from the mainland as the national guard deploy s search and rescue missions there. hurricane irma made landfall in the keys sunday morning bringing 130-mile-an-hour winds. as many as 10,000 people who decided to stay and ride out the storm may need to be evacuated. and this morning 7.6 million people are without po

monster storm still going, still causing suffering and damage after grinding up parts of florida from the keys to the north. a live report tonight on the water in the streets of american cities. also steve bannon thinks the firing of james comey was the biggest mistake in modern political history. trump's former chief strategist speaking out on russia and the swamp in washington. and hillary clinton reemerges, shares her regrets about the 2016 campaign and her handling of her opponent donald trump. as the 11th hour gets under way. >> good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. on this september 11th, 2017, the president and his team have been handed another massive natural disaster on what is day 235 of the trump administration. we have a new 11:00 p.m. eastern time update from the national weather service to share with you. irma is now just a tropical depression, but that designation, downgrade means nothing in charleston, south carolina, where the streets are flooded or in jacksonville, florida where the mayor told all those needing rescuing today t

rehab residents died in the aftermath of florida. officials say they had no air-conditioning in the florida keys national security adviser michael flynn become the subject of federal investigation into the meddling in the 2016 electio election. >> good morning, everyone, it's thursday, september 14th. late last night a major break through in an immigration policy that has the potential to split the president's key base of support. democratic minority leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi say they have struck a deal with president trump to protect undocumented immigrants brought here as children. it was over a dinner of chinese food at the white house late last night. they told the president they can deliver the votes to pair the existing d.r.e.a.m. act bill with border security but funding that does not include the mexican border wall. in a statement, schumer and pelosi said we agree to enshrine the protections of daca into law quickly and work auto a border security excluding the wall acceptable to both sides. mike short told the wall street the democrat statement was quote mislea

the u.s., florida is bracing for impact. issuing mandatory evacuations and warning residents to prepare for the worst. >> look at the size and scope of this storm system. 420 miles in diameter. the tropical force winds extend out in diameter 300 miles. now, along the florida peninsula, it is only 140 miles across. and so theoretically we would be looking at a coast to coast threat. >> the "today" show's al roker joining us with the latest forecast straight ahead. >>> funding fight, any moment the house is expected to vote on that multibillion dollar bill to provide relief for the victims of hurricane harvey. the question now, will there be strings attached? >> politics with a debt ceiling like schumer and pelosi apparently are doing i don't think is a good idea. >> i hope there are no legislative gains that are played here that the relief aid for texas is not tied to anything else. >> and dreams deferred. president trump creating more confusion with a late night tweet leading to questions about what will become of the nearly 1 million undocumented immigrants who are brought to t

is over and so is our show. "hardball" with chris matthews starts now. >> irma heading to florida. let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. we have big news on the russia investigation with donald trump jr. being interviewed before the senate judiciary committee. we have to begin that monster storm heading toward southern florida. residents are boarding up and getting out. the storm is expected to make landfall this weekend. and let me read to you the lead for the associated press. it puts it in perspective. they call at this time big one. a mythic massive murn would obliterate the densely populated southeast coast. it has long been the stuff of florida's nightmares. i recalla, it appears, could be it. it has triggered real panic among 6 million people. currently, the category 5 storm with winds up to 175 miles an hour is barreling toward the florida peninsula. >> we are working very hard. the people of florida are like the people of texas, louisiana, you're seeing how the people of our country have reacted under this tremendous pressure and these

. unrelenting ranls could be heading straight for south florida. so that is naturally where our team of reporters is this afternoon. we have everything covered for you this hour. let's start off by getting the latest forecast and getting a clearer idea of where this stornl is headed and what we're trying to figure out still. nbc news weather correspondent sam champion for us live in miami beach. what's it looking like? >> well, ali, we just got to set this up for people realistically. at this point this is a record-setting hurricane. it's not like any hurricane i've ever covered or we've ever seen. it's been stronger longer than any other tropical cyclone on the planet in recorded history. this is a bad storm and one that demands everyone's attention. let's show you exactly where this storm is right now. and the center of this storm making its way towards the turks and caicos. we've still got a category 5 storm. 175-mile-per-hour winds. moving to the north, northwest at about 16-mile-per-hour. now, ali, you showed some ijz from saint martin. and if anyone has seen the pictures from b

spikes in parts of florida destroyed by the storm. in the careerian, survivors will not be forgotten. >>> plus, the president meets with red state democrats can did she find concensus. >>> president trump says the latest wave of diplomacy is nothing compared to what will ultimately have to happen. >>> good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, september 13th. i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. well, this morning, cleanup continues across the southeastern united states in the wake of hurricane irma, the president and first lady are expected to travel to florida tomorrow to see some of the damage first hand. at least 54 deaths have now been blamed on irma. 12 of those in florida alone. in the watered florida keys, fema officials estimate at least 1 in 4 homes have been destroyed by the storm. in jacksonville, it could take a week for floodwaters to recede in some places. the local sheriff's office says their department has rescued more than 350 people. despite the destruction in some places, life is returning to normal. in miami, for example, the curfew h

the folks in florida. "mtp daily" starts right now. hi, katy. >> nicolle, thank you very much. good evening. i'm katy tur in new york in for chuck todd. welcome to "mtp daily" where we are keeping track of a monster hurricane just miles off the florida coast. here is the latest. after tearing through the caribbean the past few days hurricane irma is currently churning off the coast of cuba. wind speeds are still in the neighborhood of 150-mile-per-hour with gusts oon stronger. the southeastern bahamas received the bulk of the devastation today. the storm surge reached as high as 20 feet in some areas with up to a feet of rain. the combined death toll from irma currently stands at 17. looking forward, irma appears to have the south coast of florida directly in its path. we're going to get the latest on the track from nbc's al roker in just a moment. white house homeland security adviser tom bossert warned residents don't under estimate this storm. >> it's not only a dangerous storm, we've already seen loss of life. this storm has taken lives already. it's going to take more, unfortun

in florida post hurricane irma where eight seniors have died while under the care of a nursing home facility in hollywood, florida. faced with what first responders found inside in the sweltering heat, 158 additional residents were evacuated. the nursing home is pretty much within sight of a hospital trauma center. while the main power was on, apparently the air-conditioning failed when a transformer went out. the heat this week enflorida has been a huge hazard to the elderly as we've been reporting. the local police chief there says they are opening a criminal investigation, and the state has temporarily shut the facility down. we also want to let you know we're going to get a live report from hollywood, florida, later on in the broadcast. >>> now, however, in the world of pall ittics, day 237 of the trump administration brings news tonight from that dinner with chuck and nancy as they've become known. much more on that in a moment. >>> but first, once again we have new reporting on the russia investigation, that it may be looking into more people than previously we knew or thought

atlantic with our team this morning. we want to get a quick check on the preparations in florida. there are more evacuations from the southern part of the state happening right now as you heard from governor scott just a couple of moments ago. >> the size of this storm is huge. it's wider than our entire state and could cause major or life-threaten iing impacts on bh coasts, coast to coast. >> msnbc's marriana artenzio, people have to evacuate. if they go to the east coast they may still end up in the path of irma. >> reporter: because the storm is so huge, hallie. now we know there's a shortage of gas. hitting the road is also a challenge. i've been at the airports since 4:00 in the morning today. this is the line for canceled flights. even though miami international airport remains open, airlines have been canceling flights in and out. i've spoken to people who spent the night at the airport, making the last attempts to get as far away from this life-threatening storm as possible. let's see if we can talk to some people here. go ahead, ma'am. excuse us. hi, folks. where are you trying

were trying at the time to hurry up the pace of executions in that state, florida already kills a ton of their prisoners, but the state eats governance rick scott, attorney general pam bundy, they were really crew saiding in 2013 on wanting to start killing more of that state's prisoners faster. rick scott had in fact signed a bill to make executions go faster in that state. pam bundy is attorney general, was busy in court definition that new law, kill florida prisoners faster, we need to speed this up. we need to speed them through system. we need the pace of executions to be faster. that's what was kbog in florida politicizing in 2013. and that's why it was weird in september of 2013 when pam bundy suddenly reversed course. there was a man who was scheduled to be killed on september 10, 2013. his execution was on the calendar basically thought they were going good to go with this one, but in that case, that september 10th execution, pam bundy actually intervened with the state to slow it down. she asked the state to please delay that execution, push it back, she had her reasons. >>

now in florida in advance of the hurricane. turkey point and st. lucie are nuclear plants on the atlantic coast nuclear plants can be shut down safely but it's the sort of thing that has to be carefully planned and you need your backup generators to keep working even after you're shut down. you need lead time to be able to do it safely. florida power and light said today they're not announcing exactly when they're setting these nuclear plants to go cold, but interestingly the energy department sort of let slip what the time line is going to be. the federal energy department let slip tonight that they think turkey point will be shut down tomorrow night and st. lucie 12 hours later. who knows when it's going to happen but they're planning a shutdown. for context, the turkey point nuclear plant was supposed to with stand 235-mile-per-hour winds according to its design. but one of the exhaust stacks at that nuclear plant actually cracked in half when hurricane andrew hit 25 years ago, even though andrew's winds were way below that 235 miles an hour threshold that that plant was suppo

fort lauderdale. there's no florida connection. he is from new jersey, born in puerto rico. why fort lauderdale. we don't know. witness have said he got in an altercation in one of the flights that he took. he got on a flight from anchorage to indianapolis last night flew again from fort lauderdale to today. it wasn't serious that the airline didn't do it. questions detans and charges them, that didn't happen. i would know that many people may not have heard of it it's legal to check a gun in check bags on airline. gun owners and enthuist do it all the time. you have to declare it. as far as they know they followed procedures with the handgun. >>> everything was legal until ebegan shooting. >> right. >> i'm joined by mark lee in the baggage area. give us a picture as you stood in baggage claim. >> after we got our flight coming from indianapolis we were getting ready to walk outside to get our transport to the hotel and i heard three quick crack what i thought whats fire cracker going off after the first one i turn in that direction which 80 to 100 yards away from me. i saw the shoot

evacuate because of a fuel issue, call your local emergency management hot line or the florida emergency hot line at 1-800-342-3557. 1-800-342-3557, which is a dedicated emergency hot line. we will get you out. but you have to call now if you're in an evacuation zone. we cannot save you when the storm starts. if you're in an evacuation zone and you need help, you need to tell us now. if you know you're going to a shelter in your county, please only take the amount of fuel you need. you don't need to fill your tank to your brim to stay in your county. i said this many times, please take only what you need, we got to be considerate of others so everybody can get out. the gas buddy app is a great resource to find open stations with fuel. yesterday i asked the governors of alabama, south carolina, georgia and north carolina to rescind weight and driver regulations so out of state resources can move into florida. all of these states worked quickly to respond to our request. the epa, just approved an emergency fuel waver request from the department -- florida department of environmental protec

the humanitarian crisis facing the florida keys. three days after hurricane irma slamled into the u.s., the devastation is vast. residents are slowly returning there today. even as sewage, water and power are still out. fema's director this morning painted a dire picture for the florida keys. >> 25% of the houses have been destroyed and 65% have major damage. basically, every house in the keys was impacted in some way or another. this is why we ask people to leave. >> truly devastating. and the casualty count remains unclear. >>> florida's governor rick scott said this morning, we pray everybody's alive. across state, 15 million people are without power. we have latest details on the damage, on the human toll, and what it will take to bring back life to normal in the affect yards. our team of reporters spread out throughout irma's impact zone from the keys to south carolina. we start in those hard-hit keys are gadi schwartz was able to made it to cudjoe key where the hurricane first hit. >> this is really ground zero for where the hurricane hit. you can see those winds just rip throug

garrett haake also on assignment here in florida coffering the president. covering the president. for a while, you on the hill back in washington, me at the white house back in d.c. have been hearing frungt, infrastructure, infrastructure. that's the big headline for 2018. yet the president is not tweeting about that this morning. he's tweeting about something very different. >> reporter: yes, sort of a throw-back tuesday for the president this morning, bringing back up the old issue here that has not gone away, and that is obamacare. the president tweeting this morning, based on the fact that the very unfair and unpopular individual mandate has been terminated as part of our tax cut bill, which essentially repeals over time obamacare, the democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a great new health care plan. the president's partially right here, the repeal of the individual mandate in the tax bill is a big deal. but in and of itself, it does not kill obamacare. there's still 9 million people who signed up this year for obamacare plans, the medicaid expansion,

way across florida. this is is charleston today. and this is the florida keys where irma first made landfall in florida leaving wide spread damage. tonight, the u.s. navy is announcing they are sending the u.s.s. abraham lincoln and two other ships to the keys to help with evacuation efforts. obviously, there was a mass evacuation, a mass exodus from the keys ahead of the storm. plenty of warning the storm was coming and would hit the keys hard. still, there may be as many as 10,000 people who need evacuation from the keys now. now that the storm has left. florida's impact is major. we'll be talking tonight about where got it the worst and what the challenges will be for florida coming back and what the prospects are for the keys if in fact 10,000 people need to be got out of there not under their own power. in addition to that, look at the car ribb caribbean. in cuba there is a seawall. it is very well used and loved. it been there for a century. it's iconic in havana in a million different ways. that's one of the places you can see how hurricane irma left its mark. waves topping -

. >>> well, hurricane irma is now tropical storm irma. after moving through florida with its high winds and heavy rain this weekend, one person was killed in florida and one in georgia. at least 36 other people in the path of irma were killed, most of them in cuba where 10 reported killed and the others on the other islands in irma's path. and the most damage done to this country was actually done in the united states virgin islands. that's florida you are seeing there but the damage done in st. thomas and st. john is much more severe than anything we have seen here in the mainland and we'll be hearing more about that as the week goes on. officials in florida assessing the damage and will be for a long time. part of the florida keys appeared devastated. storm surge left massive flooding in jacksonville, florida, where flooding there set new records after the st. johns river overflowed. more than 8 million people in the southeast without power and 6.5 million of those people are in florida. tonight, florida governor rick scott tweeted more than 30,000 restoration personnel have been acti

following the very real storm down south. president trump right now is on his way to florida. he'll be landing in fort myers momentarily to tour damage from hurricane irma. we're going to bring that to you, live. so buckle up, we have news and we have our team covering all of it from across washington. i want to start over at the white house, president trump made some new comments on what exactly went down in that dinner with chuck schumer, nancy pelosi and others, listen. >> we're working on a plan, getting massive border control. we're working on a plan for daca. people want to see that happen. you have 800,000 young people brought here, no fault of their own. so we're working on a plan, we'll see how it works out. but we're going to get massive border security as part of that and i think something will happen, we'll see what happens. >> so, nbc's kelly o'donnel is at the white house. kelly, there the president says we will see what happens. we are working on a plan. some of his top advisers have been out this morning saying, hey, hey, pump the brakes, not a full deal just yet. break

impact. more than 6 million in florida without power and flash flood warnings are in place and the worst could still come to jacksonville where they're experiencing record flooding. as the storm heads north to georgia, many are getting a first look at the damage. >> the angle of approach can make all the difference and a storm that's more parallel -- oh. >> this is the rain that's hitting me. wow. >> the beach got hit pretty hard. >> there's still a flooding risk today. first of all, they expect to see more rain but irma will start to send some winds from the west. >> we have a baby dolphin here that has washed ashore. there we go. come on, guy. we think you can make it. come on. hang on. a little more water. here we go. okay. swim. >> and steve bannon speaking out for the first time confirming that he views the comey firing as the biggest mistake in political history. >> that would probably be too bombastic even for me but maybe modern political history. >> and the nation remembers. >> 16 years after 9/11 the trump administration now marking the solemn anniversary for the very fir

are flying over the florida keys to give you an aerial view of the devastation that the monster hurricane caused in the florida keys. we know of an area that got a direct hit from a category 4 hurricane. seeing business, homes, boats completely shattered, almost to the ground. winds of up to 130 miles an hour. you have strong storm surge. waves up to 10 if not 15 feet in this area. an area that is considered one of the most beautiful areas in the country. now possibly facing a humanitarian crisis according to officials. we know 10,000 residents in the keys decided not to evacuate. those are people that are not all accounted for at the moment. 10,000 people. doesn't seem like a lot. if you take into account that the entire population of the keys is 80,000 people, we're talking roughly about almost 10% of the population in this area. a situation where they have no water, no food, no cell service. as we try to hover around these area, we can't really go too far. it makes it incredibly challenging for the military to conduct these search and rescue missions. however, we do know that

to florida where the president is spending the christmas and new year's holiday. kelly o'donnell is traveling with the president. kelly, president trump signed the bill without the usual f fanfare. was that intentional? >> reporter: it was intentional, but consider it last minute based on the way the president explained it. normally there would be a ceremony around a bill signing, especially one of this magnitude, where we're talking about the first major policy initiative that's been turned into legislation that passed and earned his signature. the president signed a lot of things along the way this year, but this is the one they have the most riding on for republicans as they head into the 2018 midterm year. so a typical bill signing ceremony, he'd be flanked by those lawmakers who were important in the process and that was the idea for early january. but the president said he had heard on television, and we get the mixed messages from the president on the one hand saying he doesn't watch tv and on the other he comments about what he has seen on television, that he might not make

customers without power this morning across the south. >> the storm decimated the florida keys. at least one official is warning this morning of a potential humanitarian crisis in the florida keys. >> right now there is no food, no water, no electricity. first responders are in triage mode. their supplies and communication, limited. this is cudjoe key. this is where irma made landfall. >> the water is not working. the sewer's not working and there's no electricity. so it's very tough. >> in jacksonville, flash flooding has swallowed entire streets. flood levels along the st. johns river surpassing a 153-year-old record. the surge unlike anything residents have seen before. >> the mayor and local authorities asked people to hang white flags outside their homes as a signal for help. >> just within the past few minutes, the line here has started to build. >> according to early insurance estimates, irma causing $20 billion no $40 billion in damages in florida. >> we are watching still out in the atlantic, jose. it is a hurricane. it is something we have to watch and have to be concerned abou

anonymous sources any way. let's go to garrett haake in west palm beach florida covering the president on this day for you. the president at mar-a-largo estate. and garrett, the white house as we were just mentioning, denying the report. what do you know about the story and back and forth. >> reporter: well, obviously there is no good time for the president to be quoted disparaging nations full of people but this comes at as particularly inoff or tune time-inor or tune time in passing the tax bill and that pushes that down the ledger and in part because the president's travel ban continues to wind through the court system and any comments by the president that could be perceived as broadly anti-immigrant could become fodder for anyone -- any one of the lel cases that the president and his team faced. you mention the white house pushing back against the specifics in this report and the language used by the president but when you consider the broader context this would not be unusual language for this president who started his campaign for the office describing mexican immigrants as crim

of the allegations from the florida congresswoman who was in the car with the one family that was upset by the president's comments that the sergeant had known what he signed up for. the family reportedly found that to be quite callous from the president. the president yesterday and through sarah sanders really pushing back on that notion, but not saying that he didn't say those words, just relying on the accounts of the people in the room with him, that he meant no offense by that,ing that he, as sarah said, did his best to convey his condolences. obviously, this is not something that comes naturally to this president and that's sort of where we are. >> okay, megan, it's not something that comes naturally to anyone. can the white house easily argue here that the president is trying to do his best? he did call sergeant johnson's wife. he has reached out to a number of gold star families. are we tearing apart things here where it doesn't need to be? i don't know. did we check on every single call that president obama made at the time? >> i think it's a really good point. because wh

trump expected to travel to florida tomorrow see the damage firsthand. 54 deaths have been blamed on irma and 12 in florida and 5 million homes remain without electricity. the battered florida keys there is a stubborn riesilience among the people. fema estimate 1 in 4 homes have been destroyed by the home and the number climbs to 90% in homes damaged. getting power back take a month with 200 utility poles alone that broke and littered streets and waterways alike and those are people's entire businesses. it could take a week for historic floodwaters to recede. the local sheriff's office says their department has rescued more than 350 people but the worst damage is being seen in the caribbean where the storm wiped out homes and leaving thousands desperate for food, water, and other supplies. france's president macron visited a island left in tattered and take three months for water distribution to go back to normal. we will go live to the reporters on the ground in the florida keys and the u.s. virgin irleds coming up in the show. >> >> i've lived through quite a few storms. what pe

most powerful storm ever recorded in the atlantic ocean moving towards florida, where you just heard from governor rick scott. you have miami, key west, ft. lauderdale getting ready or getting out. our team is set up and ready to go across the country. >>> i want to start, though, here in washington with kasie hunt on capitol hill. kasie, i know you have been running around talking with lawmakers on the hill, as usual. can you walk us through the thinking of leadership about the president's moves. it seems you have members of congress essentially begging for leadership from the congress on what they want to see in a potential bill. >> i'm sorry, can you just clarify are you talking about daca or the harvey aid bill? >> it sound like your audio is a little hollow here. we'll work on getting your mike set up. if you can hear the echo from her microphone a couple different topics we're looking at. harvey relief funding and then you also have daca. we want to start with daca and kristen welker at the north lawn of the white house. talk about the overnight news from the president wh

lack of interest in working with us. >>> a grim discovery. a terrible tragedy in hollywood, florida where a power outage and high temperatures after hurricane irma may have led to the deaths of five elderly residents of a nursing home. >> as a precautionary measure, we've assigned police officers to go check the other 42 assisted living facilities and nursing homes throughout the city. >> and today's take. hillary clinton assessing blame and not only on herself, in her first live interview since losing the election with matt and savannah on the "today" show. >> what's the biggest chunk? what's the biggest cause of your loss? what part is comey, what part is russia, what part is you? >> well, i think the determining factor was the intervention by comey on october 28th. but for that intervention, i would have won. but it stopped my momentum, it drove voters from me. >>> hello, everyone, i'm andrea mitchell in washington where tonight there will abe return engagement, chuck schumer and nancy pelosi back at the white house, this time as dinner guests following up on their meeting with p

earlier this evening. if you live in florida, you need to be preparing for a hurricane. we have an update on irma standing by when "the 11th hour" continues. >>> we are back as promised with a look at irma, we're sad to report there's a lot of are you able. and because of the damage, the power outages the inibility to transbit. it's taken lives and broken records it's the eye of this is so distinct at 25 miles across, forecasters are calling it the stadium effect as it takes on the appearance of the bowl of a football stadium that's a question mark where it winds up. we know: torm stayed offshore, but with no interaction with land, with no mountains to begin to shred this storm or weaken it, it powers on with hurricane force winds extending 50 miles from the center, the winds get up to 185 miles an hour sustained gusting up to 225. then you have tropical storm force winds on either side, out ward 160 miles. keep in mind the state of florida is about 160 miles wide. so, this is going to affect those areas. the path of the storm, by, again, the time we -- >> roughly. >> turn into the

problem is not that he is tweeting about being in florida, or new jersey, or at the white house. most days -- lately he has been relitigating the russia case. he has gone after his predecessor in office. what are the examples of how the trained eye, of how what he says on twitter is saving our opponents and enemies work? >> so what it does is expose his priorities. it tells us what news programs he is watching and listening to. what is he reading? what is top of mind for the president at any given hour? and in addition it also tells us his vulnerablevulnerabilities, instance, he is so worried about the russia investigation, his deleted tweets also give a little insight to how infiltered his tweets. the majority are deleted because of his spelling errors. >> so if i assigned you to put a binder on my table with a personality profile, some of the information, some of where you would start, you already gained through public domain, doing what we already do reading what he says on twitter every morning? >> yes, absolutely. his lag of timing of tweets, for instance, also gives some insight into

mitchell reports. no food, no water in the florida keys while they wade through the floods. jacksonville faces devastation. >> we're concentrating on security, we're concentrating on shelter, food and debris removal. >>> security sanctions reports that russia is smuggling fuel to north korea even though america claims victory for watering down north korea. >> by far the strongest sanctions against north korea. but we all know that these steps only work if all nations implement them completely and aggressively. >>> and second thoughts. the hillary clinton book tour. her very personal take on what went wrong. what if joe biden had been the nominee? >> well, he wasn't. he ran in '08 and he didn't run this time. if he wants to run in the future, he can do that. >> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in new york. we're track the aftermath of hurricane irma today. thousands of residents making their way back into the florida keys, unsure of what is still standing back home. crews are clearing debris, checking critical bridges, trying to avoid any new incidents in loss of life

>>> new today, it's almost 24 hours after a gunman opened fire at a south florida airports. new details from investigators on what they know about the gunman and how they're handling security. >> every indication is that he did follow tsa procedures. and checking in the weapon. >> we have beefed up the patrol force at the airport. we'll continue it for an undetermined period of time. many of our deputies on duty and a s.w.a.t. element are out here. they are carrying long guns. >>> also this hour, the latest on the search for a motive. reaction from witnesses who are amazed they survived. >>> a massive winter storm hitting the southeast right now with snow, freezing rain and ice. which places will be hardest hit and how they're coping. >>> and top secret briefing. president elect donald trump meets with intelligence officials and learns what they know about russian hacks during the election. >>> good day, it's high noon in the east, 9:00 out at the west. we'll have the latest on the weather and the paralympireside. we need to get you caught up on the latest on the florida shootin

at orlando melbourne international airport in florida for a campaign-style rally. breaking news on that coming shortly. the president leaving d.c. after week that included the res anythingiation of his national security adviser. the withdrawal of one of his cabinet nominees and renewed questions about his associate's ka, with russia during the campaign. let's start with mariana atencio who is at the rally for us in melbourne. mariana a lot of folks have been waiting quite long time standing the entire time. the president is hoping to get some support there from the crowd? it sounds like the energy is with him. >> reporter: richard, we were outside for hours with the crowds. and i can tell you by a rough estimate there are at least 50,000 people who came the see the president today, people from other states, people who drove for hours. people who came with their families and were looking to have that energy, that close contact, with the president they had during the campaign. now, there is also hundreds of protesters outside. but there are way more supporters, as i said, thousands o

and we have devastation in texas and in florida. and we've -- and other parts of our country, by the way. and i think we've gotten very high marks for the way we've handled them thus far and we continue to handle them well, but they were very big and very powerful and it was very unfortunate, but because of that, more than ever we now need great tax reform and great tax cuts. so we are here as a group bipartisan to try and see what we can come up with. thank you all very much. i appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. >> [ inaudible ]. what would you tell them why have leader pelosi and senator schumer over tonight? what's your message for -- [ inaudible ]. >> i'm a conservative and tell you i'm not skeptical and i think that if we can do things in a bipartisan manner that will be great. now it might not work out, in which case we'll try and do it white house, but i think if we can do in a bipartisan manner -- look at some of the greatest legislation ever passed it was done on a bipartisan manner. and so that's what we're going to give a shot. see what we can do, right, tom? if it wo