Plus, facebook regroup following this explosive set back in the space race. And a warning for parents of kids who take school buses and a whole lot more on a business friday, early today starts right now. Good to be with you this morning. Hurricane hermine is pounding floridas gulf coast after making landfall just hours ago. The category one hurricane is the states first in over a decade bearing down with torrential rain, 80mileperhour wind and life threatening storm surges. The gulf coast is standing as new jersey braces for hermine. Weave got coverage tracking the storm. Hermine is expected to barrel across georgia later today so how is the state prepared . Reporter yeah, weaver got schools closed across this region. 54 counties right now declared states of were starting to see light but steady rain, the wind starting to pick up just a bit. Nothing like we expect to see the next few hours here. There is a big concern about tornados along the leading edge of this system as well as Power Outages. We know the strong winds have brought down trees and caused inland flooding already. That is what theyre prepared for this morning. They are preparing for the worst, hoping for the best here obviously like so many, not only through the southeast here, but up and along the east coast and i know bill is going to talk more about that. Here, what we do expect to see is some more of that low area flooding, Power Outages are going to be a concern and again, a lot of businesses packing up and closing down yesterday saying not worth taking the chance with this storm moving in. A long day and even a long weekend, Holiday Weekend. Thank you so much. Now we tur whos tracking the storm. Run down the track for us. All through the southeast over the next few days. Cedar creek florida had a storm surge of 6 feet. Thats a record for them. Significant damage from the storm surge right where the storm made landfall just to the east of there. The storm is now crossing into georgia. The strongest winds are in southern georgia and thats where power is going out this morning, thats the most likely spot. Heading to the east and it should be north of savannah as we go throughout the noon hour. By this evening it should be located to the north of charleston. Should be Tropical Storm force, minor Power Outages likely with that. Then the storm saturday morning, the winds are down to 50 miles per hour. And some good news for the northeast. The storm track a little further off the coast. May avoid the very heavy rains but the surf will be rough with rip currents right through the Holiday Weekend. Thousands upon thousands of venezuelans who filled the streets demanding a recall election to remove their president from power. Surging crime and staggering inflation, people are hungry. Military and Police Forces were in full force with their president accusing organizers of planning a coup. Opposition leaders say this will be the first of many as they push for a referendum. Colin kaepernick isnt backing down. The 49ers quarterback chose to protest during the National Anthem and this time he wasnt alone. Teammate took a knee next to him many the silent protest. The pair was met with booing from the crowd and apparently its seattle quarterback also chose to sit during the anthem. He says he wont stand up to show pride for a country who oppresses black people and people of color. Donald trump makes a complete reversal after wednesdays hard line immigration speech. So what happens is this. Were going to strengthen the border, make it really, really strong. Were going to build the wall. Were going to get rid of all of the bad players that are here, the gang members, the gang leaders, the drug leaders. After that takes place were going to sit back, were going to assess the situation. Were going to see where we are because well have people in the country that, you know that have come in illegally. Were going to sit back, were going to assess the situation, were going to make a decision at that time. Trump the decision comes as some hispanic leaders who once backed the billionaire find themselves dazed and confused after his immigration softening turned out to be anything but. There in that speech last night. After i heard that, there was no way i could continue to be part of a prop apparatus for mr. Trump. But trump says critics simply didnt understand his immigration speech. And new this morning critics are pouncing after the founder of latinos for trump made this head snapping comment on msnbc. What is he talking about. My culture is a very dominant culture. And its causing problems. If you dont do something about it youre going to have taco trucks every corner. Wait a minute. Im sorry. Hold on a second. I have to let i dont even know what that means and im afraid to ask. Im offended. It all comes as trump is set to hold his first intercity event. And the New York Times is now reporting on the extent to which Campaign Staffers hav trump with an eightpage draft script for an interview with the pastor. The times also revealed the tam pains right to approve the sessions final edit. A trump staffer said they would not edit the interview. It highlights the sensitivity of the event and the pitfalls waiting for the republican nominee and the Clinton Campaign had a statement that says outreach to African Americans cannot be scripted. Trump is expected to speak directly to the congregation. He will also go on a walking tour with detroit native ben carson. Hillary clinton has her best fund raising month nabbing 143 million in august and it highlights how scarce clinton has been on the trail focusing on fund raisers rather than public appearances on the trump. Efferenevents in the last two weeks. And new this morning the state Department Says clintons official schedules from her time as the countrys top diplomat will be released before election today. Several schedules were already the basis of a damning report who says that those clinton met with were also doe nay torrs to her foundation. Reporter Vice President biden has been out campaigning for her in ohio is being asked about those ties between the state department and the Clinton Foundation and whether or not the way they were handled by the foundation was ethical. Has the clun tinton foundati always been unearth. I think shes going to change and adjust to the realities of how complicated its all become. And is she clearing herself up enough with should the foundation have stopped taking foreign donations now . I think youll see them stop taking foreign donations. Reporter new this morning we have learned that clinton will start traveling on her press plane. On monday shes been criticized for not giving enough access to the press. Shes not had one News Conference all year long. Now shell be traveling with the press to answer some of those questions enroute. Well see what those questions are. Thank you. Nbc and msnbc along with iraq and afghanistan veterans of america will host the first ever commander in chief forum with both clinton and trump. The event will be moderated by todays matt lauer. M against news outlets claiming they made inflammatory statements about her involvement in an escort service. One is retracting its story saying quote, the article did not intend to suggest that these allegations are true. Nor did it intend to state or suggest that mrs. Trump ever worked as an escort or in the sex business. Just ahead, the incredible space x launch pad explosion. What went wrong . But first heres bill karins with more on hermine. Well, the damage yet to come will most likely come from heavy rains expected eastern areas of South Carolina. Storm surge is over with for the most part in florida but well also have to watch during the day today in north carolina, South Carolina and georgia. Heres a closer look at the day ahead. Well, we are going to continue to watch t some cool air wrapping in behind our hurricane. The worst of the weather is in northern georgia and southern florida and that will transr to South Carolina during the day today. And take a look at this. This is a ring of fire. Time lapse video of a partial solar eclipse. How cool is that . Its caused by the moon moving between the sun and the earth. It lasted about three minutes. It takes place about once every 18 months. Early today back in two. Bace clean sheets. Take one of those pillows and take a big smell. They smell really fresh. Oooh, this is hot what if we told you we washed these sheets 7 days ago. Really . No way are you serious . 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Ad, and my sweethearts gone sayonara. What she washed this like a month ago hows a guy supposed to move on the long lasting scent of gain flings. People can forget their quiltbathroom experience. Well but sir froggy can never forget. Whats worse, he thinks. That my arms can never relax or my eyes can never look away . Her comes hermine, floridas first hurricane in more than a decade slams the coast. The damage were now seeing and how the storms path may impact your weekend. A deadly shooting and police are demanding answers. How you can get around the work. Good morning, everybody. 4 26 is your time right now. Im aaron gilchrist. And im erika gonzalez. What a difference a day makes. Yesterday to today, a lot cooler no doubt. Lets send it over to chuck bell. Go very quiet start to the today and today is not going to be an issue. Anything you want to do outside today will not be a problem. Tropical storm watches are in effect. Its going to be a tough weekend at the beaches and the impacts from hermine will be felt the farther west you go away from the ocean. Whats new, the new forecast track from the Hurricane Center and the next update comes out at 5 00 a. M. The newest guidance keep it almost entirely off shore, but it has a large rain and wind field impact, almost everyone from i95 to the beaches will be hit by this. The impacts on the coast could last three to four days. Our weekend forecast is coming up. Stay with us. Its kind of quiet outside. Were in pretty decent shape as we start things off this morning. Weve got a couple of work zones a trip to the eastern shore, you are one of the lucky ones, 50 at church road, cones there. Beltway itself pretty quiet. Were off to a good start early this morning. Also were going to be dealing with this morning, metro, the red line, rhode island avenue is closed for inspection. They will bypass the station. Shultzs will be available. 4 28 now. Hurricane hermine is hammering the florida coast right now. The storm is causing damage and prompting warnings to stay inside. Sthrs a state of emergency all the way into north carolina. Weve got Team Coverage starting with molette green. Youve got to see the images were getting into the live desk. Thousands without power after this storm basically slammed ashore along floridas gulf thats some of the damage. Downed trees fell on cars and homes. Parts of cedar keys pounded by high winds. People are bracing for possible tornadoes as term mean moves across southern georgia and up into the northeast. Chuck bell will keep a track on the storm throughout the morning. That is the latest from the live desk. Back to you. Were working for you, keeping you on top of everything we can expect from the storm. If you havent already, now is the time to download the nbc washington app. Get alerts about the weather in your neighborhood or wherever you are headed this Holiday Weekend right from storm team 4. Were following a developing story out of laurel this morning. Howard county police are investigating a double murder. They found two people dead inside a home on queensguard court last night. I want to show you some video from the scene overnight as dec a Family Member of the victims has been taken into custody. Police have not identified the victims or a suspect. D. C. Police investigating a deadly shooting overnight. Were working to get more details. We can tell you what we know right now and show you some video just in from the scene. This happened sometime around 1 00 a. M. In the 2500 block of 14th street in northeast. Right now, there is no information on suspects from police yet. When we get more information, were going to bring it to you and also look for updates inside our nbc washington app. Back to you, aaron. Coming up on 4 31 right now. We want to get that list of 4 things to know about the forecast. Hey, chuck, good morning to you. Still working on the very latest for hurricane hermine for you. Its not going to bauer us today. You get a friday that looks