Bet getting up Way Too Early on this monday morning. Morning joe starts now. My weekend coanchor was going to join me, but in solidarity with President Biden, i decided to lose all my black support. Nothing makes sense anymore. The candidate who is a famous New York City playboy took Abortion Rights away, and the guy who is trying to give you your Abortion Rights back is an 80yearold catholic. How does that make sense . Im not saying both candidates are old, but you know jimmy carter is out there thinking, i could maybe win this thing. Its been a year since i delivered this speech, and my wife, jill, with me tonight, was worried how id do. I told her, dont worry. Just like riding a bike. She said, thats what im worried about. The 2024 election is in full swing. Yes, age is an issue. Im a grown man. Running against a 6yearold. Age is the only thing we have in common. My Vice President actually endorses me. Being here is a reminder that folks think whats going on in congress is political
On. Again, they were working so frantically and exhaustively trying to get these two people out. Unfortunately a sad outcome in the end, don. Yeah, thats a really awful outcome. Brian todd, thank you very much. You heard the warning from brian todd, you also heard it from miguel marquez. Unless it is a dire situation, theyre asking you not to call Rescue Workers or Emergency Workers or dial 911 because they have their hands full. Theyre dealing with people who have flooding issues, dealing with people that may have trees down, people that need immediate medical attention. Theres an update on florence. I want to get to meteorologist Jennifer Grey at the cnn weather center, she has it for you. Jennifer . This is still a hurricane, 75 Miles Per Hour, winds are still gusting. Seeing torrential downpours. Unfortunately see rain bands set up to where theyre training. Storms are just hitting the same spots for hours and hours on
end. Some of them raining several inches an hour. It has been go
atlant atlantic. winds 175 miles an hour. they continue to batter this island. wind strengths at this stage could take roofs off homes in seconds. three feet of water can knock you off your feet and carry cars away. additional rainfall amounts of 2 feet is a concern there. one witness on the ground calling it total and mass devastation. the president spoke earlier at fema headquarters. take a listen. our brave first responders have been working very hard getting gasoline brought in because they ve never seen anything like it, the rush to get so much. mandatory evacuations were ordered in several florida coastal counties. worried residents have boarded up homes and businesses.
airbnb opened up a program to provide free housing. i should have left. i was a fool to stay. we re looking for a miracle. to have it turn east and go north. we re going to go to the bahamas, but first let s go to the weather sender here. bill? we ve almost never seen a storm like this with an eye this well-defined, this powerful. as far as the records go, mitch was the strongest we measured at 190 mile per hour winds. this is 185. there s been three others with 185. this is tied for second strongest winds we ve ever seen in the atlantic. it s rare territory, that s not over water. that s over land. i have seem videos and pictures
different characteristicis, i mentioned a few moments ago, florence dropped down to a category one, and sat on that part of the country and dropped a lot of rainfall. this is a different situation. it s a fast-moving storm as hurricanes go. as it moves in. it s packing a punch. at category 4, that means winds, in excess of 130 miles an hour, that is more than 210 kilometers an hour. that means there will be downed trees. there will be downed power lines. there will be buildings possibly destroyed in the storm as it moves quickly through the southeast part of the united states and out in to the atlant atlantic. derek is in one of the areas that is expecting the storm. we are feeling it here. the affects of the wind and the rain. derek is in appalachiacola, florida. and the mayor said, the best advice i can give is to get out.