they re isolated, there could be one or many, and that s what we ll be watching over the next several hours. it s going to move quickly over land within the next few hours, making landfall and then quickly into georgia and the carolinas. we ll be following it all day. thanks to both of you. let s go to surfside, florida. that is where we have, for the first time, gotten a very close-up look at exactly what s happening on that pile. let s go to morgan chesky, who has been there for us. dramatic pictures that you were able to bring back for us. tell us what s the latest on the ground. reporter: good morning. and the latest here on the ground is that the death toll sits at 36 people, more than 100 others still missing in that pile of rubble. and we did have a chance to visit this collapse for the first time since this tragic event took place. we were able to stand just across the street from it. and i have to tell you, when you see it for the first time, the thing that jumps out fir
her one-month suspension for marijuana use, meaning she wouldn t be in the 100 meter race, but she still could have been selected for the women s relay team. that event happens after her suspension expires. but usa track and field said, while they applaud richardson for taking accountability, they need to, quote, maintain fairness for all. supporters point out pot isn t a performance enhancing drug and it is legal in the state where she was. still, richardson was entirely apologetic. as much as i m disappointed, i know that i represent myself, i represent a community that has shown support and great love. a lot of people have opinions about this. appeals from members of congress, for example, alexandria ocasio-cortez of new york, and jamie raskin of maryland, urging officials to overturn the decision. did not work.
had been hanging around. we don t have that this time, but we do have significant rainfall. last week it rained every single day. so in the event we get a big rain event here, we do have problem areas that we re going to be prepared to pump that water out. our concern would be that people get in their cars, but we re not facing a hurricane right now coming over our city. so people may be out driving around. they see standing water, the risk is they drive into it, which can be incredibly dangerous. warnings out there to folks. jacksonville mayor lenny curry, good luck to you guys and thank you so much. we appreciate your time this morning. thank you. be safe, everyone. developing this morning, the delta variant sweeping across the nation. the cdc says the more transmissible variant now accounts for more than half of all coronavirus cases in the u.s. president biden pointing to this more dangerous strain, intensifying calls for unvaccinated americans to roll
investigation into the russia, the russia-trump campaign collusion, so that prong of the mueller investigation was heavily motivated by joseph, so if a. g. barr is traveling to europe, to italy, to find out more about it, he is taking a personal hand. and you should expect he s going to get a modicum of criticism. thanks. a quick check on the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. a lot to talk about. yes, we had a snowstorm, a big rain event coming up on halloween and the fire situation in california. and yesterday, at this time, the getty fire, the one that was just north of the los angeles area was breaking out and that was just to the north of brentwood, you know, this was a fire that quickly formed about 1:30 in the morning, and spread to about 600 acres and was rapidly spreading and they had a mass evacuation order that was sent out. and you know, in areas that are very, where the rich and famous were living, arnold schwarzenegger had to evacuate
people possibly in preemptive power outages. they say that it would be the strongest wind of the season sunday. and then the big rain event moving through eastern parts of the country all weekend long. flash flood watch from louisiana to mississippi and that rainy weather will move from the gulf today, tennessee and ohio valley through saturday, and then sunday that soaking rain moves to the northeast. keep that in mind for all of your plans, including the world series there. looks like we should be okay. the rain should be ending in d.c. by the time the game stlarstarts there if we do get rain there. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. ing morni we ll be right back. a group of s about being a scientist at 3m. i wanted them to know that innovation is not just about that one a-ha moment. science is a process. it takes time, dedication. it s a journey. we re constantly asking ourselves, how can we do things better and better?