to come over, if he can drive. if we can get through and it is safe at that time, we plan to get married. early in the morning. our three children are there, our grown children, which is hard to get all together, they re hard to get all together, so we will be married on the 28th nonetheless but everything else has to be put on hold. irene, david, we wish you many, many, many years of happiness and may this be the last hurricane for you. may it be the last hurricane irene. great sports. thank you for coming in. congratulations. thank you. we have breaking news that we just got into our newsroom. amtrak says that a train with more than 175 people aboard hit a vehicle and derailed in southwest nebraska. a person apparently working on a grain elevator and a crane he was using may have swung and actually hit that train. that is unconfirmed. that was a call to the local station there, knop. they have a crew on the way. nebraska sheriffs are responding, but, again, a train
hi, everybody. i m thomas roberts. at the top of the hour, the 11:00 forecast track on hurricane irene. president obama will make a statement at 11:30 from martha s vineyard about the federal preps that are in place. we re going to speak also with virginia s governor about what s being done in his state, trying to get people out of harm s way and as ready as possible. also, disaster preparedness expert eaton edwards joins me with simple suggestions for your last minute plans. keep it here on msnbc. we ll keep you in the loop. thomas, thank you. of course, a hurricane is just a little bit more than rain on your wedding day. and how about this coincidence. a bride named irene is trying to figure out what to do because she s supposed to get married on the connecticut shore sunday, right when irene will be moving through that area. and joining me now, irene rio and david kanof. congratulations, i guess. thank you.