will get to threats. hurricane idalia is strengthening. 80-mile-an-hour winds with this particular storm, and then looking briefly at the satellite composure, and this thing is becoming more organized as the minutes wear on, and it is a concern, because it is tapping into the warm ocean waters there. is the forecast track from the national hurricane center strengthening to the category 2 by 2:00 p.m. today, and then to category 3 which is the consistent message before landfall with the rapid strengthening and intensification. i wanted to show you this, because we have been showing you how warm the waters have been in the gulf of mexico, because they are running from 2 to upwards to 4 degrees fahrenheit to where they should be above where that he were. this is beyond bathtub water, and more like hot tub water. this is what we are anticipating with the storm making major impacts across the florida big bend region, and you not rul e out areas near here. i will show you near this
alerts ahead of the hurricane idalia arrival. some areas are looking at 12 feet of storm surge. now, florida residents are bracing for yet another impact, and people rushing to pack their cars with sandbags and supplies ahead of idalia s arrival. idalia flooded out neighborhoods in cuba, and now we are live at cedar key, florida. where is it like where you are now in about 24 hours before the storm is expected to hit florida? reporter: exactly, josé. folks are working to get all the preps done. this business has put up caution tape, and the doors are open in the front and back. i think that is hopefully so when the 115-mile-per-hour winds come through, they will be able to go through the structure and may cause less damage, and some of the structural damage we might see in some of these situations, and that s the concern for a lot of these businesses up along the waterfront. a lot of them have boarded up their windows to prevent that. some are trying to move everything out
away. and i think of the spike lee movie. you have the film cue and he is watching somebody move. and they are pulling him along in the streets as he s about to be assassinated. i think of all those different moments. you re right. not only was that the issue. today is also the day that thurgood marshall was sworn in as supreme court justice. an icon and role model like that. unbelievable. the echoes of history. have a great show. thank you so much. we re going to talk about that later. good evening, everyone. i m laura coates. frankly, there s one big headline after another tonight. we got the tale of two courtrooms. one s in fulton county, georgia, the other, washington, d.c. and here we are on this 60th anniversary of the march on washington, learning new details about the latest racially motivated shootings in jacksonville. we re going to step back tonight. we re going to examine all with professor michael eric dyson and get his take on the context. plus, we ll bring
expected land fall. we ll have the latest forecast for that storm which is projecting to be a big one. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, august 29th. i m willie geist. we have the host of way too early and bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. nbc s ken dilanian and former analyst lisa rubin. good morning to you all. let s dive right now as we begin with a start date now set for donald trump s federal election interference trial. district court judge tanya chutkan ordered jury selection to begin on march 4th of next year. that s just one day before super tuesday. prosecutors had asked for the trial to begin in early january of next year, while trump s lawyers proposed it begin in april of 2026. yesterday, judge chutkan said neither of those dates were acceptable, but, quote, this case is not going to trial in 2026. that decision was met with pushback inside the courtroom from trump attorney john lauro, who was cautioned twice by the judge to turn down the temp
what he saw. the judge setting former president trump s federal election trial date for march 4th, just a day before super tuesday. will that date hold? caught on camera, the fire rescue helicopter spinning out of control and crashing into an apartment building in florida. two killed including a woman on the ground. what we re learning. and simone biles is back after a historic victory is she eyeing the paris olympics announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone, and welcome. floridians have seen this movie before. anxiously watching the development of a hurricane. hoping it will defy predictions, weaken and go somewhere else. but tonight idalia is staying on script, starting this day as a tropical storm but expected to strike florida s big bend as a major hurricane as soon as wednesday morning. tonight 13 million people across florida are under tropical storm or hurricane alerts governor ron desantis declaring emergency executive or