that is now over. i m on the mend. and that s all i can hope for right now. what is remarkable, alex trebek, healthy and back at work, months after a grim diagnosis. hello everyone. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is early start. good morning. happy friday, everybody. friday, august 30, 4:00 a.m. in new york and in south florida. that s where we begin with breaking news this morning. florida on heightened alert. bracing for what could be the most powerful hurricane to slam into the east coast in nearly three decades dorian is expected to make landfall as a category four storm on monday. overnight, the hurricane strengthened to category two, wind speeds increasing to 105 miles an hour. this will be the fourth year in a row for florida, getting hit by a hurricane. and that hasn t happened since the 1940s.