know how long. and right now we are watching a new and deadly weather system that is expected to impact the united states. tropical storm nate slamming central america. more than 20 people were killed. nate is strengthening right now and may become a category 1 this weekend. this is not what central america needs. this hurricane and storm surge warnings having issued for the northern gulf cost. stay with us. you are watching velshi & rhule right here on msnbc.
irma facing severe shortages of water and food and a growing threat of violent crime. why is relief effort takes so long. the white house announces president trump will travel to the florida s disaster zone this thursday. he will be joined by the first lady. sources say they ll visit fort myers area on the gulf cost. i am wolf blitzer, you are in the situation room. this is cnn s breaking news. breaking news, president trump will travel to florida s disaster zone on thursday. the storm is moved on and leaving the damage and leaving destructions of hundreds of miles in the neighboring states. the fragile island change took
even by maryland standards, that was impressive. here s the showers and thunderstorms this morning, down along the gulf cost, outside of galveston. once again the southeast, it s a typical afternoon type stuff, isolated flash flooding, plant south wards, rain totals 1 to 2 inches and for our friends around myrtle beach. let s talk temperatures. we continue with our dry streak from portland to seattle. this is where all of the hot stuff is. but this cool flow out of canada, good thing it s not winter. this would be a cold pattern. but in the summertime it s unseasonally cool for much of the country. kansas city 80 degrees. only 87 in memphis. i say only because typically this time in memphis it should be 90 to 95. thursday, temperatures in the mid 80s which is very enjoyable for the middle of august. and into this weekend even, chicago upper 70s, that s pretty nice. hit and miss showers or storms.
time to talk basketball. day two of the big dance is in the books and the upsets keep coming. andy joins us on this morning s bleacher report. good morning. one of the craziest tournaments in basketball. the biggest upset of round two belongs to 15th seed florida gulf coast as they shocked the word last night by beating two seed georgetown. and you may never have heard of gulf cost before because this is the second year they have been eligible for the tournament. the atlantic sun conference never looked back. they became the seventh 15th seed to beat a two seed. we just came out there and just played our hearts out. we know it s winner go home from here, so we just had a great feeling and just excited. i don t know really know what to
nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director and host of the daily rundown. i know what you are thinking looking good. what are you thinking? i don t know, what am i thinking? new york city had winds gusting yesterday. we are going to talk about new york for a long time. all new york. gosh. we got through it, didn t we? we did. i have very little of my tongue left, i have been biting it so much. in all fairness, this area of the country doesn t get it, joe, the way you and i grew up with it in miami and pensacola. when you have these, you never know what is going to happen. right. i understand it from 30,000 feet. from people that have gone through serious hurricanes in the gulf cost, in south florida,