tribute to the fallen on this memorial day. we remember the sacrifices of our troops and their families. newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. it s going to be a wet and soggy memorial day across parts of the north florida and southeast georgia. tropical storm beryl is to blame. you re looking at a live picture from jekyll island, georgia. the storm moves up the coast. we learned a short time ago beryl caused major damage at the jacksonville airport after making landfall and canceling 12 outgoing flights and forced jacksonville officials to cancel holiday activities and thousands are without power this morning. meteorologist rob marciano is tracking beryl. oh, darn! bad timing. but good news to this and get to that in a second. the damage in jacksonville is where it made landfall last night shortly after midnight and came on shore with near hurricane force winds. it was almost classified a hurricane and some folks may argue that. 73-mile-an
after four people died. it is raising concerns about traffic jams on this trek. too many climbers trying to make their way could make the journey more treacherous even though today s adventure seekers have sherpas and oxygen tanks. ken cool joins me by phone from mount everest, at base camp on his 10th trip to the summit. wow. amazing. good morning to you, appreciate you joining us by phone. first of all let me ask you, did you know the climbers who died last weekend? no, no, i didn t. it is very sad event on the mountain here, obviously most of the base camp was shocked. one of those unfortunate things. lots to celebrate about mount everest and when this happens it saddens the whole community. how dangerous is climbing mount everest, we talked about the crowds, does that make it more dangerous? it all comes down to management, really. this is my tenth trip here, i have ten fingers, toes and my nose, it comes down to good planning, good preparations and working with a g
rundown in a moment. first, here is what we are watching today. at the top for us, where is speaker pelosi? as the tax deal heads toward the house after today s deal in the senate, simmering tensions between house dems and the obama white house are now boiling over. is she going to take the lead, start talking publicly and try to kwai yet yet things down? we will see. lawsuit politics also on our radar, will virginia attorney general ken cool. nelly use his success with the health care challenge to launch himself into higher office? here is a hint. he is raising money online. senate race in 12, governor s race in 13. rahm his day in court, facing legal challenges over whether he really is a resident of chicago and whether he can run for mayor. get to the rundown, the senate nears final passable of the tax deal, house democrats must decide whether to fight it or fall in line. kelly o donnell, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, she joins us now. walk us through what time today