and hurricane irma, which veered at the last second. businesses are putting plywood up on windows. this is an ice cream shot trying to inject some levity, no ice cream for ian. sandbags are on the ground to prevent flooding. that s small potatoes in terms of mandatory evacuations. pinellas county and hillsborough county have about 2.5 million people collectively. the whole tampa bay area is 3.2. 75%, 08% of the people are in two counties that have mandatory evacuations. they re looking to move a million-plus people. that process started last night, 2:00 for hillsborough, 6:00 for pinellas. but you ll see the biggest chunks of people fry trying to get out today. the topography of this area, there are bays and inlets, barrier reefs, the bay on one side, the gulf on the other. the water has nowhere to go. storm surge right now certainly the biggest concern as the projections are between 5 and ten feet. for historical context, the last time a major hurricane struck tampa direct
Mississippi auditor filed court papers demanding Brett Favre repay nearly $730,000 Shad White says was improperly spent on projects backed by former Packers quarterback.
a beautiful live picture, sun coming up over seattle. somewhere in the distance, the mariners working their way into the playoffs, a wild-card berth, anyway. nfl hall of famer brett favre is facing new scrutiny this morning over his alleged role in mississippi s welfare scandal. nbc news justice correspondent ken dilanian has details. reporter: nfl hall of famer brett favre is under growing pressure, sirius radio putting his weekly football show on pause, as a new court filing says the former football star waged a campaign to aggressively lobby for millions of dollars from the state welfare agency to finish building a volleyball facility at his alma mater, the university of southern mississippi, where his daughter plays the sport, and also a football practice facility. new texts show favre in contact with then governor phil bryant and other state officials as he pushed to secure funding meant for people in poverty. i need your influence somehow to get donations and/or sponsorships
scandal. our colleague kendall nina has more tonight. tonight a new twist in the growing investigation into the misuse of government welfare funds in mississippi. join an f l hall of famer and the state s former governor might have been more deeply involved than first known. text messages include it in a really rude lowest docks documents circling state money for a college volleyball facility where played the sport. brian said to the state welfare agency, soon began testing within nonprofit executive named nancy who was doubling out millions in federal funds sent to mississippi for families in poverty. new has since pleaded guilty to, fraud and is cooperating with prosecutors. after new was able to secure for the available, project texted very big deal, and can t thank you enough. two years, later for more money. just left mine texted noon in 2019, can we help them with this project