right now. obsessed with nazis, guns and mass shooters. these are the new chilling details about the 33-year-old gunman. there are seven survivors still in the hospital. three of them in critical condition fighting for their lives. for people to realize how tragic this really was, they are forever changed. the nation speeds closer to default and neither side is budging. the solution here may not be black or white. there is no plan b. our plan is for congress to act without conditions. everybody needs to get their big boy pants on and start doing their job. jury deliberations are expected in e. jean carroll civil suit against the former president. trump s lawyer said carroll s lawyers want the jury to hate trump enough to ignore the facts. he is not here before you. he did not come it will be interesting to see how that weighs with the jury. we heard from president vladimir putin, claims the true war is waged against his country. we will defend the
your pain. you feel every time you turn around there are these costs that are unfair and we re doing what we can about that. so this goes beyond just refunds for cancelled flights. we re talking about meals, hotels, taxis, rebooking fees, the president yesterday saying i want to see cash vouchers. i want to see airline miles. people being paid back for their time. your time is important. your time matters. your time is money. and we want the airlines to recognize that. airlines, i will point out, many of them already cover the cost of meals and hotels when it s something within their control. united, delta, spirit, i had just recently got a voucher actually for a delay for to spend the money in the airport. they are doing this. they want to keep your business. there s a lot of things outside their control. weather is outside of their control. i think this is a white house trying to say on every level that it can to the american people are trying to low your costs and this is the latest
chaotic travel stories that have emerged over and over. in particular, this is a major, as you know, united hub, united airlines and others, they are sending out texts saying we already waived rebooking fees, and if you are coming through these airports you can rearrange your plans no charge. as you said, this storm, and you showed the futures map where it s making its way into the midwest and northeast by thursday and friday, and i know obviously bill can talk about that, but that s what everybody here is bracing for. chicago o hare officials say they already have 500 staff members on standby to do things like clear runways of snow and ice and de-ice planes and things like that. they also have a massive inventory of cotts ready to go in case the worst scenario happens with crazy weather here or elsewhere and passengers have
welcome back. we have breaking news at this hour. hurricane irma strengthening to a devastating category 5 storm. the national hurricane center now warning of potentially catastrophic effects. this is a big storm. it s over the water which means it could even gain strength from here. it s packing 180 miles per hour, those are the winds in it with a life threatening storm surge. millions are on alert with states of emergency in effect from the caribbean to florida. satellite images shot early this morning showing the size of the storm from above, several major airlines are canceling flights and waving rebooking fees. steve sos na from our nbc station in new york has the latest on irma s path. break down the next 24 hours. this is a complicated storm and have a lot of issues as we go along. the here and now is that we have a category 5 storm. and the strongest atlantic
over. what are the airlines telling you and what are those people telling you, that they are trying to get on a plane to come to the united states. they are waving rebooking fees, being gracious. some are a little more confused by this order. they are telling us they are waiting for official guidance from the government. we are working our way through it. we are trying to make sure everyone gets to come home and be with their families and loved ones again. richard, they are trying to get back online here. still, some confusion regarding those visas. if someone has a valid visa, there will be no stopping them here at kennedy airport. there have also been protests going on across the world for the third weekend in a row, these pictures coming in from paris just a few hours ago. we ll have more onha internationally.