jong-un in north korea this morning. why it s raising concerns in washington. later, saying farewell to the say hey kid. how baseball is honoring icon willie mays who died at 93. . and as cities across the country celebrate the juneteenth holiday, we ll take you to one chicago community where families are gathering despite the brutal heat. it is great to have you with us. it is 10:00 eastern and i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with the dangerous weather facing millions across the country, lashing rains and strong winds already hitting the gulf coast for what could be the season s first tropical storm. and wildfires turning deadly burning up the west fueled by the dry heat that s also baking millions of people from michigan to maine, a day after temperatures broke records across the country. nbc s sam brock is standing by for us on a looming storm in galveston, texas. maura barrett is in chicago. there s a little bit of a breeze thankfully there. we know
A Tropical Storm and for the most part down in florida we are waiting for a damage assessment. Lets listen to peter who is live in jacksonville where the wind is still howling. You would think this is the kind of place where somebody might go to lunch of boat but this is street, we are still two blocks in. You can see how deep it is, about 500 feet where the banks should be right now. What we are told is high tide. You look over to the right here, theres a Hyatt Regency that is completely closed, there is nobody staying there. You can see why from this angle a little bit better than where we were before. There are a couple of feet of water blocking any way that you would get into that hotel basically. We just saw the Utility Company go into this building, theyve been checking things out all up and down this block. High tide is here, this is about as high as its going to go. With the wind still coming in, jacksonville, nobody really talks about as being one of the places the storm was g