tonight. voting rights rallies are under way across the country. protesters are demanding protection from a wave of ballot restrictions in republican led states. we ll get into that texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee. president biden says another attack on the airport in kabul is likely and imminent, this after a deadly u.s. drone strike against the terror group isis-k, and a federal judge sanctions lawyers who spread former president trump s big lie about the 2020 election. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson, welcome to the week. let us begin tonight with hurricane ida, residents along the gulf coast are trying to head inland as this major storm approaches. nbc meteorologist bill karins starts us out tonight with the latest on ida.
agree with anything that the center puts out. thank you for being with us. i appreciate your expertise on all of this. tragedy about to strike again nearly 1300 people are already dead in haiti. after a devastating earthquake, now the nation is bracing for flooding and mud slides as a major storm approaches. we go there live.
where it is cloudier, across northern scotland, we have a little bit of cloudy, patchy rain coming through northern england and wales. i had of that storm system, the warmest weather, quite breezy out there, but that will obviously escalate further. temperature is not far away from where they should be at this time of year. the rain is coming in by the end of play today, then the winds will strengthen as then the winds will strengthen as the storm approaches, bringing wet weather through this evening across devon, cornwall, the isles of scilly, dorset, then spreading rain across many parts of england and wales, accompanied by strengthening winds, gusts in excess of 60 mph in more exposed parts, obviously a concern with a lot of people sleeping under canvas and heading off to the coast. there will be some quite dangerous conditions. dry in the north once the showers finally fade away, as we start tomorrow morning it looks dry for scotland
comfort in the extreme. the lincoln family of luxury suvs. mike: weather service coast of florida bracing for what could become hurricane elsa. steve? a few families here trying to squeeze a few more hours out on the beach as this storm approaches. still more than 100 miles away moving slowly northwest 8 miles per hour. hurricane warnings all along the west coast of florida. the wind is starting to pick up here now. still we have got some hours to go. key west got hit pretty hard this morning.
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