keep coming. willie? yeah. start in florida, though, this hour, mika. millions of residents are bracing for hurricane ian as that powerful storm barrels towards the state getting stronger by the hour. just this morning it became a category 4 hurricane expected to make landfall in the southwest coast of florida as early as this afternoon. the center of the storm forecast to move over the central past of the state with winds reaching more than 130 miles per hour. the national hurricane center also warning of dangerous storm surge and flooding with up to 18 inches of rain expected in some areas. more than 2.5 million people under evacuation orders along parts of coastal florida. the powerful storm passed the florida keys last night causing a couple of tornadoes and some damage there. officials say there also is significant flooding across that area. yesterday the hurricane battered western cuba knocking outing the island s electrical grid, causing a nation-wide blackout. officials say t
severe flash flooding in humphries county about 60 miles west of nashville. the sheriff office told cnn affiliate two of the bodies they recovered were toddlers. more than two dozen people still missing. 50 national guard troops have been deployed to help with rescue operations. mexico is picking up the pieces after a one-two punch from hurricane grace. the storm made its second landfall saturday morning killing eight people. grace plowed into east mexico with winds of more than 120 miles per hour. forecasters predict up to 18 inches of rain along with flooding and mudslides through the weekend. grace quickly weakened after making landfall but its remnants are still battling several mexican states. the storm first hit the country thursday along the yucatan peninsula. and we ll continue tracking hurricane henri as the storm barrels towards landfall threatening tens of millions.
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cory booker. you haven t really seen elizabeth warren taking on the rest. i m interested to see if this is, as you said, where the lovefest wears off because she does seem ready to push on the attack if pushed there so there s really not much upside in throwing the first punch. shaq is right. you talk about it being early. the conversations i ve been having with voters here, down the street from where warren s campaign event is, they re just tuning in for the first time which making the stage that much more important. it s important to be in the conversation, to be on the stage when viewers start tuning in and try to figure out who am i voting for on this 20-plus feld. all right, that does it for me on this hour of msnbc live. now, i hand things off to jo ling kent. at this hour, we re closely monitoring hurricane dorian as the monster category 4 storm barrels sorts the southeast
meet the press. we ll have the latest on hurricane dorian. look at the generational divide in the presidential race. among my guests will be somebody who would like to see that divide go in his favor. julian castro. the beat starts right now. chris jansing is in for ari. good to see you, chuck. i am chris jansing in for ari tonight. we re following a lot of stories. the walls are closing in. trump losing support as his trade war blows up and his administration got millions of dollars from fema. plus, more fallout as trump threatens to deport seriously ill children. i ll talk to one family whose 5-year-old is receiving life-saving care in the u.s., but has been told to get out. and the slow burn in the impeachment caucus. why dozens more democrats have come out in favor of impeaching trump since the mueller hearing. we ll get to all of it, but we begin with an update on hurricane dorian, as the monster storm barrels towards florida. nbc meteorologist bill karins is with us. bill,