Now the category set by the wind look thats not what matters its sallys speed, two Miles Per Hour. It means the rough conditions will last for days. 10 to 20 inches of rain is expected across mississippi, alabama and the Florida Panhandle with rainfall of 30 inches. 30 inches in some areas. Landfall is execute later this morning even before that happens, those the storm has already brought flooding and storm surges to several coastal communities. Thousands have evacuated. More than 260,000 customers are already without power. 18 inches of rain already falling in pensacola, florida. Thats before landfall. 18 inches. Floridas National Guard activating 175 members to prepare for searchandrescue operations to come. Water has been shut off in pe a Pensacola Beach because of a water main break. They cant repair that right now. Cnn has reporters across the gulf. Lets begin with gary tuckman. Reporter Pensacola Beach, florida is a beautiful place for people who live here and a beautiful place
To make it easier to start a business, to buy your first home, to pursue an education after high School Without being burdened without debt, to invest in hbcus that do so much to mold black leaders of tomorrow. I mean it. This is not just talk. I mean it. Were going to act to deliver Racial Justice in america. I see in all the protests here in philadelphia and across the country, a cry for justice. Folks, protesting is not burning or looting and violence must never be tolerated, it wont. But the names of george floyd, breonna taylor, jacob blake, Walter Wallace jr. , they will not soon be forgotten. They will not be forgotten by me. They will not be forgotten by you. And will not be forgotten by the American People. Because heres what theyre going to do. Theyre inspiring a new wave of justice in america. George floyds little girl, 6 years old, said to me when i went to be with the family, i knelt down to say hi to her and she looked at me and she said, daddy is going to change the worl
Not days. Early voting has been nothing short of colossal and recordshattering. So far. 93 million americans have cast their ballots. And we expect that figure to get nudged over the 100 million mark when this weekends final tallies are all in. And complete. Brian williams here at our nbc news Global Headquarters in new york. Coming to you from or newly expanded studio facilities. As these times require. Of course, we enter the homestretch of a president ial election that has tested the resilience of our democracy and the resilience of our people in ways not seen or required in modern history. In large part, of course, because we are in the midst of an uncontrolled pandemic. That the rate of half a million new cases per week now. The death toll now approaching 230,000 souls in our country. And i have it on Good Authority that somewhere in this cavernous studio complex is my friend, rachel maddow. Rachel, come in. I dont even know if you can see me. Can you see me waving out here . Yes.
Talking about the coronavirus other than saying that the border wall stopped its spread. You can imagine, mexico is very unheavily unfortunately infected and it was good enough that we had enough, that is why the number rsz so goos are not. The numbers are not good. 232,000 americans have died as the president publicly says that he hopes to fire the nations top Infectious Disease doctor which joe biden address the today in ohio. Last night trump said that he was going to fire dr. Fauci. Isnt that wonderful. I got a better idea. Im going to hire dr. Fauci. And well fire donald trump. Lets get right to it. We have every angle of the campaigns covered with reporters fanned out across the country. Lets bringa barrett a bd also Geoff Bennett and also our historian is starting it all off for us. Mora, biden working to engage Blue Collar Workers and suburban women. What is the significance of joe biden being in beaver county, pennsylvania as one of his final stops of the campaign . Beaver cou
Well, good evening, and this is it. Almost. This is the final push. The breathless suspense, the crippling anxiety should be over in just a few days. In the meantime, both campaigns, both candidates, going allout on this last sunday before election day. As the remainder of this race can now be measured in hours, not days. Early voting has been nothing short of colossal and recordshattering. So far. 93 million americans have cast their ballots. And we expect that figure to get nudged over the 100 million mark when this weekends final tallies are all in. And complete. Brian williams here at our nbc news Global Headquarters in new york. Coming to you from our newly expanded studio facilities. As these times require. Of course, we enter the homestretch of a president ial election that has tested the resilience of our democracy and the resilience of our people in ways not seen or required in modern history. In large part, of course, because we are in the midst of an uncontrolled pandemic. T