earlier demonstrated just how powerful those winds can be. there is the wind speed, as i am standing next to the building. i will take a knee. oops. i ll have to take a knee there. okay. you guys got it i m going back out. the powerful winds created record level storm surges in areas like fort myers and naples, florida. over 2 million are without power tonight. and flash flooding is still a major concern, with potentially up to 30 inches of rain predicted in some areas. let s go now to nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest on hurricane in. michelle, hurricane ian has been downgraded to a category one storm. what should residents in its path expect over the next 24 to 48 hours? i, they re great to see you. they can expect flood and rain we. need to prepare for that flash flooding. when it comes to water and hurricanes, that s the number one reason for deaths in hurricanes, it s the salt water, the storm surge that we talked about, and also fre
documents. we ll have the very latest on the redacted copy of the mar-a-lago affidavit and what could be coming from the january 6 committee. plus, is the gop already conceding senate races in two states? what we re learning about the major pact that s pulling millions of dollars in advertising. and we re almost ready for liftoff. we ll be joined by a nasa astronaut ahead of the artemis launch later this morning. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 29th, i m jonathan lemire. glad to be back. thanks for joining us this morning. there s new reaction after a heavily-redacted copy of the fbi affidavit used to justify the search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago was unsealed friday afternoon of the 36-page affidavit revealed details of the federal government s efforts to recover classified documents, including top secret information that trump is alleged to have illegally taken from the white house at the end of his presidency. th
los angeles and outwards ventura county. as we get more news at daybreak tomorrow morning we will hear more of these landslides and rock slides and a lot of roadway impact between southern california out to las vegas and between california and arizona as well. ., ., ., , . as well. how long do we expect the storm as well. how long do we expect the storm to as well. how long do we expect the storm to last? as well. how long do we expect the storm to last? right - as well. how long do we expect the storm to last? right now. as well. how long do we expect the storm to last? right now it| the storm to last? right now it looks like the storm to last? right now it looks like the the storm to last? right now it looks like the worst the storm to last? right now it looks like the worst of - the storm to last? right now it looks like the worst of it i the storm to last? right now it looks like the worst of it is i looks like the worst of it is coming through, on the future cast the w
you have the saturated ground with all that rain falling. we could see some trees coming, down some power lines, that wind is howling, with that rain falling. so, we could see more power outages. here is the latest. and the next advisory comes out and about 20 minutes. winds are at 90 miles an hour. it s south of orlando, florida. so, those winds are kicking. we have been overland for quite awhile. notice all this rain falling as well. it is moving very slowly, so we are going to see crawl across the peninsula of florida over the next 36 hours or so. that s why we are going to see so much rain. we are still under so much tropical alerts. that s really indicating that this weather is still here. and we still have a lot to contend with as we go through the next couple of days, not only in florida, it s going to move to the southeast portions of florida, also south carolina and north carolina, and then eventually into the mid-atlantic. we are not done with a, story we are gonna be talki
championship game with a mercy rule. it is time now for the weather and michelle grossman is here but before you give us the forecast, i would like to point out, they changed things, check it out, branded mugs, we have way too early mugs on the set and available for purchase at the msnbc store if everyone would like to start their day of coffee with us on way too early. very, very nice. hope you had the best weekend. and we are looking at a couple of weather stories today. first the artemis launch. let s start with that. we are looking at good weather. we had showers, even heavy showers overnight but that has since cleared out and looking at really good conditions know. temperatures warm in the mid 70s and winds are calm throughout the next couple of hours. as we go throughout the future cast, the forecast for this radar, we are looking at clearing out, looking at dry conditions, so systems are go, that is good news. and we are starting to bring back showers and thunderstorms,