breaking news tonight. we just learned hurricane idalia is now expected to strengthen to a category four before making landfall tomorrow morning. in the state of florida. tonight, it is still a category two, with winds at 110 miles an hour. one of the biggest threats, a record-breaking storm surge of 10 to 15 feet in certain areas. my colleague tom giannis picks it up from here. tonight, this destructive hurricane powering the sure, fueled by the warm waters of the gulf of mexico. the eye of the storm and trained directly on florida s western coast. i don t have a great feeling about it. i m hopeful, but i just think that we re about to. with hurricane idalia torrential rains and gusts of up to 125 miles per hour bearing down, last-minute perhaps are at a fever pitch. florida s governor mobilizing
nbc news tom giannis telling the water and supplies to those in need. it has been heartbreaking. it is hard to even put into words what we have seen out here. the exact cause of the fire still unknown. dramatic new video now emerging showing the frantic moments as people jumped in the water to escape the flames. it was a very challenging situation for our small boat. crews rescue teams combing through one destroyed building after another. it s the most heartbreaking thing i ve ever been through. residents making their way through the burns on over the weekend. the line of traffic to get back into the highness drenching for miles. it s horrendous. and we are just trying to figure out what we have. if we have anything at all. many who evacuated, shock incitement now turning to questions. usually they put on the hurricane sirens where they do something to warn us. nothing. like, everyone was just word of mouth evacuating. some residents here why they didn t hear warn
path. homes flattened loans of cars incinerated the historic town of lahaina in ruins. nbc tom giannis flying with a helicopter company now delivering water supplies to the people in need. it s so heartbreaking. it is hard to put into words what we ve seen out here. the exact cause of the fire still unknown. dramatic new video now emerging showing the frantic moments as people jumped in the water to escape the flames. there was a very challenging situation for our small boat crews. rescue teams combing through one destroyed building after another. it is the most heartbreaking thing i ve ever been through. residents making their way to the burn zone over the weekend, the line of traffic getting back into the highness trenches for miles. this is horrendous. we are just trying to figure out what we have. if we have anything at all. many who evacuated, shock and sadness now turning to questions. usually they put on the hurricane sirens. they do something to warn us.
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yet, tim scott, unmarried, no kids. nobody s even mentioned it. what do you make of that? would be the first bachelor in the white house since i think you can, so certainly, it s been a, we ll give kudos to our colleague tom giannis, who asked him if he s stating anybody. and it seemed as if the answer was, he might be. so, i think it s important that we asked the question simply because i remember when cory booker was campaigning in iowa during the 2020 cycle. he, at that, point was dating someone but people asked him the same question. why aren t you married? if i flip that question on its head the, as you did step, and applied that to a female candidate, certainly, i don t think i could even fathom it because the way that we ve seen electorates respond to female candidates already, is looking at them as number two, sestak and their demand, vice presidents, cabinet members. what have you? i remember, this kind of polling when kamala harris was running as a presidential candidate he