Testimony will be following the financial dealing, the approaches and promises that were made about the meeting. And President Trump choosing sides, surprise, surprise, infuriating Republican Leadership by making a deal with democrats. We had a very good meeting with nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer. We agreed to a threemonth extension on debt ceiling. We begin this morning with Hurricane Irma, the worstcase scenario now looking like a category 4 or even a category 5 hurricane slamming into our own miami this weekend and the governor of florida expected to give us an update any minute. When we get that, we will bring it to you live. In the meantime, this storm is showing exactly what it can do. 180mileanhour winds blacking out much of puerto rico, killing nearly a dozen people in the caribbean, and almost wiping out one island completely off the map. We have a great team covering this storm all over the caribbean. I want to start of course with nbc news meteorologist bill karins, who is