The tennis commentator who sparked a controversy over racism with this remark. See venus move in and put the guerrilla effect on. Fights back with a lawsuit against espn over his firing. They killed me. They made me unemployable. What else was i supposed to do . Those stories, plus, what do you say when you win threequarters of 1 billion. A struck driver gets a sign from above. And mayhem in the motor city. The benches clear three times during the tigers yankees game. In a basebrawl, sure to cost some players big bucks today, on friday, august 25th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a friday morning. A lot to talk about. Lets talk about our top story. Its the weather. The gulf coast bracing for the impact of Hurricane Harvey at this hour. Look at these eyedrpopping ilp images. That is a big storm. It intensified, too. Packing winds s up to 100 mile per hour. Well get to dylans forecast in a couple of minutes. Lets start with gabe gutierrez. Hes in Corpus Christi where it could make landfall tonight. Weve saturdtarted to see thn picking up. The winds pick up, as well. Theres mandatory evacuations for some lowlying areas. And the governor has declared a state of disaster for 37 counties in this state. Hurricane harvey could be the first category 3 storm to slam into the u. S. In 12 years. The warnings are urgent, as south texas braces for Hurricane Harvey. It could be the strongest storm to hit the state in half a century. Heed warnings. Your life is in potential danger. Reporter the mayor of corpus chris christi, with blunt advice. Get out of dodge. Reporter ten critically urgent babies, moving them to a Childrens Medical Center in ft. Worth. Highways clogged with people heading inland. Im scared. Reporter residents boarding up. Stocking up. Water. Canned goods. Fruit. Trying to be prepared. Im expecting it to get crazy out here. Oil companies scrambling to shut down operations in the gulf. The disruption could lead to higher prices at the pump. Fema is prepositioning supplies and generators for a triplethreat. The storm supposed to slam into shore was a category 3 hurricane, bringing with it a lifethreatening storm surge up to 12 feet. And torrential rain over the weekend, dumping some two feet in some areas. Harvey would be the first hurricane to make landfall in texas since ike in 2008. In louisiana, memories are raw and concern is high. 15 drainage pumps arent working. Were in a more vulnerable space than we should be in right now. Reporter as you can see the surf behind me picking up. Thats a major concern for this storm. Storm surge. The National Hurricane center has issued its first ever storm surgery warning for a swath of the texas coast. There are people that are inland, like san antonio, austin, and houston, expecting widespread problem over the next few days. Gabe gutierrez. Thank you very much. Lets go up 250 miles up the coast. Galveston, texas, is bracing for impact. And joe fryer. How are you doing . Reporter good morning, savannah. Heavy rains coming down moments ago. The winds are picking up. Lots of thunder and lightning, as well. Behind my shoulder, you might be able to look at a ferris wheel overlook a water. It will be a quiet place today. One of the biggest fears is flooding. With days and days of rain expected ahead. Thats a fear here in galveston, which is a Narrow Island community. It is prone to flooding. And it knows what a hurricane can do. This was hit egspecially hard b hurricane ike. Some did lose their lives with that storm, with mandatory and voluntary evacuations up and down the coast. Some Transit Services were offering rides to get people to safer ground before this storm hits. Back to you guys . Thank you, joe fryer. Dylan is in for al now. Tide timing is important on that. As of right now, it looks like this storm can move in overnight at the time of low tide. That can alleviate the most dangerous storm surge. Were going to see the next high tide around 8 00 saturday morning. Winds up to 10 Miles Per Hour. This is a category 2 kushurrica. Were look at the speed it is moving. And we have the threat of damaging winds and possible tornadoes as the storm whips its way towards the shore. Were looking at a category 3 storm taking landfall on saturday morning. And watch as the storm meanders across eastern texas. We are at wednesday, 1 00 in the morning. We have flash flood watches for a good thuchunk of texas, inclug houston. A widespread 15 to 20 inches of rain. Some areas could end up with 35 inches of rainfall. This is a lowlying area. Thats why were expecting the devastating flooding. Its hard to believe we could be talk about this well into next week. This storm has no current to push it away. Its going to sit there. Well have more on this throughout the morning. Thank you very much. Now, the latest battle in washington, as the president tries to shore up support for his border wall. He is threatening to shut down the government if washington wasnt come up with the money. Reporter good morning. The latest clash between the president and Top Republicans will offer a preview of what a month of september will be. The president going after people he needs to go after to get anything done. The white house aides insist the relationships are just fine. For the president taking more and more shots at members of his own party, and no closer to a major legislative accomplishment, his latest move is to threatening the government h shutdown. The last one in 2013, costing americans 20 billion. This week, President Trump commanding that congress build in a wall. The white house not backing down. The president is committed to making sure this happens. And were going to push forward. Reporter despite the repeated campaign claim that mexico would pay. Who is going to pay for the wall . Mexico. Who . Mexico. Hes not saying that mexico is going to pay for it. He hasnt said theyre not, either. Reporter with congress back, congress has 12 days before the end of the chris cal year. To raise the debt lifl. Mr. Trump on twitter, blaming mitch m. And paul r. For the mess. Ryan dismissed the criticism. When asked if he has influence over the president its a daybyday deal. First, you control your own action and you lead by example. Reporter another trump target, jeff flake, warning if the president doesnt change, he could tface a primary challenge in 2020. Just drilling down on the base, rather than trying to expand the base, i think hes inviting one. Reporter and adding to the discord, coming 24 hours after President Trump called for unity and healing, thursday, the commander in chief retweeted these images, with the caption, the best ellipse ever. In an interview with Financial Times the top adviser, gary co cohn, a jewish american, to remain in the post in the president s comments on charlottesville, he is critical of the white houses response. He tells the paper, citizens standing up for equality can never be equated with neonazis and the kkk. I believe this administration can and must be better at condemning these groups. Matt and savannah, back to you. Thank you, peter. The navy has identified a second victim in the deadly collision between uss mccain and a tanker in singapore. The remains of 22yearold Kenneth Aaron smith was found in one of the flooded compartments. More equipment and more divers arrived to help in the search for eight members that are missing. Four members of mike pences communication team, have been removed from their duty after being found bringing women back to their hotel rooms in panama. Officials say there is no indication at this point that the women who were brought to the hotel were prostitutes. The Vice President was in the u. S. When this incident occurred. We have a winner. Her name is Mavis Wanczyk. She gives americans a little peek at what she plans to do with the money. Jo ling kent is in chicopee, massachusetts, with mavis story. It happened right here at this gas station. The winner purchased three tick aets at this terminal. After the actions, her takehome is about 336 million. And as you might imagine, it is all sinking in. 53yearold Mavis Wanczyk cant believe it. The mother of two grown children was leaving work, when her coworker read off the numbers that were change her life. He says, let me see that ticket. You just won. Reporter as soon as she realized she wan, wanczyk called the medal center where she worked for 32 years. Im not going to be coming back. Wanzykks win was with drama. Thursday morning, powerball players nationwide found out that the winner brought their ticket in watertown, massachusetts. But saying the winner caught the ticket 82 miles away, in chicopee, massachusetts. This was result of a human error. Reporter that means its the chicopee store, not the one in watertown, to will receive the prize for selling the winning ticket. Wanczyk says she picked birthdays in her family and her lucky number, 4. We know across the country, six tickets were sold about 2 million each. 34 tickets also sold and those folks won 1 million. If youre planning on playing more powerball. It is reset to a measly 40 million. Pushaw. Exactly. Now, to las vegas. Well talk about more money. Tomorrow night, the world will be watching one of the most anticipated boxing matches in history. A boxes legend taking on an ultimate fighting champ with a Staggering Amount of money on the table. Miguel almaguer is in vegas. He sat down with both fighters. Good morning. Reporter fight night is tomorrow. But today, this hype couldnt get much bigger. Both are a legend. A boxing legend and an ultimate fighting legend. Theyre ready to rumble. I will never taste defeat. Reporter tomorrows fight night cant come soon enough. After a barrage of insults, floyd mayweather, and conor mcgregor, in his boxing debut. I am boxing. Reporter are set to let the punches fly. The most anticipate fight since, perhaps, tyson holyfield. Its an event. Its a spekctacle. Reporter the only thing bigger than the hype, the payoff. 50 million are expected to watch on payperview. Millions more, around the world. Its believed the fighters will take home over 100 million each. The maloof brothers, former owners of the sacramento kings, betting nearly 1 million on mayweather. People cant believe we made that bet. We decided to do it. And best of all, its going to charity, the winnings. Reporter with private jets taking over the airport and celebrities sure to be ringside, the vegas strip is in overdrive. For mcgregor and mayweather, its not just cash but pride on the line. This guy is disrespectful. At the end of the day, im not going to handle business on the outside. My job is to get him inside that Square Circle and do damage. Reporter for people who havent seen you fight, what are they going to learn about you this weekend . Theyre going to learn never to doubt me again. Reporter this morning, the talk a is about over. The fight is about to beginning. Mayweather is the overwhelming favorite, that so many people are betting on mcgregor that casinos could lose big if he wins. But both stand to walk away with tens of millions. Miguel, youre up ready for it. What do you think . I have no idea. What about you . I will go mayweather. Its his game. Me, too. Me, too. Well all know sunday morning. Mayweather mcgregor is the main event. Some Baseball Players wanted to get involved on the undercard. Did you see this . Michael fulmer plunked gary sanchez with a pitch. The next inning, the yankees return the favor. Targeting miguel cabrera. Cabrera and austin romine. The bull pens emptied. Several players were ejected. That doesnt the end of it. Two more player were hit by pitches in the game. These two peoples do not get along. Thankfully, last night was the last time they play each other this season. You can hear about fines coming down for that action later on. That is crazy. Scared to get up to bat. Dylan, you have the rest of the forecast this morning . Yes. The rest of the forecast is looking quiet. Hardly humidity, temperatures in the 70s. But the rain is make its way to the outer bands. The coast of texas. Southwestern louisiana seeing the rain. And we could see tropical downpours through florid introducing new Dunkin DonutsCold Brew Coffee packs. Delicious craft coffee, as easy as 1, 2, 3. You start with 2 coffee filter packs. Then add 4 cups of cold water. Put it in the fridge to steep overnight. And in the morning, serve and enjoy. Enjoy the rich, smooth taste of cold brew you can make at home. 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