Its looking like the storm of the century. Everbody is woried about the same thing, you know, do i have a home to come back to . Norah and hundred thousands are without power with near the eighth quarter of Floridas Gas stations out of fuel. This hurricane is going to pack a major, major punch. Norah our interview with four to governor Ron Desantis from inside the states Command Center. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im Norah Odonnell in washington, along with vladimir duthiers, who is leading our team of correspondents in the path of vladimir duthiers, who i thank you for joining us. And as we come on the air, we are getting new information about this monster storm. A major category three closing in on landfall earlier than expected, along floridas central Gulf Coast. Millions are bracing for impact. Now the latest track just in has the Eye Of The Storm hitting the sarasota area. That is just south of tampa, a region that hasnt had a hurricane this powerfl in more than
him love. if he ends up running against donald trump, how accurate will the so-called approval numbers be. because it still looks like it will be donald trump as the republican nominee. he just raised gobs of cash. polls show him trouncing ron desantis, who is by far his nearest competitor, and despite the indictments, the alleged carelessness around classified documents, and the potentially criminal carelessness for this country s democratic process, republican voters are clearly still on his side. but is anyone else? or to put a finer point on it, will any general election that includes donald trump be anything more than voting for or voting against donald trump? joining me now is nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. punch bowl news cofounder and msnbc political contributor, jake sherman, and former rnc chairman and msnbc political analyst, michael steele. jake, as somebody who knows mccarthy best, can you give us a sense of why he has not endorsed the
republican nomination, donald trump is bringing in a good deal of cash, but there are questions about where all that money is going. we ll look into it. also ahead, more on the story we ve been following all week. the cocaine found at the white house, we re learning where exactly it was discovered and who had access to that area. plus, treasury secretary janet yellen kicks off high-level meetings in china with criticism of how beijing treats american companies. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 7th. joe and mika off this morning. with us, the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. jen palmieri. and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. we re going to dive in with president defendant s co-defendant and personal aide, walt nauta. he has been arraigned on charges in the classified documents case. he pleaded not guilty in court in florida yesterday. this was the third attempt to arraign nauta, who was finally able to hire a
warning of chaos and bedlam if he s barred from the ballot. his argument to the supreme court in a case that could impact all 50 states. plus, house republicans get their wish. why hunter biden has agreed to a closed-door deposition following weeks of defiance. a disturbing report from gaza, the graves dug up by israeli soldiers. we ll tell you exactly what they were looking for. and 100 million people in the path of severe winter weather. it s already caused a plane to slide off an icy runway. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. but speaking of planes, we have this breaking news. let me show you a live picture that is coming to us from nbc 4 in washington. yes, that is what it looks like. that is a small private plane that had to make an emergency landing. this is in loudoun county, on loudoun county parkway earlier this afternoon. no injuries are reported, but this is very close to dulles airport. we don t know why this plane had to land
right now on ana cabrera reports, the final countdown in new hampshire, donald trump and nikki haley turning up the heat in new england, why the live free or die state is now do or die for haley. we re also following a jarring warning from trump s legal team, what they re claiming could happen if he s left off the ballot in colorado. also ahead, a terrifying moment caught on camera, a flight on fire midair and forced to make an emergency landing. what went wrong. and later, say it ain t snow. more than 90 million americans under winter weather alerts with dangerously cold temperatures set to plummet even further. we made it to friday. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. thanks for joining us. we begin with the final four days left until the new hampshire primary. donald trump returning to the state today where he ll campaign this weekend alongside elise stefanik, someone trump has teased as a potential running mate calling her a, quote, kil