Is a special edition of today Hurricane Irma with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Yes, welcome to this special edition of today on a monday morning. Were going to be with you for several hours this morning trying to figure out whats happening with this storm, where shes going, and what shes left behind. Its been a long night, long weekend for our friends in florida. Lets get to where things stand with Hurricane Irma. Its a category 1 storm now packing 75 mileanhour winds still. We are waiting an updating from the National Hurricane center. Theyll give a sense of where its headed. We were talking 140 miles an hour yesterday down to 75 today. It can still do damage. Nearly 5 Million People without power this morning. Record Power Outages for the state of florida. People could be in the dark for awhile. Florida power and light is warning customers this is not going to take just a couple of days to restore. This will tak
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the storm that was once Hurricane Irma is churning into the deep south tonight, after moving up the entire peninsula of florida. It lost more of its punch today, but not before it left at least 34 dead across the caribbean and five more in florida and georgia, more than 7 million power customers in the dark, across florida, and a growing tally of damage, including in some cities like jacksonville where flood waters have been surging. P. J. Tobia begins our coverage of whats happening statewide. Reporter the sun rose on vast stretches of coastal flo
60 minutes executive producer jeff fager joins us. His new book provides an inciters account on how the news magazine became the most successful tv program in history. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. It is going to be a scorching day across Southern California with record breaking heat likely. Look at these winds. Theyre going to continue to pick up throughout the day. Searing heat scorches Southern California. Unseasonable heat wave has increased the threat of new wildfires. Severe weather in the southeast. The major storm system a wide swath of destruction. Its devastating. The chairman answering reporters questions about the ambush in niger. More information, more importantly, we owe the families of fallen more information. This tax reform bill is probably his biggest and most important piece of legislation. Simplification of our tax code democratizes it. The manhunt for a possible serial killer intensified in florida. We will hunt t
Joins us in studio 57. His new book provides an insiders account of how the news magazine became the most success. Television program in history. We take a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Holy moly. Severe storms sweep through the south. Major storm system cut a wide swath of destruction. Its awful. Its devastating. It is going to be a scorching day across Southern California. This heat wave has increased the threat of new wildfire. The chairman of the joint chief of staffs answering reporters questions about the ambush in niger. Well get more information, more importantly we owe the families of the fallen more information. This tax reform bill is probably his biggest and most important piece of legislation. Simplification of our tax code democratizes it. The manhunt for a possible serial killer intensified in florida. We will hunt this son of a [ bleep ] down. A jetblue fight hit several birds. The plane made an Emergency Landing at jfk. All that bell goes right i
Currently seeing coldest further north and west you travel. Mount pocono checks in at 45. This is close are to where we should be but above average at 57 at this early hour. We should hit upper 60s which is still above average but now were back to need ago this extra layer. You didnt need it yesterday. You needed umbrella instead. Now we are trading off accessories for the day ahead when it comes to the weather. We will give you a a minus and only just because we will see cloud overhead and it is cooler by comparison. Sure is, i can feel it already. Thanks very much. So good news that fog is moving out, we have an accident here 95 south at washington avenue pulled off to the right shoulder. Might be tapping your brakes, gaper delay starting as well as residual delays starting and congestion levels will begin to heat up now that we are pushing in the 6 00 oclock hour. Then we did have an accident another one boulevard south bun at ninth street that outer drive that has now been moved ou