winds. steve: according to fox weather graphic right here 310,000 people don t have electricity in georgia, florida and carolinas. take a look at this brief tornado in the distance there. it flipped over a car in front of that vehicle in south carolina. rachel: before and after satellite images show the extent of the flooding in florida. the governor will hold a press conference at 9:15 this morning. steve: the press conferences that ron desantis has been having over the last 72 hours was to make sure everybody in the cone of uncertainty was prepared in case they had to go to higher ground. this particular hurricane, when it cake ashore and you can see the track right now of the tropical storm, it was in along florida so-called nature coast, known as big guy area. it was for the most part, rural area, not widely populated, which was good news because they didn t have to have that many people moved. i was listening from somebody from cedar key and she said she wished she
maybe not know by the way, jessica, they may not know it s happening. what are the signs? so, one is to be vigilant inside the classrooms. pay attention to their behavior when they come home. you know, be involved. ask the questions that are uncomfortable. i know it s hard to bring the subject up. but if you make your thoughts and opinions and everything, you put them upfront for people to hear and understand, you know, do your research on the schools, on the teachers, on the school boards. i think that parents, no matter what, should go with their gut feelings, know they know their intuition. they would know if something is wrong with their children. if you see a rapid change within your child, you know, try to build a relationship on talking with them, asking them what s going on. i definitely think that involvement is the that i could suggest. and just, you guys have the right to do it. you parents have a right to raise your own kids. rachel: yeah. they are your ki
election interference trial. we ll have legal analysis on both of these big developments in just a moment. plus new polling on president joe biden s re-election bid and the major concern that most americans have about a possible second term. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, august 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with a decision that sent waves through the nation s capitol yesterday, a start date for donald trump s federal election interference trial. in washington, d.c. district court judge tanya chutkan ordered jury selection to begin on march 4th of next year, just one day before super tuesday. now, prosecutors when asked for the trial to begin in early january of next year while trump s lawyers had proposed that it not start until april of 2026. yesterday judge chutkan said that neither of those dates were acceptable but that, quote, this case is not going to trial in 2026. the decisi
voluntary evacuation orders. states of emergency declared in florida, georgia, and the carolinas. when and where will it hit? al roker is here with the new track. also tonight, new images of students jumping from windows at unc-chapel hill to flee a deadly shooting. the suspect making his first court appearance, accused of killing his academic adviser. but what was the motive? the major announcement from the biden administration. the first ten popular drugs medicare is targeting for price cuts under a new law. how much could you save? the price you pay with a pause on student loan interest ending this week. some borrowers like this single mom say they may not pay. what could happen. and they re not only wnba superstars, they re also working moms. how they re finding balance on and off the courts. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. as we come on the air tonight, hurricane idalia has strengthened into a category 2 storm
we ll have much more on the heartbreaking deadly attack in just a moment. also ahead, the mugshot that s worth millions of dollars. we ll have the latest from the trump fund-raising campaign. and the latest out of the suspected death of a meshsnary group leader who was once a close ally to vladimir putin. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, august 28th. i m jonathan lemire. nice to be back. thanks to you for starting your day and week with us. we begin this morning with a shooting in jacksonville, florida, where three people were killed and what police are calling a racially motivated attack. on saturday, a shoppers and an employee were shot at a dollar general store near a historically black college. all victims were black. authorities say the 21-year-old gunman who was white died of a self-inflicted gun schott wound there at the scene. they described him as a, quote, maniac who wanted to kill black people. they say they found more than 20 pages