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the eclipse already started. reporter: yes, it did. it s about to start in the western part of the country. give me five, you guys. you were amazing. thank you so much for being with us. and craig, so many families like them, they re going to experience this together in this stadium behind me. 15,000 people have poured into carbondale, illinois, and the local businesses here are ex attic. it is estimated the private sector in carbondale will gain almost $20 million just by the influx of tourists and people all around the world who have come here to witness this astronomical event together. all right. we ll come back to you in a moment, as well. my friend and colleague, jeff rossen, is standing by, not far from where we sit here. he s in new york city, on the upper west side. new york city, by the way, expected to get an eclipse of about 70%. but here s the thing, jeff. that doesn t mean that folks should take viewing any less seriously, right? reporter: yeah, you can never l ....
A look at the day s latest news and headlines. own. trial of paul manafort started today. and it could weigh heavy on the future and the direction of that probe and america s confidence in whether or not the so-called collusion really exists. more on all that in a moment. but first, straight away to phil keating live at trump rally in tampa. is he there and what is tonight all about? good evening. tonight is all about those two things you mention. number one, traditional make america great again rally and also the president is going to reiterate his very strong endorsement on republican congressman of florida ron desantis, who is in a primary battle with the agricultural secretary to become florida s next governor. by the sounds of things, it has been rock n roll pumped loudly here all day, i think steven tyler and aerosmith are going to be the last people on the p.a. before the president is introduced because he got here about 15 minutes ago to the state fairgrounds. this ....
it s really an exponential effect of damage between the amount of rain we are seeing, the amount of storm surge we are seeing and the duration of it that we are seeing. it is easy in the first few hours after they pass where you say we don t see that much destruction. but it will take days to survey what happened. and there are areas we can t get to. we drove around a little bit today and we saw marinas decimated. that means people s livelihoods taken away in addition to the homes most likely taken away. the boat captains are out here and they won t be able to make a dive living for a long time. tucker: it takes a long time to know what happened. leland vittert, thank you. move now to rick leventhal who is live for us tonight in wilmington, north carolina. rick? rick: we moved from wrightsville beach. two of the four fatalities reported so far was a mother and her infant who were killed by a falling tree on their house. well, there are trees all over this town. and this ....
we re looking forward to that the beat, 6:00 p.m. eastern week nights. but more importantly the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. good evening, ari. thanks. much appreciated. thanks for joining us at home. it is friday. so that means the news has again a little nuts again. i feel like there is nothing predictable about american news cycles anymore other than the fact that the cuckoo pops out of the clock reliably every friday night. that s one thing you can count on. it s friday. things are nuts. tonight is no exception. tonight the cuckoo has popped out of the clock. and over the course of this hour, actually, we re waitsing for the next big thing to happen on two very important stories. i ll just tell you flat-out, we expect to be covering developments in both of these stories over the course of this evening, potentially into the overnight hours tonight. as i speak right now, it s 9:00 p.m. eastern, and this hour is going to be crucial. republicans ....
on. again, they were working so frantically and exhaustively trying to get these two people out. unfortunately a sad outcome in the end, don. yeah, that s a really awful outcome. brian todd, thank you very much. you heard the warning from brian todd, you also heard it from miguel marquez. unless it is a dire situation, they re asking you not to call rescue workers or emergency workers or dial 911 because they have their hands full. they re dealing with people who have flooding issues, dealing with people that may have trees down, people that need immediate medical attention. there s an update on florence. i want to get to meteorologist jennifer grey at the cnn weather center, she has it for you. jennifer? this is still a hurricane, 75 miles per hour, winds are still gusting. seeing torrential downpours. unfortunately see rain bands set up to where they re training. storms are just hitting the same spots for hours and hours on end. some of them raining several inches an hou ....