the impact. this extremely dangerous hurricane is now a category 2 storm and expected to intensify. one of the greatest threats is a storm surge. perhaps it s 15 feet high in florida s big bend region. officials there say it could be a once in a lifetime event. florida s governor warning that now is the time to get out. mandatory evacuations are under way in county after county. thousands of national guard members have been activated. we are monitoring it all. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. hurricane idalia is intensifying very rapidly tonight, now packing winds of 105 miles per hour. the eye of the hurricane is now 155 miles or so southwest of tampa and moving north. it is expected to slam into florida as a category 3 storm by early tomorrow. governor ron desantis is warning everywhere in the big bend area that they are going to see a storm surge and now is the time to get out. officials in taylor county, which is southeast of tallahassee, say that the surge
of a major american city, as san francisco pays the price for its struggle over the city s identity. miguel almaguer, nbc news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, treacherous storms are raging across the south. heavy winds, hail and tornadoes knocking out power for tens of thousands of people as the state of alabama warns residents they could see severe weather through the weekend. new economic numbers, u.s. retail sales rising in may. a sign consumers are still fueling the country s economy despite pressures of inflation. new details on the cyber attack, what the u.s. government knows after several federal agencies were hit in the u.s. and the powerful message from ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in an exclusive interview with nbc news. his new details on the fierce counter offensive from his country s military, and the stakes for russia in the latest battle. our nbc news reporters are fo
the coverage. and i m jose diaz-balart. and today new fallout in the light of donald trump s historic indictment. we ll dive into new details about his ladies and gentlemen legal strategy and how it is shaping the race for the white house. and another florida republican launches his presidential bid. and also new this morning, richard engel s exclusive interview with volodymyr zelenskyy. and in new york a grand jury indicts does an yell penny, the man putting neely in a chokehold. we ll have the latest. and today is the 11th anniversary of deferred action for childhood arrivals known as dhaka. daca. a allows hundreds of thousands to live here without fear of deportation. we ll speak to a recipient about her hopes for the future.live h deportation. we ll speak to a recipient about her hopes for the future. from the u.s. supreme court court, last hour the justices rejected a challenge to a federal law aimed at protecting native american children in the adoption process
is anyone in the party going to listen to voters plus, lawmakers expelled two black lawmakers are ousted by the tennessee legislature after protesting on the house floor for stricter gun laws. we called for you all to ban assault weapons, and you respond with an assault on democracy they had a protest against house policy the effort to expel a third democrat failed. i don t know what else it was. i ll talk to the two ousted lawmakers, justin jones and justin pearson. and trump charge these are felony crimes in new york state no matter who you are. as the new york case progresses, it s the probe into the mishandling of classified documents that may put trump in greater legal jeopardy i ll talk to one of trump s attorneys in that case, james china. my exclusive interview with trusty. and finally, defying china my exclusive interview with house foreign affairs chairman mike mccaul as he wraps up his own trip to the island of taiwan joining me for insight and an
conversations. two different takes on a controversial ruling out of texas, overturning fda approval of a drug used in medical abortions. we ll have much more about that and all the reaction to it just ahead. plus, local leaders in tennessee are working to reappoint two democratic lawmakers who were expelled from the state house there. and also ahead, former attorney general bill barr ranks the most pressing legal issues for donald trump and predicts another indictment is coming for the former president good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, april 10th i m alley i have day tally in for jonathan lemire. we begin with a string of gun violence over the holiday weekend including three mass shootings. it started in south carolina with a mass shooting at a beach during a high school graduation celebration. six were shot, including two teenagers. six were arrested on gun possession charges. in new orleans investigators are working to find a car who sp