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water. parts of georgia declaring a flash flood emergency. frightening moments on a highway in south carolina, a car suddenly airborne. driving into the path of a possible tornado. the water rescues now under way. dozens of people pulled from the flooding. hundreds of thousands without power. and now, those new worries, the potential for tornadoes into the night. this storm is still moving. ginger zee and rob marciano in the storm zone tonight. also this evening, a delta airlines flight to atlanta rocked by severe turbulence. at least 14 passengers and crew injured. one passenger carried out on a stretcher. what they think could be behind the sudden jolt. trevor ault with the images from inside the plane. tonight, republican leader mitch mcconnell appearing to freeze again during a news conference. appearing unable to speak for more than 30 seconds. rachel scott standing by live on the hill, she has news on his condition. tonight, also news on rudy giuliani. a jud ....
new images from florida. the devastation from hurricane idalia as the long recovery begins. the worries tonight about financial aid for storm victims. will the federal government run out of money before peak hurricane season? the dramatic body cam. police fatally shooting a pregnant black woman in ohio. the woman in her car accused of shoplifting, appearing to accelerate towards the officer who fires one fatal shot. what her family is now demanding. the manhunt in pennsylvania 48 hours in after an extremely dangerous murderer escaped from a prison near philadelphia. how did he get out? the proud boy who smashed a capitol window with a riot shield and another who helped plan the attack sentenced. how long they ll spend in prison. and going the extra mile, the vietnam vet who uses his daily walks to help those wounded by war. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight. as we kick off this holida ....
hearing as residents return home in florida. they re still looking at more than 100,000 without power as we speak. president biden says he will visit the sunshine state saturday morning. all of this as the costs pile up. early estimates put the price at the damage in florida alone at more than $9 billion. some estimates more than twice that. remember, that does not include south carolina and georgia. we ll get into that. we also have the guy that shot this video yesterday as he rode out the storm in cedar key, florida. it s not far from where hurricane idalia first made landfall. first, fox team coverage in steinhatchee, florida and then to grady trimble on the insurance bills. people that are not covered and still not ready. i m neil cavuto. let s go to max gordon in steinhatchee. how are things there? hi, neil. the wind and the rain lashed cedar key as hurricane idalia came to show. the big story here in cedar key was the storm surge. about seven feet of water rushe ....
leader mitch mcconnell while he was answering questions from reporters. how his team is responding to growing concerns about the republican s health, including from some leading republicans. also ahead, rudy giuliani s lies about the 2020 election are catching up with him legally and financially. we ll explain yesterday s ruling by a judge. meanwhile, two of donald trump s co-defendants in the georgia election interference case now are requesting separate trials. we ll have the latest on a possible timeline in that case. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 31st. i m willie geist. with us this morning, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. we do begin again this morning with tropical storm now idalia. it weakened overnight but still making its way through the carolinas, dropping massive amounts of rain, flooding streets, causing widespread power outages. charleston, south carolina, recorded ....
campaign account. that s georgia governor brian kemp criticizing members of his own party who were calling for a special session to remove the district attorney who was prosecuting donald trump, and that comes as the former president officially pleads not guilty in fulton county. we ll have much, much more on all of that straight ahead. plus, we ll go through the ambitious plan by the biden administration to eliminate the so-called gun show loophole. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, september 1st. we ve made it to friday, and we re already in september. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. former president trump is officially pleading not guilty in the fulton county election case. trump s team entered his plea yesterday for the 13 felony charges he faces including racketeering and conspiracy. the plea was entered in writing as they file a waiver to tell the court he would not physically appear for next week s schedu ....