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points of drunk legal advice later in this hour, after we begin with a sober assessment of the breaking legal news of the day in georgia. at two pm today, federal judge steve see jones issued an order to both sides of the case after hearing a full day of testimony yesterday, and defended mark meadows motion to move his criminal trial from fulton county courthouse, in georgia, to the federal district court, in georgia. judge jones ordered fulton county district attorney fani willis and mark meadows criminal defense lawyers to each file a brief by five pm on thursday, answering exactly one question that the judge has after that hearing. would a finding that at least one, but not all, of the overt acts charged occurred under the color of meadows s office, be sufficient for federal removal of a criminal prosecution? we will get the answer to that question in a moment from our legal experts. less than an hour after the federal judge issued that order, district attorney fani ....
combining to push the tides higher and prompt this warning from officials around tampa. we have some rivers that are set to crest to pretty high. might look sunny. might be the calm after the storm. the winds and rains have subsided. that surge is delayed. just look at this dramatic video from cedar key early this morning. a resident there calling it almost apocalyptic. a bed and breakfast flattened with some condos almost fully sub merg submerged in water. massive wind gusts knocking out this billboard close to where our own nbc s gabe gutierrez was reporting. wind gusts, i m told, are over 100 miles an hour. we are really feeling the brunt of this storm. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. following the destructive path of hurricane idalia. the eighth major hurricane to make landfall in the u.s. in six years. take a look at the stunning view of idalia from space courtesy of nasa. we are expecting florida governor ron desantis to give an update ....
we saw heavy downpour, strong winds and would hit lulls and become dry and calm. now the winds moving steadily over past couple hours and notable, the water line. the gulf has slowly inched closer to land hitting the dune, probably moved up 10, twenty, 30 feet overnight consuming the beach behind me. seeing combination of high tide with storm surge we ve been reporting on. this area is low lying area, st. pets beach is barrier island, popular tourist destination. there are hotels and sprawling resorts up and down the beach. mandatory evacuation orders for this town, mostly a ghost town. most people are cooperating. governor desantis said if you have not evacuated by now, a first responder may not be able to respond to you. todd: matt finn, thank you. bring in nicole valdes live on the ground in tampa. nicole, what are you seeing out there? nicole: just along tampa bay, show you this, we are seeing three feet of storm surge come crashing over bayshore boulevard, site ....
are with us tonight. it is good to have you with us, and fresh from your visit to the white house yesterday. how was that, martin, and what came of it? well, i think we had some very constructive discussions. a large part of it dealt with the most recent hate crime that occurred on saturday, the 26th, when we were actually engaged in the actual march. and the fact that hate speech, hate crime has to have more teeth in it, there has to be something else to change the climate, to change the conditions, looking at some kind of, i don t want to say regulation, but control on what is done on the internet, looking at the hate even in some police departments we found out a lot of police department have members who are sympathisers of nazis, etc. so we had some very constructive conversations. at the end of the day, the only time most of this can change is at election time. so dad said, a vote was people is a powerless people, and one of the most important steps we must tak ....
news in what could be a once in a lifetime weather event for parts of florida and the united states. right now, hurricane hurricane idalia is barrelling toward florida s gulf coast and is expected to make land fall as a category 3 storm or stronger overnight. the storm is rapidly intensifying as it travels through a warmer than normal gulf of mexico. the majority of florida s counties are now under a state of emergency. schools are closed, aurpts have been shuttered and hospitals are moving patients that they can move to safer locations. cities around the eye of the hurricane are predicted to possibly see more than 12 feet of storm surge with winds more than 100 miles per hour. we are just getting in some new video. this is out of key west, where residents are already starting to feel the storm s effects. moments ago, this dire warning from the mayor of cedar key, near where the storm is expected to make landfall. the mayor estimating around 100 people remain in his tow ....