folks in georgia and south carolina will have to deal with this. by wednesday morning, this will be category 3 hurricane, magaing land on wednesday between tampa and big bend. hurricane watch in place across the region. what are the major other than cans? storm surge is possible. we are concerned about what will be heavy rainfall. someirrias seeing four to eight inches and up to a foot of rainfall. this storm is heading to florida tuesday night into wednesday morning and this storm moves through georgia and carolina on wednesday and thursday. download the fox weather app as it approaches the state of florida. steve: thank you very much. changing gears, new e-mail revealing devon archer met with then secretary of state john kerry back in 2016. their alleged meeting came just weeks before ukraine top prosecutor viktor shokin was investigating burisma when he was fired. ainsley: the redacting e-mail shows devon archer met with s, referring to kerry, on march 2 of 2016, this
too 12-foot storm surge and up to 12 inches of rainfall. 50 counties are now under states of emergency in florida. correspondent steve harrigan is right in the strike zone as of now along florida s gulf coast. good evening, steve. good evening, bret. at this point more than 20 million people across the state of florida are under some sort of hurricane watch, warning, or advisory. idalia is expected to bring winds of 120 miles per hour. a major category 3 hurricane, strong enough in places to knock down framed houses and uproot trees. most tracks have it headed for the sparsely populated big bend area of florida with a landfall wednesday morning but that could change. mandatory emergency evacuations have been ordered in at least 12 low lying counties. while preparations are underway across the state, few areas are in as much danger as cedar key, which could be under 12 feet of storm surge. despite the evacuation orders, not everyone is listening. y all staying or leaving.
violence. that is the sheriff in jacksonville, florida, yesterday, describing the white gunman who carried out a rampage saturday afternoon killing three people. we ll have a live report from florida in a moment. also ahead, a hearing in washington later this morning could determine the time line now for donald trump s federal election interference case. we ll explain what s happening in that courtroom today. meanwhile, this mugshot has been worth millions of dollars already for the trump campaign. more on the recordrecord-breaki donations ahead. the suspected death of a mercenary group leader in russia who was once a close ally to president vladimir putin. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 28th. i m willie geist. joe and mika off this morning. with us, we have the host of way too early white house bureau chief at politico and author of the big lie, jonathan lemire. bbc news s katty kay. and host of politics nations, the reverend a
appoint s and tried to fuse it into a legal strategy. the doj is overseen by president biden and citing the controversies previewing in court a quote, selective prosecution motion because this prosecution provides an advantage to these prosecutors boss who is running a political campaign against president trump and added it will go directly to the core of the criticisms mr. trump made historically against president biden and his son and whether or not this meaning the jack smith prosecution is a, quote, retaliatory action as a result of that. let me tell you, you don t hear that every day in what is a trial scheduling hearing this is important and want to walk through it because we learned a lot. these defense lawyers have every right to challenge the prosecutor s approach or potential fairness and to make arguments which invoke defendant trump s status as a former president and a current they may argue that that is relevant. but today it s worth noting the more sweeping
the news at 5:00, spencer and linsey: tonight, as we come on the air, a historic storm unleashes its fury on the southwest. hilary comes ashore, triggering dangerous flash flood alerts for millions. a state of emergency is declared in california. the national hurricane center warns of catastrophic and life-threatening flooding. landslides and mudslides are also in the forecast in this, the first tropical storm to hit the area in decades. hilary has already turned deadly in mexico. some streets in los angeles now underwater. stores packed with people stocking up on supplies. palm springs and other cities normally dry now bracing for an onslaught of rain. we have team coverage. matt rivers and zohreen shah on the ground in southern california. rob marciano times it all out. also tonight, wildfires scorching washington state. three large fires now burning uncontained, at least one person has died. 20,000 acres burned and nearly 200 buildings damaged or destroyed. we talk to