And good morning, it is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin with two major breaking stories. The first Hurricane Debby hits florida this morning as a category 1, dumping several inches of rain across the state. And then the storm on Wall Street and markets throughout the world. The dow seeing huge losses as theres growing concern of an economic recession. Lets start in florida where debby has just been downgraded to a tropical storm. At least two people have died as debby batters the big Bend Region for making landfall as a cat 1 hurricane. Its unleashing historic rainfall, with winds up to 80 miles an hour, with some areas breaking the record for the wettest day ever. The southeast now bracing for up to 30 inches of rain and a Lifethreatening Storm Surge as debby moves into florida. Joining us now, Jesse Kirsch and Nbc Meteorologist bill karins. Reporter the conditions here have calmed down dramatically, but you can still hear and see. Weve got some g
The u. S. , the southeast is bracing for a hurricane now just hours away. The Storm Strengthening in the Gulf Of Mexico right now. Set to slam into florida as a hurricane tomorrow. The Rain And Wind have already begun. Homeowners boarding up and warnings of catastrophic flooding in Georgia And South korea. Were tracking where it will make landfall. Plus, our up close look at the new technology being sent into the eyes of hurricanes. How its changing storm prediction. Final test. Vice president Harris Meeting with at least three of her top contenders, her Running Mate in person today. Her deadline to decide less than two days away. Here in paris, the heartpounding photo finish. Noah lyles wins gold, redemption, and the title of fastest man in the world. His emotional hug with mom. In the pool, Bobby Finke smashes the world record, Suni Lees brings home another medal in gymnastics. And Novak Djokovic collapses in tears of winning his first gold. Katie ledecky One On one. The greatest fem
now, and it could be upgraded to an extremely dangerous category 4 storm. residents now bracing for strong winds and a life threatening storm surge. officials are warning folks to get out, stressing that the high waters could prove deadly. we have team coverage at this hour. meteorologist angie lassman is tracking the storm s path plus live reports from tampa and gainesville where evacuations are underway. plus, special counsel jack smith s team is looking into rudy giuliani s drinking. we ll explain how that issue could play a role in one of donald trump s key legal defenses. plus a new fund-raising goal for the former president. a very specific number he wants to earn by the end of the month that looks eerily familiar. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we, of course, begin rng this morning with hurricane idalia which is now a category 4 storm and is forecasted to make
bringing with a at least 134 mile per hour wind gusts. authorities are warning of, quote, catastrophic storm surge and destructive winds when the hurricane moves ashore the next couple of hours. most of florida s the washington post coast is at risk of severe flooding and storm surges with some forecasted to reach as high as 16 feet in some areas. the national weather service is calling idalia is an unprecedented event. and here s governor desantis late yesterday on the storm. you ve really got to go back to the late 1800s to find a storm of this magnitude that will enter where this one looks like it s going to enter tomorrow. so we don t really have a historical analog in anybody s memory, so it s likely to cause a lot of damage. let s turn to nbc news correspondent jay gray in florida with more. talk about what the conditions are now and what the biggest concern has been. reporter: yeah, and i think the governor there makes a good point. this is not an area used to
response is underway after this bridge in baltimore collapsed earlier this morning. steve: did you see that? stunning. the entire span of the francis scott key bridge came crashing down into the river after a container ship rammed a support beam as you can see in the left hand part of the screen. lawrence: so firefighters say as many as 20 people are in the water. and it s being described as a mass casualty event, kayleigh. we are awaiting a press conference that s expected to begin at 6:15 a.m. we will take you there live when it happens. go to griff jenkins who is live on the scene. griff? griff: yeah, good morning, guys. you can t overstate how significant of that collapse this was. , this we re learning the details from overnight around 1:30 a.m. that s when this singapore flagged cargo ship hit one of the major beams and collapsed that entire span. the video just stunning. and we are learning this is being treated as a mass casualty event and there are rescue tea