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
tell you that there are two male breakdowns and one female victim. almost all the deceased victims are black, the shooter had several manifestos. one to his parents, went to the media. and one federal agent. portions of these manifestos detailed the shooter s disgusting ideology of hate. plainly put, the shooting was racially motivated and he hated black people. and pc news, national correspondent is tracking developments for us in west palm the age, marissa bringing us up to speed, what we know at this hour? a lot of it you heard just now, authorities were largely type lit up until the last half hour, so alicia, what we learned from that press conference was frankly disturbing and illuminating. we know that there are four that total. including that man who, the shooters of assad jacksonville said he turned the gun on himself but that manifesto is such a key part of this because they say that this was rooted and white supremacy. that this was racially motivated, that mani
taking his own life. other than the three individuals killed, and the shooter himself, there are no individual people who suffered gunshot wounds. we are not identifying the deceased victims at this time. but i can tell you, there are two male victims and one female victim. all of the deceased victims are black. the shooter had altered several manifesto. one to his parents, one to the media, and one to federal agents. portions of his manifesto is detailed the shooter s disgusting ideology of hate. plainly put, this shooting was racially motivated. he hated black people. nbc news national correspondent is tracking developments for us in west palm beach. marissa, bring us up to speed. what we know at this hour? yeah, a lot of it you heard just now. authorities were largely tightlipped up until the last half hour or so. what we learned from that press conference was frankly disturbing and illuminating. we know there are a four-day total, including the gunman, who the sheri
united states laurent billy. we hope to see you idiot eastern this weekend, right here on msnbc, i will have the coffee. but for now, from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you so much for staying up late. e. today was a massive day of development in the world of trump legal. tonight we got the news that trump s defense team has filed a response before the supreme court. remember, right now the federal election interference case is frozen, while the supreme court considers their through trump s lawyers to keep this case on ice as they planned their next step. yesterday the special counsel asked the high court to unfreeze the case, or barring that, agreed to hear it right away. get things moving as soon as possible. tonight, trump s legal team filed its response to the special counsel requests. we are going to get into that in detail in just a few minutes. whatever the court does now whether the court decides to hear this case or not, a
could have a huge impact on whether to trial before the november 2024 election. mow that is one of the several major pieces of news we got today about donald trump s legal peril. today in fulton county district attorney fani willis election conspiracy case, there was a hearing about herself and fellow prosecutor nathan wade. a hearing that has the potential to upend that case entirely. and in just a minute we re going to uncap the very high georgia that unfolded today and break down what it means in the case against trump. but the news we start with tonight is this. the first criminal trial of an american president. and that would be manhattan district attorney alvin bragg s hush money case against trump. instead the judge set a march 25th start date. that s the day that jury selection will begin just about a month and a half from today. and the judge said the trial should last about six weeks. now, on the surface this case is about trump s affair with an adult film star nam