hurricane-force winds already recorded offshore from charleston. the national weather center warns storm surge is expected there. people are warned to take this storm seriously especially after what was seen and happened from ian in florida. more striking images are emerging as well. capturing the level of devastation especially where the storm came on shore in southwest florida. you re looking at have i had from sanibel island showing the community torn apart, completely severed from the mainland. people stranded without water and power. cleanup efforts have begun in some areas, including fort myers beach. residents still reeling from all of this destruction. i mean, there s just stuff going everywhere. i ve lived here my whole life, it s unreal. we thought possibly we were one of the lucky ones. unfortunately it s really too sad for me to talk about. thank you, guys. some areas, high floodwaters are still a major concern, not yesterday receded. governor ron desant
The Dolphins will host the Bills in a game that will determine whether the Phins go into the playoffs as AFC East champ with some home-field cushion, or as a Wild Card team.
right now the hurricane center has upped the chances to 30%. it could bring additional rain, clouds, and windy conditions, and rough surf. this is kind of what it looks like. we have that storm developing off the coast, more heavy rain in the southeast, and as that storm off the coast kind of combines with the other storm, it looks like a really nasty saturday, especially for our friends all the way through the outer banks down through wilmington, newburgh, and morehead. it looks like an ugly sunday. we may get rainfall in new york city, long island, and southern new england on sunday too. we ll have to keep an eye on the earn seaboard. the forecast goes like this. today, no problems, beautiful day, d.c. all the way through new england. still very warm. look how hot it is in the middle
of the country. this is october. it s more like early september in dallas all the way through oklahoma city. then on saturday, still warm in the middle of the nation. we ll watch the system coming up the east coast. and then on sunday, the warmth is still a huge story, jonathan. it doesn t feel like october. many areas of new england, you know, people are still picking like their gardens heading in the middle of october. it s very rare. a lot of humidity. 94 in dallas in october? no, thanks. bill karins, thank you, and have a great weekend. still ahead, first donald trump questioned the election itself. now he s questioning the investigation into the attack his supporters carried out in his name. we ll have the very latest on the congressional inquiry into the january 6th insurrection. but before we go to break, we want to know, why are you awake? email your reasons to waytooearly@msnbc.com or tweet me @jonlemire using the
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