responsible for the accident. joining us now, george solis, in east palestine, ohio, and julie grant, managing editor and reporter for the allegheny front also and has spent a lot of time in that area. we are awaiting the governor of ohio to speak any minute. when he does, we will bring you that live. george, i want to start with you. what do we expect to hear from the governor this morning? reporter: good morning, jose. we are expecting to hear what plans may be in place, should the rain start to move in here into town. that s a big concern as we know some of the runoff could contaminate the water ways further. the governor said there are response teams here in place to prevent that from happening. there is also talks of building dams to keep any water ways from being further contaminated. there is also going to be a question or two about any chance of more federal aid or if federal disaster declaration will be declared here to get more aid. they will be on the ground he
of ian s destruction. look at the pictures in front of you. this is what it looks like, including in lee county, where rescue crews, this is a live look now, a live look at that location, rescue crews are trying to get to people, with millions of floridians without power and water. we re going to take you live to the hardest-hit areas including lee county, which you re looking at now, for what is expected to be obviously a years-long recovery. i m halle jackson in washington. let s get to shaq brewster live for us in charleston, south carolina, nbc news meteorologist janice is with us today. shaq ian has made landfall in the last 40 minutes. tell us what you re seeing. the landfall was several miles up here from charleston, and that does not mean that charles was not impacted by this storm. throughout the afternoon and into the morning, and throughout the afternoon, we saw heavy rain bands, heavy wind bands. that tropical storm weather, that was expected for many people her
keep coming. willie? yeah. start in florida, though, this hour, mika. millions of residents are bracing for hurricane ian as that powerful storm barrels towards the state getting stronger by the hour. just this morning it became a category 4 hurricane expected to make landfall in the southwest coast of florida as early as this afternoon. the center of the storm forecast to move over the central past of the state with winds reaching more than 130 miles per hour. the national hurricane center also warning of dangerous storm surge and flooding with up to 18 inches of rain expected in some areas. more than 2.5 million people under evacuation orders along parts of coastal florida. the powerful storm passed the florida keys last night causing a couple of tornadoes and some damage there. officials say there also is significant flooding across that area. yesterday the hurricane battered western cuba knocking outing the island s electrical grid, causing a nation-wide blackout. offic
what will it take for a successful mission to the moon? and blistering temperatures and dangerous wildfires. 40 million people under heat alerts, the latest on the scorching temps and when we can expect some relief. and an urgent warning from the dea over rainbow-colored fentanyl being used to target young americans by drug cartels. it is sunday, september 4th, thank you so much for waking up with us. good morning to you, boris. happy holiday weekend. hopefully you have some plans after the show today. great to be with you, amara. we got to tell you about this strange story. it was weird and we cover a lot of weird stuff. an airport contractor in mississippi is in custody today, charged with stealing a plane and threatening to crash it into a walmart. this bizarre incident played out as the suspect was circling the skies over tupelo, mississippi, and people on the ground watched the whole thing in disbelief. he right on top of our house. he literally flew over every
edges up. we ll tell you why that might be good news for your wallet. plus, climate change washing away the flood maps. previously dry areas now under threat. has your home been pushed into a flood zone? hello, and welcome to the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead, and a new detailed look inside what the fbi seized from former president trump s mar-a-lago home last month. a federal judge today unsealed a seven-page inventory of the highly sensitive government documents that trump had in his office and in his storage room, despite one of his lawyers telling the government they had given everything back. mixed in with newspaper clippings, clothes, and gifts, fbi agents found more than 11,000 nonclassified government documents, and more than 100 classified documents. 31 of those marked confidential, 54 marked secret, and 18 marked top secret. plus, 90 empty folders, 48 marked classified. and 42 of those labeled, quote, retur