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kind of pause. norah: the breaking news, the leader of the proud boys sentenced to 17 years in prison for seditious conspiracy. january 6th will be a day in infamy. norah: and it come on the same day donald trump pleads not guilty to 2020 election interference charges in georgia. if you re planning one last summer getaway, aaa says you will have plenty of company traveling over the labor day holiday weekend. are you concerned about where things stand? we are always concerned because we know we are just one unexpected event, storm away from there being some real issues. norah: the new revelations, justice clarence thomas discloses private jet trips paid for by a republican megadonor. new tonight, we hear from the capitol physician after mitch mcconnell freezes during a press conference. while students math scores nationwide plummeted during the pandemic, we will show you how this school district beat the odds spirit we are going to ....
hurricaneidalia. it is 10:00 a.m. eastern here in crystal river, florida, thank you for joining us for a special two-hour edition of josé diaz-balart reports. florida s big bend is right in the thick of it as we come on the air this morning. hurricane idalia now a cat 3 making landfall just a short time ago. it has actually now been downgraded to a 2, but it hit the coast of florida as a cat 3, a very high cat 3. joining us now, telemundo s julio varcado with me here in crystal river, nbc s maggie vespa and meteorologist bill karins standing by with our forecast. maggie, what s the situation where you are? reporter: thankfully things have started to lighten up in the last hour or so. we re still getting really intense bands of wind and rain as well coming through. the big concern here in tallahassee in the state s capital is the power outages. thousands across this metro area without power, somewhat miraculously we ve already seen utility crews across the area driv ....
serious threats of flash flooding. idalia is now a category 1 storm, but it made landfall as an intense category 3 storm earlier today. the area of florida s big bend took the biggest hit, big bend is the part of florida where the panhandle meets the west coast of the peninsula of florida. this was the town of steam hatchy. so much standing water in the streets that only the roofs of these homes and businesses were visible. up the road near the town of perry, florida, the brutal winds toppled this gas station awnings. the winds gusted to 85 miles per hour earlier today. and look at this storm damage in keaton beach, also in the big bend area, the eye of idalia came ashore shortly before 8:00 this morning. this home has been ripped apart. the entire roof in front of the structure are gone. debris scattered all across the yard. the city of st. petersburg shared this video with us saying it rescued more than 75 people so far. more searches are still under way. the national ....
the shore of the coast guard helicopters and the like . is this an appropriate s response from the electric companies? i think both. it s very expensive to secure these power lines. both in terms of the actual structure. we look out there and see these large towers carrying multiple wires, and the wires are that thick. and they are carrying an awful lot of energy. and sometimes those entire towers come down. i am not expert enough to know when it s appropriate to shut down that line, and that s one of the reasons why i think having the technology to have these meters on each of these facilities tellhouse where the danger is. so i can can picture i m beyond my expertise here. we also know how many americans have died, how many number of americans have for example, more forest has been burned to the ground since i have been doing this than the entire square miles of the stit of maryland. imagine the entire state of maryland burning to the ground. so i think as w ....
now polling at 1%. high level trade talks with commerce secretary gina raimondo in beijing drawing a hard line between improving economic ties and protecting our national security. we re not compromising or negotiating. the environmental mob blocking the road to burning man causing one hell of a traffic jam. 40 minutes. airlines are offering child free zones. airline is out of turkey it s the first in europe to create a no kid zone on their planes. good morning, everybody. it s 7:00 on the east on this tuesday, august 29th, 2023. we start this hour with a fox weather alert. we are tracking hurricane idalia as it intensifies to a category 1 overnight swirling off cuba as it barrels now toward florida s gulf coast. the question is where. ainsley: cat 1 right now. the hurricane is expected to grow stronger before it does make landfall tomorrow morning. brian: meanwhile. fox weather correspondent robert ray is in clearwater, florida with the very latest. r ....