Chasing Storms News Today

Edition of Morning Joe. We hope you are enjoying your Labor Day weekend. Were on tape this morning bringing you some of our best discussion from the past two months, and we start today with our conversation the morning after Kamala Harris accepted her Partys Nomination for president on the Last Night of the dnc in chicago. Willie, you obviously are in chicago. Describe the scene if you will, because it is awfully hard you know, debates, ive heard one journalist after another say never try to jud...

Those who say hes too old to be chasing storms. >> guess what, screw you. okay. try to keep up. keep up, okay? >> al roker -- [laughter] >> i will drop them like a bag of dirt. howie: that guy doesnt mince words. speaking of meteorologists, willard scott, after serving as the first ronald mcdonald, when on to become a folk hero on the today show has died. he was a lovely guy, he wished people happy birthday. he proudly embraced his bufoon, saying i may be a corn ball but i am me and viewers just...

Im looking at the smile on your face. you know the feeling of what steve is living through. i know that exhilarate you but for the average person, thats pretty chilling if they dont evacuate right now. >> i dont go through that stuff anymore. not with two kids and a wife. i have a problem sometimes but that -- he goes out and hes chasing storms. forward the emails. when i talked in the emails, forward them to steve. so he knows there are some people watching for these. >> sean: you were telling ...

And staying inside. as the weather is picking up here in downtown jacksonville, craig. >> reporter: thank you, jacob, well come back to you in a bit. joining now by simon brewer, hes a meteorologist whos been chasing storms for 17 years. you are in palm coast, as i understand, what are you seeing there? >> the biggest problem is wind damage. i cannot get to the coastline because there is trees blocking all the roads, just like the one behind me, it is crossing two lanes going from the end of the...

Lives, including two children. the twister unleashed winds between 130 and 150 miles per hour. the national weather service says the tornado was at least a half mile wide. >> the minute it dropped and the array of debris that was in the air and its wide, you know, i knew it was going to be really bad. >> you could hear people screaming. >> reporter: cotton has chased tornados for more than three years, but what he witnessed and saw last night was too much. >> kids crying, someone getting out of ...

The best way to accept right now? >> reporter: it has to be through the international aid agencies. i mean, clearly on the ground, the organization has to be at a higher level. it is probably no good just coming here trying to help, because you just add to the problem. if you can support the international aid agencies, maybe support the governments who are trying to set things in motion, you know the u.s. military is here, the marines on ground, theyre bringing in the c-130s on the ground, the f...

England. guys? >> thanks, rick. >> meanwhile, take a look at this. a meteorologistis meteorologise weather channel was hurt after the tornado hunt car in which he was riding was thrown some 200-yards. the suv they were riding in was caught up in a storm near el reno. they were wearing seatbelts and they were able to walk away from the banged up vehicle. a weather field team has been in the field -- a weather team has been in the field for most of may. this is the first time they have been hurt c...

A weather channel has been in the field since may and this is the first time theyve been hurt chasing storms. this is the rest of your headlines. the worst day of the hust houst fire department. four hurt and one in critical condition. it engulfed the hotels and attached restaurant. crews went inside thinking people might be trapped. a roof suddenly collapsed, killing four firefighters, three men and a woman. the cause of this fire is being investigated. new developments overnight in the irs...

>> get down. duck down! duck down! duck down! youre good. >> brandon sullivan is the guy yelling instructions on that tape. he is the face that we just froze at the end of the video there. he is with a group called tornado titans. its a group of student meteorologists. they go around chasing storms like that and he joins us via testimony phone now. brandon, you all right? you good? >> yeah, im all right. im all good. >> you know, i got to start by asking you the same question i pose to a storm c...

Them out. it was a sight i hope to never see again in my life. >> what was the condition of those people that you rescued? >> most people were not really willing or wanting to move, but we told them they had to get out. this was a very fluid situation. the concrete was kind of shifting. in fact, there were so many bystanders that wanted to help, that the concrete beams started to shift, and the building started to collapse even more. in a situation like that, you want everyone out as fast as pos...