Cause catastrophic damage. Catastrophic damage if it makes landfall at its current strength. Al roker is here with where the storm is headed. How bad it could be. What do we know, snal. It is interesting. To talk about catastrophic damage gives you a sense of what is going on. Today is the historical peak of Hurricane Season and take a look at the map. From the west coast to the east coast. We have hurricanes and tropical systems here in the northeast. Were still feeling the affects of the remnants of gordon. This is the storm were most concerned with right now. Florence. Category 4 storm. Think about it. 24 hours ago this was a tropical storm. Right now, 575 miles South Southwest of bermuda. 130mileperhour winds moving west at 13 miles per hour. At the present path, it will probably make landfall somewhere between myrtle beach and wilmington, say, around late thursday night early friday morning. East side and north side of the storm gets the strongest brunt. From wilmington north to C
Ramp up the oversight machine. Today, hearings on his tuax returns and family separations at the border. Democrats want to open the books on the trump Family Finances and see where all those millions and billions come from. House Intelligence Committee chair adam schiff promising a thorough investigation of everything trump and russia related, including allegations of compromising materials on the president. Tomorrow, a big public hearing is scheduled. Trumps acting attorney general Matt Whittaker facing the microphone about his oversight of the russia investigation. Well start with the white house correspondent, Kelly Odonnell is standing by for us. President ial harassment. What it is . Reporter well, it is sort of the new version of witch hunt. By that i mean the president often needs an adversary. Hes had one in the office of special counsel in that probe, which he has often said countless times has said is a witch hunt and now in the new world of democratic led house investigation
But lets start with todays big event, where democrats running for president are trying to win over black voters. Today through friday, about a dozen candidates will descend on new york city. Theyre attending the National Action Networks Annual convention. That convention, of course, hosted by msnbcs reverend al sharpston. The mission here, to woo a group that can make or break a candidate running during the primaries. Former hud secretary Julian Castro scheduled to speak any moment now in new york city. Moments ago, another texan, former congressman beto orourke speaking. This is what he said when asked about a bill in congress that would create a commission to study reparations. If that passes and you are president of the united states, would you sign that bill . Yes. Civil rights are not just those victories thatty began with at the outset of my comments, but the injustices that have been visited and continue to be visited on people we will never get the change that we need to live u
Campaigns into each others strongho strongholds. Were live in iowa, we are also live in south carolina, as well. This is the scene in iowa right now. Both of those candidates making their pitch. And as we speak right now, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments on its biggest case on guns in ten years. Its a decision that could have a huge impact on local gun laws going forward. Im going to talk to a woman who works every day to advocate for new gun laws to reduce gun violence. She spoke on the steps of the high court there just a few minutes ago. Well talk to her in just a second. But we start with the impeachment process. One round of public hearings is over. Another recount set to begin. So how is washington getting ready for round two . Msnbcs Garrett Haake is on the hill. He starts us off. So, garrett, democrats, theyre game planning what wednesdays hearings will look like. What do we know about how that game planning is going so far . Well, theres even a step before that, craig. A