Dorian Hit News Today

They were all pounding and pounding. it was just terrible. thats the bathroom. bedroom there, a bedroom here. >> she was laying, floating. i checked her out, she had died on me. >> dorian hit grand bahama with 200-mile-an-hour gusts, and a storm surge over 20 feet high. when we first met howard, he had just been rescued by jet ski. he had just seen his wife lynn die in front of him. >> my poor little wife got hypothermia. she was standing on to the up of kitchen cabinets until they getting grate...

>> all of your friends. >> well -- >> that was good. right? >> you grew up in the bahamas. you go there as often as you can to see family. you were there labor day weekend thinking maybe a nice time and obviously dorian hit and i know you lived through some storms before. tell us -- >> correct. yes, thats right. >> thank you, mekhi. im melting inside. can you just talk about -- surviving through this and how you managed to comfort mekhi through such a terrifying or deal? >> yeah. dorian was abso...

That out lasted hurricane dorian is taking a new turn tonight with a report commerce secretary wilber ross threatening to fire top staffers according to the "new york times. citing three people familiar with the discussions late tonight, the commerce department tells nbc news thats false and that the an initial comment and tweet from president trump about alabamas risk from dorian. >> alabama is going to get a piece of it it looks like poor alabama, please be careful, also. >> reporter: the pres...

Flattened neighborhoods looking for hundreds of people missing. amid the growing crisis and tragedy in the bahamas, were getting a story of one mans strength, determination, and courage. i want you to picture this. the roof being ripped off your home. water up to your chin and rescuing not only yourself but your 24-year-old son who has cerebral palsy and cannot walk. now imagine doing all of that and being blind. that was the reality for a brave man i spoke to named brent lowe. >> well, everybod...

Home. water up to your chin and rescuing not only yourself, but your 24-year-old son who has cerebral palsy and cannot walk. now imagine doing all of that and being blind. that was the reality for my next guest. lowe. thank you so much for being here with us. your story is a testament to your strength, your determination and your courage. i cant even imagine. how is everybody doing? >> well, everybodys doing well now. were doing pretty fine. found my son yesterday. hes in a shelter. with his aun...

And former and future presidents, to carry out the law here before you guys get back to work. and to faithfully enact and >> appreciate it, leland. thank you, buddy. gillian: last night 42 cats and carry out whatever congress has dogs rescued from parts of south decided with regard to appropriations. carolina affected by hurricane the president here, first of dorian and brought here to to all, mexicos not paying for it. the american taxpayers are. and, frankly, our national d.c. meth propoll tan...

Right now the death toll is at 43, but officials say there are uncollected bodies in the streets, and they warn the number will rise, quote, significantly. >> bodies are in the harbor. it seems like were in a movie because you hear stories where a mother had her nephew, she had to decide which one was going to live. >> assessing the damage from dorian is still in the beginning stages. areas of the bahamas are in ruins. neighborhoods are flattened. dorian hit grand bahama and abaco islands the ha...

On in texas when they only have a couple of minutes to differentiate themselves from other candidate and president trump. >> well come back to you guys in a little bit here. i want to get to some breaking news on hurricane dorian. this is what people in north carolina and outer banks are waking up to this morning. were talking about streets and homes completely submerged in ocracoke island. 800 people stranded in the area after ignoring evacuation areas. much of this entire region is without pow...

There trying to leave the devastated island. the death toll has risen to 43 on and expected to climb further as rescue crews clear more of that debris, the fallen trees and all of that destruction. dorian hit the bahamas as a category 5 as you know and stalled there for 24 hours. nasa estimates it dumped 36 inches of rain on the bahamas. the category 1 hurricane is now speeding towards canada. until packing powerful sustained winds up to 85 miles per hour. still moving north along the east coast...

Mike youve been dissecting this this morning. why does this keep coming up out of the white house >> thats a good question. as dorian left a trail of devastation and continued throaten the east coast the president kept up his fight over the forecast. this friday brought another ominous sign of slowing economy. the agency in charge of weather forecasting noaa now wrapped up in president trumps latest controversy over whether alabama was in hurricane dorians path. on sunday the national weather se...