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Well built. time for a look at the weather. heres ben. we were just hearing about the situation with that hurricane heading towards florida. its no wonder the authorities are issuing stark warnings, because the storm means business. hurricane idalia is now a category two hurricane, moving over very warm waters in the gulf of mexico, with the sea temperatures above i would expect them to be at this time of year, and so as the storm makes landfall tomorrow, its that combination of very heavy rain,...

Florida ahead of what could be a major hurricane. in the next 24 hours experts say tropical storm idalia is expected to intensify into a cat 3 storm with a potential for winds of up to 110 miles per hour along with torrential rain and a life-threatening storm surge. its not just id dale yeah. off the coast of bermuda, franklin has become the first major hurricane of the atlantic season, now a category 4. it could bring dangerous rip currents to parts of the east coast. nbc news meteorologist bil...

Bill karens and me in front of a border showing your hurricane. until this week, we hadnt had one that was anywhere close to the u.s. mainland. we have it now. >> this is our threat. were going to get hit. we are figuring out where and out what intensity. let me give you the latest from the hurricane center. it is still a weaker tropical storm. thats not a big deal. its starting to get a little bit of a circular motion to it. its going to get the engine going. we expect this thing to go rapid in...

Then they find these antibodies that target those sites and thats the path to the universal vaccine. now, it would be a very broad vaccine, potentially, you know, working against all coronaviruses, potentially. it doesnt necessarily mean it would be a one and done situation, but these vaccines potentially could last for years as well, erin. >> it is pretty amazing. what we learned about vaccines and all of the types and the frontier of that, its just stunning. thank you so much, sanjay. >> thank...

Court justice has ever been confirmed this close to an election. she becomes the fourth woman to sit on the supreme court. the third trump justice. its a major accomplishment for the president, no doubt about it. and shell get to work right away, within one week, one week from election day, she will hear a challenge to the affordable care act, which could end coverage for pre-existing conditions for 130 million americans. and likely election law challenges that could decide who wins the election...

Our partners from across federal government, nongovernmental partners, our private partners. again, this is not just fema by itself. when it comes to response, we are more than ready to deal with anything that dorian delivers us this year or any other storm that may come this season. >> okay. but 2,000 employees short, maybe even, i would say especially on recovery, is a potentially huge problem for category 5 hurricane heading towards the u.s. >> well, again, you know, our mission right now is ...

Whole of government response. so not only fema partners but our partners from across federal government, nongovernmental partners, our private partners. you know, again, this is not just fema by itself. are more than ready to deal with anything that dorian delivers us this year or any other storm that may come this season. >> okay. but 2,000 employees short, maybe even, i would say especially on recovery, is a potentially huge problem for category 5 hurricane heading towards the u.s. >> well, ag...

George w. bush have dealt with a hurricane heading towards puerto rico? would they have said when will it ever end? >> they would have thought they were president of the united states and they would have made sure that the different parts of the government were well organized as much as they could. obviously george w. bush paid a price when some people thought fema was not well prepared for katrina in new orleans. so most presidents take governing seriously. most presidents take natural disaster...

Who are about to be victims of a national disaster? >> well, the president also has another problem looming which is as hes discussing cutting money from fema to put towards immigration informent and border security you also have a hurricane heading towards a swing state as that map shows, its a serious issue, a safety issue for these people and i dont want to minimize that. but politically speaking if a hurricane hits florida and the president has just cut money from fema for hurricane relief, ...

>> there is brock long warning not only of this monster storm, this historic hurricane heading toward the florida panhandle but also warning residents in georgia saying you need to wake up to this and what this is going to bring. >> with florence, its so long ago, but it wasnt long ago that there was just rain inland. but this is rain and wind inland. a lot of folks affected by this. joining us now is mike thomas. he is the mayor of panama city beach, florida, which is right in the red zone of w...