i was on the police department for 25 years, saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. i promise you, i m never going to sit through another storm ever again here. i am one of the lucky ones. just some of the survivors of hurricane ian after the storm decimated wide sections of florida, and now the storm is on track to make a second u.s. landfall threatening the carolinas and georgia. good morning, and welcome to morning joe, it is friday, september 30th. joe is off this morning, but we ll get right to the latest with ian. intensing into a hurricane again, heading to south carolina after leaving a trail of devastation in florida. it is expected to make landfall near charleston around noon today as a category 1 storm. the national hurricane center is warning it could unleash life threatening storm surge, floods and strong winds. a state of emergency is in place for the carolinas, georgia and virginia. the damage from hurricane ian is
Now. Martha all right. Thanks. We have Breaking News right now just coming to us from the state department. U. S. Troops being told to be ready to deploy for further defense for israel if needed. Were working on how many troops have received this message. Theres some reporting from the Wall Street Journal that its in the neighborhood of 2,000 american troops told to be ready. Were going to dig into this for you this hour. Mike tobin is standing by. Rich edson will be available moments away. Well go back to john roberts who is reporting live from tel aviv this week for us. We will continue on top of these stories as we continue to get new information. Right now it is 10 00 p. M. In gaza. We are now ten days in to this war. There are 199 individuals who somewhere are being held at this moment in the hand of hamas. We know what they did to people in israel. We have seen the horrific videos over the weekend reportedly of some of the children that are being held by hamas right now amid a fr
clyburn, the house majority whip on the division within the party of progressive that doesn t think this goes far enough. will they bolt? we ll explore that first with jacqui heinrich and what is going on right now, hi, jacqui. good afternoon. the house is expected to pass the bill tomorrow. democrats are working to guard against defections after several changes were made after republicans lobbied moderate democrats to pair back the items including the federal unemployment, which was whittled down from $400 to $300. when the house passed the bill, two democrats voted against it protesting the huge price tag. prossives are expected to make the most noise frustrated by changes to the minority party fuelling calls to abolish the filibuster which would affect gun control and immigration reform. democrats can lose four votes and still pass the covid relief package without republican support. none is expected over criticism that it s a progressive witch list. democrats say republ