Hurricane irma is churning through the caribbean. U. S. Territory set to get hammered by one of the strongest storms ever. Now a new update from the National Hurricane center shows irma could hit florida head on. Just hours after his administration ended the program to protect d. R. E. A. M. Ers President Trump says he now may revisit the issue. Whats the next move for congress . Good morning and welcome to early start. Its wednesday, september 6th. Its 5 00 a. M. In miami and puerto rico where there are concerns about this monster storm on the way. Thats where we begin with Hurricane Irma, the most powerful atlantic hurricane in a decade hitting the caribbean with an eye on the United States. Right now irma a category 5 hurricane packing 185mileperhour winds and the latest update shows irma could hit florida head on this weekend. President trump declaring emergencies for florida, puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands to help with storm preparations. Well have the full hurricane for
America as Tropical Storm nate killed aft least 24 people in nicaragua, costa rica and honduras. You can see heavy rains and flash floods knocked out power and Drinking Water throughout central america. And hundreds of people had to be rescued from all of that, those rushing floodwaters. Meantime, authorities in the state of louisiana are not taking any chance with Hurricane Nate. Theyre desperate to avoid the situation like the florida nursing home that lost power after hurricane irma, with 12 people there died in the sweltering heat. The mayor of new orleans is urging caretakers to get ready now. The City Health Department has been coordinating support to those in Nursing Homes to ensure that they have updated emergency plans, backup power and evacuation plans if needed. I want this to be set out very clearly to all of the Nursing Homes and all of the facilities in new orleans that are caring for the elderly. You are responsible for their safety. If you dont have a generator, get one
Successful. The president heads to arizona and potentially takes on a new senate foe. Inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to inside politics. Im nia malika henderson, filling in for john king. Thank you for sharing your sunday with us. President donald trump is looking to turn the page after a phro frone phroenetic week that led to steve bannon leaving the white house. Thousands of protesters marching in boston. President trump weighed in with three different takes on the protest as the afternoon went by. He first tweeted at 3 22 pm. Looks like many antipolice agitators in boston. Police are looking smart. Thank you. Another tweet at 3 24. Sometimes you need protests in order to heal and we will heal and be stronger than ever before. Then another tweet. I want to applaud the many protesters in boston speaking out against bigotry and hate. Our country will soon come together as well. Trump also used his favorite medium to talk about the latest
You had a group on one side and you had a group on the other and they came at each other with clubs and it was vicious and it was horrible and it was a horrible thing to watch. But there is another side. There was a group on this side, you can call them the left, youve just called them the left, that came violently aattacking the other group. So you can say what you want but thats the way it is. You said there was hatred and violence. I do think theres blame i think theres blame on both sides. What about the alt left that came charging as you say the alt right . Do they have any semblance of guilt . Let me ask you this. What about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands swinging clubs . Do they have any problem . I think they do. I watched those very closely. Much more closely than you people watched it and you have you had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent and nobody wants to say that but ill say it right no
Rage, hate and death in charlottesville, virginia. Heres what we know at this point. Three people have been arrested after violent clashes between white supreme sifts and people who came out to face them down. Also, federal authorities opened a civil rights investigation. This after a car plowed into a crowd of people who were protesting the White Nationalists. This man was taken into custody, 20yearold james alex fields jr. He is being held on suspicion of seconddegree murder. To show you the actual video from the car attack. It is traffic. So we want to give you a moment here if you have small children in the room, now is the time to have them turn away. Heres a look at that video now. It the chaos there. This still image we will show you in a moment shows people in the air flying when that car came through. One woman in the crowd died. More than a dozen were wounded critically. Meanwhile, democrats and some republicans are criticizing President Trump for not labeling the protesters