stage, the question is how are theaters keeping audience members safe? it is way too early for this. good morning again, everybody. welcome to way too early, the show that sings show tunes on the way to work, swear to god. i m jacob soeb recover on this friday, september 3rd, and we eert start with the news. begin with the deadly flooding in the wake of hurricane ida. the storm is being blamed for at least 42 deaths in new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, and connecticut. the toll climbs even higher to 58 when you factor in the weather-related fatalities in states across the south where the storm first made landfall. in new york city, mayor bill de blasio says at least 13 people died in flooding incidents 26783 people were killed in new jersey. and in connecticut, a state
news in the weeks and months ahead, but for now morning joe starts right now. good morning and welcome to morning joe. coming up on 6:00 in the morning at the united states capital at the end of a long week. it s friday, september 3rd, i m willie geist, joe and mika will be back next week. we begin with the flooding across the northeast in the wake of hurricane ida. the storm is blamed for 42 deaths now in new york, new jersey, pennsylvania and connecticut. the toll climbs higher to 58 when you figure in the weather fatalities across the south where the storm first made landfall. bill de blasio said 23 people died in flooding incidents. in connecticut a state trooper
they see this could extend beyond super tuesday. they don t think it should necessarily be decided by those first four states and they don t see the other competitors, like bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, dropping out and neither should biden is what they argue. thanks for joining us today on inside politics. our coverage continues with brianna keilar right now. have a great afternoon. i m brianna keilar live from cnn s washington headquarters. victor black well is in jensen beach, florida, for our special coverage of hurricane dorian. he s going to give us a closer look at the storm in just a moment. underway right now, dorian is a strong category 2 storm moving closer to the florida coast but at a crawl and that means it s causing even greater damage to the bahamas, which is still getting pounded two days after the storm first made landfall there as a cat 5. here are some of the pictures that we re getting from there, people trying to escape the rising waters. the u.s. coa
necessarily be decided by those first four states and they don t see the other competitors, like bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, dropping out and neither should biden is what they argue. thanks for joining us today on inside politics. our coverage continues with brianna keilar right now. have a great afternoon. i m brianna keilar live from cnn s washington headquarters. victor black well is in jensen beach, florida, for our special coverage of hurricane dorian. he s going to give us a closer look at the storm in just a moment. underway right now, dorian is a strong category 2 storm moving closer to the florida coast but at a crawl and that means it s causing even greater damage to the bahamas, which is still getting pounded two days after the storm first made landfall there as a cat 5. here are some of the pictures that we re getting from there, people trying to escape the rising waters. the u.s. coast guard is now helping with the rescues in the
as you know, wrightsville beach is where this storm first made landfall, 7:15 a.m. this morning. martin safrbage is there, we had problems communicating with him before. i want to check in, see if we can talk to him now. martin, what s the situation there? i m wondering if you were on the air or awake at 7:15, what it was like when it made landfall? we were awake. we were aware. the impact was strong. i will tell you that you do not see where we are significant damage in wrightsville beach, but let me put a caveat to that. we re just before the bridge. we can t go any farther because law enforcement has that bridge closed, and that means that right now, you just can t go in to see. but from looking across, when there was a lull, you did not see significant damage to either the many vessels that are there or the homes and businesses along the intercoastal. it s probably a very different