and say that skin color determined. turn hard not to do that. the answer to that has official backtracking today. i will speak to the reverend, al sharpton, about the controversy coming up. we also continue to follow the dangerously putting millions risk this weekend across the country. a billion dollars up for grabs in the next few days as jackpots for the two biggest lottery is in the country reach stratospheric heights. more on the head, as well. more on that and the new york times we ve been talking about back in 2018. former president trump inquiring about pursuing an irs investigation into two fbi officials, lisa stroke and page this is coming from a sworn statement from trump s former chief of staff, john kelly. joining me now the reporter that broke that story new york times washington correspondent and msnbc washington correspondent, michael schmidt. michael, always great to talk to you. thank you for joining us on a saturday afternoon. give us a sense of more of
and it has been ten years since the yarnell hill fire claimed the lives of 19 firemen. we ll look back at their legacy, how that wildfire and climate change have crews changing their strategies. that s coming up. we re going to start, though, with extreme weather across the country, from heat waves to heavy winds and rain, cancelled outdoor celebrations and even ruined some travel plans over the holiday weekend. nbc meteorologist michelle grossman, with what we can expect. and first, here s blayne alexander. reporter: there s no question summer is in full swing, if you doubt it, just step outside. millions of americans are dealing with record-breaking temperatures, and it s not just inconvenient, it s dangerous. between the dangerous heat and severe storms, mother nature really is bringing a one-two punch. overnight, we saw severe weather hit places in alabama. we ve also seen the weather turned deadly, turns trees over, including crushing one woman in her car in missouri
we knew someone would identify that vehicle for us can which is exactly what happened. i love playing. i can t do this forever. sounds as though the u.s. open later this month will be her final tournament. it is wednesday, august 10, in washington the republican outrage machine is in high gear after the fbi search of mar-a-lago. trump allies are calling for attorney general miles per hour rick garland and fbi director christopher wray to be removed from office. republicans want answer after the first ever search of a former president s private home. meanwhile a source tells cnn investigators carried out the search because they suspected trump and his team were withholding documents that have national security implications. they also believer the trump team was not being completely truthful with investigators. another source tells cnn the fbi subpoenaed and received surveillance video of mar-a-lago from the trump organization. this is said to be related to the docume
broken. there that adds more merit the atmosphere as well. we will see these warm records tumbling. not just daytime high records of is also rainfall records. the warm air holds more water. we are seeing this deluge of water. we will see that over the next several days. in the northeast we could see some heavy rainfall sunday night into monday. let s talk about severe storm threat. we are looking at some pretty strong storms as we go throughout saturday. we are starting to see the storms pop from an hour. go the severe thunderstorm watch, that is the yellow box to the west in portions of the plains the, rockies. the thunderstorm warnings. that is where you see the little orange boxes. that means that severe weather is happening right. now we are looking for some really gusty winds. winds gusting up to 60 miles per. our that is going to bring down some trees, some powerlines. that s going to create some power outages and that is creating some really warm. spots we are looking at the hea
delayed in chicago over the weekend, due to heavy rain there. all of that combined with the hot sun, but keep in mind, a number of people are also still traveling for the holiday weekend. so people are dealing with a growing number of flight delays. in fact, we started the day today with more than 400 delays. think about this, we re seeing more people traveling than ever before, last friday, the tsa processed 2.9 million travel ers. that s the highest number for a single day ahead of a busy holiday. blayne alexander, thank you so much. let s go over to nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman. not the picture perfect forecast we were hoping for in a lot of places. great to see you. it s steamy, it s stormy, we re going to continue to see that as we go throughout the next several days. we have been tracking this for weeks and weeks, the heat dome in place, and we re starting to see storms pop already. the brighter colors, the reds, the oranges, that s the daytime