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What did happen, though, was that a cloud got in the way, a couple of minutes before totality, and what was supposed to be two minutes and 38 seconds, the loppingest period of darkness here in carbon dale, illinois, at least to me and many of the people that ive spoken to in stadium, we could only see totality for a couple of seconds. you did sort of that 360 degree sun sunset and, you know, you saw some of the sun come up and then the sunset and then the sunrise of sorts again. but totality was...

Will further alienate himself from the rest of the party that he needs to get anything done. >> the lack of the ability to get anything done, blame it on congress. and were rallying around the eclipse. so thank you, mike murphy, as we watch the extraordinary pictures were beginning to get on the event. and change of republican view, theyre not going to be do the speech at mar-a-lago, stay here on msnbc for special coverage on a celestial event only on msnbc. dont let dust and allergens get betwe...

Pouring in to that path of totality. >> reporter: countdown to total eclipse coast-to-coast. >> this is the sun and this is the eclipse. and this is the moon. and it goes directly at it and then makes it totally dark. >> reporter: in its path, an astronomical celebration from oregon to south carolina. the place to be the 70 mile swath of full eclipse or totality. the mans shadow racing across the country through 12 states turning day into night. what do you think is going to happen? >> like on, ...

Heavy. >> we are hearing a lot of information traffic is real heavy that day. we are going to be staying home. >> reporter: cities and small towns along the path of totality preparing for massive crowds. you think you can literally double. >> quadruple size of this place overnight. >> very much so. and the people will be spread out through town. >> reporter: in idaho, all hands on deck for massive crowds across the country, friends staying with friend, families coming together. millions on on th...

>> reporter: and eclipse cal doughnuts. >> a chocolate top with the sun ring around it. when you break it open, its full of sunshine, orange creamsicle flavoring. >> reporter: this eclipse unique for the u.s. the last time one went coast-to-coast here 1918. woodrow wilson was president and the first world war was nearing its end. now one other interesting thing about this eclipse. the path of this takes it only through the u.s. the last time that happened? 1257, king henry iii was on the throne ...

Moines and lincoln but damaging winds and potential for isolated tornado or two and large hail. if youre in those reason have your weather alerts ready if you need to pack up the camping equipment and go to to a safe place. to the south and east places like columbia and charleston, south carolina, a potential for a few isolated showers and thunderstorms in the forecast here. the question is going to be some place like nashville where its not supposed to rain until late at night, but you may have...

Okay? so you have to change your time zone for this. eventually hit around kansas city at 2:00 eastern time. and then eventually cross past charleston, south carolina, just shortly before 3:00 in the afternoon. but the ultimate question that everybody wants to know is what is the weather going to be like? because if you have rain, if you have cloud, youre not going to get the best view for that eclipse. here is what we have. out to the west, states like oregon and idaho and even into wyoming, ra...

Visitors. >> this is three super bowls along with a winter olympics coming to madras. >> reporter: many homeowners are renting out their houses, this one is $1500 a night with a four-night minimum. j.r. brooks is organize nicing solar -- [inaudible] creating a makeshift solar town. hell house 20,000 campers. >> its got air-conditioning, beds, daily changeout, showers, electricity, wi-fi, tv. the whole nine yards. and thats the top of the line. >> reporter: its all to see the rare solar system da...

Counts down to the precise moment of the big event. >> dr. gordon telefan is with us now. we are looking at this app, doctor. we are both going, we dont know whatter looking at. help us in laymans terms understand what this app does and how it work. >> good morning, everybody. its very simple. mobile device are extremely sophisticated with their ability to go locate and get your coordinates like freezing navigation programs and things like that. so my app takes that technology just to do your lo...

Cant tell anyone so no one will go my way. >> you know, its fascinating because there are estimates that hundreds of thousands of people are going to jam the interstates. its phenomenal. but not just here. even into these small towns, salem, oregon. casper, wyoming. another one of those cities where theyre going to descend. idaho falls. i love idaho falls. they are jammed with people. theyre pitching tents. this is a big deal. its been about 100 years since the last total eclipse across the unit...