death toll from hurricane dorian climbs in the bahamas. breaking overnight. zimbabwe's hero turned tyrant. robert mugabe has died. plus, the washington post said it has solved the sharpie gate mystery. guess who altered the infamous weather map with a marker? h'm. welcome back to "early start," everyone. i'm christine romans. >> maybe we can move on. doubtful. i'm dave briggs. happy friday. breaking this morning, hurricane dorian creeping slowly northeast just off the carolina coast trailing a path of destruction. in just the last few hours it has now weakened to a category 1 hurricane. at least five are dead in the united states. dorian's high winds and lightning strikes leaving more than 293,000 customers in north and south carolina without power. let's get right to allison chinchar with the latest from the weather center.