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Trash and debris. that is definitely happening here along st. pete beach. this area was under a mandatory evacuation. if you're still here, it's too late. police tell us they're not going to respond. when the winds hit 40 miles an hour, it seems like we're probably at that point right now. everything we've been reporting on and have seen on your shows in the past couple hours is on its way here to st. pete beach. shepard: matt finn live for us. matt, we appreciate you. thank you. i've just gotten this in from "the miami herald", a massive airborne relief mission is enroute to the keys to help ...

There on miami beach. let's get to matt finn who's up the coast in st. pete beach after you go through fort myers and naples, st. pete and tampa are on the way, and deterioration it looks like there, matt. >> reporter: yeah, shepard, gradually getting worse here. consistent, very strong wind and rain. all these homes along this area, along st. pete beach were under a mandatory evacuation, and there's really not a human in sight. behind me the pink hotel is now officially closed, affectionately known as the don around here, and a lot of our colleagues have been reporting how this storm is sucki...

Well. >> ali, thank you very much. good to see you. let's go to msnbc's cal perry. he's going to have a closer look now at the area where this rally will be taking place. and cal, show us a little bit about the size of it and how close it is to other places that maybe you could fit a whole lot more people. >> yeah, we'll show you exactly where ali was standing and i'll show you just the issue here at hand. we're talking about ali was standing right here. she's on the edge of this square right here. and the flynn center for the performing arts is a venue right here that holds 1400 people. so it...

Having some form of social equality. i think this is inevitable. and i don't think our society will rise to its full maturity until we come to see that men are made to live together as brothers. >> that was reverend martin luther king jr. appearing on "meet the press" just three days before he would deliver his "i have a dream" speech during the march on washington for jobs and freedom. this sunday, "meet the press" will reair the entire august 25th, 1963, edition featuring dr. king. as we approach that anniversary, the 50th of the march on washington, events are being held throughout the nati...

against u.s. troops inlo afghanistan, his name is hajee malee kahn. he's said to have been behind the attack on the u.s. embassy in kabul next month. troops guarding the embassy battles these insurgent attackers for almost 20 hours straight. let me bring inok ourq nick pey loss. or me int( w3kabul. can you start with who this guy is and why he is a big deal. >>e1 this is the operational leader forq a group in afghanistan, we're told. that's a very sophisticated part of the insurgency in the east of the country and based inlp pakistan. this man is uncle to that network's leader. so a...