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That is now over. i'm on the mend, and that's all i can hope for right now. >> what is remarkable? alex trebek healthy and back at work months after a grim diagnosis. great to see him back and the power of positive thinking. welcome back to "early start." happy friday. i'm dave briggs. >> i'm amara walker in for christine romanromans. we begin with what could be the most powerful hurricane to slam into florida's east coast in fle nearly three decades. dorian is expected to make la landfall as a category 4 storm. overnight, wind speeds increased to 105 miles per hour, a category 2. >> this will...

Directly with them and the governors, and he will continue to talk to me and the secretary and chief of staff kelly. >> will the president sign an emergency declaration before la landfall to pre-prepare? >> that is being contemplated. we will take the governor's request, the governor assesses if he has unmet needs. if he make that's determination a number of other statutory of other requirements, he requess d federal assistance. that moves up to the president and i believe it is in that process right now. once it gets to him with a formal recommendation from his

anything but a holiday for americans reeling from extreme weather. lee is weakening to a tropical depression, but still a massive rain maker that could make travel across much of the country a nightmare. storms' winds have helped fuel wildfires in central texas. at this hour, a thousand homes are in danger near austin. and later today, hurricane katia will unleash its first impact on the east coast. we're tracking this storm and tell you where that's headed in a moment. first, we want to begin with the flooding rains pounding the gulf coast since lee made la landfall in louisia...

Hurricane earl is back up to a category 4 storm. there are watches and warnings all up and down the east coast, north carolina in particular right now is bracing for the storm to go by it sometime maybe late this evening am there are mandatory evacuations that are in place especially for tourists but full-time residents being told to get out of there. others, of course, are hunkering down, going to ride it out. there are threats though the storm is not expected to make la landfall in north carolina right now at least. still, it's going to get close enough that they're going to experience some ...

You really want very light calm conditions to be favorable for tropical conditions to develop. that's not the case today and is certainly good news for a whole lot of folks. the forecast track is still right on target here and we're expecting to see it make la landfall. we'll see a little bit of storm surge with this, just a couple of feet above. but with the winds pulling in from the southeast that will likely pull any existing oil that's out there potentially a little further inland. so we'll continue to monitor that situation there as well. now, we've got a couple of other big weather headl...