hi, everyone. thanks so much for joining us. i'm zinhle essamuah. >> and i'm ellison barber in for kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, wednesday, august 30th, 2023. breaking news, state of emergency. hurricane idalia makes its historic landfall on florida's gulf coast. >> are you talking about people swimming out of their windows? >> swimming out of their

windows. >> local leaders warn this storm is far from over the urgent warning issued to millions right now. record storm surge transforming roads into rivers, nbc cameras capturing catastrophic winds shredding a billboard, our teams are on the ground in hardest hit communities. now this monster storm is spinning north, threatening to bring destruction far beyond florida, we're tracking where it's going and when. we got a lot of news to get to on this storm impacting millions of americans across the country. we start this hour with breaking news, hurricane idalia delivering a powerful hit to southeast u.s. >> category 1 as it moves through georgia up towards the carolinas but this morning idalia officially made landfall as a major category 3 hurricane in deaton beach, florida, about an hour and half south of tallahassee. drone footage of the damage here.

>> video from perry, florida, you can see a gas station that's been completely knocked over, idalia has made history it's the strongest storm to make landfall on the big bend of florida in more than a century. florida highway patrol has confirmed that at least two people have been killed. you can see all the water covering the streets, police say the driver of a ford ranger lost control of their car and actually hit a tree. >> entire neighborhoods have been flooded by this storm sushlg and then there's the wind, at one point idalia brought sustained winds of 125 miles per hour causing widespread power outages between georgia and florida, more than 40,000 customers are now without power. >> last hour we heard from president biden from the white house as his administration closely monitor the storm. take a listen. >> you know, when you have your

home washed away, when a fire has taken your home away, when your school has been destroyed, there's no way to send your kids to school, these are urgent needs. >> urgent needs. more on the administration's response later this hour. we begin with jose diaz-balart in crystal river, florida, north of tampa along the gulf coast, you've been speaking with so many, we heard from one of them at top of the show, how is it looking right now. >> it looks a whole lot better now compared to how it was just a half hour ago and certainly a lot better than it was eight hours ago the waters have receded. we're right outside of the hotel where we have set up camp and this hotel is right by king's

bay, but king's bay is also now the canals and also came all the way through to here, this is the front part of the hotel, the waters have receded quite a bit, there's an airboat that's going through the streets and we've been seeing some cars also going through other streets, people are going back to their homes that they left, this is a zone a evacuation center, most people did evacuate and leave and now they're in the process of going back. including people who you saw just a little bit ago, phil and brenda, who left their home, but they were able to keep in contact with their neighbors and this is something they say they went through. >> pushing water with the hood of my jeep. swimming out of the windows. >> phil, are you talking about people swimming out of their windows. >> swimming out of their

windows. >> literally. >> from their homes. >> reporter: brenda was thinking that she's fearing that maybe they lost their home due to the water this was a lot of experts believed could be the place where the hurricane hit, it hit far more north than here but the effects of it are very, very severe here. and in no small part because of the water, again, this is hours after and we're still seeing flooding, still no power in a great part of this area here and as you hear that airboat coming, there's a lot of movement, we just saw a whole convoy of national guardsmen go by, so they're out and about the sun's out but the water is still here. >> jose, one of the reasons that's so important for journalists and teams to be out in the aftermath of these storms

so the world, people who control the pursestrings in washington, d.c., can see what these communities are doing with. what are other resources have you seen come into that community and from your point of view right now what more do they need? >> reporter: well, that's a great question. there's been a whole planning -- florida has been well versed in planning for hurricanes. they do it over and over again. last year we were here last september a hurricane somewhere close by, sarasota area, where again this problem was massive, there's a hot of help that needs to happen to the communities here that often times are ignored. and i think that it's important that people recognize that these are people who have been so severely affected and they do need help.

>> jose diaz-balart thank you for being there and showing us the destrix so hopefully some more of that help can come to those areas. let's bring in bill karins, where is idalia right now? >> the storm is heading from georgia and on its way to south carolina and it's good to see that the water is finally retreating on the coast. the storm surge moved in at low tide, high tide this afternoon, we're past high tide and start going to low tide. the storm surge peaked at 8 feet. it's already come down 7 feet, gravity is doing its thing there on the coast. the storm itself, you know, barely holding on to category 1 status, this is what you expect with storms over land. close enough to the coast that the hurricane center has it remaining a pretty strong tropical storm throughout the good portion of tomorrow as exits to wilmington the next

area of concern is going to be what happens at this high tide, low tide on the georgia/south carolina coast, high tide is going to be around 7:30, 8:30 tonight at the same time we think the storm is going to be push up the southerly winds at the strongest, that's bad combination the super full moon going on we also have high tide at 8:30, that's when the storm's winds could be the strongest, so that combination could bring us into some pretty, not all-time record but pretty close. charleston is predicting the seventh high water level in the city's history. we'll see how bad that flooding is. the other areas of concern, isolated tornadoes. you can see where the center of circulation is, right over the top of waycross right now, these bands coming into south carolina and north carolina are the areas of concern. here's closer view of idalia,

this area has been getting a to of heavy rain, earlier to the south, valdosta, georgia, report of 6 to 8 inches of rainfall, flash flood emergency has since been dropped. notice the highest winds. still a pretty good gusts. these exposed areas on the coast is where we could still see trees coming down and isolated power outages. the storm is the still a tropical storm. >> meteorologist bill karins, thank you so much. let's bring in lindsey reiser in savannah, georgia, where the storm is heading. lindsey the storm has made its way into southern georgia, we're talking about vadalia areas don't see heavy rainfall aftermath of storms, talk to us about what is happening where you are, what are people saying

to you, do they feel like they're prepared? >> reporter: i tell you what we're expecting first, ellison, bill was talking about low tide, we have seen the savannah river recede somewhat. we're expecting by the time it reaches us this evening, around 5:0010:00 it will have weakened to a trap koll storm but we're still looking at 50, 60 miles per hour winds. we haven't seen the worst of it in savannah. one family's power were out. there have been people walking around, definitely feels like they're not expecting the worst of it until later as well, ellison. >> elsewhere in georgia what are people in feeling. >> reporter: elsewhere many georgia, southern georgia,

idalia came as a category 1 hurricane and some areas saw 90 mile an hour winds. tens of thousands of people are without power, hopefully crews once those winds die down can go out and repair those. we've seen flooding in some areas. you guys mentioned at the top so we know right now that georgia is getting the brunt of it. then it goes to south carolina. >> lindsey, thanks so much. stay safe out there. just ahead, we'll talk to the mayor of savannah, georgia, we're continuing to track the we're continuing to track the storm right now at nbcnews. rsv is in for a surprise. meet arexvy. ( ♪♪ ) the first fda-approved rsv vaccine. arexvy is used to prevent lower respiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. rsv can severely affect the lungs and lower airways.

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welcome back to "nbc news daily." we are continuing to track the impacts of hurricane idalia. >> joining us now is the mayor of savannah, georgia, van johnson, mayor, we appreciate you being with us. we heard earlier from one of our correspondents on the ground in savannah, talk to us about what you're expecting. >> thank you for checking in on us. your reporter can come in city hall. she's actually right behind us and the weather is deteriorating here, we expect -- we actually expected it will be a strong tropical storm, more like cat 1

for us, obviously we're very concerned about high winds, sustained up to 75 miles per hour. the rain which has restarted here, and is continuing to do so, we're surrounded by water. there's a high tide here which is affecting our rivers and water around us and so we have 80,000 trees in this beautiful city and so therefore falling leaves, we have folks who are having electrical problems and we expect that will continue and actually expand as the day goes on. >> mayor, clearly you are the mayor of a very resilient town, talk about a lot of obstacles here, winds, high tide, 80,000 trees, so despite all the warnings, some people still will go out in the middle of a storm or decide not to evacuate, what's the plan for rescues in

those situations for those who decide to stay? >> well, we did not evacuate, obviously for us evacuating would require us to go west putting us in the path of the storm. we asked folks to stay home, hunker down, we opened up a safety center, for folks who need that assistance, need electricity, who need food and a place to lay their head, we're pulling them in where we can. at the end of the day people have to have good common sense. for us, we have law enforcement and first responders out risking their lives to save people. we're not going to allow them to risk their lives on foolishness. folks who choose to be outside, in spite all of our warnings, in spite all of our preparation that's on their own. >> all right, savannah mayor van

johnson, savannah is a beautiful city. we wish you and your team the best of luck there. thank you for being with us. >> friday will be better. come and see us. >> thank you, mayor. the white house are monitoring the track of idalia closely as well as the damage that's been left in its path. >> we learned that president biden has called the governors of florida, georgia, south carolina and north carolina, and he told each of them they have his administration's full support. senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell join us with the latest. impacting millions. maui wildfires, now this, what did biden say. >> reporter: the president did say that he's putting as much as federal support behind the path of storm and help address the concerns of people on the ground. the president is meeting with his cabinet to deal with the maui fire situation, he talked about the extent of what the

federal response can be there and he's tracking what's going on with hurricane idalia. the president spoke a short time ago updating the hurricane response from the federal government. >> i let each governor i spoke with know if there's anything the states need right now i'm ready to mobilize that support, what they need, i think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore, just look around, historic floods, more intense droughts, extreme heat, significant wildfires have caused significant damage like we've never seen before. >> reporter: the president said his contacts with governor desantis of florida have not been political it's been focused on getting this job done. >> kelly, the president faced some criticism in recent weeks because some felt he took too long to visit hawaii after those devastating wildfires do we expect to see him in florida any

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this is "the fast forward on nbc news daily." i'm janelle wang. fire danger, hazy skies and trip digit temperatures are threats to the bay area right now. we start off with kari hall with what you need to know. >> we are under a microclimate weather alert due to the high fire danger, especially in the north bay mountains. then look at the temperatures. it's going to be hot and hazy today. reaching into the low to mid 90s for much of the north bay. we will see a high of 90 in fremont and hottest in fairfield, up to 102. hopefully, we don't see any new fires. tomorrow, we do see a slight cooling. especially for the coast in parts of the inner bay. by friday, we are looking at highs in the 60s and 70s. we will talk more about the changes coming up in 30 minutes. pg&e is following through

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welcome back to "nbc news daily." >> we continue to track hurricane idalia as it makes its way across the southeast, the storm made landfall as a category 3 hurricane this morning. >> wind gusts, i'm told are over a hundred miles an hour. and we are really feeling the brunt of this storm.

unprecedented storm hitting the big bend area. >> more than 200,000 people in florida are without power at this hour. the storm is packing wind and rain but it's the storm's surge that's the biggest concern, officials warn it could reach 16 feet in some areas the video you see here is from paco florida. the storm reportedly already claiming at least one life. >> idalia has been downgraded to a category 1 storm. still packing a threat of major rain. >> we don't know exactly when it's going to get here and of course the winds will get here before the center of the storm gets here but any time from about 6:00 on everybody needs to really be on their guard and they need to go ahead and prepare right now. >> bill karins has been tracking this storm around the clock, so, bill, where is it headed next in. >> once we get done with georgia coastal areas of carolinas,

pretty gusty winds and they're dealing with some bands that could potentially at least have isolated tornadoes. highest wind totals, how about sarasota, 70 mile per hour wind gust. horseshoe beach, we haven't seen a lot of pictures out there, north of tampa, not only high winds but incredible storm surge. horseshoe beach, landfall spot, cedar key, those areas had that 8-foot storm surge, clearwater beach had a gust of 65. tallahassee on backside of this storm, 54 miles per hour. it was going po be a close call for the tallahassee area, thankfully the storm for you took that right turn at the end. the storm itself is located in

southern portions of georgia. we'll wait and see if they keep it as a hurricane. gust on the coastline down near jacksonville right around 66 mile per hour winds. they may leave it there or bring it down to a tropicastorm. the intensity isn't going to change much now through tomorrow. it's going to stay status quo as it goes back over the water. thiwe it's going to increase in intensity. the next story that will be developing, low tide. heading toward that high tide this evening for savannah and charleston. >> bill, let's talk at storm surge, a word we keep saying and most people are familiar generally what it is, give us the science here what exactly is storm surge, how does it work? >> reporter: you have to think of storm surge like this, just

the component of what the wind does to the waters, if you want to do a little experiment with your kids, take a fan, a cake pan put water in it, put a fan at one end, turn the fan on if you mark the edge of the water before you'll see the water rises at the other end of the pan because the wind is pushing it. when we say peak storm surge of 2 to 5 feet that's kind of the range what we think is the wind is going do. the peak storm surge came in this morning at low tide, tides don't change dramatically on the west coast of florida. but with all the stories that you see and the pictures if that hit at high tide today that water level would have been three feet higher, the storm surge is one component it but combine wit a high tide. >> lot to watch out for and that

weather hitting at night can be particularly dangerous. guad is in gainesville, florida. there's a lot of cleanup, what are people there telling you? >> reporter: people here are glad that it wasn't as bad as it could have been i just was listening to the mayor of gainesville speak, originally he was prepared to have the storm come right through gainesville, he left the emergency center came back and then the hurricane had gone in a different direction of course he was glad. we got the wind, lot of rain overnight, we arrived here last night and this place was a ghost town. everyone had hunkered down, a large part of population are college students from the university of florida, the university had a lot to do in preparing the students, asking everyone to stay indoors as the

storm made its way through, we're also under a tornado watch earlier today also keeping people inside their homes. at one point we had a tornado warning just south of us, but all of that has passed. conditions have improved. some wind and some rain. now the message for residents is to be careful when they do go outside. lot of branches and debris on the streets. there are some reports as well of some power lines that were damaged and also some trees that were torn down by the storm all of that of course being taken care of by responders right now. >> gainesville because of the university of florida, right, it's a college town, most of the people there, they are students, some of them might not be from that area what is the university of florida doing to make sure they stay safe? >> reporter: ellison, classes were cancelled so students could stay at home and hunker down the

hotel where we're staying had a few students staying here along with some other residents for the area the university of florida is actually right behind us and i made my way into one of shopping centers that college students frequent to get food, i was speaking to one of the owners, we closed at night, everyone went home, this place went quiet and now, probably around 2:00, 3:00, people have started making their way outside. we'll hear from one of the students who spoke during this storm. >> i lost power a few times. last night. i woke up to the sound of our power coming back on actually. so it seems like we're about to get another band of rain, yeah, you can hear the wind. >> reporter: that was part of the experience and i should say the power company has been

working to restore power. in this country about 10,000 people being affected by those power outages. authorities say they're doing what they can to make the repairs necessary. >> guad thanks so much. we showed you some of this video at top of the show. >> it's of keaton beach, florida, where idalia made landfall this morning as a category 3, our gabe gutierrez made it to that area a short while ago and spoke to our colleague andrea mitchell about what he's witnessed. >> we're here just outside of keaton beach, we rode out the storm in perry, not far from here, about 20 miles or so, driving out of perry right now, we saw extensive tree damage, a lot of downed power lines a collapsed gas station as we were going out of town, this is the main road into keaton beach and right behind you can see the first responders now heading into this beach and checking to see for any survivors and they're trying right now to see

if, you know, decided to ride it out and whether they're okay. we're told to hang back while those first responders are able to do their job. andrea i can tell you earlier this morning, in perry, it was extremely powerful winds, well over 100 miles an hour, that was inland. you can only imagine how powerful wind gusts must have been here at the beach, where this powerful storm idalia first made landfall, again we're still learning -- we're still trying to learn the full extent of the damage here in keaton beach where that eye first landfall a little earlier this morning. we're hoping to get behind this roadblock, some residents have been trying to come in, this is again that main road and driving in here was very difficult, just a short time ago it was impassable as first responders were there cutting through power lines, cutting through downed

treegs trying to be the first one to reach that beach on the other side of this roadblock, andrea. joining us now is sheriff kristen graziano of charleston county, south carolina. we appreciate you taking the time to speak with us. for feel who live in your community, tell us how is your team getting ready for the storm. >> thank you so much for thinking about us. first, i want to say our thoughts and prayers go out to our friends to the south. this storm is now moving toward our immediate neighbors to the south, toward savannah, georgia, and southern georgia, as they brace we are preparing and we have gotten assets scattered throughout this county, it's along the eastern seaboard, about 1,000 square miles, ranging from just south of

myrtle beach, almost to the coast of georgia, so we are preparing, we're expecting a hot of water. >> a lot of low-lying areas in your county, you said it was a long county, briefly what is your message for people in those communities in. >> so, they don't call it the low country for anything, we're at sea level and below, so my message is, we expect a large water event with some wind probably about 8:00 tonight depending on which way the storm goes, that wind could push high tide is at 8:00, that wind could push a lot of water up into our harbor, it's already flooding our streets, our streets are inundated right now, a pretty extensive water event, we're asking people to stay off the roads, stay out of harm's way, we expect falling power lines,

we expect tree limbs, we expect some debris flying, not a hospital wind but all that with a lot of water can be a very dangerous situation. >> sheriff, thank you so much. we appreciate your time. >> stay safe. >> thank you. here's look at where the storm is right now, stay wh it

now to an nbc news exclusive. one hospital's maternal ward is shutting down this october following the death of 31-year-old black mother this past january. >> i would not have any complications, i would have a good birthing experience. >> reporter: said these affirmations every single day. she thought she would live to see her first child above but she didn't make it out of the maternal ward in inglewood, california. following months of protest that ward is set to close october 25th, 2023. valentine's family filed a lawsuit on tuesday alleging in part wrongful death and negligence with demand for a jury trial. failed a complaint with the los angeles board of supervisors

alleging systemic race practices. an initial inspection of the incident found that they failed to prevent -- the l.a. county coroner ruled her cause of death a blood clot which the hospital failed to assess for and intervene. her partner and her sister were there during the labor. didn't arrive to the hospital for hours. >> we can't call a doctor, the doctor will cuss us out. >> reporter: a inspection said that the hospital failed to notify the physician about her vitals.

soon after, they alleged her legs began swelling and she threw up. her partner and sister said eventually april stopped breathing but nurses didn't perform cpr, so robertson did. according to the inspection, doctors later intervened with cpr. the maternity ward, an ongoing nbc investigation found other instances where they failed to notify physician and families about patient's conditions. ongoing reports of inactivity in the hospital of an unbroke door that wasn't fixed.

documents say the hospital took plans of corrective action including mull penalty incidents of staff counseling and re-education and in at least one case employee suspension. the attorney for valentine's attending physician that dr. allen is prohibited from federal law for publicly commenting about it. in a statement to nbc, the hospital medical center said in part the center disputes the allegations made against the hospital, and is dedicated to delivering compassionate quality care to all patients. the center denies allegations of systemic racism noting that their health care team reflects the varied ethnic makeup of the community. the hospital said they're closing their maternal ward due to a decrease of maternal health

services. when she gets older what are you going to tell her about? >> i'm going to tell her her mom was amazing. >> it's important to ad the state of california issued the hospital a $75,000 fine earlier this year, hospital administrative penalties and unfortunately april's story is no anomaly while california's maternal death rates are among the lowest in the country for black women in the state that rate for maternal death is three times higher compared to white women. they're devastated that she became one of the statistics. this is just one step of many. >> this is one of unfortunatly

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