. >>. inside the idalia disaster zone as the storm moves back into the atlantic, west florida sets off on the road to recovery. plus the pledge from president biden as he prepares to get a first-hand look at the damage. supreme disclosure justice clarence thomas revealing details about private trips s trips paid for by a republican mega donor caught on camera a serial carjacking spree ends

with a wild crash. how the suspects managed to escape police. >> more concert chaos. the shocking moment 50 cent hurled the microphone into the crowd, allegedly hitting a local radio host right in the face we'll have response from the rapper and grizzly undertaking, it's the last day of the workweek and the first dave september. "early today" starts right now welcome to the new month i'm frances rivera >> i'm jessica layton. we begin in the southeast where the scale of idalia's destruction is now coming into focus. new video obtained by nbc news shows the historic storm surge when the system pushed into florida's big bend the water rising up to eight feet and just over an hour high enough to nearly reach the rooftops now in some of those areas, homes are destroyed. president biden says he will

visit florida tomorrow to tour all that damage. for more on the federal disaster response, here's alice barr. >> reporter: along florida's gulf coast, survivors of hurricane idalia are starting to pick up the pieces of their lives. the same heart-wrenching task still under way inl under aui. president biden promising full federal support. >> i'm going to make clear that our nation has your back >> reporter: but the head of fema on the ground with ron desantis has warned the agency's disaster relief fund is running dangerously low, down to $3.4 billion >> while immediate needs funding will continue to respond to disasters, it is not a permanent solution >> reporter: president biden urging gop lawmakers seeking spending cuts to get on board. >> we need this money done we need this disaster relief request met, and we need to do

it in september. >> reporter: many republicans oppose the proposal to link disaster relief funds to more emergency money for ukraine. florida senator rick scott accusing the president of playing game with disaster aid lawmakers in both parties in florida are pressing to restore the critical fema fund >> congress needs to do its job. i have a bill in the house emergency managers around the country are worried about how this stuff is going to get done when there's no funds available. >> reporter: pressure mounting as the u.s. has already seen $17 billion disasters so far this year, nearly as many as in all of 2022, with months of hurricane season still ahead in washington, alice barr, nbc news >> former president trump pleaded not guilty on thursday to the 13 charges he faces in the georgia election interference case. along with the plea, trump also waived his right to appear at his arraignment set for

september 6. he is the fifth of 19 co-defendants in the case to do this jenna ellis also pleaded not guilty on thursday, joirning sydney powell, ray smith and trevion coody. the legal team also filed a motion to try him separately from the defendants, asking for a speedy trial in october. so far one defendant, kenneth ch chesebro will begin his trial then trump had call these charged a political effort to undermine his campaign two supreme court justices have revealed the gifts they got last year from wealthy donors. and it follows months of scrutiny from the media and public over the ethics of these transactions while the justices deny any wrongdoing, these new reports might not do so much to stabilize the court's already-shaky credibility. for more on this, we go to brie jackson in washington. brie, what exactly did we learn

from these reports >> reporter: good morning, jessica. on thursday, justice clarence thomas filed his 202financial disclosure report. this comes after multiple pro hubblea, which uncoveredom years of undisclosed gifts received by thomas the court changed its disclosure rules in march prior to these pieces many of those gifts came from republican donor harlan crow crow's name appeared multiple times in the latest report, reportedly paying for thomas' travel on three occasions, including to a conservative conference last may. thomas, also noted that he flew on a private jet on that trip due security concerns after the leak of the dobbs decision another pro-publica record revealed that crow had bought property in georgia, originally owned by thomas and his family addressing this in the report, thomas said he did not think he was required to disclose the sale as he lost money on the transaction.

a lawyer for thomas said in a statement he is confident that the justice did not willingly make any ethics transgressions justice samuel alito also filed his disclosure report along with thomas on thursday alito similarly came under fire following a pro publica piece saying that he failed to disclose a vacation he took with a republican donor in alaska who had business before the court. alito says he's done nothing wrong. and under the new rules disclosed two trips paid for by law schools. while court ethics bills have been proposed in congress, it remains to be seen if either they or the court itself will oppose new oversight rules jessica? >> okay, brie, thank you senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has been medically cleared to work following his latest health scare. h a

he appeared to freeze and go silent he conferred with the neurology team, and it was determined that the 81-year-old can continue with his schedule as planned >> a shooting shattered the peace at a shopping center in austin, texas. police say they found two adults dead at the scene, and they think one them was the shooter three other people were hurt one taken to the hospital in critical condition >> there is no continuing threat to the public. that scene has been rendered safe at this time, the relationship between the suspect and the victim are unknown >> witnesses initially thought that they heard explosions, but no devices were found. the investigation is ongoing >> in pennsylvania, a convicted murderer is on the loose after escaping from a prison outside philadelphia authorities hunting for him say he's extremely dangerous he was sentenced to hive without parole just last week for stub

stabbing his ex to death in front of her children. anyone who spots him is urged to immediately call 9 11 police are searching for serial car thieves this footage of one of the cars is seen spinning out of control with the driver sprinting out of the scene. >> reporter: first there was a crash. then the spin. the stolen car spiraling down main street in maynard, again and again, as police chased it >> kaboom! it was super loud. and could you tell it was a crash. >> reporter: the crash crazy then this happened next. the car still spinning, the driver side door suddenly opened the driver bailed. stops for a half second and then

takes off running. neighbors waking up to all of it around 3:45 wednesday morning . >> it was like you woke up, and your chest was pounding. that's how loud it was >> reporter: that car, this car. the damaged evidence maynard police say a group of eight to ten suspects arrived in maynard with cars stolen from other towns. while here they stole at least two more cars, including this dodge ram and this toyota avalon which was involved in the police chase. >> it itf it was a different tif day, it would have been a disaster >> reporter: police arrived seconds after the crash, but the suspect with this head start was gone police are still searching for him kbrch him. in i was like, yeah, maybe we'll see him. i was like, no, we don't want to encounter this guy >> it was pretty wild, like seeing that person fall out of the car. and sprint off into one of the

neighbor's yards was beyond. >> we want to thank eli for that report the recovery effort in maui is getting a boost of star power. oprah and dwayne the rock johnson are teaming up to launch a $10 million relief fund for the wierlgd victims called the people's fund of maui. >> oprah lives here in maui. i was raised this these islands. my family are buried in these islands. going to take a long time to rebuild. >> according to the fund's website, they are giving $1200 monthly payments to displaced resident they are seeking donations to keep these payments going longer there is rain on the way for the gulf coast this morning as the middle of the country heads into a pretty hot holiday weekend. nbc meteorologist angie lassman is tracking all of it for us >> can't believe the summer's coming to an end today yesterday, the last official

meteorological day of summer and we've got rain across parts of the gulf coast. the showers and storms will continue to be working across this region. notice, some of this in spots that we've already seen heavy rain thanks to idalia that stretches across parts of the big bend and st. pete where they were dealing with plenty of flooding and the flood risk will last at least through today more toward the panhandle. sarasota could see additional rainfall as well meanwhile, out west, monsoon storms popping up, localized amounts as high as 3 inches across places like nevada. and there's that heat, feeling like summer in rapid city, minneapolis. down through texas we'll keep it hot with triple digits in some spots. and the heat continues across the midwes not just,

mid-90s for shreveport showers and thunderstorms for montgomery to new orleans and stretching across the sunshine state this of yeah noon. >> that's a look at your forecast, back over to you u. rapper 50 cent caught on camera throwing a mic at a concert. video shows him launching the mic into the crowd at crypto.com center it hit a local radio host in the head sending her to the hospital he spoke to the police but added, quote, would never intentionally strike anyone with a microphone >> we're back in 60 seconds with arm alert for more than 40,000 ford trucks. plus the truth isout there and now it's on the web. how the pentagon is share ufos with the public. agon is share us with the public. hard when you take it again the next day. so betty can be the... barcode beat conductor. let's be more than our allergies! and for fast, allergy relief with a powerful decongestant,

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good morning arabile >> yeah, good morning, guys. that jobs number is indeed the big one to look out for, right it's non-farm payrolls day to day. 170,000 jobs are anticipated to have been added to the u.s. economy in the month of august that data anticipated to come on a little later on this morning, leaving unemployment around that 3.5% mark. still quite significant as well. one must note this is a big drop down from the previous numbers we have had, more than 300,000 jobs had been created in the previous months since or the 170,000 would be a big drop off. but one must remember in an economy that is currently slowing because of the number of interest rate increases that the fed chair jerome powell have put forward, it does give you a clear indication that things are beginning to slow quite significantly. and the jobs numbers are that critical factor they highlight that.

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creatures. >> there's some data that scientists can only get when they get up close and personal with a grizzry ly bear. >> reporter: they became a protected species in 1975 when they were almost wiped out about a thousand remain in greater yellowstone. the monitoring is critical to the species' ongoing recovery. >> if we find grizzry bears that aren't doing so well that probably means several things in the ecosystem are off balance and the ecosystem needs improvement. on the flip side, finding healthy bears, especially young bears, mothers of breeding age, that kind of thing, suggests that the population is doing great. and so all this information, whether it's good or bad can help biologists give recommendations for conservation >> reporter: large cage-like traps will be set with natural food sources like deer and elk to lure them inside. then they will collect data points like age, gender and dna

to gauge the health of the population yellowstone will shut down areas of the park where field captures are under way, with bright warning signs warning people to stay away for their safety and the safety of the bears. humans have had a fascination and sometimes healthy fear of grizzly i bears. last month on a hiking trail, amy adamson was killed by a grizzly bear weeks ago this crowd of tourists surrounding a group of bears to take photos, raising concerns. close calls like these and accidents are a reminder to stay at least 100 yards away from wild animals yellowstone is the oldest national park in the u.s nearly a million visited in july alone. some credit increased popularity to the hit tv show "yellowstone". the national park and its

wildf wildlife are heavily featured. >> the best way to protect the environment is to respect the environment. >> and we say good-bye this morning with one more look at that environment thanks for watching, i'm jessicn

the way. idalia blows out to sea, leaving a trail of destruction from florida to the carolina coast. the president on his way to visit some of the hardest-hit areas this weekend our team is on the ground, speeching with residents left peeking up the pieces. at least 74 people killed as fire rips through a building in africa how johannesburg officials are responding