good morning. items tuesday, september 12. and across the entire state of florida this morning, we're just beginning to get a sense of the damage left behind by hurricane irma as the storm continues its assault on the southeast. the storm has weakened to a tropical storm, but millions in florida and now georgia and south carolina are without power. and many more are cut off from their homes. in jacksonville, entire streets swallowed by record flooding as heavy rain and storm on surge hit that city. the mayor asks people to hang white flags outside their homes as a signal for help. and the coast guard says they rescued more than 100 people and

40 3petses. and this entire intersection was washed out because of the heavy rain. and much of the florida keys remain cut off from the mainland as the national guard deploy s search and rescue missions there. hurricane irma made landfall in the keys sunday morning bringing 130-mile-an-hour winds. as many as 10,000 people who decided to stay and ride out the storm may need to be evacuated. and this morning 7.6 million people are without power across florida alone. authorities say residents should be prepared for extended outages, including weeks without power in some cases. >> once irma moved past florida, the storm made its way into georgia and south carolina where at least three deaths are being blamed on the storm mainly because of fallen trees. in sammy springs, an atlanta suburb, one man died when a tree fell on his home. power crews are working to

restore electricity to thousands. river street, the tourist haven in savannah, saw the river spill out into the streets. usually bustling with stores and restaurants. charleston with its ancient drainage system is prone to washouts anyway. and yesterday the iconic market area downtown was under water down on the battery with its stately houses, water splashed over railings, flooding out into historic streets. and people went door to door helping rescue people trapped by rising water. >> on a regular rainy day, we flood out, but i knew this would come to the max as what it is right now. the rescuers are here to help the babies to get out. oh, that is so nice. oh. there goes our rescue vehicle coming to rescue children and

elderly, people who was not equipped for this kind of weather. that is one little baby gone. be careful! that is a lot of water. thank y'all for coming and checking up on us. we appreciate that. >> and out on the beaches, flooding was vicious as well. and people spotted these waterspouts off the coastline. incredible sight to see. >> let's go now to florida. joining us from jacksonville is morgan radford. i know that you have been reporting on this for several days. but give us an update on the situation on the ground this morning particularly jacksonville given that it was so hard hit. >> the ground is wet, we're almost knee deep in floodwaters and storm surge. and to give you a sense of the severity of the storm and its aftermath, we have at least one person reported dead and that is

among the 40 across the u.s. and caribbean that were kill kd ed hurricane irma. this morning about 150,000 people here in the city of jacksonville are waking up without power and that is among the 6 million across the state who are without power. the governor said we have about two-thirds of our state that is waking up without power. just behind me, there is the st. john's river. there is no longer a barrier between that river and downtown where i'm standinging. the river is part of us. and this is what people are battling because this was record rainfall. we saw about 15 inches saw. and so with the record rainfall means record flooding. it's destroyed people's homes, property, and an entire residential complex. take a listen to one couple. >> have you ever seen anything like this? >> no. not this bad. i mean, i've been through some

hurricanes, i was born and raised in florida, but this is something that i've never seen the river like this. it was cresting through here like we were out in the ocean. >> i did not expect to see this at all. like okay, flooding, okay, no big deal. but these were waves. i was like is this the ocean or a river? >> reporter: and about 100 rescues were conducted just yesterday by the coast guard. we saw choppers going by, we saw federal vehicles coming down the highway. and this was because a lot of people didn't expect the aftermath to be quite as severe as it was. some said look, we live in florida, we expect hurricanes, but we didn't expect something quite as bad as what we saw. and so people are waking up to this storm surge, downed power lines, downed trees on the roads. and they are trying to prepare for how they will move through rest of their week. >> weather may have gotten better, but still a dangerous situation with the downed power lines and stuff. so be careful out there. thank you very much.

for more now on what has become a tropical depression and particularly as it moves into states like georgia and tennessee, let's bring in bill karins. >> yeah, and i think it's important to note all those rivers are still in major flooding stage. we'll get to that first. a lot of the rivers peaked yesterday, but they are still at record or still water in some homes in some cases. so no new damage is being done, but it doesn't mean that the water is completely gone yet. this was the rainfall totals that we had over the last two days, the 7 to 10 inches is the orange and red. it targeted area of southern georgia and northeast florida. no surprise that that is where we had the worst problems with a combined 5 foot storm surge and about a foot of rain. and then high tide on top of it, and then that is a recipe for disaster in in area. and that's exactly what we're dealing with. so let's see about the rivers. the purple is major flooding and that usually means that the water is outside the banks. moderate and minor usually is

close to the bank tops or within the river banks. but look at this area between gainesville and jacksonville, all the rivers. and even a few down here from the rainfall in areas outside of tampa, too. the st. mary's river is one of the ones that broke the record, 24.4. that water is starting to come on down. and you can see it's a slow -- the water doesn't in florida because it's so flat. and additional rainfall, zero in areas that have the flooding. so that is good. looks like 1 to 2 inches possible from fayetteville to wilmington, a quarter memphis to tupelo. and we need for jose to miss us. and that storm is still lingering out here. really been sheared apart a bit. it will drift for a while and then it will do a loop and it may strengthen a little bit and it looks like it will try to come for eastern north carolina, but after this, it turns out to sea. so i'm not worried about it and

no one else should be either. >> that is good news. people need a rest from this tough hurricane season so far. all right, thanks bill. let's go back to florida now. joining us from ft. lauderdale-hollywood international airport, phillip menes standing by for us. i know a lot of people are trying to get out, but also some people trying to come back. >> reporter: most of them trying to come back. take a look at the board here, you can see there are many more arrivals than departures. although we see a lot of canceled signs here. don't want that tole a larm too many people. of course they need to check with the airport because that is updated not by the airlines in particular, but by broward county. so as they continue to update it, those will be updated. but like you said, man more people trying to come back than trying to leave. they left before hurricane irma now they are trying to see if their homes are okay.hurricanem irma and now they are trying to see if their homes are okay.

check out all the tsa agents. they are all ready to go. and this is because i talked to them and they said that is the difference between the government agencies and the privately owned businesses. these airlines are still having issues trying to coordinate with can we get to work, there are downed trees in my area and just trying to get everything settled. these guys are ready to go and they will just stand there, sit there, for five hours until the first person actually comes through here and show their i.d. and scan their boarding pass. so they have a lot of time to wait here. and you can see there are a few more people than last time we talked, but still it's early, the first flight is still hours away and there will be challenges. so think mading expectations will be really important as we get going here. miami and florida international airports, they will be open today, but it might be slow going. >> yeah, i think that is a really important point, managing

expectations. because people get emotional and you want to blame someone if you can't get to where you want to go. so manage your expectations when entering a situation like that. all right. phillip, thank you. so we saw a lot of water rescues in parts of florida, nowhere near the coastline. first responders near orlando had their work cut out for them rescuing 45 people when a nearby river overflowed. take a listen. >> we saw the water coming up, next thing i knew, my car was under water and we came back out again and next thing i knew everything is under water. >> been here 39 years and this is the first time this water has been this high. >> and the coast guard on sunday made a daring rescue of two boaters and their dog and the dramatic scene was all caught on camera. it all took place about 100 miles south in the gulf of mexico. the boaters alerted the coast guard after they lost steering en route to mississippi in an effort to escape hurricane irma's wrath. the video shows a coast guard

crewman repel from a helicopter hovering above before eventually getting to the boat below. the boaters and the dog who appear to all be wearing survival gear were eventually air lifted via at basket into the helicopter and back to safety. >> let's go back to on jajacksoe with ken morrow is stabbinding . that city was pretty hard hit. were they extending the extent of the damage that took place, the flooding that took place in that city? >> reporter: i think the assessment is now in the process, the local officials have been doing their assessment throughout the evening and as day breaks, they will get a better picture. but basically this is one of the hardest hit areas. this is the riverside community. and the entire city became a lake because of irma. this area was flooded for three blocks. in fact behind me, the water has

receded. i don't know if you can see it, but there are a couple of pill lo pillars back there. that was a wall, and the entire wall has washed away.pill pillars back there. that was a wall, and the entire wall has washed away.ill pillars back there. that was a wall, and the entire wall has washed away.ll pillars back there. that was a wall, and the entire wall has washed away. pillars back there. that was a wall, and the entire wall has washed away. pillars back there. that was a wall, and the entire wall has washed away. s the a area yscenario is like th along the boulevard about that and there is a hospital about 2 miles from here and yesterday they had to evacuate the more critical patients because of the flooding situation. >> incredible to see some of these images because you can't really distinguish good the river and the roadways with so much flooding going on. ken, thank you so much for joining us. still ahead, we continue to for the latest on tropical depression irma. >> and we'll be getting a clearer picture of the damage across florida, georgia and south carolina.

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welcome back. the challenge of handling hurricane irma is having an impact on the schedule in washington. tomorrow's senate judiciary committee hearing on dhaaca is being postponed indefinitely due to the exec of utive branch's request to deal with the hurricane response. and guttierez called it a disgrace. in an e-mail, john kelly wrote, quote, as far as the congressman and other irresponsible members of congress are concerned, they have the luxury of saying what they wants a they do nothing and have almost no responsibility. they can call people liars, but it would be inappropriate for me to say the same thing back at

them as my blessed mother used to say, empty barrels make the most noise. the congressman has a right to his opinion. >> former white house chief strategist is claiming that president trump's decision to revisit the daca will create an uproar and put the republican majority at risk. take a listen. >> i'm worried about losing the house now because of daca and my fear is that with this six months down range, if we have another huge -- if this goes all the way down to its logical conclusion in february and march, it will be a civil war inside the republican party that will be every bit as vitreal lick as 2013. and to me doing that in the spring board of primary season is extremely unwise.as 2013. and to me doing that in the spring board of primary season is extremely unwise. >> and politico is reporting that he is talking about

challenging incoming senators, a rebuke to mitch mcconnell from some of the president's strongest allies. and now one of those republican senators who bannon is targeting, senator bob corker, is weighing retirement. he was vet for the vice presidency and even considered for secretary of state, and he told cnn he has not decided if he will run for a third term next year. >> let's get into this. joining us, jordan fabian. thanks so much for joining us. how serious do you think senate republicans should take steve bannon's threat with the primary challenges and what are some of the senators that you think are most vulnerable in this? >> well, i think they should take it seriously. steve bannon has proven himself to be an effective bomb thrower. he's talking to some major donors in the republican party including bob mercer who has very deep pockets and is

motivated to get pro trump lawmakers in. and some of those lawmakers who should be concerned are bob corker like you said and two other trump critics, jeff flake of arizona and dean heller of nevada who are both facing tough re-election campaigns in 2018. >> and president trump is having dinner with some democrats tonight to discuss tax reform. what impact do you think along with the threats from steve bannon having on the relationship with republican leaders in congress that he is having dinner with these democrats, all of who are up for re-election next year? >> it is certainly chafing gop leaders. on one side you have an ally of the president threatening to primary these vulnerable republicans and then the president cozying up to vulnerable democrats. so it's not a great combination there. and look, republican leaders, you know, people i've spoken to on their side say we have been

the majority in both chacmbers and now the president is giving away that leverage on the deal he struck on the debt ceiling last week. >> all right. jordan fabian, great to have you with us. still ahead, irma may have weakened, but woe're just gettig a look at the destruction left behind. experience the lexus rx with advance safety...

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and three touchdowns. what a performance. minute receiver stefon diggs also with a standout game. the vikings bheet teat the sain 29-19. and in major league baseball, the indians extend their winning run to 19 consecutive games after defeating the tigers 11-on 0 last night. the tribe will twri for try for american league record tonight. and let's go back to denver. espn's camera fumbles through his on-camera appearance. >> it's a pleasure to be with you guys here on the field from up close, just watching vance joseph, you watch here on the screen, this diversity in the background is helping him a lot

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we're down here in east battery and south battery and the scene is incredible. we have people walking along the wall and it is one of the dumbest things you could be doing right now. the water has been coming over this wall for the past i would say couple of hours and it's only getting worse by the minute as high tide continues to come in. i mean i'm from the state of florida and baby through a few hurricanes. and i was not expecting this today. the water will actually come up into downtown charleston. if i could have my photographer spencer show you right here, it's almost like the ocean has come into downtown charleston. this is incredible. there is not even a way to drive through this area. >> yeah, no reason to be walking along that wall when those major waves are coming. >> we saw a few of those moments that didn't make sense. >> welcome back, everybody. it is the bottom of the hour. i want to start with the morning

he's top story. across florida, we're just beginning to get a sense of the damage left behind by hurricane irma as the storm continues its assault on the southeast. the storm has weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, but millions in florida, now georgia and south carolina, are without power. and many are cut off from their homes. in jacksonville, entire streets were swallowed by record flooding as heavy rain and storm surge hit the city yesterday. and much of the florida keys remain cut off from the mainland this morning as the national guard deploys search and rescue missions there. yesterday florida's two senators marco rubio and bill nelson did a flyover together with the coast guard over their home state looking at the scope of the damage there. and in a divided vote, congress just approved billions for harvey relief and to fill fema's tank running low on funds. and the senator looked ahead to what his state is going to need. >> i hate to say it because it could have been a lot worse, it could have been catastrophic. clearly there is a lot of work

ahead. it will be a long time before life is back to normal in the keys. i think everyone knows that there will be an additional supplement al funding required. how much it will be, i think that will depend over the next few days in southwest florida, tampa bay and of course northeast florida where i'll be tomorrow to get a better sense of how much this will cost. >> but once irma moved past florida, the storm made its way into georgia and south carolina where at least three deaths are being blamed on the storm mainly because of fallen trees. in abbevillabbeville, charles s cleaning trees up outside of his home when a tree limb fell on him. but elsewhere, there was serious flooding as well. river street in savannah, they saw the savannah river spill its banks out into the street. usually bustling with stores and restaurants. water lapped over the docks serving this riverboat there, you see it on your screen and on to the streets.

a nearby beach was rendered unreachable as the storm surge surpassed that of hurricane matthew. the town's 911 system is not functioning. and the bridges remain closed as of late last thits. in fa night. the mayor had to helicopter into town just to get there. we'll get an update from him in a bit. but in the low country area, more 50,000 people are without power this morning. charleston with its ancient drainage system is prone to washouts anyway. even in mere heavy rain. so you can imagine what it's been like in this hurricane. and yesterday the iconic market area downtown as you can see there, completely under water. but on on the beaches, the flooding was vicious, too. this video came from james island as the waves rocked over the shore line. joining us once again live now from jacksonville, florida, one of the hardest hit areas in all

morgan radford. so 2k3w678 good morning to you. what is it like there this morning? >> reporter: you can see the floodwaters behind me, that is the st. john's river. and there is no longer even a barrier there because that water, that storm surge, is already crested over the barrier. it's demolished, completely gone. and so now these waters are all flooding throughout downtown. but also remember 6 million people across the state of florida are without power this morning. about 150,000 without power here in jacksonville alone. in fact you remember just the top of the hour, we were standing in this water and our entire crew just had a scare because one of the power lines snapped, we saw the sparks and we weren't sure if a jen really tore had exploded or the power line had snapped. we realized it was the power line so of course we quickly got out of the water. but that is what people are facing today. there are issues with power, the wind. and we actually passed one woman, ann goins, she was stranded inside her home as

floodwaters surrounded her entire property ruining her car. and she was in there with her two daughters. i managed to see her and wade to her front door to speak with her. take a listen. >> my daughters and i, we camped down in the living room and we had a safe zone in the hallway. we pulled a mattress out there in case we needed it. it's all good. i've been through things like this before. and, you know, it's okay. you will survive and swim out or whatever. but when you're responsible for your children, it's kind of different. >> reporter: already 100 rescues conducted by the national coast guard. so that is kind of people in similar situations to ann waking up this morning and trying to figure out how they will power through the week ahead. >> all right. morgan radford in one of the hardest hit areas in jacksonville, florida this morning. thank you. >> certainly puts things in perspective there. one area also hit particularly

hard in florida by irma's wrath was everglades city which remains largely under water at this point. here are images from that community with many homes surrounded by or completely engulfed by water. as of yesterday, the main road in and out of everglades city was still impassable for anything but a big truck or a boat. according to reports there, the water reached as high as 4 or 5 feet at the height of the storm surge. >> and joining us now from hilton head island in south carolina, the mayor of that town, mayor david bennett. mr. mayor, great to have you with us. thank you very much for getting up early for us. i know at one point you had to success spend emergency operations because of the hurricane yesterday. bring us up to speed on how things are this morning and the city's response efforts. >> well, our town was incredibly prepared and i expect we'll be getting back to business today. i fully anticipate that the reentry will be granted, the

governor will lift the evacuation order and our islandser, they are awesome, they will get back to work. >> i know you had to suspend emergency operations at one point because of the hurricane. is everything back up and operational and also did you have a plan b if in fact irma had decided to take a turn and head straight towards hilton head? >> well, we had suspended emergency operations at some point yesterday morning. i think it was about 9:00. that was predominantly due to high winds at the time. once those winds subsided, the emergency operations went back into effect. and, yes, we did have a plan b following hurricane katrina, some of the leaders in our community had the foresight to put together a disaster recovery plan that has been this effect since 2004. it's practiced every year. it's updated as necessary. and we literally work right through that. >> that is great to know.

let me ask you about some of the concerns you have going forward. is there anything that sticks out for you that remains an issue of concern for residents as that reentry on order is granted and evacuation order is lifted? fallen power lines, fallen tree limbs? what concerns you the most? >> by and large, i mean, as you may remember, our community was hit by hurricane matthew last year. and so when i compare the damage from yesterday to last year, there is really no comparison. there is no downed power lines, no real downed trees to speak of. there is a lot of shrapnel, debris, that has come in with the storm surge, limbs that have been blown down. but by and large i think our residents will be able to quickly get back into their lives. >> that is great news for sure. >> mayor bennett, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. so as we've been covering hurricane irma, washington has

also -- a lot has been happening in washington as well. so let's turn now to politics again. joining us again jordan fabian. so there is a report in today's "wall street journal" claiming that lawyers representing president trump in the russia probe actually wanted son-in-law jared kushner to step down as senior adviser earlier this summer. how real are these concerns with kushner? this is the son-in-law of president trump. there is no way he is going anywhere no matter what happens. do you think with general kelly being part of the administration that something could happen with kushner? >> well, it is certainly possible, although i think general kelly would have to be pretty emboldened to go after someone like the president's son-in-law. but there are people in the white house who are concerned how exposed jared kushner is on the russia probe and then you combine that with the fact that general kelly has tried to control access to the president, trying to set up a more formal

process in the white house, that could send him up on a collision course. >> and let's turn to the diplomatic victory last night that the administration helped secure. ambassador to the united nations nicky tweeting that the securities council unanimously adopted the strongest sanction ever against north korea 15-0. so what does this mean for the white house as it continues to grapple with north korea's nuclear program on one hand trying to downplay military option, but at the same time saying that talking with north korea has not worked, sanctions have not worked? >> yeah, they are really stuck between a rock and a hard place. and this vote on the security council was a victory for the u.s., but they had to water down the sanctions package to get it. they had to step away from a complete oil embargo on north korea and some experts fear that that means that the sanctions wouldn't be effective and they

won't bring him to the negotiating table. so if that happens, we're back at square one, do they proceed with more sanctions, do they proceed with military options or go for talks. who knows. >> all right. jordan, thanks so much for joining us. still ahead, our coverage of the aftermath of hurricane irma continues. we'll go back to florida on the ground to get another live report as people in that region have now turned their attention to recovery efforts and getting back to some semblance of normal.

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the cleanup. the army of utility crew workers are heading to the state. so here is what is left before still amazing how wide and huge the circulation is. you don't see a storm that can send clouds all the way back here into oklahoma and kansas and at the same time, the same storm has clouds well off the east coast. even up from philadelphia over to kansas city. that is all from irma. the storm itself is now a depression. and it will drift toward continue s tennessee and then it will die off. rainfall, just this little area here from fayetteville down to wilmington, 2 to 3 inches there. isolated flooding concerns. but the important part is getting to on dry weather here. rest of the country is fine by the way. but for getting the power back on, we don't want to be who hot of course. if you don't have power, you need air conditioning in time in florida. 92, humidity increasing again. and as we head toward tomorrow,

we still see the temperatures in that upper 80s to low 90 degree range. so typical florida weather. they were a little cooler yesterday, but that has come to an end. and now you get the super and have knots. and i went through it when i lived in florida in '04, '05. people that have power look and feel great and people that don't, it's 00 not fun. >> thanks, bill. let's go to the mayor of the islands just outside of savannah. mr. mayor, thanks so much for joining us. very much appreciate it. your area no stranger to flooding particularly after hurricane matthew, but it seems as it from what i understand you have more damage after irma than you did after matthew. what is your town looking leike

morning? >> we're still out of power. there is no power to the islands. we cannot get people out here. i'm actually on the islands, i was able to take the helicopter out here yesterday. but our bridges to the islands need to be inspected and our low lying roads need to be enspektded before folloenspektd ed before people come out. we have what appears to be less damage from winds than we had from matthew. matthew, we had wind and water damage. and the flooding from irma appears to be much worse than it was than matthew. so we're in a pretty rough situation. kind of sad, you have a lot of people here whose homes were flooded from matthew and now they find themselves in the same situation, only a little bit worse. and then a lot of people who didn't flood from matthew who flooded this time. >> i've been there myself and i'm curious about the condition

of the bridges to get there. what is it going to take to get those inspected so that folks can begin to return to the island, begin to do work and reassess what has happened to their homes in the community? >> well, we were burning up the phones yesterday trying to get inspectors down here as soon as possible and through working with the governor and others, they will have inspectors down here in the morning. and our hope is that everything will be fine and that the bridges will be okay and won't need any significant repairs. and then that will allow people to get back to their homes this morning. that is our hope. people are anxious to see their houses. they want to mitigate any damage that has been done to to the best of their ability. there is mildew issues with flooding. so we're trying to get people out here just as soon as possible. >> and in general your town is pretty vulnerable to storms like this one being coastal and low lying.

did you feel prepared for irma? >> as prepared as we could be. one thing we've been trying to convince the federal government of for years is the importance of supporting communities in their efforts to put dunes this is in front of the community. they do that with newer beac re projects. but they don't for the older. so we've been making that case over and over again that we need to build dunes. it's extremely expensive. the amount of money that would be spent on dunes is much less than the amount of money that will have to come out of the flood insurance program which right now is running at $21 billion deficit. but we also had flooding from the back side. and that is something that would be a much more costly endeavor to address that and try to mitigate that.

>> yeah, tybee islands one of the most beautiful places along the eastern coast. sir, thank you very much. our best to you and the community down there. still ahead, our coverage of the aftermath of irma continues. we'll go back to florida for a live report as the storm continues to wreak havoc across the southeast. kevin, meet your father. kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin trusted advice for life. kevin, how's your mom? life well planned. see what a raymond james financial advisor can do for you. track tuned handling, and aggressive styling.

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welcome back for continuing coverage of the aftermath of hurricane irma. philip mena, it's good to see you. how are things looking at the airport? i know people are looking to get services after the storm. >> reporter: that is what they are hoping for. they are depending on it t. airline staff is here. they are staffed, as can you see, though, there isn't passenger, they're missing the passengers. let me swing around here, let me show you the departure and arrival board. we have very few departures and more arrivals, obviously people took off to evacuate because of hurricane irma, there usually are nine planes ready to go when they start their day, because they have to get so many people out and because of that reason and because they had to protect their planes, there is only -- there are no planes as we speak waiting to go. so you can't get anywhere

without the planes, so once these planes actually ariesch, then they will get a chance to get people out of here, that's several hours away, that is one of the things they are facing, because of the storm, they want to get as many people out as possible and prevent damage to the planes. they don't want to leave them here while the hurricane hits. they want to wait for them to come to be able get out. like i said earlier, it will be slow going because of all the delays. >> i have a feeling, though, over the next couple of day, it will go from zero to 60. >> reporter: i feel tomorrow will be very busy here. >> philip mena, in ft. lauderdale, thank you. let's turn to business, where the strong performance of the dow jones industrials on monday. jemmah, good to have you with us. big news out of apple today. markets will be watching that very close, what will be driving the markets this morning?

>> reporter: well the big thing is risk is back t. dow jones took its highest 1% gain to get to a record close. it's fiercef onorth korea dissipated. we seen irma scale back. importantly, the losses seem to be stipulated downward in the last 24 hours, lots of good news for the mark. we say all the futures for the main u.s. marks a markets are pointing higher today him . apple is having a big unvam. we are expecting three device, an iphone plus and iphone x. the x is thought to be priced at around $1,000. analysts are optimistic. they say their one concern is really that $1,000 price point, will people pay for snit what are they paying for?

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will again be hosting a foreign leader. the head of malaysia coming here for a visit in washington. there is another crucial meeting happening down avenue. gary cohn and secretary steve mnuchin will be headed to capitol hill to talk with folks there, to talk with lawmakers to push the president's top priority this fall. >> that is tax reform. it comes as congress is gearing back up for what will be a busy september. not to mention a busy fall. we will be watching all of it here from d.c. >> thank you. the president has also played to a group of bipartisan senators at the pushes for tax reform. >> the amtrak engineer charged in the 2015 deadly train derailment in philadelphia has a preliminary hearing. brandon bostian, they say he accelerated to 115 miles per hour in that deadly vooift

50-mile-per-hour innocent. >> that's it for us. "morning joe." starts right now. >> reporter: we're down here at east battery, the scene is incredible. we have people walking along the wall. it is one of the dumbest things you can be doing right now t. water has been coming over the past couple of hours, it's only becoming worse by the minute. from the state of florida and been through a few hurricanes. i was not expecting this today as we continue to stay out here t. water will come into downtown charleston. if i can have my photographer show you right here. it's leak the ocean has come intoion town charleston. this is incredible. there is not a way to drive through this area. >> good morning, it is tuesday, september 12th. >> is that lewis walking up there? >> no ah, lewis. welcome to "morning joe." across the entire