oh, my gosh. this is my first time i've ever been through anything like this. >> we have a risk of up to nine feet of storm surge. >> hermine is expected to pick up speed as it approaches the sunshine state today. that is hawaii braces for madeline. >> i am going to create a new special deportation task force focused on identifying and quickly removing the most dangerous criminal illegal immigrants in america who have evaded justice. >> after meeting with the president of mexico, the donald ve

immigration plan that's already being called a huge threat by mexico's president. bad news for samsung smart phone fans and much more on a busy first day of september. "early today" starts right now. >> good to be with you this morning. the state of emergency has been declared in florida ahead of tropical storm hermine expected to make landfall as a category one hurricane. that's happening later today. bill karins brings us the latest and bill, tell us the latest track and what we can expect. >> a lopsided storm. the worst of it is on the right side of the storm. here's the latest path of the storm. we have about 24 hours until landfall. the worst effects being in the big bend area toward haallahass. very heavy rains. then the storm will weaken. the storm surge will be the biggest and the first threat as we go throughout the day to

rises in the big bend area. there's a lot of small fishing communities in there that will be hit hard and of course the heavy rains across all of north florida and right along the southeast coast. >> a lot to watch in hawaii as well. new this morning the mexican president says donald trump's policies are a direct threat to mexico and he's not the only one fuming after trump's overnight immigration speech. several of trump's surrogates are resigning altogether as others consider pulling their support after the billionaire nominee's highly anticipated speech. he outlined his ten point immigration reform plan with a border wall front and center. >> we will build a great wall along the southern border. and mexico will pay for the wall. they don't know it yet, but they're going to pay for the wall. >> that was in stark contrast to

what was the more subdued trump standing next to mexican president enrique pena netto. >> this was a very preliminary meeting. >> the mexican president tweeted quote, at the beginning of the conversation with donald trump i made it clear that mexico will not pay for the wall. still, that didn't stop trump from vowing on day one as president to deport millions living in the country illegally with a new deportation task force and doing his best to end any confusion over his recently muddled immigration stance. >> a border crisis and a terrorism crisis like never before. >> anyone who illegally crosses the border will be detained. two million people, criminal aliens, we will begin moving them out day one as soon as i take office, day one. my first hour in office, tho

you can call it deported if you want. the press doesn't like that term. you can call it whatever the hell you want, they're gone. >> the clinton campaign pounced with this statement saying quote, in his darkest speech yet donald trump doubled down on his anti immigration rhetoric. he showed us very clearly what's at stake in this election by painting a picture of his idea of america, one in which immigrants are not welcome and one in which innocent families are torn apart. and the clinton campaign released this video attacking trump's visit to mexico. >> who is going to pay for the wall? who? 100%. we did discuss the wall. we didn't discuss payment of the wall. >> clinton's new attack come as

the democrat beating trump by six points. now, that's a wider lead than the real clear politics average which has clinton ahead by just 4.6 points, but a new polling show that a record number of americans 56% say they have a negative view of the democratic nominee. that is her lowest rating yet. crowns in a south carolina town has residents watching over their shoulders. clowns flashing laser lights and have tried to lure kids into the woods with large amounts of cash. a greenville resident reported this purported picture of the clown siting. nbc news has not been able to verify the image. clown sightings

around in public. that was a promow stunt for a movie. it has been almost 11 years since the last hurricane hit florida and residents there are taking no chances as they prepare for the storm. the rains have already begun to fall ahead of hermine's arrival while out in the pacific hawaii braces for not one, but two hurricanes. gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: what was once tropical storm number nine has strengthened into tropical storm hermine heading toward florida's gulf coast. >> the risk is we know we're going to have storm surge. it's anticipated to be 3 to 5 feet, however we have the threat of 9 feet of storm surge. >> reporter: 42 counties now under a state of emergency and some places travel already treacherous. a driver rescued after this car was swept off the road. nearly

last hurricane. fred is already pumping out water from his restaurant after high tide. >> just trying to make sure it's not a swimming pool. >> reporter: dangerous rip currents through the holiday weekend. half a world away hawaii is bracing for hurricane madline. hurricane lester not very behind also churning in the pacific. >> that was gabe gutierrez reporting. bill karins is back with more on these storms but it's labor day weekend coming up. >> that's a huge concern up and down the east coast. here's the forecast past today friday and after this we get into the holiday weekend. saturday expect very heavy rain through north carolina, eastern virginia. the storm is then expected to stall out off the maryland, new jersey coastline. t at that point it wouldn't be a huge storm with horrible winds but rough seas to all of the east coast

wouldn't be surprised if some of the beaches have to be closed because of the rip currents and the large waves all the way into areas of southern new england. so very dangerous for all levels of swimmers for the upcoming holiday. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. areas of the western gulf you're as clear as could be. even in new orleans, you're on the dry side of this storm. you'll be warm and hot. mobile east ward, you'll deal with the effects as we go throughout the day today. "early today" back in two. ow...♪ for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever. entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine.

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. we will build a great wall along the southern border! >> right now on news 4 today, immigration announcement, hours after a trip to mexico, donald trump is promising deportations again. a metro station closed after concrete falls from the ceiling. spraying for mosquitos, where concerns may force you to stay inside tonight. a lot around the cover this morning. 4:26 right now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. it is the first day of september and we have a lot to talk

so, starting us off, chuck bell, you've got your work cut out for you and the coming days. >> it looks like our labor day weekend is taking a serious hit in the wrong direction as hermine is forecast. rain moves in saturday and moves out on sunday. could have some gusty winds. rainfall amounts could be quite extreme from i-95 out on to the eastern shore. that's over the weekend. for now, we have rain out there across parts of northern maryland. we have showers overnight. as you get the kids in the bus top this morning, have the umbrellas ready to go. we'll be timing more about hermine in a few more minutes. brand-new problem is going to be there probably for the next couple of hours. we're talking at 450 here

lanes blocked by a crash there. this is a crash -- we had some wires down and that's going to hang around until we get the wires out of the way. inner loop of 450, two right lanes getting by the work zone. and live look, taking a look at 270 and middle brooke, northbound, southbound, no worries there. 4:28, developing a closure at metro's rhode island station at the red line may impact murng commute -- morning commute. metro is expected to give us an update. this happened about 8. ment 30 last night. no one was hurt but trains were stopped as a precaution. >> to go back the opposite way to catch the shuttle bus to get here to rhode island station where i am now, i've still got to wait 25 minutes for my bus to pull off. >> there w

debris. kristin wright will have a live update at 5:00 this morning. metro transit police want you to be on alert this morning as you board trains. officers are investigating a sex assault on a train. this happened yesterday evening on the orange line. police held the train at the cheverly to investigate what happened. this morning, police are investigating an accident that left a pedestrian with serious injuries. that pedestrian was hit on bells mill road in potomac last night. the pedestrian was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. the striking car did stay on the scene. donald trump heads to cincinnati today where he speaks

wilmington, ohio. all the conversation is about his speech in arizona. despite mexico's president saying he told mexico will not pay for a wall, trump insisted that max will pay for it. he vowed to remove millions of people living in the country illegally and restrict legal immigration. he required all businesses to use an e-verify system to screen undocumented workers. hillary clinton's campaign blasted trump's speech, and tim kaine will respond to trump's immigration plan on the "today" show. and tracie potts will have more. if you live on gaithersburg, pay attention to this next story. moom