new ek, new storm. tropical storm michael is aining strength and should be hurricane in a day as it spreads toward the florida panhandle. this is one of the biggest lives of life -- loss o that we've seen in a long, long time. >> a tragic ene. 20 people killed in a limo crash. how did it happen? who was involved? the ntsb is investigating this morning. today brett kavanaugh begins his roughly $255,000 a year job as the tion's newest supreme court justice, but not withoutr contro singing legend tina turner's revealing health crisis and the man who gave her a life-saving kidney. nd> new details just coming out surrounding a w meeting between secretary of state

pompeo and north korea's kim jongun. plus overtime thrillers and much more as we kick off a new week. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm marlie hall. the 2018 hurrica season isn't over yet. tropical storm michael may strengthen into a hurricane in the coming days and is expected to slam florida's gulf coast according to the nationaic hue center. >> with the hurricane predicted to make landfall as a coregory 2 as early as tuesday, florida's governor rick scott has already declared a state of emergency. meteorologist michelle grossman joining us this morning. good morning, michelle. what's the latest here? >> good morning. it's going to be a big story this week. we are looking at tropical storm michael the 13th named storm of the season and we do anticipate it to become a hurricane. hurricane catory 2 probably by tuesday. right now 95 miles east-southeast ofme co mexico. about 60 miles per hour. 74, that's your category 1 storm. as we go throughout time here we're going to animate this out and we will see itrow int a hurricane. later tuesday into wednesday. here's your track.

monday 8:00 p.m., 75-mile-per-hour wifrnnds. even as early as tonight we could see a category 1 storm. and there it makes landfall along the panhandle, anywhere from parama to of the gulf coast. and then it will impact the northeast as we go throughout the rest of the week. so we areooking at the tential for some deadly storm surge, also some very heavy rain and damaging winds that cause some power outages. >> we know the drill. hopefully they take heed there. michelle thank you. re. the deadliest crash in many years rocking a small upstate new york community. this morning ntsb investigators will return to the scene of a limo accident that claimed the lives of 20 people. the victims on board were out celebrating a 30 bththday saturday when the stretch suv careened off a high y, sped down a hill into a parking lot where it hit a car. the tragedy is sparking new safety concerns for limousines. >> every inc you stret a limo makes it more dangerous. and yet there are no rules regulaceng them. and for all, the ntsb must

pass regulations liming these stretch limos and their safety. >> nbc scheneman has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: it was jus before 2:00 afternoon in schoharie, new york when police say a ford excursion packed with passengers drove through a stop sign. >> motor vehicle accident. >> reporter: whichn't limo down a hill through a parking lot and collided with a parked r. two pedestrians in the parking lot were killed as well as all 18 people on board the limo. the suv was rented for a 30th birthday celebration. >> they did the responsibng thing get a limo so they wouldn't be driving. >> reporter: news of e crash rattled local residents. >> we're a small community, and they're all our friends, and nobody should ever have to what happened yesterday. >> reporter: authorities say the cause of the crash is under

investigation. it would not say if passhegers insideehicle were buckled up. >> the front seat passengers and the driver would be required to wear a seat belt. the passengers in the back would not. >> reporter: a team from the national transportation safety taard has alsoed to investigate. >> this is one of the biggest losses of life -- loss ofat liv e've seen in a long, long time. >> reporter: the ntsb says t s is thenation's deadliest transportation incident since 2009. dan scheneman, nbc news. secretary of state mike pompeo is back in north korea this weekend, once again discussing denuclearization with leader kim jong un. pompeo telling reporters today they made "significant progress on the issue" and thatty they'r prlose to an agreement on a second summit between kim and president trump. pompeo making those comments from seoul, south also met with president moon jae-in. president trump tweeting about the progress saying, "i look forwardno seeing chair kim again in the near future."

in just one more day tt supreme coill again have nine justices on its bench. brett kavanaugh is compared to join his new colleagues tomorrow. he was sworn in as an associate justice saturday in a private ceremo afthe senate voted to confirm him to the high court. president trump announcing a formal swearing in for this evening. but fallout from the contentious fight continues, with somecr deic lawmakers already floating the idea of imfeaturing judge kavanaugh. each party looking to use the energize their base less than a month away from midterm elections. let's get more from nbc's tracie potts in washington. good >> hi there, marlie. good morning. republicans interestingly now adtting that their side w sort of lackluster they think going into these elections. tt listen to w some republicans are saying now after this bit fr partisaht over judge kavanaugh. >> i'm happy that those who tried to destroy his life fell short. i'm glad those who tried to ovturn the rule of law and

replace p with mob rule erst. i've neen more pissed in my life. >> so i want to thank -- i want to thank the other side for their tactics that have allowed us to kind of energiz andet involved our own voters. >> reporte so let's talk about the other side. democrats after kavanaugh's -- you see his private swearing in. the public swearing in set for tonight. but democrats insist this is not the end. they still think that those sexual misconduct allegations were not fully investigated. we saw house minority leader nancy pelosi in a letter to democrats saying let's not 's agonize, lorganize. they are hoping to take the majority in november. but some don'think it's a good ideach to talk about impg kavanaugh on these allegations that the fbi says were notia substad. >> i think that's premature. there's only ever been one justice that's been impeached, and i think talki about it at

this point isn't healing us and moving us forward. >> reporter: there are some republicans who cld be at risk and not just one month from now. susan collins, the maine republican who voted for kavanau kavanaugh, had $3.5 million raised against her for whoever ends up running against her two years from now. she says that crowd-funding effort was an effort to intimidaor her into voting kavanaugh. but obviously she eventually did not. marlie? >> tracie thanks so much. new developments this morning in the mystery surrounding the missing prident of interpol. the internagaonal police zation has received a letter of resignation from meng hongwei with no details attached. he was traveling in china when he wasetained by the government. in a brief statement the country's ai-corruption watchdog said "mr. meng is suspected of violating the law and is currently under monitoring for more on this bizarre story let's get to nbc's sarah harman in lo sarah, i understand you just have new information on this case. ll hey, p. good morning to you there.

yeah, if this were a movie, we'd probably all be saying, you know, the plot is a little over the top. but this actually happened. the head of interpol disappeared last month while he was traveling in china. and this morning china said they're investigating him for bribery and for other crimes. now, meng's wife, grace, says that before he vanishedse on ember the 25th he sent her an image of a knife. and she says to her that was meng's way of saying he was in danger. grace a meng garess conference in lyon, france. that's where interpol is based. and she did it with her back to the cameras. she doesn't want her face shown because she's afraid for her safety and for her two children. it's the latest high-profile disappearance in china. the actressan binbing mysteriously disappeared three months ago, and it's threatening to tarnishin bes reputation abroad. phillip? marlie? we'll of course conownue to fohis bizarre investigation here. sarah, thank you. spacex is lighting up the

skies over california. as the aerospace company pumd off its first west coast launch and left-handing of its reusable falcon ix rocket. the rocket blasted off from vanden nrg air force baser santa barbara and landed on a concrete pad at the base about 15 minutes elater. aunch cause the quite a commotion in l.a. andesulted a swirling technicolor light show that could be seen as far north as san frntcisco. up now all of spacex's ground landings have been out of ca canaveral, florida. this morning singer tina turners in thespotlight, revealing she underwent a life-saving kidney transplant and the donor was her husbann in upcoming biography out this month the 78-year-old singer revealsom she suffered kidney disease and her current husband music producer bock gave her his kidney. turner says her kidneys were only functioning at 20%.

she adds the organ donation from her husband gave her happiness and belief to be alive. >> leetch as everything to do with it as far as this is concerned. the elusive art prankster strikes again. banksy painting of girl with balloon shred tdself into pieces just momen f after it sold $1.4 million at sotheby's auction house in london. a sum matching the painter's previous recorsale. the mysterious british artist later posted this video on his instagram account and revealed he had secretly built a shredder into the peanting yrs ago in case it was ever p u for auction. >> i love banksy. everything about him. that's one of my favorite pieces too. you know what's going to happen? it's going to be worth even more money. >> that's what they said. 1.4they bid it and could be up 207 millio up to 7 million. >> what's the latest on michael? >> tropical storm michael 13th named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. we're looki ining at the potent

of it becoming a hurricane setting its sights on the gulf coast, we're certainly going tor watch this o the next several days, could see some deadly storm surge and also some potential flash flooding. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer look at your day ahead. what a dference across the country. we're looking at lots of blue on the map, that's indicating very cold air, winter-like weather in the rockies and parts of thed west, hen as you head down to the southern plains we're looking at summer-like weather floodingsome very rains throughout the central and eluthern plains. we expect mic to become a hurricane. definitely going to cause a lot of problems this week. we're going to talk about it a bunch over the next couple days. >> miriam we'll check in a little later. at the movies this weekend a box o'record was shattered. superhero origin movie "venom" led the charge, bringing in an october box office best of $80 million. and in second place was warner brothers' "a stais born" with $42.6 million in its opening week. the film stars lady gaga and director bradley cooper and received a multitude of positive reviews from critics ands

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good morninev ybody, just about 4:00 a.m. i'm aaron glicrest. >> a major weekend in d.c. brett kavanaugh was confirmed to the u.s. supreme court.

>> thousands of protestors in the streets before andth during vote. this morning we're looking at the official swearing in ceremony happening tonight and why the fall out could impact the midtermelections. we want to begin with a check on our commute and our forecast. >> we'll get to melissa and your commute in a few moments.re amelia, you in for chuck and some of us dealing with a little fog early on. >> absolutely. the national weather service issued a dense fog advisory. that includes montgomery, loudoun, fairfax,s this going to run until 10:00 a.m. this morning. i'll also be putting this on twitter and facebook. you can see frederick maryland v seeingibility down to about quarter of a mile. right now not all that ba