good morning. breaking overniet. hurricanike will hurricane michael strengthens. the massive storm bearing down on the gulf coast and tet to impact entire east coast. >> it will be life-threatening and extremely dangerous. >> emeency evacuations ordered in florida, the national guard activated, millions racing to prepare. dylan has t>> latest. >ti remembering thems. overnight thousands attend an emotional vigil for those kilind that devastatingimcrash. >> tonight is the saddest day of my life. >> investigators focusing on the driver and the safety record of the limo company. >> the driver didn't have the proper license tora o. on it shouldn't have been the road. new justice brett kavanaugh

takes his seat on the supreme court afterhi a wte house ceremony and prime time apology from the president. >> what happened to the kavanaugh family violates every notion offairness, decency, and due process. >> the justice ready to putst t nd the fight over his nomination behind him. >> i take this office with gratitude and no>>itterness. will that be easier said than none? and hlth officials in colorado reporting at least 14 cases of a rare polio-like disease after a similar outbreak in minnckota. che trash. two inmates hide in garbage cans to escape from a kentucky jail, sparking aassive manhunt. and cool breeze. new orleans saint star drew brees becomes the nfl all-time passing leader. it!hat a way to do >> celebrating with his

teammates, his fami, and getting this cheeky message from the old record holder peyton manning. >> for 1,000 days i held the record for all-time passing yards in the nfl, andnk to you that's over now and you have ruined that for me. >> today is tuesday, october h, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" withe savannah guthri and hkotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome. thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. i am so happy. >> drew brees, you must be thrilled. >> i am kind of busting. congratulations. what a way to set the all-time passing record. i have to say whe i he didt, he did d it with class afterwards. he talked about how it took hard work. then peyton manning, who is

another class act, came up afterwards and had that fun. wow, what a night for omhim. >> aw awesome moment. we will wet get to thahelater. latest on hurricane michael. >> with the storm intensifying nils million along the florida panhandle are being warned to a prepare for a potentially catastrophic hvent. dylan the latest on when and where this thi could hit. >> this storm is going to hit tomorrow. so today is the las chance to really prepare because it is a fast-moving storm. it's a category 1 hurricane right now with winds at 90 miles per hour. but look how fast it's moving. north-northwest at 12 miles per hour and it's moving into a very hovorable environment. there is not a lot in the atmosphere that's going to break thissing this apart. so that's why it is forecast to strengthen to become a major hurricane by wednesday, perhaps making landfall wednesday afternoon near panama city. winds up to 120 miles per hour.

then by friday already exiting the coast of the mid-atlantic. so it will become a nonissue going into the weekend.me time, we have hurricane warnings and torm warnings along the panhandle of florida. we have storm surge warnings anause we are expecting exceptional storm surge as this continues to move in from the south and pushes all that water into the big bend of frida. so detailed storm surge forecast as of right now 8 to 1rgfoot storm is possible in this purple area here. a 6 to 9 foot storm surge possible in p the good news is, if there is good news, the storm isot expected to come right at the time of high tide. so it is going to be a little less of a coastal flooding issue than if it were d to comeing high tide. when you are looking at numbers like that, we will see the coast be inundated with this storm surge. additional rainfall could be as high as 7 up to 12 inches of in. that will lead to localized

flooding as well.lu again, that is the central panhandle of florida and extends all the way up into southern >> thank you. laorgia. ns florida braces for the storm, mandatory evacuat have been ordered in several counties. let's get to nbc's k who is in panama city this morning. kerry, good morng to you. >> reporter: good morning. the mandatory evacuations are in effect as of right now. thousands of tourists joining tens of thousands of residents being told to head inlan to safety, but alreadyre there some problems because, well, there are long lines for ,asoline and some pumps are running d which is causing that anxiety index to rise, as you canne ima also evacuating tyndall air force base. also herbert field to the east ordering its military aircraft, including the f-22 fighter jets, to bases far from the impactzo

. this rapidly growing storm, the governor says, must be taking seriously. >> again, hall of fame is forecast to be the most destructive storm had hit the florida panhandle is decades. it will be life-threatening and extremely dangerous. >> reporter: because this is such a popular tourist area, to get those people who have already seen their vacations are ing to be ruined out quicker the hotels here are ordering everybody out of their rooms by 11:00 a.m. savannah. >> kerry, important hours right now. thank you. now the latest on thatrr ic limousine crash in upstate new york that claimed the lives of 20 people. police now say the driver should not have been behind the wheel and the limo should not have been on the road. and overnight an emotional vigil was held for the victims. more on thatn a moment. first, tom costello is covering the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. state police now tell us they have recovered the airbag

control module. they describe that as a sort of black box. they hope that wil provide a clue after the vehicle'hespeed and whthe brakes were applied. this driver should not have been behind the wheel. he limo should note been on the road. and now the limo company has been shut down. state police say they launched a criminal investigation into how 20 people died in that horrific crh on saturday. the focus now on the limo company and its driver. police confirm the stretch limo involv in the accident faile the most recent inspection and should not have been on road. federal records confirm the company prestige limousine chauffeur service had failed inspections in the last two years. the driver who died in the crash should not have been behind t wheel. >> the driver didn't have the proper license to operate it, so, no,t shouldn't haveeen on the road. >> reporter: ntsb investigators found no skid marks on the

ound where the 2001 ford excursion careened through a parking lot where it hit a car and kille two pedestrians before slamming into a ravine. all 17 passengers and the driver died. witnesses say the limo appeared to have been speeding. >> if an entire engine blo is moved back and basically crushed, moved past the driver't seat, tould indicate there as a lot of force in energy involved in thatcrash. >> reporter: among the victims, two newlywed couples, four sisters, two brothers, and many close frien. all of them on their which ay t celebrate a local birthday. her husband had hired the limo so everyone could celebrate safely >> i just hope -- i want to believe itas -- they never knew what happened. >> reporter: amanda also died.

>> i thinkinust hmy sister around is what i'm going to miss the most, having her physically he. i was thinking i could go for a hug right now. >> reporter: the attorney representing the limo firm insists the limos were safe. >> as far as w know there were no mechanical issues with thend vehicle any defects that did exist in the past, the owners went through great pains to make sure those had been fixed. >> reporter: the limo, attorney for the limo company expressing sympathies for t families of those who died. state police are conducting aups he victim they are also looking for a toxicology report on the driver, looking for any signs of alcohol or drugs in his system. they are also checking to see whether the modification to make it a stretch limo, whether that modification was done in conjunction and coordination with the law. back to you. >> do we know anything more

about the people who owned the limo company? >> the owner of the company, o accordinge company, has been out of the country. we are not sure if he is ck in the country yet. here is a strange twist. his name is hussein shahid. he was working undercover with the fbi in some terror related cases in recent years. a strange twist to this tragedy. >> i'll say. thank you. thousands turned out for an overnight vigil remembering the victims of this crash and there were many tears. chan jones is in amsterdam, new york, with that part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it was an emotional scene here last night as people packed in should shoulder in a small to where everybody knows each other. it is a devastating loss. ♪ was blind but now i see >> reporter: a small town coping with an enormous loss. >> everybody in the limo i knew.

unbelievable. i don't have words right now. >> reporter: 2,500 family, friends and neighbors packing an area park to honor the victims of saturday's tragic lim crash.l richardson perez describing the pain of losing her son matthew who died in the crash h along wit girlfriend. perez rememring matthew at monday night's vigil which took place at the same location where the family gathered last year for her own wedding. >> the happiest day of my life. tonight the saddest. >> reporter: among the 17 passenge killed in the crash, two newlywed couples, shane and aaron mcgowan, and amysteinberg, who married last june. the group gathering for amy's birthday. also rich, 26-year-old amanda halls and her boyfriend patrick curbing, a competiti dodgeball

player. the deaths of four sisters leaving the community particularly shocked and heartbroken. >> they were full of life, daredevils on the ball field. i don't know how to say i great kids. >> reporter: one of the sisters, allison king, described by her co-workers as a ray of sunshine. >> it's awful. her parents had to say good-bye to four of their babies with this tragedy. they were the best of friends. >> reporter: a tragedy that has their hometown showing its strength under the weight of such a crushing loe. >> you w there. this seems like such a close ghmmunity. >> it's been t you could literally feel the grief here last night. there are other events and fundraising efforts planned for the victims and families. theit community has madery clear that they will support the children who have suddenly lost

their parents. >> so much to bear. thank you very much. all bight. anothe story. >> good morning to you. new supreme court justi brett kavanaugh starts hearing cases before the high court today after taking part in a ceremonial swearing i at the white house last night and both he and the president had a lot to say aboutte the b battle that nearly derailed his nomination. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker has nor on that. >> good morningo you. that's right. brett kavanaugh vowed to be a justice for all americans after that fierce confirmation fight. but preside trump was anythin but unifying. he further stoked the partisan battle in his remarks. for the president, iwas all aimed at energizing republicans with four weeks untilio ele day. a prime time victory after a bruising cfirmation battle. presidt trump overseeing the ceremonial swearing in of brett kavanaugh. ring a remarkable apology s to the nreme court

justice. >> on behalf of our nation i want to apoloze to brett and the entire kavanaugh family f t therible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure. >> reporter: adding this pointed remark. >> our country, a man or a woma must always be presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. and with that i must say that you, sir, under historic scrutiny were proven innocent. thank you. >> reporter: it's mr. trump's second appointment to the high court in less than two years. kavanaugh sworn in by retiring justice anthony kennedy for whom he once clerked. with all of his fellow justices looking on, kavanaugh delivering his own message to a nationvi d over his new role. >> the supreme court is a team

of nine and i will always be a team player. >> reporter:nd becoming emotional as he thanked his family and friends. >> lift up your friends, love your friends. i love all my friends. >> reporter: the new justice attempting to strike a unifying tone. >> my goal is to be a great justice for all americans. toreporter: a stark contras his fiery defense over a week ago in t wake of a sexual assault allegation he denies. >> this whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit. >> reporter: overnight democrats lashingout, vowing to mobilize their base ahead of the midterms now one monthaway. >> we stand together. in the next 30 days, go to the polls. >> reporter: but president trump is aiming to keep the mentum going, traveling to wyoming, pennsylvania, ohio, and kentucky this week alone. >> you mentioned the electionst

e. how emboldened is this president feeling right now? >> reporter: he is emboldened, no bought about that. president trump called the kavanaugh confirmation battle a rallying cry for republicans. will that momentum last through el day? before the kavanaugh fight democrats had a clear enthusiasm edge. recent polls show rarublicans gaining steam. adding to that, the president has had a strong stretch. the unemployment level is at a historic low. democrats are fired up, aiming to mobilize women votersho may be opposed to the kavanaugh confirmation. and remember history shows us thater v typically turn out when they are angry. for his part, president trump head to battleground iowa later today. >> hard to believe the midterms are four weeks away. orank you. thisng there is growing concern over mysterious outbreaks of a polio-liken conditn children. we told you about cases in minnesota. there are other cases i other

states. kristin has been following this for us. >> so these six cases in minnesota popped up in the las few wee and now we are learning that colorado has seen 14 cases so far this year. this morning doctors in minnesota are still stumped. they are trying to figure out what caused six kids in the state to recently come down with a rare condition known as acute flaccid myelitis. the illness is scary and potentially deadly. now settling into a pattern, doctors hoped it wouldn't repeat. >> we were curious what would happen this year a unfortunately we are hearing reports that cases are occurring again in 2018. >> reporter: the serious polio-like illness mostly impacting children has no cur according to the cdc, cases peak every two years. first grabbing attention in 2014 when 120 people were diagnosed. the spike in cases continuing

every other year across several states. 2018 has already seen 38 reported cases with4 colorado and the hf a dozen cas cas cases in minnesota since mid-september. >> it could take a really quick turn for the worse and we may not be able to take him home. >> reporter: 4-year-old oroville young in minneapolis was die diagnosed with afm in july. he couldn't move his rightrm d had trouble sitting up, walking, ande reathing. >>re this that place of not knowing where it was going to stop. reporter: and while he is now home and regaining strength, part of his right i arm still paralyzed. >> it's been so sad and i am part of a facebook group and every morning i would see a new case and just start crying. >> reporter: the cause of afm is most often linked to viruss. symptoms include muscle weakness in the arms, legs, neck, drooping ofhe facer eyelids and trouble speaking or swallowing. in some cases it can lead to

paralysis or death. spite the seriousness doctors say this is t a lessn one in a million condition. >> this is a very uncommon complication of a virus. so man people may be infected, but very few may get this rare neurologic complication. >> there is no cure or effective treatment right now. rehab can help these children regain some strength and function in their limbs. some children recover fine. but one little boy from virginia we met in the 2016 outbreak died last month. it's re, but really concerning. >> scary. >> they say wash your hands ? it's a virus? lways , good hygiene helps. >> thank you. 7:19. the rest of the forecast from dylan. n>> we have a lot of r through the middle of the country. we have this front that's not moving eastwd veryquickly. we have seen days of rain, flash flood watches and warnings u from minnesota and wisconsin down to texas. we will see more torrentl downpour today.

that's a look at the weather across the country. we will get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. limonene. a cloudy start. 73 degrees right now. we keep the cloudshrough the morning hours as we move towards lunchtime sunshine starts to develop. by0:00 a.m. mid-70s and by lunchtime near 80 degrees. it's also a muggy afternoon. so as temperatures warm into the mid-80s today it will feel like we are closer to 90 degrees.

another summer-like day on wednesday and rain in the forecast osday. and that's your latest forecast. >> thank llu. we ave much more on what we can expect out of hurricane michael and the race to prepare across the south just ahead. plus, jacob soboroff found a group of republicans in anly unli place. what they are saying with the midterm four weeks awayow n first, this is "today" on nbc.

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ing commute with melissa molett. good morning. we have delays on the beltway just now. springfield, inner loop after the springfield interchange that crash is out of the way. aspen hill georgia avenue between hewitt and road sounds like a potential crash investigation. so to could be major delays there this morning. inner loop and outer loop slow in the normal. spo inbound 295 heading southbound slow >> thank you. we will take a break and check your forecast next. dev he turned around the naacp. businessman. ben jealous. "marylander of the year".

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six workers are left trapped under a pile of wood and metal. the five people who survived are expected to be okay. strong winds and heavy rain may have constricted to the accident, but officia say it's too early to draw any conclusions. historic night in new orleans as saints quarterback drew brees etched his name into the record books. >> brees wide open! and what a way to do it! >> that home crowd at the superdome exploded, brought to breaks etes as bre peyton manning's record. the guy was mobbed by his teammates on the field lots of hugs from players and from coaches. that's sean payton. the standing "o" went on and on.

the most touchin moment when brees found his family on the sideline. >> we won! w about that, huh? how about that? i love you guys so much. i love you boys. i love you. >> oh, by the way, the saints beat the redskins 43-19. how abo the guy that h passed up, peyton manning, the former colts and broncos quaerback recorded a short video to, quote, congratulate his friend. >> drew,,0 for days i have held the record for all-time passing yards in the nfl. i got to tell you it's been the greatest 1,000 days of my and thanks to you that's over now and you have ruined that for me. so thank you very much. i haveoothing left look forward to except slicing my tomatoes, making dinner for my family, putting tether this wedge salad.

>> wedge salad is delicious. >> of course, he wentn to give brees aincere congratulations. that's an old photo of those. what a night. it happened i new orleans in the dome. >> of course, drew brees would break the record bying a touchdown. >> he was on a team that kind of rejected him. now the saints found him. look at him. >> a love story. >> so good. all right. we have to do the weather. hurricane michael is gaining strength and n it's bearing down on the florida panhandle. dylan is watching this >> very closely because it's moving fast. so anyone in the panhandle of florida really needs to make your preparations today because once we go into tomorrow, condionsill deteriorate rapidly. here it is. a category 1 hurricane with winds up to 90 miles per hour. it's moving to the north-northwest. look at t by wednesday at 2:00 a.m. conditions are favorable for this storm tohe perhaps stren into a major hurricane.

that's category 3 or higher. it maintenns that sh as it is forecast to hit just to the east of panama cityith winds up to 120 miles per hour and then it will weaken as it moves over the rest of the southeast, exiting the virginia/north carolina border by friday. here is the timing. as we go through the morning on wednesday, the rain bands will move i the rain becomes exceptionally heavy and the winds are very gusty as we go after 1:00 wednesday afternoon. then it continues to hit all through the afternoon and into the evening bringing this torrential rain into southern georgia, then thrgh south and north carolina and we go through thursday night and friday. there are a lot of trees still s th leaves and the ground saturated. when you look at winds 120 miles per hour, we could see widespread power outagough the panhandle of florida, especially up into georgia and even inar the southina area, too. because of the energy of this f orm we will see a lot spin-up tornados, fast-moving tornados that will cause

additiona poutr outages and wind damages. so this needs to be monitored today. but the track has noteen shifting all that much. so panama city is the area where we are exp sting thisrm to yhit. >> thaou. let's go down toslorida. nbc' kerry sanders is in position in the sunshine state. evacuations as we understand it already underway? >> reporter: yes. the clock is ticking. there are only hours now left for residents to board up and then move out. tourists being told they have to get outf their hotels by 11:00 a.m. this morning. so many who came here already felt that their vacations were mewhat ruinedf becausee red tide. now they are having to leave because of the oncoming hurricane michael, which we plould note as p are trying to get out, the roads are handling most of the traffic. at least at this hour. so will get worse during the day. ne is in short supply, and acause of that short supply of gasoline theiety level is

going up as folks who have been enjoying or trying to enjoy eir vacations are finding out, well, i never stopped to get gas and now there isn't any. there will be long lines for gasoline. bottom line, peoe will eventually get out. they are opening up some shelters inland for those who have nowhere else to go. often tdistance, craig, you can see over my shoulder here, one of the piers at thebeach, that was severely damaged in hurricane ivan in 2004. with dylan as forecast, it's a pretty good bett might get damaged again. craig. >> kerry sanders, thank you. and then coming up, teachers with a surprising side hustle. by the way, it can make millions. why they say it's also good for your kids. also ahead, kira simns takes us behind the scenes to show us how our friends arel "natiogeographic" are bringing the thrills of an african safari to kids here at home. then the massive search after inmates hid in trash cans to escape jail. first, the next stop on

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traveling aroun find out what really matters to voters. and this morning we are heading to california. >> most people think california is as liberal as it gets. buthose people have probably not been to orange county. not far from my house in l.a. there are four contiguous republican held seats that democrats are looking to flip, but they will have their work cut ♪t for them. ♪ >> reporter: los angeles. downtown's union station probably isn't where you'd think to start a quest to find some of the most republican territory in america. the biggest county in america is also one of the more diverse anr deic. but if you take a short train ride south, the pol seem a world apart. used to be when you go from l.a. to orange county you crossug th what political pundits would call the orange coun. you go from a democratic to republican area. this year back in washington the democrats are hoping tha change. you all live in orange county? >> yes.

>> reporter: you watch the news, you hear about brett kavanaugh, right? what, gloria? >> that's all you hear about. you know, it's hard to think s aboutething else when all you hear is about kavanaugh. >> reporter: do you think that's what you are going thinking about when you go into the polling booth on election day? >> i hope not. >> reporter: you hope not? what are the things you'd rather behinking about? >> traffic and pollution. >> reporter: we o hopped in irvine. we, like goocalifornians, uld carpool with the rest of the team. democrats' hopes of winning here determines in part on turning out people of color and young voters. we headed to the local iversity of california campus. in-n-out burger. legendary california institution. do you wan to know what they think? this is where you come. what do people ce about in irvine? >> myself and my friends are minorities, so minority rights d stuff. >> reporter: are there enough of you guys to flip the district? >> i hop so. >> reporter: uc irvine, 26,000

kids go to school here. theme democrats get all of to vote for them, maybe the republicans will be in trouble. i don't know. we are with nbc news and i am just trying to figure out is anybody going to vote in t election on november 6th? anybody? anybody? nobody is going to vote? is anybody going to vote in the congressional election in novemb ? thank you, sir. what do you care about? >> what do i care about? school. >> reporter: school. what about you? i'll walk you to the bus stop. if you were going to vote, what is the thing that will get your vote? >> probably school. the expenses. >> reporter: y are not talking out the issues that people talk about, the russia investigation, the supre >> i don't watch that stuff. >> reporter: you don't watch? >> no. >> reporter: are you registered to vote? >> no. >> reporter: how old are you? >> 18. >> reporter: and ultimately you could decide whether or not the

house of representatives is democratic or republican. are you thinking about all that? >> not currently. maybe if iook hor time to get informed about like what's going on in pitics. i assume that the people voting have at least some idea of who they are voting for. >> reporter: are you going to vote? >> i should. we are the most unreliable voter demographi demographic. >> reporter: that's what the democrats want. they can't count on you guys necessarily? >> no. you keepsesking t questions, the rest of the people our age will go, man, we better vote. all the old people are telling us to vote now. >> reporter: am i old? >> older. sorry. >> reporter:ude. >> i'm old. >> so you said, obviously, these e reliably republican districts. are the democrats even within striking distance? >> that's the in these districts in orange county the democrats could win if young people turn out. the secretary of state of california said ttire is auto voter registration.

if you are 17, you are registered to vote. but not democrats, not republicansre the top party. young people do not want to identify with a polical party, which means neither of these parties are reaching these kids obviously. >> if they are counting on young people. >> they have a lot of work to do. >> fascinating. thank you. and you're not old. we're old. a lot to talkbout inhe weather department. let's go to dylan. >> good morning. we have a lot of rain through the middle of the country. the last several days we have had 5 to 10 inches of rain fl. so additional rainfall could lead to flooding. behind this front we have the below-average temperatures. snow has been fallingno in the hern rockies. that's a look at the weather across the country. here is a peek out your window. >> 73 degrees right now. we wilstay in the 70s until lunch time. after that we warm into the 80s. by 100 a.m. a temperature around 74. by lunchtime we are in the upper 70s and it is another muggy day this afternoon, feeling very

much like summer. feeling close to 88 to 90 degrees this afternoon when you factor in the humidity here in washington. mid-80s in the suburbs. 84 tomorrow. so feeling like summer for one more day, and then much cool by friday. latest hat's your forecast. >> thank you, dylan. coming up, we are going to tag along for an aican we will show you how "national geographic" is sbribringing entertainment and education to esds around the world. first, these ms. little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats moderate to severe plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla,75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss.

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that one. this. that one. ♪ ♪ this is a breaking news break. 7:56 is the time on this tuesday, october 9th, 2018. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. montgomery county fire officials are on the scene of multiple pedestrians struck in the aspen hill area. melissa mow ahas more. >> five people struck. it sounds like four juveniles,

perhaps near some sort of bus st. we are talking about georgia avenue northbound between hewitt andl aspen h road. all lanes shut down there. it's at windy the southbound left turn lane also blocked for police there. we will have much more on this coming up. >> all right. melissa, thank you. we are goinge to t a break now. we will check your forecast next.

73 degrees, mostly cloudy skies. more sunshine as the day wears on. warm and muggy with high temperature around 84, but

feeling close to 90 with humidity. pretty much the same exact weather pattern tomorrow. then on thursday some rain is oking likely at times with temperatures in the 70s. 60 by friday. back to "today."