breaking news. extremely dangerous. hurrice michael strengthens again overnight now a powerful category 4. the massive storm bearing down on the florida panhandle and hours from landfall >> there isothing you can do to stop it. you just prepare the best you can. >> hundreds of thousands warned to get out of its path. >> if you are undern eva order, listen to it. ave now. do not take a chanceon >> millis unthe threat of high winds, heavy rain and a life-threatening storm surge. we ares live acr the region and al is tracking it all. surprise exit. >> i will tell you that i have time. >> u.n.r ambassadonikki haley's

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eat the archrival new york yankees and get one step closer to the world series. today is wednesday, october 10, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. nice to have you with usn a wednesday morning. these are tense hours down south. we want to get right to th latest on this dangerous storm. hurricane michael about to become t most intense hurricane on record to strike the florida panhandle. our team is in place across the storm zone. let's start with al who has the latest on the track. good morning. >> goo morning. 's never happened before in 167 years of keepings. reco there has never been a category 4 storm to make landfall in the panhandle. right now 120 miles south-southwest of panama city,

140-mile-per-hour winds. if it gets up to 150, these a 5.egory hopefully, that's not going to happen. moving north at 13 miles per t'hour. so ia rapid moving storm. here is where we have the tropicaler . we have hurricane warnings from panama city into southwestern georgia. we have got tropical storm warnings t thevirginia/north carolina border. here is the path of the storm. landfall and 1:00 p.m. this afternoon with 145-mile-per-hour winds. look at this. it's a categy storm into georgia and then continues on through georgia asat aory 1, becomes a tropical storm, cs across the carolinas and out along the north carolina/virgini border. here is what we are looking f as far as the impacts. extreme winds, gusts up to 100 miles per hour. p significaner outages are expected. and with those winds pushing up, we've g s stormge. 9 to 13 feet from apalachicola.

the high tides are later this afternoon after the storm's passage. there is life-threatening rise and storm surge and rainfall from panama city into central georgia. we could see 7 to 10 inches. isolated amounts of 12 inches or more. a dangerous storm. the only good news, guys s this is not going to beike florence where it lingers, but it is going to dont signifi damage, catastrophic damage as it comes onshore. s thank you. let's go to thecene in florida this morning. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in ach latch cola where the affects are already being felt. >> good morning. conditions are starting to deteriorate here. rer the past few hours we have seen the wind an pick up. the eye is projected to make landfall west of here. we would be on the dirty side of the storm. that means the storm that's wind and rain. what has localcofficials erned here the most is that potentially deadly storm surge.

this morning hurricane michael is slamming into the florida panhandle. >> what else can you do but tepray? >> rep under a state of emergency. >>ic hurricaneel is monstrous storm. if you don't follow the warnings from officials, this storm could dill you. >> reporter: a cise ship passenger capturing the storm's edge on video today torrential rain, powerful winds and a devastating storm surge are expected along the gulf coast. >> this is the first major one i have been through. this has me scared. >> reporter: as many gas stations fl is out. supplies are gone. the time to board up is over. >> this is one to watch. i am usually not too concerned with the hurricanes in florida, but this bears watching. >> mandatory evacuation. reporter: at least 180,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. >> i packed tight. >> reporter: more than 2,000 national guard members and hundreds of state troop on alert.

rescue teams just back from hurricane florence in the carolinas have now deployed to florida. how worried are you about this storm? >> i am veryed wor it's something we have never faced. i mean, we don't know exactly what to expect. >> reporter: and this water i expected to rise dramatically over the next few hours. thisasn't like hurricane florence where people in four or five days toepair. this rapidly intensified over the last 48 hours. landfall expected in the florida anhandle in the next several hours. back to you. >> gabe gutierrez. thank you. >> c sanders off the coast in panama city. kerry, what is happening there? >> reporter: it's a ghost tow, he guys. if this is in the target zone, panama city is the most populated, denselyat pop area in the thrust of where the eye could let's take a look at the buildings here. you can see the buildings along th coastline here. most of them built after the mid

0s, which means they are built o withstand 140-mile-per-hour winds. we are talking potentially here about 145-mile-per-hour winds. bu there is still some construction underway here. of course, debris from that construction zone could go airborne. you see those cranes there. two giant cranes at the nstruction site, they are rated to withstand about 120 to 125-mile-per-hour winds. they have loosened them up. so they spin around like tops during the hurricane here so that, hopefully, they won't come crashing down. that is one of the greatest concerns, flying debris, on t ofhe storm surge. atuorm surge in this area could exceed nine feet. one of the big tests, the sand dunes will keep the storm surge from breaching into the communityyo back t >> kerry, thank you. >> again, just three major hurricanes have hithe panhandle since 1950. mario, thebring in city manager of panama city.

mr. ginsberg. good morning. this is a monster. i was try to think like how do you even begin to prep for something like this? >> well, again, the good thing about a hurricane gs we ha a good bit of warning. stations havether kept us in the loop. cy activated our emerg operations center two days ago. our police departnt, fire department, all coordinate with the other municipalities. so we have been ready for this for the lasts.wo d now it's just, you know, followinthe action plan. so we ha 50% of our police officers on duty. we have 50% of our firefighters. we are turning people in and out every 24 hours. everybody is fres >> wha about the folks there? are they heeding the warnings? this is a familiar routine for folks down t are. they heaut a hurricane and some people think, oh, it will probably not be so. b are they listening?

>> we actually, again, once the county issued the evacuation plan, we actually had people leaving 12 hours before the actual plan. so we had people leaving here two ds ago. so once 6:00 in the morning hit yesterday, half the people wer already gone. by the afternoon almost all of our visitors hadlrdy left. we probably still have about 50% here, but at least they are neat on the low, low-lying areas. they are a block or two inland. >> if we fast forward to this time tomorrow, what do you think your city is going to be like? >> again, keeping in mind tt most of these buildings have been around f a while, every building here endured opal and did fairly well. i live in a 1969ondo, and i has endured many a storm. that's 50 years worth of storms. so it's done well. most of the people here know to

r up their doors and windows, pull everything inside. so everybody here should b aware of the drill and should have taken that plan. >> all right. we wish you good luck. c panay mayor. we will have a lot more on this hurricane throughout the morning. >> that's right. craig joins us now. what d you have this morning? >> good morning. another major shake up inside kke trump administration. u.n. ambassador haley announcing her resignation. so what's next for her? what's next for the post she leaves behind? nbc white house correspondent kristen welker with m on that. good morning. >> good morning to you. that's right. the shockwas are still reverberating here at the white house after nikki haley announced she is leaving. the reason? she says she believes in term limits and it's time for her to go. still her departure is raising questions about what comes next. for presint trump it means the loss of one of his highest ranking women in his

administration. this morning the search for answers. why did nikki haley resign and who will replace her? >> we are all happyou for y in ne way, but we hate to lose you. hopefully, you come back at some point. >> reporter: stunning many in the west wing with some disappointed she didn't wait until after the midterms. still dur a joint oval office appearance with the president, all smiles. >> i'll never truly step aside from fighting for our country. i will tell you what i think it's time. reporter: haley, the former governor of south carolina, and one of only a few women in the trump cabinet, iy widel considered a rising star in the republican party. she quickly dismissed any immediate political ambitions of her own. >> for all of you that are going to ask about 2020, no, am not running for 2020. >> reporter: instead, heaping praise on thepresident's daughter and son-in-law. >> i can't say enough good thin about jared a ivanka. >> reporter: leading to speculation that she may be replacing haley at the u.n.

ivanka posting this picture on instagram after the announcement. the preside addressing the issue later in the day. >> i think ivanka would be incredible. you know, that doesn't mean i'd picker because you would b accused of nepotism even though i am not sure there is anybody nor competent in therl but that's okay. >> reporter: many pointing out haley has never been afraid to, speak her mienying she was the anonymous senior official who delivered that op-ed, insisting in h own op-ed, when i challenge the president, i do it directly. >> it's not something we want to do to blame the accuser or try to second-guess the accuser. >> what do wenow abo who may replace her? >> reporter: president trump said he has a shortli . five names are on it. the name getting a lot of buzz,

dina powell. she is aan golachs executive. she served as president trump's deputy national security advisor for about a year. and adding to the speculation, nikki haley posted a picture on twitter over the weekend of her on a boat with powell. the presidentas asked about powell and he acknowledged she o is those under consideration. another name getting attention today, richard grenle, the updates ambassador to germany. when the president was asked about that name, he said he was inclined to kp him in his current post. so this morning, craig, the guessing gameontinues. back to you. >> thank you. and breaking developments disappearance he of a prominent saudi journalist andis his fiancow making a plea directly to president trump for help in finding him. we have had a couple of developments overnight. >> good morning. this isecoming a big deal. the growing concern surrounding the fate of one man could have international implications. new video released overnight,

the biggest ce soar in his mysterious disappearance. they are believed to be the last known images of respected journalist jamal khashoggi who vanished without a trace rumors swirling that he may have been kidnapped or killed because of his work. the new cctv video showing khashoggi walking into the saudi consulatrk tuh authorities said to be hunting for a bla van seen outside the building that day. this morningki t tv also airing video of two private planes showing a group of men that reportedly flew from the capital to istanbul where vanishedi >> we know two planes arrived. we also know that they departed. we know it's consistent with the official sources. >> reporter: this week secretary of state mike pompeo calling for a thorough investigation. president trump als voicing concerns. >> i am concerned about it. it.n't like hearing about i do not like it. >> reporter: ashoggi, aaudi writer, has been critical of saudi arabia, a conibutor for

"the washington post," he wrote last year of his fear of arrest. he newspaper recently publishing a blank column to raise awareness of his disappearance. >> whether or not he was killed or kid or what not, we don't have proof positive whether he is alive or dead. is reporter: heed the saudi consulate. his fiance waiting outside said heever came out. writing an op-ed for "the washington post" this morning, miss bride-to-be asking president trump to shed light on his disappearance. saudi arabia, which denies any involvement, promising it will allow investigators to consulate. but it's 33-year-old leader crown prince bin salman has been cracking down, championing a brutal war in yemen, tens of thousands dead. he has loosenedon restrics on women drivers, but this high-profile disappearance of a

prominent critic strange relations with america, its key ly. >> how concrete will this change the>> relationship? this is a classic diplomatic crunch for the u.s.ar saudia is a crucial u.s. ally. bthe trump white house man increasingly close to the saudi arabian relationship. on the other side, jamal ashoggi had been living in the u.s., had been exiled re, w looking to the u.s. for protection. people will say this is a moment when the u.s. needs to put aside the diplomatic issues and stand up for human rights. you listen to that "washington post" article by his fiance, that really brings out what he was -- sheays we are in the middle of making our wedding plans, our life pns. we were were setting a date. you could he her pain in that article. >> thank you so much. a lot of sleepy folks arouni the s this morning all over the northeast as well. baseball fans stayed up watching that yankees and red

sox game. new york needing a win to stay alive in the playoffs. early on this one was all boston. top of e fourth inning christian vasquez blasting a solo shot over the field.in right the drama in the ninth inning. yankees trying to mount ack comeba they would make it a one-run game on thatce sacrifi fly. gregoriu t coming in score. the yankees coming up short. after the super close playtt firsbase, the red sox hold on to win 4-3. boston now heads to the american leerue championship ss to face the houston astros starting on saturday. >> all right. let's go over to al for the rest of the forecast. hi. >> aw! >> sorry. looking at hurricane michael down to the south. we haveot also a flood threat with a system in the upper midwest. rain and strong storms.

and look at this. we have heavy know through the western plains as well. winter is on taphere. sunshine in the pacific northwest all the way down into southern califongia. we are go get to your local fore next 30 seconds.the starting to see some hints of sunshine out there this morning and we are going too continue have increasing sun throughout the day today and another warm and humid day with high of 83. maybe an isolated shower out there this afternoon. tomorrow though we e going to be tracking rain at times,

especially during the afternoon and evening hours, as a cold front moves through and combines with the remnants of michael. here is 2:00 p.m. inhe late afternoon and evening hours some heavy rain east of i-95 especially down in southe maryland. . >> that's the latest weather. the storm surge could be unprecedented. we will take a closer look coming up. >> thank you. has your mom posted something online that you wish she hadn't? ngwhy the unkno face of him too movement is speakg out viral post. om's and how a community is rallying around a black man wha d police called on him because he was babysitting two white children. first, this is "today" on nbc. sitting two white children. children. but first, this istoday" on

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and we are looking at another warm and humid day with high0s in the and maybe an isolated shower this afternoon. but we will have widespread rain tomorrow, especially later in the day as a cold front moves through and combines with the remnants of michael at the that point. the most rain will fall east of i-95. morning chance for a showe early friday and a few light

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welcome back. it is 7:30 on wednesday morning, october 10th, 2018. it's going to be a long day for a lot of people in t florida panhandle. hurricane michael is going to batter that region with high winds and torrential rains. they say it could be one of thosenpredictable storms with an incredible storm surge. >> al will have more in amo nt. let's get to kerry sanders. he is in panama city. kerry, if you look at the map it certainly looks to be headed right there. >> reporter: i know. there a a lot ofeople holding their breath right now. while it looks like a ghost town here, the city manager told me a few minutes ago that their estimate is upwards of 25,000 people have decided to remain on at is essentially a barrier

island. there are three bridg o the panama city beach region here back to the mainland, and in about an hour or so the authorities plan on closing those bridges. obviously, coming to and then they will close them a little bit later for people getting off. it's really come down to hunker down. the storm's speed is moving quickly. the power is in excess approximately of 140 plus miles per hour, and then ultimately you have s therm surge. and where that eye passes will be critical to tnis com. if the eye passes just a little bit to the east, the storm surge should not be as big of a problem as if the eye comes ght over here, or a little bit to the west. where i'm standg rightnow, either way is likely to be underwater. a storm surge here predicted 9 feet in some areas on the coast up to 12 feet. as we the leading cause of death during a hurricane is not flying debris. it is actually drowning.

guys. >> all right. kerry, thank you so much. >> we are trying to get our eye on thatxact path. we turn to al roker. >> it's heading where kerry is. the storm surge, as kerry said, this is where the greatest danger andoss of life occurs. we have a storm surge warning from just west ofci panam almost to st. petersburg, and that i see the worst.oing to and the really heart of that storm surge, 9 toet 13 from mexico beach to keaton beach, and that's whereou we see 9 to 13iveet. so let'sinto this storm surge. basically, you've got the wall of water comingin, being pushed by the winds. so a 3 ft storm surge comes to about your porch of your home. a 6 foot storm surge, i'm 5'8". it's over my head. a storm surge of 9 feet brings it into second stories of homes.

you cannot survive that. and so that's y we tell people get out. when we start to see this rapid intensification, which we have been seeing with these stormse becaf climate change, this is why we tell you, when we say get out, get out. unfortunately, if you are still there, you are risking loss of life. that's what's going on around the country. mike sideline going to have very little impact here. . rain from the remnants of the storm combined with a cold front tomorrow with rain in southern maryland. here in the metro and back to thth n and west under an inch of rainfall throughout the day, especial d later in the is our best bet for rain tomorrow. aig cooldown friday as that cold front moves out to sea. say hello it fall with temperatures in the 60s, maybe some light showers on saturday. >> and that's your latest weather. craig. >> all right. thank you. meanwhile, a florida man has found himself at the center of a heated discussion because of an online post by his momhat has

a lot of folks talking. gadi schwartz is here to explain what this is about. >> good morning. it's pretty normal for a parent to write gushing posts on social media about their children, maybe highlighting a birthday or accomplishmen what happens when a post goes unexpectedly viral bringing a fleury of ridicule and scorn? pette hanson's mother set off a social media firestorm. this is my son, she wrote. he graduated number one in boot camp he was numbe one in a school. he is a gentleman who respects women. he won't go on solo dates due to the current climate of false sexual accusations by radical minists with an axe to grind. i vote #himtoo. it came following br kavanaugh' swearing in. the #himtoo was created for men who think they have been falsely

accused ofl sex harassment or assault. >> irys sk for young men in america when >> reporter: you should know that 32-year-old pieter hanson dn't know anything about the post until his friends told him. his mother wiped the account but th damage was done and the internet did it's thing, dragging pieter into a controversy he wand nothing t do with and making him the target of nonstop means. his older brother said the attentio happened suddenly telling nbc news, quote, as a family wero camed him. pieter, the post. it's the anthesis of who he is. right now is overwhelmed and tired. he wasn't even on twitter. his account named at that was my mom tweeting sometimes the people we love do things thatit hurt usut realizing it. let's turn this around. i respect and hhtag believe

women. i never have and will support #hadtoo ng, twitter, your meme game is on point. pieter telling nbc news he forgives his mom. while it's another reminder that there is usually more to a story than a meme, his brother says their family is sticking together. i think we are getting a laugh out of itight no he told us, adding she is upset but we got her to laugh. >> i mean, you know, who among us? mom, what did you write on facebook? i guess he and his mom hlke it out? >> yeah, fortunately, they talked yesterday. they were able to clear the air a little bit. he says that she was terrified hothat sheht he was going to disown her. obviously, that's not the case. that's his mom. >> right. thanks. coming up, the nfl's all-time passing leader saints star drew brees, he will join us live to talk about his historic feat. >> you are excited? >> i can't wait. speaking of breaking records, taylor swift did that

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have seen suggest this vehicle hadio s safety problems and the state says it had been ordered off the road. four days since 20 people were kied in that horrific limo crash. the family of the driver is blaming the lo company. scott lisinicchia's family writing in a statement they believe unbeknownst to him he was provided with a vehicle that was neither roadorthy nor safe for any of the occupants. the limousine was owned by prestige limousine chauffeur service. last week it was for sale on craigslist with 180,000 miles. federal safety records show that sameimo racked upumerous safety violations over the past six months. september 4, violations for o defectiv no emergency exhibits, a malfunctioning anti-lock brake indicator ight and too many seats. last march cited for brake violations. the company's attorney insists the repair work was done.

t>> any defect existed in the past, the owners went through great pains to make sure those had been fixed. >> reporter: investigators believe the limo was speeding when it ran a stop sign, killep two p in a parking lot before slamming into a ravine. all 18 people in the limo died. in albany tuesday a long line of hears. among them, michael. >> my baby is gone. >> reporter: he w anraq war marine veteran who died on his birthday while cebrating a friend's birthday. >> and god spared him then to comeome with terrible ptsd. he survived all of that to go to a birthday party, to be safe, to not drink and drive. >> reporter: press evening limo is opened by shahid hussain. estige limosine shares a business address with the crests

inntes and cottages in new york. the people who live here say they hav a't seen him in least a year. police believe he is in pakistan, his sons now cooperating with invesgators as a community mourns so many lives lost. the limo driver's family says that he ha complained in the past about the conditions of the vehicle and the morning of that accident he had called and said he had to change vehicles for some reason. guys, back to you. >> what kinds of questions dost inators have about how that stretch limo was maintained? >> reporter: really a lot of concerns about when that vehicle was stretched, whens cut in half and they put a piece in the middle. they stretched it out. was that done according to federal regulations? and also were the brakes upgraded? when you add that much more weight to a vehicle, getting it to stop on time with those old brakes, that could be a big challenge. they needed to upgrade the bres as wello handle the

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we are back with a new incident of alleged racial bias grabbing attention. >> this time it's a georgiao ma ays he had the police called on him when he was babysitting and he believes it's be he's black and the children in his care were white. nbc's morgan ratford has this story. good morning. >> good morning. yeah, this video is kind of uncomfortable to the man at the center of this is calling it babysitting while black. so he started streaming the incident on facebook and this wa s after hes he was confronted by a white woman. she was apparentlyoncerned about the children's safety so she followed him to his home and called police. he did not expt this ordeal to

go viral, but now he hopes it leads to some change. >> i got these little kids scared, this lady is following us. >> reporter: a babysitting job taking an unexpected turn for corey lewis. >> all because i got two kids in the back seat that do not look like me. this lady took it uponayerself to she is going to takpl my e down and call the police. >> reporter: lewis, who runs a youth mentoring program in marietta, georgia, streaming on facebook live after he was confronted by a white woman. >> she says something is weird here. and i said, i assure you that we are fine. >> r lorter: afteris refused to let her talk to the kids, he for the woman followed them an hour back to his house and thence called po >> frozen in fear, like i had no idea what was happening. >> reporter: i was shocked. i was angry. ias scared.

i am going followed and harassed. >> reporter: the officer asking to question the kids. >> i wish the cops never game. i was worried if heot arrested, what would happen to us? >> reporter: the officer then calling the parents. >> he how they ended up on the side of a road being spoken to by police was just something that i couldn't wrap my head around. >> reporter: it's not clear what haened beforeewis started filming, but his videos now have hundreds of thousands of views. it's the latest in a stringl o vivideos appearing to show alleged racial bias. >> she doesn't want t talk now. >> reporter: over the summer a white woman earned the nickname barbecue baby after calling police on black menaving a barbecue in the park. and permit patty who cled police on an 8-year-d black girl selling water. lewis now just hoping that his experience will educatetthers. >> a the end of the da jus because someone does not look

like how you prefer for them to look doesn't mean they are a bad person. >> so pole aren't identifying the woman who called police, but theac online on to this is simply outstanding. a lot of people pointing out, sure, while this man was babysitting the kids, a lot of families in america look like this. mixed race familie one of the fastest growing demographics in our country. you think about adoptive parents who don't share the same race with their kids o mixed race kids who don't present the same as their parents. >> that's an interesting one. thanks,rg moan. coming up, our tripo kenned space center with first mantars ryan gosling andai foy. plus, nfl record breaker drew brees, he is going to be with us live. how about that? that's after yours. local n i can't believe it. that everything sticks to stefon diggs's hands?

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br new orleans saints quarterback dreees joins us live to talk faly, football, and shattering the nfl's all-time passing record. >> unbelieoubleey, and i'm just so grateful. >> today is wednesday, october 10th, 2018. ♪ >> from svhule, texas. >> to my husband and son in alabama. >> hi to my sons at north side middle school in indiana. >> from parker, colorado. go broncos! >> we're the rudolphs. >> from denver. >> hi, grandma. we are on "the today show"! >> love it. >> we love it. good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today" on a dnesday morning. so much to get to this morning. we want to remind you of the 24 hours from now, international

day of the girl. we are having a special event right here. >> we have got the former first lady michelle gbama. she ing to be here to tell us all about her work advocating for girls education, and she'll talk about life after the white house. >> also, g als from over the country are coming to the plaza for a special concert. we have never done anything like that. three huge stars. kelly clarkson, jennifer hudson, and meghan trainor performing on the plaza tomorrow. >> and we have some young girls who will be in the taudience. t's right, including your girls. >> it will be fun. >> yeah, be with us omfrw. no yo to ur news at8: . there is almost no time left to ore hurricane michael slams the gulf coast as an extremelyge dus category 4 storm now. al will have the very latest from the storm center in a minute. first, nbc's gabe gutierrez is in the florida panhandle. it's already coming down a lot more than we were seeing last hour, ga. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.

with daybreak we are starting to see the raw power of hurricane michael. being pelted with heavy rain and strong winds. we actually had to evacuate our tel just a short time ago because of the rising water. you can see behind me this road is now completely flood, and we are expecting much more storm surge over the coming hours. at least 180,000 people were ordered to evacuate in florida. 35 c snties under ate of emergency. ch of georgia and alabama as w this is a very dangerous local officials say that those residents in mandatory evacuation areas had to evacuate. here, as you can see, the time to evacuate is over and much more storm surge and deteriorating conditions are expected over the comin hours. savannah and hoda, back to you. >> gabe, thank you. >> and al, of course, is updating u onca the hur's path and that impact. >> guys, we got this in from the national hurricane center. our winds now at 145 miles per

hour. 157-mile-per-hour would be a category 5. it's now only 90 miles southwest of panama city. it is moving fast, moving north at 13 miles per hour. as we said, t time to evacuate is just about passed. from panama city into albany we have hurricane warnings. look at this. we have hurricane warnings into georgia and hurricane tropical storm warnings to the southeastern atlantic coast. here is the path. by around 1:00 today storm. look. it continues as a 4 into southwestern georgia, continues its path as a 1 into south carolina, and then a tropical storm moving out along the virginia/north carolina border. the impacts. first of all, the. win expect widespread power outages. wind gusts of up to 100 miles r hour. and then we've got the storm surge. this is what we are mosted fright of. 9 to 13 feet from alachicola to cedar key. that is going into second

stories of storms and of course the rain. anywhererom 7 to 12 inches of the carolina coast.he way into this is a dangerous storm that is going to cause catastrophic oblems. guys >> all right. al, thank you. the sudden resignation of president trump's u.n. ambassador nikki haley is still causing political shockwaves. the timing of tuesday's announceme t, a month befor midterm elections, caught even the west wing insiders off guard. but in a joint oval office appearance haley said she wanted to take a break at the endth of year. >> it was a blessing to go into everyn. with body armor day and defend america and i'll always do that. i will never truly step aside from fighting for our country. but i will tellou that i think it's time. >> haley's resignation letter obtainy nbc news is dated last wednesday. the president said he will name his choice to replace her in two or three weeks. how about a little boost?

>> yes. you will like this. a 5-month-old baby is about to become the youngest member of an exclusive club. little hper yates a her parents have been on a road trip across thent cou. they are traveling by car and taking adorable pictures of harper to prove they visited all 50 states. the final one vermont is happening onhursday. the family started its tour in june to take advantage of mom's maternity leave. they have already applied to the guinness book of world recds to have harper certified of the youngest member of the all 50 states club. >> she is the cutest. thatamazing. i don't want to spend an hour with my kid in the car. this is impressive, t right? t's the bigger story. >> amazing. speaking of kids, i have to ave a little bit early. i have an appointment for the kids. ahead, taylor swift taking her dive into politics to new levels. what she said at last ndnight's amashe record she just broke. and who my man drew brees will help the saints celebrate right after

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>> he has become the nfl's all-time passing leader. it happened monday night. he threwor2,103 yards in his career. it's far from over. guess what? guess who gotp early? guess who is with us from new orleans. hi, drew, good morning. >> good morning, hoda. how are you? >> i am wearing number 9. i am so proud to be weang this. are you still, like do you wake up in the morning and say, did that really happen? am i really that guy? >> yes, a little bit. itas a surreal moment. there was obviously so much expectation and pressure going into the game, y know. we were 201 yards away. you know, you hope that it's the to happen se off point momentum of the game either. i don't think we could have scripted that any better. >> t ot's onef the great moments. my favoriteoment was not that one. my favorite moment wasn

briny and the kids were doon the sidelines. let's listen for one second. >> hey, boys, how about at, huh? how about that? i love you guys so much. i love you, boys. i love you. i love you. >> okay. we are crying again, all right? >> drew, in that moment, why w it so important to talk to your kids about that right there? >> that's just what came to my heart. that's honestly what i whisper in their ear every night before they go to bed. i want them to approach life with a s grese of gratitude and humility and respect forrs othend let them know they can accomplish anything in life they are willing to work for. that's the truth. ere not ple of people with you on that day, drew. your mom and your grandfather. and i know that you were sayg they wer watching over you. i mean, i bet you spoke to them, too. what did you say to them?

>> you know, that gave me a great sense of peace going into that night. as i was walking through the tunnel out onto the field before the game i envisioned them, you know, watching down over me. and i know they do every they do my kids. that really puts me at >> drew, you're 39 now. i know you have a contract to the end of the 2019 season at least. have you started to give anygh th to your post-football career? there is no one more popular i e state of louisiana and all of new orlivns. have you any thought to what you might be doing after you break some more records? >> you know, there is a lot o ings that i am going to want to do in the next chapter, honest am having so much fun right now playing football. i love our team. i love theoo locker and i'm really just trying to stay in the moment. just enjoying eve and every second of this. i know when it's over, it's over, and it will be on tthe next chapter. right now we've got --

>> drew, will you see us in new york? bring brittany, bring the kids. we are here. we want to give you a big hug, a all w right? >>ld love that. she would love that. >> love you, honey. >> congrats to you. >> you, too. thank you. >> what a great guy. >> nice guy. >> he is the kind of guy if you were a parent you would want your daughter to marry, the kind of person you want as child's father. he is every guy. >> all right. mr. daily, talking about one of his favorite things, music. >> that's right. congratulations to drew. spotify marking a milestone it's been ten years since the music streaming service launched. it changed the way music fans discover and listen to music. fy celebrate a decade of streaming spo compiled the top artists and songs along with noteworthy achievements from the last ten years. the most streamed o artist all sti, are you ed sheeran number

eminem number three. the first to reach one billion streams, rihanna, david get a and eminem one, two, three. they marked that in 2013. now the most streamed songs of the decade. number three, you know this one, this is "closer", a huge hit for the chainsmokers. halsey has had a great career since this song. biggest songs of the decade, "one dance," from ake. spotify's most streamed song of all time, wt to take a guess,? ho >> i don't know. >> you got it. >> ed sheen. >> that is my next guess. he wasn't always on top. let's go back ten years ago this time and take a look at the most streamed track. it was viva la vida and then

lady gaga she mosteamed artist. spotify has a special playlist which users can find online or in the app. >> very cool. start?ut a little pop >> a big night in music last nightt the american music awards. taylor swift, the artist opened the show with a bang performing did something bad. there wasire, smoke, a giant snake. she went on to win four awards, bringing her total to 23 amas. that breaks the record for most decoratede femma winner that was previously held by whitney houston. she took the opportunity to send a message to her fan >> i wanted to make a mention of the fact that this award and every single award given out tonight were swrovoted on by th people. you know what else is voted on by the people? it's the midterm elections on november 6th.

get out a vote. i love you guys. >> swift's call out to vote comes days she endorsed two candidates running in the midterm elections. it's the first teee she has vocal about her political alliances. another big winner last night cardi b. she took home the first award of the nht. she thanked her newborn daughter kulture with a k. she made a quick return to the music scene after givingth b she took the stage again to perform "i like it," and her rformance wowed t crowd as you can tell. that pretty much says it all. congrats to her as well. she wasn't the only artist in attendance with a h baby on mind. in her first appearance since announcing she is expecting, carrie underwood looked lovely. incredible on the carpet. she collected her win for favorite female country artist. congratulations to all. the ladies of "this is us"

are gracing the cover of "glamour" magazine. they opened up about working on nbc hit show together as well as which royal they would like to wmeet,t trend they cannot get on board with and where they want to take their nextvacation. >> the royal i'd most want to have tea with is meghan markle and i think prince harry. >> perhaps meghan markle because she is the newest member othe family. >> little prince george from cambridge. he is so cute. >> the trend i will never wear connect to, you do you know what ginko pants e? i have nothing else to say. >> i do not get the bike short trend. >> if i had two weeks for vacation, i'm thinking about going to jamaica because my bros and their kids are there right now. >> i haveever been. >> i am going to hustle as quickly as ian trek upnd to everest base. a ca >> wow.

that's a lofty one there, mandy. you can read more about what they had to say. we are looking up jenko pants. >> yeah. >> baggy? >> yeah, big pocks. >> and finally, a quick mention. our own craig melvin and his lovely wife lindsey are featured in this. >> well! >> i didn't knothis. >> loo at that. showing off the place where they time together. >> i'm sorry. >> that's home. >> my wife caught that fish. how cute! >> that pient photographer, that poor guy, he wants my kids to like, you know, sit still. no. that was the only pictureha he got that was usable. >> very cute. >> fun. >> that is goi to hit newsstands on friday, by the way. >> all right. >> i might have yelled at you for putting your feet up on the couch. >> that was thei. idea. mrker, you are the most popular guy in the room today. >> i don't know about that. i wanted to bring out atat abou michael. this thing is a category 4 and

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anticipated movies. we are talking about "first man" that explores the life of the first man to walk on the moon, neil armstrong. you've got to sit down ws?h the st >> i did, met up with ryan la gosling,e foy and the director at the kennedy space center. geeked out about the exhibits, talked about the move and the challenges of portraying one of the most famous men in the world. >> this is amazing. it's so beautiful. >> reporter: even hollywood's biggest stars. >> claire, come here. >> oh, my god. it looks like the titanic or something. >> reporter: stand in awe, staring at a rocketig dd to take men to the moon. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: it was 1969 when the saturn 5 rocket launched

neil armstrong and the crew on that historic mission. >> it's one small step for man, one giantor leap mankind. >> reporter: the astronautokho those famous first steps the focus of the film "first man" starring claire foy and ryan gosling. when you were in the capsule during the filming, what>> well known what was coming because they referred to the astronaut spann spam in a can.i came to understand where that name came from. it's really hard to convey just how small they are. and so dangerous it all was. >> reporter: that danger is vividly portrayed in heart-pounding scenes directed by damian shezle, who avoided using green e screens andn utilized really nasa artifacts like this astronaut van

carried the crew of apollo 11 to the launchpad. >> they towed ts out for us to load the actors into. i think we were pinchingou elves. buzz and mike collins were w on sethen we shot this. we had ryan corey stoll andlu cas suited up. we couldn't drive the van. >> reporter: the movie followsv armstrong the nine years leading up to his tripo th planng othat flig bei suessful. >> reporter: it traces his challenges in the sky and on the ground as the armstrongs' marriage is put to thenest agai and again. claire foy plays armstrong's wife. >> you are a bunch of boys making models. you don't have anything under control. >> reporter: we love "the crown.ed when we wat this movie, there was an obvious similarity between the queen and janet. one o those similarities being

they are both thrust into the spotlight. >> they definitely have a similarity in the sense that neither ofhem express themselves openly to lots of people. but it sort of ends there really, i think. i think jet has an amazing act to know when she needs to step up, know when she needs to speak out oh, and know when she has had enough. >> reporter: while the film has already received some critica acclaim, it's also received some criticism for leaving out a key moment. >> the president, a few senators, a couple of people have commented that the u.s.fl is not deplikted explicitly moog planted on the what do you say to that criticism? >> it was about paying tribute to real american heroes who did extraordinary things. >> this conversation is largely happening amongst, i would say, people who haven't seen the film. if they do think it's very

patriotic a film, i feel neil and janet's story is worth the tribute that this movie attempts to pay to it. >>eporter: a story sure to inspire audiences. how much of neil armstrong is like ryan gosling? a how mu you like neil? >> not enough. yeah, you know, it was ao struggleonnect to him because he is so extraordinary in so many ways. and it was an honor to gety to personify somebody that i came to admire so much.s >> it ool being able to walk around the kennedy space center. claireoy, by the way, thought she had seen the saturn 5 rocket. she had not. when shealks into the museum there and takes a look up. >> right. >> literally shrieking with delight as she sees it. everybody should go to the kennedy space center. >> agreed. >> i have never been. >> worth theri >> "first man" opens this

friday. special thanks to the kennedye spnter and universal pictures for providing the film crew. two more big names in hollywood. natalie -- this is a news4 today news break. >> good morning. 8:26 now on this wednesday, october 10th. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's start with a check on our commute. >> inbound 6there at 123, take a look at these delays. a crash there blocking a land e are slow headed inbound. inner loop and outer loop typi l except forthis. outer loop approaching 50 through prince george's county slow because of an earlier crash near 450. inner loop slow through that spot as well. temple hills northbound wheeler road at iverson place a crash involving an oil spill. right now traffic only getting by on the oulder. >> all right. thank you, melissa. we will have a look at your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

temperatures right now in the 60s to low 7s. some patchy drizzle out there. not a huge issue this morning. degrees currently in washington with a high today of 84. 83 degrees.

a mainly dry day. rain at times tomorro i lat the day, some heavy rain is possible. >> thank you. and you can get the latest news and weather anytime in the nbc washington app.

back now. 8:30. what you are hearing is a ecial reminder tha we have a big eventheomorrow for international day of the a girl. y'alre going to love it. guess who is going t be here? kelly clarkson, jennifer hudson, meghan trainor. all three,n amazing concert here. former first lady michelle obama will be here for her first live v interview since leaving the white hous we are bringing our daughters.

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werful women in hollywood get very candid with natalie. how they say haslywood changed and what needs to change one year after the start of the #metoo mo bment. a bargains. you can bundle up inside or out. and it's not tuesday, but there is never a bad time for tacos. we have chef curtis stone who is going to teach us how to make them with a twist. good to see curtis. it smells greet in there. we will doome cooking in a bit. first, did you know the opening ceremony of the last olympics held in tokyo was 54 years ago today? so it's a fitting time to reveal nbc's logo for tokyo 2020! >> hey! >> the artist tell us each character is meant to he will straight the dynamic movement of an olympic athlete, and it has us counting down the days to

tokyo. watching team usa stars like katie ladecky, simone bowls, and surfing, skateboarding and climbing. you will see all of that right here on the networks of nbc. >> we like that logo, by the way. mr. roker? let's show you what's happening weather-wise for today. we have heavy snow in the western and central plains. a flood tet threat hreat in the midwest. hurricane michael in the gulf coast. sunshine on the west coast. at more we are looking mountain snow through the rockies, drying out in the midsection of the country, but we have got tropical storm michael along the mid-atlndtic coast the southeastern coast tomorrow morning with sunshine through the western gulf coast into tas and the pacific northwest. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your ck of the woods. cloudy skies right now. increasing sunshine towards the sidday hours and partly to mostly cloudy t afternoon. maybe an isolated shower and a wigh today of 83. now, tomor a cold front moving through the area along

with the remnants of michael is going to provide rain at times, especially during the afternoon and evening hours. thankfully, michael having a low impact on our area, but some heavy rain is possible, especially in southern maryland later in the day tomorrow. it's windy and chilly on friday. with a high of >> that's the latest weather. ifou are heading out the door take us with you. just get on "today" sirius. it has been a full year since the story that launched the #metoo movement happened. how much has changed in hollywood since then?n natalie sat dith more on that. hey, natalie. >> hey, guys, good morning. yes, it' a been 12 monthser the #metoo and the #timesup movements gained momentum. the annual women in hollywood issu we partnered with the magazine to share the stories of some of hollywood's most powerful women and have an

exclusive first look at the november covers. >> something happened in the last year that is undeniable and continuous. things are actually changing for womenn our industry. >> reporter: the women gra the cover of elle magazine are bold and fierce fighters. arlize theronnd sarah paulson believe they should be heard and are looking towards meaningful change. >> on the sets that i am working on there is a much larger sense of diversity and inclusivity that i can see visually. there is this perception that women don't work well together, that we are competitive. as i was forming my own thoughts and opinions as a young person about what female friendships could be and what women were like today it was a lot of cattiness. i had a thought process that was really, really screwed up about confront it when i was on the set working with these extraordinary women. i now have a new map in my body,

sort of molecularly about what th is. there i not a single moment where i felt any jealousy. it was an extraordinary thing to beeminded of. >> reporter: how important is the support of other women, especially now? >> i think support on both sexes are very important right now. i think the support that we have been getting from men in this fight has been very important as well. i'mit ig anybody in on this boat. you know, the doors are wide open. you want to join this fight, you are so welcome. come with us. >> sometimes i think the movement can be misconstrued as a men, get out of the way kind of story. but i don't feel that way. i just want a seat at the tele whhey are sitting and have been sitting so long. >> reporter: they say they want more diverse storytelling in hollywood and neither have shied away from portraying very well an complicated characters. surprisingly, both say theyhe still feel need to prove

themselves. >> the fear r me is i still have this every single time i job. a i am going to get fired. they are going to find out i am actorible this is going to be the job where they find out that i'm just this little lie. >>his is so refreshing to all of us. we look at you and we are like, she has it all. >> no. it gives you this excitement and the sweats. yo need that.hi thoses make something really matter, you know? >> i feel like sometimes the window is ope this bignd i'm trying to muscle it open as long as i can and get it open as much as possible. i havabe absolutely terror and fear. no, no, you turned 4 bye-bye. i hope that's not the case. i really i feel i have a lot more to do and say from a creative standpoint. >> reporter: while it's taken practice, both women say they have learned to live trir lives

themselves. >> i don't seek out necessarily whateople think about how i live my life or the choices that i have made, and i really go by the theory or the idea this life is over for me, that i have done it and lyed it exac exactly the way i wanted to. >> reporter: they want that freedom and poweror all women. they stand together along with other hollywood trail bzers ping next year brings even more change. >> i feel a senseisfrhood. i feel that we are going to get there. >> well, the other women that you will see also on this year's elle hol lady gaga, mia farrow, keira knightly, yara shahdy and the cast of the black panthth. issue hits newsstands on october 23rd. asu can see more of the interviews was weloday.com and on access starting tonight. >> thank you. nice list.

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all right. this morning, it's time for another "today" wepartnership. ave come together to bring you online cooking classes. dylan joined chef and blue apron instruct for a class on week nighsemeals. good tyou both.

let me start with you. tell me about these classes online. >> we had s we came up with a bunch of great ideas that are good, simpl meals. >> me or you? >> i came up with the recipes. you did a great job. you executed them. >> you're the sous chef? >> yes. he tells me what to do. i say this is how i normally do it. he says do it this way. >> you gs are great. this idea, this theme here, week night meals for those of us who have kids. week night meals are important. what are you making today? >> i am going to direct and dylan is going do it. this is to tuesday dinner. this is korean tacos. sauce. a little soy get all that stuff in there. brown sugar. there'siltro. there is a little canola oil or vegetable oil, some sesam and then all of this stuff. the fresh chili. >> i am good at followi directions. >> you're doing great. what is the meat? >> so we are doing frank steak.

so what you do is whisk that together. this is a simple marinade. you can do this a full day ahead of time. if y are in a bit o rush, you can do it quickly. you know, it will still give flavor even if it's only for an hour. sohuck that in.t doesn't t smell delicious? >> yeah. >> even if it's an hour,wiou impart some flavor. obviously, the longer it's in, the more flavor you get. i am turning that flank steak over here. we are going to turn it a couple of times through the cooking process. then we have some carrots, cabbagcallion and silcilantro. and then some of the leftoverri de -- >> you withheld a little bit? >> yes. maybe half of that in there. i'll give you a pair of tongs. >> adorable. >> isn't that sweet? so then you basically toss that togeth instead of making a separate dressing, you are using the same marinade that you would use for

the steaks. so >> it's all coming together. >>ut so the meat cooks for a three minutes on either side. you want to turn it a co times. of course, if you are cooking outside, the grill will probably be hotter. once it's had a nice rest, see pink?'s so beautiful and nice and jutesics that rest i important. you want to rest for half the amount of time it taketo cook. cut straight across the grain. when i say grain, you pick up theseips in t classes. the grain runs down the meat like that. you are going to cut opposite that. >> that's what i love about the classes. you are not going to a recipe and you have to follow it online to -- because you missed a few steps. we go through every single step so you can almost follow along if youave the ingredients and cook it with us. >> and there are a lot of novice chefs who don't have a lot of time. korean barbecue sounds

intimidating. the classes make you realize it's>> easy? nd taco tuesday is easy. you can change the flavors however you want. >> i made a little bit of guacamole. >> it's just a chunky very avocado heavy with the chunks. you can really bite into the avocado. >> the lime juice. >> you really loaded it up. >> yes. this is for you guys. >> you like the corn tortilla? >> yes. this is grass-fed beef, which is a beautiful flavor. d really, really simply done. >> these are beautiful. >> and i haven't tried this before. >> yeah, you know what it's like. >> that is so good. so a nice break from a traditional taco. thank you very much. for this respiclick on today.com/food and head to my bluprint.com. watch week night cking and all of our today classes for free this week. enjoy that. first, this is "today" on nbc. thank you. >> glad i could help.

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time and temperature from td bank. >> 74 degrees right now. by 10:00 a.m. mid-70s with some peeks of sunshine. temperatures near 80. a mild and humid day with partly to mostly cloudy skies this ternoon. degrees for a high today. maybe an isolated shower this afternoon, but for most of us it's dry. we do have widespread rain in the forecast tomorrow with the cold fngnt absor the remnants of michael, especially during the afternoo. >> thank y get the latest news and weather anytime in the nbc washington app. have great day.

welcome to the show, i'm megyn kelly and we have jenna bush-hager, stephanie gosk and jacob. great to have you here this morning t we want to talk first about hurricane michael. this is a cat 4 storm that could wind up being the strongest hurricane ever to hit the florida panhandle. the surgehey say has the potential to be catastrophic. look at the waves already. this is in panama city beach. we'll be watching this storm all day. the governor down there alreang sahe time for evacuations has passed. so you have to