joining me is nbc news correspondent jesse kirsch, who is in sarasota, florida. what can you tell us about the latest on the ground? we hope you are staying safe to >> we are doing our best, thanks for asking. five minutes ago, it was silent, i could hear birds chirping, it was dry, the leaves were not rustling. look at what is happening, we were in the eye of milton and now losing the eye, losing what will be essentially the dangerous phase of the storm for where we are in sarasota right now. you can see the leaves lowing more, bands of rain. i have our photography quickly go left, you can see headlights moving off of a barrier island area, that is something we continue to see throughout the night. there have been people on the roads, i'm not seeing anything that is a first responder vehicle in any way. at minimum, the police department of the city suspended having officers on the roads because of the risk. what we were just in, the eye, gives a false sense of security. we heard people cheering outside, we heard people with the cars arriving -- riding, burning r

joining me is nbc news correspondent jesse kirsch, who is in sarasota, florida. what can you tell us about the latest on the ground? we hope you are staying safe. >> reporter: we are doing our best, thanks for asking. five minutes ago it was silent out here, i could hear birds chirping, it was dry, the leaves were not wrestling. he goes what is happening, we are in the eye of milton and losing the eye we are entering what will potentially be the most dangerous phase of the storm in sarasota you can see the leaves blowing more, bands of rain. i want to have our photographer go to the left, you can see had lights moving off barrier island area, that is something we have continued to see throughout the night. there are people on the roads, i'm not seeing anything indicating that as a first responder vehicle, at minimum, the police department suspended having officers on the roads because of the risk. we were just in the eye, it gives a false sense of security. we had people cheering outside, cars with the engines revving, tires burning rubber, the sense of people dr

jesse kirsch you are out there in sarasota for us. yesterday i asked you if you ran into anybody who was going to stay. i'll ask you the same today. what are you seeing? >> reporter: it's pretty quiet. we are nearby a hotel, and where we have rooms but are not going to be ourselves because we want to be able to give you a vantage point, we're in a parking garage. a member of our team came across people who were leaving this morning. when you look at these images of these tornado warnings and these tornado threats, the idea of being on the roadway is concerning enough when you're trying to get out there this close to a landfall because even though we are hours away, you can see right now, it's really effectively a light breeze compared to what we'll see later, katy. there have been bands of heavier rain, points where the wind gusts have been really strong, and the idea of getting on the road with that, when you know conditions are only going to deteriorate in the hours ahead is bad enough, and you add the extra threat of the tornado. s

here's jesse kirsch. >> tua steps up.he first down and takes a shot. >> reporter: for the first time since his third confirmed nfl concussion, tonight miami dolphins quarterback tua tagovailoa is preparing to suit up and play on sunday. >> tua met with a litany, a laundry list, a long list of medical experts, and zero of them recommended that he shouldn't play football. >> reporter: the latest in a series of scary hits for tagovailoa prompted some to call for the 26-year-old's retirement, but earlier this week, tagovailoa told reporters he did not consider those pleas. >> i appreciate your concern, i really do. i love this game, and i love it to the death of me. >> reporter: the football star also says he will not wear a guardian cap, the helmet cover allowed by the nfl and meant to provide extra protection. >> personal choice. >> reporter: the nfl's top doctor says tagovailoa would gain minimal benefit because he wears a specific type of newer more protective helmet. >> we don't have guidelines that are rigidly structure

jesse kirsch was at the game and is joining us now. reporter: hey, hallie. dolphins fans werer chooing when their star quarterback jogged back on to the field. tua tagovailoa made his return to the field despite some calls for him to retire at age 26. the long-term health consequences for tagovailoa are unclear and experts say because of his head injury history he is at higher risk of future concussion, but despite all of that he started today's game and even helped lead his team to a touchdown on his first drive. the dolphins lost to the arizona cardinals and tua told us after the game he felt like himself on the field and felt good to be back with his teammates. hallie? >> jesse kirsch on the field for us. thank you. >>> to the baseball field and dolphins fans on edge today. their star player shohei ohtani hurt. the question today. will he play in game three? late today, the answers his fans had been hoping for. here's jorge solis. >> there he goes! >> reporter: tonight, the dodgers say baseball superstar showtime shohei ohtani cleare

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alex. >> invaluable perspective and really brave reporting down there, nbc news correspondent jesse kirsch. jesse, safety is power mount. do what you need to do, and thanks for the update. >>> still ahead this evening, how did we get here? i'm going to tell to jeff goodell, "the new york times" best selling author of "the heat will kill you first," about how hurricane milton intensified so rapidly, and about whether this is just the beginning of the new abnormal. that's next. new abnormal that's next. >>> before hurricane milton even made landfall this evening, the national weather center warned it would become one of the most destructive hurricanes on record. scientists have been alarmed by its strength and its size and also the super charged rate at which it grew, what is known as extreme, rapid intensification. the cause for that is fairly straight forward. unusually hot ocean water especially on the surface provides fuel for these storms. and this year the gulf of mexico saw record high temperatures. scientists are clear that a primary reason for that is climate change. according to a

. >>> we are going to jesse kirsch, who is in sarasota, florida. jesse, what is the situation there now? >> reporter: about 90 minutes ago it was clear and birds were chirping. look at it now. we are blocks from the sarasota bay and almost entirely, it seems, on an island right now. i say almost entirely because i cannot confirm for sure for our own safety sake. as you can see, we are surrounded by water on his ramp. you could see all the leaves, all the palm trees floating around out here with rain whipping around as well. i had my photographer, david, come with me. it's not just about storm surge and wind. it's about the debris left over from helene that's why we are inside of a garage so that we have as much protection and shelter on as many sites as possible from that flying debris. i will show you, on this other quarter, the main road in downtown sarasota gives you an idea of how much water has rushed inland. i had my photographer, david, step in here. you can see the side of a stop sign that is partially covered. those things are whipping arou

. >> i'm joined now by nbc correspondent jesse kirsch in sarasota, florida. jesse, same question.now this sounds generic, what are you seeing on the ground? how are people preparing? are folks still milling about or is everyone sort of locked in for the night? what's on the ground? >> reporter: yeah. well, first off, jason, we're actually not on the ground. we're multiple stories up explicitly the concern of storm surge. just beyond me, that's sarasota bay beyond the buildings. we're looking at potentially as much as 13 feet of storm surge sweeping inland. there are barrier island areas out along causeway that have been shut down or i should say were shut down. we saw police lights flashing throughout the day. i don't know if you can see that. we're getting green flashes of light, an indication of an issue with a power transformer here. as i'm looking back, i'm actually yet again seeing a car coming over the causeway, back to the inland -- to the mainland from this area that officials had told people should be evacuated and they have been blocking off access to even cut off the wa

jesse kirsch is live in sarasota. jesse? >> reporter: hey, ari. so, i just want to start off with something that caught our attention, there is a car just driving up toward a hotel behind us here. and just echoing what you were talking about, at this point the time to evacuate is over. largely we have not seen cars out on the roads, which is good news. but i did just a short time ago see a vehicle heading off of one of the barrier islands here in sarasota. i also want to note that area, which has been shut down -- access had been shut down. throughout the day we had seen a police car with lights flashing to prevent people from going onto the island. that police car is now gone. and i'm seeing a vehicle without any kind of lights indicating that it's a first responder vehicle driving toward the barrier island, which to me is unfathomable at this point because we've got the estimated landfall timing moving up. we are in what is effectively the bull's eye right now. and just beyond those buildings behind me, that is sarasota bay. we are talking about

. >> we'll come back to you for updates during this hour, we are headed to nbc correspondent jesse kirsch in sarasota, florida. what's the situation there now? >> reporter: lawrence, about 90 minutes ago it was silent out here. i could hear birds chirping. look at it now. we are just blocks from the sarasota bay and we are almost entirely it seems on an island right now. i say almost entirely because i cannot confirm for sure on one side of this building for our own safety's sake. we are surrounded by water on this ramp. you can see all the leaves, all the palm trees blowing around with the rain whipping around as well. one of the stories of this storm is it is not just about storm surge and wind. it is about the debris left over from helene. that is why we are inside a barrage i will show you the main road here in downtown sarasota. it gives you an idea of how much water has rushed inland. you see the side of a stop sign partially covered. the side of a street sign. off in the distance, that's the main road in downtown sarasota. we can see water rippling. that means there is water very m

i want to go back to jesse kirsch who is back live from sarasota. how is it looking?m it is, it is eerily quiet. the trees are barely moving, i can barely feel a breeze. this is the eye of hurricane milton, it officially made landfall. we are in sarasota. what you're seeing is the city, expecting area for the climate team the worst of what we are going to see is still the come. despite that i have seen more cars on the roads, people running their engines, making light of the situation, there is a false sense of security because out of nowhere when the eye passes, we will be getting high-speed winds and we still have not seen any indication from where i am, with the bay over there, the storm surge has rushed in. this is a very much evolving situation, people watching and seeing live pictures of the wind and water all day, milton is directly overhead. i will stop talking to see if you can hear with us, we can hear birds chirping. that is the sound here, nothing with the exception of light rustling of leaves and birds chirping and occasional vehicle, occasional chant fro

nbc's jesse kirsch joins us from an early voting location here in miami. jesse, good morning.ter: yeah, jose, good morning. we've got people honking their horns driving by, we have signs on the lawn, people advocating for various campaigns in the area, and there's a lot to keep an eye on here in the sunshine state as early in-person voting kicks off. miami-dade county alone according to unofficial results we are seeing, more than 11,000 people voted in person early. again, that's just for miami-dade county. a couple of things, as you mentioned it is coming on the tail end of a couple of major hurricanes that devastated parts of this state. most of the communities that have been impacted directly from the hurricane damage, of course we had a series of tornados as well, but the hurricanes made their landfall on the west coast of florida. we are in a different part of the state but, you know, these things can have ripple effects throughout the state. a couple of things to be keeping an eye on. there's a senate race between senator rick cox and former congresswoman debbie powell.

and nbc's jesse kirsch joins us now from miami. of turnout are you seeing so far today in florida? >> reporter: hey, jose, so already, again, this is unofficial, very early, we got more than 15,000 people who have cast votes in person early today in miami-dade county along what you just talked about there with those storms, you and i have been keeping a close eye on for the past month with the amount of tough weather we have been having in this state. that is having impacts on how voter is going to be done this fall. it is also becoming political fodder in a senate race between the incumbent senator rick scott and his challenger, the democrat, a former congresswoman. that's something we're watching in terms of how much of a political football it will be. it is also impacting how the voting is going to be done. the governor here, ron desantis, signed an executive order which is going to give flexibility when it comes to mail-in voting, when it comes to where poll locations are on election day and when it comes to the procedures arou

jesse kirsch, thanks so much. we appreciate it. >>> tomorrow marks one year since the tragic death of former "friends" star matthew perry. perry died from a ketamine overdose after a long and public battle with addiction. now his family, including his stepfather, keith morrison of nbc "dateline" is speaking to savannah guthrie. >> is there anything that gives you comfort, not that grief ever goes away because it just doesn't? >> i don't think grief ever goes away. i have found a huge amount of meaning in thinking about the fact that this isn't our tragedy. this happens to people every day. >> nothing special about us except for the fact we have an extremely remarkable and famous family member who went through it, and people notice and people come up to us all the time and say, sorry for your loss. well, millions of people have had that loss and we're very aware of that, and this is not about us. it's about those millions of people. this is a hurting world and it needs some help. >> you can see savannah's full inte

nbc's jesse kirsch is live in sarasota for us. walk us through what you're seeing. >> reporter: it's eerily calm. we've got no wind, just a light breeze going through the palm trees behind me, and no rainfall. we're seeing dripping water in the parking garage where we're going to be bracing throughout the storm overnight. we also had some flooding in the street, and there's still a little bit, but it's receded a good amount. compared to what we're going to be seeing potentially, light rainfall, and well before the storm surge we're already seeing some side streets flooding in sarasota. when you think about the fact that we could be seeing as much as 10 to 15 feet of storm surge and just beyond the buildings is sarasota bay, we could be seeing quite a mess in the downtown areas. i can tell you as we look at the tornado threat currently bearing down on florida and the powerful wind gusts that we're expecting, possibly close to 100 miles here in sarasota, there's a lot of debris, and that's the big variable with the hurricane. so man

. >>> jesse kirsch is in sarasota and marissa parra the tampa. rse, we're still hours out from landfall? >> reporter: yeah, no. it's been a mix of light rain, you know, mid speed wind and then it dies down, right now we're in those higher cycles. the trees are rustling and there's some wind and rain blowing around. i'm checking the street below, i've been keeping an eye on, one thing that's notable to me, there's a side street below this parking garage that's flooded, receded, it's flooded paratiall. before we get an estimated 10 to 15 feet of storm surge in this area. beyond me you can see a tall building and then a shorter one over my shoulder here, beyond that shorter building that's sarasota bay, all that rain could be rushing in and we'll be looking to see what kind of destruction comes with that in the aftermath, beyond that are the barrier islands region. there's still debris out there. we spoke with the mayor yesterday, she said the cleanup operations for the city had wrapped up because the dump had been shut down before the storm. there's

nbc's jesse kirsch is in doral. i wonder if hurricane recovery is impacting voting. what are you seeing there on the ground? >> reporter: yeah, well, chris, for people who don't have their florida geography handy, who may not have been here recently, a reminder for everyone watching at home, we're on the eastern part of the state, the western, the gulf coast of florida, most directly and heavily impact bid those pair of major hurricanes, helene and milton. of course milton stretched the impact across the state, including we saw tornadoes. a lot of devastation across the state. in terms of direct impact, things can be going smoothly in dade county. the governor has issued an executive order giving flexibility on multiple fronts when it comes to mail-in balloting procedures, when it comes to polling location procedures on election day itself, so trying to create some flexibility for where people are going to be voting and how the voting processes are carried out because of the impact from the storms. a couple of other things to keep in mind. the sunshine state is havin

it is point blank quite deadly. >> jesse kirsch, thank you very much. angie lassman, thank you as well. joining us now, sarasota county emergency management chief sandra tapfuminei. this storm is big, it is dangerous. are people leaving? jesse said he hasn't seen anybody who has said they're staying, everyone has left. what are you seeing? >> yeah, well, we're glad to get that report from jesse because we do believe there has been a great deal of our residents that are in these evacuation areas that have left. but we're getting some stories about people that are also choosing not to leave. we are doing our very best to try to let people know that storm surge is not something you want to contend with and with this storm, it is really not just storm surge, it is also the 18 inches of rain we might be getting. that's a tremendous amount of rain and that's going to be coming in a very short amount of time. between the wind, the rainfall, and the flooding and the storm surge, so powerful. we need people to leave. >> is everybody on the highway right now, are

nbc's jesse kirsch is reporting from sarasota. talk about what you're seeing and hearing there, jesse. >> reporter: yeah, chris, it just got eerily quiet here. as i asked, the rain is starting back up. we just had a couple of moments where there's no rainfall. what we're seeing is water dripping down the side of this parking garage where year hunkering down throughout the storm. you can see around me all of the trees, they're not really blowing around. earlier, they were whipping around, wind whistling, we had isolated powerful gusts. but we're hours away from what is expected to be the worst of this storm, potentially in the bullsly, 15 feet of storm surge. right beyond me, beyond where the buildings are is the say are sarasota bay. we're at an elevated position well above where we need to be to maintain our safety during this but that rushing water is not something someone could contend with, in all likelihood, on a grund level. despite the fact we're hours from landfall, hours from the worst of what we're expecting here in saras

here's jesse kirsch. >> reporter: there's a mystery brewing in south florida. >> i can't believe thatatue of the man asking that question. miami heat legend dwyane wade. but the internet is not quite so sure. >> that is not d-wade. that's -- >> reporter: outside the heat home arena sunday, the team unveiled this new tribute to the man known as d-wade. while there's plenty of debate about whose face that is, when you look at the whole statue, it's hard to see anybody else, a figure in the heat jersey on top of the scorers' table. some will tell you that's got to be dwyane wade. wade picking this iconic moment from his game-winning steal and shot against the chicago bulls, 2009. >> wade puts it up for the win! >> yo, baby. >> this is crazy. >> reporter: the three-time nba champion looked up in awe at the ceremony, but some fans may have been even more surprised, claiming the statue looks nothing like the basketball icon. >> who is that guy? >> reporter: one user on x writing, "we're all wondering the same thing, man, lol". another comparing it to zombies from the hit film "i am legend".

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our jesse kirsch made his way there today, and a warning, some of what you are about to see is disturbing. >> reporter: these are the desperate moments as a deadly tragedy unfolded south of savannah, where hundreds had gathered for a cultural celebration. bystanders rushing to help after officials say a ramp leading to a ferry collapsed saturday, plunging roughly 20 people into the water. this floating dock is supposed to have a gangway that extends over to the mainland. but look what's left of it, it is now mostly submerged under water. officials believe it suffered a catastrophic failure on saturday, leading to at least seven deaths. among those lost, dr. charles houston, a state chaplain. his daughter heart broken. >> my dad was the light of our family, our rock. >> reporter: she said she heard the gangway buckle and fell in the water. then a stranger saved her life. >> god sent me an angel. she said i got you, just float. she swam me up to the shore. >> reporter: officials now investigating. >> it's my understanding, the structure collapsed in the middle. i can't tell you exactly at t

nbc's jesse kirsch tells us how they're now paying the price. >> reporter: as helene tore through asheville, north carolina, this was the scene outside lee braber's back window, his neighbor's home floating away and flooding by the ferocious floodwaters. >> what we weren't prepared for it is started moving up the stairs of the lower deck. >> reporter: meanwhile, water was rising in his own home. and his family is one of so many confronting the unimaginable. their belongings and homes ravaged without any clear sense of how or even if they'll be compensated. what did the insurance company tell you? >> we're very sorry, you know. that's why we encourage you to buy flood insurance. >> reporter: more than a week after helene, this is where the water level is in his backyard. he said at its peak, the water got all the way up there. take a look at those leaves trapped along thebalcony fence. like tens of thousands of people in helene's path of destruction, the br uv sseau's don't have flood insurance. an nbc analysis shows only about 2% of homes had flood insurance. in asheville's buncombe county

here's jesse kirsch. >> reporter: these are the desperate moments as a deadly tragedy unfolded on georgia'sapolo island south of savannah, where hundreds had gathered for a cultural celebration. bystanders rushing to help after officials say a ramp leading to a ferry collapsed saturday, plunging roughly 20 people into the water. this floating dock is supposed to have a gang way that extends over to the mainland. but look what's left of the gang way. it is now mostly submerged, underwater. officials believe it suffered a catastrophic failure on saturday, leading to at least seven deaths. among those lost, a state cha chaplain. from charles houston. his daughter heartbroken. >> my dad was the light of our family. a rock. >> reporter: marcia armstrong heard the gang way buckle and fell in the way. then a stranger saved her life. >> god sent me an angel. she said, "i got you, don't worry, just float." she swam back in, she swam me up to the shore. >> reporter: officials now investigating. >> it's my understanding that the structure collapsed in the middle. one end of the gang way on the landwar

nbc's jesse kirsch is in north carolina with the latest on how residents are recovering. level at one point based on what i'm seeing on the side of the building would have been to around my waist. you can see behind me still all of this standing water and look at the debris off to the side here, the tires on this truck partially submerged. this is one of the scenes in and around the ashville area. i can tell you that we are starting to see signs of power restoration here. we saw lights on this morning, traffic lights included, but there are still more than 185,000 power outages reported in this state, north carolina, alone. officials continue working to restore the power as well as water services, the death toll from helene has continued to tragically rise. we are talking about now at least 223 people confirmed dead and about half of those deaths are in north carolina. all of this unfolding as the search for the missing continues, and it is not clear exactly how many people are missing. we are hearing reports of dozens but it is not clear exactly what the number might be

jesse kirsch is in darien, georgia for us. what a tragedy. what is the latest there?bout how this happened? >> right, the investigation still appears to be very much in the early days, but officials are referring to this as something that appears to have been a catastrophic failure of this aluminum gangway. we were able to survey the site of this horrific scene earlier today. and what i can describe for you is we saw a floating dock, and then a bunch of open water, and then the dock leading onto the mainland. are supposed to be a gangway connecting the two, and that is what collapsed into the water. we can still see a portion of it were most of it appears to be submerged in the depths. the water is not clear, so you can imagine how that might have complicated rescue operations. officials tell us seven people have died. there were at one point roughly 20 people, that's the estimate, in the water. we spoke with a woman of short time ago who said she was one of the people fell in the water, was on the gangway, heard buckling, felon, cannot swim, was able to get herself f

jesse kirsch is there. sse, good morning. >> reporter: carl, we're in an area that could be getting twice as high of storm surge as helene. i want to give you an idea what this looks like. the water level on this home was around my waistline from the last storm. again, we're talking potentially as high. sorry, we got a lot of bugs out here. you can see the debris, this is a typical scene after a hurricane, we've got furniture, and food. this is becoming more problematic once milton makes landfall. all of this could be projectiles. winds well over 100 miles an hour. we're also looking at storm surge that could become a battering ram. on top of all of the calls for evacuation orders, officials are scrambling to get as much out of the way as we can. this home's owner told us, he paid out of his own pocket, hundreds of dollars to get a crew to start removing some of this debris. even after some of it has been taken away. gives you an idea how much stuff is out here. exacerbating damage. and also makes it harder

nbc's jesse kirsch actually got a firsthand look. rules. when a school bus's yellow lights are flashing, that's the time to slow down. when you see the red lights come on, with the stop arm extended, you must stop in both directions. every day, though, people are breaking these rules. it might surprise you how many. and the consequences can be deadly. the videos are absolutely shocking. again and again, children almost getting hit by cars, with drivers illegally passing stopped school busses. this one in south florida, especially scary. watch this student crossing the street, as a driver just keeps going. the student, thankfully, reacting in time. you? or is it what you expected? >> i was shocked. >> reporter: lieutenant jorge luis montero, runs the miami-dade police department traffic team. the department says in the past, his officers would have to witness these kinds of violations in person in order to issue a ticket. >> you can't have every officer follow 1,000 school busses to catch every violator. >> reporter: now, police have

joining us, jesse kirsch in sarasota, florida. jesse, what are you seeing there? one of the things the governor is talking about is debris removal that's going to be going on around the clock. behind me i'll have our photographer push in. that is a boat that is partially submerged off the coast of sarasota. that is the impact of helene. i'm looking off to my right here. you can't see it from my vantage point, but there is another boat tipped over in the brush. there is multiple boats still in place and effectively now large pieces of debris. you see shattered glass on the ground after cleanup crews have come in. you're talking about a potential storm that's going to be bringing potentially 100-mile-per-hour wind gusts on a good day. on a day when you haven't had a hurricane, that's concerning, having debris flying around. you're talking about that much more that could be in the air, taking off, becoming projectiles when the storm hits. we're also talking about a place that will have storm surges twice as high. this is large population center, and so that is anothe

jesse kirsch is in florida with that part of the story. hey, jess. >> reporter: hey, hoda. good morning. that's right. the race is on in between back-to-back major hurricanes. there are people trying to get rid of all of this. we'll tell you why coming up. >> all right, jesse. >>> and the new push to bring shrinkflation to an end. if you have noticed, that box of cereal, the bag of chips doesn't last as long as they used to. you'll want to hear what's being do >>> it's the cast of saturday night. >>> it's the cast of "saturday night". >> we'll talk to the stars of the new movie about the very first "snl" after your local news. with chronic migraine before they start. and treatment is 4 times a year. in a survey, 91% of users wish they'd started sooner. so why wait? talk to your doctor. effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be signs of a life-threatening condition. side effects may include allergic reactions, neck and

. >>> let's bring in jesse kirsch had. what's going on where you are? >> reporter: yes, i'm still in the eye wall. conditions are spreading out. what i mean by that, these powerful wind gusts are still coming through. that's a shed that you can hear it clanking. parts of the metal have been scraping across the parking deck, creating a chilling sound that'll have us turn our head to make sure we're seeing what we are seeing. you can see the water shooting off this parking deck, where we are for cover right now. down below, it's receding, but we have a feet of storm surge water. so much so i can feel and taste the sea water as if i were at the beach right now. we all know that feeling if you've been to the beach by the ocean. you can feel and taste the sand because of the sea water. you can taste the salt. that's what we're dealing right now. it's not the rain that's down below us, but a lot of sea water. i want to talk to you about where we are right now. we've got a lot of insulated walls in this parking garage, which is a deliberate choice we made for

. >> leading us off this hour is jesse kirsch in sarasota, also with us is al roker, but jesse, we know that there evacuation orders already in effect for multiple counties, are people heeding those warnings and leaving? >> reporter: yeah, i can tell you, it largely feels as business as usual in downtown sarasota, the images of debris, guys, a slightly piece of debris, a boat that's partially sinking in the water behind me the kind of challenges that this community is facing beforehandfall, we're talking about the aftermath of hurricane helene, less than two weeks ago it made landfall in the same stretch of florida. sarasota, the possibility of twice as high of a storm surge in this city for example and the national hurricane center is describing milton as quote, ebs explosively intensified. this is a storm that people should be taking seriously. we go to get resources like other people, beyond the boarding up that we see, we go and get water and gas cans to be prepared. these resources seem to be running out or at least being grabbed up sooner rather than we'd see typically with a hurr

nbc's jesse kirsch digs deeper in our "sunday focus." >> reporter: tucked away deep in the blue ridgealled it a climate haven, sucking it was immune to extreme weather. but last week that paradise turned out to be an illusion. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: helene battering it for days, washing out roads, topping trees and cutting off entire towns. >> it looks like a movie. it doesn't look real. it looks like play-doh and threw it to the side. the damage is astronomical. >> reporter: and while helene made landfall in florida, its path of destruction stretched hundreds of miles across the southeast. >> this is an historic hurricane. >> reporter: new research out this week shows there is strong evidence human-driven climate change strengthened the power making the rainfall up to 20% heavier and its winds 7% stronger. >> we're seeing these events that are boosted by climate change, stronger, wetter, lasting longer. >> reporter: a warmer climate led to 50% more rain over parts of the carolinas and georgia than would have been expected. these wetter, more powerful storms, wreaking havoc in ar

jesse kirsch has a closer look. >>> if you're driving on the roads, you should know the rules.lights are flashing, that's the time to slow down. when you see the red lights come on, with the stop arm extended, you must stop in both directions. it might surprise you how many people break these rules every day and consequences can be deadly. the videos are absolutely shocking. again and again, children almost getting hit by cars, with drivers illegally passing stopped school busses. this one in south florida, especially scary. watch this student crossing the street, as a driver just keeps going. the student, thankfully, reacting in time. does it surprise you? or is it what you expected? >> i was shocked. >> reporter: lieutenant jorge luis montero, helps run the miami-dade police department traffic team. in the past, his officers would have to witness these kind of violations in person to issue a ticket. >> you can't have every officer follow 1,000 school busses to catch every violator. >> reporter: now, police have a powerful, new set of eyes on the road, thanks to bus patrol, a

a resident told our jesse kirsch, he reported concerns about it months ago. >>> early voting in a hurricanene as people start to cast their ballots today. first, you can watch the best parts of our show anytime on you tube, just go to msnbc.com/jansing. stay close, more chris jansing reports just after this. (intercom) t minus 10... (janet) so much space! that open kitchen! (tanya) ...definitely the one! (ethan) but how can you sell your house when we're stuck on a space station for months???!!! (brian) opendoor gives you the flexibility to sell and buy on your timeline. (janet) nice! (intercom) flightdeck, see you at the house warming. hi, my name is damian clark. and if you have both medicare and medicaid, i have some really encouraging news that you'll definitely want to hear. depending on the plans available in your area, you may be eligible to get extra benefits with a humana medicare advantage dual-eligible special needs plan. most plans include the humana healthy options allowance. a monthly allowance to help pay for eligible groceries, utilities, rent, and over-the-counter items lik

nbc's jesse kirsch joins us now from sarasota, florida.n, where does the cleanup from helene stand? >> reporter: i can tell you the cleanup effort is far from over. going back to that emotional moment from one of our meteorologists, colleagues, i want to put this in perspective for people, you can see on the side of the home, blocks from the water, that is the water line from helene on this home, about at my waist height. we're expecting potentially twice as high of a storm surge here. but, again, this is the aftermath of a hurricane and take a look at what is still left behind, furniture, food, all kinds of other items out here. this is a typical scene in the aftermath of a hurricane. but the problem is, now milton is coming our way. and when that hurricane roars ashore, this becomes an even bigger problem. this morning, florida is racing to remove truck loads of debris and the clock is running out. >> it is a 24/7 around the clock mission. we need as much of this debris picked up as possible. this creates a safety hazard. >> reporter: ac

. >> we begin with al roker and jesse kirsch. al, you are the expect. you have seen storms for decades. i can't recall these kinds of warnings. >> i will tell you, they are very stark. part of the reason is because this system so rapidly -- it was extreme rapid intensification going over 100 miles per hour in increase in speed in less than 24 hours. it is really dangerous. let's show you what we have going on right now. 175 miles southwest of tampa, florida. the winds down a little from this morning to 145 miles per hour. make no mistake, this is still an extremely dangerous storm. the forward speed, a little more rapid now, moving northeast at 17 miles per hour. as we have been talking about, tornado watches from central florida all the way down to the keys. we have numerous tornado warnings now going on. reports of tornadoes on the ground. this is not uncommon to be on that right side, the northeast flank of the storm. that's where the most volatility is. that's why we see the tornadoes. here is what we are looking at as far as the path. we are probab

al's got the forecast, but first, nbc's jesse kirsch is salem, massachusetts. the temperatures there going to hit the high 70s. hey, jesse. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. if christmas has the north pole, halloween has salem, massachusetts. this is the home to those infamous witch trials you might remember from history class. and this is associated with all of that. this year, salem is literally a hot halloween destination with temperatures climbing toward 80 degrees, and this is far from the only place that's heating up for the holiday. trick-or-treaters could face spooky heat with one of the hottest halloweens on record for parts of the country. >> when i was a kid, we had to wear winter coats because it was going to snow on halloween. >> reporter: dozens of cities expecting above average temperatures with places like hartford and pittsburgh poised to smash records today with summer-like heat. for some, the spooky, warm weather a welcome surprise meaning there's no need to layer up under those costumes. >> i wore shorts this year. so that was nice. >> reporte

. >> jesse kirsch, thank you so much.ss sorkin. andrew, i've told this story before. it bears repeating again. i'm out golfing five, six, seven years ago with a republican. maybe it was eight or nine. i was a republican too. the guy never voted for a democrat before. and he worked for an insurance company. he was one of the leaders of an insurance company. i asked him about climate change. we'd had a big debate about climate change. and this very conservative capitalist, pro-free market republican laughed. he goes, climate change? of course there's climate change. he said i can show you our payouts for property damage from catastrophic weather events and they're going like this, joe. they're skyrocketing. he goes, yes, this is the dumbest question to ever ask, joe. i doubt this guy ever voted for a democrat. and if you take from when i had that conversation with him, seven, eight, nine years ago to a decade later, it's gotten so much worse, which is why a lot of florida residents may wake up next year and find out they ca