let's get to nbc meteorologist bill karins. areas right now are feeling the worst of the storm? >> sound side flooding. the winds of really come down everywhere. there's no wind damage anymore but the sound side flooding. we have the radar source, the one that you just had up, i can show you the example of what sound side flooding is. it's when you get the winds coming on the back side of the storm from the west, usually you think of the storm surge and everything coming in from the east and that happened a little bit. as the storm pulls away, the winds are coming out of the west. we have the pamlico sounds that are huge areas. all of that water gets pushed out toward the outer banks, so that's been the worst flooding that we've seen and that's still ongoing. it's starting to get a little better as the winds die down but one report was that it went up 4 to 6 feet of water came in in 20 minutes as the eye went past. so that's pretty impressive stuff. as far as back to the other weather maps, the new update from the hurricane cen

. >>> all right, bill karins is standing by tracking the severe weather for us this morning. bill, it was a wild one over the weekend. >> if this was may, we would say, this is what you expect. when you get to tend of july, it's supposed to be plain old hot. this stuff like what we saw here, in tennessee and kentucky, supercell thunderstorms. five reported with those. and that lightning strike in california, how rare is that? i mean, they hardly ever get thunderstorms in california period, let alone lightning strikes on the beach. reportedly it came down and hit near the water's edge. that's why so many people got the electrical charge. it spread through the water. just a sad scene there. as far as today goes, we still have stormy weather, not as dangerous as it was yesterday. still a lot of lightning with those storms. and yesterday, we did have that one tornado reported, too, even in connecticut, we had one, in the really-morning hours. from new york state to connect cut. small tornado with minimal damage. thomas, nothing like what we dealt with yesterday. we're in a weird

bill karins here. let me start first.e this video out of china, a guy that is so -- i guess -- sad and worried about paying his debts. what he does is he gets into this jewelry store to try to get some jewelry for them. he's got a meet cleaver here, bill and the lady from behind the counter tases him. the lady holding him back is 60 years old, keeping him from stealing any piece of jewelry. again, he was so deep in debt he didn't have money to pay off his creditors. that's why he's doing it. >> lot of people trying to rob stores with meet cleavers. i mean, it's big, it scarce people. >>> baby elephants and a cat. >> you have you know one of top trending videos online. this is in thailand at an elephant nature preserve. there's the elephant and cat. this is the best part right here. who won that's the question. lot of people are giving the cat more credit. >>> all right, along with bill karins, i'm richard liu, "way too early" with thomas roberts start right now. >>> you hear this crackle. this giant bolt up in the sky. i'

meteorologist bill karins has more in just a few minutes. stick around for that. >>> the white house is adding 300 more troops to its forces in iraq twrsh will help enforce security at the u.s. embassy, baghdad airport, and help protect u.s. citizens. the total number of u.s. troops in iraq will now be about 750. this as the u.n. says this morning june was the deadliest month in iraq in seven years. over 2,400 iraqis dead. most were civilians. here's nbc's richard engel on the group behind all that violence. ♪ >> reporter: isis militants have land, weapons, and ammunition, and u.s. officials are now very worried. several counterterrorist officials tell nbc news the threat from isis to american interests is "extremely high." they say isis is developing advanced bomb making skills and cultivating a roster of foreign suicide bombers who could target the u.s. and europe, and they're bragging about it. isis puts out daily propaganda, videos showing its brutal attacks. the videos can't be independently verified, but the intentions are clear. >> we

>> bill karins is here. that's saying a lot.o beat a record in phoenix, that's hot. >> i remember 118. i remember swimming in the pool, and i was sweating as i was swimming. it was that hot. it was just gross. you can't walk on the pavement either. we're going to be a little bit cooler today, but, i mean, yesterday was, you know, just blistering. all the way from the phoenix area northward. vegas was 111. the desert area, palm springs was extremely hot. sacramento got to 96 yesterday. it was a very hot day by anyone's standards in the desert southwest. unfortunately, we had a bunch of new fires reported yesterday too. now, 35 uncontained large fires, and 18 of those are in oregon state alone. central and north-central and western oregon state are by far the areas that are seeing the worst fire weather right now. we saw that big huge one, the carlton complex fire in washington state. it's cooler up there, and the last couple of days have been good for firefighters, but that is quickly changing as the heat is returning. we're 91 i

that was bill karins. we'll get to him in a moment. we want to get to the late st on hurricane arthur. an hour ago the storm was downgraded to category one storm. winds up to 90 miles per hour. arthur made land fall north carolina's outer banks. the eye crossing over nags head south of kills devil hill. the storm has moved offshore. bad news? northeasterners will be feeling the effect of the storm as it's expected to pass southeast of cape cod tonight. while the hurricane is moving on from the carolina coast, people and fourth of july visitors there may be waking up to signs of damage. heavy winds, rain brought down power lines. north carolina's governor said that some 44,000 people are still without power in the state. bill karins has been tracking it all. now a cat one? >> yeah. it's on schedule. everything is going how it was supposed to. we're dealing with a cat 2 at land fall. we haven't had in the country since 2008. we did really well. we haven't heard of any deaths, or injuries either with the storm. that's amazing. as far as t

it is fiction. >> schieffer: karin, tell us about your new book.s is a stand alone, this is not a character you've dealt with. >> two two new characters, two women who are police officers set in atlanta in the 1970s which is a fascinating time because i was a kid, i wasn't paying a lot of attention. but for women during that time period there were so few legal protections for them, if a woman wanted the get a carlin or buy a house or rent an apartment or get a credit card she had to have a man cosign with her. that was just shocking for me to learn that, then fast forward to the 197 a lot of new laws to protect them. i write about atlanta the laws didn't reach there for awhile. but even something like birth control, in 1972, a case came up before the supreme court and prior to that, a woman was not allowed to legally have contraception unless she was married. in effect she had to have a man's permission. it's really funny because you fast forward now we have to have permission for five supreme court justices. just writing about that i think probabl

msnbc meteorologist bill karins has been watching the storm. it entered first time landfall last night in term of the outer edge. you're reporting now moving away? >> the eye is quickly racing away. the faster the storm goes, the better it has less time to do damage with all of on those wind gusts. i have the heard a lot of reports of extensive wind damage. trees down here and there and shingles missing here and there but not any catastrophic wind damage. we are waiting to get the pictures to see how bad the flooding has been from the storm surge. two bouts of that. one storm to the south and a lot of beach erosion. now we are getting sound side flooding on the southern half on the outer banks south of kill devil hills around cape hatteras. knows are the areas that we are seeing reports on social media of considerable water on the roads and in the bottom level of a lot of the structures. now, in the outer banks a lot of structures are meant to have water go under them and they are up on stilts because of the land out there in the middle of the

also nbc meteorologist bill karins tracking the storm here in ttu

>> bill karins is here for our wednesday forecast. you may work in one of the photos. photoshop the head in there. >> for jerry? >> elaine? >> who knows! >> we have flooding concerns today. it looks like another gorgeous cool day in a lot of areas. as far as the horrible weather goes, we avoided it last night in colorado. we were afraid of dangerous light threatening flash flooding. it didn't develop which is fine with everyone. we have a lot of heavy rain that heads through kansas and oklahoma. you can see the ball of rain starting to spin over the southwest corner of kansas. that has to slide down slowly over the top of watch ichita, oklahoma city. so far the rain has been pretty light. it's an area especially dry the last couple of years. we could use a good soaking. four inches of rain in one cay that will cause flooding problems in many areas. highways included and streams and rivers. that's the concern with the forecast today. otherwise if you are on the eastern sea board, great lakes, hoeflt, everyone just a big buzz is where is summer? why does it feel like fal

. >>> now we're going to turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins who is tracking the storm. >> sarah is located all wait back up here, so she's still pretty far away prosecute the center of the storm. the eye of the hurricane. it's a very weak hurricane. about as weak as they could possibly be. there's want a lot of rain on the western side, which is the land side of the storm system. the north carolina to the outer banks already seeing the first rain bands moving on shore. this is where the storm will have the most significant impact. we never give up on these storms. you know, you never know when they can flare up in a hurry. hopeful lit this one won't. it's so far been behaving. it's been forecast to be a low end hurricane, and it's forecast to go into the outer banks for a couple of days now. the forecast has been excellent to this point. moving to the north at 9 miles per hour. it's about to accelerate. that's when the worst will be over areas of north carolina. in and out in a hurry. a glancing blow with rain. then our friends in canada and nova scotia expected to take a direct hi

bill karins, weather. >> tweet that joke out. >> yeah. do it now? are your teeth cold? your teeth cold? >> no. >> why are you wearing that yellow coat? >> ohhh. >> okay. moving on. thanks so much. >> the whole standup thing never happened. all right. so as far as the storm goes, i mentioned that it's actually looking better for cape cod. we know we're going to get hit in eastern north carolina. cape cod's forecast looking better. rain in new england on the 4th. a lot of people trying to time that out. we'll see additional strong thunderstorms today and tomorrow morning it will be raining in most areas to start your friday and then it will clear from west to east as we go throughout your morning. thomas, bottom line is d.c., macy's fireworks will be just fine. they'll get them in. they should be dry. out in cape cod in boston, they were smart to postpone them. >> much appreciated. coming up on "morning joe." is there any democrat that can challenge hillary clinton? mark hall perrin, what's old could be new again. the cryptic tweets. >>> and do the boots make the man? why

bill karins. >> a little kid. give him a break. >> 4-year-old kid.re 4 years old that would ban you from many places of business? >> i don't even remember when i was 4 years old. >> exactly. >>> hundreds of clowns gathered for annual march in mexico city on wednesday. the clowns attended a mass at the end of the parade where the performers asked the saint to watch over their families started 30 years ago. this parade is a serious tradition. obviously there's no clowning around. >>> at 5:00 p.m. eastern, 2:00 p.m. steven leaseman sits down exclusively with president obama for a hard-hitting discussion on the economy. from talks of patriotism to the minimum wage and much more. 45 years ago today apollo 11 splashing down safely in the pacific ocean. the command module landed wrup side down, but was righted within ten minutes by floatation bags triggered by the astronauts. the mission landed the first on the middle school moon. >>> happy birthday to j. lo, 45, wonder woman, 63, michael richards, who is 65. this is "early today." have a great day. >>> lot

nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking this storm. bill, how is this going to affect us? >> so many are trying to figure out should they go to the beaches, do their vacation plans, millions up the east coast, this is a glancing blow for most areas and most people probably have one day they won't be allowed in the water because of the rip currents and large surf. most areas will be fine, friday, saturday and sunday. on the florida beaches the storm looks like it has an eye to it right now. it's trying to become a hurricane. it's now a strong tropical storm, hurricane hunter aircraft flying into it overnight, the pressure has dropped and now the storm is making its track up the east coast, begun the journey that's going to parallel the southeast coast and slowly push away from the new england areas. the best chance of getting significant damage from wind and waves will be eastern north carolina, thursday night into friday morning. after that it looks to miss new england, so if the macy's fireworks in new york city should be just fine. >>> thank you very much. caught on tape

let's go straight to bill karins, nbc meteorologist.e developing news that you have for us. >> yeah, no big surprise the hurricane center still giving us these hourly updates as we have hurricane warnings that are active on the east coast. they do those until those are dropped. now we're dealing with instead of a category 2, a category 1 hurricane. winds went from max 100 miles per hour sustained to 90 miles per hour. it was within their forecast. we believe it will stay a category 1 maybe all the way up to nova scotia the next 24 hours. it's moving to the northeast at 23 miles per hour, pressure is up a little bit and again it's pretty much parallel. somewhere in between maybe ocean city, maryland, if you go east or maybe even the norfolk, virginia beach area. so again, it's a category 1. again, they haven't changed the path or anything like that. on radar it's a little less organized. it's starting to interact with that cold front sitting over the philadelphia/new york city area and you can see the rain being sucked up. look at southe

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bill karins with a look at that. >>> it appears we've done pretty well. as i said, the storm is racing out. the sun is racing out into the lower portion of the outer banks and soon we'll have all the power crews that will get in there this morning, and it really won't be much of an issue. we are watching it right now about 71 miles southeast of virginia beach. pressure at 90.73. still ae category two with 100-mile-per-hour winds. that's the estimate highest winds near the center. as it leaves the coast, it now appears to be getting a little more disorganized. there are still bands of rain from virginia beach up through the coastal areas of maryland, ocean city, maryland, all the way through delaware and up the southern portion of mnl new jersey right now. it's kind of a ruined fourth of july morning for a lot of those beach areas. the waez are obviously raw, and the rip currents. people aren't being allowed in the beach wrar. as it parallels the medicine atlantic coast, we will see the rain heading up into areas of new england and later tonight up towards

nbc meteorologist bill karins has more on that. >> they're getting epic floods. north of the dallas area in denton. one rain gauge, a weather reporter out there, nine inches of rain since midnight last night. now, i-35 is closed in both directions, and that's where the police enforcement are saying some really bad flooding is occurring on the roads. they are going to have to do water rescue to get north to the denton area where that thunderstorm complex has lingered for much of the evening. out in the west how about that? pasco, washington, with 109 temperatures yesterday. it was warmer there than wraen where in the desert southwest. vegas and phoenix at 107. i know we have tied and broke heat records in interior washington state. we have pretty much dried things out in arizona, so we're not expecting any rainfall during the day today. we'll still be very warm. 108 in phoenix. 106 in vegas. this is about where we should be for this time of we're. notice medford still pretty warm, and we haven't seen any signs of that warmth in coastal, california. they continue t

. >>> bill karins is here now with your wednesday forecast. >> not easy to run on train tracks. >> no. and then to lie flat and come out with a stubbed toe, i do that once a week at night going to get a glass of water. >> how are we looking weather wise. >> we're doing okay. >> summer. >> summer is out west. i mean that's where it continues to be. the great lakes, a lot of people in the eastern half of the country wondering where summer, it's all been stuck in the northwest. yesterday 107 in washington state. how many times has that happened? 104 in medford, your tenth 100 degree day in july. we're hot in the desert southwest. hot in boise and northwards through idaho, above-average temperatur temperatures. red flag warnings continue for some spots in oregon and idaho. 27 large fires over of the last couple days. we've shifted, new additional fires have been forming, probably seen the pictures in california where we had a little success in fighting some of those blazes in oregon. our july rainfall totals as expected, hardly anything in california. albuquerque, almost 3 inches of rain.

thank you, bill karins. >> comfortable. >>> now for entertainment news.top the music coming from the german world cup champions after their victory. rihanna shining bright like a diamond snapping pictures with the german team and their prize. she tweeted, "i touched the cup, held the cup, took a selfie with the cup. what is your bucket list looking like, bruh?" bethany frankel, founder of skeny girl cocktails instagramed this skinny mini photo of herself wearing her 4-year-old's clothes. question mark. >> maybe meant to be funny, but not. >> maybe you should not. scrap that. >>> selena gomez confronts her instagram bully. she said i have gone through that battle with fans and family members. you can dislike someone, but to wish something that could happen to you or your family is uncalled for, sweetheart. >>> the kim kardashian hollywood video game is going gang busters, and -- >> i'm getting this for christmas. >> thank you. receipt, please, included with that. it made her almost $200 million after launching in june. i wonder what the game is about. >> i

zumplts nbc meterologist bill karins has more on the severe weather outbreak. bill. >> just unusual weather across the country. it is late july tornadoes in tennessee. kind of rare. temperatures in the 50s in the great lakes. a lot of hail. then the lightning strikes from catalina island to venice beach is a tragedy and very unusual. i can't remember any headlines even close to that in the beaches in california in a long team. the reason we're blaming it on is our monsoonal moisture. all the white on that map shows you the moisture in the air. the blue is sort of a lot of moisture in the air. there is a little spin coming up from baja, california, and that's what helped to trigger the storms yesterday, the lightning strikes. we still have active weather out there this morning. unusual for this time of year. moisture over central california and even north of santa barbara. showers have popped up, and not a lot down to the surface right now. especially around the l.a. area. we will have another chance of additional showers and storms today. now, where it was a sh

. >> let's get the latest on all of this with msnbc meteorologist bill karins.e's been tracking this storm. you expect it to have a lot of damage in its wake? >> damage is still being done now even though the storm is exiting. what they are talking about is the water from the storm being blown by the winds and it's piling up in one direction. thn the storm goes by and piles up from another direction. so it can get you from both sides with a storm like this. that's what we've been watching. just a picture going around social media of a guy in rodanthe. it has about four feet of ghawa in his basement from the sound side flooding. the winds from washington to newberg across the pamlico sound. narrow ribbon of land. all of this schwart coming in now and it quickly went by. the wind direction switched. in 20 minutes the guy said the water came up four feet in the bottom level of his house. in the outer banks, the lower level of your house is where you park the car and where your stilts are. hopefully not a lot of damage from that but maybe a lot of vehicles flooded.

but we move on to bill karins. you had fun watching last night, right?it wasn't a sad, teary thing. like jeter has an aura about him, he didn't want it to be like that. it was more of a celebration. >> definitely a celebration. such a good guy. good leader, too. >> yes. hopefully, they'll still make the playoffs this year. >> we shall see. my orioles -- >> if we could just get rid of those orioles first. >>> all right, let's talk about the rain this morning. we have more of it, the least thing we need. the flooding and the travel problems yesterday were epic around new york city. at one point, it was three hours to get over the george washington bridge because of flash flooding on the cross bronx parkway. but just incredible stuff. we still have more heavy rain out there now, but the cold front is on the way. it is through d.c., knocking on the door of new york city. so, as we go through the day, the weather will improve. it will take longer for you, though, up in boston, areas of eastern new england. it won't really improve until probably after dark tod

joining me for the latest on the storm track is our friend, bill karins, mr. meteorologist sitting up there in new york. >> arthur doesn't sound very scary, does it? >> no, it doesn't. you figure it's a storm that's probably a little drunk, doesn't know which way it's going, is it going to stumble into the coast or is it going to stumble out to sea. so what do you say, bill? >> that's a pretty good way of summing this storm up. hopefully it won't do too many wobbles out there. the forecast path looks pretty straightforward. the biggest question is in the next 48 hours how strong can the storm get before it gets near cape hatteras. that's the bottom line with this storm. it's going to create the rough seas regardless and rip currents from florida to the cape which is going to make your beach travels and beach day a little more treacherous than normal. but i don't think a lot of people have to cancel their beach plans. just got the new update in from the national hurricane center. overnight it got a little stronger and more organized. it still has 60-mile-per-ho

our meteorologist bill karins is standing by. so it looks like, bill, north carolina looks like they escaped it. >> category 2, yeah. >> but nova scotia -- >> they're going to get hid. cape cod is going to get brushed. i'm very impressed with north carolina. eastern north carolina getting nailed by a category 2 and this is all the damage we have to show you? that's fantastic. only 40,000 people without power? they'll have most of those on by the end of the day today if not by tomorrow. wind gusts were high. it's not like it was a category 2 that didn't really produce winds that were of that nature. we saw numerous gusts about 80, 90, even 101-mile-per-hour wind gust in cape lookout. but again, things are well constructed there. if we had this storm making inlands in a lot of other areas of the coast we'd be talking about a lot of problems. eastern north carolina, it sticks out into the atlantic. you are used to these storms and you build to these storms. it's now cruise spog the atlantic at 24 miles per hour. it came off the coas

bill karins and our weather channel team on top of this one. there is a lot going on this morning. here's some things we just that you should know. the vatican has formally recognized a group of priests who performed exorcism. it's considered an official approval of the practice on the part of pope francis and the catholic church. >>> texas governor rick perry says he no longer wears tcowboy boots, leading him to be call a west coast metrosexual. he says he can no longer wear boots because of his chronic back pain. the governor could still wear boots that are made without a heel. my goodness. only in texas. >>> the video of the politician struggling to explain away his extravagant use of public funds has been viral. he's accused of using public funds on 195 trips in a year including more than 100 visits to a hot spring resort. >>> and the u.s. soccer team returned home from brazil this morning after a thrilling run at the world cup. they landed at l.a.x. and players like jermaine jones and tim howard signed autographs, posed for selfies with ex

meteorologist bill karins is here. what is up with that? >> we didn't feel it here. the indian own and pacific ocean were way above average. it was a very warm june. those records go back to 1880 by the way, it's the warmest since 1880. the other new story was a new tropical depression in the atlantic. as we go into august and september, it's the peak of the hurricane season. this storm is supposed to dissipate in the next few days. overall, it doesn't look like a high impact storm. also some serious storms rolled through areas from duluth last night to northern michigan now we're going to watch an additional storm threat today today, chicago, kansas city, springfield, and peoria. areas of concern. it's also going to be a hot day. from east coast and especially in the midwest. >> you are going to have to find a way to cool out. >> pool, lake. you choose your source of coolness. >>> just ahead, a hitting camera scandal at one of the hospitals in the country. >>> time flies, it's already been one year, new photos of prince george as britain gets ready to celebrate his

. >> the amount of love and karin fused in these foods is tremendous. they come in every day to prepare, cook and bake bread, all in preparation for this big festival. >> nobody says no. when you come them, they have to come tomorrow for the feast. >> what a treat it is to taste a delicious recipe, all made from scratch and passed down through generations. it really makes you appreciate the little things. >> it's one of the best festivals. it's outstanding, a marvelous occasion. >> we're outside checking some of the food to go options. i grabbed myself a ka bob sandwich, all kinds of herbs and spices. i'm going to taste this. looking fantastic. one of the best i've had in a long time. you know it's delicious b i have just enough room for dessert, my favorite part. we're behind the scenes right now watching how all the pastries get made. and we've got a whole array of pastries here. honey and nuts and cinnamon, all kinds of great ingredients. this is amazing. here's another yummy pastry made with filo dough. oh, my god. really sweet and similar, it's lig

. >> bill karins, thank you so much, we'll check in with you a little bit later. right now, sarah, i know you've been talking to some folks who live there, they're at the st y stores buying supplies. once they're prepares, they're heading out here to the beach, trying to soak up the last bit of fun in the sun. we have got people walking, people sunbathing. there's been warnings about dangerous rip tides, north carolina's governor saying earlier, don't put your stupid hat on. they don't want people putting themselves at ri6k out here in the water. they're expecting 250,000 tourists for this holiday week. you've got hotels booked to capacity, you've got those beautiful vacation homes rentings for thousands of dollars. we do have two islands in this area, one mandatory and one voluntary. a lot of people indicating that they're going to ride it out inside, some people taking pictures of the incoming storm. >> let's get to that news conference. emergency management officials, governor pat mcquarrie now in raleigh, north carolina talking about the potential impact of hu

we have a special report from nbc meteorologist, bill karins. how does it affect me? you, we'll get to at the end. the storm is looking more impressive than it has over the last two days. it's getting a well-defined eye to the storm. this is the first thing that will transition into eventually a hurricane later tonight or tomorrow. it's close to florida. it's paralleling, moving north. it's not going to make a land fall in florida. there's the center there. for the first time, there's been a lot of dry air so there's not a lot of rain or thunderstorms. we are getting a band on the north side of the storm. the atmosphere around the storm is becoming more humid and moist. this is expected to intensify from now up to the point of coming close to land fall in eastern north carolina. doesn't look overly impressive on the satellite, but there are thunderstorms that just formed. 60-mile-per-hour winds, a decent sized tropical storm, moving to the north. it it's parallel and going to travel north and parallel the coast. georgia and south carolina, rip currents and large waves

bill karins is tracking it. >> i am not the one -- >> you are not the one. >> not a good time for that. >> we will continue to eliminate the cast of characters. >> arthur, all eyes on this. just off the coast of florida. this storm has significant impact far lot of vacationing families from florida up through cape cod over the next three days. i think it will be totally gone by the time we get to saturday. the weekend is looking fine. thursday and friday, we have the greatest concerns. the storm is even with orlando. it's about 130 miles east-southeast of daytona beach. pressure has been dropping. that means the storm is getting stronger. that's the number, 996 millibars. the storm is finally on the move. it's beginning the journey p parallel. this is as close as it's going to get to florida. the florida coastline slants in a bit. the effects in florida are minimal. large waves and dangerous rip currents, yes, so stay on land. the rainy side will be on the ocean, not the water. here is the updated track. the cone of uncertainty is yellow. the center line gives us a general guidance. ea

we did see it this morning. >> love you bill karins.cold snap to a dry heat. in california it could force emergency actions. they are vote on a plan to fine residents up to $500 for overusing waters. watering lawns to the point where they run into the streets and washing cars without a shutoff nozzle. reese is conservation. >> good morning. i'm great! >> good morning. it's not just california, i mean, lake mead, california department of water resources said this year rainfall in los angeles is a little under 4 1/2 inches. it's 35% of the average. san francisco a little more than 12.5 inches. it's 53% of the average. how is it impact places like california? >> welcome to warming world. warming world, for the man on the street means climate disruption. for the man and woman on the street, what we're concerned of and what we've got both eyes on the map here is our national food security. california, you see, provides y'all with 50% of your lawsufrud vegetables. and all of your, by the way, almonds, apricots, olives, br k broccoli, carrots

bill karins here. >> send it east! >> i don't 100 but a little bit warmer.lot of people will be saying that the weeks ahead. it doesn't look like a warm start to august. unfortunately yesterday morning of all things we dealt with severe weather in areas of virginia, north carolina, and south carolina. we had a deadly tornado, very rare event. we haven't had a deadly tornado in virginia in three years. here we had one at 8:30 in the morning. we'll show you pictures of the damage and the aftermath later in the show. that was just over the chesapeake. a very strange event. we had a few storms in areas of southern portions of virginia. that was mostly wind damage only one tornado but unfortunately it was a deadly one. we have a dangerous storms in minnesota crossing i 35 in iowa. they shouldn't be too much damage with the storms. you could get caught if you're heading out in the next hour or two. this weekend the hot weather, as we mentioned 102 in dallas today. and 100 on saturday. the heat is on in a few spots. again, the big story is next week just another po

bill karins has the latest on this. this is not what we want to hear. >> we can take the word could out. it will. it will have an impact in north carolina. don't turn around and not go on vacation. we have to listen to the emergency managers. it could leave the outer banks. hurricane watches for northern north carolina. that just came in. we have the new path. first, on satellite imagery, the storm strengthened overnight. it tried to form an eye feature. winds 60 miles per hour. the pressure has dropping. arthur moved to the north. this is paralleling it. it is 130 miles east-southeast of daytona beach. you can see the black line. that's the center of the storm. it's accelerating to the north. the wet, strong side of the storm on these systems is almost always to the east. that's why florida has little or no rain today. it may not have any. this is going to be a glancing blow for florida. the most dangerous aspect of this storm is going to be the rip current and the rough surf for the millions of tourists on vacation. t

let's get more on the storm's path now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. so, bill, what's been interesting about this storm is we discussed yesterday, it's not making that right turn. >> the hook, no. >> it is not doing that and you explained a little bit of that yesterday. but i noticed it is -- is it just me or is the storm path moved slightly to the west? >> maybe a little bit of a jog, just a little bit more towards nova scotia, a little further off the maryland and delaware coast. let me show you what we're talking about and what chuck was talking about. a lot of times these storms come up like this, do the outer banks, go out to sea and never affect new england. this one will actually have some effects in new england. you can see the storm itself, there's the large eye. still a ragged eye. it looks like it will be a category 1 at landfall sometime around 8:00 p.m. to midnight. the closer view shows you the myrtle beach, wilmington area, this is the eye at the bottom of the screen there so we have another six to ten hours before the worst impacts are

nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> the network provides a counselor. >> we need a mediator. today. she didn't laugh at my joke. >> there's nothing but love all the time. >> too soon. >> too soon. >> see? >> c block. c block. we'll make up by then. >> we'll leave the audience begging for more. >> good. bill? >> now we're even. >> she laughs at everything, too. >> i know. i even asked for the laughter. >>> let's talk about your forecast for the upcoming weekend. yesterday morning at 8:30 in the morning of all times. coastal virginia, you dealt with a tornado. unfortunately it was a deadly tornado. two people died in a tent when a tree fell on top. imagine you're camping in a campground. a morning thunderstorms comes flup the least you're thinking about is a tornado. you run in your tent. unfortunately two people died. it was a serious situation. it wasn't a strong tornado. it goes to show you take every single storm seriously and try to get to a shelter. and obviously, has to be a sturdy shelter. it was yesterday at 8:30 in the morning. this morning we have thunderstorms rolli

. >>> we're going to check with bill karins who is going to be teary eyed to get through the forecastbably a 99% chance i may have to grab a tissue tonight when they do the thing for jeter and celebrate his career. >> the commercial was great and tonight they do a lot of stuff, too. so, you know. he's our generation. he's our age. it's like the last chance we could have play baseball. >> if you're puffy eyes tomorrow. >>> we'll have rough weather today. we had it yesterday. the well advertised summer cool down has arrive the. it's about as cool as it's going to get in the middle of july for the portion of the country. we're talking 50s from kansas city all the way to chicago. rapid city dropped down to the mid 40s. fargo at 49. it's not cold but it is a lit cool. at least you don't need the air-conditioning. the humidity is very low. there's showers ahead of the cool air. we dealt with it yesterday and we'll do it again. we'll see heavy rain this afternoon. and down in louisiana the front pushed all the way now through arkansas and we still have storms ahead of it down there. even for

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. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with your friday forecast. good morning to you. >> the big story this morning is the landfall super typhoon over china. this increased really quickly right before landfall. here's the picture of it on the satellite imagery. you can see a donut hole in the middle. that's the eye of the storm. that little city there of haikou has two million residents. be expecting to hear about the horrible stories there as that typhoon is now making landfall. >>> back here in the u.s., a very hot day yesterday. vegas at 109. areas in the northwest still warm, but it has cooled off a little bit in the last couple of days, and now we're going to see significant cooling as some cooler air from the north has moved in, so looks like your little summer fling with really hot temperatures has ended. today about 75 in seattle. medford, back down where you should be into the low 90s, and we're still looking at the warm coastal areas with the marine layer hanging tough. upper 60s to low 70s. weekend forecast will feature pretty much a qui

. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking arthur which is now a hurricane. >> yeah, everything is as expected. it's not intensifying more than expect expected. the path is not going to change. we have 18 hours until the storm will be exiting the outer banks. it will move quickly. the only thing that can throw a monkey into the storm is if it intensifies more rapidly. the pressure has been dropping. we have an eye here. at worst case scenario, we probably deal with a category 2. the official forecasts are a category 1. extending to the coastal areas. wilmington area and myrtle beach. we've extended it a little further into south carolina. this isn't just a north carolina storm. 75 mile per hour. anything above 74. 200 miles pretty much south of the wilmington area. the wind feels kind of small. i do not expect a lot of wind damage. this is where the damaging winds will be. that will be over the outer banks. the official forecast, the new one just outdoes bring up to 85 mile per hour winds right over the outer banks about 2:00 a.m. friday and then clearly off the coast by about 2

here's bill karins with our morning forecast. >> the forecast in washington state was the worst. the carlton complex fire, four fires that all merged into one because of the windy conditions. it's right along the columbia river. what changed over the weekend, the fires peaked over the ridges. when the windy conditions rushed down towards the areas, that was where the evacuation center was, and they have to evacuate the evacuation center. as far as the forecast, notice the temperature still very hot at 90. the winds will be much lighter. instead of gusting to 30 to 40 miles per hour, the gusts will only be 10 to 20. the less windy conditions will really help the fire firefighters. our july rainfall totals, almost nothing in the northwest. almost nothing for much of the west, and that hasn't helped states. yesterday was about 87 in washington, which is one of the closest locations there no central washington. as far as the forecast for today, there's not a lot of change-ups. showers near reno. we will be cooler in the coastal we'll feel pretty warm in areas of the southwest. >> tha

reporter karin caifa explains. >> reporter:two federal appeals courts rule on a key component of the affordable care act on the same day, with very different outcomes. and one ruling, has the potential to deal a big blow to president obama's signature law. >> reporter:the u-s court of appeals for the d-c circuit ruled that individuals cannot use government subsidies to buy health insurance on federally-run exchanges, only the state- run exchanges. >> reporter:if that ruling holds, millions of americans may not be able to afford the coverage that puts them in line with the law's requirement that all americans have insurance. >> reporter:writing for the 2-1 majority, judge thomas griffith said - quote - >> reporter:"we reach this conclusion, frankly, with reluctance. at least until states that wish to can set up exchanges, our ruling will likely have significant consequences both for the millions of individuals receiving tax credits through federal exchanges and for health insurance markets more broadly." >> reporter:in a separate case, a federal appeals court in richmond, virginia rul

i'm joined by meteorologist bill karins. good morning, bill. these lightning strikes are devastating. >> good reason why florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. usually they lead the u.s. easily as far as states with lightning fatalities. a lot of people outdoors and thunderstorms and no exception this year. let's look at this weather pattern as we head into the day today. we have a lot of hot weather across the country, especially in the intermountain west but we have a new storm to deal with in the northwest, brought some rain yesterday to portland area and it is going to be the wettest day in the northwest to areas of seattle included. we probably seen in the last two months. it's kind of a welcomed rainfall for the fire fighting efforts, but the interior heat continues from central and other portions of california all the way up through idaho. it's not going to change any time soon. as far as the rainfall goes, all of that green is a light soaking rain. this is beautiful stuff falling from the sky for all of the firefighters