migel almaguer's location. check in with chris hayes in naples. i imagine when you hear bill karins talk about how many hours it will be until this storm actually gets to you, it is cold comfort with the wind and rain already. >> reporter: the pace of the storm is excruciating, we saw this with harvey as well, slow storms can do a lot of damage, right, they sit and sit and mow down. that's what happened with harvey, sat there for days and dumped all that rain. this storm is moving so slowly. it is also psychologically excruciating, folks are scrambling and waiting, scrambling and waiting. if you look back there, trees are blowing south. that counterclockwise motion is now coming north south toward us as the storm pushes up. you can see where i am in, i am blocked from the north, i am taking no wind now. what's happening at the coast and there's some sort of amazing photos of this, the water is being pushed away from the ocean exposing hundreds of yards of beach. that action then snaps the opposite direction as the storm moves up, starts pushing wa

. >> let's go over to national correspondent migel almaguer in florida city. this is a town south of miami, boy, has he been feeling it. feel like every time we see him, it is getting worse there. good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning. rain and wind has become blinding in the last hour, we have been in these conditions about 13 hours now, they continue to deteriorate. it is not just the pounding, steady rain flopping us in face all night and all morning, it is also powerful winds overnight. we could hear debris flying through the air and some of the buildings. want to show you how deserted it is. pan the camera here. this is downtown florida city. you can see it's a ghost town. a short time ago thought we saw first responders coming down, it was a fire truck, spin the camera here to get a better picture so the rain is not hitting the lens, this is what we are dealing with. very high winds pulling down palm trees and froms flying across the street. power lines are beginning to sag, seen transformers explode in the last several hours. first resp

. >> let's go over to national correspondent migel almaguer in florida city. this is a town south of miami, boy, has he been feeling it. feel like every time we see him, it is getting worse there. good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning. rain and wind has become blinding in the last hour, we have been in these conditions about 13 hours now, they continue to deteriorate. it is not just the pounding, steady rain flopping us in the face all night and all morning, it is also powerful winds overnight. we could hear debris flying through the air and some of the buildings. want to show you how deserted it is. pan the camera here. this is downtown florida city. you can see it's a ghost town. a short time ago thought we saw first responders coming down, it was a fire truck, spin the camera here to get a better picture so the rain is not hitting the lens, this is what we are dealing with. very high winds pulling down palm trees and froms flying across the street. power lines are beginning to sag, seen transformers explode in the last several hours. first

. >> in florida city, south of miami, migel almaguer is there. good morning again to you. >> reporter: good morning. it is really coming down. these are conditions that worry first responders. they're not going on the road any longer. saw a fire truck coming down the road a short time ago. want to show you what it looks like. all the palm trees are bending sideways. as i send the camera more in the direction of the wind, this is how powerful this becomes. difficult to stand, difficult to move. certainly going to become that kind of situation for the rest of the day here. power is a major concern. we know the mayor told you earlier there was some concern that power would be going out for much of the community. that's happened. we have seen transformers explode. here in our building at city hall, the police department, they're running on generators, no longer connected to the grid. they tell us many officers here are hunkering down in place. they're checking streets when they can. we have seen a few patrol cars, even a fire truck from miami-dade th

migel almaguer live in texas, thank you. >>> chuck todd, political director and moderator of "meet the press." good morning. >> good morning. >> we have the administration looking at all this stuff not just harvey, not just congress coming back, looking at debt ceiling, budget showdown, tax reform, now this threat from north korea escalating again. every administration has a lot to deal with. is this one spread too thin? >> look, i don't think no. i hope not. put it that way. and the administration certainly is not supposed to be designed to be spread too thin, but politically the question is, is this president capable of being spread too thin. i think all presidents have that. i think the administration can handle this, can the president's focus do that. look, this is going to be a month that would be tough for any president but he put he's got lowest approval ratings of any first term president in the modern era and enters a month, spent the month of august picking fights with republicans in congress. his response to charlottesville is still i think causing more problems for him poli

migel almaguer has more from los angeles. >> reporter: stephanie, on the other side of this fence, perhaps homes in all of america, playboy mansion. where hugh hefner died at the age of 91 at natural causes. he started playboy in the 1950s, turned it into a worldwide brand, and realized sex sells. he was the original playboy. >> i had wild dreams, never dreams as wild as what truly happened. >> reporr: his life and work, a blend of sex, swagger and so physical indication. started as a long shot. son of school teachers, he was a world war ii vet when he launched the magazine that would make him a household name. with several thousand dollars, published the first playboy in 1953 from his kitchen. on the cover, a captivating young blonde named marilyn monroe who also appeared nude in the magazine's centerfold. the magazine was a unique blend of sex appeal and edgy editorial content, including work from some of the era's most celebrated writers, interviews with everyone from john lennon to jimmy carter. critics called it vulgar and exploited, but heffner said he helped loosen up button down am