the rain was coming down hard, now that has moved further to the north, georgia will bring you to the center of this storm. this will head through atlanta. a 40-mile-per-hour wind. maybe some small branches could come down. here is what we will be dealing with today and eventually in now a closer look at the day ahead. >>> well, you can see where the rain will be associated with our tropical storm from jacksonville to georgia. that's where we could see isolated flooding problems. the story in the mid-west, a cool down, chicago in the low 70s. and how about this storm, super typhoon meranti, this withstood 180 miles an hour winds. of course, the windy conditions and the amang by this super typhoon, produced a lot of incredible images like pictures we see right here. >> leading the news this morning, former private chelsea manning is to undergo a procedure. the army granted the request after chelsea formerly known as bradley starred a hunger strike failure to diagnose her disforia. it lists a band on transjeopardyer service members. many remain in sol dear confinement after convicted fo

some stages in metro atlanta and north georgia running out of gas. covering up the pumps there is no more gas. other stations experienced long lines as cars were waiting to get what they could. a section of the colonial pipeline following a spill of 250,000 gallons discovered in rural alabama. cause of the leak yet to be determined. >>> says areas of miami no longer an active area of zika virus transmission. that amount of time represents three incubation periods for the zika virus. active transmissions ongoing. aggressive efforts including spray have proved successful. battling another wild fire at bannenburg air force base. canyon fire grown to 4500 acres. burning in a canyon in santa barbara county. 250 firefighters bulldozers and fire fighting aircraft working to put out the fire. >>> what a hail weekend. that is ruff. everybody running for the hills. just before the bottom of the ninth inning, skies decided to open up. you can see the hail on the diamond. hailstorm sent the fans and players trying to get cover anywhere they could. umpire calling

and across the southeast, some service stations the metro atlanta and north georgia started running out of gas last night.se the shortage comes after section of colonial pipeline close this month ass officials are to stop about 250,000 gallons in rule alabama. that line from houston to new york and carried gas across much of the southeast. . you think you can close my window? hybrid think so. right inside. here comes the rain. the good news to report, guys the severe weather threat virtually gone. and a watch in effect for all of them perfect section -- exception ponder lack it o'clock tonight but let me show you the radar screen.wa a weakening trendr still ago, drastically weakened over milwaukee now. we still have a few spotty showers to then west and a coupe of thunderstorms making their way fond du lac county and a few more to the west of madison. we are not totally out of the woods when it comes to thunderstorms although i think it will be pretty difficult to get additional warnings aroundh here. not: e anticipating additional warnings. milwaukee moderate rain falling over mitchell

from the georgia state patrol but they found those in the parents are in custody, they stop in north georgia. and county suv was heading north on 75, and inside, they found the young children three years old and one in the back seat. both of them are okay. authorities were looking for them since saturday when they say the mother burst into the home of the children's legal guardian. they had her and took the kids away. -- his/herand -- hit her and volatile history and are both drug users. >> and, it was awesome that we were fat -- that they were found safe and sound. >> they are still trying to figure out what the alternate is really worth. >>> we have got some new information coming in late today about a toddler who died during a shooting. and, that guns. and, we do know that the shooting happened in the apartment on s. lewis avenue. not far from the air force base. they took it to the hospital with a single gunshot wound. she did not survive. they're still trying to figure out if the shooting was an accident. >>> we are waiting to see what a man accused of a terrible child abuse case will b

last night in atlanta and north georgia, there were lines of drivers trying to get the last of the gas. leading up to the gasoline shortage in six southern states was a spill at a key pipeline in alabama and was shut down 10 days ago. the company is scrambling to get it back online. georgia have declared states of emergency and gas prices are spiking and drivers are rushing to fill up if they can and that is before other gas stations run out of gas. >> and i need my gas. i said i will fill up today and park the car ited and make sure i have enough until wednesday. >> and the cohonual gasoline pipeline in alabama provides for an estimated 50 million automobiles every day. after the galaxy note 7 exploded in his pants. the exploding cell phone burned his leg. the battery defect is linked to the phone, catching fire while exploding. and samsung recalled about 1 million note 7s in the country because of the problem. >>> and the breaking developments at the 91 hour. we're getting our first look at the man accused of carrying a violent attack inside a minnesota mall. i will have further deta

. >>> investigators are trying to figure out how two small planes crashed into each other in north georgia, three people. it seems as though both planes were trying to land at the same time at the airport. the ntsb is working as we speak toigure out the cause of the >>> we're just learning this helicopter that crashed in brevard county yesterday was on a post maintenance test flight when it went down, killing at least three people. so far there aren't any signs of million function that played a role in the crash. investigators have not identified the remains of e three victims but we know they >>> as we speak, coast guard crews here in florida are looking for a woman who fell overboard from a cruise ship near the bahamas. this shows a helicopter involved in ttoni coast guard crews say she fell from the 11th fl carnival e overnight. but a esperson says she actually jumped overboard instead. the cruise line says the woman had family the ecstasy is now going back to port in florida. >> good afternoon, everybody. started off in the 60s and low 70s across much of the area. yesterday the rains w

. >> reporter: hartle led the first truckload of chimps from louisiana to north georgia. nine female chimps arrived in cages, only habitat they have ever known. 16 hours with nine chimps sounds like the road trip from hell. how was it? >> well, considering we didn't sleep, it wasn't super easy. but we were all so excited for them. our adrenaline is on high. they're living their life for the first time, really. >> reporter: their new home is sanctuary. >> want to try one? >> reporter: eventually, all wo 20 of the louisiana chimps may retire here. sarah baeckler-davis is the c.e.o. of project chimps. >> this marks the end of privately funded research on chimpanzees in the u.s. >> reporter: this the overdue happy ending? >> yeah, this is the happy ending for them. they have 30, 40 years here to just be chimps. >> reporter: these chimps will be quarantined for the next month before they're se in the sanctuary. workers here say physically they seem to be in good shape. building trust is a work in progress. mark strassmann, cbs news, morganton, georgia. >> ninan: and that's the

. >> reporter: hartle led the first truckload of chimps from louisiana to north georgia. nine female chimps arrived in have ever known. 16 hours with nine chimps sounds like the road trip from hell. how was it? >> well, considering we didn't sleep, it wasn't super easy. but we were all so excited for them. our adrenaline is on high. they're living their life for the first time really. >> reporter: their new home is this converted dpo rilla sanctuary. eventually, all 220 of the louisiana chimps may retire here. sarah bechler davis is the c.e.o. of project chimps. privately funded research on chimpanzees in the u.s. >> reporter: was this the overdue happy ending? >> yeah, this is the happy ending for them. they have 30, 40 years here to just be chimps. >> reporter: this isula tricia on the left, and gracie on the the right. all these chimps will be quarantined for the next month because they're set loose here in the sanctuary. scott, physically, workers say these animals seem to be in good >> pelley: mark strassmann, thanks very much. steve hartman's next with a love-sick g

and now it's drifting north into georgia. it's not going to have much impact on us. most of the rainfall is going to fall on the south carolina officially still a tropical storm but it will become a tropical depression and fizzle out between now and friday morning. and never really making it into south carolina. stays in the eastern portion of georgia. just a rain maker. we're still seeing clouds around the area. this is a look from the veterans ford looking over the veterans expressway here. you can see the cloud, 77 degrees and it is humid. it is a tropical air mass plus the wind pushed in a couple showers in manatee and sarasota counties. that's why i left in the small rain chance near the coast through the 78degrees at 8:00 a.m. spotty thunderstorms developing at noon, 85 degrees. and by 4:00 p.m., it's a better rain chance. about 50% mostly east of 75 when it's 88 degrees. and there goes julia, still bring up showers along the coast in the first hours of the day. and as the day progresses, the storms move farther and farther inland. we have tropical storm julia.

definitely the possibility, of that, it is right onshore now, in north florida, and you can see the heavier rain bands moving through georgia, tornado watch as you mentioned until 8:00 a.m. local time probably see, tornado watches being extended north and eastward with tropical systems we typically we tornados so that is going to be ongoing threat next couple days, tropical storm force winds probably very least gusts 50 miles per hour along the coast north florida georgia south carolina, at the very least tropical storm force wins six to 12 hours tropical storm warnings you will the way through outer banks, in effect to river new jersey because this storm we think going to move offshore, still tropical but extra tropical characteristics meaning a transition from a warm core low, to a cold-core low, kind of like a nor'easter here is the problem we think the pattern is going to make this storm stall out. so sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, at the coast again because cone of uncertainty the reason for that is we are very uncertain further in time all along mid-atlantic northeast need to more than this for the long labor day

number gas stays cents a metro atlanta, north georgia, actually ran out every gas last night. some other that still had gas left, cars were lined up even for premium. according to triple a, up 16 cents in georgia, dime in tennessee, since just last woke ends. >> all right, turning now to weather. katie, apparently we're tracking some rain? >> yes, we r coming down pretty steadily depending on location. some spots where you haven't had a drop just yet. if you have yet to step out the door, and in the nice comfort of your air-conditioned home right now, watching us, you step out the door it, feels really steamy outside. just wait. you know, we really again need the rain. we will take you out first and for most to couple of statistics, looking specifically at the rainfall deficit, you weren't just shy of 5 inches worth of deficit. talking for the year total, in the just for the month, but certainly that's a lot of rain. so we will start chipping away at that here today with next frontal passage. definitely bringing plenty of moisture with it, nice wide zoom on the area radar, we'

north carolina. the storm center now in southern georgia as that storm now moves to the north/northeast at 14 miles anur. it's going to track across the carolinas and then lingering right off our coast beyond the holiday weekend. for today, though, no problem. sunshine, really comfortable. low 80s this afternoon for philadelphia. a beautiful day for the suburbs and for the lehigh valley. lots of sunshine and low humidity. in delaware, sunny skies, late day clouds will start to increase. high clouds there. 80 degrees for delaware this afternoon. new jersey, that nice breeze out of the north, really comfortable. a great day to get things done at the shore. bring in the lawn chairs, anything that could possibly blow away, make plans for it to be secured as we go into the weekend. closer look at the weekend forecast when i come back in just a few minutes. the latest on hermine as well. >> thank you, bill. 5:42. bill says we have a kpscomforta day on tap. hopefully it's comfortable on the ride to work or school. >> jessica boyington has her eye on 202. >> 202 not so comfortable right now. an accident repor

now parts of georgia and north carolina are also under a state of emergency. the east coast expecting dangerous rip currents through the holiday weekend. near apalachicola flarks. >> you do what you can do and hope for the best. >> reporter: on nearby st. george island mandatory evacuations are under way. >> we really want you off this island. all these storms are serious because they're unpredictable, you know, and the scary part is when tornadoes spin off of them. >> reporter: despite the risks, rex and cindy whiteman have chosen to stay. >> we've done ev and it's too hard to pack up and leave. and this is home. >> reporter: prepared to ride out his first hurricane in more than a decade. gabe gutierrez, apalachicola, florida. >>> al roker joining us. when can we expect landfall? >> some time late tonight, savannah. but you can see the eye of the storm right now. this is strengthening. if there's any good news, it doesn't have a lot of time to strengthen much more. so that's good. sfrl florida, and we're watching hermine 85 miles south of apalachicola, 75 mil

as you mentioned, craig, parts of georgia and north carolina now also under a state of emergency. overnight, hurricane hermine slammed into florida's panhandle, packing winds of up to 80 miles per hour. this morning, storm surge and the possibility of isolated tornadoes, even as hermine is downgraded to a tropical storm. >> this is life-threatening. >> yeah, we're going to lose a power line here. >> reporter: the system knocking out power to tens of thousands. >> welcome to florida. >> reporter: and flooding neighborhoods along florida's gulf coast. >> he's got it! >> reporter: near apalachicola, mandatory evacuations, despite the risk, rex and cindy whiteman chose to stay and ride out the storm. >> we have done everything we can to prepare and it's too hard to pack up and leave. so -- and this is home z. the last hurricane to strike florida was wilma in 2005, a powerful category 3 storm that killed five people. today the threat from hermine extending up the east coast, parts of georgia and north carolina under a state of emergency. dangerous rip currents expected through the holi

now parts of georgia and north carolina are also under a state of emergency. the east coast expecting dangerous rip currents through the holiday weekend. right now hermine is near apalachicola do and hope for the best. >> reporter: on nearby st. george island mandatory evacuations are under way. >> we really want you off this island. all these storms are serious because they're unpredictable, you know, and the scary part is when tornadoes spin off of them. >> reporter: despite the risks, rex and cindy whiteman have chosen to stay. >> we've done everything we can to prepare. and it's too hard to and this is home. >> reporter: prepared to ride out his first hurricane in more than a decade. gabe gutierrez, apalachicola, florida. >>> al roker joining us. when can we expect landfall? >> some time late tonight, savannah. but you can see the eye of the storm right now. this is strengthening. if there's any good news, it doesn't have a lot of time to strengthen much more. so that's good. we have tornado watches in effect in sfrl florida, and we're watching 85 miles so

. >> so far three states have declared a state of emergency, florida, georgia and north carolina. there are widespread power outages this morning affecting tens of thousands of homes. many schools in southern states are closed today. >> the live radar shows the storm bringing strong rains and winds to a large area from tampa bay all the way up into north carolina. it's also bringing a large storm surge. there is extensive flooding in northern florida, and forecasters warn flash flooding could threaten lives. the brunt of the storm was felt further east than expected close to the state capital of tallahassee. >> and we have team coverage this morning starting there in the panhandle. mexico beach, florida. good morning, marci. >> reporter: hi, devin and diane. good morning. well, some parts of the gulf coast including where i am are getting spared while other communities not far from here are getting hit hard by hermine. north of where the category 1 hurricane made landfall this morning in tallahassee, strong winds and heavy rain bringing down trees. in towns north of tampa reports

from georgia to connecticut, heavy rain, flash floods, dangerous winds, rip currents all expected to pose serious threats in the coming days. states under emergency order tonight include virginia, north carolina, georgia and florida. and in the panhandle where hermine made landfall, residents are cleaning up from our kerry sanders is in the storm zone. >> reporter: in the florida panhandle, destruction and heart ache in the wake of hermine. >> the dock is under water as well. >> reporter: where the eyewall with 80-mile-per-hour winds crossed through st. marks at 1:30 a.m. the weather channel's reynolds wolf there in the worst of it. >> unbelievable, look at this stuff. whoa. >> reporter: the storm surge of more than 9 feet coupled with more than 22 inches of rain, left homes and streets flooded. >> a little bit of a loss, but we're good. >> reporter: the first hurricane in more than a decade to make landfall in florida hammered the state's west coast, from tampa bay to tallahassee. >> whoa, we're going to lose something. >> reporter: more than a quarter million homes in florida lost power, at least one man killed when a tree limb fell on him. >> there's trees down, power lines are do

however, it fell in other swing states, like florida, north carolina, georgia, virginia and new hampshire. speaking of elections... anne holton made a cedar rapids stop, today. th virginia education secretary is married to hillary clinton's running mate, tim kaine. holton said finding out her husband had been tapped to potentially be the next vice president was overwhelming, at first. she also said kaine's family laughed when they heard pundits call the senator a "boring pick". " we all thought that was pretty funny. he's a well rounded person. got a great sense of humor. he's got lots of things that matter to him besides politics. from music, to camping to sports. we all thought it was clinton's health. find out if she thinks politicians should release their health records. let's turn now to meteorologist joe winters with your first alert forecast. joe, after some sunshine this afternoon, things are changing tonight. what can people expect on their ride home? fog will not be an issue tonight, but rain will. a bringing the best chance for showers and storms along and north of highway 20.

are also concerns the hurricane will spawn tornadoes as it tracks across florida and moves north into georgia and the carolinas. hermine becomes the first hurricane to make landfall in florida in more than a decade. drier air will push the monsoon moisture out of nevada overnight tonight. this will allow mostly clear skies over the las vegas valley to take hold and allow the temperatures to drop back to the lower 80s/upper 70s. still a little above the normal. friday afternoon we will keep a slight chance of monsoon storms but the valley should remain dry friday. winds will pick up again in the afternoon with gusts up to 25 mph. the weekend will be dry and nice in southern nevada. we will see highs drop to 95 by sunday and see plenty of sunshine. winds will pick up to around 20 mph both saturday and sunday with gusts up to 25 mph possibly 30 mph. labor day itself is looking like the coolest days of the week with highs below 95 over the las vegas valley to normal. friday afternoon we will keep a slight chance of monsoon storms to fire up over the mountains but the valley should remain dry frid

georgia/north carolina coast could see 1 to 3 feet. we have the possibility of tornadoes from wilmington all the way to gainesville. and the rainfall, and my gosh, the flood risk upwards of 20 inches in the panhandle. and savannah, we're talking upwards of 4 to 8 inches into the carolinas. rip currents >> we'll have to watch tonight, al. thank you very much. >>> other news now and a major setback tonight for spacex. the company hired by nasa to carry cargo and eventually astronauts to the space station. an unmanned rocket suddenly exploded during a test this morning two days before a scheduled launch. on board a satellite that facebook hoped to use to beam internet access to remote parts of the world. now spacex is behind trying to learn what went wrong. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it happened on cape canaveral, launchpad 40. a massive explosion just after 9:00 a.m., an unmanned spacex falcon 9 rocket launched in a giant fireball that the company says started in the upper stage oxygen tank. >> evacuating complex 41, but it'

in north georgia we build them a little harder than that. but i appreciate everything. i want to go into something tonight, something that we've talked about, just explain how this works. maybe some aren't as familiar. haven't studied this and had a great staff. i had a great staff that have put together, got bob's here tonight, got sali rose. i have a staff member who is still with me in spirit but she's not with us, jennifer, has been working on this for a lightning time. also had daniel ashworth. he's a pharmacist intern who helped us out a lot and helped prepare this. i wanted to show you, i showed you this since the beginning. the sort of the p.b.m.'s are at the middle of the world here. if you would. so let's just talk about this. let's start off with where it should start, that's with the patient. the patient, you know, makes medication decisions, gets it from the doctor, and they're typically, ok, if you go this way, employer. a lot of times the employee, their health benefit plan, that's where they get that. as we start here with the employers, the employers tu

look north across georgia not much in the way of presip. in the tropics, we have carl just a report on them, you can see carl weaker. computer models haven't done a good job with the intensity. that's not a problem with forecasting especially with intensity forecasting and 45- mile-per hour winds. we'll continue to watch the tropics closely. as for the rest of the evening a few thunderstorms in the forecast up until 7:30. scattered to isolated th tomorrow, we have this boundary to the north fizzling out. the drier air in the atmosphere. maybe a few showers and limited rain fall a good way to put it. we've lowered the rain chance at 20%. you can see here on the 8-day forecast. 20% for thursday. 20% for friday and i think northern areas probably fewer we'll look for changes mid- october. >> thank you. more than $60,000 gone. 8 on your side found out a 71- year-old polk county man fell victim to a scam that all preyed on his trust. >> now this orlando man is behind bars accused of milks innocent. joining us live with an 8 on your side warning.

the storm hit florida overnight and is churning north through georgia. >>> immediate impact. the heavy rain and whipping wind already causing damage in several spots are under states of emergency. >>> heading our way, hermine's path will determine what we can expect in our area over the labor day weekend. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >> concertgoers at made in america, that shot we just had, definitely wanting to know what the weather is going to do. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm rosemary connors. >> i'm vai sikahema. hermine was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm about an hour an a half ago. right now, 25 million people are under some kind of tropical watch or warning. millions more keeping an eye on what is next for this storm system, including people right here in our area, as you mentioned, rosemary, a big festival going on this weekend. meteorologist bill henley tracking the conditions. bill, bring us up to speed. >> vai, this storm is on the move. there's hermine, now a strong tropical storm. 70 mile-an-hour winds moving to the north/northea

three to 6 inches expected to parts of north florida and southern georgia. winds are 40 miles per hour. this isn't going to get much more organized. it's going to weaken over land. there are tropical storm warnings for parts of the coast of north florida and southern georgia. we have clear skies. in boston it is 65 degrees. southwrl to pick up that humidity. so it's been so crisp and fall-like the past few mornings. it's still fairly comfortable this morning. but we are going to notice the humidity creeping up as the day wears on. 60 right now in worcester. lower 60s in the north shore. there's that busy southwesterly wind. could gust over 20 miles per hour at times today. it is with us all day long. also notice through the morning that's our brighter time period afternoon. but that wind is bringing up more humid air, so the humidity coming up a little bit ahead of this frontal boundary. notice along the front, not a widespread area of rain. there are just a few showers. as we get into the afternoon hours, there will be more developing. but the nature of the

states of emergency declared in parts of florida, georgia, and north carolina. re all over it here. with phil keating in georgia, and rick reithmuth on where hermtime is heading next. steve harrigan is in cedar key, florida, whichoo

or north carolina. >> georgiaorth carolina. >> one of the questions that will be fascinating to look at is who are not this national poll, obviously, if it is the first major one heading into the post labor daytime. whether it is the beginning of the battle ground states coming. lagging to where this national poll is. the one thing on the enthusiasm that i think is also fascinating, you reported michelle obama going out. his his warren is going out. you bet your bottom dhar that president obama is going out. the cavalry is available for her to get that enthusiasm gap closed. to get the numbers up. >> that's critically important. >> she has an a-list of surrogates. and trump, although he has commit supporters, he doesn't have the same. she well well underway. >> bernie sanders. he is starting to go out this now. she needs him out this. she needs young women. she needs demographic of younger african-american voters that she is not getting now and bernie sanders has to be a big part of that cavalry and go out there.