. >> reporter: p.j. says he wasn't surprised to see the marriage dissolve. >> sometimes you get a get feeling. of that relationship but there's also a lot of negatives. >> reporter: oldest son colin was away at maritime college when his parents split. >> i asked him if he was going to be okay. his first thought is i'm going to be okay. i have you. but i'm more concerned about making sure my siblings are okay. >> reporter: he decided to put family first and help out his mother. he moved back to rochester and put aside college and his goal of becoming a navy s.e.a.l. >> he left kind of his dream to put his siblings first. >> reporter: what is going to be the custody arrangements? >> the older kids were froe ee make their own choice. custody got sticky with the two youngest kids. >> reporter: the divorce still wasn't final in the summer of 2016. and robbyn says there was tension over the shared custody of the 6 and 12-year-old kids, though craig told her he was trying to make the best of a di >> one of the

that's what p.j. us. >> we got the trucks coming, and we've got the fooseball table we've got to deal with, so i'm going to need something to strap that -- these wood things on the side of the u-haul. i said i need something big to cover the floor because i'm going to do the ceiling painting. >> reporter: what did you need the drain cleaner for? >> we have girls that have long hair. and they clog up shower drains and sinks all over the place. laura said this stuff works really well. so great. >> reporter: then the family on trial together sitting around that defense table went on the attack against one another. colin's attorney started pointing fingers. >> who is getting divorced? colin's not getting divorced. >> reporter: that united front that held the family together came crashing down. >> we pointed the finger at that person that was closest to us in terms of items of evidence. who is moving to north carolina? colin's not. colin's not moving there. laura rideout, paul tucci, they're moving to nort

p.j.: how you doing, mr. steve? steve: p.j., how you doing?at now that i'm on "family feud." i finally got here! steve: yeah. p.j.: yes, i just came to see my uncle steve. steve: yeah, we been waitin' on you. p.j.: yeah, i been waitin' on you. steve: yeah, you from hattiesburg. p.j.: hattiesburg, mississippi. hattiesburg fried chicken is off the chain! whoo! yes, sir! hattiesburg, mississippi, and i'm proud of it. steve: i see that. p.j.: yes, sir. steve: you about as crazy as you-- p.j.: i know! [laughter] steve: well, what do you do, p.j.? p.j.: well, i am a preacher's kid, been in church all my life. i worked as a certified nurse assistant-- steve: ok. p.j.: at an elderly retirement home. but now i'm full-time in ministry. so i no longer work for man. i'm workin' for the man. and i'm glad about it. woman: all right, all right. steve: that's all right. that's pretty good. well, p.j., introduce everybody. p.j.: this right here is my fashionable sister shamaiah.

but in tampa and central florida, storm preparations were in full swing, as newshour weekend's p.j. tobia reports. >> reporter: boarding up and moving out. this is not a drill. >> this morning's been all about preparation. we're in a mandatory evacuation zone, so we have to get out of here. >> reporter: long-time tampa resident michael o'rourke has been fortifying his house ahead of the coming storm. >> boarding up, sandbagging, moving furniture, musical equipment from downstairs to the upstairs, wrapping as much stuff up as we possibly can and just preparing to leave. >> reporter: a few minutes from o'rourke's house, downtown tampa, normally buzzing, is a ghost town. >> this is a violent, deadly weather occurrence that stretches the entire length of the state. we just hope it moves quickly. >> reporter: mayor bob buckhorn says irma poses massive risks for his city. we spoke in tampa's emergency operations headquarters. >> tampa hasn't been hit in 90 years. but if we do take a direct hit, literally a category 3 in downtown tampa would put my office 15 feet underwater. >> reporter: o

p.j.: we're gonna play, steve. steve: you're gonna play. [cheering] p.j.: whoo!re gonna win that $20,000! so i can tuck my shirt in.

p.j.ia begins our coverage, from cocoa beach, florida. >> reporter: snaking lines of traffic and clogged highways-- floridians, escaping a storm that's targeting the entire state. irma blew toward the florida keys today. the storm's center is on track to turn north and make landfall on the mainland by early sunday, then plow the length of the state, and beyond. heavy winds battered the islands of turks & caicos today, and along the cuban coastline, thousands of tourists were evacuated from beach towns. streets were submerged in the dominican republic after irma's passage. the governor of puerto plata says some were caught off guard. >> ( translated ): we need to find the people who left the shelters because they thought there was no hurricane, that nothing was going on. we can't allow people who were ignoring what was happening to be surprised in the middle of the hurricane, so we have to go out and find them again. >> reporter: at an airport in the netherlands, the military loaded planes

p.j. tobia begins our coverage. >> reporter: roads leading to the shattered florida keys reopened early this morning. people lined up in cars, anxious to return to their homes, or whatever remains of them, and tensions were running high. >> right now we don't know where to go. >> reporter: some found lawns filled with debris, siding ripped off their houses, trailer homes and boats knocked over like toy models. governor rick scott flew over florida's coast on monday. >> the negative is, if you were in the keys, you've seen the pictures, the trailer parks-- it's like everybody just tipped everything over. you're just praying that everybody is alive. we're still having in the keys, issues with getting the water started back up, sewage and their power back up. >> reporter: scott says the bridges linking the keys do not appear damaged, but he urged caution, as engineers make inspections. >> even though you can see that people are traveling, you're not sure that on the bridges, they can take any

china, p.j., as you know, is our biggest trade partner and the key to resolving this issue with north korea, china has come out and said we do not agree, rer resolutely disagree with north korea testing these missiles. and if in fact china were to stop sending oil to north korea, would the regime collapse? >> i think that the president is all over the map. you know, some of his tweets are manifestly unhelpful. in the middle of this urgent situation, you know, perhaps changing the trade relationship between the united states and korea, that makings no sen make. on the other hand, the president yesterday also said something i thought was very intriguing, which was a line of thinking that's what's happening with north korea, it's defiance of the international community, is an embarrassment to china and it leader xi jinping, i actually think there's merit in that line of thinking, i think it's an overstatement to say that he would condition the entire u.s.-china relationship on what happens with north korea, but leaning into china and trying to make north korea and the management going fo

p.j.ia begins our coverage of what's happening statewide. >> reporter: the sun rose on vast stretches of coastal florida, waterlogged and still without power, after the howling winds and lashing rain of hurricane irma ravaged the state yesterday. irma's power weakened to a tropical storm earlier today as it churned across the florida panhandle. it's on track to sweep through georgia before veering west toward alabama. those states were scrambling to prepare. the national guard was on the scene in this orlando community where homes were inundated with murky floodwaters. other residents waded through knee-deep water to see the damage for themselves. like many areas of florida, this pine hills neighborhood regularly experiences flooding. but despite days of planning and pumping thousands of gallons from nearby lake, county officials say they've never seen water levels this high. rescues were also underway in jacksonville as the storm battered that area today. >> we have search and rescue team

for the pbs newshour, i'm p.j.ia in houston. >> o'brien: in the day's other news, tropical storm lidia in the pacific battered mexico's baja california peninsula with heavy wind and rain. officials reported four deaths. the storm caused flooding as far away as mexico city, and it could bring rain to the american southwest. meanwhile, hurricane irma is still far out in the atlantic, with sustained winds of 110 miles an hour. more than 50 wildfires are burning across the western u.s. in one of the worst fire seasons in recent years. one blaze near oroville, in northern california, has destroyed 20 homes and threatens 500 more. crews have contained about 30% of the fire, but they face triple-digit heat. forecasters warned today that september will remain hot and dry there. in kenya, the supreme court today nullified the re-election of president uhuru kenyatta. the justices ruled the process was rife with illegal activity, and they ordered a new election within 60 days. supporters of challenger raila odinga celebrated

p.j.ia begins our coverage. >> reporter: the people of puerto rico spent a long day, trapped in their homes, snatching cell-phone glimpses of "maria" carving a slow, destructive path. the hurricane made landfall about dawn, and quickly set about ripping ripped roofs off buildings, tearing fences from the ground, and unleashed deadly storm surges and 20 inches of rain as it made its way swept across the island and past san juan. raul pichardo recorded images of a home wrecked in his san juan neighborhood. >> ( translated ): that whole building over there is cmpletely destroyed. a home's satellite dish just fell right here. >> reporter: the storm knocked out 21 of the island's 22 weather stations, and left nearly all an estimated 80 to 90% of its people without power. officials imposed an overnight curfew. local reports said several coastal villages were largely wrecked. the mayor of fajardo, told one outlet: "i've never seen my city so destroyed." "maria's" power was intensified by extremel

p.j. tobia begins our coverage. >> reporter: the desperate plea of an island in distress, painted on a rooftop. nearly a week after hurricane "maria" ravaged puerto rico, most people don't have enough food or drinking water and few have electricity. today, under pressure to do more, president trump defended the federal recovery effort so far. >> we have shipped massive amounts of food and water and supplies to puerto rico and we are continuing to do it on an hourly basis. but that island was hit as hard as you can hit. >> reporter: the president announced he's expanding the aid, and will visit the territory next week. >> i grew up in new york, so i know many people from puerto rico. i know many puerto ricans. and these are great people, and we have to help them. >> reporter: the hard part is, how to get the help there. the white house sent out brock long, head of the federal emergency management agency, this afternoon. >> we don't just drive trucks and resources on to an island. so with th

p.j. fleck may be gone, but the broncos weren't done with this one. finds a seam and hits it. phillips, 100-yard kickoff return. the max special teams later in the quarter, steven carr makes a man his and he is gon gone. usc would win, despite getting his first start without a passing td. darnold, with a less than ideal start, and the clemson tigers got a huge performance from their new man on the center. kelly bryant, replacing deshaun watson, and filling in the shoes so far. 236 passing yards, and also a rush for 77 yards and a score in their 56-3 win. a couple of other teams who took care of business. penn state shutting out akron, and barkley wrapping up 226 total yards, and oklahoma beating utep, and one incompletion for 329 passing yards, and he didn't even play the second half. the sooners have ohio state next week. gameday will be in while barkley and mayfield seem to be in mid season form, it was a bit of a learning process during the other ranked on the day. like michigan was facing off against 17th ranked florida who suspended ten players for the opener. these two t

. >> reporter: p.j. pike is a fesherman in ft. myers. have you ever seen the water like this?never this low. this is going to be the worst one yet. >> reporter: so worried about the coming surge as the water rushes back, he's staying with his boats. you're not going inside during this? >> inside where? >> reporter: inside a house? >> in my boat. >> reporter: you're going to stay in the boat? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: this area could see a 15-foot storm surge overnight. by morning, all of this could be changed forever. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, ft. myemrt myers ft. mye. >>> pope francis suffered a minor injury riding on the popemobile, it happened on his last day of his trip to colombia. he lost his balance and bumped his head bruising his cheekbone and cutting himself just above his left eye. the pope later joked that he was punched, and said he was fine. >>> we're back in a moment with the latest white house response to the the bottom line is, for your goals, this is a strategy i'd recommend. huh. this actually makes sense. now on the next page you'll see a breakdown of cos

folks started for giving humphrey because he does a little bit of a tiptoe towards a split without p.j. on vietnam will and the beginning of september richard nixon had this young guy who was a vote counter will and his name was alan greenspan. >> a good counter. >> alan greenspan sent some a memo and says he will be lucky if he wants a single state. been then lyndon johnson called nixon and then says we are seeing some progress on vietnam. i may institute a bombing. richard nixon was a false 1960 election because kennedy stole it from him and it seemed johnson in 1966 to an october surprise in the congressional election by announcing he was closer to peace in vietnam. for nixon paranoia kicks and and he sees these forces lined up against him ready to steal something from him once again and he uses this connection and a woman named anne nasha noho was the very well-known woman because her husband had led the flying tigers in the battle against the japanese in world war ii and he sends her to the south vietnamese to tell them that if they just hold on a little bit longer he will be elec

we also talked to this guy, p.j., a fisherman here last night, when all of that water rushed out, we were amazed, we saw these boats sitting in the mud. we stopped and i couldn't believe that i saw somebody out there tying his boat down. he said that he was going to be staying on the boat through the storm because he's a fisherman, it's his livelihood. he was so worried about it. >> listen, i -- >> reporter: so far -- >> i saw that story, kristen. it was so compelling that i know we're going to run it later for the viewers in this hour. the pictures were -- i stopped what i was doing and stared at the television. it's quite profound. you're a good soul to check up on those people. thank you for doing that as well as reporting for us. we'll see you again. >>> i'm joined by carl roberts. he ignored the pleas and orders to evacuate. he's in a high rise in redington shores outside of st. petersburg. with welcome to you. do you think this was a good choice? what's it been like? >> it's been very windy. it is very loud. i have all the security shutters down and they're getting absolutely h

we also talked to this guy, p.j., a fisherman here last night, when all of that water rushed out, we were amazed, we saw these boats sitting in the mud. we stopped and i couldn't believe that i saw somebody out there tying his boat down. he said that he was going to be staying on the boat through the storm because he's a fisherman, it's his livelihood. he was so worried about it. >> listen, i -- >> reporter: so far -- >> i saw that story, kristen. it was so compelling that i know we're going to run it later for the viewers in this hour. the pictures were -- i stopped what i was doing and stared at the television. it's quite profound. you're a good soul to check up on those people. thank you for doing that as well as reporting for us. we'll see you again. >>> i'm joined by carl roberts. he ignored the pleas and orders to evacuate. he's in a high rise in redington shores outside of st. petersburg. with welcome to you. do you think this was a good choice? what's it been like? >> it's been very windy. it is very loud. i have all the security shutters down and they're getting absolutely h

elizabeth and i got together for a sunday sitdown at one of her favorite spots, p.j.hat's my daughter. >> reporter: elizabeth moss is attracted to a certain kind of role. >> i do look for characters that have something to overcome or a challenge or some form of dramatic art. >> reporter: boring is not a word anyone will apply to the dark world of "the hand maid's tale." since its premiere in april it has become a cultural phenomenon. >> what do you think it is about the show that caught fire? >> the show has an incredible relevance right now obviously. i never think it's one thing that makes it that good. it's the writing, the sets, the directors, the props, it's costumes, it's everything. >> reporter: some viewers and critics see a glimmer of modern reality in the show's themes. >> did you see that right away or is that something that's happened after the fact in terms of some connection to the current climate? >> a bit of both. i think we saw the parallels early, and obviously when the election happened it became really in your face. then since then has there been a

our p.j. tobia is there. i know you just arrived, you are on the atlantic coast of the state. tell us exactly where you are and what you are looking at. >> that's right, judy, i'm here in port can av ral, not too far from orlando. this port is the second largest cruiseship port in the world. it sees millions of cruiseship passengers a year. and it's been a flurry of activity since we got here a few hours ago. the cruiseships are coming in from all directions, disgowrnlg-- disgorging passengers and taking off for safer waters where the hurricane isn't going to be. i was talking to the director of this port not too long ago, he said that in just the last 48 hours more than 10,000 cruiseship customers have had their cruises cut short. while we were speaking he got a phone call from a carnival cruiseship on its way here and was saying they were rerouting to new orleans. so a lot of people's travel plans being disrupted by this storm 6789 the cruiseship industry brings florida about $8 billion each year. it is a lot of disruption. this port also a major source for natural gas comin

culminating in the haunting murder ballads of nine hundred ninety six the dark album pairing cave with p.j. harvey and kalima no would prove to be the band's biggest commercial success. in two thousand and seven k. formed the band grinderman releasing an album of the same name just one. it's pretty an enigmatic work continues to flourish at the twenty sixteen release of nick cave and the bad seed studio album skeleton tree. rob and his lyrics and music are often very dark and more beds but then that he has had darkness in his life yeah two years ago one of his twin sons actually age fifteen. fell off a cliff near his home in southern england fourteen was tripping on l.s.d. of course is nothing would for a parent than to lose a child we didn't hear much from him off that but he has said that this new album and that getting back to work with music was very much paul the healing process i mean the album's got a tree seems to be a lot about his son's death but he said he wrote most of it actually in advance of that terrible tragedy let's just hear a few seconds because it's a more electronic a

eighteen in the haunting murder ballads of nine hundred ninety six the dark album pairing cave with p.j. harvey and cali minnow would prove to be the band's biggest commercial success. in two thousand and seven k. formed the band grinder man releasing an album of the same name just to. he's broody an enigmatic which continues to flourish at the twenty sixteen release of nick cave and the bad seed studio album skeleton chain. you know that is the lyrics and his kind of music so some people to go that is quite morbid and doc is opus the life is also affected by tragedy when his son died this was accomplished years ago one of his twin sons arthur fell off a cliff near their home in southern england whilst tripping on l.s.d. unfortunately of course there's nothing worse for a parent than for such a tragedy to happen but he has said since that eventually what brought him out of his grief and helped the healing process was his music they talked there about the skeleton tree it seems that that latest album is a lot about his son's death but actually he said that he wrote a great deal of it bef

and my p.j. is a good man, dave, pop off the sticks and come up here to give them a sense. you're right. if you are -- in naples or in parts north, you have to understand, here's what's coming your way, because cities are similarly constructed. pan to your right. all right. this is where it's happening. these trees, these structures have been taking it for hours and we are seeing them start to give way. there were more of them not so long ago and a lot of them, you can see, they're going to be particularly vulnerable. the concern is, where do they go? when these trees start to come, with these gusts that are increasing where do they go? what windows do they hit? what structure doss they hit? what does it do to power, and what does the soaking storm surge do? all right. get back inside, dave. what happens? help dave get inside. what happens once these trees have ripped up? you good? good? once these trees have ripped up with they're root system, a lot of the power here that is underground and the water rushes in to it, that's when you get a power outage. we're nearing about

. >> there's a young one in your life, you probably heard all about p.j.ommercials, they go in slow motion. >> re-creating the scenes they're watching in the show. >> i have always loved baby light. >> i'm going to start by telling you to watch her face. >> oh, gosh. >> and she's crying. >> i thought she was going to throw up. >> this is the most expressive baby alive ever. she can be in mommy or daddy mode. she will tell you she needs a hug. are you feeling better? >> i don't feel good. >> okay. >> oh. >> that breaks my heart. >> oh. what's with the face? yikes. oh. that's a little frightening. >> calvin did the same thing this morning. >> kids have, what to do with their fingers these days. put this on the finger. this is a fingerling. you can hang it this way. these have 40 different animations. >> look how cute that is. >> 40 different animations. they respond to touch, to sound, to motion. you can hang them upside down. there's six that came out. new ones that each of the retailers are going to have. she just needs a hug. just needs a hug. >> okay. wh