it's expected to reach savannah, georgia. with me is the mayor of savannah, georgia. first we'll go to mike tobin in savannah. then we'll bring in the mayor. reporter: what we are seeing as the outer band pass through, you will get the wind and the rain to increase. we have reports of gusts reaching up to 70 miles an hour closer to the beach. then it subside as the band passes. the eye of the hurricane is about 100 miles south-southeast of where we are now. the big issue should come in the middle of the night. at 1:30 in the morning, it should be high tide. so it will bring water up quite a bit. by all likelihood the roads that connect the mainland with the barrier island, those should be under water. the people who elected to ride out the storm in the homes on the beaches, they will be cut off and on their own. here is gams governor with his concerns about that. >> we are worried about the barrier island getting cut off if we have these storm surges the same time the hurricane is coming through. and when the high tides are. i told folks the last few days, if you get c

yeah absolutely has i'm we're right in the middle of the forecast path here in savannah georgia this is been such an unpredictable storm and right now unfortunately continuing to linger over the bahamas and you have to feel for everyone there who has taken this beating for more than a day now if it does eventually start to move a bit more quickly and right now it's just lingering there it would kind of mirror the coast no real landfall expected perhaps much later in north carolina but that would be late in the week if it moves and continues like forecaster believe it will it would be off the coast here sometime late wednesday into thursday evacuations have been ordered here and people have moved to higher ground more than a 1000000 people leaving from florida through the carolinas moving to safety the port is closed here most of the businesses as well everyone cooperating with this except dorian because it just continues to sit there if there's any good news from this storm lingering it's the fact that it's losing a bit of its momentum a bit of its steam if you will but again it's st

mike tobin is in savannah, georgia. reporter: we'll get these periods of intensity in which the wind gusts increase and the rain increases, then it dies down. we have reports of wind gusts reaching 70 miles per hour. what is making this strong category hurricane unique is it slow speed. it's creeping along. it will bring the wind and rain like a hurricane does. it will bring the storm surge with it. it will do it for a longer period of time. according to the governor, that makes it harder to predict. >> i have a storm that sits in one place bare youly moving for 15-24 hours is really kind of unheard of. reporter: 1:30 this morning is when it's supposed to be high tide again. we are waiting for the storm to bring in the predicted 5-8 feet. the barrier island, a lot of the people have elected to ride out the storm. but those road are going to flood out. there is every indication they will be stranded on the barrier island until the storm is over. the police and first responders have given a directive. if the wind get over

so is the rain around brunswick and savannah, georgia this evening. the south carolina coast to the north carolina coast. after that, by friday we'll be looking at nova scotia and rip currents up and down the east bay shore throughout the next couple days because of that. rainfall amounts, you can see they'll be greatest right along the carolina coast and into the georgia coast. in fact, from taibbi island, hilton head, buford and up towards myrtle beach, we'll talk about 18 inches of rain. that rain on top of a swell of seven feet means we'll have a ton of flooding. that's usually what kills most people in a hurricane. we're not out of the woods by any means, even though the storm is significantly weaker than when it ravaged the bahamas. lengths bliring in frances. >>> the first incident on the peninsula, southbound 101 past marsh road. the caltrans camera has been turned around. traffic jammed from woodside to marsh because of this fatal accident. at one point all lanes of traffic were bloksd. your best bet, maybe take 280 as an alternate. the other

mike tobin is live in savannah, georgia. >> reporter: the wind and the rain are just starting to pick up as we are entering what should be the worst 24 hour period for the georgia coast line. highway 80 which connects part of the mainland with the barrier islands. that is already partially under water. it's not so deep that people can't make a break for it. so if you want to make a break for it, now is your last opportunity as we're just about at high tide. the mayor has elected to be on this side of the causeway at the emergency operations center. his police force is down to a skeleton crew. the police that are remaining on the coast are under an order that once the winds reach 40 miles per hour, they are on lockdown. so people who have elected to ride out the storm on the barrier island, once it gets bad, you're on your own. the state meteorologist says the most dangerous areas are going to be the beaches. the biggest danger is the rising water. >> everyone needs to stay away from the beaches. they are the most dangerous area. we'll have some life threatening storm surge, along with

we're going to take you live to savannah, georgia for that. >> a trial date set for r. kelly in a federal sex crimes case. why kelly's lawyer says the singer should be able to lever jail as he awaits trial in chicago. we're learning more about the victims other ever a deadly vote fire this week in southern california. how an ohs bay community is mourning the loss of two of their own. >>> officials have called off. 33 people were asleep when the boat caught fire. 33 bodies have been recovered. one person is still missing. the majority of the victims for northern california. scott chan, a teacher on a dive trip along with 26-year-old daughter, kendra doctor. ktvureports in freemont where grief counselors are on campus. >> >> the wife of scott chen says he and their daughter, kendra were on that boat. she is mourning their loss as are the students and staff of american high school here in freemont. i ahe was a beloved teacher. phasics is hard, but he try #-d to make it fun for everybody. they took two boat tripser if year according to his wife, vicky. she dropped off her h

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the mayor in savannah, georgia.ng. >> bill: what do you see when you look out your window, sir? >> i see a bunch of blessings out here. i don't see anything that really got messed up. we were blessed. this storm came in close but all we ended up with was a good bit of wind and not much rain. and not much surge. we were very fortunate. i'm praying for the rest of the people up the coast having to deal with what they have to deal with. >> bill: how close did it come to savannah shore? was it 50 miles or more than that? >> it was more than that. it was probably i think they said something like 70 miles offshore when it came by. >> bill: you did get lucky. >> yes, we did. first anticipated coming directly into there. as it moved around it basically ended up towards charleston more than us. it turned before it got to us. but all we can do is pray for charleston and the bahamas and all those up the coast. hopefully they will fare well and move on past this so we can get on with our lives. >> bill: what do you think north

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i want to go to katie beck in savannah, georgia. when i was there yesterday, people had gone to savannah from southern florida to outrun the storm. and then they were confused by where is the storm actually going. >> reporter: yes. they might have come here to escape and then they had to escape again after the governor's order to evacuate earlier today. savannah looks different than it did yesterday. hotels have shut down, restaurants have shut down. we are right in the historic district. this is an area that is normally packed with people. it's actually closed to traffic most of the time because there are so many people wandering in the streets going to bars, restaurants, hotels. right now everything has sand bags, has plastic. this is an area that is basically a ghostland right now. it's kind of eerie, actually. the few times i have been to savannah have been full of life and fun especially in this area, a really big night slief spot. right now there is nobody out and about in savannah and none of the hotels have any dpess. and th

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nbc bay area's jay gray is in savannah, georgia, with the latest. >> we are in the middle of the forecast path right now here in savannah. we expect to see conditions really start to deteriorate over the next several hours. high winds, driving rains, and perhaps a bit of a storm surge here. and that's what we're going to see all along the southeastern atlantic coast throughout the day here today. let's start in the bahamas, though, where the devastation is overwhelming. heartbreaking to see what this storm did as it lingered there for almost two full days, really tearing apart communities, others underwater. now that things have accustomed as far as the conditions are concerned, the focus is getting into these battered communities and try to help survivors and continue to search for those missing right now. >> no effort or resources will be held back. >> now this storm is taking aim at the coast, and really, we've seen in florida, some effects from dorian, lashing waves, rain in an area that's already been saturated over the last month. the time to prepare, the time to evacua evacuate, qu

>> catie beck, in savannah, georgia.eague kelly o'donnell is there in washington to tell us the president's response. he mad a meeting with fema officials earlier. he pointed out several times today that alabama was in the danger zone. it isn't, at least so far. what else is the president saying can? >> well this is a case that the president has been getting a series of briefings. he's had them over the last several days and today went to the fema headquarters. spoke with reporters when he returned from camp david. he did that at the south law and then at the fema headquarters. he made a comment about a lack of familiarity with category 5 hurricanes. and yet, there have been some during his time in office. and of course the president has been briefed each hurricane season when these times have come up of course. he said he was aware of them, but was surprised by it. so that was curious as well. the president was accompanied by florida senator one of the close allies, florida senator, rick scott, who had been in washingto

those who are in the evacuation zones have moved out all right jay gray live for us there in savannah georgia thank you. dennis mcclain is the spokesperson for the united nations office for disaster risk reduction he said hurrican doyenne is tied to a broader trend that should not be ignored. this is the 4th consecutive year to do we have witnessed an extremely devastating atlantic hurricane season including category 5 hurricanes like dorian the sequence cannot be divorced from the fact that these last 5 years have been the hottest ever recorded because of the continuing rise in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hurricane dorian crystallizes the existential threat posed to small island developing states by the ongoing climate emergency this is an enormous humanitarian and development challenge challenge for the bahamas. census of seal pups in the u.k. has returned some promising results the count by scientists at london zoo found 138 harbor and gray seal pups a been born in the thames estuary this year the river thames was declared biologically dead in the 1950 s. off the oxygen levels fell

you see that area from melbourne all the way up to savannah, georgia, facing a possible seven-foot storm surge. accuweather's adam del rosso has been tracking the storm all night. adam, good morning. >>> janai and kenneth, good morning. major hurricane dorian still at category 5 with sustained winds of 180 miles per hour as it inches its way westward across the grand bahama islands. now we're going to be watching this gradually take a turn to the north as we head through early parts of the week. very slowly weakening. still a category 4 by tuesday morning then a category 3 as we head toward wednesday evening. still creating many problems along the southeast coast of the united states in terms of heavy rainfall, damaging wind gusts even though the eye wall is currently forecasted to stay off the coast. there's still going to be hurricane-force wind gusts across the carolinas at the coast as we head into the middle and tail end of the week. we're also talking about widespread flooding along the carolina coast and along the florida coast as well as we head through the week. this storm is go

. >> reporter: in savannah, georgia, families with little children and little means had to wait in the heat and long lines for a bus ride to safety. >> not everybody could pick up and leave. i'm one of those. i don't have the finance to go out of town and rent a motel or anything like that. >> i guess she's eating the grass. >> reporter: in florida the high tide from the storm brought this unusual sight. a manatee in someone's front yard. >> the tide is so high, they have a manatee swimming in the yard right now. you see him? wow. she's a big girl. >> you guys, in some ways this feels like a typical storm but you get intense wind gusts and sideway rain and reminds you it is a hurricane. as those orders remain in effect we've seen price gouging become a major problem. thousands of complaints coming in. people charging double the price for cases of water and increased prices on gas as they're trying to heed evacuation orders. >> the state attorney there promising to prosecute any price gouging claims there. >>> now to the humanitarian crisis in the bahamas. at least seven deaths confirme

continues as the powerful eye of dorian sets sights on the east coast catie beck, nbc news, savannah, georgiable job. somebody's got to do it. janessa's forecast is just ahead, plus an update on those devastating ldrewifis in the amazon rain forest you're watching "early today." here! being here matters but the cold and flu keeps some students from being here up to 60 million days every year. introducing 'here for healthy schools' a new program from lysol, dedicated to curbing the spread of illness in classrooms by teaching healthy habits and partnering with a smart thermometer company. learn about our mission at lysol.com before discovering nexium 24hr to treat her frequent heartburn, marie could only imagine enjoying freshly squeezed orange juice. now no fruit is forbidden. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? for all-day, all-night protection. beauty editors have tried everything in search of a whiter smile. their choice? crest 3d whitestrips. our exclusive formulation whitens safely for a 100% noticeably whi

from charleston back to savannah, heading down to brunswick, georgia and i was looking at the forecast from the sau st. john's river. hasn't rained as much as it did right before matthew. so that's why the river low levels are lower. the red shows you where the hurricane force winds are possible. but this big yellow encompassing area of about 150 from the ceptor, this is whery with could get tropical storm gusts into areas near west palm beach and this will be over the east coast of florida over the day today and into wednesday. that's why we could get power outages and gusts in the rauchg and we're not concerned with that. let's see how high it's going to put our winds up. 57/60 miles per hour gusts and maybe dead limbs falling. a lot of florida has underground power lines so trees don't usually have that sort of umpact. 55 daytona beach. as we go through wednesdmorning. we may only get winds gusting in the 20 to 30 miles per hour range. the weaker, the better, the more off the coast the better too. >> and as you put that huge cone there, are you more worried about storm surge? >> tha

continues as the powerful eye of dorian sets sights on the east coast katie beck, nbc news, savannah, georgia. >>> also tonight we're learning more about the seven people lost in that random shooting across two cities in west texas and investigators are revealing chilling new details about the gunman gunman. we'll get more from nbc's miguel almaguer. >> get down, get dow we'll get more from nbc's miguel almaguer themselves pinned down in a hail of gunfire. >> it's okay, it's okay. >> get down, get down, get down. >> oh [ bleep ]. >> reporter: before most victims had time to run they found themselves pinned down in a hail of gunfire >> it's okay, it's okay. >> reporter: officials now say the suspect seth ator had a criminal history, failed a gun purchase background check, and should have never owned the assault style rifle used to kill seven and wound 22 hours before the shooting, he was fired from his jobwas on a spiral of going down. he didn't wake up sa >> he was on a long spiral of going down he didn't wake up saturday morning and walk into his company and then it happened >> reporter: aft

evacuations and preparations in savannah georgia we've had a band of rain move through and it's just going to get progressively worse the conditions over the next several hours here were right in the middle of that forecast path and most here in savannah who have been told to evacuate it looks like they have for the most part there are those who are going to ride this out and we've seen plenty of them but yesterday they actually loaded buses up and moved people who didn't have another way out into shelters outside of the potential strike zone here will see this storm continue to move mirroring the coast and if it does make landfall it looks like at this point it would be by the end of the week and that would be in the outer banks of north carolina it's been losing a bit of its steam and and certainly some of that organization the eye wall not as organized as it used to be but the storm itself has spread out so it may affect more communities but not nearly as powerful as what they saw in the bahamas and boy you feel for everyone in the islands there seeing the devastation it left behi

joining us with the very latest from savannah, georgia mike tobin. mike how are you doing? >> we are doing all right, the georgia coast is not expected to take a direct hit from the hurricane, still the governor of georgia is urging people to take it very fiercely, we saw people boarding up but the boards are not extensive, probably more exposed class then you see boards. we saw people sandbagging but the sandbagging is not extensive. we spoke with a lot of people who said the wait to make an decision to heed the warning. a lot of people said they will write about. >> we will wait and see what it does, that the smartest thing to do instead of panic,. >> i'm gonna stick it out. reporter: the governor under state meteorologist is the hurricane will pass about 15 - 20 miles off the coast, the wind will be ashore as a tropical storm force winds, it will also move very slowly meaning dumping rain in the area for 24 - 30 hours and bring 4 - 7 storm surge to the area for 24 - 30 hours, that will pass through to high tides, the low-lying roads that connect the area to the coastal ar

georgia coast. see how far along it goes. in brunswick, savannah, charleston. so many low-lying areas. around savannah to myrtle beach, that's the worst of it. five to eight foot storm surge there. that's above high tide. so it's a lot of water. you get to wilmington, cape hatteras, inland, up to virginia beach, 4 to 6, 4 to 7 feet of storm surge there. in north carolina, mandatory evacuations in place for all of the state's barrier islands. the governor says the state faces an imminent threat. south carolina issuing mandatory evacuation nor the entire coastline. that affects 800,000 people in south carolina alone. first, dorian will pass near the georgia coastline with lots of rain and wind and storm surge. mike tobin reporting live in savannah. hello, mike. >> hi, shepard. one observation that we're making as we're getting the outer bands, we're two hours past high tide. if you look at the savannah river, the water is not going down. it's staying where it was. we're getting rain that increases and decreases. we're getting some gusts of winds from the outer bands. the concern is the w

there's a curfew in place in savannah, georgia. bridges are all closed.he curfew could be arrested. it's tough to get out now. but we're doing fine. we're glad we were able to get out of there. i'm mostly concerned about folks that didn't have the capability to get out as well. so -- maria: we'll be watching. you're not nervous about north carolina, obviously. you went to the mountains there. so you've gone way back from the shore. what did the activity feel like when you were leaving georgia? i mean, did it feel like a state of emergency? >> yeah, i think so. it did for the most part. again, except for a lot of folks were trying to -- seamed to ride it out. the highways almost immediately when the evacuation notice was issued we got text messages over the radio to get out. highways were packed. it took us twice as long to get to our location as we thought it would be and dorian -- the problem with savannah, georgia, it's a low-lying coastal area. even 4 inches from rain, they've had flooding. so they're really, really concerned the storm surge is going t

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edging toward florida after pummeling the bahamas causing widespread destruction jay gray is in savannah georgiah more. give us the latest. >> hey, those pictures from the bahamas just overwhelming when you see the amount of devastation this storm just sitting there for almost two days and lashing the island nation so our thoughts are with them as this storm does now begin to move toward the u.s. coast and it's interesting to see what's happening with the storm. it's lost a little bit of its intensity but it's spreading out so that's going to bring conditions into areas that may have not originally been on this track of the storm florida is starting to feel some of that with heavy seas. they're seeing rain and coastal surge in some areas. what we expect is that the storm is going to continue to mirror the coast line and a lot of communities from florida really through virginia are going to feel hurricane force winds, see that rain and coastal surge. beach erosion is going to be a problem in some of these communities. if it does make landfall at some point, the most likely scenario right now is l

communities all the way from florida to virginia jay gray is joining us now live once again from savannah, georgia. jay. >> hey there, brian. we're right in the middle of the forecast track and we expect to see conditions here change in the next several hours many of these coastal communities are going to get hurricane force winds. we're going to see storm surge and flooding, rains. so while the storm isn't making landfall at this point it's going to pack quite a punch as it moves up the coastline here the most likely scenario for that will be late this week and somewhere along the outer banks of north carolina. >> so what is your situation as far as the people around you your crew? the people of savannah is savannah empty right now? is it some what business as usual? are you seeing signs of activity or has everybody left? >>> everything is locked down and folks are watching this to see what is going to happen. that window is going to continue to get closed for communities as this thing continues to move on. so preparations just about over at this point. it's time to either move on or ride this th

and we're helping in florida and in savannah, georgia a couple years ago and going out.>> you know, you, there's, i think for anybody working in that, today, it feels like david and fwoe goliath. and obviously, so many things discussed in the debate tonight are going to have to happen. >> jimmy: mm-hm. >> to work hand in hand. prevention certainly is better than what we're doing. >> jimmy: be nice if we tried to cut back on this somehow rather than cleaning it up afterwards. you, i know, back stage we asked you to read a mean tweet for our segment "mean tweets", and you did do that. but you have some more. i understand. >> no, i didn't do it. >> jimmy: oh, you didn't do it. >> because i didn't want to on here, and i didn't do it the next time, because for me, doing it back stage feels like taking a selfie. >> jimmy: i see. >> and i don't, so i decided, i asked if i could just read them here with everybody. >> jimmy: yeah, read them here. [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: and i think this is interesting. one of our producers told me that you've not seen any of these. we jus

we have warnings that now extend from savannah georgia to the outer banks to the border of virginia. when you look at this infrared imagery, i want you to look at the colors of white near the core completing a circulation. kind of making that circle a little stronger possibly. we have winds at 105. it's in warm waters. the pressure is low enough i wouldn't be surprised to see these tick up to 110 or 115. even though it's a category 2, we cannot focus on that, the winds are so much broader. 115 miles right now from jacksonville. the conditions we've 150e7b on florida are nothing like we're going to see on the coast of georgia, south and north carolina. hurricane force winds extend outward 70 miles. the tropical storm force winds are out 175. it's got a broader wind field. conditions are going to start to deteriorate. you can see a 54 mile gust up there, as this system ticks upward, it's going to get close to that eye wall, getting in toward charleston. right now with the storm surge expected to move in, good, we could have five, six, seven feet. the water levels in the charleston harb

joining us with the latest on the ground in savannah, georgia, beautiful town in our very own mike tobin, mike, savannah, one of the nicest cities in america. >> it certainly is right now. it is a wet and windy city in america as we get close to the eye of the hurricane. what you see these bands coming through and the wind will increase. the rain will increase. and we are seeing these bands kind of increase with frequency closer and closer we get to the eye of the storm. it hasn't been really that bad. we haven't seen anything that catastrophic wins 50 miles an hour on tybee island and water up and over the top of tybee island. we seen the roads have been submerged and you have power outages but power outages by georgia power around the number of 2,000 right now so nothing really catastrophic. but with that said the worst is yet to come. look for the magic hour 1:30 on the money. that is high tide. that is about the time you will have a lot of the storm surge pushing up in this area. so then the roads that connect the mainland with the barrier islands and the coastal areas, those are ver

in savannah, georgia, families trying to follow official's orders waiting in bus lines to get out. >>n't have the vehicles. i don't have the finances to go out of town. >> reporter: not everyone listening to those evacuation orders. some choosing to hunker down, ride out the storm after it was downgraded to category 2. the flooding and storm surge is still serious threats. authorities warn first responders may not be able to get to you in time. live in new smyrna beach, florida, serena marshall, abc news. >>> people in the bahamas need help. disney, the parent company of abc 7 is donating $1 million toward relief and recovery efforts in the bahamas. you can help out, too. donations can be made by calling 1-800-red-cross. you can also text the word dorian to 90999 to donate $10 or you can donate through our website, abc7news.com. >>> at least one person is dead after a crash in san mateo county. this happened just before 1:30 on highway 101 near marsh road in menlo park. the chp says one car went off the freeway and down 15 feet into an embankment. it's unclear what caused the car to c

we're all over it with mike dough bin in savannah, georgia where folks are hunkering down and steve harrigan in the bahamas where it's going to be awhile until things start looking up. we begin with mike. mike, what is the latest there? >> well, the latest is that we're in the outer bands of the hurricanes. comes and goes right now. we get some rain, we get some wind gusts that increase and decrease. we're in a lull right now. we're about two hours out of high tide or even more. as you look back to the water, the high tide just hasn't gone down much in several hours since we were at its peak. that may have to do with the fact that the eye of the hurricane is south and east of here. it's going to come closer and bring the rain, bring the tropical storm force winds in this direction and dump rain on everything in this area and bring with it the storm surge. that is key because the roads that connect where we are on the mainland to the barrier islands are very likely going to be under water in the middle of the night. people have elected to ride out the storm on the barrier islands close to the

i want to go back to katie beck, she is in savannah, georgia, right now. katie, we were just talking about savannah. you're a little inland from the ocean. so maybe that storm surge won't be as devastating, but that place which is a really exciting place to be on labor day weekend, has cleared out. >> reporter: that's right. it's definitely a ghost town tonight, ali. as that storm is moving slowly and taking its time, it seems like people here in savannah were in a rush to get out after those evacuation orders. as you can see, sandbags here at the doors. restaurants and hotels. most hotels today shut down around noon asking guests to leave after those evacuation orders. we were among some of those guests. we had to find a different place to stay here in savannah. the options are very limited. as we talked about earlier, this is a thoroughfare for nightlife, traffic, and there isn't a single person in any of these restaurants or any of these hotels along the way. sandbags at the door. hotels closed. the mayor of savannah giving a press conference tonight rea

catie beck for us in savannah, georgia. on the phone with me is mayor "of palm beach gardens, 90 miles west of where the storm is right now. mayor, for the moment, things look a little better than they did a few hours ago for how palm beach is going to do and palm beach gardens is going to do in the next few days. >> we are fortunate that the storm is taking a northern turn. obviously we feel very sad for what's happening in the bahamas. here in the city, we've been just watching and monitoring. there's been little activity on the roads. people heeded advice just to stay home. there wasn't a lot of traffic on the roads, very few businesses were open. we're just watching and feeling very fortunate. >> what do you do in an instance like this where the storm moves so close, so slowly, that you're not clear of it yet, it does not look like it's headed towards you. how does it affect your planning? what kind of calls are you getting from people? should they stay, go, come back? >> we told people to stay put while they were here.

mike tobin joins me from savannah, georgia. hi, mike. >> we are in the outer band of the hurricane.eing periods of intensity. the wind and rain will pick up and then it's kind of a calm period. the real concern is the storm surge, the eye is south and east of where we are. high tide will be 130 this morning.. that times out with the tide, we are expecting a storm surge of five to 8 feet. that virtually guarantees that the roads connecting the coastal areas, those will be underwater and people have elected to write out the storm in their homes by the beach, they will be stuck until the end and that's what got the governor concerned. >> we are worried about the barrier islands getting cut off if we have the storm surges at the same time the hurricane is coming through. when the high tides are. i've told folks over the last two days, we can't get medical assistance to you if you get cut off. >> something that's making this hurricane unique is that it's big and it's a creeper. it's going to bring wind. it's going to bring rain. it's going to bring the storm surge. it's going to do what

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jay gray is live for us in the middle of the forecast path in savannah, georgia. things look calm where you are now. >> reporter: yes, marcus, really a beautiful start to the day here in savannah, nice sunshine, a light breeze. that will likely change dramatically over the next 24 to 48 hours, as this storm now creeps toward the u.s. coast. dorian relentless, ravaging the bamas for more than 24 hours. >> we are in the midst of a historic tragedy. in parts of northern bahamas. >> reporter: violent winds ripping apart communities, soaking rain, and a storm surge in some areas two stories high, swallowing homes. >> we are literally in the ocean. >> reporter: an ocean that's beginning to surge along the florida coast now, the peninsula starting to feel the effects of the massive hurricane, continuing what will be a long, tense week along the eastern seaboard. the latest forecast track shows dorian shadowing the coast, no clear landfall, but still close enough to cause serious problems. you can look to what happened overnight in the bahamas, devastating impact and the e

all those are still on the cards -- on the table i should say from savannah, georgia, cape hatteras, as far north as salisbury, maryland. >> just as you were speaking, according to the weather service and our own weather team, this thing has ticked back up to a category 3. >> it's now back up to a 3. >> so stay with us, al. we're going to be talking about the weather and the maps. the altered reality in the next block. >>> president trump showing off a hurricane map doctored with a sharpy shar sharpiy. how did that happen? he claimed alabama was in the path of the hurricane when it wasn't. we'll have why this all matters for the sake of the safety of the americans. al roker is staying with us on "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. y. ( ♪ ) romo mode. (beep) (bang) good luck with that one. yes! that's why i wear skechers slip-ons. they're effortless. just slip them right on and off. skechers slip-ons, with air-cooled memory foam. you get more than yourfree shipping.ir, you get everything you need for your home at a great price, the way it works best for you, i'll take that. wait honey

councilman is worried about wind damage, helping neighbors board up their homes, and then over in savannah georgiaare concerned about a disruption to their peak tourism season. >> it's going to come in here and mess us up. this is our best year and september and october is about the best year for shrimp. so if this comes in here, it's going to mess us up. >> meteorologist janessa westbound webb is with us. >> forecasting right now, we're not going to potentially see a landfall here with the center of the eye. but we do have an outer eye and then you have those rain bands. those still could cause major damage and the major floodings, so even though we're not going to see the center of the eye hit land, we still are going to have a big-time event here. let's check out the latest here. we do have sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. i think with the latest update you're really going to notice the slowdown. we are talking about monday into tuesday this storm system slowing down out of the northwest to, i think, about 3 to 2 miles per hour. that's walking pace for some people here. so it's going to s

"today in the bay's" jay gray is in savannah, georgia, this morning, for us with more. >> reporter: as dorian inches toward the coast, we're getting a closer look now at the devastation the storm left behind. abaco in the bahamas battered and broken, communities splintered, others swallowed by floodwaters, the island ravaged. >> absolute devastation, and it really is heartbreaking just from the air, it looks completely leveled. >> reporter: images serve as a stark warning for those now in the path of the storm. >> this is not a storm to mess with as we have seen how deadly it was when it went across the bahamas. >> reporter: across the southeast. >> is this one go in the car? >> reporter: families are packing up and pulling out, busloads leaving savannah for higher ground. >> says to leave when you have the opportunity to leave. >> reporter: from florida through the carolinas, more than 1 million people have been told to evacuate, ahead of what could be hurricane force winds, flooding rains and a storm surge in communities from florida to virginia. >> the water is just coming over and

let's turn now to katie beck, who is in savannah, georgia. how are things there? >> reporter: hey, chris. well, it's pretty much a ghost town right now. we are on the riverfront, right in downtown historic issavannah. this is a popular area most nights, hotels, restaurants, bars. since about midday today, it has been deserted. you're going to see sandbags at the doors, bar stools up on tables. garbage bags, entire bars cov covered up with sheets. this is not normal. this is a place that would see a lot of traffic, a lot of tourists, but given the fact they are waiting for dorian and those mandatory evacuation orders were put into place today, a lot of people heeded that warning and got out of town, especially when their hotel said, we're closing the doors, head out. so, the mayor of savannah tonight issuing a very ominous warning, saying to folks, this is not something to try and ride out, not this one. this is not the storm to try your luck. you only have one life and he doesn't want to see any lives lost, so, he was urging people that were still here to make the

. >> molly hunter from savannah, georgia, enough for being with us. that wraps up the hour for me. be sure to stay with msnbc for all of the latest on hurricane dorian. you're looking live at jacksonville beach in florida where the category 2 storm is bringing whipping winds and rising waters. thank you very much for watching. you will see ali velshi live from south carolina tomorrow afternoon and "deadline: white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. >>> hi, everyone, it's 4:00 in new york and we're watching hurricane dorian as it closes in on south carolina on what could become the most dangerous storm day for the u.s. mass evacuations are ordered for south carolina, which is bracing for its worst flooding in decades. we will get a report from al roker in a minute. but it may have been these images of the devastation in the bahamas to inspire donald trump earlier today to send the u.s. coast guard to provide humanitarian relief to residents there. seven people have been reported dead in the bahamas but that doege toll is expected too rise as aide workers can finally begin

welcome to "fox news @ night," i'm shannon bream in washington buried would begin tonight in savannah, georgia, . mike tobin, where communities are bracing against hurricane dorian's impact. mike. >> well, shannon, to respect the power of the storm, look no further than the impact of the bahamas with that death toll at 20. the health minister expecting the death toll to rise as people have an opportunity to go through all the debris out there. if you look at the islands of abaco and the grand bahama, entire neighborhoods have been reduced to nothing more than splinters of construction supplies. the people who have survived the storm are lucky to be alive, glad to be alive, and glad to have the support of their fellow bahamians. >> 70 people are trying to help. 20, 30 people have offered so much. you know, we are all wearing the same clothes that we escaped this house in. sorry. so it's just really good to get that support. we will just find another house and just start again. >> people on the florida coast, by comparison, got off easy. a lot of wind, a lot of rain, downed trees. power outages