. >>> let's bring in lindsey reiser in savannah, georgia, where the storm is heading. lindsey the storm has made its way into southern georgia, we're talking about vadalia areas don't see heavy rainfall aftermath of storms, talk to us about what is happening where you are, what are people saying to you, do they feel like they're prepared? >> reporter: i tell you what we're expecting first, ellison, bill was talking about low tide, we have seen the savannah river recede somewhat. we're expecting by the time it reaches us this evening, around 5:0010:00 it will have weakened to a trap koll storm but we're still looking at 50, 60 miles per hour winds. we haven't seen the worst of it in savannah. one family's power were out. there have been people walking around, definitely feels like they're not expecting the worst of it until later as well, ellison. >> elsewhere in georgia what are people in feeling. >> reporter: elsewhere many georgia, southern georgia, idalia came as a category 1 hurricane and some areas saw 90 mile an hour winds. tens of thousands of people are without

>> it is right on target currently 40 miles west of savannah, georgia. 70-mile-per-hour winds. that's a tropical storm moving northeast at 21 miles per hour we have tornado watches, as lindsey mentioned, from wilmington all the way down to charleston some tornado warnings embedded in there. these tornado watches in effect till 10:00 p.m. this evening. 17 million are under tropical storm warnings from daytona beach to cape hatteras we are looking at the path of the storm to pass by wilmington sometime early tomorrow, then by tomorrow afternoon, it's out into the atlantic, good riddance. we do have storm surges possible, two to five feet charleston's high tide, 8:24, so we'll be watching that carefully. the possibility of tornadoes from savannah to morehead city, and rainfall amounts, lester, four to eight inches generally but could have another ten inches throughout the carolinas. >> all right, al roker, thank you. >>> and we have been talking about that catastrophic storm surge, up to nine feet of it, and those powerful winds hitting florida. our gabe gutierrez was on the groun

savannah, georgia, could have gusts as high as 100 miles an hour and near landfall. could be well over 140 miles an hour. and also 8 to 12in of rain from south georgia to florida. back to you. morgan and andrew, this is one serious storm. >> kevin, thank you. and stay with abc news for live coverage of hurricane idalia. and in just a few minutes, we'll hear from a top emergency management official in florida. >> well, 11 people had to be hospitalized after severe turbulence on a delta flight to atlanta. the flight coming from milan, italy, landed safely. 165 people were on board, but none of those injuries considered life threatening. that turbulence, though, hit just as the plane approached atlanta. >> a grad student at the university of north carolina is held without bond, charged with fatally shooting an assistant professor. a source confirms a social media account linked to the suspect included complaints about being overworked and bullying. the victim who served as the suspect's advisor, was a father of two. >> we're getting the first glimpse of paul whelan in t

. >> savannah, georgia is the next large city in tropical storm a idalia's path. and ryan young is there. the storm surge is a real concern where you are? >> reporter: you can see the savannah river behind us, it was a lot higher yesterday. they are worrying about a cresting to the point where some of the businesses have put up these water dams to stop the water from coming but look, this is one of america's most traveled cities. people come here all the time and we see this family from new york, you guys just got in from new york. what brought you to savannah? >> we flew into savannah and travel to hilton head to have fun with the kids but then we came here because of the hurricane so we felt safer in savannah. >> were you concerned at all when you saw the storm surge going this direction? >> we were concerned and that's why we left hilton head and came here to savannah. it's been great, we feel safe. >> i know the hotels but a lot of preparation into this. what are you worried about in the next few hours. have you been three hurricane before? >> we live in manha

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when the storm crosses inland, it continues on as a category one near savannah, georgia, and curling the coast into thursday. our own forecast has a different threat which is fire danger and air quality impacts due to wildfire smoke. you'll notice our warm temperatures overnight, especially in the hills, in the 70s. upper 60s, san jose and livermore. we don't expect windy conditions and it will be the hilltops that experience that along the diablo range and northbay mountains. look at santa rosa, right there. it's a clear sign of the northwind was warmer and drier air. we have a north wind direction, warm and dry overnight with the northbay hills from eastern napa county, sonoma, into lake county, northern celano with a red flag warning until 8:00 tomorrow with wind overnight. it's that direction that brings down the wildfire smoke across the bay area and then we hope the sea breeze will push more of that smoke out for the evening. there is a look at the air quality forecast, a spare the air day. it's a smoky start with dry wind and a lot of heat in the afternoon with temperatures in

. >> host: frank is called in from savannah georgia. >> caller: yes, i've been a proud left liberal sincey 20s and i still enter i'm 68 now but more and more i see people on b my side of the spectrum acting like it actually lost their monster like marjorie taylor green, plaintiff people likegr that. there are prominent liberals like bill moore who speak out against it but she's one of the few brave ones. he has the power and money to do that. if i mayhe i would like to mentn one particular thing, you keep talking about like in modern art there there's, i wonder why you b keep harping on it. there's a sculpture, german sculpture of a policewoman in a museum and that indicative of the total decline of our civilization. but now, there are a lot of others or worcester i can't describe them on air but do you know what i'm talking about? >> guest: yes, i do in fact. yes, i actually cite it in a footnote in my rational bible. the attack on beauty. i didn't develop that idea but much of modern art and intemperate art, is referring ho an award-winning sculpture in germany of a policewoman crouchin

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. >> frank is calling from savannah georgia. hi, frank. caller: hi, yes i've been a proud left liberal since my early 20's and i still am. i'm 68 years old but more and more i see people on my side of the spectrum acting like they have actually lost their minds. it's like the marjorie taylor greene's, we have plenty of people like that now. but there are prominent liberals like bill barr who speak out against it. he's one of the brave ones. he has the money to do that. i mention one particular thing, you keep talking about in modern art, because i wonder why steve harvey -- there is a sculpture, a german sculpture of a policewoman in a museum. and you seem to think it is indicative of the total decline of civilization. and there are a lot of others that are worse. i cannot describe them, but you know what i'm talking about. >> yes, i do in fact. i actually cite it in a footnote in the rational bible. the attack on beauty. i did not develop that idea, but russian modern art, contemporary art, he is referring to an award-winning sculpture of

. >> host: frank is coming in from savannah, georgia. >> hi.t a liberal since my early 20s and i still am. sixty-eight years' old. more and more i see people on my side and respect them acting like they lost their minds. we have plenty of people like that now. he is where the he has the power and the money to do that. missing one particular thing you keep talking about mike in modern art i wonder we keep harping on it. there is a german sculpture of a policewoman in a museum. you seem to think that is indicative of the title to the client of thein civilization. there's a lot of others that are worse. cannot describe it on the air. but do you know what i'm talking about? >> i have a footnote in my rational bible. the attack on beauty, i did not develop that idea. but much of modern art contemporary art he is referring to an award-winning sculpture in germany called a policewoman crouching and urinating and even the puddle of urine is sculpted. it was a gigantic exhibition and the netherlands a few years ago covered seriously on the front page of

it is sitting georgia, south carolina, all flights out of savannah, georgia, were canceled today in florida. local law enforcement reporting 2 deaths from car accidents during the storm calling them weather related. our kron 4 is a reporter. blake eastern is live in tarpon springs for us. a city in central florida's gulf coast area seeing all kinds of flooding there how are folks said they're dealing with it tonight? >> hey, good evening. see about you said it best. you know what a difference. 24 hours i can tell you right this is tarpon springs, 115 miles southwest of where hurricane made landfall. but as you look around, a small coastal town, you can quickly see that dahlia really left its mark on it. obviously a direct result of that powerful category 3 storm that moved up florida's gulf coast, you know, bringing winds north of 120 miles per hour. flooding cars, streets, you name it. it came along with this hurricane as far as tarpon springs ago. i believe we have video we can show you of what this town looked like a little bit earlier today. residents tell us that they woke up this morn

tonight, i dalia is near savannah, georgia, racing northeast 20 miles per hour come off myrtle beachn, but along the track, here is that future radar forecast, heavy rain, rainfall rates of 1-2 inches per hour. with our flood watches up from the parts of georgia crossed eastern carolinas, and the tornado watch continues until 10:00 eastern. that include savannah, charleston, myrtle beach, and wilmington. but the rainfall totals, even with this rapid movement, are prolific. some areas could get 8-12 inches of rain. again, turn around, don't drown. it will all be off the coast by tomorrow afternoon. and we do have some good news tonight, norah. tampa's international airport, which canceled just about every flight yesterday and today, only has 16 flights canceled tomorrow, so if you want to get down to the suncoast as the sun returns, you can do it. norah? >> norah: mike seidel, thank you for that. now to tonight's other top stories. there are new concerns over the health of the top senate republican after mitch mcconnell suddenly froze again today, standing speechless in front of repor

island is doing everything they can to help sea turtles hatch babies joseph leonard from our savannah, georgia: if you take a stroll across the beaches on hilton head islaland, , you'll notice some orange signs and a barrier around them. each protecting more than 100 sea turtle eggs. >> we're having hatching all over the place thousands of hatchlings leaving the beach. >> reporter: data shows more than 10,000 baby sea turtles have been hatched. a couple years ago, hilton head island signed an ordinance meant to protect the nests and now they're seeing the impact of the changes. turning off your lights is crucial. it helps the baby turtles find the ocean and not end up in your back yard. >> it was revised to include interior lights, which on these glass-front houses definitely make a difference. the light coming out of the house has dto be down 50% >> reporter: when kids dig holes they have to refill them nothing can be left on the beach overnight. sand castles have to be attorney dorn down 30 minutes before sundown >> the areas arere heavily trafficked look k like a a l lae ararea if we cocoul

she became a social worker in savannah, georgia, before becoming a teacher in augusta georgia..her alberto bethune. they subsequently moved to florida where she found what is now bethune-cookman university whose 77th 77th commencemes honored to keynote several weeks ago and become a wildcat. she was active in the national council colored women's and girls clubs but found them to be too docile. her activism led her to the founding of the national council of negro women currently headed by doctor thelma dailey, a graduate of bowie state university. my late mother was a loyal and enthusiastic fan of this trailblazing leader, and insisted that i learned everything i could about her. it was partly as a tribute to my mother that i lobbied governor john charles west to support placing a portrait of mary mcleod bethune in the south carolina state capitol building. on july 10, 1976, ms. bethune became the first person of color in south carolina's history to be so honored. and thanks to my colleagues in thisth body and the state of florida, today she becomes the first black person to have

transaction with crow from a 22013 bought three properties from him and his family members in savannah, georgias said he didn't realize he had to report the sale because he did not make a profit from it. thomas has been under intense media scrutiny for his relationships with crow and other wealthy conservatives, who picked up the tab for luxury vacations on private jets and yachts, prompting criticism from democrats that he didn't disclose some financial benefits, even if friends like crow never had business before the court. >> if there is come and i quote, reasonable cause to believe," i must refer him to the justice department for further investigation. >> reporter: thomas' attorney says those suggestions were ridiculous and motivated by hatred for his judicial philosophy. now justice thomas did not amend his reports to disclose travel like those luxury trips from years past. he has maintained that under the old disclosure rules, it wasn't required. this is the first report, the made clear justices going forward need to disclose that kind of travel. he says he is following the rules, and tha

rob leads us off in savannah, georgia, tonight. >> reporter: tonight, hurricane idalia cutting a path of destruction and devastation across the southeast. the powerful hurricane making landfall around 7:45 a.m., with sustained winds near 125 miles per hour. the eyewall slamming ashore in perry. >> as of five minutes ago, we all received a message on our phones about an extreme wind -- an extreme wind warning, and you can tell why. >> reporter: snapping trees and stop signs. watch mcdonald's golden arches ripped apart by powerful winds. >> it's starting to circulate around. when that rain hits you, i mean, it's like nails right to the face. >> reporter: dewayne williams and his son racing for cover as winds peeled away the roof above them. >> i felt the roof coming off, so i grabbed my 3-year-old son, and i ran downstairs to the downstairs room, and they opened the door for me, my mom and dad. but it was really terrible going on up there. >> reporter: on cedar key, accuweather storm chasers capturing record-breaking storm surge. nearly seven feet of water. tanks and other debris floati

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host: back to savannah, georgia and hear from brad on the democrats line. caller: good morning, bill. happy friday. i've enjoyed to listen to my fellow georgians this morning. i have an odd twist on this. the case was brought by the d.a. in fulton county. it is one county. it is where the state capital is but there are other counties in georgia. budget those da's not pursue the same charges? fulton county has more money. it is incredible that fani willis had the time to prosecute this case or the resources to do so. we all saw the pictures of the rice street facility there. knowing that joe is under investigation by the department of justice. -- knowing that jail is under investigation by the department of justice. how did this thing come to be to fruition in one county in georgia? i would like somebody to answer and explain that to me. host: one more call from georgia . john on the line, republican caller. caller: yes, thank you. you got several people call in to suggest and write in to suggest that trump should stop believing he won the election. isn't th

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georgia. it'll be as close to you in savannah at about 6:00 p.m.t's when you could see some of your strongest winds, high tide at 8:30 and 8:00 in charleston and savannah, the coastline of georgia and south carolina, that's when we expect the worst storm surge. whoever has the strongest winds at that time, that's where we could see the major coastal flooding maybe even top ten all time. water issues far into the north here up the south carolina coastline then tomorrow morning this thing exits just south of cape fear in the wilmington area. a zoomed in view of the eye. notice it's falling apart. the northern eye wall is moving onshore and the hurricane center will declare landfill when the center of the eye, so if we do the circle like this, it would be right here so we're about ten miles from shore. and it's going to come onshore south of perry here and this is what you don't want to go through. this bright thunderstorm, this is where the strongest winds will be. that's what it's inching its way toward perry, maybe half hour to 45 minutes from perr

amy lee copeland is a criminal defense and appellate attorney based in savannah georgia, also served rney's office in the southern district of georgia. andrew weissmann served as lead prosecutor for special counsel mueller's office. coasting the prosecuting donald trump podcast. both join me now. all right, let's first your reaction to the april 2026. that seems good, seems fair reasonable. look obviously that is absurd. but you would expect the defense usually does not want to have a fast show. so it's really not to be folded. i do want to caution people that it is important to remember that as much as people want to see people held to account and have a trial. part of the rule of law mean says defense is entitled to prepare. and so i think really the issue for judge check-in. it will also be the issue in georgia. is essentially how much time do they need. in d.c., what is the delta of what they already had because of january 6th committee data dump. they had lots and lots of information. so donald trump's team is not starting. what is the uncommon, how much time do they really need?

deal for real estate, a deal that harlan crow had made with his family for three properties in savannah, georgia. in all of the situations, i wanted to stress, boris, the context here. there is so much more scrutiny and the justices, and justifiable scrutiny on the justices, and perhaps wealthy ben factors influencing in cases that are under the law of the land that we live under, and also that they have no for mall bac backdrop. also today, we heard from a lawyer of clarence thomas saying that any mistakes that the justice had made were inadvertent. and another statement from elliott burke said that the attacks against justices are nothing but blood sport for the politics from the release. and so what he is talk about the justices being influenced by the big wealthy mega donors to republican and conservative causes at the time when the court is getting more conservative, and those are kinds of issues that are raised by the new filings today, boris. >> and joan, i wanted to ask about him talking about taking travel jet travel because of security concerns. >> that is the first time that we have h

i went to savannah georgia about 10 years ago to give a talk to teachers on douglass's narrative because they were teaching it. apologies to some of you who may have heard this story. but my host at the georgia historical society said, there's a local collector who wants to meet you and have lunch. i said that's fine. that collector was walter evans who is now a dear friend, and to whom this book is in part dedicated. he got out on his dining room table his douglass collection. walter deserves a moment here. everywhere i speak about this i give walter as many moments as i can. he's an african-american retired surgeon who grew up in's aggravated -- in segregated savannah. went to the michigan medical school, practiced in detroit for 30 some years. which gave us a lot in, and because i grew up in flint, michigan. although he had season tickets to the tigers and i could never afford them. [laughter] at any rate walter started collecting in the 1970's. african-american rare books, manuscripts. and in his remarkable house in savannah is a library of rare books. name any book in the african-am

plus, we've also got those tornado watches in effect for parts of georgia, including savannah.hasn't expired yet. set to expire at 3:00 p.m. we'll see if they're going to extend that. this one includes charleston to wilmington, that will last until 10:00 p.m. we want you to be aware of tornadoes after the sun goes down. they are 50% more deadly. watch for that in this region. we're going to start to see it winding down for florida. this isn't going to be winding down until we get into the late evening hours tonight when it comes to the storm surge for the southeast coast. places like brunswick, savannah, charleston, 2 to 5 feet of storm surge. we've got on shore winds right now, and, chris, savannah and charleston have not reached their high tide, that happens around 7:00, 8:00, and that's when we're expecting the storm surge to be the worst for those areas. it's something to watch through the evening hours. >> thank you for that. let's go back to florida. a relatively rural area that's about an hour south of where hurricane idalia came ashore. the coastal sections were inundat

. >>> right now, savannah is preparing for heavy flooding as idalia is moving through georgia, coming florida. that's where we find lindsey reiser. are you starting to feel the impact? >> reporter: thanks for having us. we know idalia entered georgia as a category 1 hurricane this morning. some people in the state are without power. they have been experiencing high winds and flash flooding. here in savannah, we had heavy rain this morning. as you can see at the river, we see whitecaps but it's a lull in the storm. we are expecting to get tropical storm force winds this evening. between 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. is what the governor said. we will keep an eye on it. it looks like the strongest winds will be later this evening. >> thank you so much. we will jump to governor ron desantis in florida on what is his assessment. >> there are more than 250,000 accounts that are currently out of power and in need of restoration. as you would imagine, the counties that have the highest percentage of power outages are the counties in the main pathway of the storm. utility workers are actively working to

joining me now from savannah, georgia, msnbc anchor lindsey reiser, so it looks like you're in the thick of some bad weather right there. what's it like? >> reporter: we have been getting with heavy rain and wind. schools have gone virtual. city services have stopped, including sanitation, but we are still expecting some of the worst of it. luckily idalia is expected to downgrade to a tropical storm by the time it reaches us. this is what the mayor told our colleague, andrea mitchell about the path and what we can expect. >> we know that our impacts will really start coming this afternoon. the conditions here will deteriorate as the day goes on. between 5:00, and 10:00, we're expecting to be over us, and again, obviously we're very concerned about the wind. we're already under a hurricane warning, a storm surge warning, always very dangerous. low lying land like savannah. >> reporter: as of right now, many flights have been cancelled but the airport is still open. we'll continue to monitor that. hunker down, ride it out, get to somewhere safe if you need to. all the concern that we are s

2014, harlan crow had paid for, he had bought three properties that the thomas family owned in savannah, georgiaand this was the first time that thomas was going to acknowledge that, also. >> this ignited a firestorm of criticism from conservatives about them and also criticisms from others about justice thomas, his attorneys pushing back? >> remember the context. it's the court general lack of transparency. what his lawyer said when he revealed these new filings as he said, they said that any mistakes were inadvertent and he also added a statement that reflects the tone of what's going on now, the lawyer said, the attacks on justice thomas are nothing less than ridiculous and dangerous and they set a terrible precedent for political bloodsport through federal ethics filings. you know, it goes to show, not just pushing back on the fact that he has to disclose these things but also the atmosphere that his lawyer claims that this was all coming from, political enemies going after clarence thomas but these trips and travel and private jet opportunities, other justices disclose them themselves. >> w

something he did in 2014 when harlan crow purchased properties of the thomas family down in savannah, georgiackdrop of the court not having a formal ethics code, having issues with lack of transparency and a lot more public scrutiny on the just tises off bench activities. >> in cases like this involves justices or lawmakers, one of the defenses will be, you know, flimsy or not, will be, everybody does this kind of thing to some degree. is thomas taking unusual liberties in terms of the kinds of gifts and value of the gifts he accepted? >> okay. first let's tell people what clarence thomas' lawyer said here. he said that this is all inadvertent, that any kind of mistakes that were not reported before was inadvertent and put out a statement that said that the attacks on justice thomas are nothing less than ridiculous and dangerous and set a terrible precedent for blood sport, political blood sport, through federal ethics filings. now so they're saying that this is all part of the controversy, but to your question of is what clarence thomas doing different? yes, he has a very tight relationship

areas such as tallahassee, gainesville, lake city and as far north and east as valdesta and savannah, georgiacenario out of gulf of mexico that made major hurricane status, that does not happen in this region. >> todd: in a storm of this size and you are in it, what are you looking for? what is your coverage plan? in simpler terms, why are you there, bret? >> well, best thing for me to do while i'm here is a, report the story and not become it. we've been here a couple days scouting the areas and found safe spots where we can go to bring the imagery. most people evacuates, but they want to see what is happening in their community as quickly as they can. we bring images out to the public and let you disseminate those as safely as we can while spreading the message of what is occurring on the ground during the deadly storm. >> todd: so glad you mention that. in sandy, my family was evacuated. i wanted to see what we were going to be going back to and it is tough. having individuals like you on the ground to give a sense of the situation is invaluable. thank you. we appreciate your coverage. >>

idalia right now is barreling toward savannah, georgia, with the center of the storm 60 miles away.hat's where we find ryan young, the calm before the storm. ryan, how have conditions changed there as idalia is inching closer and closer to you? >> reporter: yeah, jake, this community has been on high alert. it is a coastal town. they're aware of how dangerous a hurricane can be. we have been watching the water all day. they're worried about the water rising, so much so that a lot of businesses have been putting a lot of preparation into this. this business is closed. they have the sandbags stacked up here on the outside and we have been seeing this multiply all across the area. the government has also told people, look, we want people to stay home. we're not sure when the streets are going to flood. the preparation has really got really extensive. especially at the businesses that are along the riverfront. that's what you call a water dam. they filled this up with water to make sure when the water hits the banks and comes toward all this commerce that the water stops here. and it is

includes several updates and revisions to past reports including details on the 2014 purchase of a savannah georgiaof thomas's mother and real estate deals with members of the thomas family so she can live their rent free. after reviewing the records i'm confident there has been no willful ethics transgression and any prior reporting errors were strictly inadvertent. critics say -- he has never accepted a gift from anyone with business before the court. the lawyer also went on to say some of these reports were slack reporting and erroneous. not just justice thomas under scrutiny but sotomayor, her staff reportedly often prodded schools to buy her memoir and children's books that earned her a total of $3.7 million. earlier this week 112 of justice thomass former law clerks say many of the news stories are part of a larger attacks on the court and its legitimacy. >> dana: thank you for jumping on that story for us. >> aishah: gop candidates are getting ready for the second presidential debate hosted by non-other than our own dana perino. fox business will host it. who has qualified? officials are wor

visit purple.com or a store near you >>> savannah, georgia, is making a major change to a historic downtown to rename calhoun square after suzy king taylor. she was a black woman who once taught slaves to read and write during the civil war. taylor was an army nurse and organized add school to teach emancipated slaves. she later opened more schools for black students. the square, which is a popular tourist attraction in georgia's oldest city, was originally named after former vice president john c. calhoun, who was known for defending slavery and owning slaves himself. >>> a pilot on an overseas trip received rounds of applause for a special and unexpected announcement. here is cnn's jenny most. >> reporter: it's not unusual for a pilot to praise his exceptional crew, but this pilot singled out a certain flight attendant on board on a flight from washington to madrid the other day. he announced it was the first time in two years at united that he was flying the plane that his mom was working. >> she's been one of my biggest supporters of my career of becoming a pilot, ever since my first fl

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. -- is a criminal defense -- and savannah georgia also served as a fellow chief of -- in the southernld trump podcast and both join me now. all right andrew, let's first hear your reaction to the april 2026. that seems good, that seems fair, that seems reasonable. >> so, look, obviously that's absurd, but you'd expect -- doesn't usually want a fast trial so it's really not to be faulted. i do want to caution people that it is important to remember that as much as people want to see people held account and have a trial, part of the rule of law means the defense is entitled to prepare. so, i think the issue for judge chutkan and also the issue in georgia is essentially how much time do they really need. and d.c., what is the delta of what they already had because of the january six committee sort of data dump? i mean, they have lots of information, so, donald trump's team is not starting -- . so, the issue is sort of what is that incremental how much time do they really need? i think the government has been unrealistic and asking for their dates and clearly the defense is asking for far

cotton is live in savannah, georgia, where a state of emergency is currently in effect. c.b. >> good afternoon, aishah. more than 65,000 people across the state are currently without power as hurricane idalia barrels through the region. all throughout today we have seen on and off rainfall and some heavy wind gusts, some in excess of 90 miles per hour earlier today, this savannah river behind me was looking much choppier. hurricane idalia passes over southeast and coastal georgia. in savanah, they fear the arrival coupled with the high tide will cause flooding. some trees were uprooted and power lines knocked down, closing northbound lanes of i-57. earlier today, people rushing to grab last-minute supplies before hunkering down and riding out the storm. >> we are just here, we are just going to hunker down and try to ride it out. >> say inside, and if they tell you to leave, leave. >> as you mentioned, there is a state of emergency in effect for georgia right now. this afternoon, governor brian kemp reminding everyone it's best to stay at home if you can because we are n

amy lead copeland is a criminal defense in savannah georgia's. ved as the appellate chief of the attorneys office in the district of georgia. amy, can we start with the defendants who are trying to get, they're asking for speedy trials. kenneth chesebro went first. and fani willis responded and said yeah, we are ready october 23rd. two months from now. and sidney powell has done that too and john eastman says he's like, what am i missing? the theme light not enough time to prep and events. >> hey, chris, we've all been drinking water from a fire hose this week as we're trying to process everything. but the defendants have a right to make a speedy trial demand under georgia law. the timing of the demand and what the statute says, it has to be a speedy trial indeed. the case has to be ready for jury selection prior to november 3rd, which is why the october 23rd day was selected. october 30th is the last full week in october. so the judge wanted to put just a bit of wiggle room in the schedule to make sure everything started on time. >> but what is t