instead of pizza hut, pizza shaq >> steve: pizza shaq >> jimmy: all right.oing to do that it's our next challenge. pizza challenge, me versus tariq. looking forward to that. [ cheers and applause you know, it seems like airlines have really been struggling lately. i saw online that spirit airlines just announced that they lost $50 million dealing with recent flight disruptions 50 million it might seem like a lot, but it makes sense once you list all of the costs that they're dealing with let me break it down for you here first up, spirit lost money because they had to cancel flights. that's 15 million right off the bat. they're also understaffed because of covid, so they had to play employees for overtime that's another 5 million then they had to deal with basic expenses like fuel, food, and of course, duct tape [ laughter ] [ applause ] so spirit was losing so much money, the ceo started hosting mma fights between drunk passengers for extra cash. [ laughter ] on the plane and he actually made good money. >> steve: oh, that's good. then he got sued by ufc, a

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shaq, you're up again early this morning after braving the storm yesterday.right now where you are? >> reporter: you see some of the wind, some of the rain that is continuing to happen here as the storm makes its way through the country. you know, one thing that we noticed yesterday is just how quickly conditions can, there ws over the course of the day where there would be sun breaking through the clouds, and there wouldn't be much rain and wouldn't be much wind. then 20 or 30 minutes later, you have wind going horizontal -- or rain going horizontally being carried by the wind. gusts up to 60 miles an hour in this area. then there's also the concern of the storm surge. so not only do you have the idea of the wind picking up debris or causing tree limbs to go down, there's also the flooding concern that you're seeing i'll tell you we're right along highway 90, which is right along the coast here some of the road is already essentially washed up. it's impassable in some areas. that's the concern that you have from officials, still telling people to abide by th

. >> shaq for that report >>> let's go ahead and go back to meteorologist janessa webb. janessa, what are you looking for in these next few hour >> the winds are still going to be cranking. i have a million people in the dark in louisiana. so that's a huge problem and, you know what, it is very hot, it's humid. definitely need to get the power back on as the storm system starts to pull out, they're going to lose the rain, but that muggy meter is really in place now it's starting to make its way into mississippi jackson, mississippi, up to 50 miles per hour as this category starts to go back down to a tropical system, finally we'll lose the winds, but the flash flooding, it's still going to be a major concern. and we're going to watch this all the way into about tuesday for the tennessee valley but look how some of these flood watches are starting to creep into the mid-atlantic, also for the northeast.s area even for s antonio, going to watch a few storms all the way to houston. and then we have some rivers that are rising, the storm surge, many more impacts we'll talk ab

thank you so much, shaq.e danger caused by hurricane ida is heightened by the fact the country is in the middle of a pandemic. now joining me is msnbc medical contributor covita patel. today is the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina, a storm you experienced up close as you helped evacuate patients. now, with ida blowing into our shore as a category 4, the national weather service has issued warnings that certain areas may become uninhabitable for weeks to come. thinking about your experience during katrina versus now, what is it about ida that will make this storm -- make it an unprecedented one for louisianans? >> rev, unfortunately, the pandemic we are in combined with the very state -- i was in texas -- the state we were evacuating people to we had capacity at that time. we had health care workers who were not burnt out or at the end of their rope from taking care of patients. those combination of things give me grave concern. if there is consolation, it is that the levees are still holding and some of

joining me now is shaq brewster live in detroit.rate program that's been initiated in michigan and an vaccination site where immunocompromised people that are getting third shots recommended by the fda and approved by the cdc. shaq? >> that's exactly right, andrea. there's a lot of excitement. third time's the charm as one person put it to me. we spoke to the health department and the requirements are simple. you need to be fully vaccinated for at least six months with the pfizer or moderna vaccine. if you did get the vaccine, you need to say that you are immunocompromise and no doctor's note required and people who feel they're at risk want to come in and get that vaccine dose and those are people who are most at risk for this virus talking to folks, they've watched the surge of the delta variant in other parts of the country and it hasn't hit here yet and there's an increase of what they're seeing and a man by the name of jimmy and listen to the confidence in his voice. >> what did you think when they said you are able, you are av

shaq, there are tornado warnings where you are. what's the situation? >> reporter: something we saw through the night and yesterday is how quickly the situation can change. it can go from at one point yesterday, saw the sauna break through the clouds, 20 minutes later, bands of rain and wind coming through. it is for that reason officials are advising folks to not base judgments on the temporary conditions, to still hunker down until the storm moves out of the area. i just got in contact with the police department. they said yes, they have reports of downed wires, reports of damage in the area. they're asking people to stay back until the storm system can make its way through. something that we noticed was over the course of the night, we saw a hurricane turn into tropical storm ida. here in gulfport, we have been under that tropical storm warning for the entire time but that does not mean that you're eliminated from risk and potential of damage. we saw siding from the hotel break off, we lost some power overnight. power was since restored, that's a big

nbc news correspondent shaq brewster has been there. shaq, what's the latest? >> reporter: you know, jacob, with bill mentioning this is now tropical storm ida, i think one thing to note here is what we've been experiencing in gulfport are the tropical storm warnings. and that was the most that you saw, the extent of the winds and the rain that you saw, but the concern there is that that is still a significant amount of wind. that's still a significant amount of rain. i want to show you this right here. this is over by our live shot position. this is part of the roof that we believe flew off. this is from tropical storm force winds and rain. don't take that too lightly by hearing that it's no longer a hurricane and now it's a tropical storm. what you're seeing here, you still have the wind bins, the rain coming across. one thing that they're concerned about is the storm surge. in a town ten minutes away from where we are right now, they say they saw a storm surge of about 7 feet. that's significant. that's nowhere near what this town saw during hurricane katrin

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>> shaq, this is really important reporting. i'm grateful you're doing it. civil rights attorney. he has represented minors that police have lied to during interrogations. it's like mind blowing all of this is happening. help us understand. there's a misconception that innocent people don't confess. that's not the case, is it? >> no, steph, it's not at all. in fact, as he just disdemonstrated. we had that assumption only guilty people confess. science has disproved that. cases where people have been exonerated using dna evidence. at least 25% of those cases, we know that false confessions were used to wrongfully convict people. again, that's just focusing on cases that were overturned by gaining evidence. >> so how big of a game changer is this new law? >> this is one of the few examples of meaningful police reform we've seen. we haven't seen many. this law is a huge game changer because it has to lead to other critical questions. one of the other issues in shaq's piece that i thought was interesting is over 90% of these false confessions involve people of c

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shaq, you're there in gulfport, mississippi. storm surging was one of the concerns there. a curfew has been issued as well. we saw you earlier showing some of the structural damage. a lot happening on the east side of the storm. >> that's exactly right. remember, we are well over 100 miles from where the storm actually made landfall. and you see me behind this column right here. i'm going to step over a little bit just so you can see the impact of this, because once i break from that impact of the storm, you'll see the winddying or from the protection of the column, you'll see the wind against my clothes and how aggressive the wind is. gusts are expected to reach about 60 miles per hour. and you have the wind, you have the rain. and those are not even the main concerns. you also have concerns about storm surge. you have concerns about river flooding. there's tornadoes threats. there was a tornado warning in the past hour. there are many concerns. that's why you have local officials telling people to abide by the curfew that was in place since 8:00 a.m. this morning saying

shaq, i think i see a little bit of sunshine behind you? but still lots of wind. am i wrong? i can't see you, you are in a smaller box there on the screen. >> you are exactly right. we go from periods where you have the sun, then the winds, then the rain. you are confused about what is happening and the real intensity of this storm. 20 minutes ago you heard the roar this storm where the wind was whipping the rain pretty much horizontally. you saw, despite that cars driving around, peeking around. in a couple of seconds here you might see this car of people just looking out taking pictures and spectaing to see exactly what is happening. that is what officials are trying to avoid as best as they can. there have been police cars going up and down the shore here to enforce the curfew that has been in effect since 8:00 a.m. this morning. officials knew the effect of the rain that was coming, the impact of the wind. of course there is still a threat of not only the tornadoes but the storm surges that can happen when you go, especially by the coast in these low lying areas. also whe

. >> shaq, you got to see firsthand what it is like right now for first responders there in springfield in this lattest covid surge. walk us through what it is like. >> firefighters here are usually the first to respond to the emergency calls when patients turn into additional hospitalizations. we saw this rush to the firetruck as they got calls on shortness of breath. and they saw the scramble that they're dealing with. i talked to the fire chief and he said we may see a mass casualty event happen in slow motion. listen to how he is describing it today. >> our community is still in crisis. we continue to be inundated with sick and sicker patients than we have seen before president the scale when you look at the covid spikes, that's what it feels like. it's like riding that initially uphill on a roller coaster. >> we did reach out to mercy hospital, there is a 54% increase in hospitalizations. the average age of the covid patient they're dealing with right now is 37 years old. they said when you get in the hospital things turn for the worse because out of those patients once you hit the

we'll make sure shaq is okay. right now congressman troy carter from louisiana. he is in new orleans. he represents most of that city parts of the east baton resource, what can you tell us right no? >> yeah, thank you very much. we're in a very challenging position. with no communication, the metropolitan area being without power. it was very difficult to community to the public we know that fema is on the ground and we have search and rescue missions that are going on as we speak. the schaj that we have now is being able to get the message out to communicate with people or for people to be able to communication so we know where to go to provide those rescue missions. >> they got about 250 calls for rescue. do we know how many need rescued at this moment? >> we don't know that number, but i know that we have national guard and redcross that are actively going into the neighborhoods as we speak. with those that we know that we have been able to communication, we know there are customers without power in new orleans alone and i say customers because obviously that

joining us now from gulfport, mississippi, shaq is with us. you talked about potential tornados and flash flooding. how are things looking there now, my friend? >> i'll tell you. i'll start on the threat of tornadoes we had. our team had very little sleep yesterday. that's because all through the night you had those alarms going off warning of possible tornadoes. that tornado warning threat was all throughout the night. in addition to that bill mentioned the tropical force winds and the rain they're still getting on the outer most parts of the storm. you're definitely still feeling that in gulfport. we talked to the mayor yesterday and the police chief. their biggest concern was the storm surge and the possibility of the storm surge and the closures that would lead to it. highway 90 right now, we're kind of in the same fog bill was talking about in terms of it being the middle of the night where you hadn't been able to go out and assess the full damage and assess what's happening. sprinklers are going on right now. highway 90, which is the mai

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that where he find shaq brewster in gulfport, mississippi.t like 20 minutes it will be really intense, you would get a little reprieve, and people would almost be out there on the shore taking pictures, taking in the weather. is that still the case? >> reporter: yeah, maybe a half hour we saw people going into the water, which is extremely dangerous, which common sense dictates, but they have since come back. the rain is picking up. the wind is picking up. you see some wind in the treats, and this is why there's been that curfew in place since 8:00 a.m. this morning. this is why officials are going through -- we've seen officers go through highway 80 here, the main road along the beach. officers telling people to hunker down. threat of flash floods, things falling down, tree limbs coming down, so there's definitely that concern will, despite the moment of reprieve. for that reason, the shelters have been opened all across the county, a place impacted severely by hurricane katrina, and for some people it's a scar that is still pretty fresh. le

>> shaq live in gulfport, thank you. meteorologist bill karins, before we get the latest on ida, you're following developments from alliance and the levee failure there. what are you seeing? >> we've only had a couple levee failures. the one was in alliance and another john lafitte areas, had about 200 people bravely at risk and needed to get them out of there. the alliance area is where the fill phillips 66 oil refinery highway 23 along the mississippi river, that's a grave concern not just for anyone left there, hopefully everyone evacuated but start worrying about the environmental impacts of all of the storm surge and levee breaks and everything else. we'll see the aerials and pictures throughout the morning. the sun is coming out. the coast guard are out there trying to assess and rescue people if necessary. we had 18 inches of rain near hammond and down to laplace and we have emergencies also for those locations, so yeah, we have our hands full still. even though the storm weakened significantly, it still can produ

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shaq, how is it looking where you are? the seas behind you look pretty rough. >> reporter: pretty rough, alex. it goes from periods where you see the sun behind me to periods where there's straight wind going in your face and blowing at the high velocity. the thing about gulfport, it is not in the direct path of this storm. they are not bracing for those high sustained winds that new orleans or baton rouge area is experiencing and bracing for it but instead officials are saying don't let your guard down because you see the weather behind me. you see how on the road, you have highway 90 behind us, you have a situation where some of the roads have water over them and you have cars that are trying to go through them and plow through them. there's been a curfew here since 8:00 a.m. this morning. the entire county. the governor here declared -- or asked for a predisaster emergency declaration fema approved. i want you to listen to what the mayor told me. again, the concern is that people see the path of the storm not directly h

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shaq, you've been talking to folks in chicago. has the fda's approval changed any minds of vaccine holdouts there? >> reporter: well, i spent some time at vaccination clinics yesterday and i'm outside of one right now that's being held at a high school later today for families here in this community. and, you know, they're saying it's not just the fda approval that got people to go and get their vaccines this week, but it's really the factors. many factors involved in it, including what that approval, and really the anticipation of that approval ultimately led to. and i'm talking about those vaccine mandates. places like restaurants, at gyms, at schools, for example, the fact that it's becoming inconvenient not to have your vaccine, that is what people are telling me have driven them to get their vaccine and finally get over the hump, being pushed off the fence, so to speak. i want you to listen to what a nurse practitioner told me, who he tells me at his practice he saw an almost 60% increase in the number of calls just this week

nbc's shaq brewster embedded with firefighter there as they scramble to get to as many emergency callsing we're accustomed to. when you report for duty at the firehouse you don't know from minute to minute what could happen. it could be a quiet day and you're not needed which is wonderful. it could be a very active day where you go from one call to the next. >> springfield dispatch. [ sirens ] >> this one was breathing and chest pains? >> yes, breathing and chest pains. so what we'll do is all three of us will go in, two of us will go in with gloves, our n95 masks and our eye protection on and then the firefighter, he will actually make contact with the patient while i stand back and take notes. if the patient is coding or have to make contact with the patient then we will also put gowns on. full ppe, eye protection, the whole thing and assist him with whatever is going on. >> we're still in the middle of it. it's disappointing that we're here. i think there is an opportunity that we could have maybe lessened the impact, delta's dangerous and there's no way around that and but vaccinat

. >>> let's go to shaq brewster at the king center in atlanta. welcome to you, my friend. what can you tell us about the rally there? >> reporter: alex, i'll pick up on where josh left off when he talked about the sense of history, the emotion there at the rally. this is a rally that's taking place right outside of the king center. there was a rally and the group went on to march. they are back here now and later there will be a performance. in addition to the sense of history there's passion and focus. i want to show you one of the signs that you see, the we want the for the people act, one of the pieces of legislation that people are calling for. there's also h.r. 1 they're talking about, h.r. 4, which is the john lewis voter restoration act, trying to fix what the supreme court did recently and back in 2013. and that is the focus that has driven people here, especially in a state like georgia. they understand back in march there was a law that brian kemp, governor kemp signed, that increased the amount of restrictions on voting and they say they feel like their voting r

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. >> shaq, cases in nebraska spiked by 140% over the last two weeks. the governor there is defying mask and vaccination recommendations by the cdc. >> it's not the staggering quantity that you here from vaughn in florida, this is a smaller population, but it's clear when you talk to doctors there is a surge in patients they had to expend adding a second, a third covid unit. back in june. so a month ago they had three patients they were dealing with. today that number is more than 30 patients. while you're not hearing about hundreds like you are in other parts of the country, that is ten times the amount they were just a money ago. and that is causing some frustration because these doctors have been going through the pandemic for so long. listen to what we heard from an icu doctor this morning. listen to the tone of his voice as he talks about what he is witnessing with patients. >> seeing this surge and it's like people had so much time to get vaccinated. it's frustrating. we don't need to do it. that's the hard part i think is just that. knowing it do

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shaq, the surge in new cases have first responders in missouri scrambling. i know you spent time with them. what did you learn? >> reporter: we often think of doctors and nurses when we talk about the surge in hospitalizations in hot spot areas. here in springfield it is often firefighters that are first to encounter people before they officially become patients. i spent time with them yesterday. see a glimpse of what they're experiencing. >> all right. what just happened? >> she was having significant trouble breathing, o 2 sats are low. >> our community is still in crisis. this is what i consider mass casualty event. we continue to be overwhelmed with sick and sicker patients than we've seen before. it is a virus and it is spreading rapidly, particularly amongst unvaccinated. keeps me awake at night. >> reporter: you see from the clip there that the firefighters arrive first, then ems and ambulance that transports patients to the hospital. mercy medical center, one of the hospitals overrun in springfield said the average age of those infected with the viru

i think some people -- >> go ahead, shaq. >> sorry about that.ust had an interesting conversation with a young group that came to the school to get vaccinated. they're opening their doors for people to come get vaccinated. the fda approval was not the deciding factor, but it made her determine which one she wanted and it made her more comfortable to get it after waiting for so long if is the effect of the authorization. the fact that certain businesses are mandates vaccines now for school, for businesses to go into. that is what is driving them in to get their vaccines, finally. i want you to listen to my conversation yesterday with a nurse that didn't want to get the vaccine but she said her job was more important. >> definitely a lot of people i work with are now saying they have to get it instead of they want to get it. >> did the approval make you any more comfortable? >> no. just want to keep my job. that young woman says she's not anti-vaccine, but she expected other people to step up instead of her, but when she saw the delta variant, she

shaq, you met a guy who says this law could have saved his life. what did you learn?ling this landmark legislation. i want you to meet a man by the name of tyrell swift. he is advocating for this law and hoping it stops other people from sharing his experience. >> as the bill was signed, syrell swift was in tears concerning what he lost. >> this bill could have saved my life. >> he spent more than 15 years in prison convicted of a rain and murder he did not commit. lied to and coerced into a confession. >> i was taken advantage of and manipulated by the police. but i was lead to believe that if i worked with him or scoop rated that i would go home. >> the first state that prohibits lying to minors. >> until now lying to suspects, including children, was legal in every state. deception used for decades. >> we know once deception is innocent people feel cornered. >> chicago is false confession capital of the world. >> should it be considered landmark legislation to say you can't lie to kids? >> it is landmark but it is also sad and upsetting. we should not have been her

shaq brewster is in gulfport, mississippi. >> we were about 150 miles away from where this hurricaneopical storm-force winds, the wind gusts that are increasing. we heard from the fire chief himself, he's warned residents, once the winds get above 45 miles an hour it will get to a point where he with will stop sending officers out to respond to emergency. that's because of out of concern for their safety. he's telling everyone, all the residence to hunker down. i still see a couple police cars driving around, so that suggests we're not at that range, but i will tell you the gusts are getting aggressive. we know there's only more to come. this is the time period the mayor told us he was most concerned about, with the storm surge, about the possible flooding, the fact that you have the intensity of these storms, the threat from tornadoes sit you to listen to what the mayor told me about his fears with this storm system. >> complacency kills. these storms are unpredictable. every one is different. you have to take each differently. they can shift or have a torn spin up in the middle of

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