so what's going to happen here with the storm moving this slowly, you're going to have so much rain. we could see three to four months worth of rain in just a matter of days with this storm. so you can already see the rain pushing on shore, the florida panhandle, the gulf coast here. this is pretty much going to be the same picture we see tomorrow. this storm is not going to move much farther north. so you're going to see places with 10, 20, 25 inches of rain. you're also going to get that surge that we talk about with storms, hurricanes. the storm that's going to push north, push inland all of that saltwater pushing north for several high tide cycles. normally we get these storms, they come in, the surge of water comes in, and they get out. this will be a constant push of water to the north with this storm. with it, sitting there for this long of a duration basically. so you can see the spin right here.

here is the storm, still sitting just offshore and it's most likely not going to make landfall until maybe midnight tonight through some time midmorning tomorrow. that's how slow the storm is moving. here is the estimated rainfall. this rain that's basically to the south, this indicates 10 to 20 inches of rain has fallen just offshore. by the time we get into tomorrow, you can expect along the coast to be colored in bright pink, meaning we will have seen about 10 to 20 inches of rain along these coastal areas that have already seen 4 to 6 inches. a lot of the rivers around pensacola are already at moderate flood stage and the storm isn't even close to making landfall yet because it's moving so slowly. those rivers will continue to rise. you'll see incredible flash flooding along the coast from mississippi, alabama, the florida panhandle as well. so here is the track. you can see slow, slow moving. and then we finally pick up some

forward speed by the time we get into thursday. all day today, tonight, tomorrow, we will see constant rainfall with this storm. we're not going to see rainfall totals like we saw with harvey, but we're definitely going to see possibly historic amounts of rain for this particular part of the gulf coast. so here we go. here is the forecast rain. 10 to 20 inches, those areas in bright pink. as we spread to the north, we could see four to six inches of rain easily well inland. we're also going to get the category 1 hurricane force winds for that duration as well. do expect a lot of power outages, trees down and, of course, there's always a tornado threat with storms as well. a lot to unpack here but i think the rain will be the biggest concern. >> feet of rain. it's astonishing. jennifer gray, thank you so much. we know you are tracking this very carefully for us. cnn national correspondent ed lavendera, you're in alabama. tell us what's happening there.

how concerned are residents? >> we're in bayou batre, south of mobile. the winds have been somewhat steady. it isn't the most dramatic scenes but the water and water surge being pushed inland is what we can show you. the waterfront seafood stand behind me, in the inlet. this is a commercial fishing village. hundreds of massive shrimp boats that have been brought in away from the bay to protect themselves from the oncoming storm. they're all docked up here, secured down. you can see how quickly the water is coming up, already moving these boats around bayou batre. one of the low-lying areas here in alabama. we've been driving around here for the last few minutes and

you're seeing not a lot of people who have evacuated this particular area. this is as far south as you can go here in the state of alabama. this is one of those communities here in southern alabama, bracing for the onslaught of the rain and the torrential downpours that will be coming as hurricane sally continues to make its way onshore. >> let's pause for a moment. joe biden is speaking about veterans. let's listen. >> you know, think of all the folks, and you all know it, come home with unseen injuries. tens of thousands come home with unseen injuries, post traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, mental health challenges. as a nation, i've been criticized for this over the

last 30 years as i've said it, but as a nation we have many obligations, to our children, to the elderly, to the poor, to those in need. but i believe we have only one truly sacred obligation, to prepare and eequip our troops that we send in harm's way and to care for them and their families when they return. we owe our veterans the future of security and dignity that they've earned. and it starts by protecting the va. restoring the trust in the va, because the va must be the premier provider of health care services to promote our veterans' overall well-being. that's why the va has more specialized knowledge about how to treat veterans' unique health needs, beyond physical and mental, than the private sector does by far, provide a community of understanding and support and still takes accountability for veterans' health and well-being

as a whole. that is absolutely vital for successful outcomes. we have a responsibility tone sure that we're providing veterans with world-class health care they deserve in every situation. that means hiring more doctors and medical personnel, and professionals to work at the va, including physicians essential to veterans' health care, nurses and psychologists. we need to offer these medical professionals the incentive to join the va. we need to pay them a competitive salary of the private sector. we also have to do more to build a pipeline of doctors and nurses especially in rural areas. if you live far from a va center it's absolutely essential you could see a doctor closer to home. during our administration, president obama signed the va access choice and accountability act into law in 2014. president trump would like to

say he passed the va choice, but just like everything else he seems to be saying, it's a figu figment of his imagination or a flat-out lie. we toad to make sure it's efficient so it works for all of our veterans. always make sure that community health care providers are held to the same quality standard as va centers. make sure our women veterans and lgbtq veterans get the service respect they deserve from culturally competent providers and, critically, we're going to make sure that no veteran is locked out of treatment for conditions related to toxic exposure from burn pits or traumatic brain injuries they experienced in the line of duty. we made that mistake with agent orange. as a senator i fought for decades to help vietnam veterans

to get access and help and we were able to expand on it during the obama/biden administration. we can't let this be delayed again. denying access because a vet could not prove a direct connection if you're exposed to agent orange was wrong. it's to be presume d that the ailment you have is caused by agent orange. we've got to seriously tackle the mental health crisis we have. the suicide epidemic is claiming far too many of our veterans and service members. one of the saddest things when my son came home after a year in iraq, he was back as attorney general. the week before christmas he came over to the house and he said dad, i don't know what i'm going to do. there was a marine veteran that had been deployed a total of six times, if my memory is correct,

who was in a relative ly modern upscale neighborhood, middle-class neighborhood. get up in the morning and get out. i think it was a dodge ram. started down the street in front of his house, which was no sidewalks. saw a woman walking her dog, ran over her, killed her, killed the dog. put her in the back of his pickup truck, took her down to i-95 where there was the sand pile for emergencies, molested her, put her back in the truck, came home, called the state police and said i just killed someone. there was a voice in my head that said i had to kill someone. turned himself in. you know, the latest status suggests that almost 600

veterans as well are dying by suicide every year, just here in florida. 600 a year. it's devastating. there aren't any easy answers to this, but we can do so much better than we're doing now. we have an obligation to do so much better. we have to help our heroes understand that it's an honorable thing to do and it takes strength to reach out and ask for help if they're suffering from unseen wounds. they're so accustomed to being asked not to ask for anything. we have to end the stigma surrounding mental health treatment. when they do reach out, when they call the crisis hotline, walk into a va hospital or visit a va center for counseling, we have to make sure, damn sure, no one turns them away, no one tells them they have to wait. part of it is also making sure that the veterans feel a sense of security and connection, and

mission in the civilian world, as they did on active duty. better employment opportunities. meaningful career opportunities which translated into greater opportunities for our vets. not just putting money in the pockets for-profit, fraudulent outfits, because we've got to stop that. it all matters. it especially matters how their families are treated. john milton, the poet, wrote these lines. they also serve who only stand and wait. military families, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, they serve every single day. tending to their specific needs and unique challenges should never be an afterthought for us. it's a national security

imperative. fulfilling our promise to our veterans and military families, caregivers and survivors is critical to ensuring we not only meet our obligations, but that future generations continue to volunteer to serve. my wife, jill, she worked on this more than about anyone. during our administration, she and michelle obama teamed up and started an outfit called joining forces, a nationwide initiative to drive concrete commitments to support service members, veterans and families, caregivers, and survivors, to help make sure teachers are equipped to better meet the needs of military children in their classrooms, to help bring down some of the barriers, because the vast majority of those kids in the school have no idea, johnny, mary, or jamal is worried because his mommy or

daddy is stationed in a foreign land. it makes it so much harder for military spouses to find good jobs and build their careers. we have to change that. we're working on that, with leaders like -- >> let's move to louisville, where there is a press conference happening, where officials have come to an agreement with the family of breonna taylor, who was killed by police in march. let's listen. >> needed reforms to prevent a tragedy like this from ever happening again. that's why i'm here today with the family of breonna taylor, to announce that the louisville government has agreed to a settlement with her estate. louisville government, as part of this agreement, agrees to make changes, first to build stronger community connections between our police officers and the people they serve. we will, one, establish a

housing credit program to incentivize officers to live in certain low-income census tracks within the city, and we will encourage officers to volunteer two paid hours every two-week paid period duriin an organizat in the community they serve. we often ask our police officers to not only keep the peace but to deal with challenges that society has failed to address, from mental health, homelessness, substance abuse and everything in between. that's not fair to our officers. that's why we'll include a program with social workers to provide support and assistance on certain police runs where their presence could be helpful. metro council has initiated funds in this activity. and, finally, we must have

transparency and accountability for the work that our officers do. good officers appreciate sunlight on their work, and we will take several steps to shine that light, including the following. we will now require a commanding officer to review and approve all search warrants, affidavits in support of search warrants and risk before an officer seeks judicial approval for the warrant. we're creating a clearer command structure when executing warrants at multiple locations. we're adding additional protocols for money seized as evidence expanding random drug testing of officers and we will negotiate with the fop in 2021 to expand on the records that can be maintained in an officer's personnel files. we have updated the process when a police officer is being investigated by our professional standards unit and leaves lnpd

before the completion of that investigation. going forward, the chief's closing letter will state his or her findings based on the evidence that exists in the file at the time of the officer's separation from lnpd if fisht evidence exists in the record to make such a determination or will state that insufficient evidence exists to make a finding. if the nature of the complaint is significant enough to have reasonably resulted in the suspension of the officer, the investigation will continue gathering evidence to evaluate if additional officers were involved or other problems exist. and, finally, in order to ensure monitoring of any officers who may need additional training or other support, we will implement an early warning system that tracks all use of force incidents, citizen complaints, investigations and other key factors. as part of its ongoing top to bottom review of lnpd, hillen

heights will evaluate the early warning system and recommend any needed improvements. this system will also be monitored through the soon-to-be office. those that are part of breonna's law as well as changes to policies on use of force and if tear gas would ever need to be used. in addition to these policy changes, this settlement includes a payment to breonna's estate of $12 million. i'm grateful to the hard work of my team and that of attorney michael connell and his team and the cooperation and thoughtfulness with which the taylor family and her attorneys worked with us to get to this point. we're now going to hear from lenita baker, an attorney for breonna's estate. miss baker?

>> justice for breonna is multi-layered. what we were able to accomplish today through the civil settlement against the officers is tremendous, but it's only a portion of a single layer. when officers caused the death of an individual it's imperative that we seek justice, not only in the criminal system, but also in our civil system. that's when we hold people financially responsible. but it's important to note here that a financial settlement was nonnegotiable without significant police reform, and that's what we were able to do today. we sought forth as we went through negotiating the terms of this settle and the reform to engage police officers within the community, not just when they're dispatched to runs, but to get out, to volunteer in those communities in which they serve, to get to know their communities in other settings,

to live within their communities, to dispatch social workers when they're needed for mental health crises, to recognize at-risk behavior by officers. implementing the early warning system. and to overhaul the system by which we execute search warrants that caused the death of br bre onna taylor on march 13th. it's important for her family that they minimize the risk of what happened to breonna taylor happening to any other family in louisville, kentucky, and we're going to continue that fight beyond the city of louisville, kentucky, and throughout this country to protect and reform police departments across america. we recognize that this is not all encompassing, and there's still work to be done. and we commit our time, our talent and our resources to continue to work with the community to fight this systemic racism plague in our city. we will continue to work on

behalf and with the protesters who have put their freedom on the line to bring awareness to not just breonna taylor but the systemic problems facing our city. for we know that without their voice, we would not be here today. attorneys will ensure that prosecutors handling the case of protesters truly are administers of justice and not be impunative simply because those people chose to oos their voice to shine a light on what was going on in louisville kentucky. we will continue to push for change, push for the mayor's office and our other elected leaders to implement policies put forth in a path forward called for community investment, support for small businesses, affordable housing, closing the education achievement gap, jobs and workforce development and as an overhaul to the criminal justice system. that document was produced and signed by over 50 organizations

in this city, and it should not be -- it needs to be taken seriously. we look forward to working with other grassroots organizations to ensure we continue to hold our elected leaders accountable, but also to ensure we continue to work with our elected leaders because we will not get the policy changes that we need, we would not get the legal changes that we need if we don't hold our elected leaders accountable, but in that same vain, we need to be able to work with our elected leaders. the beauty of what happened here today, the reform, the settlement -- again, it's just a civil suit -- happens when we work together. we do thank mayor fischer and his team to committing to the reform. this is unheard of in one of these cases where you get a financial settlement and police reform but, again, it was important to us, to breonna's family, to the lawyers involved and it was important for us to give that back to the community, which has been fighting so hard to say breonna taylor's name. lastly, as i stated when i

started, justice for breonna taylor is multi-layered. we are not going to stop our cause to hold the officers responsible for breonna's death accountable. we'll continue to put pressure on the attorney general's office to present a fair case to the grand jury, and we're going to wait -- we know that the indictment is coming from the grand jury. we have faith that an indictment is coming from the grand jury. in addition to the attorney general's office, we must remember that the fbi is also doing an investigation into whether there were criminal civil rights violations leading to and after breonna taylor's death. we're looking for an indictment from the department of justice as well. the city of louisville, it's important for people to know, they're not the ones that can bring the charges. today what we did here was to do what we could do to bring a little bit of police reform. it's just a start, but we finished the first mile in a marathon, and we've got a lot more miles to go, to be achieved and cross that finish line.

>> thank you, miss baker. we'll now hear from county attorney, michael connell, whose team worked diligently and thoughtfully to get us to this important agreement. mike? >> thank you, mayor, miss palmer. may it please you today that we try to bring some assistance and help to you and your family. breonna taylor's life matters. breonna taylor's life continues to matter, as you see here today. i've thought about breonna's mother, miss palmer, throughout everything that has led us to today. the hole in my heart of losing a child as well is the greatest grief i've ever known in my

life, and nothing can fill that hole. i've tried to think how i would have reacted if breonna was my daughter. miss palmer has shown remarkable grace and courage these past six months. we did not wait to engage miss palmer's counsel to discuss this case. the independent investigations by the attorney general's office and the fbi are welcomed, but that was not going to delay the work toward meaningful changes in our city. this is not simply a significant monetary figure, but as miss baker just mentioned, it is a path of agreed action. the reforms were discussed and moved ahead from representatives of both parties. this work happened over many weeks with good faith and dedication by everybody that has involved. everyone around the table was

dedicated to advancing those reforms for the whole community, miss palmer. we tried our best to get a start. much time and effort went into this, and i offer my appreciation to all involved. let me just finish by saying today alone is not enough. my hope is this agreement is the next step in building a more just louisville, more just louisville is the medicine we need to heal. thank you very much. >> thank you, mike. next, we'll hear from ben crump, an attorney with breonna's estate. ben crump. >> thank you, mayor fischer, attorney michael connell. to the louisville metro counsci,

to tamika palmer. as i sit and look at her and bianca, my heart is fill ed because with lonita, sam, and i, we have become like family. and it has been so long getting to this day where we could sure breonna taylor's life wouldn't be swept under the rug like so many other black women in america who have been killed by police. marginalized. so i'm grateful for the actions of the city of louisville today. and it is not just the historic

$12 million settlement, which as i understand is the largest amount ever paid out for a black woman in a wrongful death killed by a police in america. and lonita, i believe it may be the largest amount ever paid for a black person in a police shooting. we're still trying to verify that. and it is certainly, tamika, one of the largest amounts ever paid out for any person in the way of settlement in a police killing in america. but the comprehensive reform that the louisville metro council and mayor fischer put forth is equally important.

because this is about setting a precedence when my great co-counsels from kentucky, lonita baker and sam agguirre first talked to me about this black woman who had been killed in her own apartment by this no-knock warrant. they were very concerned that nobody cared. nobody cared about this black woman. nobody cared about tamika's baby. and that's when i started calling everybody i know to say that black women's lives matter, too. i remember calling reverend al sharpton saying, can i come on your show?

i remember calling ricky smiles saying can i get on your radio show? i called tamika mallory. and her team until freedom. i called senator kamala harris. i mean, i was saying to anybody who would listen, breonna taylor's life matters, and senator kamala harris was the first national elected official to go on national television and to say her name, breonna taylor. i called everybody to say we cannot let her life be swept under the rug from all of these individu individuals, and so many others, especially the activists who

came and was on the ground here in louisville, saying we won't let breonna taylor's life be swept under the rug. and thank god. with what has happened today, mayor fischer. not just with the historical amount but equally important with the reform that attorney baker and attorney connell spoke of. it sets a precedence for other black women, that their lives won't be marginalized and they will be valued. lives like sandra bland. lives like pamela turner in baytown, texas. lives like 7-year-old ayana stanley in detroit who was also killed as a result of a dangerous no-knock warrant. because we have to speak truth to power when we get an

opportunity, and these dangerous no-knock warrants are disproportionately executed against black people in america. and so i'm very happy that the metro council also stood united with tamika palmer to pass breonna's law, to abolish these dangerous no-knock warrants, because it was foreseeable who was most being put in danger with these no-knock warrants. and so i want to point out very significantly what happened in louisville here today. representing george floyd in minneapolis, minnesota, jacob blake in kenosha, wisconsin, pamela turner in baytown, texas, right outside of houston, terrence crutcher in oklahoma.

botham jones, joseph richardson in baton rouge, louisiana, and so many other names of black people who have been killed by police in america while most of america is dealing with the covid-19 pandemic, we at black america are not only dealing with that pandemic but the 1619 pandemic. the pandemic that started 401 years ago when the first enslaved africans came to america and from that day to this one, we have been dealing with systematic racism and oppression that have killed us inside and outside the courtroom. so it is worth noting that in all those other cities, there

has not been the responsive, comprehensive and systematic reform that has occurred in louisville, kentucky, tamika palmer, in the name of breonna taylor. in the name of breonna taylor. but regardless of this landmark step on the journey to justice, we still are demanding that kentucky attorney general daniel cameron bring charges immediately against the police officers that murdered breonna taylor. immediately. this week. justice delayed is justice denied. the senate leadership has done a significant step today, but now it is on daniel cameron and the

attorney general of kentucky's office to bring charges. and at the very minimum, lonita, second-degree manslaughter charges. because we want justice for breonna taylor, not just partial justice. breonna taylor is a light to help heal what's happening in america. and for all those young people, those celebrities, athletes, but most importantly the people who are on the ground, the people who are the activists and protesters who are saying enough is enough. we see that there are two

justice systems in america. one for black america and one for white america. and louisville, kentucky, we took significant steps today in the name of breonna taylor of trying to correct this broken criminal justice system. and we do it in three phases. in the civil rights phase with this civil lawsuit, which is the only thing that lonita and i can control. we can't control the criminal prosecution. the mayor's office in the city leadership all took a significant step in making sure that the civil rights of breonna taylor was recognized and now we also need our legislative partners to help transform the protests into policy. we need breonna's law not just in louisville, not just in the

state of kentucky, but all throughout the united states of america, because her life matters. and, lastly, we need the criminal justice system, daniel cameron, to do its part, to give the full constitutional guarantees of all citizens to a citiz citizen, a daughter of louisville, kentucky, breonna taylor. and i would ask in complete in the healing, mr. mayor and city attorney o'connell, that all those young people who were courageous enough, like tamika palmer, and so many of your own in louisville, the unknown john

lewises of the world who are creating good trouble here in louisville, i would employ you, since tamika calls me the black america's attorney general, and i don't know if the attorney general of the united states is going to employ you to do it, but i would employ you to drop the charges against the nonviolent protesters who was exercising their first amendment rights because they said breonna taylor's life mattered. these young people should not have criminal records because they were on the right side of history. you all took a significant step, and we want you all to be on the right side of history with us completely. drop those charges in breonna taylor's name. let's do justice in breonna taylor's name. let's do justice with love in our hearts, because that is

emblematic of breonna taylor who, tamika says, is the best version of her. say her name. breonna taylor. >> big day in louisville. breonna taylor, for the wrongful death of breonna taylor, $12 million the city is agreeing to pay her family, the estate of breonna taylor. certainly not going to bring back the life of this 26-year-old. let's listen back in. >> as significant as today is, it's only the beginning of getting full justice for br bre onna. we must not lose focus on what the real job is. and with that being said, it's time to move forward with the criminal charges, because she deserves that and much more.

her beautiful spirit and personality is working through all of us on the ground. so, please, continue to say her name. breonna taylor. >> that was tamika palmer, breonna taylor's mother, with brief remarks on what is an historic day in louisville. $12 million the city is paying her estate for her wrongful death. we heard her attorney and attorneys for the family talking about police reforms that have been put in place. they want more. there are a number of questions about how this all went down. why was this police unit even at her house? the way that they entered. there is breonna's law, enacted there in louisville for abolishing no-knock warrants. but then there's no body cam footage, right? even though one of the officers involved in this shooting have

been fired, there are no charges. even though that officer was fired for what appeared to be gross negligence when it came to firing his weapon into her apartment through shaded windows and a door. the story of breonna taylor's life and death, it's not over today, even with this historic announcement, and we will continue to cover it as there are new developments. we also have breaking news on coronavirus and when it may have first entered the united states. researchers believe they found evidence it may have been circulating as early as late december. elizabeth cohen joining me live. that's a big difference, about a month from the current timeline from the cdc. >> that's right, the first case of coronavirus was announced on january 21st. it was a case in washington state, and that's when people thought it started. now we're seeing that ucla has looked at millions and millions of patient records at three hospitals and more than 150 clinics, and they found that

actually there was this uptick in things like cough and other kinds of symptoms. it's very hard. it was flu season. no one is saying that all of it was covid-19, but they compared it to prior years, and they said wow, at the very -- tail end of 2019 and january and february 2020, there was more cases, more symptoms than there were in prior years. perhaps since covid was here before we thought, this is not the first study to show this. others looking at various other kinds of data have found the same thing. >> do they have any idea where these cases -- obviously if there's an uptick, they can tell. can they isolate where this uptick occurred or any other details about this? >> no. when they look at this data, all they see is, wow, these kind of symptoms, things like cough and fever, we were seeing more of it

at the end of 2019, beginning of 2020 than in prior years. maybe it was covid. they don't know where that came from. but we know that, you know, precovid it's hard to remember now, but precovid, there was so much international travel. it's not exactly unlikely that there were travelers from china coming into the u.s., bringing the virus with them way before anybody thought. >> all right. elizabeth cohen, big news there. thank you for walking us through that. >> my next guest was a healthy teenager and a football player until he was sidelined by the coronavirus, forcing him into the icu for days. 14-year-old jaden key parish is home with his family. he is far from healed, though. the teen, who had no pre-existing conditions before the virus, is now suffering from the heart condition myocarditis. he and his mom, ashley white, are joining me now. key, you are looking healthy.

it's great to talk to you. tell us a little bit about how you're feeling right now. >> i feel great to be home, to actually be out of the hospital. it's great being here. i appreciate everybody that has prayed and helped and helped me to overcome this stage of life. i just hope to heal. >> we know your community was very invested in your recovery. ashley, tell us about how this all started. you knew something was wrong but were struggling for answers is this. >> he came home one evening from conditioning for football and he mentioned that he didn't feel like himself, that he just didn't feel like key. and i asked him, have you felt like that all day? and he said no, just began to feel that way. and so immediately i said let's see if you have a fever, and he did have a low-grade fever at

that moment, and continued throughout the night. >> and so eventually, i know that fever got a little higher. you started to see increases in symptoms, but as you ended up eventually going through this process, there were multiple negative tests in addition to one positive one. >> it is. when we made our first trip to the emergency room, they would not do a covid test on him because they said they don't do testing for outpatient. you have to actually be admitted to get the test. and when i realized that they wouldn't do the test, i went on line to the dph and scheduled for him to have a covid test that following monday. so we did that test that morning with the local health department, and that test was negative. and we repeated a test that afternoon with his pediatrician. that test was negative as well. the following day, we did a test when we went back to the emergency room.

they did a rapid test. that was negative. when they transported him to the children's hospital immediately when we got there, they told us the one that was taken a couple of hours ago was negative but they were still going to do a test. they performed a covid test on him that night about midnight, and it was rapid. and when they came back into the room they said now we can proceed. we know what we need to do. the test is definitely positive. >> and so, key, you now have myocarditis, right? you have a heart condition. you're 14 years old. how is this going to impact you and your family as you're looking, eventually, to get back to normal life with football and school? >> i really don't know but, i mean, it's hard. it's a long process. i just have to bear with it and hope to recover. >> key, thank you so much for being with us. it is wonderful to see you

healthy. ashley, thank you so much for talking to us about your ordeal. we really appreciate it. >> okay, thank you. there is video of the moments that follow that horrific ambush shooting of two l.a. sheriff's deputies that's been released now. what it captures is heroism. during the shock and chaos, one of the deputies jumps in to help save her partner's life. a warning that these images are disturbing as we take a moment to watch this whole video. >> it's an incredible moment of bravery.

the two deputies, each of them shot four to five times, according to officials, had exited their patrol car to take cover there behind that pillar. the deputy patching up her partner, bleeding herself from a gunshot wound to her face, still managing to help her partner who was struggling to stand up, and bleeding heavily. applying a tourniquet. that deputy is a 31-year-old mother and credits her for saving her 24-year-old partner's life. while they're starting what will be, no doubt, a long road to recovery, a massive manhunt is under way for the shooter i want to bring in rob harris, director for the los angeles police protective league union, which represents the lapd, which is separate from the sheriff's office. rob, you're there in southern california, in los angeles. this has shaken the nation, this cold-blooded shooting. how is the law enforcement community in los angeles responding to this? >> i think they're shaken as

well. seeing that video and the vile actions of that attacker on those officers just reminds us how dangerous this job is. you are absolutely correct in highlighting the courage, the bravery and the resolve of those officers, the courage under fire to get out, to seek cover, to render aid to each other was nothing short of awe inspiring. and now, you know, we've got to take that same resolve those deputies demonstrated and see if we can find the individual that perpetrated this attack. >> there is this massive manhunt that is under way, but, of course, this kind of violent attack is terrifying. what are your officers telling you about what they're going through, following this ambush? >> you know, we are just reminding them that, look, it is no secret that law enforcement across this country are facing some incredibly difficult times. most agencies to include the l.a. county sheriff's and lapd are understaffed and overworked.

we've been impressing upon our officers to stay professional, stay vigilant. protect one another as we, the unions, try to continue moving forward with reforms that build and retain trust with our communities and improve outcomes. >> i do want to ask you about something that the l.a. county sheriff has said. he has challenged l.a. lakers star lebron james to double this reward for finding this shooter. it's $175,000 reward. he has challenged him to double that reward and to take ownership for his, for lebron james' rhetoric. do you agree with that call, placing that responsibility on lebron james? >> you know, look, if lebron james wants to willingly write a check, i think that would be a good thing. i think writing a check, for an athlete, is the easy thing to do. a difficult thing to do, which was highlighting at that live press event for breonna taylor,

was actually doing the hard work of sitting down at a table and having reasonable discussions, to find solutions that retain trust between the communities that we serve and theso the los league has taken the toll and unveiled a plan we would like to be implemented in policing.com and so -- things to do and what i would like to see is finding real solutions and having some real dialogue about it. >> what do you think lebron james has done, then? and it seems like, and correct me if i'm wrong here, but are you placing some responsibility on him or see his rhetoric that has contributed to an environment where this has happened? >> what i see is someof the most professional law enforcement officers in the country with my officers at the

los angeles police department and what i'm focused on as a leader that represents them is trying to move forward in a way that creates real tangible solutions. that builds trust. what an athlete chooses to do is up to them as an individual. like i said, writing a check is an easy thing. the difficult thing is to sit down and have the reasonable conversations about what type of reforms do we want to see and what do we want to see our police officers respond to and not respond to. where are we getting the investment so officers have better training in deescalation techniques and tactics and improve lapd reference for life and a duty to intercede. so these are the difficult conversations that need to be had. what an athlete chooses to do is up to that individual athlete. >> rob harris, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. we have much more ahead. hurricane sally headed for the gulf coast is what is being

called a life-threatening event. we're going to take you there.

all this week in a special series called champions for change, cnn is bringing you inspiring stories ever people making a difference. and today we travel to kentucky where two men are using the power of music to fight back against opioid addiction. >> there is a lot of beauty in southeastern kentucky. we have a saying around here that every holler is a home to someone's weary soul. trouble some creek got its name

for the most obvious of reasons. it tears out bridges and roads when it gets really, really angry. it is a good metaphor for the downturn of the coal industry taking away all of the good jobs and of course the opioid epidemic. i am a master luigi. it is the art of stringed instrument making. it is considered by many to be the birthplace of the mountain doll simmer. when i started the school in 2012 and then came earl. >> when i did my first oxycontin, i thought it would ease the pain. the pain from failure, the not believing in myself, i was in jail for nine months. i've been through five different drug treatment facilities.

i had a love for wood work. i knew i have a lot for guitars. he said, i need you to teach me how to make guitars and i said well that is no problem. that is what we do. he said, no, you don't understand. i need to come and do this. >> i was probably headed for death that time. how many more chances do you get in life? >> there was some discussion about the wisdom of bringing people and addiction into our studios. >> he's like, we're going to give you a chance. don't let us down. >> what was supposed to be a one year artisan residence turned into a six-year relationship. i've built over 70 instruments at this point. art releases something deep inside of you, you don't know you have. in woodworking, i was able to see the flaws and turn them into features and i'm still sober eight years later.

>> actually took our experience with earl and using that as a spring line, the staff aft appalachian artisan center created the culture of recovery program designed to host people in recovery in our studios. our blacksmith, pottery and luthery studios, we don't do the difficult work that the recovery centers do. we don't take people in who need to go through detox. they do that. and heroically. what we do is we accept people in our studios when they've phased into a place where that is useful to them. >> i've never really completed anything before in my life. and it is turned out to be a pretty nice piece of art work. >> with my drug clients that participate in the program, the

recidivism rate is very low. i would consider it to be 10% or less. they're learning skills and patience and building relationships and they're going to have a finished product in their hand. >> trouble some creek string instrument company is an extension of our school that allows us to bring people from the recovery community into full time employment. >> my life today is bigger than i ever dreamed imaginable. i went back and got a master's degree in network security. from an addict to director of information technology. so today i get to work with addicts. it is amazing to see people's lives change. doug believed in me. he was able to show me a lot of things that i couldn't see in myself. i feel like god put doug in this town. >> and we'll be sharing these inspirational stories all week. and you could watch the champions for change one hour

special this saturday at 10:00 p.m. at this hour the number of coronavirus cases have surpassed $6.5 million and deaths nearing 195,000 and bill gates blasted the u.s. government's crisis response saying to stat news, coat, you know, this has been a mismanaged situation every step of the. it's shocking. it's unbelievable. the fact that we would be among the worst in the world. gates on another news outlet discussing how the fda made mistakes about the plasma therapy saying the agency has lost credibility. >> any suggestion that, you know, a politician, you know, helped create the vaccine or it is faster because of a politician is a very dangerous thing. we saw with the completely bungled plasma statements that when you start pressuring people to say optimistic things, they

go completely off the rails. so the fda lost a lot of credibility there. >> multiple health experts have questioned if there has been enough research on plasma to allow for an emergency authorization for use for covid. all of this as a new survey shows people around the world trust president trump less than the leaders of russia and china because of the way that he's responded to the pandemic. this pew survey of people in 13 allied countries found favorable ability toward the u.s., u.k. and japan and australia is the lowest in at least two decades. we're also following the wildfires that are just devouring the west coast. there are now 36 people dead across california, oregon and washington state. there are nearly two dozen who are still missing in oregon. but forecasters say there may be some better weather on the horizon. maybe cooler temperatures and some much-needed rain. and our special coverage will continue with brooke baldwin.

brianna, thank you so much. hi there, you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. the gulf coast is bracing for a direct hit from hurricane sally that is hours away from making landfall. this is a category one hurricane but do not let that fool you. this storm is powerful, it is expected to drop as much as 30 feet of rain in some areas and produce powerful storm surges, increasing the chances for life-threatening flooding. and the thing with this one is it is moving at a very slow pace. meaning the region will be experiencing rain and thus the flooding concerns for a long, long time. so we have you covered from all angles. let's start with ed lavendera live in mobile in the storm's path. so ed, what are you seeing right now? >> reporter: hey, brooke. well we've been making our way from gulfport