thank. check back to see how your subscribers feel about this. appreciate it. >> thanks. hello to viewers in the united states and around the world. top of the hour. i'm john king in washington. thank you so much for sharing this busy news day with us. the trump administration today outlining how it plans to vaccinate the country against the coronavirus when there is a vaccine. cdc director with a remarkable statement. masks better correction from the coronavirus than a vaccine. >> these face mask, "the" middle east importa east -- most powerful tool we have. did it six, eight, tens weeks we'd bring this coronavirus under control. i might go as far as to say the face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against covid than when i take the covid vaccine, because the immune may be 50%.

this face mask will. >> remarkable to hear that from a top government scientist in a week we watch the president of the united states have two indoor rallies without masks. you need more proof top listen to dr. redfield, 50,000 more covid cases today. a big movement in the wrong direction might be start of a bad fall trend. this. big ten changing its mind plans to play football this year after pressure from lawmakers chief among them, president of the united states. we begin this hour, though, we devastation and darkness stretching across the gulf coast. hurricane sally is here and wicked. the slow-moving storm now a category 1. sustained wind speeds set at 80 miles per hour. enough to decapitate palm trees. more than 500,000 people lost power along the gulf coast already and in places 24 inches of rain already on the ground. perspective from on the ground. cnn's gary tuchman in pensacola

beach, florida. >> reporter: john, i can tell you for sure, at some point hurricane sally will come to an end here. sure doesn't feel like it right now, because it has now been 21 hours since the torrential rain started and they've never let up. tropical storm-force winds continually for many hours with hurricane-force gusts, but this is not considered a wind event. not like hurricane laura three weeks ago, 140 mile-per-hour winds and lake charles, louisiana and causing immense structural damage throughout the city. we don't see a lot of damage to buildings surrounding us here in pensacola beach because winds haven't been like that, however, flooding is all over the place. a major concern in the flood surge. it's still hard to tell how much flood damage there is because there are places we just can't get to. we're on sanibel island, pensacola beach, a barrier island to the south of

pensacola. the bridges connected to the island have been closed last night once the winds got about 40 miles per hour. people told, decide to stay in your homes, you can, a voluntary evacuation, not mandatory, haven't opened many shelters partly because of covid. if you decide to stay you're stuck until the hurricane is is over. it's not over. they're still stuck here. the great concern once the winds come to an end and the rain they explore the damage they see. they are telling people, asking people, pleading to them, please, do flot go out in your cars now. there's a great chance you could end into a puddle that turns into a lake and your car could wash away and, please, beware of the power lines. what people are being told. so far the most important thing covering hurricanes to try to give people information so they don't get injured or hurt. no casualties now but, of course, it's early.

john? >> hope it stays that way. it is early. some people evacuate many hunker down brace for storms. and those that chase them. a storm chaser joins us now on the phone. you're somewhere in florida, best to my understanding. near pensacola. pell us wh tell us what you're seeing. >> i'm between the key and pensaco pensacola. winds gusting over tropical storm force. occasionally a hurricane-force gust. lots of flooding. lots of flooding here. last night lots of really intense winds. kind of even caught me off guard how you the winds were in orange beach, a lot of structural damage didn't happen in orange beach. mostly because of hurricane ivan. it wiped out almost the whole area. when they built back they build back to a cat 4 code. it helped minimize the wind damage, but the surge damage is

still immense especially fords the gulf shores area and then the perdito key, a lot of surge in that area pushing a lot of boats into homes. a lot of cars flooded out. pretty bad situation all around. i know it went all the way into pensacola as well. >> you mentioned taken aback by the winds. orange beach i think you said. you do this, call you an add vnch adventurer. some call you nuts but you have experience. done it before through other storms. bring us context. for better or worse what makes sally unique and different? >> well, it sat off-coast a long time and usually a weakening as it comes in. it was exactly the opposite what happens here. the strength of the hurricane coming in. there's no winds along the orange beach area directly on the water. probably rivaled that of

hurricane laura in lake charles. i'd say it was similar to, even stronger than the hurricane in marco island. not in the keys but marco island. so it was a storm that felt more like a major hurricane than a category 2. the last one category 2 coming in. felt like a major hurricane for sure. a long duration almost like hurricane harvey in texas and produced amounts of rain and flash flooding inland and storm surge along the coast. >> it's hard in the early hours that we're in the early hours sometimes to assess the scope of the damage. we know 500,000 people lost power at least temporarily. again, with it raining show ard and winds blowing so hard, hard to get perspective. downed power lines and bent trees busted cars and buildings, what are you seeing? >> yeah. all of the above. all of the above and a long, big area, hurricane laura, in

louisiana, it didn't have an entire gradious, smaller path. this was larger. the damage in the lake charles area was a lot more intense from the wind damage. like i said, mostly because of building codes and this area hit, it made a big difference when they built back, built stronger codes helping with wind damage. still plenty wind damp. don't get me wrong. root damage, stuff blown all over the place, lots of trees, power lines down. storm surge and flooding definitely the bigger concern. >> a storm chaser making his way across northern florida tracking hurricane sally. appreciate your insights. like to know what you see continuing on your journey and, please, stay safe as you do so. check in whip our weather center. meteorologist jennifer gray tracking sally as well. what's the latest? >> the storm slowly moving to the north. moving slightly faster than this time yesterday, about 5 miles

per hour still as a fast walking or slow jogging pace. this is going to continue to sit over the deep south throughout the day today. into the night. we are still going to have ap major flood concern all across the florida panhandle as well as much of alabama as this storm slowly medicine lly heads to t. radar estimated observed rain. all of this area shaded in white is more than 20 inches of rain. we've had reports of pensacola received 24 inches of rain. panama city has received more than a foot of rain. a lot of this is offshore, but you can see a lot of it is onshore right around the florida panhandle and you see the areas shaded in hot pink, even red, that's six to ten inches of rain. as the storm slowly lifts to the north you'll continue to see the flash flood threat. the big box shaded in red is all the areas that need to watch out for flash flooding throughout the day today and tonight and as

the storm heads to the north, of course, that's going to shift to the north as well. current winds, seeing gusts of 52 miles per hour. 29 in dothan. 61 mile-per-hour gusts in milton, pensacola still getting 61 mile-per-hour wind gusts. with the storm moving slowly, getting winds for a long, long time. that's why we're seeing lots of damage along the coast. here's where sally sits now with 80 mile-per-hour winds. gusts to 100 moving to the north-northeast 5 miles per hour and on the current track the storm will finally pick up forward speed by the time we get into the overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning, but, john, i just want to point out something really interesting. we've had six landfalls within the atlantic storm base of this year. some of them in the u.s. one hit belize, one hit bermuda. all strengthened at least 15 miles per hour or more within 24 hours of landfall. brandon mentioned before you came to me, that's rare for a

storm to do. we've seen every single storm that's made landfall this season do that. what used to be rare is now seeming to become the norm, which is very alarming with these storms. >> it is alarming. grateful. jennifer gray keeping track over the next several days. up next, president trump make as rare trip outside of his bubble face-to-face with undecided voters. ay it's the faster way to clean as you go just spray, wipe and rinse it cleans grease five times faster dawn powerwash. spray, wipe, rinse.

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most unfamiliar challenge last night for president of the united states trying to convince undecided voters he's the right person to lead on issues like the coronavirus on race and health care, but the incumbent struggle with the voter questions and honestly repeatedly strayed from reality on the pandemic insisting he didn't underestimate's threat. he did. we have it on tape. confused about masks. suggested some people think masks are bad. scientists say, tell us they are

the best wep tapon to fight the virus. the president had power to implement a national mask mandate and found a way to pin the absence on his 2020 opponent. >> they said at the democrat convention they're going to do a national mandate. they nerve der it, because they've checked out and didn't do it. it and a good question is, you ask, like, joe biden. they said we're going to do a national mandate on masks. >> called on all governors. >> he didn't do it. he never did it. >> joining me now with the conversation, let's be clear, joe biden's not president. pointed out in the a tweet and can't impose a martial mask mandate. can talk about one suggest governor doss it in their stat. the president punting and saying some don't like masks and mentioned a waiter who waited on him recently at a meal. that's the president of the united states bp this is his own cdc director someone who knows

the science just moments ago. >> these face masks are "the" most powerful public health tool we have. did it 6, 8, 10, 12 weeks we'd bring this pandemic under control and might go as far as to say this face mask is more guaranteesed to protect me against covid than when i take a covid vaccine about the imag imagenmagnicit? is might not protect me. this mask will. >> and hearing the president of the united states still seven months in, 50,000-plus new innei infections yesterday saying some people say masks don't work when his own scientists are saying, begging the country to please use a mask. help us. >> it's not clear, john, where he's getting information. last night he mentioned a waiter but didn't go further than that,

and the town hall, john, really showed the limitations of the strategy that the white house and the president have been taking so far to the election as well. the white house generally puts him in front of tightly controlled crowds, audiences, where there's small round tables, even. at his rallies, speaking only to his supporters. he can leave and commonly does when he doesn't like the questions. at something like this, the president's unable to do that and had to face really tough questioning from the average voters and this is also something he's going to have to deal with at the debates. >> and, josh, since the beginning of the trump administration, you and i have had this conversation before. two weeks has been kind of a hashtag, if you will. the president keeps saying, have it for you in two weeks. have it for you in two weeks. george stephanopoulos asked the question, you for a long time including in an interthe view with me promised to help the

health care plan with the american people. listen? >> i interviewed you in june of last year and said the health care plan would come in two weeks. cold chris wallace this summer, three weeks. promised executive order -- >> i have it already. >> trying to strike down -- pre-existing conditions. >> i have it already. it's a much better plan for you and it's a much better plan. >> a much better plan we have never seen. josh, the president is on the record. his administration is in court trying to throw out obamacare. throw out protection with a preexisting condition you cannot be denied insurance yet the president sat there, told george, no offense to george, telling voters with health care questions, my plan's better and you're good. >> you remember, john be, i mean, the president's first stumble was repeal and replace and failing legislatively on that. and shown repeatedly one of the biggest gaffes to joe biden is

on health care. saw in the 2018 midcare voting health care primarily in mind and once again the president saw the gap between campaign advisers and trying to do several eos on drug pricing. talked about drug pricing extensively, talked about that's not materialized. the president is trying to tell people he would be better on health care than joe biden. so far people aren't buying it. in the last 48 days or so he's talked about health care. whether folks think there's a substantive promise from the white house i guess remains to be seen. >> one of the voters asked a health care question. left that town and wouldn't vote on way in and definitely vote now on joe biden. the subject of race also came up. voter told the president he

heard the president say when police officers shoot black men they're chokings like missing a putt the president compared it to a clutch play in a golf tournament. one voter said, one answer but you haven't talked about broader issues. let's listen. >> you said everything else about choking and everything else but yet to address and acknowledge there's been a race problem in america. >> well, i hope there's not a race problem. i can tell you, there's none with me because i have great respect for all races's for everybody. this country is great because of it. >> i hope there's not a race problem. that's the president of the united states more than three and a half years into his term, including during a summer, end of a summer now into fall, of a racial reckoning across the country. not the answer that voter was looking for. >> and, john, call it racial justice or racial disparities, whatever you choose to call it it is not something the president has focused on as we campaigns for a second term whatsoever. look at his second term agenda put out by the campaign, and

look through the things he's looking to do in a second term. the only thing there aimed at african-american voters is the opportunities he's passed and would like to expand. you see nothing specifically related to otherwise underserved communities or to the minority communities whatsoever. nothing about criminal justice reform, about covid-19 particularly as it pertains to those communities, and that is just not what the president is running for re-election on. >> and, josh what do they think inside the white house more importantly i guess inside the trump campaign about doing events like this? on fox news laura ingraham called it an ambush by abc. yeah, abc put the president of the united states, leader of democracy in a room with voters and had to answer questions from its citizens. i guess fox news considers that an ambush. does the trump campaign think they should do more of this or after last night keep him away from voters?

>> thir going to see more because of necessity. trailing in battleground states. suburban voters have seen the president as his contact as to, vote for him and too odious to vote for him and policy positions they don't like and trying to introduce him to voters in different scenes. told by several campaign awed visors yesterday you ho swould more of this and also the president wants to draw contrast to joe biden largely not coming out and seeing the large events. trying to show a hoar robust schedule. i don't think advisers i talked to around the president saw it as an ambush even though his answers on coronavirus weren't helpful to the president. other answers showed him in a different light to voters. whether or not that's true remains to be seen. the ambush you mentioned is not one i heard commonly shared in trumpworld. >> just on state tv. not from trumpland itself.

thank you both. appreciate the reporting and insights today. closer to election deal, we'll see. the president is rounding the turn on coronavirus, the president says. our new numbers tell us, not true.

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rounding the turn. that's the term the president keeps using when it comes to the coronavirus saying the country is rounding the turn meaning rounding the turn for the better. new numbers show another spike

in cases's a big spike in cases raising the question whether we're taking a wrong turn. look about the the 50-state map. a much badder -- excuse me, much worse map, speak english, than yesterday. see the orange and red? 23 states reporting more coronavirus cases now than a week ago. 23 states trending in the wrong direction. 17 states holding steady. that's the beige. ten states trending down is green. you wish more were down. arizona and california going down. big drivers of the summer surge but 23 states trending up. just one week ago only nine states trending up. not all big numbers but you have a lot of states especially up in here, again, the case counts aren't -- cumulatively they add up. the case count, here's the question. trying to get down oununder 40,. yesterday, 50,000 reported a

one-day blip? resulter labor day? we don't know yet. highest number in quite some time the death count also above 1,000 as we watch that play out. testing by day, pretty stable. right? around 600,000-plus tests for quite some time. experts would like a lot more than that. the administration says this is enough. a lot of experts would like more testing getting back to campbell -- campus school and work. this number held steady quite some time. the national positively rate, 5.2% average coming back positive. public health experts say shove it below 5%. hovering around 5% now. why more cases? the state map. you want to be light as possible. a low infection rate. most of the northeast, went through this early, way down low. you see darker colors? 12%, florida. 15% mississippi, alabama. 14% kansas.

17%, wisconsin, iowa, missourialities in double digits. idaho and utah as well. higher positivity rates means more infections and more cases. see where we're headed. be the administration's testing czar says he believes we are in better shape. some contest this, but he believes we're in better shape now than coming out of memorial day but adds a big "but." >> since the post-memorial day peaks in community spread the number of new covid-19 cases is down 48%. the number of people hospitalized with covid-19 is down 49%. these gains could be fleeting or even reversed if we do not continue to follow the national plan and exercise personal responsibility, especially wearing masks and avoiding crowds. >> joining us now, the executive associate dean at emory university school of medicine. doctor, nice to see you again. forgive me for adding politics

top of our conversation, but that's a little rich when you hear the admiral talking about avoiding crowds and wearing masks. we just watched a couple days of the president of the united states at big indoor rallies with people packed in, many of them not wearing masks. >> yes, john. i think we need an example from the top, right? i totally agree with the admiral. we need to wear a mask, avoid crowds and avoid close places, know, closed rooms with a lot of people, and that's exactly what we're not seeing. we need examples from the top and really need to do that, because if we do we can control this pandemic. >> we could, and one of the questions is, when will we get a vaccine? the president on the campaign trail said, soon. hinted several times, could be before the election. head of the centers for disease control said a short time ago, not that fast. >> i think there will be vaccine that initially will be available

sometime between november and december, but very limited supply and we'll have to be prioritized. it you're asking me when is it going to be generally available to the american public, so we can begin to take advantage of vaccine to get back to our regular life, i think we're probably looking at third -- late second quarter, third quarter 2021. >> that's a year from now. almost a year from now, doctor, from widespread availability, perhaps limited, dr. redfield says for folks from you on the front lines in the medical profession, first responders. most americans will have to wait until about this time next year, maybe a tad earlier? >> i agree with dr. redfield, john. the reality, people need to realize the vaccine will not be like turning on a switch? not like we have a vaccine we're done. more like opening a faucet very, very slow. it's going to take a lot of time

to immunize the millions you have to immunize. logistics aren't simple and many vaccines will require two doses making it even more complicated. i want to emphasize we have a vaccine right now called, wear a mask. if 95% of the u.s. citizens wore a mask we could stop transmission of this virus today. a mask, in fact, may be much more effective than a vaccine because vaccine at best has a 50% ef ca efficacy. eneed a vaccine, the reality and wear a mask until enough of immunized to have what we need. >> nice to hear it from the top and consistently but we hear it from the president's top scientists just at odds with the boss, if you will. listen to this from the president's town hall. i think he got terms mixed up. trying to talk about herd immunity. he talked about herd mentality. i want you to listen to this and see if it makes any sense to you. >> it would go away without the

vaccine, george, butt it's going to go away a lot faster. >> go away without the vaccine? >> sure. over a period of time. sure. with time. >> and many deaths. >> you'll develop like a herd mentality. it's going to be herd developed and that's going to happen. >> ah, if you look at the side of the screen, closing in on 197,000 soon to reach 200,000 americans killed by the coronavirus. what is the president talking about there, doctor? >> well, herd mentality is obviously the wrong term. he probably was referring to herd immunity. herd immunity is scientifically what it means you when you have enough people in a community infected, or vaccinated, you start seeing transmission decrease because the numbers to susceptible individuals dramatically decreases. for this virus, we think population vaccinated or acquired the infection somewhere in the neighborhood 60%, 70%. propose 60%.

up today maybe 10% 15% of the u.s. population has been infected. you well said closing in on 2b 00,0 200,000 deaths. go four times higher, right? that means instead of 200,000 deaths multiply it by four. 800,000 deaths. a herd immunity plan is a disaster plan. we simply cannot do that. >> simply we cannot do that. no. i agree with you, sir. doctor, appreciate your insights. again, you made the point. keep them handy. what it takes to help. put it on. the mask helps. doctor, appreciate your insights. coming up, a major reversal from the big ten. first rodeo and let me tell you something, i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. it's just a loan

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a major reversal for the big ten after postponing the football season last month the big ten said it will play afterall games kicking off late october. now the president says great news. big ten football is back. it is my great honor, the president said, to have helped. a big reversal. conference said it's too risky, not safe. now they say, we'll play? >> right, john. a stunning about-face especially considering the chancellor voted not to bring it back. ivy league, the one set the precedent for football way back when all this started. big ten following quickly behind citing science and need for precaution to take things slow.

now i think the thinking is summed up best by what the university of michigan released a quote from jim harbaugh that said, stay positive, test negative and let's play football. that's where we are. when we last spoke essentially the decision-makers here needed to be reassured that the health concerns regarding student athletes and students in general were going to be able to be managed. the wease reason we've given the statement from the big ten, daily testing here and enhanced cardiac screening to go with concerns about my oh car diet is. those two protocols put in place were reason enough for the powers that be to say, let's give it a shot. >> give it a, a watch and see how it plays out. see if they can navigate the risk. appreciate the important news there. everyone likes to watch were football. hope they can do it safely. coming up, house speaker nancy pelosi facing backlash within her own democratic party. look at that scuffed up wall.

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new york democrat max rose putting it this way. they are rejecting a bold bipartisan measure outright and continuing to kick the can down the road over and over and observer gern. it's deeply frustrating's that's rose. oklahoma democratic congresswoman tweeted flatly unresponsible congressional leadership is not at the table when businesses are closing americans are out of work and families need help. cnn congressional correspondent manu raju live on capitol hill. a democratic family feud? >> reporter: particularly from those vulnerable freshmen democrats in the swing districts, often distanced, that the president carried in 2016 and want action. this, despite the house passing its own proposal back in may, roughly $3 trillion plan. that bill has gone nowhere, because senate republicans are opposed. nancy pelosi pointed to that in pushing republicans to come closer to her overall dollar number, but republicans aren't budging on the price tag. so as a result, a lot of these

members want action, and want pelosi to change her approach. perhaps bringing a more pared back version forward, and you mentioned that $1.5 trillion proposal that the so-called problem solvers, the bipartisan group on capitol hill involving vulnerable members want the speaker to bring that forward but the speaker's allies rejected that plan prompting sharp reaction from max reez in new york. he told me yesterday he's "disappointed" to be a democrat today because of the rejection of the approach calling the leadership's approach "stupid" he called it a charade and other democrats also had concerns. pelosi recognizes that and for the moment not budging making it clear she still wants the white house to come closer to her number and it doesn't seem to be happening unless the president, perhaps, has his way. >> speaker not budgeting and the president trying to insert

himself in it? >> reporter: right. the president tweeted this morning. something that caught a lot of republicans off guard on the hill. he tweeted, democrats are heartless. they don't want to give stimulus payments to people who desperately need the money and whose fault it was not that the play came in from china. go for the much higher numbers, republicans. it all comes back to the usa anyway. one way or another. that's what caught people off guard. go for much higher numbers republicans. recall, john, back in late july, senate majority mitch mcconnell put ount a $1 trillion proposal. didn't bring it to a vote because republicans revolted because the number was too high. put together a proposal, pushed that forward last unique. democrats plok blo s blocked it far enough. talking to republican senators today, john, about trump's tweet this morning, they're saying if you go higher you're going to lose republican support and that

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weeks of dry, hot weather fueling deadly wildfires along the west coast. those fires killed at least 34 people, reduced thousands of homes to ashes from california, to oregon to washington state hundreds forced to leave homes and for many could be weeks, weeks, before they can return, if they can return. the fires score mping nearly 5 million acres. with us, spokeswoman for the american red cross. thanks for being with us. the red cross is trying to provide meals and shelters. discuss what you're doing and the scope of the challenge? >> our hearts go out to everyone impacted by this disaster and our biggest focus right now is providing a safe place for people to stay. meals and just emotional support, because many of these people left their home with next to nothing. >> all right.

you say next to nothing. the pictures provided, pictures of crews on the ground and our affiliate is devastating. 1,000-plus red cross workers helping the u.s. cope. mealed and snacks served. 20,000 plus relief items distributed. 9,000 providing emergency lodgings monday night. how long is the shelter challenge? feeding first responders, those displaced from homes is critical. how long will be in in this business, if you will, because so many homes have been destroyed? >> operations on the ground for continue for weeks and we will continue to host shelters and put people up in hotels, depending what the circumstances are in the community for as long as the need is there. >> and you have these people. we see some of the volunteers on the ground and the workers. what is it feedback you get in a situation like this when you're trops, call them troops, out there on the ground trying to help people.

obviously hearing painful stories, hearing the needs, the wishes of the people they're assisting. what's the greatest feedback that you get about what people need and want? >> you know, the most interesting thing, to me, is that there are people who have actually been impacted by these disasters themselves, who are out taking care of their neighbors as red cross volunteers. out an a vest to support each other and it's powerful to see them not worrying about their own personal needs but stepping up to take care of people who don't have anything. don't have anything left. >> so in the past after hurricanes and tornadoes run into red cross volunteers doing this amazing, remarkable work. never been to the devastation of the wildfires like this. in terms of having a plan in place at the beginning of the year for a contingency like this versus what's happened, unprecedented, sort of, are you caught up in that in a sense realizing, god, i thought we planned well, but we don't have

enough? >> the red cross responds to 60,000 disasters every single year, and so preparedness for disasters is our business. and while we could not have anticipated a pandemic, this is the work we were ready to do and we stand ready, because of the generosity of the people of america who don'tate, and help us with our disaster relief fund, because of volunteers and supporters across the country. >> and with the american red cross. april, thanks for your time today and more importantly thanks to all the work you're doing and all the volunteer, doing out there in all affected areas. not just the wildfires but dealing with hurricane sally in the gulf coast today. thank you for your time. other quick headlines before we go. the supreme court will hear oral arguments by phone when the new term starts next month. ex-tense of protocols implemented earlier this year. no decision made whether the justices will return to court for arguments come november and december. the world trade association ruling the trump administration

illegally imposed tariffs on billions of chinese goods, imposed in 2018 not only force china to address several issues including intellectual property theft. in its wholing, wto found several rules violated including not imposing the same tariffs on all trading partners. us post master general louis dejoy employed those to work for him. hirings obtained by american oversight and viewed by cnn. at least three employees paid between $180,000 and $195,000 a year. since taking over as post master general he's come under intense scrutiny from democrats for changes made to usps operations causing widespread mailing delays. dejoy claims they are necessary cost-cutting pleasures. more than half of new york

public school children will learn if they will return. 42% will learn only from home. new york city about to start that challenge. thanks for joining us. hope to see you tomorrow as well. very busy news day. brianna keilar picks up our coverage, right now. have a great day. hello. i'm brianna keilar and i want to welcome viewers here in the united states and around the world. beginning with hurricane sally roaring onshore near gulf shores, alabama. the national weather services issued a flash flood emergency including parts of coastal alabama and includes the florida panhandle. sally already you dumped about two feet of rain on that area. two feet. sally is moving at such a slow pace, some parts may be seeing up to three feet of rain. the storm is now a category 1 and forecast to follow this track throughout the day as it is turning to