>> president trump is now en route to louisianament he plans to stop there to survey some of the damage left behind by hurricane laura. he's going to be on the ground throughout louisiana for most of the afternoon before taking off to texas where he'll meet with first responders on the ground there. very busy day. we'll be following that presidential travel live. we'll bring it to you as it happens. welcome to headquarters. i'm gillian turner great to be with everybody at home. leland, great to be with you.

leland: gillian, nice to be with you as well. the suffering in louisiana, the southern part of the state, it's unimaginable for most of us at home with air conditioning and watching television. i'm leland vittert. the president will touchdown first in lake charles. we'll take a look at damage he's going to see. woo we head to the white house where the president just left. hi, david. >> hi, leland. it's been a difficult day for people in louisiana and east texas. and the president of the united states should be the comforter in chief. that's a role that he will take on today as he meets with people in louisiana and texas. he's in the air right now as gillian said, should be landing at some point in the next hour and a half, two hours, depending how much time he makes up in the air. the president did not stop for cameras as he got on air force one at joint base andrews. sometimes he comes over, but not the case today.

he'll makes comments on the ground in louisiana and texas. one of the hardest hit areas, leland, you were there earlier, lake charles. the latest update, businesses and homes obliterated by the category 4 storm. a 14-year-old girl died after a tree fell on her home. the president declared a major disaster at the request of john bel edwards and it is a lot of money and louisiana needs both at this hour. >> we've spoken to the governors and worked out everything for the federal government to be very, very efficient and be very aggressive in getting everything back and going and going as it should. >> and this right here, this video is pretty unbelievable. it's a chemical fire in west lake, not far from where the president will hand. that fire now out and under control. it's a direct result of the storm. the country made chlorine for

swimming pools and leland, i have to mention today, august 29th of 2020, 15 years ago today, that's when hurricane katrina hit louisiana, obviously, a devastating storm. many people still talking about hurricane katrina so the president visiting louisiana talking about hurricane laura, on the anniversary of hurricane katrina. leland: the memory of katrina in louisiana was used ahead of laura to get people moving and taking these warnings seriously and no doubt saved lives. david spunt is at the white house. gillian. gillian: following on the state of louisiana with president trump, residents of lake charles are picking up the pieces of their lives. they're going to need assistance after the full force of laura as it ripped across that region. fox news' casey stegall is on the ground with the latest. tell us what you've got. >> well, gillian, we're south

of downtown lake charles and really, everywhere you go around the city, there is damage. 360 degrees. wind 150 miles an hour at landfall, almost all of the businesses and routes -- businesses and roofs ripped off. this here is a chunk of the portion of the roof i just showed you and the other problem is widespread power outages. downed power lines absolutely everywhere you go. the wooden pole there, snapped in half and then go down the line and you see the transformer sitting up there against the building. you know, the damage is mostly wind in lake charles, but about 50 miles south of us, along the coast, boy, talk about a lot of water damage as well because of the heavy rains and the storm surge. you're looking at fox news drone footage of holly beach, louisiana. homes underwater or wiped off

their foundations. similar devastation in neighboring cameron, louisiana where laura actually made landfall. officials say it will take years to fully recover. >> you see those trees start to do a 90 degree angle, to the west, and that's, that's not good. >> ai've jumped out of airplanes and i thought that was scarscar but it's not. this is scary. >> and deployed across the region, one of the largest responses in state history. if there's one thing i can tell you, the people here are resilient. it's amazing when you cover catastrophe when you meet folks who lost everything. they have smiles on their faces, they've been through this before, the 15-year anniversary of katrina.

and they tell us that they can certainly rebuild after laura. gillian. gillian: casey stegall live in lake charles, louisiana. we'll check back with you next hour. we appreciate it. leland: we'll check back in louisiana when the president arrives as well. in the meantime let's talk about his trip from last night, compass a campaign rally in new hampshire and he talked about the streets and about a comeback. our numbers are going to be great, a great third quarter and an unbelievable next year, unless somebody stupid gets elected and raises your taxes. leland: perhaps a thought about what the closing arguments for president trump will be ahead of november's election for his reelection. senior fellow at king's college and former member of the president's team. mark smith. the last incumbent to lose was george h.w. bush, he lost during a recession and james

carville then the strategist for bill clinton said it was the economy, stupid. say what you want, but unemployment's 10%. people feel that. people know that. if it's not them who is laid off, it's their neighbor who is laid off. he's promising a great next year, mean a lot? >> yeah, well, first of all, i think the primary issue that's going to be discussed between now and november, leland, is going to be law and order and the rise from the streets. that's going to be the a-1 campaign in november. you cannot have a robust economy if you have crime in your streets. but, you know, leland, i think the key dig here and it's important to understand, is october 29th, 2020, the friday before the election, on that date the third quarter gdp numbers will be released and when you compare the third quarter gdp numbers to the second quarter of 2020, you're going to see a massive increase in economics and that's going to be very-- >> mark.

went to the london school of economics and love talking gdp numbers, but every time i go to western pennsylvania or spend time up in michigan or wisconsin with voters, i haven't heard one of them talk about a gdp number. they talk about whether they got a raise, how they feel. they talk about-- gdp numbers don't make people feel better. >> if you want to continue on and talk about other issues relevant to western pennsylvania and the swing state. talk about joe biden's comments he said a week or so ago, he may well shut the economy back down if a couple of scientists tell him to do so. i think that scares americans after what we've been through and furthermore, joe biden and his green energy policies are clearly about anti-goal, anti-energy, anti-energy independence i think speaks to the swing states. when it comes to economics, i think that donald trump is very strong. leland: point well taken. live free or die is the motto

there, and president trump lost it by 4/10 of a percentage point, 2500 votes or so in 2016 and now we look at the polling right now. real clear politics average, joe biden 51.7% and president trump who showed up last night 42%. that's a spread of almost 10 points. >> look. here is the reality about polls, leland, as i see it. no one is going to tell a stranger on the phone any one of three things, i have guns in my home, i have gold coins at my home or i support donald trump. leland: tell strangers these things-- mark let me stop you. >> we've got to talk about reality though, we put up the numbers. >> sure. leland: about 2016, which president trump lost by about 3/10 of a percentage point in new hampshire to hillary clinton. >> yes. leland: the last day of 2016, the real clear politics average had hillary clinton winning not

by a 10-point margin in a hidden vote for president trump it had her winning by 3/10 of a percentage point which is dead on. where is the hidden trump vote? all of a sudden showing up in the past four years and people won't now will say they're voting for president trump, 10 points' worth? come on. >> i actually think it could be that large. i'll tell you why. back in 2016 people i think we-- some people were embarrassed or concerned about what would happen to them on social media if they said i support donald trump pt today though, i think there's viceral fear if you support trump that they'll treat you like rand paul and fear in the streets what people will do if you stand up for america and trump. i think it could be easily 10 points or more easily, sure. we'll see, but i think it could be that large, people are

scared. leland: mark, appreciate it. good conversation as all the. you make a lot of point to think about. we appreciate you taking the time on a saturday. good to see you. >> thank you, leland. leland: fox news sunday tomorrow. chris wallace will tackle this issue and more with donald trump campaign senior advisor lara trump. and an exclusive interview with the biden deputy campaign manager. you'll check your local listings. howard kurtz talks to press secretary hogan gidley 11 a.m. eastern. gillian: well, democratic presidential nominee joe biden says he's going to hit the campaign trail in person starting just after labor day. he's going to begin with stops in critical battle ground states like minnesota and wisconsin, this after more than five months of staying mostly virtual. peter doocy is himself in wilmington, delaware with the details of the planned stop.

hey, peter. >> gillian, good morning. joe biden right now is trying to get football fans in swing states to blame president trump for empty football stadiums next fall. >> and now to honor america, please join in the singing of our national anthem. ♪ >> 15 second versions of that ad have been customized to show big empty stadiums in michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, arizona and even though biden has pledged to shut the whole country down again if that's what scientists recommend, the campaign is trying to push slightly less aggressive, but just as widespread covid-19 measures, including a national mask mandate and biden is calling on governors in every state to require a resident to wear a mask anytime they leave the house nor whatever reason

and kamala harris is explaining how that would work and how it would be enforced. >> it's really, it's a standard. nobody is going to be punished. come on. nobody likes to wear a mask. this is a universal feeling, right? so, so that's not the point. hey, let's enjoy wearing masks. no. the point is this is what we, as responsible people who love our neighbor. >> and joe biden left his place here at the beach and he's back home in wilmington, next hour he'll make remarks to the national guard conference virtually. gillian. gillian: that football ad from the biden campaign is a pretty thick burn. peter they tell me you're in r

row -- reh rehoebath beach. and thank you for joining us on this weekend this afternoon, it great to have you, we want to get your response to that biden ad, peter doocy just played a clip of showing empty stadiums. the biden campaign making the argument that it's president trump's doing and president trump's fault. my thought is it's a hard sell. >> the broader piece, the message is if we would have dealt with this pandemic in a more aggressive way in the early stages that we would not have these situations and the economy would be stronger today than it is as we're facing day-to-day right now. i think that's the broader message, i think that the president has fumbled, literally, the ball when it comes to the issue of dealing with the pandemic and now he's playing catch-up. it's cost the economy, it's cost football, it's cost my

soon ability to go to school and now he's in the basement or his room and i think that's the message. gillian: that was certainly the message at the dnc last week. they tried to drive home hard the accusation that president trump fumbled the ball early on in the virus and now they had some great funding, the democrats coming out of that, raised 70 million in four days and had over 120 million viewers, so that was good, but the rub is that biden did not get the polling booths coming out of that week that was expected. now, that's a problem. >> yeah, well, i'm not sure it's a problem. coming out of a virtual convention. president trump did his own convention and he'll have his activities based on what happened. he had a good show and tell. a lot of people, i think it was irresponsible for them to be

without a mask outside and protect your neighbor, but that's the decision they made. this whole election in the virtual activity around it is so different, but the data tells he's still 9 points ahead on average following. the real view will be after labor day and after the show ap tells get done and out of the way. let's get down to a real campaign on the issues. i think that polling after labor day will be really telling you what the trend lines will be. not these conventions because these are, you know, very unusual. both of them kind of info commercials about what they believe ap i think that's great knowing what the reality is going to be right after labor day. that's when the campaigns, i think, take the full swing where they're going to go and the trend lines that happen. >> senator, if you're still upset, as a lot of folks are, about the fact that the 1500 viewers of the president's

speech on the last night of the rnc, many were not wearing masks or practicing social distancing because the coronavirus is still raging, why is it then a good idea or okay for the biden campaign to get out on the campaign trail is this they're the ones saying for months it's not safe to do this. so the numbers aren't going in our favor. so, it's a little hypocritical. >> no, i think there's a big difference. if you saw the end of the dnc when he anticipated the nomination, then he went out and you noticed how it was done, it was in different whole environment. people were social distancing, and it was like a drive-in response. you were-- >> yeah, but crowd that come to see him out on the campaign trail, senator, the whole point of going out on the campaign trail is to come face-to-face and draw crowd. why is he trying to do that if it's so dangerous? >> i think it's going to be a lot more limiting than you'd expect and i would say, you watch it, there's going to be people out there, in a much different situation, social

distancing, wear that mask. that's the key. if you hear every scientist tell you, every doctor tell you, keep the distancing, wear a mask and what you saw at the trump rally was 100%, almost, not one mask. i mean, let me go back to the pain issue. do you want this economy to get going again. gillian: sir there were some people in that audience we could see them with our own eyes that were wearing mask. >> did you hear what i said, i said almost 100%, not a lot did. very clear. but the point is, the economy getting going again, you have to-- this president failed and dropped the ball, did not pick it up. if you want to make a difference as a president you lead, you make the point. you show by example not by a mishap of circumstances or making his-- i'm not going to wear a mask because it doesn't look good.

i mean, come on. gillian: well, senator, we are out of town and i'm sorry to interrupt you. we're coming up against a hard break. we priesh your insight and love to have you back. leland: we've got the hurricane, we've got campaign 2020. we've got this, hours away from a protest planned in kenosha, wisconsin. it been a week of a shooting of jacob blake set off nights ap protesters and garrett tenney is awaiting that in kenosha, hi, garrett. >> the attorney for the 17-year-old who allegedly shot three people, allege he was acting in self-defense. we'll show you that video coming up.

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>> authorities in kenosha, wisconsin are prepping for more protests as national guard units are now standing by, ready to prevent the resurgence of violence in the lakeside city. the attorney for the alleged kenosha shooter, kyle rittenhouse, saying he acted in self-defense. garrett tenney is reporting from kenosha where it looks so

far that the streets are quieter today. hi, garrett. hi, gillian, that's very much the case. there are now more than 1,000 national guard troops here in kenosha and more on the way and does appear to have made a difference. the attorneys for 17-year-old kyle rittenhouse tells he was defending himself against the mob of attackers wednesday night and the two men he is accused of killing were trying to take his gun. and some folks yelling get him. several people rushed him after he trips to the ground including 26-year-old anthony huber fatally shot in the chest while trying to disarm him. another man appeared to hold him a gun although our crew who was there did not see any weapons. and rittenhouse shot him with his hands raised. >> and kenosha's police chief

saying there was a lot of going on and rittenhouse was allowed to walk by because officers didn't know what happened. >> you can hear on the video are telling him to get out of the way and not seeing him as a threat. the kenosha police are looking at a detailed account up to an officer shooting jacob blake in the back seven times. according to the union, blake fought the officers trying to arrest him putting one of then in a headlock and refused to cooperate, even after being tased twice and he also refused to drop a knife they claim he was holding. none of that was caught on the cell phone that showed blake getting shot in the back several times. the lead investigation is not commenting on the detail and the union's account of those events are overblown, says an

attorney. gillian: still a tough video clip to watch because we know the second after we hit pause there. thanks for bringing us the story, garrett, live from kenosha. leland: we bring in former milwaukee police chief ed flynn. we appreciate it. you think about the cities that have seen real violence the past couple of months. washington d.c., chicago more recently, kenosha with the looting and rioting that went on. portland, still having it, and seattle as well. you've got to think that in these police departments, morale is just rock bottom. >> most certainly it is and it's very difficult to be a member of a profession that's being so willfully misportrayed and the scapegoat of many ills that afflict america. people in the policing realize

they're trying to reduce homicides in cities, and homicides and fatal shootings, they recognize that. leland: and what was the ferguson and baltimore effect, going back four years now, of officers who realized that clearly the climate was such that they were afraid to do their jobs. >> well, i think what's occurred is that there's been kind of a massive collapse of political courage in every individual incident, even though they're all different from each other is treated as one more example of police bias. as long as bias is the narrative police are brushed back from doing proactive law enforcement that's proven to save lives, overwhelmingly prick african-american lives. leland: and what a police officer said, what officer is going to pursue a suspect down a dark alley knowing what

possibly meets them, and what possibly meets them in terms of political blowback if something happens. and portland now 80-plus days of rioting and violence, 10 days after taking office, mr. schmidt, the d.a., dismissed some people after the protests began in may. and his office declined to prosecute for minor offenses such as interfering with police, disorderly conduct and assault on officers and resisting arrest will require closer scrutiny. is he a district attorney for the people or for the protesters? >> certainly it shows a lack of political courage. i mean, portland needs a base level of civil order so that community life can occur and that's being prevented and the vast majority of portlandias want to go about their business and hurting downtown, and the opportunity for people to get

jobs. i'll give you a quick example. one week ago tomorrow three prince georges count police officers right next to d.c. got shot in an armed home invasion. responding officers backed them up, and arrested the two african-american suspects, who were armed, without harming either one of them. now, that's the norm in american policing. you're not going to hear about it, but it's the norm. and what's disturbing and what creates a climate of disorder in crime is the fact that abberations in police being, which are conspicuous failures on video are presented as normal policing and the people that are hurt the most are the african-american communities in central cities who most rely on quality policing. virtually, they're hurting their own cause. if they can-- quick a suggestion-- >> you make the point well, the vast increase in homicides in american cities, vast increase

of african-american by african-americans. and chief we appreciate your time as always, thank you. >> you bet you. thanks. gillian: many louisiana and texas citizens are reeling in the wake of the hurricane. there are hundreds still without power and without water. we're told it may not return for weeks. joining us from the devastation of orange, texas. charles, what are the conditions like? >> a lot of people across southeast texas need help after hurricane laura. we'll show you what volunteers are doing to help coming up. ta-da!

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texas covering what's the most powerful storm to hit that region in a century. charles. >> that's right, we've seen the damage caused by hurricane laura. the devastation essentially turning people's lives upsidedown, but as residents of orange, texas return home, this is what you get, hundreds of folks in line at this makeshift distribution center waiting for help. people are coming here to get hot meals, to get perishable food items, water, even dog food, everything they need to get nem throu them through the and weeks. there are volunteers from all over southeast texas. many students from lamar university who have donated supplies that they've paid for out of their pocket. now, this is important for the weeks who are in need out here because a lot of them cannot just go to the grocery store or to the gas station to get the supplies they need because more than 100,000 people across

texas are still without power and volunteers tell us, they are reaching a critical point right now because at some point, they're going to run out of supplies. as you can see out here, the need is great. there are a lot of people who need help out here so they're asking the public to donate what you can, whether that be monetary or food items. they're asking to give whatever you can and of course, this is all happening on the 15th anniversary of hurricane katrina, guys. gillian: charles watson live. leland. leland: in lake charles, louisiana there's no power, no running water. the only place to get a hot meal is the waffle house, where they moved in generators and refrigerated trucks. and part of that team joins us now from a store they just reopened in lake charles.

walt, you must have some happy customers on your hands? >> yeah, we really do. we feel that this is our time to really connect with the community. we're here for our people primarily, but we're also here for the communities to give them a place to get a warm meal, which is really unusual in this environment. >> you know, you guys are the last to close and often the first to open and fema has the unofficial waffle house storm gauge. if waffle houses are closed and some are still in louisiana. you've covered so many of these hurricanes and been there reopening stores. how bad was laura? what's striking you about it? >> it's really bad here in lake charles and in sulfur where we have a couple of restaurants. clearly in orange, beaumont, port arthur there are power outages and power outages north of here. but the devastation is here, it's sad for the people here. it wasn't as widespread as some

of the other hurricanes which enables to focus our resources right to one community to help them. so, it's similar, as michael was in downtown panama city if you remember that. leland: yeah, and winds. >> devastating for these people. leland: full disclosure, the store you're standing in front of is where we got our last hot meal. i'm wondering what goes into reopening the stores. you guys fly in. tell me what your game plan is. >> we have a lot of company operated restaurants up and down the gulf coast. the first thing we need is people. most of our people in this community evacuated to safety and we closed the restaurant down while the storm came in. we bring people in from the south-- not the south here, but east, west and north, and we kind of flood the zone with people and

resources, trucks, generators, construction people and we try to lift up this community in our little way with people from other places and we've got folks driving in every night from lafayette and houston and lots of different directions, so we're here in force to help the people that are needing help the most. leland: i think about the dedication that it takes for you to do this. i've spent a lot of times in hurricane zones as are you. they're places out in the sun without air conditioning. i'm thinking from a corporate standpoint, keeping waffle houses in this environment has got to be expensive. this is about your dedication for your employees, to keep them employed and to the first responders a lot more than making money because i'm guessing that staying closed would probably be better financially. >> it's not a cheap proposition, it takes a lot of resources to pour into this market with fuel, generators,

hotel rules, and for all the folks. it's not money making. it's to help our people get the work that they need and in large part help this community that's so devastated right now to have a little normalcy that they can look forward to and return back to. leland: you do an incredible job. at that waffle house, there was a generator in front of waffle house as the tropical storm force winds were blowing as hurricane laura left. congratulations, walt. i know you have a number of stores to open up. godspeed and thanks to a fox news crew that was able to get a meal and you've been able to feed. thank you. >> thank you, leland and thanks for the business. leland: gillian. gillian: great to hear a positive story amid all of this. copy next the nba playoff games resume today after players led this walkout over the shooting of jacob blake.

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what's around the corner could be your moment. ask your doctor about eliquis. >> today for the nba at least three other mainly sports leagues after athletes refused to play in the wake of the jacob blake shooting in kenosha, wisconsin. kiss christina coleman with what brings them back to the court. >> the nfl kicked off one of their games, and before the national anthem they played a three minute video focusing on racial equality and that the people need to get comfortable saying the words black lives matter. and also the milwaukee bucks are taking on orlando in the gym five of the playoff. this was set for wednesday, but the bucks refuse today play as they demanded justice in the

wake of the shooting in their home state. the nba announced games will resume an of making plans with players and team reps that extends beyond the court. the new york times that a group of players, including lebron james consulted with former president barack obama to figure out a path forward. what the nba agreed to do, social a coalition with players and reps on voting and police and criminal justice reform. work with local election, with franchised arenas to voting for 2020 election. and work with partners for advertising spots and promote greater civic engagement in local and national elections. here is fox sports analyst chris broussard. >> i think one of the things that has been achieved by the

players in this situation is they have put the owners, corporate sponsors, networks, and commissioners on notice that we will go here. we will stop playing, we will walk out, we will boycott. >> and solidarity with the nba, some football practices and scrimmages were canceled and wnba, nhl and some mlb games were also postponed this week as the athletes pushed for social justice. as of now, those leagues are all resuming their games. leland, back to you. leland: all right, christina, thank you so much. gillian. gillian: well, from sad news now. actor and howard university alum chadwick boseman passed away after a four-year battle with colon cancer. he starred in the movie "black panther", lauded for bending racial stire stereotypes.

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president trump right now is on his way to lake charles, louisiana. he's going to visit some of the hardest hit neighborhoods by hurricane laura. we'll have the touchdown in about 15 minutes. police in portland, a fire overnight that was set outside a union building following sitting at the mayor's condo building and they were demanding his resignation and reduction in the budget. and the protests have been going on for months. firefighters in california are slowly getting the up hand of wildfires at the help of cooler and humidity that's rolled in after days of destruction. tens of thousands of residents were forced out of their home and the fires killed seven people burned more than 2000 square miles. gillian: hurricane laura unleashed major damage in louisiana and parts of texas. the storm really disrupting the state's coronavirus response

efforts that had already been underway, for more on these twin crises, a senior scholar at john hopkins, doctor, thanks for joining us. we love hearing from you on this. we've heard this past week about the dual threat of the coronavirus and hurricane season from first responders' perspective, and hearing from fema and the red cross. and what are the perspectives from the health and medical standpoint? >> when you have a hurricane, that's going to cause people to need to evacuate and they're going to evacuate to shelters. we know at that shelters are going to be a place where social distancing is going to be difficult and peoplenge of transmission start in different scenarios. i think that's going to be challenging. remember, thatresources from, n kind of split between two things, coronavirus and this

hurricane. and we know that they're very thin to begin with, so this is going to be something that's going to be very difficult to deal with. gillian: we heard anecdotally and interviewed on this network, residents there on the gulf coast who decided not to evacuate their homes because of the coronavirus threat. these are people with underlying conditions or who were elderly, who were especially scared of contracting the virus and didn't feel they could go to a shelter and still remain healthy. it was really a choice between two, you know, terrible evils. you know, for folks who are joining us today, what do you advise people to do or to think about in those situations? because there's going to be a lot more storms like this coming down the pipe this season. >> if there's an evacuation order, i think that people should follow that evacuation order. hopefully shelters are trying to retrofit themselves to allow social distancing to occur. if you go to a place, an evacuation center, washing your

hand, not touching your face, trying to distance from people as much as possible and that could eliminate your risk. hurricanes can be deadly and flooding can be deadly, we want people to evacuate irrespective of the covid risk and hopefully we can deal with the covid risk at the shelters. gillian: good advice there. if we take a step back from the 40,000 foot level. there seems to be good news coming down the pipe this week. which is that it's the 11th straight day, i believe, where u.s. cases have stayed-- new u.s. cases have been staying below 50,000. does that give you hope? >> not particularly, 40,000, 50,000 case a day is still too much because we know that there are people that are still dying, we know that this is very challenging for contact tracers to keep up with and it's still too much in certain parts of the country. we had a heterogenous, and we

want to get a better level and tools at our hands, as well as allow contract tracers to block the chains of transmission. with that many occurring nationally every day, it's going to be challenging to get back to some semblance of normalcy without the vaccine. gillian: yeah, well, dr. amesh adadja, we appreciate it. hope to have you back soon. >> thank you. gillian: you bet. stick with us, coming up on the other side of the break.

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ahhhahh! i'm saved! water tastes like, water. so we fixed it. mio >> president trump is slated to land any moment now at lake charles, louisiana. he is travelling there today to survey the damage left behind by hurricane laura. he's also going to meet with first responders and some residents there to hear about their needs as they try and pick up the pieces of their lives and move forward. welcome to america's news headquarters for our second hour. good to be with you, leland. leland: good to be with you, gillian. there are 500,000 people without power and people who do not have running water. the misery of our fellow americans is real. obviously, we've got a crew travelling with the president and we're going to show you his trip as it happens. right now we go to casey stegall standing by in lake

charles, louisiana, about as far as you can get in terms of the damage area before you run into flood waters. >> hi, leland, as you well know from being on the ground in lake charles, there's no rhyme or reason what gets damaged and what doesn't. we're in a small shopping complex, you can see it's a tax loan office, all the glass is intact. but just next door at this print shop, boy, look at this, the entire store front is missing. there are business cards on the walls and stacks of paper on shelves. everything else thrown around the roof totally on. lake charles is about 50 miles from the gulf coast and down on the gulf south of us, community like holly beach practically wiped away. next door in cameron, louisiana many places still cannot be reached because the water is so high and power lines and trees blocked the roads. they're trying to get air boats

in there if they can. cameron is where hurricane laura made landfall bringing more than 10 feet of storm surge. fortunately, most of the area heeded the evacuation orders and people got out in time. >> if somebody had an rv here or a camper or a trailer or an awning or any kind of building on the ground, it's gone. absolutely just gone. if somebody stayed here, they were crazy. >> oh. more than 220,000 people across the state do not have running water as you've said, leland. the power outages, about a half million people and in some of these hardest hit areas, they're saying that it could be weeks and weeks before power is restored. in fact, down there in cameron, i've even seen an estimate of a month or so. so you've got energy crews from all over the state and all over the country that have descended on this reason to try and help

get those snapped poles and rework the power grid. we should point out more than 10 hospitals and 40 nursing homes across louise lose are now running on generator power. leland. leland: all that with the heat index about 103, as you and your crew is well finding out this afternoon and more hot weather on the way for casey and his team. thanks so much. obviously, we'll head back there when the president lands. gilli gillian. gillian: all that damage you saw there in casey's report still being assessed now in louisiana. local lawmakers are working overtime to try and get their communities all the help that they show direly need. joining us now is republican louisiana state representative blake, thanks so much for taking time out of the recovery efforts to join us today. i understand your district is just a little bit east of lake charles. what's it make for you and your constituents there on the ground? >> thank you so much for having

me on the show. that's right i represent a district on the south coast of the parish in louisiana. hurricane laura has been one of the strongest storms to strike the coast in modern history and the recovery efforts more due to the covid-19 shutdown. our local oil and gas industry which employs many of our workers have been struggling for many years, a lot of families and small businesses have gone through their savings recently just to survive. here on the ground there's a lot of wind damage, a lot of trees down, but thankfully the storm surge was a lot less than expected. and more than 500,000 louisianaens without electricity and 200,000 without running water the good news last night you could hear the louisiana national guardsmen and neighbors work to go remove downed trees. louisiana is strong, resilient. >> it's not our first rodeo, we'll work together and get through this together. gillian: what is the-- you mentioned the national guard is in there to help. what's the response like from fema that you're seeing on the

ground so far? >> well, the national guardsmen, employed all of them here on the ground. we've got locals working together and fema is working with the locals in louisiana and they're doing everything they can to respond to the needs on the ground. unfortunately, the storm has gone through and destroyed a lot of people's homes. we had a chemical plant on fire, we've had a river boat, casino boat get wedged under i-10 bridge, but the storm was tightly formed and caused destruction all the way up to central and northern louisiana and ripped up a lot of water systems. so, there will be had a lot of people working together on both the federal and local level to get this recovery effort going. the majority of my district was flooded. a lot of people without people. but the fortunate news is, i got a report there were no water rescues in my district. we've been down this road before with hurricane rita. the citizens in my district,

they heard the warnings, they didnthey-- evacuated which is great news. gillian: excellent, thank you for letting us know that. we also know that this hour, president trump is going to arrive in lake charles. what are you really hoping to see and hear from the president? >> well, here in louisiana, this is trump country. we always welcome the president down here in louisiana. as you know, cameron parish where the eye of the storm hit and the highest percentage for the president in the last election. and we want to hear about his great leadership, a message of hope. we want to know that the feds will come in and assist as needed to get these water systems back running, to get our electricity back up and running. like i've said before. this is not our first rodeo, been through katrina, rita, as well as a number of others. we'll work together. louisianaens know how to take care of each other and we'll work together and get through

this together and more challenges than ever and the economy due to the covid-19 shutdown makes things more challenging and i know that the louisiana lawmakers are working together to help our efforts. we had a group of lawmakers from eastern louisiana and opening and we're going to get together to help first responders deliver water. we're going to work together and i have high hopes and we'll welcome the president here. gillian: well, blake miguez, we wish you godspeed and your constituents, as you work through this. >> thank you, i want to end by thanking the first responders, nam guardsmen, utility workers working around the clock. thank you, everyone for your thoughts and prayers during this challenging time for louisiana. thank you for having me on the show. gillian: you bet, so much.

leland: taking time to thank those who left their families to help others. we're two hours away from a protest mark led by the family of jacob blake in kenosha, wisconsin. things have been markedly more peaceful the last two days after the national guard. hi, garrett. >> leland, good afternoon to you. the attorneys for kyle rittenhouse saying that he protected himself, that it was self-defense when he shot several people on tuesday night as he was there as part of a makeshift militia group to protect businesses. he was armed and that two men were trying to take it away when he shot them in self-defense. that rittenhouse was chased by several protesters and turned around as a gunshot. right as he turned around 36-year-old rosen balm was lunging for the barrel of the rifle and rittenhouse shot him. a few minutes later, witness video showed a group of people chasing rittenhouse with some

yelling get him. when he tripped and falls, several people rush in, including 26-year-old anthony huber who was fatally shot in the chest trying to disharm rittenhouse and another man shot in the arm. kenosha county sheriff says that rittenhouse had no idea how to handle a situation like this and should have never been there. >> i don't care if he had the right intentions or not, two people are currently dead and one almost had his arm blown off. >> the kenosha police union is releasing what it says is a detailed account to moments leading up to an officer shooting jacob blake in the back several times. according to the union, blake fought the officers trying to arrest them. put one in a headlock and refused to cooperate even after being tased twice and refused to drop a knife they claim he was holding though witnesses said they didn't see a knife and while blake appears to be holding something in his hand in the video it's not clear what that is. this morning, wisconsin's lt.

governor says she's not buying the union's explanation. >> it will be incredibly wild to assume that he had some super human strength or he was able to get away from three officers who likely had tasers, batons, whatever other means >> reporter: key to timeline is when police became aware lake had a knife, and at this point it is not clear. and the wisconsin department of justice which is investigating this incident also hasn't stated whether or not blake was even holding that knife at the time of this incident. blake's family's attorney have said he was not holding the knife throughout this incident. leland? leland: garrett tenney there, obviously, a lot more to find out from a number of sides. we bring in former acting u.s. attorney general matt whitaker. matt, as always, we appreciate you taking the time. we heard from garrett in terms of the wisconsin department of

justice investigation. where does the doj and/or fbi come in on this? >> i'm sure both are supporting the wisconsin bureau of investigation in what they're doing. you know, i think it's very dangerous for politicians to characterize what happened, what didn't happen based on, you know, the video that we've all seen. obviously, you know, there's a very volatile situation, and we all have to wait until we hear all of the facts and circumstances. but with, you know, i am, you know, i was at the white house thursday night, and i saw, you know, what this looks like up close and personal with some of these violet protests. so -- violent protests. it is very concerning, but i think what's stoking the names is often times these leftist politicians that are, you know, kind of -- leland: yeah, the rhetoric and the rush to judgment and all these kind of intersect into a pretty combustible situation.

this happened in kenosha. there was a group of what they're calling outside protesters brought in, if you want to call them that, in terms of what they had in the car. police got some intelligence and arrested them -- that's garrett's live shot, there's the video of police intercepting this minivan, a bread truck and other things that were brought on in. these guys had gas masks that would not necessarily be needed by peaceful protests. didn't sound like they were going to a pinocle party or something. since people are now crossing state lines, clearly, this is being organized using the internet, where can the fbi come in to start investigating rio -- rico charges, domestic terrorism charges, advocating violence charges against the people who are funding this? >> land, that's a really good question, and the fbi, i'm certain, is already looking into this network of protesters that

appear to be moving from city to city, inciting violence and destruction, chaos and looting. and so i think that there is, we've seen in portland are where individuals are being sought by the fbi. so i fully expect that in this case where these, you know, what was clearly not peaceful protesting individuals that were moving to kenosha with gas masks, fireworks, other things that we're seeing in major cities right now, i think you should expect the fbi's her investigating. leland: we've got the fbi wantedded posters from the people in portland. look, this all began in minneapolis with george floyd, then it went protests, riots in atlanta, portland for almost 90 days now, what happened that you talked about outside the white house, what happened outside the white house in march or may, that i saw up closes and personal. this is the fbi going up against anarchists with fireworks and

twitter. really, it's the end of august, and they haven't been able to arrest anybody and put an end to this and find out -- >> yeah, this is one of the challenges when you investigate these types of groups is, obviously, they use sophisticated means, whether that's encryptedded technology or whether just being loosely affiliated. trying to investigate those types of networks, you know, really challenges the investigators. but i can tell you based on what i know that they are most likely already are investigating this and that they have a pretty good sense of what's going on. and i think, you know, we're just going to have to wait and see to see how big this network of these violent protesters exist. leland: all this takes a lot of money. you've got the organizers and then you got the funders. does the investigate and possible charges reach that far? >> absolutely. but, you know, to get, you know, gas masks, fireworks and all the things that were intercepted on its way to kenosha, we're talking thousands of dollars.

and, you know, at the same time we need to understand that that this is what's causing these violent images that we're seeing play out whether it's in port ifland, kenosha or washington, d.c. or other places. and at the same time, you know, we need to encourage, you know, people to speak their political positions. and that's what we've seen over the last two weeks from the two parties that are running for presidentment what we can't encourage and we must stop are the looting and the vandalism and the violent acts against law enforcement who are risking their lives every day to try to keep our cities peaceful and protecting citizens. leland: yeah. one might imagine those arrested on federal charges won't be released without bail if those arrested in portland and other cities so often are. matt whitaker taking some time on a saturday afternoon sharing his expertise, thank you, sir. >> thank you, leland are. gillian: senator rand paul from kentucky is calling on the fbi to investigate a crowd of

protesters that accosted both him and his wife as he was leaving the white house thursday night following the president's speech at the white house. lucas tomlinson has new developments on the story. >> reporter: that's right. senator rand paul and his wife joined tucker carlson last night. they said they feared they were going to be overrun by that mob after leaving the white house after president trump's speech. >> it was absolutely terrifying. i have never experienced anything like that in my life. i hope no one else ever has to. finish we felt completely powerless. i really felt that we were going to lose our lives. i thought someone was going to throw a brick. i mean, or it was the most terrifying moment of my entire life. >> 30 people descend on us, but then it became 60, became 90, became 120, and it swelled. they are pushing at us, they are threatening to kill us. >> reporter: senator paul said he was staying at a hotel 50 yards away from the white house. president trump says he wants to

give those police officers a medal, and senator paul said he wants to be there for the ceremony. house gop whip steve scalise was shot in 2017, he spoke on "fox & friends" earlier today. >> this violence in the streets, it's unhinged, it's being tolerated by the democrat leadership right now. joe biden has been looking the other way, and people don't want this for our country. >> reporter: joe biden addressed the violence earlier this week before the i assault on senator paul and his wife. >> burning down communities is not protest, it's needless violence. violence that endangers lives, violence that guts businesses, shutters businesses that serve the community. that's wrong. >> reporter: senator paul was also on that baseball field when steve scalise was shot by that assassin three years ago. gillian: that statement condemning the violence coming from presidential candidate joe biden about three months to the

day from the time that george floyd's shooting in may where we've seen protests and violence rack u.s. cities since that time -- wrack with u.s. cities. lucas tomlinson, thank you. leland: president trump is about to arrive in lake charles, louisiana, to visit the areas hardest hit by hurricane laura which came ashore earlier this week down in louisiana as the president lands when we come back. ♪

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♪ ♪ leland: president trump lands any minute now in lake charles, louisiana, to visit the neighborhoods that were hardest hit by hurricane laura. we've got a crew traveling with him down in louisiana. last night he was in new hampshire for a campaign rally. take a listen. >> but now biden wants to do another blanket shutdown possibly that would decimate the economy and cause suicides, drug overdoses, alcohol abuse, heart attacks, joblessness. you'd have jobs, all of the problems that it causes because it's not just a one-sided equation. a shutdown causes big problems also. and at this point when the economy is roaring back, we had

record job numbers this last quarter, over 9 million jobs. we're going to throw that all out? lee he that was in new hampshire, a state the president narrowly lost back in 2016, just a couple of thousand votes. he won pennsylvania. one of the people who was an original supporter of the president's campaign, radio talk show host r.j. harris who joins us now. sir, thank you. the president says the economy's roaring back. are you feeling that where you are? >> well, there's a sense of optimism here. the problem that we've had in pennsylvania is it hasn't been president trump's economy, it's been governor wolf's. and the governor pretty much shut down the state, and really we're still in a mode where businesses, particularly entertainment, restaurants and what have you, are struggling to stay afloat. i was out to dinner last night, they're at 25%, and you should have seen this restaurant. there was over an hour wait, yet

common sense in looking around the restaurant told you that they could have quite a few more people in there and still social distance. yet this governor really has put the straps on. i think there is as much optimism that we're going to get out of this as we have because people know that donald trump is the president. leland: do people in pennsylvania, especially sort of the white working class voters that gave president trump a victory in 2016, do they a make the differentiation about why my paycheck the way it is or why i'm on unemployment or why my wife's out of work or why my neighbor lost their job, do they make this distinction between the democratic governor and the policies he's put in versus a republican president and how president trump has attacked the coronavirus? >> without question. and a lot of it is based on the words of not only governor wolf, but the democrat party. the people who are running for governor here in the state on

the democrat side have already said that they're against fracking. i mean, we're talking about -- and you know -- thousands of jobs in pennsylvania. and it's not just the people who are working in the fracking industry, it's all the way down line. even here in the lancaster, pennsylvania, area there are manufacturers that make a lot of parts for those people. so i think there is a great understanding that the democrats offer nothing. i'd like to know one thing that joe -- leland: i've got to cut you off for one second. the president just landed in harrisburg -- you're in harrisburg. the president just handed down in lake charles, so we're going to monitor the shot and see if he has anything to say as he comes off air force one. one of the things the campaign is talking about to change the demographics, the african-american turnout will be higher in places like pennsylvania than it was in 2016. is registering and turning out working class white voters who didn't vote in 2016 may have

never voted, any anecdotal evidence that's happening? are there people calling in to your show saying ooh i've never voted before, i'm not registered, but i'm registering for donald trump? >> without a doubt. and not only that, i carry applications with me and hand them to them. i tell people, listen, you can't pontificate about what's wrong, what's really going out to vote. and i think the african-american vote is not going to be -- it's going to be a bigger turnout for donald trump. and at the rnc this past week, the republicans are the only ones that are saying to the black community you can do what you want in america. you know? leland: there is an attempt to go after the african-american vote by the, by the trump campaign the way that we haven't seen. interesting anecdote, to your point, about people pontificating about politics who aren't registered to vote, they can count on you for an

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charles, looks like the rain is continuing down there making things even worse. >> reporter: yeah, leland, and it's sort of slowing down this distribution center. but throughout the day, we've seen hundreds of folks come to this makeshift distribution center because they're in need of help. the volunteers out here certainly are dedicated. you can see them over here at these tables, they've been handing out hot food, they've been handing out water, perishable food items, pet food, anything folks need to get them through the coming days and weeks. and, you know, this is critical for the folks down here because there are more than 100,000 people in texas and the gulf coast area that are without power right now. so they can't just go to the grocery store or the gas station to get those essential items that they need to survive. this is what they have. this is what they are relying on. and many of the volunteers who are out here, they've come from

all over southeast texas to help, you know, many of them are college students from hah mar university -- lamar university who have spent their own money to buy supplies to give to folks out here. now, a few moments ago it got critical out here because there was some concern that they wouldn't have enough supplies or food items to give to the people who are in need out here. but the southeast texas food bank showed up with pallets of water, pallets of supplies, and so they're able to feed an additional 300-500 people. but the volunteers out here say they are still in need. they're going to be out here, they're going to continue to stay out here to help folks, so they are appealing to the public to help whether that be a monetary donation or donations of supplies. they need everything they can to make sure that the folks in this community get through the next coming days and the next coming weeks. leland?

leland: charles watson's there in orange, texas. one of the cities that the president is going to visit. air force one has just touched down in lake charles, another place the president's going to visit. unfortunately, because of all the cell phone towers that have gone down, we're not getting a great signal, charles, from either you sometimes or from the president's team. back to you both as news warrants. gillian? gillian: yep, and we will bring you the president as he disembarks air force one, hopefully we'll get that picture back up and running. in the meantime, texas democratic congressman, member of the house appropriations committee, henry cuillar, thanks so much for joining us today. tell us, first, we want do you about the campaign trail, but first let's talk about your con stretch wents in the great state of texas. tell us what you're hearing from the folks in the path of the storm about what they need most right now. >> you know, first of all, texans being texans, you've got

people just helping out, food banks are helping. i mean, like any hurricane, you know, the first thing you need to do is provide the immediate supplies, the food, the assistance that they need, the water that they need, and there's going to be an effort to do a cleanup, and that's going to come in. we certainly welcome the work from the state of texas and, of course, from fema and all of the local volunteers. and, again, it's just texans being texans. finish.-- gillian: well, that's always good to hear. one with of the things that this makes more imperative than ever the passage of some kind of stimulus relief by for americans across the country. chief of staff to the president mark meadows said the other day that the democrats have now rejected what i think is, like, the fifth or sixth offer from the republican side, about $1.3 trillion. take a listen to what meadows says. >> right now we're at an

impasse. wouldn't $1.3 trillion of aid that goes largely to agreed-upon and shared goals of end helping people that are hurting the most, $1.3 trillion of aid she said no to, she would rather have zero and keep it at $2.2. gillian: how can your colleagues turn down $1.3 trillion in releaf amid a pandemic -- relief amid a pandemic and now this monstrous hurricane? >> you know, back in may we pass ed $3.5 trillion back in may. we waited months and months to give us a counterproposal. finally the last week in july they came up with a $1 trillion proposal. so i guess they went up $300 billion, and that's what, you know, mark me doeses -- and i know mark, i saw him just last weekend on the house floor, former colleague of mine.

but, you know, keep in mind we did our proposal a long time ago, and it's a matter of just sitting down. nancy pelosi did offer the white house a, we're at 3.5, they're at 1 is trillion, she said we'll go down 1 trillion, you go up and then we can close are out the difference. but i guess the white house is trying to go from the $1 trillion and just want to make sure that we provide the assistance to small businesses and individuals. gillian: well, sir, we with all how negotiations work, right? you move towards the middle in incremental steps. is it really worth saying no to what is now a very significant amount of money that could potentially help millions of americans, $1.3 trillion, every day that there's a delay now hurts people? >> well, is it unreasonable for the white house and the senate

to accept what we offered them back in may? i mean, it's basically if you want to take, you know, the white house proposal of $1 trillion, then let's go with it. but, look, you know how negotiations work. we do that in appropriations all the time. we're at $3.5, they're at $1 trillion. they wanted to low bid. i think it's going to be worked out. let me tell you what's going to be done. september 30th is when we have to do something, or otherwise by october 1st we have a shutdown. have to do a c.r., so that's going to bring us together, and my prediction, mark my words, is that that c.r. or that september 30th is going to get us together, and we're going to work something out. we cannot go into october and november without negotiations. it's just, it's negotiations that we're seeing right now. finish. gillian: well, congressman, thanks for taking time out of recovery efforts to join us today. we appreciate it. wishing the best to you, your family and your constituents who were in the path of the

hurricane and the speediest possible recovery. >> thank you so much, stay safe. leland: it was supposed to be a fun day at sea, perhaps a little swimming, and then came the sharks. how one coast guard crew saved his crew, when we come back. ♪ ♪

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good news, the shark and the unicorn are all okay. ♪ ♪ gillian: well, another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. the total number of cases in the united states is expected to pass 6 million this weekend at some point with nearly 182,000 americans dying from contracting the virus. aishaaishah hasnie is live in nw york city with the latest stats. >> reporter: hi, gillian. a lot to get to, or let's start with this. we're seeing more and more evidence that the immunities to this virus may not last for more than a few months, if at all. for the first time in this country, a a 25-year-old man from nevada actually retested positive, so had the first case, confirmed case of a reinfection. and it comes just a week after researchers in hong kong confirmed their first case of a

reinfection. let's take a look at the numbers now. the number of daily cases, that has been rising for five days straight, but we did see some promising trends. the seven-day rolling arm for confirmed case -- average is down, hospitalizations, the average there also down, a 32nd day in a row. and the seven-day average of daily deaths is down as well, 17% since its summer peak just four weeks ago. now, this is happening, confusion is setting in on who exactly should be tested. the cdc announced people who are exebb posed to the virus but don't have symptoms don't necessarily need to be tested. the governors of at least five states are pushing back on this as the white house announces plans to purchase 150 million rapid covid tests which can give you a result in just a matter of 15 minutes. and finally on the vaccine front here, the fda has scheduled a meeting for late october to talk about vaccines.

here's the president. >> three different vaccines are right now in final stage trial. if you go back three years, that would have been som been imposso even discuss. it would have taken years. we will produce the vaccine this year. >> reporter: now, there still is a need for participants in these human trials, and companies like moderna are trying, struggling to recruit hispanic and black participants. gillian? gillian: aishah hasnie from new york city, thank you. leland: president trump just walk down the steps of air force one in lake charles, louisiana. we're trying to monitor some of the sound coming to us, but the transmission is so bad because all the cell phone towers that have been knocked out around lake charles. got a crew on the ground trying to turn that tape around. more on what the president had to say when we come back. ♪ ♪ (neighbor) whatcha working on...

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♪ ♪ leland: right now animal shelters in louisiana and texas are overrun with abandoned dogs and cat cats in the wake of hurricane laura. some shelters are keeping three or four dogs to a single kennel as more pets come in by the hour. founder and executive director of lucky dog, mira horowitz,

they rescued hundreds of pets and are now getting ready to bring more out of the storm zone. always appreciate your work and what you do for our four-legged friends. how bad is is it down there? >> it's not good, it's not good. if you think about the devastation that people are feeling and facing, the lack of water, lack of power and then couple it with if you evacuate and you leave your animals, they are now struggling on the streets, and the shelters are out there trying to collect the strays and also be a resource the people that maybe tried to weather the storm and now have to leave. it's a really tough situation right now. leland: so the web site, lucky dog animal rescue.com -- >> dot-org. leland: fox news viewers have been generous in the past, raised about $50,000 after hurricane florence for a number of dogs you all rescued that came up from the storm. tell us what you do with all the

money. what does this really mean for all the dogs right now who are suffering in these shelters? >> yeah. so, first of all, we have to go get them, and there's an expense with that, right? with we get our van, we get the crates, we travel to the location or, in some cases, if we don't have enough time to get there, we fund the transport van from the location right now and house -- have them bring the animals to us. and because we don't want to make them sit in the hurricane-ravaged place when they arrived, we pay for the shots, their spay and neuter, and a lot of these the animals have been injured, there are secondary effects. and so we need the funding to be able to care for all those veterinary needs as well as the transport costs. and that's just the tip of the iceberg, right? then we have to care for them until we find them homes as well. leland: we're watching some video of a rescue. there was a pet co., their foundation was able to get more

out than just in a typical van. >> this was amazing. the pet co. foundation partnered with wings of rescue, and they flew 130 animals to richmond, and there were six of us rescues and shelters that coordinated and picked up the animals. these are animals that emptied out shelter space in the affected area so that once the storm passed, there was space for these animals that needed immediate help to go. leland: what percentage of dogs and cats that are coming out of these hurricane zones are ones that were quite literally just left behind to fend for themselves versus that people just had to surrender because they were leaving town and either couldn't afford it or were going to be places they couldn't take cog dogs or cats? >> it's hard to tell an actual percentage on that. the one thing we do is make strong effort not to take anyone's pet that wants it back. we check microchip information,

we post photographs, we don't want to steal anyone's pent during this crisis because reuniting them to the family can bring a lot of emotional comfort after going through something like this. but if the animal is abandoned, if it is surrendererred, we want to make sure they get the care and find a new family as quickly as possible. leland: well, we've followed at least a couple of dogs out of the hurricane zone and through the lucky dog animal rescue -- [laughter] process that have turned out quite well with great stories. our personal thanks to you for the countless hours you spend, this labor of love really finding a way to get these dogs and cats who have gone through so much in these hurricanes. lucky dog animal rescue, lucky dog animal rescue.org. and in the coming weeks, we're going to have you back and talk about what happened to a number of dogs that are in these shelters, how you all helped them into great homes.

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gillian: here is a look at president trup

arriving in lake charles, louisiana, a few moments ago to tour the aftermath of hurricane laura. right now hundreds of thousands of people without power, without water and at least 14 have died. the president approved the state's disaster declaration last night. today, as he arrives there on the ground, marks the 15th anniversary of hurricane katrina making landfall. meanwhile, an unexpected error forcing the halt of a rocket earlier this morning. the rocket carrying an intelligence-gathering satellite for the national reconnaissance office. black panther star chadwick boseman has passed away after a four-year battle with colon cancer. he rose to stardom after debucketting jackie -- depicting jackie robinson and james brown. boseman was only 43 years old.

leland: all right. well, news continues from new york with eric and arthel. we're going to be tracking president trump as he visits the aftermath of hurricane laura throughout the next couple of hours. see you tomorrow. arthel: president trump is in louisiana this hour to survey the damage caused by hurricane laura. later today the president will also visit texas. his trip coming just two days after the deadly storm slammed into the gulf coast as one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit the u.s. hello, everyone, welcome to "america's news headquarters," i'm arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: hi, arthel. thank you for joining us, i'm eric shawn. president trump, well, he has already approved the louisiana governor's request for a major disaster declaration. and the president has ordered more federal aid to be sent to the area. now the president seeing the devastation firsthand, he is on the ground. theri