>> fox news alert, you can see what's left of hurricane delta. now up by arkansas and mississippi. delta brought rain and winds across the southeast, battered the louisiana coastline, bringing down trees, with now hundreds of thousands out of power. the tropical depression this weekend. welcome to america's news headquarters in washington. i'm leland vittert. >> i'm alicia acuna. delta could cause thunderstorms in parts of the south states before moving on. we begin with live coverage. fox's meteorologist adam klotz. and we begin with casey stegall

with the damage there. >> good to see you. the sun is shining right now. so, so different from 12 hours ago. more than 2500 members of the louisiana national guard have now been activated across the state. they're helping with the recovery, doing things like distribution of food and water, also helping to roux he re-- remove some of the debris from roadways. most of the evacuation orders remain in place, there is localized flooding in and around lake charles and coastal spots. check this out from creole, louisiana where health care delta made landfall last night as a category 2, very, very close to where hurricane laura hit six weeks ago as a cat 4. they said this was a couple of feet, not as high as an original forecast is. however, more rain did fall, more than 14 inches in some

places and a handful of high water rescues have been carried out. listen. >> people are trapped by flood water. there's debris that's keeping them from being able to get out as well and they don't have vehicles to travel out of the areas with. >> now, fortunately, no fatalities or injuries have been reported thus far, but the impacted area is quite vast. 62 miles inland from the koezlikoe coastline. this is what it looked like at jennings. it battered the community for hours. more than 460,000 people are without power. nearly 1 is00,000 without power in neighboring texas and some 64,000 in mississippi. alicia. >> recovery on top of a recovery, casey stegall, thank you, leland. leland: delta is now moving north through louisiana into

arkansas and mississippi. meteorologist adam klotz tracking who is getting soaked right now. hi, adam. >> a weakening system there, leland, but you know what? it's still a powerful one if you're on the way for it. now you're looking at heavy rain moving into portions of northern mississippi. that's going to be where the heavy rain lingers now. everywhere off to the east of this storm. that's where we see elevated tornado risk and risk of severe thunderstorms across large portions of alabama, stretching into georgia. you could still be seeing hail and severe winds and more heavy rain, that's already been a problem and we've already seen a history of that with this particular system. so no surprise mere. we've got watches and warnings from the memphis area and stretching into the mountains and appalachians where some of the rain is currently moving. more rain is on the way. forecasted rainfall. there are going to be areas where you get another four or five inches that will come down

quickly and that will cause some flash flooding. we're looking at an inch or two of rain as it moves off to the north. as far as the timing goes if you're ahead of this. it's moving from the south getting into kentucky by the time we talk about sunday. weakening as it makes that motion. so, winds eventually down to 25 miles per hour. but it's going to bring the rain no matter how strong the wind are, still a system to pay attention to. as far as tropical activity goes, we're on the back side, the system is not over. we could see more storms before it's said and done. back to you, leland. leland: it's warm in parts of the gulf of mexico as well. >> the bayou state is recovering from laura six weeks ago. with us is louisiana republican clay higgins. his district has been in with the major storms. we understand there are

connectivity issues which makes complete sense. congressman, how are the folks of louisiana today? >> louisiana is strong, we're a resilient folk and of course, we're accustomed to dealing with hurricanes. the issue right now is that we just took a heavy hit from hurricane laura a few weeks ago and you know, folks are still in damaged homes and we've got these piles of debris, thousands and thousands of piles of debris. when delta hit yesterday evening, it hit pretty hard with a lot of wind, we had wind damage across several of the parishes that i represent in louisiana and power was out, virtually i would guess 60, 70% of the power was out. 100% in some areas and some flooding and residential business flooding, and it's quite a dire circumstance in

some areas. so the effect of laura was not a good preparation for the impact of delta, if you follow me, ma'am. >> congressman, can you tell us, how do you and how did you prepare for delta as you were still in the middle of trying to recover from hurricane laura and the devastation that that one left behind? >> through extensive communications with all of our assets across the parishes that i serve, across louisiana, elected officials, emergency response crews. my brothers and sisters in the cajun navy. i had my own staff to stage and in communication across it, across the district. and we were just ready. we had-- i had ongoing reports through yesterday afternoon and through the night into this morning. i am in vermilion parish which was hit very hard and we

prepared for this thing the way we always prepare, which is reflective of, what can we do to care for our neighbor and to make sure that we can recover and stand back up quickly. the issue with this storm, madam, laura hit several weeks ago, i've never seen one hit that hard and that fast. delta moved so quickly, so fast through the area that we were saved a lot of water, in fact. although we do have flooding. louisiana is strong and we're going to stand back up and we have love and respect for each other and constant communication before we restore something close to normal. >> congressman, are there folks out there who are trapped and rescuers are trying to reach through all of the debris and the water that's still out

there? >> rescue efforts were minimal. i had -- i was in communication with teams on the ground across louisiana and the district that i served and it was only a few rescues. mostly, that was folks just scared because water was coming up in their house, but they ended up taking maybe a couple of feet of water, not the kind of thing that's not survivable, but the rescue still took place. so anybody that contacted our rescue teams was picked up with high water vehicles or boats, mostly high water vehicles, and now the recovery effort begins. the people of louisiana are quite accustomed to dealing with this and i can tell you. >> it's dire straits in many areas. we must get the power restored and mostly, we have to get into our poorer neighborhoods as i have people checking every project, every housing authority project that was in

the path of the storm getting boots on the ground there, and seeing how our elders are faring, making sure that they have water and ice for their medication, just giving them hope and love, you understand? >> yeah, congressman clay higgins, thank you so much for joining us today. i know it's a difficult time right now, but we appreciate it and we're all thinking about the folks of louisiana right now. thank you so much. >> and we feel it, thank you. god bless you for your love and support across the nation. it's been beautiful. when louisiana is going to be okay, it will be strong. >> thank you, congressman. >> yes, ma'am. >> leland. leland: guests have already started to arrive at the white house for president trump's first public event since contracting the coronavirus. this will be a socially distanced event, but monday, the president has a rally for

florida, his first campaign event. mark meredith, they're calling it peaceful protests for law and order. what does that mean. >> we're looking at people coming to the event with shirts, back the blue. it will be pro police. a lot having the make america great again hats. we're told once they are inside the white house gates they have to have a mask. the big question, what will it be for president trump, this will be his first public event since returning here to the white house earlier in the week on monday evening. we're waiting for the official guest list, how many people will be allowed and what the speaker is going to be. and the president is speaking for a short time and we've seen other events where the white house calls attention to what it sees as a double standard for protests versus political events. >> we're making sure we're taking precautions so that

those in attendance are screened and he'll be on the balcony and he'll briefly see the reporters there. he's eager to be back out and talk to the american people. in the meantime, president trump will be heading back out on the campaign trail and he'll be going to florida, holding a rally outside of orlando on monday evening. the president talks about how he feels more comfortable going back out in an interview last night. >> i feel very strong. i know a lot of people that have had the covid or the china virus as i call it because it came from china, but i feel really, really strong and a lot of people don't feel that way sometimes for a while afterwards, but very good. >> meantime, negotiations remain fluid on capitol hill over another stimulus bill. the president said in a radio

interview yesterday he's ready for a massive stimulus package. and he said that negotiations are going to have to wait until after the election. we had a new statement from nancy pelosi, i remain hopeful that yesterday's developments in terms to a deal addresses the health and economic crisis facing america's families. both sides are still not there yet. this is a deal that still has to be worked out, but they are talking. those negotiations are going to continue into next week. but there's a timing factor in this. not only do you have the senate confirmation hearing for the president's nominee, but the election is less than a month away. and a lot of people are curious how long they will be in d.c. and not in their districts. leland: presumably they're on recess, and they'll come back if there's a vote. mark meredith from the south lawn. we'll talk with the advisor

corey lewandowski about the campaign trail and the final weeks up to election day and president trump makes remarks at the peaceful protest, they're calling it, south lawn, 2 p.m. eastern we understand the president will head out to the balcony. alicia. >> meanwhile, the biden campaign is pitching its economic message on the trail with a stop in battle ground pennsylvania. hillary vaughan is on the ground in erie, pennsylvania with more. hi hillary. >> hi, alicia. joe biden wants to stay on message talking about the economy and coronavirus as the two topics that he wants to talk about while trying to win over swing state voters on defense. he's keeping his position on packing the supreme court a secret until after election day. biden was asked about it again and again on the ground in nevada yesterday and didn't answer.

here is one of those exchanges. a local reporter tells biden, this is one of the things i've been asked by viewers in the past couple of days. biden said, you're asked by viewers who are probably republicans. and sir, don't they deserve to no? no, they don't. i'm not going to play his game. he'd love me to talk about that. biden is determined to dodge questions whether or not he would pack the court, he blamed trump for not taking the precautions necessary to dodge coronavir coronavirus. >> his reckless personal conduct since his diagnosis, the destabilizing effect it's having on our government is unconscionable. he didn't take the necessary precautions to protect himself or others. >> this is biden's second time in pennsylvania this week, but

it's his first time in erie county and that's significant because this is a county that hillary clinton lost in 2016 and she never visited during the campaign so biden is here today trying to not repeat the same mistakes. alicia. >> hillary vaughan in pennsylvania. thanks, hillary. in the next hour, we will talk to former interior secretary and biden campaign latino leadership committee co-chair, ken salazar. that's today at 1:20 p.m. eastern time coming up in our show. much more on the election after the break. ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health.

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>> new today, former governor chris christie is out of the hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. his diagnosis was a day off president trump's. this is the tweet, i'm happy to let now this morning i was released from morristown medical center. i want to thank the extraordinary doctors and nurses who cared for me. thanks for the last week family and friends, their prayers wishing well. alicia: election security has become a major issue in 2020. this as officials in two states are battling in the courts over

ballot drop boxes. rich edson is live with the details. states across the country have set their rules how, when and where people can vote and who is on the ballot. that means that the federal court system is more involved than it's ever been because you've now got millions of people who are voting by mail because of the coronavirus. let's first go to wisconsin where a federal appeals court, the ruin that absentee ballots must be delivered by 8 p.m. on election day. democrats are likely to appeal to the supreme court. in florida denied extending the deadline. judge mark walker said it was rooted in preventing chaos in what it calls florida's perennially chaotic elections. this court notes that every man who stepped food on the moon,

launched from the kennedy space center in florida, yet, florida failed to figure out how to conduct an election properly, harder than rocket science. earlier in the week. the supreme court decided with republicans in south carolina requesting mail-in battlllots he a witness signature. and in texas, governor abbott to drop-offs one per county. and in ohio, ballots rulings to the republican secretary of state to his request to limit number of bdrop boxes to one per county. voters received incorrect ballots and they're now mailed the correct ones. there's a stanford election project, tracking more than 300 cases across 44 states, all

having arisen out of the covid-19 pandemic. >> rich edson in washington. leland. leland: as folks wake up in louisiana, hundreds of thousands are without power after tropical storm delta slammed into the coast there. live to the damage zone when we come back. so what's going on?

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>> this is a fox news alert and you can see right there, vice-president mike pence has arrived in orlando, florida. he's there to speak at a latinos for trump event and this is significant because both sides, quite frankly, need hispanics to show up at the polls. you saw joe biden at a latino outreach event in nevada. later on in our next program, our next hour we'll talk to

former interior secretary ken salazar about the latino outreaching. leland: and in sanford, florida on monday. right now, participants in the white house event today are getting screened before entering the white house grounds. call it a rally or a peaceful protest in the words of the white house. for more on what we can expect in president trump's first public event since his coronavirus diagnosis. let's bring in senior cons consultant corey lewandowski. and we look at the entrance to the white house. this will probably be down on either 17th street or perhaps on 15th. people would funnel into the south lawn. we're told that people are supposed to wear masks and that they're having their temperature checked, as we look at this shot. we can see people wearing the make america great again hats

and the blue shirt. we can't tell what it's on. cory, help us understand. is this a campaign event or a political event or an official presidential event on the south lawn? >> you know, this is -- this is just another one of these things where the president likes to drive the media narrative. so, this is about reminding the american people of the promises he's made and department and that the white house has looked at this and had an opportunity to bring some people in who are pro law enforcement, who are pro this president and you'll see something ahead of getting too far ahead of the president on it. >> we're told he will come out on the balcony. this will be the second time as using the white house for a political event. the first, obviously, a speech from the rnc. we'll see how that goes. want today point this out to you. this is from gallop. a friend of mine who is smarter than me. if president trump winds, what will we look at the data that we missed. he pointed to this, are you

better off than you were four years ago. 60% of americans say they are. back when president obama won reelection in 2012, only 45%. in 2004, george w. bush won reelection, 47% said they did. it was when george h.w. bush lost in 1992 that only 38% of americans said they were better off. right now, almost 10% more americans, some more, say they're better off than when the incumbent won the last few days yet the president so far down in the polls. help us understands. >> it's easy and george stephanopoulos famously said, are you better off than four years ago and said, it's the economy, stupid. leland: i think it was james carville who said the economy stupid and ronald reagan, are you better off, but go ahead.

>> and gave the lowest unemployment rates, if you're from the urban or suburban area, the deregulation environment that this president put in place and giving everybody a tax break through the tax cuts. you're better off today. don't believe the polls, we saw this four years ago. and we saw the pollsters say donald trump would lose in a landslide and that hillary clinton would get 352 electoral votes. it's a suppression tactic. leland: fair point to bring up 2016. i'm sure you'd agree with the poll who say that those who believe the economy is most important support the president by overwhelming margins. comparing this to 2016, i'm glad you did. we look first right now to specifically, 2016 clinton was up by 9 points, 4% in the average. biden is only up 7.1. we go down to michigan, 2016 clinton plus 6.8.

biden only 6.7, about the same. wisconsin about the same as well. clinton 5.7, biden, 5.5, as you well know. the president went on to win those three states which won him the white house. what has to happen between now and election day, less than a month to have that same gap close the way it did in 2016? >> well, look, we have to talk about the promises that the president made and the promises that he's kept and in states like michigan, that have benefitted greatly from the usmca renegotiated bad trade deal. what we're talking about are the states that aren't in play. the state of ohio has been historically a battle ground. and they have given up on it because they know that trump is going to win it. the same for iowa. four years ago they said donald trump can't win iowa and ohio they're not talking about it anymore. the truth is donald trump is

going to win the states he won four years ago and on the offensive-- >> help me understand why you say ohio isn't a battle ground right now. real clear politics average biden up 6%. that is a battle ground. >> spent a lot of time in ohio and-- >> can you share that with us. >> donald trump is going to win ohio unequivocally, and he won there by 8 points. he'll win it by a bigger margin this time. leland: all right. cory, appreciate it as always. thank you, sir. >> thank you. leland: a little more on this tomorrow with the president himself. he's background to join maria bartiromo on sunday morning futures. his first interview with maria when he was out of the hospital was pretty good. and after that, former white house press secretary sean

spicer on media buzz to discuss the coronavirus testing and the canceling of the second presidential debate. full house for chris wallace. he's going to speak with senator coons, and the senator from nebraska, and judiciary committee ahead of the amy coney barrett on monday. and there it is, check your time and channel. alicia: i'm already exhausted. thanks, leland. with 23 days left until the election, clear trends are beginning to occur. to help us break down that as well as the polls, tom bevin. thank you for being here today. i want to begin with a look at some battle ground states. we have some key battle grounds at real clear politics has shown the average and the race is pretty tight. if you take a look, we can put

those up now. we have pennsylvania, biden at 51%. trump at 43.9%, but then you take a look at north carolina there. 48.3% versus the president, 46.9 and then at ohio, super close. where do things go in these key battle ground states, tom, right now in terms of campaigning for both of these men? >> well, let's start with ohio because corey lewandowski just mentioned it, and leland pointed out. it is closer. biden a small lead. both campaigns spending time and monday. trump may win it, but no indication it's the same as 2016 or more as corey just said. if trump loses ohio he'll lose a lot of other states that are close. and they think that it will come home to trump in the last

23 days and that he'll carry ohio. and north carolina, very, very close in 2016. final polls had president trump, you know, was under a percentage point and ended up winning it by, you know, a good margin, 3 points, 3 1/2 points, another state very much in play. biden has a small lead there. but the campaigns are spending a lot of time and effort there. and then you mentioned the upper midwest, still, big battle ground in pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin, those states, though biden has a strong lead, he is about where hillary clinton was four years ago and we saw what happened there. those states are very much in play this time around as well. alicia: very close to watch. and we can put up the 2016 official presidential election results and you can see, i mean, these were really narrow margins here except for ohio, of course. but the president can still pull it off and that's what his campaign is saying. they're like-- they continue to say that they're not going to watch the polls, but i mean, as we watch it, and we see the former

vice-president ahead of the president, we're still a ways away in election time, aren't we? >> we are. but the trump campaign has to close these gaps a little bit, right. and most of the polls, for example, in pennsylvania. trump overperformed in pennsylvania, but only by a couple of points and so, he's not necessarily barring some, you know, catastrophic poll failure, it's unlikely that he's going to overperform the polls by 5 points, 7 points, 9 points. so they need to see some chosing in the states in the final three weeks of the race. alicia: it comes down to the issues, some of the folks who may or may not have made up their minds. i don't know how many of those are out there. take a look at a fox news poll, a national poll where they sit in importance to voters. coronavirus and the economy tied 44%, and then we start dipping down into health care, racism, supreme court and violent crime. and i want to hit on that

supreme court, 25% of those who responded said that the supreme court was the most important, however, as you know, we're headed into this big week. the confirmation hearings from the supreme court. will that change minds, do you think? is that going to play in the president's favor or against? >> we'll have to see how it plays out. the next time that this is polled after the confirmation hearing is in effect and that will rise up the list of voters concerns. it depends how the democrats handle it. if they go after amy coney barrett and there's a backlash, there could be with the voters. the economy is still the newspaper one issue and he has a lead. in the fox news poll about 14%. the bad news is that coronavirus is there, and joe biden has a 40 point lead in the fox news poll, if coronavirus is your issue. it's cutting both ways at the moment. alicia: appreciate your time.

thank you. leland. leland: check now down to louisiana where nearly half a million people are without electricity. hurricane delta made landfall in the state last night. steve harrigan on the ground in louisiana where hurricane came down. >> this is what it looks like when your town gets hit by two major hurricanes in the span of six weeks. i saw a man come up to his truck in a kayak and how do you tell what damage is from hurricane laura and from hurricane delta. he said laura was wind and delta was water. the blue tarps from the storm six weeks and the water is storm delta. this was a one-two punch. with the rain and we saw urban

search and rescue from florida helping out and a lot of the houses now reachable only by high water vehicles. and surges of seven feet. when that hit last night in creole, louisiana, it packed 100 mile per hour winds. it's dissipated now, but they're going house to house to make sure that everyone is safe. so far, no reports of casualties. back to you. leland: that's 60, 70 miles inland. and you can only imagine on the coast. steve, thank you. alicia: president trump is getting ready for his first public event at the white house after testing positive. we see rally goers getting screened before entering the white house grounds to take part on this event and massive military parade today marking the 75th anniversary of the north korean workers party. the country's leader kim jong-un, used the event to speak on their nuclear force and the coronavirus. more on that coming up next.

>> just hours after a cease-fire between armenia and aserbijan, they've broken the cease-fire and that's potentially on the rocks. >> north korea marked the 75th anniversary with a massive military party on the country's nuclear force and kitty logan is live in london. >> hi, kitty. >> more posturing for north korea on the anniversary and the parade.

this was a traditional parade and happens every year, and for the first time it took place in the dark. thousands of troops marching in formation in this dawn ceremony. north korea leader kim jong-un took center stage. some tough rhetoric as he talked about what he called power and deterrents. he didn't talk about a country as a perceived threat, but talked about the coronavirus pandemic and that north korea has not yet seen any cases at all. also on display at the parade, there was what seemed to be a new long range ballistic missile, perhaps the biggest yet seen in north korea. it's the first time that they have been included in any parade in the last two years. very haven't been seen since the attempt at peace talks between the u.s. and north korea. those talks are now stalled. north korea remains under

sanctions under the program. and perhaps today's parade perhaps that they develop new and more sophisticated weapons. although there's tough language which is perhaps predictable at this event, there was none directed to the u.s. alicia: kitty logan in london. leland: we're little more than an hour away from president trump's first white house event. first public event since contracting the coronavirus. live pictures right now as folks begin to head in and have their temperatures checked for the event. new polling out of florida. what key demographics that the president needs to win. how he's doing with early voting when we come back. age is just a number.

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his first in-person event since announcing his covid-19 diagnosis last week. all attendees are asked to wear a mask. joe biden is expect today speak to supporters in erie, pennsylvania later this afternoon capping his busiest week of in-person events in months. he's also visiting florida, nevada and arizona. leland: speaking of florida and how important it is, the vice-president is in orlando right now for a get out the vote rally and president trump will hold his first post-coronavirus rally there on monday. take a look at the numbers. president trump won that state by a little more than a point back in 2016. the real clear politics average now has him down by a little less than 4 points. for that we bring in brian mudd expert on all things heard in florida. good to talk to you. are things different in florida

than in 2016 or is this the same situation as the president behind in the polls and he's going to make it up as we get closer to election day? >> things are different in florida in this regard, leland. the trends have been favoring republicans over four years ago. on election day, the democrats held a 2 1/2 point advantage and now 1.3% in real-time. the republicans have gained ground since then. that's definitely something to watch as we get closer. by the time we get to early monday, a week from monday, we will have a better read on the race. and one key, the villages, a huge retirement community on the i-4 corridor. and there was a long article today. at the villages. the president wins by double digits and the ap is showing

golf cart parades with biden sides. something to worry about? >> i'll give you data points for the villages, relative to palm beach county. >> i moved here, and republicans have had the advantage that the democrats have had here. the villages have seen a population growth from the northeast. retirees that used to come in southeast florida. the villages are moderating a little bit, but not what people are reading into it. because democratic strong holds are coming to the right a little bit. >> and what about latinos? we know that the vice-president is at an event today. is that a tossup group. >> right before the election four years ago, we were seeing better performance among hispanic latinos for rick scott

and ran desantis. i'm going to look at wanda vasquez, the governor of puerto rico come out and endorse president trump. they're not breaking as democrats anticipated. that's a definitive why polster missed in the 2018 elections and might be a read why they're missing now. the rcp averages, fox 35 poll, trump up by 3. quinnipiac biden up by 11. in suffolk, it nearly matched the electorate in florida, voter registration we had and shows the state tied. leland: hold on, i want to get something to you, you made an excellent point about the puerto rican influx into florida post the hurricanes in puerto rico and if that breaks

for president trump in a way that pollsters aren't expecting, that would be huge. i want to get back to the issue of seniors. this is a key demographic and has been for the president, a key demographic in florida. biden p up 2 points with seniors. that's the latest cross tabs we have from the sienna college research poll. partnered with the new york times. in 2016 president trump won seniors by 17%. it's hard to think a 19-point gap is just a polling error. >> right. well, and again, it's not all going to be there. as you know, the biggest weakness of president trump and this is especially true with seniors, is the focus on covid-19. that's where he, regardless of polling, he performs worst. he performs best on the economy. i think the single digit issue, assuming he makes a full recovery, as he appears to be doing, him contracting the

virus is attention on his weakest issue. and interesting to see if he's hopefully turning the page for the virus himself, if you begin to see some of that, reflect more normal trends for seniors. leland: as always i'm so glad we have you on. you make good points and give us something to think about. for voters who think that coronavirus is important, joe biden is in the lead. for those who think the economy is important, donald trump is in the lead. alicia: we have been talking about this all day, it's a busy day at the white house where president trump is preparing for his first event at 2 p.m. eastern. much more on that in our next hour. is that net carbs or total?... eh, not enough fiber... chocolate would be good... snacking should be sweet and simple. the delicious taste of glucerna gives you the sweetness you crave while helping you manage your blood sugar. with nutrients to help support immune health.

>> people across louisiana assessing the damage left behind from delta today this as the storm drops rain across the southeast. welcome to america's news headquarters from washington i'm alicia acuña in denver. hi, leland. leland: alicia nice to be with you, nice to be with you at home. this is a double whammy, i'm leland vittert. much of the louisiana coast is now experiencing cleaning up after second hurricane in month. you were there in the beginning for laura and now for delta. seems it compounded the misery. >> yeah, just like alicia said in the last hour, a recovery on top of a recovery, leland, as you know. the mayor of the city says that

today is not the day for lake charles residents to start returning home. remember a lot of people have been under mandatory evacuation orders, major nick hunter says let the first responders and the city personnel get out there and do the jobs first, like clearing debris and what not before people start to trickle back in. sdozens of roadways are blocked not just across but louisiana with either debris or 18-wheeler turned on their sides. more than 531,000 people are without power across the state. another 60,000 in mississippi and 92,000 in texas. hurricane delta making landfall about 40 miles south of us in creole, louisiana and dumped more than a foot of rain in some places and wind gusts clocked at nearly 100 miles per hour. further inland, communities like

jenning and lake arthur and lafayette were also slammed with the heavy rains and winds, lasting for hours. at this hour we can tell you that no fatalities or injuries are reported with this storm, that is in the early going. a handful of high-water rescues have been carried out for people that decided to stay behind and not listen to the evacuation orders and, leland, frankly driving around this morning and trying to figure out where to go live from, it's really difficult to tell what is old damage and what is new damage. this is a bridal shop that was destroyed just 6 weeks ago when laura made landfall, there was some additional sheet metal that rolled into the parking lot from delta's winds. but as you know some 95% of structures in lake charles alone were impacted by laura just 6 weeks ago and delta took a very

similar path but it was just not as strong, back to you leland. leland: some places that had just gotten the lights back and then back, casey, thanks so much. reporter: right. alicia: as we continue to monitor deltas' impact on the south, we take a look at next week's weather conditions meteorologist adam klotz is in the extreme weather center with today's forecast. hi, adam. adam: hey, alicia, you know, the storm is still on the move. it's really weakened a little bit but folks out in front of this that will see impacts. you are seeing the center circulation moving to portions of northern mississippi, a lot of heavy rain and spin of tornadoes on the east side of the storm, it's a possibility. some of the heaviest rain moving to alabama into georgia, everything here highlighted in this yellow area, that's an elevated risk of possibly tornado with severe thunderstorms are still a possibility, with that you will get really heavy rain with a lot of wind, maybe little bit of hail with it. we see flood watches and warns

and advisories particularly across arkansas and the memphis area and getting to the appalachia mountains and the moisture is still tracking with this system, it's going to have to be something to pay attention to. the motion, we will see continue to weaken and up to kentucky by late on sunday bringing the moisture with it. the winds continue to die down but still a system to pay attention to and as i get ready to toss this back out to you, where are we in tropical season, we are getting on the backside. statistically things fall down in the next couple of weeks but it's been an active one for sure and we will continue to watch it, alicia, back out to you. alicia: adam klotz, thank you so much, leland. leland: bring in louisiana senator bill cassidy, sir, normally you're talking about

getting people help but you're without power and big blooding, seems the folks that baton rogue need help. senator: i have a roof over my head and i'm good. it's the folks, southwest louisiana that need the help. on the other hand there are 50,000 people in the capital region who, baton rogue area who don't have lek industries -- electricity. leland: this double whammy really came in the wrong order. delta would have been a lot easier to live with had laura not come with 140-miles-per-hour winds and ripped the roofs off, right? senator: totally. when you're in lake charles after hurricane laura, you walked down the street and you say that doesn't look too bad and you open the door and you see all the rain that poured in when the roof got ripped off and

and insulation and furniture, roof tarp over the roofs and delta rips off the tarps and more than anything it can be incredibly discouraging. you have done all this work in 6 weeks and, poof, you feel like you have to startver. leland: you feel for the power crews coming out again. i want to draw your attention to what's happening at the white house which is the president's first public event since his coronavirus diagnosis. you're a physician, would you be okay going to this? senator: well, i don't know how it's structured so i think -- let me just first give cdc guidelines. if you are ten days out from when you first began to have symptoms and you are at least 24 hours out from having any symptom whatsoever, you are considered free to get out of

isolation. i think i saw a timeline which the president first began to have symptoms somewhere wednesday ten days ago and i'm told by his doctors that he no longer has symptoms. by that he would strictly meet the cdc criteria. i'm seeing by hearsay. leland: we can talk about the cdc guidelines and say what's best practices of bringing a bench of people together at a time like this. you've got the event today and you have rallies starting on monday, the campaign just sent out an e-mail saying that there's going to be a rally tuesday in pennsylvania and then wednesday in des moines as well. it's sounds that what i'm hearing that you're fine with the president getting back out on the trail? >> no, i'm fine with cdc guidelines. if he's ten days out of first having symptoms or 24 hours, at least 24 hours from having any symptoms, he's free to exit

isolation. that's what i did. went back into my household. gave my wife a kiss, she was reluctant. [laughter] senator: i know by medical science she was okay. we still know not to have events and socially distance. i don't know anything about the rallies, but a place outdoors, kind of a breeze-blowing through and people wearing masks and able to socially distance. leland: some of the rallies have been like that, some have not. senator, we are glad that you're in good health, we send our best to you and your wife and hopefully you guys get power back to watch the lsu tigers at some point today. senator: thank you, leland. leland: good to see you, sir. ♪ ♪ alicia: now for more on the president's white house balcony event. mar america dit is just a short -- mark meredith with short

distance away from the white house. mark: he's going to thank the people that have been offering their prayers and he's also going to talk about the need to stand up for law enforcement. he also is going to -- had campaign points, if the left gets power they would launch nationwide crusade against law enforcement, very powerful words. we will be waiting how the president reacts, he will be keeping his dance from the crowd gathering in the south land. he's expected to speak from the balcony from the white house itself and the supporters are expected to gather on the lawn, normally where you see marine take off and land and she's going to be addressing what the administration is calling really a protest for -- peaceful protest for law and order. as you can imagine, still a lot of questions about how the white house is going to handle such a large crowd for an event like this. this would be the first time that the president has held an in-person event since coming back to the white house from coronavirus. fox had a chance to hear from the president directly about what he has been going through. live pictures as supporters are

going through the gates, you can see somebody make a make america great hat. we are told supporters have to wear their masks as they go in. we will see if they keep them on in the south lawn. he says he's feeling great from the release of the hospital. yeah. sounds like we don't have the sound bite. i apologize. the president certainly saying that he's proud of the tremendous testing that has been done and that he feels that he's medication free, so we do have the sound bite, here is the president from yesterday. >> they've done tremendous testing and right now i'm medication free. i'm not taking any medications as of, you know, probably 8 hours ago, so i'm medication free which frankly makes me feel good. i don't like medication. mark: he doesn't like medication. the president will be back on campaign trail, as you mentioned

he will have the event in orlando on monday and florida and campaign rallies scheduled for battleground states including pennsylvania and iowa. the president seems eager to get out and campaign himself. meantime in washington the focus on what the next economic stimulus will and will not include. the president doing a 180 and wants a deal reached before the election and the speaker says it's not a deal to agree to. quote, on friday the trump administration returned to the table with a proposal that intended to address some of the concerns democrats have in the coronavirus relief negotiation, this proposal amounted to one step forward and two steps back. speaker nancy pelosi earlier today, two democratic members as they try to piece together what a stimulus bill will or will not include. all about timing, election a few weeks ago, people curious if

congress with get this time. busy times in washington and out in the campaign trail, alicia. alicia: quite the checklist, be sure to tune in to our channel right after the show, just stay with us. president trump will deliver remarks today at a peaceful protest of law and order in the white house -- in the white house south lawn. we will bring that event live to you and that, again, at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. leland: when the program gets underway campaign is making stop in battleground pennsylvania and the president will be later this week. right now shows the former vice president maintaining lead over president trump with just 23 days until the election. that would be the national polling, hillary vaughn is with the biden campaign from pennsylvania. hi, hillary. reporter: hi, leland, democratic nominee joe biden is really not budging on his refusal to answer continuous questions about whether or not he would expand the supreme court if he were to win the white house in november and he doesn't think voters have

a right to know the answer until after the election, biden told a local reporter on the ground in nevada yesterday that after the voters deserved to know his position, he told them, quote, no, they don't. when a different reporter asked him yesterday, biden said this, quote, the press all of a sudden is going to start talking about, well, what are we going to do, are we going pack the court, are we going to have a filibuster, we will cross the bridge when we get to it. but we do have an idea of where half of the democratic ticket stands on the issue, a year and a half harris was asked about adding extra seats to the high court and she said this. >> i will say that i am interested in having that conversation and i'm open to the conversation about extending the number of people in the united states in the supreme court. reporter: biden avoids openly avoids supporting court packing. senator elizabeth warren held a

socially-distanced rally for biden in new hampshire but biden will be here later today in eerie, pennsylvania a state he's been to many times, leland including one time previously this week but this is his first time here in eerie, pennsylvania, that's significant because this is a place that's considered the bellwether for the battleground states, leland. leland: we will watch that event for later today, alicia. alicia: coming up we will talk to former interior secretary biden committee lynn salazar. attendees being screened for covid as they enter the white house grounds. much more coming up next.

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alicia: supreme court nominations for amy coney barrett are set to begin on monday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. the first of a four-day process as election day draws very near. alex hogan live in new york city with what to expect. hi, alex. alex: hi a lickia, -- alicia questioning is set, the

48-year-old is a seventh circuit court of appeals judge and formerly law professor of notre dame, but family connection and ties to conservative religious groups prompting pushback, people of praise and firmly opposes to right to abortion. submitting supplemental paperwork to the judiciary committee after report found that she did not include information about two talks she gave in 2013 hosted by antiabortion groups. it's been nearly 1 month since the death of former justice ruth bader ginsburg, doors liberal champion for social justice and gender equality. barrett would become the fifth woman to sit on high court and would mean president trump's third appointment. former notre dame law professor

will introduce on monday and give opening remarks and on tuesday questioning will begin. >> thursday, the last day we will hear from outside groups. we will hold the first vote on moving her from committee, we will vote her out of committee on october 22nd and then probably the 26th or 27th, we will have her on the floor for confirmation as our next supreme court justice. alex: senate judiciary committee chairman lindsay graham, faces own reelection battle with challenger jamie harrison. last night debate was canceled after graham refuse today take covid-19 test. because of pandemic the confirmation hear willing look different. all senators right to appear virtually to prevent the continued spread of covid-19. alicia. alicia: alex hogan in new york, thank you so much.

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>> it's sad to say that a lot of hard work that volunteer linemen have put up in the 6 weeks has pretty been much undone. so it's very disheartening, anyone that actually had a survivable facility or a building had more damages to it. it's kind of hard to distinguish what laura left behind and now what delta did. it's not a good situation. alicia: that was ashley, assistant director of emergency preparedness in cameron, louisiana on tropical storm delta disrupting hurricane laura recovery efforts. for an update of the aftermath of delta and response efforts underway we have with us fema administrator peter gainer. thank you so much for this time right now. we appreciate it. you just same off of a call, just received an update on where

things stand on the ground in louisiana, can you share that with us? >> sure, we do a call 12:30 with agency partners including the state and those affected and right now delta is a tropical depression, still raining, still threat of flash floods inland, and the state are doing damage assessment each week. maybe by the end of the day or early tomorrow, but right now what we see are power outages in louisiana, about 688,000 in texas, in texas 700,000 and in mississippi around 92,000. so power seems to be the issue right now. alicia: we are in critical hours right now, right, this is a very important period of time for rescuers and folks on the ground there as you're assessing the damage. there's a message that you really want to get out to folks who live in this entire region.

>> it's about safety, first of all, if you're a disaster survivor, it's about your safety and the family of your family. heed the directions of local management. wait for the all clear before you come out. what happens people come out too early, they put themselves in jeopardy, maybe driving through flooded waters, takes away first responders that are doing something more critical for their community, so be safe, generator safety is critical, keep that generator away from your home, at least 20 feet, don't put a generator inside. we've had numerous carbon monoxide poisonings after disasters, again, it's -- we need to keep you safe in critical hours until it's all clear and safe to come out. alicia: can you explain how it is that you -- you get a handle on a situation when you're still coming out of and in the middle of a recovery from another hurricane, from hurricane laura and we are talking about pretty much the same region, similar paths, how is it that you even attempt to get a handle on all

of this? >> yeah, so this is going to be a difficult journey for all of us, so about 6 weeks ago we had laura did significant damage to those parishes on the gulf coast, cameron and others, this path of delta nearly the same as laura, so, again, right now we are assessing new damage, we are looking at -- so new fresh damage from delta and damage on top of damage from laura, so it's going to take a little time to kind of peel all that away and really understand the full -- the full wake of delta and what it's left behind. again, lots of important team members from local level and state level and fema and federal partners. alicia: sir, we we are as you kw right in the middle of a pandemic, folks are out of their homes, trying to figure out where to go, some are in their cars and shelters, how do you account for any safety precautions or can you when it comes to covid, when the

pandemic meets a hurricane? peter: we have been beating the drum on not only hurricane safety this season but also covid safety. and you're absolutely right, we don't want to put -- someone out of the safety of their home and put them in traditional shelter or gym and expose them to covid. we put people in motels and hotels to keep them separated from others that may or may not have covid. we have been working on this for a while. it's working, but again, you to be responsible for yourself to make sure you keep yourself and family safe from hazards of delta and also hazards of covid-19. alicia: 2 more weeks left in hurricane season, we wish the folks in louisiana and the entire region all the best. peter gaynor, thank you so much for your time today. peter: you're welcome. leland: plot accused to kidnap

whitmer are now facing charges of domestic terrorism. the governor is blasting the president's rhetoric saying he's stoking hate around the country. christina coleman following the michigan case and the greater political story. christina: well, alleged plot to kidnap governor whitmer put her on trial and still meeting with constituents and placing some of the blame on our commander in chief. governor: ever since donald trump set his sights on me there have been a lot of hateful rhetoric online, a lot of demonstrations that have my -- the rhetoric that's coming out of the white house and emboldening mean domestic

terrorists and it endangers all of us and our democracy. christina: president trump defending himself on twitter. in addition to saying governor whitmer has done a terrible job, he said, quote, i do not tolerate extreme violence even those who oppose or attack me, it's something i will do as president. open up your state and open up your churches. 6 have been arranged and 6 others are facing federal charges, some of the men now charged with domestic terrorism for plotting to kidnap the governor rallied at michigan's capital against coronavirus lockdown according to state attorney general's office. federal officials surveilled suspects calling overthrow of government and law enforcement and this whole ordeal also has some michigan democrats renewing

calls for a gun ban in the state's capitol building, leland. leland: one of the suspects also called the president a tyrant, so who exactly they were listening to was unclear. thank you, alicia. alicia: voters in mississippi will decide on a new state flag this election day after the original flag was removed from public because it includes the confederate battle, new flag selected with help of online poll coming up next

alicia: let's listen in. [cheers and applause] >> it's on. victory runs through florida.

[cheers and applause] >> really great to be with you all. if you have a seat, you can take it. you know, i don't know if you all got to see us but i was just in utah the other night. we had a little debate with kamala harris. [cheers and applause] >> we did all right. [cheers and applause] >> i want to be clear, that debate was not just a debate between two candidates for vice president, it was a debate between two visions for america. >> yes. >> joe biden and kamala harris want higher taxes, open borders, socialized medicine, they want to abolish fossil fuel and taxpayers to fund abortion and pack the supreme court. president donald trump's vision for america is a little bit different. president trump has rebuilt our military and we cut taxes.

[cheers and applause] >> rolled back regulation, secured our border and supported low enforcement, life and liberty and the constitution of the united states. [cheers and applause] alicia: vice president mike pence in orlando, florida today speaking at a lot -- latinos for trump event. the president will head to florida on monday, perfect time for our next guest. ken salazar, the cochair of the biden campaign's latino leadership committee. secretary salazar, thank you so much for being here. let's begin -- before we begin, i'd like to take a listen to the former vice president at an event yesterday talking to latinos in nevada. take a listen. >> the fact is you can determine the outcome of this election,

not just -- not just for president but for the senate, for the congress and that's the biggest, the single most consequential thing anyone can do is vote. alicia: secretary salazar, there's no question that the latino vote is incredibly critical this time around as it has been in the past. but my question is, with regard to florida because we see the importance that florida plays, how concerned are you that president trump could gather more hispanic voters this time around in florida than in the past? secretary: alicia, good to be with you. the biden campaign, joe biden, kamala harris have the heart to have latino community in their campaign and in their plan and we worked on it hard for the last year and we know that joe biden is going to deliver on behalf of the 60 million latinos in the united states including those in florida and all one has to do is contrast what donald trump has done to the latino

community and he's basically has been trampling on our community for the last 4 years and that's why the latino community included in florida based on everything that we see is fired up to get him out of the white house so that we can then become part of this inclusive america that we have been fighting for all of our history. alicia: but we have just seen puerto rico governor announced endorsement for president trump, how concerned are you about gop saying that they believe that latinos will break for the president this time around and what does something like this endorsement say? secretary: yeah, i think the words and actions of donald trump speak for themselves, he abandoned puerto rico, he said that puerto rico should be traded for greenland and so we know that donald trump's views on puerto ricans, on anybody from latin america, any of those -- any of those of us who have been here in my case my family generations, that he's not on

our side. we are second or third-class citizens in his eyes and in his agenda. that's how we have been treated for 4 years and there's no better way of looking ahead at what the future will bring than to looking at the past 4 years of what he's already done to us. alicia: you are right, the polls are definitely in your favor and we can put up a recent poll of latino voters from the fox news polling that was just done this week and he does -- the former vice president does lead by a very wide margin there. 69% to 26%, but i also want to put up another number because we have a big issue coming up this week, the u.s. supreme court confirmation hearings of judge amy coney barrett, and when you take a look at pew research and you look at the religious choices, the religion that latinos choose, they are no longer overwhelmingly kathy lee, they are christian, but they are still 62% catholic.

how close and how -- how tight of a balance is this going to be for democrats this week as they question judge amy coney barrett when it comes to her religion because that could be really touchy for latinos? secretary: first of all, alicia, joe biden is truly a man of faith. i have gotten to church with him. i've been to his mother's funeral, i spent time with him and beau biden and he practices it and that's what's causing him to run for president of the united states because we do need to have an america that's empathetic and follows the values of inclusiveness and respect for everybody so on the supreme court, the vice president has been real clear, you to lit the -- let the people of america vote and once that vote is in after november 3rd and we know who the president is going to be, that person should

then appoint the successor to ruth bader ginsburg. it's such an important appointment because it's going to have huge consequences on people's healthcare, preexisting conditions, whether or not the case is before the supreme court. a lot of environmental cases are heading to the supreme court or are there now, so the appointment is hugely consequential for the next generation of americans and that's why it's important that the victor be the one who makes the appointment. alicia: secretary salazar, thank you so much for your time today, appreciate it. secretary: thank you, thank you very much, have a great day. alicia: you too. leland: a number of the issues we hear from the presidential candidates are on the ballot individually. they are actually 115,000 ballot measures across the country statewide. joining us director of ballots measure's project josh, josh, i appreciate you joining us. you think about an issue like recreational marijuana that's on the ballot now in arizona, montana, new jersey and south

dakota. does the tail wag the dog in arizona a little bit, are you going to get people voting on pot that may not otherwise come out and vote and cast the ballots considerably for joe biden? >> that was the theory in 2016 and conventional wisdom does say that certain issues, certain social issues especially that are on the ballot toned appeal to certain demographic which can tip the balance one way or the other. there's a little data to back this up and usually the effect is so small it's more of an issue in midterms than presidential where it's high. leland: you think of montana, senate race there would be an issue that people would think about with steve bullock as the democrat. when we look at this sort of other issues and you go to something ordinarily you might get a little bit more attention but given the news cycles tends to get eaten up. in oregon and washington, d.c. voters are going to decide on

psychedelic mushroom initiatives or legal program for mushrooms if the measure passes, how does this work because federal law always supersedes state law? is this more an indication of what voters want or does this actually change what happens on the ground? >> we can ask the same question about marijuana. so i think that it does actually have an impact on the ground and the program in oregon, for example, is very at least from -- conservative one. a program where you have to go to a specific center and be under observation while receiving the treatment. so i think that it will actually have impact. the policies will go into effect and -- and the clash with the federal government would -- would have to be something that we see rises. but i don't expect it to in response to oregon -- >> leland: i appreciate your

emphasis on treatments, the viewers can decide. one thing that's certainly an issue in the presidential trail is race in america and how that is dealt with playing out in mississippi, the old mississippi flag that had stars and bars as part of the old flag and this is the new proposed mississippi flag that had an online component to its selection as well. what -- what is -- does the calculation of the governor of mississippi to put this in a ballot initiative rather than dealing with it in a state legislature the way you may have a state representative work? >> they already partially dealt with it. the bill that put this on the ballot removes flag of mississippi. right now mississippi does not have a flag. remove any option for adding that confederate symbol back into the flag. so voters reject this measure in

november. so, effect, they've already removed the old flag and they are just saying, let them decide -- >> leland: for so long in america we represented a democracy and we chose representatives who made all of the decisions and you know specially when it comes to the issue of medical marijuana or recreational marijuana we have seen this direct to the people, democratic decisions, is that a trend that you see increasing, decreasing or are these unique things? >> so if you look at the last 3 decades the use has not been increasing, 2016 and 2018 were a huge exception. covid happens, so you kind of had a decrease again in 2020 but there's still -- there's a bit of a resurgence. new jersey is actually the first state to vote on recreational marijuana because the legislature is sending the issue to them.

there weren't votes to pass it directly. they had enough votes to put it on the ballot. leland: wow. >> illinois and vermont passed it directly but new jersey the first one to kick it to voters instead of the process. leland: appreciate the time on a sad. >> yeah, no problem, thank you. leland: alicia. alicia: we are moments away from president trump's first public event since covid diagnosis, we will bring that to you live when it happens. we are back right after this. ♪ ♪

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alicia: we are awaiting president trump's event after being diagnosed with the coronavirus. leland: outside you see trump-pence flags in the streets and hundreds of people streaming into the south lawn. we bring in mark meredith who is at the white house today and they are calling this a peaceful -- remarks for peaceful protest to law and order, break that down for us. mark: the white house has used this and the campaign has used this i should say before because they feel there's a double standard when there's protests out in the streets and the president says it's not getting fair and he gets questioned why he can hold political events

when outside hundreds gather at new given time. short speech from president trump but hundreds of supporters as you can see. this is a sizable crowd, around 500, gathered there on the south lawn. i understand the president will thank supporters, thank you to first lady as well, the prayers that have been coming in for them and also thank power of american science and eradicate the virus once and for all and acknowledge the protestors but you see people like that make america great again hats, those are the people that we saw coming into the white house grounds an hour ago. it should be a fairly large crowd out there at the event itself. a lot of these people are going to be prolaw enforcement supporters, also president trump supporters. this would be a chance for him to fire up base while still staying here at the white house. we have learned, though, that the president has added 3 campaign rallies for his schedule for next week. they're all going to be in battleground states, places like florida on monday outside of orlando and also going to

pennsylvania and des moines, iowa, 3 states that are going to be crucial if the president wants to eastern another 4 years there. we know that the president according to his remarks he supports the police and want to restore safety to the streets, turn economy to full prosperity and he say that is next year will be one to have greatest years in history of the country. so this will be a campaign speech, i mean, make no doubt about it. this is the same kind of remark that he would be giving if he was doing this in front of a large audience at a make america great again rally. as to which is going to change the campaign schedule going forward. that's still the unknown. we asked the white house earlier today what about the president's health, they told us we should be getting an update early next week. leland, alicia. leland: all right, mark, thanks so much and we will be right back.

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dual message, signaling strength as he has fought the coronavirus. let's listen in. >> thank you. >> usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! [ cheering and applause ] >> well. >>, thank you very muchand keep.

get out and vote. we've got to vote. we have to vote these people into objec oblivian. got to get rid of them, so bad for our country. first of all, i'm feeling great. i don't know about you. how is everyone feeling? i'm honored to welcome -- we call this a peaceful protest. in support of the incredible men and women in law enforcement and the people who work so well with us. i have to tell you, our black community, our hispanic community, thank you very much. thank you. but before going any further, i want to thank all of you for your prayers. i know you've been praying. and i was in that hospital, i was watching down over so many people and i went out to say hello to those people and i took a little heat for it but i'd do it again. let me tell you. i'd do it again.

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