hurricane sally set to bring a storm surge and flooding rains to the gulf coast. >> 49 days before the election both campaigns are focused on the western wildfires and rricanes as the candidates turn up the heat on political attacks. >> an award has been offered in the gunman involved in ambushing two men who are fighting for their lives. >> and netflix and the release of the film cutis.

>> we kick off a busy tuesday. "early today" starts right now >> good morning. i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. >> hurricane sally is creeping toward the gulf coast. the category 1 storm is one of four cyclones in the atlantic. sally's outer bands have already started impacting florida's gulf coast. the impact is expected to make landfall anywhere between the florida panhandle and south easternlouisiana residents have already started evacuating in mississippi. >> i don't want to be here when the water is that deep and be stranded that wouldn't be smart >> reporter: sally is churning at 3 miles per hour. forecasters say a slow moving hurricane like this one only means a prolonged impact and heavy rains, flash flooding and storm surges

mandatory evacuations stretch from alabama the the bayou state. janessa webb joining us now. she has the latest on this slow moving freight train >> hurricane sally is not moving and overnight the west side of the storm system has kind of collapsed. it will reorganize by the morning, but we are seeing it just really lashing across the eastern portion of the storm right now sustained winds, 90 miles per hour moving at a slow west speed of 3 miles per hour many people can outwalk that and i do think this storm system will stall out for the next 24 hours. so you can see as it will gain momentum, some rapid intensification will happen. goes back into a cat 2 and right now i'm forecast not a potential landfall until late tomorrow evening. now, the storm surge, we're going to see at least four high

tide cycles across portions ofl increase that storm surge that we're foin some areas 6 to 9 feet so on top of that includes rain and the storm surge. >> that's going to be so much intensity. slow moving intensity with that. thank you. let's turn to the west coast where wildfires are still wreaking havoc at least 35 lives have been lost in those infernos. and it will likely rise. >> reporter: it took minutes for wildfires in oregon to incinerate six towns >> so your house is gone. >> reporter: in this held scape the search for bodies is underway state officials call the

smoldering aapock liptic scenes fatality officials here say parallels to the 2018 fire in paradise, california >> to hear what happened in paradise was on everybody's minds. >> the loss of life, we never would have predicted that. >> reporter: as the wildfires explode out of control in oregon a record 1 million acres torched in one week, double the state's average loss for an entire year. across the west, in a season where firefighters have been overrun by flames, at least 35 are dead thousands of homes are gone and tens of thousands remain evacuated. the president briefed on the fear, red flag warnings could fuel another overnight disaster including this fire outside los angeles. meantime, hundreds of miles away

from the burn zone, no escape from nature's fury >> i can't breathe it makes my brain a little foggy. >> the largest cities in the west choking on the world's most polluted air doctors say the smoke can trigger respiratory problems, strokes, even heart attacks. >> we started to wear the n 95s instead of the cloth because of the ash. >> reporter: compounded by a natural disaster investigating possible acts of arson even amid the bad air quality officials say they will continue their search for the missing but in these conditions that could take months >> thank you with just 49 days until the election president trump and joe biden are clashing over climate change while meeting with california's

governor the downplay of the wildfires that are ravaging the region right now joe biden blasted that attitude. tracie potts joining us with the latest we saw two wildly different visions on climate change yesterday. >> reporter: what's not new here is the fact that president trump and joe biden disagreeon climate change but what is significant is it's happening with these wildfires burning huge parts of the west and president trump visiting california listen to this exchange between president trump and a california official on the science of climate change >> it will start getting cooler. you just watch >> i wish science agreed with you. >> it will i don't think science knows actually >> donald trump's climate denial may not have caused these fires and record floods and record hurricanes, but if he gets a

second term, these events will continue to be more common, more devastating and more deadly. if you give a climate arsonist four more years in the white house why would anyone be surprised if we have more america ablaze >> and this comes on the same day that scientists said a 42 mile chunk of ice broke off of greenland's last remaining ice shelf last month saying that this clears the way for more ice to break off in that region. over 62 miles have broken away since 1999 >> living on a changing planet thank you. now to the reward for the information leading to the suspect who allegedly shot two l.a. sheriff deputies. the amount has climbed from $100,000 to $175,000 and now a

sheriff is calling on l.a. lakers' star lebron james to match the reward money l.a. county sheriff challenged amount to $350,000 the challenge comes as the officer shot are now in stable condition. authorities have also released new video from the ambush attack it shows a wounded female deputy applying a tourniquet to her partner who was also shot. outrage over videos showing a white deputy violently arresting a black man in georgia during a traffic stop. that deputy has been fired and the girlfriend of the man being beaten is speaking out >> reporter: it was a traffic stop for a broken taillight according to the family of roderick walker that somehow escalated to this.

26-year-old walker on the ground, restrained by two sheriff's deputies in georgia. the video does not show what led up to the encounter but from multiple angles you see two white deputies violently restraining walker who was black. in one video a deputy says walker bit him at another point an officer seen punching walker repeatedly >> my five-year-old was screaming don't do this, please stop. >> reporter: they were passengers riding in the car also with them, their young infant davis says once deputies pulled them over they asked walker for his id even though he was not behind the wheel and when walker questioned why he was ordered out of the car >> what made your pull out your phone and start recording? >> if i wouldn't have pull out my phone there's no telling what would happen >> he complied

he wasn't rude, he wasn't aggressive he was arrested charged with battery and obstructing law enforcement. the officer has been fired for excessive use of force dozens protested outside of the jail where walker is still in custody held on warrants on unrelated charges. but walker's family wants the officers arrested. officials are not commenting on the specifics of the incident. the district attorney's office is now investigating nbc news, atlanta. >> still so much to talk about when it comes to hurricane sally. let's check back in on the extreme weather. >> good morning. we're also going to be watching the rain threat that is going to be really enhanced with this storm system stalling out. we could see just copious amounts of rain. we are talking about 24 inches possibility in isolated areas, higher amount on top of the storm surge.

that's why flash flood watches have been put out for coastal areas of the gulf, but i think feeling fall like butnitis sunshine this afternoon. storms continue across miami all the way to charleston this afternoon. we'll continue to look at potential impacts with sally coming up. >> it could be intense in the next 24 to 48 hours and beyond nfl week one is now in the books after a pair of nail biting monday night football games. the titans marched down the field late in the game four kicks missed on monday but he would get the one that counted the most to beat the

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all eyes are on hurricane sally this morning the category one storm is expected to make landfall along the gulf coast within the next 48 hours z. the storm is big, powerful and slow. a triple threat could result in widespread flooding. jay gray is covering this for us from mobile, alabama >> reporter: good morning. and look, we've got a cool breeze right now mobile bay calm as well. all those conditions will change dramatically as we move in closer to landfall

sally moving in. a warning shot, rain and gusting winds as sally stalks the gulf coast. the storm intensifying threatening an areworry. >> reporter: that fear pushing hundreds of thousands in the potential strike zone. to prepare filling sandbags, boarding up and stocking up. >> water and it might flood. lights might go out. being on the safe side. >> reporter: sally, one of five tropical cyclones in the atlantic which has only be that crowded one other time that slow pace a major concern >> we are going to have a huge amunt of rain with the slow moving storm and on top of that still to deal with storm surge.

>> reporter: water likely pushing into areas it's not supposed to be and staying for a while. >> yeah, you know, that water may be sally's most dangerous weapon forecasters predicting a storm surge of up to 11 feet and rain of a foot and a half or more >> going to be a problem for the next couple of days. thank you so much. before we go, check out the spectacular display of ultimate natural light show, the northern lights danced across the early morning skies over northern finland the display is caused by elek rick cli charged particles colliding with the atmosphere. this is the kind of mother nature show that we want to see. >> that's someth is on everybody's bucket list to go check out the northern lights

themselves >> that video will have to suffice for now. >> have a great and safe tuesday. i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. >> jarred kushner will go one on one to talk about th

it will. i don't think science knows, actually. >> right now 4:30, polar opposite. president trump denies climate change while biden calls him a climate arsonist. where does that bitter divide leave california? senator kamala harris visits fire zones today. plus, power problems. brand-new details on how pg&e's error cost people's power in the middle of a heat wave. and on the verge of reopening. the latest stores to get back to