and i just want to make a difference for those who don't have a voice. that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. good morning. first up on msnbc, bracing for impact. florida on alert as hurricane isaias spins toward the coast. the new forecast we learned just moments ago from the national hurricane center. so now what? overnight relief funds for tens of millions of americans expired and congress appears no where near a new deal. young and restless, some once covid-19 hot spots with some spikes. one governor says it's because of kids and all their partying. and breaking news involving

tik tok. the popular app, time may be running out for it. hopefully you've perfected your moves. coming up, some savage moves involving tik tok because, you know, it's 2020. good morning. it's august 1st, 2020, 6:00 a.m. i i'm here and corey coffin is in florida. >> i'm here. there are some spikes here on the jersey shore. i will have more details on that and what it means for

beachgoers, kendis. >> we'll talk about that. it's a busy day. we have breaking news on isaias because just moments ago and hours from hitting the florida coast we got an update moments ago from the national hurricane center. i do want to talk about it because it's not good. the storm has strengthened. 85-mile-per-hour sustained winds and it has actually slowed down significantly, now moving only about 12 miles an hour. that's terrible news for those folks right there in the bahamas who have been through some rough hurricanes in the last year, but it's worse news for up the line on the coast of florida. this was puerto rico. more than $12 million in damage, at least the estimate is. the dominican republic also suffered plenty of damage from this storm, reporting at least two deaths on that island. in the u.s., florida has warnings. isaias is expected to produce high winds, heavy rains, and flash floods.

in preparation, florida shut down dozens of covid-19 testing sights. sam brock is joining me on the ground in miami. sam, i suspect it's early where you are but somewhat of a tale of two days, beautiful and then deteriorating. >> reporter: sounds about right, kendis. good morning. it is quite literally the calm before the storm. right now there's a bit of a breeze and a mist on miami beach where i'm standing right now. the track of isaias has shifted a little bit to the east. that's what my weather folks are telling me. there's still a chance, kendis, the eye of the storm can make landfall in florida. if it did, it would be a little north to where we are now, somewhere between palm beach county and the space coast, northeast of that. isaias will be carrying some pretty strong winds. in the miami area, it's

tropical-force winds, but still it's 80, 90 miles an hour. depending on how close it gets to our coastline, folks could be seeing that kind of strong wind play coming up all up and down the florida coast. now, in terms of preparations, you mentioned the pandemic, kendis. it could not be worse timing. some of the preparations under way in miami-dade, they've closed gulf courses, parks and marinas, and they're preparing shelters. although the mayor of miami-dade, mayor gimenez, does not seem to be wired. this is really where the challenges start. you have spacing issues and checking symptom issues when you're evacuating people. this is a brand-new chapter of how they respond to hurricanes

that didn't exist before covid-19. potentially more shelters are need. you have to take people's temperatures, check their symptoms before you intake them into the shelter. these are all new practices. governor ron desantis was out checking the shelters yesterday. here's what he had to say. >> i think at a minimum we eat get tropical storm-force impacts, hurricane-force impact. make sure you have several days of supplies, food and water and medicine. it's a very ongoing fluid situation. >> reporter: the cone of uncertainty extended well beyond florida, kendis. we're talking almost 80 million people potentially in the path of isaias. it wouldn't necessarily be a hurricane, but a storm as it heads up the eastern seaboard. that's a lot of people. states have declared states of emergencies in virginia and

myrtle beach. governor desantis has requested prerequisite relief from president trump. >> it will be a nuisance, no doubt, with all the covid issues they have down there. thank you. appreciate it. nbc meteorologist janessa webb joins me. as i mentioned, the national hurricane center put out a forecast. what are we learning from this? >> you know, kendis, with this storm system, earliest named storm system, i-named storm system on record, good news, it is breaking apart. but we're watching the bahamas. just ten months ago we were talking about hurricane dorian, the strongest hurricane ever to hit that area, and it's currently impacting that area. with the latest track, as you

said, the sustained winds have really picked up ten miles an hour to 85 miles an hour as it goes through the grand bahama. the tropical-force winds do extend and they will be impacting the coastal areas all the way into fort pierce to daytona beach, and that's going to linger all the way into sunday afternoon. this is really too close for comfort for me. this is a 20-mile difference where the eye of the storm is. that is a potential landfall. then when you look at the broad picture for the next few days, potentially across the islands to cape hatteras, the cone of uncertainty has been decreased due to the center of the storm starting to come together. look at this. this is wednesday overnight into -- tuesday into wednesday, excuse me, and you see boston now in that cone of uncertainty.

so it is time for people to really start to prepare because we're definitely going to see that inundation of water, flooding amounts up to 5 to 12 inches in parts of south florida, and then you're talking about the tropical-force winds that could pick up to at least 80 miles an hour. >> and the thing about this particular storm, the forecast track has changed quite a bit from the national hurricane center and the intensity. as far as who will get it down the line on the east coast, it could be anyone's guess, isn't it, janessa? >> exactly. as the storm moves across the bharjs it's going to sit across a body of water. temperatures are sitting at 85, 90 degrees. we expect isaias to really start to come together once again and potentially have that rapid intensification as it nears the florida coastline and then it will again go back into a body of water that's still very warm and could potentially right now,

what this cone of uncertainty is saying to us, is that we could have three landfalls. >> quite incredible. isaias hanging on long enough. by the time she's all gone, we'll know how to properly pronounce its name. thank you, janessa, appreciate it. breaking news overnight. one involves an app, like the stuff on our phone, that nearly 100 million people know. and the other t reality that tens of millions that people are waking up to this morning. the $600 enhanced unemployment is gone as of midnight. josh, good morning to you. i do want to start with you on tiktok. it's rare for the president to come back and talk to reporters, at least this particular president, and it's even more rare that he'll come back and talk about tiktok.

>> that's right. the president was in a playful mood it seenms, kenkendis, as w came back from florida. he said he's seriously considering banning tiktok. when we pressed him on that, he was seeming to want to make a little bit of news. we were kind of able to coax this out of him. he said, you know what? i'm going to go ahead and do this, banning tiktok, saying the announcement would come as soon as today. we don't know exactly what form that's going to take, if it's going to be an executive order or if he uses his emergency economic powers to try to ban this social media platform. but tiktok is already responding to this saying in a statement, tiktok user data is stored in the u.s. with restricted access. tiktok's biggest investors come

from the u.s. we're committed to protecting our users' privacy and safety. they're alloweding to the fact that their parent company is a chinese company concerned about whether user data could potentially be handed over to the chinese government. but that issue aside, we know that tiktok has also been a source of political embarrassment for the president, a platform critics use to mock him as well as speculation that tiktok users were responsible for doing fake signups to the president's tulsa rally a few weeks ago, leading to a lower-than-expecting turnout at the rally. >> even the rally he held at the airport yesterday, there were hundreds of seats available but only a few hundred in attendance. was that tiktok again? >> what we thought was interesting, the white house set

up several rows of basically bike racks so people could be spaced out, so if you were in a row, there was at least six feet between. they basically ignored that. everybody went to the very front and kind of clumped together to get as close as possible to the president meaning all the back rows were totally empty, and any opportunity to social distance was not being taken advantage of at the rally last night. >> all right. and, josh, did he say anything about the expiration of employment benefits? obviously nothing is happening on capitol hill. where does that stand? >> reporter: really pessimistic stance in washington as there's an impasse on a bill that's sorely needed that ran out at midnight. they seem to be getting farther apart with pelosi saying it seems they don't even share each other's values anymore. take a look at white house chief

of staff mark meadows and what he had to say about the negotiations. maybe we don't have that sound yet right there, but mark meado meadows, chief of staff from the white house, blaming democrats for what he says is their failure to put forward their own plan. we do know in a few hours, we'll have the white house chief of staff and the treasury secretary other on capitol hill meeting with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, trying to hammer out a deal, but in a sign of how pessimistic people are right now, the house has sent members home, telling them to sit sight, wait for a deal, and be ready to return to washington within 24 hours if and when there is a deal. kendis? >> still a relatively good sign that democratic leadership are meeting folks from the administration on a saturday, no less. josh letterman live at the white house with a whole bunch of things including the banning of

tiktok. we hope it doesn't come in a 15-second slick music video. let's hope. the state has more than 500,000 infections with more than 9,000 deaths. dr. anthony fauci expression some cautions and also optimism on a vaccine. he and other top government officials testified before congress. >> i guarantee that you're going to get a safe and effective vaccine, but from everything we've seen now in the animal data as well as the early human data, we feel cautiously optimistic that we'll have a vaccine by the end of this year and as we go into 2021. so i don't think it's dreaming, congresswoman. i believe it's a reality. >> florida reported 267 coronavirus deaths on friday.

that marks the fourth day that they set a single-day record. and a new cdc study shows that children, kids of all ages, are susceptible to the virus and play an important role in the transmission. the details explain an outbreak at a camp last month. 260 staff and children tested positive. most of them were 17 and under. the cdc says only staff members were required to wear a mask. an update on 35 lifeguards from the jersey shore who tested positive to covid-19. it's linked to house parties in beach towns. airbnb is cracking down on parties, limiting rentaling to you young people at least going forward. here's miguel almaguer. >> from bars to beaches, clubs

to college campuses, the driving force is the young. >> it's hard to put a pause on life especially when you're young and stupid. >> reporter: in new jersey, police have broken up massive parties like this one with over 700 people. >> this is no time for anyone to be vying for induction into the knucklehead hall of fame. >> my co-worker/co-anchor cori coffin joins me from long beach island. you heard it right there. jersey officials are usually cracking down on the beaches throughout most summers. this year it's a little different. >> reporter: yeah. they're just increasingly frustrated because the state has worked so hard to limit the spread. the update on the 35 lifeguards. 're learning 34 of the 35 have

covered, and that's according to the long beach health department. one is still being monitored for symptoms. no hospitalizations. when it comes to the reported outbreak, the last case was july 4th. beachgoers shouldn't feel too uncomfortable because they're mostly linked to indoor parties including with the lifeguards, not necessarily associated with their work outdoors. but what they're doing indoors, large and small parties. governor phil murphy had more to say. take a listen to this trend. >> i get it. we get it. we've all had our routines turned upside down the past four months and we want to blow off some steam with friends. i can't fault anyone for having that notion. and with the weather we're having on top of that, i understand the desire to escape the heat and head into the

air-conditioning. but, folks, we simply cannot continue to have crowded house parties. they are not safe, period. they are how coronavirus gets passed around more efficiently. they put the hard work we've all undertaken together, the millions of us, since march, at risk of being undone. >> reporter: to put this in perspective, at best we've reported 72 cases a day in new jersey at its lowest point. yesterday, 700 new cases if t. in the last five days, over 500. if you get anything over a 1, the outbreak is growing in this state. not only will this be devastating if restrictions have to be put back in place again, but the small businesses are finally starts to reopen. add to that the hurricane isaias

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the housing coalition. in your words, we've seen a wave of evictions in congress, and if congress doesn't act, could we see a tsunami. >> it's very clear if congress doesn't act, we'll see a tremendous wave of evictions and homelessness across the country. in fact, the wave has started and if congress doesn't react soon, we'll see that. anywhere from 19 to 23 million renters are at risk of becoming evicted in the coming months? >> what does that mean? are we going to see more people on the streets? is it going to be taxing shelters? what does that mean? >> it could. it depends on when congress acts. the households are struggling to

pay the rent. they're trying to keep a roof over their heads. many of them have lost jobs or lost wages at work. they have reduced wages. it's harder than ever for them to pay the rent. if landlords move forward and evict the families, they have very few option is available to them. they'll likely double or triple up with other families in overcrowded housing or they'll have to resort to shelter systems, sleeping in cars, sleeping in rvs or encampments, all of them terrible situations and all of them in difficult situations where it's difficult if not impossible to socially distance. there's also a possible increase of covid-19 cases. >> this pandemic has disproportionately impacted black and brown communities, we know that, health-wise, of course, but financially as well, how would you say races play a

role when it comes to who's impacted financially by this? >> the current crises has heightened the threat, but the threat is not new because of the pandemic racism, there's harm to people of color in our housing system. so black and brown renters are disproportionately to be low income, rent burdened, and so now these in equities are compounded by the covid-19. so they're disproportionately affected with infections and fatalities. black and latinos are burdened with historic job losses, and now their homes and with it their ability to stay safe and healthy are at risk? so it's almost like a triple

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we're back right now. you see the experts on capitol hill testifying on the u.s. response to covid-19. dr. anthony fauci and other members of the covid task force fielded questions from the house committee. dr. fauci was asked to respond to the president's comments that the high number of cases is due to ramped up testing. >> are we seeing more covid-19 cases in the u.s. because of the testing we saw?

>> obviously if you do more testing, you're going to see more cases. but the increases that we're seeing are real increasing in cases as also reflected by increasing in hospitalization and increasing in deaths. >> i do want to bring in dr. uchi blackstock who is also the founder of advancing health equity. doctor, thanks for being with us. also back with us is cori coffin who's reporting on the coronavirus from new jersey and the small spike they're knnotiig in new jersey as well. dr. blackstock, i'll start with you. comment on the president saying the more testing they do, the more cases result from it. what do you make of it? >> good morning. thank you for having me back. what dr. fauci said is exactly

correct. we're not just seeing increase in positive rates but increase in hospitalizations. so this is not just because we're testing more. we're actually seeing the consequences of what happens when you see increased cases. so dr. fauci was select correct. >> he was asked about another line of messaging from kids. president trump about kids. here's a listen. >> children do get infected. if you're talking about a conclusion that children in general are immune, that children do get infected, we know that, so, therefore, they're not immune. they generally do much, much better because if you look at the hospitalizations. >> cori, we've been hearing a lot of reporting about that, of course, the president saying they're immune. but in california, you had one of the youngest child deaths happen just within the last week. >> reporter: yeah. in addition to that, of course, what we're seeing out here is

the increase in cases is from young people. so our question, dr. blackstock, how darrens is this messaging, especially with the push to have kids back in school this fall? >> so it's quite dangerous, and there's a lot that we still don't know. there's been some really great studies that have come out in the recent weeks, one from south korea showing that kids over 10 can transmit the virus as effectively as adults. another study came out showing even young children carry as much virus as older children and adults. and another one in the "new england journal of medicine" shows that early school closures were associated with increased community infection rates. so i think we're having an increasing amount of data showing that especially in communities with high rates of transmission and spread that keeps schools closed would be a good idea.

>> reporter: and, dr. blackstock, there's a new study that canines can sniff out covid with 94% accuracy. the hope is they can detect covid in mass gatherings. what do you make of this new information. >> while it sounds promising, it really is, it was a small pilot study including about eight dogs. they analyze the saliva and secretions of patients, so they're patients who are really, really ill. what we need to know about is the asymptomatic carriers. we need more studies that include those patient snas. >> okay. so adopt more dogs. we appreciate it. dr. blackstock, enjoy the rest of your saturday. now overseas, troops will be

deployed after the president says nato failed to pay their fees. 6,500 will be sent home and the rest to other european countries. the president said it was made years after germany was being delinquent. tessa, i'm curious the reaction especially where you are, the nato headquarters where the president has been on a ramp of attack on nato from the very start. >> >> reporter: indeed, this is nato's home headquarters. they've said, yes, we acknowledge the u.s. decision and coordinate accordingly, but that's not quite the same with people who are genuinely worried about what this would mean for them in general. they're curious how this is being framed. there are two lines coming from

america, first mark talking about this. it's happening on the back of president's comments on what he calls delinquent germany for not mapping the 2% of gdp spending and considers berlin unfair to america when it comes to trade. what everyone here is focusing on is what the consequences will be, what this would mean. we spoke to general ben hodges and this is what he thinks. take a listen. >> the germans are one country not being punished by this. we're hurting ourselves. we're losing capability of being able to operate in africa, europe, and the middle east.

also lithuania. if that's reduced, the ability to bring in reinforcements to defend a crisis or respond to a crisis is degraded significantly. that lessens deter rents and does not strengthen the cohesion of the alliance. >> reporter: that is the kind opinion and voice that's being echoed here, the worry it could embolden russia and china. mark esper is saying some of those moves could happen within weeks. guys? >> there are many lawmakers in the u.s. very upset about the u.s. pulling out including many republican senators. thank you. back to the u.s. and portland overnight, the 65th consecutive night of protests, and it's been a while since we've been able to say this. it's been a peaceful one.

yeah, a day after the oregon police arrived, crowds gathered to chant and show their support for black lives movement and listen to speakers. the police remained mostly out of sight. no tear gas. t federal agents were deployed to control the crowds. instead it just intensified it. the federal agents will be phfad out now that the state police have arrived. two more sports are joining bachbl the nhl has returned for the 2020 tournament. they're in two bubbles in toronto and alberta, canada. and the nba is gearing up for more games starting on thursday as you see with this solemn

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we're back now with a stalemate on capitol hill where time has pretty much run out. the government's enhanced unemployment benefits expired overnight for millions of americans who were hoping lawmakers would step up and perhaps strike a deal on the next relief bill. the senate has left town for the weekend, but top democrats and top administration officials, they're expected to meet in house speaker nancy pelosi's office this morning. joining me now is nicholas wu, who's a congressional reporter with "usa today." nicholas, thank you for being here. what have you heard on what both sides will be talking about and any idea on where the deal is right now.

>> well, from the sound of things and everythione i've bee talking to, with e're nowhere c to a deal. political reporters are fond of saying there are different yard lines. pick your favorite sports, space, or animal metaphors, and they're worlds apart. >> being in d.c., we have seen where they've mated those pandas from china, so there's something that can happen. are there any cases that either side is going to shift their strategies in order to come to some sort of agreement? >> that's really unclear. the sticking points of negotiations are things that neither side seems to really want to budge on. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell really wants liability protections to be in the

stimulus package. democrats on the other hand want money on states and governments who have spent so much money on the coronavirus pandemic. neither seems they're giving each other room to pause. so it's not like there's some middle ground they can hash out to compromise, at least right now. >> did the white house cave on that particular part of the bill? >> on the liability. >> yeah. >> there was some talk of that, but at the end of the day, it's still the republicans and the senate that bring all the legislation to the floor and have to vote on it, which is a point they've made quite clear at the white house. >> so while all these people were talking past each other, it's having an everyday impact on so many americans out there. take a listen. >> it means i have my health insurance, rent, and groceries covered. and that's it.

health care, shelter, and food for one person, which is the absolute basics of living. so please help us keep the $600 a week for self-employed people. a lifeline for people. >> the $600 a week for me means that i can remain stable. without it, aisle lose my home and other possessions. >> what will it take for lawmakers to hear those voices? >> that's something i wonder a lot about these days. i was looking at data at quite how widespread the economic effects have been. looking at the poll, nearly half of americans say they or someone in their household had their wamgs cut due to the pandemic. and close to 40% said they or someone in their household had lost their job or been furloughed. so there could be. public pressure on lawmakers and

ramifications in the ballot box in november if they can't pull a deal out of this. >> hopefully with some of those senators who are home on this weekend, they'll hear their constituents speaking to them. nicholas wu joining us. thank you. the white house is condemning hong kong for dog something that president wants to have happen in the u.s. isn't it ironic. e u.s. isn't it ironic. better network than ever before... with more towers, more engineers, and more coverage. welcome to t-mobile. america's largest 5g network.

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well, just a day after president trump floeated the ida of postponing the november election, hong kong stated that was well. citing a surge in coronavirus cases since the beginning of july. justin solomon is in hong kong for us. justin, good morning to you. that leader carrie lam has been under pressure from beijing and pro democracy folks in hong kong. how is this move being received?

>> reporter: good morning. it is, of course, depends on which side you fall is how you are receiving it here in hong kong. as you said last night, carrie lam made the announcement she would postpone the elections for a full year. she invoked the emergency power. she is blaming covid-19 for it. no doubt, covid-19 has a rise in cases. ten straight days of more than 100 cases of covid-19. carrie lam says she can't have the election. she can't have them healthy for those coming out to vote. you have 4.5 million registered voters here. many elderly. that's one of the reasons she stated and she said there will be a media center for the election. that center is being used

currently as hospital. as far as the opposition party, the pro-democracy party is saying she is using covid as a cover. the democratic camp had a primary with 600,000 people to show up to vote. they say the government is scared they had momentum and they would have won a significant number of seats in september. on thursday, the government disqualified candidates from running in the election because they didn't support the new national security law. one of those disqualified was joshua wong. a well known activist. >> power and extended their political weapon and my friends as well as well as other democrats and incumbents. beyond any doubt, it is the most

scandalous election front ever in hong kong history. >> reporter: and kendis, i heard from the civic leader party last night and he said covid-19 is a lousy excuse. >> it is not just hong kong. you have the president here in the u.s. who floated that concept, but as we come back to the u.s., you also have many of the dictators around the world, including in the philippines and hungary and azerbaijan. watch the space once they push on the election and other things and other rights will go because of covid-19 being the excuse. coming up next, the breaking news we're following at this hour. we are tracking isaias as the category 1 hurricane approaches florida. this is the live look at the radar. in the meantime, this is datoyta

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first up on msnbc, hurricane isaias lashing out at the bahamas. florida bracing for trouble in the midst of the coronavirus

crisis. the extra $600 gone. what washington is doing? and the states that flattened the curve now seeing a rise in cases. >> it is hard to put your life on pause for a virus. especially when you're young and stupid. >> i never thought i would be in this position to be two weeks away from turning 21 and i'm basically losing a lung. >> the warnings going out to so many kids of the dangers they face every day with covid crisis. we say good morning. it is saturday, august 1st. i'm kendis gibson live from msnbc headquarters in new york. millions of people could be affected when hurricane isaias makes its way toward florida later today. this is the radar that we're good eveni getting. it is battering the bahamas at this hour. a hri