tiktok outrage. president trump threatens to ban the social media app, but will his plan backfire come election day? good morning to you on this sunday, august 2nd. i'm cori coffin. >> i'm sure he's worried about those who are coming to vote. are they all over 18? we are expected to be updated on the status of isaias. it is right now a tropical storm with sustained winds of 60 miles an hour and is expected to hug the east coast all day. it was downgraded from a hurricane as it swept the bahamas, but meteorologists said to take it seriously, with flash floods a major issue. >> some areas already feeling the effects of isaias before its arrival. tropical storms and watches have been declared across the state of florida.

we find chris live in melbourne. chris, we saw you last hour. since then the sun has risen. what's changed there since we saw you last? >> hi, cori and kendis. it's like mother nature was giving us a warning a few minutes ago. right now we have blue sky in melbourne, florida, but for about four seconds we had a nice little rain shower, a dark cloud coming over like, this is coming. let me show you the beach. it is a beautiful morning. i can't stress how nice it is right now with the sun coming up over the water, but you can see the surf is really, really rough. we have some people walking the beach every now and then, but the timing is running out for people to get prepared. state and local officials are a little concerned that people might not take this very seriously because the storm has been downgraded. and they say, obviously, that would be a mistake, because even if this is a tropical storm when it hits this part of the space coast, they're very worried about the storm surge.

they are predicting 2 to 4 feet of storm surge. high tide just happened a little more than an hour ago and the tide is going out now, but it did get very close to this property. we've got a full moon coming tomorrow night, which will make the tides even higher. so this coastal area certainly could flood. you could always have the potential of trees down, power lines on the western side of the storm, you could have tornadoes. so local officials are saying, hey, while these final hours are ticking by, why don't you go out and prepare yourself. the other problem they have to deal with, of course, is coronavirus. this is one of the hardest hit states in the nation, and the governor said that they are trying not to order evacuations because they don't want people to be put in a situation where they could possibly get sick, but that may be necessary. >> we in the era of covid, i think our guidance from the state has been if it's a close

side, have people just hunker down rather than leave the site. but if the storm is threatening and that decision is made, we ask you to follow it. >> reporter: the counties that have started to open some shelters, i know palm beach county has some hail, volusia county has also opened some. they are doing them socially distanced. people have to wear masks and they're saying if you have symptoms, do not show up. >> chris pallone joining us from melbourne beach just about 130 miles south of where he is. i thought i saw a live spot at the top of the show that showed the waves with a live view from the control room. if we could pop it up, we would love to see it, because the storm is whipping up the waves in that part of the state already. the storm is located about 20 miles offshore, so a lot of areas in south beach and beyond should be feeling the impact any

moment now. >> we know that in addition to florid florida, virginia has states of emergency as well. >> hey, cori, this is a high impact storm system. it is bracing for impact across east florida right now. i know we're talking about the category of the storm. it's been downgraded to a tropical storm, but still, the intensification with the high tide coming into ft. lauderdale right now, we are going to see massive storm surge in that area, and the flooding in low-lying areas. the latest track from the national hurricane center comes too close for comfort for fort piers. the center of this storm system would have to go over land to see a landfall, but still, you are talking about tropical force wind gusts up to 65 to 80 miles per hour. the track continues to flow across the carolinas as we step

into monday and tuesday. now with this tropical storm being a little bit slower in the last 24 hours, only moving at 9 miles per hour, we're hoping the shift of the track continues in an easterly turn, and that will keep it offshore, not going to really impact the northeast. but still the cone of uncertainty still very wide for sections of the northeast. so the major impacts you're seeing right now from our current radar, we are going to be watching water spouts for sections of south florida. also the potential for tornadoes that are going to be sparking up for west palm beach. the high tide, the northeast quadrant is really starting to steer, but it's staying offshore. this is the strongest side of this tropical system, and this could potentially shift about 10 to 20 miles, increasing that storm surge. so right now the hurricane warnings have expired for east florida. now they're extending into parts of the carolinas. if you are in north carolina,

even virginia, i do expect this afternoon a potential for tropical storm warnings, maybe even a hurricane warning if the intensification of isaias starts to really come together. it should bounce offshore. the longer it stays in a warm body of water where we're talking about 85 degrees, the center rotation of that system will start to come together. so the forecast right now, i know miami has really let off its guard because the track has moved more to the east. the low-lying area of miami floods with just rainfall on a normal day, but look at the storm surge right now, 1 to 3 feet. that would take over that area. so we're still watching that area, and you can see from our live shot right now the hazy conditions. as chris said, you're going to see these downbursts with the waves coming in from the radar, it will be kind of rinse and repeat. so we'll see the clouds, it will

be calm for a little bit until another wave starts to enter. now, the other portion that we're watching, daytona beach, west palm beach, 2 to 4 feet. i think with another high tide coming in late this afternoon, that could be even stronger. we're also going to watch south georgia as well. now, the tropical force storm winds, they extend 35 to 40 miles per hour out. so even though it's not a potential direct hit for south florida, the winds still going to be increasing, a very high risk for florida, so watching power outages throughout the afternoon. so across the carolinas, that's where we just saw a state of emergency being declared for sections of north carolina and south carolina as well. the flooding. i don't know if you remember hurricane nate came through that area. it devastated that area. we're going to be talking about turn around don't drown for the

next couple of days. because water is going to surge into wilmington and cape hatteras, and that's where we're really going to be looking for a possible landfall. another landfall is possible for atlantic city, new york city, boston area. that's going to rev up tuesday into wednesday. so i know chris was showing, you know, nice conditions right now, but it is not time to let down your guard because the surge, the winds for florida and then the next couple of days, it's going to be very dicey for the carolinas into the northeast. >> the preeminent threat is the floodwaters. that is what kills most people in these storms, and that's going to be an issue for miami straight up through maine. we look for the forecast on the national hurricane center at the top of the hour. thanks. let's turn now to covid relief, something we'll continue to follow for you until a deal is made. negotiations are set to resume tomorrow on capitol hill after

top democrats and white house officials failed to strike a deal on a new coronavirus relief package recently. josh letterman joins us at the capitol. josh, what happened yesterday? >> reporter: it's never a good sign when both parties say they made progress but can't really tell you what the progress is or really put any meat on the bones as far as what differences they've narrowed. that's essentially where we're at, with both sides emerging from these negotiations, saying they have moved the ball down the field. but chuck schumer says there is a whole lot more work to do. take a listen. >> we're not close yet, but it was a productive discussion. now each side knows where they're at, and we are going to work very hard to come to an agreement that meets the needs of the moment. we still believe, and we discussed this with them, that this is one of the greatest problems america faces, and we need to meet those needs in a very, very serious way.

>> reporter: so what's the holdup, cori? part of it is about how long of a deal to do. the white house has been calling for a short one-week extension of these benefits while they hammer out a broader deal that can last us through the election. but the democrats are reluctant to give up their leverage at the moment by extending these unemployment benefits temporarily. they want to see one major package that will really tide us over. take a listen to what treasury secretary steve mnuchin had to say about the timing of such a deal as he emerged from negotiations yesterday. >> they've made clear there is clearly a desire on their part to do an entire package. we've made clear that we are willing to deal with the short-term issues and pass something quickly and come back to larger issues. so we're at an impasse on that. >> reporter: an impasse with very real financial implications for millions of americans across the country whose unemployment benefits have now lapsed. those negotiators, tomorrow

morning they'll head back to the table to try to see if they can get this back over the finish line. cori? >> that affects 30 million people, and pelosi also denied the offers that they say that republicans did not make. all right, nbc's josh letterman. thanks, josh. to say the president has had his share of run-ins with reporters would be an understatement, but he may not have to worry about that at this month's convention. a new report says they will not be allowed to attend. also this morning, new reports of young students contracting coronavirus may raise even more concerns about reopening schools. but we're all going at our own speed. at enterprise, peace-of-mind starts with our complete clean pledge, curbside rentals and low-touch transactions. with so many vehicles of so many kinds, you can count on us to help you get everywhere you want to go...

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more than 155,000 people have died. major league baseball has a big problem. in milwaukee, a cardinals/brewers game was postponed for the second day in a row, and you can guess why. they had two players test positive two days in a row. others have gotten inconclusive test results. the cardinals are set to play their next game on tuesday. >> and congressman raul cgrijata tested positive. he slammed his colleagues who refused to take this crisis seriously, adding, cabinet members routinely strut around without a mask to make a statement at the expense of colleagues, staff and their

families. >> that colleague is 72 years old, so you can understand why he's really, really angry about being exposed to the virus on capitol hill. at least four schools, one in mississippi and three in indiana, had students testing positive for the virus, this during the first week back in session. >> alarming numbers there. joining us now, dr. calvin sun. he's an emergency room doctor in new york city. when i hear just that alone, new york city obviously used to be the hot spot, the epicenter for all of this, something they have dealt with for more than a month. being an er during that time versus being in the er now, is there a stark difference? >> thank you for having me back. it was like deja vu different circumstances. look, i'm wearing my construction agai scrubs again, more than before. that's because people with covid are coming back.

they are not to the degree we saw in march and april. they are very sick. that to me has scared me a little bit, but the numbers have stayed the same, which tells me all the people with covid-19 would come to me. they're not hiding out anymore. we're staying low and i'm pretty happy about that. >> the world health organization said this week that young people are causing covid-19 cases to surge in many places. i know you pay attention to this stuff all the time. what are you seeing that those younger patients in the emergency room, are you seeing them as often? >> no. a lot of the younger patients i see come in for skin rashes or -- that could be soesassocia with covid, but if you come to the emergency room, you have a life-threatening disease or symptoms you think could lead to death in the next 24 to 48 hours. they're not coming into the emergency room as sick. they're usually going to their

pediatricians' or doctors' offices. i haven't heard anything bad coming out about this, so adults are still coming with covid and very rare now, but very, very sick. >> dr. sun, let's turn our attention toward new jersey. that was a place that once had the virus under control similar to new york. cases are on the rise again. the infection rate has gone above that 1% benchmark. what exactly is happening here? are these new numbers, are they concerning for you to watch as a medical professional, or do you think this is manageable? do you think this is just kind of a likely scenario as states reopen? >> i see trends more than i see single day spikes, and the way i see it, new york has a certain unique culture that it's the little things that count. they are nothing bigger than the little things. we have maintained it 1 to 2%. i think we've hit the days of 1% more often than the days of 2%. new jersey is a little closer to the rest of the states. they're kind of, unfortunately,

the buffer. they're close to pennsylvania and other states that -- in a way of saying they're in half-baked measures of reopening. they're reopening kind of, closing, reopening kind of. the results are if you're going to kind of want something, you're going to get kind of the results you want. new york has very strict or stricter, if you will, in their efforts, and that's why we've been hanging much better than the rest of the country. >> so let's talk about half-baked attempts at reopening, because we just mentioned those four schools across mississippi and three in indiana that had students test positive for coronavirus within the first week of in-person classes. what do you make of all of that? were you one of those that supported in-person classes? >> oh, for that question, i'm an always it depends kind of person. i love outdoor classes. it all depends how you do those classes. if you do outdoors, or it's like a new school with a great hvac

system, negative pressure air, that's better than a dungeon where it's in the basement with no windows, like 60 kids per class. that's a completely different story than outdoor classrooms in central park. so really, that depends. regarding the schools and classes and camps, the cdc did a study where she showed half the people in the summer camp were positive, 34%. that's because they said they did almost everything -- back to what we said, half-baked -- they did almost everything but they still did overnight sleeping indoors with crowded dorms. so as a result, that's how they spread it. if you half-bake anything or you kind of do something, you're going to kind of get the results. >> dr. sun, i know you're here in new york, but you know very well what's happening with this virus across the country. yes, we have seen some bright spots, some improving situations, but what places are worrying you right now? >> so it is pretty much

everywhere outside of new york as a new yorker. that's how i see it relatively. but especially so in the southern west and southern east areas. those are constantly growing more. and now you're seeing a death spike, the two- to three-week delay in the rise of cases to deaths. when we had our deaths, we already had a lockdown in place. we were scared because we didn't know if it would have an effect. we knew it would have an effect, but not as dramatic as looking back what it did for us. in the southern west and southern east, you don't have these lockdown measures in place that were as thorough as ours. we're still technically under lockdown, i still can't eat-in doo -- eat-indoors. i know in california, for example, they're shutting down more than the rest of the country is, so i'm looking

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we're following breaking news right now on isaias . at the top of the hour, about 20 minutes from now, the national hurricane center will give an update on the status of this tropical storm. hurricane hunters have been flying throughout the eyewall, throughout the night, through the storm, aboard miss piggy. this is video from one of those fly-throughs from one of the scientists called astro nick on

twitter. he showed this flying through the eyewall saying it's been one of the bumpiest flights of his experience in the years of doing this. the northern quadrant of the storm is the strongest, in his words, but right now that quadrant is not forecast to hit the florida coast, but instead that area and much of the east coast will get up to 6 inches of rain by the time this storm is past in just a few days. we're also following some breaking news on the west coast this morning. a wildfire burning out of control in southern california. at this point, zero percent containment. more evacuations were ordered in riverside county last night. officials say they don't know when people will be allowed to return. >> the so-called apple fire has destroyed at least one home and threatening many others. heat and humidity causing fires to grow. from alabama, front page of the "montgomery advertiser" sunday, the paper exploring the history of confederate monuments

and the role the paper itself played in rewriting history to bolster the image of the confederacy. >> i'm shocked they went there. that's probably a lot to dig into, especially in alabama. >> taking personal responsibility. >> yeah, interesting read. from san jose, california, the front page of "the mercury news" sunday, catastrophe. tracking how the worst outbreak of covid broke out in a prison. in florida, young not spared the battle of the virus. a 13-year-old lost his battle after spending three months of agony in the hospital. and in hawaii, the post of paradise. they track the alarming path of the recent surge of covid-19 cases, the economy there already reeling from closures. they shut down travel to any

tourist site from the mainland, and you were forced to quarantine if you made it over there, so they are shocked by the spike they're seeing. new reports say president trump will accept the republican nomination behind closed doors with no media present. >> the democrat gazette opened the story. this will be the first in history where reporters are not admitted. joining me now, congressional press secretary for the democratic policy and communications committee. rochelle, what are the implications here? >> look, i'm really not surprised that trump is not having the media attend this event. he doesn't want to answer any tough questions, he doesn't want to be held accountable for his inaction or actions that have actually been hurtful to americans, so i'm not surprised that he's not going to allow the press to be there. and really, do we need to hear anything that he has to say? are we surprised he's going to be the nominee? absolutely not. i'm not concerned, really, at what he's going to say.

we've heard everything he's going to say at his rallies, which is absolutely nothing. >> but he is the nominee of a major party, he is the president of the united states, and for this step, to do this behind closed doors is obviously highly, highly unusual, and not to have press present. so this is a little bit unprecedented terms there, but what benefit does he get from doing it, would you say, behind closed doors? obviously he'll be on prompter. >> well, he doesn't have to be held accountable for anything. he doesn't have to answer -- once he does this, he doesn't have to come out and answer any questions. kayleigh, his press secretary, she doesn't have to come out and answer any serious questions. i'm just surprised he's not doing this in front of the press. we saw what happened with the press office in the white house. it was hundreds of days before there was even a standard white house press conference. so for him not to invite the press to this, i mean, i'm not

surprised because he does not want to be held accountable, and i'm sorry, i know that he's the president of the united states, but he has yet to act like one, so this is not really unusual to me coming from him. >> and rochelle, let's shift just slightly the latest approval ratings for the president. they have continued to go down, 34%. then there's this poll sheer showing an overall decline for democrats, 20%. that's down 13%. approval for republicans 14%, down 10%. republicans have taken a slide. why do you think that is? >> that 18% number is actually a little bit better than what we've seen in years past, because in 2015, i think it was down to 11%, and before that it was down to 9%. i think that what you see is a lot of people are not hearing what exactly is being done in congress. i think a lot of people over the

last four years have heard nothing but about trump. yes, we heard about the act that was a bipartisan effort. it started back in 2014 and just got passed under the trump administration, but i think that people just aren't hearing anything about what congress is actually doing. the only time you really hear about democrats is when they're being insulted by a republican and there's infighting. so i think there has to be a better job of letting the american people know, okay, outside of trump, outside of the drama that we are seeing, here's what we're pushing forward. but the other issue you have is you have senator mitch mcconnell over there in the senate not doing anything but bending over backwards for trump. so that's also part of the reason why you don't see a lot getting done, but i think that has to be more aggressively told to the american people. >> let's talk about the veep states, rochelle, because there's been a lot of bickering and a lot of snickering behind the scenes with different

"politico" articles coming out, "axios" articles saying they have the ear of joe biden. what do you make of this campaign that has been ongoing, at least lately, where different people have been bashed for being too ambitious, their scientology past has been coming up. >> oh, my gosh. >> it's been weird. >> it's very weird. i'm thinking to myself, do we want to win? because these are attacks you would see coming from the right or coming from conservative networks, but you see more of this happening on the left. to say that a woman is too ambitious, a black woman is too ambitious sis an insult in itself. i think the pool of candidates that biden has represented or that we, at least, have heard of are a phenomenal group of women. but, you know, there has been -- i think it was the "washington post," maybe, that had a picture of biden's notes where he had a list of -- he had kamala harris'

name and then he had a list of five talking points behind her, so there is speculation she might be the nominee. but it's very frustrating to hear women continue to be attacked for striving to be their best self. and when you hear they're too ambitious, that's just an insult to black people and black women everywhere. >> too ambitious. >> yeah, um -- >> what does that even mean, to be too ambitious? i don't understand. >> there have been many men. let's wrap it up with the little black girl. there is a lot. michelle obama had her podcast that was very popular. beyonce dropped the best visual album of all time, "black is king." you had lieutenant madeline swegle who became the first black navy pilot. it was quite a week, and as much as there is a little bit of bickering about which or if there is going to be a black

female vp candidate, i think there is a lot for you to say if you have a young daughter out there to say, listen, look at this. >> black girl magic is real. it's been real. everybody else is just finding out. i was so excited to hear about michelle obama's podcast. i think this is going to be great. i'm really excited for michelle, because i feel like for eight years, you know, she was the first lady, and she used her voice for a lot of good. but i think she probably, as a first lady, wasn't able to be as much of her authentic self as she probably wanted to be. so to see her out here speaking, her book, her podcast, which is such a unique way for a first lady to start -- former first lady to start communicating with the american people and to share her story and her truth and her power. so i'm really excited to see who she has on it, but yesterday i watched beyonce's "black is king" with my mom, and the

cinematography, the fashion, the power behind it, just showed black is everything. black is king. >> if you haven't seen the videos, it's absolutely stunning. >> yes. go back and then watch "lemonade" as well. >> i like this one better. rochelle, thank you. well, the popular app that made dozier the cat and megan the stallion household names is not popular in one particular house: the white house. president trump making a threat to ban tiktok. >> so the question now is, could this ban backfire come election day? joining us now, tony rahm. he's the "washington post" reporter. tony, we'll give you away on "black is king." i'm sure you have a lot.

>> it was good stuff. >> it was good stuff. >> there are a lot of theories as to why the president is making this threat. what's your thought behind all this? >> reporter: the stated reason has to do with privacy and national security. the reason the white house and this little known body called sitheus and others have been looking at tiktok is because tiktok is owned by a chinese company. there have long been concerns in the united states that this kind of ownership structure could give the chinese government access to the personal information of the tens of millions of people, including youngsters, who use this app. now, tiktok has long said that it's not shipping data back to china, it's not giving the chinese government access to all your personal information, but that hasn't stopped the criticism from republicans, including from those in the white house, and so that sort of contributed to what we've seen over the past couple days with these renewed threats to ban this app here in the united states. >> can the president actually ban tiktok? how would that look? >> reporter: the short answer is

sort of, and the longer answer is it depends on how he actually does it. there are three major mechanisms by which the u.s. could take action on tiktok. first it could force the parent company of tiktok to sell the app to some new company, and microsoft is one of the companies that's been named here. second, it could treat tiktok much like the government has treated huawei and put it on a list that makes it difficult to operate here. third, the president could sign an order that makes the app hard to be listed on the app store, so on your app store or downloading device, it could be hard to download it. by the way, we should point out, some of this is illegal fraud. it's not as clearcut the government has the authority here, so it could be the case that any action the president takes is immediately contested in court. >> in the last few seconds we have, tony, there is speculation this could actually motivate young users to get out and vote

against the president. do you anticipate anything like that? >> reporter: potentially, but remember, a lot of tiktok users are not even old enough to vote. this is as much in the under 18 set as well as the over 18 set. it's possible this could be the thing that antagonizes people, but it just remains to be seen what the u.s. will do here. >> it is interesting that tiktok users have been acting in typical tiktok fashion. one woman said in her video, hi, donald. please don't ban tiktok. your hair looks great. please don't ban tiktok. >> tony, we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. the perfect storm. a massive drop in the gdp and a ban on evictions expiring without a coronavirus relief bill to help. >> the consequences all of this could have for millions of americans who are, as of this hour, out of work. smoothest fabric.

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let's call it a double whammy for millions of americans this weekend as benefits for covid relief come to an end. just days ago, the block on federal evictions expired. >> the president is at a standstill with how to move forward on relief. congressional leaders came together but they have not been able to come to an agreement.

ali velshi is here. ali, good morning to you. this wiped away five years of economic growth. can you do something you're so good at? put this in perspective for what this means for the country and just how big of a hole we're in. >> so gdp is the broadest measure of everything we do. if you take all of the production that happens in our country, everything of value that we produce, you've got gdp. it's not a fantastic measure but it's the biggest and best one that we have. look at the right side of that screen. this is quarterly gdp. you see at the end of the screen, it just drops right off. that's 9.5%. from one quarter, one to the next, we dropped 9.5%. usually we say how are we growing at an annual rate? when you dacalculate it as an annual rate, it's 32.9%. any way you look at it, it's the worst growth we've had in 150 years. but what really happens here is

indicated by the fact that patrolman are not producing because they're at home. they're at home, they're not making money. they're not spending money at the same rate, and as a result we have other problems. we've cut the $600-a-month extra insurance the government was giving. that ended on friday. we've also lifted the moratorium on evictions and closures. their rent may be for the first time in four months due today. maybe they found out last week the landlord is collecting. maybe they've had sleepless nights for the last two nights wondering how they're going to do it. there are people who live in homes whose foreclosure process can begin now. this is really hitting regular people and congress has not found this problem. they didn't come up with any result, and even if congress fixes what needs fixed, state employment takes a couple weeks

to catch up. and if it goes down, it won't even pay for your groceries depending on where you live. >> you walk around manhattan and you see the long lines at food banks, and even recently, as i was on amtrak, i saw some guy eating literally out of the trash. you've been traveling this country. anecdotally, how bad is it for people right now? >> look, it's really bad. but part of the problem, kendis, is the point you make that a lot of these people are voiceless, right? the homeless population in america is voiceless, the poor population. 40 million people are food insecure, meaning they don't know where their next meal is coming from. the number of food banks have increased. the working poor are not at their jobs. the poorest of us work in muliv multigenerational families sometimes and don't have jobs to go to. what they do understand is poverty and prosperous. people who are prosperous get this at a much lower rate,

people who are poor get it at a higher rate and die from it. this is destroying pieces of our society, and as we fix the coronavirus, you can't fix the economy until you fix the coronavirus, but as we fix that, we have to look at the ways in which we fix our underlying equality in america so when this thing happens again, because it will, we are not killing off the poorest and least among us. >> i want to ask you how to compares to 2008, but we have heard the numbers are significantly worse than what we had in 2008. >> they're worse, yeah. they are worse. there's no question things are worse now. i will tell you what's different, and that is that when you went into the recession in 2008, if you were, as i say, if you were jogging on the way into it, you were prosperous, you had credit, you had some money, you came out better. if you were stumbling as you went into it, you came out relatively flat and it took you a long time to catch up. this is worse. think about this recession as an inequality machine. if we went in -- we were leading the world in inequality, we went

into this thing, we're going to come out more unequal on the other side. that's going to be our work once we have a virus and once we have a cure, to make america less unequal. >> it's up against your clock, ali. you can tease now what's coming up, or we can go into your time. how quickly can you do it? >> you know what, watch the show. i got bernie sanders, i got iona presley and i've got former secretary jack liu. that's the tweet. >> there it is. the next few minutes on "velshi." we'll be right back. "velshi. we'll be right back.

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one death per minute. one american life lost to coronavirus every minute as infections continue to rise. 23% of americans cast their ballot by mail in 2016. experts say that number could double this november. and 70 million app users could be looking to make and share their videos somewhere else, as the trump administration faces off with tiktok. "velshi" starts now. good morning. it is sunday, august 2nd. i'm ali velshi. a double dose of disaster converging on the florida peninsula. this morning, a large portion of the state is bracing for the impact of the remnants of hurricane isaias, which has currently been downgraded to a tropical storm. the weather maker's