arab choice in the gulf is a strong israel i think many of the gulf states are looking to israel to really serve in that capacity to bring the security to bring the protection it's a win win for both sides. rabbi marc schneier joining us tonight from new york city rabbi we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you very much. you too. so this virus is a long way to burn if we allow it the key objective for us all is to try and suppress infection to a point where we have control at community level and then risk manager way through this we have to make some difficult tradeoffs opening schools versus crowded gathering places we need to make choices and some of those choices are not easy and they are hard and. i think that's going to be the struggle over the coming months there was michael ryan there with the w h o's health emergencies program speaking a major new study estimates that 3400000 people in england may have been infected with the coronavirus now that figure is more than 10 times the official number of known cases researchers tested 100000 people and looked for

a scary scene in the gulf of mexico two storms converging on texas and louisiana. thousands forced to evacuate potential cost and impact to america's critical infrastructure next. >> on the fast track, the fda giving a green light to a well-known covid treatment even though some in the medical community pushed back. call this a red carpet alert the first one in months as movie theaters continue to reopen. and later, more than 800% return on a $400,000 investment it has nothing to do with the stock marketment all of that ahead on this monday, august 24th and this is worldwide exchange right here on cnbc. >> we are ready to play. brian sullivan good to see you on this very busy monday morning. thanks for joining us. they're setting up their day and their week and they are setting it up strong or on that big graphic right in front of your face stock futures are solidly higher dow futures up 215 points right now. overall you know the headlines they say stocks keep going up. that's only half true. big cap tech keeps going up. the only sector to close those stocks as we

a well rehearsed really louisiana being a gulf coast state. we have a playbook we follow and we do feel the word went out. that come the point you do all the preparation work you can and hope for the best. >> this came in as a powerful category 4 storm slamming the gulf coast. for those residents who didn't heed the evacuation orders, what is your message to residents? >> day safe. when you have a 20 foot storm surge when the eye came south of lake charles the wall of water is enormous and when you are predicting 9 feet of water downtown lake charles you better be seeking high ground and they know that. we had rita some years ago pushing a big wall of water too. for days, weeks, we've been talking about being prepared. we know what to do, just hoping for the best. >> how confident are you the lessons learned from 2005 with regard to rita and the improvements you made your infrastructure following that storm are going to help in this situation? >> it certainly has to. every time we pull the playbook we improve on it. everything from staging you

it's expected it could be the worst devastating. >>> after laura lashed the caribbean millions on the gulf coast digging in or getting out. >> it's bet to to prepare now than go oh, i'm out of time. >> the damage from tropical storm marco, a near warmup for what's tocosm. >> if you're going to stay, by tomorrow by noon, no one is going to dial 911. you are on your own. >> reporter: people aren't taking any chances the goal is to get everyone on board those buses before laura hits >> the mission complicated by covid-19. >> reporter: those leaving town given a wristband. each person scanned before boarding buses to shelt eers. >> others doing whatever they can. nearly what chris and care line higgins hoping sandbags are enough to save their own home. >> all our openings and hopefully this will prebare for the floodage laura is already drawing comparisons to hurricane rita which caused $12 billion in damage the next 24 hours selling. >> you need to be prepared for the problem blgt that you will be losing poier. >> the exact same as rita nearly 15 years ago that storm so powerful it pushed wat

and it races into gulf coast communities. we are following cameron louisiana. all these areas really need to be on eberth le-- alert >>> night one set the tone of the rnc pinning democrats as a stark to the nation. >> there's a lot at stake. this is an election between a party that wants to burn down the foundations of our ground and a party that wants to protect our great nation >> they implemented something they called restorative justice. i was just fine with the old approach of discipline and safety it was called discipline and safety >> you've seen us on your tv screens. you know we're not the kind of people that back down. thankfully, neither is donald trump. >> with his leadership, we did what barack obama and joe biden refused to do. we stood up for america and we stood against our enemies. >> for more and what to expect let's get to tracie potts and we'll hear from the first lay day tonight. >> exactly the spotlight is on her. the theme for her is the land of opportunity. she'll be the keynote speaker. she caught som

historic storm for the northwest coast of the gulf of mexico.: and laura moved inland, ben raymond joins me now, thank you for being here. shreveport about three hours north of lake charles. i am wondering if you and your town had a lot of evacuees from southern part of the state. >> we had some evacuees. i don't know the exact numbers, they are placed and available hotel rooms. jillian: i am wondering because of everything going on with coronavirus has that made the situation different, people being put into hotel rooms, is that right? >> because of coronavirus, we have large congregations of people which is our response to expect evacuees. those staying in hotels, we don't have exact numbers. jillian: it made landfall as a category 4, very strong storm. you are a few hours from the central location of it. what are you prepared for? what will you be dealing with in a couple hours? >> wind and rain and flash flooding, they go underwater very quickly with 4 to 6 inches. we have additional staffing. most of our officers coming to work early, emerg

as the gulf coast braces for hurricane laura, some 1,100 miles north, the city of kenosha, wisconsin is bracing for more violent clashes in its streets. tonight, a 17-year-old from illinois is in custody there, accused of killing two protesters with an assault rifle overnight, all part of an escalation of anger and violence in the wake of the shooting of a black man by police on sunday. there's a lot of new reporting as we come on the air tonight, and our team of correspondents is standing by to cover it all. cbs' omar villafranca is going to lead off our coverage tonight from lake charles, louisiana, which could soon be under water. good evening, omar. n reporter: that's right, norah, when this storm makes landfall, the surge is expected to be well above my head. the louisiana national guard has been activated. there's a curfew in place that starts at 7:00 p.m., and that's because meteorologists say more than half of lake charles could be under water. more than 30 million people are in the path of the giant storm. along the texas and louisiana gulf coast, many are still preparing fo

after unprecedented usea political event, and with that powerful hurricane barreling its way to the gulf coast, will the storm upend the president's huge finale plan for the south lawn? stunning reversal: in a dramatic about-face, the c.d.c. suddenly changes its guidelines for who should get tested for the coronavirus. was there pressure from the president? superstar in space-- a big day for jenna greensweig. why this astronaut is making history tonight. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin with breaking news tonight and a dire warning to americans in the path of hurricane laura. as we come on the air, the monster category 4 storm is on a collision course with the texas and louisiana coastlines, and it's growing stronger by the minute. tonight, laura is on her way to becoming a catastrophic category 5 hurricane when she barrels into land just a few hours from now. nearly 15 years to the day of hurricane katrina. the unprecedented storm is now expected to

gulf coast. we will talk to the lieutenant governor of louisiana. >>> welcome back. hurricane laura is pounding the gulf coast right now after making landfall near cameron, louisiana, with category 4 winds of 150 miles per hour and a life-threatening storm surge. we know that because of the size and intensity of the storm, officials say it could take rescuers 24 hours to get to residents who decided to ride it out. >> we've heard officials in the area say they are concerned about those who didn't heed the warnings to leave. the lieutenant governor of louisiana, billy nungesser, saying that he is praying for those that decided to stay behind. one of those people that decided to stay behind in texas, right outside of beaumont, is ron rogers, joining us live right now. he is in elevator, texas, about 78 mail miles outside cameron parish, louisiana, where hurricane laura made landfall. rob, are you with us? can you hear me? >> i am. >> rob, what are you seeing right now where you are? >> wind gusts. 60, probably 70 miles per hour, sustained probably 40. shining a flashli

. >>> double trouble in the gulf as marco and laura, two major storms, threaten the gulf coast states with a one-two punch. >> and dreaming big, the inspiring story of a man who was a security guard at the hospital now returning with a brand new job. "early today" starts right now >> good monday morning i'm phillip mena >> we begin with breaking news a state of emergency curfew has been declared for wisconsin. outraged people filling the streets after a 29-year-old black man was shot by blpolice video went viral online and it may be disturbing to watch >> a man identified as jacob blake can be seen moving to open a car door and that's when multiple shots were fired. he was air lifted to a hospital. our local affiliate spoke to his fiance >> two male officers instantly detained him like, you know, put your hands but like no questions or none of that and i'm just trying to get the kids out the car. i'm like wait a minute he didn't do nothing wrong like you know, just ask some questions first before you pin this man up against the car. >> the police department says officers immediately b

we should be able to see the gulf of mexico here and the shot just momentarily.s we are now just about 20 meters off the ocean. >> splash down. [ cheering and applause ] >> as you can see, on your screen, we have visual confirmation for splash down. >> copy reel we see splash down and mains cut. >> dragon endeavor has returned home. and nasa astronauts bob and doug -- >> on behalf of the spacex and nasa teams welcome back to planet earth and thanks for flying spacex. [ laughter ] >> it was truly our honor and privilege. congrats to everybody at spacex. all good. and we are in to section four decimal 800. >> thanks for those words, doug, and we copy that you are in to four dez natural 800. >> great news all around there. our space dads are back on earth. after a 19-hour return journey from space. dragon endeavor has spaced splash down in the gulf of mexico just off the coast of pensacola florida. and on your screen there, you can see our two fast boats and they are indeed fast. racing out to greet dragon endeavor as it sits there. the first -- we can see a few ins

the gulf coast bracing for back-to-back hurricanes this week. laura already lashing puerto rico and other caribbean islands with strong winds and heavy rain as marco strengthens in the gulf. >> we are in unprecedented times. >> the state of emergency declared and the scramble to prepare. rob's on the ground tracking the one-two punch. >>> fire fury. two of the largest fires in california's history burning >> hs of and1 million acres.the. flames. >> all right, guys, i'm going to get you out of here. >> okay. >> the troubling forecast for today that could make the situation even worse. >>> tale of the tape. we've got the new audio, first obtained by "the washington post," in which president trump's own sister allegedly describes him as a liar and a phony. >> the change of stories, the lack of preparation, the lying. >> why niece mary trump said she recorded it. does it back up her accusations that the president had someone else take his s.a.t.s? >>> new this morning -- more from that abc news exclusive. our own robin roberts and david muir sitting

the vehicle is now over the gulf of mexico. it is approaching the landing zone off the coast of florida near pensacola and we have our first shot. >> there is. t is. the first view from the wb 57 airplane. it shows us dragon reentering. we have that comm back with bob and doug. units its three gps uses in the parachute deployment process that helps, along with the pressure sensors, to give a solid altitude to the flight computers on when these are supposed to deploy. we are standing by for the deployment. we should be under five minutes away from splashdown. kilometers. drog window. >> copy. >> 14 kilometers in altitude and continuing to descend. capsuleve a shot of the as it is preparing to deploy those initial parachutes. parachutes help slow the vehicle down even further and help stabilize in preparation for main chute deployment. right about now the capsule is going 400 miles per hour. >> standing by for drog deploys. visual. two drog out. >> we have confirmation. >> they are now out and they are going to do slowing and sta

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see thed be able to gulf of mexico here in the shot momentarily. we are now about 20 meters off the ocean. [applause] >> splashdown. >> as you can see, we have visual confirmation for splashdown. concur.x copy and we see splashdown. >> dragon endeavor has returned home. nasa astronauts bob and doug. >> welcome back to planet earth and thank you for flying spacex. [laughter] >> it is truly our honor and privilege. congrats to everybody. all good. -- decimal section 800. >> thanks for those words. into 4.800. you are back onpace dads are arthur after a 19 hour return journey from space. splashdown in the gulf of mexico off the coast of pensacola, florida. you can see our two fast boats. they are indeed fast. racing out to greet dragon endeavor as it since there -- as it sits there. bob and doug looking good. although the communication was a little chubby, -- stablehow ourselves in one. >> spacex copies for vehicle assessment. stable one. good news. >> stable one essentially. they are upright. in the water. stable two, another potential work could be

>>> tonight, millions bracing for double trouble along the gulf coast, tropical storm marco taking aim right now. laura on its heels after deadly floods in the caribbean. al roker will have the new tracks disturbing video, a black man, jacob blake, shot multiple times in the back by police in wisconsin. anger erupting in the streets, the national guard called in. night one of the rnc, president trump's unannounced appearance, when he said top adviser kellyanne conway set to speak this week after her unexpected announcement. >>> back to school battle teachers fighting florida's order to reopen in-person classes, who a judge sided with late today. >>> the emergency fda approval for covid plasma therapy, how well does it work and the first documented case of a survivor reinfected >>> wildfire disaster, seven now dead as more than 600 fires rage, over 1.4 million acres scorched. >>> the shocking scandal, jerry falwell jr. reportedly resigning from liberty university after revealing his wife's affair, the blackmail scheme he now alleges. >>> the stunning reversal, scott peterson's death sen

how is the gulf coast better prepared now compared to 2005?still had the technology, we knew what was coming with evacuations and stuff. a better comparison, cameron, louisiana, this is the third historic hurricane to hit. they had this one, rita in 2005. and audrey hit in 1957. they didn't know that one was coming. they had less than 24 hours notice and over 500 people died, a lot of them in cameron perish, because they didn't have time to evacuate or didn't know to evacuate. so technology saves lives. >> bill cairns, thank you again. category 4 now, 140-mile-an-hour sustained winds. let's go to katie beck in lake charles, louisiana. katie, what bill was telling us is it may get calm because the eye is passing by you. is that what you're seeing? >> reporter: exactly what bill described, sort of on the backside, not experiencing the rain any more, but the wind is powerful. not quite what it was an hour ago, but i am keeping an eye out behind me, because we have debris flying everywhere. this is actually a piece of the building from the casino

and reported on before, we're talking about over $2 trillion in the gulf economy. were they prepared? did they get all the rigs out of the way in time? >> reporter: yeah, they're good at this ever since katrina. about 10,000 people work in the gulf of mexico on rigs and platforms and get them out fast. they sort of get every available helicopter and get them on there and go back and forth. an air lift to get them up and put them up in hotels in this area. a lot of refining and pipeline, good at shutting it down. some instances they can't protect it all but this time around they locked it down. you'll see an increase in gas prices as a result in the next couple of days but they were able to preserve the infrastructure around here. >> so important to keep the people safe as well as the economics as they look at the aftermath of this hurricane. ali, we'll get back to you. beaumont, texas, 1:13 a.m. local time and, of course, ali to the left of where hurricane laura and if you're just joining us at the top of the hour, the news at this hour, hurricane laura has officia

the atlantic storm season runs gulf coast.storm season runs until november and this one has the potential to be the busiest season ever. the us national couric lane centre is predicting there could be up to 25 big storms this year, double the average ——us national hurricane center. all in excess of 39 mph. when they get from comedy storms get names. in the us, the food and drug administration has given emergency authorisation for the use of blood plasma from recovered covid—i9 patients as a treatment to fight new cases of the disease. as part of trials, around 70,000 people there have already received plasma. independent scientists caution that the step is unlikely to be a breakthrough. but president trump said it would save lives. in america, the us food & drug administration has this is a powerful therapy that transfuse is very, very strong antibodies from the blood of recovered patients to help treat patients battling a current infection. it's had an incredible rate of success. today's action will dramatically expand access

the vehicle is now over the gulf of mexico. it is approaching the landing zone. off the coast of florida near pensacola and & there we have our first shot! >> there it is. the first view from the wb57 airplane. it is dipping in and out a little bit. it's going to be an infrared camera showing us dragon reentering. we have that com back with bob and doug, you heard agps is converging. dragon has 3gps units that it uses. actually in the parachute deployment process. as it helps along with the pressure censors really give a solid altitude to the flight computers on when these are supposed to deploy. we are standing by for the drogue chute deployment, we are under five minutes away from splash down. >> passing 15 kilometers, brace for drogue window. >> we are braised. >> just about 14 kilometres in another tuesday. 8.4 miles continuing to descent. >> there on your screen we have a shot of the capsule as it is preparing to deploy the initial parachutes, the drogue parachute. again, these parachutes help slow the vehicle down. even further, and help stabilize in prepar

we know where the storm is heading is not nearly as populated as the mississippi gulf coast, but how bad could this be for folks who are living down there? >> any of these structures, you think about the hurricane force wings, that's damaging enough. it's the storm surge, the deadly part of these tropical systems. it's just a force of water. think about all the wind blew relist pushing on the waters in the well inland, north of i-10 in certain areas. think about that, it's destructive. even the storm surge can destroy houses and structures but just an incredibly dangerous situation for all those folks. >> rick: this storm was a tropical storm less than 24 hours ago. how did it strengthen so fast? >> all the perimeters were just ripe. think about all the ingredients that have to come together especially for that rapid intensification. the gulf of mexico, plenty of warmth, the structure was perfect, the upper portions of the storms of the warm water could be the storm, the air comes up and feeds over the top. everything has to come together. getting a storm just like this. >> rick: i k

it came off the gulf coast and rolled right on land. i think what the surprise will be here, how much surge will be to the east. how much surge will be to the east of the eye because they just talked about how the water is not going up yet in lake charles. it was the center of the eye eastward that the surge is happening. but that water is coming up in lake charles. something else for lake charmle, gusting to 135 for over an hour. that is an ef-2 tornado over lake charles for an entire hour. and this is the destruction that we'll wake up to tomorrow because i've seen some pictures, the storm chasers are out there and buildings are destroyed. lake charles is a big disaster zone right now and there is another side of the eye to come. about 130 miles per hour still right now, it will move to the north, it will eventually get all the way up toward shreveport and little rock and la fayette, you will be in it probably 70 miles per hour now, but it is still going up. it is the surge we talked about, 15 to 20 feet. the eye came on shore near ca

has been planning for this for some time and we have deployed over 600 volunteers up and down the gulf coast primarily until texas and louisiana. and we are working with local authorities and helping them with shelters. we have more volunteers on stand by with supplies to help people out to make them comfortable during this challenging time >> all right talk about that a little bit more, if you can, mary you talk about shelter and other resources. if you need to go grab a glass of water, please do so >> excuse me i'm okay >> thank you what other forms are being provided there if you can specify? >> well, we're working with local authorities and those shelters we are providing cots and blankets and helping with ppe and just doing what we can includinh services you know, we've been hearing about the concerns around covid and you know, the american red cross is being creative about what we can do to support including providing some of these services virtually instead of on the ground, but yet those services are still there and still vital. we're very, very concerned about evacuation and i

let's get to this, the gulf coast bracing for back to back storms.ropical storm marco closing in on louisiana overnight. todd: meantime, tropical storm laura bringing deadly flooding to the caribbean. it is expected to hit the u.s. later this week. jillian: caroline shibley is live in new orleans where marco could make landfall in hours. caroline. >> reporter: good morning, todd and jillian. louisiana governor john bell edwards describes it this way, the state could be looking at a right hook from marco, a left hook from laura. marco has lost a bit of steam but we are in danger of the storm hitting us a few hours from now. laura just seems to be getting stronger, 11 are dead in haiti and the dominican republic, laura hit cuba very hard, forecast to gain strength as it goes over the bathtub warm waters along the gulf. to prepare here, the national guard in louisiana is laying sandbags that weigh tons, doing anything they can to block the storm surge. residents are doing everything they can to prepare for the double storm. >> we don't know what to expe

turning in the warm waters of the gulf of moechl gaining momentum and strength. this could intensify before it makes land fall early tomorrow morning. with all of that said, we expect once the storm makes land fall, that will deliver a storm surge of 9 to 13 feet and cause major problems inland as well. why such a huge storm surge? that is expected to hit about the same time as high tide that is on top of significant storm surge. for those in the strike zone, the time to prepare and evacuate is quickly running out >> a quick look at the oil majors and how they are reacting bp is in negative territory. let's get to the global oil strategist and head over european oil and gas let me ask you what is playing out. do you think it is worth pushing up much of this trade? >> the hurricane laura is a major deal this is the biggest outage in the gulf of mexico we've lost 1.5 million barrels a day. that is a major outage it has major impact on production and refineries. we could see well over 3 million barrels of outages demands for crude could be shut down in crude, it is

the caribbean sea and the gulf of mexico.f them have their eyes set on the southern gulf coast. in the meantime, they've got to travel through some situations and instances before they reach the southern portion of the u.s. so first and foremost, what type of water temperatures to we have? upper 80s and lower 90s. that is like rocket fuel, jet fuel for strengthening hurricanes. it reallies to aid y does aid i development of storms. we will see if that will be conducive for more strengthening, meaning particularly marco will develop upper level shear. that will help keep the storm from developing too quickly and too much before it mafks landfall. it could be a strong tropical storm or weak category one hurricane before it makes landfall on monday. but it's really tropical storm laura that we're paying very close attention to. marco's the more immediate threat. laura is the more long-term threat with the potential for more explosive development with the system as it moves across hispaniola and cuba into the warm waters of mexic

two tropical storms, a one-two punch in the gulf. one forecast to become a hurricane. states of emergency at this hour. mandatory evacuations under way. tropical storm marco delivering the first blow tonight. tropical storm laura, 48 hours behind, expected to become a hurricane, gaining strength over the warm waters of the gulf, set to slam into the u.s. right near new orleans. rob marciano live in the storm zone. >>> also tonight, the national guard called in this evening as protests erupt over the police shooting of a black father in wisconsin. video showing an officer grabbing jacob blake by the shirt, shooting him several times in the back. his three young sons in the backseat of the car. blake in the hospital tonight. the shooting i ee protesters setting cars on fire. police using tear gas. an officer hit by something thrown, collapsing. >>> the republican national convention now under way tonight. president trump greeting a crush of supporters in north carolina. the images of the crowd. no masks, no social distancing, and the message the president is trying to se

. >>> the growing threat to the gulf coast as two powerful storms gain strength. will they hit on the same day >>> parents under pressure facing tough decisions over sending their kids back to school, or not the new cdc warning about covid and the coming flu season. will there be a twindemic? >>> we'll talk with that courageous 13-year-old about his inspiring moment in the spotlight. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, in a case that in some ways confirmed the wot perceptions of husband have been sentenced to prison in their roles in the college admissions scandal, both pleaded guilty to paying their daughters' way into usc, cheating an admissions system. that already leaves so many aspiring young people on the outside looking in miguel almaguer has our report. >> reporter: do you have any regrets they avoided the crush of cameras at court by appearing via zoom amid the pandemic. but actress lori loughlin and her husband could not steer clear of prison. loughlin sentenced to two months, a $150,000 fine and 100 hours of comm

in the gulf of mexico, the u.s. astronauts on the first commercial space craft reveal what it was like in that capsule. and the prank calls they made while waiting. >>> plus end of an era. the oldest department store in the country filing for bankruptcy. >>> the new buzz about so-called murder hornets. the new discovery that has experts worried. >>> a new option for people looking to cool off while keeping their distance. renting a pool. to cool off while keeping their distance. renting a pool. >>> good monday morning. thank you for joining us. we begin with that weather threat unfolding for millions of people. >> isaias is expected to make landfall in the u.s. potentially as a hurricane. on the radar right now the storm is swirling just off the florida coast packing winds of up to 70 miles an hour. >> the storm clobbered the bahamas over the weekend and storm watches and warnings exnd the way to rho gland kea close e on isaias wh e storm crawling up the east coast. >> the storm continued its march to north carolina

it is right across that gulf coast area that we're monitoring closely. here's the gist of the story. we got tropical storm marco and laura. tropical storm laura, that's going to approach the gulf of mexico about 48 hours later. it is a complicated scenario, i'll try to break down the individual storms for you. we're eagerly awaiting that 5:00 a.m. update from the national hurricane center that will, of course, give us a lot more clues for where these storms are exactly headed. at the meantime, we have the latest update, 110 kilometer per hour winds, still a tropical storm and this system is forecast to strengthen to a hurricane status before making landfall sometime midday into monday evening for the louisiana coastline. and you can see the hurricane watches that are in place, including the greater new orleans region, entering an area with very warm water. we look to tropical storm laura, this is the storm we see the potential for explosive growth. this system, according to some computer models, has the potential to really rapidly intensify. after it pas

possibly to the gulf of mexico.is could be a much stronger feature, ocategor 1 to a strong category 2. this is one of the storms you cannot let your guard off because the ingredients are in place for rapid intensification. could even be a major hurricane. notice this, offshore, upwards of00 oil platforms off the coast of louisiana and texas. about 100 of which have been already evacuated. this is an area of concern with the system moving directly over this region and kind of joe layi overlaying with marco and laura. back on the western side around lake charles on into houston. that is where the forecast track right now takes laura as potentially a strong category 2, maybe even a category 3 by wednesday afternoon. so, again, just a couple of days removed from one another. we've not seen since this 1959, seen two storms in the gulf at the same time. michael? >> crazy few days ahead. pedram javaheri, thanks so much. we'll check in with you next hour. >>> now, thousands of firefighters, meanwhile, some working around th

from as far as australia >>> tracking back to back major storms about to twifr a one, two punch to gulf coast states. >>> an emergency authorization for a covid treatment that the trump administration is calling a major advance against the virus. >> "early today" starts right now. >> good monday morning i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. >> protesters poured into the streets. some smashing police cars. the outrage sparked by an officer involved shooting and a warning you may find the video disturbing we don't know what happened before this recording, but a man identified as jacob blake can be seen moving to open a car door and that's when multiple shots are fired. blake was air lifted to a hospital our local affiliate spoke to his fiance >> two male officers detained him, like you know, put your hands, no questions or none oaf thand i'm just trying to simply get the kids out the car i'm like, wait a minute. he didn't do nothing wrong ask some questions first before you pin this man up the car. an emergency curfew has been declared but protests continued through the night and the po

we're tracking hurricane laura barreling through the gulf coast. that storm made landfall overnight as a category 4. want to take a live look right now as you can see right here. look at that right now in lake charles, louisiana. this is the storm hitting and you can see the high winds and the gusts and the rain and even that reporter there working right now. you can just see how strong they're really bracing themself against the wind right now. this is happening in parts of texas and louisiana where there has been damage. "today in the bay" jay gray is tracking the storm's latest impact. >> reporter: laura crashing into the gulf coast early thursday morning. the most powerful storm to to cross the louisiana/texas border. sustained winds of 150 miles an hour, gusts even stronger. more than a foot of rain in some areas and what the national hurricane center calls an unsurvivable and potentially historic storm surge. at just three feet, the surge can be life threatening. at six feet the waves can smash through windows and doors. at nine feet entire n

lonnie. >> norah, we talked about the one-two punch in the gulf. if it's a one-two punch, the first punch marco is a light little jab. the second punch laura could be a knockout. let me show you what we're dealing with two storms about 600 miles apart but it's laura that's getting stronger while marco is weaker with each passing hour. look at the track laura is going to take, making landfall somewhere around the louisiana- texas border, in fact, right in some of the same area marco a-uld have been a day or two earlier. it shows as a category 2 coming onshore. i need to show you why i'm fearful this could become a category 3. earlier this morning the yellow line shows you where the european had projected the storm to make landfall. as projected itthis morning. the european has been the best performer, norah, for the last decade or so. that current line off to the west is now outside the cone. each model has it going further west and if that holds true, there's a bath of superheated water around 90 degrees that could allow that to strengthen to a cat

. >> woodruff: the gulf cast is facing a very rough week. tropical storm laura is gaining strength and could be a category three hurricane by the time it makes landfall later this week. 's expected to hit along the coast of louisiana and texas,th potentially 00-plus-per- mile hour winds. and even as we speak, the coast is feeling the effects of tropical storm marco.t it's weakened ill bringing rain. ken graham is the director ofri the national hne center and he joins me now from miami. ken graham, give us a sense of what the storms look like right now. >> right now looking at the satellite he marcis very close to making landfall right here at the mouth of the mississippi river but what is interesting is most of the rain was sheered mff. t of the heavy rain is the southeast u.s. in the florida nhandle all the way up too alabama, georgia and carolinas. so heavy rainfall but we're looking at laura as well. just a large circulation just south of the island of cuba. and we expect it to ma its way into the gulf of mexico and strengthen into hurr>>

and historic return to nasa astronauts crash down in the gulf of mexico for the 1st time in 45 years. welcome to the program people around the world are facing the prospect of new coronavirus lock downs and restrictions as concerns grow about new outbreaks of the disease and clusters of cases there's been a spike in infections in asia and now health workers and experts from mainland china have been deployed for the 1st time to hong kong to help control the epidemic all spittles and testing centers were already reaching capacity before pads were announced to test all 7 and a half 1000000 people living there was difficult pollen reports that a rival is also raising concern. hundreds of beds ready for patients a hole next to the international airport once used for exhibitions and conventions now converted to a hospital hong kong is facing its 3rd and worst wave of corona virus with daily new infections in the triple digits the government says hospitals are reaching capacity testing centers are overwhelmed and so health workers and experts from mainland china have stepped in to help their

hurricane laura is rapidly gaining strength over the gulf of mexico. it's now a category 2 hurricane. 300,000 people are under evacuation orders now in louisiana and texas. storm surge, a big threat here to a lot of people through the end of the week, especially in areas hard-hit by coronavirus where crowded shelters could be a problem. take a look at laura from space as the storm bears down on the gulf coast. we're tracking the system. i know the national hurricane center should be giving us an update at any moment now what to expect. >> this is a category 4 hurricane within the next six to eight hours. everything we suspected with this storm system as far as having this potential to rapidly intensify, unfortunately, forecast take place in the coming hours, of course, as it approaches land. about 300 miles southeast of galveston, areas around lake charges and alexandria, sitting as a strong category 2. one mile per hour shy of being a major category 3. hurricane center said organization, structure, essentially the set up of this particular storm syste

hurricane laura slams into the gulf coast overnight as an >>>.. extremely dangerous category 4 storm, one of the most powerful ever to hit the u.s. mainland. maximum sustained winds 150 miles per hour. hundreds of thousands waking up without power in louisiana and texas this morning. and that number expected to rise dramatically. officials calling it unsurvivable. we'll have complete coverage on the ground, and al is tracking

all of this while not just one but two storms barrel through the gulf coast. live from cnn world headquarters, welcome you, our viewers here in new york, i'm kim brunhuber, this is "cnn newsroom." >>> we are now just hours away from the start of the republican national convention. ahead of that, u.s. president donald trump is touting what he calls a powerful therapy to treat covid-19 patients. he's talking about convalescent plasma. it's been given as an emergency use authorization by the fda though many question whether there's enough data to support its use. >> the fda has issued an emergency use authorization. that's such a powerful term, emergency use authorization for a treatment known as convalescent plasma. this is a powerful therapy that transfusions very, very strong antibodies from the blood of recovered patients to help treat patients battling a current infection. >> several medical experts believe the fda's decision was made under pressure from the white house. the head of that agency denies it and defends the move saying all decisions are based so