hurricane. the weather bureau hadn't indicated a hurricane was coming, but isaac was quite concerned and he relayed his concerns to the weather bureau, but by the time that he did so, the storm was so bad, that the telephone lines had been knocked out, so by that time, galveston was becoming inundated with an enormous storm surge and part of the problem that isaac kline's view is that he and other meterologists didn't understand the importance of storm surge. he thought that if the hurricane ever came near galveston, the waters are very shallow off-shore, the winds would break and most of the water would travel around galveston into the lands and bay behind it. because he didn't understand storm surge and as this massive category 4 hurricane was coming no galveston, it was pushing an enormous wave, an enormous mound of water and that mound of water with the waves crashing and tumbling on top of it had slammed into galveston that day and essentially turned galveston into a lake, massive destructi

cape verdian hurricanes, major hurricanes tend to be these cape verdy-type hurricanes.t to mention that is really important, my book is the history of the hurricanes years.00 i am not a meteorologist. there is a lot of science in the ook, but it's described in a fairly simple way. and one of the things that this book did for me, i always had for meteorologists and weather forecasters, i knew critical. was after reading what meteorologists have to do and andcomplexity of their jobs these computer prediction models nd just what goes into just making a hurricane forecast and understanding the dynamics of i have even more respect for meteorologists. if you t read this book want a detailed science lesson meteorology of hurricanes, if you want to understand the will do a good job for you. >> to that end, we're talking as season are incane full swing. in fact, there are two named heading towards gulf coast, what did you learn about what contributes to years like this one where is a higher preaddition higher forecast of named storms? eric: a lot of things go into it. the most i

hurricanes. finding now, hurricane researchers, i'm not a specialist but i do read the studies, but hurricane researchers who focus their lives on analyzing storms found this large-scale circulation in the ocean that is probably driving the frequency and intensity of hurricanes. that means that every 30 years or so, we go into about a decade where we get a lot of hurricanes and a lot of them can be intense. for those who are older in the crowd, in the 1950's, it was also a very active hurricane. it'-- hurricane period. does anybody remember the names? diane. it was very active. four major hurricanes came through the area. timee now in that decadal of frequency. we have a hurricane we will talk about in a moment that has remarkable similarity to the galveston hurricane. hurricanes are the largest and most powerful forms on earth. they often stretch across 300 miles. warm,storms are born over equatorial waters. alonganes also about up the pacific rim and in the bay of bengal. the storms usually beg

hurricanes.ell me a story from galveston that illustrates that. eric: galveston has black residents and white residents, an affluent community and middle class and poor people as well. after the hurricane, they had to collect the dead bodies and many black men at gunpoint were forced to do this horrific deed. also, there were a lot of people wandering around shell-shocked essentially and although there was probably a little bit of looting that took place, it was not widespread. nevertheless, the national media started to run with numerous stories of ghouls wandering around galveston, cutting off people's fingers and ears and many of them being shot. one report has these ghoulish individuals who are almost always identified as black men wandering around. one indicated that 75 of them had been shot dead. however, more sober observers including the editors of some of the local newspapers said that that was all extremely exaggerated, maybe a few people were shot dead because they were looting and the

sally is the 2nd hurricane to hit the gulf coast in less than 3 weeks and one of the busiest hurricane seasons ever earlier this week sally was just one of 5 storms chanting in the atlantic hurricane tate is developing out at sea with forecasters predicting it could become a catastrophic catch agree for storm and. well i mean gallagher is in miami florida for a sunday what's the situation like there now well it seems that florida has really borne the brunt of hurricane sali it came ashore in the early hours of wednesday morning in alabama but quickly turned to the east flooding the streets of places like pensacola you've got about half a 1000000 people across a couple of different states now without power that's typical of a storm 'd of this strength but the real key thing about hurricane sally and a lot of other hurricanes we've seen lately is that it's moving at an agonizing pace as you said about 5 kilometers per hour that means it's lingering over the state of florida causing problems in louisiana as well and even as far west as mississippi so this is a big storm it's a very powerf

from hurricane sally. the storm restrengthened overnight churning a painfully slow path towards the coast. now the category set by the wind look that's not what matters it's sally's speed, two miles per hour. it means the rough conditions will last for days. >> 10 to 20 inches of rain is expected across mississippi, alabama and the florida panhandle with rainfall of 30 inches. 30 inches in some areas. landfall is execute later this morning even before that happens, those the storm has already brought flooding and storm surges to several coastal communities. thousands have evacuated. more than 260,000 customers are already without power. >> 18 inches of rain already falling in pensacola, florida. that's before landfall. 18 inches. florida's national guard activating 175 members to prepare for search-and-rescue operations to come. water has been shut off in pe a pensacola beach because of a water main break. they can't repair that right now. cnn has reporters across the gulf. let's begin with gary tuckman. >

the hurricane coming effectively the same week marking 15 years since hurricane katrina. what lessons do think fema and the federal government learned in terms of response to hurricanes in particular? guest: i think the biggest lesson was that we don't wait until we are asked to start getting ready. to be ana, there seem lot of confusion about the governor having to make requests and what fema's role was going to be. congress, after katrina launched substantial legislation. governors are going to be is he dealing with this. the federal government doesn't have to wait. we start moving resources and i think you see this response has increased. we are not waiting for these assessments. you talked about states being prepared and fema being prepared, but what about individuals? do you think u.s. households are better prepared than they used to be to handle things during a natural disaster? guest: we get better at some things and not as good in others. if you look at what has happened in hurricane laura, we were fortunate. there seem to be very low loss-of-life due to the impac

you add to the fact hurricane laura, the first hurricane to hit shreveport in recorded history hit several weeks ago and knocked out power to 90,000 in 90,000 homes. this year has been complex and we face challenge after challenge. we're doing the best we can. we're coming together as a state and we're going to overcome. >> let's talk about your senate race. how does the passing of justice ruth bader ginsburg affect that? it seems like all eyes are on the senate right now because of the possible confirmation process of a new justice. how does that affect your campaign strategy? >> first of all, i want to talk about the justice a little bit and what she contributed to the legal community overall. she was a champion for millions of people, a trail blazer. i really want to send my condolences to her family. there's going to be a lot of debate on how we fill this senate seat. i'll put it this way, 400,000 louisianans right now are waiting on their unemployment and they don't have relief. if the senate is able to have discussions about a justice before the election in november, i think somethin

we will keep you posted on hurricane sally.through swing states donald trump telling pennsylvania voters he has no regrets over his administration's response to the covid-19 pandemic. jillian: joe biden his the campaign trail in florida making a series of gaffes while speaking to veterans, griff jenkins has more on the 2020 race. >> reporter: donald trump defending his handling of the coronavirus telling undecided voters that would word's bombshell revelations about downplaying the threat is wrong. watch. >> i didn't downplay it. in many ways i up wade it in terms of action. we did a very good job when we put that man on whether we call it out once or market was very important so we saved a lot of lives. todd: he tackled income inequality project in optimistic outlook for the near future. >> the income inequality which i agree is a problem, if you look under president obama and biden the income inequality, record-setting. >> getting worse now. >> before the plague we were doing very well. we will soon be doing well again becaus

jillian: you were helping during hurricane harvey, a storm that was very slow-moving as hurricane sally is proving to be. how difficult does that make it when you are trying to get out and help people who did choose to stay and need to be rescued? >> very difficult, working in the wind and rain makes it a different ballgame of what you can do. might not be safe to get out there. that is what we are here to do but we have to play it pretty careful so we don't become a problem ourselves or have any bad luck out there. it is moving so slow with so much damage, definitely tricky. todd: you provided amazing services to people in that area but there are local authorities trying to do similar work. how do you coordinate with local authorities during a storm like this? >> of the storms approach we reach out to followers of our page and stuff like that, people we worked with in the past that might have connections and talked to local sheriffs departments, fire departments, mayors and things like that and most people familiar with our work and helped out before and are open to getting in touch wi

harvey or after hurricane harvey? >> actually with hurricane harvey i was with the federal emergency management agency. hearing your speaker before me i would also -- tropical storm alex in houston a number of years back was not even a hurricane, 25 inches of rain over a day and a half, two days can create a lot of damage and that is what we are looking at here. >> jeff myers, appreciate your time and good luck as you prefer what could be a pretty tough situation. >> keep us updated. >> let's talk about this now, 49 days to go until election day, donald trump heads to philadelphia after pushing the great american comeback during his west coast blitz. >> the president attending a briefing on the devastating wildfires in california. griff jenkins live in washington as joe biden slams the president for his views on climate change, good morning. >> getting pretty rough out there in the campaign trail with 49 days to go. the president taking a lot of heat for his california stop which comes after he made the case in nevada

that certainly proved true with hurricane sally. while most storms seem to downgrade upon landfall, hurricane sally upgraded to a category 2 when the eye went over gulf shores and fort morgan. many locals have said that this has perhaps torm the biggest impact of any storm we've ever seen. and keep in mind this area of the state remembers all too well the impact of ivan in 2004 and frederick in 1979. hurricane sali kept moving throughout the state into the river region. early yesterday morning, i was on the phone with local commissioners to check in and offer additional assistance and perhaps connect folks on the ground for one another. i have been in touch with the bile legislative and ngressman byrne and martha roby. and i want to express our expression and gratitude to president trump and his administration for their timely attention to approving our pre-landful declaration. they have been engaged in every step of the way with us. while the weather experts have been offer some things, they were correct about one thing. sali was a

hurricanes often come withe ne iting to pack a punch in both areas.ake a look at what we are dealing with. right now the storm has a hundred mile per hour wind category two, 140 miles southeast of biloxi, mississippi, where do i think landfall will be and when, i will be more precise, i think it will be similar on the mississippi, alabama border as a category two if not a category three. it is going to be borderline, it will be close, and i do believe it will pack a punch with the water, a lot of rain but also storm surge on mobile bay could be seven to 11 feet and look at the rainfall totals, anywhere from a foot to two feet in this area shaded in black on the mississippi alabama border, that could be two feet or more of rain, and then if you look at what else is out there, we've got all kinds of names in the atlantic basin, paulette, renee, sally, teddy, vickie, this could very well become wilfred it is a record-setting season so far. i think that will become wilfred. if that happens we are then out of letters, we don't use x y and z, then we go to

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hurricane sally has been battering coastal areas, and the national hurricane centre says it's causedacerbating flooding. the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has repeated her warning that congress will veto any trade agreement with the uk if brexit undermines the good friday agreement, which secured peace in northern ireland. joe biden, the democratic party's presidential candidate has voiced similar concerns.

hurricane sally slowed slightly overnight in the gulf of mexico.t has been downgraded to a category one hurricane with winds of 85 miles an hour. sally will make landfall tonight or early tomorrow. exactly where is difficult to say. the hurricane warning will extend from new orleans to the florida panhandle. there are fears the hurricane will bring a deadly storm surge and flooding. bill gates used to think of the fda as the premier authority. not anymore. the banner discussed

felt like a major hurricane for sure. a long duration almost like hurricane harvey in texas and produced amounts of rain and flash flooding inland and storm surge along the coast. >> it's hard in the early hours that we're in the early hours sometimes to assess the scope of the damage. we know 500,000 people lost power at least temporarily. again, with it raining show ard and winds blowing so hard, hard to get perspective. downed power lines and bent trees busted cars and buildings, what are you seeing? >> yeah. all of the above. all of the above and a long, big area, hurricane laura, in louisiana, it didn't have an entire gradious, smaller path. this was larger. the damage in the lake charles area was a lot more intense from the wind damage. like i said, mostly because of building codes and this area hit, it made a big difference when they built back, built stronger codes helping with wind damage. still plenty wind damp. don't get me wrong. root damage, stuff blown all over the place, lots of trees, power lines down. sto

we talked about hurricane laura and three weeks later hurricane sally.t senior politicians in the us, nancy pelosi has repeated her warning that congress will veto any trade deal with the uk if brexit undermines the good friday agreement. after talks with the us secretary, nancy pelosi wrote... dominic raab earlier claim to congressional leaders that the agreement was in different by the religious isolation of northern ireland by the european union. joe biden posted on twitter... for members of congress expressed such concern. we spoke to one of them, richard neil. the success of the good friday agreement was indispensable. we see ourselves as the arbiters of the agreement. i was involved now for more than 30 years to remind people what the situation was like in the north before the good friday agreement. there were 30,000 british soldiers on the ground and much of the parts of the northern ireland were ravitch. i think the success that we have had represents to the rest of the world conflict resolution and should not be disturbed. is this to do with ant

complicating matters even further, we are at the peak of hurricane season, which may not hurricane season, which may not complicating matters even further as we are at the peak of hurricane season. i guarantee we have were eyes on these tropical storms out in the gulf ofel mexico, that could well end up on shore. hurricane haner for example struck south texas in july and hit our farmers and producers hard. as well asmi flooding out many, many homes and displacing families. and then a couple of weeks ago, hurricane laura tore through the gulf of mexico. the brunt of laura hit our neighbors in louisiana for which we are very sorry. we are very glad that itt did little damage in southeast texa texas. it still did some significant damage. i was able to join the governor, lieutenant governor, and senator cruise for a visit to orange to survey the damage and speak with local officials about the impact of the. storm. madam president, i am committed to providing my constituents in texas with with the resources needed to recover from whatever this hurricane season may bring. i'll be cleaving a clo

hurricane sally in the coming hours is set to become the third hurricane to make landfall along the gulf coast this season alone. so, let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee with the new track and timing in tonight. ginger, what are you expecting? >> reporter: i'm expecting sally by tomorrow morning making landfall, but we have been feeling the impacts all day. i am at the head of the dog river. this is the mobile bay, which is usually very serene. that is obviously not the case with those white caps kicking up here. and david, it's as if sally has been trying to make its way through peanut butter instead of air, it's moving so slow today. it's had a couple of blocking systems. i'm going to explain it to you. you see it on satellite. it's about 60 some miles to my south and it should make landfall, again, tomorrow morning. so, as it churns towards us overnight, we anticipate the really heavy bands of rain, winds of 70 to 80 miles per hour. we've already seen gusts at ft. morgan above 70. and the timing there shows you along the path, it will make its way then wednesday afternoo

axios said hurricanes have been worse. kind of destruction, self-destruction of american cities is horrifying. i don't even think i saw kenosha on there which is $50 million. i went over the list this morning. it is nuts. there is not only a rebuilding cost, there is an image cost. you go back to 1968. a lot of those places that were burned down never came back. i grew up in a neighborhood with abandoned buildings, rubble. giant swaths of abandoned buildings for decades. it can take a long time before these things come back. these are for the most part prosperous cities that were doing very well. there is the insurance cost and then the cost of truly rebuilding and image and the notion of safety that you can't quantify right now. >> sandra: let me get you to react to breaking news. we're learning the new york city mayor bill deblasio planning now to furlough his staff and himself for a week beginning october 1st. so this includes the mayor himself, they will be furloughing to close a budget shortfall created by the pandemi

that's what a hurricane warning is. hurricane conditions are expected all across that northern gulf coast. we'll keep watching it. yesterday was a scary day. this thing went from about 65 to 100 in a rapid -- within 12 hours. 24 hours. and so right now, we're not seeing that rapid intensification. that's good news. it's down to 85 and should stay there, john. >> rain and rain and rain and rain in one area until at least thursday. all right, chad, thanks for keeping us posted there. let's get right to the scene. cnn's ed lavendera is live for us in gulfport, mississippi, where i think you're getting some of the last few dry moments you're going to have for days, ed. >> right, i was fully expecting to wake up this morning to be reporting here from the gulf coast and rain, but this storm evidently slowing down so much so, that the first rain bands haven't even started arriving on this section of the mississippi gulf coast. but those alerts, those warnings are out. people are paying a great deal of attention. we are not see

the new hurricane discussion hasn't yet printed. as soon as that discussion prints, i'll probably get back to you maybe about 5:30. >> chad, we'll check in with you soon. thanks so much. >>> certainly a dangerous situation there in the gulf and a dangerous situation here. for the second time in two days president trump holds a packed event indoors. this time it was a latino roundtable in phoenix. chairs were zip tied for fire safety. it kept folks close together. the only person socially distanced, there was one, the president, himself. he kept away. another crowd is expected at the white house for a signing ceremony between israel and the uae. all of the crowds and yet the president is aware. the president told journalist bob woodward this back in april. >> this thing is a killer if it gets you. if you're the wrong person, you don't have a chance. >> yes. yes. exactly. it's a monster. >> it rips you apart. >> this is a scourge and -- >> it is the plague. >> in private he's calling it the plague there. here's more of what he said in

we're having hurricane-force gusts right now, and although it's not as strong as hurricane laura, which was frightening at 140 miles per hour, it's continuing for so long. and that's an issue. and we've seen portions of roofs. there's like a restaurant behind me and part of the roof is blown off. and just after our last live report with you, a sign just blew down this roadway. so we can't underestimate how damaging the wind will be also, but this is a rain event and a very serious rain event. and this hurricane is moving too darned slow. >> look, the gusts of 100 miles an hour, i know, are fierce. and just so people know, the reason our shot is bumpy, there's so much water between our camera and you and you have so much water on your face, i know it's hard to make the words. and this rain will last all day, gary? >> reporter: yeah, it's expected to continue until the afternoon. i can tell you, though, one thing, john, is that the winds, hopefully in the next couple of hours will let up a little bit, but what we're concerned about here, the eye is not going to pass over us. we're on the

>>hurricane sally is making its way toward the gulf coast, and it's the 4th hurricane to hit the u.s. since 2005. when hurricanes katrina and rita heads the national hurricane center says sally is expected to bring historic and possibly life threatening flooding to parts of the gulf coast. we are now joined by elizabeth lane. she's live in mobile alabama with more on the storm elizabeth how is it out there. >>right now conditions are deteriorating very rapidly though hurricane sally is moving at a painfully slow to miles per hour and that is going to be the difference maker here as this hurricane is going to be a significant weather event. this is the mobile bay where hurricane sally is forecasted to track straight up the center and make landfall. >>the uss alabama is docked here and you can start to see the water out here picking up and this area will likely flood we are starting to lose our visibility off to the south as hurricane sally moves in slowly, but surely, people living here in the gulf are very familiar with hurricanes and tropical storms. however, the difference maker her

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national hurricane center warning it could be a major hurricane by the time it's expected to make landl tomorrow night. let's discuss now. cnn political commentators. former mayor of new orleans. here we go again. >> yes, sir. >> how are you doing? >> fine. tough times. no doubt about it. i know you want to talk about the hurricane. the hurricane or wild fires the pandemic, it is within the country' band wiftd to deal with the problems. you see recovery happening on the hurricane as you speak. the governors of louisiana and mississippi and alabama and florida are coordinating. trying to work in concert with the federal government. fighting one fight. people have to lean into this and understand it. know about it and prepare. and get oit of harms way. there's a lesson there whether you fight the pandemic or the wild fire. of course thoughts and prayers to friend on the west coast. >> you know the area extremely well. i know it well. we vacationed in the panhandle. for hurricane katrina. i know new orleans. listen, is the gulf coast ready for another big storm? >> here's the thing, last

hurricanes are imperiling suburban life along our coast. if we have four more years of trump's climate denial, how many suburbs will be burned and wildfires -- in wildfires? how many suburban neighborhoods will have been flooded out? how many suburbs will have been if you give a climate arsonist four more years in the white house, why would anyone be surprised if we have more america ablaze? if you give a climate denier four more years in the white house, why would anyone be surprised when more of america is underwater? we need a president who respects science. who understands that the damage from climate change is already here. unless we take urgent action, we'll see -- it will soon be more catastrophic. a president recognizes, understands and cares that americans are dying, which makes president trump's climate denialism, his disdain for science and facts, all the more unconscionable. once again, he fails the most basic duty to a nation. he fails to protect us from the pandemic, from an economic freefall, from racial unrest, from the rava

and now hurricane sally just upgraded to a category 2 hurricane. set to hit the u.s., the state of emergency now in effect tonight. winds already reaching 100 miles per hour. authorities warning of a life-threatening storm surge. gaining strength before making landfall. once it slams into the gulf, expected to move slowly. dangerous wind and rain. ginger zee and rob marciano standing by live from the stor >>> also tonight, that desperate search for the missing amid the fires. the horror across several states. more than 70 major fires burning at this hour. more than two dozen people killed. several towns now burned to ash. authorities in oregon warning of a mass fatality incident. and tonight, the warnings over air quality from california to oregon to washington. families unable to see the sun for days through that thick smoke. >>> president trump in fire-ravaged california today. the governor there pleading directly to the president to look at the evidence, that climate change is real. and the exchange that followed. president trump with state auth

hurricane sally making landfall this morning.ormer athletics chief has been jailed for accepting bribes. he allowed russian athletes to compete in the 2020 athletics. the head of libya ‘s internationally recognised government has announced he hopes to step down by the end of last month and had power to a new executive body to be chosen in talks last — at next month between libyan factions in geneva. sedan, authorities detained 41 people and obtained explosives, including ammonium nitrate, the chemical that exploded last month in the lebanese capital, beirut. according to the public prosecutor, that was enough to blow up khartoum. for members of congress expressed such concern. the us house speaker, nancy pelosi, has repeated her warning that congress will veto a us—uk trade agreement if brexit undermines the good friday agreement, which secured peace in northern ireland in a statement after she held talks in washington with the uk foreign secretary dominic raab. she said, "if the uk violates its international agreements and brexi

hurricane sally in the coming hours is set to wk the third hurricane to make landfall along the gulf coast this season alone. so, let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee with the new track and timing in tonight. ginger, what are you expecting? >> reporter: i'm expecting sally by tomorrow morning making landfall, but we have been feeling the impacts all day. i am at the head of the dog river. th ibvus n tap kicking up here. and david, it's as if sally has been trying to make its way through i'm going to explain it to you. you see it on satellite. 60 miles to my south and should make landfall again tomorrow morning. so, as it churns towards us overnight, we anticipate the really heavy bands of rain, winds of 70 to 80 miles per hour. already seeing gusts above 70. and the timing shows you along the path, it will make its way then into the far north corner of florida panhandle and eventually outdly south carolina by the end of the week. but we've got a tornado watch. all the way here to mobile. so, watch for some slip in some of those outer bands. we also have to know the timin

hurricane sally is battering the gulf coast with torrential rain as we speak. it is a category 2 hurricane and it's packing winds of over 100 miles an hour. some areas can see over 30 inches of rain -- sorry, jim. >> 2 1/2 feet. imagine that. it's making landfall just hours ago near gulf shores, alabama. warnings of catastrophic flooding, life threatening storm surge has forced thousands to evacuate. we have reporters across the coast. let's begin with gary tuchman, he's in pensacola beach, florida, on the conditions there. you know, the storm track, gary, is taking it more in your direction. tell us what you're seeing. >> reporter: well, jim and poppy, this is the hurricane that feels like it will never end. here in pensacola island, south of pensacola, florida, we have had torrential rain and it hasn't stopped and the heaviest winds are over the last couple of years. right now you have a sustained wind of 57 miles per hour. we have had gusts up to 92 miles an hour and this is not a wind event, there's a lot of damage. most of the roof of this restaurant is no

all the way from pensacola back into louisiana and under a hurricane warning because you'll see hurricane conditions within the next 24 hours. i know we're saying, john, that this is going to make landfall to tomorrow between like 7:00 a.m. and maybe into, but landfall isn't that important. that's the center of the eye. you will begin to see the denigration of your weather by midnight tonight if you're anywhere near the eye wall here from biloxi to gulfport to dauphin island all the way over to gulf shores and even farther to the east. if this turns slightly further to the east than what this little mark says. >> chad myers, greatly appreciate it. we will stay in touch obviously through the next 24, 48 hours as this storm makes its way towards land. appreciate it very much. hurricane preparations, that's part of the job if you're a governor along the gulf coast. that job complicated this year because the hurricane season overlaps with the coronavirus pandemic. the mississippi governor tate reeves is with us now live from jackson. governor, i'm grateful for your time today. i know you're v

january national hurricane center center coming on shore gulf shores, gam as the a category 2 hurricaneerms of hitting. i mean this storm has been hitting gulf shores, alabama for a period of 8 hours. so, we have seen the worst of the storm surge, the worst of the hurricane force winds and the worst of the rainfall east of the center of the storm as it has made landfall within the last several minutes. but, again, that's just a historical point. we are still dealing with the results of this storm for a matter of 12 to 24 hours in some of these areas. so, again, that is just an historical pressure point. it doesn't mean that the storm is not hitting the area because it's been hitting the area for duration of 12 to 18 hours. gulf shores took a beating. pensacola, florida some of the reports of over a foot of rain with more rainfall to come for some of these areas. some of the reporting stations are now not reporting wind gusts. but we did have a report of 86 mile-per-hour winds ought pensacola for, again, six to eight hours. so this area of the gulf coast completely battered and in some c

hurricanes do not swerve to avoid red or blue states. wildfires do not skip towns that vote a certain way. the impacts of climate change do not pick and choose. that is because it is not a partisan phenomenon. it is science. our response should be the same, grounded in science. acting together, all of us, like with our federal response to covid-19 -- a lack of national strategy on climate change overall leaves us with a patchwork of solutions. as a matter of fact, made worse by the decisions this administration has made. i'm speaking from delaware at the lowest lying place in the -- lowest lying state in the nation relative to sea level. last week delaware state attorney general sued 31 big fossil fuel companies, alleging that they knowingly wreaked havoc and damage on our climate. damage everyone can see but the president. as he flies to california today he has no interest in meeting this moment. he will not listen to the experts, or treat this disaster with the urgency it demands. as any president should do during a national emergency.

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category 2 hurricane. now here is a live look. one of them you see there in pensacola and then the other in destin, both in florida. as you can see there it looks like what we saw at the top of the show, winds throughout the area. we'll have more coming up in about three minutes. here we are back in the bay area getting started on the day. meteorologist kari hall with what we can expect from our weather. the one thing we've all been talking about the air quality. how is it looking for us or at least smelling for us today? >>> it's going to be so much better. i'm so excited to be able to go out for a walk without worrying about the air quality and how bad it is for my kids. now we are going to see this continuing for today as we start out with a live look outside in san jose, even this shot looks clear. we haven't even made it to sunrise yet. we are going to start out with some clouds overhead and our temperatures in the low 60s this morning, but once that clers out we will see some sunshine today and it wi

another hurricane we're tracking, what's the latest on hurricane sally's path?first of all, ayman, a sense of how active the tropics are right now, hurricane sally, hurricane paulette, tropical storm vicky and others areas we're watching. right now, as far as sally is concerned, tropical storm warnings, hurricane warnings for much of the northern gulf coast, right now category 1 storm, it's 16 on miles southeast of biloxi, 90 mile an hour winds. today, it's going to continue to strengthen in the warm gulf of mexico waters, heavy rain, gusty winds will reach the coast today, into tonight, we're looking for that rain continues as it hugs the southeastern carolina coast as a category 2 storm, tomorrow periods of strong winds, 2 to 3-inch rainfall per hour the timing is some time tomorrow night, making landfall in either louisiana or mississippi, heavy rain inland, it will weaken but the impacts will continue -- look at these rainfall totals through thursday, some places picking up 2 feet of rain because it will be moving very slowly once it gets to the coast, about

the national hurricane center warning it could be a major hurricane, by the time it's expected to makeometime tomorrow night. let's discuss, now. cnn political commentator -- cnn political commentator, mitch landrieu, former mayor of new orleans, joins us now. here we go, again, mayor. >> hey, yes, sir. >> thank you. how you doing? >> i'm doing fine. tough times. no doubt about it. >> yeah. i'm sorry. go on. >> i know you'll want to talk about the hurricane. but you know, whether it's the hurricane, the wildfires, the pandemic, it is within this country's bandwidth to deal with these problems. you actually see recovery, seamlessly, happening on the hurricane as you speak where the governors of louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and florida, are coordinating. they are trying to work in concert with the federal government. they're fighting one fight. people have to lean into this thing. understand it. know about it. prepare. and do what you need to do in order to get out of harm's way. and there's a lesson there. whether you're fighting the pandemic or the wildfires as well. and of course,

to bring some perspective, the hurricane center has predetermined names it uses for every hurricane season using almost every letter of the alphabet. the next name storm will be wilford. after that, they will have to start using the greek alphabet, and that has only happened in the history of recorded storms on one other occasion. >> while the east coast of the u.s. is battered by sally, the west coast is battling massive mild fires. fire search and rescue teams have been sent to the state of oregon as part of a $1.2 million relief effort from the government. about 18,000 square kilometers have been destroyed by fire with several small towns burned to the ground and at least 34 confirmed deaths. ahead, libya's prime minister stepping down. he made the announcement in an address on national television. the tripoli-based government will negotiate with a rival administration in the east of the country. he says he will stay on until the end of october in hope a new leadership can be chosen. >> i call on the dialogue committee, which should be in charge of forming the next executive authority,

we're monitoring hurricane sally as it begins to hit the gulf coast. it's on a potentially hazardous path that could bring downpours and life-threatening flooding to the reasonable very soon. this as american lives are being lost to the coronavirus, the u.s. death toll now rising above 195,000 with new confirmed cases slowing but still well above the early peak back in april. also tonight, president trump says a vaccine may be ready in four to eight weeks. he's again, though, contradicting health experts who say next year is more likely with widespread vaccinations probably not available at least until next summer, widespread vaccinations. as the president continues to downplay covid concerns, he's touting historic diplomatic agreement signed today at the white house by israel, united arab emirates and bahrain. all of that coming up. let's go to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, a development in the white house today in the shadow of the coronavirus. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. president trump spent the day celebrating some big

hurricane sally has just made landfall.f coast as we speak, with torrential rain. a wind gust of 121 miles per hour was just reported in alabama. but more than 400,000 customers are without power in the southeast at this hour. it is the rain that is the story here. historic levels of rain, possibly up to 3 feet worth. officials are issuing dire warnings now about flooding. we have reporters on the ground to show you how hard it is raining. that will be in just a moment. >> we're also following important developments with the coronavirus pandemic. more than 1,400 new deaths reported in the u.s. overnight. that's the single highest death toll in over a month. there may be some reporting issues there, but it does show things aren't going down nearly as quickly as they should. medical experts and state and local leaders, they're counting on masks to fight this. but overnight, the president dissembled and downplayed masks, taking his advice not from scientists, doctors, but waiters. a remarkable town hall where he faced undecide

sally is the 2nd hurricane to hit the gulf coast in less than 3 weeks and one of the busiest hurricane seasons ever earlier this week sally was just one of 5 storms chaining in the atlantic. hurricane tate is developing out at sea with forecasters predicting it could become a catastrophic category 4 storm and. gallagher is live in miami in florida for us and bring us the latest wachter things looking like right now. well we just had a briefing from this state's governor rhonda scientists who warned people in florida's panhandle which is the worst hit of the states affected by hurricane charley not to be complacent to say look it's going to rain for a couple of days rivers could crest the flooding could get worse because this is a slow motion oh vent it's not so much the power of the storm a category 2 storm in the grand scheme of things is not that powerful for the gulf coast it's the fact that this thing is only moving at about 6 kilometers per hour so there is a dire warning from the governor of this state and of course alabama got hit really hard as well i just saw some drone shots

the national hurricane center says this will be a hurricane once it makes landfall across southeastern. regardless of whether it's a hurricane or not, the results are going to be the same. the main hazard from his this is going to be the water. it's going to move very slowly. it's going to test the levies in new orleans. we could get upwards of 10 to 20 inches of rainfall in these area, so that's going to be potentially dangerous, even deadly for some these low-lying areas. so there's the track, we expect a landfall overnight tonight, sometime this evening, into tuesday morning. as a hurricane, we think. but again, it doesn't matter. the results are going to be the same and that is very heavy rainfall over a period of several days along the gulf coast. so we have a hurricane watch and warning in effect for the new orleans area, up towards mississippi and then hurricane watches and tropical storm watch as well for parts of florida. let's take a look at the models. they're in very good agreement. we are expecting a landfall across southeastern louisiana. the east side of the storm is whe

as a category 2 hurricane. forecasters expect the storm to make landfall tomorrow night hurricane and tropical storm warnings are in effect from the florida pan mandzle to louisiana. here's the latest. >> reporter: the first glimpse of tropical storm sally. >> holy -- >> reporter: in the florida keys, torrential rains flooded roads, as high winds batted the coast. a powerful preview of what could hit louisiana while many are getting ready. >> this is going to be the real deal >> reporter: or getting out. >> i've been through a hurricane before, i don't need to go through another one. >> reporter: the path on a direct line to new orleans, where it is expected to make landfall as a hurricane. outside the city, flood gates installed since hurricane katrina will drop into place does the approach change whether it's a category 1 or a 5 >> no, no it does not. we have our gates that we close for every single storm >> reporter: for those who live here, after dodging recent storms martha and laura, this one feels differ

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