the streets by noon on friday, scheduled to last at least until early saturday morning in lafayette, louisiana, chris pollo pollone, nbc news. >>> here's nbc meteorologist janessa webb who's tracking the storm. what are you see about this morning? >> i don't have the best new this morning the pressure continues to drop on this storm system, and that means it's maintaining its category, right now category 3 we hope it goes into some cooler water that will allow it to be downgraded, but unfortunately that's just not happening. 250 miles south of cameron, michigan, sustained winds of 120 miles an hour. our models are currently in agreement. this will marek landfall, southwest louisiana later on tonight. >> the size of that thing is just terrifying. >>> with just 25 days until the election, the second presidential debate is up in the air. amid his battle with coronavirus, president trump is refusing to take part in a virtual debate with joe biden. nbc's tracie potts one thing for sure we won't see them both on the stage next week. >> they're going back and forth about pushing the debate a week, or

the latest from steve harrigan following developments in lafayette, louisiana. sir? >> neil, a steady rain here in lafayette. the wind could be several hours off. as far as that goes, the situation here, you really are putting your finger on it when you say this place has been hit twice in six weeks. almost the exact same path. more than 10,000 people really still in hotels from that storm, laura. six weeks ago. still tarps on buildings, still debris lining the road. you can see the traffic jams during the day. people trying to get out on i-10. you can see these people, older people with pets. it's women with small children. it's a tough thing to do to try to get out of a hurricane. it's on the way. some people in cameron parrish are going to try to ride it out. 100 people there will try to ride it out. the roads will get flooded and rescue will be difficult. aid is pouring in. several hundred electric workers ready from duke power. urban search and rescue teams, more than 500 team members. herely skilled in rescuing people from collapsed buildings and also from floo

it's splitting the difference between lake charles and lafayette, louisiana this storm is moving at 14iles an hour, so it will be out of louisiana in the next 12, 14 hours or so. it's headed toward jackson, mississippi, which would be in that general vicinity and then up toward tune loerpelo, missis. this storm will be a problem by late on saturday and into sunday nashville is going to get rain they're not going to get heavy winds. 30, 35 miles an hour, but lots and lots of rain morgan chesky is in the middle of it all in lake charles. the eye is coming, but not yet. >> reporter: yeah, shep, the eye is not here but it's making a convincing case with these wind gusts moving through right now we are feeling some powerful, just torrential rain make its way through here unfortunately, it's only going to get stronger. right now i can tell you that all across lake charles, the good news is that the people took these evacuation orders seriously and got out of town. and that is important, because one of the problems we've seen with past storms in this area is that people have not taken them se

we're along the vermilion river in lafayette, louisiana, where we're already seeing the banks growing expected to do some damage before it moves northeast before it strikes the mid-atlantic we could see up to 11 feet of storm surge along the gulf coast. >> it is very clear that southwest louisiana is going to get more of a punch from this than we would like to see. >> reporter: ellen lopez, abc news, lafayette, louisiana. >>> today president trump plans to hold his first in-person event at the white house since being hospitalized with covid-19. there's still a lot of confusion surrounding his illness with little word from his doctor on his condition. here's abc news senior congressional correspondent mary bruce. >> one week after he was hospitalized and with questions swirling about whether he could still be contagious, president trump is planning to resume in-person events. >> i feel better now than i did two weeks ago. it's crazy, and i recovered immediately, almost immediately. >> reporter: though the president insists he's no longer taking medication, doctors haven't answered ques

ellen lopez, abc news, lafayette, louisiana. >> let's get the latest on how strong this storm is and where it is headed with our meteorologist sandhya patel tracking it very closely tonight. sandhya? >> yeah, dan. this storm is still powerful, even though it's weakened from earlier when it made landfall in louisiana. hurricane delta is pushing across alexandria. heavy rain, gusty winds, life-threatening storm surge. look at the storm reports from the area. that is going to be the biggest concern with this storm, flash flooding. it is packing winds of 75 miles per hour, moving north-northeast at 15 miles per hour, it will become a tropical storm and a depression as we head towards saturday night into sunday. but the rainfall from this storm is going to be damaging to that area and continue to be damaging. tracking a system of our own, it looks impressive on live doppler 7, but will it delive this weekend? i'll let you know coming up. ama? >> sandhya, thank you. we'll check back with you. >>> fire investigators have seized equipment belonging to pg&e as it looks into the cause of the z

lafayette, louisiana. >>> mary lee is also taking that storm on the gulf coast and the weather in the bay area. mary? >>> we are keeping a very close eye on hurricane delta because that is likely the same path as hurricane laura so it is a category three storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles an hour in the gulf of mexico. likely weakening to a category two storm when it makes landfall on the louisiana coast this evening. so, looking at life-threatening storm surge, hurricane conditions as they look to this evening. now, let's talk about our weather at home. so we are looking at cooler temperatures tracking that stronger onshore flow and with temperatures below average for this time of the year. a live look with our treasure island camera as we look to san francisco with those clouds and starting off our day across the bay area with mostly cloudy skies. pitchers in the 50s and low 60s at this hour. upper 50s in concorde, livermore and san francisco. checking air quality, right now, it looks good for many locations. it is really great to see those green dots indicating that be

let's get to rob marciano, live in lafayette, louisiana, tonight, for us. hey, rob. >> reporter: good afternoon, david. can cue and the yucatan taking a little bit of a hit out of away fro louisiana. now. plenty of gulf water to strengthen and that's what we think is going to happen. watches are up. we expect delta to get back to 2 or 3 status and grow in size by friday morning, making landfall is friday afternoon. something around the louisiana coastline. all hazards in play, including storm surge. we could see over a foot of rain. but the full fury of its winds could hit here in lafayette or down the road in lake chrlts where they are still trying to recover from hurricane laura just six weeks ago. david? >> just an extraordinary hurricane season this year. rob, thank you, again. >>> in other news tonight, two of the most wanted isis terror suspects in the world have arrived here in the u.s. to face justice. the two men, both british citizens, were captured in syri in a horrifyingfor,here's our c correspondent pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: tonight,

. >> we're along the vermilion river in lafayette, louisiana, where we're already seeing the banks growingolls in, the fast moving storm expected to do some damage before it moves northeast. but before it strikes the mid-atlantic, we could see up to 11 feet of life-threatening storm surge along the gulf coast. >> it is very clear that southwest louisiana is going to get more of a punch from this than we would like to see. >> elwin lopez, abc news, lafayette, louisiana. >>> and today president trump plans to hold his first in-person event at the what house since being hospitalized with covid-19. there's still a lot of confusion surrounding his illness with little word from his doctor on his condition. here's abc ns congressional correspondent mary bruce. >> reporter: one week after he was hospitalized and questions swirling about whether he could be contagious, president trump is planning to resume in-person events. >> i feel better now than i did two weeks ago, it's crazy.s i recovered immediately, almost immediately. >> reporter: though the president insists he's no longer taking medicat

first, though, to steve harrigan reporting live from lafayette, louisiana are. steve?eady rainfall here in lafayette. the wind is still a few hours off, and you're right, the same place is about to be hit a second time by a major storm. winds now at about 105 mile-per-hour off the coast. 10,000 people in louisiana still in hotels from hurricane laura six weeks ago, a lot of tarps on buildings, a lot of debris still along the roadside. those could become projectiles. it was a tough scene for people trying to get out, i-10 was backed up with some or crashes of semis on the road slowing things down, a real desperate effort for people to get out. a lot of older people, people with pet, people with young children really i trying to escape a what they've just seen a few weeks ago. some of the parishes used to this, cameron parish, more than 100 people are going to try and ride out this storm despite the fact it's going to be tough to rescue them when roads are flooded. several hundred energy workers already on the scene, a lot of search ands rescue workers also in place read

courtney zabowski is in lafayette, louisiana. this storm is expected to hit that area pretty hard. it is still reeling from hurricane laura six weeks ago. how are people preparing, what is going on? >> reporter: what we're hearing from people is not again. right now it is a category 3 and it could weaken, but at this point, forecasters predicted it would strengthen overnight it did and now it is headed straight for the louisiana coast. residents along louisiana's gulf coast are packing up, and heading north again. >> it is getting tiresome. >> it is part of being here. i mean, the good times far outweigh the bad. >> reporter: vic and bebe are under a mandatory evacuation as hurricane delta approaches. it is the third time this year they have had to leave home. >> they're forecasting the water may be as high as 7 feet. we don't take a chance. >> reporter: just six weeks ago, hurricane laura slammed lake charles as a category 4 storm. today, debris is still scattered around the city. and blue tarps cover many houses. >> if we got a lot of rain, and all of this debris just starts floa

armed with assault rifles body armor and tactic gear marching through the streets of lafayette louisiana more than $400.00 armed demonstrators with the coalition seeking justice for trade ford pellerin a 31 year old black man who was fatally shot by lafayette police in august leaders for the group said that they also decided to go to the southern louisiana city after seeing a facebook post allegedly from u.s. representative clay higgins who represents the 3rd district stating that he would drop 10 of you where you stand the post since has been deleted the n f a c. says that its goal is to help the black community stay safe and teach more black americans about their gun ownership rights and how to be responsible and while militias are not a new phenomenon in recent months they have gained increasing attention as they are taking part in more high profile demonstrations including black lives matter supporters and counter protests the united states though is facing increasing divide just weeks before the presidential election in november reporting in new york trinity chavez r.t. and that is

in up to 17ncsf driving rain, pummelling storm worn louisiana. in lafayette i just had that feeling. >> reporter: strong wind gusts ripping out trees like this one. >> this is a living room. >> reporter: duane and presis la were at home when a tree crashed into their den. now gone with nothing left but photos of their children. >> this can be replaceable, but we are not. >> reporter: this could have been so much worse. >> yes. yes. it could have been a tragedy. >> reporter: 50 miles west, barely clingingn to damaged homes. the pelican state once again in recovery mode. >> tens of thousands as we spoke are in a very difficult situation, and we are going to do everything we can. >> reporter: the clean-up here could take days and possibly weeks. they have moved out of here and are threatening parts of the mid atlantic. lafayette, louisiana. >>> again joining us with a look at where the hurricane is now. drew? > yeah. and as we loo satellite, delta has lost all of its tropical characteristics. meaning it doesn't have wind anymore. it is really just a rainmaker. l

meteorologist shows us where the storm is going, where it's headed -- we begin with steve harrigan in lafayette, louisiana, tonight, good eveni evening. >> the rain is here, the wind is on the way -- 35,000 people in louisiana have lost power even before landfall. weeks after being hit by hurricane laura, southwest louisiana is now being pummeled by hurricane delta. >> i'm just ready for it to be over. >> get ready, hope for the best. hunker down, that's all you can do. >> more than 10,000 people are still in hotels from the last storm. debris still lines the roads, blue tarps cover the roofs and traffic on the main escape route out slowed to a crawl. >> this has me concerned. for some reason i have a feeling of doom. >> remote areas like cameron parish, more than 100 people plan to writ to a ride out the m despite the fact that roads will be flooded making rescue impossible. >> we can't say that we know what this storm is going to do, we know it's going to exacerbate what's already a bad situation. >> more than 300 workers from duke energy are responded to power outages, they are trained and first respon

up to 17 inches of driving rain pummelling storm-weary louisiana. in lafayetteidn't think it was going to, you know, eventually fall on us. but you know, i just had that feeling. >> reporter: strong wind gusts ripping out trees like this one. the soil already saturated from previous storms. >> the living room -- >> reporter: dwayne and priss prissprissle -- priscilla weren't home when a tree crashed into their den. nothing left but photos of the children. >> this can be replaceable, but we are not. >> reporter: this could have been so much worse. >> yes. yes, it could have been a tragedy. >> reporter: 50 miles west in lake arthur, blue tarps are barely clinging on to damaged homes. the pelican state once again in recovery mode. >> tens of thousands of louisianans as we speak are in a very difficult situation, and we're going to do everything we can. >> reporter: the cleanup here could take days and even possibly weeks. what's left of delta has now moved out of here and is now threatening parts of the mid-atlantic. ellen lopez, abc news, lafayette, louisiana. >>>

we're going to have a live report coming up from lafayette, louisiana, where i used to work. we'll have an update on that in just a few minutes. let's get back here at home because we've been tracking a couple weather systems here we were hoping to help us out with very dry conditions. this first one moving in just sliding down the coast and weakening but it has brought us a few more clouds and then the next one right behind that looks like it will stay to the north of us so we're not expecting a lot of rain out of that as well. they are providing higher humidity so i think we'll welcome that and then as we go into next week we will still see the return of some hot weather as high pressure builds once again. we'll have something else to watch there further down the line. we are in a severe to extreme drought for much of the bay area. and we are hoping that we'll get some rain at least farther down the line if not this weekend. there may be a few spotty showers. as we watch la nina, which is cooler than normal water temperatures in the pacific leading into winter. it usually d

>>that was daniel johnson reporting from our sister station in lafayette, louisiana. once again delta now weakening to a tropical depression. talking about our own weather tonight, a live look outside at the radar, this is a look at where delta is right now you can see. once again a depression but still causing plenty of havoc for folks. the southern part of the united states just dumping inches of rain for folks there. meteorologist rebecca strom is here tonight with a look at what we can expect for the rest the weekend and the very latest track on that's right well. the good news is like you're mentioning it has been downgraded. >>to a tropical depression. >>it earlier in the was upwards of a category 3 hurricane. and it slammed through the yucatan peninsula parts of can kuhn definitely lot's of wind speeds of up to 125 miles per hour sustained winds. definitely good news now that been downgoaded to that in we're possibly of 30 miles per hour as it continues to move eastward much of the united states and the word we're having a little bit of a technical difficulty,

ellen lopez, abc news, lafayette, louisiana. >>> san francisco is celebrating italian heritage weekendcity hall lit up there in the colors of italy's flag. the pandemic is limiting some of the fun but not all of it. many people still enjoyed italian delicacies and other treats in north beach yesterday. restaurants are serving guests in outdoor seating areas near washington square. and an online celebration will take place today. and that will replace the traditional parade that happens through north beach. >>> the giant observation wheel at golden gate park is getting ready for visitors. the rec and parks department says the wheel will open october 21st. tickets will be $10 for the first few days and must be purchased in advance. it was installed to celebrate the park's 150th anniversary. the 150-foot-tall wheel is equipped with 36 gondolas that can hold up to six people each. the gondolas also have both heating and air conditioning, and riders must wear masks. >>> also in golden gate park, the california academy of sciences reopens this week. october 13th to the 22nd is reserved for m

let's go live to lafayette, louisiana, where steve harrigan is bracing for delta.hat do you see there? reporter: steady rain right now. as you can see behind me, most of these buildings are already boarded up. people who can get out, have been getting out even though traffic has been pretty tough on i-10 with people trying to escape. you are really hitting the nail on the head when you talk about two hurricanes in the same space, in just six weeks' time. you have in louisiana already more than 10,000 people who are in hotels from the storm six weeks ago. a lot of tarps on buildings as well, lot of debris still along the roadside. southwestern louisiana got hammered six weeks ago and is getting hammered again. there is some help in place, though. several hundred power workers from duke power are already on the scene, ready to deal with power outages. more than 500 members of search and rescue teams also ready, they are specialists in dealing with people trapped in collapsed buildings or trapped by water. the national guard also ready to go. they have got several hun

we're along the vermilion river in lafayette, louisiana, where we're already seeing the banks growing here as delta rolls in. the fast moving storm expected to do some damage before it moves northeast. but before it strikes the mid-atlantic, we could see up to 11 feet of life-threatening storm surge along the gulf coast. >> it is very clear that southwest louisiana is going to get more of a punch from this than we would like to see. >> elwin lopez, abc , > in just a few ho prident trump will hso e at the monday. there's some confusion, though, surrounding his illness with no word from his doctor on his condition. abc's rachel scott is in washington, d.c. with the latest. >> this morning president trump gearing up to address hundreds of supporters from the white house balcony for the first time since testing positive for covid-19. >> i feel really good. i feel very strong. right now i'm medication free. i'm not taking any medications. >> reporter: in a fox news interview airing overnight promising he's in good shape. >> i have been retested and i haven't even found out numbers or anyth

it is going to be a category 2 between lafayette louisiana and lake charles, louisiana.ber what happened in lake charles in the end of august they just got beaten up. house after house after house with the blue tarps. this is new video from just the other day. actually i think it was yesterday. and this is -- it still looks like a bomb went off there and they are still trying to recover and now they are about to get hit again. i want to show you this loop again. 6:00 eastern, 5:00 central, coming ashore ask. lots and lots of rain. storm surge is an issue here, too. most of it is not going to be anywhere near new orleans. you don't have to worry about that probably two to four feet at the mouth of the mississippi about one to three feet in lake ponchartrain no big concerns there. but right along the vermillion pass probably 11 feet, 11 feet of storm surge that means 11 feet higher than the water would normally be. there will be a lot of coastal flooding a risk of tornadoes. but no tornado warnings yet. great news and frankly rare. we will spend a whole hour on it tonight

. >>> 75 miles east of lake charles is the city of lafayette, louisiana. correspondent david begnaud is there to report on the hurricane effects. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. welcome to my home town, lafayette. we arrived last night we notice this tree blocking this road which is a main access point to the largest hospital in the city. lafayette general medical center. the lights are on because the hospital still has power. they're on back-up power. but much like what mireya is seeing 60 miles to the west of here, most of lafayette is without power this morning. let me tell you about the journey to get here. we left jennings, louisiana, last night, so we're about 30 miles to the east of jennings and they took a direct hit from the storm. the eye passed right over us. wind gusts were close to 100 miles per hour. there are reports of four to five homes which have trees that fell into them. there were no reports of major injuries or deaths. the police chief pulled his cops off the road for most of the night telling people we're not going to

weather, delta is turning into a tropical storm after hitting parts of louisiana as a category 2 hurricane. steve harrigan live in lafayettecoming outside to deal with some of the damage. much of the state is in the dark, 600,000 homes losing electric power, the storm was a category 2 when it made landfall at 7:00 pm last night in the small town of creel at 100 mile-per-hour windss, 7 foot surge. there were a lot of rescues overnight, people in their cars, a lot of trucks, some real tough issues for traffic and the number of water rescues performed, the biggest danger is from flooding, some areas getting 17 inches of rain, 10,000 people in shelters because of social distancing. a lot of people had to get on buses, they didn't have the capacity, this area suffering from a major storm 6 weeks ago, landfall last night, 14 miles away from major category for the 6 weeks ago, louisiana hit twice in two months. >> thank you very much. two questions, do you think he can go to the election without answering that question? >> i do. >> won't answer. only highlights why debates are so important. it is amazing. amazing if that happens.

the dead center portion is lake charles to lafayette, louisiana.round 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. this evening, likely as category 2 hurricane. we will see storm surge problems, rainfall problems, and of course the wind will be an issue, and then it rains itself out over the southeast. the number one killer in all hurricanes or most hurricanes is storm surge. we expect 7 to 11 feet water rises along the southern louisiana coast. that's a pretty remote marshy area, and it's the same exact spot that had a similar, if not worse storm surge from laura. this is the problem, i think, lake charles 94 miles per hour wind gusts are possible, and you have to remember, about 20% of the roofs have blue tarps protecting them right now because they weren't fibsxed in the last six weeks. imagine the roofs getting ripped out and upwards of 6 to 10 inches on top of it. another high impact weather event and hurricane coming this afternoon. you're watching moer"morning jo" we'll be right back. it's an important time to save. with priceline, you can get up to 60% off amazing ho

parts of love yet, louisiana, take -- lafayette, taking a big hit. n 3100 members of the louisiana national forward are deploys across the region, helping distribute supplies and clear debris from roads. at this hour more than 328,000 are still without power in this state. officials are reminding people to be extremely careful with the use of portable generators as the majority of deaths from hurricane laura didn't happen from the storm itself, but rather, carbon monoxide poisoning linked to those generators. at this point no fatalities or injuries reported with delta, and they hope that it i stays that way. alicia? alicia: casey stegall in louisiana, thank you. leland? leland: police haven't decided on possible charges against a private security guard who shot a protester in denver. video shows a confrontation between the forward and protester who -- guard and protester who pulled mace and was then shot. christina coleman live with the video in los angeles. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, leland. well, it's a fairly common practice for tv stations to

lafayette with the latest. >> reporter: delta crashed ashore near rio, louisiana friday night. >>> the storm surge is coming in and fish are swimming up the roads. >> reporter: packing one mile an hour wind dropping drinking rain as delta made landfall. early reports show the storm took out trees with hundreds of thousands without electricity. delta followed the same path as destructive category 4 hurricane laura took six weeks ago. >> we believe, two eating within six weeks of each other. >> reporter: forecasters expect delta will unleash tornadoes, flash floods and at least 10 inches of rain as he continues marching inland. hurricane delta is the fourth named storm to hit louisiana this year. officials will get a better handle on the extent of the damage later this morning. >> were not will exacerbate an already bad situation. >> reporter: hurricane laura cost about $80,000 of damage to this home near lake charles a look >> we have not even been able to do repairs yet and really worried about how the house is doing right now. >> reporter: 2500 members of the louisiana national guard are spinning out to the h

our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in jennings, louisiana, that's between lake charles and lafayette. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. we're starting to get some of the early rain bands moving through jennings. we're standing in what's going to be the bullseye spot for hurricane delta. this place is under a mandatory evacuation order. it's a ghost town. the story over the last 24 hours has been the people evacuating. those people affected by hurricane laura six weeks ago are having to evacuate yet again. jen shirley and her four kids packed up their rental home yesterday to evacuate yet again. the family relocated the broussard over a month ago after hurricane laura damaged their home in lake charles, about 82 miles away. this is what their home looks like now. jen's husband matt had to stay behind. >> where is your dad? >> he's trying to provide money for us. that's why we're here without him. >> reporter: now hurricane delta is forcing the shirleys to leave their broussard refuge. >> how does everybody feel about evacuating again? >> i'm worried about the debris. >>

louisiana, including an 86-year-old man in st. martin parish. that's a 40-minute drive east of lafayette. he died after a fire broke out while he was refueling his generator.ng his >>> take a look at this map, hurricane delta leaving thousands without power in texas and mississippi. but it's louisiana hardest hit more than 145,000 customers still without electricity.s stil nbc's sam brock is live in lake charles, one of the hardest-hit regions there. he was there for us that night and is today what are you seeing, sam >> reporter: shep, good evening. residents here will tell you there is not a stretch, a corner, a block in lake charles that has not been touched by multiple hurricanes in the time span of six weeks, and they are bearing the battle scars right now. over my shoulder you see these heaps of debris. this is what it looks like on pretty much every block in the citye heaps actually are not as bad as these heaps actually are not as bad as some of what i've seen earlier today. down the street blue tarps have become the signature for lake charles right now. it tells you the thousands

hit twice, we know there were towns in southwestern louisiana including lake charles and, of course, lafayettewhere i was and you could see the tree damage there. 75 to 100-mile-per-hour winds were with delta. remember, that was after they already got hit by laura weeks earlier. so this is what it looks like. this is recent video from lake charles. this is going to take so long to clean up from double hurricanes. also the remnants causing coastal flooding in ocean city, maryland. and you can see some of that going onto the shore into houses, not just maryland but all the way up the coast and that's what we're dealing with today. going to be an ugly day for much of the northeast. windy and two to three inches of rain possible. that's from new hampshire to maine. let's get the tuesday trivia sponsored by target. >>> good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. hope you liked yesterday. today about the same as we put the warming trend on a holding pattern for just one day. clear tonight and last cool and calm night and then for wednesday, thursday and friday high fire danger before it al

lafayette, arkansas, tennessee? where do you see the storm going next after making landfall? >> yeah, it's going to plow through louisianayou'll get tropical force winds in baton rouge. trees down, power outages. it will go there arkansas and northwest mississippi and then we'll turn it into a depression after that. just because you're not on the coast, you're going to take the storm seriously. if you're inland, there's wind and flooding. so just stay tuned. make sure you listen to what your local officials are telling you. >> bill: no do you live about that. refresh my memory. the last time we went to the greek alphabet for hurricane names. >> 2005. we need two more hurricanes to break the record. i'm okay at delta if you want to know. >> bill: i hope we can stop there as well. thanks, peter. best to your men and women. >> thank you. >> bill: good luck. in a moment, hear the moderators for the next presidential debate. steve skully says his twitter feed has been hacked. this is biden and trump debate over the next debate. chris wallace is here on that. the battle over the control of the u.s. senate. the latest on lindse

louisiana would be in the path of a storm. we're in new iberia right now, about 30,000 people southeast of lafayette.e have the buy you, you can see the water levels before the rainfall starts. eight feet of wiggle room. it's not expected to spill over here. on the other side of the bayou, those homes may be in the way. the biggest concerns, wind damage and flooding. i talked to folks about ten, 15 minutes from here. they're worried their homes which have already been punctured from laura or flooded in some cases could see the exact same situation. some are bracing and waiting for what we found in the hours ahead. let me send it back to you. >> al, what's the latest we're hearing about the track of delta. what's going on? >> well, it's the tenth landfall of 2020. new record for most in a season. fifth hurricane landfall in 2020. that's the most since 2005. you can see 130 miles southwest, southwest of cameron. category 3, 115 miles per hour. it's started to move faster moving forward, probably making landfall as a cat 2 some time this evening with destructive winds, rain, storm surge mostly for louis

between lafayette and lake charles those efforts primarily focussing on lake charles and lastly a gut punch for some people that live here. that was all kinds of homes over south western louisianaf those did not last through delta. put down for laura and they'll be requiring reapplication and assessment there's a program to try to help those people in need back to you. >> all right thank you very much for that now turning back to washington d.c. and the continued stalemate over coronavirus stimulus for millions of americans. house speaker nancy pelosi along with senate republicans are rejecting the package further stemming hopes for a deal. they're now calling on congress to immediately vote on a bill that would release $135 billion in previously unspent aid to small businesses in america. speaking yesterday, president trump blasted democrats over that continued stalemate. we want to help the restaurants and hotels we want to help businesses that really it's not -- it's not their fault. it's china's fault and we want to help them and frankly, you know, we're ready to go. we're all ready to go. we can't get nancy pelosi to sign the document. >> well, as if the stimulus negotiati

>>tonight folks in louisiana, picking up the pieces after the destruction left behind from what's now tropical depression, delta. this is the city of abbeville which is near lafayette. this is the scene as you can see their fallen trees all across neighborhoods, thousands of folks still in the dark tonight. once again, the storm has weakened to a tropical depression in some parts of the pelican state were spared from the brunt of the damage. blake brown is in lake charles with a closer look at the aftermath that the region is it feeling. >>yeah much different scene out here tonight compared to 24 hours ago when we were dealing with hurricane delta here in the lake charles area i want you to take a look behind me here at this building you can see a portion of that building there in the top corner has completely been taken down from one of those storms and i say one of those storms because hurricane laura that was a category 4 very strong hurricane that made landfall just 6 weeks ago in this exact same area of louisiana that is unbelievable and then yesterday again we were dealing with hurricane delta that particular storm brought winds maybe 1995 miles per hour a gu

lafayette. that's where the worst would be. and then as far as the other problems, you know, then there will be a big rainstorm as it heads into northern louisiana. so, can you imagine this? two hurricanes so close. so, the 4, as a category 4 shows you where laura made landfall, and the 2 shows you where delta's supposed to make landfall later today with winds close to a category 3. only 20 miles apart. that's why, you know, just horrible. you know, they just got power on in lake charles in some cases. there's tarps covering about 20% to 25% of all the roofs. and here's how it's going to play out. by about 2:00 p.m., we see tropical storm force winds moving onshore. the northern eye, you can see it right there south of cameron, at about 6:00 p.m. and landfall would roughly be right around 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. this evening. that brings the worst winds into areas like lake charles as we go throughout the evening. and here's the predicted wind gust, up to 94 miles per hour in lake charles. so, you know, you're sitting there, kasie, you have a tarp, you know, trying to protect all your belongings in your house. you're counting on a tarp protecting you

louisiana. now, we had hurricane warnings that are in effect for the lake charles area, all the way from cameron parish to abbeville to morgan city, backwards lafayetteo alexandria. outside of that, we have tropical storm warnings in effect for galveston all the way to new orleans. as this storm has gotten larger, it hasn't really gotten stronger. it is a category 2, 100-mile-per-hour winds. this does not look like it's going to become like one of those huge beasts of a storm, where it's category 4. it does look like it could maybe take a shot at category 3, but likely, it will be a category 2 or a strong category 1, as it approaches southwest louisiana. and as i had mentioned, this is almost the exact same spot that laura made landfall. so i mean, just unimaginable that two strong hurricanes in one season that close together. you know, it would literally be about five miles away from where laura made landfall. all of our computer models are in excellent agreement with that path going almost towards lake charles, maybe just to the east of lake charles, so some of the highest water levels would be to the east. so, the storm surge is going to be a prob

louisiana, where more than 500,000 people are now waking up without power. rob is in lake charles with more on where delta is headed. but first, let's go to ginger in lafayette with more. ginger, good morning. >> yeah, whit, officially five landfalling hurricanes this season alone. that's something that we haven't done since thatk epi05. downtown lafayette here, we had 75 mile per hour gusts. the tree damage littering the streets. but the boards worked. power out in a lot of places and the brunt of this storm rllt j area hit by laura just six weeks ago. that is the sound of hurricane delta just before making landfall in louisiana. a category 2 hurricane when it roared onshore. peeling roofs off of buildings, waves and surge lapping at the land in lake arthur. up to 17 inches of torrential wind-whipped rain. those winds gusting to 100 miles per hour. the destructive force lashing buildings, snapping utility poles. leaving hundreds of thousands without power across louisiana and texas. the fierce winds tossing this mobile home right onto the road and knocking this tractor trailer onto its side. delta's broad push of water forcing storm surge up to nine feet ne

creole, louisiana and dumped more than a foot of rain in some places and wind gusts clocked at nearly 100 miles per hour. further inland, communities like jenning and lake arthur and lafayette also slammed with the heavy rains and winds, lasting for hours. at this hour we can tell you that no fatalities or injuries are reported with this storm, that is in the early going. a handful of high-water rescues have been carried out for people that decided to stay behind and not listen to the evacuation orders and, leland, frankly driving around this morning and trying to figure out where to go live from, it's really difficult to tell what is old damage and what is new damage. this is a bridal shop that was destroyed just 6 weeks ago when laura made landfall, there was some additional sheet metal that rolled into the parking lot from delta's winds. but as you know some 95% of structures in lake charles alone were impacted by laura just 6 weeks ago and delta took a very similar path but it was just not as strong, back to you leland. leland: some places that had just gotten the lights back and then back, casey, thanks so much. reporter: right. alicia: as we continue to monitor deltas

louisiana, around 6 p.m. central spot last night. it dumped a foot of rain in some spots and wind gusts were clocked at nearly 100 miles per hour. further inland, jennings, lake arthur and lafayettewere slammed with heavy rains and winds, lasting for hours. look at the video out of jennings. right now, fortunately, there are no injuries or fatalities that are being reported with this storm. there have been a handful of high water rescues that have been carried out, but, neil, i've got to say, as you drive around lake charles here, it's hard to tell the old damage from the new damage. this bridal shop was ripped apart by hurricane laura, that hit six weeks ago. so, when you drive around and you see so much destruction, it's hard to sort of of separate what laura damaged and what is delta damage. back to you. >> amazing, casey, thank you, very, very much. and with us now from lake charles, louisiana. mayor, what have you heard? what have you had a chance to get a grasp of? >> well, i had a chance to drive around the city a little bit. even though it was a category 2 storm, this was a big hit for us. especially with what we've just went through. we had a category 4 storm. the strong