rachel george great show for you yeah. fish and chips or curry or if it was on the menu i'd probably still be a fish and chips i must say but if i'm going to go into the metaphorical level i'd like to say that i'm probably a little bit of both now and i think like i said in the video that's what i like about when you meet someone you kind of bring a bit of your own culture with you but you're also adopting aspects of the new culture. say you still have fish and chips a show that. is incredibly popular why do you think it works i think probably the main thing is the mixture of information and entertainment that we bring so we have a lot of fun making it and i think people look at the jokes that are making with them but also we cram a lot of information into really short videos and i think also my favorite thing about doing the show was that i got to kind of act as a bit of a go between so i'm explaining the german culture to people who might not necessarily know that much about it but i'm also telling the people who grew up

george? >> rachel, thank you. want to bring in mary bruce.e're about to hear from several of the conditions who ran against joe biden during these primaries. hard to believe it was just a year ago, when you haud more than 20 democrats in this race. it was not a foregone conclusion that biden would be the nominee. >> no, george. this was a hard-fought primary. and now democrats are eager to show that they are united. i remember four years ago, being on the convention floor and hearing those boos at the time. the party was bitterly divided. now they are eager to show that that simply is not the case. yes, it was not long ago, 28 democratic candidates were running. now we're going to see many of those former rivals coming together. joe biden has been reaching out himself to many of these former opponents to try to bring them into the fold now. especially some of the more progressive rivals, like bernie sanders, who we will hear from. this is a very different circumstance than four years ago. these former rivals know the stakes are simply too hig

good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, that storm is less than 100 miles out and we've already felt the rain and wind pick up. just an hour ago this street was clear. now it is underwater. heavy rainfall is expected in this area up to six inches. winds could reach over 50 miles per hour, and that is the cause of so much concern. when those powerful winds were behind me, it carried over the banks and it will dump it right here on homes and businesses, george. >> thanks very much. let's go to robin. >> okay, george, and the jersey shore is also expecting to get hit hard in just a few hours with possible wind gusts at over 70 miles per hour. a state of emergency has been declared as conditions rapidly decline there. stephanie ramos is in cape may, new jersey with the latest of the situation there. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: robin, good morning. we are starting to feel the winds pick up here. wind gusts are already over 20 miles per hour. this part of the state here in cape may is under a tornado watch. now, the office of emergency management, they tell us they pulled the bea

chef it's an active scene no reports of any injuries ray's publicist said rachel, her husband john and their dog are safe >>> georgeington, abraham lincoln, thomas jefrferson, they door roosevelt and donald trump? the white house denied he pursued to have his likeness carved into mt. rushmore but did he say it sounded like a good idea. report a white house representative asked south dakota's governor last year about the process of adding trump's face to the monument >> students leaving for college have a few extra items to pack this year to help combat coronavirus. in addition to the essentials only bring what you'll need for the first few months of school >> reporter: as college students head to campus this fall there are new essential items that need to be he added. >> whole different perspective >> reporter: >> you want to have a bag that's already sort of pre-packed you can grab and go. >> reporter: another echo suggestion of a covid go bag >> include extrahand sanitizer, thermometer terrify, additional face masks and rubber gloves >> reporter: second bag for items that can't be packed in advance. >> your lapto

rachel scott challenging the president. thank you. >>> let's bring in our chief anchor george stephanopoulos who will hosting "this week" this morning right here on abc news. george, good morning. these executive orders smart politics it makes the president makes him taking action or a problem here potentially when americans don't get relief quickly? >> rachel did some good questioning of the president right there. one executive order, the others are presidential memoranda that he signed. there are real questions about whether or not the president can spend the money, that congress has not allocated for these purposes, whether anything can happen quickly. i think this is designed to put pressure on the democrats to stay at the negotiating table and make more compromises. democrats as you saw in their response feel that they're in a fairly strong position right now, and they think that the pressure is going to be on the president to come back to the negotiating table, but the bottom line for people who are not getting their unemployment assistance right now, this is not going to happen any time fast. >> you called this g chic

rachel, thank you for that. >>> and president trump's top economic adviser larry kudlow will be george's guest on tomorrow's "this week." make sure to tune in. >>> overseas, protests turning violent in beirut. why are police clashing with demonstrators, outraged over the deadly explosion. protesters blaming government corruption and negligence. here's abc's julia macfarlane. >> tonight, anger boiling over in the streets of beirut. demonstrators clashing with security forces and riot police met with tear gas. the crowd storming government buildings. documents raining from the windows. protesters demanding accountability from officials not just for this tragedy but decades of corruption and mismanagement. >> for years this has been going on for years, and they're not getting the message. >> reporter: their message tonight, resign or hang. after the catastrophic explosion that devastated the city, leaving more than 150 dead and injuring thousands more, tonight outrage over why the massive amount of explosive was stored for years at the now-leveled port, leading to disaster. >> it's a crime. it's notn n martyrs. they

rachel, you were on the streets in the days after the george floyd killing in may, and you have beenave you seen this movement evolve or change in the last few months? >> reporter: jon, the calls for racial justice have really gained a new level of urgency following the shooting of jacob blake in wisconsin, but the decision to march here on washington came after the outrage over the death of george floyd, and demonstrators that i spok mall say the story of george floyd, the story of jacob blake has really been the story of black americans in this country for centuries. so they want this to be a moment of action, to be a moment of change. they were marching to put pressure on congress to pass police reform, and they say doing these demonstrations without getting any legislation passed is not going to move the country forward, jon. >> thank you, rachel. >>> the round table is up next. we'll be back in 60 seconds. s up next. we'll be back in 60 seconds. >>> the current president's cloaked america in darkness for far too long. if you entrust me with the presidency, i will draw on the bes

george? >> all right, thank you, rachel. >>> we'll get the latest on the race for the white house. joe biden and donald trump trading jabs on the issue of race. mary bruce has the latest from washington. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. president trump is opening new lines of attack against joe biden. going after his rival on race and religion. but joe biden is also on defense over his recent remarks on diversity in the african-american community. overnight, joe biden doing damage control. after he seemed to suggest that most african-americans are uniform in their views. >> what you all know but most people don't know, unlike the african-american community with notable exceptions, the latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things. >> reporter: seeing an opening, trump pounced. >> joe biden this morning, totally disparaged and insulted the black community. what he said is incredible and i don't know what's going on with him. >> reporter: biden then tweeting, in no way did i mean to suggest the afr

rachel scott, thank you. eva. >> now for the latest developments on the investigation into george floyd's death. one day after former officer tou thao's body camera video was released, his attorneys released his interview with investigators. abc's alex presha is in washington with the latest. alex, good morning to you. >> reporter: eva, good morning. this video coming out as you said in court filings. former minneapolis police officer tou thao's lawyers hoping it and body camera footage proofs he shouldn't face criminal charges. >> it was kind of a somber moment, you know, especially for me. my heart kind of sank. >> reporter: this morning newly released video shows what former minneapolis police officer tou thao thought when he learned george floyd died and what thao says he could have done differently. >> i guess to be more observant towards floyd. >> reporter: this footage part of thao's 1 hour and 40-minute interview with investigators. he explains how officer derek chauvin got control over george floyd. >> i believe with the left knee. >> have you seen that or used a move similar to that? >

george floyd, breonna taylor and jacob blake, and heard from martin luther king's granddaughter, saying hers will be the generation that fulfills his dream. demonstrators marching to the memorial. rachel scott was there for it all and she leads us off off off tonight. >> reporter: gathering at the steps of the lincoln memorial, where martin luther king told the country he had a dream 57 years ago. in sweltering heat, thousands of americans from all across the country march to king's own memorial, sharing the pain of those who marched before them. >> i came here froartsville, south carolina. >> i came from ohio for this march. >> it's an amazing feeling that we're in washington, d.c. from milwaukee to washington, d.c. >> reporter: they walked for 24 days, nearly 800 miles. the same clothes still on their backs. >> it's been an interesting walk. we have been called every name you can possibly think. >> reporter: tori lowe set out from wisconsin before a police officer shot jacob blake, telling me america isa worse place than 5. years ago. >> we have to get to racism. >> jacob blake! jacob blake! >> reporter: blake's father here, too, speaking tas his son lies paralyzed in the hospital.