>> it is scary, i have been in savannah since i attended savannah state college, now university, and i have not seen anything projected like this in our days. we are low lying land. we have been here since 1733. the reality is if we get this amount of rain that is forecasted, it would totally overwhelm all of our systems and literally create islands within the city. >> whenever we do these stories, and it seems like we do a lot of them, whether it's about this kind of storm, whether it's about fires, whether it's about drought, we keep hearing about climate change, we keep hearing about preparations, conversations that are being had between mayors and governors about what the future looks like. let me ask you a very straightforward question. recent data shows, and i will affirm for anyone who has never been there, savannah is gorgeous, very welcoming city, wonderful place to visit, and so surprise, tourism has exploded since the pandemic. visitors spending on food and retail, up 8% from 2022 and '23. as a state, all time high in tourism. 170 million visitors, brought in $40 million l

now, savannah, the baton is in our hands. [cheers and applause] so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the john lewis voting rights act and the freedom to vote act. [cheers and applause] we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass universal background laws. [cheers and applause] so much is on the line in this election. so much is on the line, and understand this is not 2016 or 2020. things are different. a lot is the same when we think about the issues, and then there is significant differences. the stakes in 2024 are even higher, because consider that the united states supreme court recently just basically told the former president that going forward, he will be effectively immune no matter what he does in the white house. [booing] now just imagine -- well, the courts are going to take care of that. we're gonna get them out of -- we're gonna elect ourselves and everybody here in november. [cheers and applause] but i mentioned the supreme court ruling because under

>> well, let's be really clear, savannah is reliably blue. chatham county is reliably blue.really more speaks to the vice president's attitude that at the end of the day we're one big tent. after the election you have to speak to the needs of everyone, and the vice president harris speaks to the needs of people in savannah and our partners in coastal georgia. the road to the white house goes through georgia and the lane to that road goes through savannah, goes through coastal georgia. we know she's been engaged in rural hospitals which is important to our neighbors in and around us, certainly to farmers helping them $3.1 billion to invest in farmers across rural georgia. she speaks to the issues that are important to us. we're just excited that she's coming. >> what are the issues, the top issues, that you think she should be talking about? >> it is the economy. the reality is, although we have indicators to say things are better, many americans just don't feel like it. stuff is still too high, costs too much for places to live and for health care. she speaks directly to tho

good afternoon, savannah! good afternoon. oh, it's good to be back in savannah. can we please here it for caitlin? when i look out at our young leaders like caitlin i know our future is so bright. i want to thank mayor johnson, we have been hanging out for the last two days. mayor, thank you so very much for your leadership, thank you. congresswoman williams, the chair of the democratic party of georgia. and to all the leaders with us today, good afternoon, good afternoon. i also bring greetings from our president and a great friend of the state of georgia, joe biden. and let us also send our love to the great president from the state of georgia, jimmy carter. [cheers and applause] georgia, i love you back. and we have 68 days to go until this election. 68 days to go. and i think you all have spent your time here sacrificing all your other obligations to be here together, us as one community, knowing we all have so much more in common than what separates us. and i thank you for taking this time. and listen, we are here to speak truth, and one of the things we kno

they were greeted at the airport in savannah by students from nearby savannah state university. if the only public historically black university in the state. they then made their way to liberty county high school where they met with members of the school marching band and were with a song. their next stop was at sam fly barbecue in savannah. >> thank you, everybody. [inaudible dialogue] [screaming and cheering] [applause] [indiscernible] ♪ [applause] >> i would like to thank our distinguished guests for visiting here. [applause] we are honored to have you visit our school. right now i am going to turn over to right now, minnesota governor, but our future vice president, coach tim walz. [applause] gov. walz: thank you all. thank you for that. to the staff that's here, my previous job to this was of course a public school teacher and coach, which i wear with pride. thank you for having us in your school. thanks to all the teens that are here. i think you kind of embody this idea the vice president talks a lot about. each of our individual talents, what we can contribute, but some

in savannah, residents racing to prepare. authorities putting a curfew in effect starting tonight. >> this type of rain hovering over us, coming with the intensity that they tell us that is coming, it's going to catch a whole lot of people by surprise. >> reporter: and debby has moved out, but there are a number of communities just like this one still dealing with significant flooding. the power is out in this neighborhood and nearly the entire county. and first responders are going door-to-door in some areas to check on residents. linsey? >> linsey: hats off to those first responders. faith, thank you. >>> millions in the south are now facing the potential for historic flooding. let's get right to abc's chief meteorologist ginger zee, in georgia for us. and ginger, it sounds like the slowdown of this storm is what's really going to be problematic. >> reporter: there's no question. we saw it for days in advance on the computer models. and we are just getting pounded here in savannah. so much is going on. we've had several tor

i'm lester holt. >> and i'm savannah guthrie. you with us tonight and we'll see you bright and early for "today." good night, everybody.

savannah, of course, in chicago. hey, sg! >> hey, savannah. >> hi, everybody.podium position here at the democratic national convention to give you a sense of where i am. actually, we'll take the wide shot. i'll wave to you again. i'm on the right side of the stage. this is right off of where the speakers come in. actually, if you come over here, you can see the door right there that the speakers walk through. that's where kamala harris will walk out tonight to give that speech. the acceptance speech, which is the big moment tonight. and actually, if you go a little bit farther behind, you can see the real backstage. i mean, this is where speakers line up, ready for their moments. and last night, there was reportedly a bit of a logjam back there, when bill clinton, who was supposed to speak for 15 minutes ended up with double the length, went offscript. i think the teleprompter guy had to go out and -- go out for a drink, as bill clinton riffed for a long, long time. so you had kind of a logjam of speakers right there. if you are a reporter, there's a podium pa

savannah?". >>> let's move on to the dangerous storms in the northeast. nearly a foot of rain falling in a few hours, washing out roads and leading to some very dramatic rescues. george solis is in danberry, connecticut with the latest for us. hey, george. >> reporter: good morning, hoda, again, the picture worth a thousand words. you can see where the road actually washed away. it is cascading like a waterfall. this is some of the images here we're seeing in the danbury and connecticut area. more than a dozen roads closed. the mideast and north atlantic getting hammered. and neighboring oxford, connecticut, there are reports a man may have been missing as a result of the storm. some pretty dramatic images of a good samaritan coming out to try to rescue a man and his dog caught in those flood waters, and those rescues are a common theme. in wilmington, north carolina, the national weather service reporting 30 rescues in the general rare alone. today, some of the headlines, some of those dangero

presidential nominee vice president kamala harris met with voters at two bus tour spots -- stops in savannah, georgia. she first mewith patrons at a local cafÉ and thea group of teachers supporting her candidacy. this is just under 15 minutes. [cheers] v.p. harris: i might be voting for you one day. thank u's so very much. [indiscernible] i lovehis. look at that cake! i want a slice of that caramel cake. chocolate and caramel? >> hello, how are you? v.p. harris: i was in the army. >> bless you. thank you. for the giving of yourself. [indiscernible] >> she also called me this morning. [laughter] >> people really like the gumbo. >> at night it transforms. people have a reservation. v.p. harris: and you have regulars that come all the time? and you kn who your regulars are and when you -- and you know when they are having a good day or a challenging day. and you know what they like to order. v.p. harris: i'm rolling out a tax credit for small businesses. we think about strengthening the economy as a whole not to mention investing in the ambition -- [indiscernible] it is about business and about

joining us now, the mayor of savannah, georgia, mayor van johnson. thank you so much, sir, for joining us early this morning there from the beautiful city of savannah i am curious what you make of kamala harris coming and ending her georgia tour in your city. what does she need to do where should she go in order to try and win georgia as biden did in 2020? >> well, good morning and thank you so much for the opportunity we're excited, obviously is the first time we've had a major the person at the top of the ticket since 1990, i believe those might have been ronald reagan at the time, but she recognizes that georgia is in play. the road to the white white house goes through georgia and the lane to that road goes through savannah and coastal georgia. >> they have a lot of time here, a lot of money here in terms of making sure that they're being very inclusive, ensuring that they're appealing to. >> now only the metro atlanta voters voters, but also those in coast so cities and of course, a rule, george and they've invested a lot of efforts here and tod

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through the savannah waterway. so the big question here is, does the river have enough capacity for all of that water to get out? if not, that's a big problem that means serious flooding. so the moral of the story here is that this is not a one day event, especially with debby just stalling and going at a crawl here. this is not a sprint. it is a marathon. isabel rosales, cnn savannah, georgia cnn meteorologist. >> derek van dam joins us now. and as we heard that direct the storm is stalling it, slowing down, but of course not over yet. >> yeah, christina, i think that when we look at the storm maybe a week from now, the major story is still yet to be written more than likely going to be the flooding that will occur from this storm. and you heard isabel talk about it. it's really the southeastern us, particularly the coastal areas of georgia and into south carolina that we're concerned about. here's what it looked like on tybee island, georgia, just off the coastline of the state of georgia. and here's a look at th

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with that plane door opening in savannah moments ago, right there, vice president harris, back on the trail in a freshly painted bus. maybe we'll get to see inside the bus. we'll see over the next two hours. we should expect to see more of them we'll bring that to you as it comes as well. their mission over the next day and a half in georgia is to boldly go where so few democrats, at least ones running for president lately, have gone before. south georgia. politico calls it a high risk-high reward strategy extending down into southeastern counties rural and red as they are. it's also all a part of of a remarkable shift in course. as nbc news notes this was not a state, at least in the past couple months, the bypass team was begtsz on for november at all. but the switch to vice president harris appears to have awoken something inside the party, maybe inside georgia. a renewed optimism that maybe 2020 wasn't a fluke, that maybe georgia really is a battleground state that everybody should be competing in every four years. don't take our word for it. ask the chairman of the republican par

that could lead to about 30 inches of rain in certain parts of savannah.or those areas. at this point, the city is getting ready, what they have done is to have implement a curfew beginning later tonight. that is scheduled from 10pm until 6am tomorrow, but it could be extended. depending on the actual impact. starting at 10pm tonight, that is when we believe we will start seeing some of that heavier rainfall. everyone here and notjust in southeast georgia, but also in south carolina, places like charleston, are bracing for impact, bracing for this storm to get over here and see what could potentially happen. cristian benavides there from cbs. looking at hurricane debby. to us politics now, and we should know within hours who us vice president and democratic presidential nominee kamala harris has chosen as her running mate. on sunday, she met three leading contenders for closed door meetings — pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, senator mark kelly from arizona, and minnesota governor tim walz. so, let's take a quick look at the runners and riders. josh shap

hey, maggie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, hoda, good morning.h, debby has arrived in charleston. for what it's worth, our crew had to scramble to find this live location because we already have several low-lying roads under water and also saw multiple confirmed tornadoes over night as debby marks day two now of this devastating run. this morning, debby is churning up america's east coast. >> this is an animal that we don't think that we have seen before. so we must be very, very prepared. >> reporter: slamming georgia and south carolina with what forecasters warn could be a once in a 1,000 year rain event. overnight curfews in savannah and charleston with some areas bracing for up to 25 inches of rain over the coming days. >> if we get this amount of rain is that is forecasted, it will totally overwhelm all of our systems and literally will create islands within the city. >> reporter: holmes in charleston, already barricaded with sandbags and so-called tiger damns filled with water. >> wind is always scary and floods scary. >> reporter: this aft

and areas around charleston and savannah just barely inland from those spots. we're forecasting 18 to 24in of rain. so major flooding along with the storm surge as well. andrew and rhiannon, back to you all right. >> now to vice president kamala harris is set to officially accept the democratic nomination once every delegate has cast their ballot virtually. she's also poised to make a final decision on her running mate. here's abc's alison kosik this morning. >> new questions as vice president kamala harris moves closer to announcing her running mate. one of the men on her shortlist, arizona senator mark kelly, posted and then deleted this cryptic tweet sunday, saying, my background is a bit different than most politicians. i spent my life serving in the navy and at nasa, where the mission always comes first. now my mission is serving arizonans. the message leaving many wondering if kelly is still a contender. harris also met over the weekend with pennsylvania governor josh shapiro and minnesota governor tim walz. her decision is expected by tomorrow before she

elian: desde savannah, georgia, estÁ ricardo con todos los detalles. adelante, buenas noches. es, continuamos aquÍ en georgia, esperando anticipadamente la llegada de la parte central de la tormenta tropical debbie que se prevÉ llegara poco despuÉs del mediodÍa maÑana martes. y durante el transcurso del dÍa han estado hablando de el rÍo savannah y como pueden ver, a ido elevÁndose su caudal durante el transcurso de la jornada. hace un rato camine hasta allÁ y se halla a 12 o 13"de llegar al punto de que se va a desbordar, eso es bastante peligroso, y de eso se estÁ hablando durante el dÍa de hoy. posibilidades de inundaciones catastrÓficas e histÓricas que se pueden producir por el lento desplazamiento de debbie conforme se acerca aquÍ. va estar absorbiendo humedad del mar y depositÁndola en tierra. se habla de 18 a 20", o sea que todavÍa no se han emitido Órdenes de evacuaciÓn pero se prevÉ que las inundaciones van a ser catastrÓficas e histÓricas. vamos a continuar llevÁndoles la Última informaciÓn. elian: gracias. para conocer que podemos esperar de la trayectoria de debbie

they're on a bus tour and in and around savannah watching them interact with students in high school and also with voters at a local bbq shop. >> and certainly a buster will put a new relationship to the test. dana, i know that this is a wide ranging interview hitting on all kinds of domestic and foreign policy issues, really looking forward to it. so thank you so much for joining us and you all can see all of dallas lewis of interview with kamala harris and tim walz tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. let's talk more about the harris-walz interview that dana just wrapped up with our team of political experts. thank you all for joining me. laura barron lopez, i want to start with you that pledge that harris made to have a republican in her cabinet talking about the diversity of opinion that is necessary. do you see this as another example of harris trying to reach out to many of those disaffected republican voters. >> yes, i think that's exactly what it is to reach out to those voters that voted for nikki haley in the primaries, even after she dropped out and i was actuall

it was a point of pride that she was coming specifically to savannah. others had no idea that she was coming here at all. they weren't surprised this part of the state is in the national spotlight. now georgia is in play once again, now that harris is at the top of the ticket, and not biden. i did get a chance to speak with democratic voters who say they are much more enthusiastic about this election cycle because of kamala harris. let's take a listen to what they had to say. >> how do you feel about kamala harris coming to town? >> exuberant. just elated that this community is going to have a firsthand contact with this incredible person. i'm going to cry. i'm so happy that a woman may be in charge. and a very capable, capable woman with integrity. >> i like her, first of all, because she's a very intelligent woman. i do believe that a woman can be a president. we run the households and everything else. so i'm just excited. i'm excited to see what a woman can bring to a man built world, basically. >> reporter: as you can see, there's some voters gettin

parts of the south preparing for 10 to 20 inches and major cities including savannah and charleston already on high alert. we have team coverage including our chief meteorologist ginger zee on where debby is headed and when. >>> also tonight, vice president kamala hair rris on the verge o choosing a running mate with a decision expected within days and donald trump on the campaign trail testing out new lines of attack claiming harris is low i.q. >>> the u.s. and israel brace for blowback for the killing of a top hamas official in tehran. washington is standing with israel months after helping them shoot down hundreds of drones and missiles. >>> the war in ukraine entering a new phase as the first u.s.-made f-16s arrive. ukraine's president shares the impact that the fighter jets may have. >>> a tragic and shocking death. a 5-year-old boy is killed when a bounce house flies off and crashes on to a baseball field. what we've learned about the safety of those houses. >>> violent protests across britain, far-right groups attack police in mosques after a brutal stabbing kills three young girls a

impact us right here in savannah. >> she's coming to savannah, you know, to give her campaign a differentre, you know. i think that's good. >> well, kind of glad she's visiting savannah. it's great she would go to atlanta too because of the population mass. she has to hit all the demographics and make sure. grad she's coming to our town too. >> reporter: jose, the harris campaign says there hasn't been democratic presidential candidate events in this part of georgia, southeast georgia, since the 1990s. look, four years ago, yes, president biden won georgia, the first democrat to do so since 1992. he only made one trip to the state during the campaign. obviously covid was an extenuating circumstance here. this is the vice president's seventh trip to georgia just this year, the first since she became the democratic nominee. >> jonathan, meanwhile trump and vance have been on the road trying to focus on the economy. their team has spent a lot of time on defense, this time over a dispute at arlington national cemetery. we have new information on that incident. >> reporter: yes, jose. just to

>> savannah, charleston como acumulados de mÁs de dos pies de lluvia.mi gente, muchÍsima precauciÓn principalmente en georgia y carolina del sur, les espera lo peor. >> a estar pendientes a estos sitios. muchas gracias. de la lluvia y de los vientos pasemos a los incendios forestales en el oeste del paÍs. en california, park fire se convirtiÓ en el cuarto mÁs grande de la historia del estado. calcinado hasta ahora mÁs de 400,000 acres de terreno en al menos cuatro condados. el voraz incendio destruyÓ alrededor de 600 estructuras. pero no es sÓlo el estado dorado, una docena de estados mÁs estÁn sufriendo numerosos incendios que ya han quemado mÁs de 2,000,000 de hectÁreas. sÓlo en colorado, miles de bomberos combaten por cielo y tierra el incendio que afecta el condado de jefferson y ha provocado cientos de evacuaciones. ademÁs, ahora una alerta de calor podrÍa avivar las llamas. a tres meses de las elecciones presidenciales, harris se reuniÓ el fin de semana con seis posibles aspirantes al ser su compaÑero de fÓrmula, incluyendo a los gobernadores de p

oh, it's good to be back in savannah.t at our young leader like caitlin, i know our future is so bright. it is so bright. i want to thank mayor johnson. thank you for -- there you are. we've been hanging out for the last two days. mayor, i thank you so very much for your leadership. thank you. congresswoman williams, chair of the democratic party of georgia, for your friendship and sisterhood. and to all the leaders with us today. good afternoon, good afternoon. good afternoon. i also bring greetings from our president and a great friend of the state of georgia, joe biden. [ cheers ] and let us also send our love to the great president from the state of georgia, jimmy carter. [ cheers ] so georgia, i love you back. i love you back. and we have 68 days to go until this election. 68 days to go. and i think you all have spent your time here sacrificesing all your other obligations to be here together, us as one community knowing we all have so much more in common than what separates us. and i thank you for taking that time.

savannah?, we'll continue to watch debby throughout the morning, of course, but for the moment we'll turn to the 2024 political race. vice president kamala harris mate after meeting face to face with at least three top contenders over the weekend. and there are new questions this morning over a potential harris-trump debate and whether it will happen. chief white house correspondent peter alexander joins us with details. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning, for vice president harris, this accelerated timeline to select a running mate is winding down with harris and her yet to be named pick set to be at a rally in philadelphia we are getting a better sense of what she's looking for, a source familiar with the vice president's process telling me overnight among the priorities, finding a potential governing partner who demonstrates competence, has chemistry with harris, and shares her core values. with a self-imposed deadline to announce her pick for running mate by tomorrow n

people who stayed outside, got throughout the campaign rally in savannah.e excited about the fact that no democratic presidential nominee has been to savannah for a campaign rally in decades. >> you know, this bus tour with harris and walz is compared to the '92 for bill bus tour that bill clinton did. and, we talked about the fact that we have neighboring rural areas that are republican- leaning. how persuasive is that energy? you can actually see it, feel it through these tv screens. how is it in terms of getting the foot in the door to have a conversation and get that messaging across to some republicans that might be rethinking donald trump? >> i think it is critical. and i think it shows what type of president that harris wants to be. she said that there is room in this democratic party for republicans, for independents, and she is going to court their votes. so, i think that her being in savannah, the tour of albany. fayiet counties. the message is clear in georgia we are going to go to every community. we are going to ask you for your vote and tell y

there were people who stayed up outside, lining up throughout the campaign rally in savannah, because people were excited about the fact that no democratic presidential nominee has been to savannah for a campaign rallyxin decades. >> you know, cedric, this bus tour with kamala harris and tim walz is being compared to that '92 bubba for bill tour that bill clinton did, and we talked about the fact that we have these neighboring rural areas that are republican leaning. how persuasive is that energy? it is palpable. i mean, you can see it and feel it through these tv screens. how palpable do you think that is, in terms of getting that foot in the door to be able to have a conversation and get that messaging across to some republicans who might be rethinking donald trump? >> i think it is critical. and i think it shows what type of president that kamala harris wants to be. she said that there is room in this democratic party for republicans, for independence, and she is going to court their votes. and so, i think that her being in savannah, the tour in albany, forsyth, fayette county, i t

almost a foot of rain. 11.3 feet between charleston and savannah. this is how much rain already fell in florida, but it is the low country of south carolina that i'm most concerned about. take a look at the potential track of this storm. it goes off the coast. it's barely moving for the next two days, and then it begins to take off to the north. how much additional rain on top of what we've already seen? the area in white is a foot of rain, the area in black is a foot and a half. we're not only concerned about the lower country but up to the middle sections of the state. not only up the coast but into the mid-atlantic as well. >>> the pentagon now says several u.s. personnel were injured in a suspected rocket attack at a military base in iraq. officials tell cbs news it appears two rockets were fired at the al asad air base yesterday. the injured are expected to survive. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. and the attack comes amid growing fears of an all-out war in the middle east with iran and its proxies threatening to strike israel

savannah. >> peter, thank you. want to bring in kristin welker, moderator of "meet the press" and hallie jackson. we will start with you. what do you think she needed to do in this speech and did she do it? >> i think she did. she needed to reintroduce to her country. a lot of americans aren't that familiar with her history, with how she got to the white house and what her vision is for the future. so she talked about how she was raised, raised largely by her mother, a working class family. she talks about the experience of that, the strong values her mother instilled, talks about her time as a prosecutor, why she wanted to become a prosecutor, a close friend had been violated. those are the types of things that resonate with people that don't know her. then she did late out her vision for the future. what was notable was it was largely built on the biden agenda. what she didn't do is lay out where she might differ from president biden. but notably, savannah, she cast herself very carefully as someone who was moder

. >> we're live from savannah, georgia. i'm dana bash and this is a state very much up for grabs in-between a whirlwind series of stops. i sat down with the democratic candidate for president and her running mate today at kim's cafe here and savannah inside nothing was off the table. and you will see our interview in its entirety. the vice president first as her party's standard bearer, responding to her critics and answering our questions it's good to see you. this is not where vice president harris thought she would be we're going to georgia? yes seventh trip there this year for me. a surprise nominee for president, just months from election day, set in motion after a stunning debate. >> if we finally beat medicare because some within your own party are wondering if president biden should even step aside. what do you say to that? >> there was a slow start, but it was a strong finish and then an extraordinary decision. i decided the best way forward is to pass the torch for new generation what usually takes years of planni

they're in savannah, joining us now is leon panetta.e was defense secretary and cia director under president obama, and also served as white house house chief of staff for president clinton. he has endorsed the harris walz ticket and thank you so much, sir, for being with us to talk about this. i wonder what you think undecided it had voters need to hear from harris and walz in their interview with dana bash well, i think this is a great opportunity to be able to discuss not only issues that are involved in this campaign, very important issues but also talk about the election itself. >> and how they're going to conduct the campaign to be able to win in november i think i think it helps to be transparent, particularly with with the public and with the media. and i think dana bash is probably the perfect person to ask very tough questions of both of them. it's a good thing i do agree with you on that on that about dana so harris is going to be giving this interview on the eve of what is the third anniversary of america's total withdrawal

but now that harris and walz are going into south georgia and savannah, this is a recognition that they are also going going to need the democratic voters who may not make up the majority of a lot of these south georgia counties to turn out. so that if they can run up the level of turnout here, it may not win them the counties, but it's still the democratic turnout that will make the difference in sort of offset the explosion of turnout. we can see here in metro atlanta, i think savannah is also a place that as you point out, is very heavily democratic and has gone blue in the past, but democrats have spoken to there, say, we love when harris comes to georgia, but we love when democrats visit the state, but we wish they would spend more time here in this very important area of savannah to this is also raphael warnock, hometown. i'll also point out they just want it to be i think a little bit more politically relevant. and now we see the campaign paying attention to that and showing it a little bit more love the map of georgia is very interesting when it comes down to the electorate beca

we do have flash flood warnings for columbia, south carolina, charleston to savannah. this includes torrential thunderstorms this evening causing a lot of problems around new york city and philadelphia. additional rainfall, 3 to 6 inches and isolated cases up to 10 inches for the carolinas, and then as the storm heads northward, 3 to 6 inches of rain through the mid-atlantic. this is more friday into friday night through the northeast. and, lester, some of that is going to fall in the mountainous areas of the northeast, and that's always a problem. >> bill karins, thanks. >>> we'll turn to the murder-for-hire plot that authorities say they foiled, and one of the potential targets, former president donald trump. ken dilanian now with late details. >> reporter: his name is asif raza merchant, a 46-year-old pakistani national who had spent time in iran, and tonight faces federal charges over a murder-for-hire scheme targeting a politician or u.s. government official. this handwritten note now evidence. it's where the charges say merchant wrote down code words to discuss t

savannah hasn't been campaigned in since the late ''90s.cing themselves as a ticket to the voters who may not be tuned into the election and emphasizing their own background. the bus tour modelled after the one seen in pennsylvania and they went to a local high school, to small businesses. talked to volunteers at a field office. expect to see much of the same today as work to show appreciation to the volunteers doing the work on the ground here and again engaged with voters that could be critical to their path to the white house. >> interesting. the significance of doing that tour through southeast georgia. >> yeah. so southeast georgia gives them a little bit of the best of both worlds. you have savannah which is georgia's third largest city. a relatively, you know, facilities to have a big rally. a pretty big population center, with lots of supporters. a decent sized airport. but it still has suburban and rural all nearby within driving distance. you know, georgia has a lot of counties over 170. so to be able to make as many touches as po

harris holds a rally tomorrow in savannah. >>> and we're learning new details about a tense incident involving donald trump's campaign staff when they visited arlington national cemetery this weekend. garrett haake with more on the altercation. >> present. >> reporter: tonight the trump campaign is defending the candidate's monday visit to arlington national cemetery now being criticized for politicizing america's war dead on hallowed ground. >> what a horrible day it was. >> reporter: the campaign on tuesday posting this tiktok highlight video of trump's trip showing him laying a wreath in honor of the service members killed at abbey gate in afghanistan. and posing with family members among the gravestones. several campaign staff posting their own content too. >> it's disrespectful. it's not disney world. it's arlington national cemetery, and it should be respected as such. >> reporter: the visit first drawing scrutiny after a reported altercation between campaign and cemetery staff over photography. the trump campaign saying a staffer, quote, decided to physically block members of

her story is not unique, savannah and lester.y, their desires to have safe schools and communities. this is one of thousands similar we have heard over the course of the last two days. >> all right, peter. then there is the commander in chief test. that's going to be an issue coming into the campaign. kelley is a former astronaut. he has flown in combat. he has flown in the space shuttle. and vetted by the harris campaign as a possible vp runningmate. >> hello democrats! so president obama had to follow michelle. i had to follow gabby and pink. gabby amazes me every single day. [ applause ] >> she was able to walk out and address you tonight because she's a fighter. and thanks to a team of doctors, nurses and especially her speech therapist. [ applause ] we all need a team. i have flown into space four times. i have flown into combat nearly 40 times. not once did i do that by myself. it took a team to accomplish a mission. it always does. i flew in the navy during the first gulf war. america rallied our allies to kick out a tyran

this is savannah guthrie reporting from paris.se, we'll take any additional special reports that may happen this morning. first back here local. want to say good morning to you and thanks. so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia and i'm marcus washington. let's get you started with that forecast this morning. meteorologist kari hall tracking what we can expect. i mean, look how beautiful it is out there. yeah we were just seeing a small little bit of it behind you, so i just wanted to show you it full screen. this is above the marine layer in the clouds that we're seeing settling over the bay area. as we go throughout today. the valleys will be a bit warmer tomorrow, partly cloudy and feeling more humid but ahead. not much change over the next few days. so as you're heading out this morning, low 60s in dublin will reach back into the mid 80s. it will be very much like yesterday and that's what we'll see for all of our microclimates. kind of a repeat of yesterday, but a touch warmer in some inland valleys and mike what's the lates

as the president of the savannah state student body, i couldn't be more proud to now announce the nextates of america, vice president kamala harris. >> of that >> of that was savannah state student body president, first time voter katelyn green introducing vice president harris earlier tonight. the harris-walz campaign is capitalizing on the enthusiasm with a back-to-school initiative to engage and mobilize student voters. the tour aims to reach 150 campuses that includes doubling staff dedicated to youth and campus engagement across all key battleground states, with a focus on state schools, community colleges, and hbcus like savannah state. there's also a surge in enthusiasm among black women since harris launched her presidential campaign. according to the data from target smart, voter registration is up more than 175% among young black women since late july. passing the torch to a new generation was a big theme at the democratic national convention last week. that experience was captured in the very moving roll call of the west virginia delegation in a moment that went viral. let's

harris will end the tour with a rally in savannah later on today. the importance of georgia also on display by donald trump's efforts to patch things up with republican governor brian kemp. popularfeuding for years. errin haines joins us now, editor at large of "the 19th" and an expert on all things georgia. tell us about the state of play there and what we're seeing from this push by harris and her running mate to move into sort of these redder counties. it's not about winning those counties, right? it's about closing the margin of defeat, but closing the gap. therefore, you can win it in atlanta, in the suburbs of atlanta. she's speaking to voters, white and black, who don't always think about voting for democrats. >> right and who also don't always see a democrat, especially in that part of the state. there are 159 counties in georgia, and atlanta is only in one of them. typically, democrats do tend to focus in and around atlanta and those surrounding counties. republicans are the ones that tend to go to the rest of the state. republicans avoid a

here in savannah rj -- georgia we are starting to see ponds on the roads and sidewalk along the savannahre, have been open, others have already placed sandbags in front of doors. there is a county wide -- starting 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 a.m. in the morning. four deaths over 200,000 power outages between florida and georgia and that number consistently rising. we will be keeping our eyes on the storm. >> bill: you say four deaths blamed on the storm? you mentioned the boy. that the tree fell on his trailer home. there is an incident where it is two people in the car. they had an accident and accident with a man and tractor-trailer. >> bill: where does the storm go next? right up the east coast? coming here? >> reporter: yeah. that is exactly it. so it is our forecasters are expect, it could stall as it goes along the east coast, so we could feel the impact here in the next couple of days. or under a four out of four risk when it comes to flash flooding here for today. and tomorrow. >> bill: brandy, thanks. brandy campbell in savannah georgia. curfew until 6:00 tomorrow morning. that storm

clinton edminister owns an art supply shop in savannah. he has reservations about president biden's age, but is eager to vote for harris. what is it about kamala harris that gives you confidence the democrats can win back the white house this fall? >> it's absolutely her confidence and her enthusiasm. and you need that in order to run a campaign. >> reporter: tyler merritt, the founder of nine line clothing apparent is supporting mr. trump. >> policy number 5 on the agenda is to bring manufacturing back to the united states, to stop outsourcing and to allow us to bring the living wages that we need to support our families here in the united states. >> reporter: maria kato is a floral designer for weddings, most concerned about her business that has been hard-hit by inflation. you haven't decided who to vote for? >> no, because i'm waiting to see policies. that's going to help us on these things. one of the reasons i'm really hurting. >> all right. peter joins us now live. peter, we're learning more about how the vice president is preparing