andrea mitchell and shawna thomas., congress is coming back, the gun issue, jeh johnson, you have dealt with the gun issue in different ways in the department of homeland security, and 51 people died in august, and on the last day of the month we get the reminder in case anybody was letting el paso and dayton fade. >> feels like time it might be different. my sense is as though public opinion and congressional opinion are moving in the direction of doing things consistent with the second amendment. this is a knuniquely american problem and requires a national solution, and particularly now that we are back in an election cycle, republicans will want to be in a position to say they have done something on this, and the timing of the latest tragedy as congress is coming back into town suggests there will be a certain amount of momentum. >> what is your sense? >> it's a t-- to me it's like terrorism in a way, people get used to it and that's what you don't want, but i am afraid that that's what is going to dictate what con

we came in and hunkered down, and shawna was on the ground crying, and we were just trying to -- >> il. >> what did it sound like in here at the time? >> oh, it was loud. >> well, there was a lot of crashing. i remember all the crashing and banging and whirling. >> and stuff we thought was coming through this wall. >> reporter: so many in the abaco islands lived through hours that resembled a horror movie, exposed to winds that topped 215 miles an hour like tornadoes touching down every minute. >> words can't describe it. i don't wish nobody -- no words can describe it. they couldn't never categorize this, never. >> my grandfather ran out -- >> it was like an atomic bomb went off. >> reporter: residents here tell me their little island paradise is unrecognizable even to them. they're resourceful and self-reliant, they say, but they could have never imagined a storm as powerful as dorian. you know, there's no better way to describe to you the force of hurricane dorian to be right here where people rode out the storm in their living rooms, in their dining rooms. look at this. the roof b

hunkered down and shawna was on the ground crying. we were just trying -- >> i was hysterical. >> what did it sound like in here at the time? >> it was loud. >> well there are was a lot of crashing. remember all the crashing and banging and whirling. >> we thought was coming through wall. >> when asked about the storm and the destruction left behind, one resident said, quote, it was like an atomic bomb went off. >>> now we turn our attention to the outer banks of north carolina where hundreds could be trapped still in the barrier island despite an evacuation order earlier this week. a storm surge as high as 7 feet could take place along the coast still and nearly 200,000 people across the state are without power. and that includes oak contract coke island where they're preparing for evacuations after a local sheriff's office said he received reports of catastrophic flooding. we're in kill devil hills where dorian's wrath continues to be felt. what do you know about these potential evacuations? >> reporter: yeah, people who need to get

shawna says mental health is a possible second symptom and the issueis possible second symptom and the access and prey on people. all the famous. thank you for your comments. have a really good day and i will see you soon. hello. there's a trend to something cooler for all of us in the week ahead. still not much rain across parts of east and south—east england and barely a cloud in the sky in sevenoaks on monday afternoon. for others, we've had more cloud and outbreaks of rain, some of which has been heavy, especially in scotland, northern ireland and parts of northern england. more rain in the forecast on tuesday. but in the early hours of tuesday, more rain confined to southern scotland, northern england, quite light and patchy but some mist and fog developing along western coasts. we start tuesday with some spells of sunshine for central, southern and eastern england. also for the northern isles and channel islands, which will hang on to that sunshine in the afternoon. cloud building north and west, bringing rain into northern ireland, northern and western scotland. likely to be hea

i know for sure. >> reporter: shawna's leg broken. her lung punctured and collapsing.re for nearly two hours before help arrived. their location so remote authorities could only get there with atvs. >> we started driving and we're like, how much more do we got? >> yeah. >> we still have three miles. at least three miles. it seemed like 300 miles. >> reporter: of the nine people on board, seven were taken to the hospital. one person was airlifted. >> i see fear in your eyes. >> it's awful to think about it. it's hard to -- i was just glad we were ale and together. >> reporter: both the faa and ntsb are investigating. the balloon company has not returned our phone calls and as for tom and shawna, they are headed today. they told me really the hardest part about all this is the fact that they've been away from their 12-year-old son this whole time. >> oh, thinking of their son. that's tough. thank you so much. >> yes. >>> and coming up, everybody, we have a very special throwback thursday "play of the day." oh, yeah. ♪ dreams made of there's nothing you can't do ♪ you can

shawna was on the ground crying. >> i was hysterical. >> reporter: what did it sound like? >> there was a lot of crashing and banging and whirling. >> stuff we thought was coming through this wall. >> reporter: so many in the abaco islands lived through hours that were like a horror movie. like tornadoes touching down every minute. >> words can't describe it. i don't wish it on nobody. nobody. words can't describe it. they could never categorize this. never. it was like an atomic bomb went off. >> reporter: residents here tell me their little island paradise is unrecognizable even to them. they're resourceful and self-reliant, they say, but they could never imagine a storm as powerful as dorian. there's no better way to describe to you the force of hurricane dorian than to be right here where people rode out the storm in their living rooms and dining rooms. the roof blew off the house here. the entire kitchen came down. their refrigerator here ended up down on the ground. their living room and dining room furniture is strewn all over. people describe these things being toss

first, shawna, how are you today? >> hi, alex.l like i'm a little more emotionally down than i was yesterday. still, it's really hard. let's get through this saturday. tell me what you experienced yesterday. walk us through it. >> so we had been to my girlfriend's husband. we were running errands. we were heading north. there's a stoplight just to the north of i-20. and we -- we were at that light, and the light had turned green. we were proceeding -- the cars were just rolling --. we heard a bam, bam, bam. it was very close. i thought it might have been a car in front of me backfiring, and there -- and my husband was confused and he's like that on his account, he said he didn't think it was that. and then i was just -- we were just rolling along, and i happened to look over my left shoulder, and he was pulling up to the side of our car, and at this point he was still in the gold sedan, and he -- he was raising his gun to my window, and i was very close to him, and i saw. i saw him doing that. and i didn't really understand the si

shawna was on the ground, crying. >> i was hysterical. >> what did it sound like at the time? >> it was loud. >> there was a lot of crashing. i remember all of the crashing and banging and whirling. >> stuff we thought was coming through the wall. >> reporter: so many in the abaco islands lived through hours that resemble a horror movie, exposed to winds that topped 250 miles per hour, like tornadoes touching down every minute. >> words can't describe it. i don't wish it on nobody. nobody has words to describe it. you could never categorize this, never. it was like atomic bomb went off. >> reporter: residents tell me their little island paradise is unrecognizable even to them. they're resourceful and self reliant, they say, but they could have never imagined a storm as powerful as dorian. you know, there's no better way to describe to you the force of hurricane dorian to be right here where people rode out the storm in their living rooms, dining rooms. look at this. the roof blew off the house here, the entire kitchen came down. their refrigerator ended up here on the ground.

shawna hunkered down with friends in their sea side home until the roof blew off and they all scrambled to find anything still standing. >> >>> so, nancy, this is what kept you alive, this little bathroom. >> this kept us alive. this is it. came in and hunkered down. sthaun a was on the ground crying. with he were just trying -- >> i'm hysterical. >> reporter: what did it sound like in here at the time? >> it was loud. >> well, there was a lot of crashing -- >> crashing. >> the crashing and banging and whirling. >> stuff we thought was coming through this wall. >> reporter: so many in the abaco islands lived through hours that resembled a horror movie, exposed to winds that topped 215 miles an hour like tornadoes touching down every minute. >> words can't describe it. i don't wish it on nobody. nobody -- i can't describe it. they could never categorize this, never. it was like anatomic bomb went off. >> reporter: residents here tell me their little island paradise is unrecognizable even to them. they're resourceful and self-reliant, they say, but they could have never imagined a storm a

tom and shawna stenton were enjoying a hot air balloon ride near las vegas when the balloon suddenlyell from the sky. remarkably, everyone on board survived. but the stentons were the only ones left in the basket after everyone was thrown out including the pilot. >> it was terrifying. it was horrific. it was by far the scariest experience of my life without a doubt. it felt like a car crash, like a head-on collision. it just hit, bang, we just hit. it was just us on the ground. >> they say they started lifting off again with no pilot and had to take control. they'll describe that moment during their exclusive interview later on "good morning america." >>> in sports, a thriller in cleveland last night. med this extra inning walkoff single to beat the tigers, 2-1. that means the indians remain half a game behind in the wild card race. >>> fans at fenway park got to see a special catch between a grandfather and grandson. red sox legend carl yastrzemski threw out the first pitch to his grandson mike who plays for the giants. the toss came one night after mike hit his first career home ru

. >> i don't know how he didn't hit me >> reporter: shawna said she was at a stop light when the gunman pulled beside her car and fired. >> there were three more shots i'm pretty sure they were for me but he missed. he missed us entirely. >> reporter: isaac eaton was also caught in the chaos >> it was like a war zone. there were cars everywhere accidents, people trying to see what was going on, slamming into each other >> reporter: the company's tow truck helped clear cars off the roads. he use the the cars to bill a texas-size tribute along the highway that is now a memorial as of sunday, a dozen survivors were still in the hospital we have also learned the youngest victim to pass away is 15-year-old lela hernandez relatives say her older brother was also shot and is still recovering from his injuries phillip? >> an awful story there. joe, thank you >> let's check back in with bonnie schneider as dorian makes its way to the united states good morning >> good morning again. a category 5 storm with maximum winds at 175, and dorian is now part of history. really, this is the first time in

. >> i don't know how he didn't hit me >> reporter: shawna said she was at a stop light when the gunman pulled beside her car and fired. >> there were three more shots i'm pretty sure they were for me but he missed. he missed us entirely. >> reporter: isaac eaton was also caught in the chaos >> it was like a where zone. there were cars everywhere you know, accidents, people trying to see what was going on, slamming into each other >> reporter: his company's tow trucks helped clear cars off the roads. he used the cars to build a texas-size tribute that's now a memorial as of sunday a dozen survivors were still in the hospital we have also learned the youngest victim to pass away is 15-year-old lela hernandez relatives sale her older brother was also shot skpand is still recovering from his injuries >> thank you >> this is the second shooting in a mosque. they killed 22 people in an el paso walmart new state laws went into effect to make it easier for people to carry guns nbc's garrett haake has the details. >> reporter: in houses of worship across texas, guns now welcome in the pews unle

we have throughout the day had conversations with the likes of shawna sexton there driving down the roadnman that trailed her down the road. you have the likes of that 17-month-old what had shrapnel through the tongue and lips and knocked out the teeth. seven individualed killed, a 15-year-old student here at odessa high school. i wish we knew more because we'd like to share the stories of those individuals that were lost here in this community. but it also goes beyond those that were directly injured in this. i want to bring in one of those individuals who we just met here. the conversation yesterday, you were here behind you, work here at this energy complex and re restaurant, bowling, movie theater here. you said uyou were evacuated. >> i was like 100 feet from the final incident. >> what did you see play out? >> when we went out through the back, we went to the field in the back so we were around a lot of dirt and then next thing you know to the left police cars racing down the road and then gunshots going off so we all jumped immediately to the ground. like our faces buried into the