and compare beaumont to shreveport. is shreveport about to look like what beaumont did? >> eventually, but shreveport, i think the worst of the winds will be noon into the early afternoon. they're going to get some rain bands here, but we won't know. it's going to be a bit until the strong gusty winds get there after daybreak. >> lots of information. let's go to shreveport. as i was saying, priscilla thompson, what are you seeing? obviously things pick up. you look like you have some precipitation now. >> reporter: that's right. those rain bands are beginning to come through. in the last half hour, we've seen the rain pick up, hitting a steady stream, steady downpour, and i heard you asking sam what direction it's going in. at the moment it's coming straight down here, so we're not seeing the high winds yet, but did hear the first crack of thunder since i've been out here for the last couple of hours, and that was a little while ago, so it definitely feels like things are starting to pick up here. one of the things we're keeping an eye on is the red river here. as you ca

you see the red river behind me, which separates shreveport. it has been known to flood in the past, impacting homes and shutting down a highway here. so we'll be watching for those impacts very, very closely. but this is one of the placest where those folks who were evacuating from lake charles came. so folks are hunkered down here in shelters, wait thing out. >> all right. we are watching hurricane laura as you are, as it's headed your way, as you said, very shortly to come and pass by shreveport, louisiana. let's bring in someone who knows this very well, the preparation, the evacuation, retired u.s. army lieutenant general russel honore who led the efforts during hurricane katrina 15 years ago. you got some of the good news here from bill cairns that had hurricane laura tracked slightly more to the left, lake charles would have seen the higher numbers, that 15 to 20 that we were seeing of the warning, the big beast. what are you looking at right now in terms of the concerns of evacuation and then recovery after hurricane laura passes throug

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the center at that time was between shreveport and rusten. the track of the storm was -- >> that chemical fire is still burning. that's louisiana governor john bel edwards updating on the storm, still a lot of people down there without power, in both louisiana and texas. joining me now from shreveport, louisiana, is msnbc senior national correspondent chris jansing. chris, what does it look like out there? >> well, take a look, katy, because this huge oak tree came down. it absolutely crushed a car. i think if you look up a little higher, you can see where some of these huge branches split. and it literally sheared off the side of this house while people were inside. you see some of the folks who are up on the roof trying to stabilize it. they are putting a tarp over it, trying to save what they can inside the house. let me bring you over here. to thomas, whose brother owns this house. you get a call this morning, and he says what? >> thomas, you're going to have to come to the house right now because our oak tree has come down onto the dinin

flash flood warnings go all the way from the gulf up to shreveport. and we could see isolated tornadoes today as we go throughout the day, all through louisiana, watch out western areas of mississippi to also rock, and then the rainfall totals will wind up in the 5 to 10-inch range. so we're not done. the most significant widespread damage has been done and that was in the lake charles area. another six hours or so and we should be dealing with a tropical storm rather than a hurricane. >>> and texas is also being battered. video from beaumont shows the power of the storm. we'll take you there live. don't go anywhere. we have a lot to cover today. don't go anywhere. we have a lot to cover today it's made for him a veteran who honorably served and it's made for her she's serving now we also made usaa for military spouses and their kids become a member. get an insurance quote today. book two separate qualifying stays and earn a free night. the open road is open again. and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com. yo

i talked to the shreveport fire chief. he said they reported gusts up to 65 miles per hour. you can see behind me i think, there's a walkway that i think goes into one of the casinos that's along the red river here. the cloth roof -- i assume it's cloth -- just field off about a half hour ago and has been flapping in the wind. these winds have been a major concern here. they saw them 15 years ago with hurricane rita. lots of downed trees, downed power lines. that's exactly what we're seeing now. we don't have any definitive numbers. all across the city they're seeing that. downed trees, downed power lines, even three fire stations and the communications center for the city of shreveport were down. they had to go to generator. the other big concern, of course, is what you're seeing behind me. and that's water, always the biggest concern. the good news is that the river had not been high. they had been pretty dry here for the summer. but all this rain coming down did raise a lot of concerns because they've had major flooding here before. last year some homes got a much as 22 i

see out ofrting to shreveport that the eye is filling in. arkansas, later today, it will weaken to a tropical storm it will put down about four inches to eight inches of rain. storm intropical missouri by tomorrow morning. it should be downgraded to a tropical depression as it crosses the tennessee river valley. it goes to the mid-atlantic region as a depression on saturday. and south of new england early in the morning on sunday. anna: that is the full mapping out. anybody in that path will hope that it keeps moving and doesn't drop all of that rain in one place. inund half an hour's time louisiana, when sunrise comes up, what kind of damage do we expect to see for that bit of a coastline and further into lake charles? >> considering when to sustain that 115 miles an hour, we will probably see catastrophic damage. i imagine the power grid will take weeks to replace because of the damage to more or less hundreds of miles of power lines and poles. we will see structural damage to high-rise buildings. i have seen video of small vehicles overtu

shreveport having its first hurricane warning ever. little rock, it's having its first tropical storm ever, and it's into the northeast and mid-atlantic moving off and then it moves offshore. conditions get better. of course we are watching these winds. they are still severe winds, part of this, stretching up into the mississippi river valley and that brings in downed trees and takes down power lines. as you look at the outage potential through friday, it goes up through the mississippi and ohio river valleys, and flash and urban flooding and extreme rainfall rates of three inches per hour, and as the system moves north and then east the rainfall totals will start to click up, but, again, a storm that is of historic proportions, and a lot of folks will feel it all the way up into the ohio river valley and mid-atlantic and northeast, chuck. >> al, i just want to stay with the wind issue a minute. states are going to sees sustained winds of 30 miles per hour they don't ever see -- i say this, and i remember going through a category 1 hur

shreveport just gusted to 52. you can still lose power with gusts like that and that will weaken and the storm edds up into arkansas this morning, minor power outage problems, i'd say about 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. this afternoon we should be better off, shouldn't have any problems after that. flash flooding is still an issue throughout many portions of louisiana, flash flood watch continues, little rock, memphis, still going to get some heavy rain out of this storm, likely see some tornadoes this afternoon, so just because the storm is weakened, all of the danger is not done and as we learned earlier last hour of the fatality of the 14-year-old with the tree falling on the house, that's obviously possible even with a tropical storm as we go throughout the rest of the day and then the final forecast note is the rainfall totalless. some of that heavy rain will shift to arkansas and eventually tonight into areas of tennessee and kentucky. ha hallie, i'll work hard to get you a picture of cat see know boat stuck underneath

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hurricane laura up through 14r50e6 po shreveport. and i think that we could have power outages at little rock. >> thank you so much, chad. we know about in about 49 minute, there will be another update fwrt naup d update from the national hurricane center. we'll talk more about this after the break. unlike ordinary memory supplements... neuriva's clinically proven ingredients fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. take the neuriva challenge with our money-back guarantee! five blades and a pivotingglide flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke, while washing away dirt and oil. so you're ready for the day with a clean shave and a clean face. it's kind of my quiet, alone time. audible is a routine for me. it's like a fun night school for adults. i could easily be seduced into locking myself into a place where i do nothing but listen to books. i never was interested in historical fiction before, but i'm obsessed with it now. there are a lot of like, classic and big titles that i feel like i missed out since i do

his family is evacuated up here to shreveport. we're praying for them. what we're most afraid of here is just, you know, people not -- people getting caught up in the storm. like the water can rise pretty quickly. we can get flash flooding. we don't want that. our first responders are on guard right now as they always are. they're being vigilant so we can respond appropriately and hopefully keep our community safe. >> this is still a category 1 hurricane, which is not what you expected after it was over land for more than eight hours at this point. are you concerned about that? >> 100%. we're far up north in louisiana. so we don't typically get hurricanes. we get the tropical storms. for the fact that this is still barreling through shreveport right now as a category 1, it definitely gives us pause and alarm. we're a resilient city and a strong city. we're going to get through this. >> do you have everything you need? are you prepared to handle this? >> yes. it's not just because the city of shreveport is amazing. we have amazing partners. we have local

and tomorrow morning at about 11:00 a.m., shreveport could have 60 to 70 wind gusts.ion of the country. we'll locally have flash flooding, and the surge in the wind is what will give the dramatic pictures tomorrow. >> bill, thank you for your hard work. please spare a thought for those in louisiana tonight and tomorrow. stay with this network for continuing updates on hurricane laura, and our continuing political coverage as well. it all continues at the top of the hour, after this short break. by schizophrenia, you see it differently. it's in the small, everyday moments. and in the places, you'd never expect. a little sign of hope. the feeling of freedom. and once these little moments start adding up, that's when it feels like so much more. it feels like real progress. caplyta effectively treats adults with schizophrenia. and it's just one pill, once a day, with no titration. caplyta can cause serious side effects. elderly dementia patients have increased risk of death or stroke. call your doctor about fever, stiff muscles or confusion, which can mean a life-threaten

an active shooter on the loose in shreveport, louisiana right now. taking a live look outside of the hospital where this happened. this is in the highland neighborhood. this guy shot at least one person at st. mary's medical center. that person is expected to live. but the manhunt is on for the suspect. identified as 41-year-old taniel cole. officers don't know if he is inside the hospital at this time. he is considered armed and dangerous and hostage negotiators just arrived on the scenement we're going to keep an eye on that. back to you. >>> 6:21. you can now stay the night in the only surviving blockbuster. but it comes with a twist. that's next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. >>> and remember, we want to see what back to school means to you this year. send us a picture to backtoschool@kpix.com. dear california, we know these are challenging times... and with summer here, energy bills are rising. together, we can save energy and money... by taking steps to stay cool while using less. keep safe and keep it golden. lily everyone in the ho

we expect hurricane laura to still be a hurricane when you get up to shreveport on the arkansas border. >> we're still very much in the now. this is still very much a dangerous hurricane that is hitting population centers and will for some time to come, to be sure. light hasn't come up yet in lake charles. what do you think we will see when we begin to assess the damage? >> definitely going to see some of that storm surge damage. the other part of it is, you can't put 150 miles an hour winds anywhere without seeing structural damage. you'll see structural damage. and not just that, we're not done yet. if you think about this big picture, when this storm is moving due north, what happens is, these rain bands go over the same areas, over a prolonged period of time. so we're still going to see some active areas, you'll see damage, water damage, wind damage, and it's still ongoing. >> what are the cities you're most correspond about? >> right now, definitely around lake charles. anything right on the coastline there with the storm surge. holly beach, any of these areas going to have some b

shreveport had its first hurricane warning. right now laura is a category 1 storm, 50 miles east/southeast of shreveport, moving north at 15, weakening as it moves inland as a category 1 storm. a flood threat and more tornadoes tomorrow. and then it makes a right turn and starts heading into the mid-atlantic and on toward the northeast. rain and wind for the northeast on saturday. then the storm clears out, moves offshore by sunday, and we'll look at improvement during the day. now, the destructive winds are going to be a big problem too. you can see still, as we move up into arkansas today, we're talking about tropical force winds. the risk for downed trees and power lines. this is the potential power outage map. and you can see it stretches from the gulf all the way up into illinois, indiana, and ohio, as the system moves to the north. also we've got widespread flash flood and urban flooding, extreme rainfall, rates of up to 3 inches per hour. we could have some spots that get anywhere from 10 to 18 inches of rain before it's

beaumont and port arthur, but the highest gusts are heading up and eventually alexandria and shreveport later on today. we have flash flood warnings from alexandria southward all the way down to the coast. we have 9 million people in flash flood watches for today. of course, you know, even as it's slowly going down to a category 2 and 1 and eventually tropical storm, we still have that swath of winds that will be causing power outages in into southern arkansas later on today. here's the predicted winds. we can see gusts up to 50 many little rock and, yasmin, my general rule of thumb is if you get wind gusts of 50 to 60, you can start getting power outages. that's kind of the general story. i didn't talk a lot about storm surge. we really don't know how bad it was. my indication and gut is that it wasn't quite as bad as predicted, but, again, i want to wait for the daylight pictures until we can confirm that. >> when we were talking yesterday, we were talking 15- to 20-foot storm surge. but as you mentioned, bill, with power ought outatages, i'm seei the number is going to grow exponenti

now it is in shreveport, going north towards shreveport, louisiana, and then a wide curve to the rightted. for those of you on bloomberg radio and bloomberg television, good morning. ,he image is galveston west-southwest of lake charles, giving you the gentleness of galveston. maybe some of that called as the hurricane receives -- some of that calm as the hurricane damage as well. i want to get an oil update here from amrita sen of energy aspects. we were rudely too short with her the other day. here is so-called u.s. oil independence, where we not only export oil, but far more, we export refined products. how does that fit into the global oil system even this disaster? amrita: good morning, tom. we saw some of this three years ago with hurricane harvey because now, u.s. is such a big exporter of refined products. when harvey hit, i thing it really surprised to the market, and latin america couldn't get the products. we had to source from other parts of the world. crude got brought up with it. some refiners are having to buy in this market to supply, so yes , it is similar. but i think

from shreveport all the way down to lake charles and cameron. we've also activated our debris contracts. as a private contract relationship that we are bringing 25 teams to bring debris off of state highway prayed that is about five crews. parish in the immediate area. but we need that covering the entire state that will be in addition to which the staff is able to provide. we're also also seeing about 40 additional weather-related closures. i mention to the governor yesterday, blessed john bridges are blessing and a curse. we've got quite a few of them and quite a few that are critical bridges that have to be inspected before we allow you to cross but it cannot stress enough before driving through standing water is never a good idea. but also driving through roads and bridges that have not been cleared by our staff yet can be very problematic. both for you and the resources of state police and other law enforcement agencies. i remind all drivers to pay attention to 511 lao rg. that's when you're going to get the greatest information on open hig

the weekend which is great news that it's going to work its way north head up toward the city of shreveport louisiana which still may have hurricane force winds up they are crossing into arkansas and eventually work its way across the big 69 states are moving out into the away and take in the may try to restrict and there may not be a tropical system just a big gale type storm out that way but this is going to produce a significant amount of heavy rain for much of the united states we're talking about 28 in threat as well to help there too is bill once it's day tomorrow even on into the upcoming weekend ok down here in the world lentz we've lucked out with this one just a few days ago we were hit by tropical storm marco that went dissipated fairly quickly which is good for us not much of an impact not a huge impact this one here cross the new orleans area maybe some bands are waves of gusty winds coming in maybe some street flooding issues but we're not going to see this one going away until it gets atlantic ocean which what happened this weekend ok and i thought certainly with the people w

. >> it held on b to hurricane status all the way up to shreveport.ally they weaken faster than that. you're looking at a category 4 major hurricane landfall, structures get damaged. it's like a 30-mile wide tornado coming on shore and then going for the damage path and swath is 40 or 50 miles inland. there's not many structures in lake chals that have not been damaged there's a lot of repairs that are going to be needed before people can get back into the city of 78,000 people. the storm surge flooding doesn't materialize. but the wind damage was extreme from what we have been able to see. so here's where we are now. we know there's 800,000 people without power in arkansas, eastern texas and louisiana. most of those are in louisiana. remember, it's still summertime in the south. that's not fun if you're trying to be living without power. and also the heavy rain continues up through arkansas. we had a report of a tornado in arkansas last night that destroyed a church. there's still some damage that's being done by this storm. i think it will be minima

well fortunately moving in that it continues to work its way north sort of move up to a city of shreveport louisiana in the northwestern quarter of what we see get out still maybe as a hurricane up there but weakening with give your brain 20 toes and gusty winds and continue working its way through little rock arkansas. this tender scene eventually on each word day maybe washington d.c. area now does a tropical system but a big if you were a maker in potentially was a tornado is there as we get towards weekend here in the world we did not have much going on but we are bands or rain or from the hurricane working week from today back to cost of quality issues here and maybe even a few tornadoes so we could have a busy afternoon evening here across the southeastern part of the reason where it's thank you very much dave. w w l t v in new orleans louisiana. and we stand by us where republicans have mounted a robust defense of law and order on the 3rd night of the national convention comes us the nation faces new tensions following the shooting of jacob blake a black man in wisconsin vice presid

right now, it is just south of shreveport.nd winds are still up around 76 to 80 miles per hour out of this storm. at least alexandria had that. here is a look at the new tornado box from new orleans up to little rock through the afternoon hours. and look at the flood watch, up to 10 inches of rain is possible today through saturday up the mississippi river and into the mouth of the ohio river valley. >>> and coming up next, progress fighting the bay area wildfires. officials expected to give an update on the fire burning in the santa cruz mountains. >>> and eviction concerns involving uc berkeley, the book two separate qualifying stays and earn a free night. the open road is open again. and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com. >>> firefighters get a grip on the wildfires devastating the bay area. any minute now, officials will give an update. >>> and here is an overview of all the fires. lnu has burned more than 360,000 acres. and scu has burned 367,000 acres. and the czu lightning c

, so here are your forecast wind gusts as we bring the storm to the north. 80 miles per hour in shreveport and down to 63 by the time we get into is being -- into 1:00 p.m. and still a significant wind threat with this storm. here's the radar. you can see the center of the storm and the rain wrapping around it, and so that's going to continue to impact north, little rock, texarkana and then off to the north and east, kate. it's wild to see a storm still holding together this far north, this far inland, but i do think that we will see more damage and even more destruction as pictures come out across that southern coast of louisiana. >> yeah, absolutely. we'll be getting crews in there. we know we will. we'll stick close to you, jennifer. thank you. >>> we're just beginning as jennifer is pointing out, just beginning to get a sense of the destruction left behind hurricane laura. it will take a bit to assess damming and get fully recovered especially in parts of louisiana. someone with perspective on this kind of recovery is craig fight, good to see you again. the as you hear through the stor

part of the night category 4 strength right along the texas, louisiana border, all the way up into shreveport by later on this evening. we're strong winds there may be hurricane force extending outward about 60 miles from the center of that storm system a wide area of devastation, some of those places that see storm surge may not see that water recede for several days just being back to you. thank you so much lawrence and for chase and logan break down the latest on. >>boycotts that are coming in. the giants have now made an official decision will have that as soon as we come back. plus hillary clinton's message to joe biden >>in political news house democrats will investigate secretary of state mike pompeo is decision to speak at the republican national convention. texas congressman joaquin castro says it's highly unusual unprecedented and possibly illegal for a sitting secretary of state to speak at a buy pot a partisan convention for any political party. pompeo recorded his speech while in jerusalem on official state department trips to the middle east and also to north africa. the state d

turn the lights out from lake charles all the way up to probably into shreveport and lake charles could be significantly changed as a result of this storm from the wind damage projected to be up to 110 miles an hour as you go through lake charles. so we're looking at a big event that's going to put the lights out and that's -- we're still working on predicts. a few hours before we get the actual height of the tidal surge but the surge water that went through cameron from predicts much of cameron parish is now under water. >> hey, general, as you were so involved post-katrina and the infrastructure reinforcements that happened thereafter, what do you know about the area of cameron? we're looking at pictures earlier in our coverage there in the area of how homes are raised on stilts. that became very common, right, sir, after katrina as a lot of measures were put in place. what's the defensive infrastructure there? >> you have a new high water level in cameron. the homes were built with a couple foot of free board where rita came in and now we're expecting tidal surge up to 15 to 20 feet

in places like shreveport. so, this storm is going to be felt far and wide. tropical storm force winds extend about 175 miles from the center. we're talking about wind and storm surge with this storm. we're talking about devastating wind and storm surge with this one. >> i mean, that's amazing it might get to a category 5. that's incredible. jennifer grey, really important information. we have breaking news out of kenosha, wisconsin right now. >>> for a suspect involved in last night's fatal shooting that left two dead, has been taken into custody. the violent arrest stem frumz the police shooting of an unarmed black man shot multiple times in the back in fronted of his children. so, what do we know about this arrest? >> reporter: so, we know this is a 17-year-old antioch resident, so he is underage. we know that they apprehended him and are looking to charge him -- arrested him for first degree murder. so, at this point imtime we don't have a lot of details, but only that he's a 17-year-old resident, to give you an idea where antioch is compared to kenosha.

strength here maintaining category 4 strength all the way until 8.30 tomorrow morning all the way near shreveport we're talking about an extremely dangerous storm system. it is going to be a very scary night ahead there tonight. that's for sure just it back to you wow thank you so much for coming and much more ahead tonight, including the. >>nba playoffs that were postponed in a historic move movement and moment for professional sports. and the future is now clouded in uncertainty. and next we have new developments in the fatal helicopter crash that took the life of kobe bryant and 8 others who the company says >>a developing story that we're following tonight is that the company that owned the helicopter that crashed and killed kobe bryant is now suing the f a a the lawsuit by island express helicopters claims that 2 air traffic controllers failed to terminate radar services for the helicopter's pilot they say this led to the pilot believing that he was receiving radar warnings about terrain proximity even though he was not an official cause of the crash is still under investigation, although th

it's going to be hurricane strength as far up in shreveport. this storm came on shore between cameron louisiana, just about 15-20 minutes ago, pulling off towards north port arthur. on the north side, making a brush with the eye wall, but i do not think you will have much problems. lake charles going to be in the eye wall for a really long period of time. it will begin to weaken now that it's going to lose its moisture source getting out of land, the center of it getting out to land. take a look at this, and a lot of moisture here, and a lot of wind. lake charles, wind gusts up to 170 miles per hour, not anywhere near the inner eye wall. it's going to get worse for you. because the storm is pulling off a little bit to the northwest, you might stay a little bit more inside the eye wall and lake charles i think for possibly a couple of hours and that'll cause some really big problems. storm surge and lake charles is going to be possibly up to 15 feet. this is the storm surge forecast from the national weather service. anywhere in the red is over

us on the phone republican mike johnson, a representative from the louisiana who represents the shreveport area of louisiana. you are expecting to be in washington for the

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developing story in shreveport, louisiana. an active shooter situation at a hospital. at least one person has been hurt took police say one man shot another man in the hospital. that shooter is somewhere in the hospital. the person who was shot is expected to be okay. we will bring you the latest from shreveport, louisiana as soon as we get it in. >>> an update from northeastern scotland. a developing story of this. a train derailment this morning. the latest word is at least two people may have died including the train engineer. 12 people were on the train pick six passengers and six crew members per the region has been hit by thunderstorms and flooding as well. there is reports in the rail industry where sky news is reporting they suspect this was caused by a landslide. again, and out-of-control situation. the prime minister of the u.k. calls it a very serious incident. >>> a 27-year-old man has been booked in the san mateo county jail this morning on charges of a 62-year-old woman. police say they tracked down and arrested al honda lavera yesterday evening. authorit

well fortunately moving in that it continues to work its way north sort of move up to a city of shreveport louisiana in the northwestern corner of what we see get us still maybe as a hurricane out there but weakening with your brain 28 hours and gusty winds continue working its way through little rock arkansas this tended scene eventually on and toward the maybe washington d.c. area not as a tropical system but a big maker in potentially was a tornado is there as we get toward the weekend here in the world we did not have much going on 5 bands or brain or from the hurricane working week from today back to cost of flooding issues here maybe even a few tornadoes so we could have a busy afternoon and evening here across the southeastern part of the reason. for thank you very much. time now for a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world kevin mayer is quitting the chinese own video to talk to former disney executive only joined to talk in june the app has been under strong pressure from the trump administration and says to talks ties to china maker national sec

making landfall come right near cameron all the way up here stretching through alexandria near shreveport now on making its way up in arkansas were continues bring some very heavy rainfall flash flood watches are up you see some of the winds showing up to some of those winds gusting over 30 even 46 miles per hour in newport right now you're seeing these bands of rain in some of these bands you can get some tornadoes too. so we've got a long way before we're done with the storm system yet in fact it's going to likely affect much of the east coast as we take you over the next couple days here, the very latest sustained winds now still tropical storm strength to 40 miles per hour moving north northeast at 15 so it's moving at a pretty good clip. now if you watch is going to start to make its way toward the eastern seaboard stretching across bringing heavy rain all along that boundary in fact that rain the winds. the gusty winds. the possibility of tornadoes and more flooding all the way out toward the east coast you can see philadelphia right there coming just to the south of that and that c

well fortunately moving in that it continues to work its way north sort of move up to a city of shreveport louisiana in the northwestern quarter of what we see get out still maybe as a hurricane out there but weakening with your brain 20 toes and gusty winds and continue working. little rock arkansas memphis tennessee to eventually on and twere day maybe washington d.c. area not as a tropical system but a big if you were a maker in potentially recent tornadoes there as we get towards the weekend here in the world ends we did not have much going on 5 bands or rain from the hurricane working week from today back to cost of quality issues here and maybe even a few tornadoes so we could have a busy afternoon and evening here across the south eastern part of the reason it's for thank you very much dave. w w l t v in new orleans louisiana. and we stand the u.s. where republicans have mounted a robust defense of law and order on the 3rd night of the national convention it comes as the nation faces new tensions following the shooting of jacob blake a black man in wisconsin but as president mike pe

shreveport, nearly tropical storm force winds. i want to bring you to what's going t after this.ock is in a tropical storm warning so remember to those winds extend far beyond the center, 60 miles with the hurricane winds outside the center, and then as it becomes a tropical storm it will even broaden so the impact will be breezy with the low pressure system and arreremnants, and moisture saturday and sunday. >> we'll have much more on hurricane laura. right now we want to turn to something we saw that was absolutely extraordinary yesterday. mass protests by pro athletes taking a major stand demanding justice over the police shooting of jacob blake. the milwaukee bucks sparked a basketball boycott and a chain reaction throughout the sports world. this morning the nba postseason in doubt following the police involved shooting of jacob blake. an all players meeting was held to discuss whether the nba bubble season should move forward at all. lebron james reportedly walked out of that meeting after voting to stop the season. he sent out this tweet, we demand change, sick of it. this

that's what it feels like with the heat and humidity in shreveport.her than that as you get into tsf laurin nortas strong thunderstorms along i-95. d.c., philly, and new york. a tornado warning right now just north of albany. that clears out tonight, and two more storm systems to watch as we mark today the 15th anniversary of hurricane katrina, which we know devastated this part of louisiana. tom? >> 15 years ago. rob, thank you for that. >>> tonight, the coronavirus nearing 16 million cases in the u.s. more than 182,000 american lives lost. cases and clusters of the virus now on college campuses in every state. the university of alabama reporting more than 1,000 cases. nearly 500 students testing positive in three days. here's abc's trevor ault. >> reporter: tonight, coronavirus outbreaks reported on colleges campuses in all 50 states. >> covid-19, it is insidious in terms of its ability to spread. >> reporter: cases soaring at the university of alabama. more than 1,200 students infected. the possibility of the school cancelling in-person classes ala

well fortunately moving in that it continues to work its way north sort of move up to a city of shreveport louisiana in the northwestern corner of what we see get us still maybe as a hurricane out there but we can deal with your brain 20 toes and gusty winds and continue working its way through little rock arkansas seen eventually on the toward the maybe washington d.c. area not as a tropical system but a big if you were a maker and potentially was a tornado is there. as we get towards weekend here in the world ends we did not have much going on but we are being answer brainwork from the current heat working week from today that the cost of quoting issues here and maybe even a few 22 or so we could have a busy afternoon evening here across the southeastern part of the reason it's thank you very much dave. just w w l t v in new orleans louisiana. but in the us republicans have mounted a robust defense off law and order on the 3rd night of the national convention that comes as the nation faces new tensions following the shooting of jacob blake a black man in wisconsin vice president mike pen

hejoins us from shreveport in louisiana. thank you so much for your time.seen a lot of damage. of course, everybody has seen a lot of damage along the coast and are now we are up further in the centre part of the state where the eye of the storm went through and there are pockets of devastation, downed trees, houses destroyed, and a lot of pockets without electricity. when people are left without their homes, power and water, what is the most important thing is that organisations like yours do and the first thing you try and do? the very first thing we want to do is getting somebody to a place that is so. a lot of people in central louisiana sheltered in place but if that home was destroyed, we would make sure they have a safe place to stay. that is job one, a safe place to stay. we have seen some a safe place to stay. we have seen some of the pictures of destruction and heard officials say this could have been a lot worse. what is your overall assessment of the damage cause? well, it is devastating along the coast and so many people have seen the pictures

butonly in orange shreveport, those communities have walls and we will continue to develop and improve those walls and collectively those three projects will improve the protection of over 100,000 residents of this community. energy sector.al pres. trump: what is your timing on that? >> we are starting right now with orange and we are looking in all three of those products between 2025 and 2027. the judge is a great partner in this and we are doing this with the local community and state. this is a partnership from top to bottom to develop something that not only will withstand storms but allow the community to take care of these projects in the future. pres. trump: what do you think the cost will be? >> right now with the bipartisan budget act, we got $4 billion to move these three projects forward. we have that funding in hand and are moving forward. also as part of that act, we received additional funds to study the remainder of the gold coast. we have a study we will -- of the gulf coast. we have a study we will be working on looking at houston and galveston. pres. trump: is that p

that -- it's going to move quick enough, but gosh, it's going to do a lot of damage, all the way shreveport. i anticipate power outages all the way up into arkansas. david? >> all right, ginger, you and the team, please be safe into the evening hours. and we took note of what ginger just said there. this is now a category 4 hurricane. hurricane katrina was a cat 3. we all remember the devastation. i remember reporting right in the middle of it as it was hitting. so tonight, across louisiana, new orleans, points west of there they're all taking this very seriously. meteorologist rob marciano on that part of the story tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the time to evacuate is over. laura's coming ashore, packing 1 140-mile-per-hour winds and what the national hurricane center is calling unsurvivable storm surge. here come the first bands of hurricane laura. it's only going to get worse. hurricane hunters flying into laura's eye today. the storm now more than 400 miles across. the surge from this storm is going to push water for miles inland, at a height of 10 to 15 feet. that's water easily up an

category 1 conditions all the way up through the shreveport area and so there's a lot of concern on the coast but then there's a lot of concern as this thing pushes further inland because it's going to take such a wide path just to cross the state. right now there's -- we're kind of watching the records as they come in, watching a lot of the media reports on, you know, there's only so much you can do until sunrise or until conditions get safe enough where crews and everything can kind of get into some of these areas and so right now we're just kind of holding our breath and trying to figure out what we're facing exactly. >> and, mike, as you said it seems that there's not much that you can do until then. what do you think rescue efforts will look like when you are finally able to get to those people that are in need? >> so there were a lot of moves made over the last couple of days, we have three state agencies that are involved with search and rescue along with some teams that have been brought in from out of state. there's been some federal search and rescue assets brought into the st

the latest as it moves north at 16 moving quickly in the shreveport area, we may get some tornadoes laterern and power outages could spread into arkansas and on the east coast, we could see a rainy and windy saturday for the rest of today, the max wind gust up into arkansas then the storm surge will die off after that we are doing that with flash flooding too we don't know how extreme the storm surge was. we'll have to wait and see for daylight if we get the helicopters up i haven't heard anything close to the 15 to 20-foot storm surge, i'll save my judgement until we get those pictures in >> early on, we were seeing the initial parts of the storm move forward. we were talking two possible storms that could hit the united states marking marco. would it have been better. some have said if there wasn't another storm out there, how significant was it for laura to be the storm this time around? >> right the original possibility is that we could have two lower end category 1 hurricanes that they would interact and maybe spin around each other but marco fizzled out so quickly that by the time l

the texas/louisiana border tomorrow night and bringing those winds well inland, all the way to shreveport. houston, dangerously close to that track. any jog to the left is going to be devastating for that dense population and folks around there and far inland could be without power for days if not weeks. listen to your local authorities. if they are telling you to get out, do so quickly. david? >> we are thinking of everyone there from houston to new orleans and of you, rob, and the team. stay safe. and tonight, as laura approaches, there are states of louisiana, including houston. of course, the nation's fourth-largest city with 7 million people living there. along the coast, they are bracing for a potentially deadly storm surge, as rob said. but this hurricane is also expected to have an impact far inland, as well. abc's marcus moore in galveston on that part of the story tonight. >> reporter: time is quickly running out tonight for thousands of families along the gulf coast to board up, pack up and get out. >> we are seeing a very long and slow line of traffic coming away from galvesto

temperatures will feel like up over 100 in dallas, shreveport and little rock and into the mid-90s inhe east and the heat and humidity only building here on tuesday. tom. >> rob marciano for us. rob, great to have you back tonight. >>> when we come back, the close call, the homeowner lucky to be alive after a lightning strike. the woman forced to duck for cover. you saw it right there. the details coming up. >>> and oprah winfrey's bold move. the new campaign she's launching in the fight for justice for breonna taylor. stay with us. justice for breonna taylor. stay with us. for justice for breonna taylor. stay with us. like an "unjection™". xeljanz. the first and only pill of its kind that treats moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or moderate to severe ulcerative colitis when other medicines have not helped enough. xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections. before and during treatment, your doctor should check for infections, like tb and do blood tests. tell your doctor if you've had hepatitis b or c, have flu-like symptoms, or are prone to infectio

the peek wind gusts shreveport 65 or so. the one thing i didn't talk about and the mystery, how bad was the storm surge? it happened in the middle of the night, in a swampy unpopulated area. there's a chance we had the epic historic storm surge but it didn't happen over populated areas, it happened over the swamp. so i haven't heard reports of destruction from the storm surge yet. so we'll wait until the helicopters get up at sun up to know for sure. >> bill karins, thanks for that. hurricane laura a category two storm. let's bring in sam brock, live ne near beaumont, texas. >> reporter: there were strong wind gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour about an hour ago. but now the rain and wind have calm. i spoke with the mayor yesterday -- i should say mayor of port arthur they were expecting billions of dollars of damage, burr that's not what's happened. you are seeing, tons of power outages. there are the arbitrary nature of storms who does and does not get hit. this is i-10 over my shoulder here, a major thoroughfare, no lighting

shreveport about three hours north of lake charles.ndering if you and your town had a lot of evacuees from southern part of the state. >> we had some evacuees. i don't know the exact numbers, they are placed and available hotel rooms. jillian: i am wondering because of everything going on with coronavirus has that made the situation different, people being put into hotel rooms, is that right? >> because of coronavirus, we have large congregations of people which is our response to expect evacuees. those staying in hotels, we don't have exact numbers. jillian: it made landfall as a category 4, very strong storm. you are a few hours from the central location of it. what are you prepared for? what will you be dealing with in a couple hours? >> wind and rain and flash flooding, they go underwater very quickly with 4 to 6 inches. we have additional staffing. most of our officers coming to work early, emergency meeting. jillian: power outages a big thing in the hours and days and even weeks depending on the situation after a storm. how prepa