st. augustine. it's offshore st. augustine. so it's a tropical strm but a strong one.f you look at the track, this will become a hurricane some time later today, possibly making a landfall as a category 1 right around the north carolina/south carolina border. what happens after this is pretty interesting because for the bulk of the time, from, say, 11:00 a.m. today onward, it stays just inland. so by staying inland, it's not allowed to strngten. by being inland is affects more people but the storm itself is weaker. if it was just offshore, it would get stronger but fewer people would be affected and it makes its way and holds on to tropical storm status into maine. with that track i just showed you, who gets what? it has a short life span as a category 1 hurricane. so the hurricane warning is really only from the area south of myrtle beach to the area just north of wilmington, north carolina. that's a small area. it's a huge area shaded in white for tropical storm alerts. they extend from the north coast of florida up into maine. in fact, the entire state of new hampsh

italy's coast guard has evacuated 49 migrants from a rescue vessel sponsored by british st augustine banksy depression came after the crew used twitter to appeal for help saying at least one of the other 200 migrants on board was dead several others injured. brazil's far right government has published new regulations that are likely to make it even harder for rape victims to seek an abortion abortions on the allowed in brazil in very few cases including right and even those exceptions are controversy of among the countries where they just conservatives. the scuffles break out in front of a hospital where a 10 year old girl has come to get an abortion she was raped by her uncle abortion opponents attempt to storm the hospital to stop the procedure among the members of brazilian presidential airballs and mary's party that. murder murder as they scream at the doctors. virginia is also seizing an abortion it's only legal in brazil in the case of rape or if the mother's life is in danger even so many doctors refused to carry out the procedure she says she feels abandoned. a recent law has

st. augustine, florida this was much more than swimming in a pool wasn't it >> oh, absolutely. it was about total segregation, lack of respect, lack of dignity. >> reporter: the swim-in part of weeks of protest led by martin luther king jr. building the passage of the civil rights act of 1964 that summer. >> do you want to be free tonight >> yes >> reporter: for jones, equal access to swimming and water safety became one of her life's passions. studies show 64% of african-americans have little or no ability to swim. black children are five and a half times more likely to drown than their white peers. in texas the huge disparity motivated the thomas twins to start a program offering free swimming lessons to children in their community. >> swimming is a very elitist sport in this country. we want to blow the lid off that and give access to anyone >> reporter: simone manual also hopes to transform the sport. in 2016 she became the first african-american woman to win an individual olympic gold medal in swimming >> i have dealt with experiences of racism in the sport at the age of 1

st. augustine, florida. >> this was about much more than swimming in a pool, wasn't it? >> absolutely.was about total segregation, lack of respect, lack of dignity. >> reporter: the swimming part of weeks prove test led by martin luther king jr., building the passage of the civil rights act of 1964 that summer. >> do you want to be free tonight? >> yeah! >> reporter: for jones, equal access to swimming and water safety became one of her life's passions studies show 64% of african-americans have little or no ability to swim and black children are five and a half times more likely to drown than their white peers. >> kick, kick. >> reporter: in texas that huge disparity motivated the thomas twins to start a free program to children in their community. >> we want to blow the lid off and give access to anyone. >> reporter: simone manuel hopes to transform the sport in 2016 becoming the first african-american woman to win an individual olympic gold medal ig >> i have dealt with expersport the age of 12, i wanted to quit. >> reporter: she's grateful to mimi jones, who paved the way. >> it is

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st. augustine, florida >> morning my name is ethan i'm turning 7 today. ♪ >> from silver spring, maryland welcome back to "today." we're happy you're with us on this tuesday morning for those of you that just wiped your sleepies out of your eyes, as my mom used to call it. set the dvr for the first hour was pretty good. >> solid hour. >> reviews are in by us, any way. >>> yeah, also happy to see folks from our my "today" plaza crowd are up we'll check in with them in a few moments. >>> coming up tomorrow on "today," we'll take a closer look at the covid-19 test that is being used by the pro sports leagues like the nba and nhl as well as dozens of schools and colleges across the country. >> the spit test, the saliva test it can be done in the comfort of your own home. but how accurate is it you can see vicky nguyen is testing it out she will tell us what she found tomorrow morning on "today." >>> for the moment, let's get to the news at 8:00 republicans opened their national convention with praise for the president and dark warnings about america's future if he is not re-elected. nbc white

with me is sarah raffray, headteacher at st augustine s priory, a girls independent catholic day schoololl, who recently received her a—level results. welcome to both of you. georgia, what does this u—turn mean for you? it doesn't really affect me in the sense that i am still going into the university that i applied through through clearing, but now it does mean that if this had have happened on to —— where there is that i could have gone to my first choice university. there is some uncertainty surrounding that, if people who want to go to the university are now going to have the grades, that wasn't my original choice, i'm not sure what is happening in that aspect. from what i have been listening to, from what i have been listening to, from what i have been listening to, from what i have been reading, if you have been offered a place, that it now, you are sorted, that is my understanding. and i can see you nodding your head in agreement. understanding. and i can see you nodding your head in agreementm that right? well, i think there is always still the possibility for students to contac