To escape a massive hurricane taking aim at cancun as the american gulf coast prepares for yet another blow. Plus, changes at the pet score. Onger be sold. Unusual punishment. Why inmates at one jail say they were tortured by a childrens song. And this morning, paying tribute to two beloved musicians. I can see clearly now from johnny nash to rock legend eddie van allen. Go ahead and jump, jump a look back at what made both so special. Good wedsd mni, everyone. We are just hours away from tonights Vice President ial debate and the number of coronavirus cases linked to the president and his inner circle is growing. At least 24 people have tested positive so far. Among the latest is the president s top aide, Stephen Miller. Also this morning nearly all of the joint chiefs of staff are in quarantine. President trump has been tweeting in recent hours attacking his own fda for vae, and hlate ter guidelines on last night that he stillan to americans a 1,200 stimulus check even though he called off negotiations on a stimulus bill yesterday. Well get to all the details but we begin with the growing covid19 outbreak linked to the white house. This morning, Stephen Miller, a senior aide to President Trump has become the 24th person connected to the white house to test positive for covid19. His wife, katie miller, Vice President mike pences communications director, has now left Salt Lake City where the stage is set for tonights Vice President ial debate. The plexiglas between the two candidates now installed. Senator Kamala Harris requested the protection due to coronavirus concerns. The Pence Campaign after signaling it was against the plexiglas now says if such a barrier is critical for the harris team, then wee going to let it stand in the way. This morning covid19 also breaching the pentagon. All but one of the joint chiefs of staff are now working from home after the vice commandant of the coast guard tested positive. Abcs Martha Raddatz calling it unprecedented. Even after 9 11 when th h by lir, they rk out of rnations officials all confiner homes, and you can bet our adversaries are getting a good laugh out of it. Reporter the pentagon insists there is no change to the operational readiness or Mission Capability of the u. S. Armed forces. Among the other cases at the white house, one of the president s military aides who carries the socalled nuclear football, plus a president ial valet and another staffer in the press office. We have precautions in the residence, and we have ways that we can interact with him in a safe way with ppe and at a distance. We are doing the peoples business. Were just carrying it on in a safe way. The exact status of the president s condition right now is unclear. White House Doctors only saying yesterday that trump reported no symptoms as he attacked the fda. The president accused the agency of carrying out a political hit job after fda officials tightened their Safety Standards for vaccinemakers making it unlikely that a vaccine will be ready by election day, and there are new questions about how often the president was tested for covid19 before being diagnosed with the virus. According to the New York Times, the president was not tested every day. A Senior Administration official saying trump was tested only regularly. His doctors have repeatedly dodged questions about when the president last tested negative. Do you remember when he had his last negative test . I dont want to go backwards. When was his last negative test, and what was his viral load . Everyone wants that. As for tonights Vice President ial debate in Salt Lake City, there wont be any opening or closing statements, and there will be ten minutes of discussion per topic. President trump is calling on congress to approve billions of dollars for airlines and Small Businesses after abruptly ending talks for a Coronavirus Relief package. His announcement to halt negotiations after the election sent stocks tumbling tuesday, and it came hours after Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said a relief bill was essential for an economic recovery. Overnight the president also tweeted that he wants a standalone bill to send another round of 1,200 stimulus checks immediately. He said, quote, i am ready to sign right now. Are you listening, nancy referring, of course, to House Speaker nancy pelosi. And breaking overnight, the Trump Administrations policy on separating families at the border is once again in the spotlight. The New York Times reports former attorney general Jeff Sessions ordered authorities to, quote, take away the children of parents suspected of crossing into the u. S. Illegally. Abcs Andrew Dymburt has those details. Good morning, andrew. Reporter and good morning. Back in 2018 the Trump Administration received International Outcry for its zero tolerance policy on illegal immigration, and now some former top members of the department of justice are accused of being a driving force behind the policy that separated families at the border. Overnight the New York Times published a preliminary report from an Inspector General who investigated the administrations policy. The report says during a phone call back in may 2018, then attorney general Jeff Sessions told federal prosecutors that, quote, we need to take away immigrants care about kids, dont bring them in. We wont give amnesty to people with kids. The Inspector Generals report also noted that sessions repeatedly distanced himself from the policy in public citing an interview from june 2018 when he told a canadian news station that, quote, we never really intended to separate children. Now, the report also claims that sessions and former Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein pushed to separate parents from their children even as infants. In a statement rosenstein insisted he never ordered anyone to prosecute a case. Now, according to the aclu, about 5,000 families have been separated at the border. It is unclear how many of those families are still separated. The organization calls the Trump Administrations policy, quote, child abuse. Kenneth, mona. All right, Andrew Dymburt there live in washington, thank you. Facebook says its cracking eo. N on all pages and gra qanop atep qon wheth will be revee acowmabehoanics ae taking shelter in cancun as one of the biggest storms to ever hit that region slams the shore. Hurricane delta has just been downgraded to a category 3, but its set to become the record tenth named storm to make landfall in the u. S. During one season. Heres abcs andrea fujii. Reporter overnight, thousands of tourists trapped in the bullseye as hurricane delta bears down on cancun. Were just trying to get out of here. Reporter the powerful storm catching vacationers off guard. Airports packed as travelers scramble to get out. Officials in cancun clearing out more than 30,000 people staying. Many were moved to these makeshift shelters inland. Never been to a hurricane area. Coastline, heavy rain, high winds and dangerous storm surge slamming beaches and now i am issuing a mandatory evacuation for all tourists and visitors who are currently visiting or planning to visit our coastal communities. Reporter alabama and louisiana declaring states of emergency. Some evacuations already under way. This storm is already proving to be a much stronger storm than sally. Make its way up to the gulf coast later this week hitting the louisiana and mississippi coast as a category 2 storm late friday into saturday possibly slamming the same areas recently devastated by hurricanes laura and sally. These floodgates in morgan city, louisiana, being closed. Flood barriers also set up in new iberia. Anyone from port arthur and beaumont over to id say right along the Alabama State line needs to be on the lookout. Reporter wary officials near new orleans even posting this sign asking the famous storm chaser, jim cantore, to stay home. Im andrea fujii, abc news. Andrea, thank you. Now lets take a look at your wednesday forecast. As we mentiod, hurrica was just downgraded to a category 3 storm, but its expected to get stronger again. The newest forecast has it slamming into the louisiana coast late friday as a category 2 or weak category 3 hurricane. Checking the radar, dry across most of the country. Rain in new england and florida today. Looking at high temperatures, new york and boston hit the 70s. Most of the south will be in the 80s. 103 in phoenix. Coming up, one of americas favorite desserts is getting a new name. But first, caught on camera, a young girl is kidnapped on the street. The news overnight about the suspect now under arrest. And the new tributes overnight for a rock n roll legend. Im voting yes on prop 19. Nineteen limits taxes on seniors. It limits property tax on people like me. Nineteen limits taxes on wildfire victims. It says so right here. If 19 passes, seniors can move closer to family or medical care. I looked at moving but i cant afford the taxes. Will you help californias most vulnerable . Vote yes on prop 19. I can see clearly now the rain has gone i can see clearly now the rain has gone houston born singer johnny nash has died. He hit number one in 1972 with i can see clearly. Nash also owned a record label which at one time included bob marley. Johnny nash was 80 years old. Also this morning tributes to rock legend eddie van halen. A fellow musician calling him a god of the guitar even though van halen could not read music. He learned from watching his music teachers fingers. Panama, panama at cou bdge genr. Beat it, beat it reporter this morning, one of the most admired electric guitarists in rock history, eddie van halen, being remembered by family, friends and fans after the 65yearold lost his battle with cancer. Running with the devil ill tell you all about it reporter the guitar prodigy formed the band van halen with his brother alex on drums back in 1972 with David Lee Roth out front on vocals. Might as well jump go ahead and jump, jump reporter their smash hit jump skyrocketed to number one in the summer of 84 and stayed there for weeks, and after a long list of hits im hot for teacher reporter van halen would become one of the most popular rock acts ever selling 80 million albums worldwide. Eddie would go on to explore a solo career though many reunions would follow, and in 2012 guitar World Magazine ranked him number one on its list of 100 greatest guitarists of all time. His son wolf who joined van 20 shared the news of tges passin writin er i could ever ask for. On and off stage was a gift while bandmate and friend, David Lee Roth, posted this photo with the caption, quote, what a long, great trip its been. Back in 1980 van halen told rolling stone, quote, i just want my guitar to make people feel something, and it sure did. Other rock stars paid tribute overnight. Gene simmons saying, quote, eddie was not only a guitar god but a beautiful soul, and Lenny Kravitz tweeted, heaven will be electric tonight. Coming up, a change in the pet store. What petco will no longer sell for dogs. Also ahead, new details on the couple who pointed their gun at protesters outside their mansion. The charges they now face. Enough, crohns. 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Com were back with an arrest after this kidnapping of a 9yearold girl in rhode island. The child was grabbed after getting off the bus and was dragged into an suv. She was held for about one hour before being released. Police say she is safe. Theyre not elaborating on the suspect, only saying he is 34. The st. Louis couple seen pointing guns outside their markndata oskefafeny weaporge. O risking violence at a peaceful pr the governor says hell pardon them if theyre convicted. Petco has stopped selling electronic shock collars used to train dogs, and its calling on its competitors to do the same. Petco says shock collars have been shown to increase fear, anxiety and stress in dogs. The pet supply chain says it wants to promote positive reinforcement training instead. Eskimo pies are now a thing of the past. The chocolate covered ice cream bars will be renamed edys pies. The company says has acknowledged the word eskimo is considered offensive and derogatory. T year. Back now to the coronavirus and concerns about cases being linked to the white house. The president s top aide Stephen Miller is the latest to test positive and most of the nations top military leaders are now in quarantine. Earlier i spoke with dr. Alok patel about the growing concern in washington. Dr. Patel, lets start with the reporting on how much President Trump was tested for covid19. The New York Times reports it was not every day, only, quote, regularly. How significant is that difference, and how important is it to find out when the president last tested negative for covid19 . President trump for a long time was saying he was tested every single day, and thats what was keeping them safe and protected, and it was part of their argument for not wearing a mask even though, number one, he may not have been tested that often and, number two, getting tested a lot doesnt exactly protect you from the virus. Now, with regards to knowing when he last tested negative, we know that symptoms are likely to pop up about five to seven days after youre positive. So he may have been positive for a longer period of time, which kind of changes how many people may have been infected, who else needs to quarantine, and it all comes down to contact tracing. And, doctor, facebook and twitter had to censure comments made by President Trump yesterday because of claims about how the flu compares to the coronavirus. We know covid19 is deadlier, but can you tell our audience what the difference is between their symptoms and time lines . Theyre both respiratory viruses. You can get shortness of breath, fever, sore throat, shortness of breath, those kind of symptoms, but with covid19 people are reporting loss of taste or smell and tends to spread more aggressively. Also weve seen symptoms that dont even involve the respiratory system, things like strokes and neurologic symptoms. And as a medical professional do you think President Trump should travel to miami next week for the second debate with rival joe biden, and how much of a difference would it be to have it outside or with plexiglas . We know ventilation will lower the potential for the virus to spread. So outdoors would be the best scenario. If they cant do that, im sure they could think of a way to increase ventilation, maybe have an open wall, open ceiling, something. The plexiglas will obviously help as well, but the more mitigation the better. But, kenneth, we got to look a little further and make sure transportation to the debate is safe, any type of event surrounding the debate, people are also respecting all the safety rules. Our thanks to dr. Patel there. In sports, the lakers are just one win away from the nba crown. They held off miami 10296 last night to win game four of the series. They can wrap it up tomorrow night right here on abc. Ngpeople do after watching a horror movie. 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Thanks for being with us. Heres a look at the air quality. Yesterday afternoon the bay area air quality
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