We hadnt seen that just yet. Most likely in a few moments, well feel the rain come in, as it has over the course of this morning. Across the island, though, Hurricane Maria, the effects of it just close to two years ago, still on the minds of many people, who arent taking any chances, no matter how dorian ends up hitting this island. Schools are closed today. There are emergency shelters open across the island. Of course, nonessential Emergency Personnel are off from work today, trying to make sure that people are as prepared as possible for whatever effects dorian brings, specifically the concerns are rain and flooding that government officials here have as well. Now, in regards to help coming in from the outside, well, we did hear from the Governors Office saying that fema does have about 500 personnel here ready to go and help with supplies and any recovery aspect. The president has been tweeting about the incoming storm as well, saying that they are monitoring it closely, but also in the same breath criticizing the san juan mayor, and also described the storm track as an asusual type situation. To put that in context, it was yesterday that the san juan mayor criticized trump for his response to Hurricane Maria, again, that came almost two years ago. Well continue to monitor that relationship that could be critical as we move forward into potential recovery. But an emergency disaster declaration was granted by President Trump here to which the governor here on the island thanks the president for and will allow some of those fema workers to get their supplies out to some of these locations as quickly as possible. Yesterday we were in the southern portion of the island in a town known as ponce. One of the Major Concerns they have is theres a mountainous region just north of the city. Depending on how much rainfall they get, there were concerns that some of that rain could pour down into the ground below. So we are in a waitandsee mode, but it seems that people are trying to be as prepared as possible, again, with what happened just almost two years ago still very much top of mind. Still recovering, in fact. Omar, thanks very much. Florida or georgia could be next in the path of what would then be a category 2 hurricane. For more, lets bring in meteorologist chad myers in the cnn weather center. Tell us what the models are showing. You know, not much change from overnight model, really. So the 11 00 advisory is going to come out here in an hour. Not expecting too many updates. Ill show you what the 5 00 a. M. Showed and probably tell you what the 11 00 a. M. Is going to show as well. The storm is getting a little stronger. The colors on the satellite are getting a little brighter, a little more white at times. Were able to see the center of circulation on radar right now. Likely a 70 to 75mileperhour storm as it runs over st. Croix and then eventually back up into the waters of the basin of the turks and caicos and the bahamas. It is looking like its going to turn around the islands there, but i wouldnt take my eyes off of this pun with theres the storm right there. Theres the r radar and you can see a hurricane, you know its close to the radar. The radar can only go out about 250 miles. When you see it on satellite, that hurricane can be anywhere. So here we go. St. Croix right through there. Our reporter right there. Thats the area that will eventually see very heavy rainfall. Hurricane Hunter Aircraft in the storm right now, flying around that pattern. Found a flightlevel wind of 82 miles per hour. That doesnt mean surface. That means 10,000 feet. Certainly, we havent seen an 82mileperhour wind anywhere with any of these planes over the past few days. So it is getting stronger. It is going to make an awful lot of rainfall. Then it will head to the mainland usa. After hitting puerto rico t will head toward the mainland. It will head toward florida, up toward georgia, possibly turning to the right, as the u. S. Model is showing now. There are many models out there. Theyre all making it stronger, many Even Stronger than a category 2. We dont want to go that far out because thats still 120 hours away, jim. Basically, the u. S. Model turning it to the right, on up toward jacksonville and then farther to the north. The european model turning it into florida and stopping it in the gulf of mexico. Again, getting ahead of ourself, but with very warm water, five days in that warm water, this storm is likely to do some things that we dont want to see. Chad myers, thanks very much. We know youll stay on top of it. Also this morning, a justreleased poll by Quinnipiac University shows front runner joe biden hanging on to a substantial lead over his 2020 rivals. The new polls also show this, that the top five 2020 Democratic Candidates when going head to head with President Trump all come out on top by large margins. Joe biden the biggest, 54 to 38 , a 16 percentage point lead over the president in this poll. Joining me now, harry entin, cnn senior Political Writer and analyst. So biden is the clear front runner based on these numbers. One, against trump, but also against his democratic rivals. Look, trumps number is very consistent. 38, 40, 39, 40, 40. Thats about where his Approval Rating has been. Hes not getting above that. Thats a very dangerous sign for him heading into 2020. But lets talk about that democratic primary race, shall we. This is something important. There was that Monmouth University poll that came out a few days ago that a press made a huge, big thing about. Oh, my god, joe biden is falling to just 19 . I was skeptical of that. Why . Part of it is because we had a cnn poll conducted around the same time which had biden around 39 . A fox news poll had him at 31 . And this Quinnipiac University poll shows him Holding Around 32 . Again, another indication that monmouth poll was an outlier and biden is Holding Around 30. Okay. Spent a lot of money trying to get on the debate stage. What do the polls show . He does not at this particular point look like hes going to make it. Heres why. This Quinnipiac University poll had him at 0 . He needed at least 2 in one more poll. Doesnt look like hes going to get it. I dont believe there are any more polls out there, so hes basically done. That means if you look at the e debate lineup, this is what were looking at for the september debate. All the candidates, the ten candidates on one stage. All these folks. Well finally get that big matchup between warren and biden that people have been looking forward to. Cutting that field in half, really, from the last debate. Significant culling of the herd. Exactly. There may be 20plus candidates in the race right now, but in reality, theres just ten on the debate stage. Another sobering number for the president is his approval number on the economy. This has been the key number. This has been the reason why i was saying, you know what, maybe we should dismiss some of those approval polls that had him in the low 40s. Elections are often about the economy, and trumps approval on the economy has generally been above water. In this Quinnipiac University poll, a big change. Only 46 approve of his handling of the economy. More disapprove. That basically means that theres nothing that could bring his Approval Rating up at this point. Theres no Silver Bullet for him. Theres no shining light he can go to. If the economy isnt working for him, nothing is. All right. Next time, just tell me how to solve the new york mets batting problem. Im sure everybody is waiting for that answer. Im trying. Harry, thanks very much. Lets discuss now with brittany shepherd, National Politics reporter for yahoo news, and jackie kucinich, Washington Bureau chief for the daily beast. Brittany, on bidens numbers here, a consistent lead through the polls over months. Does this make him the unassailable front runner in your view . Well, jim, im not sure hes unassailable, but he definitely if youre on team biden, you feel a bit untouchable, especially going to South Carolina this weekend, where he has, i believe, a 38 Approval Rating. Far above any of the front runner candidates warren, sanders, buttigieg, or harris. So when youre looking at Campaign Strategy for the next debates, youre going to think, okay, im the front runner. A lot of targets are going to be on my back. But i know that the American Public at least thinks for now that im the best choice for the country. Jackie, the other numbers here, of course, not just in the race but the Democratic Candidates versus President Trump. Its a consistent and large lead for all of the Democratic Front runners there. Tell us what this news means for the president. How seriously are they taking these numbers . What harry was pointing to with the economy, that number is problematic for sure for the president. This is the first time hes been under water. All you need to know is what you saw today. I think it was a Washington Post story about the president putting the pedal to the metal on the border wall. Thats a promise he hasnt been able to keep. Hes trying to divert all sorts of funds from fema and all over the place to make sure this thing gets built because thats the other thing that the president and his base, that fuels them, thats going to get people to the polls for him. He cant afford to lose the support of his core people or to lose their enthusiasm. One strength for joe biden in his polling is support among africanamerican voters. He sat down tuesday with several black journalists, including one from the new york times, and he said the following. Im quoting here. I have never, ever, ever in my entire life had a circumstance where i felt uncomfortable in the black community. He said the same was not true of some liberals. There are assumptions made about the black community that i dont think are accurate, he said. Thats partly because they havent spent much time in the black community. Is his support indicative of this . Even cory booker and Kamala Harris dont come close to bidens support among the africanamerican community. You know, i think its interesting, jim, the way that joe biden spoke to the new york times. Theres definitely a bloc of older black voters. A big disclaimer here the black vote is not monolithic. It definitely breaks down between age demographics. When youre talking about voters over 65, especially in the south and especially with black people, they find comfortability with joe biden, his association with president obama that they dont with some of these other candidates that they dont know or arent confident have a good matchup against President Trump. If you look at the numbers today, that tells a different story. But i think i really want to point out that with younger black voters, theyre far less confident in joe biden. Theyre far less eager to just jump on the biden train because of his association with president obama. They believe that he has something to prove, prove on the economy, prove on the environment, prove on student debt. So theyre far less eager to give their vote away maybe in different ways than the older black voting bloc is. Can i just add to that . When you actually look at the numbers of this q poll, its not just young black voters, its young voters. Thats the one place that you have both Elizabeth Warren and Bernie SandersBernie Sanders has slightly more support than Elizabeth Warren with young voters, but the 18 to 34, theyre not sold on Vice President biden. That could mean an enthusiasm problem as we go toward the general election, should he be the nominee. But brittany, who votes, right . Thats also very true. But if you look at polling in the midterms, youll see the youngest bloc of voters voted more than the eldest bloc of voters. Thats never happened before. So gen z is activated in different ways and this millennials were. I think theres going to be an uptick we havent seen before. An uptick in their participation, you mean . Yes, absolutely. Are candidates aware of that as they head into 2020 . I mean, all you have to do is see how much theyre on certain social media apps, right . Some of the ways that theyre fundraising and some of the messaging. Elizabeth warren talking about college debt. It obviously doesnt just effect gen z and millennials. It goes on and on and on into several generations now. So yes, they are aware of it, and youre right. Older voters are the ones voting, but brittany is also right. We saw in 2018 really some mobilization that you havent seen in the past. Brittany shepherd, jackie kucinich, thanks very much to both of you. Breaking news, were learning this just now. Queen elizabeth has approved the british Prime Ministers unusual request to suspend parliament, and that could make it harder to avoid a Nodeal Brexit. Britains exit from the European Union. Were going to be live in london next. Plus, new reports that the family who owns drug maker Purdue Pharma could give up ownership of that company as theyre in talks to sell l thousands of lawsuits tied to the Opioid Crisis for billions of dollars. And attorney general bill barr planning a big holiday bash. The venue, the president s own hotel. Is that problematic . Is it ethical . 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Reporter jim, shthey say brexit is not the driving force behind this decision. Its a new Prime Minister. As is fairly usual, he wants to set out a new session of parliament to introduce his domestic policy and legislation. Its sort of, dont look here, nothing to do with brexit. Thats not how its being seen by rebel mps within his party, within the opposition parties. They see this absolutely as a way to removalable time for lawmakers to try and prevent a Nodeal Brexit. They are returning to parliament next week. Now, since her majesty the queen has agreed and she will be suspending parliament, that means they have much less time not only potentially to debate any new brexit deal before that end of october deadline, but to try and frustrate the whole process and prevent a Nodeal Brexit. Today opposition members, we got Party Members from within the conservative party all saying things like its a coup, its an outrage, its undemocratic. This is a Prime Minister who has not been elected, suspending parliament and removing their power to fully debate brexit. Now, these lawmakers are now consulting on law or parliamentary technicalities to see if they can still frustrate this process. They will return next tuesday. You can expect plenty of fireworks on their return. Jim . Nic, has a practical matter, does this make britains exit from the eu without a deal by this october deadline, does it make it more likely . Reporter it does. It strengthens boris hands with the European Union that he will do this because theres less likelihood to be stopped. With theresa may, they knew there was a likelihood it could be stopped and blocked. Now that seems to be removed or greatly reduced. That said, perhaps given this tougher position, although they havent shown the willingness to do it right now, Boris Johnson, maybe his gamble is right. Get tough with the eu and they might just cut you a better deal. But theres no indication of that at the moment. In fact, what weve heard from the man in charge of brexit at the european parliament, the take back control and remember, take back control was the language that the leavers, Boris Johnsons group, used. Thats being turned against them. Theyre saying this take back control that Boris Johnson is doing looks very, very sinister. So at the moment, it seems we really are on a much harder and tougher footing. The lines are drawn, and the differences are getting much sharper. There have already been economic costs in the uk, the economy contracting in advance of this expectation, nic. How are the british people, how is the economy, how is it responding to this march towards a Nodeal Brexit . Well, the pound is weakening. It has done again today on news of this no deal becoming more likely, weakening against the dollar. The calculations and assessments have been made not just by Civil Servants working for the government but by other independent bodies, by the governor of the bank of england as well, have all predicted that the british economy will be weaker. Its rate of growth has been slackening compared to other leading eu nations. Its been slackening against them. The expectation is that there will be, you know, an economic price to pay, but Boris Johnsons position is that in the long run, britain will be better off. There are a number of people who believe that and that i have to say, the sort of stock and trust placed in politicians at the moment is so low, people will believe what they want to believe, even if politicians tell them one thing, they wont necessarily believe it. Sounds familiar, nic. I think im aware of that phenomenon somewhere else. Anna stewart, nic robertson, thank you very much. 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The family may be paying out of pocket, at least for the funds they still have in the company, right . This is a sweeping settlement were talking about. Part of it directly affecting the sacklers, according to the new york times, the Washington Post, and nbc news, which first reported this. They have been in touch with people who are aware of the mediation here. The plan as its being laid out would be potentially up to 12 billion in settlements, 3 billion coming from the sacklers directly, the rest from Purdue Pharmaceuticals. That has been at the eye of the storm when it comes to looking for accountability over the Opioid Crisis. They first put oxycontin on to the market in 1996 and have been blasted for their sales and marketing practices in recent years. The companys had to defend itself against allegations. Pro publica has found this video of part of the deposition from dr. Richard sackler related to a 2015 lawsuit against the company. Listen to this. Do you know how much the Sackler Family has made off the sale of oxycontin . I dont know. But fair to say its over a billion dollars . It would be fair to say that, yes. Do you know if its over 10 billion . I dont think so. Do you know if its over 5 billion . I dont know. That lawsuit was resolved with a settlement, this would be a far bigger settlement, certainly the biggest one related to the Opioid Crisis. And it would essentially resolve all the outstanding claims against purdue. Were talking about thousands of them coming from state, counties, cities, municipalities across the country. What does the oklahoma decision against Johnson Johnson cases, and is that drg this motivation to settle . It very well could. These discussions have been going on for weeks, if not months, at this point with a federal trial approaching in october. Certainly the judge in oklahoma has sent a strong message to pharmaceutical companies. He sided with the state. He told Johnson Johnson theyve got to pay some 572 million. Johnson johnson saying theyve committed no wrongdoing. Theyre going to appeal. But other pharmaceutical companies who are going to court or preparing to go to court r certainly looking at that judges ruling and deciding whether or not to move forward with these settlements. Alexandra field on the opioid story. Thanks very much. Theres a new poll out this morning indicating more voters think the economy is getting worse. Can democrats seize that moment . Ill speak to a democratic president ial candidate coming up. Ok everyone our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy whoohoo greattasting ensure. With nine grams of protein ensure, for strength and energy. With nine grams of protein im a faster laptopd could help. Plus, tech support to stay worry free. Worry free. Boom ha. Ha. Boom now get 10 reams of paper only 34. 99. 34. 99 at Office Depot Officemax or officedepot. Com. 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Today being one deadline for democrats to qualify for the september debate. So far, only ten of the 21 candidates still in the race will face off in that debate next month. John delaney will not be on that stage, but he shows no signs of letting up. He joins me this morning. Your numbers in this poll, you had that 2 threshold. You didnt meet that. Are you staying in the race . Absolutely. The only poll that matters to me is the iowa caucus in many ways. Thats still about six months away. I think in many ways, this election is just Getting Started because more and more americans and more and more democrats are finally starting to dial in, and i think were going to see a very different kind of feeling for what kind of candidate we should be putting forth in the next six months. Your consistent message is that the democrats need a moderate candidate to beat President Trump. Joe biden i think you could put in that category. He maintains the lead. But you have tremendous support for both warren and sanders, who are left of center. Is that a danger for the Democratic Party . It is a danger. I think trumps numbers really underscore this point, which is trumps numbers are down. Theyre like 40 . That means right now were winning the center, which is what we want in 2018, which is how we flip the house. We have to make sure we put up a candidate who can hold the Great American center. Thats got to be a candidate, putting aside moderate or progressive, because in many ways, these labels dont mean anything. We need a candidate with new ideas who wants to build a Big Tent Party and puts forth real solutions, not things that turn off voters. Real things that can get done to improve the lives of the American People. That candidate will win the center and beat donald trump by a comfortable margin. You have new ideas being talked about all the time in the democratic race and frequently things Like Universal Health care, free college tuition, or paying off college loans. That kind of thing. Do you think that is the kind of message that wins the center . No, i dont because im for universal health care. I think every american should have health care as a basic right. But running on a universal heck plan that makes private insurance illegal, thats when you start losing the American People. And thats right in the polls. So the American People are with you on universal health care, but when you start saying, by the way, half of you, were going to completely disrupt your health care, then we start losing them. Free college, Everyone Wants to deal with the college debt crisis. Everyone wants to make Community College free. Everyone wants to make college more affordable. Everyone wants expanded prek. When you start saying things like writing off all the Student Loans in this country, people start saying, well, that doesnt actually make a lot of sense. I paid off my Student Loans. What am i, a fool for doing that . So these are the things. We need new ideas. Just because theyre extreme doesnt make them good new ideas. We need new ideas that are responsive to the things American People are worried about. Right now the American People are really concerned about their pay. We dont have as much of a jobs issue right now in this country. We have a huge pay issue. Not enough jobs provide the kind of living that people can have one job and support their family. We need new ideas for that. We need new ideas as to how were going to engage in the world. Were in a trade war. Most of the democrats are running on isolationist policies like the president. So whats going to be our response to the fact that trumps got us in a trade war . Do we have a vision for how we actually engage in an increasingly interdependent and interconnected world. Let me ask you about something with regards to the president directly. Today theres a story in the Washington Post that the president is encouraging aides to break the law to get his border wall built, even saying hed pardon them if they do. I know you could ask about the president s behavior all the time. I know that folks at home are saying, oh, its just another story about the president doing x or y. But tell us about the significance of this because its not the first time the president has suggested bypassing the law or standards to get what he wants politically. The president is lawless and hes reckless. Thats how we have to think about him. Thats why its so important we beat him. Thats why its so important we think about the kind of candidate we need to beat him. Can you imagine what hell do if he gets reelected . We may think he has no restraint on him right now, but he may actually be restraining himself. And if he gets reelected and feels like everything hes done has been validated, he will actually go after things like the separation of powers. He will actually go after things that are so critical to our democracy. So hes lawless and reckless. The most important thing is to beat him in 2020. So this is a consistent message from you, both on moderate policies needed to beat the president , your criticism of the president , but youre not breaking through in the polls. How do you breakthrough . I just think its still going to take some time. I think most americans are actually now just starting to dial in, and most americans who havent been that active in politics like every day of the year, they tend to be more common sense. Theyre interested in solutions. They want to dial the noise down. They hate the partisanship. And they want someone who will solve problems and allow us to Work Together to build a better future. I think thats what most americans are looking for. I really believe that. I just think as we get closer to the iowa caucus, thats going to become the focus of the party. Your background is as a businessman. You have your finger on the pulse of the american economy. There are indicators, whether its in the bond market, the stock market, industrial surveys, production surveys, manufacturing surveys, that the economy is slowing down. Do you see signs of that, and is it imminent in your view . I dont know if its imminent. I think its definitely slowing down. Listen, i hope it doesnt happen, right, because itll hurt american workers. But i think the trade war is clearly hurting our economy and other economies. Whats happening is a lot of people are starting to say to themselves, is this model for how we thought the world was going to unfold, is it actually going to happen that way . Or are all these countries going to become kind of nationalist . In other words, were not going to become interconnected. And were not going to get the benefits of that. I think thats scaring people. I think the president is driving that. I also think his tax cuts and spending programs were a lot of stimulus. Theyre starting to wear off. And he didnt make good investments. Right, we didnt invest in infrastructure. If we were in the middle of a 1 trillion to 2 trillion Infrastructure Program right now that, would be a perfect offset to otherwise kind of slowing economic growth. These are the things that, you know, if you run a business like i have, i ran two public companies. Im the only person running for president who is a leader in business and a leader in government. You have to have an economic vision. And the president doesnt have it. This tax cut plan they did, didnt really broadly help the American People. 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He is announcing that he no longer feels like he will be able to do his job to the full extent thats necessary for his constituents. In a statement, he said it goes against every fiber of my being to leave in the middle of my internship, but i know its the right thing to do. I will tell you on capitol hill, Johnny Isakson is a giant. Hes someone respected by republicans in his conference. He has spoken out against the president at times when necessary. I will say, hes a Senior Member of the republican conference. Hes someone who may not be the most outspoken. We dont think of him in the same way we might think of senator john mccain, but he was very much a person who privately speaks up in these meetings and is seen as someone that a lot of republicans go to for sort of advice and guidance. So a very big announcement here today. He won his reelection back in 2016, but again, says because of his health concerns, he does not believe that hell be able to do the full extent of the job necessary for his constituents. Lauren, we have a copy of his letter here informing the governor of georgia, brian kempe, whos a republican as well. He says well do everything we can to help whomever you appoint in the seat. So politically, this would not change the composition of the senate, right . Thats right, jim. Georgia is very much a republican state. That is the way this will happen. Ill let you know, you know, senator isakson, when he says hell do whatever he needs to do to help the next person, you know, he certainly means it. This is somebody, like i said, who has been a republican confidant for members of the conference, somebody a lot of people look to for guidance. So yes, you know, hes going to be doing his best to serve. He says he looks forward to returning after this august recess in september, where hell serve out the rest of his term until the end of the year. Jim . Lauren fox on the breaking news there. Thanks very much. Were going to continue to follow the story, the surprise departure from the senate, republican senator Johnny Isakson. Also this morning, the white house is denying a shocking new report from the Washington Post, which claims that President Trump told his aides hes willing to pardon them and other officials if they have to break the law to make sure that his border wall is built before election day. The white house says those comments were just a joke. Trump has also reportedly told aides to fast track billions of dollars in Construction Contracts and ignore environmental rules, again, to get the wall built in time for election day. Im joined by Cnn National Security and legal analyst susan hennessey. Put this into context for us, the president encouraging aides to break the law and telling them hell pardon them. Its not fiction. Its in the Washington Post. Whats the significance . So in the constitution, theres this line wherever the president swears his oath that hes required to take care the laws be faithfully executed. Thats his constitutional responsibility. For the president of the United States to be telling someone, whether in jest or not and there actually isnt evidence he was kidding here but for him to be telling people, hey, go ahead and break the law because i will just use my pardon power to eliminate the consequence for you, that is really an incredible breach of his oath of office, of his constitutional obligations. Now, the founders debated a lot about the pardon power. They understood that they were investing the executive with this tremendous power, a power that could be abused. The founders were very, very explicit. They believed the remedy for a president who abuses the pardon power, including in this way, is impeachment. There are not external legal constraints for situations like this. The remedy really is political. Once again, we just arent seeing the kind of reaction that we would expect for this really astonishing sort of report to come out. We arent seeing democrats responding, you know, anywhere near the level of energy or outrage we might expect. And to be clear, our legal analyst made this point to me in the last hour. The pardon explicitly cannot be discussed in advance of the prosecution of a crime, correct . You cant bring it up before. Its only retroactive. Right. So the pardon power itself is retroactive. The president does have the power or ability to essentially pardon a crime in advance. I dont know that theres anything that prohibits, as a legal matter, him discussing the possibility of pardoning in the future. Of course, whether or not you want to rely on Donald Trumps word, that would be a decision that individuals would have to make for themselves. Hes not someone whos known for necessarily keeping his word. That said, weve heard this president sort of flirt with and think about abusing the pardon power in the russia investigation, sort of giving pardons to political supporters. So this is just yet another element, an example of that trend. Susan hennessey, thanks very much. Were just minutes away from a new update on Tropical Storm dorian. Stay with us. We continue to follow the story. When crabe stronger. Strong, with new nicorette coated ice mint. Layered with flavor. Its the first and only coated nicotine lozenge. For an amazing taste. That outlasts your craving. New nicorette ice mint. So, every day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. The United StatesPostal Service makes more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. 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Losing the elimination status of measles is an embarrassment. Its like having a black eye. Reporter so why did measles return . In part because some Ultra Orthodox Jews in new york refused to vaccinate their children. Outbreaks in this community have been going on for nearly a year now. If that continues to the oneyear cutoff point, they take back the elimination card. Reporter and that could cause trouble worldwide. Im concerned it will reduce the motivation of other ministers of health around the world in trying to eliminate measles in their countries because theyll say, gee, if the u. S. Couldnt maintain it, why should we work so hard on this . Reporter and that could lead to more deaths. Already tens of thousands of people, mostly young children, die of measles each year globally. Doctors hope that once the current outbreak ends, the cdc and others will do a better job of combatting antivaccine propaganda on social media, lies that encourage parents to ignore science and could cost the United States a Great Public Health achievement. Now, new york has about only five weeks to get this outbreak snuffed out and stopped, but the experts we talked to said chances are that wont happen, especially because School Starts next week. Its a whole new opportunity. Children congregate, can spread measles to each other. Jim . Elizabeth cohen, an important story. Thanks very much. And thanks to all of you for joining me today. Im jim sciutto. At this hour starts right now. Hello, everyone. Im fredricka whitfield. Just hours from now, a powerful storm is expected to make landfall in puerto rico, and florida could be next. The National Hurricane center has just issued a brand new forecast for Tropical Storm dorian. Well have those details in just a few moments. Puerto rico is currently under a state of emergency, and residents still struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria from two years ago are now bracing for a direct hit. The big question now is how strong will dorian be when it reaches the island, and wil