The tent. We forgot. The tent. Except about that. Xfinity home. Simple, easy, awesome. Hey look, i found the tent and, see, its safe. Call, click, or visit a store today. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Its 11 00 on the east coast. 49 days until election day. Were following these breaking news stories for you. Stories that could impact how americans cast their votes in the 2020 election. President trump completely contradicting himself tonight on his handling of the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Now claiming that he, quote, upplayed the virus in terms of his actions. Despite telling Journalist Bob Woodward that he downplayed covid19 so as not to create a panic in the country. And claiming, again tonight, that the virus is going to disappear. It will go away without the vaccine, george, but its going to go away a lot faster will go away without the vaccine . Sure, over a period of time. With many deaths. And youll develop, like, a herd mentality. Its going to be its going it be herd developed and thats going to happen. That will all happen. Herd mentality and Herd Development. Okay. Whatever that means. Also listen to his exchange with bob woodward about how the president views his role during the pandemic. Was there a moment in all of this last two months where you said to yourself, you know, youre waking up or youre, you know, whatever youre doing and you say, ah, this is the leadership test of a lifetime. No. No . I think it might be, but i dont think that. All i want to do is get it solved. There are many people that said that to me. They said, youre now a wartime president. Who said that first to you . Many people have said that. Well, help me. Make it id like to make it concrete. I dont like to sit back and think about that kind of thing. Why . I dont have that much time to think about it, bob. Im busy as hell. Well, heres what the president said back in march about being a wartime leader. Im really happy with the job were doing, and im glad that this team and me are here for this horrible thing. I mean, its a number of people have said it, but, and i feel it, actually, im a wartime president. This is a war. At a town hall tonight the president was challenged about what the phrase, make America Great means to black americans and whether he feels theres a race problem in this country. Under your administration, under the obama administration, under the bush, under the clinton, the very same things happened and very same systems and cycles continue to ensue and we need to see because you say again. We need to see when that was great because that pushes us to a time when we cannot identify with such greatness. You said Everything Else about choking but have yet to address and acknowledge theres been a race problem in america. So if you go i hope theres not a race problem. I can tell you, theres none with me because i have Great Respect for all races, everyone. This country is great because of it. When you go back six months and take a look at what was happening, you cant even compare that with past administrations. Never answered the question. We are Fact Checking what he said at the town hall. That happened just over an hour ago. Were going to continue to do that for you, fact check what he said at that town hall over an hour ago. While President Trump shrugs off the impacts of the Climate Crisis on americas environment, Hurricane Sally battering the gulf coast, especially alabama and florida with heavy winds and drenching rains. Sally moving very slowly, only 2 miles per hour. That could cause historic lifethreatening flooding. Were going to go live to both alabama and florida in the hour ahead so make sure you stay tuned. We have a big show for you this hour. Join me now, cnn White House Correspondent john harwood and our resident fact checker daniel dale who no doubt has been very busy this evening, so just to give him a moment to even just do some lastminute checking, im going to start with john. So, john, tonights abc town hall, the president , he had to face serious questions from voters. Take a listen. Im conservative, prolife and diabetic. I have had to dodge people who dont care about social distancing and wearing face masks. I thought you were doing a good job with the Pandemic Response until about may 1st then you took your gas off the gas pedal. Why did you throw Vulnerable People like me under the bus . Well, we really didnt, paul. Weve worked very hard on the pandemic. Why dont you support a mandate for National Mask wearing and why dont you wear a mask more often . Well, i do wear them when i have to and when im in hospitals and other locations. I mean, you said Everything Else about choking and Everything Else but have yet to address and acknowledge theres been a race problem in america. So if you go i hope theres not a race problem. I can tell you, theres me because i have Great Respect for all races, for everybody. Should preexisting conditions which obamacare brought into brought to fruition, be removed . No. Without please stop and let me finish my question, sir. Should that be removed. Within a 36 to 72hour period without my medication, i will be dead and i want to know what it is that youre going to do to assure that people like me who work hard, we do everything were supposed to do, can stay insured. Its not my fault that i was born with this disease. Its not my fault that im a black woman and in the medical community im minimized and not taken seriously. I want to know what you are going to do about that. So, first of all, i hope you are taken seriously. I hope you are. We arent going to hurt anything having to do with preexisting conditions. Okay. Theres a lot there, so, listen, john, the president has been limited to his cheering supporters at rallies and then, you know, sometimes a press corps who he can mostly bully around or walk away when he doesnt want to answer a question but tonight he had to face reality. He did, and hes not very good at coping with it. What we see is hes not really capable of intellectually addressing serious questions. And so the value of exchanges like that is to have people put the questions directly to him and then see the president not really be able to engage with them. Whats the consistent message weve gotten from former top aides, from family members, from bob woodward in the conclusion of his book, donald trump is not up to the job and he keeps showing that. On preexisting conditions, for example, pure nonsense that he offered on health care. He kept talking about how we have a plan. Hes been talking about having a plan for a very long time. Two weeks, three weeks from now, never comes. Talks about, well, i essentially ended obamacare. No, he didnt. But he is trying to end it through the court system. And then he says, well, were going to protect preexisting conditions. No, hes not going to protect preexisting conditions because to protect preexisting conditions, you need a mandate to get everybody into the Health Care System to share the risk. Thats how you make it inexpensive enough for people with preexisting conditions to be able to buy on even terms. He he cannot accept, confront, engage, with those ideas and so he just kind of babbles. Daniel, let me bring you in because youve been busy Fact Checking this town hall. What stood out to you . There was just so much lying, don. Im going to go quickly. He said, again, democrats wont protect people with preexisting conditions. Thats nonsense, as a voter told him, democrats created those protections. He insisted he didnt praise china on the virus. He did so repeatedly. We know that. He claimed nobody knew at the time he was praising china that seniors were especially susceptible to the virus. Thats one of the first things we learned out of china, italy, and the u. S. He claimed biden said in march the pandemic was, quotes, totally overexaggerated. I can find no evidence biden ever said that. He said Winston Churchill was kind of like him playing down stuff because he went on rooftops in the bombing and said everything is going to be good. Churchill did not stand on the rooftops and warned everything was going to be good. He said protesters took over 20 of seattle. He took credit for sending in the National Guard in minneapolis saying this happened after a week and a half of violence there. It was not even close to a week and a half. It was days and the democratic governor is the one who activated the guard. He said he essentially repealed obamacare by getting rid of individual mandate, not even close to true with the medicaid expansion, preexisting conditions expansion, other stuff remains. His Administration Admits he inherited about 16,000 from obama. He did his usual false boast about socalled bans on travel from china and europe. They were not complete bans. He said stocks are owned by, quote, everybody. Just about half of americans own stocks. He repeated his nonsense about testing causing cases, testing merely reveals and helps fight cases. He said that biden has agreed to a Bernie Sanders style of socialized health care. He fought sanders on that issue. He has very much not agreed to a sandersstyle plan. And, don, this is a preliminary list. I have hours of Fact Checking tonight to do because theres even more than this so this was just a firehose of lying, again, from the president. Do you need a drink of water . Yeah. I think im my camera here, i apologize to the viewers. It was just, what, an hour, hour and a half town hall and yes, like, every like every oh, my gosh. Every other line was false or misleading. It was crazy. Lets listen to what he said about crime. Listen to what the president said about crime tonight. Here it is. If youre going to stop crime, we have to give the the respect back to the police that they deserve. Theyve done a fantastic job in so many locations but then bad things happen. Look at new york. New york was a very safe city. Rudy giuliani did a fantastic job. The city was safe and then all of a sudden we have a mayor, he starts cutting the police force and crime is up 100 , 150 . I saw one form of crime up 300 . What are the facts, daniel . So, there have been spikes in certain kinds of crime in new york city this year, particularly shootings where theres been a more than 100 increase. Not a 300 increase, but substantial. The thing to remember, though, is that crime has fallen hugely since even giulianis final year. Theres been a subsequent big decrease. Last year in 2019 there were fewer than half the murders under bill de blasio than in the last year of giuliani, so, yes, this year has been an increase. The city is still way safer than it was in giulianis last year in 2001. Well, there you go, dont let facts get in the way of a good story. So, john, lets i want to play another moment from the town hall where the president addressed a potential stimulus package. Here it is. What they want is a bailout of democratrun states that are doing poorly and, you know, i dont think this is the right why do you keep talking about democrat states . They are. Theyre american states and american democratrun states are the ones that are doing badly, george. If you look at new york, if you look at illinois, if you look at a lot of different places, theyre doing poorly. And cities, in particular, cities, i mean, these cities are being run so poorly. Dont you have a responsibility for those states and cities as well . Largely because of the crime. They dont want to do anything about crime. Sanctuary cities, they have sanctuary cities where theyre protecting criminals. They have things that the republicans dont have. So they are, i mean, i dont want to say look, im the president of everybody, but i dont want to say it, but theyre democratrun cities. So, is he the president or is he not . Does he represent the people in all of america . I mean, does he not get what it means to be president . Donald trump represents himself. Weve seen and we talked about this last night, a consistent pattern with the president is he is focused on himself, his own wellbeing, politically, financially, his ego, otherwise. So, he is trying to slough off the responsibility for dealing with those cities by ascribing their problems to democrats. The cities and states that democrats are trying to help in the stimulus relief legislation is to make up the collapse in revenues they suffered when the economy shut down. The federal government suffered similar revenues, but the federal government can run huge deficits and we are running huge deficits right now. States cannot do that. They need money to provide services and so he is not willing to confront republicans in congress, push them to make a compromise with democrats and so he is hes basically saying, well, this is all the fault of democrats. Thats not really the case that most big cities are run by democrats, but the problem that the congress is trying to address right now is the collapse in revenue generated by the covid shutdowns and that the covid shutdowns are something that he has failed to control when bring into line. Of course, its going to affect more people and because there are more people in urban areas, which tend to be democratic. Right . So, listen, john, i want to get this in, if you can move quickly on it, i would really appreciate it because got a lot of show to get to. Daniel had a lot of Fact Checking here. Were going to get i want to play were getting some more new recordings from the president s interview with bob woodward. This is from july 21st. Listen. Oh, people dont want me to no, no, but if you succeed, they succeed. Even the rinos dont want me to succeed. Theyll end up with a Supreme Court and lots of things theyre not going to be too happy with. Yeah, you know i have opposition like nobody has. Thats okay. Ive had that all my life. My whole life has been like this. In the meantime right now, im looking at the white house, okay . Im staring right at the walls of the white house. I was unlucky with the virus because it came in and sure. Anybody else but you got it, you got it. The countrys got it. The worlds got it. Youre in charge of this country. You know weve done better than any other country, just about done better than any other country in handling it and its a bigger, more diverse, more difficult country and weve done better other than with the press, other than with the press, ive done a great job. With the press, i cant do a good job because its fake. Its fake news. But its a fake group of people and you know it and you wont write it. Okay, are you bob are you going to acknowledge that in the last six, seven, months you made some mistakes in judgment on the virus . Ill see how it all turns out. Lets see how it all turns out. I took a big chance on vaccines. I upped the program. You wouldnt be looking at vaccines for three years. Were looking at them next week. I mean, it sounds like paranoia just, i mean, look, woodward is trying to engage him on coronavirus and leadership, but the president is consumed with his grievances that everyone is out to get him. He cant cope with his own failures, don. What were seeing is that the president sees himself as the victim of coronavirus. Himself as the victim of coverage of the problems with the coronavirus. Rather than thinking of himself as the person in charge of the country, person responsible for dealing with the country. He calls the news fake. Of course, the news is not fake. He doesnt like the news because the news is exposing problems with his administration. And that sense of grievance propels him and drives him and its constantly in his mind but it doesnt do the American People much good. Thank you, both. I appreciate it. Daniel, get some rest. Well see you both soon. Ill try, thanks, don. So lets talk about this a bit more. Dr. Jonathan reiner is here, director of cardiac Catheterization Program at George Washington university. Thanks for joining us again. I want you to take a listen to what the president said about the coronavirus. Here it is. It is going away, its probably going to go away a lot faster because of the vaccine. It will go away without a vaccine . Sure, over a period of time. Many death. Youll develop a herd mentality. Its going to be herd developed. Thats going to happen. That will all happen. With a vaccine, i think it will go away very quickly. Listen, im assuming this was a misstatement and hes always highlighting, you know, if joe biden misspeaks. Okay. What is herd mentality and Herd Development . Yeah, so i think he was what he was trying to get to is the concept of herd immunity. Okay. And whats disturbing about that, besides the fact that to get to herd immunity, we would need 60 to 70 of the population to actually acquire the virus which would mean at bestcase scenario 1 million to 2 Million People dead. Whats really disturbing beyond the horrible death count is that hes parroting scott atlas. Thats scott atlas tune. Herd immunity. He doesnt get that from tony fauci or deborah birx. Scott atlas. With who went with him to california . Scott atlas. Thats who has his ear now, guy who advocates for opening schools, let kids get sick, let them spread the virus around. He testified to this before a Senate Committee hearing in may. And thats what the president parrots now. Thats actually really creepy to me. Yeah, but that is a thing among trump supporters. They that whole yeah. They dont know the facts when it comes to herd immunity. They just dont really get it and understand it. They think its Something Different than what it is. The president also addressed they have a herd mentality. So maybe its a thing with them. They do have a herd mentality. Right. Thank you for that. Thanks for explaining it. Masks. Here it is. Yeah. Now, there is, by the way, a lot of people dont want to wear masks. There are a lot of people think that masks are not good. And there are a lot of people that as an example who are those people . Ill tell you who those people are. Waiters. They come over and serve you and have a mask. I saw it the other day where they were serving me and theyre playing with a mask. Im not blaming them. Im just saying what happens. Theyre playing with the mask so the mask is over and theyre touching it and then theyre touching the plate. That cant be good. So, okay, go on. This is not a way to conduct public policy. No. I mean, this theres no one that thinks a mask is, you know, is a bad idea. Waiters dont think masks are bad ideas. Look, the president never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity to reinforce the importance of masks. You know, he always looks for something to say that somehow casts some doubt to the efficacy of this. And its so foolish. This was his ticket to a reelection. Getting the country to mask up, keeping the death count down. Thats all he had to say. Yet, still, he cant get over himself. Its mindboggling. Psychiatrists will debate this for years. Doctor, thank you, i appreciate it. My pleasure, don. Make sure you tune in, joe biden takes questions in a special cnn president ial town hall. Its going to be live from pennsylvania. Thursday night, 8 00 p. M. , only here on cnn. Were going to go live to the storm zone as Hurricane Sally takes aim at the gulf coast. Plus, his life has never been the same since this moment. Look at my africanamerican over here. Look at him. The man trump pointed out as his africanamerican responds to the president s comments on race. Next. Start your day with secret. Secret stops sweat 3x more than ordinary antiperspirants. With secret, youre unstoppable. No sweat try it and love it or get your money back. They have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps. Com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the services of the post office plus ups only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps. Com tv and never go to the post office again. The president ramping up the rallies in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic but who can forget this moment from the 2016 campaign. Look at my africanamerican over here. Look at him. Are you the greatest . You know what im talking about . Well, that man was Gregory Cheadle and now he says his life hasnt been the same since. He says he has lost friends, had to go into hiding and even had his love life disrupted by trumps infamous shoutout. Gregory cheadle joins me now. Im sorry that all that happened to you, i really am. I want to thank you for joining me this evening. Thank you for having me, don. Its so good to be here and see you again. Its good to see you again. So lets talk about some of the comments you just heard from the president tonight about race and about black people. I first want to hear from you about what your life has been like since that comment and what has changed for you. I mean, basically, i i love my anonymity and now i really dont have that, so in order to get it i have to just keep a very low profile. Those who know me and those who know of me tend to give me a headache sometimes because all the conversations tend to center around either that event or some aspect of trump or whatever. And my life is far more than trump. And so those are the things that have changed, you know, i like my privacy. I dont have that much anymore. And i tried to get it back. Something just happened in the town hall with President Trump when he was asked when has america been great for africanamericans. Listen to this. You coined the phrase, make America Great again. Right. When has america been great for africanamericans in the ghetto of america . Are you aware how tone deaf that comes off to the Africanamerican Community . Well, i can say this. We have tremendous africanamerican support. Youve probably seen it in the polls. Were doing extremely well with africanamerican, hispanicamerican, at levels that youve rarely seen a republican have. If you talk about make America Great, if you look at just prior to and im talking about for the black community you look just prior to this horrible situation coming in from china, when the virus came in, that was probably the highest point, Home Ownership for the black community, Home Ownership, lower crime, the best jobs theyve ever had, highest income. The best employment numbers theyve ever had. If you go back and you want to look over many years, you could just go back six or seven months from now, that was the best single moment in the history of the africanAmerican People in this country. What do you think of that answer . Not much. You know, what hes getting at is what he is refusing to get at, actually, is that america is a racist country. America was built on the white what i call the white superiority complex, when lincoln and douglass had the debate, douglass said this is a white country and white people should make the rules. Thats what theyve done. You know, white people, they make the laws. They make laws that absolve themselves of wrongdoing, make laws to enrich themselves and make laws to retain power no matter what. And with respect to trumps unemployment numbers, you know, thats interesting because when you look at it realistically, what happened was black female unemployment dropped but black male unemployment went up. But even beyond that, how in the world can black people be satisfied with an unemployment number that is double that of whites . If whites have the unemployment numbers that blacks had then you would have no shortage of funds coming out of washington, d. C. , and the state level to correct that. For some reason, were content to say we have the lowest unemployment numbers and the thing is also that only lasted for maybe a nanosecond so were back to where we were before. Well, and also remember the biggest drop came during the obama administration, who went into the office with during the great recession. So, you know, he was he inherited some really good jobs numbers. Listen, i want to lets talk about you no longer support President Trump, but you also say youre skeptical of democrats and havent decided who to vote for in november. At this right. You know what most people i hearsay, i mean, come on, whos undecided at this moment, gregory . But why is that . Why are you undecided . Im undecided because i have yet to hear from both camps. Starting next week ill be sending out what i want from both camps and whoever responds best wins. But heres the thing. You know, for black people, its a nowin situation, you know, because, again, of the white superiority complex. Donald trump is not going to lose the white vote for the black vote. And biden, you know, biden the good news about biden is that he has harris as his v. P. And thats where i would be leaning if i were to vote democrat. Im also looking at the libertarian parties as well. And so i am undecided. I want to take my time. I want to see whos going to do the best for black people because black people need so much help because we have been screwed historically in this country. Okay. From day one. Okay, listen, i got to ive got to move on because i have someone very important on the other side of the break. Just as important as you are because thank you for saying that. No, no, no. I just want to explain it because you said my africanamerican but its actually the person who questioned the president tonight. I want to make sure i at least have time for him. I want to understand when you said youre not supporting President Trump, right . Right. But yet youre undecided and youre possibly going to vote libertarian. You havent heard from both camps. But youve had four years to hear from candidate trump and President Trump and uhhuh. I dont know what else there is to hear, and then a libertarian vote, is that not a vote for trump . Well, you know, heres the thing, don. I get throwing your vote away, but i vote my conscience. Amen, thats your right. Thats your right. I cannot argue with that. It is my right. Yeah. I dont play the game. The voting game. I dont play that. I vote from my heart. Gotcha. And if i happen to feel the libertarians, thats the way i go. If i happen to feel that harris is the way to go, thats what ill do. Yeah. I try to be as objective as i can because this is an important election. Yeah. And i just want the best for i want the best outcome for blacks. I have yet to hear from either camp if theyre im not satisfied at all. Again, thats certainly your right to vote for whoever you want or not to vote, but im sure you would suggest that everyone go out and vote, but thank you, gregory. Oh, i would. For sure. Please vote. I appreciate you joining us. I want you to be safe and i want you to come back and talk to us when youve made up your mind, no matter who that is. I will. And talk to us about that. I appreciate it. Gladly. Absolutely. Me, too. So as i just said the pastor who asked the president one of the toughest questions at tonights town hall, there he is, next. And, plus, were going to talk about Hurricane Sally. Well be right back. A lotta folks are asking me lately how to get their dishes as clean as possible. I tell them, you should try cascade Platinum Plus the power of oxi. Cascade platinum oxi penetrates and breaks down food soils some detergents can leave behind, washing away even the smallest food residue, so it doesnt redeposit on your dishes. And oxi is cascades most powerful clean, formulated without any chlorine bleach, for a deep hygienic clean you can see and feel. Cascade the power of oxi. The 1 recommended brand in north america. I got it all from you im always pushing through i know well make it to the finish line i know youre waiting on the other side im like you ondemand glucose monitoring. Because theyre always on. Another lifechanging technology from abbott. So you dont wait for life. You live it. Youve coined the phrase, make America Great again. Right. When has america been great for africanamericans in the ghetto of america . Are you aware of how tone deaf that comes off to Africanamerican Community . Well, there he is. Thats pastor carl day. Hes the president got a lot of tough questions from voters a the this town hall tonight. Maybe the toughest came from this gentleman. The pastor of culture changing christians worship center. There he is on your screen live now. Pastor, thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you. Why did you want to ask him that question . Man, it was something that was really, really on my heart for a long time. Pretty much my entire life, to be honest you, so that was just me really articulating, sharing my truth, sharing my heart, sharing what i grew up around. Pretty much our experience here and just hearing that make America Great again, you know, just consistently seeing it so much, i would always have that question in the back of my mind, you know, like, what does that even mean . You know, so when posed the opportunity to ask the president a question, i just felt like there was no greater question to ask than that. You know, point me to a place in time, an era, an administration, where americas actually been great for africanamericans. Uhhuh. What did you think of the answer . Well, i think i think the answer he tap danced around it. I believe also he couldnt really give an answer because there is no answer to it, to be honest with you. Quite frankly, americans in the hood, americans growing africanamericans in the hood and ghettos of america has not experienced any greatness throughout america. A lot of things in which people continue to point to about american greatness, africanamericans wasnt really featured or highlighted or actually supported during those points in time, so he did exactly, you know, what i pretty much expected, you know, kind of tried to point to statistics and numbers, you know, stats that he probably had no substance behind but really not really couldnt point us to a time. And, you know, thats pretty much what i expected. Its great for all people. It always has been great. You know what im playing devils advocate here. I hate to say that to a pastor. Thats what people will say. But if you thats why i always talk about, pastor, the two different americas. Right . You talk to africanamericans, what do you mean, what was great . Was it great during when africanamericans were being redlined . Was it great before the Civil Rights Movement . Was it great for jim crow . Was it great during slavery . What are you talking about . When was it great for africanamericans . Listen, most most people get it, especially africanamericans, but you know your question will be twisted that youre antiamerican and unamerican. You understand what im saying. What do you say . Totally totally do. And guess what, my again, my question would still stand. People are sitting here saying all lives matter. Again, demonstrate or, you know, let me know, just let point me toward a time in america where africanamericans, again, in the ghetto, specifically, because im not literally talking about the small percentage of us that may make up the middle class. The small percentage of us that may make up the wealthy portions of america. Im not talking about the signs of symbolism people can point to and say, hey, we had a black president. Again, the things in which that many people point to or try to utilize as evidence is actually more progress than it actually represents overall greatness in its totality. You see what im saying . So people will try to show us, well, you no longer have segregation. Well, they now have made Affordable College tuition or now you have a president. Again, those things are things that should have been our rights many moons ago. They tell us we had a black president. That was 1 out of 45. So, again, that still is not showing equality at all on any level, so, again, if thats the argument, they cannot show me where its concrete evidence that its been great for so, this was a town hall for undecided voters. Youre undecided . Im undecided. What are you not decided about . Well, i tell you what, after tonight, to be quite honest, you know, i never was really sold on President Trump at all, but what i have been historically, ive been a democrat voter, and as i stated earlier, that i voted for jill stein in 2016. But this time around where im undecided and i refuse to on a National Platform is to endorse any Political Party at this point where theres plan for people in the ghettos, in the hoods in america, where my people live at right now. You know, i would love to hear what Vice President , former Vice President biden, harris, whats the plan . I need to hear the plan. I cant sit here and continue to push africanamerican voters to a party because thats what we historically we just do because its our custom. I need to see whats going on. I need to see it spelled out. I need to understand before i can sit here and just legitimately sit on national tv or any platform and say, hey, this is where im going with my vote. So im definitely going to ill say that. At the same time, i need a plan. Or it could be the third party. Thats just where i stand at. All righty, sir. Wow. I wish i could continue this discussion, but, listen, i got to you know theres breaking news happening with this hurricane. But thank you. You conducted yourself really well this evening and you asked the question that many, many people want the answer to. Im not sure if they got it, but pastor carl day, i really appreciate you joining us. Thank you, don. Appreciate it. Come back any time. Youre welcome on this program. Hurricane sally threatening the gulf coast with historic floods. Were going to be live in a moment from the storm zone. Hey allergy muddlers. Achoo . Do your sneezes turn heads . Try zyrtec. It starts working hard at hour one. And works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Zyrtec muddle no more. The lack of control whenover my business kai, made me a little intense. But now quickbooks helps me get paid, manage cash flow, and run payroll. And now im back on top. With koala kai. Save over 30 hours a month with intuit quickbooks. I feel like were forglet me check. Ing. Xfinity home gives you peace of mind from anywhere with professionally monitored Home Security built around you. No, i think were good. Good. So when youre away, you dont have to worry. The tent. We forgot. The tent. Except about that. Xfinity home. Simple, easy, awesome. Hey look, i found the tent and, see, its safe. Call, click, or visit a store today. Hurricane sally looming off the gulf coast moving at only 2 miles per hour. Thats slower than you or i could walk. Rainfall totals already topping 6 inches in portions of alabama and the Florida Panhandle. National Hurricane Center warning that that total could get as high as 30 inches in some spots making lifethreatening flooding a serious concern. Lets talk now to cnns polo sandoval. He joins us from mobile, alabama. Polo, hello to you. So, this Hurricane Sally making landfall over the next few hours. Look at you. Whats going on . Look at the conditions. Reporter yeah, don, youve stood out here before, you know, that usually those storms that are slow to arrive, those are usually the ones that pack the biggest threat. Yes, we see those windy windy bands that sweep through the mobile area, but its the rain weve been seeing since this afternoon thats sort of the biggest concerns here because consider, obviously, the storm surge that were expecting mainly here in alabama and add that rain were going to see well into tomorrow and thats whats leading to the flash flood threat not just along coastal areas but also inland. Were actually looking over the mobile river right now. So if you go about a mile down, this actually empties into the mobile bay and then eventually, obviously, into the gulf of mexico. The last update that was just released by National Weather service is scaling down a little bit that surge. Before, it was about 9 feet that we could see, but now the latest forecast showing about 5 feet. Nonetheless, don, people not only here in mobile but obviously east of here in the Florida Panhandle very concerned. Mostly hunkering down right now very well aware that the worst is still ahead. Polo sandoval. Thank you very much. Well check back in with you. Well be right back. Thanks, don. Fights. Inone. Oh no. Nonono. Did you really need the caps lock . Mucinex cold and flu allinone. Its kind of my quiet, alone time. Audible is a routine for me. Its 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 im obsessed with it now. There are a lot of like, classic and big titles that i feel like i missed out since i dont have time to read, mean i might as well listen. If i want to catch up on the news or history or learn whats going on in the world, i can download a book and listen to it. Because i listened to her story over and over again, i made the decision to go ahead and follow my own dream, which was to help other veterans. I think theres like 180 books in my, in my library now. It changes your perspective; it makes you a different person. Its true, its so true. To start your free 30day trial, just text listen25 to 500500. They have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps. Com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the services of the post office plus ups only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps. Com tv and never go to the post office again. All this week, we bring you stories of average people doing extraordinary things. It is the only home i have ever known. Its my rock, my grounding point. Its the only home i have ever known. I was scene when katrina hit. My dad drove my brother, myself and my mom around the city, and just showed us the devastation. It was unrecognizable. And that was the moment that i knew that i wanted to be a part of what the city could be afterwards. I went to the university of new orleans. I graduated in 2012 with a degree in civil environmental engineering. New orleans relationship with water is tumultuous at best, we sit at the bottom of the bowl. We pump all of our water out, and we saw the affects of trying to pump out too much water too quickly, not just in katrina, but with regular thunderstorms. I have lived in Pontchartrain Park my entire life. When it rains, we do experience flooding. The roads would be completely inundated. And its important to me as well. It sits be hind me home. The leaders in the neighborhood, begged and pleaded to do Something Different here. We have to change the way that we have historically done things from the very inception of a project. As an engineer, im a problem solver. So, i see a problem, and i immediately go to solutions. This is my baby. This is the project that i am most proud of and most excited for. This is the project, in and of itself, it can hold 950,000 gallons of water. Its not in peoples streets and not in peoples houses. All of the Water Management projects, the point is to retain or detain water before it gets in to the system. So when you can hold a couple hundred thousand gallons of water on 10s or g you see a b change. Pwe were going to get 610 inches of water and it could stay for 24 hours. It is been a god send to have it. Its been wonderful. It is often we figure out a solution to the problem and we do the solution and then we tell people about it. I realize that we have to make more of a push to make sure that we are talking to the people who will be using the products. I cant put something in front of somebodys house and just expect them to be okay with it. About a month ago, we had one of those downpours. It was really quite something to see, because at first i was like, oh, lord, its raining. And then all of a sudden, the water slowly, gradually went away. To see a project like this come to fruition and just really serve a muchneeded purpose for a neighborhood that does not often get things like this is its something im really proud to be a part of. Girl, you are thank you for talking to us. You are our hero. Wow. What a great story and a great project. Congratulations. Were going to continue to share these inspirational stories all week and make sure you watch the champions for change onehour special this saturday, 10 00 p. M. Thank you for watching, everyone. What a crazy two hours, huh . Our coverage continues. H . Now i dont have to choose. Crest 3d white. It removes up to 95 of surface stains. And strengthens enamel. From the number one toothpaste brand in america. Crest. Im a talking dog. The other issue. Oh. Im scratching like crazy. Youve got some allergic itch with skin inflammation. Apoquel can work on that itch in as little as 4 hours, whether its a new or chronic problem. And apoquels treated over 8 million dogs. Nice. And. The talking dog thing . Is it bothering you . No. Itching like a dog is bothering me. Until dogs can speak for themselves, you have to. When allergic itch is a problem, ask for apoquel. Apoquel is for the control of itch associated with allergic dermatitis and the control of Atopic Dermatitis in dogs. Do not use apoquel in dogs less than 12 months old or those with serious infections. Apoquel may increase the chance of developing serious infections and may cause existing parasitic skin infestations or preexisting cancers to worsen. Do not use in breeding, pregnant, or lactating dogs. Most common side effects are vomiting and diarrhea. Feeling better . Im speechless. Thanks for the apoquel. Aw. Thats what friends are for. Ask your veterinarian for apoquel next to you, apoquel is a dogs best friend. Love them, hate their laundry, protection. Lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99. 9 of bacteria. Detergent alone cant. Lysol. What it takes to protect. ® what if you can have direct access to certified personal what doesecurity agentsel safe . I was just wondering if you can keep an eye on me until i get home of course faith, thats what we are here for what if you had the ability to set Security Check ins or a watchful eye of experts when your expecting a delivery or have someone by your side whenever you go for a walk have the ability to have a security agent orchestrate with local authorites