Dr. Fauci testifying before congress. His warning to lawmakers. And the tension across this country over we over inside one new jersey store. Plus, after more positive tests a report Major League Baseball may shut down the season if they dont get covid under control. Developing right now, the search for eight missing marines after a deadly military mishap off the coast of san diego. Their vehicle taking on water. At least one dead. What the military is saying tonight. The alleged teen hacker master mind. A 17yearold under arrest accused of a massive cyberattack targeting high profile twitter at cans, including former Vice President joe biden and president obama. Pierre thomas with the details coming in. Americans in limbo tonight as a 600 a week benefit expires for millions of americans. What losing that federal money could mean during the pandemic. And can lawmakers break through the ak ajor american city. Inte bed sheets to escape from the 12th floor. One of them, accused of firstdegree murder, getting away. Tonight, the update from authorities. And good evening. Thank you for joining us on a friday night. Im tom llamas in for david. We begin tonight with the state of emergency in florida. A life threatening tomorrow in the middle of a lifethen, pandemic. Hurricane isaias targeting the coast. A cat1 with winds of up to 75 miles per hour. Causing flooding and mud slides, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands in puerto rico and the dominican republic. The hurricane now taking aim at the bahamas with wind and rain. Hurricaneunteearng p in th stat coronavirus testing site until at least tuesday. It could hit or come close to hitting florida in weekend. Heres the track. Moving its way up the east coast. North carolina already issuing mandatory evacuation orders for parts of the outer banks. Abcs senior meteorologist rob marciano is in miami to lead us off tonight. Rrane isaias gaini stre now taking aim at the epicenter for coronavirus cases, florida. I just signed an executive order to declare a state of emergency in every coastal county up floridas east coast. Reporter florida residents racing to prepare. When youve got a trailer, youve got to be concerned about everything. Reporter the coming storm also forcing coronavirus testing site in the storms path to close down. Our sites, because theyre outdoors with tents, if it were to get 40, 50mileanhour winds, it would just collapse. Reporter isaias was still a Tropical Storm when it slammed the caribbean, killing at least two on the dominican republic, including a 5yearold boy. Flooding neighborhoods across puerto rico. Knocking out power to nearly 5 hundred thousand. The National Guard rescuing children even a newborn from floodwaters in mayaguez. The infrastructure on the u. S. Territory still fragile. Weve had two hurricanes that weve had to deal with. Weve had two earthquakes and multiple tremors that weve had to deal with. We have this pandemic, and now we have this Tropical Storm. So we have endured a lot. And we are thinking about puerto rico tonight. Lets get right to rob with the timing and track of this hurricane. Reporter tom, the wind field is expanding. Starting to feel the effects here in miami. The center of this hurricane now less than 500 miles to ourspout and will be here tomorrow afternoon. Look at the satellite. Not just here, but across the bahamas and the track brings it very close or making landfall somewhere near West Palm Beach and riding the coast sunday, potentially peeling off to the carolinas monday, hopefully weaken, even clipping new england tim well t track as it parallels the coast, tom, is going to be affecting ms e ri y. E y trackhrgh thank you. Tonights other major headline, the coronavirus crossing another major threshold in the u. S. More than 4. 5 million cases reported. The death toll surges, topping 152,000 american lives lost. More than 1,000 deaths in 24 hours. Three of the governments Top Health Experts on capitol hill today. Dr. Fauci warning the virus is so contagious it will likely not disappear. News about the two vaccine trials in their final stages here in the u. S. And tonight were hearing from a doctor and what drove her to be a vaccine volunteer. So at grear o b as more players test positive. Victor oquendo is in florida. Reporter with a hurricane set to sideswipe florida, the state today setting a Record Number of deaths from the virus 257 lives lost. The president touching down in tampa touting his response to the crisis. You know, theyre starting to give us very good marks. You notice that . Were getting very high marks on this china virus. Should have never come here. Reporter President Trump setting down with the governor, reminding people to wear a mask. Wear a mask when youre in crowd places or cannot socially distance. Wear a mask if youre in close contact with others. Reporter so much loss here in florida. Loriana hernandezaldama says her family had just minutes to say goodbye to her 94yearold fatherinlaw on a video call. How was your family able to say goodbye to your fatherinlaw . They called us at 6 00. We were table to talk to him until 6 19, and they said his Blood Pressure was going down. By 6 30 we lost him. Reporter the cdc now forecasting the virus could claim up to 182,000 american lives by august 22nd. Today on capitol hill, dr. Anthony fauci saying hes hopeful about a vaccine. We feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by the end of this year and as we go into 2021. So, i dont think its dreaming, congresswoman. I believe its a reality and will be shown to be a reality. Reporter two vaccines are now in the final stage of testing in the u. S. Dr. Victoria smith with Oschner Health in louisiana is volunteering for pfizers vaccine. Ive lost three patients to covid. I have a large africanamerican and latino patient population, whos been disproportionately affected by covid. And so a vaccine is really what offers some hope to try to end, you know, so much of the suffering. Reporter latinos make up more than half the cases in california. The state approaching 500,000 cases now. And now growing concern about those states north of the sunbelt, like idaho, which saw record deaths this week. Icu nurse Krista Murphy is tired of hearing people saying they dont want to wear a mask. Makes me feel awful, like they dont care about what were going through here. They dont care about the people that are admitted to the hospital, whose families cant come and see them and are terrified. Reporter in new jersey, transmission rates are now higher than they were in april. Look, the numbers are setting off alarms that we are taking that we take very seriously. Reporter police there are looking for a woman at this Staples Store who they say assaulted a liver transplant patient, allegedly over a mask. The suspect grabbing the victims cane, throwing that woman to the Ground Breaking her leg, all because she asked her to wear a mask. And tonight, the challenge for so many schools trying to safely i haveull confidence that they have put in all the right protocols. Reporter it comes as a new cdc report raises concerns about the risks. At one georgia sleepaway camp, where cloth masks were not worn by campers, the virus spread to more than 44 of campers and staff within a week. Now the future of baseball is in question. Sources telling espn, the commissioner of Major League Baseball is warning players the sport could be shut down if the sport doesnt do a better job of managing the virus. After 20 members of the marlins were infected along with a few member of cardinals and phillies. What could be a Major Development for baseball. Vic so victor joins us now. I want to go back to schools. New york city outlining its reopening today . Theyll be taking what the mayor is called a blended approach of inperson and online classes but its all about the numbers. If the infection rate goes above 3 theyll close the schools and transition to online learning. 3 , the big number. Victor, thank you for that. We move to the deadly military training disaster in san diego. At least one marine dead. Eight missing. Their vehicle taking on water. The marines based at camp pendleton. Will carr has been following this all day. Reporter tonight, the military training disaster aboard an Amphibious Assault vehicle. Onmane is dead, two in critical condition. Eight more still missing. Officials in a desperate search and rescue operation. The marines, based at camp pendleton, were training off the navyowned island of san clemente about 65 miles from san diego. The exercise taking a catastrophic turn at 5 45 p. M. Thursday. Emergency reports that the armored personnel carrier was taking on water. Rescue crews searching in choppy seas, finding eight people. This vehicle is big. Its almost as big and heavy as a tank. And so when water gets aboard, it sinks very quickly. Reporter 15 marines and 1 sailor were inside the vehicle. The military has used them since the 1970s to transport marines from sea to land. The coast guard and navy are searching in the waters for the missing crew members. There have been mishaps in these amphibious vehicles over the years, but none like this. Did hatches get opened that shouldnt have been opened and allowed seawater to quickly get in . Was there a mechanical failure . Reporter as the search continues tonight, the marines have decided to stop using that vehicle on water until they can figure out exactly what went tragically wrong. Tom . Will carr on that breaking news. Thank you. News tonight about the massive twitter hack targeting former president obama, joe biden, bill gates and many others. Authorities charging three suspects, including the alleged mastermind. Hes only 17 years old. Federal prosecutors say he was part of a major financial scheme. Heres abcs chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas. Reporter tonight, Authorities Say they have solved the mystery behind that recent twitter hack of politicians and celebrities. They are accusing a teenager, claiming 17yearold graham clark of tampa is, quote, the mastermind. Make no mistake, this was not an ordinary 17yearold. This was a highly sophisticated attack and it could have destabilized Financial Markets both in america and around the globe. Reporter he and two other suspects are charged with 30 felony counts in connection with the hack targeting Vice President biden, former president obama, bill gates, Kim Kardashian and others. More than 100,000 was illegally raised using those twitter accounts to urge victims to send money to bogus charities, tom. Pierre, thank you. Millions of American Families on edge tonight that many expanded unemployment net,k officially expiring today. Congress and white house appear nowhere close to a new deal. More than 52 for unemployment s march and 20 million facing possible evictions. Heres kyra phillips. Reporter tonight, the 600 a week that millions of jobless americans have depended on to survive will formally expire, as congress and the white house battle over a new deal. What do you say to those americans that are about to lose 600 a week . That they need to be calling the offices of Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi and say, get to work. Reporter with the clock ticking, lawmakers meeting late into the night to hammer out a deal. But negotiations went nowhere. The gop offering to extend those 600 payments for just another week, but democrats refused to accept it, calling the shortterm fix a stunt. Democrats put forward their own stimulus bill months ago, but republicans only came to the negotiating table this week. We need them to recognize the gravity of the situation. Reporter chicago bartender Roushaunda Williams feels that severity. Out of work since march, the 600 helped pay her bills. Being able to have a roof over my head, being able to have were out here drowning. We are struggling. Reporter tom, i just met with President Trumps chief of staff, mark meadows and i can tell you there wont be a deal made tonight, but meadows and treasury secretary mnuchin will be meeting tomorrow morning with pelosi and schumer. If history is any guide and they did reach a deal, americans wouldnt see that check for weeks, possibly months. Tom . Weeks possibly months. Kira, thank you. Sticking in washington, President Trump tonight attempting to sew seeds of doubt over election day. Now a little more than three months away, faced with plunging poll numbers and one day after suggesting possibly delaying the election, the president without evidence now suggesting the results could be, quote, rigged. Heres abcs Senior National correspondent, terry moran. Reporter at the white house today, President Trump behind in the polls and seeming more and more frustrated about it making an apocalyptic prediction. This is going to be the greatest election disaster in history. Reporter after his idea of delaying the election was immediately shot down by republicans and democrats alike, trump now claims because of mailin voting, the results may never be known. Itll be fixed, itll be rigged. Itll go on forever. Reporter the Postal Service expects a huge surge in mailin ballots a huge challenge. Postal worker leaders say if they have sufficient resources, americans can trust them to do the job. They have to insist that the mail is not slowed down and that those ballots are going to move timely and quickly. Reporter but just this month, new postmaster general louis dejoy, whos a major trump donor, ordered big cuts in Postal Services in the name of efficiency. And there are now backlogs at post offices, and concerns that politics is behind the move. Former president obama highlighting the issue in his eulogy for congressman john lewis yesterday. There are those in power who are doing their darndest to discourage people from voting. Even undermining the Postal Service in the runup to an election thats going to be dependent on mailin ballots so people dont get sick. Reporter the white house is out with a statement calling the changes in post office much needed and long overdue saying the suggestion politics were involved is baseless and absurd. 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