An officer hit by something thrown, collapsing. The Republican National convention now under way tonight. President trump greeting a crush of supporters in North Carolina. The images of the crowd. No masks, no social distancing, and the message the president is trying to send. It all comes as secret recordings of the president s sister, a retired judge, what she says now. Kellyanne conway soon leaving the white house. And the First Network interview with former Vice President joe biden and senator Kamala Harris right here. And biden responding to the president s attacks on his mental fitness. The coronavirus here in the u. S. Tonight, as many teachers fight for more precautions before going back. Tonight, the teacher sharing images from the classroom to make their point. And tonight, questions over whether President Trump is now pressuring the fda to authorize treatment. The alleged sex scandal involving one of President Trumps most vocal evangelical supporters. Jerry falwell jr. Claiming his wife had an affair. The young man saying, thats not the real story. And as details emerge tonight, reports falwell is resigning from Liberty University. But what he told our reporter late today. And the case that made national headlines. Scott peterson, convicted of killing his pregnant wife, laci. What the California Supreme Court has now decided about the death penalty. Good evening and its great to start another week with all of you at home tonight. And the Republican National convention under way, news already this evening. But were going to begin tonight with those two tropical storms bearing down on the u. S. One right after the other. Marco already delivering wind and rain tonight. Laura not far behind. And expected to become a hurricane as that Second System travels over the warm waters of the gulf. Lauras flood waters rushing through the streets of haiti, killing at least five, causing flooding and rescues in the Dominican Republic. At least three more killed there. And in puerto rico tonight, knocking out power to some 200,000. Laura seen from the International Space station tonight. You can see the size and scope of this system. There is a state of emergency at this hour. All of this, of course, right in the middle of a pandemic. We do have the new track this evening, right near new orleans, and meteorologist rob marciano leads us off from the storm zone. Reporter tonight, mandatory evacuations along the gulf coast as families brace for the onetwo punch of two tropical systems. In grand isle, louisiana, residents racing to board up and get out. A wall of sandbags now in place to protect the island. And then theres this wall. New since katrina, just east of new orleans, designed to keep any gulf surge out of the city. It is huge. 26 feet high and nearly two miles across. Oil and Gas Companies evacuating employees from offshore rigs and stopping production. The storms hitting in the middle of a pandemic. Theres still an awful lot of covid out there. That should influence everything that you do. Reporter while marco moves ashore, Hurricane Hunters are flying inside laura, now near cuba, targeting the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, where its likely to strengthen more. Laura bringing torrential rain and devastating flash flooding to the Dominican Republic and haiti. The storm claiming at least 11 lives in the two countries. And in puerto rico, laura knocking out power to more than 200,000 in the u. S. Territory. All right, one system right after the other. We see those dark skies there behind you, rob. Youve got the latest track . Reporter yeah, well start with marco, david, which is coming ashore across Southeast Louisiana right now. Well see the impacts of that get a little more intense over the next several hours. Here it is on the radar scope. As a matter of fact, there are tornado watches that are posted until midnight for the Florida Panhandle and parts of south georgia. This all rotates inland overnight. Tomorrow, it will dissipate quickly. Then, all eyes go to the larger laura, just south of cuba, forecast to get into the gulf of mexico. Winds are quiet there, water super warm. It is going to become a hurricane quickly. Might become a rapid intensification, at least a cat 2,akinlandfall wednesday night. Upper texas coastline or parts of louisiana where there are new hurricane watches just east of galveston to just west of morgan city. Much of that will be hurricane warnings by this time tomorrow. David . All right, always about the temperature of those waters. Rob marciano, well be tracking this with you through the next several days. Thank you. And next tonight here, the National Guard is in kenosha, wisconsin, tonight amid protests over the Police Shooting of a black father. Video showing an officer grabbing jacob blake by the shirt, shooting him several times in the back. His three young sons in the backseat of the car. Tonight, hes now hospitalized in serious condition and abcs alex perez is there. And we warn you, the video is difficult to watch. Reporter tonight, this disturbing video throwing a city into turmoil. A black man walking away from police shot repeatedly while reaching into his car. Kenosha, wisconsin, Police Responding to a domestic incident at about 5 00 sunday evening. The video starts with three officers following jacob blake, one of them with his gun drawn, grabbing blakes shirt as he opens the car door and then opening fire, hitting him in the back. Blakes three sons in the car witnessing the shooting. His fiance there, as well. Was just shooting him with the kids in the back, screaming. That dont make no sense that you treat somebody like that. Reporter two of the officers are now on administrative leave pending an investigation. Let me be clear, this was not an accident. This wasnt bad police work. This felt like some sort of vendetta being taken out on a member of our community. Reporter the incident immediately igniting anger and protests. Black lives matter reporter authorities firing tear gas at protesters. Dozens of cars set on fire. Violence erupting. This officer knocked out after being hit with a brick. This didnt start with george floyd, unfortunately. Its been around far longer than him, and if we dont do anything, this will continue, as we saw yesterday. Reporter tonight, the National Guard called in to support local law enforcement. And david, this community is preparing for possibly more destructive protests tonight. Much of the small downtown area now looks like this, completely boarded up. Theres an overnight curfew beginning at 8 00 tonight. Blake remains hospitalized and is said to be in serious but stable condition. David . All right, alex perez in wisconsin. Thank you. We turn next here this monday night to a big week ahead for President Trump. Last week, joe biden and Kamala Harris, this week, its the Republican National convention and its already under way tonight. President trump greeting a crush of supporters in North Carolina, the images of the crowd. Many taking note that in the crowd, few masks, no social distancing. President trump seeking a second term and trying to send a message as he travels the country in this pandemic. And it all comes as new secret recordings of the president s sister, a retired judge, are made public. What she said. And the abc news exclusive. Joe biden and Kamala Harris last night right here and biden responding to the president s attacks on his mental fitness. Heres our chief White House CorrespondentJonathan Karl tonight. Usa usa reporter pandemic . What pandemic . President trump was greeted by a crowd of supporters in North Carolina today. No masks or social distancing but plenty of enthusiasm for trump. This has been a real love fest between North Carolina and trump, right . Its been incredible. Reporter the president kicked off the Republican Convention with a dark warning. This is the most important election in the history of our country. Dont let them take it away from you. Reporter some 300 delegates gathered in charlotte, the city that was supposed to hold the convention. But most of the speeches will be back in washington, including at least seven speeches by members of the trump family. The president is promising a positive and hopeful convention, but it begins with lots of extraneous drama, including brutally harsh words from his elder sister, judge maryanne trump barry, who was secretly recorded by his niece, mary. He has no principles. None, none. You cant trust him. Reporter judge trump barry describes her brothers actions as president as harshly as anybody who spoke at the democratic convention. God [ bleep ] tweet and the lying, oh, my god, im talking too freely, but you know. The change of stories, the lack of preparation, the lying, the holy [ bleep ]. Reporter as the Convention Kicks off, kellyanne conway, one of the president s most fiercely loyal advisers, announced she is stepping down to spend more time with her family. Our four children are teens and tweens starting a new academic year, conway wrote in a statement. For now and for my beloved children, it will be less drama and more mama. Theres been no shortage of drama for the conways. Her husband, george, has become one of the president s harshest critics. He announced hell take a break from twitter. The Republican Convention plans have been curtailed due to covid19. But in some ways, the message is identical to the trump message four years ago. Were going to make America Great again. Again. Reporter the president is using his live appearances before crowds to draw a stark contrast with joe biden, who has rarely ventured outside of his home state since the pandemic started. I felt an obligation to come to North Carolina. Joe biden was going to have their convention in milwaukee and they didnt go there at all. They didnt do this. We did this out of respect for your state. Reporter david asked biden about that in his first interview with running mate Kamala Harris. We saw the president just this week during the convention, he traveled to pennsylvania, he traveled to wisconsin, iowa, arizona, all of that while you were making your case to the American People. I understand the restrictions of covid and campaigning in this time, but can you win a president ial election from home . We will. Were going to follow the science. What the scientists tell us. Weve been able to travel places when weve been able to do it in a way that we dont cause the congregation of large numbers of people. Look what happens, whats happened with his events. People die. People get together, they dont wear masks, they end up getting covid, they end up dying. So, when you hear the president say this guys afraid to leave his basement . Guess what . I have left my basement in the meantime, 500 Million People have watched what ive done out of my basement. And guess what . People are listening. People are listening. Its about being responsible. And jon karl with us live tonight from washington. Jon, as you point out there, the president , his team have gone after joe biden for not traveling. Biden has said hes listening to scientists and to authorities. And biden also fired back at the president last night here on those attacks over his mental fitness. Heres what biden said and i wanted to get your reaction, jon, on the other side here. I want to turn to the blistering attacks weve seen from President Trump just this week alone on your mental fitness. Whether youre up for the job. His campaign has called you diminished. And im curious how you respond to that. Watch me. Mr. President , watch me. Look at us both. What we say, what we do, what we control, what we know, what kind of shape were in. Come on. Look. I think its a legitimate question to ask anybody over 70 years old whether or not theyre fit and whether theyre ready. But i just only thing i can say to the American People, its a legitimate question to ask anybody. Watch me. Lets put the attacks aside then. The American People remember Ronald Reagan was 77 when he left office, you would be 78 entering office. And you have said yourself that you are a transition candidate. Does that mean a oneterm president . What does that mean . No, it doesnt mean that. So, you are leaving open the possibility youll serve eight years if elected . Absolutely. All right, jon, former Vice President joe biden making it very clear there, it is a legitimate question for voters to ask a candidate over 70 about their mental fitness, if theyre ready. And you heard his words for the president , watch me. Reporter well, republicans are taking that advice, they are watching joe biden. They intend to make his mental acuity, his fitness for office, a central theme. David, i expect you will hear them talk about it over and over again over the next four nights. And we should let our viewers know we posted the entire transcript of that interview online for them. Jon, thank you. Well see you, jon, shortly. I hope you join george, linsey and me, the entire political team, for coverage of the Republican National convention now, its their week. 7 00 p. M. Eastern on abc news live and 10 00 p. M. Eastern right here on the network. In the meantime, the news continues this monday night and to the coronavirus here in the u. S. Teachers in florida have won their battle to make sure theyre safer before they go back to school. And new questions over whether the president is pressuring the fda over treatment. It was less than a week ago we reported here the fda said convalescent plasma therapy was promising, but not yet shown to be safe and effective. Then just days later, the head of the fda stood by President Trump this weekend, saying its ready. Heres steve osunsami. Reporter a florida judge tonight has sided with teachers who were ordered back to class by the governor and then sued. For now, inperson instruction is up to each school board. Today was the first day back for the teacher who took this striking photo of their classroom south of jacksonville. Students sitting at these desks would not be required to wear masks. In washington, the president has pushed the fda, and now theyre giving doctors the okay to use plasma therapy as emergency treatment for covid19. Hes accused the agency of Holding Things up until after the election. This is a powerful therapy. Reporter less than a week ago, this same fda was saying that this same therapy was promising, but has not yet been shown to be safe and effective. What happened yesterday is that you saw the fda being bullied by the president of the united states. Hes trying to now bully the fda into approving a vaccine or vaccines before theyve been adequately tested. Reporter in this exclusive first interview with the democratic ticket, david asked them about a vaccine by election day. On that point of a vaccine, the president has said, we could have a vaccine by years end and hes floated the idea of having a vaccine by november. Are you concerned at all that hell announce a vaccine in the days leading up to the election . No, im not concerned. I would hope theyd be able to have a vaccine. Now, most of the medical guys and women i talk to, they tell me thats highly unlikely, to be able to do that. But if god willing it happened, it would be wonderful. My concern is whether or not it will be made available and how its made available. It has to be thoroughly transparent. And senator harris, we have seen the disproportionate toll on communities of color all across this nation during this pandemic. If and when there is a vaccine, under your administration, who would get that vaccine first . Well, thats a great point, because lets also be clear that creating a vaccine and finally having a vaccine is a very different point than people actually being vaccinated. And there needs to be a plan, so that when we have a vaccine, those communities that are most in need will get them. Reporter a case in hong kong tonight has experts talking about immunity. Its a person who was sick with covid19 who recovered from the disease and then got sick again after 4 1 2 months. They do point out, david, that this is just one case. Thats right. A concerning headline and we will track it for sure. Steve, thank you. Now, to reports one of the president s most vocal evangelical supporters could be stepping down from Liberty University amid details of an alleged sex scandal. Jerry falwell jr. Claiming his wife had an affair. The young man saying, that is not the real story. And as details emerge tonight, those reports falwell is resigning . What he told our Kyra Phillips late today about that. Reporter tonight, multiple reports claiming Liberty University president Jerry Falwell jr. Has resigned. One of the most influential figures in the Christian Conservative movement mired in an alleged sex scandal tells abc news that he has not stepped down yet. The prominent evangelicals young Business Partner revealing scathing details of a sevenyear affair with his wife. In an interview with reuters, Giancarlo Granda says, becki and i developed an intimate relationship and jerry enjoyed watching from the corner of the room. Granda met the couple in 2012 as a 20yearold in miami. On sunday, falwell went public, saying granda did have with his wife, but also said he wasnt involved. In a statement, he accuses granda of blackmail. He began threatening to publicly reveal this secret relationship with becki and to deliberately embarrass my wife, family and Liberty University unless we agreed to pay him substantial monies. Granda denies the blackmail accusation, even releasing this call with her. His new thing is like telling me every time he hooks up with people, like i dont have feelings or something. Youre going to make her jealous, gian. Yeah. Aw, im not trying to do that. Reporter as president of Liberty University, the Largest Christian University in the country, falwells 2016 endorsement provided a major boost to then candidate donald trump. Falwell recently placed on an indefinite leave of absence after he posted this offcolor photo on social media of him and his wifes assistant on a yacht, that he says was a joke. 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