effort. welcome back to news headquarters. a horrific story as you are learning about what was happening not only on the bridge but down below when this fire broke out. julie: those unaccounted for were sleeping and the five crew members jumped off and they are unaccounted for. it is a search and recovery mission. we ll get to the search and recovery mission in a moment. we have to talk about hurricane dorian. it was weakened just a bit. just barely. category 4 storm really just on the brink of being a cat 5 is still extremely dangerous, extremely unpredictable as well. battering the bahamas with life threatening winds and storm surge. it is inching closer to florida s east coast slowly and that area set to feel dorian s flurry, we have team fox coverage. ellison barber is in juneau beach but we go to our meteorologist to tell us where the storm is headed.
2020 might be calling his name. but will he answer? should he answer? a cnn poll shows most democrats want former vice president joe biden to jump into the white house race. but could biden s burden be his political part? cnn s arlette saenz reports. reporter: if he jumps into the 2020 race, joe biden s career of more than 40 years in washington could be seen as a blessing or a curse. i was in the senate a long time. reporter: six terms in the senate. plus two as vice president. biden s record is ripe for scrutiny. one area set to come into the spotlight, his time as chair of the senate judiciary committee. when he championed the 1994 crime bill. people are prisoners in their neighborhoods. they re prisoners in their house. this is straight flat proof. violence in america is epidemic. reporter: decks later,
2020 might be calling his name but will he answer? a cnn poll shows that most democrats want joe bide tone jump into the presidential race. but, could the former vice president s burden be his political past? cnn s arlet sainz with the latest on that. welcome to new day, great to see you again. go ahead. reporter: joe biden remains one of the biggest unknown factors of this 2020 race. and there are also questions about how his long record could play in today s political environment. if he jumps into the 2020 race, joe biden s career of more than 40 years in washington could be seen as a blessing or a curse. i was in the senate a long time. reporter: with six terms in the senate plus two as vice president, biden s record is ripe for scrutiny. one area set to come into the
reporter: right. those are changes after two mine accidents in west virginia, sago and then an underground fire several weeks in logan county. so this new law is really being put to the test tonight. i know in the sago disaster, there was there was an area set aside, a church that was close by where the families could gather and congregate. there were prayer vigils going on. i know there is the first baptist church where families were encouraged to go. do you know anything about that and what type of prayer vigils or gatherings they are having there? reporter: from what i understand, the family members who are most immediately impacted, either somehow connect to the miners who have died or are missing, are all gathered there. there are a number of state officials and federal officials there talking with them. the investigators are going to talk to the family members in the separate area before talking to the media. so the push was to try to get to these chambers within a couple