Expecting record turnout after this memorial day scene and myrtle beach welcoming tourists despite being linked to multiple outbreaks as a South Carolina doctor says theyre facing a category 6 hurricane of illness. The mayor joins us live. Flyovers and fireworks. President Trump Holding his fourth of July Celebration at mt. Rushmore expecting thousands but not requiring social distancing or masks. Insisting the crisis is being handled as testing trouble grows, the labs now saying they cant keep up with demand. Under arrest. Jeffrey epsteins exgirlfriend and alleged coconspirator Ghislaine Maxwell waking up behind bars accused of helping him recruit, groom and sexually abuse teenage girls. Now the lawyer representing more than 50 of epsteins alleged victims joins us live first on gma. Breaking overnight, the new charge filed in the case of missing ft. Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen. The gruesome discovery as her family demands justice. Caught on camera, the terrifying bison encounter in Y
Numbers leaked online, but how serious is the government about cracking down on big tech. It is thursday, september 5th. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Lauren welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning. Im lauren simonetti. Ashley good morning, im ashley webster. In for cheryl casone. Lauren lets take another look at how your money is moving this morning. Trade talks are on, dow is up 229, s p up 23 andahalf, nasdaq jumping 85. Ashley the yield on the 10 year treasury coming in at 1. 5 , up 3 basis points. Lauren oil prices are trading at 56. 15 a barrel after a big rally yesterday. Theyre down 11cents this morning. Ashley lets take a look at whats been going on in asia this morning, the nikkei, shanghai, kospi all up, the hang seng down slightly. Lauren Political Drama in great britain, but the ftse is down. The dax is higher by 97. Our top story, Hurricane Dorian regaining strength overnight, now it is a category 3 storm, t threatening to make landfall in the carolinas are conditions are getting
Make landfall tonight or tomorrow. 250,000 people are currently without power in South Carolina as charleston braces for a possible 10foot storm surge. Can you imagine if governor of North Carolina is expected to make comments about the impact of dorian. Well keep you updated on the storms path throughout the hour. Connell then there is President Trump, expected to speak any moment from now at the white house. A event awarding the president ial medal of freedom to the basketball halloffamer, jerry west. The logo himself. Well bring you any headlines out of that event. Especially if the president talks about other subjects. Gerri willis watching that rally on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Edward lawrence and blake burman are both on the north lawn off the white house elbowing each other out, searching for space there on the lawn but edward, on the tray front, we start with you, sir. Reporter connell there, was a phone call, big phone call between the two trade delegations. T
with over 6.2 million people under a hurricane warning here. sandbags lining the charleston streets, the governor says he knows what is coming. and now, zooming out, still trying to comprehend the tol tolerating pain, and the death toll. and now, sanibel island is only reachable by boat, and city after city in florida decimated by hurricane ian. and in fort myers, decimated by heaps of concrete and debris and the people trying to pick up their lives and send help. we lost everything last night, everything. the family is okay, and the dogs are okay, and the parents are okay, and we have lost everything, and we have been in the house since 1987, and everything is gone, pictures, memories, everything. and now, going to charleston where the community is waiting, and we have miguel marcus there, and the high tide just as the hurricane is set to come ashore, and what are you seeing? yeah, it is pretty miserable right now, and this is the worst that we have seen. the winds are
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. hurricane ian just made landfall as a category 1 storm on the south carolina coast. it hit near georgetown, between myrtle beach and charleston, and just as it did in florida, it s bringing life-threatening storm surge and heavy rains. it currently has 85-mile-per-hour winds. the tide has been going up in myrtle beach by a foot an hour. look at some of these images on your screen right now of all of the flood waters in myrtle beach. in north myrtle beach, this pier collapsed during the storm. obviously, we ll see much more damage once the storm passes through this area, and then in florida, utter destruction after the west coast got hammered. at least 25 people are dead as of last count. officials warn, though, that that number will likely rise. some areas like ft. myers beach are still impassable at this hour. stores and homes there have been reduced to shells, even if they are still on their foundations. a loc