Tropical storm. Chief white house corr responsible Department John roberts with what the president had to say on a trip to fema ahead of his big rnc speech. Jonathan serrie begins there lafayette, louisiana. Good evening. Good evening. Emergency management officials confirmed four stormrelated fatalities in louisiana including a 14yearold girl. All of the victims died after trees fell on their homes. The winds associated with this powerful storm are causing problems far from the coast. Plumes of smoke erupted from a Chemical Plant in west lake. Hazmat teams work to contain a fire at the bio lab facility. Emergency alerts advised residents to shelter in place. Despite the heat theyre experiencing, shelter at home under those circumstances means that they need to be on the inside with the doors and windows closed and the air conditioning off if theyre lucky enough to have electricity. The plant is near the city of lake charles which had winds of 98 Miles Per Hour and a 132 Miles Per Hour
Still a major concern. Forecasters had predicted that it could be as high as 20 feet. Thats a level they say would be unsurvivable. So in moments, well get you an update on what the levels are right now. Truth is, we still just dont know how bad the destruction is just yet. The light not up completely. Were contacting as many people as we can on the ground to get a sense of the damage. Interstate 10 is closed in some parts of louisiana due to flooding concerns. The governor of louisiana has mobilized the states entire national guard. Some perspective here, why we are so concerned right now, this storm hit with more force than Hurricane Katrina, which killed more than 1,800 people 15 years ago, exactly. I want to go first to cnns Martin Savidge in lake charles, louisiana. Martin, i can see youre outside, assessing the damage. What have you seen . Give us the very latest . Its the first time, john, that weve been able to even come out of shelter for over five hours. And the wind is still
Historian, ignoring among other things the coronavirus testing debacle, the prediction to be over by april, the musing of ingesting bleach and a case surge with 57,000 plus to the world leading american death toll. We will make America Great again. Again. Also today more unrest over a Police Shooting in wisconsin and now a black lives matter mess ablg fr and from athletes to the world. Sports all refuse to play. Now a question of how long this protest moment will last. Back to those stories in a moment. We begin with texas and louisiana. Hurricane laura in the two states in a middle of the pandemic that complicates everything. You can see right there destructive force. Laura coming ashore overnight as a category 4 storm. We are getting views of the damage. Within person is dead in louisiana, a 14yearold goiirla tree fell on the home. Power outages impacting hundreds of thousands into the weekend. The governors say the build back effort takes weeks and this morning there is hope that th
Mike baker is a New York Times correspondent, he joins me from there. Mike, you were there during these clashes. What did you witness regarding the shooting that occurred and do we have any information as of yet on the victim . Yeah, so the shooting occurred while there were a bunch of trump pro trump vehicles driving through downtown. As you guys covered there, there was a gathering in the suburbs of Trump Supporters and they were going to drive around the outskirts of the city, but a lot of them decided to come through into downtown where they met a bunch of protesters who were there wanting to confront them. And sort of during the hours of that happening, there were reports of gunfire, went over to the scene and the police had blocked it off. There was a man who had been shot in the chest, who was being treated at the time, and he appears to have been wearing a Patriot Prayer hat, a far right group here in the portland area. Tell us more about the clashes between these two groups, m
Questions raised about the security of your vote. This attack by the president , this false justification for not briefing the congress, is just not a false justification. They dont want the American People to know the russians are once again trying to elect donald trump. And hitting the campaign trail. Joe biden says hes ready to drop facetime and pick up a mic near you. So, how will he do it . And this week, we saw u. S. Forces clash with russian soldiers in syria. What this means for u. S. russian relations. Plus, learning to slow the spread of coronavirus. A part of europe celebrated as a success to slow the virus is now seeing a rise in cases. What can the u. S. Do to avoid that same fate with fall right around the corner . We begin the hour in portland, oregon, where police say a man was shot and killed last night as supporters of President Trump and black lives matters protesters clashed in the streets. Its unclear whether the opposing protests were connected to the shooting, bu