Have these things in place. The National Hurricane center talking about this being potentially a category 1 hurricane within the next 24 hours. Im not too worried. We have generators. Storm surge is always the biggest threat. The heavy rainfall, the gusty winds that could be upwards of 70 miles per hour. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. Its monday, august 3rd, 6 00 here in new york. Alisyn is off, erica hill joins me today. I understand someone had a birthday. John berman, nothing gets past you. I know, because i just asked you, was it your birthday . You said yes. Happy birthday. Thank you, my friend. Belated. All right. This morning, the United States is in a new phase of the coronavirus pandemic, and new here does not mean good. Dr. Deborah birx tells cnn that this phase is different from march and april because the virus now is so extraordinarily widespread. Califor