Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Im Wendy Gillette in for annemarie green. Hurricane dorian intensified overnight and is now a category 2 hurricane. Dorian is expected to hit somewhere between florida and southern georgia on monday and could make landfall as a powerful category 4 storm. That would make it the strongest storm to hit floridas east coast since hurricane andrew in 1992. This ominous view from the International Space station shows the storm morphing into a monster. Chief meteorologist craig setzer of our miami station wfor is tracking dorians path. Well, the storm strengthened overnight, winds up to 105 miles an hour now, moving to the northwest at 12, expecting to continue because its over very warm waters. The wind shear very low. It will be a category 3 today, category 4 by tomorrow as it breaches the northwest bahamas. Thats the sunday evening time frame here. And then monday evening, labor day, approaching the florida coast
Getting back behind the wheel. What is good news . Alex trebek back on the job finishing chemotherapy. The jeopardy hosts message to fans and an update on his health. And she did it again. 15yearold coco gauff advancing in the u. S. Open after another late night thriller. Good friday morning, everyone. Lets get right to it. The growing threat from Hurricane Dorian as the storm gains strength overnight. Dorian has been upgraded to a category 2 hurricane and is now on track to become a potentially catastrophic category 4 by the time it makes landfall. This new image from space shows the size of the storm which is chugging over warmer atlantic waters east of the bahamas. Well have the storms latest track in just a moment. But first a warm welcome to abcs ines de la cuetara. First time on the show, and, ines, youve been looking into the scramble to prepare for dorian. Reporter thats right, guys. Still lots of uncertainty as to where it will hit and how strong it will be, but if forecasters
And theres suddenly this renewed sense of optimism, either believe it or talk it with a grain of salt that republicans might be back on their feet as it relates to trying to great the American Health care act passed. Senator bob corker, republican, said he feels it is better than a 50 50 shot that republicans are able to get something to the senate. I was emailing with the spokesperson for paul ryan earlier today who told me that the speaker has told members he wants them to continue discussing this issue. So just a little while ago at the White House Press briefing i asked sean spicer, because its one thing for congress to talk about this, its another for the white house. So i asked him, has the white house been involved with any renegotiations as it relates to the American Health care act. He said, somewhat, and put a ceiling on their involvement. Watch. Staff has met with individuals and listened to them. Have we had some discussions and listened to ideas . Yes. Are we actively plan
Are all over social media. The sound the sad part is i had to delete friends that think this is funny. They want to go downtown on friday and saturday night dress up like a clown and scare people. Diana wilson said security personnel sent spent half date thursday checking out reports of clowns near elementary school. We had security onsite interview the kids the cars, check our Video Surveillance tape. Reporter nothing was found. The threat unfounded. Kids and parents still have to take the clown reports seriously. Meaning quite simply if you encounter anyone wearing something over their fate you need to run the other way. You need to alert the nearest adult. Some of the clown hoaxes are they generate eight response to a particular location. Tte locationnexists but the emergency does not. Parents need to tell their children not to engage with a clown unless they authorized it. What a strange and unnerving trent. We have a full list of where these clowns have been reported on thedenverc
Need to run the other way and alert the nearest personnor police officer. There was an incident in Jefferson County where several 4th graders reported seeing clowns while they were out for recess. In denver at 6 00 the steps that the school took to make sure the threat was not real. Clown threats have turned into a real attack in ohio. A School District in suburban cincinnati canceled classes beeause a dressed as a clown grabbed her and made threats against students. Breaking news. Hurricane matthew has turned into a behemoth of a storm. Raising it to a category 4 hurricane. It is moving across the caribbean and it could track for the u. S. Next week. We are not clear yet. The first alert that mike nelson has been keeping watch. Because of the storm. You can see the large cloud band and at the end of the loop there is an eye. This is a massive storm. As you mentioned it will take a turn towards the northwest and it will go across haiti and the domincan republic and cuba and in the baha