Result of arson fires. And coronavirus takes out the countrys Oldest Department store chain. Liquidation sale signs could be seen on lord taylor locations yesterday. The nearly 200yearold Company Announcing its declared bankruptcy. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 3rd. Thank you for joining us. Hope you had a good weekend. Lots of news to get to. Were beginning this half hour with the possible hurricane heading for landfall in North Carolina. Residents and President Trump has already approved a disaster declaration for parts of the state. Isaias is a Strong Tropical Storm and heading northnorthwest. Before its done it will bring as much as six inches of rain to North Carolina. Reporter josh chapin is there. Reporter beachgoers raving about the weekends weather even as a storm threatens this beach town again. For Tropical Storms, we have to look at the totality of impacts. Reporter New Hanover County Emergency Management is not yet calling for evacuations. For ea
Colliding with hurricane season. Florida to the northeast on high alert. Rob in miami tracking the very latest. Final farewell. Civil rights Champion John lewis last words just revealed this morning. Former president barack obama set to give the eulogy for this extraordinary American Hero. Two other former president s will also be in attendance to help honor the conscience of the congress. Shark sightings. At the height of the beach season swimmers on high alert after that deadly great white attack in maine. New york bea this morning new precautions lifeguards are taking with help from helicopters, and the reasons sharks may be coming closer to shore right now. All eyes on center court. Basketball is bouncing back. The nba finally pressing play on. T llblighly anticipated r courtside seats for tipoff tonight. Unlike any other. And the countdown is on. To black is king. The world just hours away from beyonces powerful visual album. This morning, an exclusive message from the queen herse
One Pharmaceutical Company says the phase three trials of its Coronavirus Vaccine appears to be working in monkeys. It comes as another interesting study is released involving teachers in classrooms. I spoke earlier with dr. Alok patel. Lets begin with that new research from the university of minnesota on how teachers can protect students from the virus in the classroom. The researchers say if a teacher stands directly under an air vent, the coronavirus aerosols wont spread nearly as far, and they released a video showing this. What is your take on this research . I think its a pretty elegant way to look at air flow. We know that coronavirus can be aerosolized. That was one concern about reopening of schools. Are crowded classrooms going to be properly ventilated . What these researchers did is kind of looking at Different Air flow patterns to see what was going to be the most optimal. It gives schools another tool, another option to make sure theyre protecting teachers. So if schools
Polling shows the president neck and neck with joe biden. Louie gohmert was supposed to be on the trip to texas, but he tested positive for covid19. He has been known to not wear a mask around the capital. He is live in midland, texas, to kick off this hour. What do we expect there . Well, he is not a political fundraiser right now. Making his way here, then he will give a speech. The texas congressman, if youre anywhere near President Trump or if you are traveling on air force one, you get a test. There are no exceptions. My colleagues on capitol hill, bill, say about the congressman is known not to wear a mask on capitol hill, consistently talking about personal freedoms. He was not a judiciary hearing yesterday was attorney general bill barr, a spokeswoman for ag barr told me that the attorney general will be tested as a precaution. He believes in personal freedom, and he will quarantine for ten days. As for President Trump, he will make a 30 minute trip here. This is a sign that te
The president has called her an important voice. Tonight, joe biden calling her, quote, an absolute disgrace and that the president is also trying to scare suburban voters. And tonight, one of the president s staunchest allies now testing positive, just before he was going to Board Air Force one with President Trump. The new interview tonight. The president pressed about reports of russias alleged bounties on u. S. Troops. Russia allegedly paying the taliban. The president pressed on his recent phone call with Vladimir Putin, did it come up . The president saying the call was to discuss other things. And the major move involving 12,000 u. S. Troopsonedn germany. A key u. S. Ally. Here at home tonight, the alarming images. The partial bridge collapse as a train goes off the tracks. On high alert in the northeast tonight. The sharks, nine sightings off new york shores in just the last two days. It comes after a deadly attack, the wife and mother who was killed off maine. And were also tr