Governor brown everybody ready . Good afternoon. Im here to give another update and egons fire situation, im joined on the phone by the forestry, rtment of ire chief degrass, oregons fire state fire marshal. Of emergency anagement director andrew fell ps and Environmental Public Health section manager. Im joined in person by chris struckler, director of the Oregon Department of transportation. I just want to start by saying storm teams tell me a event coming in today will bring moisture. Both along the coast and along both the west and east slopes of cascades. This is a good sign. With are always challenges a storm like this, such as winds and lightning strikes. Firefighting teams tell me that we are very grateful for the rain. My teams also tell me that were making significant progress on fires ing some of these and fire chief doug grass will peak more to that in just a moment. Since my last briefing, ive seen up and close what these done to our communities, to our land, to our oregon
Francisco. The latest on the dire situation right now. Overnight, President Trump holds his first indoor rally in nearly three months, packed, no social distancing, many not Wearing Masks ignoring nevadas covid restrictions. If the governor comes after you, which he shouldnt be doing, i will be with you all the way. The president takes aim at joe biden as the democratic nominee heads to florida where he is about to get a 100 million boost from former rival Michael Bloomberg. Urgent manhunt. The desperate search for the shooter who ambushed two los angeles sheriffs deputies, walking up to their vehicle and opening fire. The news on their condition this morning. Kicking off. Sunday football re stands. The nfl stars sending their messages about social justice. And brady and the bucs. The two oldest quarterbacks in the league, brady and brees squaring off in that historic matchup. And who is jeopardys greatest of all time . Ken jennings, and hes live on gma. His new role on the show as the
Were waiting to see if the president takes questions. If he does, ill bring that to you. The president s visit comes as tens of thousands of firefighters are working all around the clock to get these flames under control. In addition to the nearly three dozen deaths, dozens more are missing. Millions of acres are burned and the weather could make it all worse. That is not the only Severe Weather threat facing the country right now. You have hurricane sally, which is rapidly gaining strength, it is slowly creeping toward the gulf coast. Evacuation orders are underway in parts of louisiana and mississippi with hurricane warnings extending all the way to that alabama florida border. Lets start there, ed lavendera is live in new orleans to see how people there are preparing for the storm. But jennifer gray, im starting with you, our cnn meteorologist tracking this hurricane. Just bring us up to speed as far as where sally is headed and how strong it is when she makes landfall. The storm is