noaa flight director richard henning with us tonight. our thanks to richard and his team. and we also want to thank our biloxi station, wlox, flying with those hurricane hunters today. we re going to stay on this hurricane over the next 24 hours, but we are going to move onto the other major story we re covering tonight, that unexpected departure in the trump administration. u.n. ambassador nikki haley resigning. why announce she s leaving just weeks before the midterms? and what she said today about the election in 2020. also late today, how the president answered when he was asked if his daughter ivanka is a potential replacement. and ivanka trump tonight now weighing in, too. here s abc s senior white house correspondent cecilia vega tonight. reporter: she s a one-time critic of the president s, who went on to become one of the few women in his cabinet. a hawk who championed america first. for those that don t have our back, we re taking names. reporter: but today, just four