Gavin new issuing the acting security of home secretary of homeland security, all the people, state and local leaders join us today. Were having a separate News Conference a little later on other subjects. I just want to thank everybody. Its been pretty amazing. In august i approved a major disaster declaration for california. I approved, i think, gavin, about 40 stafford act declarations. Very quickly because we want to get this thing taken care of including fire management, assisting fwrans to help multiple states stop the fires. More than 28,000 firefighters and First Responders are combating fires in california, oregon, and washington. Over 230 soldiers are fighting the august complex fire. An thats the largest fire in california. Thats the big one. Thats the biggest. And we want to thank all of the brave fighters, we want to thank these incredible people, the First Responders, Service Members who are racing to the extreme peril, really, putting their lives in extreme danger. Soon
Tells us about his new Fashion Initiative to help black designers. And maren morris on motherhood. The country superstar reveals how she balances being a new mom with seeking musical inspiration during the pandemic. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. As you can see, we are already getting the first impacts of Hurricane Sally. This thing is moving three miles an hour. Wow. Three. Hurricane sally barrels towards the gulf coast. Rapidly gaining strength. And people are bracing for impact. If you look at what else is out there we have all kinds of names in the atlantic basin. Paulette, rene, sally, teddy, vicki. President trump was in california for a briefing on those devastating wildfires. It will start getting cooler. I wish you just watch. I wish science agreed with you. The hunt for the suspect in the shooting of two sheriffs deputies in Southern California is intensifying. It breaks my heart. A coward would ambush them. Theyre just doing their job. The big ten.
Gavin new issuing the acting security of home secretary of homeland security, all the people, state and local leaders join us today. Were having a separate News Conference a little later on other subjects. I just want to thank everybody. Its been pretty amazing. In august i approved a major disaster declaration for california. I approved, i think, gavin, about 40 stafford act declarations. Very quickly because we want to get this thing taken care of including fire management, assisting fwrans to help multiple states stop the fires. More than 28,000 firefighters and First Responders are combating fires in california, oregon, and washington. Over 230 soldiers are fighting the august complex fire. An thats the largest fire in california. Thats the big one. Thats the biggest. And we want to thank all of the brave fighters, we want to thank these incredible people, the First Responders, Service Members who are racing to the extreme peril, really, putting their lives in extreme danger. Soon
Think. The biggest challenge [inaudible] pres. Trump so we will be talking about that, i think, yeah. We will be talking about it. Well, thank you very much, everybody. I am here to support the great people of louisiana. It has been a commend us. State for me. It has been a tremendous state for me. We have had a great relationship from the very beginning. I have already met some people that have been absolutely devastated. This was a tremendous leap powerful storm. In fact, when a command, it was actually much bigger than katrina, i would say. Landmark ing a terms of the devastation, but this had more power. This one coming it almost as a 53. 5 offshore, winds up to 185 at one point. I do not know if we have ever seen that. We are joined by Governor John Bel Edwards and senator kennedy, two friends of mine, who have , and actingstic job home and security, who is no longer acting, and my mind, because he got a promotion. He deserves it. He has been doing a great job. Dont talk to me any
Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news tonight and a dire warning to americans in the path of hurricane laura. As we come on the air, the monster category 4 storm is on a collision course with the texas and louisiana coastlines, and its growing stronger by the minute. Tonight, laura is on her way to becoming a catastrophic category 5 hurricane when she barrels into land just a few hours from now. Nearly 15 years to the day of hurricane katrina. The unprecedented storm is now expected to leave parts of the region under the gulf of mexico for days, unleashing a twostorytall storm surge on the coast that forecasters say will be unsurvivable. A wall of water so high, it could submerge half of the city of lake charles, louisiana. The damage from the 140mileperhour winds and torrential rains will also be devastating. Tonight 1. 5 Million People have been evacuated and 30 million more are in the path of the storm. Those who havent left are