Authorities now say the stairs and the emergency hatch blocked by the fire. After yet another deadly mass shooting in america, tonight, the major decision by walmart. They will stop selling ammunition for handguns and bullets that can be used in assault weapons. The nra tonight calling it shameful. Two major rescues, the truck driver pulled alive from a burning tanker veering off a 40foot overpass. And the bus crash. Firefighters pulling School Children out through the windows. And olympic star simone biles tonight breaking her silence, on her brother who is now charged in three murders. What shes now saying. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. Millions of americans back to work after labor day, but for millions of others, they are holding out hope tonight that this hurricane stays on the current track, hugging the coastline as it moves north. Now dangerously close to florida tonight. Unclear if it will make landfall at some point later in the week.
Bahamas. Also in california we are awaiting an update any moment from officials there on the deadly charter boat fire off of santa cruz island. These are live pictures as we await this press conference. There were 39 people onboard and only five have been rescued and its now a recovery operation. I want to get back to Victor Blackwell in florida. The storm is now a category 2. That is good news that its been downgraded, but its moving so alarmingly slowly, that must have officials where you are very concerned. Reporter very concerned. I mean this storm has been moving at a procrastinators pace for several days, stationary to 1 mile to 2 miles an hour for several days. But still just about 100 miles off the coast of florida, creating this Much Movement along the intra coastal. Im standing here in jensen beach. The water youre seeing, the swollen intracoastal, thesf wa rainfall in this area before dorian formed. Now the additional rainn are guaranteed to flood what you see in the distanc
The bahamas right now and threatening florida next. The Prime Minister of the bahamas says the devastation is unprecedented. The Foreign Affairs minister there is urging people to stay inside. From all accounts, we have received catastrophic damage. It is not safe to go outdoors. Power lines are down. Lamp poles are down. Trees are across the street. Its very dangerous to be outdoors if you dont have to be outdoors. As soon as conditions permit First Responders will go to areas where we had reports individuals are in distress. Were holding strong. We ask you to continue to pray for us. And look at this video taken this morning in freeport where dorian was still a category 5 storm. The woman who took this video said there was 6 feet of water outside her house, 5 feet of water inside. She says everyone is hunkered down upstairs, safe for now, but she says the worst is yet to come. And dorian is inching closer to the southeastern coastline of the u. S. Where it threatens millions of peopl
The this was a where the people were the passengers on the ship, the slipping department is in the bottom deck. They would have been sound asleep when this started ask for a worse situation. Harris i want to go first to william la jeunesse. You are live in Santa Barbara where we are expected to find some outstanding questions, the origin and cause of the fire. Second data basically . Was a door potentially locked . How large was the two. Explosion like a propane tank . Or system that fed the oxygen tanks . Finally, the crew. Have the the fire . While the search continues, those are some of the questio , we still have a slight bit of hope o search. Right now we need to balance that optimism with realism that the more our probability of in 1981. 1981 its liptons multiple box about 4 feet wide, only two feet high. Pitch black, smoke, an unfamiliar setting. It could be very difficult to get out. 34 believed dead. The memorial is growing, the boat dock here in Santa Barbara. This woman lost
Those coastal counties have issued Evacuation Orders and it is important that residents heed those calls. Get out now while you have time, while there is fuel available and you will be safe on the roads. And were watching all the developments in the bahamas, where tense of thousa of thousa seen the worth, catastrophic flooding for an island chain facing a major rebuild in the months ahead. Lets get into the new details of this storm beginning with al roker. Weve been watching your updates throughout the morning on today. But what have you seen from dorian both as the day has progressed and as were getting more information . The interesting thing is that this really not much. It pretty much has been almost stationery in the last five, six hours really. The one big change is the drop in the wind speed. It is now down to 155 miles per hour. But that forward movement, i mean, i can walk faster than this. Basically were looking at hurricane warnings now from just north of West Palm Beach to