Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. The chilling plot. The fbi stopping an alleged terror plot to kidnap an american governor. The governor of michigan. Prosecutors now say Governor Gretchen Whitmer was being targeted by violent extremists. Federal agents raiding several homes, arresting 13 suspects, including seven alleged members of a right wing militia group. The messages the fbi intercepted. The suspects accused of plotting to kidnap the governor and then what they allegedly planned to do next. And Governor Whitmer coming before the cameras today. Pierre thomas standing by tonight. The next president ial debate is off, after the Debate Commission telling President Trump and joe biden that the next town hall debate would be virtual to protect everyone. Joe biden said yes, President Trump pulled out, saying that its not necessary, that he
feels great. Biden will now take questions during a town hall here on abc instead. President trumps condition tonight. The i
even now, many say, what is this? this is a historian with the galveston pier project. where are we right now? we re at pier 21 where many slaves would have arrived in galveston. reporter: he said in 1865 admirals rolled in and said they had to honor the emancipation proclamation that was signed two years earlier. if they hadn t come to galveston, i don t think they would have enforced it to this day. that s why he says this history still matters. one thing that was fascinating about the project was the community aspect. they even held a contest to get local students involved in painting that mural, and the winner there was a young woman we interviewed, and she actually received a small college scholarship to go towards her college tuition fees this fall. chuck? morgan radford, much
the hurricane bearing down on the u.s. a record tenth named storm to strike the u.s. just this season alone. delta gaining strength tonight, back to a cat 3 now, 115-mile-an-hour winds. on track to hit nearly the same spot in louisiana where hurricane laura struck. ginger zee and rob marciano both live from louisiana tonight, and ginger, i know you ve got the newest track? reporter: i do, and where i m standing here in louisiana could see up to nine feet of inundation. so, storm surge is going to be a big problem. and i want to take you to that track, which goes just east of cameron. so close to laura s track. up to alexandria, we have the hurricane warnings, but the tropical storm warnings go from new orleans back to galveston. wind-wise, it s 24 hours away, so we re talking about landfall tomorrow night. that s when the winds will be at their heftiest. port arthur, near 60 there. gusts near lake charles up to 80. if you don t have a roof, that is not going to hold up well. it s goi
so you had to leave your house because yes. there was some object, we had seen earlier, there were objects seen in residential areas. were you told by police you had to leave the house? no. a lot of neighbors were going house to house telling everybody that they found a bomb at the corner, and so we just decided to evacuate and get out of there. are you driving right now to galveston? my husband s driving to galveston. and is angelica in the car? yes. she s asleep. oh. god bless her. i mean, how are you holding up? it was it was a real serious to actually know that there was an active shooter in the school. hello. listen, i ll and you said other things happened do you mean in your community or elsewhere in the country, when you said there
forward, more rain, that s the story. that s the theme. this storm has moved into the gulf of mexico and will make a second landfall. this is an unprecedented situation. by the time it does so early wednesday morning, we expect the heaviest of the rain to move across the southeastern portions of texas and eventually into louisiana. they ve been battered very hard. flash flood warnings stretch from baton rouge into new orleans to galveston as well as areas around houston. we ve got a long, long days if not weeks here across the southeastern united states. back to you. i ll say. derek van dam, thank you very much. again, the pictures telling the story better than anything. texans hit hard have been telling us their stories. listen to a woman trapped for a time in her home and lost everything to harvey and a man in friendswood who borrowed a boat to help rescue neighbors stranded by the waters.