Rochester trying to cover up the death of daniel prude. Their effort to keep the video secret and handwritten message in red saying, quote, make him a suspect. Plus, the rush to save a construction worker dangling from the side of this building after a collapse. Teens pack onto a golf cart heading down the highway. Just ducky. The story behind the release of thousands of ducks. Good wednesday morning, everyone. We begin with the emergency ones on the gulf coast at this hour. Hurricane sally growing into a category 2 storm overnight. People from alabama to the Florida Panhandle are bracing for more than two feet of rain. New video coming in shows neighborhoods already under water. Winds are topping 100 Miles Per Hour, and theres another concern today. The high tide. Abcs elwyn lopez begins our coverage. How are conditions there . Reporter were along the mississippis gulf coast and sally is about to make landfall but already wreaking havoc for hours now in some coastal areas. This morning, Hurricane Sally slowly roaring ashore. Up to 30 inches of rain and more than 10 feet of storm surge expected to storm the coastline from biloxi to pensacola. The National Weather service now warning, some areas could face historic lifethreatening flash floods. This is crazy, and this hurricane is still 51 miles offshore. Reporter in mississippi, the storm is expected to dump 4 months of rain in just 24 hours, and in florida oh, my god. Reporter trees toppled by the wind. Docks shredded by the waves and a barge knocked loose by heavy winds crashing into this bridge. The surge here and the wave action in the bay of pensacola is unreal. This persistent wind keeps pushing this water up against the seawall and this will continue for another 24 hours. Reporter and in alabama. You cant go outside, it is too bad. The wind is too strong. You know, just the rain is coming in sheets. Reporter some residents are riding out the storm after floodwaters cut off local roads. We literally have water coming in the windows and the door, and hes having to hold the door shut to keep it closed. Reporter earlier tuesday neighborhoods were already flooded, and at least two floating casinos broke loose from their moorings as the winds intensified. Ooh, its crushing the dock. Ooh. Reporter the big concern this morning, landfall could coincide with todays high tide meaning the devastation could be even worse. Unlike laura, this storm wont move through quickly, and thats the real concern here is the duration of this. It could sit on top of some areas for days and bring flash floods and lifethreatening storm surge. Kenneth, mona. Yes, a real slow mover. Elwyn lopez there live along the mississippi coast, thank you. New details about the wildfire. It could total 100 billion similar to a major hurricane. Two more bodies identified in oregon where authorities are using a mobile morgue. At least 20 people are still missing. New video shows a burning tree falling onto a state troopers vehicle on highway 22 responding to a call at the time. Meanwhile in california, new video from the creek fire shows crews working to save homes earlier this month then evacuating driving through a wall of flames to escape. Another big story related to these fires is the air quality. It was so bad in seattle last night, the mariners baseball game had to be postponed. The smoke has traveled all the way to new york and could linger through tomorrow. Light rain is not expected to have a major impact. It could be killing off birds in historic numbers. Scientists have said since august up to a million birds have died from no apparent reason. Experts say the flocks likely got sick after flying through smoke. We turn now to last nights town hall with President Trump. He took questions from voters on everything from covid19 to social injustice. Abcs Andrew Dymburt has the highlights. Reporter overnight President Trump showing his love for philadelphia and cheesesteaks tweeting this fixture from air hoed by abcs gege stephanopoulos. He should know that some of these people voted for you last time around. Some voted for hillary clinton. Reporter uncommitted voters asking a range of questions on race relations. You coined the phrase make America Great again. When has america been great for africanamericans in america . Are you aware how tone deaf that comes off to the Africanamerican Community . I can say this, we have tremendous africanamerican support. Youve probably seen it in the polls. Reporter trump also defending his handling of the pandemic claiming he, quote, upplayed it even though he told Journalist Bob Woodward he was downplaying it and once again he insisted the virus will disappear. One voter pressed him on wearing a mask. And why dont you wear a mask more often . Well, i do when i have to and when im in hospitals and other locations. Now, there is, by the way, a lot of people that dont want to wear masks. A lot think theyre not good and there are a lot of people who are those people . Ill tell you who they are. Waiters, they come over and serve you and have a mask and playing with the mask im not blaming them, whatr an touching it and then theyre touching the plate. That cant be good. Reporter Health Insurance also on voters minds. Were going to do a Health Care Plan very strongly and protect people with preexisting conditions. I will say this, they will not do that. Mr. President , i have to stop you there. I just have to stop you there. Youve been promising a new Health Care Plan. We interviewed i interviewed you in june of last year. You said the Health Care Plan would come in two weeks. Youve been trying to strike down preexisting conditions. I have it already and its a much better plan for you. Reporter new fallout for the spokesperson at the department of health and human services. Michael caputo is apologizing after accusing government scientists of sedition claiming they have a trump Resistance Unit warning of an armed revolt after the election. Caputo is considering taking a leave of absence due to health issues. Back in philadelphia another voter asking the president if hed do anything differently in a second term. Im fighting a lot of forces. Sometimes you dont have time to be totally, as you would say, president ial. You have to get things done. Reporter and abc news offered to host a similar town hall with joe biden, but both abc news and the campaign could not find a mutually agreeable date. Kenneth, mona. Andrew, thank you. Newly released documents show an effort by police in rochester, new york, to keep the death of a black man out of the publics eye. Daniel prude died one week after an encounter with police who placed a hood on his head and pinned him to the ground. One document includes a scribbled note saying, quote, make him a suspect. Other notes detail the tactics meant to delay the release of video showing the encounter. The police chief has been fired and seven officers have been suspended. The family of Breonna Taylor has reached an historic 12 million civil settlement with the city of louisville. It comes six months after taylor was fatally shot by Police Serving a no knock warrant. The settlement also includes some police reforms. Taylors mother calls it a first step. We need charges brought against these officers. Im still working for getting justice for her, and its just, for me, itll never be over. Id is pending. D involved in the a garage could soon hear the evidence in this case. The remains of a 24yearold sailor killed in the perpendicular harbor attack have been returned to his home state of north dakota. Albert renners casket arrived nearly eight decades after the bombing. The navy identified him through dna through his siblings including his brother who is 99. A funeral is set for friday. Time now for a look at your wednesday morning weather. Good morning. Hurricane sally very slowly working its way towards the florida, alabama line near the greater pensacola area. Its a slow mover but it will pick up speed as it moves through the southeast bringing rain. Until then along the gulf coast it will bring some gusty winds, more than 80mileperhour wind gusts. Storm surge could be 6 to 10 feet along the alabama and florida coastline, plus well be talking about rainfall. Flooding rains, more than 16 inches. For accuweather, im meteorologist melissa constanzer. Coming up, the data breach at dunkin. How the company is paying up. But first a woman is killed crushed to death by an elevator. What were learning about that accident. Later, why some of the bestknown celebrities say theyre freezing instagram today. Heres to the duers. To all the people who realize they can du more with less asthma thanks to dupixent, the addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. 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Reporter witnesses say oconnor was loading a box into the elevator when it suddenly plunged down to the first floor. The medical examiner determining the cause of death was traumatic asphyxiation. The elevator is old, like its a twopull door system. In that if the door is not completely shut, it will not move. Reporter oconnor was apparently moving into the building with the help of a friend when neighbors heard screaming. What they think happened is she either tried to put the box on or went on with the box and the box was tall enough to hit something and it started moving and she either panicked and went. Ersitiesn ston area d and and had a ph. D. In french studies. Publication bu today described her as dedicated to inclusion and diversity. The buildings property manager says the elevator passed an inspection earlier this year. The incident is under investigation. Kenneth, mona. Megan, thank you. About 20,000 dunkin customers can look forward to a refund because of a data breach. 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The cdc is out today with new figures show thatting that about 75 of all children who have died from covid19 have been minorities. What is your take on this new data, and what can we learn Going Forward . There definitely are Health Care Disparities that exist in the vulnerable and underrepresented population. There are multiple people that can live in a small home where there is an increased risk of transmission. The access to health care is also impacted, and in that study 33 of the children died either at home or in the emergency department, and thats just tragic. Bill gates just made a pretty powerful statement. He said hes lost faith in the leadership of the fda and cdc because of the political pressure in washington. It comes on the same day that the cdc officials privately admitted according to forbes fashion that they failed to adequately track the spread of the virus when the economy reopened in june. So what are your thoughts . Are you and the doctors that you know losing faith in the cdc or the fda . I definitely have not lost faith in the cdc and the fda. The reason i havent lost faith is there are many scientists and officials who work at both the cdc and fda. There are layers of quality control, and ethics matter and are taken very, very seriously no matter the politics. Finally we have some updated information about one of the covid vaccines being tested. This one from pfizer. Dr. Gharahbaghian, what are you hearing . Currently they show that theres mild to moderate side effects, which is not a big surprise given that this is a viral vaccine similar to other vaccines that we have where the effects are headache, feeling fatigued, chills, muscle aches and fever. Our thanks to dr. Gharahbaghian. Eye eirst team to her comeback e rally from being down three games to one twice in the same postseason and knocked off the clippers by 15 points. 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