republican national convention. president trump scheduled to be front and center throughout the entire event. this morning, we have new details for you about who will be speaking and what to expect over the next four days. and on the eve of the convention, president trump announcing that the fda has given emergency authorization for the use of convalescent plasma to treat coronavirus. but some experts, including dr. anthony fauci, expressing concern. they say it has not been adequately tested, so we'll break down the latest research and bring you the facts. a major political development overnight. one of the president's top advisers, kellyanne conway, one of the few left from the beginning of the administration, is stepping down. and her husband, george conway, a fierce trump critic, is going offline, as well. we will tell you what we have learned about this, just ahead. and we have breaking news this morning. two dangerous storms taking aim at the gulf coast. meteorologists say these back-to-back storms have not hit the area in decades. the combination of torrential rain and storm surge means the louisiana coast could see major flooding. so let's begin our coverage there. cnn's martin savidge live in new orleans in this one-two punch, martin, not what new orleans wants. >> reporter: no, it really has people concerned here. good morning to you, john. louisiana has been through a lot of storms in its history, but it's never seen the kind of storm that is shaping up here, because it is storms that we're talking about. you've got marco expected to strike. it's going to be a rain mark. it's never the wind you worry about in new orleans, it's the water. and on top of that, maybe 24 to 48 hours later, then you have what is expected to be hurricane laura coming ashore. it is the combination of those two storms and the lack of time in between that has the officials worried. there are mandatory evacuations that have been ordered in areas outside of the flood protection system. there's no evacuation order for the city of new orleans, however, many businesses are closed, schools are closed. they have been doing all they can to clear out the catch basins and prepare for what they know will be the street flooding and the flash flooding. that's always their real concern here. but as time moves on, once the first storm goes away, is there enough time for the water to drain off before the next storm comes in? the governor warning, where you were last night is where you should be for the next 72 hours. he worries if there's a major flood in the first storm, there won't be enough time to try to rescue people before the next storm comes rolling in. john? >> martin, please keep us posted as to what you're seeing on the streets there. let's get the forecast right away, find out where these storms are and where they're headed? cnn meteorologist chad myers tracking it all for us. what are you seeing? >> i'm seeing a storm that got tore up overnight, that's the good news. it's not a hurricane anymore, and the hurricane warnings and watches are all dropped for the gulf coast, but it could be that rainmaker that marty was talking about, a slow-moving, lumbering storm, even if it's only 35 to 40 miles per hour with wind, it could still rain and rain and rain for hours and hours. there's the storm, there's the rain. it's not even showing up on radar, where the storm actually is. very few clouds around the storm. it does go to the left. it skirts the coast or very close to the coast, in the bayou, which has a lot of water in it already, as a 35-mile-per-hour storm. the bigger event here is going to be laura. this is a storm that refused to die over hispaniola, refused to die over the mountains of cuba. it is still going, it is still strong and getting stronger. 65 miles per hour. and this is a storm where you have to watch the cone. because the models have been horrible. left and right and left and right and back and forth and cat 4 and cat 1 and tropical storm all the same models doing everything, 12 hours differently. thinking this storm will be two completely different storms. watch the model that is 105 miles per hour, forecast from the hurricane center. remember, that's still plus or minus 10%. so this still could be a major hurricane. somewhere between louisiana and texas. that's the cone for right now. and then eventually, it moves on up towards, into the mississippi river valley and the ohio river valley, and then to the east of there and away. one-two punch. we're watching laura, but we're also watching the rain from marco. alisyn? >> if anyone can figure out the competing, confusing models, chad, it's you. so thank you. we will check back with you. >> all right. in just a few hours, the republican national convention kicks off with a roll call vote. president trump plans to buck tradition by appearing every night of the convention. cnn's ryan nobles is live in charlotte with a preview. so what should we expect, ryan? >> reporter: alisyn, good morning from charlotte, where the republican national convention is set to kick off. and if there was any still lingering doubt that the republican party has not become the full party of donald trump, the platform committee this weekend choosing not to adopt a new platform, but instead pledging their full support behind president trump's second term agenda. the republican national convention kicks off tonight. and president trump will make an appearance every day, according to a source familiar with the planning. >> you're going to see a great, uplifting message from the president and from our allies. and chuck, when i tell you some of these stories that you hear, there are going to be some breakout stars, some people that you would not expect to be supporters of the president and it's going to tell a very beautiful story. >> trump has told his team, he wants it to be bigger and better than the democratic national convention last week. >> we'll have a great convention coming up and i look forward to it. >> reporter: and despite most of the speeches being given remotely, president trump and vice president mike pence are expected to appear in person in charlotte some sometitime today. >> he will be in north carolina, unlike joe biden who didn't go to wisconsin, the state where he held his convention. >> reporter: throughout the week, president trump's family will be the focal point of the convention, with donald trump jr. speaking tonight. some of the president's biggest allies, congressman matt gateet jim gordon, and steve scalise will also speak tonight along with nikki haley, and mark and patricia closky, the couple who were seen in this viral video waving a gun at protesters outside their home. they face a charge of unlawful use of a weapon stemming from this incident. a source tells cnn that one night president trump will be appearing aside a group of health care workers that have been responding to the pandemic. the speakers throughout the week will try to make the best case for president trump's re-election by focusing on his first-term cheechachievements. >> unlike the democrats last week, they didn't offer much by way of policies or solutions. president trump will be laying out real policies, real visions, real solutions. >> reporter: and president trump says it won't be negative. >> i think the overall is going to be a very positive as opposed to a dark, a very, very positive message. >> reporter: and secretary of state mike pompeo is expected to deliver his remarks from jerusalem. he is receiving some criticism because he's mixing official business with this political event, but his aides say that his speech will not be paid for in any way by taxpayers. it's also notable who will not be appearing during the convention this week. among them, former republican president george w. bush and senator mitt romney, who at one point was the republican nominee for president. john? >> just to make clear, secretaries of state, don't speak at political conventions. it is a long-standing tradition. i can't think of any that has ever, in modern history, and the reason is, because you want to keep the business of state separate from the business of politics. is it legal? probably. traditionally, though, out of bounds. ryan nobles covering this for us. thanks so much, ryan. to developing overnight, one of the president's most senior advisers, kellyanne conway, has announced she is leaving the white house next week. she says she needs to focus on her family. cnn's joe johns live at the white house with the latest. there's a lot going on. kellyanne leaving the white house. george conway, a fierce trump critic, going offline. >> right. and it's happening on the eve of the republican national convention, john. white house senior counselor kellyanne conway saying she's stepping aside from her job here at the white house. her husband, george conway, an outspoken critic of the president, also announcing that he is stepping aside from his position at the lincoln project. that's an anti-trump group that he formed with other republicans. he also says that he's taking a break from twitter. both kellyanne conway and her husband said they need to focus on their family, with kellyanne conway writing in part, this is completely my choice and my voice. in time, i will announce future plans. for now and for my beloved children, it will be less drama and more mama. the conways have four children. one of their high school-aged daughters has generated attention recently on social media about her parents and their political views. kellyanne conway says in her good-bye tweet that she and her husband disagree about plenty, but she echos what unites a lot of parents. we're united on what matters most, our kids. our four children, our teens and tweens, starting a new academic year in middle school and high school, remotely from home for at least a few months. kellyanne conway says that requires a lot of attention and vigilance, particularly during these unusual times. kellyanne conway's sunday evening announcement marked an abrupt end to her high-profile time in the white house, where she earned a reputation as one of the president's fiercest defenders. >> bob mueller's report and investigation is definitive and con conclusive. you cannot impeach a president and remove him from office in a constitutional democracy. we're accepting apologies today for anyone who feels the grace in offering them. >> reporter: she landed her position in 2016 after becoming the first female campaign manager to win a presidential race. political tensions with her husband had spilled into public view. george conway's opposition took on new meaning when he helped found the lincoln project late last year. >> there's morning in america. >> reporter: kellyanne conway had this to say about his anti-trump political action committee. >> they've all failed. they never succeeded the way i did as campaign manager, and they never got their candidate where my candidate got. >> reporter: trump often echoed these attacks on his adversaries, including john conway. >> he's a whack job, there's no question about it. but i really don't know him. i think he's doing a tremendous disservice to a wonderful wife. kellyanne is a wonderful woman. and i call him mr. kellyanne. the fact is that he's doing a tremendous disservice to a wife and family. >> reporter: now, kellyanne conway is expected to speak at the republican national convention, at least she plans to do so, that's what we've been told. however, given all that's transpired over the last few hours, it's not clear if she's going to do that. john, back to you. >> joe johns a to the white hou house. keep us posted. a new development this morning. we're hearing that 400 former members of congress are announcing their support for joe biden? 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>> no, we expected a lot of family members. but the thing i'm most surprised in is not hearing from donald trump, because we hear from him almost every single day. it's watching how potential 2024 contenders, maybe nikki haley and maybe mike pompeo will be positioning themselves for a potential trump endorsement. because even if donald trump loses badly in 2020, he is not going to give up his grip as kingmaker of the republican party, and so i see those speakers angling to try to position themselves for that and split the difference between the trump base and ambivalent trump voters who might be listening tonight. >> it is interesting, this republicans for biden effort. this list includes jeff flake, jim leetch, jim kolbe of arizona, a list that may not be shocking, but a convention is about expanding, right? addition. and when you have a dozen, maybe more, including jeff flake, a senator, come out and say, we are supporting your opponent the day you're kicking off the convention, that does send a signal. >> it also makes it harder for -- i mean, the key message of the republican convention is going to be that joe biden is not this genial moderate man that you've known for the last half century. that, in fact, he is an empty vessel, mentally incapacitated, completely controlled by the radical left. and when endorsements like this come out, it allows joe biden to provide soft republicans, suburbanites, that sense of comfort that he's not what donald trump and the other side is portraying him as. so to that extent, it's very useful for joe biden and to some extent, it neutralizes one of the key attacks you're going to see this week. >> i also thought, scott, one of the things that neutralizes it are things like the interview that he did with kamala harris last night on abc. it's hard to, i think, depict him as doddering when he has all sorts of plans and, you know, expresses them quite compellingly. do you think that that's a note that they will hit over and over and is it working? >> yes, i do think they will hit the note over and over. whether it works or not, i guess we'll have to wait and see. i think the greater issue here, frankly, is whether they can make it stick that the idea of electing joe biden and other democrats is essentially a key to opening a pandora's box of terrible liberal ideas. i think, ultimately, that's one thing i want to hear this week from the republicans is really the question of, if you go down this road of putting a democrat in the white house, democrats in the senate, they're going to eliminate the filibustefilibust are going to do a lot of things you don't want as a country. so, sure, joe biden could portray himself as a good guy, a nice guy, whatever, but that doesn't stop the ultimate democratic party agenda. that's why they didn't talk about it much last week and here's what we would do instead. i think that's really the framing of the race that's going to benefit the president and the republicans the most as we get past labor day. >> that's if the president can frame the race as about anything other than himself, right? isn't that the big question, jonathan? you have reporting on this. the big dilemma for the republicans is that the president won't let this be about anything but himself. and he's putting himself in every night of the convention. so inevitably, it's going to be about what he says and what he does, and what americans think of him. >> that's true, but that is the inescapable, you know, reality, as long as donald trump's in office, that's going to be a fact. we do have some new reporting that he's not only going to leverage the setting of the white house, but he's also going to leverage the powers of the presidency, i'm told, during this convention. think back to the state of the union. his favorite moment during state of the union is when mid-speech, he stops and awards rush limbaugh, the right wing talk show host, the presidential medal of freedom, the highest civilian order. this was a reality tv surprise, when he takes one of his executive powers and uses it in realtime. i'm told that's the kind of idea he wanted to apply this week. you're going to see a lot of that sort of television programming with donald trump. not the traditional wait to see him at the end of the convention. he's going to have some role every night of this week. >> in terms of big tv reveals, the other side had one, as well. just prepare yourself. these will keep coming out from all corners, but one of them is from mary trump. so the president's niece, i guess, surreptitiously, taped her aunt, the president's sister, maryanne barry. and we don't know much about the backstory. we do have one of the reporters who got the tapes on next to learn more about the backstory. but the upshot is that the president's sister thinks that he lies and is completely ill equipped for the job. and she talked about it freely at these lunches with her niece. so here is a portion of that audiotape. >> the tweet and the lying, oh, my god, i'm talking too freely, but you know, the change of stories, the lack of preparation, the holy shit. >> that says it all right there, amanda. what do you think the upshot of that is? >> i mean, it's all so strange. i've never heard a family taping each other like this until i've heard of the kushners and now the trumps. but the thing this makes me think of is mary trump, the reason why she embarked on this journey, the reason for her book, she says, she wanted to get the story behind the family's finances. she was the source of that major "new york times" story showing how the trump family got so rich through various tax-dodging schemes that donald trump participated in. and so she was so committed to that, regardless of the ethics, i can't get into those family dynamics, she taped 15 hours of her aunt, wrote a book. so i think there' something there that the public needs to know about, maybe we'll find out as the case advances, eventually. but man, donald trump has a way of ripping families apart, doesn't he? >> scott? >> yeah, what kind of a creepy weirdo goes and tapes their family surreptitiously? according to the "washington post," she taped this conversation because she was mad about an inheritance and now she releases the tape on the heels of one of their family members dying, all to embarrass donald trump, who's currently grieving his brother. i mean, i just -- i don't understand how or why people would do that, but here's what i think. donald trump is going to win or lose this race based on his record and based on whatever agenda he lays out and how he contrasts against joe biden. i don't think these tapes are going to make a bit of difference to people ultimately. and i don't know anybody, and i bet no one here knows anybody who's ambivalent about how he they feel about trump or his personal life or whatever. so i find this to be another forgettable moment we won't be talking about. >> however gross and creepy it is, there is a contrast, though. we just finished a democratic convention, where you heard from people from security guards to kids, to people who campaigned against joe biden, telling you how much they love him. and now you have the president's own sister calling him a liar. so it's -- there is a contrast there. and i'm not disagreeing with anything anyone said about where this comes from, but it is out there and it does sit, i think, like a ton of bricks, as this thing starts. whether it changes minds, i suppose, we'll never know. jonathan? >> well, i mean, one of the distinguishing features of donald trump has been throughout his career in politics, i mean, i think it's inherent to him, but he's quite happy being this sort of antihero figure. the usual idea of, you know, emphasizing your personal decency and character, he's never really done that. he's never tried to do that. he's never, even if it was a possible thing to do, he's never really sought to have people testify on his behalf in that manner. he's quite happy to be a figure of controversy. he saw that in his television career, and he's continued that on into his political career. so you know, it's quite notable that he hasn't even really put up much of a defense against it. he put out a dismissive statement, but they haven't been putting out all sorts of character references in, you know, in combatting it. >> amanda, we want to talk a little bit about kellyanne conway announcing that she will be leaving the white house. she certainly has carved her place in history? she was responsible for this successful campaign. i mean, certainly in large part. she stayed and survived in this white house longer than so many other people. she has four children. her teenage daughter has generated some attention in the past couple of months on social media. and now here's part of kellyanne conway's resignation letter. last night, she says, this is completely my choice and my voice. in time, i will announce future plans. for now and for my beloved children, it will be less drama, more mama. and interestingly, her husband also says he's stepping back from his career. i mean, it sounds like they're just all hands on deck and focused on their family right now. >> and i'm reluctant to talk about their kids, but this is yet another example of a family becoming -- a firm, republican family becoming divided over trump. i mean, he does not bring people together. and going into this convention, you're going to see, like you mentioned early in the segment, more republicans coming out against trump. and that is because donald trump made very clear choices. he had a term to bring the party together. he doesn't even have a platform now, because there's nothing that unifies it besides his personality. and he made the choice to choose to bring morally conflicted people into his tent, like steve bannon, paul manafort. he endorsed roy moore while he derides people like mitt romney. and so those republicans you see coming out, they're not going without a fight. they still care about their country, and donald trump hoped they would just go silently into the night, and they're not. >> scott, you worked in the bush white house. mike pompeo, the secretary of state, is going to speak at the convention. secretaries of state don't do that. it's not something that happens in our country. can you imagine colin powell or condoleezza rice speaking at a republican convention or george w. bush? >> no, i can't. in fact, when i worked there, we had sort of a set of cabinet officials, the secretary of state, the defense secretary, i think the department of homeland security, there was a group of people that were off-limits for any political events, including like a political convention. and so i was a little surprised to see that, although i think when you consider that secretary pompeo is a potential contender for 2024, i understand the impulse behind it. i hope they're following all the rules. but it is a bit of a departure from the normal practice of segregating your national security apparatus away from the political apparatus that certainly does exist around every administration. >> all right. scott, amanda, jonathan, thank you all very much for the reporting and the insights. now to this. the fda issuing an emergency use authorization for a coronavirus treatment. but some top experts are concerned it has not been proven effective or safe. we have facts, next. 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what does that tell us and what do you make of this emergency use authorization? >> well, first of all, it is -- the data does not support, as dr. fauci, as well as officials of the fda, have said, emergency use authorization of this drug. that means they don't believe, as i don't believe, having read the reports, that the drug has shown to be effective. and that it's shown to be safe. people are mostly and should be mostly concerned about safety. i've helped to develop drugs like this. and it's taken us ten years to show that these drugs are safe. i'm not arguing with the ten years, but there are risks that have not been properly accounted for here. and the efficacy is weak, to say the least. >> but, jonathan, president trump's in a rush. i mean, if there's one thing about president trump you can rely on, it's that he's not subtle. so what he wants at the rnc is to be able to announce a major medical breakthrough or a cure or, you know, wave his magic wand so that things are looking better than the thousand americans dying a day. and so he's going to announce it and there's questions about whether the fda has, you know, felt political pressure to go along. >> well, i can tell you behind the scenes, there's been extraordinary political pressure. it's not just the public pressure you've seen from the president tweeting about the fda and i have some new reporting last monday, there was a meeting, the meeting was supposed to be about covid-19 and the strategic national stockpile. it was peter navarro, the president's trade adviser, with top health officials from the food and drug administration, the fda, and health and human services. navarro, in the meeting, it was quite an extraordinary moment, according to people in the meeting. he said, he turned to the fda and he said, you are all deep state and you need to get on trump time. now, the decoder of that is, well, we all know the deep state as a slur, but the trump time is navarro's way of describing the speed at which president trump wants things done. so when you talk about political pressure, i don't know how you get a more concrete example than that scene last monday. >> so when you hear a story like that, as someone who's been in this field for a long time, how does that make you feel? >> i think it should make every american shudder in their boots. the fda is a bulwark that protects us against snake oil salesman and patent medicine salesman. that's an image we have and a true image. it also prevents us from corruption. once you have political power to tell the fda what is safe and effective, it opens the door to corruption for electoral or for financial reasons. we have that agency to protect us. and we need that protection. and somebody who's brought eight drugs to approval, i can tell you, i've worked effectively with the fda. they are helpful, they are not obstructive, as most people believe. and to see this agency distorted, as it is, makes me extremely worried about the safety and efficacy of any vaccine that may be approved. we need to have vaccines that are given to un-infected, normal people. some of them at high-risk from other diseases, to be safe. if you have political pressure, there is no guarantee that they will be safe. this is a very, very dangerous precedent. >> jonathan, your reporting is so fascinating. i mean, just fascinating to hear how peter navarro tries to twist arms and of course, the political -- i mean, it just couldn't be anymore blatant than that kind of political pressure. >> peter navarro, how many medical degrees does he have? >> i think none. >> i'm going with zero. >> i think zero. anyway, jonathan swann, thanks very much for sharing that with us and professor haseltine, great to talk to you, as well. >> we have a major development overnight, as well. protesters in wisconsin after a black man was repeatedly shot by police in the back, reportedly in front of his children. we have a live report from the scene, next. ♪ come on in, we're open. ♪ all we do is hand you the bag. simple. done. we adapt and we change. you know, you just figure it out. we've just been finding a way to keep on pushing. ♪ (burke) just an app. w(neighbor)been finding a waywhatcha working on... it's called signal from farmers, and it could save you up to fifteen percent on your auto insurance. simply sign up, drive and save. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ that selling carsarvana, 100% online wouldn't work. but we went to work. building an experience that lets you shop over 17,000 cars from home. creating a coast to coast network to deliver your car as soon as tomorrow. recruiting an army of customer advocates to make your experience incredible. and putting you in control of the whole thing with powerful technology. that's why we've become the nation's fastest growing retailer. because our customers love it. see for yourself, at carvana.com. we do have some breaking news. a police shooting in kenosha, wisconsin. cell phone video captures police repeatedly shooting a black man in the back at close range. cnn's knpolo sandoval is live i kenosha with the breaking details. what happened? >> alisyn, these familiar scenes we watched play out across the country now playing out in kenosha, wisconsin, after a black man shot by a local police officer. that leading to tensions and also some protests overnight, and what remains are some smoldering garbage trucks used as roadblocks to guard some of the county buildings here. before we show you the video, i want to point out, it's very difficult to watch. i want to tell you a little bit about what led to that key moment yesterday evening. according to kenosha police, their officers were called to a domestic disturbance. it's still unclear who called police and why. in the video, you'll see a man that the governor has identified as jacob blake make his way to the driver's side of the vehicle with two officers and then opened fire and it's also important to point out that according to local authorities, he's still in serious condition at this hour. >> it's important to point out, also, what we don't know at this point, including exactly why the officer obviously felt the need to use deadly force, we also don't know exactly what transpired before that video started or at least that camera started to record here. we should note that kenosha pd did essentially step aside, not only handed over the crime scene to an outside agency, but also handed over the investigation to an a department of justice here in the state of wisconsin, as they try to answer that key question of quality what happened yesterday. in the meantime, here in kenosha, there's an emergency curfew that's still in place for another hour or so as authorities try to make sure that things remain peaceful for now. >> polo, please keep us posted. obviously, that is developing as we speak. overnight, wildfires in california have burned more than a million acres and officials are now concerned that new lightning strikes could spark still more fires. crews are battling hundreds of blazes, including three of the largest in california's history. resources there are stretched to the limit. the sonoma county sheriff's office have released this video showing two firefighters being rescued from an advancing fire after they were trapped. also developing overnight, a senior state department official meeting today with the opposition leader in belarus. this weekend, tens of thousands of protesters demanded embattled president alexander lukashenko step down, but he refuses to go. cnn's fred pleitgen is live in minsk with more. what's the latest this hour, fred? >> hi, there, alisyn, certainly some incredible scenes we saw here in minsk yesterday with that giant protest taking place. there are some people who say that up to 100,000 people crowded the square in front of the parliament here in minsk. we spoke to some of the protesters who were on the ground, and they were telling us, they believe that they need to come out now or maybe miss their moment to have change here in this country happen. they're obviously demanding new elections and they're demanding that president dictator, alexander lukashenko, step down. what we always have to point out, alisyn, that these protesters are extremely peaceful. they don't get close to any of the security forces, and the protests are peaceful. as these protests were going on, there was video of dictator alexander lukashenko flying over the city in a helicopter with an a ak-47 by his side. this seems to be part of what he's doing, as painting these peaceful protesters as being a threat to belarus. and he also said there was some sort of plan by nato to invade belarus. this is something that nato and belarus have very much denied. but lukashenko is essentially, many people here believe, trying to draw vladimir putin into all of this and make russia believe that the west is trying to make a move on belarus, and at the same time, what we're seeing on the ground here is these protesters very peaceful, demanding change, but of course, doing that without any sort of violence, alisyn. >> very good to know, fred pleitgen, thank you very much. back here in the u.s., nfl commissioner roger goodell says he has a major regret when it comes to colin kaepernick. details in the bleacher report, next. customizes your car insurae so you only pay for what you need? 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>> alisyn, colin kaepernick has not played since the 2016 season. that's when he began kneeling to protest police brutality and racial injustice. and commissioner roger goodell, you know, he recently said the league was wrong in the way they handled kaepernick's peaceful protest. and in a conversation with former nfl player, emanuel ocho, goodell apologized for not listening to what kaepernick was trying to do. >> the first thing i would say is i wish we had listened earlier, kap, to what you were kneeling about and what you were trying to bring attention to. we had invited him in several times to have the conversation and have the dialogue. i wish we had the benefit of that. we never did. and, you know, we would have benefitted from that. >> yeah. >> absolutely. >> goodell also said players kneeling during the anthem is not them being unpatriotic and their intentions are being mischaracterized. all right, to the nba, the game of the bubble so far, luka doncic just incredible in this one, 43 points plus 17 rep bounds, 13 assists. first time ever that stat line has been done in the playoffs, and 21-year-old doing it all on a bad ankle. check out his teammates after the game. luka getting mobbed again in the locker room, getting that water bottle bath. tying that series two games a piece. a triple header of action on our sister network, tnt later today starting with the rockets and the thunder later this evening. it was such a great sports weekend. the first time in a long time i found myself on the couch just ye yelling at the tv quite a bit. >> congratulations, that sounds like a victory. i'm not expert, but that was a great shot. you were like, watch this, even you will like this. anthony, thank you very much. back to the news, back-to-back storms are taking aim at the gulf coast that could bring torrential rain, it could bring life-threatening storm surge. so we're tracking them, next. tums versus mozzarella stick (bell rings) when heartburn hits fight back fast... ...with tums chewy bites... beat heartburn fast tums chewy bites noticks and fleas?o simplifies protection. see ya! heartworm disease? 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>> good morning, alisyn. yeah, this is really a concern for the people here of louisiana at this point. you know, they've seen a lot of storms over the

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