Will standing up for you. President trump is working to safely reopen our main street economy. Joe biden want to keep them locked up in the basement. Where joe biden sees american darkness, we see american greatness. [applause] steve last night was night three of the g. O. P. , the rnc. We are going to have complete details on that. But, what a story this morning and its a fox news alert because hurricane laura slammed the gulf coast as night three of the rnc wrapped up. Made landfall overnight as a category 4 storm with 150 mileperhour winds impacting louisiana primarily. Ainsley the winds so strong topping 150 Miles Per Hour. The storm is downgraded now a category 3 hurricane which is still strong. Steve 120 Miles Per Hour. Ainsley exactly. Nearly 400,000 Power Outages are reported in louisiana and in texas. Brian take a look at this the best you can disseminate the storm showing massive size and lightning actually see that from space. Steve unbelievable. Brian we will have Team Coverage all morning long. Start with janice dean tracking the storm all through the night. Janice. Janice its weakened which is good news, and now that its lost its water source category 2 hurricane, 110 mileperhour sustained winds and as you mentioned made landfall around 2 00 a. M. Eastern time cammeron, louisiana with the worst of the rain and storm surge and winds in the Northeast Quadrant of the storm. We are still going to see the risk of tornadoes throughout the day north of where the storm is projected to travel. So not only this afternoon but into the overnight and for the foreseeable friday into the weekend as the storm is still going to be with us. We dont have any tornado warn storms. Tornado watch in effect for much of louisiana as well as eastern texas for the next several hours. Heres the latest path. We will get updates every hour now that the storm has made landfall. Category 2, 110 mileperhour sustained winds. Makes its way up through the tennessee and ohio river valley. Still dealing with a depression and tropical force. We will feel results from laura as we get into the mangted and northeast. Legacy of this storm not only one of the worst we have seen in the gulf coast but going to remain with us for many days as we get into the weekend. Flood advisories posted for the track, the trajectory of this storm moving towards the mississippi and ohio river valley where we could see upwards of 5 to 7 inches. 10 inches in isolated amounts. And i have seen reports of over 15 inches of rainfall. The storm surge incredible. Thats why the National Hurricane center said this was unsurvivable once it made landfall across louisiana. There is the projected rainfall as we go through friday and then the forecast wind gust once again still Tropical Storm force winds through portions of louisiana up into arkansas and then the tennessee and the ohio river valley need to watch this system. But the good news is now that its lost its water source, it is beginning to weaken but the damage has been done. I have seen winds gusts in excess of 130 mileperhour for parts of louisiana. One they are going to remember certainly along the gulf coast. Steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. Steve and, janice, it was stronger when it made landfall than rita and stronger than katrina, right . Janice absolutely. It was a category 4. Rita was a 3 and so was hurricane katrina. And this had a very similar path to rita but it was stronger and much larger storm foremiffeddable hurricane, one that goes down in the record books for many reasons. Ainsley and now its a cat it. Janice category 2. It will continue to weaken. The danger is not over yet especially for parts of arkansas up towards the Tennessee Valley even the northeast we could coo have Power Outages from this storm getting into the weekend. Steve thats right. The worry is it is going to be leaving unrecognizable path of destruction and we will know more about that as the sun comes up. Janice, thank you very much. Our Team Coverage continues now with Charles Watson. He is live in port arthur in texas which is to the west of louisiana. Good morning. Hey, guys, you can hear that winds rustling right now. The intensity of the wind and rain has sloan down in the last hour or so according to the National Weather service, we are seeing about 55 mileperhour winds gusts right now. Lets take a look behind me because you can see these shingles here on the ground. They have been blowing around all night long. We havent been able to see a lot because its still dark out here. A little survey of the hotel that were at right now, they are blowing around all over the place. You see these bushes they have been blown around. Right now we know that more than 400,000 people between texas and louisiana are without power right now. Our hotel is without power. We have been without power for several hours at this point. The intention city of the winds was powerful throughout the night. Inside of our hotel it sounded like a sledge hammer was continuously banging on the walls. So a good thing that the wind and rain has sloan down right now the n s says that there are flash flood, wind and tornado warnings between texas and louisiana so folks have to be careful. People who have decided to ride out this storm. Right now they dont have access to emergency services. The mayor says those folks are on their own and if they decide to stay thats between them and god right now. Again, weather conditions seem to be improving and lake charles a different story. We have seen windows blown out and just intense situation right here but folks seem to be in a good spot right here in port arthur. We will send it back to you. Ainsley all right. Good deal. Thank you so much. Charles. Will jess lock is live in charms, louisiana where bracing for storm surge this morning. Look at that picture. Steve much different story. Ainsley yeah; yeah we are getting a good blow this morning. A cat 3. Still a very formidable storm. We are not in a place fortunately where we are getting a lot of storm surge. We are across i 10 in lake charles. But, this is still a tremendous rain event and, of course, this wind that you are seeing right now and its actually just died down a little. We were in the eye of the storm earlier this morning but i will tell you i have been in the eyes of storms before. This one didnt give us a lot. Times you can see the stars. We werent seeing any stars. It was kind of a ragged eye but still one that has been holding together. And as you reported came ashore as cat 4. Still cat 3. And so you can see the kind of conditions we are getting on what is the weak side of the storm. Just because they call it the weak side of the storm doesnt mean its weak and still damage is being done here. I suspect when we get out and, of course, its early and we cant see tremendously well. We dont want to get too far from our hunker down position here. I expect when we get out just at the hotel where we have been staying we have been seeing fairly significant damage. The roof is still on and all of that but the kind of damage that you it would expect at least from a cat 3 or cat 4 storm. Fun time lake charles. Will. Steve man. Brian jeff flock, thanks so much. Steve be careful. Brian check back in with you if its not Getting Better there. How things are going in texas. Governor abbott is coming up in an hour and 30 mention. He will be joining us live. He has probably been up all night. Late into the night as day 3 of the rnc wrapping up. Griff is live with highlights with the Republican National convention as we get set for the president s speech tonight knowing the storm will play a part in that speech, griff what about what happened last night. Griff you will love. This good morning brian, anxiously and steve. The historic back drop of fort mchenry thats where americans bravely defended Baltimore Harbor from the british. Vice president pence and second lady karen pence made an appearance there. Message was one that focused heavily on law and order. Watch. The hard truth is you wont be safe in Joe Bidens America. And under President Trump we will always stand with those who stand on the thin blue line and we are not going to defund the police, not now, not ever. Griff also in attendance the president and first lady along with four medal of honor recipients, six purple hearts, gold star mothers and purple medal. Kellyanne lara trump all make the case for a second term. I want my daughter to grow up in president donald j. Trumps america. He picks the toughest fights and tackles the most complex problems. He has stood by me and he will stand up for you. President trump is the law and order president from our borders to our backyards. President trump will keep america safer. President trump will keep america prosperous. President trump will keep america america. Griff the Biden Campaign responding indicate bedding fields saying instead of a road map to defeat the virus and rebuild our economy so that it works for the middle class, Vice President pence only offered up debunked scare tactics and gaslighting in an attempt to further divide us. Meanwhile tonight President Trump speaking from the white house. Other speakers though will include the Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell, the House Minority leader kevin mccarthy. The president s daughter ivanka, as well as rudy giuliani. Congressman jeff van drew, ben carson tom cotton, reverend Franklin Graham and alice marie johnson. As we washed this hurricane and the devastation in the gulf unclear whether the nights events could be altered in any way. Yesterday, Kellyanne Conway saying they are not ruling out adjustments to the schedule depending on what happens. Brian, ainsley, steve . Much. Steve all right, griff, thank you very much. The ultimate adjustment in the schedule was in 2012 when hurricane isaac came ashore and impacted people to the point where the rnc, which was in tampa, delayed their opening considerably given the factor of the storm. Last night absolutely was the law and order night. It was also every day heroes and the rnc, i think, was artful in once again not only introducing us to. So most impactful republicans but also a number of every day americans whose lives have been profoundly impacted by the put. And, of course, the ongoing theme was essentially the amount of violence that we have seen over the last number of weeks in American Cities that are under the leadership of democrats, whether its governors or mayors or things likes that ainsley. Nonetheless, you know, and this is going on at the same time where there is unrest in our streets. Last night the governor of minnesota called out the National Guard because of some unrest in meaption and, of course kenosha wound up with 500 members of the National Guard on the streets. Ainsley yeah. The president keeping saying if you need my help, i will send in the National Guard. I will send in the troops. I will give you assistance. But the governors have to first ask. And last night there were so many wonderful speakers, lara trump did an expenalty job. She is from North Carolina so she talked about growing up in the south and what she thought of the president and his personality while she was growing up. And then how she got to know him and met him and learned what he was really like and what their family was like. She said he is a lot like i am. Raising his kids the same way we do down south. She named her daughter carolina from she is from North Carolina. Steve carolina girl she said. Ainsley thats right. Kayleigh mcenany talked about how she had the break can a gene and said she decided she had to give a piece of her body. She made that decision because now she is a mom and she is healthy. 8 women have been affected in her family by breast cancer. Kristi noem a rising star in the Republican Party. She is strong and smart and she spoke last night. She represents south dakota. There she is right there. She really talked about law and order and how she felt like what was happening in some of these cities portland and new york she said its just overrun by violent mobs. Listen to what she said. America is an exception all in nation founded on three principles, equality, freedom and opportunity. But today our founding principles are under attack from seattle and portland to washington and new york. Democratrun cities across this country are being overrun by violent mobs. The violence is rampant. Theres looting, chaos, destruction, and murder. People that can afford to flee have fled. Witbut the people who cant, go, hardworking americans, are left to fengsd for themselves. Ainsley brian, she went on to say it took 244 years to build this imrated nation. She said we stand to lose it if we continue down the path taken by democrats. Brian ainsley, she brings up the cities and the unrest. It goes without argument, i would think, that portland a mess, 80plus days. Seattle an imarmted to the country as they give up an autonomous zone and continue to attack police stations and police buildings. Rachel maddow seemingly i dont watch that channel enough on msnbc. Its a shame. Breaks in we are going to do a fact check on the governor of south dakota with that to talk about the reality of seattle is the mayor that says it will be the summer of love. The same mayor and so they protested at her house and she called the cops, which she is trying to defund. Listen to how she describes seattle and the push balk on the governor of south dakota. Her caricature of the great cities across america is not only wrong, its purposefully wrong. Seattle is a it is a city that i raised my two children in, and i would not have raised them anywhere else. Brian congratulations thats the city that was not the city that is. Ainsley exactly thats a different seattle. Brian you talk to the Business Leaders we have talked to and let that take place and defamed and deal funded and helped oversee the destruction of the Seattle Police force whether they be humiliated on a daily basis and come to defend yourself because the Republican Convention is calling you out . Shameful. It didnt take long for the governor to tweet back. Where was mayor durken when chop or chaz or whatever they called it took over her city . More to come when chris city nome joins us at 8 15 eastern time today. Steve absolutely. So it was every day hero night dan crenshaw who was on the program with us yesterday who is now representing a district in texas. He had a powerful testimonial about the heroes off the battlefield. I heard dana perino last night was talking about how the contrast between the Democrat Convention where they had a lot of celebrities from 40eu8d and rnc had everyday his or hers. She said she would take a everyday hero over a celebrity any day. Dan crenshaw is a hero and he had this to say last night. Americas heroism isnt relegated to the battlefield. Every single dave we see them if you jewels know where to look. Its the nurse who volunteers for backtoback shifts caring for Covid Patients because she feels thats her duty. The parent will relearn algebra because there is no way they are letting their kid fall behind when schools are closed. A cop who will get spit on one day and save a childs life the next. Steve there is he a navy seal talking about the people you dont hear about every dave but they do amazing things. People like lou holtz the former coach at notre dame. Ainsley i love him. Steve such a powerful message talking about how the Republican Party and donald trump, in particular, stands for the unborn. And lou nobody stronger advocate for the unborn than donald trump. The Biden Harris Lou holtz said. The radical ticket proabortion in history. Catholics in name only and abandon innocent lives, ainsley. Ainsley yeah. He loved notre dame and his catholic faith is so important to him. He lost his wife recently and gosh they had such a great relationship. He is such a wonderful person. He was the coach at my college at usc at one point. One of the most powerful moments, too, i think we can all agree on which Madison Hawthorne running for congress in North Carolina. He has been on our show. He is in a wheelchair pair lipsed at the age of 18 in a car accident. He is 25 years old and stands to be likely the youngest person ever elected to congress and look at him right there at the end of his speech, he was assisted as he stood up from his wheelchair and he said this. In this New Town Square you dont have to apologize for your beliefs or cower to a mob. Can you kneel before god but stand for our flag. The american idea, my ancestors fought for during the revolutionary war is just as exciting and revolutionary today as it was 250 years ago. I say to americans who love our country, young and old, be a radical for freedom. Be a radical for liberty. And be a radical for our republic for which i stand, one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. Thank you and may god bless america. Ainsley how wonderful is that . Mark meadows had that district and he backed Linda Bennett he and his wife did because they are friends with her. The president supported Linda Bennett. But then mr. Hawthorne, he actually won that seat. Madison cal cawthorn. He listened to mark meadows and they were friends. He said i still support this president. Brian whats Pretty