The mtv Video Music Awards big half hour ahead. Early today starts right now good to be with you this morning. Im Frances Rivera and i am phillip mena a state of emergency thats been declared in puerto rico as Tropical Storm dorian gains strength overnight it passed by nearby barbados, and if this continues in its path, it could hit puerto rico tomorrow as a category 1 hurricane. The island is still recovering from Hurricane Maria, which made landfall nearly two years ago. Maria was the deadliest Natural Disaster in u. S. History, killing nearly 3,000 people and destroying the islands power grid now people will are stocking up on food, water, and back up generators ahead of time meteorologist Michele Grossman now is tracking this Tropical Storm for us its getting serious good morning hey there, guys its going to be something were going to watch at least through the weekend. Lets take a look at whats happening now. This is whats called the enhanced satellite you can see its a small stor
There areetropolitan police here trying to figure it all out. I can tell you that one man was sht. Hes said to be in serious condition. He was conscious and breathing when they took him from the scene. I can tell you they are looking for a darkcolored sedan with a man and woman inside. They believe the woman may be the driver of that suspect car. As we lookown on the scene now, you can see theres a goldcolored ford explorer. Thesh wild is bashed in. Back in the tunnel, back in the dark side of the tunnel, theres another car in the center lane. There are a couple of women in that car. I dont know what role that car tays in all of this. Again,s happened around 2 54 this afternoon. S there wa crash. There was a shooting or a shooting and then a crash. One man shot. Hes in serious condition. The northbound lane of the third street tunnel has beenut sh down as Police Investigate this and try to figure out what happened and what caused this all to happen around 2 54 this afternoon. Were on t
Tunnel shut down now for more than three hours. Lets take look at this scene live right now. Can you see they have removed a number of the vehicles and a lot of evidence here. L poe are still on the scene. There is hope that they could open this tunnel soon, but, agin, its been shut down now for nearly three hours. This is what it looked like earlier. The focus here, this golen explorer. Police say that the gold explorer ran into t backof a darkcolored sedan. The occupants of the darkcored sedan and the gold explorer got out. Thereto was an argument. A man from the darkcoloredpu sedan out a gun and shot the driver of the gold explorer, and then that darkcolored sedan took off. Here now, here n hear now fro morgan cain,he First District commander. What do you make what happened here . This is actually i make that this was unnecessary. This is truly tragic, that a simple accident, vehicle accident, its an accident, can escalate into a shooting. So that to me is very sad and heart wrenchi
Locally are still looking for another store. The investigation is really looking much more broadly at all of the produce that cases may have bn exposed to. Reporter symptoms including watery diarrhea, loss of appetite, weight loss, bloating and abdominal pain and fatigue. Dr. Schwartz says the illness may first seem like your everyday stomach bug. En but the diarrhea may last for a month or ev longer and may be what we call relapsing and remitting. , in other words it becomes a little bit better and then gets worse again. Reporter so far the outbreak has resulted in four ns hospitalizatnd no deaths. Anyone experiencing symptoms should reach out to their doctor for the appropriate sting. This is pretty frightening, so, cory, how can people protect themselves . Reporter well, jim, it really is quite simple. We have some tips there that we can put up on the screen. First and foremost, if you buy produce from the grocery store, make sure y wash it thoroughly. Be sure to cut away any ends o
Tonight there are growing concerns about possibly life threatening storm surge. Well have live Team Coverage. Lights for liberty. Hundreds of protesters near the white house stand up for the children who have died at the southern border. He never done nothing to nobody. He was a good child. And all new tonight, lovedes on mourning a Community Leader who was gunned down in northeast washington. Tropical storm barry is inching closer and closer to louisiana where it could dump dangerous amounts of rain this weekend. Were talking about up to two feet in some places. Homes and roads are already flooding in southeastern louisiana. Crews are closing flood gates as the surge pushes iand. Things could soon get a whole lot worse. Its expected to make landfall tomorrow morning. A federal emergency has been declared and folks in new orleans now are sheltering in place. Weve got Team Coverage for ou tonight. Amelia draper join in a moment. We begin with Nbcs Jay Gray live in t big easy. Jay . Repo