we have had reports from our west desk and they make phone calls all over the country that there have been some reports of damage all over st. louis from wind alone. there have been some building collapses in the parts of st. louis, i don t have any details on when, where or how this happened. but we know that as the initial wind went through parts of seattle, it was already damaged. you are probably hearing the sirens in st. louis right now. that s why this big pink box is here. there s a tornado warning for st. louis proper and east st. louis. from st. charles all the way down to fes tis and down toward desoto. this weather is going to move through st. louis in the next 15 or 20 minutes. i need you to stay inside away from windows. make sure the pets and the kids are inside. i don t want one i-report from this storm rvel. for such a big storm moving through such a large metropolitan area, very dangerous situation anywhere around st. louis. if you re within 30 miles of st. l
the federal government sues a popular sheriff in arizona and he is simply digging in his heels. let s check in with our legal guys. they are joining us from cleveland, avery freedman and richard herman. good to see both of you professors. yeah, look at that the last of the summer white. wow. this is my last shot at white. after labor day you are not supposed to do it. i don t like that rule. it is making getting dressed complicated. sheriff joe says i m not going to cooperate, i ve done my part and so richard, what is in
causing problems. some beaches reopened along the east coast later on. and there were power outages in new england fewer than many initially expected and the apparent impact on air travel seems minimal. with major northeast airports reporting few delays as well. the same can be said for passenger rail service in the northeast. our team coverage includes reynolds wolf take it away. it is falls apart. it used to be a power house. a tropical storm with gusts up to 85 miles per hour. the impact the storm is going to have on much of the eastern seaboard will be the rip currents. one of the reasons why this is moving out is something that you can see right here. we have an area of low pressure here. at the same time, distem system drift to the east and extend almost to the gulf of mexico and it will continue to kick the storm out. expected to continue up to the north and northeast. it will be moving into colder water. i wouldn t be surprised if the storm dies out by the time we g
always the swing vote and lean towards the liberal version. avenue ry, is she going to ha pretty big impact? you know what, she walks in with enormous ability to persuade but put this in american historicalperspective. for 200 years, our nation had 0 women on the supreme court. and today we are looking at a chapter in american history that is so exciting and wonderful. she will be a powerful effect on the supreme court. well said, well said. well you will remain our supreme court here on cnn newsroom and we ll consider moving the show to hawaii if this keeps up richard. come on. it couldn t look any better. 98 degrees in atlanta. we ll take that. richard herman and avery
however, in southern louisiana, the situation is different. oil has coated the marshes and they have had 26 different times where oil has been identified in less than a 24 hour span. so the clean up will continue there for quite some time. again, a bit of the good news, some of the water has been reopened for fishing. people can fish recreation ali and commercially. and that includes fin fish. the animals at the bottoms oysters and crabs will be held off for additional tissue testing. so it will be interesting to see what those results might be in the coming days back to you. reynolds, bp was quick to sort of clean up a little bit of what doug had to say at that press conference. but he did indicate that this is something that the company would look at down the road because they did hit a gusher down there and they could not control it does, say what is out there. there is no question about it. that is what they do. their job is to hunt oil. their job response was inter