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touchdowns and he ran for two more. can you believe it? no quarterback in alabama history has ever done that. roll tide. 56-7 over middle tennessee. but the best performance of the day has to go to oregon s mascot. every time they score, he does pushups. for puddles, it was 546 pushups for puddles. the mascot was barely able to waddle. definitely going to be sore today. being a mascot is not all it s quacked up to be. cory, thank you. it s a very strong duck there apparently. welcome back. i m in today for frederica whitfield. and at the burning man festival, 70,000 were left stranded. organizers also say they do still plan the hold the festival s culminating event, the burning of the man as it s called, tonight weather permitting. and cell phone service has been very spotty, even nonexistent for some. but dawn loony is among those trapped at the festival. glad to see that you re smiling. can you tell us what you re experiencing there? reporter: we are great. it i ....
going to find damage from the heavy equipment, from, you know, people not being able to procure their items and leave now trace. those a there s a restoration department here at burning man and they do a phenomenal job year in and year out and this year is going to be a really tough job. some people have trucked out on foot, including comedian chris rock, who up see in the blue coat and others hiking for six miles before they were able to hitch a ride from a fan. earlier i spoke with a different attendee who was able to make it back home to south carolina. she described how others were coping with the conditions. take a listen. most of the season folks that have been out there a number of times had really positive attitudes. i mean, we all know we re signing up for something that anything could happen. i ve been out there during a hail storm, i ve been out there during rain. i ve been out there when it was, like, too hot to function. so i felt like overall it was p ....
everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. you woke up, you re here. you didn t scare me off. it was intimidating but we made it. we want to start with, look, we have a lot to talk about. lawmakers getting ready to return to capitol hill. will they be able to avoid a government shutdown? plus, stranded in the desert. tens of thousands of people stuck at the burning man festival in the black rock desert after torrential rain in the area. they are being told to shelter in place and conserve food and water. and those scorching hot temperatures just won t let up. how hot it s going to get if you are heading outside for labor day and when you could see relief. this week we will talk to an expert about the impact on the opioid crisis. congress is getting ready to work and hit the ground running. senators are back in d.c. on tuesday followed by the house the next week. both chambers are facing a time crunc ....