Making landfall a short time ago. Louisiana, New Orleans, already feeling this. Theyve been bracing for winds up to 100 miles per hour. The hurricane expected to unleash up to a foot of rain in some areas. A Storm Surge up to ten feet. Ginger zee Is Standing by. The Wildfire Emergency tonight. Dozens of homes up in flames. Three major wildfires burning near los angeles. Thousands being evacuated. A suspect arrested for allegedly starting the massive line fire. Also tonight, after their debate in philadelphia, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump and the Hand Shake at Ground Zero, marking 9 11 this morning, paying tribute to the victims. It comes after the abc News Debate Last Night in philadelphia at the national constitution center. 55 days until Election Day now. The Vice President now saying, lets have a second debate. What Donald Trump is now saying about that tonight. This evening, the development involving Justin Timberlake. Timberlake has reached a Plea
House floor opening, with now a fourth republican nominee for speaker. This time it is congressman mike johnson of louisiana. And he says he has the votes to win. Overseas, were following breaking developments out of israel. The u. N. Warning it may be forced to stop operating in gaza today as fuel runs out. Some World Leaders intensifying their calls for a ceasefire. Plus, forecasters warn of a, quote, Nightmare Scenario after a cat 5 Hurricane Slams into mexicos southern Pacific Coast overnight, near the popular resort city of acapulco. It went from a Tropical Storm to a cat 5 in just 12 hours. We begin this hour on capitol hill, where next hour lawmakers are expected to vote once again for a speaker of the house. Louisiana congressman mike johnson is now the fourth gop pick in three weeks. The second in just one day. After tom emmer dropped out yesterday when it became clear he could not secure enough votes. A visual reminder of how Congress Found themselves in leadership crisis. 22
berman. nice to have you. i m zoraida sambolin. up first, the shooting rampage in tucson, arizona, takes a dramatic step this morning. jared lee loughner now facing a lifetime in prison after pleading guilty to a shooting that killed six people and almost killed a former member of congress, gabrielle giffords. under the plea deal loughner will be sentenced to life in prison with no parole but will avoid the death penalty. the u.s. attorney prosecuting the case says loughner s mental state was a big factor in this decision. the doctors who have treated and observed mr. loughner since the shooting agree that he suffered from a severe mental illness. that is severe schizophrenia. at the time of the shooting and before the shooting. the fragility of his continued competency to stand trial was taken into account. we re live in tu san. we re used to seeing loughner s picture we just showed on the screen. you saw him in the courtroom yesterday. how did he look to you? report