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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 ....
you don t own pads like that, do you? i was a basketball guy. i couldn t take hits like those in football. it s not my game. you are still tough. i want someone to call foul if i get hit. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. we have lot to talk with. so glad you are back. it is back to work this week for lawmakers on capitol hill and with the dwindling number of days, their to-do list is quite long. can they avoid a government shutdown? a major question. also, right now tens of thousands of people are stuck in the desert at the burning man festival after a rainstorm turned the site into a mud pit. people are being told to shelter in place. amazon s ceo tells employees to get back in the office or their days may be numbered. they are not alone. we talk to an expert about whether whizzes and their employees can find some common ground. and college sports before to look a whole lot diff ....
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 ....