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chain says it's adding 13,000 workers while boosting its average hourly rate to $23 overall food prices are up about 2% in the last year but they are up more than 20% since the pandemic cig will have to pay the government $1.5 million the company fined for claiming that its coffee pots were recyclable the SEC says two major recycling firms said they would not take the pods coming up the debate over homework our kids getting too much all right plus one mother's instinct fighting off a hog it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know give your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food it's all coming up on gma3 you're going to love it we'll see you then gma3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know love me too why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day's top stories a lot of news today so let's get into it listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R ml Awards and see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that's a part of the story I bet you didn't see coming wherever you get your podcasts start here with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched newscast across all of Television let's go we are heading into the unknown oh my God we just saw what no one has seen before it doesn't get any more Cutting Edge than this baywash is a fantasy when you hear that theme song it was a wild time and I I was a wild chick Jason Mamoa exploded Carmen was a bombshell Anderson was an icon really proud of everything I've done almost bayw a whirlwind of Epic highs and bitter lows Everyone likes to watch sexy things with the president in raob Beach I'm Phil Lipoff wherever the story is we'll take you there your streaming ABC News [Music] live time to check the pulse and we are beginning with an epic adventure that's come to an end a Royal Caribbean ship just returned to Miami after a 9-month voyage they docked in 65 countries on all seven continents many passengers calling it amazing the cruise industry is betting big on longer voyages you can go to the ends of the Earth and you are still connected you can still be in touch which I think for many people is a real fear when they're traveling that far with high-speed internet Millennials are now driving growth in the cruise industry next the debate over homework one mother from Arizona says she's had enough she went on TI talk to protest her son getting 15 pages of double-sided homework on the first day of kindergarten she emailed the teacher saying sorry we're done she says the only thing her boy should be worried about is when snack time is next some high school students in Virginia raising money to buy their favorite custodian his dream car a red Jeep custodian Francis apraku was all smiles the students raised 20K and a dealership secured a deal he said it's a day he will never forget next a close encounter with a bir of yeah mom and her 2-year-old daughter were outside this home near Boston when a hawk came swooping in the mom grabbing the little girl and running off they are both okay a mother's instinct never doubt it top headlines [Music] next it was a regular day for 19-year-old Melissa Whit something terrible had happened to her he had several suspects all these kinds of leads know serial killer in your area could he be involved we're actually finding key evidence that could have slipped through the cracks her last hours on this Earth were horrific this beautiful young girl police will find out what happened at wit's end the hunt for a killer only on Hulu what's good to watch read where can I get a great deal on what I'm just dying to buy oh it's all right here GMA life get the latest celebrity Buzz Deals and Steals and the coolest lifestyle tips from GMA I love that so much streaming weekends on ABC News live why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day's top stories a lot of news today so let's get into it listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with for Edward R meral Awards and see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that's a part of the story I bet you didn't see coming wherever you get your podcasts start here wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives are changed getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there streaming free on ABC News live betrayal is one of the hardest types of trauma to overcome this is her night in shining armor everything felt right all of a sudden I found this hidden folder I opened it I don't think I can say it I'm sorry it's shocking my stomach just dropped he just really didn't think I had it in me to do something so I did betrayal of Father's secret the allnew season on Hulu check you more top stories now former president Trump and vice president Harris laid out sharply opposing views in a fiery debate after a handshake they clashed on issues from the economy to abortion to immigration Harris managed to repeatedly get under Trump's skin and polls show most viewers saw Harris as the winner her campaign is calling for a second debate Wall Street gets a key report on inflation today and it could influence the federal reserve's expected decision next week to cut interest rates California's governor is now requesting more Aid to fight three major wildfires near La in San Bernardino County a man is in custody accused of starting the line fire another visitor to Grand Canyon National Park has been found dead the body of a 71-year-old Boer has been recovered the Park's 16th death this year today's weather hurricane Francine is expected to make landfall in Louisiana tonight with up to a foot of rain storm surge could top 10 ft rain also in the Northwest and finally on this September 11th a Survivor describing escaping the World Trade Center with his guide dog here's Danny new understandably most of us will never forget the sight of the Twin Towers falling on September 11th and wouldn't you know it we decided to hold hold the seminars on September 11th but for Michael hingson who is blind he says he will always remember the way the building shook while he was holding a meeting on the North Tower 78th floor we kind of heard a muffled stump and the building sort of shuddered now in that moment Michael and his colleagues did not know a plane had hit their Tower but he immediately called his wife Karen and then retrieved his loyal Guy dog Roselle who was napping under his desk she was guiding and I kept encouraging her good dog Roselle what a good girl as hundreds started to descend the stairs one of Michael's main goals was to keep Rosel calm amidst all the chaos and sometimes they even teamed up to help others for example on the 68th Floor Michael says a woman exclaimed that she could not go on any further we just all had a group hug there on the stairs and Roselle gave her kisses and she was able to keep going and then on the 37th Floor Michael says he and Roselle were even offering comic relief so I just said hey everybody my name's Mike I'm blind I got a guy dog don't anyone worry if the power and lights go out Roselle and I are offering a half price special to get you out today only you know and people started laughing at that eventually Michael Rosell and his team made it to the lobby and were safely escorted outside we heard this Rumble that quickly became this deafening Roar but in the decades since Michael has dedicated his life to telling people around the world about that morning he's become an acclaimed keynote speaker and in 2011 he wrote The New York Times bestseller thunderdog about how he and Roselle survived to this day he has still not stopped trying to help people learn about what happened and in the midst of it all still find that sense of calm and for me that became the best therap be possible Roselle sadly passed away in 2011 guys but Michael continues to share her story in fact he actually just released a new book a few weeks ago called live like a GU dog and we are going to take a live look as we say goodbye at the World Trade Center [Music] Memorial right now in America this morning the contentious presidential debate she's a Marxist can we please just have discourse I'm talking now you don't mind please does that sound familiar it's important to remind the former president you're not running against Joe Biden you're running against me the issues who won and will there be a second debate plus Taylor Swift jumping into the political Fray overnight happening right now hurricane Francine taking aim at the Gulf Coast the final preparations and what to expect meanwhile on the West Coast three major fires burning near Los Angeles the scenes being described as apocalyptic two planes colliding at the airport in Atlanta passengers thrown from their seats describing how it happened a new way to save money on groceries another major retailer vowing to cut prices caught on camera one mother's instinct fighting off this Hawk and later the debate over homework are kids get getting too much of it from ABC News this is America this morning good Wednesday morning everyone I'm ran and Aly and I'm lion Moes in for Andrew We Begin this morning with the top moments from the presidential debate and the Fallout an overnight poll of debate Watchers found vice president Harris was the winner last night but former president Trump is calling it his best debate ever and he's refusing to commit to a potential second debate We Begin our coverage with the awkward handshake on St last night former president Trump seemed to head straight to his Podium last night but vice president Harris walked across the stage after appearing to hesitate Harris offering her hand come Harris Let's have good de see have fun both candidates were first asked about the economy and inflation Trump calling Harris a Marxist everything that she believed three years ago and four years ago is out the window she's going to My Philosophy now in fact I was going to send her a Maga hat she's a Marxist Harris promised tax cuts for the middle class my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses knowing they are part of the backbone of America's economy she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and it's like four sentences like Run Spot Run we're doing tariffs on other countries other countries are going to finally after 75 years pay us back for all that we've done for the world on Reproductive Rights Harris vowed to push to restore a federally guaranteed right to abortion Trump abortion bans that make no exception even for rape and incest which understand what that means a survivor of a crime of violation to their body does not have the right to make a decision about what happens to their body next that is immoral pregnant women who want to carry a pregnancy to term suffering from a miscarriage being denied care in an emergency room because the healthc care providers are afraid they might go to jail and she's bleeding out in a car in the parking lot she didn't want that her husband didn't want that Trump would not commit to vetoing a National Abortion ban saying he would not have to but each individual state is voting it's the vote of the people now on several other issues Harris was asked to address her shifts on policies what her critics have called flip-flopping in your last run for president you said you wanted to ban fracking now you don't you wanted mandatory government by back programs for assault weapons now your campaign says you don't why have so many of your policy positions changed I made that very clear in 2020 I will not ban fracking I have not banned fracking as vice president of United States and in fact I Was the tiebreaking vote on the inflation reduction act which opened new leases for fracking my position is that we have got to invest in diverse sources of energy so we reduce our Reliance on foreign oil one contentious moment came when Trump claimed Harris supports defunding the police Harris could be seen saying not true despite her mic being muted but Trump clearly heard her wait a minute I'm talking now if you don't mind please does that sound familiar Trump calling Harris the worst vice president in US history they've had three and a half years to create jobs and all the things we talked about why hasn't she done it when asked about January 6 Trump insisted he ordered his supporters to March peacefully to the Capitol he was also asked about the 2020 election results in the past couple of weeks leading up to this debate uh you have said quote you lost by a whisker that you quote didn't quite make it that you came up a little bit short I said that are you now acknowledging that you lost in 2020 I don't acknowledge that at all I said that sarcastically you know that and we said oh we lost by a whisker that was said sarcastically Trump also pushing the baseless claim about Haitian immigrants in Ohio eating dogs and other pets they're eating the dogs the people that came in they're eating the cats they're eating they're eating the pets of the people that live there those reports dismissed as not credible by local leaders in Ohio the Harris campaign quickly called for a second debate but Trump last night non-committal they immediately called for a second debate because they lost so we thought it was our best debate ever it was my best debate ever Harris taking a Victory lap after the debate but saying she's still the underdog I think that we think today was a good day and it kind of was well Harris is facing criticism for not explaining the influx of migrants under the Biden Administration instead last night she touted the bipartisan border security plan which Trump helped defeat Trump has said that plan was not Tough Enough and a poll overnight by CNN found 63% of people who watch watch the debate believe Harris won that is compared to 37% for Trump ABC's Christian Cordo has more reaction including Taylor Swift's big endorsement chrisan good morning Rihanna good morning to you yeah the Harris campaign says it was surprised to get that endorsement from Taylor Swift after the debate vice president KLA Harris picked up a major endorsement minutes after last night's face off in Philadelphia Taylor Swift posting on Instagram I will be casting my vote for KLA Harris and Tim Walls in the 2024 presidential election Swift calling Harris A steady-handed Gifted leader adding we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos Florida Congressman Matt Gates a trump supporter reacting I love her songs but I want to live in a world where liberals make my art and conservatives make my laws and policy Harris supporters at the debate were a mix of surrogates and Partyline crossovers including Anthony scaramucci who served as Trump's Communications director and California governor Gavin Nome from the handshake itself when she came up and said it's kamla Harris she was in control she was in command the Trump campaign invited Robert F Kennedy Jr along with North Dakota governor Doug beram in the last debate president Trump perhaps the first Republican in years to actually win a debate on the topic of of uh Reproductive Rights uh he did that by be very clear that he does not support a a federal ban analysts from both sides finding plenty to criticize from the debate she had no answers on immigration she had no answers when she was asked about defunding the police she laid traps and he chased every rabbit down every hole this is the difference between someone who's well prepared and someone who's unprepared whoever did debate prep for Donald Trump should be fired now many analysts are expressing doubt that this debate was enough to significantly move the needle in what is shaping up to be a very tight presidential race Ranon all right Christian thank you for that let's talk about hurricane Francine now taking aim at the Louisiana coast landfall is expected early tonight people are already filling sandbags and stocking up on water oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico have been shut down and people in low-lying areas are being urg to evacuate that storm could bring up to a foot of rain and a 10 foot storm surge we will take a closer look at your forecast in just a few moments more buildings have been lost as three large wildfires burn out of control near Los Angeles the so-called airport fire has already burned nearly 30 square miles in Orange and Riverside counties meanwhile the bridge fire in San Bernardino County has burned 53 square miles Crews had to rescue people from their homes in a small Mountain Town one man is in custody charged with arson for setting a separate fire in the same area I want to show you this time-lapse video showing a weather station in Gulf in Flames the governor now asking for more federal aid nearly 6,000 firefighters soldiers and First Responders are on the front lines now to those two planes colliding at Atlanta's airport one plan's tail torn off passengers describing how it happened security video at the world's busiest airport in Atlanta shows these two Delta planes colliding the larger plane's Wing breaking off the tail of that smaller Jet and all sudden bam just got hit by something completely Jarred out of my seat the larger plane was headed to Japan Grant Edwards was among the hundreds of passengers all of a sudden there was a bump and it was a it was a hard bump the smaller Regional Jet was headed to Louisiana the whole tale of that trj off passengers describing a loud scraping sound some thrown from their seats it felt and sounded like a car crash there was you know kind of that crunch there was there was that that push that you get passengers recording as they were bust back to the terminal one or another of the airplanes involved were not on the right path and whether or not that's because the markings were wrong or whether somebody was moving in the wrong direction we don't know yet so many questions Federal investigators will now determine what went wrong turning now overseas new video showing the cramped tunnel where hostages were held by Hamas and were recently killed the Israeli military says American HH Goldberg Poland and five others spent their final moments in this narrow tunnel 60 ft underground it is just 2 ft wide with not enough room to stand and very little air Secretary of State Anthony blinkin is visiting Ukraine today to discuss whether to beef up Ukraine's air defenses president zilinski wants permission to use American missiles to strike strike deep inside Russia meanwhile the US is accusing Iran of sending missiles to Russia it is time now for your Wednesday weather good morning strengthening hurricane Francine will approach landfall late today along the Central Louisiana coast probably as a category 2 hurricane we're expecting gusts of wind that may exceed 100 miles per hour just East to the point of landfall with a 10-ft storm surge very heavy rain some will see 8 to 12 inches of rain in Southern Louisiana and 4 to 8 inches of rain all the way up to Memphis late this week to the north there it's dry but hot with temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above average for acuweather I'm Jeff Cornish for ABC News coming up the new push to require warning labels on social media but first one of the faces of the pandemic response former New York Governor Andrew quo grilled on Capitol Hill about nursing home deaths during covid and later 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live streaming free everywhere America's number one streaming news it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know give it your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food it's all coming up on gna3 you're going to love it we'll see you then gma3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that me too they watch is a fantasy when you hear that theme song it was a wild time and I was a wild chick Jason Mamoa exploded Carmen was a bombshell Anderson was an icon really proud of everything I've done almost BW was a whirlwind of Epic highs and bitter lows Everyone likes to watch sexy things every Friday the hottest Trends Styles and must have it's time to buy the right stuff and save big time too the r of Fridays on GMA you're going to love it this morning an Uber driver is charged with murdering a woman in Indianapolis 30-year-old Shanty Dixon was found shot to death in a wooded area just one day after she was reported missing 29-year-old Francisco Valdez allegedly confessed to shooting Dixon in his car while assaulting her Uber says it is cooperating with police now to a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill about nursing home deaths during the pandemic former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on the hot seat you've Show No Remorse you showed no responsibility former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was grilled before a house subcommittee about his response to the pandemic and the state's controversial nursing home policy the committee says Cuomo's decision to send covid positive patients back to nursing homes cost thousands of lives but Cuomo says his directive followed Federal guidance to ease the burden on hospitals and says the deaths at nursing homes were not caused by readmitting patients every study says that Co got into the nursing homes from infected staff Community spread infected staff neighborhoods that had higher covid infection rates had higher covid infection rate in their nursing homes Cuomo blames former president Trump for the high number of covid deaths as do some Democrats on the committee but do you have any doubt that Donald Trump's lies about the virus and his deliberate failure to develop a national policy to help the states made it more difficult for New York and other states to manage their pandemic response at times the hearing appeared to be more about politics than learning lessons from the pandemic my question to you is when were you negotiating for your multi-million dollar advaned deal for your book as seniors were dying in nursing homes that is the question in front of you you can't make up facts congresswoman the nursing home policy that Cuomo was questioned about was in place for two months the justice department found no wrongdoing State Attorneys General around the country are supporting an idea to put warning labels on social media the plan which was first proposed by the Surgeon General would caution parents about the mental health risks for adolescents 42 Attorneys General are urging Congress to require these labels coming up a new way to save money on growth also ahead what we are learning about a terrifying crash at a social club let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my gosh well hug we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer doesn't get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this Whenever Wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives are changed here in London in Buffalo yaldi Texas Edinburough Scotland reporting from Rolling Fork Mississippi Ukrainian refugees here in waron we're heading to a small community outside of Mexico City getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there stream ABC News live week nights wherever you stream your news only on ABC News live it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food it's all coming up on gna3 you're going to love it we'll see you then gna3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that to me too betrayal is one of the hardest types of trauma to overcome this is her night in shining armor everything felt right all of a sudden I found this hidden folder I opened it I don't think I can say it I'm sorry it's shocking my stomach just dropped he just really didn't think I had it in me to do something so I did betrayal of Father's secret the all new season on Hulu Baywatch is a fantasy when you hear that theme song it was a wild time and I I was a wild chick Jason Mamoa exploded Carmen was a bombshell Anderson was an icon really proud of everything I've done almost Bay launch was a whirlwind of Epic highs and bitter lows Everyone likes to watch sexy [Music] things new video of the moment a truck slammed into this Elks Lodge in Arizona 30 people were injured but thankfully everyone is recovering the driver though is charged with DUI we turn now to the economy and another retailer vowing to lower grocery prices this morning Amazon is revealing new details on its budget friendly food line lowering prices on thousands of grocery items the idea is that the basic products are less expensive especially for those products that you keep buying over and over again the company unveiling a new food brand called Amazon saver which will include Pantry Staples produce and protein most of the products priced under $5 think of Amazon sa as their answer to the dollar store it comes after Walmart and Target announced their own price Cuts in recent months and as the biggest proposed Supermarket merger in US history plays out in court the FTC is trying to block the proposed $24 billion merger between Kroger and Albertson's claiming it would eliminate competition and lead to higher prices but Executives told the court the merger would allow for lower prices to better compete with companies like Walmart and Costco Aldi is also adding to the the competition the discount grocery chain says it's adding 13,000 workers while boosting its average hourly rate to $23 overall food prices are up about 2% in the last year but they are up more than 20% since the pandemic cure IG will have to pay the government $1.5 million the company fined for claiming that its coffee pots were recyclable the SEC says two major recycling firms said they would not take the pods coming up the debate over homework are kids getting too much all right plus one mother's instinct fighting off a hwk with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched newscast 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love it baywash is a fantasy when you hear that theme song it was a wild time and I I was a wild chick Jason Mamoa exploded Carmen was a bombshell P Anderson was an icon really proud of everything I've done almost bayun a whirlwind of Epic highs and bitter loaves Everyone likes to watch sexy things I'm Jack livley in Gorman California at the site of the postfire with more than 15,000 Acres burned wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News [Music] live time to check the pulse and we are beginning with an epic adventure it's come to an end a Royal Caribbean ship just returned to Miami after a 9month voyage they docked in 65 countries on all seven continents many passengers calling it amazing the cruise industry is betting big on longer voyages you can go to the ends of the Earth and you are still connected you can still be in touch which I think for many people is a real fear when they're traveling that far with highspeed internet Millennials are now driving growth in the cruise industry next the debate over homework one mother from Arizona Jonah says she's had enough she went on Tik Tok to protest her son getting 15 pages of double Sid she says the only thing her boy should be worried about is when snack time is next some high school students in Virginia raising money to buy their favorite custodian his dream car a red Jeep custodian Francis aaku was all smiles the students raised 20K and a dealership secured a deal he said it's a day he will never forget next a close encounter with aerta prey yeah mom and her 2-year-old daughter were outside this near Boston when a hawk came swooping in the mom grabbing the little girl and running off they are both okay mother's instinct never doubt it top headlines [Music] next it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know give it your heal your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food it's all coming up on GNA you're going to love it we'll see you then GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoons for everything you need to know I love that me too why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day's top stories a lot of news today so let's get into it listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R murl Awards and see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that's a part of the story I bet you didn't see coming wherever you get your podcasts start here wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives are changed getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there streaming free on ABC News live with so much stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched newscast across all of Television let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my go we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn't get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this check you more top stories now former president Trump and vice president Harris laid out sharply opposing views in a fiery debate after a handshake they clashed on issues from the economy to abortion to immigration Harris managed to repeatedly get under Trump's skin and poll show most viewers saw Harris as the winner her campaign is calling for a second debate Wall Street gets a key report on inflation today and it could influence the federal reserve's expected decision next week to cut interest rates California's governor is now requesting more Aid to fight three major wildfires near La in San Bernardino County a man is in custody accused of starting the line fire another visitor to Grand Canyon National Park has been found dead the body of a 71-year-old Boer has been covered the part's 16th death this year today's weather hurricane Francine is expected to make landfall in Louisiana tonight with up to a foot of rain storm surge could top 10 ft rain also in the Northwest and finally on the September 11th a Survivor describing escaping the World Trade Center with his guide dog here's Danny new understandably most of us will never forget the sight of the Twin Towers falling on September 11th and wouldn't you know what we decided to hold the seminars on September setember 11th but for Michael hingson who is blind he says he will always remember the way the building shook while he was holding a meeting on the North Tower 78th floor we kind of heard a muffled stump and the building sort of shuddered now in that moment Michael and his colleagues did not know a plane had hit their Tower but he immediately called his wife Karen and then retrieved his loyal guide dog Roselle who was napping under his desk she was guiding and I kept encouraging her good dog Roselle what a good girl as hundreds started to descend the stairs one of Michael's main goals was to keep Rosel amidst all the chaos and sometimes they even teamed up to help others for example on the 68th Floor Michael says a woman exclaimed that she could not go on any further we just all had a group hug there on the stairs and Roselle gave her kisses and she was able to keep going and then on the 37th Floor Michael says he and Roselle were even offering comic relief so I just said hey everybody my name's Mike I'm blind I got a guy dog don't anyone worry if the power and lights go out Roselle and I are offering a half price special to get you out today only you know and people started laughing at that Michael Rosell and his team made it to the lobby and were safely escorted outside we heard this Rumble that quickly became this deafening Roar but in the decades since Michael has dedicated his life to telling people around the world about that morning he's become an acclaimed keynote speaker and in 2011 he wrote The New York Times bestseller thunderdog about how he and Roselle survived to this day he has still not stopped trying to help people learn about what happened and in the midst of it all still find that sense of calm and for me that became the best therapy possible Rosel sadly passed away in 2011 guys but Michael continues to share her story in fact he actually just released a new book a few weeks ago called live like a guide dog and we are going to take a live look as we say goodbye at the World Trade Center [Music] Memorial right now in America this morning the contentious presidential debate she's a Marxist can we please just have discourse I'm talking now if you don't mind please does that sound familiar it's important to remind the former president you're not running against Joe Biden you're running against me the issues who won and will there be a second debate plus Taylor Swift jumping into the political Fray overnight happening right now hurricane Francine taking aim at the Gulf Coast the final preparations and what to expect meanwhile on the west coast three major fires burning near Los Angeles the scenes being described as apocalyptic two planes colliding at the airport in Atlanta passengers thrown from their seats describing how it happened a new way to save money on groceries another major retailer vowing to cut prices caught on camera one mother's instinct fighting off this Hawk and later the debate over homework are kids getting too much of it from ABC news this is America this morning good Wednesday morning everyone I'm ran Aly and I'm Lion moiz in for Andrew We Begin this morning with the top moments from the presidential debate and the Fallout an overnight PLL of debate Watchers found vice president Harris was the winner last night but former president Trump is calling it his best debate ever and he's refusing to commit to a potential second debate We Begin our coverage with the awkward handshake on stage last night former president president Trump seemed to head straight to his Podium last night but vice president Harris walked across the stage after appearing to hesitate Harris offering her hand come Harris Let's Have a good debate have fun both candidates were first asked about the economy and inflation Trump calling Harris a Marxist everything that she believed three years ago and four years ago is out the window she's going to My Philosophy now in fact I was going to send her a Maga hat she's a Marxist Harris promised tax cuts for the middle class my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to Startup small businesses knowing they are part of the backbone of America's economy she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and it's like four sentences like Run Spot Run we're doing tariffs on other countries other countries are going to finally after 75 years pay us back for all that we've done for the world on Reproductive Rights Harris vowed to push to restore a federally guaranteed right to abortion Trump abortion bans that make no exception even for rape and incest which understand what that means a survivor of a crime a violation to their body does not have the right to make a decision about what happens to their body next that is immoral pregnant women who want to carry a pregnancy to term suffering from a miscarriage being denied care in an emergency room because the healthc care providers are afraid they might go to jail and she's bleeding out in a car in the parking lot she didn't want that her husband didn't want that Trump would not commit to vetoing a National Abortion ban saying he would not have to but each individual state is voting it's the vote of the people now on several other issues Harris was asked to address her shifts on policies what her critics have called flip-flopping your last run for president you said you wanted to ban fracking now you don't you wanted mandatory government buyback programs for assault weapons now your campaign says you don't why have so many of your policy positions changed I made that very clear in 2020 I will not ban fracking I have not banned fracking as vice president of United States and in fact I Was the tiebreaking vote on the inflation reduction act which opened new leases for fracking my position is that we have got to invest in diverse sources of energy so we reduce our Reliance on foreign oil one contentious moment came when Trump claimed Harris supports defunding the police Harris could be seen saying not true despite her mic being muted but Trump clearly hurt her wait a minute I'm talking now if you don't mind please does that sound familiar Trump calling Harris the worst vice president in US history they've had three and a half years to create jobs and all the things we talked about why hasn't she done it when asked about January 6th Trump insisted he ordered his reporters to March peacefully to the capital he was also asked about the 2020 election results in the past couple of weeks leading up to this debate uh you have said quote you lost by a whisker that you quote didn't quite make it that you came up a little bit short are that are you now acknowledging that you lost in 2020 I don't acknowledge that at all I said that sarcastically you know that it was said oh we lost by a whisker that was said sarcastically Trump also pushing the baseless claim about Haitian immigrants in Ohio eating dogs and other pets they're eating the dogs the people that came in they're eating the cats they're eating they're eating the pets of the people that live there those reports dismissed as not credible by local leaders in Ohio the Harris campaign quickly called for a second debate but Trump last night non-committal they immediately called for a second debate because they lost so we thought it was our best debate ever it was my best debate ever Harris taking a a Victory lap after the debate but saying she's still the underdog I think that we think today was a good day and it kind of was well Harris is facing criticism for not explaining the influx of migrants under the Biden Administration instead last night she touted the bipartisan border security plan which Trump helped defeat Trump has said that plan was not Tough Enough and a poll overnight by CNN found 63% of people who watched the debate believe Harris won that is compared to 37% for Trump ABC's Christian Cordo has more reaction including Taylor Swift's big endorsement Christian good morning Rihanna good morning to you yeah the Harris campaign says it was surprised to get that endorsement from Taylor Swift after the debate vice president kamla Harris picked up a major endorsement minutes after last night's face off in Philadelphia Taylor Swift posting on Instagram I will be casting my vote for KLA Harris and Tim Walls in the 202 for presidential election Swift calling Harris A steady-handed Gifted leader adding we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos Florida Congressman Matt Gates a trump supporter reacting I love her songs but I want to live in a world where liberals make my art and conservatives make my laws and policy Harris supporters at the debate were a mix of surrogates and Partyline crossovers including Anthony scaramucci who served as Trump's communications director and California governor Gavin Newsome from the handshake itself when she came up and said it's kamla Harris she was in control she was in command the Trump campaign invited Robert F Kennedy Jr along with North Dakota governor Doug beram in the last debate president Trump perhaps the first Republican in years to actually win a debate on the topic of of uh Reproductive Rights uh he did that by be very clear that he does not support a a federal ban analysts from both sides finding plenty to criticize from the debate she had no answers on immigration she had no answers when she was asked about defunding the police she laid traps and he chased every rabbit down every hole this is the difference between someone who's well prepared and someone who's unprepared whoever did debate prep for Donald Trump should be fired now many analysts are expressing doubt that this debate was enough to significantly move the needle in what is shaping up to be a very tight presidential race Randon all right Christian thank you for that let's talk about hurricane Francine now taking aim at the Louisiana coast landfall is expected early tonight people are already filling sandbags and stocking up on water oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico have been shut down and people in low-lying areas are being urged to evacuate that storm could bring up to a foot of rain and a 10 foot storm surge we will take a closer look at your forecast in just a few moments more buildings have been lost as three large wildfires burn out of control near Los Angeles the so-called airport fire has already burned nearly 30 square miles in Orange and Riverside counties meanwhile the bridge fire in San Bernardino County has burned 53 square miles Crews had to rescue people from their homes in a small Mountain Town one man is in custody charged with arson for setting a separate fire in the same area want to show you this time-lapse video showing a weather station in Gulf in Flames the governor now asking for more federal aid nearly 6,000 firefighters soldiers and First Responders are on the front lines now to those two planes colliding at Atlanta's airport one plane's tail torn off passengers describing how it happened security video at the world's busiest airport in Atlanta shows these two Delta planes colliding the larger plan's Wing breaking off the tail of that smaller Jet and then all a sudden bam just got hit by something completely Jarred out of my seat the larger plane was headed to Japan Grant Edwards was among the hundreds of passengers all of a sudden there was a bump and it was a it was a hard bump the smaller Regional Jet was headed to Louisiana the whole taale of that trj off passengers describing a loud scraping sound some thrown from their seats it felt and sounded like a car crash there was you know kind of that crunch there was there was that that push that you get passengers recording as they were bust back to the terminal one or another of the airplanes involved were not on the right path and whether or not that's because the markings were wrong or whether somebody was moving in the wrong direction we don't know yet so many questions Federal investigators will now determine what went wrong turning now overseas new video showing the cramped tunnel where hostages were held by Hamas and were recently killed the Israeli military says American HH Goldberg Poland and five others spent their final moments in this narrow tunnel 60 ft underground it is just 2T wide with not enough room to stand and very little air Secretary of State Anthony blinkin is visiting Ukraine today to discuss whether to beef up Ukraine's air defenses president zeny wants permission to use American missiles to strike strike deep inside Russia meanwhile the US is accusing Iran of sending missiles to Russia it is time now for your Wednesday weather good morning strengthening hurricane Francine will approach landfall late today along the Central Louisiana coast probably as a category 2 hurricane we're expecting gusts of wind that may exceed 100 miles per hour just east of the point of landfall with a 10-ft storm surge very heavy rain sub will see 8 to 12 inches of rain in Southern Louisiana and 4 to 8 inches of rain all the way up to Memphis late this week to the north there it's dry but hot with temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above average for AI weather I'm Jeff Cornish for ABC News coming up the new push to require warning labels on social media but first one of the faces of the pandemic response former New York Governor Andrew 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morning an Uber driver is charged with murdering a woman in Indianapolis 30-year-old Shanty Dixon was found shot to death in a wooded area just one day after she was reported missing 29-year-old Francisco Valdez allegedly confessed to shooting Dixon in his car while assaulting her Uber says it is cooperating with police now to a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill about nursing home deaths during the pandemic former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on the hot seat you showed no remorse you show no respect responsibility former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was grilled before a house subcommittee about his response to the pandemic and the state's controversial nursing home policy the committee says Cuomo's decision to send covid positive patients back to nursing homes cost thousands of lives but Cuomo says his directive followed Federal guidance to ease the burden on hospitals and says the deaths at nursing homes were not caused by readmitting patients every study says that Co got into the nursing homes from infected staff Community spread infected staff neighborhoods that had higher covid infection rates had higher covid infection rate in their nursing homes Cuomo blames former president Trump for the high number of covid deaths as do some Democrats on the committee but do you have any doubt that Donald Trump's lies about the virus and his deliberate failure to develop a national policy to help the states made it more difficult for New York and other states to manage their pandemic response at times the hearing appeared to be more about politics than learning lessons from the pandemic my question to you is when were you negotiating for your multi-million dollar advance deal for your book as seniors were dying in nursing homes that is the question in front of you also you can't make up facts congresswoman the nursing home policy that quomo was questioned about was in place for two months the justice department Department found no wrongdoing State Attorneys General 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to the dollar store it comes after Walmart and Target announced their own price Cuts in recent months and as the biggest proposed superet Market merger in US history plays out in court the FTC is trying to block the proposed $4 billion merger between Kroger and Albertson's claiming it would eliminate competition and lead to higher prices but Executives told the court the merger would allow for lower prices to better compete with companies like Walmart and Costco Aldi is also adding to the competition the discount grocery chain says it's adding 13,000 workers while boosting its average hourly rate to 20 $3 overall food prices are up about 2% in the last year but they are up more than 20% since the pandemic cure IG will have to pay the government $1.5 million the company fined for claiming that its coffee pots were recyclable the SEC says two major recycling firms said they would not take the pods coming up the debate over homework are kids getting too much all right plus one mother's 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industry is betting big on longer voyages you can go to the ends of the Earth and you are still connected you can still be in touch which I think for many people is a real fear when they're traveling that far with high-speed internet Millennials are now driving growth in the cruise industry next the debate over homework one mother from Arizona says she's had enough she went on Tik Tok to protest her son getting 15 pages of double-sided homework on the first day of kindergarten she emailed the teacher saying sorry we're done she says the only thing her boy should be worried about is when snack time is next some high school students in Virginia raising money to buy their favorite custodian his dream car a red Jeep custodian Francis aaku was all smiles the students raised 20K and a dealership secured a deal he said it's a day he will never forget next a close encounter with a bird of prey yeah mom and her 2-year-old daughter were outside this home near Boston when a hawk came swooping in the mom grabbing the little girl and running off they are both okay mother's instinct never doubt it top headlines [Music] next it was a regular day for 19-year-old Melissa Whit something terrible had happened to her he had several suspects all these kinds of leads known serial killer in your area could he be involved we're actually finding key evidence that could have slipped through the cracks her last hours on this Earth were horrific this beautiful young girl police will find out what happened at witsend the hunt for a killer only on Hulu what's good to watch read where can I get a great deal on what I'm just dying to buy oh it's all right here GMA life get the latest celebrity Buzz Deals and Steals and the coolest lifestyle tips from GMA I love that so much streaming weekends on ABC News live why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day's top stories a lot of news today so let's get into it listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R murl Awards and see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that's a part of the story I bet you didn't see coming wherever you get your podcast start here wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives are changed getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there streaming free on ABC News live betrayal is one of the hardest types of trauma to overcome this is her night and shining armor everything felt right all of a sudden I found this hidden folder I opened it I don't think I can say it I'm sorry it's shocking my stomach just dropped he just really didn't think I had it in me to do something so I did betrayal of Father's secret the all new season on Hulu checking more top stories now former president Trump and vice president Harris laid out sharply opposing views in a fiery debate after a handshake they clashed on issues from the economy to abortion to immigration Harris managed to repeatedly get under Trump's skin and polls show most viewers saw Harris as the winner her campaign is calling for a second debate Wall Street gets a key report on inflation today and it could influence the federal reserve's expected decision next week to cut interest rates California's governor is now requesting more Aid to fight three major wildfires near La in San Bernardino County a man is in custody accused of starting the line fire another visitor to Grand Canyon National Park has been found dead the body of a 71-year-old Boer has been recovered the Park's 16th death this year today's weather hurricane Francine is expected to make landfall in Louisiana tonight with up to a foot of rain storm surge could top 10 ft rain also in the Northwest and finally on the September 11th a Survivor describing escaping the World Trade Center with his guide dog here's Danny new understandably most of us will never forget the sight of the Twin Towers falling on September 11th and wouldn't you know what we decided to hold the seminars on September 11th but for Michael hingson who is blind he's says he will always remember the way the building shook while he was holding a meeting on the North Tower 78th floor we kind of heard a muffled stump and the building sort of shuttered now in that moment Michael and his colleagues did not know a plane had hit their Tower but he immediately called his wife Karen and then retrieved his loyal Guy dog Roselle who was napping under his desk she was guiding and I kept encouraging her good dog Roselle what a good girl as hundreds started to descend the stairs one of Michael's main goals was to keep Rosel calm amidst all the chaos and sometimes they even teamed up to help others for example on the 68th Floor Michael says a woman exclaimed that she could not go on any further we just all had a group hug there on the stairs and Roselle gave her kisses and she was able to keep going and then on the 37th Floor Michael says he and Roselle were even offering comic relief so I just said hey everybody my name is Mike I'm blind I got a guy dog don't anyone worry if the power and lights go out Roselle and I are offering a half price special to get you out today only you know and people started laughing at that eventually Michael Roselle and his team made it to the lobby and were safely escorted outside we heard this Rumble that quickly became this deafening Roar but in the decades since Michael has dedicated his life to telling people around the world about that morning he's become an acclaimed keynote speaker and in 2011 he wrote The New York Times bestseller thunderdog about how he and Roselle survived to this day he has still not stopped trying to help people learn about what happened and in the midst of it all still find that sense of calm and for me that became the best therapy possible Roselle sadly passed away in 2011 guys but Michael continues to share her story in fact he actually just released a new book a few weeks ago called live like a guide dog and we are going to take a live look as we say goodbye at the World Trade Center [Music] Memorial right now in America this morning the contentious presidential debate she's a Marxist can we please just have discourse I'm talking now you don't mind please does that sound familiar it's important to remind the former president you're not running against Joe Biden you're running against me the issues who won and will there be a second debate plus Taylor Swift jumping into the political Fray overnight happening right now hurricane Francine taking aim at the Gulf Coast the final preparations and what to expect meanwhile on the west coast three major fires burning near Los Angeles the scenes being described as apocalypse two planes colliding at the airport in Atlanta passengers thrown from their seats describing how it happened a new way to save money on groceries another major retailer vowing to cut prices caught on camera one mother's instinct fighting off this Hawk and later the debate over homework are kids getting too much of it from ABC News this is America this morning good Wednesday morning everyone I'm ran and Aly and I'm Lion moiz in for Andrew We Begin this morning with the top moments from the presidential debate and the Fallout an overnight poll of debate Watchers found vice president Harris was the winner last night but former president Trump is calling it his best debate ever and he's refusing to commit to a potential second debate We Begin our coverage with the awkward handshake on stage last night former president Trump seemed to head straight to his Podium last night but vice president Harris walked across the stage after appearing to hesitate Harris offering her hand comeo Harris up good have fun both candidates were first asked about the economy and inflation Trump calling Harris a Marxist everything that she believed three years ago and four years ago is out the window she's going to My Philosophy now in fact I was going to send her a Maga hat she's a Marxist Harris promised tax cuts for the middle class my plan is to give a 50,000 tax deduction to start up small businesses knowing they are part of the backbone of America's economy she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and it's like four sentences like Run Spot Run we're doing tariffs on other countries other countries are going to finally after 75 years pay us back for all that we've done for the world on Reproductive Rights Harris vowed to push to restore a federally guaranteed right to abortion Trump abortion Bans that make no exception even for rape and incest which understand what that means a survivor of a crime of violation to their body does not have the right to make a decision about what happens to their body next that is immoral pregnant women who want to carry a pregnancy to term suffering from a miscarriage being denied care in an emergency room because the health care providers are afraid they might go to jail and she's bleeding out in a car in the parking lot she didn't want that her husband didn't want that Trump would not commit to vetoing a National Abortion ban saying he would not have to but each individual state is voting it's the vote of the people now on several other issues Harris was asked to address her shifts on policies what her critics have called flip-flopping in your last run for president you said you wanted to ban fracking now you don't you wanted mandatory government buyback programs for assault weapons now your campaign says you don't and why have so many of your policy position positions changed I made that very clear in 2020 I will not ban fracking I have not banned fracking as Vice President of the United States and in fact I Was the tiebreaking vote on the inflation reduction act which opened new leases for fracking my position is that we have got to invest in diverse sources of energy so we reduce our Reliance on foreign oil one contentious moment came when Trump claimed Harris supports defunding the police could be seen saying not true despite her mic being muted but Trump clearly heard her wait a minute I'm talking now if you don't mind please does that sound familiar Trump calling Harris the worst vice president in US history they've had three and a half years to create jobs and all the things we talked about why hasn't she done it when asked about January 6th Trump insisted he ordered his supporters to March peacefully to the Capitol he was also asked about the 2020 election results in the past couple of weeks leading up to this debate uh you have said quote you lost by a whisker that you quote didn't quite make it that you came up a little bit short are are you now acknowledging that you lost in 2020 I don't acknowledge that at all I said sarcastically you know that it was said oh we lost by a whisker that was said sarcastically Trump also pushing the baseless claim about Haitian immigrants in Ohio eating dogs and other pets they're eating the dogs the people that came in they're eating the cats they're eating they're eating the pets of the people that live there those reports dismissed as not credible by local leaders in Ohio the Harris campaign quickly called for a second debate but Trump last night non-committal they immediately called for a second debate because they lost so we thought it was our best debate ever it was my best debate ever Harris taking a Victory lap after the debate but saying she still still the underdog I think that we think today was a good day and it kind of was well Harris is facing criticism for not explaining the influx of migrants under the Biden Administration instead last night she touted the bipartisan border security plan which Trump helped defeat Trump has said that plan was not Tough Enough and a poll overnight by CNN found 63% of people who watched the debate believe Harris won that is compared to 37% for Trump ABC's chistian Cordo has more reaction including Taylor Swift's big endorsement Christian good morning Rihanna good morning to you yeah the Harris campaign says it was surprised to get that endorsement from Taylor Swift after the debate vice president kamla Harris picked up a major endorsement minutes after last night's face off in Philadelphia Taylor Swift posting on Instagram I will be casting my vote for kamla Harris and Tim Walls in the 2024 presidential election Swift calling Harris A steady-handed Gifted leader adding we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos Florida Congressman Matt Gates a trump supporter reacting I love her songs but I want to live in a world where liberals make my art and conservatives make my laws and Harris supporters at the debate were a mix of surrogates and Partyline crossovers including Anthony scaramucci who served as Trump's communications director and California governor Gavin Nome from the handshake itself when she came up and said it's kamla Harris she was in control she was in command the Trump campaign invited Robert F Kennedy Jr along with North Dakota governor Doug beram in the last debate president Trump perhaps the first Republican in years to actually win a debate on the topic of of Reproductive Rights uh he did that by being very clear that he does not support uh a federal ban analysts from both sides finding plenty to criticize from the debate she had no answers on immigration she had no answers when she was asked about defunding the police she laid traps and he chased every rabbit down every hole this is the difference between someone who's well prepared and someone who's unprepared whoever did debate prep for Donald Trump should be fired now many analysts are expressing doubt that this debate was enough to significantly move the needle in what is shaping up to be a very tight presidential race Randon all right Christian thank you for that let's talk about hurricane Francine now taking aim at the Louisiana coast landfall is expected early tonight people are already filling sandbags and stocking up on water oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico have been shut down and people in low-lying areas are being urged to evacuate that storm could bring up to a foot of rain and a 10 foot storm surge we will take a closer look at your forecast in just a few moments more buildings have been lost as three large wildfires burn out of control near Los Angeles the so-called airport fire has already burned nearly 30 square miles in Orange and Riverside counties meanwhile the bridge fire in San Bernardino County has burned 53 square miles Crews had to rescue people from their homes in a small Mountain Town one man is in custody charged with arson for setting a separate fire in the same area I want to show you this time-lapse video showing a weather station engulfed in flames the governor now asking for more federal aid nearly 6,000 firefighters soldiers and First Responders are on the front lines now to those two planes colliding at Atlanta's airport one plane's tail torn off passengers describing how it happened security video at the world's busiest airport in Atlanta shows these two Delta planes colliding the larger plan's Wing breaking off the tail of that smaller Jet and then all a sudden bam just got hit by something completely Jarred out of my seat the larger plane was headed to Japan Grant Edwards was among the hundreds of passengers all of a sudden there was a bump and it was a it was a hard bomb the smaller Regional Jet was headed to Louisiana the whole tail of that trj off passengers describing a loud scraping sound some thrown from their seats it felt and sounded like a car crash there was you know kind of that crunch there was there was that that push that you get passengers recording as they were bust back to the terminal one or another of the airplanes involved were not on the right path and whether or not that's because the markings were wrong or whether somebody was moving in the wrong direction we don't know yet so many questions Federal investigators will now determine what went wrong turning now overseas new video showing the cramped tunnel where hostages were held by Hamas and were recently killed the Israeli military says American hsh Goldberg Poland and five others spent their final moments in this narrow tunnel 60 ft underground it is just 2 feet wide with not enough room to stand and very little air Secretary of State Anthony blinkin is is visiting Ukraine today to discuss whether to beef up Ukraine's air defenses president zelinski wants permission to use American missiles to strike strike deep inside Russia meanwhile the US is accusing Iran of sending missiles to Russia it is time now for your Wednesday weather good morning strengthening hurricane Francine will approach landfall late today along the Central Louisiana coast probably as a category 2 hurricane we're expecting of wind that may exceed 100 mph just east of the point of landfall with a 10-ft storm surge very heavy rain some will see 8 to 12 Ines of rain in Southern Louisiana and 4 to 8 inches of rain all the way up to Memphis late this week to the north there it's dry but hot with temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above average for AI weather I'm Jeff Cornish for ABC News coming up the new push to require warning labels on social media but first one of the faces of of the pandemic response former New York Governor Andrew qumo grilled on Capitol Hill about nursing home deaths during Co and later back home after a 9mon cruise passengers tell us how it went whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling Fort This Tornado tore through this town from Leon main the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly Miss ABC News live everywhere in Iceland let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live ABC News live you're streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food it's all coming up on gna3 you're gonna love it we'll see you then gna3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoons for everything you need to know I love that me too let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my go we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn't get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched newscast across all of Television Baywatch is a fantasy Baywatch is sexy Jason Mamoa exploded Carmen was a bombshell ham Anderson was an icon greed lust Fame Everyone likes to watch sexy things reporting from the Federal District Courthouse in Washington DC I'm Terry Moran wherever the news is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live this morning an Uber driver is charged with murdering a woman in Indianapolis 30-year-old Shanty Dixon was found shot to death in a wooded area just one day after she was reported missing 29-year-old Francisco Valdez allegedly confessed to shooting Dixon in his car while assaulting her Uber says it is cooperating with police now to a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill about nursing home deaths during the pandemic former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on the hot seat you show No Remorse you show no responsibility former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was grilled before a house subcommittee about his response to the pandemic and the state's controversial nursing home policy the committee says Cuomo's decision to send covid positive patients back to nursing homes cost thousands of lives but Cuomo says his directive followed Federal guidance to ease the burden on hospitals and says the deaths at nursing homes were not caused by readmitting patients every study says that Co got into the nursing homes from infected staff Community spread infected staff neighborhoods that had higher covid infection rates had higher covid infection rate in their nursing homes Cuomo blames former president Trump for the high number of covid deaths as do some Democrats on the committee but do you have any doubt that Donald Trump's lies about the virus and his deliberate failure to develop a national policy to help the states made it more difficult for New York and other states to manage their pandemic response at times the hearing appeared to be more about politics than learning lessons from the pandemic my question to you is when were you negotiating for your multi-million doll Advance deal forear book as seniors were dying in nursing homes that is the question in front of you also you can't make up facts congresswoman the nursing home policy that Cuomo was questioned about wasn't place for 2 months the justice department found no wrongdoing State Attorneys General around the country are supporting an idea to put warning labels on social media the plan which was first proposed by the Surgeon General would caution parents about the mental health risks for adolescents 42 Attorneys General are urging Congress to require these labels coming up a new way to save money on groceries also ahead what we are learning about a terrifying crash at a social club whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere from the scene of that deadly missile strike in Dena Ukraine reporting from the earthquake in Turkey in Rolling Fort This 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it we'll see you then GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that me too that you more top stories now former president Trump and vice president Harris laid out sharply opposing views in a fiery debate after a handshake they clashed on issues from the economy to abortion to immigration Harris managed to repeatedly get under Trump's skin and show most viewers saw Harris as the winner her campaign is calling for a second debate Wall Street gets a key report on inflation today and it could influence the federal reserve's expected decision next week to cut interest rates California's governor is now requesting more Aid to fight three major wildfires near La in San Bernardino County a man is in custody accused of starting the line fire another visitor to Grand Canyon National Park has been found dead the body of a 71-year-old Boer has been recovered the parks's 16th death this year today's weather hurricane Francine is expected to make landfall in Louisiana tonight with up to a foot of rain storm surge could top 10 ft rain also in the Northwest and finally on the September 11th a Survivor describing escaping the World Trade Center with his guide dog here's Danny new understandably most of us will never forget the sight of the Twin Towers falling on September 11th and wouldn't you know what we decided to hold the seminars on September 11th but for Michael hingson who is blind he says he will always remember the way the building shook while he was holding a meeting on the North Tower 78th floor we kind of heard a muffled stump and the building sort of shuddered now in that moment Michael and his colleagues did not know a plane had hit their Tower but he immediately called his wife Karen and then retrieved his loyal guide dog Roselle who was napping under his desk she was guiding and I kept encouraging her good dog Roselle what a good girl as hundreds started to descend the stairs one of Michael's main goals was to keep Rosel calm amidst all the chaos and sometimes they even teamed up to help others for example on the 68th Floor Michael says a woman exclaimed that she could not go on any further we just all had a group hug there on the stairs and Roselle gave her kisses and she was able to keep going and then on the 37th Floor Michael says he and Roselle were even offering comic relief so I just said hey everybody my name is Mike I'm blind I got a guy dog don't anyone worry if the power and lights go out Roselle and I are offering a half price special to get you out today only you know and people started laughing at that eventually Michael Ros and his team made it to the lobby and were safely escorted outside we heard this Rumble that quickly became this deafening Roar but in the decades since Michael has dedicated his life to telling people around the world about that morning he's become an acclaimed keynote speaker and in 2011 he wrote The New York Times bestseller thunderdog about how he and Roselle survived to this day he has still not stopped trying to help people learn about what happened and in the midst of it all still find that sense of calm and for me that became the best therapy possible Roselle sadly passed away in 201 11 guys but Michael continues to share her story in fact he actually just released a new book a few weeks ago called live like a guide dog and we are going to take a live look as we say goodbye at the World Trade Center [Music] Memorial it's Wednesday September 11th compared to the first first debate it was night and day or cats and dogs we start [Music] here in a make or break debate vice president kamla Harris Comes Out Swinging I have talked with military leaders some of whom work with you and they say you're a disgrace this was a night marked by pointed barbs and stunning claims they're eating the dogs as both candidates got the chance to say what their bases had been waiting to hear the government and Donald Trump certainly should not be telling a woman what to do with her body making their case to their biggest audience of the year if she's president I believe that Israel will not exist within 2 years from now so today we'll break down the moments that mattered well she knew exactly what she was doing and ask what can still move the needle on one of the wildest campaigns in history from ABC News this is a special edition of start here I'm Brad milky [Music] compared to other recent election Cycles this year's presidential debates have taken place extraordinarily early usually they happen after the leaves change this year's happened before SNL could even parody them but it's certainly not too early for voters in fact you might not have known this some states have begun sending out their ballots for all intents and purposes this election has begun tonight the high stake Showdown here in Philadelphia between vice president kamla Harris and former president Donald Trump well last night on the only debate night agreed to by the candidates vice president KLA Harris and former president Donald Trump walked on stage in Philadelphia and set eyes on each other for the very first time one of these candidates perhaps felt rushed out here and out of practice the other had already debated under this format a couple months ago and yet none of that mattered to Americans as these cameras turned on a lot to examine here so let's get into it with ABC's National correspondent Steven Port no Stephen it started with a handshake I I thought we were done with those in the political world Brad it's been 8 years since Americans saw the two major party candidates for the presidency shaking hands on a debate stage the last time it happened was in 2016 When Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton had their first faceof in subsequent meetings Trump and Clinton Did Not Shake Hands nor did Trump shake hands with Biden in 2020 or in the first debate in June 2024 come Harris Let's Have a good debate you have fun thank you but kamla Harris seemed to have the intention of crossing the stage and going right up to Donald Trump to introduce herself to him remember these two had never met before and it was almost like behind the podium that's how far into Trump's area was and he said yep yep fine like you know he was pleasant about it but walk me through the topics here as they started then Stephen I mean what stuck out to you well the debate began with a conversation about the economy I imagine and have actually a plan to build what I call an opportunity economy cuz here's the thing we know that we have a a shortage of of homes and housing and the cost of housing is too expensive for far too many people kamla Harris got the first question she mentioned her plans for $6,000 child tax credit in the first year of a child's life $50,000 tax deduction for folks who want to start small businesses uh she said that Donald Trump would impose what she called a trump sales tax which would be a 20% tax on everyday Goods that you rely on to get through the month really that's the tariffs that Donald Trump would put in place on Imports brought into this country from from other countries uh then Donald Trump directly went at kamla Harris president Trump I'll give you two minutes first of all I have no sales tax that's an incorrect statement she knows that uh we're doing tariffs on other countries other countries are going to finally after 75 years pay us back for all that we've done for the world and he pivoted to Crime uh about how he said migrants are taking over towns buildings coming into the country violently these are the people that she and Biden led into our country and they're destroying our country Harris responded by saying that Donald Trump left the country with the worst unemployment rate since the Great Depression Donald Trump left us the worst Public Health epidemic in a century Donald Trump left us the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War and she said that she and Joe Biden have quote cleaned up Donald Trump's mess well and if that was considered kind of the the Achilles heel for the Biden Harris White House Steven abortion or women's Reproductive Rights clearly seemed like the thing that that has had Trump on the defensive that was sort of the next chapter in this story right this was a powerful moment for kamla Harris at the debate she said in over 20 States now there are what she called Trump abortion bans the government and Donald Trump certainly should not be telling a woman what to do with her body and she got deeply personal about it she talked about women who are being denied care and emergency rooms you want to talk about this is what people wanted pregnant women who want to carry a pregnancy to term suffering from a miscarriage being denied care in an emergency room because the health care providers are afraid they might go to jail and she's bleeding out in a car in the parking lot she didn't want that her husband didn't want that and she said directly to Trump that what he's putting these women through is in her words unconscionable I think the American people believe believe that certain freedoms in particular the freedom to make decisions about one's own body should not be made by the government thank you vice president Harris well there she goes again it's a lie I'm not signing a ban and there's no reason to sign a ban because we've gotten what everybody wanted Democrats Republicans and everybody else and that was typical of several moments through last night's debate where Harris put Trump on defense she also laid out something of a debate trap for Trump you will see during the course of his rallies he talks about fictional characters like Hannibal Lecter he will talk about windmills cause cancer and what you will also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom but from the conversation about what goes on at Trump's rallies Trump took it to a very strange place people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics that's because people want to take their country back our country is being lost we're a failing Nation he started litigating the new online controversy over whether migrants in the town of Springfield Ohio are eating people's household pets in Springfield they're eating the dogs the people that came in they're eating the cats they're eating they're eating the pets of the people that live there and can you walk us through this cuz this felt like the moment that had people blowing up my phone in real time being like what what is he talking about and I was like if listen if you haven't been paying attention to far right blogs you wouldn't understand it's like this false discredited theory that is now somehow being repeated by a presidential candidate can you explain it better than I Stephen please yeah this comes right out of the right-wing Echo chamber online the bottom line is that there is a concern in the town of Springfield Ohio where members of the community have come to public meetings to talk about the arrival of migrants from Haiti and they say that those migrants have caused quality of life problems in this town and among the problems that have been mentioned is this idea that animals have been taken out of a pond or even possibly out of people's homes I just want to clarify here you bring up Springfield Ohio and ABC News did reach out to the city manager there uh he told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed in Ed or abused by individuals within the Immigrant Community I've seen people on television let me say here this is people on television say my dog was taken and used for food so maybe he said that and maybe that's a good thing to say for a city manager I'm not taking this from telis people telion the dog was eaten by the people that went there the city manager in Springfield Ohio says that there's nothing to back up these claims but Trump insisted that he's hurt otherwise well and this might be a good moment Stephen to talk about because you saw the reaction from KLA Harris in some of these moments and that was like the thing I hadn't expected was how this kind of muted microphone situation actually affected then we were watching these candidates closer as they reacted to each other what did you make of all that and did that make a difference here well remember even though the mics are supposed to be muted when the candidate who's not recognized to speak might say something for viewers you see both candidates on the screen at the same time side by side and so what we got to watch was kamla Harris sort of giving Donald Trump the side eye through most of the debate if not shaking her head or looking up at this seiling or you know rolling her eyes and you know if not laughing uh as uh Trump would say something and similarly Trump would shake his head or Grimace or SC have a scowl on his face um on the whole there wasn't a tremendous amount of cross talk and the rules mainly held although each candidate at a certain point would assert that he or she had something that they wanted to say she was big on defund the police in Minnesota she went out wait a minute I'm talking now if you don't mind please does that sound familiar and at a certain point when Donald Trump was speaking kamla Harris tried to speak and Trump gave a little bit of excuse me I'm talking now okay then then what happened next because if if sort of policy like your standard presidential policy what do you think about the economy what do you think about women's Reproductive Rights the the thing that is unique to the Trump era is kind of questions about democracy right and that that clearly had to be addressed so how did it play out Trump doubled down on Election denialism David asked Trump about recent comments that he's made in interviews about having lost the election by a whisker uh you have said quote you lost by a whisker that you quote didn't quite make it that you came up a little bit short are that are you now acknowledging that you lost in 2020 I don't acknowledge that at all I said that sarcastically you know that it was oh we lost by a whisker that was said sarcastically look there's so much proof all you have to do is look at it and they should have sent it back to the legislatures for approval Trump repeatedly insisted he had nothing to do with January 6th other than that he was asked to make a speech that day is there anything you regret about what you did on that day yes or I had nothing to do with that other than they asked me to make a speech I showed up for a speech I said I think it's going to be big he said that Nancy Pelosi and the mayor of Washington DC were responsible for securing the capital I was at the capital on January 6th I was the vice president elect I was also an acting Senator I was there and on that day the president of the United States incited a violent mob and the conversation about January 6th and election denialism offered Harris the opportunity for her to deliver one of her strongest lines of the night it's time to turn the page and if that was a bridge too far for you well there is a place in our campaign for you and St in that section there perhaps seemed like one of the things the president has the most control over right like democracy itself or like you're messaging about democracy itself the other thing of course is foreign affairs like that is where the president is singularly powerful what did they each have to say about how they would run our foreign policy and our powerful military Brad David and Lindsay brought up three major areas of foreign policy the Israel Hamas War the Ukraine Russia War and the US pull out from Afghanistan and in each of these three areas they were opportunities for Trump to point out that a lot of uh the chaos in the world has gone on under Joe Biden and kamla Harris's watch we're playing with World War III and we have a president that we don't even know if he's where is our president we don't even know if he's a president and just to clarify they threw him out of a campaign like a dog we don't even know is he our president Trump accused Harris of hating Israel she hates Israel if she's president I believe that Israel will not exist within two years from now and I've been pretty good at predictions and I hope I'm wrong about that one Harris insisted the war must end she said we need a ceasefire deal with hostages out she called for a two-state solution on Ukraine David tried to get Donald Trump to explain whether he believes it's in America's interest for Ukraine to win its war with Russia do you want Ukraine to win this War I want the war to stop I want to save lives that have been being uselessly people being killed by the millions it's the millions Trump would not give a direct answer to the question do you believe it's in the US best interest for Ukraine to win this war yes or no I think it's the US best interest to get this war finished and just get it done negotiate a deal on Afghanistan kamla Harris was asked whether she Bears any responsibility for the chaotic us withdrawal well I will tell you I agreed with President Biden's decision to pull out of Afghanistan four presidents said they and Joe Biden did she said she agreed with the president's decision but then she turned it on Trump saying that he agreed to what she called a weak terrible deal with the Taliban that precipitated the US withdrawal I I have traveled the world as vice president the United States and world leaders are laughing at Donald Trump I have talked with military leaders some of whom worked with you and they say you're a disgrace one of the thing that caught my ear was that when it came to conversations about what each candidate would bring to the table for the next 4 years uh the former president was asked if he has a plan for healthcare having failed to repeal and replace Obamacare through his first four years in office so just to yes or no you still do not have a plan I have concepts of a plan I'm not president right now but if we come up with something I would only change it if we come up with something that's better and less expensive Trump had difficulty with that question too as often happens after debates both sides declare Victory the Trump campaign had a statement out before it was even over saying that quote we saw president Trump lay out his bold vision of America and how he would continue to build upon the successes of his first term they say the choice could not be more clear president Trump was the clear winner tonight but as evidence of how strongly kamla Harris's campaign feels she did last night they've already gone ahead and challenged Trump to another debate a second debate in October which by the way Trump has been calling for but the Harris campaign had not committed to the fact that they want another matchup indicates they feel they benefited from what happened last night right right clearly a lot of confidence coming off at K Harris and by the way the apparently the Taylor Swift primary is over moments after this debate ended Taylor Swift comes out and says she's endorsing vice president Harris and and Governor Tim Walls I don't know if it was the debate that made up her mind but we'll see in the coming days how this debate has kind of shaped the story here all right Steven pornoy thank you so much hey you bet Brad okay so we heard how it all went down but how impactful will this be on voters let's get some analysis from a couple members of ABC's Powerhouse political team Democrat Heidi height Camp is the former US senator from North Dakota one of the loudest voices in favor of Harris selecting Tim Walls as her running mate Sarah isger was a leader for Republican campaigns like Carly feren she served in the Jeff sessions justice department under former president Trump Sarah I mean this is likely the largest audience either of these candidates will have between now and November 5th who won this debate probably neither of them I mean it's worth remembering that only two things affect an election motivating someone to vote who was otherwise not going to vote or persuading someone to switch their vote I mean we've already seen the most impactful presidential debate in American history which was the June debate between Trump and Biden Trump was um you know leading by about 1.5 points on the day of that debate at the largest gap which came 11 days later Trump was up by 3.4 points so less than a twop point swing that's how many people are really up for grabs if the debate is catastrophic so I think the best case scenario coming out of this debate um is that it solidified some narratives for some voters it maybe stopped Trump's momentum Harris needed to introduce herself to voters I don't think she made any huge errors in doing that but overall uh you know we'll see polls showing who they think won or lost the debate but that's not really the goal right the goal is to win an election I don't think this is gonna have a huge effect on the election Senator he Camp you have a winner in mind oh yeah I think she clearly won the debate because number one she needed to present herself as somebody who could sit in the Oval Office and make decisions somebody who was clear-headed somebody who could articulate a position she did all of that at the same time she got under his skin and he started talking about eating dogs I mean you know that for for those undecided V voters and you know with all respect to Sarah the undecided voters who said look I don't know about her I don't know if she's up to this um you know I I don't even know if I want to vote they they saw somebody stand on that stage who could be president of the United States and they saw somebody who just as the debate went on became even further unhinged yes Sarah was this about KLA Harris introducing herself or was there a chance for Trump to fall in his face and did he I guess I think the number one purpose of this debate was Harris the people who were tuning in the undecided voters were the ones who said they definitely know who Donald Trump is they don't really know who she is so that was the audience in terms of where those potentially movable voters were I think Senator Hamp is right I think vice president Harris warmed up as the night went on I think Donald Trump got overheated as the night went on but we're going to want to see how many of those undecided voters actually stayed tuned in as the you know the dog eating part happened wait is that I was gonna say are there moments that stuck out to so obv okay so eating dogs is clearly like one of the high like one of the the moments that people are going to remember from this debate any others I will say that she had some carefully um placed um uh lines you know that like the whole world is laughing at you she clearly wanted to trigger a response um from the the uh former president and in the beginning he looked like okay you know I'm I'm kind of bored with you and you know whatever you say it's not going to phase me and as the night went on and I agree Sarah you know if if if we're waiting for kind of um uh you know kind of the reaction it it came fairly late and I think her momentum kept building over the night and so this morning we're going to have to figure out you know where does it set but the the the answer that she needed to to B basically project she needed to project to the American public that I can sit in the Oval Office make decisions and move this country forward and she was very well uh very disciplined and very direct these were not like I'm just going to show up and talk this was it it was rehearsed without looking rehearsed is if that's fair and I thought that was uh I thought it was um a really amazing performance even even the reaction shot Senator height camp like you'd have this sort of permanent two box of each of their faces and so when Trump is talking you see Harris kind of like look almost making eye contact looking over you you think that this is a direct result of sort of debate prep well she knew exactly what she was doing and and you know I she's a prosecutor and she's been in courtrooms where you're speaking to the jury she was speaking to the jury and Prosecuting her case and so we'll we'll see where this ends up um you know in terms of the polling I agree with Sarah is it going to move a lot even even Biden's Des disastrous performance did not change the race all that much but it led to the to the situation we're in right now uh Sarah any any moments that to you kind of help Define this debate if not switch a lot of votes in the voting booth you know when she was really first asked about changing her position on various policy points you know my ears really perked up for that answer to see where she would go as Senator he Camp said we know how much she had rehearsed and practiced for this debate including setting up a faux debate stage with lights Etc um you know I thought that answer was probably her least polished one even though it was the most expected answer but overall um I thought she overperformed expectations but not by huge amounts and I thought Donald Trump probably underperformed expectations but not by huge amounts you know Brad when you when you look at it do you want somebody who basically works and you know has that work ethic where they will you know prepare well they will talk about what they need to do where they will in fact have that level engagement or somebody just always comes in and wings it which is what the former president always does wait but I mean he clearly had some set pieces right Senator he camp like you know when he says KLA Harris is endorsed so many of my positions I thought about giving her a Maga hat or I I think he clearly had seen her debate before he said you know I'm talking like he invoked her own debate words so we all talk about him being like a loose cannon but he had clearly done some prep yeah well I mean on liners doesn't mean that you're doing prep on policy and you know he he just really should have anticipated the question on January 6th I thought that he failed miserably on that question um regarding you know would would you have done something different I mean the the problem with Donald Trump I think always is that he will never admit he's wrong you know had he started out his convention speech with you know there's no room for political violence we're not going to have that in this race he would have gone a long way but he can never step backwards and sometimes reverse Is Not a Bad Thing hey Sarah what voters was Trump speaking to and were were those the same voters that Harris was speaking to I mean what were the targets as you've prepped candidates for debates before what what are the Target audiences here yeah I mean again you have to give Harris a lot of credit and I think the way that Senator high camp just put it is really smart don't you want someone who's going to be prepared she had lots of facts and figures and yes they were rehearsed answers but I agree they didn't seem overly rehearsed they seem prepared uh and perhaps there's a important difference there what's interesting for Trump and the audience is you have to remember that coming out of the 2012 election the Republican National Committee put out its autopsy report the growth and opportunity project where it said you know Republicans need to moderate on immigration they need to moderate on abortion if they ever want to be a 51% party again and Donald Trump basically basically told him to go to hell and then won and so for Donald Trump his take is I don't need to look at the focus groups and think about which audiences I need to reach my instincts are what carries me forward I say what I want I say what I think and that authenticity is what attracts people and I don't think about them in terms of you know demographics or audience groups of course he lost the popular vote in 2016 um Republicans didn't perform as well 2018 he lost in 20 again not well in 2022 so I do wonder if this whole let's not worry about the audience was a bit of a onetick pony with the Electoral College in 2016 um I live in red America I travel in red America and I will tell you the difference between 12 and 16 where I could not turn a corner where I didn't see a trump sign in a ditch where I didn't see even a popup merch store in rural M uh Minnesota you do not see the flags you you know I'm not saying they're not going to vote for him but the level of enthusiasm and tolerance for kind of the chaos and the nonsense is waning and so you know I think that this is also about enthusiasm uh you know momentum will pick up after uh last night and I think that um Trump's will continue to diminish doesn't mean that he's not going to do very well in North Dakota I get that but you do not see the the absolute he's our guy come or I water kind of uh uh fever that you had before Sarah here's the problem for Democrats there was near Euphoria when she replaced Biden on the ticket and we saw her poll numbers rise we've seen her approval ratings at an all-time high um since she became vice president there is a danger that they will underestimate former president Trump and his support and it's neck and neck in the polls right now we of course have the most recent New York Times poll that has Trump one point ahead within the margin but still there's this sense of inevitability when in fact um I think it's just as likely that as that Euphoria wears off we could look back and say that she reached her high water mark and that high water mark needed to be higher so that when the Euphoria came down she still had room to fall a little bit right now she has no room for error and Donald Trump may only be at 47% but he's at 47 % all right Sarah isgar former Senator Heidi hi Camp thank you 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seats describing how it happened a new way to save money on groceries another major retailer vowing to cut prices caught on camera one mother's instinct fighting off this Hawk and later the debate over homework are kids getting too much of it from ABC News this is America this morning good Wednesday morning everyone I'm ran and Aly and I'm Lionel moiz in for Andrew We Begin this morning with the top moments from the presidential debate and the Fallout an overnight pull of debate Watchers found vice president Harris was the winner last night but former president Trump is calling it his best debate ever and he's refusing to commit to a potential second debate We Begin our coverage with the awkward handshake on stage last night former president Trump seemed to head straight to his Podium last night but vice president Harris walked across the stage after appearing to hesitate Harris offering her hand come Harris what's up a good have fun both candidates were first asked about the economy and inflation Trump calling Harris a Marxist everything that she believed three years ago and four years ago is out the window she's going to My Philosophy now in fact I was going to send her a Maga hat she's a Marxist Harris promised ta cuts for the middle class my plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to Startup small businesses knowing they are part of the backbone of America's economy she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and it's like four sentences like Run Spot Run we're doing tariffs on other countries other countries are going to finally after 75 years pay us back for all that we've done for the world on Reproductive Rights Harris vowed to push to restore a federally guaranteed right to abortion Trump abortion bans that make no exception even for rape and incest which understand what that means a survivor of a crime of violation to their body does not have the right to make a decision about what happens to their body next that is immoral pregnant women who want to carry a pregnancy to term suffering from a miscarriage being denied care in an emergency room because the healthc care providers are afraid they might go to jail and she is bleeding out in a car in the parking lot she didn't want that her husband didn't want that Trump would not commit to vetoing a National Abortion ban saying he would not have to but each individual state is voting it's the vote of the people now on several other issues Harris was asked to address her shifts on policies what her critics have called flip-flopping your last run for president you said you wanted to ban fracking now you don't you wanted mandatory government buyback programs for assault weapons now your campaign says you don't and why have so many of your policy positions changed I made that very clear in 2020 I will not ban fracking I have not banned fracking as Vice President of the United States and in fact I Was the tiebreaking vote on the inflation reduction act which opened new leases for fracking my position is that we have got to invest in diverse sources of energy so we reduce our Reliance on foreign oil one contentious moment came when Trump claimed Harris supports defunding the police Harris could be seen saying not true despite her mic being muted but Trump clearly heard her wait a minute I'm talking now if you don't mind please does that sound familiar Trump calling Harris the worst vice president in US history they've had three and a half years to create jobs and all the things we talked about why hasn't she done it when asked about January 6th Trump inist that he ordered his supporters to March peacefully to the capital he was also asked about the 2020 election results in the past couple of weeks leading up to this debate uh you have said quote you lost by a whisker that you quote didn't quite make it that you came up a little bit short I are that are you now acknowledging that you lost in 2020 I don't acknowledge it at all I said that sarcastically you know that it was said oh we lost by a whisker that was said sarcastically Trump also pushing the baseless claim about Haitian immigrants in Ohio eating dogs and other pets they're eating the dogs the people that came in they're eating the cats they're eating they're eating the pets of the people that live there those reports dismissed as not credible by local leaders in Ohio the Harris campaign quickly called for a second debate but Trump last night non-committal they immediately called for a second debate because they lost so we thought it was our best debate ever it was my best debate ever Harris taking a Victory lap after the debate but saying she's still the underdog I think that we think today was a good day and it kind of was well Harris is facing criticism for not explaining the influx of migrants under the Biden Administration instead last night she touted the bipartisan border security plan which Trump helped defeat Trump has said that plan was not Tough Enough and a poll overnight by CNN found 63% of people who watched the debate believe haris won that is compared to 37% for Trump ABC's Christian Cordo has more reaction including Taylor Swift's big endorsement chran good morning Rihanna good morning to you yeah the Harris campaign says it was surprised to get that endorsement from Taylor Swift after the debate vice president KLA Harris picked up a major endorsement minutes after last night's face off in Philadelphia Taylor Swift posting on Instagram I will be casting my vote for kamla Harris and Tim wall in the 2024 presidential election Swift calling Harris A steady-handed Gifted leader adding we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos Florida Congressman Matt Gates a trump supporter reacting I love her songs but I want to live in a world where liberals make my art and conservatives make my laws and policy Harris supporters at the debate were a mix of surrogates and Partyline crossovers including Anthony scaramucci who served as Trump's communications director and California govern Governor Gavin Newsome from the handshake itself when she came up and said it's kamla Harris she was in control she was in command the Trump campaign invited Robert F Kennedy Jr along with North Dakota governor Doug beram in the last debate president Trump perhaps the first Republican in years to actually win a debate on the topic of of uh Reproductive Rights uh he did that by being very clear that he does not support a a federal ban analysts from both sides finding plenty to criticize from the debate she had no answers on immigration she had no answers when she was asked about defunding the police she laid traps and he chased every rabbit down every hole this is the difference between someone who's well prepared and someone who's unprepared whoever did debate prep for Donald Trump should be fired now many analysts are expressing doubt that this debate was enough to significantly move the needle and what is shaping up to be a very tight presidential race Ranon all right Christian thank you for that let's talk about hurricane Francine now taking aim at the Louisiana coast landfall is expected early tonight people are already filling sandbags and stocking up on water oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico have been shut down and people in low-lying areas are being urged to evacuate that storm could bring up to a foot of rain and a 10 foot storm surge we will take a closer look at your forecast in just a few moments more buildings have been lost as three large wildfires burn out of control near Los Angeles the so-called airport fire has already burned nearly 30 square miles in Orange and Riverside counties meanwhile the bridge fire in San Bernardino County has burned 53 square miles Crews had to rescue people from their homes in a small Mountain Town one man is in custody charged with arson for setting a separate fire in the same area want to show you this time-lapse video showing a weather station in Gulf in Flames the governor now asking for more federal aid nearly 6,000 firefighters soldiers and First Responders are on the front lines now to those two planes colliding at Atlanta's airport one plane's tail torn off passengers describing how it happened security video at the world's busiest airport in Atlanta shows these two Delta planes colliding the larger plan's Wing breaking off the tail of that smaller Jet and then all a sudden bam just got hit by something completely Jarred out of my seat the larger plane was headed to Japan granted Edwards was among the hundreds of passengers all of a sudden there was a bump and it was a it was a hard bump the smaller Regional Jet was headed to Louisiana the whole tale of that crj off passengers describing a loud scraping sound some thrown from their seats it felt and sounded like a car crash there was you know kind of that crunch there was there was that that push that you get passengers recording as they were bust back to the terminal one or another of the airplanes involved were not on the right path and whether not that's because the markings were wrong or whether somebody was moving in the wrong direction we don't know yet so many questions Federal investigators will now determine what went wrong turning now overseas new video showing the cramped tunnel where hostages were held by Hamas and were recently killed the Israeli military says American hsh Goldberg Poland and five others spent their final moments in this narrow tunnel 60 ft underground it is just 2 ft wide with not enough room to stand and very little air Secretary of State Anthony blinkin is visiting Ukraine today to discuss whether to beef up Ukraine's air defenses president zalinski wants permission to use American missiles to strike strike deep inside Russia meanwhile the US is accusing Iran of sending missiles to Russia it is time now for your Wednesday [Music] weather good morning strengthening hurricane Francine will approach landfall late today along the Central Louisiana coast probably as a category 2 hurricane we're expecting gusts of wind that may exceed 100 miles per hour just east of the point of landfall with a 10 foot storm surge very heavy rain some will see 8 to 12 inches of rain in Southern Louisiana and 4 to 8 inches of rain all the way up to Memphis late this week to the north there it's dry but hot with temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above average for ay weather I'm Jeff Cornish for ABC News coming up the new push to require ire warning labels on social media but first one of the faces of the pandemic response former New York Governor Andrew quo grilled on Capitol Hill about nursing home deaths during Co and later back home after a 9mon cruise passengers tell us how it went let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my gosh we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn't get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this with 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reporting from Rolling Fork Mississippi Ukrainian refugees here in warong we're heading to a small community outside of Mexico City getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there stream ABC News live week nights wherever you stream your news only on ABC News live reporting from monay Park California I'm Robin Roberts wherever wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live this morning an Uber driver is charged with murdering a woman in Indianapolis 30-year-old Shanty Dixon shot to death in a wooded area just one day after she was reported missing 29-year-old Francisco Valdez allegedly confessed to shooting Dixon in his car while assaulting her Uber says it is cooperating with police now to a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill about nursing home deaths during the pandemic for former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on the hot seat youve Show No Remorse you showed no responsibility former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was grilled before a house subcommittee about his response to the pandemic and the state's controversial nursing home policy the committee says Cuomo's decision to send covid positive patients back to nursing homes cost thousands of lives but Cuomo says his directive followed Federal guidance to ease the burden on hospitals and says the deaths at nursing homes were not caused by readmitting patients every study says that Co got into the nursing homes from infected staff Community spread infected staff neighborhoods that had higher covid infection rates had higher covid infection rate in their nursing homes Cuomo blames former president Trump for the high number of covid deaths as do some Democrats on the committee but do you have any doubt that Donald Trump's lies about the virus and his deliberate failure to develop a national policy to help the states made it more difficult for New York and other states to manage their pandemic response at times the hearing appeared to be more about politics than learning lessons from the pandemic my question to you is when were you negotiating for your multi-million dollar advance deal for your book as seniors were dying in nursing homes that is the question in front of you you can't make up facts congresswoman the nursing home policy that Cuomo was questioned about was in place for two months the justice department found no wrongdoing State Attorneys General around the country are supporting an idea to put warning labels on social media the plan which was first proposed by the Surgeon General would caution parents about the mental health risks for adolescents 42 Attorneys General are urging Congress to require these labels coming up a new way to save money on groceries also ahead what we are learning about a terrifying crash at a social club whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass 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moment a truck slammed into this Elk Lodge in Arizona 30 people were injured but thankfully everyone is recovering the driver though is charged with DUI we turn out to the economy and another retailer vowing to lower grocery prices this morning Amazon is revealing new details on its budget friendly food line lowering prices on thousands of grocery items the idea is that the basic products are less expensive especially for those products that you keep buying over and over again the company unveiling a new food brand called Amazon saver which will include Pantry Staples produce and protein most of the products priced under $5 think of Amazon saver as their answer to the dollar store it after Walmart and Target announced their own price Cuts in recent months and as the biggest proposed Supermarket merger in US history plays out in court the FTC is trying to block the proposed $24 billion merger between Kroger and Albertson's claiming it would eliminate competition and lead to higher prices but Executives told the court the merger would allow for lower prices to better compete with companies like Walmart and Costco Aldi is also adding to the competition the discount count grocery chain says it's adding 13,000 workers while boosting its average hourly rate to $23 overall food prices are up about 2% in the last year but they are up more than 20% since the pandemic cure IG will have to pay the government $1.5 million the company fined for claiming that its coffee pots were recyclable the SEC says two major recycling firms said they would not take the pods coming up the debate over homework are kids getting too much all right plus one mother's instinct fighting off a hawk let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my [Music] gosh we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer it doesn't get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this hi I'm Andy and I'm Sabrina and we're moms 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over homework one mother from Arizona says she's had enough she went on Tik Tok to protest her son getting 15 pages of double-sided homework on the first day of kindergarten she emailed the teacher saying sorry we're done she says the only thing her boy should be worried about is when snack time is next some high school students in Virginia raising money to buy their favorite custodian his dream car a red Jeep custodian Francis aaku was all smiles the students raised 20K and a dealership secured a deal he said it's a day he will never forget next a close encounter with Berta prey yeah mom and her 2-year-old daughter were outside this home near Boston when a hawk came swooping in the mom grabbing the little girl and running off they are both okay mother's instinct never doubt it top headlines [Music] next whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling for this tornado tore through this town from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC News live everywhere in Iceland let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live ABC News live you're streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction mie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my God [Music] we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn't get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this first thing in the morning there's a lot going on we're still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened overnight clashing over National Security what's happening today tensions in the Middle East what people are talking about the worries on wall Street fast straightforward with some fun in between catching up on sleep during the weekend could be good for your heart non-alcoholic bars are popping up in a growing number of cities that's the spirit America This Morning America's number one early morning news on ABC newsl bayat is a fantasy when you hear that theme song it was a wild time and I I was a wild chick Jason Mamoa exploded Carmen was a bombshell Anderson was an icon really proud of everything I've done almost Bay launch was a whirlwind of Epic highs and bitter lows Everyone likes to watch sexy things check you more top stories now former president Trump and vice president Harris laid out sharply opposing views in a fiery debate after a handshake they clashed on issues from the economy to abortion to immigrant Harris managed to repeatedly get under Trump's skin and polls show most viewers saw Harris as the winner her campaign is calling for a second debate Wall Street gets a key report on inflation today and it could influence the federal reserve's expected decision next week to cut interest rates California's governor is now requesting more Aid to fight three major wildfires near La in San Bernardino County a man is in custody accused of starting the line fire another visitor to Grand Canyon National Park has been found dead the body of a 71-year-old Boer has been recovered the Park's 16th death this year today's weather hurricane Francine is expected to make landfall in Louisiana tonight with up to a foot of rain storm surge could top 10 ft rain also in the Northwest and finally on the September 11th a Survivor describing escaping the World Trade Center with his guide dog here's Danny new understandably most of us will never forget the sight of the Twin Towers falling on September 11th and wouldn't you know what we decide decided to hold the seminars on September 11th but for Michael hingson who is blind he says he will always remember the way the building shook while he was holding a meeting on the North Tower 78th floor we kind of heard a muffled stump and the building sort of shuddered now in that moment Michael and his colleagues did not know a plane had hit their Tower but he immediately called his wife Karen and then retrieved his loyal Guy dog Roselle who was napping under his desk she was guiding and I kept encouraging her good dog Roselle what a good girl as hundreds start to descend the stairs one of Michael's main goals was to keep Rosel calm amidst all the chaos and sometimes they even teamed up to help others for example on the 68th four Michael says a woman exclaimed that she could not go on any further we just all had a group hug there on the stairs and Roselle gave her kisses and she was able to keep going and then on the 37th Floor Michael says he and Roselle were even offering comic relief so I just said hey everybody my name's Mike I'm blind I got a guy dog don't anyone worry if the power and lights go out Roselle and I are offering a half price special to get you today only you know and people started laughing at that eventually Michael Rosell and his team made it to the lobby and were safely escorted outside we heard this Rumble that quickly became this deafening Roar but in the decades since Michael has dedicated his life to telling people around the world about that morning he's become an acclaimed keyote speaker and in 2011 he wrote The New York Times bestseller thunderdog about how he and Roselle survived to this day he has still not stopped trying to help people learn about what happened and in the midst of it all still find that sense of calm and for me that became the best therapy possible Roselle sadly passed away in 2011 guys but Michael continues to share her story in fact he actually just released a new book a few weeks ago called live like a guide dog and we are going to take a live look as we say goodbye at the World Trade Center Memorial [Music] it's Wednesday September 11th compared to the first debate it was night and day or cats and dogs we start here in a make or break debate vice president kamla Harris Comes Out Swinging I have talked with military leaders some of whom work with you and they say you're a disgrace this was a night marked by pointed barbs and stunning claims they're eating the dogs as both candidates got the chance to say what their bases had been waiting to hear the government and Donald Trump certainly should not be telling a woman what to do with her body making their case to their biggest audience of the year if she's president I believe that Israel will not exist within 2 years from now so today we'll break down the moments that mattered or she knew exactly what she was doing and ask what can still move the needle on one of the wildest campaigns in history from ABC News this is a special edition of start here I'm Brad milky compared to other recent election Cycles this year's presidential debates have taken place extraordinarily early usually they happen after the leaves change this year's happened before SNL could even parody them but it's certainly not too early for voters in fact you might not have known this some states have begun sending out their ballots for all intents and purposes this election has begun tonight the high stake Showdown here in Philadelphia between vice president kamla Harris and former president Donald Trump well last night on the only debate night agreed to by these candidates vice president kamla Harris and former president Donald Trump walked on stage in Philadelphia and set eyes on each other for the very first time one of these candidates perhaps felt rushed out here and out of practice the other had already debated under this format a couple months ago and yet none of that mattered to Americans as these cameras turned on a lot to examine here so let's get into it with ABC's National correspondent Steven poroy Steven it started with a hand Shake I I thought we were done with those in the political world Brad it's been 8 years since Americans saw the two major party candidates for the presidency shaking hands on a debate stage the last time it happened was in 2016 When Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton had their first face off in subsequent meetings Trump and Clinton Did Not Shake Hands nor did Trump shake hands with Biden in 2020 or in the first debate in June 2024 come Harris have a good debate see you have fun thank you than you but kamla Harris seemed to have the intention of crossing the stage and going right up to Donald Trump to introduce herself to him remember these two had never met before and it was almost like behind the podium that's how far into Trump's area it was and he said yep yep fine like you know he was pleasant about it but walked me through the topics here as they started then Stephen I mean what stuck out to you well the debate began with a conversation about the economy I imagine and have actually a plan to build what I call an opportunity economy cuz here's the thing we know that we have a a shortage of of homes and housing and the cost of housing is too expensive for far too many people kamla Harris got the first question she mentioned her plans for $6,000 child tax credit in the first year of a child's life $50,000 tax deduction for folks who want to start small businesses uh she said that Donald Trump would impose what she called a trump sales tax which would be a 20% tax on everyday Goods that you rely on to get through the month really that's the tariffs that Donald Trump would put in on Imports brought into this country from from other countries uh then Donald Trump directly went at kamla Harris president Trump I'll give you two minutes first of all I have no sales tax that's an incorrect statement she knows that uh we're doing tariffs on other countries other countries are going to finally after 75 years pay us back for all that we've done for the world and he pivoted to Crime uh about how he said migrants are taking over towns buildings coming into the country violently these are the people that she and Biden led into our country and they're destroying our country Harris responded by saying that Donald Trump left the country with the worst unemployment rate since the Great Depression Donald Trump left us the worst Public Health epidemic in a century Donald Trump left us the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War and she said that she and Joe Biden have quote cleaned up Donald Trump's mess well and if that was considered kind of the the Achilles heel for the Biden Harris White House Steven abortion or women's Reproductive Rights clearly seemed like the thing that that has had Trump on the defensive that was sort of the next chapter in this story right this was a powerful moment for Kamala Harris at the debate she said in over 20 States now there are what she called Trump abortion bans the government and Donald Trump certainly should not be telling a woman what to do with her body and she got deeply personal about it she talked about women who are being denied care in emergency rooms you want to talk about this is what people wanted pregnant women who want to carry a pregnancy to term suffering from a miscarriage being denied care in an emergency room because the healthcare providers are afraid they might go to jail and she's bleeding out in a car in the parking lot she didn't want that her husband didn't want that and she said directly to Trump that what he's putting these women through is is in her words unconscionable I think the American people believe that certain freedoms in particular the freedom to make decisions about one's own body should not be made by the government thank you vice president Harris well there she goes again it's a lie I'm not signing a ban and there's no reason to sign a ban because we've gotten what everybody wanted Democrats Republicans and everybody else and that was typical of several moments through last night's debate where Harris put Trump on defense she also laid out something of a debate trap for Trump you will see during the course of his rallies he talks about fictional characters like cannibal Lecter he will talk about windmills cause cancer and what you will also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom but from the conversation about what goes on at Trump's rallies Trump took it to a very strange place people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics that's because people want to take their country back our country is being lost we're failing Nation he started litigating the new online controversy over whether migrants in the town of Springfield Ohio are eating people's household pets in Springfield they're eating the dogs the people that came in they're eating the cats they're eating they're eating the pets of the people that live there y wait so can you walk us through this cuz this felt like the moment that had people blowing up my phone in real time being like what what is he talking about and I was like if listen if you haven't been paying attention to farri blogs you wouldn't understand it's like this false discredited theory that is now somehow being repeated by a presidential candidate can you explain it better than I Stephen please yeah this comes right out of the right-wing Echo chamber online the bottom line is that there is a concern in the town of Springfield Ohio where members of the community have come to public meetings to talk about the arrival of migrants from hay and they say that those migrants have caused quality of life problems in this town and among the problems that have been mentioned is this idea that animals have been taken out of a pond or even possibly out of people's homes I just want to clarify here you bring up Springfield Ohio and ABC News did reach out to the city manager there uh he told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed injured or abused by individuals within the Immigrant Community SE people on television let me say here this is the people on television say my dog was taken and used for food so maybe he said that and maybe that's a good thing to say for a city manager I'm not taking this from telion people television the dog was eaten by the people that went there the city manager in Springfield Ohio says that there's nothing to back up these claims but Trump insisted that he's heard otherwise well and this might be a good moment Stephen to talk about CU you saw the reaction from KLA Harris in some of these moments and that was like the thing I hadn't expected was was how this kind of muted microphone situation actually affected then we were watching these candidates closer as they reacted to each other what did you make of all that and did that make a difference here well remember even though the mics are supposed to be muted when the candidate who's not recognized to speak might say something for viewers you see both candidates on the screen at the the same time side by side and so what we got to watch was kamla Harris sort of giving Donald Trump the side eye through most of the debate if not shaking her head or looking up at the ceiling or you know rolling her eyes and you know if not laughing uh As Trump would say something and similarly Trump would shake his head or Grimace or SC have a scowl on his face um on the whole there wasn't a tremendous amount of cross talk and the r R mainly held although each candidate at a certain point would assert that he or she had something that they wanted to say she was big on defund the police in Minnesota she went out wait a minute I'm talking now you don't mind please does that sound familiar and at a certain point when Donald Trump was speaking kamla Harris tried to speak and Trump gave a little bit of excuse me I'm talking now okay then then what happened next because if if sort of policy like your standard presidential policy what do you think about the economy what do you think about women's Reproductive Rights the the thing that is unique to the Trump era is kind of questions about democracy right and that that clearly had to be address so how did it play out Trump doubled down on Election denialism David asked Trump about recent comments that he's made in interviews about having lost the election by a whisker uh you have said quote you lost by a whisker that you quote didn't quite make it that you came up a little bit short are are you now acknowledging that you lost in I don't acknowledge it at all I said that sarcastically you know that it was said oh we lost by a whisker that was said sarcastically look there's so much proof all you have to do is look at it and they should have sent it back to the legislatures for approval Trump repeatedly insisted he had nothing to do with January 6th other than that he was asked to make a speech that day is there anything you regret about what you did on that day yeser I had nothing to do with that other than they asked me to make a speech I showed up for a speech I said I think it's going to be big he said that Nancy Pelosi and the mayor of Washington DC were responsible for securing the capital I was at the capital on January 6th I was the vice president elect I was also an acting Senator I was there and on that day the president of the United States incited a violent mob and the conversation about January 6th and election denialism offered Harris the opportunity for her to deliver one of her strongest lines of the night it's time to turn the page and if that was a bridge too far for you well there is a place in our campaign for you and Stephen that section there perhaps seemed like one of the things the president has the most control over right like democracy itself like you're messaging about democracy itself the other thing of course is foreign affairs like that is where the president is singularly powerful what did they each have to say about how they would run our foreign policy and our powerful military Brad David and Lindsay brought up three major areas of foreign policy the Israel Hamas War the Ukraine Russia War and the US pull out from Afghanistan and in each of these three areas they were opportunities for Trump to point out that a lot of uh the chaos in the world has gone on under Joe Biden and kamla Harris's watch we're playing with World War III and we have a president that we don't even know if he's where is our president we don't even know if he's a president and just to clarify threw him out of a campaign like a dog we don't even know is he our president Trump accused Harris of hating Israel she hates Israel if she's president I believe that Israel will not exist within two years from now and I've been pretty good at predictions and I hope I'm wrong about that one Harris insisted the war must end she said we need a ceasefire deal with hostages out she called for a two-state solution on Ukraine David tried to get Donald Trump to explain whether he believes it's an America's interest for Ukraine to win its war with Russia do you want Ukraine to win this war I want the war to stop I want to save lives that are being uselessly people being killed by the millions it's the millions Trump would not give a direct answer to the question do you believe it's in the US best interests for Ukraine to win this war yes or no I think it's the US best interest to get this war finished and just get it done negotiate a deal on Afghanistan kamla Harris was asked whether she Bears any responsibility for the chaotic us withdrawal well I will tell you I agreed with President Biden's decision to pull out of Afghanistan four presidents said they would and Joe Biden did she said she agreed with the president's decision but then she turned it on Trump saying that he agreed to what she called a weak terrible deal with the Taliban that precipitated the US withdrawal I have traveled the world as vice president the United States and world leaders are laughing at Donald Trump I have talked with military leaders some of whom worked with you and they say you're a disgrace one of thing that caught my ear was that when it came to conversations about what each candidate would bring to the table for the next 4 years uh the former president was asked if he has a plan for healthcare having failed to repeal and replace Obamacare through his first four years in office so just do yes or no you still do not have a plan I have concepts of a plan I'm not president right now but if we come up with something I would only change it if we come up with something that's better and less expensive Trump difficulty with that question too as often happens after debates both sides declare Victory the Trump campaign had a statement out before it was even over saying that quote we saw president Trump lay out his bold vision of America and how he would continue to build upon the successes of his first term they say the choice could not be more clear president Trump was the clear winner tonight but as evidence of how strongly kamla Harris's campaign feels she did last night they've already gone ahead and challenged Trump to another debate a second debate in October which by the way uh Trump has been calling for but the Harris campaign had not committed to the fact that they want another matchup this is an ABC News special report September 11th America remembers good morning for those of you just joining us we're taking a moment now to Mark the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks there you see the sites where the terrorist struck 23 years ago the former site of the World Trade Center in laow Manhattan families are gathering to read the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died President Biden vice president KLA Harris former president Trump and his running mate JD Vance are all there to pay their respects as well Gatherings also at the Pentagon and in Shanksville Pennsylvania WL ceremon is going to take place at the Pentagon later this morning followed by remarks by defense secretary Lloyd Austin bells of remembrance at sville and now the moment of silence roll up to the right 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running mate JD Vance this is a tradition that we see every year family members loved ones close to the victims reading out the names of every single person who died at that scene Now 23 years ago and I want to bring in our senior investigative reporter Aon kki because Aon something that sticks out now 23 years since these attacks is some of these family members and loved ones reading these names actually weren't old enough to be present at these attacks they are remembering loved ones they never actually met it is really stunning to see the the generation gather here so many clutching photos of people that as you say the younger ones have never met and are only hearing about through stories but to know how they died uh in such a horrific way just uh heart-wrenching uh especially to see the the young children many of these families clutch photos they take rubbings of the names that are etched on the parapets around the memorial pools at the 9/11 Memorial and nothing has changed changed about this ceremony in the last 23 years it is only meant to be a solemn recitation of names interrupted by the tolling of bells to Mark the times the planes hit and when the towers fell but this year unmistakably the presence of of President Biden vice president Harris former president Trump and his running mate JD Vance make this a focal point for our nation's politics at the moment I inki there downtown in New York City and will have continuing updates right here on ABC News live throughout the day as we Mark 23 years since the 9/11 Terror attacks thanks for joining us I Diane M and we will have more news for you in just a few [Music] minutes what does it take to be the most watched newscast in America we are of an operation is this our combat Operation Center we're approaching the gate militants came in from different directions nuclear reactor so you have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag not a car how important it made the USA great work hi 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reaction to the contentious Faceoff and what both campaigns are now saying about a potential second debate hurricane Francine strengthens overnight taking aim at the Gulf Coast the biggest threats and when the storm is expected to make landfall and remembering September 11th 23 years ago today Terror attacks forever changed our nation the tributes being held today and the world leaders set to attend [Music] but first the Harris campaign is calling for another debate after last night's high stake Showdown on ABC vice president Harris and former president Trump faced off for 90 minutes over the economy and inflation immigration abortion rights foreign policy and more a CNN poll shows more than half of debate Watchers say Harris won while Trump is claiming Victory saying he won the debate by a lot now the Harris campaign is proposing they debate again in October while Trump says he's less inclined to debate Harris again but isn't ruling it out chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce has the latest it started with what appeared to be a moment of Civility a historic handshake initiated by the Vice President the rivals meeting for the very first time KLA Harris let have a good debate see you have fun thank you but the niceties didn't last the nominees quickly digging into each other beginning with the issue top of Mind from many voters the economy Donald Trump actually has no plan for you because he is more interested in defending himself than he is in looking out for you she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and it's like four sentences like Run Spot Run four sentences that are just oh we'll try and lower taxes the vice president repeatedly goting Donald Trump trying to get under his skin and what you will also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom the former president taking the bait she said people start leaving people don't go to her rallies there's no reason to go but Trump throwing the heat right back at her wait a minute I'm talking now you don't mind please does that sound familiar she went out one of the most contentious exchanges of the night on abortion Harris trying to capitalize on democrat's advantage on the issue one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply hell beliefs to agree the government and Donald Trump certainly should not be telling a woman what to do with her body I have talked with women around our country you want to talk about this is what people wanted pregnant women who want to carry a pregnancy to term suffering from a miscarriage being denied care in an emergency room because the healthc care providers are afraid they might go to jail and she's bleeding out in a car in the parking lot she didn't want that but she also dodged when asked if she would support any abortion restrictions while Trump repeated false claims prompting a fact check from moderator lindsy Davis there is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it's born and he refused to rule out signing a National Abortion ban on immigration Trump trying to pin previous chaos at the border on Harris they're destroying the fabric of our country by what they've done Harris laying in to Trump for urging Republicans to kill the bipartisan border deal but what we have in the former president is someone who would prefer to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem and I'll tell you something he's going to talk about immigration a lot tonight even when it's not the subject that is being raised Trump responding by repeating a false conspiracy theory about migrants eating people's pets in Springfield Ohio I just want to clarify here you bring up Springfield Ohio and ABC News did reach out to the city manager there uh he told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed injured or abused by by individuals within the Immigrant Community all I've seen people on television let me just say here this is the people on television say my dog was taken and used for food so maybe he said that and maybe that's a good thing to say for a city manager I'm not taking this from Tel people television say dog was eaten by the people that went there again the Springfield City manager says there's no evidence of that vice president I'll let you respond to the rest of what you've heard you talk about extreme the candidates also sparring on foreign policy it is absolutely welln that these dictators and autocrats are rooting for you to be president again because they're so clear they can manipulate you with flattery and favors the leaders of other countries think that they're weak and incompetent and they are they're grossly incompetent and getting personal Trump asked about his statements questioning Harris's racial identity so I don't know I don't know I mean all I can say is I read where she was not that she put out and I'll say that and then I read that she was black and that's okay either one was okay with me that's up to her that's up to her I mean honestly I think it's a a tragedy that we have um someone who wants to be president who has consistently over the course of his career attempted to use race to divide the American people less than two months until the election Trump still refusing to concede he lost the last one you have said quote you lost by a whisker that you quote didn't quite make it that you came up a little bit short that are you now acknowledging that you lost in 2020 I don't acknowledge it at all I said that sarcastically you know that it was said oh we lost by a whisker that was said sarcastically look there's so much proof all you have to do is look at it and they should have sent it back to the legislatures for approval the reality there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud and President Biden won the 2020 cont T Harris using the moment to call Trump unqualified Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people so let's be clear about that and clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that but we cannot afford to have a president of the United States who attempts as he did in the past to upend the will of the voters in a free and fair election and when you then talk in this way in a presidential debate and deny what over and over again are court cases you have lost because you did in fact lose that election it leads one to believe that perhaps we do not have in the candidate to my right the temperament or or the ability to not be confused about fact that's deeply troubling and the American people deserve better in their closing statements Harris vowing to help take the country forward I intend to be a president for all Americans and focus on what we can do over the next 10 and 20 years to build back up our country by investing right now in you the American people while Trump finally honed in on his message questioning why Harris hasn't accomplished her plans during her time as vice president they've had three and a half years to create jobs and all the things we talked about why hasn't she done it now the campaign is certainly feeling good about last night's performance so much so that they are now challenging Trump to a second debate but the big question remains was any of this enough to move the needle to actually make a difference in this race one voter who we know was swayed by what she saw Taylor Swift Last Night posting to her 283 million Instagram followers that she has made up her mind she's done her research she's endorsing kamla Harris Diane all right chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce thank you and ABC new's White House correspondent Mary Alice Parks joins me now from philadel phelia for more and Mar Alice you I believe the only Network correspondent in the actual room for this debate so let's talk about some things that we watching from home may have missed starting with that handshake because this was the first time these two ever met and it was hard to hear exactly what they said to each other because they weren't on mic when they had that handshake so what was that moment like in the room yeah Dan it was a real honor to get to be one of just a handful of reporters that were there in the room uh look it surprised I think all of us and it Ely seemed to surprise former president Trump I mean she entered that stage and walked right across it she passed her Podium it wasn't very clear that she was definitely going to extend her hand she sort of seemed to size up the moment but she did want to introduce herself to him the first thing she said was I'm kamla Harris uh then she offered her hand she obviously uh sort of extending an olive branch that way starting things off by by wanting to own the space that's how it came across uh someone that wanted to sort of command that room and it was very interesting of course to watch uh the former president almost literally uh go onto his back foot sort of on defense in that moment he said basically I'm fine and she said let's have a good debate you know Diane there was also a really interesting moment uh for those of us in the room at the very end then of the debate uh the last commercial break right before closing statements both candidates were told that they were cleared they were in commercial they were off camera and Trump as both had done during the previous debate he walked off stage she never left she stood there at her Podium she took notes to herself on a few occasions looked up as if in thought uh but then with over a minute to go she put her pen down and sort of stood there ready to go as if she didn't need to go off stage it was in the room I will tell you Diane it sort of felt like a power play uh she felt really good as in her debate performance she felt really good about where she was in the night didn't seem like someone that needed to go off stage to compose herself she was already very composed I am and Mar Alice without an audience sometimes it's hard to tell what's really landing and what is isn't cuz you're not getting that direct realtime feedback having been in the room could you tell when each side was making points that they really felt were strong and were really Landing with the American people it was so interesting to watch vice president Harris direct so much of her energy and attention straight to Trump she often would turn uh her body her face and challenge him directly with her facial expressions completely different from what we saw from the former president he barely acknowledged her head on at all he barely looked and turned to her at all he looked almost uh down or straight at the camera the entire time it was hard for us in the room to know how exactly that would read on camera uh would it look like he was focused on the American people whereas she was focused on him I think in the moment you know voters are going to make sort of those those judgment calls for themselves that sort of a gut sense that people have when they're watching these two candidates but what we know was the effect was she was able in directing so much of her attention to him to frankly get under his skin and throw him off his message she was able uh overall to really stay on her message and and sort of her goals with that debate Diane all right Mary Alice Parks thank you and ABC's contributor Christina sson Ramirez joins me now along with Trump campaign representative Alonso Aguilar for more thank you both for coming on Christina what stood out to you from Harris's performance last night I mean first off she killed this debate um she had an amazing performance she was cool calm collected clearly presidential um but what really stood out to me was her answer on abortion she really talked about what was at stake and she even said Trump's position was insulting to millions of women that have to make some of the most difficult Health Care decisions um and we also had him fact checked even by uh uh um the um reporters because he was so out of line and sharing falsehoods um and then of course also when she laughed when he talked about eating dogs and killing pets I mean he just sounded so extreme to most Americans Alonso what do you think were the big standout moments for former president Trump in the debate look I think he had a strong performance you win debates politically in this case with undecided voters when you connect with them Trump connected with undecided voters she did not now don't get me wrong she seemed very rehearsed very polished but Donald Trump was strong in continuously focusing on the issues that the American people care about the unprecedented historic inflation that's that's uh hitting hard working families and uh the Border uh crisis and tying that to to ca Harris he also um uh pointed out uh some of her radical positions the criminalizing uh criminal uh the illegal entry of migrants uh Banning fracking uh using taxpayer money for sex change operations for migrants so I think he was very effective uh I think she lied continuously uh and I'm surprised that she wasn't fact checked she said oh he's going to ban abortion naturally he's continuously said he's not going to do that I think in abortion he really turned the tables because he showed that she is Extreme that she believes in long-term late term abortion and she could she didn't answer if she would uh veto a bill that prohibits late term abortion she didn't and people take notice of that the majority of Americans are against late term abortion so yes do she look polished absolutely politically did she connect with UND theed voters no that's why Trump wins and Christina to alonso's point there were areas where vice president Harris didn't really answer the question that was asked that was one example are there areas where you wish she would have done or said something was there something you wish she would have done or said during this debate that she didn't look she gave more clarity on her policies than Donald Trump did saying she was going to give 20 $5,000 to new home buyers talking about investing in small businesses Donald Trump literally said he had concepts of a plan this is a man that has run for president three times couldn't land what his actual policy proposals were now she had a great opportunity I wish she could have talked more about her position on climate change there are literally forest fires in California uh triple degree heat across the country hurricanes barreling down on uh my home state of Texas Florida all of these places that are suffering um this is one of the greatest crisises of our time and Biden and Harris have done so much to confront this challenge um to not run away from big problems but tackle them headon create hundreds of thousands of clean jobs and lead us into the 21st century Energy new energy economy Donald Trump doesn't even believe climate change is real which is out of step with the vast majority of Americans that are feeling the consequences of extreme weather and Alonso same question to you are there is there something that you wish you had heard either more specifics from the former president on last night or you wish that he had mentioned at all that you feel he left out well he could have been stronger in outlining all the you know over a dozen extreme radical leftist positions of Camala Harris and Define her as which she is a leftist out of Step completely with the American people but but again I think she he still uh uh was able to to do that I I think that you know she was very on UNS substance the only really things that you mentioned was you know extended tax cost for small business and uh you know and extend the child tax credit that's not an economic plan I think Trump is very effective especially at the very end and saying she she's not the candidate of the future she's not the candidate of change she's in office right now and she's not doing anything right now to solve the problems even uh one of the moderators after about immigration why did you propose this bipartisan bill 6 months before the election when we already had a crisis for years and she didn't answer voters notice that all right Christina sunsun Ramirez Alonso Aguilar thank you both and we have breaking news on that top election issue of the economy and inflation new data shows inflation slowed more than expected in August Paving the way for a potential interest rate cut the Consumer Price Index shows prices increased 0.2% from July to a August and 2.5% compared to a year ago let's bring in ABC's business reporter Alexis christopherus to unpack those numbers a little bit for us Alexis what does this mean for the overall economy and what everyone knows what's that going to mean for a potential interest rate cut right well this is a really encouraging report Diane it shows that consumer prices are moving in the right direction inflation now at 2 and a half% year-over-year is the lowest we have seen since early 20121 and a big reason why is oil prices gas prices if you've gone to fill up your tank recently know that gas prices have been on the downswing which has helped overall inflation also used and new cars uh those prices also down year-over-year what continues to be a problem we're still paying more for food and especially shelter uh housing continues to be a big component and contributor to overall inflation but this report really leaves the door open for the Federal Reserve to do the expected and cut interest rates for the first time in four years at next week's meeting as the FED now shifts its focus away from High inflation and over to that cooling job market as for the White House this should be seen as good news I'd imagine that uh Biden and Harris will come out and tout this report the problem is Americans aren't feeling it in their wallets we keep saying inflation's coming down but the truth is we're still paying more for so many things just you know compared to when the pandemic started for instance eggs up 60% you know Motor Vehicle Insurance up 50% so I think until people can really start to feel it in their wallets they're not believing uh so much the numbers that they're seeing on inflation all right business reporter Alexis christopherus thank you coming up Hurricane Francine is barreling toward the Gulf Coast what preparations are underway and the are is expecting to have the worst flooding whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon main the scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere from the scene of that deadly strike in Dena Ukraine reporting from the earthquake in Turkey in Rolling Fort This Tornado tore through this little town from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii from Charleston South Carolina on the 2024 campaign Trail in Iceland let's go traveling with the president in Mexico City wherever the story from the front lines from Southern Israel outside the Gaza Strip in Beirut from the 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bitter lows Everyone likes to watch sexy things thanks for streaming with us I'm Diane M hurricane Francine is gaining Steam and heading straight toward Louisiana it's set to make landfall there later today franzine strengthened uh to a strong category one hurricane overnight with winds reaching 90 mph now heavy rains are expected to cause flash flooding in New Orleans with a storm surge in parts of Southern Louisiana up to 10 feet ABC's aachi standing by in New Orleans Forest but let's start things off with AB news chief meteorologist Jinger who's tracking the path of that storm hurricane Francine is now moving Northeast at 12 so it's getting closer to that Coastal Louisiana where it will make landfall by tonight let's go ahead and time out the rest of it tell you about all the impacts and we'll start with that cat one storm that could intensify to a low-end cat 2 either way the category doesn't matter as much as what's going to be impacting you so if you're in H or New Orleans Gulfport Mississippi all the way up to Tennessee Arkansas and even the Florida Panhandle you'll want to stick around for this Alabama too because the hurricane warnings include Baton Rouge and Lafayette also H New Orleans is in that hurricane watch I think power outages are certainly possible tropical storm warnings spread All the Way East to mobile the timing is this afternoon when the worst of it starts to come on Shore and then tonight when we could usually see landfall passing over Southeastern Louisiana New Orleans look at those gusts up to 60 MPH at 7:00 p.m. Gulfport easily close to 60 as well the storm surge is always the biggest loss of life and property so we'll really want that to stick around with a 5 to 10 foot surge being our Focus but 4 to s or 2 to five doesn't matter if you have that much of a wall of water coming on Shore quickly that's a problem all the way over to say Pascagoula I want everyone to be on alert also looking at the tornado threat those outer bands often spin up tornadoes and so today anywhere along the coast over into the Florida Panhandle those outer bands could reach and then tomorrow up to Birmingham Alabama with a tornado threat and the flash flood risk it's not just the four to six Ines and then locally up to 12 Ines in that red area but up to Paduka or Memphis Nashville Tennessee a lot of folks there have been in a drought and so when you add you know four to 5 Ines really quickly you can have flash flooding through the end of this week ABC News Chief meteor just Ginger Z thank you and let's go to ABC's ik aachi in the French Quarter in New Orleans Ike this Hurricane's outer bands are already bringing heavy rains to parts of the Gulf Coast so what's it like there right now well Dian as you can see right now we're in that proverbial Calm before the storm to say the least but as you can see right now behind me the rain is starting to come down at the moment as we're talking right now but this is something as Ginger said that's really going to affect the area here in New Orleans around 3: to 5:00 p.m. closer to this evening that storm slow low down a little bit overnight which essentially pushed back when that landfall is supposed to happen right here in the New Orleans area to again about just later this evening now what we're finding out right now is that one of the major concerns local officials have right here now is the storm surge you heard Ginger say it five to 10 ft along the coast around that Huma area 10 ft is deadly conditions if you ever try to dunk a basketball that Rim is at 10 F feet tall those are very extreme dangerous conditions now all morning businesses and local homes around the Huma area have been preparing putting up sandbags all around their businesses really just reminiscent of the storms that come out here in the past they've learned their lesson we're also being told that there is a curfew right now in Huma from 8:00 a.m. that's going to last all throughout the day that's according to local officials that's just them getting ready making sure that there are nobody on the roads as this storm comes in which is expected to come in in severe fashion again we're seeing that there are hurricane warnings all throughout Huma and Lafayette there's a hurricane watch in New Orleans and local officials say that there even could be a tornado watch later this afternoon and especially when that storm starts to move out of the area here again local officials are telling people to to essentially get out of the area try or if not hunker down and just make sure you're safe and obviously make sure all your devices are uh essentially charged ready to use just in case that catastrophic event happened where all the power goes out Dian all right ABC news aachi thank you coming up fast moving wildfires gaining strength in California the race to contain the blames as thousands are forced to flee their [Music] homes with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn 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that lives are changed here in London in Buffalo yaldi Texas edin bruss Scotland reporting from Rolling Fork Mississippi Ukrainian refugees here in Warson we're heading to a small community outside of Mexico City getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there stream ABC News live weeknights wherever you stream your news only on ABC News live baywash is a fantasy when you hear that theme song it was a wild time and I was a wild chick Jason Mamoa exploded Carmen was a bombshell Anderson was an icon really proud of everything I've done almost Bay launch a whirlwind of Epic highs and bitter lows Everyone likes to watch sexy things Donald Trump actually has no plan for you because he is more interested in defending himself than he is in looking out for you she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and it's like four sentences like Run Spot Run four sentences that are just oh we'll try and lower taxes it is absolutely well known that these dictators and autocrats are rooting for you to be president again because they're so clear they can manipulate you with flattery and favors the leaders of other countries think that they're weak and incompetent and they are they're grossly incompetent Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people so let's be clear about that and clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that but we cannot afford to have a president of the United States who attempts as he did in the past to upend the will of the voters in a free and fair election she's been there for three and 1/2 years they've had three and 1/2 years to fix the Border they've had three and A2 years to create jobs and all the things we talked about why hasn't she done it those are some of the big moments from last night's high stakes presidential debate welcome back to ABC News live first I'm Diane meedo vice president Harris and former president Trump faced off for 90 minutes last night over the economy inflation immigration abortion rights foreign policy and more a CNN poll shows more than half of debate Watchers say Harris won while Trump is claiming Victory saying he won the debate by a lot now the Harris campaign is proposing they debate again in o October while Trump says he's less inclined to debate Harris again but isn't ruling it out and I want to bring an ABC News White House correspondent Mary Alis Parks who was the only Network correspondent in the room for the actual debate and so Mario I want to pull on that a little bit first I can't imagine what it was like to actually be in the room but what did you hear what did you notice what stuck out to you that maybe those of us watching at home didn't see or hear on our television sets yeah d right off the bat that moment with the handshake it was very clear when Harris entered the room that she wanted to own that room she wanted to be in command and frankly wanted the debate to play out on her Turf she crossed her Podium and went over to him to introduce herself you know I was struck of course by those moments that did not get picked up on the microphone we know the mics were only on when it was the candidates turn to speak and it was noticeable that both candidates of course tried to interject on occasion uh when their mic was muted I think on balance she did it more often I'm thinking especially when the former president was talking about abortion you know he was making these claims about about Democrats about blue States how they treat abortion and she repeatedly uh said out loud so that those of us in the room could hear it and I'm pretty sure the former president could hear it as well she said things like that's not true come on that's not right when he said that he was the leader on IVF she said no you're not uh Trump did it as well on occasion Diane but it was interesting he seemed to do it when she would finish her her uh statements he would talk off camera or off Mike straight to the moderators demanding more time sort of asking that he would be able to rebut her asking for a chance to respond to her so I I definitely noticed less time spent uh sort of interjecting while she spoke but more time asking for the microphone back uh Trump also spoke to ABC News senior reporter kathern falders after the debate saying he doesn't see the need for a second debate because he thinks he did so well in this one I want to play part of that moment for you why won't you commit to a second debate with kamla Harris if you believe second debate because she lost tonight very badly so they want they immediately called for a second debate because they lost so we'll you know think about that but uh she immediately called for a sec look we're looking at why not we're looking at po the worst the worst poll that we've had was 71 that I see 71% to like 24 or 25 so Mar he said he's less inclined to have another debate for her but he's not ruling it out what do you make of that well first I to make of it is the fact that he was in the spin room last night it is so uh unusual for one of the candidates to actually go to that spin room location after a debate and basically Advocate on their own behalf that they did well on the debate stage more often than not of course a candidate wants to let their performance on the debate stage speak for itself how it read to all the reporters in the room was that Trump felt like he needed to do cleanup I mean look his team did not feel great about his debate performance they had a hard time spinning his debate performance judg judging it even by the own his own goal sort of what he said he wanted to do it was hard to see you know it was hard for him to argue that he achieved what he wanted to achieve which was to point out some of the places where she has slipped up on her policy proposals so in so interesting that he went to that that spin room after and tried to continue to talk to reporters Diane all right Mary Alice Parks thank you and former president Trump focused on immigration trying to pin the situation at the border on vice president Harris while Harris criticized Trump for urging Republicans to kill a bipartisan border deal Trump responded uh by talking about migrants eating people's pets in Springfield Ohio something our moderator David mure fact checked take a look in Springfield they're eating the dogs the people that came in they're eating the cats they're eating they're eating the pets of the people that live there and this is what's happening in our country and it's a shame I just want to clarify here you bring up Springfield Ohio and ABC News did reach out to the city manager there uh he told told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed injured or abused by individuals within the Immigrant Community let's bring in PolitiFact executive director Aaron shakman to help put some of that and other claims from both candidates in context here Erin you heard David there uh and PolitiFact I know has looked into this as well so what did you find about that claim that we heard from former president Trump last night well it's great to be with you Diane and it was awesome to see David uh push back with facts When Donald Trump made that claim this is a baseless claim that started on social media that somehow winded up in the mouth of the Republican Party presid presidential candidate um this has been disproven by a city spokesperson by the mayor and the city police who all say this is not happening uh Donald Trump after the debate went to his TR social uh uh and posted a video that doesn't show what he says it shows uh and specifically not targeting this Haitian immigration population in Springfield Ohio so this is a claim that we rated pants on fire David fact them correctly vice president Harris also claimed that former president Trump left the worst unemployment since the Great Depression what does the data show on that claim yeah this claim rates false uh the unemployment rate did Spike uh to a post Great Depression record of 14.8% but that was in April of 2020 right as the pandemic began to rage Trump was in office then but he didn't leave Biden or Harris with an unemployment rate nearly that High by December 2020 the rate had fallen back down to 6.4% today it sits at 4.2% and the Bureau of Labor Statistics adjusted its jobs numbers for 2023 to show more than 800,000 fewer jobs were added than previously thought TR uh excuse me previously thought Trump called that a fraud by the Biden Harris Administration can you put that into context yeah I'm just going to put it into context using basic logic if it was a fraud why would the Biden Harris Administration release the revision at all um the Bureau of Labor Statistics in August during the DNC revised down the number of jobs added in this country by 88,000 Trump is right about that but economists on the right and the left and anywhere in between say that's just a normal part of how we count our jobs so we ready that claim pants on fire as well uh meanwhile Harris said us oil production had its largest increase in history under the Biden Harris Administration you say that's Happ half true can you explain yeah for a nerd this is a fun one um basically Biden uh KLA Harris was prepared to her butt claims that she was bad on energy policy but she flubbed the line uh she talked about the biggest increase in history uh we are producing more oil in the United States than ever before but it's not actually the biggest increase year-over-year uh we have had bigger increases under President Barack Obama and president Donald Trump so she had the talking point prepared she just said it incorrectly PolitiFact executive director Aaron trachman eron I know we could dissect this whole debate and come up with many many more to unpack but we'll have to leave it there thank you thank you and when it came to health issues at the debate abortion access was front and center Harris described it as a critical and personal issue to so many women former president Trump claimed some states allow for the killing of an infant after birth referencing comments from former Virginia governor Ralph Northam moderator Lindsey Davis later clarified there is no state that allows the killing of a baby after birth and I want to bring ABC News medical contributor Dr Lo Patel joining me now for more on this Dr Patel I wanted to bring you on because there is some nuance and context here in this conversation that they couldn't get into last night for time reasons but let's talk about it because this comment from former Virginia governor Ralph Northam is now once again making the rounds on the internet he's a physician who was speaking about rare late pregnancy cases when the fetus is nonviable and the woman goes into labor so I want to First Take a look at that clip and then get your take on what the medical side of this is if a mother is in labor I can tell you exactly uh what would happen um the infant would be delivered uh the infant would be kept comfortable uh the infant would be resuscitated if if that's what the uh mother and the family desired and then a discussion would ensue between the Physicians and the mother so it's that last line and then a discussion would ensue between the physician and a mother that leaves so much left to interpretation uh this was in the context of a conversation about late term abortion Northam spokesperson later said that the governor was not referring here to the euthanasia of infants born after a failed abortion and that what he was talking about was a tragic I'm quoting here tragic and extremely rare case in which a woman with a non-viable pregnancy or severe fetal abnormalities went into labor so Dr Patel can you explain from a medical standpoint that particularly that last part of his sentence what do you think he meant by that and where do you think we need to add clarity about this conversation and how this kind of procedure uh happens D what we can glean from the former Governor noram what his comments were are there there are these rare situations in which a fetus has a serious medical condition and if that doesn't jeopardize the life of the pregnant individual it could jeopardize the life of the fetus or there's a low chance of survival after birth and in these extremely heartbreaking situations there is a decision about what is best for comfort care for the life of the baby after delivery this is the world in which Governor Northam the former Governor was referring to and a very serious conversation that does happen between members of a healthcare team and a family it is important to note that infanticide that is the euth euthanizing an infant after birth is criminalized in every single state there is no state in which executing a baby after birth is legal or even considered this is a very specific situation that involves bioethics and what is best for the family and for a baby what they serious medical condition so I just want to be extra clear when you say Comfort Care is that for example the extent to which you will go to extend someone's life the same way you might make a decision with a really sick family member and the extent you will go to extend their life that's correct and again what you said is extremely important it is it is a decision this is shared decision-making and that is what that radio interview was referring to so what should voters know about late term abortions you're in the seventh 8th month we heard of vice president Harris say you know that doesn't really happen how rare are they does it happen why does it happen talk me through that then according to abortion surveillance data from the CDC about 93.5% of abortions happen before the first 13 weeks of pregnancy in the first trimester around 5.7% are going to happen between 14 to 20 weeks and then less than 1% take place after 21 weeks there are a handful of states that allow abortions to occur in that third trimester but this is usually going to be in the situation of a medical emergency to save the life of a pregnant individual or with a severe medical condition for the fetus with a low chance of survival it's also important to note that the majority of these early abortions are medication induced abortions before nine weeks so again it is a misconstruing of the data to say or to think that these third trimester abortions are very common and in fact most medical associations actually move away from that term term abortion because that is not a medically defined term all right Dr Lo Patel thank you coming up Hurricane Francine barrels toward Louisiana the biggest threats and when the storm is expected to make [Music] landfall with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched news across all of Television get ready America every Friday the hottest Trends Styles and must have what's the right stuff to buy right now I really love that it's time to buy the right stuff yes and save big time too The Right Stuff Fridays on GMA you're going to love it whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at War en rolling for this tornado tore through this town from Leon main the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly Mission strike ABC News live everywhere in Iceland let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live ABC News live you're streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere first thing in the morning there's a lot going on we're still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened overnight clashing over National Security what's happening today tensions in the Middle East what people are talking talking about the worries on Wall Street fast straightforward with some fun in between catching up on sleep during the weekend could be good for your heart non-alcoholic bars are popping up in a growing number of cities that's the spirit America This Morning America's number one early morning news on ABC News live it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know give it to me your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest stars music Trends and of course good food it's all coming up on gma3 you're going to love it we'll see you then GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that me too welcome back to ABC News live first franzine is now a strong category one hurricane barreling toward Louisiana Iana it set to make landfall today very close to that same area devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 rain from the storms outer bands are already drenching parts of the Gulf Coast ABC's Matt rivers in in the town of Huma Louisiana in the path of that storm with more hey Diane this storm very much moving into this area even if we think that the worst of it will come later on today uh the wind the rain certainly both of them are going to be a concern but if we're looking at this storm specifically I think it's flooding and the water that's going to come from it uh that poses the greater risk as opposed to the wind from a storm like this down here along the Bayou and Homo where we are the water level already higher than it should be and yet this storm really just starting to ramp up it's going to be a lot of rain in a short amount of time locally there could be up to 10 Ines of rainfall and all of that is a recipe for flash flooding and we know that during hurricanes like this traditionally speaking the majority of injuries and death come not from the wind but from the water so that's the big concern at the moment the one good thing about a storm coming ashore in a place like this in Louisiana is the residents around here the people who live here they're used to storms this is something that many of the people here a longtime residents have been through before as a result people aren't taking this uh lightly they are preparing very proactively even if it seems like this hurricane won't match the intensity of others in the previous years that have come ashore if there is one thing though that is an overriding concern for for people out here it would be power loss if and when the power goes out from this storm in this area when the power goes out it tends to stay out for a while we've seen that happen after previous storms and in talking to people uh over the last couple days here there is the concern that that could certainly happen again Diane ABC's Matt Rivers thank you and major emergency response preparations are underway as Francine gets closer to making landfall the national spokesperson for the American Red Cross Stephanie Fox is joining me now from Baton Rouge Stephanie I know it's a busy time so thanks for coming on can you walk me through what it's like in Baton Rouge right now yeah good morning Diane first I would be remiss not to honor and remember those folks who were so deeply impacted by the events 23 years ago today in fact we have volunteers that are supporting here in Louisiana that have deployed in who were First Responders and Military members that served at Ground Zero so we're extremely grateful for their service then and now right here in Louisiana we are planning for the arrival of hurricane Francine we've been coordinating for the last several days with our local emergency officials we've been standing up our supplies ensuring we have plenty of folks as far as a Workforce is concerned we've got over a hundred folks that have mobilized on the ground and we are ensuring that we can respond to whatever and wherever that impact is going to be Stephanie how is the American Red Cross preparing for this hurricane right now we've been working with our elected officials to determine what are those needs of the communities in advance do we believe there's going to need to be shelters open after the storm has passed after that danger has come through where there shelters needed before that that maybe the parish needed a little assistance with supplies like cots and blankets and snacks um and then of course we are ensuring that no matter where that impact is going to be we have the Personnel to be able to respond long after the impacts um are are exiting the area and that's not just here in Louisiana that includes Mississippi Arkansas Missouri and those states that are down the line with the Imp of this storm and Stephanie as I hear some of the areas and towns and cities that are expected to be impacted by this storm it's hard not to think of Katrina this is a very similar area that was devastated by that storm in 2005 what's changed in terms of emergency preparations and response since then yeah Louisiana is no stranger to natural disasters unfortunately and as far as preparedness is concerned everyone has really learned a lot to be able to respond better to the needs of communities to help stand up and support those needs in advance maybe supporting more of the Health and Human Services angle the Red Cross knows how to better respond to emergencies as well every disaster we say you've seen one disaster you've seen one disaster we learn every single event that we respond to across the United States how we can best serve those communities and here in Louisiana the people are incredibly resilient they know what to do they know how to stay safe so I want to encourage folks to continue doing that to hunker down as these impacts start to make their way on Shore and to listen to their emergency officials evacuate if needed and stay in while the worst of the storm is impacting the area good advice National spokesperson for the American Red Cross Stephanie Fox Stephanie thank you stay safe thank you and an investigation is underway after a scare on the tarmac at one of the nation's busiest airports two planes collided at Atlanta's Hartsfield Jackson knocking the tail off one of the Jets senior National correspondent St oami has the latest Federal authorities are investigating after an alarming incident on the taxi way of the world's busiest airport seen here on Airport runway security camera video we just hit something on the taxi wave uh could you tell us what what it was a large Delta plane coming towards the camera with more than 200 people was heading to the runway about to fly to Japan when the tip of its wing seen here crashes into the back of a smaller Regional Jet with more than 50 people on their way to Louisiana we were settling in getting ready for a long 15 hour fight and all of a sudden there was a bump and it was a it was a hard bump journalists from our local stations in Cincinnati and Tampa were on the smaller plane this video from WCPO in Cincinnati shows part of the tail sitting on the taxi way people on the smaller planes say no one was hurt but it was still frightening it felt and sounded like a car crashed there was you know kind of that crunch there was there was that that push that you get often times when these kinds of on the ground collisions occur weather's involved it's rain it's nighttime and so it's lower visibility this was a bright sunny day the numbers show that there was a significant increase in the number of close calls at US airports in 2023 those numbers are down slightly in 20124 and experts say the reasons are complicated one of them is a shortage of air traffic controllers the passengers on both of these flights were put on other planes and arrived safely Ste Sami thank you coming up a scua diver makes waves in the Water Sports World how her videos are encouraging others to explore life in the ocean whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling for this tornado tore through this town from Le the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC News live everywhere in Iceland let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live ABC News live you're streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know give your he your money for breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food it's all coming up on gna3 you're going to love it we'll see you then GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoons for everything you need to know I love that me too let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my [Music] gosh we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn't get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched newscast across all of Television Baywatch is a fantasy Baywatch is sexy Jason Mamoa exploded Carmen was a bombshell Pam Anderson was an icon greed lust Fame Everyone likes to watch sexy things reporting from Oklahoma following the hard hit tornadoes that destroyed homes I'm Melissa Adon wherever the story is we'll take you there your stream ABC News live welcome back to ABC News live first the scuba divver is going viral with her video showing the beauty of a world under water few get to see Gabby Shepard known as black girl blue world says she aims to change representation in the scuba World by being a role model to many of her young followers take a look when I first started posting my videos and I kept seeing the comments like I've never seen another black woman scuba diver and then after they start to see more and more of my videos people are always asking me well where can I do it like I want to dive [Music] too it's just very self- liberating I would love for more black people to know what that feeling is like [Music] we had been in Catalina Island for a few days I just heard like this little voice behind me black girl blue world my daughter is the biggest fan like hardcore diver 14 years old oh my God but that was the first time that I had seen myself as a role model in some way it means a lot she looks like a little mermaid a she a little girl she's a little black girl I was actually just as excited to see her as she would have been to see me because I had also never seen a young black diver like a little girl black diver thank you she I could tell that the moment meant a lot to him it was so [Music] pure it's only been up until recently that more women divers in general have been in the space whenever I'm out traveling on my own going diving I had never seen another blackwoman diver on any boat that I had ever been on the experience of being a black woman on this planet is so specific and we know what we go through so anytime I see another black woman in a space that has not been welcoming to her in the past I know how much work she had to put in and how much strength and bravery she had to have to get there even this little black girl the world is a little bit bigger and more colorful and the path is a little bit brighter for her generation now just because so many paths have been opened up but it's it's still not easy I really want to figure out how to make the sport more accessible to people it can be expensive it can take time one day I hope that it's just normal like it's just normal that you see another black woman scoid di Bur [Music] our thanks to GMA digital for that story you can find more feel-good stories at good morning america.com and thanks to you for watching I'm Diane M the news never stops and neither do we we have a lot more news for you right after the break stay with [Music] us 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does that sound familiar Donald Trump actually has no plan for you because he is more interested in defending himself than he is in looking out for you she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and it's like four sentences like Run Spot Run the race is in a dead heat with 55 days until the final votes the reaction to the contentious face off and what both campaigns are now saying about a potential second debate hurricane Francine strengthens overnight taking aim at the gulf the biggest threats and when the storms expected to make landfall and remembering September 11th 23 years ago today Terror attacks forever changed our country the tributes being held today and world leaders set to attend [Music] but first the Harris campaign is calling for another debate after last night's high stake Showdown on ABC vice president Harris and former president Trump faced off for 90 minutes over the economy and inflation immigration abortion rights foreign policy and more a CNN poll shows that half of debate Watchers say Harris won while Trump's claiming Victory saying he won the debate by a lot now the Harris campaign is proposing they debate again in October while Trump says he's less inclined to debate Harris again but isn't ruling it out chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce has the latest it started with what appeared to be a moment of Civility a historic handshake initiated by the Vice President the rivals meeting for the very first time comeo Harris Let's Have a good debate see you have fun thank you but the niceties didn't last the nominees quickly digging into each other beginning with the issue top of mind for many voters the economy Donald Trump actually has no no plan for you because he is more interested in defending himself than he is in looking out for you she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and it's like four sentences like Run Spot Run four sentences that are just oh we'll try and lower taxes the vice president repeatedly goting Donald Trump trying to get under his skin and what you will also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom the former president taking the bait she said people start leaving people don't go to her rallies there's no reason to go but Trump throwing the heat right back at her wait a minute I'm talking now you don't mind please does that sound familiar she went out one of the most contentious exchanges of the night on abortion Harris trying to capitalize on Democrats advantage on the issue one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government and Donald Trump certainly should not be telling a woman what to do with her body she also dodged when asked if she would support any abortion restrictions while Trump repeated false claims prompting a fact check from moderator lindsy Davis there is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it's born and he refused to rule out signing a National Abortion ban on immigration Trump trying to pin previous chaos at the border on Harris they're destroying the fabric of our country by what they've done Harris laying into to Trump for urging Republicans to kill the bipartisan border deal but what we have in the former president is someone who would prefer to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem and I'll tell you something he's going to talk about immigration a lot tonight even when it's not the subject that is being raised less than two months until the election Trump still refusing to concede he lost the last one are you now acknowledging that you lost in 2020 I don't acknowledge that at all I said that sarcastically you know that and we said oh we lost by a whisker that was said sarcastically look there's so much proof all you have to do is look at it and they should have sent it back to the legislatures for approval the reality there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud and President Biden won the 2020 contest Harris using the moment to call Trump unqualified Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people so let's be clear about that and clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that but we cannot afford to have president of the United States who attempts as he did in the past to upend the will of the voters in a free and fair election in their closing statements Harris vowing to help take the country forward I intend to be a president for all Americans and focus on what we can do over the next 10 and 20 years to build back up our country by investing right now in you the American people while Trump finally honed in on his message questioning why Harris hasn't accomplished her plans during her time as vice president they've had three and a half years to create jobs and all the things we talked about why hasn't she done it now the Harris campaign is certainly feeling good about last night's performance so much so that they are now challenging Trump to a second debate but the big question remains was any of this enough to move the needle to actually make a difference in this race one voter who we know was swayed by what she saw Taylor Swift Last Night posting to her 283 million Instagram followers that she has made up her mind she's done her research she's endorsing kamla Harris Diane chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce thank you and ABC News White House correspondent Mary Alice Parks joins me now for more Mary Alis how significant is this Taylor Swift endorsement and what's the Harris campaign saying about it yeah it was definitely an endorsement that everyone was waiting to see if it would come when it would come look D it's hard to know if those celebrity endorsements ever really move the needle it's hard to find a voter that says that they are going to they're going to vote for one cand or the other just because the celebrity told them to do so but we know that they can make a big difference in just jitting up excitement around an election maybe mobilizing voters who haven't registered to vote haven't made a plan to vote that's where it'll be interesting to see uh and of course it moves the needle at all it'll be also very interesting to see if she spends any time campaigning uh with the vice president if she does any events with her that could make a big difference no doubt I imagine the Harris team feeling really good this morning she said that she was honored I imagine by this weekend they'll be using her music at their rallies Diane now in a fundraising pitch to supporters Harris said debates do not win elections and maintained that they are still The Underdogs that's the quote in this election what does that tell you about their strategy now after this debate look big picture of the Harris team feels incredibly good about last night they feel like she came she did exactly what she came to do I mean they said going into this debate that she wanted to get under Donald Trump's skin and I think was able over the course of the debate to make it a referendum on him I mean during the course of the debate we saw her repeatedly steer the conversation back to where she wanted it to go and and frankly she forced uh the former president to spend a lot of time talking about issues that a lot of Voters aren't interested in things like him talking at length about his legal challenges talking at length and denying uh the election results from last time at one point defending sort of strong men in Europe and those were the moments that the Harris team you know hopes that the independent swing voters especially those more moderate Republicans were paying attention to uh moments where maybe they are put off by the former president on the other hand the Harris team knows that it is one thing to convince a voter that they might not like the other candidate and it's something else entirely to convince them to vote for her and that is where I think the Harris team uh knows they have to focus attention at this point they still have to convince people that that she has policy ideas they can get behind and and very interesting that she feels so good about last night tonight that she is like Mary said there at the end of her piece challenging Trump uh to do it all over again all right Mary Ellis Parks thank you and I want to bring in ABC News contributor Christina sson Ramirez along with Trump campaign representative Alonso Aguilar for more thank you both for coming on Christina immigration is a top issue in this election and vice president Harris has repeatedly said that former president Trump killed the bipartison bill on this issue for political reasons but last night she never answered why they waited until 6 months before for the election to introduce it nor did she lay out a plan for handling immigration going forward do you think vs learned enough about her position on this last night look I think where both campaigns and parties need to do better is on the question of immigration she is more in line with where the American people are that they want a nuanced approach to immigration the truth is we have a system that doesn't allow people to come safe orderly in an a secure way to this country to fill jobs in construction in uh farmw work we we need a system that is secure and safe for those workers so that they're not exploited and that um wages and conditions are not impacted for American workers we can build that system that bill that she was talking about was an attempt at a step forward for that there's so much more that needs to be done on this issue but she's doing more and outline more of a plan than Donald Trump has Donald Trump is talking about rounding up 11 million people that fill critical jobs that if they didn't do our entire food system would collapse in this country and has no actual plan besides to demonize and Target immigrants and even talked about migrants eating Americans pets I mean he seemed so extreme and out of line with reality F so let's talk about that I see you nodding so I'll give you a chance to respond because I do want to talk about Trump's angle on immigration he continuously went after Harris here understandably so polls have showed this as a winning issue for him but he also never really discussed how he would solve it so do you think he said enough in terms of specifics last night well I wish there would have been more substance on both sides on on immigration I agree but as he say I mean this is one of the top two issues and the majority of Americans in every single poll say that Trump would do a better job in Immigration uh I I don't think she helped herself with sing swing voters when she was asked why did you wait till six months before the election to do something no answer uh and Trump continuously needle her on it you know uh you created this crisis and at the end he said well you know she says she has a plan for to deal with this issue well what why is they doing anything right now so and also focusing that in a sense that the damage is done I mean we are seeing the impact of illegal immigration and the reality is that most Americans are concerned about it you talk about deportation but that issue has changed from 10 20 years ago the majority Americans today actually support deportation so she can say whatever she won but on this issue Trump prevailed with those on decided voters and again you win debates by moving the needle in your favor she didn't do anything to move the needle towards uh her candidacy Christina Harris meanwhile has made Reproductive Rights a centerpiece of her campaign she's pledging that if Congress passes a bill to reinstate the protections guaranteed by roie roie way that she would sign that into law but she couldn't mention any abortion restrictions she would support when asked about that last night and when ABC then spoke to Governor wals her running mate and asked him the same question he also did not go into any specifics or name any restrictions that she would support what do you make of that I mean what she talked about abortion which we know is a top issue for millions of women including myself because I live in one of the states I live in Texas where we have gone back on women's rights and Health Care 50 years people that I know that have faced miscarriage that have nearly had to die trying to seek basic health care for a child or baby that they wanted that's the reality that she spoke to and also a lot of the lies that he talked about he was even fact checked um by one of the moderators when he said that babies were being executed post their birth she talked about reinstating roie Wade that has long protected um access and health care for women and we know that most women have abortions in the early stages um of when they get pregnant these are just Extreme Measures that they're trying to talk about instead of talking about the real impact that it has on women and young girls across the country and now Alonso for his part president Trump would not answer if he would veto a National Abortion ban as his running mate JD Vance had said on the campaign Trail and at one point Trump even said he never spoke to Vance about that so do you worry that that could hurt him with swing voters that he says he doesn't support a national ban but he wouldn't go as far as to say that he would veto it if it came up no because he said two things very clearly first uh he put the lie to what Kamala said that he wants a national ban uh he said it numerously uh on a number numerous times that he he going support a national ban that he s to the states and he said he wouldn't have to veto it because it would never make it to his deaths that's exactly what he said but I do think that he turned the tables on canala and pressing her on S support for late term abortion she say she would veto a bill that will ban abortion on the eth and ninth month she talks about Ro versus Wade but right there there should have been a fact check Ro versus Wade allows for abortion yes with restrictions after viability but under the RO regime there is late term abortion and you know uh my colleague says well the majority abortions happen on the first trimester that may be true but you still have thousands of late term abortions over the RO regime she couldn't answer that so I think she was very deceitful on the issue and I think most Americans want to see restrictions and are opposed to late term abortion all right Christina ssun Ramirez Alonso Aguilar we have to leave it there thank you both thank you and we are tracking the path of hurricane Francine now at category 1 strength that Storm's expected to make landfall in Louisiana later today with flash flooding and dangerous storm surges let's bring in ABC's meteorologist Samar Theodore and ABC's AA Jai who is standing by in the storm Zone uh Samar let's start with you what's the latest on the track here hey Diane so Francine is a category one hurricane and we're getting closer and closer to crunch time in fact in the next couple of hours we anticipate the storm to make landfall along the Louisiana coast so because of it we already have these alerts that have been lit up red Hurricane Warning pink hurricane watch New Orleans that's you uh Lake Charles under a tropical storm warning and we have a tropical storm watch digging as deep in as Hattisburg Mississippi there so so here's the forecasted path notice that even between now and the time it makes landfall we could see the strength into a catto storm so we're still anticipating some level of intensification here uh and it's still anticipated to make landfall pretty close to H Louisiana this is the future cast what you're looking at is where the storm could be by 3 p.m. Wednesday and that's this afternoon that's around the time we anticipate this making landfall notice where the strongest winds are very close close to the center of the storm 73 mph winds in h by 400 p.m. New Orleans you're going to see those winds kicking up around 5 by about 8 :00 at night they could intensify uh the other impacts that we're looking at life-threatening storm surge from Morgan City to 5 to 10 feet possible we could see 2 to 5 feet possible in New Orleans and this is the other element that I don't want to leave out the threat for tornadoes we see this often with hurricanes and tropical storms elevated tornado risk stretching through the Florida Panhandle to New Orleans all the way in to parts of Alabama Diane and I want to go over to Ike now Samara because watching that map you don't have to be a meteorologist to see that Ike you're you're in for it now so talk to me about what it's like in New Orleans where you are and how residents they are preparing looking at that map and seeing that that storm is coming right for you well there's a couple things Diane right now it's the proverbial Calm before the storm obviously those outer bands are starting to affect the area here in New Orleans and although the rain is essentially intermittent it's on and off that wind is starting to pick up put my hand right out here and you can definitely feel those wind gusts essentially starting to pick up along this area now in terms of people the people here they are used to these kind of storms but they're set they're certainly taking heed right now uh the roads behind me this is essentially a busy time of the day but they're practically empty right now a lot of the people have moved out of the area or essentially hunker hunkering down waiting for this storm to hit the area now in terms of the effects of this storm we're already starting to see that according to entg Louisiana which is the power company that controls the power here in this area they're already reporting that almost 6,000 people in Jefferson Parish alone are without power right now and this is before that storm essentially makes landfall here so they officials here are saying that they're worried that that number could climb obviously and once that eye of the storm makes landfall and hits here in New Orleans so they're warning people to keep all their devic is charged right now and make sure that they have other things and one more thing I want to hit before curfews that's essentially been uh in place here all the way from last night I told you here in New Orleans where there's a curfew about 8:00 p.m. a lot of the parishes in this area have curfews that are on right now lasting all the way up until Thursday Diane all right Samar Theodore AA jachi thank you both coming up fast moving wildfires gaining strength in California the race to contain the Flames is thousands are forced to flee their homes [Music] whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere from the scene of that deadly missile strike in Dena Ukraine reporting for the earthquake in Turkey in Rolling Fork This 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girl police police will find out what happened at wit's end the hunt for a killer only on Hulu the countdown to the Emy is on love it yes oh my God this is great but first before TV's biggest night it's crazy I was shy yes chef comes the incredible Emmy special Carol bonette ladies and gentlemen Carol bonette the 76th Emy a night of first with Robin Roberts it'll be a crazy good time so crazy Friday night at 87 Central on Network are we on ABC ABC oh my God how do you spell that [Music] ABC welcome back to ABC News live first today marks 23 years since the September 11th attacks here's a live look at the 911 memorials throughout the country where the families of victims are gathering in their M mec's Aaron kki is joining me now from Lower Manhattan for more on that service Aaron what's it like there this morning as we're watching these families read out the names of all of those lives lost it is always somber it is always painful and it instantly brings you back to this moment 23 years too the South Tower of the World Trade Center at this time 23 years ago had just Fallen a bell just told in memory of that moment the North Tower is about 25 minutes away and thick black black smoke began to engulf Lower Manhattan Rising the way Pete Hamill put it like an evil Genie over New York City and it it it it was toxic and we now know that illnesses born from that toxic air have now killed in the intervening 23 years more New York City Firefighters than the 343 who died on that day so there are ever more names at added to the roster of victims from the September 11th attacks and the focal point is on those names those those people who died just going to work or going about their day but this day was also marked by politics because for the second time in less than 24 hours kamla Harris and Donald Trump came face to face and shook hands as they each attended what's supposed to be a politics free ceremony but the presence of president President Biden the vice president Trump his running mate did add a tinge of politics to this commemoration Diane as you mentioned Aaron they were both there uh along with President Biden who's now on his way to Shanksville uh because as we know this attack affected several cities and so there will be C several ceremonies going on today what can you tell us about that Shanksville Pennsylvania was where one of the United Flight 93 crashed after passengers steered at away from its intended target at the at the US capital and that happened just about now uh at this time 23 years ago and again will become a focal point uh for both of the president the vice president and former president Trump who before he flies to Shanksville is stopping at a New York City Firehouse with his running mate JD Vance uh to to see firefighters uh on the east side of of Manhattan and the Shanksville uh Memorial yet another focal point for for the nation to mourn today Diane all right Aaron kki down at Ground Zero thanks Aaron and fast moving wildfires in California are now forcing thousands to flee their homes at least 18 fires are burning right now in the state more than 34,000 Acres have been scorched since last week alone the San Bernardino County Sheriff says a 34-year-old man's now in custody suspected of arson in connection with the largest active fire known as the line fire ABC's Melissa Adon is joining me now for more from Big Bear Southern California for more Melissa you can barely see the trees behind you that's how thick the smoke is what's it like there right now exactly Diane it's really interesting something to put into words we're talking about three major wildfires all burning within the same exact time within four counties here in Southern California it is a massive undertaking by calire and by county and City Firefighters what we've been monitoring behind us though is all you've seen right now very very smoky conditions at times we've been seeing these forests and these trees go up in smoke and in Flames several homes in this community here have burned and we've been getting reports and seeing video of other homes other structures that have also been destroyed because of these powerful wildfires this one in particular in the mountain communities were between Los Angeles county and San Bernardino County that's how expansive this Wildfire has grown to and that is the issue again the other Wildfire the line fire there again with that suspected now arsonist that's started that a home they taken and then or in Orange County and in Riverside other issues there but the biggest threat today what we're seeing now high winds as red flag warnings are in effect Diane Melissa Adon and big bear thank you stay safe Melissa coming up protecting our kids from what some are calling a mental health crisis the new push to require warning labels on social [Music] media when news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at War en rolling for this tornado tore through this town from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass 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after the star passed away Tuesday Morning a family of the soul singer and founder of the band maze says quote he lived his life with pure Soul as one would say and for us no one did it better he lived for his music family and friends Beverly was 77 years old I'm Diane Meo the news never stops and neither do we we have a lot more news for you after the break stay with us whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling for this tornado tore through this town from Le main the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC new News live everywhere in Iceland let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live ABC News live you're streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere the countdown to the Emy is on love it yes oh my God this is great but first before TV's biggest night it's crazy I was shocked yes comes the incredible Emmy special Carol bonette ladies and gentlemen Carol Bonet the 76th Emy a night of first with Robin Roberts it'll be a crazy good time so crazy Friday night at 87 Central on what network are we on ABC ABC oh my God how do you spell that ABC ABC News America's number one news source Donald Trump actually has no plan for you because he is more interested in defending himself than he is in looking out for you she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and it's like four sentences like Run Spot Run four sentences that are just oh we'll try and lower taxes it is absolutely well known that these dictators and autocrats are rooting for you to be president again because they're so clear they can manipulate you with flattery and favors the leaders of other countries think that they're weak and incom competent and they are they are grossly incompetent Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people so let's be clear about that and clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that but we cannot afford to have a president of the United States who attempts as he did in the past to upend the will of the voters in a free and fair election she's been there for three and a half years they've had three and a half years to fix the Border they've had 3 and 1/2 years to create jobs and all the things we talked about why hasn't she done it those are some of the big moments from last night's high stakes presidential debate welcome back to ABC News live first I'm Diane meedo vice president Harris and former president Trump faced off for 90 minutes last night over the economy inflation immigration abortion rights foreign policy and more a CNN poll shows more than half of debate Watchers say Harris won while Trump is claiming Victory saying he won the debate by a lot now the Harris campaign is proposing they debate again in October while Trump says he's less inclined to debate Harris again but isn't ruling it out and I want to bring in ABC News White House correspondent Mary Alis Parks who was the only Network correspondent in the room for the actual debate and so Mar I want to pull on that a little bit first I can't imagine what it was like to actually be in the room but what did you hear what did you notice what stuck out to you that maybe those of us watching at home didn't see or or here on our television sets yeah Dan right off the bat that moment with the handshake it was very clear when Harris entered the room that she wanted to own that room she wanted to be in command and frankly wanted the debate to play out on her Turf she crossed her Podium and went over to him to introduce herself you know I was struck of course by those moments that did not get picked up on the microphone we know the mics were only on when it was the candidate's turn to speak and it was noticeable that both candidates of course tried to interject on occasion uh when their mic was muted I think on balance she did it more often I'm thinking especially when the former president was talking about abortion you know he was making these claims about about Democrats about blue States how they treat abortion and she repeatedly uh said out loud so that those of us in the room could hear it and I'm pretty sure the former president could hear it as well she said things like that's not true come on that's not right when he said that he was the leader on IVF she said no you're not uh Trump did it as well an occasion Diane but it was interesting he seemed to do it when she would finish her her uh statements he would talk off camera or off mic straight to the moderators demanding more time sort of asking that he would be able to reut her asking for a chance to respond to her so I I definitely noticed less time spent uh sort of interjecting while she spoke but more time asking for the microphone back uh Trump also spoke to ABC News senior reporter kathern falers after the debate saying he doesn't see the need for a second debate because he thinks he did so well in this one I want to play part of that moment for you won't you commit to a second debate with kamla Harris if you believe second debate because she lost tonight very badly so they want they immediately called for a second debate because they lost so we'll you know think about that but uh she immediately called for a second look if she we're looking at we're looking at polls the worst the worst poll that we've had was 71 that I see 71% to like 24 or 25 so Mari he said he's less inclined to have another debate for her but he's not ruling it out what do you make of that well first thing I want to make of it is the fact that he was in the spin room last night it is so uh unusual for one of the candidates to actually go to that spin room location after a debate and basically Advocate on their own behalf that they did well on the debate stage more often than not of course a candidate wants to let their performance on the debate stage speak for itself how it read to all the reporters in the room is that Trump felt like he needed to do cleanup I mean look his team did not feel great about his debate performance they had a hard time spinning his debate performance judg judging it even by the own his own goal sort of what he said he wanted to do it was hard to see you know it was hard for him to argue that he achieved what he wanted to achieve which was to point out some of the places where she has flipped up on her policy proposals so in so interesting that he went to that that spin room after and tried to continue to talk to reporters Diane all right Mary Alis Parks thank you and former president Trump focused on immigration trying to pin the situation at the border on vice president Harris while Harris critic Iz Trump for urging Republicans to kill a bipartisan border deal Trump responded uh by talking about migrants eating people's pets in Springfield Ohio something our moderator David mure fact check take a look in Springfield they're eating the dogs the people that came in they're eating the cats they're eating they're eating the pets of the people that live there and this is what's happening in our country and it's a shame I just want to clarify here you rig up Springfield Ohio and ABC News did reach out to the city manager there uh he told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed injured or abused by individuals within the Immigrant Community let's bring in PolitiFact executive director Aron shakman to help put some of that and other claims from both candidates in context here Erin you heard David there uh and PolitiFact I know has looked into this as well so what did you find about that claim that we heard from former president Trump last night well it's great to be with you Diane and it was awesome to see David uh push back with facts When Donald Trump made that claim this is a baseless claim that started on social media that somehow winded up in the mouth of the Republican Party president presidential candidate um this has been disproven by a city spokesperson by the mayor and the city police who all say this is not happening uh Donald Trump after the debate went to his true social uh uh and posted a video that doesn't show what he says it shows uh and specifically not targeting this Haitian immigration population in Springfield Ohio so this is a claim that we rated pants on fire David fact him correctly vice president Harris also claimed that former president Trump left the worst unemployment since the Great Depression what does the data show on that claim yeah this claim rate's false uh the unemployment rate did Spike uh to a post Great Depression record of 14.8% but that was in April of 201 20 right as the pandemic began to rage Trump was in office then but he didn't leave Biden or Harris with an unemployment rate nearly that High by December 2020 the rate had fallen back down to 6.4% today it sits at 4.2% and the Bure of Labor Statistics adjusted its jobs numbers for 2023 to show more than 800,000 fewer jobs were added than previously thought TR uh excuse me previously thought Trump called that a fraud by the Biden Harris Administration can you put that in into context yeah I'm just going to put it into context using basic logic if it was a fraud why would the Biden Harris Administration release the revision at all um the Bureau of Labor Statistics in August during the DNC revised down the number of jobs added in this country by $818,000 Trump is right about that but economists on the right and the left and anywhere in between say that's just a normal part of how we count our jobs so we ready that claim pants on fire as well meanwhile Harris said us oil production had its large largest increase in history under the Biden Harris Administration you say that's half true can you explain yeah for a nerd this isn't a fun one um basically Biden uh comma Harris was prepared to rebut claims that she was bad on energy policy but she flubbed the line uh she talked about the biggest increase in history uh we are producing more oil in the United States than ever before but it's not actually the biggest increase year-over-year uh we have had bigger increases under President Barack Obama and president Donald Trump so she had the talking point prepared she just said it incorrectly PolitiFact executive director Aon shakman eron I know we could dissect this whole debate and come up with many many more to impact but we'll have to leave it there thank you thank you and when it came to health issues at the debate abortion access was front and Senator Harris described it as a critical and personal issue to so many women former president Trump claimed some states allow for the killing of an infant after birth referencing comments from former Virginia governor Ralph Northam moderator Lindsey Davis later clarified there is no state that allows the killing of a baby after birth and I want to bring ABC News medical contributor Dr Lo Patel joining me now for more on this Dr Patel I wanted to bring you on because there is some nuance and context here in this conversation that they couldn't get into last night for time reasons but let's talk about it because this comment from former Virginia governor Ralph Northam is now once again making the rounds on the internet he's a physician who was speaking about rare late pregnancy cases when the fetus is nonviable and the woman goes into labor so I want to First Take a look at that clip and then get your take on what the medical side of this is if a mother is in labor I can tell you exactly uh what would happen um the infant would be delivered uh the infant would be kept comfortable uh the infant would be resuscitated if if that's what the uh mother and the family desired and then a discussion would ensue between the Physicians and the mother so it's that last line and then a discuss would ensue between the physician and a mother that leaves so much left to interpretation this was in the context of a conversation about lat term abortion Northam spokesperson later said that the governor was not referring here to the euthanasia of infants born after a failed abortion and that what he was talking about was a tragic I'm quoting here tragic and extremely rare case in which a woman with a non-viable pregnancy or severe fetal abnormalities went into labor so Dr Patel can you explain from a medical standpoint that particularly that last part of his sentence what do you think he meant by that and where do you think we need to add clarity about this conversation and how this kind of procedure uh happens Dan what we can glean from the former Governor noram what his comments were are there there are these rare situations in which a fetus has a serious medical condition and if that doesn't jeopardize the life of the pregnant individual it could jeopardize the life of the fetus or there's a low chance of survival after birth and in these extremely heartbreaking situations there is a decision about what is best for comfort care for the life of the baby after delivery this is the world in which Governor Northam the former Governor was referring to and a very serious conversation that does happen between members of a healthcare team and a family it is important to note that infanticide that is the euth euthanizing an infant after birth is criminalized in every single state there is no state in which executing a baby after birth is legal or even considered this is a very spefic specific situation that involves bioethics and what is best for the family and for a baby with a serious medical condition so I just want to be extra clear when you say Comfort Care is that for example the extent to which you will go to extend someone's life the same way you might make a decision with a really sick family member and the extent you will go to extend their life that's correct and again what you said is extremely important it is it is a decision this is shared decision- making and that is what that radio interview was referring to so what's your voters know about late term abortions you're in the seventh eth month we heard of Vice President Harris say you know that doesn't really happen how rare are they does it happen why does it happen talk me through that Dan according to abortion surveillance data from the CDC about 93.5% of abortions happened before the first 13 weeks of pregnancy in the first trimester around 5.7% are going to happen between 14 to 20 weeks and then less than 1% take place after 21 weeks there are a handful of states that allow abortions to occur in that third trimester but this is usually going to be in the situation of a medical emergency to save the life of a pregnant individual or with a severe medical condition for the fetus with a low chance of survival it's also important to note that the majority of these early abortions are medication induced abortions before 9 weeks so again it is a misconstruing of the data to say or to think that these third trimester abortions are very common and in fact most medical associations actually move away from that term late term abortion because that is not a medically defined term all right Dr Lo Patel thank you coming up Hurricane Francine barrels toward Louisiana the biggest threats and when the storm is expected to make landfall if you were coming of age in the 1980s the brat pack was near the center of your cultural awareness but for those of us experiencing it from the inside the brat pack was something very different if you could have the brat pack name not exist would you I hated the brat pack what a disaster why did we take it as an offense Andrew I'm I'm not going to say we were the Beatles or anything well we didn't F sh Stadium 1985 I think we could have why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day's top stories a lot of news today so let's get into it listen now to the Daily News 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the storm specifically I think it's flooding and the water that's going to come from it h that poses the greater risk as opposed to the wind from a storm like this down here along the Bayou and Homo where we are the water level already higher than it should be and yet this storm really just starting to ramp up it's going to be a lot of rain in a short amount of time locally there could be up to 10 in of rainfall and all of that is a recipe for flash flooding and we know that during hurricanes like this traditionally speaking the majority of injuries and deaths come not from the wind but from the water so that's the big concern at the moment one good thing about a storm coming ashore in a place like this in Louisiana is the residents around here the people who live here they're used to storms this is some any of the people here a longtime resident have been through before as a result people aren't taking this uh lightly they are preparing very proactively even if it seems like this hurricane won't match the intensity of others in the previous years that have come ashore if there is one thing though that is an overriding concern for people out here it would be power loss if and when the power goes out from this storm in this area when the power goes out it tends to stay out for a while we've seen that happen after previous storms and in talking to people uh over the last couple days here there is the concern that that could certainly happen again Diane ABC's Matt Rivers thank you and major emergency response preparations are underway as Francine gets closer to making landfall the national spokesperson for the American Red Cross Stephanie Fox is joining me now from Baton Rouge Stephanie I know it's a busy time so thanks for coming on can you walk me through what it's like in Baton Rouge right now yeah good morning Diane first I would be remiss not to honor and remember those folks who were so deeply impacted by the events 23 years years ago today in fact we have volunteers that are supporting here in Louisiana that have deployed in who were First Responders and Military members that served at Ground Zero so we're extremely grateful for their service then and now right here in Louisiana we are planning for the arrival of hurricane Francine we've been coordinating for the last several days with our local emergency officials we've been standing up our supplies ensuring we have plenty of folks as far as a Workforce is concerned we've got over a 100 folks that have mobilized on the ground and we are ensuring that we can respond to what ever and wherever that impact is going to be Stephanie how is the American Red Cross preparing for this hurricane right now we've been working with our elected officials to determine what are those needs of the communities in advance do we believe there's going to need to be shelters open after the storm has passed after that danger has come through where there shelters needed before that that maybe the parish needed a little assistance with supplies like cots and blankets and snacks um and then of course we are ensuring that no matter where that impact is going to be we have the Personnel to be able to respond long after the impacts um are are exiting the area and that's not just here in Louisiana that includes Mississippi Arkansas Missouri and those states that are down the line with the impact of this storm and Stephanie as I hear some of the areas and towns and cities that are expected to be impacted by this storm it's hard not to think of Katrina this is a very similar area that was devastated by that storm in 2005 what what's changed in terms of emergency preparations and response since then yeah Louisiana is no stranger to natural disasters unfortunately and as far as preparedness is concerned everyone has really learned a lot to be able to respond better to the needs of communities to help stand up and support those needs in advance maybe supporting more of the Health and Human Services angle the Red Cross knows how to better respond to emergencies as well every disaster we say you've seen one disaster you've seen one disaster we learn every single event that we respond to across the United States how we can best serve those communities and here in Louisiana the people are incredibly resilient they know what to do they know how to stay safe so I want to encourage folks to continue doing that to hunker down as these impacts start to make their way on Shore and to listen to their emergency officials evacuate if needed and stay in while the worst of the storm is in acting the area good advice National spokesperson for the American Red Cross Stephanie Fox Stephanie thank you stay safe thank you and an investigation is underway after a scare on the tarmac at one of the nation's busiest airports two planes collided at Atlanta's Hartsfield Jackson knocking the tail off one of the Jets senior National correspondent Steve oans Sami has the latest Federal authorities are investigating after an alarming incident on the taxi way of the world's busiest airport seen here on Airport run Runway security camera video we just hit something on the taxi wave uh could you tell us what what it was a large Delta plane coming towards the camera with more than 200 people was heading to the runway about to fly to Japan when the tip of its wing seen here crashes into the back of a smaller Regional Jet with more than 50 people on their way to Louisiana we were settling in getting ready for a long 15-hour flight all a sudden there was a bump and it was a it was a hard bump journalists from our local stations in cinnati and Tampa were on the smaller plane this video from WCPO in Cincinnati shows part of the tail sitting on the taxi way people on the smaller planes say no one was hurt but it was still frightening it felt and sounded like a car crash there was you know kind of that crunch there was there was that that push that you get often times when these kinds of on the 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but first the Harris campaign is calling for another debate after last night's high stake Showdown on ABC vice president Harris and former president Trump faced off for 90 minutes over the economy and inflation immigration abortion rights foreign policy and more a CNN poll shows more than 60% of debate Watchers say Harris won while Trump is claiming Victory saying he won the debate by a lot now the Harris campaign is proposing they debate again in October while Trump says he's less inclined to debate Harris again but isn't ruling it out now the candidates were asked how they would handle the Israel Hamas War among many other issues and I want to play you a part of their response on that one on October 7 Hamas a terrorist organization slaughtered 1200 Israelis I said then I say now Israel has a right to defend itself we would and how it does so matters because it is also true far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed children mothers what we know is that this war must end it must when end immediately and the way it will end is we need a ceasefire de and we need the hostages out she hates Israel if she's president I believe that Israel will not exist within 2 years from now and I've been pretty good at predictions and I hope I'm wrong about that one she hates Israel ABC News White House correspondent Mary OS Parks joins me now from Philadelphia for more Mar's vice president Harris endorsed a two-state solution but she didn't specify how she would handle this issue differently from President Biden so how critical is this issue in the race for the White House and how does vice president Harris's position compare to former president Trump's and to President Biden's right yeah Dan she's been asked this question would she do anything different than President Biden and so far she has basically said no look this is a really tough issue for her Republicans you heard there Trump accusing her of not standing with Israel enough uh she has fought back against that idea said that that's absolutely absurd to pointed to the ways that the Biden Administration has continued to supply sort of weapons and support and diplomatic support uh to Israel but of course she's also trying to walk a fine line I mean you heard there in her answer she also uh said that Israel as a friend and an ally uh was not Prosecuting this war in a way that she thought uh was okay either really I mean she talked about how she thought there were too many civilian lives lost and of course she knows that there are also a lot of Americans that are frustrated that this war has gone on they're frustrated by the pictures of Destruction the the civilian death toll that they've seen no doubt this is really tricky for her she doesn't want frankly Democrats to stay home on this issue but she also doesn't want moderate Republicans to think that she's not standing with an ally now former president Trump also repeated claims that he can end the war in Ukraine but he also didn't say exactly how or whether he wants Ukraine to win the war how significant is that yeah I actually think that this is really significant really politically significant there are a lot of those uh swing voters those kind of independent voters right in the middle that have told us have told me many times out on the campaign Trail they're frustrated by how Trump talks about Ukraine and talks about frankly the NATO alliance I mean I think that a lot of Americans still do see a value in the United States being engaged with NATO sort of standing up to Russia and frankly I think a lot of folks are confused uh that he isn't sort of more clear in in his support of Ukraine I think that there are some Republicans really put off by that and of course it's a big difference between Trump and those Republicans on Capital Hill that want to continue to support Ukraine and how interesting Diane that that it was the vice president herself that actually made foreign policy a really centerpiece of the debate last night she clearly wanted to show that she was ready to be commander-in-chief and bring up uh what she said were uh you know was his failings in her words uh when it came to foreign policy Diane all right White House correspondent Mari Alis Parks thank you and now the question is whether Harris and Trump will agree to another debate before election day let's bring in White House correspondent Karen Travers for more on that Karen you talk to radio hosts Across America every day so what are you hearing from them about what stood out last night Diane that was the big question that I was getting in every city that I spoke to this morning in that post- debate recap will there be a second debate between vice president Harris and Donald Trump now the Harris campaign says game on let's do this they want to have a scheduled debate in October because they feel that she won the debate last night that it went so well for her that they want to get her right back out there on a stage and go toe-to-toe again with the former president Donald Trump however has said he is less inclined to do another debate but he says it's because he feels he did great last night and won the debate no surprise Democrats are saying it's because he does not want to go through that again the other big takeaway from talking to Anchors across the country today is that you know Harris went into that debate with a strategy to talk about herself and her policies to talk about the contrast with Donald Trump but also to try to get under his skin to bait him him to go off topic and and get away from his own talking points and and game plan and they felt that she did exactly that last night which is of course exactly what her campaign feels Diane Karen Travers at the White House Karen thank you and Republican strategist Trisha mcglaughlin joins me now along with Democratic strategist kyvon TR for more thank you both for coming on Trisha you're a former senior adviser for former presidential candidate M Vic ramaswami and he tweeted after the debate that quote key to decoding debate tonight is actions speak louder than words don't fall for the trick that commus handlers are trying out here what do you think he means by that and do you agree well I haven't actually seen that tweet so I'm not exactly sure what he was referring to but I think that the number one point of last night was that kamla Harris failed to actually Define herself we all remember for the past three weeks where she really went without any interviews and that left a vacuum for Donald Trump to really start to Define her what Donald Trump didn't do it looks like we may have lost Trisha we're going to see if we can get her back U but in the meantime Kyon I want to ask you about this Taylor Swift endorsement she's now endorsing Harris she posted on Instagram about AI being used to show her falsely endorsing Trump and then went on to say that Harris fights for rights and causes that she believes need a warrior to Champion them uh Trump is now warning that he thinks Taylor Swift could pay a price in the marketplace for endorsing Harris talk to me about this endorsement does it really matter I know it's getting a lot of attention but do you think people will actually go to the polls and vote a certain way because Taylor Swift or any other celebrity is telling them to I think not because you know Taylor Swift sent a tweet but what we have seen is the power of somebody specifically Taylor Swift frankly in registering young voters right at her concerts through her online platforms and so taking that step and getting hundreds of thousands of folks to register which I do think she can absolutely achieve is right the first step of getting them to show up at the polls and vote for vice president Harris now I've written about this months ago the power and potential I think of a Taylor Swift endorsement and what I want to see from her and I hope to see is consistent advocacy on this issue hopefully this won't be the beginning and the end of the conversation from her she has a massive platform to mobilize and I think Donald Trump is right right she is a business woman you know not to boil her down to an object but she is an export she's a billion dooll American export we've just seen that she is leading in defining culture globally and she's an American Superstar so she has a vested interest in our democracy as we all do but she's a very smart woman who's been very thoughtful and I think her post reflected that and her post also reflected the substance of that debate because it obviously made a brand like Taylor Swift comfortable to come out full throttled support behind vice president Harris all right and it looks like we have Trisha back so Trisha first I want to go back to the answer you were in the middle of and and give you a chance to finish before I move on to my next question of course I feel KLA Harris failed to Define herself last night she also failed to address the flip-flops that she's had and I think that that's a huge vulnerability for her whether it be fracking she denied that she had advocated in 2020 of course she had she's on the record as the co-sponsor for the Green New Deal she even went as far as to say she would end the filibuster to get that passed that is a major vulnerability in the Battleground State like Pennsylvania but that's a major vulnerability for energy Security in the United States there's also problems with the inflation reduction act which she voted she was the tiebreaking vote for even now just last week Biden admitted that inflation reduction act which TR poured trillions of dollars into the economy had nothing to do with stying inflation had everything to do with the climate agenda these are things she has to answer the answer questions about Trisha you also said yesterday before the debate you told me Trump has to focus on policy he has to avoid personal attacks and he has to not let Harris get under his skin so how do you think he did on that front I thought he avoided personal attacks primarily actually KLA Harris lotted a lot more personal attacks at Donald Trump than she did hit that being said I think she did get under his skin um when bringing up the crowd sizes she definitely she she was successful in that that was that prosecutor mind so I'll give credit where credits due I think he should have avoided that and I think um you know next time we'll see what happens I think that there she be more debate and she's got to answer these really basic questions because what she's presenting is not serving the American people and on the on the Taylor Swift endorsement piece I want to hear what policies of Cela Harris is she actually supports because right now it's seeming like champagne problems she's going with the Vibes and virality that's not going to help Americans who are struggling to food food on the table who are taking on second jobs because inflation is so bad who can't put gas in their cars that's what Americans really care about not endorsements of celebrities Kon the Harris campaign immediately called for another debate Trump says he doesn't see the need for a second debate because he thinks he he so he did so well but he left it in the air so it's not like he's ruling it out we could see another debate was there something you think Harris missed that last night a question she dodged or an answer she didn't say fully that you wish she would have said and you think may come out in another debate I think she aced that performance I will say I think you know if you were her team you had to be over the moon I was at uh Governor hoko's debate watch party and you know I remember watching that June debate with Joe Biden and 30 seconds in my heart sank the opposite was there in that room the energy behind her I do think that going forward one of the messages that I think she can focus on a little bit more was the one that she brought up mostly in her closing statement and of course not everyone stays to watch the full debate which was a new generation of leadership we saw that being a powerful argument even in the primary season on both sides and so she is now that younger New Generation candidate and I think she tied that new generation of leadership to moving past the conflict and division of Donald Trump right on the question of race she didn't take the bait and go into a tit fortat with him being disgusting about her background she said America deserves better Americans view each other as neighbors we don't want you who's used race for decades to divide Us by you know our skin color and those types of messages were powerful she said when I was a prosecutor I didn't worry was somebody a Republican or a Democrat I worried are you okay so that type of message is really effective all right and now just for fun quick predictions yes or no kivon do we see another debate or not yes Trisha I think so okay we'll see thank you both for coming on always great to talk to you both thank you and a new report is shedding more light on that top election issue of the economy and inflation new data shows inflation slowed more than expected in August Paving the way for a potential interest rate cut the Consumer Price Index shows prices increased 0.2% from July to August and 2.5% compared to a year ago ABC's Elizabeth Shel joins me now from the White House for more on this Elizabeth can you break down these numbers for us what they mean for a potential rate Cut Rate cut and also as your you're literally standing in front of the White House what does this mean for the race right now well big picture Diane this report means that there has been significant progress in this fight against inflation that two 2.5% annual rate is the lowest level that we've seen since February of 2021 so we're getting close to that 2% inflation Target that the Federal Reserve and a lot of policy makers see is a healthy rate of inflation in the economy a lot better than that 9% Peak that we were talking about you know just over two years ago there was some significant Improvement in a lot of areas where people have been complaining about high prices especially when you look at groceries those prices have been easing price of gas has been down significantly in fact I was just looking at your your typical gallon of gas down about 60 cents compared to this time last year that said there are still some very clear pain points that shows that the inflation fight isn't completely over and one of those areas is rent rent prices are up about 5% in the past year that's an area that shows to the FED yes it's ready to start cutting interest rates probably next week we expect that first interest rate cut in four years to happen but this report shows the FED might not have to be as dramatic in those rate Cuts it'll probably take a more gradual approach what does this mean for politics Diane well we have seen former president Trump TI really capitalize on his advantage in inflation on the fact that a lot of Voters do not rank former President Biden or vice president Harris strongly when it comes to their handling of the economy but there is some progress here that we can likely expect we already see the White House touting you can probably see the vice president say there is progress to be made as she tries to also lay out her vision for the future Diane all right ABC is Elizabeth Shel at the White House thank you and Francine is now a category one hurricane expected to make landfall in Louisiana in just a matter of hours as the storm moves Inland it's expected to bring high winds flash flooding and even possible tornadoes to parts of Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and western Florida let's bring in ABC News meteorologist Mar Theodore and ABC's AA Jai standing by in the storm Zone Samar what's the latest on Francine's path well actually Diane we just got the latest update about 15 minutes ago so you know the hurricane Hunters they're flying in those planes high in the sky headed into the storm and the latest information that we got that helps us fine-tune the forecast says there's not much more in the way of strengthening when it comes to Francine nonetheless it's still a very strong category one hurricane with winds at 90 mes per hour this is the path it's intended to take so pretty close to H New Orleans I'm sorry H Louisiana and then pushing deeper into places like Miss Mississippi and even Tennessee in the days to come so timing This Out 3 p.m. Wednesday that's this afternoon notice where the core of the storm is situated very close to H winds picking up to 64 plus miles per hour by about 5 six o'clock that reaches New Orleans once it hits New Orleans we start to see those winds ramping up before then pushing into places like Gulfport the biggest impacts here storm surge 5 to 10 feet right along that Coastline rainfall 6 to 12 in coming down in a quick amount of time with strong G gting winds that could lead to power outages and I can't leave out that threat for tornadoes something we see often with storms like this Diane like I know you're in New Orleans where Francine is expected to hit so translate for us what we're seeing on the map what does that feel like where you are well right now Diane those outer bands of the storm are starting to affect New Orleans here you can see right behind me although the rain is intermittent at some points on and off that wind that samaro was talking about is definitely starting to feel here those gusts of winds are picking up every so often here and it's definitely something you can feel now the effects of the storm are certainly starting to have some kind of effects on the community here over 6,000 people according to entg Louisiana are without power and officials say that number is expected to grow what else is changing the travel right now we're being told that almost all of the inbound flights into New Orleans here have essentially been cancelled the departing flights are still on schedule but those are expected to essentially be delayed or canceled as the day goes on also we should be looking at some of those school cancellations we know as of right now that majority of schools in the parishes along New Orleans have on a half day since yesterday A lot of them or almost all of them are closed today and that's expected to last up until Friday not only until the storm is in this area but until it moves out and then they're still surveying that damage now talking about that damage so many homes and businesses here have been sandbagging and boarding up their windows in preparation for Francine making landfall Diane all right tomor Theodore I aachi thank you both and major emergency preparations are underway as this storm approaches the nonprofit United Cajun Navy was formed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and is now aiding in those preparations the president and founder of the United cun Navy Todd Terrell is joining me now with more on Francine and Todd Katrina changed not only how New Orleans prepares for hurricanes but how many areas now prepare for Hurricane so what do preparations for Francine look like right now as this storm approaches well this has been a challenging storm because as y'all know it's been moving so many different directions uh we don't need a Katrina to cause a lot of damage especially flooding so right now it's just a mad rush to get sandbags into people to make sure they don't flood uh this is going to be an interesting storm uh it's moving a little bit further east which is going to affect a little bit more of grand is New Orleans area uh and even Baton Rouge and as you can see right now we're we're trying to fill sandbags as fast as we can a lot of elderly people can't get to the sandbags and they need help doing it so we're out here actually taking care of a lot of of elderly people we should do close to about 100,000 stand bags by the end of the day your work is incredible Todd does it change anything that this is more or less the same area that was impacted by Katrina well for a lot of us it brings up memories about what happened during Katrina the difference is technology is so much better we have better forecasting um you know we have more volunteers more nonprofit organizations willing to help and just's more people willing to help each other so it brings back a lot of you know memories for a lot of us but this year I think it's going to affect a lot more people uh on flooding all right Todd Terell of the United cun Navy Todd thanks for the work you do and for stopping to share your story with us stay safe thank you coming up fast moving wildfires gaining strength in California the race to contain the Flames as thousands are forced to flee their [Music] homes first thing in the morning there's a lot going on we're still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened overnight clashing over National Security what's happening today tensions in the Middle East what people 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Melissa Adon joins me now for more from Big Bear in Southern California for more on that Diane we are monitoring three major wildfires across four counties here in Southern California it is a massive undertaking by calfire by count and City Firefighters as their resources are spread throughout this region we have seen video of reports of homes that have been up in Flames destroyed by these wildfires and it's something we've been monitoring in the distance we see some of those firefighters and we continuously see some of those Flames that go up here throughout this Mountain Community where between Los Angeles county and San Bernardino where mandatory evacuations are underway right now very very smoky conditions and the threat are high winds as there is a red flag warning in a place in this community and throughout the Southern California region which is going to make it really challenging for firefighters as they continue to fight these fires some of these fires in fact have been 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finding a polar bear in a snowstorm and so you leave and that's exactly what happened to me mamography did not pick up my cancer and um it's important because we know if you pick up cancer earlier uh it's easier to treat and um so we want people to know that they have whether or not they have dense breasts and it's something you can't detect yourself you can't feel the density and so many people think that they can so from starting from yesterday when you have mamography screening they will let you know whether you're breast or dense or not they will also let your health provider know now that's just the beginning they have to notify you within 30 days so you leave mamography and you have a negative screening and you get something in the mail or email that says you have dense breast that's really when this is going to make a difference for you so if you're a um a a patient and you get this letter open it the last thing you want to do is go back for more testing I get it take it seriously you're busy but make sure that you go and have this screening because it can save your lives and if there is cancer there you want to want to catch it earlier uh the early or the better um I was fine I went through a lot of treatment um me uh masectomy chemotherapy and radiation and I'm I have a great prognosis but you want to catch this as early as you can and so my goal today in this interview is to really challenge you to take that step further don't wait till next year because next year some cancers go very quickly and next year can make a big difference to the treatment that you get and really it impacts your whole family so many women think well I put my kids first my husband first I'm busy doing this and that the way to put your family first is to stay healthy because this will impact your whole family if indeed you like Dean Fraser Dean Frasier I am one of those people with dense breast as well and it can be scary because as you said the polar bear in the snowstorm my mammograms often come back inconclusive then you have to wait to get an ultrasound in my case at one point they just wanted to look at one breast not the other which didn't really make sense to me so and sometimes even the ultrasound itself isn't clear so what's your advice for patients who fall into this category because it's easy to say take the next steps ask for the exam but sometimes you get a lot of push back in that process talk to your provider it's a conversation that you have together looking at the risk I didn't have any risk in my family I had no risk as far as I was concerned but talk to your health care provider go over that risk and then talk about other things that you can do it could be an ultrasound uh could be an MRI could be a 3D M mammograms so really um the first step is to have that discussion all right dean of Columbia University School of Nursing breast cancer patient Lorraine Frasier Dean Frasier thank you for coming on I know you're due for your final treatment in January I'm glad you're feeling okay and we are we're all with you so thank you for joining us and uh and and inspiring so many of us really yeah you're welcome good to see you good to see you too and thank you for watching I'm Diane M the news never stops and neither do we and we have a lot more news for you right after the break stay with [Music] us the countdown to the emies is on love it yes oh my God this is great but first before TV's biggest night it's crazy I was shocked yes chef comes the incredible Emmy special Carol betet ladies and gentlemen Carol the 76th emys a night of first with Robin Roberts it'll be a crazy good time so crazy Friday night at 87 Central on what network are we on ABC ABC oh my God how do you spell that ABC ABC News America's number one news source [Music] hi I'm diano today on ABC News live first vice president Harris and former president Trump at their first debate Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people I'm talking now if you don't mind please does that sound familiar Donald Trump actually has no plan for you because he is more interested in defending himself than he isn't looking out for you she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and and it's like four sentences like Run Spot Run the race is in a dead heat with 55 days until the final votes the reaction to the contentious face off and what both campaigns are now saying about a potential second debate hurricane Francine strengthens overnight taking aim at the gulf the biggest threats and when the storms expected to make landfall and remembering September 11th 23 years ago today Terror attacks forever changed our country the tributes being held today and world leaders set to [Music] attend but first the Harris campaign is calling for another debate after last night's high stake Showdown on ABC vice president Harris and former president Trump faced off for 90 minutes over the economy and inflation immigration abortion rights foreign policy and more a CNN poll shows that half of debate Watchers say Harris won while Trump's claiming Victory saying he won the debate by a lot now the Harris campaign is proposing they debate again in October while Trump says he's less inclined to debate Harris again but isn't ruling it out chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce has the latest it started with what appeared to be a moment of Civility a historic handshake initiated by the Vice President the rivals meeting for the very first time comeo Harris what up good debate see you have fun thank you but the niceties didn't last the nominees quickly digging into each other beginning with the issue top of mind for many voters the economy Donald Trump actually has no plan for you because he is more interested in defending himself than he isn't looking out for you she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and it's like four sentences like Run Spot Run four sentences that are just oh we'll try and lower taxes the vice president repeatedly goting Donald Trump trying to get under his skin and what you will also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom the former president taking the bait she said people start leaving people don't go to her rallies there's no reason to go but Trump throwing the heat right back at her wait a minute I'm talking now if you don't mind please does that sound familiar she went out one of the most contentious exchanges of the night on abortion haris trying to capitalize on democrat's advantage on the issue one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government and Donald Trump certainly should not be telling a woman what to do with her body she also dodged when asked if she would support any abortion restrictions while Trump repeated false claims prompting a fact check from moderator lindsy Davis there is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it's born and he refused to rule out signing a National Abortion ban on immigration Trump trying to pin chaos at the border on Harris they're destroying the fabric of our country by what they've done Harris laying in to Trump for urging Republicans to kill the bipartisan border deal but what we have in the former president is someone who would prefer to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem and I'll tell you something he's going to talk about immigration a lot tonight even when it's not the subject that is being raised less than two months until the election Trump still refusing to concede he lost the last one are you now acknowledging that you lost in I don't acknowledge that at all I said that sarcastically you know that it we said oh we lost by a whisker that was said sarcastically look there's so much proof all you have to do is look at it and they should have sent it back to the legislatures for approval the reality there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud and President Biden won the 2020 contest Harris using the moment to call Trump unqualified Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people so let's be clear about that and clearly he has having a very difficult time processing that but we cannot afford to have a president of the United States who attempts as he did in the past to upend the will of the voters in a free and fair election in their closing statements Harris vowing to help take the country forward I intend to be a president for all Americans and focus on what we can do over the next 10 and 20 years to build back up our country by investing right now in you the American people while Trump finally honed in on his message questioning why Harris hasn't accomplished her plans during her time as vice president they've had three and a half years to create jobs and all the things we talked about why hasn't she done it now the Harris campaign is certainly feeling good about last night's performance so much so that they are now challenging Trump to a second debate but the big question remains was any of this enough to move the needle to actually make a difference in this race one voter who we know was swayed by what she saw Taylor Swift Last Night posting to her 283 million Instagram followers that she has made up her mind she's done her research she's endorsing kamla Harris Diane chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce thank you and ABCs White House correspondent Mar Alice Parks joins me now for more Mar Alice how significant is this Taylor Swift endorsement and what's the Harris campaign saying about it yeah it was definitely an endorsement that everyone was waiting to see if it would come when it would come look Dan it's hard to know if those celebrity endorsements ever really move the needle it's hard to find a voter that says that they are going to they're going to vote for one cand or the other just because the celebrity told them to do so but we know that they can make a big difference in just jitting up excitement around an election maybe mobilizing voters who Haven it registered to vote have it made a plan to vote that's where it'll be interesting to see uh and of course if it moves the needle at all it'll be also very interesting to see if she spends any time campaigning uh with the vice president if she does any events with her that could make a big difference no doubt I imagine the Harris team feeling really good this morning she said that she was honored I imagine by this weekend they'll be using her music at their rallies Diane now in a fundraising pitch to supporters Harris said debates do not win elections and maintained that they are still The Underdogs that's the quote in this election what does that tell you about their strategy now after this debate look big picture of the Harris team feels incredibly good about last night they feel like she came she did exactly what she came to do I mean they said going into this debate that she wanted to get under Donald Trump's skin and I think she was able over the course of the debate to make it a referendum on him I mean during the course of the debate we saw her repeatedly steer the conversation back to where she wanted it to go and and frankly she forced uh the former president to spend a lot of time talking about issues that a lot of Voters aren't interested in things like him talking at length about his legal challenges talking at length and denying uh the election results from last time at one point defending sort of strong men in Europe and those were the moments that the Harris team you know hopes that those independent swing voters especially those more moderate Republicans were paying attention to uh moments where maybe they are put off by the former president on the other hand the Harris team knows that it is one thing to convince a voter that they might not like the other candidate and it's something else entirely to convince them to vote for her and that is where I think the Harris team uh knows they have to focus attention at this point they still have to convince people that that she has policy ideas they can get behind and and very interesting that she feels so good about last night that she is like Mary said there at the end of her piece challenging Trump uh to do it all over again all right Mary Alis Parks thank you and I want to bring in ABC News contributor Christina sunun Ramirez along with Trump campaign representative Alonso Aguilar for more thank you both for coming on Christina immigration is a top issue in this election and vice president Harris has repeatedly said that former president Trump killed the bipartisan bill on this issue for political reasons but last night she never answered why they waited until six months before the election to introduce it nor did she lay out a plan for handling immigration going forward do you think vs learned enough about her position on this last night look I think we're both campaigns and parties and to do better is on the question of immigration she is more in line with where the American people are that they want a nuanced approach to immigration the truth is we have a system that doesn't allow people to come safe orderly and in a secure way to this country country to fill jobs in construction in uh Farm workor we need a system that is secure and safe for those workers so that they're not exploited and that um wages and conditions are not impacted for American workers we can build that system that bill that she was talking about was an attempt at a step forward for that there's so much more that needs to be done on this issue but she's doing more and outlin more of a plan than Donald Trump has Donald Trump is talking about rounding up 11 million people that fill critical jobs that if they didn't do our entire food system would collapse in this country and has no actual plan besides to demonize and Target immigrants and even talked about migrants eating Americans pets I mean he seemed so extreme and out of line with reality Alonso let's talk about that I see you nodding so I'll give you a chance to respond because I do want to talk about Trump's angle on immigration he continuously went after Harris here understandably so polls have showed this is a winning issue for him but he also never really discussed how he would solve it so do you think he said enough in terms of specific last night well I wish there would been more substance on both sides on on immigration I agree but as he say I mean this is one of the top two issues and the majority of Americans in every single poll say that Trump would do a better job in Immigration uh I I don't think she helped herself with sing swing voters when she was asked why did you wait till six months before the election to do something no answer uh and Trump continuously needle her on it you know uh you created this crisis and at the end he said well you know she says she has a plan for to deal with this issue but what why AR they doing anything right now so and also focusing that in a sense that the damage is done I mean we are seeing the impact of illegal immigration and the reality is that most Americans are concerned about it you talk about deportation but that issue has changed from 10 20 years ago the majority Americans today actually support deportation so she can say whatever she want but on this issue Trump prevailed with those on theci side of Voters and again you win debates by moving the needle in your favor she didn't do anything to move the needle towards her candidacy Christina Harris meanwhile has made Reproductive Rights a centerpiece of her campaign she's pledging that if Congress passes a bill to reinstate the protections guaranteed by roie roie way that she would sign that into law but she couldn't mention any abortion restrictions that she would support when asked about that last night and when ABC then spoke to Governor wal her running mate and asked him the same question he also did not go into any specifics or name any restrictions that she would support what do you make of that I mean what she talked about abortion which we know is a top issue for millions of women including myself because I live in one of the states I live in Texas where we have gone back on women's rights and Healthcare 50 years people that I know that have faced miscarriage that have nearly had to Die Trying to seek basic health care for a child or baby that they wanted that's the reality that she spoke to and also a lot of the lies that he talked about he was even fact checked um by one of the moderators when he said that babies were being executed post their birth she talked about reinstating roie Wade that has long protected um access and health care for women and we know that most women have abortions in the early stages um of when they get pregnant these are just Extreme Measures that they're trying to talk about instead of talking about the real impact that it has on women and young girls across the country now Alonso for his part president Trump would not answer if he would veto a National Abortion ban as his running M ad Vance had said on the campaign Trail and at one point Trump even said he never spoke to Vance about that so do you worry that that could hurt him with swing voters that he says he doesn't support a national ban but he wouldn't go as far as to say that he would veto it if it came up no because he said two things very clearly first uh he put the lie to what Camala said that he wants a national ban uh he said it numerously uh on a number numerous times that he he support an actual ban that he s to the states and he said he wouldn't have to veto it because it would never make it to his desk that's exactly what he said but I do think that he turned the tables on Camala and pressing her on S support for late term abortion she didn't say if she would veto a bill that would ban abortion on the eth and ninth month she talks about Ro versus Wade but right there there should have been a fact check Ro versus Wade allows for abortion yes with restrictions after viability but under the road regime there is late term abortion and you know uh my colleague says well the majority abortions happen on the first trimester that may be true but you still have thousands of late term abortions over the RO regime she couldn't answer that so I think she was very deceitful on the issue and I think most Americans want to see restrictions and are opposed to late term abortion all right Christina suun Ramirez Alonso agilar we have to leave it there thank you both thank you and we are tracking the path of hurricane Francine now at category one strength that storms expected to make landfall in Louisiana later today with flash flooding and dangerous storms surges let's bring in ABC's meteorologist Samar Theodor and ABC's AA Jai who is standing by in the storm Zone Samar let's start with you what's the latest on the track here hey Diane so Francine is a category 1 hurricane and we're getting closer and closer to crunch time in fact in the next couple of hours we anticipate the storm to make landfall along the Louisiana coast so because of it we already have these alerts that have been lit up red Hurricane Warning pink hurricane watch New Orleans that's you uh Lake Charles under a tropical storm warning and we have a tropical storm watch digging as deep in as Hattisburg Mississippi there so here's the forecasted path notice that even between now and the time it makes landfall we could see the strength into a catto storm so we're still anticipating some level of intensification here uh and it's still anticipated to make landfall pretty close to H Louisiana this is the future cast what you're looking at is where the storm could be by 300 p.m. Wednesday and that's this afternoon that's around the time we anticipate this making landfall notice where the strongest winds are very close to the center of the storm 73 M hour winds in h by 4 p.m. New Orleans you're going to see those winds kicking up around 5 by about 8 9:00 at night they could intensify uh the other impacts that we're looking at life-threatening storm surge from Morgan City Toom 5 to 10 feet possible we could see 2 to 5 ft possible in New Orleans and this is the other element that I don't want to leave out the threat for tornado we see this often with hurricanes and tropical storms elevated tornado risk stretching through the Florida Panhandle to New Orleans all the way in to parts of Alabama Diane and I want to go over to Ike now Samara because watching that map you don't have to be a meteorologist to see that Ike you're you're in for it now so talk to me about what it's like in New Orleans where you are and how residents they are preparing looking at that map and seeing that that storm is coming right for you well there's a couple things Diane right now it's the proverbial Calm before the storm obviously those outer bands are starting to affect the area here in New Orleans and although the rain is essentially intermittent it's on and off that wind is starting to pick up put my hand right out here and you can definitely feel those wind gusts essentially starting to pick up along this area now in terms of people the people here they are used to these kind of storms but they're set they're certainly taking heed right now uh the roads behind me this is essentially a busy time of the day but they're practically empty right now a lot of the people have moved out of the area or essentially hunker hunkering down waiting for this storm to hit the area now in terms of the effects of this storm we're already starting to see that according to entg Louisiana which is the power company that controls the power here in this area they're already reporting that almost 6,000 people in Jefferson Parish alone are without power right now and this is before that storm essentially makes landfall here so there officials here are saying that they're worried that that number could climb obviously on once that eye of the storm makes landfall and hits here in New Orleans so they're warning people to keep all their devices charged right now and make sure that they have other things and one more thing I want to hit before curfews that's essentially been uh in place here all the way from last night I told you here in New Orleans where was a curfew about 8:00 p.m. a lot of the parishes in this area have curfews that are on right now lasting all the way up until Thursday Diane all right Samar Theodore aachi thank you both coming up fast moving wildfires gaining strength in Cali California the race to contain the Flames as thousands are forced to flee their homes with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched newscast across all of Television Nightline the stories that shape your world that shape your life dramatic stunning empowering J Ro the most powerful stories of our time Nightline on right after Kimmel and 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what's it like there this morning as we're watching these families read out the names of all of those lives lost it is always somber it is always painful and it inst L brings you back to this moment 23 years ago the South Tower of the World Trade Center at this time 23 years ago had just Fallen a bell just told in memory of that moment the North Tower is about 25 minutes away and thick black smoke began to engulf Lower Manhattan Rising the way Pete Hamill put it like an evil Genie over New York City and it it it was toxic and we now know that illnesses born from that toxic air have now killed in the intervening 23 years more New York City Firefighters than the 343 who died on that day so there are ever more names added to the roster of victims from the September 11th attacks and the focal point is on those names those those people who died just going to work or going about their day but this day was also marked by politics because for the second time in less than 24 hours kamla Harris and Donald Trump came face to face and shook hands as they each attended what's supposed to be a politics free ceremony but the presence of President Biden the vice president Trump his running mate did Adge a tinge of politics to this commemoration Diane as you mentioned Aon they were both there uh along with president Biden who's now on his way to Shanksville uh CU as we know this attack affected several cities and so there will be C several ceremonies going on today what can you tell us about that Shanksville Pennsylvania was where one of the United Flight 93 crashed after passengers steered it away from its intended target at the at the US capital and that happened just about now uh at this time 23 years ago and again will be coming focal point uh for both the president the vice president and former president Trump who before he flies to Shanksville is uh stopping at a New York City Firehouse with his running mate JD Vance uh to to see firefighters uh on the east side of of Manhattan and the Shanksville uh Memorial yet another focal point uh for for the nation to mourn today Diane all right Aaron gurki down at Ground Zero thanks Aaron and fast moving wildfires in California are now forcing thousands to flee their homes at least 18 fires are burning right now in the state more than 34,000 Acres have been scorched since last week alone the San Bernardino County Sheriff says a 34-year-old man's now in custody suspected of arson in connection with the largest active fire known as the line fire ABC's Melissa Adon is joining me now for more from Big Bear Southern California for more Melissa you can barely see the trees behind you that's how thick the smoke is what's it like there right now exactly Diane it's really interesting something to into words we're talking about three major wildfires all burning within the same exact time within four counties here in Southern California it is a massive undertaking by calfire and by county and City Firefighters what we've been monitoring behind us though is all you see right now very very smoky conditions at times we've been seeing these uh forests and these trees go up in smoke and in Flames several homes in this community here have burned and we've been getting reports and seeing video of other homes other structures that have also been destroyed because of these powerful wildfires this one in particular in the mountain communities were between Los Angeles county and San Bernardino County that's how expansive this Wildfire has grown to and that is the issue again the other Wildfire the line fire there again with that suspected now arsonist that started that a home there taken and then or in Orange County and in Riverside other issues there but the biggest threat today what we're seeing now high winds as red flag warnings are in effect Diane Melissa Adon and big bear thank you stay safe Melissa coming up protecting our kids from what some are calling a mental health crisis the new push to require 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throughout the country that trials expected to last 3 to four weeks a bipartisan group of 42 US State Attorneys General have endorsed adding cigarette likee warning labels on social media the label first proposed by US Surgeon General Dr V Murthy would require authorization from Congress a group of Attorneys General urged Congress to adopt it to remind Americans about social media's mental health impact on adolescence and we're remembering legendary singer Frankie Beverly after the star passed away Tuesday Morning a family of the soul singer and founder of the band maze says quote he lived his life with pure Soul as one would say and for us no one did it better he lived for his music family and friends Beverly was 77 years old I'm Diane Meo the news never stops and neither do we we have a lot more news for you after the break stay with us what does it take to be the most watched newscast in America we are part of an operation is this our combat Operation Center we're approaching the 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see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that's a part of the story I bet you didn't see coming wherever you get your podcasts start here this is ABC News live the crushing families on the ground in Ukraine ABC News live America's number one streaming news anytime anywhere streaming 24/7 straight to you for free thank you for making ABC newsline America's number one streaming news reporting from Monteray Park California I'm Robin Roberts wherever wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News [Music] live hi I'm D let's get right to our top story The Harris campaign is calling for another debate after last night's high stake Showdown on ABC vice president Harris and former president Trump faced off for 90 minutes over the economy and inflation immigration abortion rights foreign policy and more Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people I'm talking now if you don't mind please does that sound familiar Donald Trump actually has no plan for you because he is more interested in defending himself than he is in looking out for you she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and it's like four sentences like Run Spot Run a CNN poll shows more than 60% of debate Watchers say Harris won while Trump is claiming Victory saying he won the debate by a lot now the Harris campaign is proposing they debate again in October while Trump says he's less inclined to debate Harris again but isn't ruling it out White House correspondent Karen Travers joins me now for more on that a Karen a New York Times sien College poll from before the debate showed 28% of Voters wanted to know more about vice president Harris and her stance on policies you talk with radio hosts Across America every day what are you hearing about whether she did enough to show that to show voters who she is Diane there was a little bit of skepticism that she did enough to convince that small group of Voters right now who are still undecided uh that she was offering the policy proposals to fill in the blanks you know for that 28% who say that they want to hear more about her what she would do if she were elected not just what Donald Trump would do if he were elected and gets four more years in the white house but that was a big topic today in my radio calls of wondering whether or not she was able to succeed on that I do think though when she was talking about policy issues abortion was her strength that came at the early on in the debate and that allowed her to really go after Donald Trump talking about the abortion bans across the country but on issues where she shows some weaknesses in the polls where he has an advantage like immigration crime and the economy she often pivoted during her answers and went on the attack on Donald Trump on other topics that was part of her strategy to try and get under his skin and bait him to rile him up Diane meanwhile former president Trump's closing argument focused on vice president Harris's promises for the future saying she's been in office for three and a half years and she hasn't done any of it so did what are you hearing about him did he do enough to challenge Harris on her policies and to present his own it was notable to many people that that only came in the closing statement from Donald Trump if that was going to be one of his main messages that she is so tied to President Biden and all of the policies that voters say they do not like and give the president low marks for that Donald Trump did not do that effectively during the debate that his answers were more focused on some of the personal Jabs that she was lobbing at him and only in that closing statement did he say so succinctly why haven't you done it already if you're going to do all of these proposals and plans and fix things why haven't you done it over the three and a half years that you've been in the White House all right Karen Travers at the White House thank you and former official for the 2016 Clinton presidential campaign Amanda Ria joins me now along with Trump White House deputy director of communications Roma deravi for more thank you both for coming on Amanda Harris said that she would sign a law restoring and protecting the rights guaranteed by roie Wade if Congress were to pass one but that's a big if and she and later Tim wals also avoided answering if she supports any restrictions on abortion why do you think that is and how realistic is it to expect a law like this from Congress in the next four years so I think we've learned a lot about what women want women's rights um over the last several years I actually think it is possible to pass a law that codifies this I was in the Senate when there were a lot of conversations about this um and the truth is what we kept hearing is don't worry roie weight is fine I think what the world or the country has now seen is actually it's not fine without roie Wade and women are hurt around the country and I think that is both true in blue and red States and you're hearing from it not just in 2022 at the voting box but you're continuing to hear women talk about it and again it is the number one issue for many people in this election cycle so I actually do believe it is possible to finally do something to codify it in law and I think Harris and Waltz can actually drive that kind of legislation AR Roma former president Trump again claimed that he can end the war in Ukraine but didn't say whether he wants Ukraine to win the war our chief foreign correspondent Ian panel actually got a chance to ask Ukrainian President Vladimir Vladimir zalinski whether he watched the debate I wanted you to listen to that moment did you the presidential debate uh last night and what was your assessment of what you saw I'm so sorry I didn't watch but you seen seen the comments on Ukraine maybe a little bit later I I will see some something some brief and I said how was it interesting it was very interesting a lot a lot of discussion about Ukraine uh the plans by by both presal don't tell me what was at the end you don't want to you don't to me to see spoiler alerts there but we know when zilinski does go ahead and watch he will also see vice president Harris saying during the debate that if Trump were president Russian President Vladimir Putin would be sitting in Kiev in Ukraine's Capital right now what's your response to that uh well president Trump is going to be straightforward with the American people what you see is what you get and he truly does believe that if harrris becomes president we will end up in World War III and Russia will take over Ukraine China will take over Taiwan uh you have to look at the reality of the situation here when President Trump was in office we had peace in the Middle East we had uh first time in Generations Abraham accord's peace deal that truly brought peace to the Middle East versus today where you had the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal that kamla Harris refuses to uh actually say was a disaster they tout that as a victory and and Je to position of that with what she said last night that we have no US troops overseas in combat that is just not true uh we had three American soldiers killed in Jordan earlier this year our troops are being attacked left and right by Iranian backed forces uh that is the reality of a Biden Harris Administration and that's what you'll see again if she becomes president so of course you're going to have President Trump saying we'll be in World War II if she takes the helm she gladly told the public before that she was the last person in the room when we pulled out of Afghanistan she doubled down on that last night and that is uh the truth of Peace versus War not whether or not uh president Trump believes that uh one nation will take over another uh you have to actually look at the facts and he does want peace let's be very clear he said that from the beginning he wants no more blood being spread in any country overseas or here at home Amanda what do you think Harris needs to hit on the campaign Trail now that this debate is over so I think it's going to be important to do exactly what she did last night which is one really show that she is presidential I think people do wonder about a woman still whether or not they can be presidential and I what we saw last night what we saw in the convention is someone who who can lead this nation not only with uh policies but with joy and character too and I think she needs to continue to do that I also think she needs to continue to talk about the policies that her and Biden have put forth whether that's reducing prescription drug costs for seniors whether that's really doing everything they can to protect women's rights whether that is talking about our alliances around the world and I think one of the most effective parts of her her comments last night was when she went through the list of four former Trump advisers military folks who are actually supporting her including the Chinese that kind of conversation gives way to really building the tent of the democratic party building her support base and that's the most important thing from now until the election is that you are gathering Independents Republicans under your tent and you can see that kamla Harris looked to talk to the people last night and that's going to be important as she continues and roma same question to you what would you advise former president Trump to focus on on the campaign Trail now well we're going to focus on the economy and that's exactly what he's doing uh when you talk to the American people across the country especially in Battlegrounds like Pennsylvania where they were last night for the debate they'll tell you they're not feeling this booming economy that they're hearing is happening from the White House in the reality of their neighborhoods uh they walk into a grocery store and at prices are up 25% uh you go to the gas station the gas is up 65% rent is up 22% uh the list goes on and on there is not a single everyday item that is not more expensive today than it was during the Trump Administration so it's really rich that kamla Harris decided to say last night that uh Trump is going to tax everyday Goods on Americans first of all not true second of all she is the one that is making everything more expensive for everyday Americans so I I don't think there's any single independent voter out there that's going to be fooled by those talking points they know what's happening in their pocketbook all right Amanda renia Roma deravi thank you both thank you and lawmakers on Capitol Hill are talking about the debate amid a government funding battle let's bring an ABC News contributing political correspondent Rachel bade on Capitol Hill for more Rachel what are you hearing from lawmakers before we get into all that about last night's debate what are they saying well Diane as you can imagine Democrats are absolutely thrilled they feel like their candidate K Harris absolutely delivered she set out to wanting to to to bait Donald Trump and sort of throw him off his game and she did exactly that over and over again Republicans on the other hand not so happy the question though is whether they're actually expressing that on the record or just on background I had one CSH Republican in a swing District say that it was a major missed opportunity for Donald Trump to attack KLA Harris on her flip-flopping uh that he reverted to often to conspiracy theories about you know haian Haitians eating uh uh dogs and cats which there's no evidence that that happened he claimed that he won the 2020 election instead of focusing again on policy and it turns out lindsy Graham uh you know after the debate he actually came out and said it Point Blank that this was a loss for Donald Trump however a lot of Republicans they don't want to give that feedback on the record right because they're afraid that it will blow back on them so um clearly Republicans not happy though behind the scenes meanwhile Rachel there's this battle Brewing over a government funding bill there's a deadline at the end of the month speaker Johnson just announced he's scrapping a vote that was set for later today so what's the latest on that yeah speaker Johnson was just standing right here A whole Gaggle full of reporters as he announced his next steps on this he basically said that they're going to delay uh this proposal to extend currently current government funding for six months and attach a bill that requires proof of citizenship to register to vote this is a republican provision that they want want to include the problem is Johnson doesn't have the votes in his own party there are conservatives who frankly don't ever vote for CRS or extending Government funding for any period of time they just don't do it uh and they want to see cuts and so he doesn't have the numbers to do this meanwhile Democrats are all opposing this uh because they say that Republicans are trying to come up with a problem that there actually isn't a problem here when it comes to undocumented immigrants voting and there isn't proof that that is a big issue right now so the speaker right now is is pausing that I will be curious to see if he reaches out to Donald Trump himself for help with whipping these votes Trump yesterday was on social media saying that Republicans should not fund the government unless they actually get this provision and frankly if he wants it to pass he's going to have to get his own members in line and Rachel House Republicans are focused on Election Integrity they're holding this hearing with Attorneys General in key Battleground States what stands out to you from that hearing and what do lawmakers want to hear from it yeah it's interesting this has actually been a conversation going on behind the scenes a lot up here this week with with Democrats there is a fear among Democratic lawmakers appear that Republicans are having hearings right now and pushing for bills like the one we just talked to regarding undocumented immigrants voting that they're trying to sort of Raise This fear about the election so that if they lose they can actually question the results I mean we all remember back to what happened on January 6th we remember Donald Trump saying he was the one who actually won the 2020 election even though he did not there is a fear amongst Democrats right now that this is actually happening again but in a more orchestrated way um and so I think that that is something you're going to see Democrats very much push back on like this notion that undocumented immigrants are actually voting uh they're very much pushing back on that I will say they're also telling their donors uh that if Democrats don't flip the house and speaker Johnson is in charge they're raising questions about whether he would throw up any sort of roadblocks or hurdles to certifying KLA Harris if she wins the presidency so this is a conversation we're not seeing a lot of publicly but but privately a lot of concerned all right Rachel bait on Capitol Hill for us thanks Rachel thank you meanwhile hurricane Francine is expected to hit Louisiana in just a matter of hours the category one storms already causing flash flooding concerns and dangerous storm surge along the Gulf Coast ABC's IA jachi and director of the National Hurricane Center Michael Brennan joined me now with more Michael what do you expect from this storm after it makes landfall well really Diane a lot of the impacts are already starting even well before landfall we have this huge rain shield that's moved across much of Southeastern Louisiana uh as landfall approaches here in the next say six to to to 10 hours we're going to see the center which you can see here on the rainfall radar move onto the Louisiana coast that's where we're going to see that life-threatening storm surge inundation start to play out uh all the way from uh Port fora uh over to the rilon Bay Area inter coastal city 5 to 10 ft of inundation above ground level widespread dangerous storm surge all the way through the Mississippi Gulf Coast even over to the Alabama coast the North shore of Lake pona train and then we're going to see those hurricane Forest winds move Inland into portions of Southern Louisiana everywhere in red here is under a hurricane warning including Baton Rouge we're expecting significant winds in New Orleans as well where you have a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch could see hurricane force wind gusts substantial power outages across this region are going to play out as Francine makes landfall this evening and moves Inland tonight Ike you're in New Orleans just north of the expected Direct Hit what are conditions like there now and how are people preparing well Diane you heard about those tropical storm rings and those significant winds that'll eventually make its way up here in New Orleans but those outer bands of the store they're definitely being felt right now you look behind me the rain is starting to pick up and those winds those wind gusts are intermittently starting to become a lot stronger in this area as the day goes on now local officials they've been on this since yesterday preparing really since uh the beginning of the week once they found out this the onset of the storm will be impacting here in New Orleans so there's a couple of things that they're doing right now evacuations officials saying that they're essentially going to start those mandatory evacuations once the center of the store makes its way on top of New Orleans here and with those mandatory evacuations come the opening of shelters we're being told that several parishes around New Orleans will be opening those shelters as they tell people to get out of their homes and get to areas of safety but it's not just opening those shelters local Parish officials are telling people to make sure they bring enough food bring enough water clothing bedding and even charging cables for their devices just in case they'll have to be there for a prolonged amount of time they want to make sure they can access those devices so they can get those emergency warnings that will be coming out from a local officials to the people another thing that's happening as those shelters are opening up other things are starting to close down like the schools yesterday several schools in this area we're on half days today obviously those schools are closed down and they're going to remain closed until about Thursday or Friday until the storm moves out of the area and all the damage and assessment uh uh continues another thing that's happened are the flight cancellations almost all of the arriving flights into New Orleans here into Louis inter uh Louis Armstrong International Airport have been canceled a lot of the departures are essentially canceled and delayed really just putting this entire Community as a standstill until hurricane Francine moves into the area and eventually out of the area Diana iachi thank you and a 34-year-old is in custody accused of intentionally starting California's line fire that fire is the largest of at least 18 that have collectively burned more than 34,000 acres and forced thousands of people to flee their homes now the San Bernardino County Sheriff says the suspect in the line fir is being held on $8,000 bail ABC's Melissa Adon is joining me now for more from Big Bear in Southern California for more Melissa Diane we are monitoring three major wildfires across four counties here in Southern California it is a massive undertak by calire by county and City Firefighters as their resources are spread throughout this region we have seen video of reports of homes that have been up in Flames destroyed by these wildfires and it's something we've been monitoring in the distance we see some of those firefighters and we continuously see some of those Flames that go up here throughout this Mountain Community where between Los Angeles county and San Bernardino where mandatory evacuations are underway right now very very smoky conditions and the threat are high winds as there is a Red Flag Warning in place in this community and throughout the Southern California region which is going to make it really challenging for firefighters as they continue to fight these fires some of these fires in fact have been burning since the weekend when all of us in Southern California experienc that intense Heat Wave so again major undertaking across Southern California as we're watching these wildfires Diane Melissa Adon thank you coming up inside the tunnel where five hostages spent their fin moments the new video showing what those conditions were like underground whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is 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memorials at ABC News live throughout the morning as well and here are some other top headlines we're following today Hospital officials say at least 14 people are dead from a new Israeli air strike on a un Affiliated School in central Gaza the Palestinian civil defense says the school had been converted to a shelter for refugees this is new video from the IDF shows the conditions of a tunnel in Gaza where American hsh Goldberg Poland and five other hostages spent their final moments the narrow tunnel is more than 60 ft underground just 2 feet wide and does not have enough room to stand we're also told it had very little air Secretary of State Anthony blinkin is visiting Ukraine today he's meeting with Ukrainian president zalinsky to discuss air defenses president zilinski is requesting permission to use American missiles to strike deep inside Russia meanwhile the US is accusing Iran of sending missiles to Russia and the trial is set to start today for three former Memphis officers charged in the death of Tyrie Nichols opening statements are expected after prosecutors and defense lawyers agreed on the 12 jurors and four alternates on Tuesday nichols's death was caught on police camera and intensified calls for police reform throughout the country the trials expected to last 3 to 4 weeks and a bipartisan group of 42 US State Attorneys General have endorsed adding cigarette likee warning labels to social media the label first proposed by US Surgeon General re Murthy would require authorization from Congress the group of Attorneys General urged Congress to adopt it to remind Americans about social media's mental health impact on adolescence coming up legendary R&B artist Frankie Beverly has died how fans are remembering the Man known for being filled with [Music] soul whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at War enrolling for This Tornado tore through this town from Leon main the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile 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listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that's a part of the story I bet you didn't see coming wherever you get your podcasts start here first thing in the morning there's a lot going on we're still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened overnight clashing over National Security what's happening today tensions in the Middle East what people are talking about the worries on Wall Street fast straightforward with some fun in between catching up on sleep during the weekend could be good for your heart non-alcoholic bars are popping up in a growing number of cities that's the spirit America This Morning America's number one early morning news on ABC News live reporting from Butler Pennsylvania one day after that assassination attempt on former president Trump I'm Alex pet wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live welcome back to ABC News live first legendary soul singer songwriter and producer Frankie Beverly has passed [Music] away Beverly was known for his time with the funk band maze no other details about his passing have been released Frankie Beverly was 77 years old let's bring in ABC News contributor Kelly Carter now for a little bit more Kelly Frankie Beverly was a musical icon here so what Legacy does he leave behind man he leaves a big one I think probably primarily it's one of joy and happiness you know just his his live concerts were really like a Soulful musical Revival and just about everyone talking about his passing today is remembering the good times that they had when they saw him perform and I have to say if you never were able to see Frankie Beverly and Ma perform usually in the summertime at an outdoor concert you definitely missed out on an experience I mean just so much fun happy music and really just this reminder of why it's important to celebrate life and have a good time now Beverly's family released a statement saying in part he lived for his music family and friends and Kelly his music's been a staple in many homes for Generations so how are people reacting to his death now I mean look it's been a it's been a staple in many homes but in particular in the black community it is a source of Celebration there is probably not a wedding or a graduation or family reunion experience that you go to in the black community that does not play Before I Let Go like that it's almost against the rules I think and so today what you're finding is people like Kelly Roland from Destiny's Child and Michael Eric Dyson really tweeting out and talking about that that kind of shared experience that shared cultural experience and contribution that his music gave to you know our our biggest celebratory moments in life and Kelly what are you going to remember most about Frankie Beverly I remember the good times you know I saw him perform at coer Park in Detroit some years ago was right when that baseball park opened and it really was like a family reunion you know he made sure that Detroit was one of the places that he came to and performed every summer because Detroit like a lot of other large Urban cities absolutely loved him and he will be missed because his live performances were just a thing to be seen But the beauty is that his music is going to absolutely live on for many generations to come all right Kelly Carter thank you thank you and thank you for watching I'm Diane M the news never stops and neither do we and we have a lot more news for you right after the break stay with [Music] us whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling for this tornado tore through this town from Leon main the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC News live everywhere in Iceland let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we're going to take you there we're streaming ABC News live ABC News live you're streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere the countdown to the Emy is on love it yes oh my God this is great but first before TV's biggest night it's crazy I was shocked yes chef comes the incredible Emmy special Carol bonette ladies and gentlemen Carol Beret the 76th Emy a night of first with Robin Roberts it'll be a crazy good time so crazy Friday night at 87 Central on what network are we on ABC ABC oh my God how do you spell that ABC hey good morning America Good Morning America Good Morning America are you ready he covering the biggest events in the country right now there's a lot going on here you don't just see it you feel it I'm in I'm in I'm in I'm in too I'll be here I am here and so Happ I'm in I'm in too Michael George Ginger Donald Trump actually has no plan for you because he is more interested in defending himself than he is in looking out for you she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and it's like four sentences like runs Spot Run four sentences that are just oh we'll try and lower taxes it is absolutely abolutely welln that these dictators and autocrats are rooting for you to be president again because they're so clear they can manipulate you with flattery and favors the leaders of other countries think that they're weak and incompetent and they are they are grossly incompetent Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people so let's be clear about that and clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that but we cannot afford to have a president of the United States who attempts as he did in the past to upend the will of the voters in a free and fair election she's been there for 3 and 1/2 years they've had 3 and 1/2 years to fix the Border they've had three and A2 years to create jobs and all the things we talked about why hasn't she done it those are some of the big moments from last night's high stakes presidential debate welcome back to ABC News live first I'm Diane maso vice president Harris and former president Trump faced off for 90 minutes last night over the economy inflation immigration abortion rights foreign policy and more a CNN poll shows more than half of debate Watchers say Harris won while Trump is claiming Victory saying he won the debate by a lot now the Harris campaign is proposing they debate again in October while Trump says he's less inclined to debate Harris again but isn't ruling it out and I want to bring an ABC News White House correspondent Mary Alis Parks who was the only Network correspondent in the room for the actual debate and so Mari I want to pull on that a little bit first I can't imagine what it was like to actually be in the room but what did you hear what did you notice what stuck out to you that maybe those of us watching at home didn't see or hear on our television sets yeah d right off the bat that moment with the handshake it was very clear when Harris entered the room that she wanted to own that room she wanted to be in command and frankly wanted the debate to play out on her Turf she crossed her Podium and went over to him to introduce herself you know I was struck of course by those moments that did not get picked up on the microphone we know the mics were only on when it was the candidates turn to speak and it was noticeable that both candidates of course tried to interject on occasion uh when their mic was muted I think on balance she did it more often I'm thinking especially when the former president was talking about abortion you know he was making these claims about about Democrats about blue States how they treat abortion and she repeatedly uh said out loud so that those of us in the room could hear it and I'm pretty sure the former president could hear it as well she said things like that's not true come on that's not right when he said that he was the leader on IVF she said no you're not uh Trump did it as well on occasion Diane but it was interesting he seemed to do it when she would finish her her uh statements he would talk off camera or off mic straight to the moderators demanding more time sort of asking that he would be able to rebut her asking for a chance to respond to her so I I definitely noticed less time spent sort of interjecting while she spoke but more time asking for the microphone back uh Trump also spoke to ABC News senior reporter Katherine fers after the debate saying he doesn't see the need for a second debate because he thinks he did so well in this one I want to play part of that moment for you why won't you commit to a second debate with kamla Harris if you believe second debate because she lost tonight very badly so they want they immediately called for a second debate because they lost so we'll you know think about that but uh she immediately called for a sake look we're looking at we're looking at poll the worst the worst poll that we've had was 71 that I see 71% to like 24 or 25 so Mar he said he's less inclined to have another debate for her but he's not ruling it out what do you make of that well first I to make of it is the fact that he was in the spin room last night it is so uh unusual for one of the candidates to act go to that spin room location after a debate and basically Advocate on their own behalf that they did well on the debate stage more often than not of course a candidate wants to let their performance on the debate stage speak for itself how it read to all the reporters in the room is that Trump felt like he needed to do cleanup I mean look his team did not feel great about his debate performance they had a hard time spinning his debate performance judg judging it even by the own his own goal sort of what he said he wanted to do it was hard to see you know it was hard for him to argue that he achieved what he wanted to achieve which was to point out some of the places where she has slipped up on her policy proposals so in so interesting that he went to that that spin room after and tried to continue to talk to reporters Dian all right Mary Alice Parks thank you and former president Trump focused on immigration trying to pin the situation at the border on vice president Harris while Harris criticized Trump for urging Republicans to kill a bipartisan border deal Trump responded uh by talking about migrants eating people's pets in Springfield Ohio something our moderator David mure fact checked take a look in Springfield they're eating the dogs the people that came in they're eating the cats they're eating they're eating the pets of the people that live there and this is what's happening in our country and it's a shame I just want to clarify here you bring up Springfield Ohio and ABC News did reach out to the city manager there uh he told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed injured or abused by individuals within the Immigrant community let's bring in PolitiFact executive director Aaron shakman to help put some of that and other claims from both candidates in context here Erin you heard David there uh and PolitiFact I know has looked into this as well so what did you find about that claim that we heard from former president Trump last night well it's great to be with you Diane and it was awesome to see David H push back with facts When Donald Trump made that claim this is a baseless claim that started on social media that somehow winded up in the mouth of the Republican Party presid presidential candidate um this has been disproven by a city spokesperson by the mayor and the city police who all say this is not happening uh Donald Trump after the debate went to his true social uh uh and posted a video that doesn't show what he says it shows uh and specifically not targeting this Haitian immigration population in Springfield Ohio so this is a claim that we rated pants on fire David facted them correctly vice president Harris also claimed that former president Trump left the worst unemployment since the Great Depression what does the data show on that claim yeah this claim ratees false uh the unemployment rate did Spike uh to a post Great Depression record of 14.8% but that was in April of 2020 right as the pandemic began to rage Trump was in office then but he didn't leave Biden or Harris with an unemployment rate nearly that High by December 2020 the rate had fallen back down to 6.4% today it's sits at 4.2% and the Bureau of Labor Statistics adjusted its jobs numbers for 2023 to show more than 800,000 fewer jobs were added than previously thought TR uh excuse me previously thought Trump called that a fraud by the Biden Harris Administration can you put that into context yeah I'm just going to put it into context using basic logic if it was a fraud why would the Biden Harris Administration released the revision at all um the Bureau of Labor Statistics in August during the DNC revised down the number of jobs added in this country by 88,000 Trump is right about that but economists on the right and the left and anywhere in between say that's just a normal part of how we count our jobs so we ready to that claim pants on fire as well meanwhile Harris said us oil production had its largest increase in history under the Biden Harris Administration you say that's half true can you explain yeah for a nerd this is a fun one um basically Biden uh KLA Harris was compared to her butt claims that she was bad on energy policy but she flubbed the line uh she talked about the biggest increase in history uh we are producing more oil in the United States than ever before but it's not actually the biggest increase year-over-year uh we have had bigger increases under President Barack Obama and president Donald Trump so she had the talking point prepared she just said it incorrectly PolitiFact executive director Aon shakman eron I know we could dissect this whole debate and come up with many many more to unpack but we'll have to leave it there thank you thank you and when it came to health issues at the debate abortion access was front and center Harris described it as a critical and personal issue to so many women former president Trump claims some states allow for the killing of an infant after birth referencing comments from former Virginia governor Ralph Northam moderator Lindsey Davis later clarified there is no state that allows the killing of a baby after birth and I want to bring ABC News medical contributor Dr Lo Patel joining me now for more on this Dr Patel I wanted to bring you on because there is some nuance and context here in this conversation that they couldn't get into last night for time reasons but let's talk about it because this comment from former Virginia governor Ralph Northam is now once again making the rounds on the internet he's a physician who was speaking about rare late pregnancy cases when the fetus is nonviable and the woman goes into labor so I want to First Take a look at that clip and then get your take on what the medical side of this is if a mother is in labor I can tell you exactly uh what would happen um the infant would be delivered uh the infant would be kept comfortable uh the infant would be resuscitated if if that's what the mother and the family desired and then a discussion would ensue between the Physicians and the mother so it's that last line and then a discussion would ensue between the physician and a mother that leaves so much left to interpretation uh this was in the context of a conversation about lat term abortion Northam spokesperson later said that the governor was not referring here to the euthanasia of infants born after a failed abortion and that what he was talking about was a tragic I'm quoting here tragic and extremely rare case in which a woman with a non-viable pregnancy or severe fetal abnormalities went into labor so Dr Patel can you explain from a medical standpoint that particularly that last part of his sentence what do you think he meant by that and where do you think we need to add clarity about this conversation and how this kind of procedure uh happens D what we can glean from the former Governor noram what his comments were are there there are these rare situations in which a fetus has a serious medical condition and if that doesn't jeopardize the life of the pregnant individual it could jeopardize the life of the fetus or there's a low chance of survival after birth and in these extremely heartbreaking situations there is a decision about what is best for comfort care for the life of the baby after delivery this is the world in which Governor noram the former Governor was referring to and a very serious conversation that does happen between members of a healthcare team and a family it is important to note that infanticide that is the youth euthanizing an infant after birth is criminalized in every single state there is no state in which executing a baby after birth is legal or even considered this is a very specific situation that involves bioethics and what is best for the family and for a baby with a serious medical condition so I just want to be extra clear when you say Comfort Care is that for example the extent to which you will go to extend someone's life the same way you might make a decision with a really sick family member and the extent you will go to extend their life that's correct and again what you said is extremely important it is it is a decision this is shared decision-making and that is what that radio interview was referring to so what should voters know about late term abortions you're in the seventh eth month we heard of Vice President Harris say you know that doesn't really happen how rare are they does it happen why does it happen happen talk me through that then according to abortion surveillance data from the CDC about 93.5% of abortions happen before the first 13 weeks of pregnancy in the first trimester around 5.7% are going to happen between 14 to 20 weeks and then less than 1% take place after 21 weeks there are a handful of states that allow abortions to occur in that third trimester but this is usually going to be in the situation of a medical emergency to save the life of a pregnant individual or with a severe medical condition for the fetus with a low chance of survival it's also important to note that the majority of these early abortions are medication induced abortions before 9 weeks so again it is a misconstruing of the data to say or to think that these third trimester abortions are very common and in fact most medical associations actually move away from that term late term abortion because that is not a medically defined term all right Dr Lo Patel thank you coming up Hurricane Francine barrels toward Louisiana the biggest threats and when the storm is expected to make [Music] landfall what does it take to be the most watched newscast in America an operation to capture Isis Fighters This our combat Operation Center we're approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operational nuclear reactor so you have a couple loaded 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going to come from it uh that poses the greater risk as opposed to the wind from a storm like like this down here along the Bayou and Homo where we are the water level already higher than it should be and yet this storm really just starting to ramp up it's going to be a lot of rain in a short amount of time locally there could be up to 10 Ines of rainfall and all of that is a recipe for flash flooding and we know that during hurricanes like this traditionally speaking the majority of injuries and deaths come not from the wind but from the water so that's the big concern at the moment the one good thing about a storm coming ashore in a place like like this in Louisiana is the residents around here the people who live here they're used to storms this is something that many of the people here a longtime residents have been through before as a result people aren't taking this uh lightly they are preparing very proactively even if it seems like this hurricane won't match the intensity of others in the previous years that have come ashore if there is one thing though that is an overriding concern for people out here it would be power loss if and when the power goes out from this storm in this area when the power goes out it tends to stay out for a while we've seen that happen after previous storms and in talking to people over the last couple days here there is the concern that that could certainly happen again Diane ABC's Matt Rivers thank you and major emergency response preparations are underway as Francine gets closer to making landfall the national spokesperson for the American Red Cross Stephanie Fox is joining me now from Baton Rouge Stephanie I know it's a busy time so thanks for coming on can you walk me through what it's like in Baton Rouge right now yeah good morning Diane first I would be remiss not to honor and remember those folks who were so deeply impacted by the events 23 years ago today in fact we have volunteers that are supporting here in Louisiana that have deployed in who were First Responders and Military members that served at Ground Zero so we're extremely grateful for their service then and now right here in Louisiana we are planning for the arrival of Hurricane Francine we've been coordinating for the last several days with our local emergency officials we've been standing up our supplies uring we have plenty of folks as far as a Workforce is concerned we've got over a 100 folks that have mobilized on the ground and we are ensuring that we can respond to whatever and wherever that impact is going to be Stephanie how is the American Red Cross preparing for this hurricane right now we've been working with our elected officials to determine what are those needs of the communities in advance do we believe there's going to need to be shelters open after the storm has passed after that danger has come through where there are shelters needed before that that may the parish needed a little assistance with supplies like cots and blankets and snacks um and then of course we are ensuring that no matter where that impact is going to be we have the Personnel to be able to respond long after the impacts um are are exiting the area and that's not just here in Louisiana that includes Mississippi Arkansas Missouri and those states that are down the line with the impact of this storm and Stephanie as I hear some of the areas and towns and cities that are expected to be impacted by this storm it's hard not to think of Katrina this is a very similar area that was devastated by that storm in 2005 what's changed in terms of emergency preparations and response since then yeah Louisiana is no stranger to natural disasters unfortunately and as far as preparedness is concerned everyone has really learned a lot to be able to respond better to the needs of communities to help stand up and support those needs in advance Maybe supporting more of the Health and Human Services angle the Red Cross knows how to better respond to emergencies as well every disaster we say you've seen one disaster you've seen one disaster we learn every single event that we respond to across the United States how we can best serve those communities and here in Louisiana the people are incredibly resilient they know what to do they know how to stay safe so I want to encourage folks to continue doing that to hunker down as these impacts start to make their way on Shore and to listen to their emergency officials evacuate if needed and stay in while the worst of the storm is impacting the area good advice National spokesperson for the American Red Cross Stephanie Fox Stephanie thank you stay safe thank you and an investigation is underway after a scare on the tarmac at one of the nation's busiest airports two planes collided at Atlanta's Hartsfield Jackson knocking the tail off one of the Jets senior National correspondent Ste oami has the latest Federal authorities are investigating after an alarming incident on the taxi way of the world's busiest airport seen here on Airport runway security camera video we just hit something on the taxi wave uh could you tell us what what it was a large Delta plane coming towards the camera with more than 200 people was heading to the runway about to fly to Japan when the tip of its wing seen here crashes into the back of a smaller Regional Jet with more than 50 people on their way to Louisiana we were settling in getting ready for long 15-hour flight and all of a sudden there was a bump and it was a it was a hard bump journalists from our local stations in Cincinnati and Tampa were on the smaller plane this video from WCPO in Cincinnati shows part of the tail sitting on the taxi way people on the smaller plane say no one was hurt but it was still frightening it felt and sounded like a car crash there was you know kind of that crunch there was there was that that push that you get often times when these kinds of on the ground collisions occur Weathers in involved it's rain it's nighttime and so it's lower visibility this was a bright sunny day the numbers show that there was a significant increase in the number of close calls at US airports in 2023 those numbers are down slightly in 2024 and experts say the reasons are complicated one of them is a shortage of air traffic controllers the passengers on both of these flights were put on other planes and arrived safely Ste M thank you coming up a scua diver makes waves in the Water Sports World how her videos are encouraging others to explore life in the ocean why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day's top stories a lot of news today so let's get into it listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R murl Awards and see see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that's a part of the story I bet you didn't see coming wherever 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[Music] too it's just very self- liberating I would love for more black people to know what that feeling is like we had been in Catalina Island for a few days I just heard like this little voice behind me black girl blue world my daughter is the biggest fan like hardcore diver 14 years old oh my God but that was the first time that I had seen myself as a role model in some way it means a lot she looks like a little mermaid a she's a little girl she's a little black girl I was actually just as excited to see her as she would have been to see me because I had also never seen a young black diver like a little girl black diver so she's going I could tell that the moment meant a lot to him it was so [Music] pure it's only been up until recently that more women divers in general have been in the space whenever I'm out traveling on my own going diving I had never seen another black woman diver on any boat that I had ever been on the experience of being a black woman on this planet is so 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make landfall just south of New Orleans by this afternoon forecast showing Francine hitting as a strong category one hurricane bringing 90 m per hour winds to The Big Easy and lashing most of the Gulf Shore with flash flooding and life-threatening storm surge tornadoes also a possibility in the unpredictable conditions several towns across the Bayou State under mandatory evacuation orders with drivers overcrowding Lanes at the gas station while trying to make their way out of town but a lot of other businesses and homeowners are hunkering down and doing everything they can to prepare right now we're going to get through this because I'm staying I'm not leaving this year I'm not leaving it's all about community and everybody here has been so nice so grateful and this is like why I love we we have Team coverage starting us off right now AA jachi is on the ground there in New Orleans along with Matt Rivers who is nearby in hom also our meteorologist Mar Theodore joining the conversation here Matt let's start with you uh where Francine is expected to make landfall around what 3 pm there Central Time in h what's it like now how are residents preparing well you could see car just the fact that we had to wipe our camera lens because if we're not doing that you can't even see it that's how much uh rain is now coming down here in h and that's really changed over the last let say 20 30 minutes where this has really begun to pick up and that's how you know that the outer bands of this storm that has just been inching towards the shoreline for seemingly forever now for the residents here is really starting to be felt you can see the rain behind me it's picking up there's a little bit of Street flooding the wind definitely increasing not that big of a deal as of yet there is a curfew in place here so that's a Walmart parking lot that this morning was jam-packed with people trying to pick up last minute supplies obviously that's not the case anymore people really bunkering down and I can show you just some of the preparations that are being made because this is a place that has dealt with storms before so if you look here you can see uh some of these gas pumps have been wrapped up this is obviously closed if you were trying to get gas to run a generator for example before this storm that time is over now the time to hunker down is is here and then some of these buildings again this is an area that gets a lot of storms you got this here which is a actual built-in system a gate that they can lower to make sure that some of those exposed areas of this building doesn't get hit by flying debris we know that the state is preparing the governor just had a press conference saying that there'll be 2500 National Guard troops activated for all of this there's going to be 400 State Troopers that are actively on duty at this point the state is preparing for a lot of flooding uh flash flooding again sorry we got to wipe the lens there because it is so rainy out here uh a lot of flash flooding because what we're going to see Kira is a lot of rainfall in a short amount of time somewhere 5 to 10 Ines of rain uh expected in certain areas that is a recipe for flash flooding so I think if you're talking about the overall risk from this storm and what feels like the most risky it's probably the water more than the wind at this point the winds will be severe but it's the water and the flooding that is expected from this it's really a god official's concern sure understandably um and just memories from the past you can't help but think about Katrina and other storms that have devastated Louisiana New Orleans in particular Ike you are starting to feel some of the outer bands of the storm there in New Orleans uh what's it like where you are that's right Kira as those outer bands essentially start to move into this area and as the center of the storm is slowly make its way on Shore and obviously close on its way here to New Orleans we're definitely starting to feel the effects of those storms starting to intensify that intermittent rain that was essentially uh covering this place about the past couple of hours has now transitioned to a steady light downpour and those wind gusts are definitely starting to intensify and as you can see behind me the roads here are essentially clear off now we're being told right now that the effects of this storm is certainly starting to have a major impact on the community there are right now about 6,000 customers in Jefferson Parish without power already this is before the center of the storm has already has moved into New Orleans now officials say that that number is expected to increase which is why they've opened up the shelters around this area in several parishes those mandatory evacuations are starting to come out and all the parish officials here are beginning to open up those shelters but they don't want people just to rush into those shelters they're asking them to bring clothing food water beddings and of course material to charge your devices Kira yeah Samara what's the latest on the path and the strength of this storm right now just as we see these live pictures via H and New Orleans with Ike and and Matt there um what are you seeing according to the maps and and just the tracking the storm all right Cara so here's the latest information right so we're very close to landfall now a few hours away Francine has already sparked many alerts her warnings along along the coast Matt is under a hurricane warning in hom uh we have a hurricane watch in New Orleans that's where Ike is and then for the blue from Lake Charles to Gulfport tropical storm warnings and tropical storm watches extended further north into Southern Mississippi so what we have is a category 1 hurricane the latest information from the hurricane Hunters once they went in is that doesn't look like it's going to strengthen much more 90 M hour winds you have to cross that threshold to 96 before it becomes a cat 2 nonetheless this is a very strong cat one so this is going to move into the coastline the projected path anywhere inside this cone of uncertainty pretty close there to H uh and then afterwards as we head in a Thursday it pushes further Inland into places like Mississippi and Tennessee but let's stay focused on this afternoon timing this out 400 p.m. Wednesday in a couple hours anywhere between 300 and 5: that's when we're anticipating landfall for Francine notice how the winds start to kick up at Homa first then by about 6 7:00 New Orleans getting the worst of the Winds 65 plus miles hour before it moves Beyond there's a ton of ramifications that these storms this storm will bring we have the storm surge we could see uh upwards of 5et of storm surge six seven in some spots but there's also this threat for tornadoes and this often comes when we are dealing with hurricanes uh elevated threat for tornado from parts of uh Southern Louisiana all the way into Alabama Kira all right Ike Matt Samara thanks so much guys I know we'll be talking a lot throughout this afternoon well as hurricane Francine is turning toward the Gulf Coast several towns and parishes have already enacted advisories and was and watches a parishwide curfew is already in effect for uh terrible Parish also expected to remain in effect until the storm has subsided and the roads are clear as well there's a mandatory evacuation that was also issued for residents in zone one officials there taking extra precaution as well with that Parish a community still recovering from damage caused by Hurricane Ida in 2021 joining me now president of terone Paris Jason bajaron so Jason just tell me what the conditions are for you right now we're starting to get some of the first bands coming through and so uh we're just getting everybody hunkered down and getting people to get to safety when our law enforcement officers and we're ready for the storm all right so I see that uh you're putting in into to effect uh a curfew also asking folks to evacuate uh certain areas are you how are you how are you mapping out the area are you doing it all by zones and how are you letting folks know at what point you know they need to evacuate or take some sort of you know a different uh precaution so we uh we map it out by zones and for example our Zone one is pretty much everything outside of our Levy system we're expecting a five to 10 foot storm surge depending on where that is in the in the area but uh when we do that and we had some other areas that we were cautionary about we issued a voluntary evacuation and we did all that as of the last night because we have certain Gates that Clos that people won't be able to drive on the highways after so we wanted to get those residents out of those areas we open our shelter last night and then we issued the curfew at 8 a this morning going until 8 AM tomorrow morning just to keep people off the highways because we don't want to put our First Responders in any kind of safety risk of course and I'm curious I mean look I'm I'm just thinking back to Katrina we know how disastrous that was how how is the levy when's the last time it was inspected what's the latest with regard to what you know uh on the condition of the levy so we're always working on our levies you know we have some levies at uh 10 foot 12 foot 15 foot we're always working to get them higher you got to lay so much dirt uh to get it to 9 foot and it settles to eight then you come back and so in the areas that we were probably the most vulnerable looks like we're going to get less of a storm surge based on the direction of the storm it's almost a situation where you hate to say it where we'd almost rather a direct hit where it is now because it's less storm surge and that's our biggest concern because this path is our worst case scenario and thankfully it's not as strong a storm as it could be and so we're just really making sure you know any everybody inside the levy system should be okay you know maybe have a little bit of topping but hopefully not much and then uh not having any's break but we're keeping an eye on it on a steady basis got it and what about just your most vulnerable population uh right now you know the elderly those that live in low-lying areas I mean we'll never forget what happened in the Ninth Ward and also with all our elderly folks that couldn't get out you know during Katrina I know you've got your eyes on these these people in these areas Jason yeah we have over 400 families that were still living in some type of RV or trailer post Ida three years after the storm and you know we we sent out notice of those we open up our shelter of Last Resort it can hold up to 600 people we got about 55 people in it right now we told a lot of the family members to try to stay with family if they could or come to our shelter and so you know it's a crazy you know three years later we're still battling the fact that we have people not living in their own homes and that's something that we're working on every day Jason Bon glad you could zoom in with us we'll stay in close touch appreciate you thanks Jason right thank you God [Music] bless well our presidential debate here here at ABC News in Philly has entered the history books as one of the edgiest shall we say on record vice president kamla Harris and former president Donald Trump going head-to-head last night and from the moment that two entered the stage and met for the very first time there was clearly no love between the two Donald Trump actually has no plan for you because he is more interested in defending himself than he is in looking out for you she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and it's like four sentences like Run Spot Run four sentences that are just oh we'll try and lower taxes what you will also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom she said people start leaving people don't go to her rallies there's no reason to go and it is absolutely well known that these dictators and autocrats are rooting for you to be president again because they're so clear they can man manipulate you with flattery and favors the leaders of other countries think that they're weak and incompetent and they are they're grossly incompetent I don't know I don't know I mean all I can say is I read where she was not black that she put out and I'll say that and then I read that she was black and that's okay either one was okay with me that's up to her that's up to her I mean honestly I think it's a a tragedy that we have um someone who wants to be president who has consistently over the course of his career attempted to use race to divide the American people oh it was a debate J O'Brien and you were there in the spin room you're still trying to keep your eyes open right now watching it all unfold last night to the we hours of the morning don't know how you made it back to Capitol Hill you must have been on that 400 a.m. train my friend um okay I I I got to know what's the buzz on the hill what are you hearing from lawmakers who's saying what well I I've heard from Democrats who say they are thrilled with what they saw out of K Harris I've heard from Republicans who say that they acknowledge that there were as some characterized them missed opportunities for former president Trump last night and they say privately that they don't think that was the former president's best debate performance and that directly contradicts Kira with what former president Trump has said as you said I was in the spin room last night former president Trump makes that surprise appearance in the spin room he comes into the spin room and he says he's here to say that he won but you're in the spin room spinning about a a win it doesn't necessarily indicate it's a clean win and then he says he believes that last night was his best debate performance of his seven debate appearances but Republicans privately say they don't feel the same way they feel that there were again missed opportunities for the former president and there are Republicans who to acknowledge that kamla Harris was able to in some instances bait Donald Trump particularly in one moment that you just played a little bit of that acknowledgement of his rallies Kamala Harris says to voters go to his rallies see as she alleges people leaving early and Donald Trump takes the B and says people don't leave my rallies early and starts to talk about crowd size that was clearly something that kamla Harris planned and Donald Trump Republicans acknowledge fell into that trap all right I'm just saying at the RNC when he started to ad lib his big speech that night that went on and on and on we had a lot of shots of people taking a big yawn struggling to keep those eyes open I'm just saying I'm going to move on all right this is going to be really hard for me to ask you this question without laughing but one of the most talked about moments of the night came after the debate yes when Taylor Swift endorsed Harris could the swifties actually be a force in this election so you have a producer sitting in that studio with you named Diana pson she was with me in the spin room last night and she runs up to me and she shows me this post as if it is the biggest breaking news of the century and I say that looks interesting and then what we saw subsequent to that interaction was lawmakers and other notables start to react to that news in real time Democrats in the room in the spin room as they learned in real time of that Taylor Swift endorsement they were thrilled and Republicans I was with v ramaswami who was spinning for Donald Trump when he learned about it in real time he gets asked what do you think of the Taylor Swift endorsement he says is that real did that really happen myself and other reporters tell him yes it is real and he says I don't really care about that so Democrats think that it can maybe drive out some pockets of Voters particularly disaffected young voters who might maybe support kamla Harrison principal but might not necessarily go and cast a ballot but I can tell you I've heard from Republicans who say that is just another thing and in their list of things that happened yesterday it doesn't rank that high Jay I'll see you uh a little bit later so something else that we're talking about today it's definitely a day that we will never forget and unfortunately the attacks of 911 continue to take lives to this day we'll talk about it next whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine report from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere from the scene of that deadly missile strike in Dena Ukraine reporting from the earthquake in Turkey in Rolling Fort This Tornado tore through this little town from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii from Charleston South Carolina on the 2024 campaign 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the World Trade Center's North Tower changing New York City and all of our lives forever now 23 years later the nation continues to mourn the death of the nearly 3,000 people who died at the hands of those terrorists but the victims didn't just come from those deadly plane crashes in New York City the Pentagon and Shanksville Pennsylvania the New York City's Fire Department just announced this week that firefighters are still dying today as a result of illnesses that they got from responding to those terrorist attacks my next guest was not only one of the 911 responders who spent days at Ground Zero helping with cleanup efforts but went through more than 40 agonizing surgeries after an 8,000 pound beam fell into his foot but John F has never stopped living or dedic every day of his life since that moment working tirelessly for health benefits for those who still remain in desperate need of Medical Services as a result of the illnesses caused on 911 911 Heroes and vets advocate of the Feelgood Foundation John F joins me now John good to see you appreciate you so much being with us today thank you for having me so we learned uh pretty staggering fact this week that more FDNY firefighters have died from 9911 related illnesses in the last 23 years uh than the day they responded to the number of people that died on those terrorist ATT dur because of those terrorist attacks can you just you know put that into perspective for us as we think about that so actually you know the fdm says uh 371 um but it's more like 700 so it's the the active firefighter who was active on 9/11 will get the recognition that they died from 9/11 related illnesses but the city in the Union uh exho retirees to come back uh when 911 happened so um hundreds died you know they could have retired a week before 911 two years before 911 5 years before 911 and they don't get that acknowledgement that the active fire fighters get and uh I'm never going to tell anybody how to do their job but all of them men and women um around on my wall on Long Island and this Saturday we had 3177 names in a calendar year who passed away from a 911 related illness and now Nash who administrates the World Trade Center health program we have it now at 6700 plus people responders and survivors who have died from a 911 related illness um this is getting worse it's not getting better we're evolving for the worst and um you know we were just in DC uh enjoy introducing legislation to get funding for the World Trade Center health program this is a Non-Stop non it's just constant hurdles and obstacles that we have to overcome and um we're ready for the fight well you have been fighting for 23 years you know what what has changed from the beginning of this fight to now are things better in any way John yeah let me find let me tell you a positive if um you had lung canc cancer I'm sorry it sucks if I had lung cancer from 911 it's it's usually untreatable it's aggressive but now in the 9/11 Community we have a higher survival rate than the general population because our doctors have 23 years of expertise in environmental diseases and stuff like that um that's the good news the bad news is so many people over 30,000 have a certified 911 related illness there's 132,000 Plus in the World Trade Center health program uniform and non-uniform um you know 911 is still killing um those who died because of Senseless violence on 911 um my heart bleeds for them but those who got sick and are deathly ill and suffering for 23 years my soul cries for them because this this is Agony you know nobody ever said sorry to us nobody ever apologized to us and um creating the World Trade Center heal program was their apology but they held that apology like a carrot at the end of his stick and I can't wrap my arms around this but we had to chase that car for two decades in DC and we're still doing it and we're still fighting and listen I don't mind going to Congress and beating them up you know we're 19 for 19 and getting legislation passed um we're going to get this done before the end of the year and that's what I wanted to know what continues to be your biggest challenge to this day John I'm more more people getting sick the programs have to change they have to adjust they have to evolve with us um in 2015 when we got the World Trade Center heal program extended till 2090 which we have enough money to make it till 2090 the pay for was for 10 years everything else after that would go in the president's budget the omnius we fell short of our pay for because in medical inflation in 2015 it was 70,000 people in the program now there 132,000 people in the program so um there needs to be smarter people than me um figuring out uh what the near future in the long term is going to be so we can better assist treat and take care of these men and women uniform and non-uniform you know you know I don't care if you're black white tall short skinny Republican Democrat man woman we're human beings and when we lack empathy we we we fail at being human beings and doing our jobs to Serve and Protect these men and women and you know it it seems every time we talk about 911 we always say never forget I mean that was the slogan from that day right but there seems to still be so many Heroes forgotten what work still needs to be done well we all can do a better job in doing Outreach I mean right now if anybody in lower Manhattan's watching this and they live south that work they went to school lived or went to school in lower Manhattan south of Canal Street to the Brooklyn Bridge to the water they're entitled to everything a 911 respond against the free healthcare and the compensation from the VCF I employed them to get into the program there's enough money for everybody there's enough money to get compensated all there's enough till 2090 for everybody and you're not taking money away from anybody and this bill's presumptive that means if you lived or worked and went to school in lower Manhattan south of Canal Street and you got sick it's presumed that 911 caused it get in the program protect yourself it's that simple and I I would be remiss if I go ahe I'd be remiss if if I didn't ask you just how you are doing um how's your your foot how's your health I mean I know you spend every single minute fighting for others but I also you need know that you need to take care of yourself too uh John and I'm just wondering how you're doing physically mentally you know I'm never going to you know my injury Pals in comparison I am so insignificant to those who got sick or those who died you know I was talking to NJ burket a couple weeks ago and you know NJ was down there covering that and uh you know going to help NJ get into the program now and you know the media um reporters cameramen um producers uh the uh reporters some of them are on my wall on Long Island and um they're treated as First Responders so anybody in the news business should be in the program as well that was down at Ground Zero my injury I've had 46 surgeries 38 of them are from 911 double hit replacement the foot both feet my right knee nine surgeries um I go to the gym every day I I'm never going to feel sorry for myself um I'm a voice that's all I am and um I have a friend John Stewart who's got a bigger voice and when you put us two together we're a formidable opponent for congress yeah the two of you have done some pretty incredible things um I think I made him famous I think you did too John pH the real John no a shout out to John Stewart as well John great to see you it's always tough on a day like this but we appreciate every that you're doing thank you John thank you for having me all right the news never stops I'm Kira Phillips thanks for streaming with us lot more news up next first thing in the morning there's a lot going on we're still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened overnight clashing over National Security what's happening today tensions in the Middle 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aachi he's there in New Orleans our Matt Rivers is in h and then of course we have our meteorologist Samara Theodore who's tracking the storm for us so Matt uh let's talk about H how are things right now have they es escalated since we last talked yeah you know here in h this is going to be one of the epicenters I think of this storm when it comes ashore I it will likely come ashore a little bit to the west of us but what we're seeing from this storm is that the worst impacts from the actual storm might be on the Eastern portion of where this storm is coming asore so that's what we're expecting that's why we're in a hurricane warning actually right here in h right now it's not too bad you can see the rain is let up just a little bit a minute ago it was absolutely pouring rain and that's just those bands that come through you get hit with wind you get hit with rain and it passes until you're really in the thick of it we're obviously not right in the thick of it yet but we are starting to feel the impacts there's some flooding on the road there behind me there's a curfew in place this was a Walmart morning that when we were here it was absolutely packed people picking up last minute supplies obviously everyone is now starting to hunker down and then here in this gas station where we're uh using as as a base to do these live shots here you can see the pumps are closed they wrapped it all up uh and over on this side you can see this building actually has some gates that are already installed because you know this is Louisiana this is not a place that is not familiar with storm so you have places like this that have these built-in preparations as it were we know this state knows how to deal with the storm we've got the governor coming out saying there's some 2500 National Guard troops ready to go there's 400 state troopers because what they're expecting is damaged from this we're going to see down power lines we're going to see power outages we're going to see flash flooding some places getting around 10 in of rain in a very short amount of time so that obviously brings with it a flood risk and we know Kira that during hurricanes primarily what causes injuries and deaths is not the wind it's the water it's this flash flooding so that's what we're on the lookout for today uh as this storm comes ashore has this area seen stronger storms than this yes but because they've seen stronger storms I think the residents that we're speaking to not taking anything for granted not taking anything likely uh lightly uh really prepared for this one and Ike what's the situation like for you right now in New Orleans well K you heard Matt say right there that this state knows how to prepare for storms like this with the governor calling in the National Guard members and other First Responders just as a precaution to make sure to respond to this well here in New Orleans we're seeing the same type of response New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell right now issuing a shelter in place that was in effect at around 11 a.m. local time about an hour and a half ago and she's essentially asking everybody to stay inside their hes shelter in place until tomorrow morning she said quote by 11:00 a.m. everyone in New Orleans should stay off the road and shelter in place conditions will worsen throughout the day now she's talking about those outer bands that are currently experiencing right now in New Orleans if you take a look behind me you can see that rain is starting to become a little more steady and stronger with those wind gusts essentially coming in here more rapidly uh in terms of uh their frequency now in terms of what's Happening Here on the community level we already know that according to the power company here over 6,000 customers in Jefferson Paris have already lost their power officials say that number is expected to increase we know that the shelters here are starting to open up we know local leaders have been calling for evacuations in the area so they're opening up those shelters telling people to come in there not only by themselves but also bring food F water beddings clothing and of course uh uh equipment to charge your devices another thing we're seeing right now is the travel we know right now all the incoming flights into Louis Armstrong International Airport here in New Orleans have been canceled a lot of those departing flights have either been delayed or canceled as of now this is really seeing a ground stop and if you take a look at the road all here in New Orleans right now this is usually a time when you're seeing people walking all around here we're in the French Quarter where it's a heavy tourist spot but the road right behind me and this parking lot completely empty it appears right now that people are heating these wngs staying inside their homes evacuating those dangerous areas and really hunkering down for this uh storm that's likely to get into this area in just a few hours all right and Samar we're still anticipating landfall pretty soon Ike saying in a few hours there has that changed at all what's the latest on the strength yeah so landfall will be coming in a couple hours uh Ike will probably see conditions continuing to deteriorate right now uh the late latest information the center of francen is actually sitting about 200 plus miles to the southwest of New Orleans where he is now the hurricane Hunters every so often throughout the lifespan of a hurricane they fly into the storm they gather data the last bit of data we received was around 11:00 uh Eastern Standard Time that means it was a cat one at that point 90 m per hour winds and they didn't foresee this strengthening much more uh by making landfall it would have to cross that threshold of 96 before it becomes a cat 2 so right now we're still anticipating for it to remain a category one but the next update is coming out in less than 30 minutes so I'll have more for you this afternoon for now we know that hurricane francen is prompted tons of warnings but not only hurricane warnings we have tropical storm watches as far inland as north of mome Mississippi the latest path keeps it moving in just to the west of H as a cat one hurricane it could fall anywhere inside this cone of uncertainty and by the end of the week pushing further Inland into places like Memphis and Jackson now this is timing out when we in ipate landfall so between 3:30 and about 5:00 p.m. we can we're we're forecasting this hurricane to make landfall winds will begin to pick up in cities like H 64 miles per hour at 5: p.m. by 7 p.m. New Orleans will be in the worst of their winds storm surge 5 to 10 feet rainfall 6 to 12 Ines keep in mind with this storm system and other tropical storms we often see tornadoes so there's a possibility for tornadoes and that's something we have to keep an eye out for even as far east as Alabama I want want to just mention the storm surge again because this is potentially life-threatening storm surge from Morgan City to H where this is anticipated to make landfall 5 to 10 feet the way we have those winds driving in I foresee a lot of storm surge just outside of H there New Orleans could pick up 2 to six feet of storm surge as well Kira got it Samara Ike Matt thanks guys appreciate you we'll follow the storm throughout the day and for more in Louisiana is just preparation for Hurricane Francine let's continue the conversation now with the mayor baton R Sharon Weston broom joining me now mayor appreciate you uh zooming in let's talk about how you are preparing your residence right now for Francine's landfall well we have prepared our uh residents by certainly encouraging them to uh stay in uh to stay calm during this situation but our city Parish government has been taking some very intentional steps uh in anticipation of Hurricane Francine and so we have made sure that there are barricades on our roads we've uh made sure that we've uh examined our our storm water drains and uh We've made sure that uh we have uh shelters available uh for our residents as needed but I have to tell you that our preparation started a long time ago and that's when we started investing arpa dollars in cleaning out our waterways the $70 million we've spent on cleaning our drains and uh waterways and have removed over 30,000 tons of debris so that helps the water flow when we have major weather incidents like today well let's not forget the 2016 floods do you think the city is better equipped now to prevent major flooding this time around I absolutely think our city is better prepared uh based on what happened to us in the 2016 flood uh we have U shored up if you will our infrastructure improved our infrastructure but also there's been a shift in terms of the mindset of the citizens of uh Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish in terms of our proactiveness and being prepared for weather events like uh this so there has been some very transformative changes that have occurred since our 2016 flood that's good that's good one more question if you don't mind and I I see the uh the track right there behind you I know you're following everything in real time I know that you've uh put into effect a lot of closures uh cancellations of schools businesses all tied to Francine now how long do you expect uh this to continue well we certainly expect for the next uh two days uh to have our city uh our schools closed our city Parish government uh close right now I am at the mayor's office of Homeland Security and emergency preparedness where we have over 35 partners and uh department leaders who are here monitoring and preparing uh for the impact of Francine mayor Baton Rouge Sharon Weston broom mayor thank you good to see you thank you good to see you as [Music] well it was historic and heated less than 24 hours after our ABC News presidential debate the issue of race is creating quite a conversation after this moment my producer Diana pson actually captured in the spin room via her cell phone right after the debate take a listen president Trump I'm youf Salam one of the exer sir a m the Cal Park I'm one of the exer I'm not on your side [Music] Donald Trump actually confronted right after the debate by Yousef Salam you saw right there one of the members of the so-called Central Park 5 the group of teens who were wrongfully imprisoned for the assault and rape of a jogger in 1989 at the time Trump called for them to get the death penalty but the group was later exonerated Yousef Salam is now a New York city councilman and came face to face with the former president as you saw right there in our spin room last night joining me for more on this and of course more on the presidential debate and wacp president Derek Johnson great to have you in studio GL to be here what a night it was last night it was interesting to say the lace oh yeah all right and we're going to dive deep on that but first of all what did you think of that moment right there with with uh councilman youf Salam it furthers segements in my mind that uh former president Trump have some mental health issues here he didn't even recognize who he was as as much of a topic this has been during this campaign cycle I think he has serious cognitive decline and we need to pay attention to that uh it demonstrated itself during the debate and people who've been around him all also saying the same thing he's angry he's easily agitated and he talks in a loop he repeats the same thing over and over not to mention some of the nonsensical things that's coming out of his mouth you know we should point out that clearly we don't know anything about his his mental state right now we do know that he gets angry we do know how he lashes out in in times like this when he gets angry um but with that said uh you know we did see what happened with Joe Biden as he got older and and there were concerns about his mental acuity um and then he stepped out of the race uh furthermore well a lot more to see as time moves on but again we we we haven't uh we haven't talked to Trump's doctor of course these are all uh just sort of perceptions from from folks like you and others but I do uh want to ask you about Harris um let's get back to the debate she accused Trump of using race to divide the country uh citing the Central Park 5 and we just heard from Yousef Salam uh also the lawsuits against him for racial discrimination Trump called it old news what's your response well if people are still been impacted and affected as a result of Prior Behavior it's not old news it's current reality for those individuals who are affected n ACB were nonpartisan and so we've been monitoring this debate from the perspective of what are the public policies that are in advance and what we heard from Trump was more nonsensical statements and rhetoric the fact that he would go to talk about people eating cats and dogs out of the blue something that could easily be verified and he used that in a response to something brings us real serious questions we want to hear what would the next president do in terms of quality of life how could people be improved or their station be improved as a result of the public policies but what we heard what I heard was more rhetoric nonsensical attacks and that's unfortunate because this country cannot be a leading Nation if the a candidate cannot discern facts from fiction to verify information that he seen or says he's seen on television let pick up the phone and call you know a city official in that City I have serious concerns well and the Not only did the president uh talk about uh this in the debate claiming that Haitian immigrants in Ohio I are eating people's pets his vice president JD Van's also doubling down on that they're putting it all on media reports saying that they saw interviews with residents um but I'm just I mean look you're you're tied in with the the Haitian Community have you ever heard anything of this nature is this a concern to the NAACP and and President Johnson it is one of the most offensive statements political tactics that I've ever seen it plays on fear race and xenophobia there is no verifiable account that human beings are eating pets in any of the 50 states in this country and so either is a cognitive decline or a strategic approach to use race xenophobia and fear to try to get voters we cannot continue to prosper as a country if we use those tools of division to dve to try to drive votes and that's unfortunate appreciate your response this is the first time actually we're hearing you on this and it is a story that's been making a lot of news and we just made news right there so I appreciate you responding to that Joe Biden was able to eek out a win uh you know by turning black voters uh to the polls do you think KLA Harris can do the same thing and I guess it's a two-fold question do you think she can do the same thing and what is the NAACP doing to support uh kamla Harris and get you know black folks to vote for her so first of all we're nonpartisan so it's not about Comm Harris is to making sure that people have access to cast an effective ballot and that's our job we are recruiting volunteers to impact 14.1 million voters uh we have a text program where people text to work volunteer to the number 20707 and we don't tell people how to vote uh President Biden You' been clear about your concerns about Donald Trump that is for sure oh absolutely showing support for k Harris and things that she has said to support we we support the public policy not iCal party or the people right our board actually have both Republicans and Democrats on our board you will not see an endorsement but we are concerned with public policies that impact the quality of life for African-Americans we speak to it and we Al also concerned with public policy that impact all citizens because equal protection of the law is something we should all be uh working towards as well as making sure we are a true democracy and not create barriers to the polling place and so for us when we look at that debate so what does this policy of project 2025 really mean and are is either one of these candidates actually embracing it and although we're hearing nowhere not he he's not but we know the history has shown that he did embrace it and there is a move to sub subvert democracy and supplant the ability of citizens black white and others to truly appreciate all that this country have to give so I am curious uh about the black vote what are you hearing Dem Democrats Republicans um within the black community are they excited about this election are they fired up about this election what's what's the energy like what are you hearing we've seen a 180 degree turn people were frustrated the negativity that was coming out of of one side the lack of energy from the other side we begin to see momentum pick up over the last three weeks that really feels like 2008 or 2012 than it did it did this I mean now more any other time know in 2020 people were voting out of fear CU they seen what happened on January 6 they seen what happened in charlotteville Virginia they realized that in a week's time there was a mass shooting in El Paso Target Latino community in in Louisville Kentucky talking the African-American community and in Pittsburgh talking to the Jewish community that level of hate and division would destroy this country and now this year we're seeing momentum because there's messages of hope there's joy there are smiles and there's the potential to Pivot away from the divisiveness that we've we've witnessed during this campaign cycle you know I have to ask you this before we go because she's not talking a lot about it um she's just saying I'm going to let my work speak for itself what's it like to see a black woman on the ticket I'm going to tell you what it is like to see somebody giv a positive message that's talking about how we move this country forward we need to be looking towards 20 30 not 1930 and so as many people are listening for public policies they're getting more excited because they hear a vision is looking forward not a US versus US Paradigm Americans versus Americans uh men versus women we should not be in this space we should be talking about how do we maximize all the talents that our communities bring to bear and a way in which we could continue to be a leading democracy on this globe because if we don't and we fall backwards we would ceased to exist as the America you and I grew up with Derek Johnson Mr President good to see you thank you for your time all right well this is definitely a day that America will never forget we are remembering those lives lost on 9911 and we're continue continuing to raise up all the heroes that are still here to talk about it and never forget right along with us when ever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling for this tornado tore through this town from Leon main the scene of a horrific mass shooting from 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people who died at the hands of the those terrorists but the victims didn't just come from those deadly plane crashes in New York City the Pentagon and Shanksville Pennsylvania the New York City's Fire Department just announced this week that firefighters are still dying today as a result of illnesses that they got from responding to those terrorist attacks my next guest was not only one of the 911 responders who spent days at Ground Zero helping with cleanup efforts but went through more than 40 agonizing surg IES after an 8,000lb beam fell into his foot but John F has never stopped living or dedicating every day of his life since that moment working tirelessly for health benefits for those who still remain in desperate need of Medical Services as a result of the illnesses caused on 9/11 911 Heroes and vets advocate of the Feelgood Foundation John F joins me now John good to see you appreciate you so much being with us us today thank you for having me so we learned uh pretty staggering fact this week that more FDNY firefighters have died from 911 related illnesses in the last 23 years uh than the day they responded to the number of people that died on those terrorist ATT dur because of those terrorist attacks can you just you know put that into perspective for us as we think about that so actually you know the y say 371 um but it's more like 700 so it's the active firefighter who was active on 9911 will get the recognition that they died from 911 related illnesses but the city and the Union uh exol retirees to come back uh when 911 happened so um hundreds died you know they could have retired a week before 911 two years before 911 5 years before 911 and they don't get that acknowledgement that the active firefighters get and uh I'm never going to tell anybody how to do their job but all of them men and women um are on my wall on Long Island and this Saturday we had 317 names in a calendar year who passed away from a 911 related illness and now Nash who administrates the World Trade Center health program we have it now at 6,700 plus people responders and survivors who have died from a 9911 related illness um this is getting worse it's not getting better we're evolving for the worst and um you know we were just in DC uh in July introducing legislation to get funding for the World Trade Center heal program this is a nonstop non it's just constant hurdles and obstacles that we have to overcome and um we're ready for the fight well you have been fighting for 23 years you know what what has changed from the beginning of this fight to now are things better in any way John yeah let me find let me tell you a positive if um you had lung cancer I'm sorry it sucks if I had lung cancer from 911 it's it's usually untreatable it's aggressive but now in the 911 Community we have a higher survival rate than the general population because our doctors have 23 years of expertise in environmental diseases and stuff like that um that's the good news the bad news is so many people over 30,000 have a certif 9911 related illness there's 132,000 Plus in the World Trade Center health program uniform and non-uniform um you know 911 is still killing um those who died because of Senseless violence on 911 um my heart bleeds for them but those who got sick and are deathly ill and suffering for 23 years my soul cries for them because this this is Agony you know nobody ever said sorry to us nobody ever apologized to us and um creating the the World Trade Center health program was their apology but they held that apology like a carrot at the end of his stick and I can't wrap my arms around this but we had to chase that Carr for two decades in DC and we're still doing it and we're still fighting and listen I don't mind going to Congress and beating them up you know we're 19 for 19 and getting legislation passed um we're going to get this done before the end of the year and that's what I wanted to know what continues to be your biggest challenge to this day John um more and more people getting sick the programs have to change they have to adjust they have to evolve with us um in 2015 when we got the World Trade Center heal program extended till 2090 which we have enough money to make it till 2090 the pay for was for 10 years everything else after that would go in the president's budget the Omnibus we fell short of our pay for because in medical inflation in 2015 it was 70,000 people in the program now there 132,000 people in the program so um there needs to be smarter people than me um figuring out uh what the near future in the long term is going to be so we can better assist treat and take care of these men and women uniform and non-uniform you know you know I don't care if you're black white tall short skinny Republican Democrat man woman we're human beings and when we lack empathy we we we fail at being human beings and doing our jobs to Serve and Protect these men and women and you know it it seems every time time we talk about 911 we always say never forget I mean that was the slogan from that day right but there seems to still be so many Heroes forgotten what work still needs to be done well we all can do a better job in doing Outreach I mean right now if anybody in low Manhattan's watching this and they liveed South that work they went to school lived or went to school in lower Manhattan south of Canal Street to the Brooklyn Bridge to the water they're entitled to everything at 911 respond against the free healthcare and the compensation from the VCF I employed them to get into the program there's enough money for everybody there's enough money to get compensated all there's enough till 2090 for everybody and you're not taking money away from anybody and this bill's presumptive that means if you lived or worked and went to school in Lowa Manhattan south of Canal Street and you got sick it's presumed that 911 costus it get in the program protect yourself it's that simple and I I would be remiss if I go i' would be remiss if if I uh didn't ask you just how you are doing um how's your foot how's your health I mean I know you spend every single minute fighting for others but I also you need know that you need to take care of yourself too uh John and I'm just wondering how you're doing physically mentally you know I'm never going to you know my injury Pals in comparison I am so insignificant to those who got sick or those who died you know I was talking to NJ burket a couple weeks ago and you know NJ was down there covering that and uh you know going to help NJ get into the program now and you know the media um reporters cameramen um producers uh the uh reporters some of them are on my wall on Long Island and um they're treated as First Responders so anybody in the news business should be in the program as well that was down at Ground Zero my injury I've had 46 surgeries 38 of them are from 9/11 double hit replacement the foot both feet my right knee nine surgeries um I go to the gym every day I I'm never going to feel sorry for myself um I'm a voice that's all I am and um I have a friend John Stewart who's got a bigger voice and when you put us two together we're a formidable opponent for congress yeah the two of you have done some pretty incredible things um just I think I made him famous I think you did too John pH the real John no a shout out to John Stewart as well John great to see you it's always tough on a day like this but we appreciate everything that you're doing thank you John thank you for having me all right the news never stops I'm Kira Phillips thanks for streaming with us a lot more news up next if you were coming of age in the 1980s the brat pack was near the center of your cultural awareness but for those of us experiencing it from the inside the brat pack was something very different if you could have the brat pack may not exist would you I hated the BR what a disaster why did we take it as an offense Andrew I'm not not going to say we were the Beatles right well we didn't F sha Stadium 1985 I think we could have hey good morning America great J Good Morning America Good Morning America Good Morning America Good Morning America every I'm will reev reporting from Panda Ridge at the San Diego Zoo wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News [Music] live millions of residents along the Gulf Coast bracing for the third hurricane to hit the us this year good afternoon everyone I'm Kiera Phillips our top story look out Louisiana hurricane Francine inching its way toward the Bayou State set to make landfall just south of New Orleans later today forecast showing Francine hitting as as strong as a category 1 hurricane bringing about 90 mph winds to The Big Easy and lashing most of the Gulf Shore with flash flooding and life-threatening storm surge tornadoes also a possibility in the dangerous condition several towns across Louisiana under mandatory evacuation orders this hour with drivers over for crowding lines at the gas station while making their way out of town but a lot of other businesses and homeowners are hunkering down and doing everything to prepare for this what when I get home I plan on cooking so I can want my food up on a barbecue grill because I'm going out the food that I have cuz I didn't prepare for this I went to the store the shelves was empty of bread meat so had to work out what I have usually Miss Baton Rouge so that's why I wasn't really taking it serious until now I see it's really real well I'm not nervous and I don't know if it's going to miss or not cuz sometime it has you know we got all prepared and it kind of veered and went another Direction so but uh I'm just praying and ask the Lord to protect us there's a lot of people praying right now in Louisiana I can tell you that we've got team coverage starting us off AA Jai is on the ground in New Orleans also our meteorologist Samar Theodore is tracking the storm Ike uh let's talk about uh where you are right now in The Big Easy uh Francine expected to make landfall within a couple of hours how's everybody getting ready well we'll car it right now we're essentially seeing Francine get stronger by the stronger we've been talking every half hour and every time I come back on air it appears that the wind and the rain just keep inching a little higher on the intensity level right behind me you can see that rain starting to come down a little bit now we are still seeing those bands so literally right before it came on a air it was very heavy it's kind of subsided right now but it's been that way that back and forth for the past few hours the wind too is starting to pick up as well now in terms of the community around here we just heard word from Jeff and Paris officials that they've just issued a shelter in place advisory uh essentially saying conditions will deteriorate fast as Francine approaches Louisiana coast they're asking all residents should shelter in place right now which is exactly why you're seeing the streets completely empty I'm right in the French Quarter just four streets away from Bourbon Street and we're essentially seeing the streets here Barren so many people have decided to stay indoors or evacuate their areas and really hunker down for this entire storm uh for this entirety of this uh of the storm now remember I told you before that about 6,000 customers in Jefferson Parish didn't have power we're being told right now that that number is since improved it's about 1,500 but remember the Crux of the storm the center of the Storm still isn't over New Orleans officials say that numberers expected to climb even more once the storm gets more and more inundated in this area Cara all right well Samar what's the latest on the path and strength of the storm As It prepares to make landfall well Cara we actually just got an update from the National Hurricane Center the biggest differences we have seen then in the past few hours is that it's actually gaining speed so it's now moving to the Northeast at 16 miles per hour it's situated 150 Mi Southwest of New Orleans 95 miles south of Morgan City Morgan City is sitting just along the coastline there so that's hurricane Francine not anticipated to strengthen anymore but still a very strong cat one as as a result hurricane warnings from Lafayette to tropical storm watches as far north as Southern Mississippi the forecast path is still on track to move just to the west of H anywhere inside this cone of uncertainty it could fall in days to come it will then drive further Inland through Mississippi into parts of Arkansas and Tennessee let's time it out here we are 5:00 pm. so between about 3: and 5: that's the window time frame we're looking for that eye to start to move onto land making landfall as it does winds will increase some places like H 64 mph by uh 6 7:00 we're going to see those winds driving up for New Orleans before moving farther north into places like Gulfport biggest impacts here storm surge rainfall wind gusts as well as the threat for tornadoes uh you know when it comes to the rainfall we could see locally high amounts like 12 Ines of rain which is a lot in a small amount of time and that could lead to flash flooding therefore there is a significant re risk for the I 10 Corridor especially from buuy to New Orleans just outside of Lake Charles for flash flooding and as far north as I20 in Jackson Mississippi and as I stated tornadoes are also an issue we've got to watch for when it comes to hurricanes sometimes we see efz ef1 tornadoes spinning up and we could see that as far east as Alabama and the storm surge along the coastline is also something folks have to watch out for Kira all right Ike Samara thank you both so much we'll talk of course throughout the afternoon and as we wait on Francine well we can never forget k Trina that storm devastated Louisiana and completely debilitated New Orleans all of us who were there will never forget the water rushing in all the residents and First Responders scrambling to survive the lives that were lost and the failures in leadership that led to such a disaster we will also never forget the general known as the non-nonsense Raging cinjun who came to the rescue when city leaders finally sent that official SOS to the federal government well Honore came rushing in with his tanks and his troops because of him we all watch Francine knowing any given day nature can break anything built by man General Honore holds his breath yet again today but now we can look to him for advice and a lot of insight General so good to see you again hello uh it's unfortunate under these circumstances but never forget 911 is a sacred day in the history of America and it's will ever changed uh we we respond to disaster so it was good to be with you today Cara it's always a pleasure you know uh we learned a lot from Katrina didn't we General um where do you think I mean look you've written a couple books since then even about emergency response where did we improve you think since Katrina to now do you think we are better prepared as we wait for Francine absolutely when you look at the City of New Orleans the Federal government put a 14 billion doll Ley protection system around New Orleans now that still could be violated under the conditions your weather person just lady just gave a great report uh if that storm come and lingers and don't move on and put more water than the pumps can handle there could be some serious flooding in New Orleans and on the East Bank uh on the other hand we could get a tornado that could hit one of the 150 chemical plants between badon Rouge and New Orleans so we got a lot to worry about and it could take the grid down as it did during Ian in 2021 and that was a big problem because this storm is kind of tracking kind of like Ian did between Baton Rouge and New Orleans with the right front or the western side of the storm going over the City of New Orleans and going to the NorthShore so there's plenty of room here for disasters for home to be flooded and from wind damage from isolated tornadoes or from a strong wind as it come sure so we've got a lot to worry about but we've got a good team here in Louisiana uh the state is prepared I just watched the news conference down in plin and B have did come a long way it was a excellent news conference telling people where the shelters were telling what time the roads are going to Clos telling them what to do once the they put in the uh no move order or the curfew order and who to contact they got even talked about what they're going to do with the pets care that is magnificent offered people rides to come pick their pets up if they didn't have a way to move them excellent planning we've come a long way Cara but at the end of the day uh Mother Nature can defeat anything built by man and if it's a real disaster uh you're going to have damage and you could have people uh get killed in a situation like this and we always have isolated situation where trees falling on home from straight line wind and I'm Weir worried about the people on at home at Morgan City with the title Sur cure hey I remember I I remember well being with you and people didn't want to leave their animals I mean they were putting their lives at risk some people even lost their lives I remember because they didn't want to leave their pets behind and and I just want to ask you about that because we've actually we have reporters on the ground uh General who have interviewed uh residents saying they're hunkering down they don't want to leave they want to stay um there's always going to be those folks right that don't want to pack up and go what is your advice at this point to those people who are saying they're not leaving well you stand at your own risk make sure you take a marker out put your name on your arm and who should people contact because you're putting yourself at risk the First Responders can't move out once the winds pick up the night and you could be isolated at home and remind people of the 1,00 people or so that died during Katrina and miss in Louisiana Primary in Louisiana the majority of them were elderly people poor people and people disabled people you know that because you saw soldiers go in and move the body bags out that was the condition of the people we found and we worried about the elderly disabled and poor that cannot move or they not well informed and that's something we need to be concerned about but let me tell you how you said we have improved the first law post Katrina that passed by the Congress was that every agency that received federal assistance and federal planning had to have a plan for pets that's the first law that passed after Katrina that's how serious Americans are about the pets and that law passed and was and is a law now if you go to shelter you have to have a plan for the pets that was not the case during Katrina as you recall right and I also remember going to door door to door with you making those door knocks um and trying to find out of people were still alive and a lot of people weren't I mean you talk about those body bags those are things that we'll never forget you know we're going to monitor this storm cleared together I want to stay in close touch with you but also while I have you if you don't mind I do have one question regarding our presidential debate last night because you were actually asked to weigh in on the Congressional investigation into the January 6th Insurrection and during the debate General former president Trump actually blamed speaker Pelosi for the security failures that day I'd like to hear your response to that and if there's any truth to that since you were tied close to the investigation into the security situation no there's no truth to that the president is ultimately the guy in charge of security of the United States and security of Capital Region and the capital region is a special area because it doesn't have a governor so all requests for assistance and troops have to go through the president for approval it goes through the second of the army to the Secretary of Defense to the president but he's the he's the ultimate Authority on what troops move and you don't need to ask somebody if he wanted to deploy troops that that was a deflection and I'm sorry to see that happen and we all watched one6 unfold on TV we saw the president motivating and collaborating with the uh the mob that went to the capital to disrupt the election and we've all saw that unfold don't believe the lon eyes and uh this is just another variation of the story of the big lie and I'm sorry to see that happen and the American people know people who saw this no and there's a tendency out here by some to say don't believe Your Lying Eyes but we all saw what happened we saw police officers get beat we saw our police officers not properly trained and equipped so all that's been fixed but this could happen again because I think your president motivated and collaborated what happened at the capital that day even though he's in denial but no way was it the the speaker or the the leader of the Senate responsibility they were on they make decisions that's brought to them by the Capitol Police board which includes the both the uh stting at arm of the house and the Senate the capital police chief and the architect of the capital Who was appointed by the president so the president is deflecting and I think his memory is fading him if that's what he thinks definitely needed you get needed you to weigh in on that while I had you General Russell Honore so good to see you we'll be watching Francine closely hope we can talk uh many more times as we prepare for landfall today thank you sir God Bless America thanks for all the help people sending to Louisiana that's that's going to mean a lot the Red Cross is here in big numbers and everybody is prepared to try to help absolutely as are you thank you sir thank so the San ber you bet the San berardino County Sheriff says that a 34-year-old man is in custody now suspected of intentionally starting California's line fire it comes as more than 100,000 acres have now burned by at least 18 fires in the state thousands of residents have been forced to flee their homes now our Melissa Dawn is there on the ground in rightwood California she joins me now so Melissa what's the latest hey there Kira so we continue to see a spot fires and a lot of these flames and smoke throughout the area here in rightwood essentially here behind us the firefighter have really gathered in this mountainous area it is challenging terrain but right where we are there's a church near us there's several homes and that's where they've set up a perimeter they're trying to protect this critical property but unfortunately kir we've already gotten confirmed of several dozen homes destroyed lost by this Wildfire here in the rightwood community and in the mount bald community so that is already so devastating for so many folks but Kira keep in mind this is just one major Wildfire here the bridge fire we're also mon monitoring fires that are expanding from San Bernardino LA County Orange County as well and Riverside County all of those experiencing also of homes that have been lost and destroyed it is challenging because Kira keep in mind while that intense heat wave that a lot of us experience just over the weekend that has finally let up today but now there's a new threat that's coming in we're anticipating high winds this afternoon as this region is under a Red Flag Warning got it Melissa Don appreciate it thanks so much much coming up no love loss on the debate stage in Philly what did Americans think of last night's performances a closer look right after this whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is 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gentlemen Carol bonette the 76th Emmy a night of first with Robin Roberts it'll be a crazy good time so crazy Friday night at 87 Central on what network are we on ABC ABC oh my God how do you spell that [Music] ABC glad you're streaming with us our ABC News presidential debate was one for the history books that's for sure vice president kamla Harris and former president Donald Trump goinge to head in the City of Brotherly Love But far from the moment they took the stage and met for the very first time there was clearly no love loss between the two Donald Trump actually has no plan for you because he is more interested in defending himself than he isn't looking out for you she doesn't have a plan she copied Biden's plan and it's like four sentences like Run Spot Run four sentences that are just oh will try and lower taxes what you will also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom she said people start leaving people don't go to her rallies there's no reason to go and it is absolutely well known that these dictators and autocrats are rooting for you to be president again because they're so clear they can manipulate you with flattery and favors the leaders of other countries think that they're weak and incompetent and they are they grossly incompetent joining me now J O'Brien on the hill White House correspondent Karen Travers there at the White House Jay um boy it's created quite a buzz from the White House to the hill so what are you hearing from lawmakers look we've heard both parties really try to manage expectations today Kira Democrats say look they believe this was a clean win they were thrilled with kamla Harris's performance we've heard Republicans say that on the the substance for instance they believe Donald Trump won and maybe he didn't win necessarily on the style in the view of some Republican Senators who have spoken with reporters today but I can tell you privately I've heard from Republicans who say look Donald Trump missed some opportunities in their view on that debate stage last night and they believe that there were instances where he was baited by kamla Harris particularly when kamla Harris brings up his rallies and those leaving early she says you just played a little bit of that sound I've heard from a Republicans who say that was clearly Harris trying to bait Trump and Trump took debate but still in the view of some Republicans they don't think this is going to move the needle with voters they believe a lot of Voters already had their minds made up but still there is this question hanging over this of a what kind of impact does this debate have and B what kind of impact does it have on the race going forward do they meet again is there another debate Comm Harris is certainly pushing for one Donald Trump has been very much unclear as to how he wants to go forward if there's going to be another match you Karen I love days like this because you get a chance uh to talk to all the ABC radio stations across the country uh what have anchors been asking you Kira the big question was is there going to be a second showdown between vice president Harris and former president Donald Trump because of course that was the only scheduled debate there is nothing right now on the books the other questions focused on the fact that kamla Harris came into this debate with a strategy she was aiming to get under Trump's skin to try and rile him up by baiting him with some of those sound bites you just played at the beginning of this segment and aners certainly were acknowledging it seemed to work she was getting questions about immigration and the border and turned that into a conversation about the crowd size at his rallies and he couldn't help himself from responding to that and then that took him off his own talking points and his attack lines against her the other big thing that going into this debate was that group of Voters who said that they still wanted toar hear more from 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early morning news on ABC News live reporting from the DNC in Chicago where RI police are moving protesters back I'm Matt Gutman wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News [Music] live well it's one of the top issues heading into this year's election and today new data shows that inflation actually slowed more than expected last month the Consumer Price Index showing prices increased 0.2% from July to August and 2.5% compared to a year ago that's better than what analysts were expecting our Elizabeth schully joining me now all right what could these numbers mean for the long awaited interest rate cut and the race for the White House you know okay let's start with that long rated interest rate cut we've been talking about for it feels like years Kira but we are waiting now for the FED meeting next week that interest rate caught very much on track and this in report today does keep the FED on on track to lower borrowing costs to cut interest rates but probably by a smaller amount so we're talking about 25 basis points basically a quarter of a percentage Point that's the beginning of a series of interest rate cuts that would make it cheaper to pay off your credit card debt would lower mortgage rates lower the cost of a new car loan I think when you look at this inflation report that 2.5% annual inflation rate I mean it's important to kind of look at that in the context Kira two years ago we were talking about a 9% inflation rate so there has been significant progress and that's why the FED is ready to take this step of lowering those borrowing costs it's the lowest right now in three years for inflation does still mean that prices are going up and one area in this report that showed prices are going up by a little bit more than economists want to see is rent we've seen that month after month rent pric is still higher than people want them to be and that's one place you really can feel those price hikes obviously when you're paying your rent every month Kira so it's a question we ask every month here it comes when will consumers actually start seeing the impact of this positive or these positive economic numbers you know just in our daily lives and I think it's an important question too in the context of the election of we know that this has been a liability for the vice president surprisingly didn't hear former president Trump Hammer her on the in issue of inflation as much as maybe he has on the campaign trols as much as some of his supporters had hoped but what we do know is that prices aren't going up as fast but they are still going up so cumulatively when you go to the grocery store you are still noticing that the price is going to be higher than it was 3 four years ago and that's probably going to be continue to be the case and don't expect inflation to continue to kind of go below and prices to drop anytime soon but kir I had a feeling you're going to ask me this question so I do want to point out a couple bright spots if you're going to the grocery store you can actually see lower prices now the first one fresh biscuits rolls and muffins saw big price decline there in the last month coffee prices down 2% in a month so that's good news for all of us who don't sleep a lot I need to drink a lot of coffee and then into our plants and flowers another place where you could save some money so there are some bright spots where we're actually seeing prices decline on a monthly basis uh not just that they're not going up as fast as they were maybe a little bit of Silver Lining there when you're looking at the inflation picture at Kira okay you have us all talking about warm biscuits right now now we're hungry who doesn't want warm biscuits exactly exactly so I'll bring one for the next okay perfect thank you Elizabeth all right the knes never stops near to the hot biscuits I'm Cara Phillips thanks for streaming with us a lot more news up next don't go [Music] far Whenever Wherever news breaks it's so 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hours now Francine is packing 90 M an hour winds and there's threats of flooding as well tornadoes also a possibility in the dangerous conditions several towns across the Bayou State under mandatory evacuation orders drivers overcrowding lines at the gas stations as well while trying to make their way out of town we've got team coverage for you starting off with our ikechi he's there in New Orleans also our meteorologist SM Theodore is tracking the storm so Ike how's the the situation New Orleans right now well K I was just looking at the updates that we're getting right now every half hour or so and right now there's officially a tornado watch issued for the New Orleans metro area the National Weather Service they issued that watch just about a half hour ago and it's including the New Orleans the New Orleans metro area the surrounding areas including Sidell now this tornado watch is in effect until 11:00 p.m. tonight on top of that Jefferson Paris the officials there and the mayor for New Orleans has issued a shelter in place advisory so they want people right now to find a safe place and stay there as you can see right now this storm is starting to intensify as those outer bands move closer and closer and that Center of storm is essentially moving closer to making landfall but right now the rain has picked up significantly just within the past 30 minutes from when we spoke to you last and the wind right now behind me is actually starting to pick up I'm in a garage right now safe from the storm uh from the storm but we have to move up a little bit because that wind was pushing the rain all the way into this garage so you can see that force from this storm is definitely starting to intensify and making things a little bit more complicated now there's one thing officials are talking about right now which I want to bring up because of this slow moving storm and the fact that it timeline has shifted a little bit towards the evening because the eye in the center of that storm will be over New Orleans later on to this evening officials saying that that will make all the efforts that much more difficult because we essentially have no sunlight and no light essentially shining on what essentially needs to be the recovery effort so they saying the darkness will make everything a lot harder for those First Responders essentially trying to either get to people to help recover them or really just responding to those power outages that we've been seeing now I want to talk a little bit about those power outages about a few hours ago that was around 6,000 that's according to the power company here in Louisiana they've been out and about all morning making sure that they can attend to those outages that number's come down to about 1,500 right now but the officials are still saying to be cognizant be wary make sure that all your devices are charged just in case the power decides to go out again now along with all that we're seeing so many things happen in this community in terms of travel we know all the arriving flights coming into the Louis Armstrong International Airport have since been canceled a lot of the departing flights have either been delayed or canceled as that storm moves closer and closer into the New Orleans area and we're also being told the shelters in this area are starting to open up obviously because of those evacuation orders that's been happening all around the New Orleans area a lot of the officials want to make sure that people have somewhere to go so they've been opening up the shelters all around this area but they don't want people to essentially just go in there they're saying bring your clothes bring food bring water bring beddings and of course bring those items that you need to be charged and a way to actually charge them Kira all great advice and Samara let's talk about Francine's current path at this hour let's do it all right so with the latest update we know that it's still a cat one hurricane we're not anticipating it to strengthen a cat to step stat is however still very strong category 1 it's about 95 miles or less Southwest of Morgan City right along the coastline to the west of H uh about uh roughly 100 plus miles away from New Orleans now as we head through the coming hours we're going to see that this storm continues to push further Inland uh I'm so sorry I'm going to have to step off camera right quick because it seems like there we go was having some issues with the clicker all right so we have watches that have been issued for New Orleans Hurricane Warning still in effect from lafay at Toom and we have tropical storm watches as far inland as Southern Mississippi the intended path Still Remains on track to move Inland very uh close to H new H Louisiana and then drive further Inland by the end of the week so let's talk timing on this between about 3:30 and 5:00 p.m. that's central time that's when we can anticipate the landfall to occur once it does winds will quickly increase in places like com up to 64 miles hour New Orleans will then see an increase in wind speeds as we head through Sunset before it starts to push farther north into gulport one of the big impacts storm surge 5 to 10 feet of storm surge is possible anywhere outlined in red New Orleans could see 2 to six feet of storm surge another issue that we're concerned about is the flash flooding the I 10 Corridor could see significant flash flooding today even as far north as Jackson where it hits I20 and Jackson Mississippi we could see locally high amounts around 12 in and then finally as Ike mentioned tornado watches have been issued for parts of louisian and that's until 11:00 p.m. tonight something interesting that happens is when these storms while they're moving over water and they have that smooth surface then they move over land and they counter friction and so we get the Dynamics that are perfect for tornadoes to spin up usually they're ranking between ef0 to ef1 but that could cause damage nonetheless and it's the areas shaded in yellow that have the most elevated risk for tornado as we head through both today and tomorrow and that includes parts of the Florida Panhandle all the way in to Central Alabama Kira all right Samara Ike thank you both for more on the hurricane and Francine's landfall let's bring in Michael Brennan now the director of the National Hurricane Center uh Michael good to see you let's talk about the risks right now uh you know that the storm surge uh can bring what are you looking at what are you paying attention to what are you most concerned about want well yeah on on the immediate southern coast of Louisiana we're really going to see those water levels rise in the next few hours as we can see the center of Francine is going to make landfall here uh as it moves northeastward now at 16 miles hour so near into the right of where the center crosses the coast that's where we have the potential for that 5 to 10 feet of storm surge inundation above ground level uh that includes places like Vermilion Bay uh tabone Parish over to Port foron but then there's going to be storm surge well out to the east of the center including the NorthShore of Lake pona train parts of the Mississippi and even Alabama coast there's going to be a lot of water as you know hurricanes are Water Events you storm surge heavy rainfall and then we're going to be dealing with the winds with the fast motion of Francine it's going to bring those hurricane force winds Inland into places like H up towards Baton Rouge where we have hurricane warnings in effect concerned about the New Orleans metro area as well expecting highend tropical storm force winds gust to Hurricane Force going to likely see widespread power outages in this region that could last for days uh and again we want people to be safe after the storm as well so uh and then the potential for tropical storm conditions up here as far north as Southern Mississippi uh as we move from tonight into Thursday and this is the third hurricane to hit the us this year uh is this common do you think we're seeing a rise in hurricanes now what are your thoughts well we're expecting a busy season It's Not Unusual to have multiple hurricane landfalls in busy Seasons uh we've had happened to have lots of systems affecting the Gulf Coast already this year and as we go deeper into the hurricane season the activity tends to shift back to the West towards the Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico near the United States as we go from late September into October so that risk is certainly going to be there for the rest of this season all right and let's just before we let you go advice to the residents of Louisiana who have been told to evacuate and they don't want to well you need to be in a safe place now the time for evacuation is really just about over so you're going to want to shelter in place through the rest of today through tonight into Thursday all across Southeastern Louisiana it's not going to be a safe environment to be out in especially in the at night time in the dark when you can't see what dangers might be out there for you jate you thanks so much san berino county sheriff says a 34y old man is in custody now suspected of intentionally starting California's line fire it comes as more than 100,000 acres have now burned by at least 18 fires in the state thousands of residents have been forced to flee their homes now our Melissa Don is there on the ground in Wrightwood California she joins me now so Melissa what's the latest hey there Kira so we continue to see spot fires and a lot of these flames and smoke throughout the area here in rightwood essentially here behind us the firefighters have really gathered in this mountainous area it is challenging terrain but right where we are there's a church near us there's several homes and that's where they've set up a perimeter they're trying to protect this critical property but unfortunately kir we've already gotten confirmed of several dozen homes destroyed lost by this Wildfire here in the rightwood community and in the mount baldwi community so that is already so devastating for so many folks but Kira keep in mind this is just one major Wildfire here the bridge fire we're also monitoring fires that are expanding from San Bernardino LA County Orange County as well and Riverside County all of those experiencing also a homes that have been lost and destroyed it is challenging because Kira keep in mind while that intense heat wave that a lot of us experience just over the weekend that has finally let up today but now there's a new threat that's coming in we're anticipating high winds this afternoon as this region is under a Red Flag Warning got it Melissa Don appreciate it thanks so much coming up no love loss on the debate stage in Philly what did Americans think of last night's performances a closer look right after this what does it take to be the most watched newscast in America an operation to capture Isis 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there were instances where he was baited by kamla Harris particularly when kamla Harris brings up his rallies and those leaving early she says you just played a little bit of that sound I've heard from Republicans who say that was clearly Harris trying to bait Trump and Trump took debate but still in the view of some Republicans they don't think this is going to move the needle with voters they believe a lot of voters already had their minds made up but still there is this question hanging over this of a what kind of impact does this debate have and B what kind of impact does it have on the race going forward do they meet again is there another debate K Harris is certainly pushing for one Donald Trump has been very much unclear as to how he wants to go forward if there's going to be another matchup Karen I love days like this because you get a chance uh to talk to all the ABC radio stations across the country uh what have ankors been asking you Kira the big question was is there going to be a second showdown between vice president Harris and former president Donald Trump because of course that was the only scheduled debate there is nothing right now on the books the other questions focused on the fact that kamla Harris came into this debate with a strategy she was aiming to get under Trump's skin to try and rile him up by baiting him with some of those sound bites you just played at the beginning of this segment and anchors certainly were acknowledging it's seemed to work she was getting questions about immigration and the border and turned that into a conversation about the crowd size at his rallies and he couldn't help himself from responding to that and then that took him off his own talking points and his attack lines against her the other big thing that going into this debate was that group of Voters who said that they still wanted to hear more from the vice president about her proposals what she would do if she were elected a very large group according to the 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to cut interest rates but probably by a smaller amount so we're talking about 25 basis points basically a quarter of a percentage Point that's the beginning of a series of interest rate cuts that would make it cheaper to pay off your credit card debt would lower mortgage rates lower the cost of a new car loan I think when you look at this inflation report that 2.5% annual inflation rate I mean it's important to kind of look at that that in the context Kira two years ago we were talking about a 9% inflation rate so there has been significant progress and that's why the FED is ready to take this step of lowering those borrowing costs it's the lowest right now in three years for inflation does still mean that prices are going up and one area in this report that showed prices are going up by a little bit more than economists want to see is rent we've seen that month after month rent pric is still higher than people want them to be and that's one place you really can feel those price hikes obviously when you're pay your rent every month Kira so it's a question we ask every month here it comes when will consumers actually start seeing the impact of this positive or these positive economic numbers you know just in our daily lives and I think it's an important question too in the context of the election of we know that this has been a liability for the vice president surprisingly didn't hear former president Trump Hammer her on the issue of inflation as much as maybe he hasn't the campaign TRS as much as some of his supporters had hoped but what we do know is that prices aren't going up as fast but they are still going up so cumulatively when you go to the grocery store you are still noticing that the price is going to be higher than it was three four years ago and that's probably going to be continue to be the case and we don't expect inflation to continue to kind of go below and prices to drop anytime soon but kir I had a feeling you're going to ask me this question so I do want to point out a couple bright spots if you're going to the grocery store you can actually see lower prices now the first one fresh biscuits rolls and muffins saw big price decline there in the last month coffee prices down 2% in a month so that's good news for all of us who don't sleep a lot and need to drink a lot of coffee and then IND our plants and flowers another place where you could save some money so there are some bright spots where we're actually seeing prices decline on a monthly basis uh not just that they're not going up as fast as they were maybe a little bit of Silver Lining there when you're looking at the inflation picture at Kira okay you have us all talking about warm biscuits right now now we're hung doesn't want more bacon exactly exactly some bring one for the next hour okay perfect thank you Elizabeth all right the news never stops near to the hot biscuits I'm Cara Phillips thanks for streaming with us a lot more news up next don't go [Music] far whenever 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The Big Easy and lashing most of the Gulf Shore with flash flooding life-threatening storm surge tornadoes also a possibility in the dangerous conditions several towns across Louisiana under mandatory evacuation orders drivers overcrowding lines right now at the gas station while trying to make their way out of town a lot of other businesses and homeowners though hunkering down and doing everything to prepare we're the only uh place out here for the sheriff's department the fire department we have gas uh all the locals depend on us we're going to try to stay on top of it and hopefully take care of everybody get a lot of beer barbecue hope best we've got team coverage starting us off Matt Rivers there on the ground in h also our meteorologist smart theor is track in the storm Matt let's start with conditions uh where you are yeah hey Karen how's it going what's going on at the moment basically is this is kind of a strange hurricane at least for the moment I'm talking to our meteorology team who's basically telling us that there's a lot of dry air pockets within this hurricane and as a result you get times like this where doesn't really feel like you're even in a hurricane it's kind of bizarre I've covered a lot of these storms over my career and this is one of the stranger ones where as down a little bit there's not as much rain but that's not going to last this is going to pick back up there's no question about it it's just in these moments it's a bit less intense than it was the last time you and I spoke about two hours ago now so this is just what's happening with this storm uh at the moment we're not seeing a ton of flash flooding around the area we're not seeing those devastating effects that people have been predicting but they call it flash flooding for a reason that could certainly change and what we do know is that the wall the eyewall is of this storm is moving in our Direction and as that happens the rain's going to pick up the wind's going to pick up and it will kind of resemble that more classic hurricane that we're all used to so for the moment we're all kind of savoring a brief break in this but even now you can see it's rain's picking up just a little bit Kira so this kind of a weird one but for now uh it's okay all right well Samar what's the latest on just the path and the strength of the storm well it's still a category one hurricane Kira we're not anticipating it to strengthen any further uh it's getting very close to landfall it's less than a 100 miles away from the uh border there in Louisiana and you know Matt is in h there so we're actually anticipating that we will see rain pick up where he is pretty soon so we do have a good amount of watches and warnings that have been issued for the Louisiana Coastline even as far deep into Mississippi's tropical storm watches and warnings the path right now brings uh Francine in very close to H and then drives it in further Inland in the coming days so this is the future cast it tells us hey this is what the radar could look like in the coming hours between about 3:30 and 500 p.m. central Time is when we're anticipating a official landfall for that eye at which point we will see winds continue to pick up in places like H notice the directions that the winds are spinning so we're going to see water being driven Inland into places like H coming in from uh that East Side there and then that pushes further into into New Orleans New Orleans so New Orleans will see winds picking up up a little closer to Sunset okay biggest impacts with this storm are going to be likely heavy rainfall and storm surge 5 to 10 feet is still on the map uh the potential for places like Morgan City along the coastline a little less the further Inland you go to places like gulport and New Orleans there 3 to 5 ft is certainly possible near Cameron significant flash flooding is possible as well with this storm system especially along the I 10 Corridor and into uh Jackson Mississippi the last thing I have to note is the threat for tornadoes we have a tornado watch that has been issued for much of Louisiana until 11: p.m. tonight this is not something that's uncommon for tornadoes to accompany hurricanes or tropical systems when they push Inland so there's an elevated tornado threat not only today not only for the New Orleans or for I'm sorry New Orleans or Louisiana but also for places like the Florida Panhandle and into Central Alabama especially as we head through tomorrow Kira all right well Matt how are residents preparing at this hour you know everyone's hunkered down at this point Kira I think the time to prepare was before that I think this is an area where people are you know they're used to the rain here they're used to hurricanes they know what to do to prepare for storms like this and that's been a consistent message that they're getting from the authorities you know you heard all day yesterday now is the time to go out and prepare Now's the Time to go get your water your gas for your generators it's not the time today at this moment I think people are heaing that call we're really the only ones out here we're seeing constant police patrols up and down but it's really just us and the police and that's a good thing people are really uh anticipating that this storm could bring some damage so and they don't want they don't want any part of it and I think it's worth noting that this is an area that has been hit very hard by Strong by strong storms in the past and so even though you might think oh that might make people think that this storm isn't as bad I think what it also does is give people a sense of you never know what's going to happen and you need to hope for the best but prepare for the worst all right Matt Rivers Mar Theodore thank you both so much we'll keep in close contact and as the Gulf Coast is preparing for Francine to make landfall there are a lot of officials from the Federal Emergency Management Association saying that hundreds of workers are currently on the ground in the region just to be ready and on hand for Rescue and Recovery efforts Keith tur associate administrator for the response and Recovery team at FEMA there joins me now uh good to see you FEMA's current plan is is to assist residents during the storm including coordinating with state and local authorities right how will that all work yeah so FEMA has been in coordination with state and local officials for a number of days now as we saw this storm uh approaching we have uh our regional administrator is on the ground in the EOC uh we have two Incident Management teams that are aligned with the state uh and a number of our inter agency partners are also coordinating with the state and so um as your reporter mentioned a minute ago the the preparations are mostly done we're in the phase now where uh folks are hunkering down and making sure they're ready to withstand the impacts uh and FEMA is aligned with the state ready to make sure that there's any requirements that they have were able to support as you probably know the the president declared an emergency declaration uh last night that gives us the ability to bring in federal resources if they are required for any of those response activities and we've learned a lot from past hurricanes haven't we um how is FEMA just worked on its response and Recovery operations uh throughout the years to get to this point What's going to be different and what do folks need to know that are waiting for Francine yeah I think you know FEMA we've had a lot of experience over the last number of years in working specifically on hurricanes uh our our goal is always to make sure that we are leaning forward uh making sure we're bringing whatever resources may be required uh so that we are not late to need if that were if that were to happen so uh we've got great Partnerships so the state of Louisiana uh unfortunately is no stranger to hurricanes as you mentioned and and we've been with them uh for years in advance of this and so we're prepared to work with them in terms of what folks need to know I'd say it's it's important to stay safe I it was mentioned that uh the preparedness activities are are mostly complete and they're hunkering down but what many people don't know is that some of the most dangerous times are those hours right after the storm passes when you've got high flood waters or power lines down uh or even operating a generator making sure you're doing that safely and keeping it away from your home so there's a number of of uh of of hazards that present themselves even after the storm has passed and it's really important that everyone uh stay connect with their local officials stay safe uh and if you need more information on that you can go to ready.gov uh to get a list of of checklists and things to do to make sure you and your family stay safe I know I think a lot of residents will want to know what kind of assistance you're going to offer uh you know after Francine hits specifically talking about shelter recovery support what will be made available how do they connect with you yeah so at this point right now we have an emergency declaration declared that gives us the ability to provide Federal support to the state and local governments in the response uh tomorrow we will work with the state locals and get out quickly and do assessments uh get a sense of what the levels of damage are uh where that need is and from there additional types of assistance may be uh may be approved important if you do are impacted if you do have damage to your home uh make sure you document that make sure you uh contact your local officials let them know uh what you're going through and all of that will be wrapped up into those damage assessments that will uh could potentially lead to other assistance down the line one more question if you don't mind what about the long-term recovery needs you know of communities particularly those that are still recovering from you know storms like Ida yeah long-term recovery is a it's a process and and there are a number of storms as you mentioned Ida others from 2020 that the folks in Louisiana are still recovering from um that is a is something that requires a team effort the state of Louisiana will be a key player in that the local officials uh and fan our intering partners will be there uh to support this community uh through that process um right now the focus of course is making sure everyone stays safe uh and and and depending on what the impact of the storm look like it may be a long load to recovery but we'll tackle that problem tomorrow today we want to make sure everyone heeds those warnings listens to their local officials and stay safe uh as this storm passes Keith T appreciate your time thank you thank you San berino County Sheriff says that a 34y old man is in custody now suspected of intentionally starting California's line fire it comes says more than 100,000 acres have already burned by at least 18 fires in the state thousands of residents have been forced to flee their homes our Melissa Don is there on the ground in Wrightwood California so Melissa what's it like where you are at this hour uh yes curious so here in the community of Wrightwood here in kind of the Town Center if you will we have seen a lot of firefighting efforts to keep maintain this area specifically we see you see that house there behind me that shed we have noticed how firefighters have have pulled up a perimeter they've been back burning and trying to protect that area it was an area that we had seen uh dangerously close to flames at a certain point a lot of this right now we're just in the Smoky and hazy condition because of how Fierce so much of these Flames had ripped through the overnight hours the big concern Kira was those winds right now things are calm however high winds once again threatening this area that's something we're expected to feel around this afternoon while the temp temperature not like what we've been feeling over the weekend that intense Heat Wave finally letting up for us but these are the main concerns here for the bridge fire this is where officials have already updated us telling us several dozen homes have been destroyed just from this Wildfire there are at least two other wildfires in the region that we're also monitoring there we've seen there as well homes also destroyed so it's definitely something that is constantly watching at any moment Kira you might feel like things are under control but there's this heightened protection this area under a mandatory evacuation as things can change so quickly so what do we know about this man in custody suspected of uh being directly tied to this fire exactly Kira so what we've known so far 34y old man he's from noral one of those Inland communities um out here and essentially officials for calfire were working with detectives from the San Bernardino County to figure out what his connection was he is suspected of arson details there are limited as to why this was intentionally set or if this was accidentally but they're looking into it there's been issues before just throughout this year we've seen other cases of folks up in Northern California there was one man who pushed a car into a Ravine and that he was charged against so right now here with this case details are limited as to what exactly was it that makes him a suspect uh but he is in custody he's being held on an $80,000 uh Bond we're going to be watching that because again that's just for one of those again for this fire and for the airport fire those causes are still under investigation Cara all right Melissa Don in rightwood Forest Melissa thank [Music] you well our ABC News presidential debate is going into the history books as one of the most contentious ones we've ever seen vice president kamla Harris and former president Donald Trump meeting for the very first time in Philly okay wait for it wait for it yes it happened they did shake hands um and it didn't take very long though uh for them to well shake hands again shall we say at the 9/11 Memorial in New York different circumstances for sure they then both traveled to Shanksville Pennsylvania to pay their respects there Jay O'Brien is on the hill White House correspondent Karen Travers okay so the debate was contentious Jay uh but they did Shake hands twice we have to acknowledge that I'm curious what your sources on both sides are saying about how just the candidates not only performed but interacted well look I was in the spin room last night just after the debate and then of course I'm here on Capitol Hill today and the lines from Republicans and Democrats have really largely been the same since the early minutes after that debate wrapped up Democrats walked into that spin room and a lot of Democrats I caught up with here at the capital have said the same thing that they were thrilled by K Harris's performance last night they felt that she met all of her marks that she laid some traps for Donald Trump that these Democrats feel that Trump stepped into uh there was concern from one Democrat I chatted with who said that kamla Harris maybe needs to introduce herself more to those pockets of Voters we seen we see borne out in the polling uh that said they don't know enough about kamla Harris but on the flip side as for Republicans look there were Republicans that walked into that spin room last night and they tried to spin this as a debate where Trump won on the substance versus the style what Trump was saying was more true to the current condition of this country than the picture that commala Harris painted uh but there were Republicans that acknowledged that kamla Harris got under Donald Trump's skin last night Byron Donald's walked out into that spin room Congressman of Florida and said well they both got under each other's skin that was an acknowledgement of the fact that KLA Harris did get under Trump's skin and I've also heard from Republicans privately who have said look they believe Donald Trump missed some key opportunities last last night he did take debit from kamla Harris particularly on things like crowd size when she baited him on crowd size things like that the jury is out these Republicans say as to whether or not this debate is going to move the needle with any of those key groups of Voters those Independents those moderates in those mus wi States like where the debate was held in Pennsylvania but certainly the sentiment among Republicans was it was not Donald Trump's best debate performance despite the fact that he walked out into the spin room and he said that it was last night well Karen you have been talking to ABC radio stations all across the country throughout the day based on just what anchors are asking you what seems to kind of cut through the most from this debate Kira the big question I was getting asked this morning on almost every single radio station was will there be a second debate between vice president Harris and former president Donald Trump last night's debate was the only one that is officially scheduled the only one on the books the Harris campaign minutes after that debate ended put out a statement and said let's do this again they want to meet him again on a stage in October Donald Trump last night in the spin room and again today in an interview was indicating he is not inclined to do another debate he says it because he did so great last night and won and he doesn't need to and says only when you lose a debate do you want another one so quickly right after still the Harris campaign would love to do that again the other big thing that cut through though I think is that we knew going in that KLA Harris's strategy was to try to get under his skin to try to bring him away from some of the talking points that he was going to use to attack her on issues like the economy immigration the border and crime where she does not poll as well as he does right now she did that and his answers then on those topics ended up becoming much more convoluted by getting bogged down in other topics and he didn't land the punches that his campaign and his allies that Jay was just mentioning there were hoping that he would land against the vice president well Jay one of the most talked about moments of the night came after the debate yes we are talking about Taylor Swift endorsing Harris I wonder if I'm going to get a chuckle out of Karen too um could the swifties actually have an impact on this election look that news it did drop like a bombshell in the spin room last night I was watching Democrats and Republicans learning in real time that this had happened and the Democrats that you saw get that news on their phones or what have you were happy some were ecstatic there were Republicans in the room who just didn't seem to care I I was standing next to V ramaswami where he was spinning for Donald Trump and somebody asked him his reaction and he was clearly learning the news for the first time and said that's not necessarily a big deal look there are Democrats who believe that Taylor Swift's endorsement could have some kind of galvanizing effect particularly on younger voters maybe those voters who might be more inclined to vote for kamla Harris if they were to vote but the challenge for Democrats would be getting them out to the polls particularly again in some of those must-win states that have big cities like Pennsylvania Philadelphia right like Wisconsin Etc not necessarily going to maybe change the course of this election some of the Democrats I talked to last night said but they do believe it is something that could help them again particularly with some of those young voters where turnout is really the key in that demographic all right Jay Garen thank you so much so it is a day that we will never forget 8 46 a.m. eastern time 2001 flight 11 crashing into the World Trade Center's North Tower changing New York City and 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meteorologist Samar theor is tracking the path so Samara we are Nearing landfall uh where is Francine currently on the map all right Kira so yes landfall is drawing nigh so what we have is the center of Francine pretty close to Morgan City about half an hour ago so it was uh 95 miles off the coast so it's getting closer and closer one of the big cities that'll also be hit will be H and uh we will see further ramifications into New Orleans look at the area shaded in yellow I know this is kind of difficult to make out on this map but what we have overall is the rain shield here so you see but if you can see that yellow blocking those are the areas under a tornado watch until 11:00 p.m. central tonight okay it's not uncommon to see that more on that in a moment I do want to talk about another impact that we're anticipating and that's significant flash flooding especially along the I 10 Corridor and as far north as I20 into Jackson Mississippi including Hattisburg and gulport as well now the latest path does continue to push this in to the Louisiana Coastline near Morgan City just outside of H and the timing on this actually probably within the next two and a half hours we should start to get closer to hearing an official landfall hurricane warnings have been issued for Louisiana but we have tropical storm warnings as far north as Southern Mississippi hurricane watches for places like New Orleans here's a look at the timing on this this is 5:00 p.m. central 6 p.m. eastern time you can see here that uh the center of the storm pretty close to H driving the water in raising the the risk for storm surge winds are going to pick up and home around 64 miles per hour closer to four five o'clock then as we head towards Sunset that's when we see the winds really become more elevated for places like New Orleans and then gulport uh even Baton Rouge could see wind gusts or winds as high as 50 miles per hour so let's talk about the storm surge 5 to 10 feet is possible along the coastline that's highlighted in red if you live in Galveston Texas we can even see some lower-end storm surge there New Orleans about 2 to six feet of storm surge is possible uh 4 to S just outside of H I do also want to mention the tornado possibility and threat so you saw there a tornado watch had been issued for much of Louisiana until 11:00 p.m. tonight when these storm systems these hurricanes leave the water and head over land where there's a lot more friction we start to get atmospheric Dynamics at play that are more conducive for tornadoes to form now typically in a tropical system or a hurricane you're going to see an ef0 to an ef1 form nonetheless they're going to bring damage and they can be very dangerous and we've seen stronger before uh so there's an elevated risk for those tornadoes through Baton Rouge Grand Isle New Orleans Mississippi but look at Alabama as far east as Alabama in the Florida Panhandle today into tomorrow we could also see tornadoes so a lot to get to but over the next two hours we're going to be monitoring for that landfall Kira okay and you mentioned okay we we just you mentioned H we were going to take it over to our Matt Rivers who's there in h just kind of tell us what it's like right now apparently winds are picking up conditions are picking up um I mean as you look at the map and now we can't get in touch with Matt uh at the moment what do you think I don't know where where do residents really need to Heed These evacuation warnings you think well definitely anywhere that you're getting an evacuation warning I want you he it but where we're going to see that really big impact especially in the coming hours is where Matt is in h Morgan City right along the coastline there Grand Isle so that's they're they're going to see the worst of this this is a category 1 hurricane but it's a strong category 1 hurricane right the threshold for cat 2 is 96 this is 90 mph winds that we're dealing with uh and we're looking at Hurricane forc winds stretching out about 40 miles per hour from I'm sorry 40 miles from the center so it's really along the coastline that we need to be concerned but areas that are prone to flooding in a regular thunderstorm if that happens in your neighborhood this hurricane could really exacerbate that so just be mindful of that be wary of that uh as we go through the evening heed those evacuations and then you know Kira in the coming days this is a story that we're going to be talking about to cities like Hattisburg and even Memphis Tennessee and Paduka all right Samara thank you so much I think we might have been able to connect to Matt now in h hey Matt how's it going kind of give us an update of conditions there yeah K even just compared to the last 30 minutes it's definitely picking up we're getting bigger wind gusts no question about it the rain's picking back up and that's what we're expecting when we know that the eye of this hurricane is only about 50 so 50 or so miles from where we are and where we are we expect to be feeling the the the brunt of the impact uh from those hurricane force winds as they reach us in the next couple of hours what we've seen over the past couple of hours is Band After band of rain coming in then leaving coming in and leaving but we are expecting a more steady rainfall bigger winds here in h over the next couple of hours and it's certainly what the state of Louisiana is is is planning for they've got 2500 National Guard troop 400 State troop seeing constant local patrols of police officers here are telling people get off the roads be safe inside and I think for the most part the citizenry here is definitely listening to that this is one of the main thorough fars in h a city of about 30,000 people or so it's pretty big busy street and there's really not many you can see one of the cops there driving by now that's what we're seeing as opposed to lots of private citizens out and about so people are hker down here Kira there's no question about it as uh they wait and hope for the best here that this storm isn't going to damage all right Matt appreciate it thank you so much Samar appreciate you too we'll keep following the storm of course and in order to get a sense of the impact that it's going to have we also have to talk to the people that will be directly impacted by the extreme weather let's bring in New Orleans resident Jacob Linker now Jacob first of all uh how are you doing uh are you and your family safe where exactly uh are you based um yeah we're doing good uh the weather's just starting to reach us we're located on Irish Bou which is on the outskirts edge of New Orleans East and I mean I'm right on Lake Ponch train so when the weather gets here it's it's literally going to be I'm gonna get all the weather so uh as of right now we're just kind of sitting in the house cooking some dinner getting it ready hope that the power don't go out until maybe hoping it don't go out at all but I'm expecting it probably to go out at some point in time um but we'll be all right we got a couple generators so we'll be fine all right I what are you making red beans and rice we might all be coming over no it's not Monday oh that's right I'm a few days late yeah we uh no actually I got a um a deer roast in an oven okay there you go that's oh boy do I miss New Orleans uh I actually used to live along Lake ponchet train as well uh Jacob when I lived and worked there in New Orleans unfortunately um you know my apartment complex is no longer there because of Katrina so I've got to ask you I know you're hunkered down and uh you know uh we're having fun talking about dinner but this you know this could get dangerous I mean you're expecting six feet of storm surge around your house later tonight so I guess first of all I want to know why You' decided to stay and then tell me how you're preparing um well I feel good because my dad had this house built in the late 80s I've been here my whole life um it survived Katrina that was the worst of the worst this house has been through it's been through a bunch after too you know and you know slightly before but um we're going to be okay with water we're we're 14ot off the ground but we got a little more elevation under the house so I'm not worried about the height um I stay because I I crab fish a little bit for a living I have soft shell crab Tanks i to tend to so I have that going on besides you know just paying attention to everything um we got Shutters on the house I'm going to shut them in a little bit before the weather gets too crazy um especially on the sides of the house where the worst of the weather is going to be coming from I'm just paying attention to the weather you know meteorologists on TV they're letting me know everything but um you know it's just another day you are so New Orleans I tell you what all right Jacob uh make us a deal keep in touch with us keep us updated um let's follow up tomorrow and see how everything's going I hope we can uh connect again and you can give us just a firsthand account of of you know how you fared all right appreciate it appreciate it I look forward to a soft shell crab sandwich uh fresh out of the water okay Jacob appreciate to san berino county sheriff says that a 34-year-old man is in custody now suspected of intentionally starting California's line fire it comes as more than 100,000 acres have already burned by at least 18 fires in the state thousands of residents have been forced to flee their homes our Melissa Don is there on the ground in Wrightwood California so Melissa what's it like where you are at this hour uh yes curious so here in the community of Wrightwood here in kind of the town Center if you will we have seen a lot of firefighting efforts to keep maintain this area specifically we see you see that house there behind me in that shed we have noticed how firefighters have pulled up a perimeter they've been back burning and trying to protect that area it was an area that we had seen U dangerously close to flames at a certain point a lot of this right now we're just in the Smoky and hazy condition because of how Fierce so much of these Flames had ripped through the overnight hours the big concern Kira was those winds right now things are calm however high winds once again threatening this area that's something we're expected to feel around this afternoon while the temperature not like what we've been feeling over the weekend that intense heat wve finally letting up for us but these are the main concerns here for the bridge fire this is where officials have already updated us telling us several dozen homes have been destroyed just from this Wildfire there are at least two other wildfires in the region that we're also monitoring there we've seen there as well homes also destroyed so it's definitely something that is constantly watching at any moment Kira you might feel like things are under control but there's this heightened protection this area under a mandatory evacuation as things can change so quickly so what do we know about this man in custody suspected of uh being directly tied to this fire exactly Kira so what we've known so far 34-year-old man he's from noral one of those Inland communities um out here and essentially officials for calfire were working with detectives from the San Bernardino County to figure out what his connection was he is suspected of arson details there are limited as to why this was intentionally set or if this was accidentally but they're looking into it there's been issues before just throughout this year we've seen other cases of folks up in Northern California there was one man who pushed a car into a Ravine and that he was charged against so right now here with this case details are limited as to what exactly was it that makes him a suspect uh but he is in custody he's being held on an $880,000 uh Bond we're going to be watching that because again that's just for one of those fires again for this fire and for the airport fire those causes are still under investigation Cara all right Melissa Don in rightwood Forest Melissa thank [Music] you well our ABC presidential debate is going into the history books as one of the most contentious ones we've ever seen vice president kamla Harris and former president Donald Trump meeting for the very first time in Philly okay wait for it wait for it yes it happened they did shake hands um and it didn't take very long though uh for them to well shake hands again shall we say at the 9/11 Memorial in New York different circumstances for sure they then both travel to Shanksville Pennsylvania to pay their respects there Jay O'Brien is on the hill White House correspondent Karen Travers okay so the debate was contentious Jay uh but they did shake hands twice we have to acknowledge that I'm curious what your sources on both sides are saying about how just the candidates not only performed but interacted well look I was in the spin room last night just after the debate and then of course I'm here on Capitol Hill today and the lines from Republicans and Democrats have really largely been the same since the early minutes after that debate wrapped up Democrats walked into that spin room and a lot of Democrats I caught up with here at the Capal have said the same thing that they were thrilled by kamla Harris's performance last night they felt that she met all of her marks that she laid some traps for Donald Trump that these Democrats feel that Trump stepped into uh there was concern from one Democrat I chatted with who said that kamla Harris maybe needs to introduce herself more to those pockets of Voters we seen we see borne out in the polling that said they don't know enough about kamla Harris but on the flip side as for Republicans look there were Republicans that walked into that spin room last night and they tried to spin this as a debate where Trump won on the substance versus the style what Trump was saying was more true to the current condition of this country than the picture that kamla Harris painted uh but there were Republicans that acknowledged that kamla Harris got under Donald Trump's skin last night Byron Donald's walked out into that spin room Congressman of Florida and said well they both got under each other skin that was an acknowledgement of the fact that KLA Harris did get under Trump's skin and I've also heard from Republicans privately who have said look they believe Donald Trump missed some key opportunities last night he did take the bait from kamla Harris particularly on things like crowd size when she baited him on crowd size things like that the jury is out these Republicans say as to whether or not this debate is going to move the needle with any of those key groups of Voters those Independents those moderates in those mus wi States like where the debate was held in Pennsylvan but certainly the sentiment among Republicans was it was not Donald Trump's best debate performance despite the fact that he walked out into the spin room and he said that it was last night well Karen you have been talking to ABC radio stations all across the country throughout the day based on just what anchors are asking you what seems to kind of cut through the most from this debate Kira the big question I was getting asked this morning on almost every single radio station was will there be a second debate between vice president Harris and former president Donald Trump last night's debate was the only one that is officially scheduled the only one on the books the Harris campaign minutes after that debate ended put out a statement and said let's do this again they want to meet him again on a stage in October Donald Trump last night in the spin room and again today in an interview was indicating he is not inclined to do another debate he says it because he did so great last night and won and he doesn't need to and says only when you lose a debate do you want another one so quickly right after still they Harris campaign would love to do that again the other big thing that cut through though I think is that we knew going in that KLA Harris's strategy was to try to get under his skin to try to bring him away from some of the talking points that he was going to use to attack her on issues like the economy immigration the border and crime where she does not poll as well as he does right now she did that and his answers then on those topics ended up becoming much more convoluted by getting bogged down in other topics and he did didn't land the punches that his campaign and his allies that Jay was just mentioning there were hoping that he would land against the vice president well Jay one of the most talked about moments of the night came after the debate yes we are talking about Taylor Swift endorsing Harris I wonder if I'm going to get a chuckle out of Karen too um could the swifties actually have an impact on this election look that news it did drop like a bombshell in the spin room last night I was watching Democrats and rep Republicans learning in real time that this had happened and the Democrats that you saw get that news on their phones or what have you were happy some were ecstatic there were Republicans in the room who just didn't seem to care I I was standing next to V ramaswami where he was spinning for Donald Trump and somebody asked him his reaction and he was clearly learning the news for the first time and said that's not necessarily a big deal look there are Democrats who believe that Taylor Swift's endorsement could have some kind of galvanizing effect particularly on younger voters maybe those voters who might be more inclined to vote for kamla Harris if they were to vote but the challenge for Democrats would be getting them out to the polls particularly again in some of those must-win states that have big cities like Pennsylvania Philadelphia right like Wisconsin Etc not necessarily going to maybe change the course of this election 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mean for the path of the economy and what does it mean for the path of Interest r R those are two are so linked now and they're so dependent on the inflation data and also on the jobs data here but what we saw today is this report shows inflation is continuing to go in the right direction that 2.5% annual inflation rate is the best rate that we've seen since February 2021 so just around you know before the pandemic time we're getting close to that level of inflation that we were used to seeing that is good news that's what the Federal Reserve wants to see it's targeting about a 2% rate so we're getting a lot closer there what this report really does now is keep the FED on track to lower interest rates next week that would be the first interest rate cut in four years so that would make the cost of borrowing money cheaper for consumers and for businesses what investors and Traders on Wall Street here were really trying to figure out is how big is the Fed going to go is it going to do a bigger rate cut because investors and and economists and policy makers are worried that the economy is actually facing a bigger downturn what this report today showed was that inflation actually still a little bit bit stickier a little bit hotter than expected in some areas like housing so that means the FED might not be ready to say okay Victory we're declaring full Victory on the inflation fight we're going to gradually start to lower those interest rates starting next week over the course of likely the next year K so former president Trump and vice president Harris clashed over the economy and the and inflation during the debate no surprise did we learn anything new about their economic policies I mean did anything stand out to you you we were looking so closely for more details and actually k a lot of Voters I've talked to who say that the economy is their number one issue want to know the policy details for things like what will the president do to lower the cost of housing to 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town other businesses and homeowners also they've decided to hunker down and well try to prepare well when I get home I plan on cooking so I can want my food up on a barbecue grill because I'm going off the food that I have cuz I didn't prepare for this I went to the store the shelves was empty of bread meat so had to work off what I have usually it Miss Baton Rouge so that's why I wasn't really taking it serious until now I see it's really real well I'm not nervous and I don't know if it's going to miss or not cuz sometime it has you know we got all prepared and it kind of veered and went another Direction so but I'm just praying and ask the Lord to protect us a lot of people praying right now right Samara right yeah no and as they should be and making sure they're prepared uh because we do have hurricane Francine not just bringing the threat for flooding but also the threat for tornadoes uh this was issued a few hours ago tornado watch until 11:00 p.m. central Time anywhere that you're seeing that yellow shading I know it's hard to make it out on this map but that's for much of Louisiana as well as Gulfport Mississippi there something I do want to mention is there's been some dry air wrapping in so you may have seen some lulls in places like H I know our reporters on the ground like Matt he was explaining to us hey things are just now starting to pick up we will conditions continue to deteriorate in the coming hours the Deep Red you're seeing just off the coast of Louisiana that's some heavier rain getting ready to whip in to Morgan City and the eye is awfully close so I anticipate landfall with inside the next two hours or so significant flash flooding that is a risk that we have with this storm system I 10 Corridor New Orleans Gulfport even as far north as Jackson Mississippi I20 that is where we could see the greatest risk for flash flooding now this storm system has prompted multiple alerts as far inland as Mississippi and Mobile Alabama we have tropical storm warnings that have been issued new orleans's under a hurricane watch but it's that area in red under Hurricane Warning now the tracks still on track to be at least a category 1 hurricane so we're not anticipating any more strengthening of this system it's moving to the Northeast at about 16 mph with winds at 90 mph and it looks like the Windfield is stretching about 40 mi from the eye so timing this out this is the future cast it says hey this is what your radar could look like at 5:00 p.m. central Time and it looks like the center of this storm is just outside of H headed towards New Orleans after making landfall and as the center of the storm moves through many of these cities we will see the wind speeds and gusts increase uh by about 8 n o' the worst of it hitting New Orleans and then by about 910 moving into places like gulport and we'll see some Heavy Rain bands whipping through places like Mobile Alabama Kira all right Samara and so how long do you think uh you know it's going to take well how long is Francine going to last do you think can we time it out yeah sure that's a great question so we're anticipating landfall pretty soon here after it makes landfall Kira in Louisiana overnight about midnight it's going to start driving through gulport after it goes through gulport Mississippi Thursday and Friday this becomes a story for places like Memphis Paduka uh parts of Far Eastern Arkansas and it's going to be an issue with rain there so what's left of the storm the remnants of the storm will be impacting those further Inland by Thursday and Friday okay appreciate it Samara thank you so much all right well there are a number of federal agencies right now on the ground uh preparing for France scene and there are countless other volunteers there too ready to lend a hand with whatever people need and I'm talking about the United cinjun Navy always there on the front front lines the nonprofit organization that organizes search and rescue teams during natural disasters joining me now Vice President of the United cun Navy Brian trashers so Brian let's just talk about how uh all of you are preparing right now for Francine you're actually in the car where are you where you headed um just kind of bring me up to date uh so right now I'm down in New Orleans Louisiana um coordinating with some of our team that are still out uh placing weather cameras in different locations uh that we're going to be able to watch live as as the storm moves Inland and uh it's going to track some information as far as uh wind velocities and things like that um we we've gotten a lot more into the weather tracking uh this year we actually brought on our own chief meteorologist named Jeff George that analyzes all the technology that we have and explains this to us lay people what's going to happen with the weather um so we've gotten a lot more in we've come a long way since search and rescue and Logistics and supply distribution but we still do all that all right and you also you've been working during a number of disasters it's this not the first time we've interviewed you uh you were part of Katrina Irma what do you think that you learned from those storms that continue to help you and we'll be helping you this time around well one thing we always say is that every storm is different and and everybody's been focusing on the the point of landfall of this storm uh but we've been trying to explain to people that that the landfall point isn't as relevant because of the swiping motion that the storm is moving in it's going to really affect probably everything from Lafayette to Golfport Mississippi um another thing people get too fixated on is the saffer Simpson scale they say oh well if it's a one if it's not a two or three then I'm not evacuating you know just remember the difference between a hurricane one and a hurricane two is one mile an hour difference between a two and a three is one mile an hour this is going to be a devastating storm because it's moving so fast which means that it's not going to deteriorate as quickly as it normally would if it was slow moving you're going to see in populated areas like the New Orleans metro area you're going to see very very strong tropical storm conditions possibly weaker hurricane conditions um and that's going to cause power outages it's going to cause flash flooding um and anybody that has kids knows when when the Wi-Fi goes down that right there is catastrophic by itself you know for those not familiar with the United cun Navy just describe uh for a second if you don't mind uh Brian just the assets that you're able to bring along and contribute you know when resources are stretched yeah so we have several warehouses we're headquartered in Baton Rouge Louisiana which is just about 70 miles west of where I'm at here in New Orleans um we have just a a ton of different kinds of supplies we have U mobile we have a couple of mobile commands that we can put on the road and uh have access to to Communications we have drones um we have access to Canine teams for search and rescue we have boats we have high water amphibious vehicles and we have aircraft as well Brian appreciate everything you guys do we'll stay in close touch as we all follow Francine thank Youk thanks for checking in san berino county sheriff says that a 34 year-old man is in custody now suspected of intentionally starting California's line fire it comes as more than 100,000 acres have already burned by at least 18 fires in the State thousands of residents have been forced to flee their homes our Melissa Don is there on the ground in Wrightwood California so Melissa what's it like where you are at this hour uh yes curious so here in the community of Wrightwood here in kind of the Town Center if you will we have seen a lot of firefighting efforts to keep maintain this area specifically we see you see that house there behind me that shed we have noticed how firefighters have pulled up a perimeter they've been back burning and trying to protect that area it was an area that we had seen dangerously close to flames at a certain point a lot of this right now we're just in the Smoky and hazy condition because of how Fierce so much of these Flames had ripped through the overnight hours the big concern Kira was those winds right now things are calm however high winds once again threatening this area that's something we're expected to feel around this afternoon while the temperature not like what we've been feeling over the weekend that intense Heat Wave finally lighting up for us but these are the main concerns here for the bridge fire this is where officials have already updated us telling us several dozen homes have been destroyed just from this Wildfire there are at least two other wildfires in the region that we're also monitoring there we've seen there as well homes also destroyed so it's definitely something that is constantly watching at any moment Kira you might feel like things are under control but there's this heightened protection this area under a mandatory evacuation as things can change so quickly so what do we know about this man in custody suspected of uh being directly tied to this fire exactly Akira so what we've known so far 34-year-old man he's from noral one of those Inland communities um out here and essentially officials for calfire were working with detectives from the San Bernardino County to figure out what his connection was he is suspected of arson details there are limited as to why this was intentionally set or if this was accidentally but they're looking into it there been issues before just throughout this year we've seen other cases of folks up in Northern California there was one man who pushed a car into a Ravine and that he was charged against so right now here with this case details are limited as to what exactly was it that makes him a suspect uh but he is in custody he's being held on an $80,000 uh Bond we're going to be watching that because again that's just for one of those fires again for this fire and for the airport fire those causes are still under under investigation Cara all right Melissa Don in rightwood Forest Melissa thank [Music] you well our ABC News presidential debate is going into the history books as one of the most contentious ones we've ever seen vice president kamla Harris and former president Donald Trump meeting for the very first time in Philly okay wait for it wait for it yes it happened they did shake hands um and it didn't take very long though uh for them to well shake hands again shall we say at the 911 Memorial in New York different circumstances for sure they then both traveled to Shanksville Pennsylvania to pay their respects there Jay O'Brien is on the hill White House correspondent Karen Travers okay so the debate was contentious Jay uh but they did shake hands twice we have to acknowledge that I'm curious what your sources on both sides are saying about how just the candidates not only performed but interacted well look I was in the spin room last night just after the debate and then of course I'm here on Capitol Hill today and the lines from Republicans and Democrats have really largely been the same since the early minutes after that debate wrapped up Democrats walked into that spin room and a lot of Democrats I caught up with here at the capital have said the same thing that they were thrilled by kamla Harris's performance last night they felt that she met all of her marks that she laid some traps for Donald Trump that these Democrats feel that Trump stepped into uh there was concern from one Democrat I chatted with who said that KLA Harris maybe needs to introduce herself more to those pockets of Voters we seen we see borne out in the polling uh that said they don't know enough about kamla Harris but on the flip side as for Republicans look there were Republicans that walked into that spin room last night and they tried to spin this as a debate where Trump won on the substance versus the style what Trump was saying was more true to the current condition of this country than the picture that kamla Harris painted uh but there were Republicans that acknowledged that kamla Harris got under Donald Trump's skin last night Byron Donald's walked out into that spin room Congressman of Florida and said well they both got under each other's skin that was an acknowledge of the fact that KLA Harris did get under Trump's skin and I've also heard from Republicans privately who have said look they believe Donald Trump missed some key opportunities last night he did take de bait from KLA Harris particularly on things like crowd size when she baited him on crowd size things like that the jury is out these Republicans say as to whether or not this debate is going to move the needle with any of those key groups of Voters those Independents those moderates in those mus wi States like where the debate was held in Pennsylvania but certainly the sentiment among Republicans was it was not Donald Trump's best debate performance despite the fact that he walked out into the spin room and he said that it was last night well Karen you have been talking to ABC radio stations all across the country throughout the day based on just what anchors are asking you what seems to kind of cut through the most from this debate Kira the big question I was getting asked this morning on almost every single radio station was will there be a second debate between vice president Harris and former president Donald Trump last night's debate was the only one that is officially scheduled the only one on the books the Harris campaign minutes after that debate ended put out a statement and said let's do this again they want to meet him again on a stage in October Donald Trump last night in the spin room at again today in an interview was indicating he is not inclined to do another debate he says it because he did so great last night and won and he doesn't need to and says only when you lose a debate do you want another one so quickly right after still the Harris campaign would love to do that again the other big thing that cut through though I think is that we knew going in that KLA Harris's strategy was to try to get under his skin to try to bring him away from some of the talking points that he was going to use to attack her on issues like the economy immigration the border and crime where she does not poll as well as he does right now she did that and his answers then on those topics ended up becoming much more convoluted by getting bogged down in other topics and he didn't land the punches that his campaign and his allies that Jay was just mentioning there were hoping that he would land against the vice president well Jay one of the most talked about moments at the night came after the debate yes we are talking about Taylor Swift endorsing Harris I wonder if I'm going to get a chuckle out of Karen too um could the swifties actually have an impact on this election look that news it did drop like a bombshell in the spin room last night I was watching Democrats and Republicans learning in real time that this had happened and the Democrats that you saw get that news on their phones or what have you were happy some were ecstatic there were Republicans in the room who just didn't seem to care I I was standing next to V ramas swam where he was spinning for Donald Trump and somebody asked him his reaction and he was clearly learning the news for the first time and said that's not necessarily a big deal look there are Democrats who believe that Taylor Swift's endorsement could have some kind of galvanizing effect particularly on younger voters maybe those voters who might be more inclined to vote for KLA Harris if they were to vote but the challenge for Democrats would be getting them out to the polls particularly again in some of those must-win states that have big cities like Pennsylvania Philadelphia right like Wisconsin Etc not necessarily going to maybe change the course of this election some of the Democrats I talked to last night said but they do believe it is something that could help them again particularly with some of those young voters where turnout is really the key in that demographic all right Jay Garen thank you so much so it is a day that we will never forget 8:46 a.m. eastern time 2001 flight 11 crashing into the World Trade Center's North Tower changing New York City and all of our lives forever 23 years later the nation now marking the day of those terrorist attacks that caused the death of nearly 3,000 people in New York over at the Pentagon and also on that remote field in southwestern Pennsylvania Across the Nation memorials to remember those who lost their lives on that tragic day and in New York the ringing of a bell and moments marking when the planes struck the North and South towers of the World Trade Center there was a wreath laying ceremony and the unfurling of 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know what it all means for that long awaited interest rate cut right you know investors here are trying to look at this report and understand what does it mean for the path of the economy and what does it mean for the path of interest rates those are two are so linked now and they're so dependent on the inflation data and also on the jobs Data Care but what we saw today is this report shows inflation is continuing to go in the right direction that 2.5% annual inflation rate is the best rate that we've seen since February 2021 so just around you know before the pandemic time we're getting close to that level of inflation that we were used to seeing that is good news that's what the Federal Reserve wants to see it's targeting about a 2% rate so we're getting a lot closer there what this report really does now is keep the FED on track to lower interest rates next week that would be the first interest rate cut in four years so that would make the cost of borrowing money cheaper for consumers and for businesses what investors and Traders on Wall Street here were really trying to figure out out is how big is the Fed going to go is it going to do a bigger rate cut because investors and and economists and policy makers are worried that the economy is actually facing a bigger downturn what this report today showed was that inflation actually still a little bit stickier a little bit hotter than expected in some areas like housing so that means the FED might not be ready to say okay Victory we're declaring full Victory on the inflation fight we're going to gradually start to lower those interest rates starting next week over the course of likely the next year K so former president Trump and vice president Harris clashed over the economy and the and inflation during the debate no surprise did we learn anything new about their economic policies I mean did anything stand out to you we were looking so closely for more details and actually k a lot of Voters I've talked to who say that the economy is their number one issue want to know the policy details for things like what will the president do to lower the cost of housing to lower the cost of groceries we did hear those broad brushstroke ideas from both vice president Harris and former president Trump though very different Visions from Harris we got this idea of expanded tax credits for small businesses for firsttime home buyers for the child tax credit Trump talked more about his tariffs at the end of the day unfortunately not a lot of detail much more focused on how they're going to have a vision for a better economy try to move us away from this world of I guess biomics that we've been living in for the past three and a half years Kira all right we'll see it's a short time until November that's for sure sure Elizabeth thank you it's a short time thanks coming up Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tariq Hill calling out police in the wake of his arrest just before game time we'll tell you what he said 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talking about those outer bands essentially battering New Orleans since the start of this morning and that's still the case but the only difference is that those outer bands are becoming increasingly Stronger by the hour now right now we're in the middle of one of those bands you can take a look right now it's essentially calm the rain isn't so much the wind is a little you know a little light at the moment but I'm telling about 25 minutes ago I couldn't even stand in this location right now because of how strong those wind gusts and the rain were essentially like I said just about 25 minutes ago this is essentially going to become the case until the center of that storm moves over New Orleans and because of that the officials here they are getting ready and preparing as necessary we're being told right now there's a flood advisory for parts of the New Orleans area and that includes the entire New Orleans Metro Southshore including Jefferson's Orleans plans and St Bernard's parishes that's going to last for about another hour or so we're also being told that there is a tornado watch in the same areas right here in New Orleans that's going to last until about 11:00 p.m. now in terms of the community and how they're preparing we're in the French Quarter right now that famed French Quarter right behind me is a street that's usually flooded with tourists and other people here it's a ghost town right now that's because so many people have found that safe place and decided to shelter there now Bourbon Street is just about four blocks over there this way and I can tell you all those businesses and bars and restaurants that we're all so familiar with here a lot of them have closed down obviously but more importantly they've boarded up their windows and sandbag their doors also as you said before gas stations have essentially closed up we're seeing a lot more stores all around the area boarding up the windows and another important thing that's happening right now are the floodgates right now in New Orleans the West End floodgates have essentially gone up and what that does is alleviates some of those flooding issues from getting into those neighborhood areas where all those H houses and communities are right now those are up and we're being told that curfews are also in place that's going to last until uh uh later on tonight obviously schools have been closed they're going to close until either tomorrow or Friday once this storm system moves out of the area and essentially what we're being told by all the officials here is to stay safe be mindful and most importantly charge their devices got power has been an issue this morning there were about 6,000 cust customers uh from Jefferson Parish that did not have power there have been crews out all day alleviating those issues we're being told that numbers now close to about 1,500 people but officials here know that that number can definitely balloon at a moment's notice given the severity of the storm so they're asking everyone to make sure their devices their phones their laptops their tablets are all charged just in case any one of those safety messages needs to get out to those people they can get out and make sure they actually receive those Kira all right and we are inching closer and closer to landfall Samar where is Francine's path right now all right so a lot of information to get to here with the latest update from the National Hurricane Center we had Francine sitting about 60 miles to the Southwest west of Morgan City the center of this the eye of the storm now uh we are already seeing heavy rainbands batter the coastline reaching as far inland as places like New Orleans as you saw Ike there he's been getting kind of these lulls in between but Ike heads up you have another round coming in pretty soon also H picking up some of those heavy rain we also have a tornado watch that's in effect until 11:00 p.m. central Time there this is not uncommon to see tornadoes accompanied by these storms uh so usually on the scale ef0 to ef1 but there's still tornadoes nonetheless so we got to be extremely Vigilant and careful there you can see some of the heavier rain moving into Morgan City and the rain is going to be an issue significant flash flood risk is what is coming with this storm and it's for the I 10 Corridor New Orleans gulport Hattisburg as far North as I20 in Jackson Mississippi we can see significant flash flooding with the storm totals will range 4 to 6 in but locally higher amounts like 12 in in a small amount of time could prove to be very dangerous as far as the track goes it's still on track to hit the new the Louisiana Coastline as a category 1 hurricane okay so we're not anticipating any more strengthening here it's moving to the Northeast at 17 miles hour so it's picked up speed from the last update and uh you know I I presume in the next hour and a half or less we should start to see those official Land That official landfall come in and as soon as it does we'll keep you guys a breast and up to date but beyond that the storm system will then drive further Inland into places like Memphis Tennessee by the end of the week all right so timing this out 6 p.m. by that point more than 6 p.m. central Time by that point we should have or be close to a landfall notice where the strongest winds are over H and as these winds curve around H and then dig deeper in that's so we get that storm surge threat along the coastline then after uh Sunset we start to see the winds really picking up in places like New Orleans as high as 64 miles per hour beyond that the Gulfport or Gulfport Mississippi could also see that finally I do want to end it here Cara one of the other threats we're watching for is life-threatening storm surge anyone living along the lined red color here could see 5 to 10 feet of storm surge and that includes H Louisiana got it Samara thank you so much I appreciate you we'll continue to check in guys well it comes to preparing for natural disasters it's the local community that many times builds the first line of defense against Mother Nature joining me now to discuss those local efforts in sidel Louisiana mayor Greg chromer mayor uh first off how are you in the community doing we're doing fine right now we uh have made all of our preparations for the storm everybody is uh We've ask our citizens to get off the street as of about 2:30 today uh most of our businesses are closed uh our crew that will ride out with us tonight are are in place and hunkered down we've got food prep prepared for them and uh bringing it in uh our streets are pretty much Clear we've gone through all of our major drainage arteries and cleared check point choke points and uh removed debris from those uh those ditches and canals and uh our pump stations we've got four there all operational the folks that will be Manning those will be going into place and those about 6: p.m. and they'll be there until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning to assure that those are operational throughout the the event um we are hoping and and believing what the other the service is telling us that uh our Max wi should be in the 50 mph category for two to three hours and that would probably be between 9 and 9:00 P p.m. tonight and 1:00 am tomorrow morning uh if that's all we get we've we've uh we've seen a lot worse than that as as recently as last April we had the cat ef2 tornado touchdown in slider well I remember Katrina and how slel just got hammered um what kind of changes have you made uh in order to I mean look we all knew that extreme weather was going to come through there eventually again and again right so what have you done to prepare you know for this time around what's changed well we've got an Emergency Operations plan that we we go in and massage and uh update on an annual basis uh that really we were able to refine it quite a bit with Katrina but we we did the same thing with hurricane Ida uh three years ago uh and that enabl us to really key on specific areas of our infrastructure so that it's hardened uh to the point where we've got hardened shelters on our pump stations so that we can put operators in those stations that can can ride out of storm they're raised to a level about above uh the the storm Sur that that it a 500e storm surge so uh we feel comfortable that those people can ride out they've got Provisions to ride out those storms um we've got a good cooperation between our fire police uh and our Public Works to to Co in after a storm and and remove uh obstructions in roadways so that people can start to uh get back in Commerce or get to hospitals or gas stations whatever uh to get themselves put back back together so uh we we we've got a very very good well- defined plan that we we activated uh back during the weekend where we're clearing debris and and moving things around that could become flying objects um uh making plans for people that will be with us our our our work Crews that will be with us uh for 24 to 36 hour straight uh Provisions for them to be able to rest uh eat uh and get back onto the uh into the City and and do the work that needs to be done to make our community safe and secure and and get our infrastructure back up and running our Sewer and Water Systems if we have any any losses of power we've got generators on all of our uh lift stations and we've got contracts in place so that if if a generator were to not function we can come in and and pump those lift stations down and keep all of that flowing through the city uh we've got generators in our wells so that uh if if we were to lose power our wells are still operational so we still provide with water and what have you all right well we'll follow everything that's happening there in slide down and stay in close touch with you mayor Greg chromer appreciate your time thanks mayor thank you very much for helping us get the information to the people you bet san berino county sheriff says the 34y old man is in custody now suspected of intentionally starting California's line fire it comes as more than 100,000 acres have already burned by at least 18 fires in the state thousands of residents have been forced to flee their home homes our Melissa Don is there on the ground in rightwood California so Melissa what's it like where you are at this hour uh yes curious so here in the community of Wrightwood here in kind of the Town Center if you will we have seen a lot of firefighting efforts to keep maintain this area specifically we see you see that house there behind me that shed we have noticed how firefighters have pulled up a perimeter they've been back burning and trying to protect that area it was an area that we had seen uh dangerously close to Flames at a certain point a lot of this right now we're just in the Smoky and hazy condition because of how Fierce so much of these Flames had ripped through the overnight hours the big concern Kira was those winds right now things are calm however high winds once again threatening this area that's something we're expected to feel around this afternoon while the temperature not like what we've been feeling over the weekend that intense Heat Wave finally letting up for us but these are the main concerns here for the bridge fire this is where officials have already updated us telling us several dozen homes have been destroyed just from this Wildfire there are at least two other wildfires in the region that we're also monitoring there we've seen there as well homes also destroyed so it's definitely something that is constantly watching at any moment Kira you might feel like things are under control but there's this heightened protection this area under a mandatory evacuation as things can change so quickly so what do we know about this man in custody suspected of uh being directly tied to this fire exactly Kira so what we've known so far 34y old man he's from noral one of those Inland communities um out here and essentially officials for calfire were working with detectives from the San Bernardino County to figure out what his connection was he is suspected of arson details there are limited as to why this was intentionally set or if this was accidentally but they're looking into it there's been issues before just throughout this year we've seen other cases of folks up in Northern California there was one man who pushed a car into a Ravine and that he was charged against so right now here with this case details are limited as to what exactly was it that makes him a suspect uh but he is in custody he's being held on an $80,000 uh Bond we're going to be watching that because again that's just for one of those fires again for this fire and for the airport fire those causes are still under investigation Cara all right Melissa Don in rightwood Forest Melissa thank [Music] you well our ABC News presidential debate is going into the history books as one of the most contentious ones we've ever seen vice president kamla Harris and former president Donald Trump meeting for the very first time in Philly okay wait for it wait for it yes it happened they did shake hands um and it didn't take very long though uh for them to well shake hands again shall we say at the 9/11 Memorial in New York different circumstances for sure they then both traveled to Shanksville Pennsylvania to pay their respects there Jay O'Brien is on the hill White House correspondent Karen Travers okay so the debate was contentious Jay uh but they did shake hands twice we have to acknowledge that I'm curious what your sources on both sides are saying about how just the candidates not only performed but interacted well look I was in the spin room last night just after the debate and then of course I'm here on Capitol Hill today and the lines from Republicans and Democrats have really largely been the same since the early minutes after that debate wrapped up Democrats walked into that spin room and a lot of Democrats I caught up with here at the capital have said the same thing that they were thrilled by kamla Harris's performance last night they felt that she met all of her marks that she laid some traps for Donald Trump that these Democrats feel that Trump stepped into uh there was concern from one Democrat I chatted with who said that kamla Harris maybe needs to introduce herself more to those pockets of Voters we seen we see born out in the polling uh that said they don't know enough about kamla Harris but on the flip side as for Republicans look there were Republicans that walked into that spin room last night and they tried to spin this as a debate where Trump won on the substance versus the style what Trump was saying was more true to the current condition of this country than the picture that com Harris painted uh but there were Republicans that acknowledged that KLA Harris got under Donald Trump's skin last night Byron Donald's walked out into that spin room Congressman of Florida and said well they both got under each other's skin that was an acknowledgement of the fact that KLA Harris did get under Trump's skin and I've also heard from Republicans privately who have said look they believe Donald Trump missed some key opportunities last night he did Take debate from comma Harris particularly on things like crowd size when she baited him on crowd size things like that the jury is out these Republicans say as to whether or not this debate is going to move the needle with any of those key groups of Voters those Independents those moderates in those mus wi States like where the debate was held in Pennsylvania but certainly the sentiment among Republicans was it was not Donald Trump's best debate performance despite the fact that he walked out into the spin room and he said that it was last night well Karen you have been talking to ABC radio stations all across the country throughout the day based on just what anchors are asking you what seems to kind of cut through the most from this debate Kira the big question I was getting asked this morning on almost every single radio station was will there be a second debate between vice president Harris and former president Donald Trump last night's debate was the only one that is officially scheduled the only one on the books the Harris campaign minutes after that debate ended put out a statement and said let's do this again they want to meet him again on a stage in October Donald Trump last night in the spin room and again today in an interview was indicating he is not in inclined to do another debate he says it because he did so great last night and won and he doesn't need to and says only when you lose a debate do you want another one so quickly right after still the Harris campaign would love to do that again the other big thing that cut through though I think is that we knew going in that KLA Harris's strategy was to try to get under his skin to try to bring him away from some of the talking points that he was going to use to attack her on issues like the economy immigration the border and crime where she does not poll as well as he does right now she did that and his answers then on those topics ended up becoming much more convoluted by getting bogged down in other topics and he didn't land the punches that his campaign and his allies that Jay was just mentioning there were hoping that he would land against the vice president well Jay one of the most talked about moments of the night came after the debate yes we are talking about Taylor Swift endorsing Harris I wonder if I'm gonna get a chuckle out of Karen too um could the swifties actually have an impact on this election look that news it did drop like a bombshell in the spin room last night I was watching Democrats and Republicans learning in real time that this had happened and the Democrats that you saw get that news on their phones or what have you were happy some were ecstatic there were Republicans in the room who just didn't seem to care I was standing next to V ramaswami where he was spinning for Donald Trump and somebody asked him his re action and he was clearly learning the news for the first time and said that's not necessarily a big deal look there are Democrats who believe that Taylor Swift's endorsement could have some kind of galvanizing effect particularly on younger voters maybe those voters who might be more inclined to vote for kamla Harris if they were to vote but the challenge for Democrats would be getting them out to the polls particularly again in some of those must-win states that have big cities like Pennsylvania Philadelphia right like Wisconsin Etc not necessarily going to maybe change the course of this election some of the Democrats I talked to last night said but they do believe it is something that could help them again particularly with some of those young voters where turnout is really the key in that demographic all right Jay Karen thank you so much so it is a day that we will never forget 8:46 a.m. eastern time 2001 flight 11 crashing into the World Trade Center's North Tower changing New York City and all of our lives forever 23 years later the nation now marking the day of those terrorist attacks that caused the death of nearly 3,000 people in New York over at the Pentagon and also on that remote field in southwestern Pennsylvania Across the Nation memorials to remember those who lost their lives on that tragic day and in New York the ringing of a bell and moments marking when the planes struck the North and South towers of the World Trade Center there was a wreath laying ceremony and the unfurling of a giant American flag right there at the Pentagon that actually happened after 911 as well there was a gathering of victims families in Shanksville and then earlier I had a chance to speak with John Fiel of the Feelgood Foundation about the continuing death toll that 911 related illness has taken on firefighters and First Responders 911 is still killing um those who died 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investors here are trying to look at this report and understand what does it mean for the path of the economy and what does it mean for the path of interest rates those are two are so linked now and they're so dependent on the inflation data and also on the job data here but what we saw today is this report shows inflation is continuing to go in the right direction that 2.5% annual inflation rate is the best rate that we've seen since February 2021 so just around you know before the pandemic time we're getting close to that level of inflation that we were used to seeing that is good news that's what the Federal Reserve wants to see it's targeting about a 2% rate so we're getting a lot closer there what this report really does now is keep the FED on track to lower interest rates next week that would be the first interest rate cut in four years so that would make the cost of borrowing money cheaper for consumers and for businesses what investors and Traders on Wall Street here were really trying to figure out is how big is the Fed going to go is it going to do a bigger rate cut because investors and and economists and policy makers are worried that the economy is actually facing a bigger downturn what this report today showed was that inflation actually still a little bit stickier a little bit hotter than expected in some areas like housing so that means the FED might not be ready to say okay Victory we're declaring full Victory on the inflation fight we're going to gradually start to lower those interest rates starting next week over the course of likely the next year Kira so former president Trump and vice president Harris clashed over the economy and the and inflation during the debate no surprise did we learn anything new about their economic policies I mean did anything stand out to you we were looking so closely for more details and actually car a lot of Voters I've talked to who say that the economy is their number one issue want to know the policy details for things like what will the president do to lower the cost of housing to lower the cost of groceries we did hear those broad brushstroke ideas from both vice president Harris and former president Trump though very different Visions from Harris we got this idea of expanded tax credits for small businesses for firsttime home buyers for the child tax credit Trump talked more about his tariffs but at the end of the day unfortunately not a lot of detail much more focused on how they're going to have a vision for a better economy try to move us away from this world of I guess biomics that we've been living in for the past three and a half years Kira all right we'll see it's a short time until November that's for sure Elizabeth thank you it's a short time thanks yeah coming up Miami Dolphins wide receiver TQ Hill calling out police in the wake of his arrest just before game time we'll tell you what he said next tons of stuff every day like all you moms out there and you know what we love 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about hurricane Francine this is set to make landfall now soon in Louisiana bringing dangerous winds heavy rainfall and potentially deadly storm surge deeply concerning at this hour the storm is now a hurricane after gaining strength over the Gulf of Mexico last night the Hurricane's outer bands of rain began hitting the cities of Lafayette Baton Rouge and other areas in Southern Louisiana this morning in the Gulf an oil platform North of the center recently report Ed a peak gust of 112 M an hour that's according to the National Hurricane Center the governor of Louisiana urging people to shelter in place until the hurricane has passed and those people in low-lying areas have been told that they need to evacuate now we have live team coverage with ABC News AA Jai in New Orleans along with ABC News meteorologist Samara Theodore who's standing by uh for both of us thank you very much and actually as we're coming on the air here we are now hearing uh that this has been upgraded to a category 2 hurricane again highlighting the threat of storm surge there so Ike as you're there in New Orleans tell us what you're seeing on the ground right now as we again are still awaiting landfall okay now this entire day the whole story has been New Orleans essentially living through those outer bands and what we've been experiencing right now is intermittent bouts of intense rain intense wind and then bouts of scenes just like this where the rain is ENT Al almost non-existent the wind has been tepid but this is what New Orleans has been dealing with all day those outer band and it's only going to strengthen and become even more consistent once that center of the storm moves over the city now because of that the officials here they've been preparing all day right now a flood advisory has been issued for parts of New Orleans obviously that includes New Orleans Metro Southshore as well as Jefferson's Orleans plans and St Bernard's parishes part and due to that storm surge that's expected that's expected around this area remember officials are calling for 5 to 10 ft of storm surge 10 ft you ever tried dunking a ball that Rim is 10 ft potentially deadly amount of storm surge now another thing that happens in hurricanes like this are possible tornadoes and what we're seeing right now is a tornado watch that's in effect right here for the New Orleans area until about 1100 p.m. tonight now officials they know all of these different types of uh uh hazards that are going to plague their area want to make sure that the residents here are safe so they're essentially putting out a lot of stop Gap uh measures to make sure that uh the effects of the storm isn't really have that much of a damage to the area so what they're doing is they've raised the West floodgates in New Orleans what that does is essentially stop a lot of those flood waters from inundating those neighborhoods and residential areas they boarded up several windows and doors here for the businesses down here I'm right by the French Quarter that famed French Quarter and right behind me is usually where tourists and cars flood this area it's essentially a ghost town right now because people are Sheltering in place and they're essentially hunkering down for this storm to make its way to the area and hopefully pass its way by by tomorrow K now yeah I know exactly where you're standing there I know New Orleans well and it's also that French Quarter areas just a little bit higher than some of those surrounding areas and so uh Ike thank you so much for continuing to watch that for us and we'll be checking in with you as the show goes on but Samara as we Lean Into You Now look this has just been raised to a category two hurricane so can you bring us up to date here on what we're seeing in terms of strength and speed yeah sure Kaa so essentially we are we were at category 1 for quite some time in order to make it to capat 2 we had to cross that threshold of 96 mph winds it is now at 100 m per hour wind so it's officially a category 2 hurricane I would presume anywhere inside the next hour maybe an hour and a half at the most but likely an hour that we're going to get an official landfall here the path still anticipated to hit very close to and Morgan City Louisiana before driving further Inland by the end of the week farther north into parts of Mississippi and Tennessee now let's talk timing this evening for the storm system and who's seeing the worst of it h that is uh you guys will be seeing the worst of it pretty soon here inside the next hour or two we're still going to see some ramping up strong winds winds increasing by the time we hit about 7 8 o' we'll start to see this make its way closer to New Orleans by 9:00 really impacting New Orleans seeing some of the strongest winds and then Gulfport Mississippi through the evening one final thing I want to mention Kaa I said it tornado watch until 11:00 p.m. it is not uncommon for us to see tornadoes spewed up from these storms and that is certainly a possibility along with the storm surge and the flooding Kaa right that makes it so challenging for everybody to deal with all right AA Jai and Samara Theodore our thanks to both of you as we know major emergency response preparations are underway and have been for some time here as Francine gets closer to making landfall Sharon Weston broom the mayor president president of Baton Rouge is joining me now we just saw Baton Rouge there on that map mayor bro thank you so much uh for being here with us and I know that you've been on top of this you've re recently spoken with the governor and other local leaders as well what right now are the priorities for your office and the emergency response teams the priorities for my office right now is to make sure that our citizens are safe and so we're encouraging them uh to stay inside as we anticipate uh Francine hitting landfall here in uh Baton Rouge uh we are prepared as it relates to a city Parish government in terms of our uh Public Department of Public Works our First Responders our police our firefighters uh so we are equipped uh to respond to this major weather uh event we just want to make sure that our citizens are safe in this process and so we're encouraging them to uh stay home uh and we're encouraging everyone to stay calm as we respond and you're just a bit Inland from some of these coastal cities but I know there's major concern there and in light of some of the storms that we've seen in the past uh the city overhauled the drainage system there right not that long ago how do you expect that system to hold up in light of the fact that now this has uh moved to a category 2 storm noting 100 miles an hour winds here well we cannot negate the fact that when you have a deluge even after all the work that we have done on drainage system which is very very significant that it takes a while for the water to go down but I believe the proactive steps that we have taken in terms of using $70 million of our arpa funds to help clean out our drainage uh systems of over 100 pipes and cleaning out 70 uh, tons of debris will certainly help us mitigate this situation that we're now facing and I know you mentioned that at this point your urging residents in this area to essentially shelter in place so there's no evacuation orders do you anticipate that might be happening here uh we don't anticipate any evacuation orders uh we do have shelters available for those who may need them uh but our encouragement is for our citizens to stay in and stay safe and stay in communication with us absolutely all right mayor President Sharon Weston broom thank you for your time on what I know is a very very busy even evening for you there in Baton Rouge thank you thank you so much of course we're going to stay here in Baton Rouge for just a minute uh Louisiana in Louisiana Stephanie Fox the national spokesperson for the American Red Cross is joining me now Stephanie again thank you for being here with us so first of all tell us right now how the Red Cross is preparing there in Baton Rouge but also really across the region the Red Cross has been coordinating with our officials and standing up our operation for the last several days we over a hundred folks that are mobilized here on the ground and that doesn't include the folks that have mobilized across Texas Mississippi Missouri Alabama and of course States up north where they're going to see the later impacts of this storm as it moves across the state um the Red Cross has been ensuring that we have plenty of supplies we have enough to ensure that wherever the impact is going to be that we can respond whether that be snacks cleanup kits meals CS Comfort kits anything that communities may need moving forward as we see this impact making landfall and you talked a little bit about also you know what happens afterwards we know that even when these storms pass that the danger is still there I mean especially if there's high heat and lost power how are you preparing for that yeah power outages in fact are extremely dangerous in the aftermath of a storm we typically see more fatalities because of impacts from power outages than we do see during the actual storm themselves so we want to ensure that folks are staying safe that if they need to seek Refuge after a storm has moved through because they're going to be out of power for a significant amount of time to please do so shelters are open across the area again when it is safe to get back out on the roads and travel we will have safe shelter for folks to be in parishes have several areas open as well and if you are going to be using any kind of generator ensure you are doing so in a safe manner on a dry flat surface fully ventil ated area you're not using that inside of your home at all you're using it according to manufacturers instructions you're letting it cool down before you're refueling it and you just doing everything you possibly can to stay safe in the aftermath of this storm yes but that note on generators is incredibly important uh and let's talk a little bit about where this hurricane is right now uh latest update from the National Hurricane Center again a category 2 it's 40 miles South Southwest of Morgan City 100 miles uh west southwest of New Orleans they're in Baton Rouge what are you expecting to see here in the coming hours and what do you think are is the biggest concern here is it is it rain is it a deluge you know grounds are incredibly saturated right now we've been experiencing rain bands of moisture coming from the Gulf for the last week and then of course that's picked up over the last 24 hours even here where I am just south of baton marouge in Ascension Parish the rain has steadily picked up throughout the day as have the winds so of course concerns are going to be about power outages were're concerned about trees coming down because the ground is already soggy um that any kind of wind is going to put some stress and strain on these large live oak trees that we have across the South so we want to ensure that folks are taking it seriously to stay inside because well it may not look bad behind me right now any little gust of wind and as the conditions continue to deteriorate across the next several hours it is going to become dangerous in my neighborhood in particular I can actually hear children outside playing which is absolutely not fun that we would recommend please I know it doesn't seem to be detrimental to life and property at this point in time but it will over the next several hours especially along the coast please hunker down stay inside and stay safe absolutely we know the mayor president is also urging people to report any down trees if they see them as well and again because of the concern that you highlighted there Stephanie Fox thank you so much for being here with us today uh we also now want to go to the West Coast where thousands of people have evacuated their homes because of wild fires that are raging near Los Angeles there's three separate fires they've already burned more than 100,000 acres and destroyed homes as firefighters work to bring these blazes under control an LA County official had this warning to residents at an emergency press briefing earlier today take a listen ask the public to be V Vigilant and urge those in fire prone areas to comply with evacuation orders to ensure both your safety and the safety of our First Responders don't wait to leave when you're asked to go squandering even a few minutes may be the difference between life and death I also want to acknowledge those who've tragically lost their homes and properties during this fire my heart is heavy for you and please know our county is here to offer you our support all right ABC is Melissa Don is joining me now from rightwood California again this is where the bridge fire has burned nearly 50,000 acres in so I can see where you're standing there I can tell just how dangerous it is I can see the smoke in the air even behind you tell us what you're seeing exactly Kana incredibly Smoky conditions and look Kana at this point you recognize how wildfires work this wind has kind of died down but we're anticipating to pick up again and that's going to be the nerve-wracking part here want to show you though specifically we're able to get closer to some of these neighborhoods and pointing out that in this neighborhood here you see that home behind us that's standing it made it through this firefighters have a mive response because they tell us out here they had a huge fire response trying to get here unfortunately this home destroyed we're being told that it was by an elderly couple that lived inside but fortunately they evacuated fire Crews down here tell me a lot of these neighbors here their lives were saved because they evacuated as quickly as possible but stressing how fast that this came through overnight the conditions really really changed really rapidly and people had were forced to evacuate Ka that is just so scary and you can see I mean it's still smoldering there behind you to give people an idea of just how quickly this moved and how how recently it happened uh what right now are the main challenges that firefighters are dealing with I know it's been really hot and high winds are a concern as well what are you hearing absolutely so it's good and bad news right the good news is that intense heat wave that we've been dealing with has finally let up but the bad news is that we're still under a Red Flag Warning it's going to go in through tomorrow and we're anticipating those high winds to kick up again this is pretty much exactly what happened last night the this fire was really about 10,000 acres around 24 hours ago and then Dr just dramatically jumped like eight times the size and now the size of it is also a huge worry of course when we have these winds massive fire response we were around firefighters they've been working really hard they were telling me to basically set up that perimeter and they believe unfortunately this home did not make it through but that's what saved these other homes in this neighborhood so it's really a key thing because we're looking at several dozen homes destroyed in several of these Mountain communities Kaa yeah that is really scary and they are working so hard Melissa Don thank you for being here with us today also sharing with everyone just moments ago President Biden and vice president Harris participated in a ceremony at the Pentagon to Mark the 23rd anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack in US history 23 years ago today nearly 3,000 people were killed when two hijacked airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City another plane hit the Pentagon and a fourth went down in a field in Pennsylvania there was a rare moment of bipartisan Unity today President Biden vice president Harris and former president Trump had a polite exchange at a memorial ceremony at 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[Music] ABC all right welcome back house Speaker Mike Johnson has canceled a vote that was set to take place today on a short-term spending bill that would avoid a partial government shutdown one of the more controversial Provisions in the bill would require people registering to vote to provide proof of citizenship Johnson has embraced concerns expressed by some Republicans that migrants who have entered the country in recent years could swing elections even though it's illegal for non-citizens to vote and research has shown that incidence of non-citizens attempting to vote is extremely rare ABC's J O'Brien is joining me now for more on this Jay glad to have you here with us so look we know the deadline to avert this potential government shutdown is October 1st but what more do we know about speaker Johnson his decision to cancel the vote today and Jay I mean what happens if a deal isn't reached by this deadline I know that Donald Trump had some feelings about this yeah the reality is Mike Johnson pulled this vote today because he just doesn't have the votes there are Republicans on the further right of his conference who say they don't want to vote for any kind of temporary Government funding measure and that's what this is It's a temporary stop Gap Government funding measure that would essentially keep the lights on in the federal government from the end of September until March that's usually a little bit longer than these temporary funding measures go but that's what Johnson's plan would do and also it tacks on as you said that conservative measure called the save act that would require proof of US citizenship to vote in a federal election that's something that Democrats say they won't vote for because they believe it's unnecessary you already can't vote in a federal election if you're not a US citizen and also of course there is no ability to register to vote if you're a non-citizen in a federal election and so Democrats say this is a solution in want of a problem and Johnson essentially trying to throw red meat to his base and do a version of what speaker Johnson tried to do with Hardline immigration Provisions tack them on to a temporary Government funding measure and get it passed that way that failed with immigration Chuck Schumer pointed that out when he said he was obviously opposed to this plan by Mike Johnson and so Democrats say they're not going to vote for it because of the what Johnson would call the election Integrity mechanisms what Democrats would call the voter ID mechanisms and Republicans on the far right say they're not going to vote for it because they don't want to vote for any kind of temporary funding measure so Johnson's really between both of that and a rock in a hard place and he's he's been in that place before uh so we'll certainly see how that goes here again October is coming by quick uh also Jay let's turn to last night's presidential debate our world news anchor David M asked Donald Trump to clarify comments that he made where he seemed to acknowledge that he lost the 2020 election but instead Trump doubled down on those false claims how how are those comments right now Jay resonating with Republicans on Capitol Hill today well really the entire Trump debate performance Republicans are coming out and saying that in their view Trump won maybe on substance not necessarily on style I've heard a number of Republicans say that in their view privately Donald Trump missed a number of opportunities on that debate stage it was baited by kamla Harris multiple times including with that track on his crowd size but Republicans are trying to spin what happened last night as not necessarily something that's going to impact the entire trajectory of this race here's what one uh Republican senator Mike Brun of Indiana said earlier today were you comfortable with them continue to say the election was stolen in 2020 I make no comment on that U believe in the policies uh anyone's individual style uh that's up uh for them to figure out if it's working or not you don't have any concerns about him saying that I mean I don't think you should say stuff that maybe make make it harder for people to vote for you but in this situation the policies are so bad that we've been dished up and that's going to Prevail come November 5th so an acknowledgement of Bron there a little bit of one of those missed opportunities which you noted earlier Trump kind of perpetuating those false claims that he won the 2020 election K and that's how Republicans are really settling with this across cap cap Hill saying that Donald Trump did not give his best debate performance last night you know you do hear from surrogates time and time again that his policy speak for themselves but this was his chance to speak about those policies all right Jay O'Brien thank you for being here with us and coming up next year on ABC News live we're following her Francine as it barrels toward the the Louisiana Coastline uh we're 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could be happening in parts of Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and western Florida I want to bring in ABC News meteor just Samara Theodore and so Samar as you've been tracking this throughout the day here I think the big concern right now is when when do you expect to see landfall at this point Kaa we could see it inside the hour uh it's very close to the coastline the more recent update we had it was about 60 miles to the Southwest west of Morgan City so by this point it should be encroaching upon that pretty soon and it has strengthened a category 2 status winds at 100 milph but it's important to note we're seeing tropical storm warnings all the way inland into places like Southern Mississippi and Hattisburg all right so let's go ahead and time it out uh this is 6 p.m. central Time this is showing us what the radar could look like in the future by this point it's saying hey look we already have landfall we're seeing some of the Winds very strong and homeless starting to pick up in New Orleans so 6: pm to Sunset that's when the City of New Orleans is going to start to see the worst of it as far as winds and heavy rain then after that it moves towards Gulfport strong winds moving into Gulfport one of the other things we're noticing tornado watch has been issued for a lot of Southern Louisiana and parts of Southern Mississippi and that's until 11:00 p.m. some of the heaviest rain bands battering Morgan City and H right now storm surge along the coastline could reach 5 to 10 feet high Kaa all right Samara thank you very much and we know this is a a coastline that has been devastated by storms in 2020 2021 as well Samara thank you for being here with us and thank you for streaming with us I'm Kaa Whitworth we'll have more coverage of Hurricane Francine straight ahead so stay with us right here on ABC News [Music] live Baywatch is a fantasy Baywatch was sexy Baywatch was the number one show in the world when you hear that theme song I had no idea how much fun I was going 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recently I reported a peak gust of 112 mil an hour that's according to the National Hurricane Center uh the governor of lisiana right now urging people to shelter in place until the hurricane has passed and those people in low-lying areas have been told to evacuate ABC News meteorologist Samar Theodore is standing by with the latest and so uh Samar really it was just been the last half hour or so that this became a category 2 hurricane and we've been talking about the wind speeds but I know a major concern really is this storm surf right I mean in some areas it could be as high as what 10t yeah 5 to 10t right along the coastline between like Morgan City and H and that's where we could see uh very life-threatening conditions when you're talking storm surge and of course the flooding is dangerous as well so let's go ahead and run it from the top what do we have we got hurricane Francine somehow in the last couple hours was managing to make it to Cat 2 status so now we have a category 2 hurricane headed for the coast of Louisiana you know about half an hour ago it was was 40 mil to the South Southwest of Morgan City so I presume any moment now we're going to start looking at landfall we'll be getting that official word in from the National Hurricane Center until then let's go ahead and run the forecast so this is the future cast 600 PM Central Time Where could this storm be well it says that it could be just outside of H the center of it already making landfall by that point with the heavier rain bands whipping New Orleans wind gust will increase as well as the storm moves Inland so h picking it up strong wind gust between now and about 6 7:00 New Orleans from about 7 to 10 you're facing your worst storm gust uh we can see as high as 50 60 miles per hour there Gulfport it actually will get worse for you you'll start to see conditions deteriorating by about 10 p.m. central Time so we're just at the beginning of this now uh the other thing that this has prompted has been tornado watches it is not uncommon to see tornadoes during a hurricane or tropical storm making its way Inland you got this storm system over smooth water then it's moving over land you add the friction a few other Dynamics and ultimately we get this recipe for tornadoes typically the tornadoes range from ef0 to ef1 nonetheless they're tornadoes so you have to be very Mindful and careful of that that is until 11:00 p.m. for the area shaded in yellow I know that's really difficult to see with this radar overlaid but it's Southern Louisiana and parts of Mississippi including Gulfport we talked about the storm surge we talked about the tornado threat I want to leave you with this significant flooding as possible as this dumps copious amounts of rain in in a small amount of time flash flooding is possible from the I 10 Corridor to the I20 quor up in Jackson Mississippi Kaa all right that this is clearly just starting to get bad here us Samara thank you for being here with us and she's going to be tracking the storm uh for the next several hours here with us and of course as Louisiana braces for Francine uh which by the way here is the sixth named storm of this Atlantic hurricane season uh there are nonprofit organizations right now that are tripping in chipping in to help make sure that communities are getting all of the emergency response that they need right now and that of course in Louisiana and in the South includes the United cinjun Navy uh the group's founder and president Todd Terell is joining me now from Baton Rouge so thank you so much for being here with us Todd and I I was listening earlier to some of the things that the Cajun Navy is doing to prepare for this storm and it's my understanding that there's been uh weather camera sort of strategically placed throughout the South to sort of watch the Storm come in can you update us on that yes we have several cameras uh we have a couple of in Louisiana we have some in grandal and we have some in chauan and cadry which chauan and cadry is around the H area and that's where the storm is coming asure right now these cameras are showing the surge come up but it's also showing atmospheric conditions barometric pressure and wind speed and stuff our guys that are in show van right now are experiencing 100 miles an hour right now as we speak oh wow and are you able to be in contact with them as this is happening or are you just learning that from the cameras that you're watching oh no believe it or not we have starlink and we have some other Communications and it it's it's very very good right now of course that can change once the storm comes ashore but we're definitely able to stay in communication with them right now and what are you hearing right now from community members who we know lean on y'all heavily during times like this well you know of course we pre-stage supplies water ice you know food pars those kind of things a lot of these communities are are lifelong friends and stuff in the shrimping industry and and the fishing industry and stuff and they reach out to us because a lot of the guys are either living on their boats or they're living on trailers and stuff and and they're they're doing the best they can to make living so they reach out to us and they either get out or stay stay in there right now the levies are holding up pretty good which we were kind of concerned about that you know but so far so good that can change in the next hour along the coast around cry and chauan and you said you're a little bit concerned about the levies I mean the second you say that of course everyone remers Hurricane Katrina and when those levies broke uh what is your main concern about the levies and how would you be watching them main concern with the levies right now the good news is everybody inside the levy system uh they got out you know so right now the the levies are holding the main concern the concern for the levies is not that the levies are going to break the concern is that the levies are going to over toop from The Surge okay so the water would just come right over the top but you're confident that they'll hold up I'm curious because you know this area so well I mean we certainly have been watching these storms from afar and we know that the shoreline has been battered by very serious storms in 2020 and 2021 what does that mean for a shoreline that maybe hasn't quite recovered yet for a a category 2 hurricane to come in well you know we had a drought the last year and a half or so and in the last several months and especially in the last two weeks we've had a lot of rain some of the bayus and the rivers down here were actually closed this week ahead of the storm nothing to do with the storm but we had a lot of rainfall in the last week so a lot of our rivers are already high the issue is with this storm coming in it's going to fold the water in so the abnormally high water we already have is just going to pose a much more of a concern for flooding once again these levies when the surge comes up once you get the wind blowing the waves making the surge higher it's the waves on top of the surge that we're concerned about and once a levy gets toppled of course that's when you have the brakes in the levy and that's what we're concerned about I understand Todd Terell uh with the United cjun Navy thank you for being here with us but more importantly thank you for everything that you do for your Community thank you of course uh for more on Hurricane Francine I want to bring in Kevin Clement the mayor of Tibido Louisiana uh mayor Clement thank you for being here uh with us and I want to I wanted to share with you I I have family there uh in Tibido and we've been checking in with them and and you know it's interesting because as we watch the storm it creates a lot of anxiety for people watching it but I know they hearty folk there in Tibido and and people are confident and prepared but that doesn't mean that there's not concern so tell us what it's like for you right now how is your community prepared oh you're absolutely right anxiety is a real thing um right now we're experiencing the start of the worst um the the weather the the wind is picking up a little bit more the rain is coming down just a little bit hotter still not unbearable right now um and uh you know the people of Tibido obeyed our curfew warnings I can tell you that we've been out and about um in our EOC and our police force have said this over and over all day people have sheltered in place and they're hunkering down um and now is the time to do that um I just left my house to come here this morning uh just now there's no one on the road other than police uh Vehicles so that's a great thing um if if what we see in the next 45 minutes to an hour if we can get by this without being uh any major catastrophes we'll be okay we'll we'll we'll we'll we'll work work through this I can tell you our state was prepared um our our U director has been following the storm for five or six days um we started um implementing policies and programs and procedures on Monday morning so uh the residents of of Tibido can feel confident that we did everything we could in our power to prepare for this storm and and uh it's holding true right now and we know that preparation is key and we know that folks there in Louisiana do that well I also know I mean Nicholls State is right there you in all likelihood have people that in this could be their first hurricane how do you talk to your residents that might be preparing for their first time and it's a category to yeah so we've done a really good job from our Police Department our uh marketing uh and social media teams we've gotten the word out uh of what to do and we've keep kept people AB breast of the timelines and and things that we expect of them uh yesterday morning we had a meeting early in the morning with niichel state with the hospital with the the the sheriff's office with the parish um with the state even and we brought in our fire department and our Ambulance Service and we just got on the same page um everybody's experiencing this at the same time so it it does help when you have teams working together and pulling all in the same direction so uh to those people to those nickel students who are uh locked up in their dorms right now experiencing this for the first time um take it all in because this is a um a serious storm but it's a good test it's not an Ida it's not a Katrina but you know you have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best and that's what we've done and that's probably the right thing to do there and it sounds like there's clearly a coordinated effort uh there to keep your constituents and your folks safe so uh well done and I'm also curious you know we keep hearing about the concern that the ground there in Louisiana has been very very saturated saturated by storms over these last couple of weeks is that a concern that you share as well and there in Tibido what will be the biggest problem as this moves through the biggest problem is going to be the large trees that we have the ground is saturated um so when the wind blows and those trees have not don't have their concrete footing that they used to have if one of those trees falls on a house maybe the safety of of a family member or you know someone inside the house or it knocks down uh power lines and then the lines become live and they're they're exposed that's our biggest concern right now but um you know we have our fire department ready ready to get out there as soon as we can we have our Police Department patrolling our streets we have our public works department that's going to be able to be ready when the first available time we can actually get on the road and check all those things out and certainly we have emergency numbers prepared where are our community can call in and let us know about things you know uh still 911 situations do pop up um but not going would we haven't had any of those yet and we do know that some of those more scary more deadly situations will actually happen after the storm moves through I mean if there's a loss of power if it's really hot that can create some pretty serious problems how are you prepared to handle that and are you seeking any outside help like is it serious enough to call in the National Guard or anything right now we don't have National Guard in in the in the city of Tibido um you know on standby right now they they uh I think I was watching earlier uh from our EC um they are National Guard does have a presence in Morgan City which is about a half hour away from us uh west of us um so you know you you asked a good question um we handle things as they pop up uh hopefully nothing pops up and we don't have to to uh worry about that but uh we are prepared and we do have the the availability and the talent to get out there and address all these problems that happen well Amic Kevin Clement uh thank you for 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night at 87 Central on what network are we on ABC ABC oh my God how do you spell that ABC [Music] welcome back Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has canceled a vote to set to take place today on a short-term spending bill that would avoid a partial government shutdown a controversial provision in this bill would require people registering to vote to provide proof of citizenship ABC's Jay O'Brien has the latest for us Kana Congress has just weeks to avert a government shutdown and there was a setback today speaker Johnson saying that he is pulling a continuing resolution a temporary funding stop Gap measure that would essentially extend government funding from the end of September when it's set to expire into late March he's pulling that continuing resolution from a vote because it just doesn't have the support in his own party there are Republicans who don't want to pass any kind of temporary Government funding measure and it also doesn't have the support of Democrats and that is because speaker Johnson in addition to that temporary funding measure has also included What's called the save act and that is a conservative priority bill that requires proof of citizenship before voting in federal elections and what Democrats say is look it's already illegal for non-citizens to vote in federal elections there are already safeguards in place to prevent that from happening and Democrats accuse speaker Johnson of playing politics here Chuck Schumer said that Republicans in tacking conservative priorities onto must pass Government funding bills like they did with immigration are running the risk of repeating this kind of Groundhog Day scenario that Congress encountered just just months back where there was this fight over Hardline immigration proposals tacked on to Government funding that House Republicans ended up losing and passing Government funding without that immigration package the reality here is Kaa again time is running out