Morning News NOW Full Broadcast – Sept. 11

RIGHT NOW ON "MORNING NEWS NOW," A FIERY FACE-OFF BETWEEN VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. THE TWO CANDIDATES GOING HEAD- TO-HEAD ON POLICY, POLITICS, AND GETTING PERSONAL IN THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. >>> DONALD TRUMP ACTUALLY HAS NO PLAN FOR YOU BECAUSE HE IS MORE INTERESTED IN DEFENDING HIMSELF THAN LOOKING OUT FOR YOU. >> SHE'S GOING TO DO THIS, SHE'S GOING TO DO THAT. SHE'S GOING TO DO ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS. WHY HASN'T SHE DONE IT? SHE'S BEEN THERE FOR 3 1/2 YEARS? >> WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE WITH HIGHLIGHT THAT ANALYSIS ON WHAT COULD BE A TURNING POINT IN THE ELECTION. >>> WE ARE TRACKING HURRICANE FRANCINE NOW BARRELING TOWARDS THE SOUTH. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS LOUISIANA AND TEXAS RACE FOR HEAVY RAIN, DANGEROUS WINDS AND FLASHFLOODING. >>> ONE THING WE LEARNED IS THAT THE PREDICTIVE PATHWAY OF A STORM LIKE THIS DOES NOT ALWAYS TURN OUT TO BE TRUE. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE ARE FOCUSED ON IS PROTECTING THE LIFE OF EVERY TEXAN. >> WE DON'T WANT TO DOWNPLAY THIS EVENT BUT WE ALSO DO NOT WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE PANIC. >> A LOT TO GET TO THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M JOE FRYER. >> AND I'M SAVANNAH SELLERS. >>> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARE BOTH DECLARING VICTORY AFTER THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. >> IT WAS THE FIRST-EVER MEETING AND THEY SPARRED OVER THE ECONOMY, IMMIGRATION AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. DURING THE DEBATE, THERE WAS PERSONAL TAX WITH BOTH COMMENCING VOTERS TO HAVE A BETTER PLAN FOR THE COUNTRY. HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. >> KAMALA HARRIS. IN A DONALD TRUMP, WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS ECONOMIC PLAN, IT'S ALL ABOUT TAX BREAKS FOR THE RICHEST PEOPLE. I AM OFFERING WHAT I DESCRIBE AS AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY AND THE BEST ECONOMISTS IN OUR COUNTRY IF NOT THE WORLD HAVE REVIEWED OUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. WHAT GOLDMAN SACHS HAS SAID IS THAT DONALD TRUMP'S PLAN WOULD MAKE THE ECONOMY WORSE AND MY WOULD STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY. >> SHE HAS NO POLICY. EVERYTHING SHE BELIEVED THREE YEARS AGO AND FOUR YEARS AGO IS OUT THE WINDOW. SHE IS GOING TO MY PHILOSOPHY I WAS GOING TO SEND HER A MAGA HAT. BUT IF SHE EVER GOT ELECTED SHE WOULD CHANGE IT. IT WILL BE THE END OF OUR COUNTRY. SHE IS A MARXIST. EVERYBODY KNOWS SHE'S A MARXIST RATE >> DONALD TRUMP WAS FIRED BY 81 PEOPLE. LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND CLEARLY, HE IS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME PROCESSING THAT. I PLEDGE TO YOU WHEN CONGRESS PASSES A BILL TO PUT BACK IN PLACE THE PROTECTIONS OF ROE V. WADE, AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I WILL PROBABLY SIGN IT INTO LAW. BUT UNDERSTAND, IF DONALD TRUMP WERE TO BE REELECTED, HE WILL SIGN A NATIONAL ABORTION BAN. >> THE BABY WILL BE BORN AND WE WILL DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THE BABY. IN OTHER WORDS, WE WILL EXECUTE THE BABY. THEY ARE RADICAL. THE DEMOCRATS ARE RADICAL IN THAT. >> THERE IS NO STATE IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE IT IS LEGAL TO KILL A BABY AFTER IT IS BORN. >> THEY HAVE DESTROYED THE FABRIC OF OUR COUNTRY. MILLION OF PEOPLE LET IN. CRIME IS DOWN ALL OVER THE ROAD EXCEPT HERE. CRIME HERE IS UP AND THROUGH THE ROOF. DESPITE THEIR FRAUDULENT STATEMENTS THAT THEY MADE >> YOU KNOW THE FBI SAYS OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME IS COMING OUT IN THIS COUNTRY. IN A EXCUSE ME, THEY WERE DEFRAUDING SEGMENTS. THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE WORST CITIES. THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE CITIES WITH THE WORST CRIME. IT WAS A FRAUD. >> I THINK THIS IS SO RICH. COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN PROSECUTED FOR NATIONAL SECURITY CRIMES, ECONOMIC CRIMES, ELECTION INTERFERENCE, HAS BEEN FOUND LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND HIS NEXT BIG COURT APPEARANCE IS IN NOVEMBER AND IS CRIMINAL SENTENCING. >> WE HAVE FULL COVERAGE OF THE DEBATE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. WE WILL GET ANALYSIS FROM OUR REPORTER JOHN ALLEN BUT WE GET STARTED WITH NBC'S MONICA ALLEN. -- ALBA. GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU. MONICA, AHEAD OF THE DEBATE THERE WAS SOME POLLING. OUR COLLEAGUES SAID THEY DID NOT FEEL LIKE THEY KNEW THE VICE PRESIDENT VERY WELL AND DID THE DEBATE CHANGE THAT? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN? >> Reporter: THEY ARE ALL FEELING PRETTY GOOD THIS MORNING. ABOUT HOW THAT WENT. THEY FELT LIKE THE ANSWER SHE PRACTICE IN A MOCK DEBATE SESSIONS ABOUT TRYING TO DISTINGUISH HERSELF FROM BOTH JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP BLENDED PRETTY DECENTLY. THEY FELT LIKE SHE WAS ABLE TO GET IN SOME OF THESE POLICIES AND PROPOSALS WITHOUT GOING ON TOO LONG AND GETTING INTO THE WEEDS. THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS HE SIDESTEPPED AND DID NOT GET INTO MUCH DETAIL ON, BUT THERE WAS A PARTICULAR ANSWER WHERE SHE FOUND IN THEIR VIEW THAT DONALD TRUMP'S RECORD IN OFFICE IN LESS THAN ONE MINUTE WHEN SHE'S KEPT SAYING WHAT DONALD TRUMP LEFT US WITH THIS. HE LEFT US WITH THIS KIND OF ECONOMY, SHE SAID. HE LEFT US WITH HIS RECOVERY. HE LEFT US WITH ALL OF THE ISSUES. THEY FEEL LIKE RHETORICALLY SHE WAS ABLE TO DO THIS FOR IN -- MOST STRATEGIES THEY ALL DISCUSSED GOING INTO THIS WAS SHE WAS ABLE TO USE PRETTY WELL WHICH IS THE IDEA OF BATING THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO ENGAGE ON CERTAIN TOPICS THAT THEY SAY MADE HIM LOOK DEFENSIVE ON THINGS LIKE PROJECT 2025, THINGS LIKE THE FACT THAT SHE SAID THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LEAVE HIS RALLIES EARLY. OTHER MAJOR ISSUES ABOUT WHERE HE WENT TO SCHOOL AND ABOUT SUPPORTERS. THINGS THAT HE SPENT TIME RESPONDING ON INSTEAD OF ENUMERATING HIS OWN POSITION. OVERALL, THE HARRIS TEAM FELT LIKE THIS WAS A, QUOTE, DECISIVE VICTORY AND FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A BALANCE, THEY SAY WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT TALKING ABOUT HER OWN FUTURE WHILE DEFENDING WHAT SHE HAS DONE IN THE PAST. >> LET'S TOUCH ON THE MOMENT THAT READ A LOT OF GALBRAITH. THE FORMER PRESIDENT REPEATED THE FALSE CLAIM WHICH IS BEING PROMOTED THAT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ARE EATING PEOPLE'S PETS. LET'S PLAY THE BITE AND TALK ABO IT ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> IN SPRINGFIELD, THEY ARE EATING THE DOGS, THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN, ARE EATING THE CATS, THEY ARE EATING, THEY ARE EATING THE PETS OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. >> I WANT TO CLARIFY, IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, WE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HE TOLD US THERE HAVE BEEN NO CREDIBLE REPORTS OF SPECIFIC TIMES OF PETS BEING HARMED, INJURED OR ABUSED BY INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY >> THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ON TELEVISION. THE PEOPLE ON TELEVISION STATE MY DOG WAS TAKEN AND USED FOR FOOD. MAYBE HE SAID THAT AND MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD THING TO SAY FOR A CITY MANAGER. >> I AM NOT TAKING THIS FROM TELEVISION. >> THE DOG WAS EATEN BY THE PEOPLE THAT WENT THERE. >> AGAIN, THE CITY MANAGER SAYS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. WALK US THROUGH WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. WHAT THE FACTS TELL A SOMEWHAT TRUMP IS SAYING THIS MORNING. >> I GOT A LOT OF MESSAGES ABOUT THIS WITH PEOPLE WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE BUT THIS ALL STARTED FROM SOME SOCIAL MEDIA RUMORS THAT WERE AMPLIFIED BY CONSERVATIVE INFLUENCERS ON EX AND OTHER SPACES. AGAIN, AMPLIFIED BY THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. THIS IS -- THERE IS NO EVIDENCE AS OF NOW. THE MAYOR OF SPRINGFIELD THAT THEY HAVE NO DOCUMENTED CASES OF THIS AND SAID THIS IS DISTRACTING FROM THE REAL ISSUES LIKE HOUSING CONCERNS, RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS AND OVERWHELMED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS THAT TO MONICA'S POINT, REPUBLICAN OPERATIVES ARE TELLING ME THEY ARE FRUSTRATED BY TRUMP TAKING THE BAIT AND GETTING OFF TOPIC. IMMIGRATION IS A TOPIC THAT SHOULD BE A STRONG ONE FOR HIM. POLLING SHOWS VOTERS TRUST HIM MORE ON THIS ONE THAT HARRIS BUT TAKING IT SIDEWAYS THAT WAY WAS NOT WHAT HIS ALLIES WERE HOPING FOR. >> MONICA, IT SEEMED LIKE THE VICE PRESIDENT RATTLED TRUMP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS APPEARING TO GET UNDER HIS SKIN. WE HEARD THAT THAT WAS A VICE THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT RECEIVED IN TERMS OF HOW TO APPROACH US TO THE HARRIS TEAM IS CALLING FOR ANOTHER DEBATE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? >> BAD ADVICE SPECIFICALLY FROM ONE PERSON TO HAVE FAITH DONALD TRUMP ON THE DEBATE STAGE IS FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE AND DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FROM 2016 HILLARY CLINTON. THEY HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS SHE ADVISED HER ON THE IDEA OF HE MAY TRY TO BEAT YOU BUT YOU SHOULD BAIT HIM FIRST. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY EMPLOYED THAT. IN TERMS OF ANOTHER DEBATE, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EVENT WRAPPED UP, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAID, GREAT, LET'S DO IT AGAIN IN OCTOBER, INDICATING THAT THEY WERE PRETTY PLEASED WITH HER PERFORMANCE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT HERSELF THAT SHE WAS OPEN TO. THEN THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A POTENTIAL FUTURE DEBATE. NOW, WE NOTE THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS NOT COMMITTEE TO ANOTHER ONE SO IT IS UNCLEAR IF THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DEBATE GIVEN HOW THE HARRIS TEAM RESPONDED LAST NIGHT, THAT IS A GOOD INDICATION OF WHERE THEY FEEL THEY ARE IN TERMS OF THE UPPER HAND. AND IN TERMS OF HAVING ANOTHER DEBATE. THEY FELT IT WENT WELL ENOUGH THAT THEY COULD HAVE ANOTHER MATCHUP, BUT I THINK THEY ARE SAYING IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY DON'T THINK DONALD TRUMP WILL NECESSARILY COMMIT TO IT AGAIN. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THEM TRYING TO BAIT HIM INTO DOING SO BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT MIGHT WORK FOR THEM. >> ANOTHER INDICATION, AFTER THE DEBATE, THE FORMER PRESIDENT MADE AN APPEARANCE IN THE SPIN ROOM WHERE HE TO HEAR FROM -- IF THE CANDIDATE SHOWS UP, IT PROBABLY DON'T THINK THEY WON. HOW WAS THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN FEELING ABOUT THIS? >> Reporter: THE TRADITIONAL IDEA IN POLITICS IS WINNERS DON'T SPIN. HE CAME INTO THE SPIN ROOM AND SAID IT WAS THE GREATEST DEBATE EVER AND CITED SOME POLL NUMBERS THAT WERE INACCURATE. HE WAS FRUSTRATED BY THE MODERATORS OF THE DEBATE. WHEN ASKED IN THE SPIN ROOM AND THIS MORNING AGAIN ON FOX NEWS ABOUT ANOTHER DEBATE WITH HARRIS, HE WAS NONCOMMITTAL AND SICK, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED ANOTHER DEBATE BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A GREAT NIGHT LAST NIGHT. WILL A SECOND DEBATE HAPPEN? THAT IS A BIG QUESTION MARK DESPITE HIS CAMPAIGN MAKE SAYING THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO ANOTHER DEBATE. OVERALL, HIS ALLIES HAVE BEEN OUT IN FULL FORCE ON ALL THE MEDIA PLATFORMS. PHYSICALLY CRITICIZING THE MODERATORS, ANOTHER INDICATION OF PERHAPS IT DID NOT GO HOW THEY WERE HOPING IT WOULD FOR VARIOUS REASONS. AND I DASHA BURNS AND MONICA ALBA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> WE ARE JOINED BY OUR -- GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. THIS WAS A DIFFERENT DEBATE FROM WHAT WE SAW IN JUNE BETWEEN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN. YOU WROTE THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT IS A, QUOTE, TOUGH ARRIVAL NOW THEN MR. TRUMP MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOCK IN HIS -- AFTER RECENT FAVORABLE POLLING. WHAT ARE YOUR KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM LESLIE? >> -- FROM LAST NIGHT? >> SHE WAS A DIFFERENT CANDIDATE THAN JOE BIDEN IN THE JUNE DEBATE. NUMBER ONE, YOU WATCHED TRUMP'S TERM WITH AFTER YOU WATCHED HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME ACTUALLY FAITH IN ADVERSARY WHO HAD SOME AGILITY ON STAGE. I THINK HE WAS A RATTLED AT TIMES, NOT ALWAYS, BUT AT TIMES. HE WAS DISTRACTED FROM GIVING HIS ANSWERS. YOU HEARD DOSHA TALKING ABOUT SHE SAID RUMORS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE IDEA THAT IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, THEY WERE EATING PETS. THERE IS NO -- THERE IS NO EVIDENCE FOR THAT. AND TRUMP IS SORT OF OUT THERE. THE MAIN TAKE AWAY IS YOU HAD A RACE WHERE DONALD TRUMP WAS IN A WORSE PLACE AND AGAINST KAMALA HARRIS VERSUS JOE BIDEN. THAT DID NOT CHANGE LAST NIGHT. >> LET TALK MORE ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT STRATEGY IN THE DEBATE. WE NOTE MR. TRUMP A REFERENCE PRESIDENT BIDEN OFTEN SANG HIS NAME MANY TIMES AND TRYING TO PREVENT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS FROM SEPARATING HERSELF FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. AT ONE POINT, HARRIS SAID, YOU ARE NOT RUNNING AGAINST JOE BIDEN, YOU ARE RUNNING AGAINST ME. PROBABLY A STRONG POINT TO MAKE. SHE HAD BEEN THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR THREE YEARS. HOW DID HE DO AND TRYING TO MAKE THAT POINT? >> I THOUGHT HE SAID -- THREE AND HALF YEARS TO MAKE THESE CHANGES AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT. WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE IT? HARRIS IS RUNNING ON JOE BIDEN'S RECORD AND JOE BIDEN'S AGENDA AND SAID SHE HAS CHANGE POLICY POSITIONS FROM HIS AGENDA OR HIS RECORD TO ESSENTIALLY, BASICALLY, ADD A LITTLE BIT. TRUMP WAS VERY MUCH ABLE TO -- MAKING A RHETORICAL ARGUMENT THAT SHE IS A NEW GENERATION OF LEADER. YOU HEARD HER SAY THAT LAST NIGHT AND THAT MAKES FOR -- AS SHE SAID, BUT SHE HAS TO FIGURE IT OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 55 DAYS. -- AS A PRESSURE CANDIDATE AND HAVE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL GET SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE MOST AMERICANS THINK THE COUNTRY IS ON THE WRONG TRACK. >> WE TALK ABOUT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND A NUISANCE SIENA COLLEGE POLL SHOWS YOUNG VOTERS FEEL THEY NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HER. AS WELL AS MORE THAN 40% OF HISPANIC AND BLACK VOTERS. WE KNOW HARRIS GOT UNDER TRUMP SKIN MAKING REFERENCE TO THE CROWD SIZES AND THAT WAS CLEARLY THE GOAL. DID SHE MISS A CHANCE TO DEFINE HERSELF MORE? >> I THINK SHE DID. IT DOESN'T MEAN SHE DIDN'T DESCRIBE HERSELF AT ALL. SHE WON SOME OF THE VOTERS. I DO THINK HER MAIN -- HER MAIN GOAL LAST NIGHT WAS TO GET UNDER DONALD TRUMP'S SKIN BUT ALSO -- DONALD TRUMP. -- WHAT IS IT KAMALA HARRIS WILL DO AND I'LL ONLY WHAT SHE WILL DO BUT HOW WILL SHE GET IT DONE? BECAUSE SHE WOULD FACE IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE A DIFFICULT CONGRESS. SHE WOULD FACE IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE THE SUPREME COURT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, HAS VALUES DIFFERENT FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT'S AGENDA. WHAT WILL SHE BE ABLE TO GET DONE? THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE ON THAT. >> JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE DEBATE, HARRIS PICKED UP A MAJOR ENDORSEMENT. >> TAYLOR SWIFT SAID SHE IS ENDORSING THE VICE PRESIDENT MOMENTS AFTER THE DEBATE WRAP UP. AN INSTAGRAM POST TO HER FOLLOWERS, SHE SAID HARRIS FIGHTS FOR THE RIGHTS AND CAUSES SHE BELIEVES IN AND CALLED HER A STEADY HAND A GIFTED LEADER. SHE ALSO CRITICIZED THE FAKE A.I. IMAGES SHARE BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT MOSTLY CLAIMING SHE ENDORSED THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. >> SHE WENT ON TO SIGN HER POST, QUOTE, CHILDLESS CAT LADY. A REFERENCE TO SOMETHING J.D. THIS -- J.D. VANCE SAID. >> WE KNOW SHE DID MAKE AN ENDORSEMENT FOUR YEARS AGO BUT NOT ONE TO GET YEARS AGO AND REGRETTED THAT. -- >>> LET'S ARE NOW TO HURRICANE FRANCINE. IT IS TAKING AIM AT THE GULF COAST. IN LOUISIANA, INVENTORY EVACUATIONS ARE IN PLACE. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO GET STRONGER BEFORE IT MAKES LANDFALL SOMETIME TODAY. >> AND TEXAS, THEY ARE DEALING WITH THE RISING TIDES AHEAD OF WHAT THEY EXPECT TO BE LIFE- THREATENING STORM SURGE ALONG THE COAST. ONE OF THE STORM SURGES COULD HIT AREAS FROM LOUISIANA INTO THE EAST ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA BORDER. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STOCKING UP ON SUPPLIES TO GET THROUGH THE STORM. WINDS HAVE BEEN 90 MILES AN HOUR. THE ENTIRE LOUISIANA COASTLINE IS UNDER A HURRICANE WARNING AS PRESIDENT BIDEN DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT. THEY WILL HELP AREAS MOST LIKELY AFFECTED. >> OUR CORRESPONDENT -- KATHY, FRANCINE IS EXPECTED TO DROP 12 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS SEVERAL STATES ALONG THE COAST. WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS YOU ARE SEEING SO FAR? AN BACK GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU. RIGHT NOW WE ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO SEE THE OUTER BANDS OF HURRICANE FRANCINE SO THE WINDS ARE STARTING TO CHECK UP BUT THINGS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. LANDFALL IS EXPECTED MIDAFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING BUT WE ARE WATCHING SEVERAL ISSUES, LATER TODAY, WHICH COULD INCLUDE FLOODING, RAINFALL TOTALS IN SOME LOCATIONS COULD BE UP TO 12 INCHES. ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES. THE STORM SURGE COVERAGE 10 FEET AND THOSE EXTREME WINDS PICKING UP COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES. >> SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED AND -- TELL US HOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR YOU ARE. >> Reporter: WHEN YOU SAY HURRICANE, TROPICAL STORM HERE IN LOUISIANA, RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT TO DO AND THAT IS PREPARE AND PREPARE PRETTY QUICKLY. THAT IS WHAT THEY WERE DOING YESTERDAY AS WELL AS MONDAY. GROCERY STORES, THERE WERE LONG LINES WITH PEOPLE STOCKING UP ON ESSENTIALS. GAS STATIONS ARE PRETTY PACKED AND FOLKS ARE FILLING UP THEIR VEHICLES. YESTERDAY WE WERE AT A SANDBAGGING STATION THAT WAS A POPULAR SPOT. PREPARING THEIR HOMES BUT OF COURSE, LATER TODAY, AS THE WEATHER TAKES A TURN, OFFICIALS ARE CRUISING PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADWAY FOR >> THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER SAYS IT IS EXPECTED TO GAIN STRENGTH AND ACCELERATE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL LATER TODAY. I'LL -- GETTING READY TO RESPOND TO THOSE IN NEED AFTER THE STORM PASSES ESPECIALLY ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE STRANDED IN FLOOD WATER? >> THE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA DID ISSUE AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION. HE HAD DEPLOYED MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND THEY ARE EQUIPPED WITH FOOD, WATER, HIGH WATER VEHICLES, AS WELL AS WATER RESCUE IF NECESSARY. ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT LOUISIANA ARE STEPPING UP PATROLS AND WILL MONITOR THE CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. >> KATHY PARK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> FOR MORE ON HOW LOUISIANA IS PREPARING, LET'S BRING IN -- BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. PARTS OF LOUISIANA ARE ALREADY STARTING TO FEEL THE IMPACT OF THE STORM. LANDFALL IS STILL A FEW HOURS AWAY. AT THIS POINT ARE YOU GETTING ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR ANY PROBLEMS? AND WHAT ARE YOUR -- >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL IN THAT WAITING PERIOD AND WE ARE SEEING READ AND WHEN PICKUP. WE ARE EXPECTING MORE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WE ARE PREPARED AND WE ARE NOT STRANGERS TO STORMS OR HURRICANES. WE HAVE A LOT OF OPERATIONS WE'VE ALREADY DONE. YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK OR DOWNLOAD OUR APPS TO GET UPDATES ON WHAT IS GOING ON. A GREAT PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC TO LOOK. WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM ROAD CLOSURES, SANDBAG LOCATIONS, SHELTERS AND SAFETY TIPS FOR RUNNING GENERATORS IN CASE YOU HAVE A POWER OUTAGE FOR >> THE STORM COULD MAKING LANDFALL JUST AS THE SUN IS SETTING. WHAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES AND WHAT IS YOUR TOP ADVICE FOR PEOPLE TO STAY SAFE AS THE STORM IS HITTING AND IN THE AFTERMATH? >> FOR OFFICERS, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL LIVES AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE. THEN THEY HAVE TO COME TO WORK AND MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY IS SAFE. WE HAVE OFFICES WORKING EXTENDED SHIFTS AND WE HAVE MORE OVERLAP AND COVERAGE ON THE STREETS. WE ALSO HAVE ALL OF OUR OFFICERS IN OUR NONUNIFORM DIVISIONS OUTWORKING IN UNIFORM TODAY TO SUPPLEMENT JUST IN CASE WE HAVE ROAD CLOSURES OR BLOCKED ROADS BECAUSE OF FLOODING. DIRECTING TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF POWER OUTAGES. WE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE YEARS. WE HAVE HIGH WATER RESCUE VEHICLES AND BOATS WE CAN LAUNCH . WE ARE PREPARED AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND NOW WE ARE JUST IN THAT WAITING PERIOD. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN JOINED THE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY. WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES THAT THAT MAKE AVAILABLE IN THESE SITUATIONS AND WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU NEED? >> THE FEDERAL DECLARATION HAS BEEN HELPFUL. AS WELL AS THE STATE AND WITH OUR MAYOR. OUT WE HAVE GREAT LEADERSHIP AND GET EXTRA MANPOWER AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH THAT. GETTING ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS IN ONE ROOM. WE ARE -- MAYORS OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND OUR OWN COMMAND SISTER SO WE CAN GET -- BUT ALL THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE SAME ROOM WHEN IT COMES TO -- FIRST DAY, RED CROSS, ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE SAME ROOM BECAUSE OF THESE DECLARATIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. STAY SAFE WHILE TAKING CARE OF YOUR COMMUNITY. >>> LET'S GET IT CLOSER LOOK AT THE TRACK OF FRANCINE. WE HAVE MORE. >>> NOT TOO MANY CHANGES WITH THE LATEST ADVISORY. -- INTO A HURRICANE. THIS IS STILL A CATEGORY 1 STORM 145 MILES SOUTH OF WEST OF MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA. THOSE WINDS ARE STILL 90 MILES AN HOUR AND WE SEE NORTHEAST MOTION CONTINUE. THE EYE IS GETTING BETTER DEFINED AND WE ARE EXPECTING A BIT OF INTENSIFICATION BEFORE LANDFALL. FLOODING AND RAIN WILL BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST IMPACTS AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE RAINBANDS MOVING INTO PARTS OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA WE COULD BE LOOKING AT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR IN SOME SPOTS. THIS AREA HAS BEEN ACTIVE OF LATE AND THE SOIL HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS. IN SOME SPOTS, IT WILL NOT TAKE TOO MUCH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO CREATE OR EXACERBATE ANY OF THE FLOODING. SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE FLOODING EXPECTED HERE IN PLACES LIKE BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH JACKSON MISSISSIPPI BEFORE IT SPREADS NORTH AND EAST AS WELL AT THE STORM WEEKENDS AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER LAND. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE A BIG PART OF THIS AS WELL. WE WILL SEE THAT SEARCH ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE BREAKING WAVES. SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA WHERE YOU SEE THAT 5 TO 10 FOOT STORM SURGE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION -- KEEP IN MIND, THE SITUATION IS A VERY UNIQUE ONE IN LOUISIANA. THEY HAVE SHALLOW WATER THERE AND JUST OFFSHORE WHEN YOU GET HOURS AND HOURS OF AN ONSHORE WIND, THAT WILL CREATE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR A VULNERABLE COASTLINE. SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA. -- AND THAT WILL CAUSE THE WATER TO -- TALKING ABOUT THE WIND A LITTLE BIT, THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE STORM CENTER WITH GUSTS OF 75 MILES IN SOME SPOTS. EXTREMELY WINDY AS WELL ACROSS LOUISIANA AND PUSHING INTO PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI. THIS IS A MULTIFACETED STORM AND WE ARE WATCHING THE POTENTIAL FOR INTENSIFICATION INTO A CATEGORY 2 PERHAPS THIS AFTERNOON. WE ARE ONLY A FEW HOURS FROM LANDFALL AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT, BUT THE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THAT LANDFALL BEFORE -- NORTH ACROSS THE STATE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> THERE IS MUCH MORE TO COME THIS HOUR INCLUDING TEAM >>> WELCOME BACK. TODAY MARKS 23 YEARS SINCE THE 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THIS DAY BACK IN 2001, ALMOST 3000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES IN A SERIES OF PLANNED HIJACKINGS THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD AND BEGAN THE WAR ON TERROR. >> THIS MORNING, THE VICTIMS ARE BEING REMEMBERED IN LOWER MANHATTAN. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE EVENT. TRUMP AND HARRIS ALSO EXPECTED TO MAKE APPEARANCES. >> GOOD MORNING. THIS IS A SOMBER DAY OR ALL OF US. THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 ESPECIALLY FOR THE VICTIMS FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT THIS DAY MEANS FOR THEM AND HOW THIS WILL MARK THE FOOTPRINT AT THE TWIN TOWERS. >> Reporter: SURE, GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU. THIS IS A DAY OF REFLECTION AND REMEMBERING ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE HERE IN NEW YORK. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL COME OUT TO REMEMBER PEOPLE THAT THEY LOST AND LOVED AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT WE ARE SEEING OVER THE LAST 23 YEARS AND THAT IS THAT THE GRIEF AND THE PAIN OF LOSS IS STILL VERY RAW FOR SO MANY PEOPLE HERE. THE CEREMONY IS GOING TO BEGIN AT ABOUT 8:30. AND TO REMEMBER THOSE NEARLY 3000 PEOPLE THAT YOU POINT OUT, THERE WILL BE SIX MOMENTS OF SILENCE, MOMENTS OF SILENCE FOR WHEN BOTH OF THE TWIN TOWERS FELL, THERE WILL BE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO REMEMBER AND WHEN THERE WAS AN ATTACK ON THE PENTAGON AND ANOTHER MOMENT OF SILENCE WHEN FLIGHT 93 CRASHED INTO THAT FIELD IN SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. THEY WILL ALSO REMEMBER SIX PEOPLE WHO DIED IN 1993 WHEN THERE WAS ANOTHER ATTACK ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER OF A TRUCK THAT EXPLODED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, THIS WILL TO -- BE A DAY OF REFLECTION. IT IS A PAINFUL DAY REMINDING PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE 23 YEARS AGO. IT IS DECADES BEYOND THAT DAY BUT AS I SAID EARLIER, THE PAIN AND THE GRIEF THAT PEOPLE FELT IS STILL VERY RAW AND VERY FRESH FOR MANY PEOPLE. >> IMPORTANTLY, THE FOCUS OF THE DAY IS ON THE VICTIMS. IT DOES COME IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND WE MENTIONED HARRIS AND TRUMP WILL BE ATTENDING, TODAY. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT, THERE? >> Reporter: WE CAN EXPECT THAT THIS WILL BE A SOLEMN AND SOMBER DAY, NOT A DAY FOR SPEECHES, NOT HERE AT THE MEMORIAL SITE. THERE WILL BE THE GOVERNOR AND EVERY DIGNITARY THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE IN THE TRI-STATE AREA WILL BE HERE. AS YOU POINT OUT, ALSO THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AS WELL AS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS RUNNING MATE, JD VANCE, WILL BE A PART OF THE CEREMONIES. BUT HERE, JOE, IT IS NOT ABOUT SPEECHES. WHICH WE WILL HEAR IS THE NAMES READ OF THE NEARLY 3000 PEOPLE WHO DIED, MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THOSE ARE THE VOICES WE WANT TO HEAR, THEIR LOVED ONES, FRIENDS AND FAMILIES, SOME OF THE CHILDREN WILL READ THE NAMES OF THEIR PARENTS, CHILDREN WHO WERE NOT BORN BUT BORN AFTER 9/11. AND IT IS A POIGNANT MOMENT FOR THAT. THOSE ARE THE VOICES THAT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR, TODAY >> 23 YEARS, THERE IS NOW A GENERATION OF YOUNG ADULTS WHO WERE NOT ALIVE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. HOW IMPORTANT IS EDUCATING THE YOUNGER GENERATION ABOUT WHAT DID HAPPEN ON THAT DAY, HOW IS THAT BEING DONE?>> Reporter: IT IS REALLY AN INTERESTING QUESTION, SAVANNAH, BECAUSE I DID A STORY ON THIS JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND NE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND OUT IS THAT THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT BEING TAUGHT ABOUT 9/11 OUTSIDE OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. WE WENT TO A SCHOOL AND THEY HAD ONLY ONE PARAGRAPH ABOUT 9/11 AND ONE OF THE THINGS MENTIONED IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS A PART OF LIVING HISTORY BUT OUR CHILDREN, TODAY, HAVE NO LIFE EXPERIENCE OF THIS. SO EDUCATORS ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO EDUCATE YOUNG CHILDREN ABOUT THIS EVENT, THIS TRAGEDY THAT OCCURRED HERE. WE TOOK A VIDEO OF THE 9/11 EVENT TO A SCHOOL AND CHILDREN LITERALLY CRIED. THESE WERE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT LITERALLY CRIED BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT SEEN THE IMAGES FROM THAT DAY. EDUCATING OUR YOUNGER CITIZENS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS STILL IN PROGRESS AND IT IS EVOLVING IN TERMS OF HOW WE GO ABOUT IT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORTING ON SUCH A RIP PORT AND DAY -- IMPORTANT DAY. >>> COMING UP, CONTINUING COVERAGE OF TODAY'S TWO BIG STORIES INCLUDING LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE BETWEEN HARRIS AND TRUMP. WE WILL HEAR WHAT VOTERS >>> LESTER HOLT, AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED NEWSMAKER. >>> THIS MORNING, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE BOTH CLAIMING VICTORY IN THEIR FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. >> POLLS SHOW AN EXTREMELY TIGHT RACE MAKING LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO UNDECIDED VOTERS PAIRING OFF ON HIGH-STAKES ISSUES INCLUDING THE WAR IN UKRAINE. >> I WANT TO GET THE WAR SETTLED. I KNOW VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY WELL AND I KNOW PUTIN, WELL. THEY RESPECT ME. >> IT IS ABSOLUTELY WELL-KNOWN THAT THESE DICTATORS AND AUTOCRATS ARE ROOTING FOR YOU TO BE PRESIDENT, AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY ARE SO CLEAR THEY CAN MANIPULATE YOU WITH FLATTERY AND FAVORS. AND THAT IS WHY SO MANY MILITARY LEADERS WHO YOU HAVE WORKED WITH HAVE TOLD ME YOU ARE A DISGRACE. >> THIS MORNING, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN IS CALLING FOR ANOTHER DEBATE THAT SO FAR THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS DECLINED TO ANSWER ON A SECOND SHOWDOWN. BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, BECAUSE OF ITS POPULATION AND LOCATION IN THE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE, IT IS A PLACE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY SWING THE ELECTION. KATE SNOW SPOKE WITH SOME OF THOSE VOTERS TO GET THEIR TAKE. HERE IS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. >> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN REALLY INTERESTING WATCHING WITH YOU ALL BECAUSE I CAN SEE YOUR REACTIONS IN REAL TIME. THERE ARE A LOT OF VISCERAL REACTIONS, IN ONE WORD, DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SAW. >> SAME OLD, SAME OLD. >> MANIPULATIVE. >> LIES ON BOTH SIDES. LIES. >> Reporter: YOU CAME IN ALL UNDECIDED. HAS ANYTHING CHANGED YOUR MIND, TODAY? WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU HEARD THAT YOU THOUGHT, I COULD GO WITH THAT POLICY, I COULD STAND WITH THAT CANDIDATE? >> NOT REALLY. I THINK KAMALA HARRIS HEADACHE GOOD DEBATE. I FEEL MORE FAVORABLY TOWARD HER THAN TO DONALD BUT I AM STILL NOT 100% >> Reporter: THE TWO OF YOU WOMEN REACTED STRONGLY WHEN HARRIS WAS TALKING ABOUT ABORTION, WHEN BOTH CANDIDATES WERE TALKING ABOUT ABORTION. YOU REACTED STRONGLY TO DONALD TRUMP AND YOU SEEMED EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT, HANNAH. WHAT WAS YOUR THOUGHT ON THAT AND WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THAT PART OF THE DEBATE THAT STRUCK YOU?>> HIS MISINFORMATION. HE SENSATIONALIZED JUST SO MUCH FACTS OR THINGS THAT ARE NOT FACTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISPROVEN. HE DOES IT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HIS SUPPORTERS WANT TO HEAR. AND IT REALLY IMPACTS WHO PEOPLE LIKE US, IF WE CHOOSE TO VOTE FOR HIM OR NOT BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU ARE LYING BUT YOU ARE STILL SAYING IT AND IT IS DISGUSTING >> Reporter: ALSO, THE ECONOMY. ANDREW, ANYTHING YOU HEARD THAT CHANGES HOW YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THEIR ECONOMIC POLICIES?>> KNOW BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, DECEMBER AND NOVEMBER WILL ROLL AROUND AND THEY SAY THEY WILL SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT, PASS AND SPEND TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND NOTHING ELSE WILL CHANGE. THEY WILL JUST KEEP SPENDING MONEY UNCONTROLLABLY. DONALD TRUMP SPENT $6 TRILLION IN 2019 AND ADDED THAT TO OUR DEFICIT. THEY ARE SPENDING MONEY AND IT IS COMING BACK TO THE SENATE THROUGH FUNDS, THE ROLE OF THE DISGUSTING - >> OUR THANKS TO KATE SNOW FOR SPEAKING TO THOSE VOTERS. BUCKS COUNTY IN A CLOSELY CONTESTED RACE, JOE BIDEN WON BY A WIDER MARGIN OVER DONALD TRUMP BACK IN 2020 >>> LET'S CHECK BACK IN ON HURRICANE FRANCINE AS IT BEGINS TO MAKE ITS WAY TOWARD LAND. >> THE AIR -- NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER SAYS THE COASTLINE COULD BE HIT WITH ANYWHERE FROM 12 INCHES OF RAINFALL. FRANCINE IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MAKES LANDFALL. >> HE JOINS US FROM NEW ORLEANS WITH THE LATEST ON THE CONDITIONS. FRANCINE HAS ALREADY GAINED STRENGTH DEALING WITH WINDS OF 90 MILES AN HOUR AHEAD OF THE EXPECTED LANDFALL LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. RIGHT NOW, BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID, WE WOULD NOT KNOW THAT IF I HAD NOT BEEN TALKING WITH YOU. IT IS CALM AND QUIET AND I AM NOT FEELING EVEN A LIGHT BREEZ . AND IT IS DRY ON THE GROUND BUT DURING THE STORM IN NEW ORLEANS, WE ARE LOOKING AT THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAINFALL AND -- THREE 25 INCHES, EXCUSE ME, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM SURGE, FLOODING IN NEW ORLEANS AS WE WAIT FOR FRANCINE TO MAKE LANDFALL. ALREADY, WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE OUTER BANDS OF THE STORM, FLOODING IN PARTS OF TEXAS AND PEOPLE LINED UP AROUND THE BLOCK TO GET SANDBAGS, LINED UP IN THEIR CARS WAITING FOR A CHANCE TO GET SANDBAGS AND WHEN WE WENT TO GET SUPPLIES AT A GROCERY STORE, WE SAW MUCH OF THE SHELVING DEVOTED TO BOTTLED WATER ALREADY CLEARED OUT SO PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION. OFFICIALS ARE URGING PEOPLE TO SHELTER INDOORS AND ONE OTHER POINT I WANT TO MAKE, GUYS, BASED ON THE CURRENT TRACK, WE ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF FRANCINE'S PATH AND THAT IS TYPICALLY THE SIDE OF THE HURRICANE THAT SEES THE MOST DEVASTATING RAIN AND WIND. WE WILL BE BRACING FOR WHAT IS TO COME IN NEW ORLEANS, GUYS >> WE ALSO HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT AN APP USED AS A RESOURCE, SOMETHING THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT ON TUESDAY. WHAT IS THAT?>> Reporter: IT IS AND APP THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS ASKING PEOPLE TO DONATE IN LOUISIANA. THE GOVERNOR TALKING ABOUT IT AND THE IDEA IS THAT THIS APP WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO CUSTOMIZE SETTINGS IN THE EXAMPLE GIVEN IS THAT YOU COULD EVEN SAY THAT YOU ARE A SINGLE MOTHER WITH THREE CHILDREN. GIVING PEOPLE A CUSTOMIZABLE OPTION, HELPING THEM COME UP WITH SAFETY PLANS AND IT IS CALLED GET A GAME PLAN APP. THAT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN GET ONLINE AND IT IS SOMETHING MEANT TO GIVE YOU REAL-TIME AND CONSTANT UPDATES AND WE WILL BE WATCHING THE STORM AND CONTINUING TO UPDATE OUR VIEWERS FOR THE DAY AND NIGHT. >>> WE ARE JOINED BY CAPTAIN JOSH SANTINI WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS ONE OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS OFF THE COAST ABOUT 100 MILES OFF THE COAST. WHAT IS THE WEATHER LIKE AT THIS POINT? HAVE ANY CALLS BEING MADE TO YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR HELP >> NO CALLS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR HELP, SO FAR. I GOT A CALL AT ABOUT 4:00 THIS MORNING FROM THE POLICE CHIEF THING THE WATER WAS JUST STARTING TO RISE ON THE EAST AND WEST GROUND. IT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF, JUST NOW STARTING TO GET THE EFFECTS OF THE WIND. NOT TOO BAD. >> THE MAYOR ISSUED A MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR RESIDENCE ON MONDAY AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE STORM PASSED EVEN CLOSER TO GRAND ISLE. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST CONCERN FOR THOSE WHO DECIDED NOT TO EVACUATE?>> THE MAIN THING IS THE WATER RISING. WE ARE NOT TO CONCERNED ABOUT THE WIND BUT IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAVE HAD A STORM PASS SO IT IS GOING TO PUSH A GOOD BIT OF WATER. JUST MAINLY, PEOPLE NEED TO STAY OFF THE ROADS AND TAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS. >> IN THIS CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH WARNS RESIDENTS THAT THEY MAY NOT GET A RESPONSE TO 911 CALLS ONCE THE STORM HITS THERE. WHY IS THAT AND CAN ANY PREPARATION HELP WITH THAT?>> ONCE WE GET TO ABOUT 65 MILE AN HOUR WINDS, WE WILL STAY GROUNDED FOR OUR SAFETY UNLESS IT IS SOMETHING VERY, VERY CRITICAL. I HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR MY GUYS SAFETY, FIRST. NOT TO PUT MY GUYS IN DANGER. OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE TRYING TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, WE WOULD RATHER STAY HUNKERED DOWN. >> CAPTAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. STAY SAFE. >> LET'S CHECK IN AND GET ANOTHER UPDATE AS WE CONTINUE TO TRACK HURRICANE FRANCINE. >> WE HAVE THE DETAILS. >> PREPARATION IS KEY AND A LOT OF THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED ALREADY BECAUSE HURRICANE WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH- CENTRAL LOUISIANA EXTENDING ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH BATON ROUGE. NEW ORLEANS IN THE HURRICANE WATCH AND IS LIKELY TO BE INCLUDED EVENTUALLY AS THE STORM ADVANCES TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST. FLOODING RAINFALL IS A BIG CONCERN AND WE ARE LREADY SEEING THAT RAIN ADVANCE TO THE COASTLINE, THE MAIN THREAT ZONE IN TERMS OF THAT FLOODING, NEW ORLEANS ALL THE WAY UP TO JACKSON MISSISSIPPI. BUT ALERTS IMPACTING AT LEAST 8 MILLION PEOPLE. FLOODING ALONE WILL BE A BIG ISSUE AND WE WILL BE DEALING WITH THE STORM SURGE, THAT PERSISTENT ONSHORE WIND UP TO 80 MILES AN HOUR CONTINUOUSLY PUSHING THAT WATER TOWARD THE SHORELINE. THAT WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING WITH SOME OF THE STRONGEST OR HIGHEST SURGE IN THAT RANGE OF FIVE TO 10 FEET. WE WILL BE WATCHING THIS CLOSELY AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. >> THAT POINT YOU ARE MAKING ABOUT THE SHALLOW WATER, THAT IS A POINT THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT. >> MULTIPLE HOURS OF ONSHORE WINDS AT 70 AND 80 MILES AN HOUR PUSHES EVERYTHING FORWARD. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT PREPARATION BE DONE ALREADY. >>> COMING UP, >>> WELCOME BACK. TIME NOW FOR OUR WEEKLY MEDICAL CHECKUP. IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT, NOT ALL BELLY FAT IS CREATED EQUAL WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR HEALTH >> APPLE IS ADDING NEW FEATURES TO THE AIRPORT TO HELP HEARING. LET'S BRING IN OUR -- WITH THESE STORIES AND MORE. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. >>> BELLY FAT GETS A BAD RAP BUT A NEW STUDY FOUND THAT ONE KIND OF FAT MAY BE BETTER THAN OTHERS. WHY IS THAT? >> SOME GOOD NEWS. BELLY FAT TENDS TO GET A BAD RAP AND RIGHTLY SO BUT THE STUDY IS MORE NUANCED. PEOPLE WHO ARE OBESE AND HAVE A LOT OF BELLY FAT, IF THEY ARE EXERCISING, EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBER ON THE SCALE THEY NOT BE CHANGING, AND MAYBE REMODELING HOW THE BODY USES THAT. IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED. THE BELLY FAT WITH EXERCISE BECOMES MORE FLEXIBLE AND AS IT BECOMES MORE FLEXIBLE, SHOULD YOU GAIN WEIGHT IN THE FUTURE, YOU WILL GAIN IT IN THE BELLY AS WELL AS INSIDE THE BODY AND INTERNAL ORGANS. ALL THAT IS IS EVEN IF THE NUMBER ON THE SCALE ISN'T CHANGING, THE EXERCISE MAY BE REMODELING SOME OF THAT DELI FAT. THE DOCTOR'S ORDERS ARE DON'T PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO THE SCALE. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT SEEING THE WEIGHT DROP OFF. IF YOU ARE EXERCISING, YOU WILL STILL SEE SOME BENEFIT. CONSISTENCY IS KEY. YOU WANT TO MAKE IT FUN AND PART OF A DAILY ROUTINE. NOT SOMETHING YOU DRINK GOING TO. >>> AS WE REPORTED, MORE YOUNG GIRLS ARE STARTING PUBERTY EARLIER BUT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN HEAD SCRATCHING BUT NOW THERE IS SOME NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTING THAT A CHEMICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO IT. -- >> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A FEW DECADES AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. MAYBE IT IS OBESITY OR OTHER CHEMICALS IN SOCIETY, BUT THE LATEST STUDIES IDENTIFIED MUST AND BRETT. IS A SYNTHETIC FRAGRANCE THAT USED IN LOTIONS AND BODY OILS AND SHAMPOO. WHAT THEY THINK IS IT ACTUALLY CAN CROSS INTO THE BRAIN AND ACTIVATE SOME OF THOSE HORMONAL RECEPTORS THAT CAN LEAD TO EARLY PUBERTY. THAT MEANS GIRLS BEFORE THE AGE OF 8 AND GUYS BEFORE THE AGE OF NINE. FOR THE PARENTS OUT THERE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, TRY TO USE CENTURY PRODUCTS. YOU CAN LOOK FOR THE INGREDIENT LIST BUT THE PROBLEM IS, A LOT OF THESE PRODUCTS WILL JUST SAY FRAGRANCE AS OPPOSED TO IDENTIFYING WHAT IT IS. IF YOU ARE READY, GO SCENT FREE. >>> -- TO WORK AS HEARING AIDS. HOW DO YOU THINK THOSE WILL STACK UP AGAINST TRADITIONAL HEARING AIDS? >> A BIG WEEK FOR HEALTHCARE FROM APPLE. AIR PODS WILL HAVE HEARING AID FEATURES AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO TAKE A HEARING TEST, ESSENTIALLY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE HEARING LOSS. 1.5 BILLION ACROSS THE GLOBE. THIS WILL PLAY SOUND AND ASKED YOU TO TAP YOUR EAR IF YOU HEAR THE SOUND. DOCTOR'S ORDERS, THIS IS NOT FOR SEVERE HEARING LOSS. MILD TO MODERATE AND THOSE WHO MAY BE WORRIED THAT THEIR LOVED ONE HAS A HEARING PROBLEM. I URGE YOU TO TAKE A HEARING TEST. HEARING LOSS IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. APPRECIAT IT. >>> FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS. THERE COULD BE MORE TURBULENT IN THE MARATHON NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN BOEING AND ITS JUNIOR PARTNERS. THAT IN OTHER NEWS FOR YOUR WALLET. >>> GOOD MORNING. BOEING SAID IT BARGAINED IN GOOD FAITH WITH ITS BIGGEST UNION. THEY RENEGOTIATED -- A TENTATIVE CONTRACT DEAL HAS UPSET WORKERS WHO WERE HOPING FOR HIGHER WAGE HIKES AND BETTER PENSION. THAT AGREEMENT INCLUDES A 25% PAY HIKE AND -- IN THE SEATTLE AREA. THE UNION VOTE TO REJECT THE CONTRACT, THEY COULD GO ON STRIKE AS EARLY AS FRIDAY. >>> STARBUCKS' NEW CEO HITS THE GROUND RUNNING. HE SENT AN OPEN LETTER TO CUSTOMERS, EMPLOYEES AND SHAREHOLDERS THAT SAYS STAY FOCUSED WILL BE GETTING BACK -- THE COMPANY HAS DRIFTED FROM ITS CORE AND STORES WERE NOT AFRAID TO GET COFFEE BUT A GATHERING SPACE. HE SAID MENUS CAN BE OVERWHELMING IF THE PRODUCT IS INCONSISTENT AND THE WEIGHT IS TOO LONG. THEY WILL INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE, SUPPLY-CHAIN, APP AND MOBILE ORDERING PLATFORM. >>> CAMPBELL SOUP IS DROPPING SOUP FROM ITS NAME TO BECOME THE CAMPBELL'S COMPANY. THE MOVE LETS THE COMPANY SHIFT TO OTHER GOODS SUCH AS SAUCES AND GOLDFISH SNACKS. THE CEO TELLING INVESTORS THE FIRM IS FOCUSING ON 16 TOP BRANDS ACROSS ITS MEALS AND BEVERAGES LINE UP COMPANIES HAVE BEEN -- AS CONSUMERS SEEK OUT CHEAPER ALTERNATIVES. >> EVERYONE WILL STILL CALL IT CAMPBELL SOUP. >> ABSOLUTELY. >>> COMING UP, BACK ONLINE. >> NINE MONTHS WHAT PASSENGERS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THEIR BIBLE VACATION. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >>> FINALLY, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE CREWS AROUND THE WORLD THAT WENT VIRAL SOCIAL MEDIA. IT IS OFFICIALLY COME TO AN END. >> AFTER DOCKING AT PORT MIAMI, WE CAUGHT UP WITH SOME OF THE PASSENGERS TO GET THE INSIDE SCOOP ON THEIR ADVENTURE. >> Reporter: WHEN THE STRIP FIRST STARTED IN DECEMBER, THE PASSENGERS BECAME INSTANT SOCIAL MEDIA AT ROCK STARS. PEOPLE WERE FASCINATED. CAN YOU SPEND THAT MANY MONTHS WITH YOUR SIBLINGS OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER? HOW MANY BIRTHDAYS DID THEY CELEBRATE? THE ANSWER IS ALMOST 6000 IN THE END, THE CRUISE LEFT MANY SAID TO ME. DUBBED THE ULTIMATE WORLD CRUISE, >> >> IT WAS NINE MONTHS AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN MIAMI. >> Reporter: PASSENGERS SPENT THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR WITH TOTAL STRANGERS. >> IT'S CRAZY. ALL THE THINGS WE'VE DONE, THE PLACES WE'VE SEEN. >> Reporter: THE JOURNEY KICKED OFF IN THE AMERICAS AND OPENLY COVERED SEVEN CONTINENTS, EIGHT WORLD WONDERS IN 65 COUNTRIES. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS A TIKTOK SENSATION. >> >> Reporter: THE PUBLIC VACUUMING UP VIDEOS FOR PASSENGERS WHO CAME WITH HER HUSBAND AND PLUNKED DOWN $120,000. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO THIS? >> MY HUSBAND JUST RETIRED AND WE ARE AVID CRUISERS. I LOOKED AT MY HUSBAND AND HE SAID, WERE GOING TO BOOK IT ANYWAY. >> Reporter: -- WHO CRAFTED A SWEET DOOR THAT CONNECTED WITH STAFF. >> THEY WERE INCREDIBLE. >> Reporter: THE TRIP WAS NOT WITHOUT ROUGH WATERS. VIDEOS OF STORMY WEATHER RACKED UP MILLIONS OF VIEWS AND EARLY ON THE SHIP HAD TO CHANGE COURSE ON ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST BUT STILL, THE TRIP WITH NO MAJOR ISSUES SO FAR. AS FOR THE -- A CLEAR HIGHLIGHT DURING A FINAL STRETCH TO NEW YORK WHERE THEY HUNG OUT ON THE PLAZA. A TRIP MANY PASSENGERS SAY THEY WERE SAD TO SEE >>. >> IT HAS TRULY BEEN AN ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME. >> Reporter: FOR THOSE WONDERING, THERE WILL BE A REUNION CRUISE. THAT DATE HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED AND ON THAT UNION CRUISE, THE CEO SAID THEY WILL ANNOUNCE THE NEXT ULTIMATE WORLD CREWS. -- ULTIMATE CRUISE AND THE REUNIO PASSENGERS GET FIRST DIBS. >> THAT WILL DO IT FOR THIS HOUR OF MORNING NEWS NOW. >> STAY WITH US, THE NEW CONTINUES NOW. >>> MAKING THEIR CASES, A FIER NIGHT FOR PRESIDENTIAL POLITIC IN PRIMETIME, STARTING WITH AN AWKWARD HAND SHAKE VOICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TRADING FIERCE JABS ON HOT BUTTON ISSUES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO TH ECONOMY HERE AT HOME >> SHE DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN SHE COPIED BIDEN'S PLAN AND IT IS LIKE FOUR SENTENCES LIKE RUN, SPOT, RUN, FOUR SENTENCES THAT IS JUST OH, WE WILL TRY TO LOWER TAXES. SHE DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN. LOOK AT THE PLAN SHE DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN. >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMIND THE FORMER PRESIDENT, YOU ARE NO RUNNING AGAINST JOE BIDEN. YOU ARE RUNNING AGAINST ME >> TRUMP WAS FIRED BY 81 MILLION PEOPLE AND CLEARLY HE IS HAVIN A DIFFICULT TIME PROCESSIN THAT >> SHE HAS NO POLICY EVERYTHING SHE BELIEVED THRE AND FOUR YEARS AGO IS OUT TH WINDOW SHE IS GOING TO MY PHILOSOPH NOW. I WAS GOING TO SEND HER A MAGA HAT. >> WE ARE COVERING LAST NIGHT' ONE ON ONE FROM ALL ANGLES INCLUDING A CLOSER LOOK AT ALL CANDIDATES' VISION FOR AMERICA IF THEIR TICKET IS PUNCHED NEVADA >> AND WE ARE TRACKING A HURRICANE JUST OFF O LOUISIANA'S COAST. WE ARE ON THE GROUND WITH TH LATEST CONDITIONS AS MILLION PREPARE FOR IMPACT LATER TODAY >>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON A BUSY NEW DAY. I'M SAVANNAH SELLERS >> I'M JOE FRYER >>> LET'S BEGIN WITH THE CONTENTIOUS DEBATE >> LAST NIGHT SAW A CLEA CONTRAST BETWEEN THE TWO CANDIDATES ON MANY ISSUES AS THEY TRIED TO CONVINCE VOTER THEY HAVE A BETTER FUTURE FO THE COUNTRY. LET'S START WITH PETER ALEXANDER IN PENNSYLVANIA. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN IS FEELING VERY GOOD ABOUT THE DEBATE A HARRIS OFFICIAL SAYING WE HAVE AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES, TO MANY MOMENTS TO AMPLIFY. DIFFERENT STORY ON THE TRUMP SIDE THE FORMER PRESIDENT APPEARING AGITATED AND ANGRY AFTER THE DEBATE SAYING IT WAS VER UNFAIR THIS MORNING ON FOX NEWS, SAYING IT FELT LIKE THREE AGAINST ONE THE FIRST EVER IN PERSON MEETING BETWEEN HARRIS AND TRUMP BEGAN WITH AN UNEXPECTED HAND SHAK ANYTHINGIATED BY THE VIC PRESIDENT. AFTER THE MOMENT OF CIVILITY THINGS TURNED COMBATTIVE >> THE WORST VICE PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY >> THIS IS SO RICH COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN PROSECUTED. >> Reporter: HARRIS IMMEDIATEL PUT TRUMP ON DEFENSE >> YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE SAME OLD TIRED PLAYBOOK, A BUNCH OF LIES, GRIEVANCES, AND NAME CALLING. >> Reporter: TRUMP ATTACKING THE BIDEN HARRIS ADMAINSTRATION ON THE ECONOMY AND IMMIGRATION. >> THIS IS A DISASTER FOR EVER CLASS. ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE POURING INTO THE COUNTRY. >> Reporter: HARRIS DLIFBING O THE STRATEGY TO TRY TO GET UNDER TRUMP'S SKIN >> I HAVE TALKED TO MILITARY LEADERS WHO WORKED WITH YOU AN THEY SAY YOU ARE A DISGRACE. >> Reporter: ALSO REFERENCIN HIS REFUSAL TO ACCEPT THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS >> DONALD TRUMP WAS FIRED BY 8 MILLION PEOPLE HE IS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIM PROCESSING THAT. >> Reporter: WHICH TRUMP DOUBLED DOWN ON WHEN ASKED ABOUT RECEN COMMENTS THAT HE LOST BY A WHISKER. >> ARE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THA YOU LOST IN 2020 >> NO, I DON'T AT ALL. >> Reporter: IN ONE OF THE MOS MEMORABLE MOMENTS, HARRIS MOCKED HIS OBSESSION WITH CROWD SIZE. >> DURING THE COURSE OF HI RALLIES, HE TALKED ABOUT FICTIONAL CHARACTERS LIK HANNIBAL LECTOR, WIND MILL CAUSE CANCER AND WHAT YOU WILL NOTICE I PEOPLE START LEAVING THE RALLIES EARLY OUT OF EXHAUSTION AN BOREDOM. >> Reporter: TRUMP SEEMED TO TAKE THE BAIT. >> PEOPLE DON'T GO TO HE RALLIES. WE HAVE THE BIGGEST RALLIES. >> Reporter: AND VEERING ON AN ATTACK ON HARRIS' RECORDS TO A CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOU IMMIGRANTS IN OHIO THAT HAVE GROWN ON THE RIGHT IN RECENT DAYS >> THEY ARE EATING THE DOGS, THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN. THE PEOPLE WHO CAME IN THEY ARE EATING THE PETS OF TH PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. >> TALK ABOUT EXTREME. >> Reporter: THE TWO ALS SPARRED OVER ABORTION RIGHTS >> WHAT I DID WAS SOMETHING FO 52 YEARS THEY WERE TRYING TO GET ROE V. WADE INTO THE STATES. THROUGH THE GENIUS AND HEART AND STRENGTH OF SIX SUPREM COURT JUSTICES, WE WERE ABLE T DO THAT. >> PREGNANT WOMEN WHO WANT T CARRY A PREGNANCY TO TER SUFFERING FROM A MISCARRIAGE BEING DENIED CARE IN A EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ARE AFRAI THEY MAY GO TO JAIL AND SHE IS BLEEDING OUT IPA CAR IN PARKING LOT, SHE DIDN'T WANT THAT >> Reporter: THE FORME PRESIDENT LINKING HARRIS T BIDEN, TARGETING THE HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY. >> I HAVE NEVER SEEN A WORSE PERIOD OF TIME PEOPLE CAN'T GO OUT AND BU CEREAL OR BACON OR EGGS OR ANYTHING ELSE. >> Reporter: AND THE CHAOTIC WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN. >> THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOS INCOMPETENTLY HANDLED SECHUATION SITUATION ANYONE HAS SEEN. >> Reporter: TRUMP RESISTE SAYING WHETHER HE SUPPORTE UKRAINE WINNING THE WAR AGAINS RUSSIA >> DO YOU THINK IT IS IN THE U.S.'S BEST INTEREST FOR UKRAINE TO WIN THE FAR >> I THINK IT IS OUR BES INTEREST TO FINISH AND GET THI WAR DONE >> Reporter: HARRIS LEFT WITH AN HAUPT MYSTIC MESSAGE >> WE ARE NOT GOING BACK TIME TO TURN THE PAGE. >> Reporter: TRUMP ACCUSED HER OF SETTING THE COUNTRY BACK. >> SHE STARTED BY SAYING SHE WILL DO THIS, THAT, ALL THES WONDERFUL THINGS WHY HASN'T SHE DONE IT SHE HAS BEEN THERE FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS >> Reporter: AS SOON AS LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE ENDED, TH CONVERSATION STARTED ON A SECOND DEBATE THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAID I WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE A SECON DEBATE BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AN KAMALA HARRIS NEXT MONTH TRUMP'S RESPONSE, HE SAID HE WAS OPEN TO MORE DEBATES IN TH FUTURE BUT THIS MORNING HE APPEARS TO BE WAFFLING ON THAT MOMENTS AGO ON FOX NEWS SAYING I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD DO ANOTHER DEBATE, I WOULD BE LESS INCLINED BECAUSE WE HAD A GREAT NIGHT GETTING AS MUCH ATTENTION AS ANYTHING THAT HAPPENEDED ON TH STAGE IS WHAT HAPPEN AFTERWARDS, A CELEBRIT ENDORSEMENT OF TAYLOR SWIFT, POSTING IN AN INSTAGRA STATEMENT TO 283 MILLION FOLLOWERS THAT SHE IS ENDORSIN KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ BACK TO YOU. >> WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT I A BIT, THANK YOU >> OUR BUSINESS CORRESPONDEN CHRISTINE ROMANS IS JOINING US WITH MORE ON WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT THE CANDIDATES' ECONOMIC PLATFORM LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY THE POLLS ARE SHOWING US THA VOTERS BELIEVE TRUMP WILL HANDLE THE ECONOMY BETTER THAN HARRIS DOES THE DEBATE CHANGE THAT AT ALL OR CEMENT THE OPINION? >> YOU HAD THE FORMER PRESIDEN SAYING AMERICANS ARE LIVING IN SQUALOR AND THAT THE U.S ECONOMY IS A DISASTER AND WRECK. HE IS VERY HYPERBOLIC AND HE HAS ALWAYS SAID THAT SAYING IT IS THE WORST INFLATION IN HISTORY WHICH IS IS NOT TRUE. THE U.S. IS NOT PUMPING ANY OIL, IT'S NOT TRUE. FACT CHECKING, HE GOES TO TH HYPERBOLIC, WORST OF THE WORST SHE IS TRYING TO SAY THE ECONOMY IS ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND I'M THE ONE WITH A PLAN ABOUT TH MIDDLE CLASS, ABOUT THE AMERICAN KITCHEN TABLE TO MAKE THINGS MORE AFFORDABLE. SHE WAS TRYING TO CAST THE TWO VISIONS ON THE ECONOMY HE WAS REALLY TRYING TO GET INTO THE BAD VIBES ABOUT THE ECONOM AND SAY IT WILL BE BETTER IF I'M BACK IN THE OFFICE >> LET'S GET MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE AND HER PLAN WHAT SHE CALLS AN OPPORTUNIT ECONOMY. WHAT DOES THAT TERM MEAN AND I ASK THAT KNOWING MAN VOTERS WERE WANTING SPECIFIC FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT THAT THEY FELT THEY DON'T HAVE. >> RIGHT SHE IS TRYING TO CRAFT HER OWN WAY FORWARD, NOT THE BIDEN HARRIS AGENDA, BUT HER WAY FORWARD. SHE TALKED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY, FOCUSING ON THE MIDDL CLASS , SUPPORT FOR NE FAMILIES, MORE TAX CREDITS FOR FAMILIES WE DIDN'T HEAR IT LAST NIGHT WHICH WAS A LOST OPPORTUNITY ABOUT CHILD CARE BUT WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT TH CARE ECONOMY AND ABOUT PAI LEAVE AND ABOUT THINGS THAT CA HELP WORKING FAMILIES WITH THESE HIGH, HIGH COSTS THAT MAKE IT SO HARD TO BE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS SHE HAS SEVEN WEEKS TO PUT I TOGETHER THAT IS ONE PLACE WHER LAUNCHING MORE SPECIFICS CLEARLY. >> WHAT WE HEARD IS HE ATTACKE HER OVER INFLATION SHE ATTACKED HIM ABOUT HIS TARIFF PLAN WHICH IS SORT OF HIS BIG ECONOMIC PLAN NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE LEARNING ABOUT. >> TARIFFS AND TAX CUTS ARE HI BIG PLANS. BOTH T OF THOSE THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE AND HARD TO PAY FOR. THE TARIFFS, SHE CALLED IT A MIDDLE CLASS CONSUMER CLASS WITH ECONOMISTS AGREE WITH, WHEN YO PUT TARIFFS ON GOODS DONALD TRUMP ALWAYS SAY THAT THE COUNTRIES PAY THE TARIFFS. CHINA WRITES US A CHECK FOR TH TARIFFS THAT WE PUT ON CHINA THAT IS NOT TRUE CONSUMERS PAY THAT PRICE SO SHE IS EQUATING THAT WITH A CONSUMER TAX SHE BROUGHT UP GOLDMAN SACHS YOU DON'T OFTEN HEAR THAT. GOLDMAN SACHS ANALYZED THE CAMPAIGNS AND WHAT WE KNOW THE WOULD DO WITH THE ECONOMY. BECAUSE OF THE TARIFFS AND UNPAID FOR TAX CUTS, GOLDMAN SACHS SAYS THE ECONOMY WOULD GROW MORE UNDER A HARRIS PRESIDENCY THAN UNDER A TRUM PRESIDENCY >> THANK YOU , GOOD TO HAVE YO WITH US. >>> LET'S GET TO HURRICANE FRANCINE EXPECTED TO BRING LIF THREATENING CONDITIONS TO TH GULF COAST WHEN IT MAKES LANDFALL THE STORM IS GROWING FASTER AN STRONGER THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. IT NOW HAS WIND SPEEDS AT 90 MILES PER HOUR PEOPLE ARE BRACING FOR UP TO 1 FEET OF STORM SURGE. >> KATHY PARK IS LIVE FOR US I BATON ROUGE. THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS COULD BE FELT IN MANY PLACES ON TH COAST, LOUISIANA TO ALABAMA. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING RIGHT NOW? HOW IS IT OUT THERE? . >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. THE SUN IS TRYING TO COME OU BUT WE ARE IN A WAIT AND SEE MODE WE ARE TOLD WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO, THE OUTER BANDS SHOUL MAKE ITS WAY TO OUR AREA THE WINDS WILL PICK UP THE RAINS COULD START FALLING. THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM HERE I BATON ROUGE, THE WIND GUST COULD REACH UP TO 70 MILES PER HOUR CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORAT QUICKLY IN THE NEXT SEVERA HOURS. >> IT IS NOT JUST RAIN AND FLOODING THAT THREATENS TH AREA, A FEW TORNADOES AR POSSIBLE WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FRO OFFICIALS ABOUT THE MOST DANGEROUS ASPECTS OF THE STORM AND HOW THEY ARE PLANNING TO RESPOND TO THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED IN THE MIDST OF IT >> Reporter: GOING INTO TH STORM, THE BIGGEST CONCERNS, ONE OF THEM IS FLASH FLOODIN THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES AS YOU MENTIONED THE STORM SURGE IS GOING T REACH UP TO 10 FEET. WE WILL GET DUMPED WITH A LOT OF RAIN, UP TO 12 INCHES IN SOM LOCATIONS. FLOODING IS A BIG CONCERN. THE WIND GUSTS I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT, RIGHT NOW IT IS ABOUT 9 MILES PER HOUR AS IT INCHE CLOSER TO THE COASTAL COMMUNIT THIS COULD LOAD TO WIDESPREA POWER OUTAGES. OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS A FRANCINE MOVES ITS WAY HERE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH PLEASE STAY SAFE >> FOR MORE ON HURRICANE FRANCINE, LET'S BRING IN THE MAYOR OF BATON ROUGE, GOOD T HAVE YOU WITH US TOG ABOUT HOW YOUR CITY IS PREPARING. >> OUR CITY HAS PREPARED OVE THE YEARS BY INVESTING AARPA DOLLARS IN OUR DRAINAGE AN WATERWAY SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE WE CLEANED THEM OUT WE HAVE ALREADY CLEANED OUT 30 TONS OF DEBRIS THAT IS ONE WAY WE PREPARED. WE ARE ALSO READY TO RESPOND T ANY POWER OUTAGES, TREES THA ARE DOWN IN THE AREA, AND OU DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS HAS PUT UP BARRICADES. WE HAVE PEOPLE, OUR CITIZENS ARE GETTING SAND BAGS. WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT THIS IS NOT OUR FIRS EXPERIENCE SINCE OUR TRAUMATIC FLOOD OF 2016, WE HAVE BEEN READY >> THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOWS THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA. A HUGE CONCERN IN ANY STORM BU WITH WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU IN THE CITY >> WELL, WE CERTAINLY ARE ALER TO THE MISSISSIPPI POSSIBL RISING WE ARE ALSO ALERT TO ALL OF OU TRIBUTARIES THAT SURROUND US SO WE ARE PREPARED FOR FLASH FLOODING WE ARE GOING TO IMMEDIATEL ADDRESS THAT AS I SAID, I BELIEVE THAT TH PREPARATION THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE YEARS, AS IT RELATES TO OUR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES HAVE HELPED TO PREPARE US FOR THIS TIME. WE HAVE CLEANED OUT MAJO WATERWAYS. ALL OF THAT CONTRIBUTES TO MITIGATING A VERY NEGATIVE IMPACT >> WHAT IS YOUR PRIMARY MESSAG TO RESIDENTS OF BATON ROUGE AS THE STORM APPROACHES >> MY PRIMARY MESSAGE TO M RESIDENTS, STAY CALM I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE PREPARATION IN TERMS OF WATER, FOOD, THINGS THAT THE NEED, FLASHLIGHTS, ET CETERA I WANT PEOPLE TO STAY OFF OF THE ROADWAYS I WANT OUR CITIZENS TO STA CALM >> MAYOR, THINKING OF YOU AN THE COMMUNITY IN THE COMIN HOURS. POLICE CONTINUE TO STAY SAFE >> THANK YOU >>> LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK A HURRICANE FRANCINE WITH A CHEC OF THE WEATHER >> METEOROLOGIST VIOLETA YAS IS TRACKING THE STORM >> GOOD MORNING. BATTEN ROOJ IS IN THE STORM AREA ALONG WITH A LARGE SWATH O LOUISIANA. THAT IS LIKELY WHERE WE WILL SEE LANDFALL BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS, LIKELY LEANIN WESTWARD THIS IS STILL A CATEGORY 1 STORM WITH WINDS AT 90 MILES PER HOUR. THE HURRICANE HUNTERS AR INVESTIGATING THE STORM RIGH NOW. WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE GOO INFORMATION FOR THE 11:00 UPDATE FROM THE HURRICANE CENTER. THE NORTHEAST MOVEMENT WIL CONTINUE THE LANDFALL WILL COME LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. YOU ARE SEEING THE PURPL SHADING HERE THAT IS WHERE WE ARE EXPECTING THE INTENSE FLOODING AND HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATES, 2 TO INCHES PER HOUR. WE ARE GETTING SOME RAIN I COASTAL LOUISIANA. THAT MAIN BAND OF RAIN EXTENDING WELL OFF SHORE WE HAVE MANY HOURS TO GO THE AREA HAS PICKED UP QUITE A BIT OF RAIN AS OF LATE IT IS NOT GOING TO TAKE TOO MUCH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO TRIGGER OR WORSEN ANY LINGERIN FLOODING YOU CAN SEE THE HEAVY RAIN FRO EASTERN LOUISIANA INTO PARTS O WESTERN TENNESSEE. THE WINDS ARE GOING TO BE A BI ISSUE AS WELL, LIKELY TO CAUSE POWER OUTAGES WITH WINDS UP TO 70 TO 80 MILES PER HOUR. THE STRONGEST IS EXPECTED IN EASTERN LOUISIANA. THE WIND OF COURSE IS HELPING TO CAUSE ANOTHER IMPACT WHICH I ONE OF THE MOST DEADLY AS IT PERTAINS TO HURRICANES, TH STORM SURGE. YOU GET THE PROLONGED WIND OF 70 MILES PER HOUR FOR MANY HOUR AND ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA LIKE THIS WITH A VULNERABLE COASTLINE, 5 TO 10 FOOT STOR SURGE IS POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF EASTERN LOUISIANA. AND THE LESSER TALKED ABOU ASPECTS OF THE HURRICANE IS TH SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ON THE EASTERN SIDE WE TEND TO GET SEVERE STORMS AND TORNADOES AS THE STORM APPROACHES EASTERN LOUISIANA INTO PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, WESTERN FLORIDA WHERE WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE TORNADOES HEADED TO THE AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE RAIN BANDS MOVING IN. WE CAN PROBABLY EXPECT THE WORST OF THE CONDITIONS THROUGH ABOU 11:00 TONIGHT. >> THERE IS A REGION THAT KNOW THE STORMS WELL, THANK YOU >>> MORE TO COME ON THIS HOU INCLUDING TROUBLE ON THE TARMAC. A DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT COLLIDED WITH A PLANE IN ATLANT YESTERDAY. MORE ON WHAT WENT WRONG. >>> AND A CRITICAL SHOW OF SUPPORT IN UKRAINE AS SECRETAR OF BLINKEN ARRIVES IN KYIV FOR A SERIES OF MEETINGS WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY' ESCALATING WAR WITH RUSSIA NEXT 12:00 TO 4:00 P.M. EASTERN ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WELCOME BACK THIS MORNING, THE VICTIMS OF 9/11 ARE BEING REMEMBERED AFTE THE TERROR ATTACK. BOTH VOICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE COMMEMORATION CEREMONY IN NE YORK ONE DAY AFTER THEIR PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. OUR CORRESPONDENT STEPHANIE GOSK IS IN NEW YORK WITH THE LATEST GOOD MORNING >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. THE DAY STARTED OFF A LOT LIKE THIS ONE, CLEAR, SUNNY, WARM BUT FOR THE END OF THE DAY, TH COURSE OF HISTORY WAS FOREVE CHANGED. THE CEREMONY ON THIS DAY HAS CHANGED VERY LITTLE IN THE LAS 23 YEARS BUT THE PURPOSE HAS BROADENED. IT IS AS MUCH ABOUT SHARING WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY AS IT IS REMEMBERING. IT ALWAYS ATTRACTS DIGNITARIES AS WELL AS THE FAMILIES OF FIREFIGHTERS THAT WILL BE HERE ALONG WITH THE TWO CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, FRESH OFF THE DEBATE STAGE IN PHILADELPHIA SIX BELLS, SIX MOMENTS O SILENCE TO MARK THE SHOCK WAVE THAT MORNING, 23 YEARS AGO PLANES HITTING IN NEW YORK, AT THE PENTAGON, AND AT A FIELD I PENNSYLVANIA THE TWIN TOWERS COLLAPSING, 2977 PEOPLE WERE KILLED THEIR NAMES ARE RED ALLOWE EVERY YEAR AT GROUND ZERO. PRESIDENT BIDEN ALONG WITH VIC PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORME PRESIDENT TRUMP, JUST HOUR AFTER THEY FACED OFF I PHILADELPHIA IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONTENTIOUS ELECTION BATTLE, THERE MAY BE LESSON FROM 9/11 >> WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL SE ASIDE DIVISIONS AND COME TOGETHER AND RECOGNIZE THE UNITY AND COURAGE THAT CHARACTERIZED THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT O THE 9/11 MUSEUM, PART OF HER MISSION, REACHING A GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO NEED T LEARN ABOUT 9/11 MORE THAN A MILLION AMERICAN BORN AFTER 9/11 OR WERE TO YOUNG TO REMEMBER THE TRAGIC DAY. >> THE MUZOEM TEACHES ABOUT TH DAY BUT IT ALSO TEACHES ABOU THE AFTERMATH. HOW HAS THAT CHANGED >> I THINK WE CONTINUE TO LEAR MORE HISTORY ISN'T STATIC WE HAVE LEARNED TO BETTE UNDERSTAND TERRORISM AS WE HAV NOT BEN ABLE TO END IT YET >> Reporter: THE MUSEUM GETS MILLIONS OF VISITORS EVERY YEAR. THIS FAMILY LIVES IN SOUTH CAROLINA >> WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO COM HERE TODAY >> WE HAVE TWO KIDS WHO DIDN'T LIVE THROUGH THIS. SO IT IS TELLING THE STORY T THEM >> Reporter: CAROLINE AND PAYTON GO TO AUBURN UNIVERSITY. >> YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT FELT LIKE ON THE DAY, BUT D YOU THINK YOU UNDERSTAND AT THIS POINT, THE EFFECT THAT IT HAD ON THE COUNTRY? >> YEAH. >> I THINK THE OLDER I GET, TH MORE I CAN SEE IT. >> Reporter: NEVER FORGET ALSO MEANS MAKING SURE A NE GENERATION UNDERSTANDS LATER ON THIS EVENING, THERE WILL BE THE TRIBUTE OF LIGHT THE BEAMS OF LIGHT THAT GO FRO DUSK TO DAWN ON A CLEAR DAY, YOU CAN SEE THEM FROM 60 MILES AWAY >> STEPHANIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH >>> TO SOME INTERNATIONA HEADLINES NOW, NEW THIS MORNING, SECRETARY BLINKEN IS I UKRAINE'S CAPITAL FOR A SERIES OF TOGS ABOUT THE ONGOING WAR. >> CLAUDIO LAVANGA HAS THAT AN OTHER DETAILS THIS MORNING, GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. THAT'S RIGHT U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN HAS ARRIVED IN UKRAINE FOR A SERIES OF IMPORTAN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDEN ZELLENENSKY AND OTHER OFFICIAL THERE. THE VISIT TO UKRAINE COMES AT CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE WAR A RGSA CONTINUES TO ADVANCE IN THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY. AMONG THE TOPICS OF DISCUSSION WILL PROBABLY BE ZELENSKYY'S REQUEST FOR LONGER RANGE MISSILES AND APPROVAL TO USE THEM FOR TARGETS INSIDE OF RUSSIA WESTERN ALLIES HAVE VOICED DOUBT ABOUT THIS MOVE BUT OVERNIGH PRESIDENT BIDEN SUGGESTED THER IS REASON FOR COMPROMISE >>> ISRAEL LAUNCHED SEVERA STRIKES IN THE SOUTH OF LEBANO OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS THE ISRAELI FORCES SAY THE STRUCK 30 HEZBOLLAH LAUNCHERS IN WHAT IT CALLED TERRORIST INFRASTRUCTURE SITES THAT POSE A THREAT TO ISRAELI CIVILIANS. THE IDF SAID ONE HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER WAS KILLED IN TH STRIKE AND NO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES WERE REPORTED >>> LET'S END THE TOUR OF TH WORLD IN MEXICO WHERE HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS BROKE INTO THE SENATE AS LAWMAKERS WEIGHED CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO OVERHAUL THE COUNTRY'S JUDICIARY TO ALLOW CITIZENS TO CHOOSE ALL OF TH COUNTRY'S JUDGES IN THE FUTURE THE PLAN CHAMPIONED BY THE PRESIDENT SPARKED WEEKS OF PROTESTS BE EMPLOYEES AND LA STUDENTS WHO SAY SUCH A MOVE WOULD THREATEN JUDICIA INDEPENDENCE AND UNDERMINE THE SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES. BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU >>> BACK IN THE U.S. IT WAS FRIGHTENING SCENE AT ATLANTA HEARTSFIELD AIRPLANE WHEN DELTA PLANE CLIPPED ANOTHE PLANE ON THE TARMAC. TOM COSTELLO IS AT THE AIRPORT WITH MORE ON THE INCIDENT. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST AIRPORT. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST PLANES IN THE WORL SLIDES WITH ONE OF THE SMALLER REGIONAL JETS? THE DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE CATASTROPHIC THE QUESTION NOW IS WHO IS T BLAME, THE CONTROL TOWER O MAYBE THE PILOT? A SLOW SPEED BUT HIGH IMPACT ACCIDENT AND A LOT OF DAMAGE IT HAPPENED BETWEEN DELTA FLIGHT 295 AND A REGIONAL JET THE IMPACT FROM THE LARGER PLANE SHEERED THE TAIL OFF OF TH SMALLER AIRCRAFT THE CREW WASN'T SURE WHA HAPPENED >> WE JUST HIT SOMETHING ON TH TAXI WAY COULD YOU TELL US WHAT IT WAS? >> Reporter: IT WAS AIR TRAFFI CONTROL THAT ADVISED THE PILOT OF BOTH PLANES TO STAY PUT >> IT IS GOING TO BE DETACHE FROM THE AIRCRAFT. IT JUST APPEARS THAT IT IS COMPLOETLY DETACHED FROM THE FUSELAGE AREA. >> Reporter: THE PLANE WAS TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF SHORTL AFTER 10:00 A.M. WHEN THE WIN COLLIDED WITH THE TAIL OF DELTA COMMUTER FLIGHT. >> IT WAS CHAOTIC. >> Reporter: A PRODUCER FROM NBC'S KANSAS CITY AFFILIATE WA ON THE SMALLER PLANE WHEN IT STRUCK >> IT IS LIKE WHEN YOU ARE O THE INTERSTATE AND YOU HEAR TH RUMBLE STRIPS AND THEN IT GO LOUDER AND YOU COULD HEAR TH METAL SCRAPING AGAINST THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLANE IT WAS SHAKING REALLY BADLY. >> Reporter: LANE McKIBER WAS ON A NEARBY PLANE AND SAW THE AFTERING MATH. >> YOU COULD TELL WHICH ONE WA GOING TO GET THE WORST OF TH DAMAGE >> Reporter: NO INJURIES, AL PASSENGERS WERE REBOOKED THERE WAS MINIMAL IMPACT O OPERATIONS THE FAA AND NTSB HAVE BOTH LAUNCHED INVESTIGATIONS. >> IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER AIR TRAFFIC CONTRO PROPERLY DID ITS JOB OR WHETHE THE AIR BUS 8350 CREW DID IT JOB OR WAS IT A COMBINATION OF BOTH >> Reporter: REGARDLESS OF WHO IS TO BLAME, PASSENGERS LIKE NATHAN PIKE ARE JUST HAPPY TO BE SAFE >> THE ADRENALIN HAS WORN OFF. I JUST WANT TO BE WITH M FAMILY >> Reporter: THE NTS INVESTIGATION WILL LISTEN TO THE COCKPIT RECORDERS, WHAT WERE THE PILOTS SAYING TO EACH OTHER AN WHAT WERE THE INSTRUCTIONS FRO THE CONTROL TOWER. OFTEN IT IS NOT ONE THING THAT LEADS TO AN INCIDENT BUT SEVERAL THINGS THIS COULD PUT THE PLANE OUT O SERVICE FOREVER. BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> COMING UP, AN OVERNIGH ENDORSEMENT FROM TAYLOR SWIFT. >> THE MESSAGE SHE POSTED TO 283 MILLION INSTAGRAM FOLLOWER AFTER THE DEBATE, THROWING SUPPORT BEHIND >>> WELCOME BACK THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE RETURNS TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAI AFTER POSSIBLY THE ONLY DEBATE BETWEEN KAMALA HARRIS AND DONALD TRUMP. >> THEY SPARRED ON TOPICS LIKE ABORTION TO IMMIGRATION TO THE ECONOMY. TAKE A LISTEN. >> I HAVE NEVER SEEN A WORSE PERIOD OF TIME PEOPLE CAN'T BY BACON OR EGGS OR ANYTHING ELSE. >> HIS PLAN IS TO DO WHAT HE DID BEFORE, PROVIDE A TAX CUT FO BILLIONAIRES AND BIG CORPORATIONS >> MOMENTS AFTER THE DEBATE, SUPERSTAR TAYLOR SWIFT ENDORSE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS FO PRESIDENT IN AN INSTAGRAM POST CALLING HARRIS A STEADY HANDED GIFTED LEADER WHO FIGHTS FOR THE RIGHTS AND CAUSES SHE BELIEVES IN >> Reporter: MINUTES AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ENDED, THE BIGGEST POP STAR WEIGHED IN, TAYLOR SWIFT ENDORSING THE VIC PRESIDENT, WRITING ON INSTAGRAM, I WILL BE CASTING MY VOTE FO KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ I THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SWIFT SAYS SHE IS SUPPORTING HARRIS BECAUSE SHE FIGHTS FO THE RIGHTS AND CAUSES I BELIEV NEED A WARRIOR TO CHAMPION THEM, ADDING, I BELIEVE WE CAN ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH MORE IN THI COUNTRY IF WE ARE LED BY CAL AND NOT CHAOS. THE GRAMMY AWARD WINNE INDICATED IT WAS PROMPTED IN PART BY A.I. IMAGES FALSELY SAYING SHE ENDORSED HIM. IT PROMPTED HER TO SAY SHE NEEDED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE ELECTION, WRITING, IT REALLY CONJUREDED UP MY FEARS ABOUT A AND THE DANGERS OF MISINFORMATION HARRIS' RUNNING MATE TIM WAL REACTED TO THE ENDORSEMENT LAS NIGHT. >> I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL THAT'S THE TYPE OF KURMG WE NEED IN AMERICA >> Reporter: TRUMP WEIGHING IN ON THE ENDORSEMENT THIS MORNING. >> I WAS NOT A TAYLOR SWIFT FAN. IT WAS JUST A QUESTION OF TIME >> Reporter: SWIFT'S MASSIVE PRESENCE TO APPEAL TO YOUNGE WOMEN HAVE MADE HER A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER ENDORSEMENT WIT 280 MILLION INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS, A BLOCK BUSTER TOUR AND CONSTANT PRESENCE IN THE HEADLINES. ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK TIMES" WHEN SWIFT POSTED O INSTAGRAM LAST YEAR, ENCOURAGING FOLLOWERS TO REGISTER TO VOTE, THE SITE SHE LINKED TO REPORTE OVER 35,000 NEW REGISTRATION THAT DAY IN SWIFT'S NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY SHE ADMITTED SHE WISHED SHE HA EXPRESSED HER POLITICAL OPINIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2016 T HELP DEFEAT TRUMP. >> I'M SAD I DIDN'T TWO YEAR AGO BUT I CAN'T CHANGE THAT. I'M SAYING RIGHT NOW WHAT I KNOW IS RIGHT AND I NEED TO BE ON THE RIGH SIDE OF HISTORY. >> Reporter: SWIFT SIGNED HE HARRIS ENDORSEMENT POST, CHILDLESS CAT LADY, A REFERENC TO THE COMMENTS MADE BE JD VANCE TO DESCRIBE WOMEN WHO DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN. THE 34-YEAR-OLD EVEN INCLUDED PHOTO OF HERSELF HOLDER HER CAT, BENJAMIN BUTTONS THE POP CULTURE ICON TELLING VOTERS I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH AND I'VE MADE MY CHOICE. YOUR RESEARCH IS ALL YOURS TO DO AND THE CHOICE IS YOURS TO MAKE. >> THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN I ALREADY SELLING SWIFT LIKE FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS >>> THERE IS NEW GUIDANCE FROM THE FDA REGARDING BREAST CANCE SCREENINGS >> THEY ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT BREAST DENSITY HAVING DENSE BREASTS CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF BREAS CANCER AND MAKE IT HARDER TO DETECT >> DEAN OF COLUMBIA SCHOOL O NURSING AND A BREAST CANCE SURVIVOR JOINS US ON SET WIT THE LATEST THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. FIRST, EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT BREAST DENSITY AND THE RELATIO TO BREAST CANCER, WHAT THAT CA INDICATE >> BREAST DENSITY IS COMPLEX RIGHT? YOU WILL HEAR PEOPLE SAY I HAV DENSE BREASTS AND YOU REALLY CAN'T TELL I CAN'T TELL, YOU CAN'T TELL B FEELING. THE ONLY WAY TO TELL IF YOU HAVE DENSE BREASTS IS THROUGH MAMOGRAPHY . SO IT IS IMPORTAN TO KNOW. IT IS MORE COMPLEX WIT GLANDULAR TISSUE AND MORE PRON TO BREAST CANCER THE ISSUE FOR US TODAY IS TO THINK ABOUT DENSE BREASTS, IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETECT CANCER WIT A MAMMOGRAPHY. BECAUSE THEY SHOW UP WHITE AND CANCER SHOWS UP WHITE. SO IT IS LIKE LOOKING FOR POLAR BEAR IN THE STORM. YOU CAN'T TELL YOU CAN GO HOME WITH A CLEAR MAMMOGRAPHY AND STILL HAVE BREAST CANCER. THAT HAPPENED TO ME. I NEVER MISSED A MAMMOGRAM, EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC. I WAS ALWAYS TOLD I WAS CANCER FREE THEN WHEN I FELT SOMETHING, TH RADIOLOGIST SAID, WE WOULD HAV SENT YOU HOME WITH A CLEAR MAMMOGRAPHY BUT I FELT SOMETHING. SO IT MAY BE CLEAR BUT IT IS NOT ACTUALLY CLEAR >> SO IF WOMEN ARE HEARING THI AND WONDERING, DO I HAVE DENSE BREASTS, WHAT DO YOU SAY >> YOU WILL FIND OUT WHEN YO HAVE A MAMMOGRAM AND THANK GOODNESS, THE FEDERA REGULATIONS REQUIRE TH MAMMOGRAPHY CENTER NOTIFY YOU IF YOU HAVE DENSE BREASTS OR NOT. THAT IS GOOD BUT NOT THE WHOLE STORY. THINK ABOUT IT YOU HAD A MAMMOGRAPHY, THREE WEEKS HAVE GONE BY, YOU HEAR YOU ARE CLEAR AND THAT'S ALL YOU WANT TO HEAR THEN YOU GET AN EMAIL SOMETHIN IN THE MAIL SAYING YOU HAV DENSE BREASTS. THAT IS WHEN IT IS IMPORTANT EVERYONE IS TOO BUSY YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SAY YOU KNOW WHAT? I NEED TO TALK TO MY HEALTHCAR PROVIDER AND SEE IF I NEED ADDITIONAL SCREENINGS. YOU CAN SAY IT IS JUST ANOTHER YEAR UNTIL MY NEXT MAMMOGRAM, YEAR CAN BE A BIG DEAL IN SOME CANCERS THAT ARE AGGRESSIVE. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT. >> AND QUICKLY, WHAT AGE SHOUL YOU START? >> 40. >> START AT 40 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US SUCH IMPORTANT INFORMATION IT SAVES LIVES THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PERSONAL STORY >> YOU'RE WELCOME. GOOD TO BE HERE. >>> WE HAVE BREAKINGNIC DATA T BRING YOU. INFLATION CAME IN AT 0.2% MONT OVER MONTH AND YEAR OVER YEAR IS 2.5% WHICH IS LESS THA EXPECTED JOINING US TO TALK MORE ABOU THIS IS BUSINESS DAT CORRESPONDENT, BRIAN CHEUNG. TALK ABOUT THIS, THIS IS IMPRESSIVE >> THIS IS THE SLOWEST PACE OF INFLATION IN THREE YEARS THIS IS A BIG DEAL WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE YEARL RISE IN PRICE, HOW MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE ARE THINGS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. WE GOT THAT AT 2.5%. AUGUST 2024 TO 2023, IT IS SLOWER THAN THE JULY PERIOD AN NOTICEABLY SLOWER COMPARED T THE ALMOST 9% WE HAD SEEN ABOU 2 YEARS AGO. SO INFLATION HAS SLOWED. WE HAVE KIND OF BEEN FLAT LINING AROUND THE OVER 3% FIGURE. BUT THE 2.5% FIGURE IS NOT A MARKET IMPROVE T BUT IT IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PREVIOU READINGS WE ARE GETTING. INFLATION IS SLOWING IN TH COUNTRY. >> AND WHAT ARE SOME OF TH PRICE CHANGES BY CATEGORY? >> WE ARE SEEING PRICE CHANGES IN THE AREAS WE FEEL IT TH MOST, FOOD AND ENERGY. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ARE MONTHLY FIGURES, THIS IS JUNE TO JULY, FOOD PRICES WENT UP 0.2% AND IN AUGUST -- OR IT WENT UP BY ONLY 0.1% . AND THEN ENERGY PRICES, IT I FLAT LINED BETWEEN JUNE AN JULY GASOLINE PRICES HAVE FALLEN SO WE ARE SEEING A DECREASE AND SHELTER IS THE AREA OF CONCERN, THE BIGGEST COST FO AMERICAN FAMILIES, IT DI ACCELERATE IN MONTHLY PACE IT WAS UP 0.4% IN JULY AND I WENT UP FURTHER. THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOOD AND ENERGY IS THE THING THAT AMERICANS FEEL THE MOST WHEN THEY GO TO THE PUMP AND T THE GROCERY STORE. THAT IS INDEED SLOWING >> SO THE FEDERAL RESERVE MEAD NEXT WEEK. WE KNOWTHY WILL CUT INTEREST RATES. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT WHAT DOES THIS INFORMATION TEL THEM >> THE NEXT MEETING IS NEX WEDNESDAY. WE HEARD FROM OFFICIALS THAT WITH INFLATION GOING DOWN AN CONCERNS OF UNEMPLOYMENT GOING UP, MAYBE IT IS TIME TO CUT BACK ON INTEREST RATES. THE QUESTION NOW IS HOW LARGE OF AN INTEREST RATE CUT THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST INTEREST RATE CUT SINCE THEY STARTE RATCHETING RATES UP IN THE POS PANDEMIC PERIOD. THAT COULD BE WELCOMED NEWS FO THOSE ON THE SIDELINES OF TH HOUSING MARKET, WAITING FO LOWER MORTGAGE RATES OR MAYB WANT ARE LEAF ON CREDIT CARD O AUTO LOAN DEBT >> WAGE GROWTH OUTPACE INFLATION. WITH THAT AND THIS REPORT, DO WE THINK WE WILL HEAR FRO AMERICANS THAT THEY FEEL A LITTLE BETTER ABOUT THEIR? > THAT IS IMPORTANT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FOOD ONL GOING UP BY 0.1%, IT IS STIL GOING UP WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT WITHI THE CONTEXT OF MONEY COMING IN AND MONEY GOING OUT. INFLATION IS HOW MUCH YOU SPEND, MONEY GOING OUT, WAGE GROWTH I MONEY COMING IN. 3.8% IS WHAT YOUR WALLETS GREW BY WITH THE JOBS REPORT. INFLATION IS SHOWING 2.5%, YOU WAGES ON A NATIONAL AVERAGE, NOT EVERYONE IS FEELING THIS ON A NATIONAL AVERAGE IS GROWING FASTER THAN THE PACE THIS COMMEO HAS NOT CHANGED THAT MUCH, THE WAY IT IS HELD YOU STILL HAVE THE SIX BELLS AND SIX MOMENTS OF SILENCE MARKING WHEN THE PLANES HIT THE TOWERS THE PENTAGON, THE FIELD IN PENNSYLVANIA AND ALSO WHEN THE TOWERS FELL. THIS IS AN EVENT THAT HAS FAMILY AND FIGHTERS AND DIGNITARIES YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT HER TODAY, BOEKTS CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT ARRIVING, ALON WITH VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JD VANCE HERE. YOU HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS THE DEPARTMENT EXISTS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED ON 9/11. OVER THE YEARS, THE MESSAGE OF THE CEREMONY HAS BROADENED NOW YOU HAVE A WHOLE GENERATIO OF PEOPLE WHO ARE YOUNG ADULTS WHO WERE NOT ALIVE DURING 9/11 THIS IS ABOUT REMEMBRANCES AND SHARING THE STORY OF THE DAY I SPOKE WITH THE HEAD OF THE MUSEUM AND THE MEMORIAL WHO TOLD ME THAT A GOOD PORTION OF HE JOB IS REACHING THAT YOUNGER GENERATION TO SHARE THE STORIES. HERE IN NEW YORK CITY, FOR THOSE WHO WERE HERE THAT DAY T IS SOLEMN DAY IT IS QUIET HERE IN MANHATTA AND IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY FOR 2 YEARS. >> WE PAUSE AND REMEMBER AS WE DO EVERY YEAR. THERE WILL BE MOMENTS OF SILENCE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, CIGNAIFYING THE EVENTS AS THEY UNFOLDED THE FIRST WILL HAPPEN IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS FROM NOW AS THE TIM IS 8:46 WHEN THE FIRST PLANE HIT THE NORTH TOWER OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THOUSANDS DIE IN AN INSTANT. WE WILL HEAR SPEECHES AN REMEMBRANCES FROM WORLD LEADERS. WE WILL PAUSE NOW AS THE MOMEN OF SILENCE IS OBSERVED AND THE NATION REMEMBERS [ SILENCE BELL RINGING ] ♪ >>> 23 YEARS AGO TODAY, A BRIGHT BLUE TUESDAY MORNING WHE EVERYTHING CHANGED WHEN 2977 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES. LATER THIS MORNING AT TH MEMORIAL SITE, THE NAMES WILL BE READ IT IS ALWAYS SO POIGNANT NOT ONLY TO HAVE EACH PERSON INDIVIDUALLY RECOGNIZED AN REMEMBERED, THEY ARE OFTEN REA BY FAMILY MEMBERS, KIDS WHO HAVE GROWN UP WITH THIS AND ALSO TH SHEER LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES, HOURS TO READ EACH OF THOS NAMES. >> AND THEY DO IT EVERY YEAR AS YOU SAY, THROUGH THE YEARS, YOU WATCH SPOUSES, CHILDREN, NOW THE GRANDCHILDREN THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE NEVER MET, STANDING UP AND READING THOSE NAMES I HAVE TO TELL YOU, EVEN THOUG I HAVE BEEN TO THE MEMORIAL SITE SO MANY TIMES, I HAVE BEEN T THE SITE SO MANY TIMES, IT I EQUALLY IMPACTFUL EACH TIME YO SEE IT YOU HEAR THE BAGPIPES AND YO THINK HOW THE DAY STARTED. IT WAS LIKE THIS DAY EVERY YEAR, ESPECIALLY I SEPTEMBER WHETHER IT IS 9/11 O THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, WHEN YOU HAVE A DAY LIKE THIS, IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL THAT YOU CAN'T HEL BUT THINK OF THE TRAGEDY OF TH DAY AND THE LIVES THAT WER LOST >> WE WILL NEVER FORGET. THANK YOU FOR CARRYING U THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF TH COVERAGE WE WILL HAVE MORE ON OUR STREAMING CHANNEL NBC NEWS NOW AND ALSO ON NBC NEWS.COM WE WILL RETURN TO THE TODAY SHOW FOR OTHERS AND THE REGULAR SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING. >> BACK HERE ON MORNING NEWS NOW, LET'S GET TO CORRESPONDEN RAHEMA ELLIS ON THE GROUND I NEW YORK AT THE FOOT PRINTS OF THE TWIN TOWERS. GIVE US A SENSE OF THE EMOTION THERE THAT YOU ARE FEELING A THIS CEREMONY. >> Reporter: TAKE A DEEP BREATH, MUCH AS PEOPLE ARE TAKING COLLECTIVE DEEP BREATH THI MORNING. YOU ARE HEARING THE READINGS O THE NAMES JUST BEGINNING FOLLOWING ONE OF SIX MOMENTS O SILENCE THAT WILL OCCUR HERE TODAY. IT IS TO REMEMBER WHEN THE FIRST TOWER FELL, THE SECOND TOWER FELL, THE ATTACK OF THE PLANE AT THE PENTAGON, AND THEN THE PLANE IN THE FIELD IN SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA ALL OF THOSE MOMENTS WHICH REALIZED RIGHT NOW ONCE AGAIN, 23 YEARS LATER AND IT IS A MOMENT THAT BRINGS BACK GRIEF EVERY YEAR THAT I HAVE COVERED THIS FOR THE LAST 22 YEARS, YO WILL SEE TEARS AND YOU WILL SE PEOPLE CRY IT IS A CRY THAT COMES FROM MEMORY OF WHAT THEY LOST AND FOR OTHERS, IT IS A CRY FOR LONGING OF WHAT THEY NEVER HAD SOME CHILDREN WERE BORN AFTE THEIR PARENTS DIED IN TH TRAGEDY. AND THIS IS A TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT GIVING A LOT OF SPEECHES BUT THEY ARE READING THE NAMES SOME 3,000 NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE AND AT THE PENTAGON, AND IN SHANKSVILLE A WELL AS SIX OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED THE FIRST TIME THE WORLD TRADE CENTERS WERE ATTACKED IN 1993 THIS IS A SOMBER MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE AND REFLECTION O ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME, TH LOVED ONES, FIREFIGHTERS, FIRS RESPONDERS, POLICE OFFICERS, PARAMEDICS, AND EVERY DA ORDINARY CITIZENS. THOSE WHO RAN TO THE SCENE HOPING THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP ON THAT DAY THEY COME BACK TO SHARE THEI MEMORIES AND IT IS AS RAW TODA AS IT WAS 23 YEARS AGO >> I KNOW OVER THE LAST 23 YEARS, YOU HAVE SPOKEN WIT FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON 9/11. TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THEM >> FOR EVERY PERSON I HAVE EVE SPOKEN TO, ALL OF THEM SAY HOW GRATEFUL THEY ARE THAT AS NATION WE TAKE A MOMENT AN PAUSE. YOU DON'T WANT THAT MEMORY T DIE. SO THIS EVENT IS AN OPPORTUNIT FOR THE WORLD, FOR THE UNITE STATES IN PARTICULAR, AN ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEW YORK CITY TO KEEP THE MEMORIES OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY LOST AND LOVED ALIVE. THROUGH THE TEARS AND THROUG THE GRIEF, THERE ARE ALSO MANY WONDERFUL REMEMBRANCES THA PEOPLE SHARED WITH ME ABOU THEIR LOVED ONES THAT REFLECTION IS SOMETHING THEY HOLD ONTO PEOPLE SAY THEY COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR MANY HAVE TOLD ME THEY WILL BE BACK HERE EVERY SINGLE ANNIVERSARY FOR AS LONG AS THE LIVE >> IT IS A DAY THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT ABOUT POLITIC BUT WE KNOW BOTH CANDIDATES AR THERE. TELL US HOW THEY WILL SPEND TH DAY. >> THEY WILL SPEND THE DAY I MANY INSTANCES GOING TOSERVICE AND CEREMONIES THAT WILL REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED THERE WILL BE CEREMONIES AT TH PENTAGON THERE WILL BE A CEREMONY I SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. IT IS NOT ABOUT POLITICA SPEECHES TODAY IT HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT THAT IT IS ABOUT THE DIGNITARIES WH ALL OVER FROM THE FIREFIGHTERS TO THE COMMISSIONERS, THE MAYOR, ALL COMING TOGETHER AN EXPRESSING A COLLECTIV REMEMBRANCE OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE BUT NOT ABOUT MAKIN POLITICAL SPEECHES >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AN IMPORTANT DAY TO MARK SOMETHING WE WILL NEVER FORGET >> PLEASE STAY WITH US MORNING NEWS NOW CONTINUES I JUST A MOMENT. >>> FINALLY THIS HOUR, A GROUP OF NEW YORK CITY FIREFIGHTERS IS HONORING ITS FALLEN COLLEAGUES FAR FROM HOME. >> KELLY COBIELLA IS I MIDDLETON, IRELAND WITH THEI STORY, GOOD MORNING. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO YOU. ABOUT 10 FIREFIGHTERS FROM NEW YORK AND SOME FROM IRELAND ARE NEARING THEEND OF WHAT HAS BEE A GRUELLING THREE DAY BIKE RID ACROSS THE COUNTRY THEY ARE STOPPING AT FIREHOUSE LIKE THESE THEY JUST LEFT FOR THE FINAL STRETCH OF THEIR RIDE MOMENT AGO. THEY ARE RAISING MONEY FOR COLLEAGUES IN NEW YORK AT THE END OF THE FINAL CLIM TODAY, LATER THIS AFTERNOON IS A PRETTY SPECIAL PLACE, A 9/11 MEMORIAL NOT MADE OF STEEL O STONE BUT OF TREES AMID THE LUSH AND ROLLING HILL OF LUSH IRELAND, NEW YORK CITY FIREFIGHTERS RIDING TO REMEMBE 9/11'S FALLEN HEROES WITH IRISH FIREFIGHTERS ALON SIDE THEM, A TEAM OF ALMOST 10 ON A THREE DAY ROAD TRIP PEDALING DOWN IRELAND'S EAST COAST, 220 MILES IN ALL, SETTING OFF IN DUBLIN LAST SUNDAY. >> IT IS AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT. >> Reporter: BATTALION CHIEF DANNY SHERIDAN IS A THIR GENERATION IRISH AMERICAN. HE WAS AT THE SECOND TOWER WHE IT FELL. >> I CARRY ALL OF THOSE GUYS WITH ME. >> Reporter: MORE THAN 300 FIRST RESPONDERS DIED TRYING TO SAVE LIVES AT THE TWIN TOWERS SEPTEMBER 11 MANY WHO SURVIVED ARE NO STRUGGLING >> WE LOST 343 FIREFIGHTERS IN AN INSTANT WE LOST 370 FIREFIGHTERS SINCE THAT DAY, FIREFIGHTERS WHO PASSED IT IS NEVER ENDING >> Reporter: A FIREFIGHTER TRUCK LEADING THE PACK IN IRISH VILLAGES, A SERIOUS WELCOME. RIDING STRONG TO THE FINISH LINE THIS MORNING THEY ARE ON THE WAY HERE TO THIS LITTLE ROW OF TREES ON TOP O IRISH COUNTRY SIDE, MORE THA 3,000 MILES FROM GROUND ZERO NEXT TO EVERY TREE IS THE NAME OF A NEW YORK FIREFIGHTER WH DIED ON 9/11, DOZENS OF IRIS NAMES, SOME WITH ROOTS TO THIS LAND INCLUDING MICHAEL JUDGE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S CHAPLAIN WHO DIED ON 9/11 HELPING OTHERS. HIS NURSE CREATED THIS MEMORIAL. SHE TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL AN THEN RETURNED TO PLANT THE TREES, ONE FOR EACH FALLEN HERO. KATHLEEN PASSED AWAY IN 2011 HER NEPHEW, JOHN MURPHY IS CARRYING ON. >> IT IS VERY PEACEFUL HERE. SOMETHING MAGICAL HERE >> Reporter: THE FDNY BADG TURNED INTO A SHRINE AND A REMINDER OF THEIR ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. RETIRED FIREFIGHTER DANN MANNING HAS BEEN COMING HERE FOR 23 YEARS >> THE TREES CONTINUE TO FLOURISH, THEY CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM. THEY CONTINUE TO GROW. SO FOR THE MANY FAMILIES WHO COME HERE OFTEN WHICH THEY DO, IT IS A LIVING MEMORIAL. >> Reporter: A HOME AWAY FRO HOME AND ON THE OPEN ROAD, LOTS O LAUGHS >> THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME SINCE 9/11 I'M NOT AS GROUND ZERO BUT I CAN'T THINK OF BETTER PLACE TO BE >> Reporter: INSPIRING FANS AN FORGING FRIENDSHIPS. >> BEYOND EXPECTATION. I FIGURED WE WOULD DO A SIMPLE READ, I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WER BRINGING OUT THE WHOLE TOWN. REALLY OVERWHELMING. >> Reporter: TOGETHER FINDING NEW WAY TO NEVER FORGET. THE GROUP WILL HOLD REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY AT TH MEMORIAL GARDEN LATER THIS AFTERNOON ONCE THEY ARRIVE THEY STILL HAVE ABOUT 20 MILES TO GO. A FEW HILLS TO CLIMB BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE WAITING TO CHEER THEM ON. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHAR