It is back to school day for the majority of american kids. The return to school in 2020 is nothing like more than 7 million children starting the school year fully online, learning remotely rather than in the classroom. Kentucky reporting that nearly 20 of their new coronavirus cases come from kids 18 and under. A former fda commissioner acknowledges that americans are exhausted by maskwearing and social distancing, but he urges people to stay vigilant as we head into the fall and winter. President trump is now fixated on floating the possibility of a vaccine being available bottom election day, which he now calls, quote, a very special day in november. But developing overnight, an official familiar with the inner workings of operation warp speed this is the organization trying to get a vaccine out is dismissing this notion. The official tells cnn, i dont know any scientist involved in this effort who thinks we will be able to get shots into arms any time before election day. And breaking overnight, the Washington Post reports that House Democrats are launching an investigation into postmaster general louis dejoy and calling for his immediate suspension. This probe follows reports that dejoy gave bonuses to employees at his old company for making Campaign Contributions to republican candidates. If true, thichd be a textbook violation of Campaign Finance law, federal and state. Abby phillip has the details. If this were true, it wouldnt just be a textbook violation, it would be an uncreative violation of the Campaign Finance law. Reporter thats right, john. More than a few people have faced serious legal charges for this very kind of allegation. This would be a straw donation, if true. And now louis dejoy, the u. S. Postmaster general, is now under increasing pressure by democratic lawmakers who are vowing to investigate this, calling for him to be suspended from his post. This is amid a lot of controversy over his management of the Postal Service, but these allegations vs. To have to do w role as a Top Republican donor. He is a Top Republican donor and fundraiser for the Republican National committee and the allegations are from a former employee who was named on the record in the Washington Post that he pushed employees, allegedly, to donate to the Republican Party and republican candidates and then later directed bonuses to be given to them as a sort of reimbursement for those donations. Now, dejoy was actually asked about this very type of arrangement during an oversight hearing just a couple of weeks ago by congressman jim cooper. Take a listen to what he said. Did you pay back several of your top executives for contributing to Trumps Campaign by bonusing or rewarding them . Thats an outrageous claim, sir, and i resent it. Im just asking a question. The answer is no. Reporter now, President Trump was also asked about this allegation. Remember, President Trump named dejoy to that post, and he was given that position in large part because of his role in the Republican Party. Take a listen to what President Trump said when asked whether he would support an investigation. I think let the investigations go. Go ahead, please. Mr. President , a followup, please. If its proven to be a Campaign Finance scheme, do you think he could lose his job . Yeah, if something could be proven that he did wrong, always. Reporter so, its not clear where this would go, but democratic lawmakers are calling for North Carolina prosecutors to look into this issue. Dejoy could face potential felony charges for this kind of allegation. John . It was such an interesting response from the president. Hes called every investigation i can think of a witch hunt, but this one of dejoy, hes like, sure sure if he did it, you know, it definitely is a problem. That was interesting. All right, abby, thank you very much. Well talk more about this in a second. Happening now, we are learning that dozens of hikers are trapped in Central California with all escape routes cut off by the growing creek fire. Officials call the fire an unprecedented fire, 0 containment at this moment. Rescue attempts are expected to resume this morning after smoke from the fire caused helicopters to abort the mission. Firefighters are also battling the eldorado fire in southern california, sparked in part by a gender reveal party. It has now grown to nearly 10,000 acres, and Officials Say its only 7 contained. Okay, now to schools. 16 of the countrys Largest School districts begin classes today. But in 14 of them, no students will be in the classrooms. Cnns Dianne Gallagher is live in atlanta with more. Whats the situation, dianne . Reporter yeah, alisyn, six months after the controversy pandemic began, more schools are going back, but theyre going back online, and it is becoming abundantly clear why these schools are hesitant to go back into the classroom. Its the first day of school for over 1. 8 million students. But for those attending 14 of the nations 16 Largest School districts opening today, classes will be held entirely online. The American Academy of pediatrics reported over 70,000 new cases in children over the two weeks ending august 27th. Thats an increase of 17 . And while grade schools evaluate the safest way to begin the academic year, some College Towns are already turning into coronavirus hotspots. In upstate new york, suny oneonta reported at least 651 cases since the start of the semester. And at iowa state, at least 900 students tested positive since august 1st. At the university of new hampshire, a cluster of cases has been linked to a Fraternity Party attended by more than 100 people. So, were concerned about any other individuals who may have been attending events there or visiting their friends at this location, just because we know that there have been at least 11 people who have tested positive. Reporter that risk . Why nyu says its suspended 25 students for violating the universitys health and safety guidelines, this as Health Experts fear celebrations and crowds over Labor Day Weekend could fuel another round of dangerous spikes, as seen over memorial day and the fourth of july holidays. Were not in a sprint. Its very, very important that we continue to have all the social distancing, maskwearing, avoiding large groups. Were all very concerned that the behaviors this weekend will be an accelerant and spread covid virus even further. Flu is on the way. That will double the danger. Reporter President Trump once again implying a vaccine could be ready by november. So, were going to have a vaccine very soon, maybe even before a very special date. You know what date im talking about. Reporter but Health Experts say there is no guaranteed timeline, emphasizing that delivering a safe and effective preventive is key. Really hopeful that we will have a vaccine by either year end or by early next year, but the key thing about the process for getting a vaccine is that it has to be driven by science and scientists, not by political or, you know, figures, or by political time lines. Reporter now, if we talk again about children and the rising infection rate, im going to use kentucky as an example. Governor andy bashir said of the new cases on monday, 20 were in people under the age of 18, that the youngest was just 1 month old. And there may be some indicator that people are being a little bit more comfortable when it comes to traveling during the pandemic, and thats because there was a pandemicera high in air travel on friday. Now, it was just under 960,000 people screened by the tsa. John, that is a lot less than the 2. 2 million on the same friday a year ago, but its the most that weve seen traveling since the pandemic began. And aaa says that they predict many more people were traveling by car over this weekend. All right, Dianne Gallagher. Thanks very much. On the vaccine front, new this morning, democratic president ial nominee joe biden says he would take a corona vaccine tomorrow, if one was available, but the former Vice President echoed comments made by his running mate, senator kamala harris, saying that any vaccine rolled out before election day must be backed by science, not just President Trump. One of the problems is the way hes playing with politics, is hes said so many things that arent true, im worried if we do have a really good vaccine, people are going to be reluctant to take it. So, hes undermining public confidence. But pray god we have it. If i could get a vaccine tomorrow, id do it. If it cost me the election, id do it. We need a vaccine and we need it now. Cnns Arlette Saenz live for us in washington. Arlette, you cover the biden campaign. This is the day after labor day. It is the traditional kickoff of the home stretch. Reporter it certainly is, john. And you heard joe biden right there saying that he would be open to taking a Coronavirus Vaccine, if it came before election day, but with the caveat that he wants this to be a transparent process that is backed by scientists. Biden saying that there needs to be a vaccine, but he wants to ensure that it goes through that transparent process. Now, this comes as the president has accused biden and his running mate, kamala harris, of playing politics, and is calling on them to apologize for what he believes is an antivaccine message. But what both biden and harris were just making clear with their statements is that they want this to be a scientifically backed process and that theyre concerned that its the president who is the one thats playing politics. So, as we are heading into that fall election, the Coronavirus Vaccine is becoming a flashpoint right now. Now, one common refrain that we often hear from President Trump and his allies is that joe biden has lost a step mentally. Biden often counters that by telling voters they should just watch him out on the campaign trail and judge their performance for themselves. But yesterday, joe biden turned the tables on President Trump, even going a little bit personal. In an interview with a local pennsylvania station, biden saying, watch how i run up ramps and how he stumbles down ramps, okay . That being a reference to that moment after President Trump delivered the commencement speech at west point when he walked down a ramp slowly. Now, we are officially eight weeks out from election day, which means that both candidates are ramping up their campaign trail travel. We saw joe biden in pennsylvania yesterday. Hes heading back to pennsylvania at the end of the week. And tomorrow hes heading to michigan, just one of those states that President Trump won back in 2016, that hes hoping to bring back to the democratic column in november. Alisyn . Ramping up. I like it. Arlette, well done. Gingerly in some cases, or delicately. Maybe they should have a ramp walking contest. That could decide this entire election. Im sure the biden camp would like that. Three debates, plus a ramp walk. Yes and a sacarais. Meanwhile, new this morning, President Trump attacking the motivations of u. S. Military leaders, suggesting they start wars in order to fund defense companies. Cnns joe johns live at the white house with the latest. Hi, joe. Reporter good morning, alisyn. The president launching an extraordinary attack on the military top brass, accusing them of waging wars in order to boost the profits of military defense contractors, especially unusual because the president himself brags about increasing defense spending. But the relationship between the military leadership and the president has become increasingly strained in recent months. Now, this comes at the very same time of that report in the atlantic alleging that the president referred to military personnel killed in action as suckers and losers, also that the president himself decided not to go to a u. S. Veterans cemetery because he was afraid it would mess up his hair. Cnn has confirmed part of that story. So have some other media outlets. Heres what the president said on monday. Im not saying the militarys in love with me. The soldiers are. The top people in the pentagon probably arent because they want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those Wonderful Companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make Everything Else stay happy. But were getting out of the endless wars. Reporter now, we did ask the pentagon about the president s statement. So far, no response at all. Alisyn, back to you. Okay, joe. Well be speaking about this more in the program. Thank you very much. Another member of the Trump Administration now reportedly under investigation. What this means for the Postal Service ahead of the election. Thats next. Im leah and thats me long before i had moderatetosevere rheumatoid arthritis. Ive always been the ringleader had a zest for life. Flash forward, then ra kept me from the important things. And what my doctor said surprised me. She said my joint pain could mean permanent joint damage. And enbrel helps relieve joint pain, and helps stop that joint damage. 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And anna, what struck me as so odd was yesterday, when the president was asked about this, he says, yeah, i think we should let the investigation play out, and if its proven dejoy did something wrong, he should lose his job. Who was that in the president s body . Im not used to him saying that an investigation should play out. Why is he, at least at a minimum, not defending dejoy, and at a maximum, cutting his legs out from under him . Reporter its a very different posture for this president , who regularly calls any investigation or criticism by opponents a hoax or tries to really go for the jugular. He really didnt defend dejoy at all up there. You know, i think that this is a president under siege, though. You know, he is on the defensive himself when it comes to, you know, criticism of military leaders and some of that reporting recently, in terms of the covid virus and the administrations response to that, in terms of being down in the polls. And so, i think that this is partly a deflection strategy, if there is a strategy there, in terms of saying, hey, look over there, instead of maybe where some of the other critical problems have been over the past 48 to 72 hours. Abby, i just want to recap. This is from the Washington Post investigation that they have just published that Something Like seven former employees of the company where dejoy worked in North Carolina said that this happened that they were pressured to make Campaign Contributions to republican candidates and then were reimbursed via bonuses, basically, which, of course, would be illegal. It would break North Carolina laws as well as Campaign Finance. But it was so interesting. The sound bite that you played from congressman jim cooper on august 24th, who, i guess, knew something about this, because asked about it. And dejoys answer also seemed as though he knew something about it, because it was kind of a ready he had a ready answer for it. So, lets listen to that exchange one more time. Did you pay back several of your top executives for contributing to Trumps Campaign by bonusing or rewarding them . Thats an outrageous claim, sir, and i resent it. Im just asking a question. The answer is no. Sort of felt like he knew that might be coming. Reporter i thought that exchange in the moment when it happened was extremely interesting because, obviously, jim cooper was congressman cooper was not asking that question out of the blue, and dejoy was sort of up in arms about the allegation. But what is interesting about the Washington Post allegation is that, first of all, one of the former employees is the head of hr, and he was quoted on the record about this alleged arrangement. And so, it becomes a lot more difficult to deny. And in fact, in the post story, there is something of an apology for workers who might have seemed who might have felt pressured to donate to republicans, but no real addressing of the allegation that they were later reimbursed. So, it really seems to suggest that there is something there and lots of questions to be asked. One thing i should note about the cooper exchange he asked about donations to Trumps Campaign, but this investigation could be a lot broader than that. The allegations in the post are that this was going on for many years, including before President Trump ran for office, so the scope of this could be well beyond president Trumps Campaign specifically. Yeah, louis dejoy, call your office. Well leave that there for a moment. Anna, i want to ask you you brought it up before, the issue surrounding the president and his feelings about people who have served in the military. Obviously, the atlantic and cnn and others have confirmed that the president referred to those who have served and died in service as suckers and losers, and its now a political sore spot for him, to the point where joe biden is commenting on it almost every day. Listen to what biden said about it with Union Leaders yesterday. None of the veterans you know were losers or suckers. No president has ever talked about our servicemen and women in that way and im sorry if im getting close to losing my temper, but the simple truth is, if thats how you talk about our veterans, you have no business being president of the United States of america, period. And anna, the way the president has responded to this may be creating a new problem, which is to suggest, no, no, no, my problem isnt with soldiers although not addressing the specific claims here my problem is with the military leaders who start wars to make money. Thats an extraordinary charge, anna. Well, and so far, we havent seen the pentagon respond to it. But i think whats really extraordinary is just how in four years as president has shifted. He used to love to talk about the military. He respected the military. He wanted his chief of staff, john kelly, to be a veteran steeped in the military. And now you really see this playing out in a very different way. Clearly, from those comments from joe biden and the biden campaign, they feel like this is an area where the president could be really weak, could lose some support from the military, which is going to play out over the next several weeks, for sure. Also, abby, its hard to know where the president stands in terms of policy. Has he turned into Michael Moore . I mean, does he want to disband the military Industrial Complex and dismantle it, or is he funding it . Because sometimes he brags about how much money hes giving to the military. Reporter yeah, i mean, exactly. First of all, im not sure what the strategy is, if youre facing allegations that you disparage members of the military, now disparaging military brass as if there ought to be a distinction there. Thats the first part. But the second part is, this is a president who for four years has really bragged about how much money he has secured billions of dollars for the pentagon, for these planes, these ships, these bombs that he now is saying are being used by corporations to push foreign wars. It just does not make much sense with the president s own previous claims. Just probably a few weeks ago, the president talking about how this is a change of policy. He often likes to claim that he funded the military when president obama didnt. Now he seems to be claiming that pentagon brass want billions of dollars for planes and bombs so that they can go to war because they like war. This is obviously not something that jives with his own comments, and i dont really see how its supposed to help him when the accusation here is that in this moment, he disparaged military service members. It seems that it would make a lot more sense to steer clear of this line of attack altogether. It might be that there isnt a strategy here. Ink we always have to leave that possibility wide, wide open. Im not sure theres nondimensional chess being played here. Anna, another fascinating story. The New York Times reported, Maggie Haberman reporting that the Trump Campaign has burned through a ton of money and may be even having money problems with two months to go before the election. Theyve pulled back on ads in some places. Now bloomberg is reporting and you put out in your note a few minutes ago bloombergs reporting and we havent confirmed this yet that the president s considering spending 100 million of his own money in the campaign . How could this come to pass . I thought this was some death Star Financial juggernaut, the Trump Campaign. Reporter yeah, absolutely. Its pretty stunning, that reporting out of the New York Times, really kind of linebyline, detailed excessive spending kind of internally, also funneling money to different llcs that also benefit some of the family members of the trump family as well as campaign advisers. The other thing thats just, i think, really noteworthy is just how expensive it is, though, to run a campaign, you know, from four years at a president ial level, whereas you really saw the Joe Biden Campaign i think a lot of us reported, myself included, predicted potential money problems because he hadnt been a very strong fundraiser in his previous president ial bids, but clearly, they have benefited from not having to travel, not having to spend money, really embracing the virtual fundraiser. And so, you see this dichotomy that i dont think most people would have expected, where you have joe biden coming into the, really, today, the start of the general election, in a very Strong Fundraising position, compared to the Trump Administration, which could potentially, where youd see him put his own money into the race, which must be unprecedented at this point of the race. Ladies, thank you. Yeah, the articles worth reading from maggie and shane, because it includes a quote from brad parscale, the old campaign manager, who throws the family under the bus. He says that everything i did, all of the financial spending decisions i made were approved by the family. Jared, ivanka. Thank you very much. This morning, researchers working on a Coronavirus Vaccine are facing a major issue that could end up delaying a vaccine. So, what is that issue and whats being done to fix it . Thats next. Im making pizza on kings hawaiian mini subs. Yum kings hawaiian. 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Lets take a look at some numbers. Dr. Fauci has said that he wants 37 , approximately, of the trial study subjects to be latino. And modernas trials only 16 and pfizers trial is only 11 . He also recommends that 27 of the participants be black. And in modernas, its only 10 and pfizers only 8 . Several weeks ago months ago at this point, actually, i think the National Institutes of health asked a group to come one some ads to encourage minority participation. Lets take a listen to part of one of them. We know that someone somewhere is full of hope and strength and wants to take action and will take a step forward to hug her grandkids, walking the walk and rolling up their sleeves, to go back to normal sooner. Volunteer to find the covid19 vaccine. So, these ads are going to run on Major Television networks as well as networks such as univision and b. E. T. And the researchers are really hoping that theyre effective for the reason i said before, and also, its so important to know how this vaccine works in a variety of people, not just white people. Alisyn . Okay, elizabeth. Thank you very much, and for playing a clip of that ad for us. Joining us now, dr. Carlos del rio, executive associate dean of the emery school of medicine at grady health system. He is a contributor to the nih Moderna Vaccine trial. So youre the perfect person for us to talk to, dr. Del rio. So, in midaugust i dont know if elizabeth just mentioned this moderna got a grade of c in terms of incorporating minorities into the vaccine trials. And do you have a sense of whether that was lack of outreach by the pharmaceuticals or fear from the minority communities that theyll somehow be exploited . Well, i think there are many things. I mean, the Pharmaceutical Company really doesnt do the outreach. The outreach has to be done by the investigators and by those of us doing the study. And the reality is, there was, you know, significant pressure to enroll the study and to enroll quickly. Enrolling minorities takes time. You have to develop trust in the community. You have to work with the community. And enrolling minorities is going to take more time than enrolling sort of the lowhanging fruit, which is, you know, people white, people with privilege, people who can spend a day coming to a vaccine study. So, im very pleased to hear that the moderna ceo has said, you know, we are more concerned about diversity and minority representation than about speed. And theyre slowing down enrollment for us to be able to catch up and to enroll and to prioritize minority populations, highrisk populations. This is critically important. And again, we know how to do it. It just takes more time than, you know, enrolling lowhanging fruit. So, dr. Del rio, President Trump continues to say that he is expecting, or at least wants a vaccine by a very special day in november, which happens to be election day. Someone close to operation warp speed overnight told cnn that he would be shocked or doesnt expect anyone to really be injecting a vaccine into their arms before election day. So, which is it . Well, you know, the people that are going to be injecting a vaccine into their arms before election day are going to be people volunteering for studies, and i would encourage people to volunteer for clinical trials, because thats a way to have a 50 chance of actually getting a vaccine. The reality is, i do not see a way that we will have enough data for a data monitoring board to say we have a vaccine, we can approve it, and is ready to roll out before election day. It is just too soon and simply, i dont see it possible. Yeah. I mean, its as though President Trump thinks that by talking about it and by announcing it, he can, you know, will it into existence. But even if it were i mean, in the bestcase scenario, thats still a select group correct me if im wrong that would get it. I mean, its sort of Frontline Health workers. Its not average voters. Absolutely. And again, at the end of the day, this seems to be more of a political stunt than a Public Health gain. And we need to focus on the science. We need to focus on the science and let science drive the process. The science is doing incredibly well. The fact that were already in three phase 3 studies is unbelievable. As you know, this is eight, nine months after this virus was discovered, and we already are where we are. This is an incredible accomplishment. Lets not, by trying to speed it up more, wreck the system. We need to do it properly and we need to do it well, and we are doing it well, so the American People need to have trust that science is working and that we will find an effective vaccine. So, dr. Del rio, it is the day after labor day, which traditionally for millions of American Children means back to school. Today is more means back to schooling, because so many are not going back to a physical school, unless you consider their kitchen a physical school, because most, many, at least, are doing either a hybrid system or completely Remote Learning at this point. What do we know about how the virus spreads among children, how sick they get, if they can be vectors to older people . I know we reported earlier in the show that theres been a 17 increase in the number of children affected at least there were in august. So, what is known at this point . Well, were learning more, but the reality is, we still dont know everything. Initially, we thought children were not affected. But probably what happened is children were kept at home and they didnt get exposed. When children get exposed, we are learning that they do get infected, but the great majority of them dont get sick. Some of them can get sick and they can die. So its not totally benign in children. I mean, there is some risk. But there is also the possibility that children can infect others, right . And while the rate of infection appears to be lower than for example in the flu, where children are clearly a major vector of transmission, they can still transmit. So a young child can infect an older adult or Vulnerable Person and that can increase the risk for that individual. So i think we need more data. But also, john, we need more data on whats going to happen with kids on education. We need to think about, what are we going it do when this pandemic is over . Are we going to have to have Summer Schooling so these kids can catch up . Because i dont think that the education happening in the kitchen is the same as the education happening in the classroom. Those are great questions, dr. Del rio. I mean, will they have to repeat a year, Summer School . I mean, whats the longterm outlook . So, thank you for raising all of that. Obviously, well continue to talk about it. Thank you. Great to talk to you. Good talking to you. Wall street is booming. So, why are so many people in this country not able to pay for food or rent . We discuss that, next. Skincaree world better than olay . Olay regenerist faced 131 premium products, from 12 countries, over 10 years. Olays hydration was unbeaten every time. Face anything. Find out more at olay. Com and mines unlisted. Try boost® high protein. With 20 grams of protein for Muscle Health versus only 16 grams in ensure® high protein. And now enjoy boost® high protein in new cafe mocha flavor. vo verizon knows how to build unlimited right. 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President trump has been boasting about the economy, but what about the 4. 7 million jobs lost on his watch . Is the country recovering at the speed predicted or not . Cnns julia chatterley joins us now for a reality check. So, julia, what about that . How would you describe the recovery . Is it the sharp v shape, as we were told would happen . There just isnt one recovery going on here, alisyn. Thats the bottom line. There are effectively two recoveries going on. The richest americans have recovered. In certain cases, theyre getting richer. Look at the tech billionaires, for example. And the poorest americans are getting poorer. Theyre actually getting crushed in the recoveries that were seeing. I think what we have to understand here is and you made the point before the break the stock markets a great example the wealthiest 10 of americans own around 80 of stocks, so theyre benefiting when were talking about record highs. Weve got a record savings rate here in the United States. Again, thats dominated by the wealthiest americans. If you look at their jobs, actually, employment for the top earners in america is virtually back where we were in january. Now compare and contrast. Employment for the lowest earners in america is still down by around 15 , according to harvard. Weve got nearly 29 Million People collecting some form of benefit, and of course, reduced benefits the result of a lack of agreement from congress, and one in seven americans saying they simply cant put food on the table. So, while the richest are saving more, the poorest in this country are saying, we cant afford to feed our families. Those are the two recoveries that were seeing here, and the divide between them has never been worse. I know its a mantra we repeat all the time, but the stock market is not the economy. Like, half americans dont own a single stock. So when you see the market going up, it doesnt necessarily mean that its doing anything for someone who may or may not have lost their job. And i know that, what, its 10 million more than 10 Million People lost their jobs in this pandemic still have yet to be hired back, even though the Unemployment Rate has fallen to 8 . Such a great point. And actually, its worse than that, john, because you can look at what were seeing in the stock market and think, yeah, everything is going okay. You can look at the job recoveries. You can talk, like President Trump did yesterday, about the record level of job gains. Yes, theyre coming back very quickly, but 11. 5 Million People still dont have jobs. An estimated 14 million have either lost a job, had their wages cut, not working the hours that they want to, or simply out of the labor force. So, you can pick and choose the data and you can spell and create a magical recovery. Its simply not what were seeing for millions of americans. And i think the danger here, particularly as far as congress is concerned, is that they, republicans, for example, look at the data we got on friday and say, hey, the job recoverys happening really quickly, whereas the democrats look at the strength of the polls in their position and say we dont need to negotiate on the 3 trillion that we decided is what the country needs. A compromise is required for millions of americans. You know the best way ive seen this described in a wile e. Coyote economy. We were fueled by financial stimulus and aid. Wylile e. Coyote got to the cha and were suspended above that cha chasm, and the only thing that stops this economy from dropping now is more Financial Aid from congress. Its the only thing. I wonder how many jobs acme lost. At what point does the anvil fall on his head . Julia, thank you. Thank you for explaining all of that to us, and well see what happens with another stimulus or a deal or compromise, as you say. Really great to talk to you. 100,000 customers in portland, oregon, are without power because of very high winds there. They are also, those winds, fueling fires and threatening to ignite more of them up and down the west coast, so well give you a status report. Actually, right now, lets get to meteorologist chad myers. What are you seeing today, chad . Alisyn, a dangerous day in california, and for that matter, all of the rocky mountains. Winds are going to gust to 30 and 40 in colorado, and also 30 to 40 in california. But logan peak in utah just had a wind gust to 97 miles per hour. Critical fire danger out there today. This weathers brought to you by zales, the diamond store. So, lets get to it. A big storm coming down from the northwest, making winds here, already 30, 40 miles per hour, from fresno, across the highest of elevations. But that wind will get down to where those fires are. There are dozens of fires that are burning right now, and wind like this will fuel them and move them along. If you get evacuation notices today, you need to Pay Attention to them. These fires will be moving very, very quickly. Temperatures moving quickly, too, down from 94 in denver yesterday to somewhere around 40 for a high today, and its snowing in wyoming. Its snowing in the Colorado Rockies and storming east of there, and there will be a lot of snow. There will be feet of snow in the highest elevations of colorado. Also for tomorrow, some severe thunderstorms down across the south into parts of texas. Havent shown you a map like this in a long time. Two feet of snow in those highest of elevations. And oh, by the way, while were talking about snow, two more storms are out there in the atlantic, paulette and renee. Snow, but yes, Hurricane Season just getting going. Feels a little premature for two feet of snow. Thats all im saying. 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