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House. joe? >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. there is a lot on the table for congress when they return to session especially on the house side. theres the issue of health care, possible gun legislation, also that trade deal with canada and mexico. but for many democrats, the big focus right now is an impeachment inquiry into the president. >> for me this is about making sure were signaling that nobody is above the law and that includes donald trump. >> reporter: as congress returns from recess...

Separa demonstrators is not as big as it was. not because we love those in france but it was rather that macron waited them out and ultimately even though it was still a story every weekend, you know, people go to school, people go back to work, people get tired and the public is exhausted from this thing. and we talk about how we normalize trumps tweets because its three years in. this happens will all sorts of things around the world. thats where we are in hong kong. >> all right. ian bremmer,...

Every 25 states that have gotten ill. its really interesting, alisyn, and theres two things about this i find interesting. one is the state of michigan has basically said were going to ban these flavored e-cigarette products. thats quite a large thing for a state to say. the city of san francisco has said ban e-cigarettes all together, other states taking that cue. ive never seen anything like that to say were going to do bans. and keep in mind in many of these places you can still sell combusti...

Situation there on the ground. we really appreciate it, josh. >> my pleasure. >> as i go back to you, alisyn, again the winds here have been fairly consistent over 50 miles an hour all morning long and it has been raining so hard. you can see the rain coming off the ground where its bouncing. so you have the rain falling, the storm surge coming in. the next four hours here will be crucial. >> yes, john, your live shot is giving us all a real sense of the situation on the ground in charleston. it...

Picture three dimensionally. >> and it is so important i know for the forecasters on the ground so they can tell the people where i am exactly what they need to know to stay safe. thank you very much for the work you do. and good luck, safe travels as you head back up into hurricane dorian the next several days. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> all right, alisyn, as we go back to you in new york the key time here in charleston is around 1:00 p.m. thats when the tide comes back in. and the number ...

Tylenol®. welcome back. alisyn, clearly here the concern in charleston, south carolina, is the water. in every direction the rain, theyre concerned about as much as 15 to 20 inches of rain here in the next 12 hours, a storm surge coupled with the high tide that could reach 10 feet, thats

Alisyn is on assignment. julia chatterly joins me this morning and we got the all important 8:00 a.m. advisory from the national hurricane center on hurricane dorian. all of florida is on high alert. the storm is headed right at the state. this is easily the strongest hurricane at this point headed towards florida the east coast in nearly three decades. dorian got even stronger overnight. it is now a category 2 hurricane, almost category 3 with winds approaching 110 miles per hour. by the time i...

With water. ripping off some of the blue tarps still covering buildings in the time since hurricane maria hit two years ago. >> the damage assessment now is primarily to the islands of st. thomas and st. john. we have crews remaining here from irma and maria working on restoration. >> reporter: dorian would be the fifth hurricane in the last four years to impact the states emergency officials saying dont pay attention to the track. all of floridas east coast has the potential to get hit by this,...

Hurricane dorian gaining strength and taking aim at florida. it is forecast to make landfall as a category 3 hurricane or stronger over the labor day weekend. meteorologist chad myers has the new forecast. what now, chad? >> i think the thing that we woke up this morning most alarmed about, alisyn, is the number 125 miles per hour. now it becomes real. because at 85 or 90, its like, okay, i can deal with it. but at 125, it becomes a point where people will have to evacuate a certain area. now, t...

Coast. because, you know, at the current time, theres enough uncertainty that any one of those areas could get not only the impact of the center of the storm, but theyre going to get impacts anyway. >> you are the person in charge or at least in charge of the hurricane watches and warnings. when should we expect those? >> yeah, its interesting that well look at that. youve got to look at the onset of tropical storm force winds. so if you back that up 48 hours, it could be -- you know, we start h...