was detained, but again they do not believe that this vehicle collision there was terror related. all right, in a few hours from now, back in the u.s., vice president mike pence will be in las vegas to pay his respects to victims of last sunday s massacre. his visit comes as investigators continue to search for a motive nearly a week after that gunman killed 58 people. here s what we know right now in the investigation. an alarm from a room down the hall from the shooter is what brought a security guard up to the 32nd floor of that hotel. the guard was shot in the leg when he appeared stephen paddock s door, that s the gunman. police confirmed there was no one in the room with paddock, and no one appearing to be an accomplice has been seen on the security video. the shooter brought his more than two dozen bags of guns and ammunition up to the room over the course of several days. i want to bring in cnn s scott
already under way outside new orleans. that s where we find cnn s kaylee hartung. kaylee, what are you seeing there in terms of how people are preparing? reporter: well, fred, earlier today we were in the middle of new orleans in the french quarter. there were no real preparations to show you visually, so we traveled about 20 miles east into irish bayou, one of the areas under mandatory evacuation. right now as we talk, i m going to swing us around here. right now we have these two brothers loading up a truck, loading up some boxes, they ve put this gentleman s ford explorer on the back of a trailer and this guy wants to throw other stuff into his rv to the other side of new orleans, but here in this low-lying area we re talking about the stretch of land that s between lake pontchartrain and where it dumps out into the gulf of mexico. this is life as usual for these folks on a day with heavy rain and high tide. they can see water up to four feet, but when we re talking about a storm
the other big story at this hour that we re following, hurricane nate in the gulf of mexico. cnn weather center reporting it is likely to be a category 2 storm when it makes landfall. right now four and a half million people are under a hurricane warning stretching from louisiana to alabama. nearly 30 million people are in its path in the u.s. residents are bracing for heavy winds, torrential rain, and in some areas storm surges of up to nine feet. the deadly storm packing 80 mile per hour winds. it is already left a path of devastation. in central america at least 25 people killed in costa rica, nicaragua, and honduras. hundreds have been rescued from flood waters and mudslides. we ve got reporters on the ground in all areas along the gulf coast of the u.s., as this major threat is now imposing on the coast. first let s go to cnn
storm. so that eyewall, where it makes landfall, is crucial to determine who gets hit the hardest, who sees the most storm surge, and who sees the most devastation. do not let your guard down, listen to authorities, evacuate now if you can. from biloxi, mississippi, derek van dam. thanks so much. now to alabama where a state of emergency has also been called. cnn s ryan young is in the gulf coast town of mobile. ryan, what s the latest there? well, something i heard from derek when talking about the complacency, we ve talked to several people who don t feel they are going to be impacted by the storm and talks about the run on the grocery stores, couple we went to so far haven t experienced that run. i saw palettes and palettes of water available, but so far doesn t seem anyone is scooping this up. mayor has taken this seriously, cleaned out the storm drains, prepositioned heavy pieces of equipment and put emergency folks on red alert in case anything happens here.
a city that sank off the coast of egypt in the nile delta. we re going to follow the salmon run through alaska and talk about a big fight since they cho discovered what may be the biggest gold mine right above these precious spawning grounds for the fish. we re going to madagascar and then fun in new zealand. lots of americans are moving there after this last election, but they re also in the process of trying to kill every rat and mouse and weasel in the entire country in order to save their native bird life so all kinds of fascinating stories this season. that is incredible. i can t wait and now my list of places to go only continues to grow with your show. thank you so much, bill weir, appreciate it. and don t forget to watch the season premier of the wonder list , patagonia, paradise bought. that s tonight at 9:00 eastern time right here on cnn. we ve got so much more straight ahead in the newsroom and it ahead in the newsroom and it all starts right now. captions by v