Baby now facing surgery, the 15yearold killed while shopping with her family and this postal worker seen delivering the mail just before she was shot. Plus, the crisis in hong kong escalates. Multiple rounds of tear gas. Theyre using percussion grenades. A shocking injury at the u. S. Open. He doesnt deserve to get booed. The pope gets stuck inside an elevator and a surprise hospital visit from the Jonas Brothers all on this labor day morning, september 2nd. Good monday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Breaking news, Hurricane Dorian a monster category 5 storm with record strength bearing down overnight on the bahamas with wind gusts topping 200 Miles Per Hour. The damage is being described as catastrophic. Heres where the storm is right now. Dorian has been carving a path across the northern bahamas overnight even slowing down as it takes aim at the east coast of the United States. The Bahamas Press tweeted that the grand Bahama International airport is under five feet of water. And look at this. The storms projected path. Mandatory Evacuations Ordered for areas of florida, georgia and South Carolina including parts of jacksonville, florida disaster in the bahamas. This morning, scenes of utter devastation after a direct hit from dorian. Please pray for us. Please pray for us, everyone. Please pray for us. New video from the bahamas showing widespread destruction. Homes surrounded by water. Trees ripped apart. Boats capsized. We need assistance fast. Reporter Hurricane Dorian making history as the strongest storm ever to hit the chain of islands and tying for the strongest atlantic hurricane landfall on record. This woman taking to social media pleading for help after winds up to 185 Miles Per Hour ripped the roof off her Apartment Building. Everyone thats staying in the Apartment Building, we stuck right here. Please pray for us. Reporter in the twominute video she describes being trapped with her baby as the water rushes in quickly rising. The whole Apartment Building we stay in, the whole roof came off. Please pray for us. Pray for abaco, please, im begging you. My baby is with us. So please pray for us. Im begging you pray for us. Reporter the eye passing through the abaco aisles the storm in the northern bahamas where abcs marcus moore and his team took cover in their hotel. I have seen utter devastation here in marsh harbour, we are surrounded by water with no way out. The storm surge taking over the terrain. I have seen trees that have been snapped and boats destroyed and roofs ripped off buildings. Absolute devastation. There really are no words. It is pure hell. Jenise fernandez with wplg at the same hotel. My goodness, okay. We hear people yelling for help. There is a lot of water on this side of the hotel. Theres a lot of water here. I dont even know if we oh, oh, my goodness. Reporter the Prime Minister of the bahamas breaking down in tears at a News Conference saying he can only hope for the people who refused to evacuate. This is probably the most saddened and worst day of my life to address the bahamian people, and i just want to say that as a physician ive been trained to withstand many things but never anything like this. Were just getting reports of the first death in the bahamas, a young boy who drowned. Grand bahama island is being battered with lifethreatening storm surge expected this morning. Here at home evacuation orders taking effect in coastal areas from florida to South Carolina. New video Shows FloridaNational Guard trooe lowlying areas of the coast which are expected to get hit the hardest. States of emergency have been declared up through the carolinas. Meanwhile, hundreds of utility trucks are already in place lined up and ready to respond. Abcs Serena Marshall continues our coverage now. She is in new smyrna beach, florida. Serena, good morning. Reporter kenneth, janai, good morning to both of you. More mandatory evacuations are set to get under way here in florida in just a few hours, and residents are bracing for this storm and hoping that eye stays off the coast. This morning, millions of americans scrambling to escape dorians path. Theres nothing set in stone here. Thats why were trying to prepare for the worst. Reporter after battering the bahamas, the hurricane is now marching towards the u. S. Threatening millions along the east coast. North carolina has to take this seriously. Be ready. Reporter evacuation orders have been given to more than 800,000 people on South Carolinas coast including all of charleston as well as six other counties in georgia. Some Barrier Islands along floridas east coast. When the water gets high, theres not a whole lot you can do about that, and given the uncertainty of the storm, its better to err on the side of safety. Reporter just as the Labor Day Holiday weekend wraps up, the hurricane is forcing four airports to close in florida including Daytona Beach, orlando melbourne, palm beach and ft. Lauderdale hollywood airport. Authorities have already cleared the beaches up and down the coast. Abcs Victor Oquendo is in delray. Barrier islands like this one in delray are under a mandatory evacuation and heres why. Take a look from above. These are very narrow strips of land. Theyre surrounded by water on both sides. The storm surge could easily flood the entire area. Reporter in Daytona Beach most Business Owners and residents are heeding the warnings from officials. Boarding up windows and stocking up on more supplies. We got nine sheets of plywood here and then we got i think four cases of water at home, 11 gallons of gas and a generator. Once you live through a few of them, you learn to respect mother nature. Reporter florida has already activated nearly 5,000 National Guardsmen to respond to this storm. We saw those power trucks lining up, hundreds of them, at daytona International Airport also prepositioning to respond. I spoke to some of those guys and they came all the way from illinois and maryland to help out after the storm hits. Kenneth, janai. A storm thats going to be impacting the eastern seaboard throughout the week. Serena marshall there in florida, thank you. Lets take a closer look now at where Hurricane Dorian is headed. Oronrns stor sue. Facing the biggest threat. You see that area from melbourne all the way up to savannah, georgia, facing a possible sevenfoot storm surge. Accuweathers adam del rosso has been tracking the storm all night. Adam, good morning. Janai and kenneth, good morning. Major Hurricane Dorian still at category 5 with sustained winds of 180 Miles Per Hour as it inches its way westward across the grand bahama islands. Now were going to be watching this gradually take a turn to the north as we head through early parts of the week. Very slowly weakening. Still a category 4 by Tuesday Morning then a category 3 as we head toward wednesday evening. Still creating many problems along the southeast coast of the United States in terms of heavy rainfall, damaging wind gusts even though the eye wall is currently forecasted to stay off the coast. Theres still going to be hurricaneforce wind gusts across the carolinas at the coast as we head into the middle and tail end of the week. Were also talking about widespread flooding along the carolina coast and along the florida coast as well as we head through the week. This storm is going to create a mess and cause many problems and lots of cleanup as we head throughout the coming weeks. Our coverage continues later this half hour with a look inside the eye of Hurricane Dorian, and well be live in the bahamas for good morning america. You can also track the storm anytime on our abc news app. Well, now we turn to the other big story this morning. Coming up, new details on the possible motive for the mass shooting in odessa, texas, as we learn about the victims including a 17monthold baby undergoing surgery today and a 15yearold girl shot and killed while shopping with her family. The latest from texas next on america this morning. Come to grips with a deadly shooting rampage. Mourners gathered in odessa, texas, last night to remember seven lives cut short. A gunman opened fire on police during a routine traffic stop then took aim at random bystanders from behind the wheel. The 36yearold shooter had reportedly been fired from his trucking job earlier in the day but police have not revealed a motive. The seven People Killed include a teenager shopping with her family and a 40yearold father who was shot at a red light with his wife and two kids in the car. Meanwhile, were learning more about the baby who survived the attack. Abcs andrea fujii is here with more. Andrea, good morning. Reporter good morning, kenneth and janai. It was about an hour of terror for many people driving in texas this weekend with at least 15 different crime scenes. This Morning Police are still trying to figure out why it all happened. Amazing grace reporter solemn more than 20 wounded in another mass shooting. One of the victims, mary granados, a 29yearold postal worker who police say was killed when her mail truck was hijacked by the shooter. Her twin sister speaking out. When everything happened, i was talking to her on the phone. I could hear her screaming, and after that i just i just couldnt help her. You know, i always try to help her, and i couldnt help her. Reporter it all started saturday afternoon. Authorities say police pulled over 36yearold seth ator for a traffic stop. He allegedly blasted rifle fire out his rear window hitting an officer. The shooters in a toyota headed westbound towards odessa. Reporter police say the shooter armed with an assaultstyle weapon then started shooting as he was driving. Reports of shootings and victims we ven tive shooter on thintetate. Reporter among the victims, 15yearold Layla Hernandez shot and killed outside a car dealership and a 17monthold baby said to be hit by shrapnel but is expected to survive. She is up and shes smiling and shes stable. Reporter police say the terd jumped into the postal truck continuing on his rampage and ended outside a Movie Theater in nearby midland after the shooter rammed police cars. Police were then able to kill him. Authorities swarmed the suspected gunmans home investigating a motive. The second mass shooting to traumatize the state in a month. And this morning the New York Times is reporting the suspect lost his job on the day of the attack, but its still not clear if that contributed to his rampage. Again, police are still investigating a motive, kenneth. Andrea, thank you. And this staggering fact, at least 53 souls taken in Mass Shootings in august alone. Just incredible. Two of those shootings in texas, so that state hit particularly hard. Well, coming up, the breaking news overnight from the crisis in hong kong. Also ahead, a serious car crash involving comedian kevin hart. What police are now saying. And later, a Sweet Surprise from the Jonas Brothers for one special fan. Llas. Hello, are you the locksmith . Yes i am. Come on in. I think we were able to salvage the lock. [ shouting ] muchas gracias. Ya tu sabes. The pink . Lets go mets go time daddy [ giggles ] number six, number six. Ohhhh man. Took my hat off. [ to love somebody by bee gees playing ] [ crowd cheering ] thats crazy lets go mets lets go mets [ crowd chanting ] lets go mets if your mouth is made to amaze, let Philips Sonicare give its care a raise. Get healthier gums in 2 weeks guaranteed. 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Now we turn to the crisis in hong kong taking a new and disruptive turn. Prodemocracy demonstrators blocked the road to hong kongs airport tying up traffic and forcing passengers to walk to terminals you see there with their luggage. Violent clashes also broke out on the subway where police beat protesters, and violence erupted in the streets as protesters threw firebombs and bricks at security forces. Abcs ian pannell watched as authorities took action. Reporter multiple rounds of tear gas. Theyre using percussion grenades. Weve now got hundreds of riot police. You see the water cannon now pushing forward. A pro today. And there was another subway disruption this morning. Chinas state media has issued a warning to protesters saying, quote, the end is coming but it did not elaborate. A new round of tariffs is taking effect as the trade war between the u. S. And china escalates. This time the u. S. Is slapping 15 tax penalties on 100 billion worth of chinese goods including clothes, shoes, phones and some tvs. President trump says trade talks are still scheduled for this month. A recent study predicted the tariffs will cost the typical American Family 1,000 this year. Comedian kevin hart has been injured in a serious car crash. Police say hart was a passenger in his own vintage muscle car when the driver lost control and rolled down an embankment in the hills above malibu, california. You can see the damage. Hart suffered major back police say the driver was not under the influence. At the u. S. Open defending mens champion Novak Djokovic is out. He gave up in the third set of his match last night because of a Left Shoulder injury. Some fans booed the tournaments defending champ as he left the court. Meanwhile, Serena Williams survived a scare when she awkwardly turned her ankle. Her coach said it caused an acceptable level of pain. 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