Comments, what President Trump is saying about civil rights icon john lewis, days after lewis funeral. His answer when asked whether lewis was impressive. Police storm a bank where a man holding a hostage claimed he had a bomb. Ellen under fire. New claims about her show and the allegedly toxic Work Environment as ellens wife breaks her silence. From the swimmer balancing a glass of milk on her head in the pool to 6yearold taking the boxing world by storm. All the trending stories for your Tuesday Morning. Good Tuesday Morning, everyone. We begin with hurricane isaias making landfall overnight packing winds over 80 Miles Per Hour. The eye of the hurricane is visible on radar right now. The storm came ashore near shington to new york are in the bullseye. Overnight heavy wind and rain brought down trees and power lines in North Carolina leaving hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. Isaias is now taking aim at the midatlantic. Preparations under way with floodwalls and sandbags. Overnight hurricane isaias making landfall. Roaring ashore along the north and south border. In Ocean Isle Beach homes catching fire as tornadoes recorded in the area. There were three and possibly four on the west end of the island. It looks like most of those flames are now out. Reporter Nate Thompson on vacation with his family saw the flames and raced to help firefighters. They asked me to run back and forth between the trucks and grab new tanks because they were running out of oxygen and so i did that for awhile and trudging through the water and were a family here so we take care of each other. Reporter rob marciano taking this video of the eye wall. Dangerous winds, blinding rain and a storm surge up to five feet is expected in some areas. The status or category of a storm can be misleading. Whether its labeled a Tropical Storm or a hurricane, you should take this storm seriously. Reporter further complicating matters the coronavirus pandemic. In North Carolina evacuees getting temperatures checked before entering shelters. Overnight the hurricane slamming myrtle beach. Nearby the Medical Center called in the National Guard weeks ago to help handle its covid19 cases. Now the staff is preparing to face a surge in patients after the storm. Absolutely full with covid. The icu is. Were over capacity, the er is and now the storm coming is Something Else to deal with. Reporter this morning millions are bracing for impact in new york city. A temporary dam is now set up in Lower Manhattan where 70mileperhour wind gusts are possible today. Stronger than what sandy brought to the area in 2012. After hurricane sandy, i think its like posttraumatic stress. We hear hurricane and we all get nervous. Also one big concern is coastal flooding during high tide with a full moon. Well have a closer look at the forecast coming up in five minutes. Now to the coronavirus. Dr. Anthony fauci is defending his colleague dr. Deborah birx after President Trump called her, quote, pathetic, for saying the u. S. Has entered a new phase of the pandemic. More cities are cracking down on large gatherings. That can spread the virus like this Mansion Party in los angeles. In this case police say no laws were broken. Abcs Megan Tevrizian has new data overnight on the virus with some good news and some bad news. Reporter this morning, new disagreements among the white house and the con seeing in some of the yellow states and other states is that same insidious increase in percent positive. The virus is receding in hot spots across the south and west. Weve seen slow improvements. Reporter President Trump contradicting dr. Anthony fauci about the state of the virus as the u. S. Death toll surges past 155,000. I dont agree with fauci. Reporter just hours earlier he publicly blasted dr. Deborah birx for the first time calling her pathetic in a tweet after she warned sunday that the pandemic has entered a new phase. While new data shows daily cases have dropped below 50,000 for the First Time Since the fourth of july according to an internal memo deaths are up 24 from a week ago. But in a new interview overnight, trump challenged the validity of new numbers. Were lower than the world. Lower ha lower than the world . In what . Take a look. Heres case death. Youre doing detwiler as a proportions of cases. Im talking about as a proportion of population. Much worse than germany and south korea and you cant do that. Its surely a develop havent statistic to sayu. S. Has x population and x percentage of death reporter mississippi now the state with the highest positivity rate, 21 of people tested were infected. Nearly every icu bed in the state is full and new trouble for schools. In g. Nearly 300 teachers are out sick after one district required them to return to school last week. Its very hard to focus on the content, to focus on what im paid to do because of this health care epidemic. Reporter in maryland the governor overturned a county decision that would have banned private schools from opening until october 1st. It clears the way for students including President Trumps son to return to class. We must be flexible and openminded and one size does not fit all. Reporter but in nevada the governor is pointing a finger at families in the state saying casinos are not to blame for recent outbreaks. The biggest area weve got issues with that are hard to control to be very candid with you and ive been on numerous governor calls is family gatherings. Reporter it comes as south dakota one of the few states to skip lockdowns braces for what could be the biggest event since the pandemic began. This is the largest rally in the country. Reporter more than 250,000 people are set to roll in for the sturgis motorcycle rally friday. Meanwhile, more problems in baseball. The cardinals now scrapping the rest of their series in detroit after more than a dozen players and employees tested positive. The marlins return to action today after a covid19 outbreak benched them for more than a week. The teams ceo blaming a false sense of security. Weve made mistakes. We havent been perfect, right . We have to be perfect moving forward. Reporter back in washington, the white house has notified employees it is now mandatory to participate in random covid19 testing. Senior aides who are with President Trump on a regular basis are still tested daily. Kenneth, mona. Megan, thank you. Negotiators in washington say theyre making slight progress in a relief package. Republicans are still resisting demands by democrats to renew the 600 benefit. President trump threatening it take executive action to extend a ban on evictions. President trump also claims he has a right to issue an executive order to address the issue of mailin ballots. He says republicans are planning to sue to block nevada from expanding mailin voting. There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud through mailin ballots but the president is pointing to new york where two congressional primaries are still up in the air six weeks after the election because of delays in counting mailin ballots. A Colorado Police Department Already in the spotlight faces a new controversy. Video shows officers in Aurora Holding five members of a black family at gunpoint with children on the ground in handcuffs. Police say the license plate on the familys vehicle showed it was stolen. Officials later said the plate had the same number as a stolen motorcycle from another state. And an internal investigation under way. The mother of those children is outraged. Thats police brutality. I dont give a [ bleep ] what nobody say. Thats police brutality. The mistake is that the officer was going off what dispatch told them. It was confirmed. He was acting in good faith that that was confirmed. Three officers from the same city were recently fired after they reenacted a chokehold used on Elijah Mcclain who died after a Police Encounter last year. Time now for a look at your Tuesday Morning weather. Good morning. Isaias is battering North Carolina and moving very quickly northward up the coast throughout much of the day here tuesday. Were going to be talking about it through the big east coast cities. Wind gusts of more than 40 Miles Per Hour even for new england, more than 60 Miles Per Hour for the delmarva. Rainfall, potential for flooding here as we pick up two to four inches sometimes very quickly in a matter of six hours. Im Melissa Constanzer for accuweather. Coming up, the closeup view of the great white sharks that shut down a popular beach. The hot air balloon crash caught on camera. More than a dozen people injured. Witnesses describe what happened. Ellen degeneres under fire. Her wife hi, america. Hey, there, america. Hi, america. Hi, america. During this crisis. Over 37 million people. Dont have access. To nutritious foods. But there is a way we can all help. With feeding america. Their network of 200 food banks are up and running. Across the country. Please visit feedingamerica. Org. To locate a food bank in your community. Together. Together. Together. Lets feed the love. Great white sharks off the coast of cape cod. One was about ten feet long. They forced a popular beach to close because the sharks were only 50 yards offshore when a Police Helicopter spotted them. The faa trying to figure out what caused three hot air balloons to crash in wyoming. Nearly two dozen people are recovering from what was supposed to be a sightseeing trip. They made hard landings in teton village. One man says it was terrifying. It was horrific because youve been dragged down. You dont know when its going to stop. You know if you fall out youll probably die because this cage weighs more than a bus, its just goi to slam over you. Storm clouds were spotted in the area. No word if weather played a role in the crash. The firestorm around Ellen Degeneres. Former staffers claim her show has been a toxic workplace. But now theres a campaign to support ellen. Abcs reena roy has more. Reporter this morning, Ellen Degeneres wife is breaking her silence. Portia de rossi posting on instagram, i stand by ellen. Other alist celebrities reposting the image including jerry oconnell. It comes as former employees of the Ellen Dgeneres show accuse show runners and producers of racism, unfair terminations and intimidation. A far cry from the shows cheery atmosphere. Here in the values i stand for, i tan for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. And now one former staffer is recalling what she calls a culture of fear. An Emmy Award Winning producer tells the wrap i had never seen this before. I had never been around a toxic host. Abc news ha has not independently verified her claims. Ellen responded to previous allegations in a letter to staffers saying, quote, my name is on the show and everything we do and i take responsibility for that. As weve grown exponential naturally i have not been able to stay on top of everything and relied on others to do their jobs as they knew id want them done, clearly some didnt. That will now change and im committed to ensuring this does not happen again. Many fans now questioning whether ellen will return. The shows producers say theyre moving forward with production, reportedly Holding Meetings with staffers to discuss the allegations as they return from summer hiatus. The shows Parent Company warner media has launched an internal investigation into the allegations. Kenneth, mona. 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New overnight President Trump is making news for what he didnt say about the late congressman john lewis. During an interview with axios he refused to say he was impressed with the accomplishments of the civil rights icon. Do you find him impressive . I cant say one way or the other. I find a lot of people impressive. I find many people not impressive. Did you find his story impressive. He didnt come to my inauguration. He didnt come to my state of the union speeches. Thats okay. Thats his right. Taking your relationship out of it, do you find his story impressive, what hes done for this country . He was a person that dwoelted a lot of energy and a lot of heart to civil rights, but there were many others also. The president claimed he himself has done more for the black community than anyone since lincoln. Returning to the coronavirus, questions are being raised about school bus safety. Meanwhile at least one state is now requiring all students to wear a mask. Earlier i spoke with dr. Imran ali about both issues. New jersey will now require kids to wear a mask in School Buildings even while social distancing. I want to know what are your thoughts on that . Well, a lot of schools want to open. A lot of parents want their kids to get back to school. I think masks are going to be a big factor. I recommend parents not to get the ones that go around the ears because then kids fuss around with them. Theyre not either too tight or too loose. Get a nice colorful comfortable mask but it is now important to have kids wear masks too because were still learning a lot about how kids can still spread the disease. Theres a lot of concern about the dangers of kids taking the bus to school. The cdc recommends that schools create a distance between children possible by seating one child per row and maybe even skipping rows but most School Districts arent going that far. How big of a concern is that . The big concern, because were in an enclosed space so its going to be more dangerous when the wintertime comes because then you wont have the ventilation of windows open so it will be a tight, enclosed space with multiple children and theyre not going to necessarily follow social distancing. And, dr. Ali, there is encouraging news about a potential treatment. Eli lilly launched a new trial looking at an antibody treatment tested in nursing homes. Whats the significance of this. This is very exciting. Eli lilly has manufactured these antibodies in a laboratory so its a synthetic copy of what a natural antibody would be. Does it work . We dont know quite yet. But the preliminary studies show that it may have some effectiveness in preventing the virus from entering the cells. And this could be really amazing if we can get this treatment to the frail and elderly who have weakened immune systems. Our hanks to dr. Ali. Coming up one swimmers incredible balancing act with a glass of milk. 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How about the breezes yesterday. Did you notice those . It was pretty intense and as good as advertised and still out there 31 Miles Per Hour fairfield and 25 at concord. We stilleer ndio and that is the big changer in todays weather. That andhe closha are out t mea elevations. It could fall just about anywhere this morning and also tomorrow morning. Two of our coolest days moving forward. Temperatures are going to drop up to 13 degrees today from 61 in Half Moon Bay to San Francisco at 65 and oakland and san mateo at 70 and san jose 77. Concord and livermore 84 and 82. 78 in san rafael and 79 in napa and 84 in santa rosa. More on that chance of drizzle and the latest on isaias coming up. Kumasi. The coronavirus pandemic is now the biggest challenge to building a better bay area. We are doing our best but the question is, is it paying off . Governor newsom says there are some signs that it is. Amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with the next steps forward. Good morning, amy. Good morning, kumasi. As we see more and more empty store fronts and businesses that couldnt make it through this pandemic, people asking questions about when we can rs get there sooner. Governor gavin newsom now saying that the state is turning a corner maybe turning a corner saying the number of people hospitalized statewide has fallen 10 over the last two weeks. The governor says positive covid19 tests have fallen to 7 . As the economy continues to take a downturn, the governor defended the state orders that forced california counties to roll back reopenings. To do what we can to mitigate the spread of this disease. The sooner we do that, we can get our kids back to school. The sooner we do that, some semblance of modified normalcy as it relates to opening up our businesses with some expectation that they can remain open so they dont have to go through this whip saw back and forth, back and forth. The governor does not want us to get too confident over these new numbers. He says we cannot get complacent about safety. He says the virus is not going to take labor day off or halloween off or any of the holidays off saying we have to live with this virus until we get a vaccine. Live in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Abc7 is committed to building a better bay area and this week were focusing on education and what back to school will look like for parents and students this fall. In the east bay, teachers in oakland are set to return to classrooms today and school is set to start next week. Abc7 News Reporter chris reyes was at a demonstration where teachers expressed their concerns. It is not safe to go back right now and danger to the students and the school. Reporter a caravan protest through oakland. Not exactly how Teachers Want to spend their time one week before an already stressful start to
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