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Residents along the gulf coast we have two daughters and i want to do everything are bracing for potential i can to protect the environment so hopefully they can have a great future. Devastation. Hurricane laura gets set to make landfall tonight. I can to protect the environment everyday its agetting closer ramping up to become a massive category 4 hurricane. Weve got complete coverage, but going faster than a rollercoaster lets begin with the man whos love like yours will surely come my way been covering it all night long. Good morning, al. What do the maps show . Well, right now, guys, this ahey, aheyhey is unfortunately coming to fruition the way we thought it music playing would. Category 2 right now. You can already see the feeder bands now pushing to the south of louisiana. Love like yours will surely come my way 110 mileperhour winds moving northwest at 15. Category 4 storm this afternoon by around 1 00. Winds and rain increase during the day from Corpus Christi all the way to new orleans. Dangerous rain, wind gusts, storm surge as this comes on shore thursday morning around 1 00 a. M. Again, category 3, but dont in our search for solutions this morning, a look at a new test that could help as the school year gets underway. Thats right. It is a simple saliva test now being used by professional sports leagues like the nba and the pga. Vicky nguyen is here to explain. Hey, vicky, good morning good morning. Worry about whether its a 3 or this test could be a major step a 4, its going to cause major impacts. Forward in how we keep students on campus. Catastrophic storm surge will make it up to 30 miles inland. 10 to 15 foot storm surge into central louisiana. 30mile storm surge. Thats almost to i10. Thats the water that gets piled it comes as more universities up on top of the tide. Shut down because of growing at 3 feet that is considered life threatening. By 6 feet those crashing waves push out the back walls of homes, breaking through doors and windows. 9 feet, this is where that surge can push further inland, entire covid19 clusters. Even k12 schools are turning to neighborhoods can be wiped out. This new test to screen students and staff in case of an exposure to the virus this morning im taking the test plus those destructive winds to show you how it works and why some say its much easier than damaging rain could knock out the swab test. Across the country, schools reversing their decision to hold power for days, guys. Inperson classes after covid19 were talking Power Outages. Outbreaks. At at unc chapel hill, classes abruptly halted just days after move in. You can see this goes up into student there is not tested pu the midwest as this system makes its way and of course the rain locally could be 15 inches of rain widespread flash flooding, indiana, an urban flooding, moderate to before coming back but at Purdue University in major river flooding as well. Indiana, an unprecedented undertaking. Before all 40,000 students start classes this month, theyre ve the closest we could compare this to is hurricane rita in 2005. Important and will be a key element of protecting our College Campus. The surge went in 20 to 30 miles. Reporter but required to take a covid test. This could go in 50 miles. Testing will be very, very important and will be a key element of protecting our College Campus reporter but unlike most covid testing that involves a large, often uncomfortable swab, to get a sample from the back of this is a very dangerous storm. Were going to continue to watch the nose, purdue student wills it. Just spit into this tiny tube. But dont Pay Attention to the categories. Something they can do with this Pay Attention to the impacts. Guys . And what officials are telling you. Kit. Al, thank you very much. The convenience kit. The convenience of that and we move now to the mass so i think particularly for this evacuations along the gulf generation of students, theres a good one that allowed us to coast. Sam brock has moved west to beaumont, texas, where people have been warned to get out of harms way. Are they listening . Hoda, lets hope so. Reach them where they were reporter purdue is onewi wa health, formerly a mens Health Company now offering this athome covid saliva test developed by rutgers university. Good morning. Right now people along the texas and louisiana coastlines holding is it a game changer it is a game changer. Their collective breaths with first of all, its a much easier test to administer youre spitting into a tube more than 500,000plus mandatory which everybody can do, even evacuations that includes in port arthur where i am right now. This area is potentially going to be taking a direct hit of 120 mileperhour winds and storm surge higher than a basketball kids and youre just giving enough spit to be able to tell if theres virus in there hoop. This morning the coastal cities reporter i ordered a kit and it arrived in two days of texas on edge. Who do i do . I set up a video chat with a as hurricane laura looms just clinician who made sure i did hours from making landfall. The test directly. I made sure not to eat or drink for 30 minutes. All you need to do is spit. Reporter this is going to take awhile. I think the record was about 30 seconds reporter i was not so speedy how many times a day do you have to watch people do this . Enough. Reporter two minutes later any tricks to this . Yeah. Smelling pickles in a jar. There will be a lot of devastation in texas as the storm sweeps through. Reporter Governor Greg Abbott warned to pras for a category 4 hurricane increasing smelling citrus. The counties under a disaster declaration to nearly 60. Reporter you should have dont know where were going, told me to bring out pickles sooner i have nothing but we going to get away. Reporter lauras wind speeds let me think about mouth watering foods expected to top triple digits its working it took some type to work up a which could fuel a life spoon full of saliva a mix with a preservative to keep my sample fresh, then i put threatening storm surge. The warning to residents, dont waste time. Get out now. Some people may choose to stay at home. And i think that kind of scares knit a preaddressed bag to be overnighted to the rutgers lab me because we dont ever know what these storms could possibly bring. Three days a big advantage over swab tests reporter most are listening. We boarded the house now that have seen delays up to 14 completely and now were just starting to haul away things that we want to make sure days the test is one of two strictly survive. Saliva tests given emergency reporter some choosing to stay despite the threat of a authorization by the fda Yale University created the other one but its not an athome test how is this better than the major hurricane. Swabs . We know theres going to be an aftermath and theres going the false negative rate is to be a lot of cleanup to do afterwards. We think its important to stay what were concerned with. Around if we feel safe where telling somebody that theyre were at. Reporter officials negative when actually they are cautioning First Responders cant save you. Dont dial 911. No ones going to answer. Sick is very dangerous so the saliva test has less than okay . And you are on your own. 1 false negative rate reporter beaumonts mayor reporter but scientists caution theres not enough data yet to know how much virus is in has led her city through many disruptive hurricanes. Wednesday night into thursday when this really ratchets up, whats keeping you up at night the most . Saliva. Loss of life is the biggest theyre generally very accurate concern that i would ever have when it comes to Something Like theyre probably a little bit this. Reporter and there are less sensitive than the nasal swab which is the term used to fears, of course, of widespread mean if people have very, very small amounts of virus, its Power Outages for days. Governor abbott summoning some possible that the nasal swab 9,000 utility workers with would detect that whereas the saliva wouldnt. Reporter the test is also pricey 150 if you order it directly from the company right now vault is running about 80,000 tests a day as that number goes up, the cos another 6,000 requested. And you can expect them to be very busy over the coming days and potentially weeks. Hoda, back to you. All right. Sam, thank you. Clara terry who wil we turn now to that third will come down night of violeha for students like 18yearold clara terry who will be a freshman at purdue, spitting in the tube was easy. Ive heard with the nose one, it hurts reporter now, even though this test is done at home, a key part of vaults this was not painful at all. Reporter now, even though this test is done at home, a key wisconsin, last night. Part of vaults test is you have to do it live over a video call with a clinician to ensure tensions are only growing in the youre doing it correctly and wake of the Police Shooting of a black man in front of his children. Gabe gutierrez is there for us. Gabe, what was the night like . Reporter good morning. Its your saliva take a look at this burnt out i got the results of my test two days later. Car. There was a shooting that happened just down the street. Negative the pga and nba are among the two people dead, one person sports leagues using these injured. No arrests so far, but investigators right now are looking for a man armed with a tests. Theyre easier and less long gun. This violence is not what jacob blakes family had been pleading for. Overnight protests in kenosha, invasive. No wonder the kids want them but theres a question of cost its 150 but it is open to anyone so you just have to go on vaults website and do that. That means you dont have to be a professional athlete or a student. You can just clicketyclack and get the test yes youre looking at 40,000 wisconsin, turning deadly. We have shots fired. We dont want you out here. Move. Reporter authorities clearing the streets after reports of gunshots. Police say at least two people are dead, one Person Injured. Mobilized more National Guard students at purdue alone they say its a worthwhile investment to try to protect their students and staff. Is there a certain time frame like these students need a test for a certain time for the purdue students, they members. Some protesters ignored a want them to take it within two weeks of going onto campus but you could take the test, be negative, and a few days later curfew. Be positive. Authorities deploying tear gas. This is the Third Straight night so there are limitations okay. All right. Of violence protest here. A good breakthrough. All right. The community is on edge. This is pathetic to happen in thank you so much. Our country and in the state of vickys going to be back again in the third hour with everything you need to know about getting a flu shot this wisconsin. Its just anarchists taking advantage of the situation. Fall. Time now for another check reporter the chaos came despite jacob blakes family fall time now for another check of the weather from mr. Roker. Hey, al. Hey, guys lets show you what we have going on pleading for peaceful protests. They shot my son. For today were looking at some seven times. Severe storms making their way through the plains record highs in the upper Mississippi River valley heavy rain down through the seven times. Like he didnt matter. But my son matters. Reporter his family is now gulf some dry thunderstorms in the demanding the officers involved pacific northwest. The heat returns to the in sundays shooting captured on this cell phone video be fired and the one who shot blake in n good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. As we take a live look outside in san jose, clear air quality as we start out this morning with fog near the coast. Recovered a weapon. Our air quality will go back to he was not treated like a human that day. He was treated like some foreign being unhealthy as we go into object that didnt belong. Reporter blakes family now late morning and the afternoon as temperatures reach into the mid 80s. Says the 29yearolds spinal cord is severed and hes nice and a little bit cooler for paralyzed from the waist down. Some spots. As we go into the rest of the his mother last spoke to him sunday morning as he prepared to week, some of our warmest inland celebrate his sons 8th temperatures will reach into the low 90s but then come up a few degrees on friday. Well, since its National Dog Day, pepper demanded that she come in. Birthday. The boy was in the back seat when his father was shot. Look at pepper. When you first walked into that hospital room and you saw your son, what went through your head . Oh. Been a while. Oh, al. Sweetest dog she has a ryder in her contract i always appear on National Dog Day. Thats right, pepper so many things. U t yours. Just so elated being able to see him and hes alive. Nighty night, pepper. Reporter the u. S. Department sheinelle is here now in for of justice is now assisting state authorities with the cts of tiger king are coming to the nbc family investigation. Wisconsins department of justice says the officers are on administrative leave and are fully cooperating. Kenosha Police Officers do not wear body cameras, but the blake family wants any dash cam footage or any other video of a new series now simply called joe exotic is set to stream on nbc and peacock. It will be hard to miss the new show while there are a few tiger king the incident released. Based projects in the works, this one will feature kate blakes family now plans to file mckinnon in the lead role of carol baskin as she learns about a civil lawsuit. Over the last three days, the the big cat zoo and sets out to Kenosha Police department has shut him down. Not commented, only to say that its officers were responding to a domestic incident. But again, two people dead. One Person Injured following no word yet on who will be playing joe exotic, but we know another night of unrest here, rob lowe has thrown his hat into savannah. All right. The ring in the past for another project. Even nicolas cage is attached to Gabe Gutierrez on a devastating night there. A tiger king show. Thank you. And craig joins us now with a look at the second night of the Republican National so well see who lands the job next up, Meghan Markle finally settled in los angeles the duchess of sussex is wasting convention. No time in working for causes hey, craig. Good morning. Close to her thats right, hoda. Tuesday night struck a decidedly different tone. We heard calls of unity from within the first family including Melania Trump in her longest speech yet. Peter alexander has more on all of that. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. With parts of the broadcast from the white house, the convention didnt just blur the line between governing and politics, it seemed to erase it all gelady speaking she sits down with Gloria Steinem to talk about the importance of voting and her and harrys two dogs also make an appearance people forget how hard women like you and so many others before you