People. Hear from shaken survivors, including a mother whose 17monthold daughter was caught in the cross fire. Im so grateful anderson was here and were not one of those families. General mattis is in studio 57 for his first live interview since his resignation. President trumps former defense secretary talks about his nearly two years in office and how he knew it was time to leave. Its monday, september 2nd, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Winds are howling like weve never, ever experienced before. Hurricane dorian ravages the bahamas. This is still a category 5, major monster hurricane. Southern states are bracing for possible impact with mandatory evacuations announced for parts of florida, georgia, and south carolina. Breaking news off the coast of southern california. The u. S. Coast guard is in the mid am of a rescue operation assisting a boat in distress. The coast guard says there are numerous fatalities. Im tired of the dying. A man went on a shooting rampage in west texas killing seven people and injuring dozens of others. I didnt get to tell her how much i loved her before this happened. President trump called the shooting a wicked attack but did not say he would support any new gun control laws. As strong as you make your background checks, they would not have stopped any of it. Protests in hong kong continued for the 13th straight weekend. Protesters used burning barricades near hong kongs airport. All that Serena Williams advanced to the u. S. Open quarterfinals. And all that matters. I just want to say if theyre still here, you guys raised an amazing player. Competition combined with kindness at the u. S. Open after naomi osaka defeated coco gauff. Ill learn a lot from this match. She has been so sweet to me. Thank you for this. Thank you. On cbs this morning. The people of west texas held a vigil to grieve together one day after a mass shooting left seven people dead. This will not break us. In west texas, we have to be tough. Our weather is tough. The economy has its ups and downs. This is cbs news special report. Im Anthony Mason in new york. A major rescue operation is under way right now at a burning boat off the california coast. There are reports of fatalities at the scene. The coast guard says its responding to reports to more than 30 people unaccounted for. The 75foot boat is near santa cruz island, part of the Channel IslandsNational Park, west of ventura county. Just north of los angeles. Take a look at the photos of that dive boat fully engulfed in flames. Ventura county officials tell cbs news there are deaths but wouldnt say how many. The coast guard responded to calls of a burning boat with more than 30 people abroad just before 3 30 a. M. Pacific time. Five people were rescued and 34 people are still missing right now. The coast guard says one of the rescued people was taken to shore and suffered minor injuries. No word yet as to what caused the fire. You can go to our streams service to follow this and the other big stories of the day. There will be tonight on the cbs evening news. Many wiof you return to cbs thi morning. Im Anthony Mason. And welcome to cbs this morning. Im Anthony Mason with Tony Dokoupil. Gayle king is off so our cbs contributor is with us. As you wake up in the west were also covering the approach of one of thetrongest Atlantic Hurricanes ever recorded. Hurricane dorian is still a massive category 5 storm. The strongest there is. It has battered the northern bahamas for close to 24 hours with an estimated 20foot storm surge and wind gusts above 200 miles an hour. So far one death is reported there. We begin our coverage with Janet Shamlian in juneau beach, florida a little more than a hundred miles from the eye of Hurricane Dorian. Janet, where you are how are people preparing for the storm . Reporter tony, good morning. We are under a Tropical Storm warning here and a mandatory Evacuation Order for some areas. The winds have picked up significantly over the past couple of hours and weve seen the occasional rain band come through. The storm is now 110 miles east of our location in juneau so the time for preparing is just about over. Weve already seen the devastation dorian has put on the bahamas. The pictures coming in showing an island in ruins. One of the most powerful atlantic storms on record is unleashing its catastrophic rage in the northern bahamas. The category 5 hurricane made landfall in the abaco islands sunday with winds of 185 miles an hour. We need help. Everything is down. Reporter revealing dorians devastating path of fury. The storm battered roof tops and storm surges topping 18 feet left entire neighborhoods under water. Floating debris and large, sunken boats litter the island. Please pray for us. Reporter people on the abaco islands endured dorian for hours. One woman pleading for prayers while trapped with her baby and neighbors as the storm ravaged their apartment complex. The media reports this 8yearold drowned as his family tried to find shelter. His sister is missing. This morning Officials Say they dont know how many homes have been destroyed but expect many will be homeless. This is probably the most saddened and worst day of may life and ive been trained to with stand many things but never anything like this. Reporter a dramatic change here in conditions just in the last couple hours. Shelters are filling up for those who live in at risk areas. And its important to note that they have opened at least one pet friendly shelter this year. That is important because often people will not go to a shelter because they cant take their animals. That is a shame. Janet, thank you. The forecast for florida, and the southeast, hinges on when dorian will turn north. Our chicago station wbbmtv is tracking the hurricane. What do people in florida need to watch for right now . Reporter they need to be watching for the turn to the north. When does it happen . Because if this system works even just a little bit further west before making that turn, more impacts will be felt across the sunshine state. What i see right now is that the storm is essentially not moved at all. It is moving at this point at 1 mile per hour. Thats it. Winds are sustained to 160 Miles Per Hour. It is about 120 miles east of West Palm Beach right now. We are anticipating it will remain a cat 5 and eventually make the turn. Starts to encounter some shear as it does so. That may mean a bit of weakening. Were still talking about a major hurricane, category 4. That code of error still has portions of the florida coast line in its sight. We need to keep an eye on when the turn happens. That will really change the cone. Once we see the northerly motion well have a better idea who will be impacted most. When i see the carolinas and day four and five may potentially be an issue for them as well. With the steering currents, why hasnt it moved yet, that ridge of High Pressure is still very strong so it is essentially pushing the storm to the south. Once that ridge begins to weaken it opens up a door, allowing that storm to make the turn to the north and then hits the edge of the ridge and starts to turn off to the north and east. All of this is very dependent on if it makes that turn earlier or later. Well continue to track that of course. Thank you. Coastal dplunts south florida through the carolinas are preparing for the worst. Mandatory Evacuation Orders will be in effect later today in more than a dozen counties across the three states. Nine of them are in florida alone. Seven other counties there are under voluntary Evacuation Orders. Well go to the beach in st. Augustin, florida. Whats happening there . Reporter good morning. Good morning. What is happening here is this. Everyone who lives on this beach and everyone who lives in st. Augustine has to get out later today. The county is imposing a mandatory Evacuation Order that begins later this morning. As the hurricane moves closer to shore everyone agrees dorian looks daunting. Health first Cape Canaveral hospital was taking no chances. Dozens of patients, hurting and vulnerable, were moved inland and away from riansenace. In st. Augustine, joel packed up what he cant live without. The contents of his safe and his family of four. Do you typically stay or go . We go depending on the storm. Sometimes we say but this is definitely get out of here. Reporter why is that . The catastrophic dimensions of the 5 and the immensity of the storm and how its moving. Reporter for reference i want to show you why people here take dorian seriously. This is the same spot three years ago when Hurricane Matthew flooded city streets for blocks. Like dorian, matthew was a monster category storm. Coastal florida is battening down and boarding up with widespread Evacuation Orders in effect. The florida governor, ron desantis. If you are ordered to evacuate, you know, safety comes first and you dont want to mess with the storm that is going at 185 Miles Per Hour. Reporter we were told labor day business plummeted and the juice bar business was down at least 50 . The streets are literally empty. Reporter the empty streets may have hurt the area financially but they helped rob hardwig the st. Augustine beach police chief who has fewer people to be worried about. I dont want to be complacent. One shift in a few degrees and its on top of us. Reporter airport closures are another sign dorian scares this coast. Palm beach county International Airport is already closed. Airports in melbourne and Fort Lauderdale will be closing at noon today. Anthony . Mark,hanks. You can follow Hurricane Dorian around the clock and watch our streaming service cbsn with our cbs news app or by logging on to cbsnews. Com. In texas investigators are trying to figure out why a man armed with an assault style weapon went on a chaotic, deadly shooting rampage in odessa. Video shows him speeding down the highway before slamming into patrol cars in odessa on saturday. Officers eventually shoont killed the gunman during a standoff. Seven people were killed ranging in age from 15 to 57. At least 20 others were hurt in what is the 38th mass killing this year including incidents where more than three people have been shot and killed. Our lead National CorrespondentDavid Begnaud is in odessa, texas. What are we learning about the shooter . Reporter good morning. There are a couple reports we should tell you about. Number one our cbs station in dallas is reporting that the gunman had just been fired from a trucking job right before the rampage began. There is another report from a newspaper here in odessa which says the gunman was fired from another job a year ago because he was fighting and threatening his coworkers and police were notified about that. We are here at this Movie Theater in odessa because the rampage ended right behind me. Authorities will never know if the gunman was driving toward the Movie Theater because he continued to go inside and continued shooting. Crowds of people took cover saturday afternoon, terrorized by the gun fire that erupted around them during the shooting spree. Oh, god theres shooting right there. Oh, he hit the barrier. Reporter police say the violence stretched more than ten miles across two different cities in the heart of texass oil country. Lets go. Get to the building. Reporter ethan was one of the people who ran for safety. It was the scariest moment of my life. Reporter the investigators say the rampage started just after 3 00 p. M. State troopers tried to pull over a vehicle, following reports that a person was driving erratically. The driver opened fire with an assault style rifle, hitting and wounding a trooper before driving off. We have an active shooter on the interstate. Reporter for nearly two hours the gunman led police on a high speed chase while firing at people randomly. He hijacked a mail man at one point, killing 29yearold mary grenados who was on her postal route working. She was screaming for help. Reporter marys twin sister rosie was on the phone with her when the gunman attacked. I did my best to go help her but i couldnt get there on time. Reporter did she ever say anything to you after you heard the screaming . I didnt because she was already dead. Reporter police have identified the shooter as 36yearold seth aider. Public records show he was arrested in 2001 for two misdemeanors. On sunday Law Enforcement was seen searching a home in odessa believed to be connected to him. The shooting occurred less than a month after 22 people were killed at a walmart in el paso. The Texas Governor, greg abott. We need solutions to keep guns out of the hands of killers like the criminal here in odessa while making sure we safeguard Second Amendment rights. Reporter the Texas Governor says he supports strengthening background checks in order to address gun violence. But when it comes to other Mass Shootings here in texas, dallas, sutherland springs, el paso, the gunmen in those cases got their weapons legally. More background checks may not have stopped them. What we dont know is how the gunman in this case got his. David, thank you. Among the people that were killed, there was a 15yearold girl on a date out with her family. She just celebrated in may. Her brother was shot but survived. Hundreds attended a vigil in odessa last night to remember all of the victims. How is the community responding to this . Reporter good morning. Many here are saying odessa is strong and they will get through this. As a community. And one of the ways they are doing that is by leaving messages to the victims and also the survivors here on the sidewalk. One of them reads, united we stand. Another, hate is not welcome here. One of the youngest survivors is a 17monthold baby. Her mother says she had no idea where the bullets were coming from when her small child, her baby girl was hit in the back seat. I am so grateful anderson was here. Ism so grateful were not one of those families on the other side of this. Kelby davis says her 17monthold daughter is home after being caught in the crossfire while in her car seat. Doctors are set to remove shrapnel from her chest after she was shot in the tongue and lip knocking out her front teeth. Within seconds i looked at anderson and she was just covered in blood, so much blood. I mean, you couldnt even see her face. My goodness. Reporter 15yearold lela celebrated less than four months ago. She was shot and killed at a local car dealership where her brother who was wounded just bought a truck. Her classmates at Odessa High School say she was always smiling. Its just hard for everybody who was close to her. Reporter a truck driver from austin is hospitalized after bullets ripped through his wrist, arm, and chest. Just pop, pop, pop. We hear this bam, bam, bam. Three. And it was loud. Shaunna saxton says she was driving with her husband and baby grandson when the shooter pulled up alongside her. I saw a very large gun come up out of the car. What are you thinking . I said whey wat i was thinki. There is a gun. I freaked out. Youre still shaking. I am, yes. Its really hard when someone points a very large gun at you and you relive it in your mind and you see his face and he hated. He was full of rage and something else. I dont even know what. Reporter shauna tells me she was able to get away from the shooter by maneuvering around some of the cars and driving away as fast as she could before he reloaded his gun. We also know the baby anderson is finally at home. She is playing with her little brother, and she is expected to make a full recovery. A small bit of good news. Thank you very much. President trump weighed in calling the texas gunman another very sick person. He told reporters at the white house yesterday that gun reform legislation is in the works. However, there is currently no Gun Legislation waiting to be interdub introduced once Congress Returns from the summer recess. After last months el paso and dayton shootings the president indicated a willingness to support tougher background checks but back tracked shortly after that. Earlier this year the house passed background check legislation but the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell refuses to bring it up in the senate. There was more unrest in hong kong this morning after a weekend of violent demonstrations. Ahead well take you there to see how protesters are trying to disrupt the territorys subway system. F0 good monday morning to you and happy labor day, through the day, temps cooler compared to yesterday but still above average. 93 in concord. 79 oakland. 72 for san francisco. We head through the week request on shore flow kicking in through thursday and even into the weekend. Temperatures will be right around where we should be for this time of year, plenty of sun across the board. Have a great day. We have much more news ahead as we keep an eye on Hurricane Dorian approaching the florida coast. We expect new information in less than an hour. Plus a dramatic car crash injures comedian kevin hart. How he managed to get help. Youre watching cbs this morning. Tic car crash injuries comedian kevin hart. How he found his way home to get help, coming up. Otezla is not an injection or a cream. 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