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I covered hurricane katrina. i remember what happened with the levees. what is the state of the levies? are you in better shape than you were back then? i gather you are but i'm sure you're assessing it hour by hour. >> there's been $15 billion investment since 2006 and yes, tomorrow is the anniversary but i believe it's also an anniversary that shows we are more resilient, we are more prepared. we talked with the corps of engineers, the governor and the state and national weather service. local levee protection authority and they're comfortable with the status of the system right now. all of ...

What the president and republicans are saying, it's the same thing we've been saying for months. there's nothing impeachable here, this is a witch hunt. >> reporter: now, as you know, the democrats would like to have this thing buttoned up, frankly, by christmas. if they can impeach the president, they'd like to get it done by then, and that would lead to a senate trial sometime in january. but they could also choose, eric, to censure the president. that would take the senate trial out of the picture, presumably so, next year. either way, an interesting few weeks ahead. eric: yeah. we'll see i...

>> reporter: we certainly hope so. hale breaks a streak of the last six witnesses who have not shown up here to testify. hale is the top-ranking state department official to come testify so far in this probe. it doesn't get much higher up in the hierarchy at state than hale. he's the number three person in the whole building, and democrats hope that his testimony will buttress that of marie yovanovitch, the depositions talking about yovanovitch's ouster from the state department, the lack of cover from pompeo and what the political machinations were behind the scenes. if that all sounds like i...

Mandatory evacuations have been issued for parts of florida and south carolina as hurricane dorian takes aim at the u.s. mainland. already, the bahamas are being tortured by this gigantic slow moving storm. >> we need help. please, someone please come help us. >> the storm that caused this is set to bring dangerous rain, wind and storm surge to the southeastern u.s. officials have no choice but to tell residents to leave now while they still can. for some, leaving is not an option. i want to bring in anthony zorba, the executive director of the source homeless ministry. you are dealing with a ...

Called and told her police had once again come for sam. >> what did you think when you heard sam was arrested? >> the same that i always had. here we go again. >> he'll be out soon. >> yes. >> after all, they had detained sam once before and had to release him. but as darren wyatt now explained to sam lopez, this time was different. >> i've told you before we wouldn't give up until we were able to bring resolution to this case and that's where we're at now. >> but just when it seemed the case was buttoned up, darren got a surprising call. remember the request for touch dna darren had submitted...