This Parking Garage there, thats at the Hard Rock Hotel and casino and, of course, these firefighters and some of the First Responders trying to get through it in biloxi, mississippi there. Thats one of the hardest hit areas. The flooding took the first floor of the casino under water. The Biloxi Fire Department took this video as the firefighters were wading through it. Minutes ago, nate was downgraded to a Tropical Storm. So far is knocked out power to nearly 73,000 customers in alabama, florida, and mississippi. We are tracking the impact of the storm with a team of meteorologists here in atlanta and reporter in mississippi and alabama. Lets begin with meteorologist ivan cabrera, the newest information from the National Hurricane center, what are you learning about the strength of the storm . The good news is no longer tracking a hurricane here. It is now a Tropical Storm with winds of 70 miles an hour, though as ill show you in the current wind gusts, not finding anywhere near that
cultural backlash intention. did you see the numbers we just reported? the numbers are unbelievable. sure. they re on his 99 support of the people that were with him day one are now with him on day whatever. almost 200. they re with him now. they don t change. it s working. it s in his world. it works with his base. but it s also the advice he receives. so the obsession with tv is not just him and the set and how he talks. he sees the people on tv as advisers. in the early days of the administration, madeline, who is his secretary, get me lou dobbs. and lou dobbs would be on the phone. and lou would tell him. speaking of lou dobbs, jon stewart. last night comedian jon stewart took on the calm before the storm comment. and let s watch him here. you ll find out. you ll a cliff-hanger surrounded by military people. you ll find out. ooh, will trump give humanity the rose? will civilization make to it the
little bit tougher, but other than that, we have a very good relationship. the president reiterated his wish to strike a temporary deal with democrat opens obamacare that he says is exploding. he wouldn t clarify his calm before the storm comment and what that meant, nor would he explain his tweets regarding north korea. when he said only one thing will work. although he criticized harvey weinstein with the sexual allegation claims against him, he dismissed his own remarks about women leaked in an access hollywood audio recording last year as locker room talk. look at this, this new ap university of chicago poll, finds the president, we don t have it on the screen yet, but president trump s approval rating is now at 32%. back to the breaking news this morning, what is now tropical storm nate over the gulf coast, causing some serious flooding you see here. martin savidge is watching
president trump commenting on growing rift between he and secretary of state who reportedly called him a moron. the future of white house chief of staff john kelly also came up. his comments, the president s, come right before he was traveling to north carolina to attend a fund-raiser. one thing he wouldn t talk about really is that calm before the storm comment. he also wouldn t explain his tweets on north korea. let s bring in melissa quinn and tom lobianco. good morning to both of you. good morning. first, let s listen to the president s comments on general kelly, his chief of staff.
for the entire seven remaining years. [ inaudible question ] no, no. he likes secretary tiller son and so do i. we have a very good relationship. we disagree on a couple of things. sometimes i d like him to be a little bit tougher, but other than that, we have a very good relationship. the president said, again, he wants to make a deal with democrats on obamacare. he says that program is exploding, but he would not clarify something else. his calm before the storm comment. he also would not talk about his tweets on north korea. all this is coming as this is new a.p. university of chicago poll that finds president trump s approval rating is at an all-time low. 32%. julian zeleny is a historian and professor at princeton university is with us now and errol louis who is of spectrum news. good morning to you, gentlemen.