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>> reporter: ali, you know, these rain squalls, these outer bands, they come and go very quickly. and they are very fierce and strong when they start to pour down on us. i think we're about to get another one right now. that wind is picking up. we're seeing palms falling off of trees here. just a reminder there is a category 2 hurricane still out there. i mane, thethere. on the other hand, residents here are still breathing a sigh of relief as they remain vigilant. the tropical storm warning is still in effect here. that hurricane watch here at least in palm beach has been canceled. that storm...

Background checks were required lookout, thank you so much. on licensed gun sales, over 3.5 joining me from fort pierce, florida, nbc's gabe gutierrez. million gun sales have been stopped mainly to felons and how have the conditions that domestic abusers and others. al's been talking about changed when we look at the states, a the way that the national guard state like connecticut that might be preparing and local passed strong background checks officials there? >> reporter: hi there, jo ling. we saw gun homicides and what i was talking about, just suicides fall significantly. think about that...

Dorian will likely remain offshore, hugging the coast. tropical storm mornings will be iss issued the storm is expected to impact georgia. a lot of people in the path of the storm. janessa, those folks are prepping for a hit soon. >> this is going over the northern bahamas right now. we're seeing sustained winds 160 miles per hour, with the hurricane warnings in place in that area. you're going to see the outer bands right now. they're seeing the outer bands of the storm system. this is not the tight knit winds we're going to be seeing. gusts up to 60, 70 miles per hour. the outer eye is where...

Hurricane conditions. over 74 miles per hour. we are seeing sustained winds at 70. we could also see some flooding rain and landslide. definitely watching that over the next several hours. let's talk about where it is now. were s now impacting the eastern portions of puerto rico with outer bands and we are looking at winds at 70 meriles per hour. that's a very strong storm where it was last night, increase tremendously over night and into this morning. we'll watch over the next several hours. a couple of key players in place here. will it go over land in puerto rico and decrease a little bit. ...

That are already water locked but all eyes on the swollen mississippi river and the communities surrounding it, jeff paul light in baton rouge, 3 rivers that come together in one place, hey, jeff. >> hey, eric, yeah, this is the mississippi right here and to give you an idea how full it is right now, backed by outer bands, this is the guardrail that leads to steps and it's supposed to be all the way down 10 more steps and you can't see the end of the guardrail, that just shows you how full and flowing the mississippi river is in baton rouge, it was going to be a rain event, as you take a look ...