WEBVTT 00:01.966 --> 00:04.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's other news: The U.S. Gulf Coast battened down for Hurricane 00:04.033 --> 00:08.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Sally's arrival later tonight. It's expected to hit east of New Orleans, with up to two 00:10.800 --> 00:14.400 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% feet of rain. Another hurricane struck Bermuda today, and two more are brewing in the Atlantic. 00:16.333 --> 00:20.266 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% We get more from Ken Graham, director of the National Hurricane Center. 00:20.266 --> 00:23.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% He spoke with our Stephanie Sy earlier. 00:23.333 --> 00:25.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Ken Graham, thank you so much for joining us. 00:25.566 --> 00:30.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% The governor of Louisiana said that, for a lot of people, Hurricane Sally seemed to have 00:30.400 --> 00:35.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% come out of nowhere, rapidly forming into a hurricane just in the last day. What is 00:37.466 --> 00:40.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the -- current forecast can you tell us about where it is heading and how strong it will 00:40.700 --> 00:42.800 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% be? 00:42.800 --> 00:43.766 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% KEN GRAHAM, Director, National Hurricane Center: Yes, looking at 100 mile-an-hour winds right 00:43.766 --> 00:45.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% now, so, significant hurricane. 00:45.933 --> 00:48.966 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% And, actually, looking at this, I mean, the tropical storm-force winds extend out over 00:48.966 --> 00:53.966 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% 100 miles, but the real story here is slow, and that is a big problem. So, if you think 00:53.966 --> 00:58.200 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% about this being 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, this is 1:00 p.m. Wednesday. 00:58.200 --> 01:02.966 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% In 24 hours, that's not a lot of movement. So, the problem is, with a slow storm like 01:02.966 --> 01:07.366 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% that, that just compounds the issues with rainfall. Storm surge. It's going to be water. 01:07.366 --> 01:11.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% You're going to see that storm surge from Louisiana all the way back to Florida and 01:11.100 --> 01:16.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% torrential dangerous rains as well from Mississippi, Alabama, the Florida Panhandle, even into 01:17.033 --> 01:19.100 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% Georgia. 01:19.100 --> 01:21.166 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% So, significant issue with the water, slow storms, that just compounds the issues. 01:21.166 --> 01:23.666 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% STEPHANIE SY: Yes. 01:23.666 --> 01:26.366 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% And a lot of times, there's focus on the center of the hurricane and when it hits landfall. 01:26.366 --> 01:29.833 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% With Hurricane Sally, are we more concerned with the prolonged impacts? 01:29.833 --> 01:31.900 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% KEN GRAHAM: Absolutely. 01:31.900 --> 01:35.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Let's look at that. So, you have the cone. So, the cone really is where two-thirds of 01:35.333 --> 01:39.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the time we expect to have the center, but the impacts are well outside of it. I mean, 01:39.133 --> 01:43.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% you look at this rainfall, well outside of the cone. That's a huge area of rainfall. 01:43.633 --> 01:47.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% But the other part of this is the dangerous storm surge. That's historically the leading 01:47.400 --> 01:51.833 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% cause of fatalities in these tropical systems. So, you look at some of these values, from 01:51.833 --> 01:56.800 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Southeast Louisiana, to portions of the Mississippi coast seven to 11 feet, but even six to nine 01:58.833 --> 02:02.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% feet, four to six feet, five to eight in Mobile Bay, so from Alabama, the Florida Panhandle, 02:04.300 --> 02:06.400 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% the Mississippi coast to Louisiana, just dangerous storm surge. 02:06.400 --> 02:10.533 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And that -- it makes it very dangerous to travel. And a lot of those areas, if the local 02:10.533 --> 02:14.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% officials tell you to leave, it's just so important to not be in those dangerous locations. 02:14.333 --> 02:18.833 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% STEPHANIE SY: I know you all were predicting a very active season. You're now monitoring 02:18.833 --> 02:23.833 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% five Atlantic cyclones at the same time, only the second time in recorded history for that 02:25.266 --> 02:27.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to happen, even running out of names for these hurricanes. 02:27.200 --> 02:31.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Ken Graham have with the National Hurricane Center, thank you so much for the latest. 02:31.333 --> 02:33.400 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% KEN GRAHAM: Thank you. 02:33.400 --> 02:37.533 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: There's also new evidence that the Arctic is rapidly heating. 02:37.533 --> 02:41.966 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Scientists in Denmark and Greenland report that a huge chunk has broken away from the 02:41.966 --> 02:46.966 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Greenland ice shelf. A satellite study estimates it to be about 42 square miles. That is nearly 02:48.466 --> 02:51.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the size of San Francisco. 02:51.400 --> 02:56.366 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Cases of COVID-19 topped 29 million worldwide today, as the pandemic persists. That includes 02:58.333 --> 03:03.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% more than 6.5 million in the United States. But new cases in the U.S. have declined about 03:05.100 --> 03:09.266 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% 17 percent from two weeks ago. The rate of new deaths is also falling, even as total 03:10.466 --> 03:13.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% deaths nationwide approach 195,000. 03:13.400 --> 03:18.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% The besieged president of Belarus traveled to neighboring Russia today, seeking support 03:20.400 --> 03:25.166 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% against mass protests after 26 years in power. Russia's President Vladimir Putin met with 03:27.200 --> 03:31.433 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi. Putin promised a $1.5 billion loan. He also warned against 03:33.800 --> 03:35.733 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% foreign interference. 03:35.733 --> 03:39.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russian President (through translator): We see what kind of domestic 03:39.033 --> 03:44.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% political events are happening in relation to the election in Belarus. You know our position 03:45.933 --> 03:49.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% well. We are for Belarusians to sort out this situation themselves, without any tips and 03:50.966 --> 03:53.600 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% pressure from outside. They should come to a common decision. 03:53.600 --> 03:58.333 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: On Sunday, an estimated 150,000 people took to the streets of Minsk, the Belarusian 04:01.133 --> 04:06.133 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% capital. They say that Lukashenko rigged his reelection in August and must step down. 04:08.066 --> 04:12.233 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Back in this country, a federal appeals court today upheld President Trump's decision to 04:12.233 --> 04:17.233 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% strip protections that let half-a-million immigrants stay in the U.S. They were admitted 04:19.166 --> 04:23.866 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% on humanitarian grounds from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan, and some have 04:25.900 --> 04:29.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% been here for decades. The case could wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court. 04:31.900 --> 04:35.433 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Authorities across the Los Angeles area are searching for the gunman who fired into a 04:37.366 --> 04:40.800 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% squad car and wounded two sheriff's deputies on Saturday. It also sparked an anti-police 04:43.200 --> 04:47.733 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% protest outside the hospital where the deputies are being treated. They are expected to recover. 04:50.166 --> 04:53.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% Software developer Oracle has won the competition for TikTok's U.S. operations. The video-sharing 04:55.900 --> 05:00.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% app's Chinese owner announced the proposed partnership today, but did not call it a sale. 05:02.766 --> 05:06.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% President Trump says that TikTok's U.S. operations must be sold or shut down to prevent data 05:07.600 --> 05:09.633 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% being passed to China. 05:09.633 --> 05:14.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And on Wall Street, the oracle TikTok agreement and other major corporate deals fueled a new 05:16.633 --> 05:20.166 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% rally. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 327 points to close at 27993. The Nasdaq rose 05:24.066 --> 05:28.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% 203 points and the S&P 500 added 42. 05:28.933 --> 05:33.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Still to come on the "NewsHour": on the ground in Oregon, as wildfires ravage the West; how 05:35.900 --> 05:39.866 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the pandemic makes a dire situation worse in Syria; our Politics Monday team breaks 05:41.333 --> 05:46.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% down the latest in the race for the White House; and much more.