JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's
other news: The U.S. Gulf Coast
battened down for Hurricane

Sally's arrival later tonight.
It's expected to hit east of
New Orleans, with up to two

feet of rain. Another
hurricane struck Bermuda
today, and two more are
brewing in the Atlantic.

We get more from Ken
Graham, director of the
National Hurricane Center.

He spoke with our
Stephanie Sy earlier.

Ken Graham, thank you
so much for joining us.

The governor of Louisiana said
that, for a lot of people,
Hurricane Sally seemed to have

come out of nowhere, rapidly
forming into a hurricane
just in the last day. What is

the -- current forecast can
you tell us about where it is
heading and how strong it will

be?

KEN GRAHAM, Director, National
Hurricane Center: Yes, looking
at 100 mile-an-hour winds right

now, so, significant hurricane.

And, actually, looking
at this, I mean, the
tropical storm-force
winds extend out over

100 miles, but the real story
here is slow, and that is a
big problem. So, if you think

about this being 1:00
p.m. Tuesday, this is
1:00 p.m. Wednesday.

In 24 hours, that's not a lot
of movement. So, the problem
is, with a slow storm like

that, that just compounds the
issues with rainfall. Storm
surge. It's going to be water.

You're going to see that
storm surge from Louisiana all
the way back to Florida and

torrential dangerous rains as
well from Mississippi, Alabama,
the Florida Panhandle, even into

Georgia.

So, significant issue with
the water, slow storms, that
just compounds the issues.

STEPHANIE SY: Yes.

And a lot of times,
there's focus on the
center of the hurricane
and when it hits landfall.

With Hurricane Sally, are
we more concerned with
the prolonged impacts?

KEN GRAHAM: Absolutely.

Let's look at that. So, you
have the cone. So, the cone
really is where two-thirds of

the time we expect to have the
center, but the impacts are
well outside of it. I mean,

you look at this rainfall,
well outside of the cone.
That's a huge area of rainfall.

But the other part of this
is the dangerous storm surge.
That's historically the leading

cause of fatalities in these
tropical systems. So, you look
at some of these values, from

Southeast Louisiana, to portions
of the Mississippi coast seven
to 11 feet, but even six to nine

feet, four to six feet, five
to eight in Mobile Bay, so from
Alabama, the Florida Panhandle,

the Mississippi coast
to Louisiana, just
dangerous storm surge.

And that -- it makes it very
dangerous to travel. And a lot
of those areas, if the local

officials tell you to leave,
it's just so important to not
be in those dangerous locations.

STEPHANIE SY: I know you all
were predicting a very active
season. You're now monitoring

five Atlantic cyclones at the
same time, only the second time
in recorded history for that

to happen, even running out
of names for these hurricanes.

Ken Graham have with the
National Hurricane Center, thank
you so much for the latest.

KEN GRAHAM: Thank you.

JUDY WOODRUFF: There's
also new evidence that the
Arctic is rapidly heating.

Scientists in Denmark and
Greenland report that a huge
chunk has broken away from the

Greenland ice shelf. A satellite
study estimates it to be about
42 square miles. That is nearly

the size of San Francisco.

Cases of COVID-19 topped 29
million worldwide today, as the
pandemic persists. That includes

more than 6.5 million in the
United States. But new cases
in the U.S. have declined about

17 percent from two weeks
ago. The rate of new deaths
is also falling, even as total

deaths nationwide
approach 195,000.

The besieged president of
Belarus traveled to neighboring
Russia today, seeking support

against mass protests
after 26 years in power.
Russia's President
Vladimir Putin met with

Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi.
Putin promised a $1.5 billion
loan. He also warned against

foreign interference.

VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russian
President (through translator):
We see what kind of domestic

political events are happening
in relation to the election in
Belarus. You know our position

well. We are for Belarusians
to sort out this situation
themselves, without any tips and

pressure from outside.
They should come to
a common decision.

JUDY WOODRUFF: On Sunday,
an estimated 150,000
people took to the streets
of Minsk, the Belarusian

capital. They say that
Lukashenko rigged his
reelection in August
and must step down.

Back in this country, a federal
appeals court today upheld
President Trump's decision to

strip protections that let
half-a-million immigrants stay
in the U.S. They were admitted

on humanitarian grounds from
El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua
and Sudan, and some have

been here for decades. The
case could wind up before
the U.S. Supreme Court.

Authorities across the Los
Angeles area are searching for
the gunman who fired into a

squad car and wounded two
sheriff's deputies on Saturday.
It also sparked an anti-police

protest outside the
hospital where the deputies
are being treated. They
are expected to recover.

Software developer Oracle
has won the competition for
TikTok's U.S. operations.
The video-sharing

app's Chinese owner announced
the proposed partnership today,
but did not call it a sale.

President Trump says that
TikTok's U.S. operations
must be sold or shut
down to prevent data

being passed to China.

And on Wall Street, the oracle
TikTok agreement and other major
corporate deals fueled a new

rally. The Dow Jones industrial
average gained 327 points to
close at 27993. The Nasdaq rose

203 points and the
S&P 500 added 42.

Still to come on the "NewsHour":
on the ground in Oregon, as
wildfires ravage the West; how

the pandemic makes a dire
situation worse in Syria; our
Politics Monday team breaks

down the latest in the race for
the White House; and much more.