BAHAMAS - Hurricane Dorian

"Why Hurricane Dorian lingered for so long over the Bahamas" PBS NewsHour 9/3/2019

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SUMMARY:  Why did Hurricane Dorian, the strongest storm on record to hit the Bahamas, linger over the island nation for so long?  Ken Graham, director of the National Hurricane Center, joins Judy Woodruff to explain the "rare" conditions that kept the storm battering Grand Bahama for more than 20 hours, creating a “devastating” situation for residents, and shares the latest forecast for the southeastern U.S.

"Hurricane Dorian leaves ‘apocalyptic’ damage in the Bahamas" PBS NewsHour 9/4/2019

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SUMMARY:  The southeastern U.S. shoreline is watching Hurricane Dorian drive north, not far offshore.  The storm’s winds have dropped to 105 miles per hour, still plenty powerful but much less severe than those that blasted the northern Bahamas earlier this week.  John Yang reports and joins Judy Woodruff from Nassau with an update on a disaster whose scope of destruction is still coming into focus.

DOMESTIC THREAT - Christopher Paul Hasson

"‘Fantasies of violence’ motivated Coast Guard officer with weapons stockpile" PBS NewsHour 2/21/2019

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SUMMARY:  Christopher Paul Hasson, a Coast Guard officer and self-proclaimed white supremacist, is facing drug and weapons charges after federal agents discovered a stockpile of firearms and ammunition at his Maryland home.  Also found was a list of his apparent targets, including Democratic politicians and journalists.  Amna Nawaz talks to the Anti-Defamation League's Oren Segal about the threat.