Cat Five:Hurricane Dorian ripped through the Bahamas as a Category 5 storm, leaving boats flipped in harbors and widespread damage on land. Roofs were ripped off homes as winds gusted up to 220 mph. Residents of the Abaco Islands posted videos and pictures of floodwaters reaching the eaves of homes, submerged cars, and floating debris. 

  An eight-year old boy is reported to have drowned. Prime Minister Hubert Minnis described it as  “a deadly storm and a monster storm.”

  Dorian keeps charging course. It’s now expected to take a right turn off Palm Beach, Florida and follow the curve of the East Coast going north.

While We Were Sleeping:The gun control debate was given new fuel over the weekend after a gunman in Texas killed seven people and wounded 21. The shooter has been described as a 36-year-old man who would often sit on top of his home and shoot animals at night. The cops killed him.

  Seth Ator went on a rampage shooting from a moving vehicle only hours after he had been fired from his trucking job. 

  After flip-flopping on serious background checks for gun buyers, President Trump pledged to find a way to “substantially reduce” mass shootings, but he didn’t say how. It’s clear he will not do or propose anything that offends the National Rifle Association and that pretty much means he won’t do anything.

  A mass shooting is defined as an attack in which three or more people are killed, and so far this year there have been 38 of them in the US. 

  Returning from Camp David, Trump told reporters, “Background checks – I will say that for the most part, sadly, if you look at the last four or five, going back even five or six or seven years — for the most part, as strong as you make your background checks, they would not have stopped any of it.” 

  Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke said on CNN, “Thoughts and prayers have done nothing to stop the epidemic of gun violence. Yes, this is fucked up; and if we don’t call it out for what it is, we will continue to have this bloodshed in America.”

Trumponomics: With Hurricane Dorian threatening, President Trump was up this morning bragging about what a great president he is. He said on Twitter, “Since my election, many trillions of dollars of worth has been created for our Country, and the Stock Market is up over 50%.” 

The Obit Page:Leslie Gelb a former reporter for The NY Timeswho was instrumental in editing and publishing the Pentagon Papers, the leaked history of the Vietnam War, and who later became a diplomat, has died at age 82. Gelb won a Pulitzer Prize working for the Timesand later became assistant secretary of state and director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs during the Carter administration from 1977 to 1979.

Crash:Actor and Comedian Kevin Hart is reported to have suffered “major back injuries” yesterday following a car accident just after midnight in Los Angeles. Hart was being driven in his 1970 Plymouth Barracuda on Mulholland Highway when the driver lost control and the car went into an embankment.

  Hart is known for comic movies and standup.

The News Roundup:A West Point cadet fell to his death at a popular cliff diving spot in the mountains northwest of the military academy. He was said to have been clinging to a ledge when it broke away. — Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander threw his third career no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays, striking out 14 batters and allowing one walk. Only six other major-leaguers have thrown three no-hitters. — Pope Francis was late for his weekly address yesterday because he got stuck in an elevator. He was freed by firefighters, not God.