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IN JUST A FEW DAYS, ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MATCHUPS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL WILL KICK OFF. THE BULLDOGS ARE COMING TO ALABAMA TO FACE THE CRIMSON TIDE. BUT THERE’S BEEN SOME BUZZ ABOUT WHO’S EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE GAME, WHICH WE’VE LEARNED IN RECENT WEEKS INCLUDES FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. AND WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S VISIT COMES A LOT OF SECURITY MEASURES AND SECURING BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM IS BOUND TO BE A TOUGH TASK. �������� 13 JARVIS ROBERTSON SPOKE WITH A FORMER SECRET SERVICE AGENT TONIGHT. JARVIS, WHAT DOES HE BELIEVE WILL HAPPEN ON THE CAPSTONE THIS WEEKEND? WELL, SECURITY CERTAINLY WILL BE TIGHT. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE, OF COURSE. SO ESPECIALLY WE’VE ALREADY SEEN TWO ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS ON FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. NOW, THE RETIRED SECRET SERVICE AGENT, I SPOKE TO SAYS THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE AGENCY, THEY’RE DEALING WITH A LOT, A LOT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN THROWN INTO THE SPOTLIGHT. BUT HE BELIEVES THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS AND PROCEDURES WILL BE IN PLACE TO KEEP THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAFE. EVERY DAY I WENT TO WORK, I WATCHED HISTORY BEING MADE. MICHAEL WILLIAMS IS A 33 YEAR VETERAN OF THE SECRET SERVICE. HE RETIRED IN 2019. I’VE HAD THE HONOR AND THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING SIX PRESIDENTS BECAUSE WHEN I STARTED, PRESIDENT REAGAN WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEN I RETIRED. PRESIDENT TRUMP, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WILLIAMS AND I WENT THROUGH A FEW PICTURES WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP VISITED BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM BACK IN 2019, JUST TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW SECURITY COULD BE PLANNED OUT FOR THE GAME THIS COMING SATURDAY. THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE PRESIDENT, WE MAKE IT A POINT TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE. WE PUT ADDITIONAL ASSETS IN PLACE. I’M PRETTY SURE THAT THERE WERE ASSETS IN THAT CROWD BELOW HIM. THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN SHORTLY AFTER WILLIAMS RETIRED. IS THIS A MORE THAN NORMAL, STRESSFUL DAY FOR SECRET SERVICE? WELL, AGAIN, YOU THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE PRESIDENT, HE GOES TO BASEBALL STADIUMS AND HE THROWS OUT THE FIRST PITCH AGAIN, WE HAVE A PROTOCOL IN PLACE WHEN WE’RE AT STADIUMS. HE COULD NOT GIVE ME SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT HOW THEY CREATE A SECURITY PLAN, OR EXACTLY HOW MANY SECRET SERVICE AGENTS ARE ASSIGNED TO COVER A PRESIDENT’S DETAIL. BUT HE DID SAY A PLAN IS IN PLACE. WE’VE GOT OUTER PERIMETER, MIDDLE PERIMETER, AND YOU’VE GOT THE THE INNER PERIMETER. CLOSE CIRCLE. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU CAN LOOK INTO THIS WEEK AND YOU CAN SEE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT THOSE THAT SITUATION HAS BEEN MITIGATED. NOW, WILLIAMS DID GO ON TO SAY THAT CERTAINLY THIS IS A STRESSFUL JOB EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE YOU ARE PROTECTING A PRESIDENT NOW AHEAD OF THIS GAME, THE UNIVERSITY, THEY DID RELEASE A STATEMENT LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THAT BECAUSE THE FORMER PRESIDENT WILL BE THERE, SECURITY WILL BE TIGHT AND YOU SHOULD ARRIVE A LITTLE BIT EARLY. SHERRY. ALL RIGHT. JARVIS, THANKS SO MUCH. AND AHEAD OF THIS GAME, U.S. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION IS ALSO ISSUING A NEW WARNING ABOUT COUNTERFEIT TICKETS. THEY SAY TICKETS TO THE GAME ARE ALREADY SOLD OUT. SO THAT MEANS THERE WILL MOST LIKELY BE PEOPLE TRYING TO SELL YOU TICKETS ON THE INTERNET. ALSO, AROUND THE STADIUM ON GAME DAY. SO BEWARE OF THOSE FAKE TICKETS IF YOU’RE UNSURE ABOUT A TICKET YOU PURCHASED, YOU CAN HAVE IT CHECKED STARTING AT 2:00 AT GATES FOUR AND 44. OR YOU CAN CALL THE TICKET OFFICE DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS. OFFICIALS WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE ONLY VERIFIED PLACES TO GET YOUR HANDS ON TICKETS IS FROM THE SCHOOL, OR VERIFIED RESALE TICKETS ON SEATGEEK. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH OUR WEATHER TEAM AS HURRICANE HELENE GETS CLOSER TO MAKING LANDFALL. IT’S EXPECTED TO HIT THE FLORIDA COAST AS SOON AS TOMORROW NIGHT. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JASON SIMPSON. METEOROLOGIST JORDAN WEST GIVING US A LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD SEE HERE. YEAH, THIS ONE WILL BE AN ABSOLUTE BEAST. IT’S ALREADY BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF IT. WE LOOK AT THE SATELLITE IMAGERY TONIGHT. WE SEE THE PRESSURE FALLING AND THE WIND SOMETIMES LAG THAT. BUT ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING THINGS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, LOOKING SOUTH, SINCE THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A BIG ALABAMA SITUATION, IS SOME OF THE VERBIAGE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS USED WITH THIS. AND THEY’RE THEY’RE GOING TO BE THE ONES HIT THE HARDEST. THEY’RE USING WORDS LIKE CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE AND UNSURVIVABLE STORM SURGE. SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL. THAT’S RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO SEE IMPACTS HERE IN ALABAMA. BUT I MEAN FLORIDA IS GOING TO SEE THE MAJOR ONES, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT STORM SURGE RIGHT NOW. IT’S A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE WITH WINDS NEAR 85MPH. THEN IT’S GOING TO SLOWLY TRACK INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO AND BECOME A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. AND THEN RIGHT BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL. THAT’S WHEN IT’S GOING TO BECOME A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE. THIS IS A MAJOR HURRICANE. THIS IS THURSDAY AROUND 7:00 PM WITH WIND SPEEDS NEAR 130MPH. AND TROPICAL SYSTEMS LIKE THIS ONE, THEY ALL DO THIS. THEY ROTATE COUNTERCLOCKWISE. SO EVERYWHERE EAST OF THIS SYSTEM TYPICALLY HAS THE ONWARD FROM THE WIND COMING INLAND AND PUSHING THE WATER FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE INLAND COMMUNITY. SO PLACES LIKE JUST SOUTH OF LIVE OAK, NEAR CEDAR KEY WILL SEE MORE STORM SURGE COMPARED TO PLACES LIKE EAST POINT, POTENTIALLY, AND PANAMA CITY. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WELL, THIS IS WHAT A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE LOOKS LIKE 74 TO 95 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS, MINOR HOME DAMAGE, ANYTHING THAT’S LINGERING OUTSIDE TREE BRANCHES SNAPPING, CAUSING SOME MINOR POWER OUTAGES, POWER OUTAGE ISSUES, SOMETHING EASILY FIXABLE. BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE. BIG DIFFERENCE RIGHT? STRONGER WIND