storm florence. all of our crews are out in it. we'll be bringing all of this information to you. our breaking news coverage our breaking news coverage continues now with "ac360." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> good evening. i'm anderson cooper in willing, north carolina. the story has been wailg rain and rain and more rain. we're seeing the heaviest band of rain just in the last ten minutes or so hitting this area down by the cape fear river. five people have died so far in this storm. five people. five lives lost. hundreds of people have had to be rescued from their homes. some here in wilmington. others in new bern and elsewhere. there have been rescues going on last night throughout today and no doubt will continue tonight. we'll be talking to some rescuers in the next hour as

well as some people who have been rescued. and the stories they tell are harrowing of water coming into their homes. of sending their children up into the attic with what they thought was to save their lives, and then finally being rescued when all hope seemed to be lost. there is a lot to tell but what is happening on the ground here. the storm is now a tropical storm but if you think that means it is over for people here, this rain tells what you the real story is. there is still concern about storm surge in areas, still concern about how much rain will continue to come down throughout the night into tomorrow. there are a lot of different areas that are just getting pummeled and pounded and have been all day long. i drove around wilmington earlier just to get a sense of how the city is. the electricity is out. as you know, probably north carolina, there's more than 300,000 people at this point

without electricity. south carolina has tens of thousands of people without electricity. we don't have exact numbers yet but those numbers are likely to increase. all throughout wilmington, there are huge enormous old beautiful trees that are on the ground. it is very difficult to get anywhere. driving around, roads are blocked. by downed trees. they haven't had time to even deal with those trees. most concern, the biggest priority, anyone in an emergency situation. and as we said. we'll talk to the fire chief, to the mayor, and to really give you a sense of what has been happening in north carolina over the last 24 hours. this storm is unlike any that i've covered before. we've certainly seen bigger storms in terms of the wind speed. the category of storms. just for a rain event, a water event. this is just a slow moving slog of a storm that seems to know

stuck and is just pounding this state, south carolina as well. i want to go to chris cuomo in north myrtle beach, north carolina. how are things there? >> reporter: this is witching hour. everything is conspiring together this storm right now. this is the thickest ban of rain. the tide is coming in behind me. all the energy the storm has been storing up. it is now being released. the wind has shifted and it is coming in onshore. this is what they're worried about and we'll see how all these hours of pounding rain that you're pointing to. it will make it easy for flooding. 650,000 people are without power.

we're working off our generators and our batteries here to bring you the programming but this is it. it is coming now. once it gets to the top of the beach, there is no protection for these homes. and then when it gets past the homes, it is not like houston that filled one harvey the way it did but it is flat to depressed. the water will pool and it will stay. >> in terms of what you've seen all day, is this as bad as you've seen? >> reporter: yep, this is it. this is the most of everything together that we've seen. we've been waiting for this storm. when we've heard it was no locker a hurricane and the eye was gone, some of these indications give you illusions or even delusions about mitigating the impact. this is about time. water over time. now wind, water and energy being

released in the surge. we'll see what happens. >> thank you. i want to go to todd at the river. we've all been watching this river as it starts to rise. brian, what are you seeing? >> reporter: the cape fear river, aptly named at this hour. officials are very concerned about the krefgt levels of this river, the high tide records, all the records this river is now setting. i just spoke to our cnn weather center. they told me a couple hours ago at high tide, this river has broken all the records. it was 8.28 feet at high tide. that is breaking all the records. and upstream in the northeastern section, it will go to 20 feet. the river has a different contour there. it is shallower in some of those

areas. tributaries are flowing out. when you think of 20 feet above your normal flood stage, your normal high levels for this river, that you know they're in danger from here in wilmington, all the way upstream. i am standing here on water street here in downtown wilmington and i'm standing in some water the storm surge has pushed the river into this area. the river is just beyond the pylons there. you can't see it now but when we could see it a few minutes ago, white caps all over the place, the current was just furious. the weather forecasters keeping a very close eye on this part of the cape fear river. when we talk about the flood stage setting record levels. that was for this part of the river where it meets the atlantic ocean. that's where it is.

it could break several records by several feet upstream. you have a lot of people living if those low-lying areas. the rain is of course relentless right now. >> yeah. and they were saying yesterday, the river may not crest until tuesday. we'll walk the the mayor about that. and miguel, how is 30th? >> reporter: windy and rainy. it is just not stopping. florence is packing a punch. 24 hours ago we were dealing with wind and rain. 24 hours later, we are still dealing with wind and rain. i know my colleague had a very, very heavy night of wind and rain last night. much of today, it was rainy, there was storm surge. now the wind is back in a way we haven't seen almost since we've been going live in the last 24 hours or so.

i just spoke to the city manager. he said amazingly, they have a lot of trees down, roofs blown off buildings, incredibly, no serious incidents in the town of carolina beach despite the weather they're dealing with. 600 people of the 6,200 who live here who decided to ride out this storm. they'll be checking on them in the days ahead. it is not clear when they will be able to open the town back up. one bridge in, one bridge back out. it will be difficult for emergency services to get out and get to people if they get into trouble. the winds are just intense. the rain is intense. we're kind of hiding behind the wall. the water and the rain coming down is very, very heavy. the tide will come in about

midnight. we saw a very strong surge. a half-hour, 45 minutes, a there was water to my waist. we expect that may happen tonight with. the wind blowing so hard out to sea, that may help. we'll see. this has thrown a lot of unknowns at us and at the officials who are trying to get through it. >> i would tell you to go get dry but that's pretty much impossible to get dry. i want to go on our meteorologist to talk about where the storm is. what the big picture is. what's the latest? >> the latest, we take a look. the storm is moving incredibly slow and that's the focus here. that's the reason why flooding will be such a big concern going forward. right now, western movement at only three miles an hour.

the sustained winds are 70 miles an hour. you also still have the tornado watch in effect for several hours. some of the communities getting down pours are under that threat for tornadoes. right now, you've got areas like morehead toward new bern. you have this very heavy band of rain and unfortunately, you will see the heavy rain over and over again in the same spots for at least the next several hours. >> you're talking about the next several hours. tomorrow, will it still be raining? >> yes. it is likely going to continue to rain because the track of this storm doesn't move all that much. especially in the next 24 hours. but even in the next 48. it is expected to be very close to south carolina. the center of circulation just crossed but we don't start to

see it reopen until sunday afternoon. because of that, areas of north carolina and south carolina are expecting to have the heavy rain for the next 48 hours. you'll notice the direction. the majority of that heavy storm surge is in portions of north carolina. as the storm moves inland, it will take and it start to push it into places like myrtle beach and elsewhere along the northeast coast of south carolina. we still expect these areas to pick up an additional six to nine feet of storm surge compared to what we already have. >> incredible. this still remains a very dangerous situation for people on the ground. we appreciate that. we've been watching rescues taking place all across the region. last night, today, thousands of emergency responders, many of

them volunteers helping others. this volunteer, amber, you see her in this photograph carrying a 7-year-old girl to safety. it's been seen by millions all over the world. she has two kids of her own. she is a volunteer with the civilian crisis response team base in the indiana which is where she lives. she joins us now from the town of santonberg. the photos we're seeing are incredible. can you just walk us through what happened during the rescue? i know it was a family of five and their dog, is that right? >> yes. and it is nice to be here and talking to you, anderson. we basically got a call around 4:00 a.m. from the local fire department. they were receiving calls from different families that were stranded and the waters were starting to rise and they couldn't get to them. our team moved in. as quickly as we could, and safely. we towed our boats behind us. when we got to where we couldn't

go any farther, we took the boats and started looking for houses. and the little girl that you see in the picture, kiana, she and her family were waiting for us. it was her and her two siblings, her parents and the pet dog. everyone was shaken up, of course, and ready to get out of the water but everything turned out really well. >> you're from indiana. what made you decide to come here? >> well, the organization we're with has a disaster services team. this is what we do. we pay attention to the news. if we see there is going to be a disaster hitting anywhere, we try to call the smaller towns that don't get as many resour s resources, to have everything available and to see if we can help them in these times of need. >> what is it like with this

storm compared to others you've seen? >> honestly, i am pretty new to this. this is my first year. so i've dealt with flooding but this is my first hurricane. so it is a little intimidating. i've really enjoyed getting to help where i can. >> what goes through your mind when you're involved in something like this? you see a family in need and you're able to help out? what is it like? >> well, honestly, at first when you see the weather, you're like what in the world did i get myself into? as you see the families that you're helping, you know it is all worth it. if this was my family, i would hope there would be someone who would help me, too. and it is worth all the risks to get them to safety. >> how long do you plan on staying here? >> well, we have a group of about 20. and we're going to rotate shifts

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the wind is even stronger than it has been in the last 24 hours. it is unbelievable. this storm, florence, will not quit. they call this a category 1. this is strongest category 1s that i've certainly seen. most of newhanover county is now out of electricity. almost the entire county, our cell phones have gone down. all communications, we're now using a satellite phone and many other technology to even get this live shot out. it is absolute pandemonium here. >> that was miguel marq you ez. no one's idea of typical.

you heard three miles an hour, it is incredible. it is measured in feet, not inches. hundreds of people needing rescue last night, today, probably tonight. you saw the volunteer amber who drove here from indiana to get a young girl to safety. .with that girl's mom. you were home with your three kids, your husband, your dog. you thought the house would be safe because it is a brick house. when did you realize the situation was getting out of control? >> about 11:30, 12:00. when the water came into the house. it came in slowly but it just kept rising. and then my husband pushed the mattress up to the attic and we were there a little bit. the winds started getting really bad so we made a decision to

come down out of the attic and put the kids on the top bunk bed. for them to at least try to get some sleep. and hopefully the water didn't rise anymore. and then while we were still waiting, my husband kept hearing people yelling for help. and we tried to go outside. but then the water got above his chest and then he had to come back inside. you can't help anyone. you just hear people yelling and you can't do anything. it is the worst feeling in the world to hear people. you can't do anything. >> so you could hear your neighbors screaming and yelling for help. >> yes. he's like, babe, i can hear

people yelling. i have to try to do something. he tried to walk around but the water got too high. my husband is 6'2". the water got to almost above his chest. he had to come back and then make sure the kids were okay. then we called 911 and they were like, well, we can just wait. we didn't get anyone to come get us until with 9:00 in the morning. >> so i understand it was a volunteer who came and rescued you? is that right? >> yeah. there were some guys from indianapolis with some boats. and they were basically just going back and forth bringing people across, i don't even know how far it was for them for to us get to land where the fire department was waiting with a truck. and we were basically just waiting for people to come on to the boat. >> when you saw them come, i can't imagine, that must have

been the greatest feeling in the world. >> it was. it was all over again. i felt so safe and we made sure the kids got out first. we made sure our kids left. and then we stayed back. and then they came back and got us. it was longest time, not knowing, okay, i know they're safer, but not really knowing until you actually got to see your kids again. >> i know we're showing photos of the rescue. what do you want to say to those volunteers who rescued you and your family? >> i want to say thank you and god bless you. it takes a special person to leave their own home and their family and come all this way to help us. we get talked about, why did you stay? we thought it would be okay.

it downgraded. we live in a brick house. we thought it would be fine. and i'm thankful there were people to help us. >> i am so glad your family is okay. as you know, there have been hundreds of rescues and several people have lost their lives already. you were very lucky and i am so glad that you're safe tonight and i wish you and your family the best. thanks for talking to us. >> thank you. >> her family, as you can see, is far from the only ones needing rescue. crews are very busy. they still are. take a look at this. >> we decided to go out last night just to scope it out and see where we would go today and ended up getting hundreds of calls for service last night before the 35 to 40 people out in water between two feet to four feet.

people were posting on facebook, their addresses and stuff. elderly people, blind people, medically problem people. everybody. anybody that needed help. we were there. >> we want to get the latest on what's going. on wilmington's fire chief is kind enough to join us. mayor, how are things going? >> we have a lot of downed power lines and trees. a lot of the roads are impassable. >> beautiful old trees are down. >> a crying shame. a lot of the old oak trees are gone. so it will take us some time on get these roads cleared and get people, get roads passable. >> a big concern when we talk 24 hours ago was about the water on the ground. what are you seeing in terms of water? >> we haven't seen the flooding yet that we anticipated. there are some isolated areas. we have flooding. what we're seeing is a lot of trees that are down. a lot of power lines that are

down. it is dangerous out there. some of these have live wires on them and i'm asking the citizens that have evacuated to give us some time to be able to clean up the roadways. a lot of people want to get back to wilmington after the storm passes. we need to clean up the roadways. >> we were trying to get to the waffle house at monkey junction, i think it is called. and it took forever lt you've been involved in rescues, a tree fell on a house here. >> i've had a couple of busy days. i don't know if it was with this news organization or not but we have a 50-mile-an-hour sustained wind protocol that we pull troops back and we never got to do it. >> you were out the whole time. >> yes. the firefighters were getting trees off houses, getting people out of houses, doing rescues like you saw today. >> i believe it was earlier today.

i think it was in wilmington. a tree fell on a house and you had to get somebody out who was pinned down. >> unfortunately, we had a tragedy where a tree fell. the firefighters worked really hard. they were able to rescue one of the victims. unfortunately, a mother and a young child perished. >> those were the first known fatalities so far. five so far have died are you still out there expecting more? >> the trucks are running up and down the road. i've gotten to say, you're in the city of wilmington. i can't not say the rescue effort is a combined effort with new hanover rescue services. the three of them compromise, they're on duty tonight and will be for the next several days until we get through the recovery period. >> you're encouraging people not

to come back. it is not just how difficult the roads are. the water will be continuing. this thing is not over even though it is a tropical storm. it will be miserable for a while. >> it is. we talked about, the river will crest at 25 feet on tuesday. so we'll be dealing with a flood event next next week so we have a tremendous. a rainfall that's falling. we have just an enormous amount of rain that has been with the system. >> yeah. >> your message? >> if you're not here, stay away. there is a process we go through to do damage assessment. there is a process to work with duke power where we prioritize the power. there is no electricity. there is no reason to come back. please give us a few days. we need to get back on our feet

and we will. we'll be open for business again. >> i hope to come back when you are. thanks for all you're doing. i want to check with diane gallagher where we've been seeing a lot of the rescues. she was in a national guard vehicle. she had to be saved by three volunteers. what is the situation? >> reporter: that vehicle you see behind us is very similar to the one we were in. woerp a rescue mission with three members of the national guard and another swift water rescue. a member in new bern. we got to a very deep area. it appeared the road washed out. our vehicle began taking in water on the inside, flipping over a little bit. i cannot give enough kudos and compliments to the national guard and the way they handled

%-p. to the sergeant and his crew who are still waiting with that vehicle. they were rescued. they went back to wait. the people who rescued us, teenagers from new bern who have been coming around here and basically rescuing, i think you said 50 plus people here. so robert showed up in his boat while we were trying to get out the back of the vehicle. you've been doing this all day. it is not just the national guard. >> we've been doing it all day. >> what have you seen? >> we've seen a lot of beam water in their houses there have been pets stranded. anyone who needs help, we try to go help. we've been doing it up here. i drove from morehead and with my boat and then i found out about. this we put my boat in. is first rescue we did was an unofficial rescue. don't tell the police department. there were just people stranded

outside their house. they were all up on the porch. the highest part of the house. we walked in, got them. carried them out. it was two very elderly people. we put them in the back of my truck and my boat and we took them to their father's house where it is high and dry. >> and you guys have doing. this you work the police department kind of. so it is in tandem. >> we went and volunteered. we were just going around, where tanner lives. we ended up finding the four people. and then we went to the volunteer plarolice department. we went to "washington post" road and that's where we found you all. >> we're very grateful that you did find us. you guys are happy you can do this during the storm, right? >> yes, ma'am. just helping other people. my mom is kind of upset that i'm

out here but this is how i was raised. this is what i want to do. one day i'm hoping i can do this for a living. >> reporter: you're talking 50 plus rescues between you all today. you have not had to really do this before, have you? >> no, ma'am. he called me and said he was on the way if i wanted to help out. and i am sure. this is where we're at. >> reporter: i thank them so much. the other friends who are with they will. and of course the national guard who are still with that vehicle, trying to wade through and see if they can pull it out. we were on our way to rescue the individuals. it does to go show how dangerous these first responders' jobs are. after hurricanes when they're trying to go get people out and evacuate. obviously they are volunteers. the volunteers from maryland that we were with earlier today in the boats. i think we forget because most of them are successful, just how

dangerous this can be for them. >> i'm so glad. just another example of how often the best comes out in the worst of times. we see what they're doing. everybody is pitching this to make a difference and they are making a big difference. much more ahead on the storm in the carolinas. north carolina, south carolina. also major news out of washington. the president's former campaign cheryl paul manafort is now cooperating in the investigation. we'll tell you the latest on that and what if anything it may mean for the president or others who mueller may turn on. (vo) this is not a video game.

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we'll have more on what was hurricane florence, now a tropical storm, just dumping rain on north carolina, south carolina. another major story developing in washington. the president's former campaign chairman paul manafort has pleaded guilty to one count of conspira conspiracy. he has agreed to cooperate with

the justice department including the mueller investigation. the white house released a statement saying this had nothing to do with the president. the court documents show the plea deal includes cooperation in any and all matters deemed relevant. is there anything that manafort can hold back from mueller and his team now? is there anything -- does he have to talk about everything he knows? >> well, anything he holds back, he does at his peril. the prosecutors have the power to tell the judge, give him credit, give him a lower sentence, or not to give him credit. so he is required to tell everything he knows on any subject of interest to the prosecutors. but if he doesn't, he is in a world of trouble. even with this cooperation. >> maggie, it is possible

manafort doesn't have any information regarding the president and russia. but the white house would certainly like to downplay his involvement in the campaign. he was part of the i amor circle, he was in the room for the meeting at trump tower that don jr. had with the russians. there aren't many people who were as significant as he was, correct? >> correct. he was moved into a position of power to replace corey lewandowski when he was fired in question, the trump family. it is not as if he was never around. john dowd, the president's former lead personal lawyer sent out to the other members saying manafort knows nothing with the president or the campaign. that's a little hard to argue. but it is true that we don't know what this means in terms of what paul manafort will be asked to talk about. the president's lawyers have continued to ensis there's

nothing there and it might not be. manafort's relationship during campaign was not good. the president didn't particularly like paul manafort. there was no chemistry there. dwrong window of what he saw into that the president was involved with but he knows all kinds of other things, the campaign meetings, finances, how things were set up. and then there is a whole other universe that he could provide information with. that includes tony podesta who did he work in the ukraine. people like the former white house counsel under a democratic presidency. there is a lot that he could be providing and i think it is a mistake to try to guess too far what it could be. >> manafort has been convicted, as we know, and is facing decades in prison. what does it tell that you mueller was willing to offer manafort a deal? is it simply to avoid going through hassle of a trial? >> i think mueller had all the

cards here. he was convicted in virginia, looking at a very long sentence. he was likely to be convicted in washington and the trial was starting next week. he had no options. mueller gave him a cap of ten years on a sentence. frankly, he probably was not going to get more than that anyway. and he has the opportunity now, mueller has the opportunity to have an inside view of the campaign at a very critical time when collusion, which is after all, mueller's main jurisdiction, that is the time that it may or may not have been taking place. so mueller gave up very little in return for the cooperation and certainly he will get an inside view. he has tremendous leverage on manafort to get him to tell the truth. because if he doesn't tell the

judge to give him a lower, he won't. >> this may sound like a dumb question but to get this, does mueller already know what manafort knows? has he already had the opportunity to put all the goods on the fwabl what he would talk about? >> yes. that was disclosed in court faye there have been proffer sessions and no prosecutor that i am aware of would ever give a deal to someone who hadn't given a proffer. so mueller obviously felt that whatever manafort told him was worth a cooperation agreement. so he already knows probably not every detail but in broad outlines, everything manafort will tell him. it is important to point out, we

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burn, north carolina, getting hit hard. rescuers saved hundreds of people from rising waters by this morning and then the situation got worse as the storm surge was up to ten feet. over the past two days my next guest is helping rescue people. new bern alderwoman who set out into his suv.

thanks for being with us. talk about what you have seen. i understand you've rescued 13 families and taking them to shelters and family members' houses. what has that been like? >> it has been literally like i've been saying catastrophic and amazing at same time to see the community come together but we've been urging the individuals to get out of this area because we know that their prone to severe flooding and at some point when the water and the rain started to get really bad, i just told my husband and my friend buddy bangle that we have to go out and knock on the doors and so we got a group of people, chip hughes, so many people to come knocking on doors to get these individuals to the shelter before it started to get really worse than what it was. >> i understand you've been getting messages on your facebook page as well from

people who needed help. are there people who still need to be rescued? >> yes. i just got an update from my city manager mark stevens that there is still about 125 people still needing to be rescued and i'm looking at the weather right now, it is really dark outside and they're trying to get to them as we speak. >> i believe the last operation you were involved with helping -- was the seven-month-old and walk us through what happened with that. >> so that was earlier this morning. someone in-boxed me and stated there was an individual or a family over in trent court and the water was coming up to their steps and literally into their house and i asked for the address and we got there and knocked on the door and at first they were reluctant and they didn't want to come because they didn't want to go to the shelter

but i was able to get in contact with their daughter who is out of town but she had -- we had access to be able to get into her house and they finally got out. it was the boyfriend, the mother and the 7-month-old child that we were able to get out and get to safety because if they would have stayed there, they would be under water. >> you have been through storms like this before? >> no. mr. cooper, i'm from albany, new york, i'm used to snowstorms. i've only been in north carolina eight years and this is my first severe hurricane that i've ever in my life experienced. >> what is your message to the residents where you are now? >> to stay inside, we are under curfew, we are working on restoring all of the power right now. we do have at least 7,000 people with power.

we know you're frustrated and we know this is -- this is catastrophic and it is going to take a lot for us to come back together and get back to where we were, but we are ready for whatever is going to be here in the next couple of weeks to get everybody together and just pull our community together, just stay safe and stay off the roads. and if there is people still needing help that couldn't call 911, or you're not able to reach them, please just continue to in-box me at jameesha harris because i'm fielding these calls and these rescues directly to the oec or the county and the city right now. >> alderwoman harris, i appreciate you and what you are doing and talking to us and you have a lot of long day as head of you. coming up, the cajun navy is helping. i'll talk to one of the volunteers in a moment.

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well we've been reporting on the rescue efforts in the carolinas and showing you there are volunteers -- so many volunteers helping people survive florence and some have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles to be here and here is the cajun navy with their louisiana fishing boats great for shallow water rescues and they have different groups with the same mission and formed after hurricane katrina in 2005 and reacted for harvey last year and todd tarot is the founder of the united cajun navy. thank you for being here. you've come from baton rouge and you worked in katrina, harvey and you know storms. what is this storm like? >> this is storm is different. it is changed. it's evolved and hung around and not going anywhere. we never would have thought it would have lasted this -- this

long. >> tell me the rescue operations you have been involved with. you've been really busy. >> the last few years, we used higher boats, in houston air boats but over here they are not a thing to use. it is swift water. it is a lot of wind and the air boats are not conducive to rescuing over here. it is a whole different storm. >> and you've had dozens of rescues while you've been here. >> my guys have made some good rescues this morning and last night and early this morning. >> and in terms of the -- just the conditions you're operating in, what is it like and how does it compare to other things? >> well this year a lot of rescues were at night and it was swift water. fast water. it came up fast. and a lot of the rescues were in cars, other people tried to get out and escape and the water came up so fast and it hung them up and they had to get out of the car. >> when you came perfect baton rouge -- you came from baton rouge, you don't bring boats or cars. how did you get in. >> we brought our own boats in

here. >> you did? >> we did. we operate and get the lay of the land and look around and we check the conditions and we come in a day or two ahead and that is what we do. >> wow. and what brings -- what makes you do this? there are a lot of folks who would like to do something and don't get up and do something like you did. >> you look at it. the conditions are terrible. we've done this before and people don't know how to handle it. unfortunately a lot of us have dealt with this so we help our neighbor. that is what we do. >> you dealt with loss in katrina so you know what it is like to live through a storm. >> i know what it is like to live through a storm. this is not a big -- but it is pretty angry. >> do you work with local officials. is there coordination involved? >> we work with the local officials. that is the first thing we do. we get with the emergency operators and the sheriff and fi firemen and make sure they know who we are and what our resources are so we don't duplicate anything.

>> that's the key. you want to be where you are needed and resources to be spread as wide as possible. >> to help as many people as we can. >> how long do you think you'll stay? >> i don't know. we're looking at in the morning -- just in the last couple of minutes we've been here, it looks like the water has come up a little bit. i think we'll be here another three or four days. i think we'll wake up tomorrow with trees down. we struggled to get over here a couple of miles. >> around here you don't see vegetation down but in wilmington there is huge trees down everywhere. >> a lot of trees down. and the wind has been fl-- blowg for two or three days. >> you remind me when i drove into new orleans a couple of days after the storm hit up in the garden district, so many trees down it was hard getting around and in wilmington very hard to get around. >> very hard to get around. i didn't think we would make it here and i think there is going to be a real struggle in the morning for people to get around. we're probably moving trees instead of bringing the boats. >> it is an honor to talk to

you. i appreciate what you are doing. it is such -- a storm like this sometimes brings out the worst in people and this brings out the best in people so i represent that. so i appreciate it. >> thanks a lot. >> and appreciate all of the folks you're working with. don't miss full circle our facebook show on every day at 6:25 eastern and every week day night and i think that is about all of the time we have. i want to thank -- i want to hand it over to chris who is been in the midst of it. been out there for a long, long time today. "cuomo prime time" starts now. >> welcome to "cuomo prime time." the witching time is here and everything has chaenked in the last hour. the gusts are here in full effect. we've been told there is steady winds just at about 30, 40 miles per hour and everything has p--