northeast. look at that, bringing a lot of rain to the carolinas, kate, an area that has already seen their fair share of rain the last couple of weeks. >> it looks like no matter what, exactly where it's going to hit, it's coming wednesday. thanks, everyone, for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. good evening. more on the storm ahead. within the last few moments we got new information about when and where it may hit and how hard. we'll bring that to you shortly. we begin, though, with the words the president of the united states tonight at a second swearing-in ceremony for supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. it was in many ways a victory lap for the president. he's done what no other president has, naming two justices to the court in his first two years in office. but in addition to celebrating his victory, he also used the moment to say this. >> i want to apologize to brett and the entire kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and

suffering you have been forced to endure. those who step forward to serve our country deserve a fair and dignified evaluation, not a campaign of political and personal destruction based on lies and deception. what happened to the kavanaugh family violates every notion of fairness, decency and due process. our country, a man or a woman, must always be presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. and with that, i must state that you, sir, under historic scrutiny were proven innocent. >> well, it was, whatever you think of the president's choice

of judge kavanaugh, the kid of language not traditionally heard at moments like this, but this has been a confirmation process unlike any in recent memory. the president clearly believes what happened will politically benefit his party next month during midterm elections. ever since judge kavanaugh got the vote saturday, the president has gone all in against the people opposed to the confirmation. here he was this morning. >> a man that did nothing wrong, a man that was caught up in a hoax that was set up by the democrats using the democrats' lawyers and now they want to impeach him. i've heard this from many people. i think it's an insult to the american public. i think you're going to see a lot of things happen on november 6th that would not have happened before. >> well, he went on to call the process a charade and over the weekend described confirmation opponents this way. >> in their quest for power, the radical democrats have turned into an angry mob. you don't hand matches to an

arsonist. and you don't give power to an angry left-wing mob. and that's what they have become. the democrats have become too extreme and too dangerous to govern. republicans believe in the rule of law, not the rule of the mob. >> the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, has also been making the mob comparison, only he's not singling out democratic lawmakers, instead he's referring to the protesters themselves. >> the senate judiciary democrats leaking dr. ford's name against apparently her desires, then trying to lower the standard and say that the presumption of innocence no longer applies in the united states of america and then the mob descended on capitol hill and tried to intimidate our members into opposing this good man's nomination. we stood up to the mob.

we established the presumption of innocence is still important. >> so that was yesterday. today he went a step further, suggesting that he and other kavanaugh supporters were in physical danger. >> we were literally under assault. these demonstrators, i'm sure some of them were well-meaning citizens, but many of them are obviously trained to get in our faces, to go to our homes up there to basically almost attack us in the halls of the capitol. >> now, keeping them honest, when senator mcconnell talks about them being literally under assault, he's talking about women, many of whom have been sexually assaulted. wherever you come down on brett kavanaugh, describing protesters as a mob doesn't fit the facts. no one on either side physically assaulted mcconnell or his members. jeff flake acknowledged the rights of protesters after being confronted by two men in a senate elevator. they were not supporters of

senator flake but he did not question their moectives. politicians of all types have tried to tar movements as something other than what they were. different eras, different causes, different politicians crying foul with nothing in common except their belief that impugning people freely and peacefully expressing their views is somehow the right to do. more now on tonight's ceremonial swearing-in and justice kavanaugh's remarks. our jim acosta joins us from the white house with that. so you were in the east room just now for the ceremonial swearing-in. i'm just wondering what it was like in the room. >> reporter: well, anderson, it was a fascinating thing to watch. obviously you don't get to see living supreme court justices there in the flesh in the east room of the white house, so that obviously lets you know that history is in the making here. anderson, one of the big questions going into tonight's ceremony over at the white house is whether or not we were going to hear fire and fury or fence

meddling. we saw both. probably the more striking thing was seeing mitch mcconnell receiving not one, but two standing ovations. he was as much the man of the hour and he was the one that blocked merrick garland from being put on the supreme court when barack obama was president and essentially delivered this moment to president trump on a silver platter. >> and for days the president has not been shying away from a very strong defense of kavanaugh and he continued that tonight. >> that's right. we heard the president earlier today referring to democratic forces aligned against brett kavanaugh as, quote, evil. this has been going on almost all day long, saying that democratic allegations against brett kavanaugh were, quote, a hoax. and so it was more of this conspiracy-minded super heated rhetoric. then he went right on this evening and in fact as you played just a few moments ago apologized to the family of brett kavanaugh and even said to the incoming supreme court

justice that he had been proven innocent when of course, anderson, what we know from that fbi investigation, republicans who support brett kavanaugh were saying that essentially the charges leveled by dr. ford were not corroborated. that's as far as it really went. >> talk a little bit about what justice kavanaugh had to say. >> anderson, i thought that was fascinating because obviously brett kavanaugh had a chance to do some fence mending here tonight. i think he did some of that. he did some of that last week in that "wall street journal" op-ed trying to turn down the temperature. at one point he said he wants to be part of a team of nine up on the supreme court. here's more of what he had to say. >> the senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional. that process is over. my focus now is to be the best justice i can be. i take this office with gratitude and no bitterness. on the supreme court, i will seek to be a force for stability

and unity. my goal is to be a great justice for all americans and for all of america. i will work very hard to achieve that goal. i was not appointed to serve one party or one interest, but to serve one nation. >> anderson, finally i think it was interesting that brett kavanaugh said to the crowd here and to the nation really, talked about how he had employed female law clerks when he was on the circuit court here in washington, something that he said he was very proud of, and at one point he went on to talk about what he plans to do on the supreme court. he said he wants to be a force for stability and unity. it seems as if he was trying to allay concerns among people that he's not going to be that decisive vote that overturns roe versus wade, but of course we'll have to wait and see, all of us, together, collectively, whether or not that very pivotal moment comes to pass.

>> jim acosta. thanks very much. another take on how the language being used by president trump beyond the beltway. randi kaye will talk to independent women voters in florida, which is a key battleground state. right now my conversation with john kasich, the governor of another battleground state, ohio, i spoke to him earlier this evening. governor, the language that the president is using, calling democrats a mob, saying the whole thing was a hoax brought up by people who were evil in his words, are those the words you'd use to describe what's happened here? >> well, you know, of course i wouldn't, anderson. the time has come to move beyond this. name calling or, you know, kind of celebrating in the locker room, that's not the way to move forward. in fact, when you win, that's when you should really go out of your way to figure out how to hand something to those who have lost and not try to put it in their face. you just enrage them and constantly divide. anderson, when i was in

congress, i used to work with democrats on a number of things, including balancing the federal budget and limiting the production of the b-2. we did this together, republicans and democrats. we felt good about getting things done. when i became governor, i tried to shove through a labor reform without -- there were a lot of us involved in this and we shoved it through without really talking to organized labor. they turned around, they put something on -- they put something on the ballot. they reversed my decision and handed me my lunch. and you know, i'm glad it happened early in my term because i learned something. i'm strong and opinionated. i believe strongly in the things i want to do. but i've learned that it is better to work with others so they can have something and we can have something. that's the way in which you unify. and we are losing that because we are operating in a zero sum game recalled would. what does that mean? flip a coin, i win and you lose.

you know what, it's my job to vanquish my opponent. this is very dangerous for the long term of our country, anderson. >> it's interesting what you say, no one came away from this confirmation battle feeling good, even those who won, you know, certainly judge kavanaugh feels like his reputation has been sullied and tarnished. is there a better way to do this moving forward? >> i would think in regard to the court, what a president i think should do, for example, with the president -- with trump now, or if i were there, i tell you what i would try to do. i would say we're going to have a conservative justice. and i'd call manchin and my friend from over there in delaware, tom carper and maybe a couple of other people and say, look, we're going to have a conservative. can you work with me to make sure we can pick someone to have some unity. going forward after i lost that union business, we've been able to do a lot of things together. we were able to get community

and police. we have liberals and activists along with police and we were able to put something together where people have felt good. you know, we just did it with guns where the goal was everybody has to be for the second amendment but what are the legitimate restrictions that should be put on that. the way to achieve unity, you make sure you can achieve your goals but not leaving someone with zero. >> do you think this has blowback on the supreme court the way the supreme court is perceived? >> sure. sure, it is. i mean all the -- yes, anderson. people are -- they're not -- now, i think, the real question is can the public come together and regard the court's decisions with sort of satisfaction or even if it's grudging approval. you know, this is -- this is dividing the country. we see it in the politics of the

congress, the presidency, where we see divisions about the press, we see divisions about the justice system. i mean, anderson, where is this going to go? this is not what people teach their children or their grandchildren. it's not what we teach our kids in terms of how to be a good winner and a good loser. >> the fight over kavanaugh it seems, you know, there's some political pundits who say, look, it's increased enthusiasm among democrats. the victory is increasing enthusiasm among republicans ahead of the midterms. it's obviously less than a month away. do you think this is going to be a big motivator for voters? and do you think it favors the democrats or republicans in one over the other? >> well, i think that's what we have to think about human nature. if republicans got what they wanted, do they have the same amount of energy as the democrats who didn't get what they wanted and felt as though they were ripped off? i mean i can't predict it, but what i do know is that the

republican brand has been hurt. we've had a lot of people that have left the party. and i think fundamentally why it's been hurt is because i think when it comes to family separation at the border, taking health care away from people, particularly as it reflects those with pre-existing conditions, this is not good. this is not -- this is not positive. there are ways to reform all of those things without having to get on the edge of -- frankly, on the edge in some ways that's mean. >> governor, appreciate your time. thank you. >> i appreciate this conversation, anderson. thank you. >> well, this is all unfolding just a month out from midterm elections obviously, already generating enormous voter interest. the question is which voters and where. what is the president really mobilizing? we're going to talk about it with ker stin powers and david gergen and steve cortez. david, were you surprised that president trump brought up the kavanaugh controversy in such blunt terms tonight in front of the other justices?

>> absolutely. it just seemed so inappropriate. he said that kavanaugh had been proven innocent. we all know that is simply not true. but it comes in the wake of a series of statements that have flown in the face of what statesmanship is all about. churchill once said in victory, magnanimity. there's been none of that. there's none of that grace here. he's called women like mrs. ford who came forward, he said these allegations were brought from people who are evil. that's mrs. ford. evil. only a few days ago he was saying he was a credible witness. he talks about the women who have descended on washington. as you say, the long tradition going back to the civil rights marches, the vietnam marches and so forth, everybody comes to march when they have a protest. and he labeled them angry left-wing mob. mcconnell is using mob. it's obviously a major talking point. this is done to inflame voters,

to keep the testosterone levels very high on the republican side, get out the vote, but it is destructive of ever getting back on the track that governor kasich was describing. >> steve, do you see the language has destructive? >> i'm sorry, as what? >> as destructive? >> the language as destructive? no. look, there's a big difference between peaceful protests, which of course has a hallowed tradition in american history and mob tactics such as chasing people out of restaurants, violence, which the left has used to a dramatic degree, particularly with antifa. and that should never be tolerated. those are mob tactics. what we saw even by the supreme court protesters were they crashed past a police line to bang against the doors. you know, they looked like crazy people. that's not peaceful protests. >> that's scary. >> it is scary, i agree. it's not persuasion, it's not using words, it's not using arguments to win. i think that's why, by the way, the way the senator judiciary

committee performed, the democrats on that committee is not just by opinion how reprehensible they were. cnn polling showed among independents there's a 28% disapproval gap. only 30% of independents approved of the way democrats handled this whole kavanaugh confirmation hearing. almost 60% disapproved. so the president i think here is tapping into something the american people feel, is that the democrats acted reprehensibly with their tactics. >> kirsten, was it a peaceful protest? >> it's just interesting to hear steve talk about how wonderful peaceful protests are, because i don't think he feels that way when football players take a knee. so basically any kind of protest always ends up being a problem. and these were fundamentally peaceful protests. these were women going into senate buildings and trying to talk to senators and some of the senators, like lisa murkowski, did sit down and speak to them

and others didn't. those who didn't did get cornered by the protesters. i didn't find anything about the videos of them but i'm sure it was uncomfortable to be called out, but i don't think anyone's life was in danger. i don't think people were getting constant death threats in the manner that right now christine blasey ford is getting. she can't go home. she apparently is separated from her children. so when we're talking about real threats against people who are really frightened, i don't think that's what's going on. these senators have security blocking them off from the women anyway, even from speaking to them. so this idea that this was this crazy out of control mob that was frightening everybody i think is just a story line that works really well for republicans. it's a story line that almost goes back to the beginning of time for them frankly. this is a story they like to tell to get their voters riled up about the out of control mob of democrats who are taking over

society. >> steve, when the president said that judge kavanaugh has been found innocent, is that accurate? >> no, that's not accurate. thatbole and that's why i think part of why in this case and all cases the presumption of innocence is so important because at times it can be difficult if not impossible for the accused to prove that they are in that or prove that they didn't do something. so no, he didn't prove that. but it was clear, i think, that the committee and the american people believed via their representatives that there wasn't a convincing case made of his guilt. so that's what matters. but i would not have used that term that the president did. >> david, you heard justice kavanaugh refer to the contentious process in the senate. he said that it's over, that there's no bitterness. do you believe that? obviously that's certainly, you know, those are nice words for him to say and i think certainly even people who may not agree with him would hope that is the case. >> well, i welcome the words.

i am glad he is trying to douse some of the fires on the supreme court. but the president is standing next to him and doing just the opposite. i don't think we can make a fair judgment about what kind of justice mr. kavanaugh is going to be until about a year or two from now. then we can figure that out. but in the meantime i want to go back to this polling business. it's not as if the gop got a huge surge out of these hearings and this process. the cnn poll shows that overall nationwide, disapproval of kavanaugh's appoint meant was 39% and is now up to 51%. there's a lot of negativity among independents. if you look at women themselves and whether they approve of trump, that number now is 31 approve of trump's performance, 62% disapprove. so, you know, there are red states where i think the republicans will make gains out of this, especially in the senate. but i think if you look at the

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before the break, i said that president trump had done what no other president had in naming two justices to the court in his first two years in office. i misspoke, i apologize. what i should have said is that he's one of the few who has done this. president obama did it as well, naming justices kagan and sotomayor. it's nonetheless hugely significant. tonight at the white house, justice brett kavanaugh declared the partisan war over his nomination over, and president trump in defending him fired another shot. that's a reflection of different temperaments but may have something to do with the fact

justice kavanaugh is supposed to steer away from politics whereas the president is embroiled in a midterm election fight. with that we wanted to know how is all of this playing? randi kaye spoke with a group of five women, five independents in florida. now, to vote in the primaries in florida, you have to register with a party. one has registered as a democrat, two are registered republicans, two others are registered as independents and therefore did not vote in the primaries. of those two one leans democratic but they all call themselves independents. here's what they told randi. >> first of all, how many of you are happy that justice kavanaugh was confirmed, show of hands? just one. why? >> i'm happy that he was confirmed not because he is my ideal candidate, but because process was handled correctly and he deserved to be appointed. >> were all of you just glued to this process from beginning to end? >> it was the best daytime soap in decades. i mean it was -- it still

continues. it's like we're getting a sequel. we get a sequel all the way until november. >> 30 more days. >> the testimony alone was great. i mean this is almost like our new o.j. >> do any of you think this investigation and the accusations have hurt judge kavanaugh's reputation? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> his name is forever tarnished, regardless of whether he -- he's been cleared but his name is forever tarnished. >> a show of hands, how many of you think that justice kavanaugh can be an effective justice on the supreme court given all that's gone on? three of you. >> this is going to be a very public debate for a couple of months if not years to come, especially with the docket that they have coming up. there's going to be a lot of eyes on him. >> i keep thinking about the other justices and are they going to pull him aside and be like, look, just chill out a little bit. >> he was just accused of sexual assault. >> with all that's gone on, will this influence your vote coming

up in the midterms? >> yes. >> how so? >> because normally i would go straight republican on everything. but knowing now that we have things like roe versus wade on the table and that could really realistically become an issue, obviously as a woman, you're going to look at women's issues and say, okay, now let's take a step back. >> so as an independent who's registered republican, is there a chance that you would vote on -- in favor of democrat? >> there's a good chance of it. >> so the other registered republican here, erica, how will this all affect your vote in the midterms? >> it will definitely make me make sure that i get out and vote. i don't know that it's going to sway my decision one way or another. >> the whole thing is just making me want to pay more attention to what is happening in our country right now because there are a lot of things on the table this year that will have huge ramifications going forward. and we have to be cognizant of that. >> voting as an independent. >> yes. >> the only registered independent here in the room. >> yeah. >> what about you, how will this

impact your vote? >> i think this is a huge opportunity for some of the candidates to make a stand and have people like myself who don't come in with any other judgments or preconceived notions, to get me to see their point of view. >> how do you think it will impact your vote? >> i really don't know at this point. >> the republicans are talking about something called the brett bounce, where they think it's really energized this whole confirmation process has energized the riepublicans. the democrats also say this has energized the democrats. who do you think it has energized more? >> i think it has energized the democrats more actually because they're so upset about the process. >> i think it's energized the republicans because now people who would have never voted in a midterm saying, wait a minute, if we want to keep this trump thing going, we need to go out and vote like we did for him again. >> if there's republicans out there who really like what they believe kavanaugh is going to do, for example, potentially overturning roe versus wade,

they might be motivated to get up and make sure that they get a vote in so that they're not outrun by democrats. >> i would say outside of party lines, this is really energized women. let's just bring women out an get their idea and get them involved in the conversation. >> i'm back now with our own conversation. kirsten, you hear what those voters are saying to randi. both parties seem to be saying that the confirmation process has energized their base. the obvious question is who gets the bigger boost. >> right. well, that was interesting. i think it was four out of five of those women said they didn't think kavanaugh should be on the court and they're independent voters, so i think that's interesting because they're not necessarily being swayed by, you know, tribalism or party allegian allegiance, so that says something to you about where i think a lot of women probably are. look, the general consensus seems to be that this is going to hurt the republicans in the

house. it's not probably going to hurt them as much in the senate, just because of the makeup of the map that you have democrats fighting to keep seats in red states. and so if you're in a red state and conservatives are fired up, then that's not actually going to probably be good for you. so it could be harmful to democrats in the sense that democrats were thinking there was this outside chance they could get the senate, even though it was a long shot, and that's looking less in reach right now. >> steve, do you think it's going to benefit republicans? >> you know, i really do. first, i'll concede i think it's raising enthusiasm on both sides and certainly poll has shown us that but much more so on the republican side according to the recent npr poll on voter enthusiasm. there was a ten-point gap in favor of democrats, saying elections are very important and that has completely collapsed all the way to 2%, which is a statistical tie. so republican voters have become very enthused. the deplorables have been woken up and motivated by this.

as far as independents go, i really believe that the reason they're so disapproving of the democrats is that they watched firsthand the underhanded smear campaign that dianne feinstein engaged in and how totally unfair she was not just to brett kavanaugh, but also to christine blasey ford. i think that that kind of cheap chi chicanary is that it will sway independents to our way as well. >> david, do you remember any time a supreme court confirmation posed -- stood poised to have such a big impact so soon on an election? >> no. and i think this has been the most acrimonious supreme court fight we've had since robert bork way back in the early '80s. but i must tell you, that didn't shake the pillars of the republic as all. it was very personal. it frankly contaminated the

process. democrats went way overboard in plastering bork. but i don't think we've ever seen one which has raised fundamental questions about our democracy and has left us for the first time i can remember with all three major branches of government, the white house, the congress and the judicial branch now essentially defined by the partisanship. that's new. i do -- steve is right about the enthusiasm gap closing in this major poll from about 10 points to 2 points and that obviously helps the republicans. but i would point out that among independents in the new cnn poll, let's go back to the major point of the cnn pole. by 51-41, a 10-point gap, americans disapprove of kavanaugh's confirmation. 51-41, minus 10 for kavanaugh. among independents, it's a minus 18 among independents on

kavanaugh. in other words, the negatives outweigh the positives by 18 points. so from my point of view, i think both sides, both extremes will be out there and slugging it out. but the search for independent voters still favors the democrats. i would also point out "the washington post" had a big major survey, the first one i've seen from them, about over 60 competitive districts held by republicans. and what it showed overall nationwide at this point is that a four-point democratic edge. now, republicans now think they can close that edge down. but at the moment the democrats are still have the upper hand going toward the midterms. >> david, i think that's exactly accurate. the republicans are clearly the underdogs here. they were substantial underdogs i think just a few weeks ago. i believe the democrats have given a great gift to us by their reprehensible performance during those hearings, particularly dianne feinstein. but i agree with you that both history and polling argue that

we are underdogs and we need to act like underdogs and really hustle this last month and left the trump coalition know that his presidency is on the line because this was a dress rehearsal for impeachment. that's what we saw in these kavanaugh hearings and if we give the keys to the car to the democrats, they will impeach the president. >> let the record show that we share a number of views, but on the question of whose reprehensible here, i think what's coming out of the president's mouth is par more reprehensible. he is supposed to be the leader of all the american people. he's supposed to be the healer, the uniter and he's doing anything but. saying people like dr. ford are evil. >> kirsten, to you, what is the most persuasive argument in the next four weeks? is it the accusations themselves or how the process played out? >> i don't -- you know, i think the process argument about the dianne feinstein issue doesn't really resonate for me just in

the sense that we don't really know what happened, but let's just say she leaked it. leaking is not the atrocity that people have made it out to be. you know, they're trying to pretend that they're so concerned about christine blasey ford, but there's another way to show that you care about christine blasey ford and that would be actually taking her seriously and not saying that you believe her except for the part that she says it's brett kavanaugh. and i had said always from the beginning and i actually think this is where most people are, not the caricature of what the republicans are saying. it's not that people said he's definitely guilty, there's no presumption of innocence, we'll never -- he's guilty, let's just take hem to the up to square and draw and kquarter him, let's hae an fbi investigation, a real serious investigation that could clear his name or could find him guilty, one or the other, and that just didn't happen. and so i think that for a lot of women and a lot of men as well

who think the way i'm describing right now, just feel that it sent a very clear message to women that we're not listening to you and not taking you seriously. i think that is going to fire up a certain part of the population. >> i've got to leave it there. good discussion. coming up, the latest into the investigation of that limo crash in upstate new york that left 20 people dead over the weekend. we'll tell you what investigators found today. i'll also speak to the sister of one of the young victims, next. after walking six miles at an amusement park,

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you know, how can god take away so many people at the same time. and leave kids without parents. >> reporter: 17 of the victims, all from the same small upstate new york time of amsterdam. young couples, some recently married, all now dead. after the modified ford excursion stretch limousine they rented sped through an intersection, hit a parked car and crashed into a ditch. the driver and two pedestrians also died. >> reports of a multi-vehicle motor vehicle accident. >> reporter: the 17 friends initially rented a bus from prestige limousine chauffeur service for a day-long surprise birthday party. the bus broke down and the company sent instead a 2001 information excursion that had been modified into a stretch limousine. a relative says the victims were suspicious from the start. >> my niece instinctively had thoughts that, geez, this is -- you know, this is not good, you

know, what they sent us. i guess the first vehicle broke down and they sent them another vehicle. >> reporter: investigators now looking into the driver, the company that rented the vehicle, road conditions, and the intersection where the accident occurred. state route 30 and 30-a is a t-bone intersection. route 30 is a steep hill leading to the intersection with only a stop sign. the driver may have been driving as far as 60 miles an hour when he went through the intersection, finally coming to a stop in a ditch next to a restaurant. >> we don't yet know the cause of the accident, if it was a vehicle malfunction, if it was a driver malfunction, driver error. that's part of the ongoing investigation. >> reporter: just last month, the vehicle's chassis, suspension, brakes and overall systems were tested. it failed that state inspection. and the driver should have had a cdl or commercial driver's license. he didn't. >> i think the owner of this

company has a lot of questions to answer. there's an ongoing investigation. but is there a possibility of liability? civil and criminal? certainly. >> miguel joins us now. miguel, you mentioned a little bit in your piece, but what more are you learning about the limo company? >> reporter: that the owner is in pakistan at the moment. he has been contacted by police and authorities. he is -- they are cooperating with the investigation. several of the cars have been seized, a search warrant has been served on the company, including the car that was obviously in the accident. and they have managed to get the black box or the modules for the airbags that will tell them more about that moment of impact. so they're looking from the federal level to the state level at every angle of this company and the conditions around this crash. at this point, this is a town, this is a community that is just shattered by this event.

anderson. >> it's stunning. miguel marquez, thank you very much. one of the people who died in the crash was amanda hall. just before air time i spoke with amanda's sister. i'm so sorry for your loss. i cannot imagine what you and your family are going through right now. can you just tell us about amanda? what was she like? >> my sister was someone who you really wouldn't forget. every person she met, she made an impact on them, whether it was big or small. she was very easy to remember. she was so charismatic and funny and so spontaneous with what she wanted to do in life. she just always wanted to have a good time and just made sure everyone around her was happy. if she was happy, then you were happy pretty much. that's just the type of person she was. >> and you two were incredibly

close? >> absolutely. she's my other half. it's really hard for me to think about how i'll be able to go on without amanda. i consider -- like i have a life with amanda and now i have a life without amanda and it's really hard to think about. >> it's like resetting the clock. it's sort of a new life. >> yeah, absolutely. i mean i know that she'll be here forever with me in my heart and i have all these memories to cherish with her, but this is just a new -- a new life without amanda. >> i understand she actually texted you on saturday. what did she say? were you able to respond? >> she texted me around 12:55 p.m. saying that they were getting a limousine to go to a brewery in cooperstown, new york. and i was at work that day, so i

wasn't able to reply to her right away. so i replied around 2:00, but at that time it was already too late and she was already gone because the accident happened just before 2:00. >> i wonder when you hear that the limousine had failed inspection, the driver didn't have the proper license, what goes through your mind? >> it just really hurts to think that this would -- how could this ever happen, i don't understand how it happened or why it happened or why -- why this was able to happen. i don't know why we don't have more safety precautions with these types of things. as the day has gone by, i found out more and more things wrong. it just really hurts. it makes me feel like my heart has just sunken so far down. i've never felt this before. >> is there anything -- >> it's like a bad dream to

345me. >> is there anything else you want people to know about amanda? >> if i can have anyone know something about amanda, it would just be to don't take life so seriously, just have fun, do whatever makes you happy, because that's the lifestyle amanda led. even on this last trip, she tried going, she was doing it for fun. i believe it was just a spur of the moment thing that they decided to go. just don't have any regrets in life. that's how amanda lived. hopefully i can carry that on with me. >> karina, again, i'm so sorry for you and your family. i hope you get answers in the days ahead of exactly how this could have possibly happened. >> i hope so too. >> i wish you strength, karina. thank you. >> i hope so too. thank you. i know amanda is giving it to me today, so i'm feeling her around. >> i'm glad. i'm glad you're feeling her. thank you, karina. you take care.

>> thank you. we have more braeeaking new. a powerful storm is winding up and expected to hit the united states. here's the projected path for hurricane michael as it churns onward tonight. we'll have the latest from the national hurricane center, when they say michael might hit and where. so why not bundle them with esurance and save up to 10%? which you can spend on things you really want to buy, like... well, i don't know what you'd wanna buy because i'm just a guy on your tv. esurance. it's surprisingly painless.

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more breaking news tonight. the national hurricane center says that hurricane michael has gotten a little stronger as it heads toward the florida panhandle. michael has undergotten what the center calls a rapid intensification. tonight evacuations have been ordered in seven florida counties. our tom sater joins us. >> anderson, the textbook example, we went from -- unlike hurricanes in the atlantic, where we may have a week's notice. we've got tomorrow. that's it. we saw this last thursday, trying to develop, but only a 20% chance of doing so. we have heavy rain in western

cuba. i think it will be interesting to do what it will do for the red algae problem, it may disperse it, but the cold water could improve. after the noon hour on wednesday it will make landfall and skirt by quickly. it won't be like harvey or even florence. this is more of a traditional classic hurricane that will be a major hurricanes. in red are the warnings, from the border of alabama all the way own to the swanea river. this is very vulnerable. you're at sea level in a slow rise well inland. there's enough time and space, anderson, i wouldn't doubt it possibly get to a category 4. it's more possible than problem, but we're still looking at a

category 3. as it moves over panama city, that means tallahassee is in its sights, and we could see hundreds of thousands lose power. there's so much trees in the area, but the surge is interesting. this is the time of king tides, the highest tides of the year. they include that into their warning statement, which says life-threatening inundation. eclandfall around 1:00 p.m. on wednesday? one or two. it's due north right now, so we're going to be watching that if it picks up in any speed at all. >> tom, appreciate it. thank you. a quick reminder, don't miss "full circle" on facebook. you get to pick some of the stories we cover. you can see it weeknights on facebook.com/full circle. there's more ahead, including the two different messages at the swearing-in. what the president had to say as

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chris cuomo is off tonight. welcome to a special hour of "360." tonight the ceremonial swearing-in. here is justice kavanaugh. >> the confirmation process was contentious and emotional. that process is over. my focus now is to be the best justice i can be. i take this office with gratitude and no bitterness. >> justice kavanaugh striking a far different tone than before the judiciary committee. here is the president revisiting the battle. >> i want to apologize to