the organization blood donor app or donate money. redcross.org or text the word florence to 90999 to make a 10-dollars donation. >> a lot of people helping others. warms your heart. that does it for us. here is "the evening edit." ♪ >> whoa. that was a big piece of debris. street signs flying like a piece of weapons. >> florence is powerful, slow, and relentless. >> we're getting gusts here easily in excess of 80, 90 miles an hour. >> power will be off, infrastructure will be damaged or destroyed. homes will be damaged or destroyed. protect yourself, protect your family. don't put our first-responders lives in jeopardy. >> this is absolutely crazy. liz: authorities confirm now four dead in north carolina as hurricane florence has been downgraded to a tropical storm but it is still grinding its way

towards south carolina. homes and businesses flattened. storm surge is setting up days of destruction. 620,000 now without power. catastrophic flash flooding. now the danger as of this hour. we will have live coverage on the ground. we're bringing in former fema director michael brown. as d.c. dithers in ankle biting fights the storm shows the best of us. as carolinas are emptying out, help pours. people of from all walks of life leaving their day jobs to help in the carolinas. we'll show you their stories. it is very touching. we see dramatic water rescues of residents from rooftops, tops of car, from nursing homes. 70 rescued from a collapsing motel. a leader of the "cajun navy" will tell us how the "cajun navy" has rescued hundreds so far. what's next? the storm is expected to drop up

to 40-inches of rain. it is moving about as fast fast as the average person walks. that is how slow it is. we're talking 18 trillion gallons over the next seven days. we have south carolina congressman ralph northam how his state is getting knocked down but how good samaritans are stepping up. president trump will travel to the carolinas to survey the damage. we have the moment by moment action. thank you for watching. money, politics, we have the stories behind tomorrow's headlines. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ liz: this is the fox business network. the dow closing slightly to the downside, to actually pretty decent, 154. more on the money in a second. the four fatalities from

hurricane florence. a mother and a child was killed when a tree fell on their home in wilmington, north carolina. the storm batters north carolina's coast with 70 mile-an-hour winds. talk of a life-threatening storm surge up to 11 feet. 620,000 people now without power. the center of it is now about 50 miles away from wilmington. it is crawling west and south at 3 miles-an-hour. heavy rains expected over the carolina coast through tomorrow as the storm moves inland. officials now warning the storm will get worse as more than 3 feet of rain could fall before the weather clears up. turning streets into raging rivers. emergency responders frantically moving three hot spots we're talking about that have been hit. talking new bern, jacksonville, and neuse river. the towns there. water rescues are underway. more than 70 people rescued from

a collapsing hotel roof in jacksonville, north carolina. other rescue teams working to free hundreds trapped in new bern after this nearby neuse river burst its bank. we're talking about 10-foot water there. pieces of buildings ripping apart by the storms flying through the air. you saw video african knowpy ripping off of a gas station north of wilmington. the winds are so fierce caused this virginia beach ferris wheel to continue to spin rapidly on and on. one photojournalists basically posting this video of transformers blowing out all over wilmington. duke energy anticipates 3 million outages across the carolinas. restoration in the hardest hit communities possibly could take weeks. plus it is not only other storm worry talking about. four powerful steams from outer space in one day. that comes to us from nasa. let's bring in accuweather

senior meteorologist mark man cues so i. tell us about these storms -- mancuso. >> florins is the most immediate concern. two grade words, it is slow-moving and relentless there. it is moving slowly, like you said, taking a stroll. this is six-hour loop. we don't see much movement at all. futurecast shows rain continuing in the same areas hard hit anywhere from one feet to two feet of water has already fallen. we could see an additional amounts here anywhere from one to two feet again as the bands come in over hard-hit areas in eastern north carolina. future movement is slow to the west. that will start to pick up speed as it moves up appalachians. we'll see the very heavy rain in eastern north carolina, northeastern south carolina continuing. it will be life-threatening here. we could see very heavy amounts of rain up through the foothills

and mountains, places that don't want to see more rain could see a lot more of it early next week in the mid-atlantic states where we've had the flooding problems so far this summer. farther south we'll see catastrophic flooding. streams and rivers are slow to recede. it will take weeks, perhaps maybe even a month for some of these places to recover. now farther out in the atlantic, there are other storms. they're not a threat to the u.s. in the caribbean though, we do have isaac coming back as a tropical storm and then by the weekend it could move into the gulf of mexico with time. that could be a troublemaker maybe about a week down the road but plenty of time to watch that, liz. liz: mark, thank you so much for the update, sir. a lot of people and authorities and help coming out. it is not just the first-responders you usually hear about. it is also the unsung heroes including the cajun "cajun navy." including the garbage men they

are needed to clear debris for first-responders and people there to. this is the type of effort does turn the tide to give people hope. let's bring in former fema director, former undersecretary of homeland security, michael brown. >> good to see you, liz. liz: these are stories americans want to hear about. the heroes, guys stepping up from their day jobs, up from their desks to come in and help. tell us what you're hearing? >> first of all they did a fantastic job. i don't know we don't pay attention so what the private sector does in times of disaster. yes, government has a role to play. we have urban search-and-rescue teams and that sort of, you know, personnel deployed to the disaster zone but it is, as you said it is the "cajun navy." it is people in north carolina that have bass boats. people have swift water ability to get up and down the places. private organizations and non-government organizations that will bring in and feed and clothe and house people. they are essential.

when you think about emergency response we tend to think about federal state, and local government. but what we never talk about enough, i don't think, are one, private citizens themselves and then business and what they do in times of disaster. liz: that's a great point. as the carolinas emptied out the best of america pours into these areas. they are treating people with humanity, with dignity and compassion. we are also, we've got a lot of animal lovers on our staff. you can see to the right pets fostering pets. you know what is key, you've seen it, utilities, transformers blowing out all over the area. duke energy says three million could have power outages out across the carolinas. the utilities guys can get their hands on stuff and are key to, aren't they, michael? >> they are. but can i go back to the pets

for instance? liz: sure. >> during hurricane katrina we had a rule that prohibited pets on boats when we would rescue people t broke my heart. i'm a huge animal lover. i was getting excoriated by pita and other organizations not taking care of animals. even though i was trying to do what i could. liz: what was peta saying in they take things out of context all the time. why were they criticizing you? >> they were criticizing i didn't not care about the animals. liz: why were they saying that? >> we were not under federal law allow to put pets on rescue boat when taking somebody off after roof. liz: really that was their beef with you? >> yes. the good news we were getting a change in the law, so that pets are treated like a child. if you are an elderly couple with a pekingese or whatever the dog or cat is, we're rescuing

you from your home, we can bring that animal with us to rescue you. liz: that's a great story. >> our right. i watched the staff and some coverage on fox and fox business about the pets. i just want the american public to know that the responders care about those animals and now they can do something about it. liz: that's a great, great story. not many people know about it. talk to us, michael, about the people that do not leave. we understand what their thinking was, for example, charleston's barrier island, residents not all heeding evacuation orders. now we have the charlotte motor speedway filling up with evacuees. it is saying it can fit thousands of people if needed. when people don't leave, what is the effect on the first-responders? >> well it makes their hard incredibly difficult. in fact it puts their lives in danger but this is a double-edged sword, liz. here's the problem. first of all we're americans, we have the right if we want to stay in harm's way, we have the

right to do that the problem though is, when so many people do that, then the first-responders have to come in, we have to figure out a way to house those people, get them out of harm's way, we have to feed them and take care of them. let's be completely transparent about this some people refuse to evacuate simply because they think they're tough and they can ride the storm out. i get that. shame an you for doing that. but there is also another demographic. this is the other demographic doesn't know how, they're unwilling or scared to evacuate. i go back to using elderly couple. that home is the only thing they have. they hear you need to get in your car or drive 300 miles away. they haven't driven 300 miles from their home in decades. so they're scared to leave. what we don't have right now, we don't have a mechanism, well at least, i think we do but we don't use it enough where we go around to find those people and try to coax them out of their homes, look, we will take you to a shelter. i think we need to do more of

that. liz: you are a good man, michael brown. we thank you for your service to our country. that was really important, good information you just gave us. thank you so much. >> you bet. thanks a lot. liz: let's get to the business headlines. congress now mulling an additional spending bill to cover damages from hurricane florence as the storm tests fema's budget. it has 25 billion there to handle things. congress only has a handful of dates in session to finalize spending measures before funding runs out in just over two weeks. now the market taking a dip earlier today in response to president trump telling his staff to yes, move forward with 25% tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods even as talks continue. let's see how it is affecting your money. didn't really hit the averages at all really. the three major indices ending the day mixed. let's get right to the nicole petallides on the floor of nyse with the latest. nicole. >> we had some back and forth action on wall street.

the dow had been up 65 points, moved into negative territory on news president trump reportedly told aides to move ahead with $200 billion worth of tariffs on chinese good. that u.s.-china trade tension weighed on stocks. we were up 65. we were down 77 but the dow finned higher up nine points. the s&p also squeezed out a gain although the nasdaq finished the red. for the week all three were in the green. some of the movers on the dow include united technologies and boeing to the upside, disney and apple to the downside. back to you. liz: thank you, nicole. watch this video. dangerous winds. it did rip a canopy off of a gas station in tropical beach, north carolina, north of wilmington on the coast. we have live team coverage on the ground where the storm is headed towards south carolina. kristina partsineveloss will give us an update from south carolina after the break. stay there. (vo) when bandits stole the lockbox from the wells fargo stagecoach,

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♪ liz: first it was 10 trillion. now tropical storm florence forecast to drop 18 trillion gallons of rain in the next seven days. stunning video coming out of the storm. dangerous winds ripping a canopy off of a gas station in tropical beach, north carolina, north of wilmington on the coast. this is unusual with a man hoeding a american flag in the middle of a storm. kristina partsineveloss on the ground in myrtle beach, south carolina. kristina, what is going on with that one? reporter: you have mentioned it was downgraded to a tropical storm. i've been out since what, 5:30 this morning. i have not seen the wind this strong in this area. we're in myrtle beach, not north myrtle beach.

the wind, you can see the winds are definitely picking up. we're definitely by tore morning around 10 a.m., the water will enter in, well past those sand dunes. so you won't even see it. overall with this entire state, you're seeing about 75% of the population that has evacuated. but i've spoken to a lot of people that have decided to stay put. i know that you spoke about the first-responders and why people are still staying put. seems like the vast majority of those that are here believe they can overcome it because they have lived their entire life here. they had their house flood before in the past. they can overcome it with their boarded up supplies and everything like that. so far i interviewed one woman had to evacuate because her entire ceiling came down. you talked about the storm. on average, a person walks about three miles per hour. if you're doing a brisk walk it is about five miles per hour. that is what this storm is doing. that is the difference with this storm and previous storms it is moving at such a slow rate. and that is why you're seeing

such heavy rainfall. in myrtle beach area we are expecting torrential rains over the next few days. there has been warning of flash flooding. hence the curfew of 7:00 p.m. as of now there are 75,000 homes that don't have power. we're right on the beach, the tourist destination, so far the buildings this have not lost power. warnings from police officers i have spoken to, hey you're probably locked in and get storm surge from behind us an inland behind us coming from the camera, coming in this way. it will be very difficult for to us leave. we're deciding should we stay, should we go? so far, people -- liz: break in just for a second, kristina. you apparently caught this guy, lane pittman, captured on film. he was head banging to heavy metal music waving the american flag. it was you who caught this

image. what is going on there? reporter: i didn't know if you wanted to start the entire hit with that. he was on the street a lot of viewers have seen the video. it was an attempt to go viral. pretty much all is it was. i interviewed him on stuart varney, i don't know if you call it karma, out in the middle of the street, tons of hurricane, waving an american flag in his underwear. afterwards he happened to be in behind me in my shot. why is a half naked guy behind you. he pretty much said, it is america, i'm free. reason why he did it. it is going viral. what has he done, got over a million, two million views. so, definitely viral. we're showing the video. liz: he has done it before in hurricane matthew. great to see you, kristina. thank you so much. >> okay. liz: get back to the tropical storm storm on the move in south carolina. this state three years ago

endured epic historic flooding. half a million people evacuated in south carolina. the state faces historic flash flooding. from north carolina, rivers are pouring downstream into the state. let's get reaction from a north carolina congressman. thanks for coming on, sir. what is your reaction to the storm? it is slow moving, and about the average time a person walks. that is why it is picking up ocean water this is different from hugo, any others i've seen. we're bracing forethe tragedy that four lives lost in north carolina. can you prepare for this? no. i know all the officials, the mayors, the sheriffs, the chiefs are, have been meeting round-the-clock and they're ready to deal with whatever we have to deal with. the water, and flooding is going to be the problem. as myrtle beach is experiencing

that now. charleston we're going to experience it. where i'm from is 60 miles north of columbia, and as you mentioned we had 25 dams that failed less than three years ago. it is tough on the infrastructure. liz: you're right. sir, we have a number of nuclear power plants, nursing homes have been issue in other storms in your state. what are you hearing about the safety evacuation, safety issues there? >> well, i mean it's, luckily duke drained the water level which is a safety measure for the, so the flooding will be diminished if we get a normal amount. from what i understand over the next 36 hours we're going to have close to two feet. winds will be 20 to 30 miles an hour which is not a good formula. liz: are people evacuating sir? there were issues with that in north carolina. people seeing what is going on in north carolina and are they leaving? >> yes. i'm in the real estate business. hotels are filling up.

a lot of residents that live in the myrtle beach area are coming up trying to get out of the way of it. but it is a, from what we hear people are traveling and they're slowly getting out of the way. nobody anticipated this type of a hurricane. and now that you see what happened in, again in north carolina, they're taking it seriously. liz: we're hearing such great stories of courage, of people standing up, when people are down, when the state has been evacuated. people are pouring in to help. we have heard people in restaurants giving free meals to the first-responders in your state. can you talk a little bit how people are responding to health? >> absolutely. talking to police chiefs yesterday, the sheriffs. they were willing to work all night to make sure that the citizens were safe. th going hit last night or when but they're willing to put their time and effort. i can't give enough praise on the first-responders. you know, they're willing to go

that situations that are dangerous for them, for their lives and as the floods come they will be there. and they see fema, our emergency operations worked real well with all of our sheriffs and our people, the mayors that are calling, that are planning to deal with the worst. liz: congressman, you know, because cars, cars start to float in two feet of water. rushing rivers of water in three feet really dangerous for people. it could sweep away cars, people and pets. it is a serious issue. 90% of fatalities come from flooding, from water. your final word on that? >> yeah, you know you can't anticipate, if you can't see the road, which is what we're going to be experiencing, that is where your problems develop. particularly for our elderly drivers who are just not used to this or anybody on the road. that is why most of the officials are saying stay off the roads.

stay in. let's let this get past us, let's assess the damage to see where it goes. i'm excited president trump is coming. they have done a great job with federal agencies. i think it is a tribute to, what people are involved with now that are willing to help and they're not going to idly sit, standing idly by. they're working. liz: congressman. great to see you. thank you for your comments. >> thank you, liz. liz: hotel sign in jacksonville ripped apart by winds of florence. we're showing you the video to show how damaging the speed and velocity of the storm. here comes the "cajun navy." it is heading into harm's way. thousands of people are pouring into the state. the "cajun navy" members came from nearly a dozen states. we have a leader from the "cajun navy" with a love up date from the ground there. don't go away. stay there. ♪ok

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♪ ♪ elizabeth: well, hurricane florence now downgraded to a tropical storm. it is grinding its way toward south carolina. with the latest on what happened in north carolina, he was right in the bull's eye of it, in the eye of the storm. he's rick leventhal. he's live on the ground in wrightsville beach. rick? >> reporter: and, liz, wrights vil beach is still getting punished, it's not over yet. the property damage is not terrible, some minor debris on the ground, but just look at the trees being whipped looking south on lumina avenue as the wind continues to barrel through here. and, of course, the rain continues to soak us here. i want to give you a look up to the north which is where we were all week and certainly last night. this road was underwater because wrightsville beach this morning, 11 a.m., saw the highest flood level they've ever had here. it was almost 5 feet above high tide. and the water was up to about midway on the doors of our

vehicle as we were seeking higher ground because the area where we were was being inundated. a lot of the side roads were underwater, and the main drag that leads to the famous fishing pier here in wrightsville beach, that was also in deep water at least up to our, i would say, knees in some spots on the main drag. this town, though, virtually desetterred. it seems that -- deserted. it seems almost every resident and visitor got out. all the hotels closed, businesses closed, that sort of thing. and the power went out, liz, last night just before 1 success. we -- 11:00. we watched transformers blow, and we haven't seen power since. traffic lights are out and that sort of thing. there is a curfew in wilmington from 10 p.m. tonight until tomorrow morning, and they need that. they need to keep people off the roads and out of these hazardous conditions with power lines down and other hazards. a tree fell in wilmington on a

house, killed the mother and her infant child, and the father was also injured. at least four storm-related deaths so far, and as we've all heard, the most dangerous time of a hurricane is after it passes because of the debris, the power lines and the hazards that it leaves behind. elizabeth: rick, thank you so much for your coverage there, sir. be safe. >> reporter: thank you. elizabeth: we're going to go right to break. landslide win, new york democratic governor andrew cuomo beating cynthia nixon, and a shutdown averted. d.c. reaching a bipartisan agreement on a spending package to fund the government through december. it's basically avoiding another government shutdown ballot as we head into the midterms just 54 days away. we've got heart-warming video coming up for you. north carolina residents braving the flooded streets to rescue people in need. the u.s. army, 10,000 troops from the defense department

moving in to support fema and the first responders. we're bringing in the commanding general of the u.s. corps of engineers and also the cajun navy next. stay there. so a tree falls on your brand new car and totals it.

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just north or of wilmington, more than a foot of rain there. homes and businesses suffering significant damage including totally collapsed building, uprooted trees, blown-off rooftops and flattened gas stations. leland vittert is live in morehead city with the latest. leland? >> reporter: liz, well more than a foot of rain here, more than that over on atlantic beach that you can just now see in this sort of lull of a squall line. it's hard to the imagine that these punishing winds and this driving rain have been going on now for more than 18 hours. earlier we were able to get over to atlantic beach in one such lull and check out some of the damage there. this is the main road in atlantic beach. at parts it is not quite a river yet, but certainly a small stream. the rain, obviously, continuing which means these waters will only rise especially as the tide starts to come back in. this is just one of the

businesses that is completely destroy here. you can see top rows of windows blown out, the roof -- according to the fire department -- is blown out. and there was the front door. now anyone can just walk through. now becomes even the bigger question for so many of these businesses, after wind and water will have destroyed so much, will the looters come, something the police are incredibly worried about here even as this storm continues. and as this storm continues, the oh issue is how -- the other issue is how slow moving it is, and we cannot stress that enough. it's still making it very difficult, very dangerous for police, fire, ems to be out on the roads especially during the worst of these squall lines, another one coming in you can see just out there. the other thing that's happening that has been so, if you want to say bad luck for everyone here, is how slow this is coming. we now have another high tide coming in with in this even larger storm surge, liz.

elizabeth: leland vittert, please be safe, my friend. okay. let's get to another hot spot, jacksonville, north carolina. it sits also just north of wilmington. 70 people, including children, had to be pulled from the triangle motor inn motel. it's made out of cinder bloc. it -- cinderblock. it collapsed at the height of the storm. none were injured. a hotel sign in jacksonville ripped apart by the winds of now-tropical storm florence. it has been downgraded. to the rescue comes the cajun navy. it was formed after hurricane katrina. they headed right into harm's way, into the teeth of florence. people coming from a dozen state, hundreds of people. now they've rescued nearly 200 people so far just in north carolina from the roofs of cars even. flood waters rapidly rising within minutes, it was a really dangerous rescue effort. let's get to the cajun navy be leader, jordy bloodsworth. thank you so much for joining us. i mean, you had hundreds of

people from a number of states coming right in there. tell us what's going on right now. >> definitely. so right now we just got to peace baptist church right outside of wilmington. we had a couple other groups working with us like united cajun navy, and they've been coordinating some spots. we got with guys here, and some girls, that are heading up getting together, advice on where to stay, food and things like that. we just have a good base to stay right now, and we'll be assessing the area and the situation and recording any kind of addresses or anything like that, that we can get to -- elizabeth: we're hearing really surprising stories of how dangerous it is for you guys, because with the waters moving so rapidly, it's hard to get the boats into spots to rescue people. we're hearing you guys are even using air mattresses to get people out because you can't get the boats in due to high winds.

is that what's going on? >> we use anything that we can or need to use to get the job done and try to get people to safety. so it's pretty much whatever it takes method as long as it's safe for us as well. elizabeth: you know, you guys stepped in after hurricane harvey. can you talk to us about harvey in relationship to florence and how they compare? >> i think the biggest comparison between 'em is just how the storms have hit and stopped, and it's just that steady rainfall, the steady wind. it just takes a toll on everything around. the water eventually will back up, ground gets soft, trees go, they break, and it's that steady beating that just takes a toll on them. elizabeth: jordy bloodsworth of the cajun navy, be safe, my friend. >> yes, ma'am, thank you. elizabeth: north carolina residents along the coast braving city streets, storm surges as high as 10 feet swept through their area today.

now, after days of preparation first responders now on the move. we're talking now, the military response. 23,000 troops coming in from the defense department and the national guard can the coast guard. -- and the coast guard. we're talking about emergency power units, helicopters, all sorts of equipment moving in. it is a massive relief effort. food, water, search and rescue missions, medical care and restoration of power. now, one south carolina restaurant, we were talking about it earlier, they thanked first responders. we're talking about the bonefish grill in south carolina. they treated at least 100 first responders to a free dinner after a day of rescue missions and aid. let's bring in the u.s. army corps of engineers' commanding general todd seminite. >> first of all, on behalf of all of us in the department of defense, our thoughts and prayers really go out to those great people in the carolinas that are dealing with. over 670,000 people are without power, unfortunately already four deaths.

whatever we in the department of defense can do, we certainly want to be able to step up. i just came from the pentagon with a meeting with the northcom commander, and he told us anticipate the requirements, get ahead of them and lean far forward. so the northcom commander, navy, army, air force, marines, we're doing that. we've got probably 10,000 people already on the ground ready to support. things like these high-water trucks so we can get in, there are 300 of them on the ground, about another 1,000 on standby. and 83 helicopters at least right now, it's all a back to what can the department of defense do to step up and help out. elizabeth: are you using the helicopters to push people off of the rooftops? is that what's going on? is. >> well, first of all, all of those requirements come up through those local and state officials. they go to fema where they're vetted. a lot of this is being done by local people, and it gets the coast guard working as well i.

really is a team effort, and our team's -- i'm not convinced we've actually done an extraction off of a rooftop yet. but we're certainly standing by if, in fact, that requirement comes up. elizabeth: you know, is the military more and more being used to help out in hurricanes? i mean, there's so many good men and women helping out. this is the best of america stepping up, sir. is this something that you guys realize, hey, we need to come together because of these natural disasters? >> well, and i think it's a whole team effort. clearly, unbelievable, heroic things are going to be -- you just talked about the cajun navy. and it really is everybody pulling together. one of the things is that military ethic. what's the mission, we've got to get it accomplished and to be able to make sure we're pulling side by side with the rest of those service providers to be able to save people's lives. elizabeth: you know, we saw it in superstorm sandy here in new york city, the unsung heroes, sir, you've seen it, boots on the ground. also even the garbage men, we saw them pouring into breezy point to remove collapsed houses

so guys like you and the firemen could get in there. >> well, that's true. and don't forget, the storm now it would appear that this is less intense, but i would just caution everybody there's still an awful lot of wind out there and an awful lot of water. while some of the wind might reduce some of the requirement for emergency power and perhaps some of the debris, we still see a significant challenge from flooding. one of the things in the corps we're very worried about is the dams. you talked a little bit with congressman northam, we're out there to make sure we can look at the dams with the locals. we've got teams to be able to respond if best -- if we need to to make sure the risk is mitigated. elizabeth: general, thank you so much for your service to our country, sir. thank you so much for coming in. >> all of us are so proud to be able to stand up and serve. elizabeth: okay, thank you, sir. we have more video of florence coming into the studio. we've got that oceanfront ferris wheel in virginia beach

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major concern, it's the flooding, you know? about two years ago we were hit pretty hard with hurricane matthew and the flooding, and we understand now that we have the possibility of having higher flooding levels than what we did then, and so that is really a very grave concern of ours, and we're trying to get evacuations done in and around our river. >> how long of a recovery are we talking about, sir, for you guys? >> well, we have people that are still displaced, and so, you know, the resources have been coming in, but you have some people that lost everything and are not quite back to normal yet, and we have some places of the city that had just been pieced back together. and so it was really a devastating hit and kind of déàa vu for a lot of people. elizabeth: your honor, what do you need right now? >> well, we need, certainly we need prayers, but we need our citizens to listen closely and stay engaged. you know, i recently just lost power at my personal home here, and we're working with our state, the governor gave me a call earlier today.

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elizabeth: welcome back. it may not just be florence. we have new satellite footage of three powerful storms marching one by one across the atlantic ocean. now the question is, will they hit the east coast? there's another one, a fourth

maybe ready to roll other the hawaiian -- roll over the hawaiian islands are. let's bring in meteorologist joe bastarti, joe, tell us about these storms coming. >> they'll all be gone off the charts on monday. helene, it is going to hit ireland and perhaps the u.k., a very powerful storm there for them. they may get wind gusts 60, 70 miles an our. joyce, i don't even know why they named that, and the other one, isaac, is going to -- it looks to me like it's falling apart. it came back a little bit this afternoon. there's large scale sinking developing in the atlantic basin again just like we had through much of the month of august. now, on august 23rd, liz, we told our clients that we were going to get a 2-3 week period where it would get very active in the atlantic and then shut down, and on september 2nd we put out the warning. and you can go on weather bell and look at it that this was, florence was going to come back to the east coast.

i expect the next week to ten days starting monday to be very quiet in the tropics overall. however, once we get to the last week of september and the first 10-15 days of october, another burst -- and this time i've got more concern about the caribbean into the gulf of mexico and perhaps the southeast -- i think will see another burst before the season comes back. but those, those storms you see out there right now i have no worry, and we're telling our clients that we don't have to worry about those. elizabeth: all right. joe, how is this hurricane season stacking up? how is it comparing? >> well, it's very -- again, without trying to be egotistical, if you looked at our preseason forecast, we said a lack of activity in the deep tropics and what we'd have to worry about is a storm getting in close to the eastern seaboard and moving very slowly because of the pattern that's setting up. this is very similar to what we saw in 2002, 2006 and 2009. and it's interesting, there was

a storm that hit new jersey from the southeast with 70 mile-an-hour winds on september 11th, 2009. it wasn't named, the an africa wave, they didn't name it, but it still came in from the southeast like that. so what we're concerned about, liz, down the road is the similarities to the weather pattern in september of 2002 which did produce lilley and isadora in the gulf of mexico, two cat 4 storms the last week of september, early in october. so i am worried about another spurt coming out. and by the way, this is marching into the winter pattern. if you listen to the years i analog, those winter turned out to be quite cold and stormy in the eastern united states, and we already have our clients warned about that. elizabeth: you're one of the best meteorologists out there. thanks for that update, and you are right, you are practically right every time. thank you so much, sir. okay, strong winds and rain still pounding the carolinas. we're going to bring you the latest after the break.

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liz: tropical storm florence grinding its way towards south carolina. charles payne is next. charles: good evening. i'm charles payne. it's been downgrade to a tropical storm, but hurricane florence barreling down on the carolinas leaving millions of americans displaced and without power. the president green lights additional tariffs on chinese imports. florence continues to slam north and south carolina with massive flooding and a path of destruction. christina is in myrtl