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at the fox news extreme weather center with the latest and what comes next. >> the storm continues to slowly weaken but that is not going to be enough to stop the rain. wins currently at 65 miles per hour, it's a tropical storm. you can see a lot of rain across north carolina, that's going to continue. it's been such a slow mover. just over myrtle beach, everything back behind it -- remember we came on land that 715 this morning. what a short distances has traveled. 60 miles throughout the course of the entire day. you spend that much time in one location you're bound to see rounds and rounds of showers. here's what it looks like out there right now. you see a couple of areas, those darker colors indicate heavier rain and there have been spots where that heavy rain has went over and over again.

impressive rainfall totals already, some damaging rainfall totals and of those probably going to continue. right in that area i was just pointing out, radar indicated spots getting up as may be as high as 20 inches. it's because you're getting all of that moisture from the ocean over the same spot over and over again. the rain is not over yet. some of our forecast models, this is not totals -- this is additional from what we see right now what more could we see. i showed you a spot that already had 20 inches, we could see in some locations another 20 inches. this is far from over. the rain is going to continue to fall throughout the overnight hours. the wind is beginning to die down a bit but it has been unissued. these are high winds we've seen all throughout the entire event as much as triple digits. the numbers are beginning to fall a bit but wind is still an issue. 50-60 mile-per-hour range, that with those waters still coming

into shore, it's enough to continue to cause some flooding. here is our forecast model. as we eventually make our way off the coast, it begins to break up and fall apart which is some good news. currently this system moving in at about 3 miles per hour, it's going to stay very slow overnight. it is not going to see until tomorrow until we see this thing pick up and move out of the are area. >> shannon: we know you guys are all around us. still pretty windy on the carolina coast as adam was pointing out. let's check in now with our senior correspondent steve harrigan, he is in north beach and will check in on his condition -- hello. >> the rain is falling and coming down steadily, it's been falling for more than 30 hours. if more than 20 inches of rain has fallen but the heavy winds from that storm have gone away. hopefully gone for good. along the coastline, we saw

hurricane force winds and tropical storm force winds for more than ten hours really rack those houses along the beach, strong enough to knock down trees, power lines, and some groups from those houses as wel well. the situation may transport, getting around very treacherous and very dangerous with the downed power lines in the debris along those roads. the message from state and local officials was clear, it's going to be a dangerous storm. for the most part people listen to, boarding up those houses. there is going to be a heavy price to pay. large cleanup, it's going to have to take place. right now we are moving into the search and rescue phase. hundreds of rescues already across the state, the police chief says he intends to go out at dawn with his team to get the areas they still have yet to be able to reach because of the dangerous conditions. back to you. >> shannon: we've seen some video, it's dark where you are now but i want to ask specifically when you had daylight to look around, so much

has been made of the fact that it's going to be flooding. the surges, are going to be the real problem and that's going to continue through the weekend. what were you able to see as far as flooding and damage coming in off the beach from where you were last night? >> we saw the beach behind us disappear overnight. the ocean came right over the sand berms. it was a scary sight to see, the giant ocean coming up over the berms. the realization if you slept off you would be gone forever. the water was coming over today i especially at high tide. even along the coastline was so heavy flooding, the rain hasn't stopped. when you heard the forecasters say 20 more inches, this is going to be unbelievable. >> shannon: we appreciate you being there on the front line, you and your crew stay safe.

thank you very much. now over to morehead city, with the latest from your perch? >> echoing what steve is saying, this is an improvement it may not seem the kind of evening you want to spend up side. it's an improvement over five or six hours ago. 24 inches of rain here as we are able to venture out a little bit during the day as we have a role here. you got a sense of what that di did. not only did we have the flooding in the water will continue to rise over the next couple of days, the storm surge went from here up river, it landed on areas upriver as well and you had that unstoppable force versus the immovable object or situation, the only place for the water to go is up. the ground here has been so

saturated by water, north carolina hopes that everyone has come to know and love so much have just begun falling telephone poles over and over again. the force of these trees when they fall down is incredible. sadly we saw that a little bit south and west of here when it tree fell into a house and killed the mother and her infant child. the ground is so saturated, even winds like this become enough to topple those trees over. not only can those trees be deadly but they blocked roads. each one of them has to be cut up by chainsaw and moved out. that's the beginning of any kind of search and rescue effort as they start to clear the road. the fire department's trucks can get through when we were over in atlanta beach a couple hours ag ago. they were trying to pick their way through neighborhoods to check on people over there. that's just the beginning, then the power crews can come through. then the cleanup can begin, it's going to be an awfully long time.

>> shannon: it certainly will. thank you very much. we want to check over in wilmington and senior correspondent rick leventhal who has been weathering the element for a couple of days now. can you tell us anything about the move they are? we first responders are working around the clock. it's got to be exhausting for everybody at this point. >> there are a lot of weary people, who have been forced out of their homes and a lot of crews who have come in and waiting to be dispatched to bring the help to people who need it and clean some of the debris up who have now littered the streets of wilmington and the surrounding areas. we started our day in wrightsville beach, we've been there all week. they flooded to a level we never seen before. a storm surge at 11:00 this morning, inundating the homes in

that neighborhood around the famous. there. they flooded that whole area. saw a lot of water and a lot of rain that continues to fall there and just to the west of wilmington, there have been a lot of issues with that as you heard leland mention the tree that came down, a lot of trees it came down all around this area. it could go much higher than that. when we left the the beach and drove over the bridge and saw the trees down and how dark it was and then came this way, every highway is out, they have state police and intersections with lights on. it's slow going in treacherous coag and they want to keep people off the roads until they get the situation cleaned up. >> shannon: i know you've been

involved in covering dangerous situations all over the world including many big storms and they are all unique how would you characterize this one? >> it's got a lot of fortitude. it's hung around a long time. it's moving very slowly and it's taking a lot longer than people would probably like to see it take. it reminds me of a hurricane we covered in mobile bit potomac bay, it just dumped on that mobile bay area. this part of north carolina is not equipped to handle that kind of water. they've been arraigned on so much this summer, the ground saturated can't handle all that extra rain and it hasn't stopped yet. >> shannon: you talk about that rain and one of the concerns we heard about was the fact that they're going to be surges inland. huge agricultural and livestock

areas, huge hog farms with thousands of hogs, killed but also the sewage from a lot of those areas contaminate the water supply. have you heard any of those concerns? >> i've heard about the concerns, we don't know if they will come to fruition but there are parts of north carolina where there are more pigs than people. they have these big manure pits that could float. what we were told as the farmers were given permission to empty some of that out, spray it on the fields to bring the levels down just in case they got into dated with floodwater. it looks very likely they will. if that happens and the lagoons can't handle it, then all of that stuff washes downstream into areas where it doesn't belong and that could pose a health crisis. that's something that officials are watching and worrying about amongst all the other things they have to worry about with

this rain predicted for days ahead. >> shannon: is something unique, leland and i talked about how the people there, those who decide to stay, those who are first responders are helping they are very self-sufficient and tough and they look out for each other. there's a sense of community. are you seeing that for the people whose did stick around? >> it was pretty remarkable in wrightsville beach how few people decided to stick around. what i'm used to seeing this a lot of folks who say i don't believe the hype and i'm not going to leave my home. they do stay and for the most part they are usually okay but we've seen in many cases where there not. this storm, people took it seriously especially in wrightsville beach. i had people who said they never evacuated their homes but this time they were going to a large part because this saying was so

big and bearing straight down on that part of the coast and the predictions seemed consistent that the storm surge would be up to 13 feet. these folks knew that meant their homes would be underwater. the surgeon wrightsville beach was not 13 feet, it was record-setting 5 feet above high tide but they didn't get as much flooding is as they thought thy would. that said, the streets were inundated and they were glad they didn't stick around. that town was deserted, it was remarkable how empty it was and eerie to go out and stand in the main drag and no one was there. we saw occasional police officers patrolling but no citizens we ever saw in that town. that was what set this one apart, where we where we were alone. >> shannon: that's good news for the folks who have to stay there and carry out those rescues and try to get to those

folks who need help. >> one other point about that, those folks who left they can't get back in until the authorities say it's safe to do so. i'm sure people saw the pictures in the videos we posted, they want to get back and check on their property. that bridge into wrightsville beach, it hasn't been reopened yet. >> shannon: thank you very much. first responders working tirelessly, you've heard rick and steve talk about them as residents who try to weather the storm find themselves in dangerous situations. the mayor of new bern north carolina saying that already rescued 200 people. rick telling us that it's 360. let's talk about it on the phone with the assistant chief of the wilmington fire department, tom robinson.

thank you so much for joining us, can you tell us about what your department has been facing over the last 24 hours. >> within the city of wilmington we have a lot of places without power. over 70,000 residents without power. most of our intersections do not have power. massive oak trees and pine trees that are down and houses that are damage. we have one structure fire which we believe was caused by a generator. we've been kind of busy with that kind of stuff. >> shannon: do people leave and get out, are there people who need your help despite the warnings? >> there's always those who decided to stay but we believe a lot more people heeded the warning this time because of the fact that it was such a large storm coming in.

i think a lot of people were really concerned. they moved into shelters which was safer for them. those of the one -- >> shannon: what is it like for the men and women of your department? you have families and homes and things you have person worries about, you are answering the call and how's everybody doing? >> hopefully we will be getting off in the morning and though get a chance to get home and survey damage they might have and get their houses back to normal. separate with most of our families, evacuating and move and we don't have to be concerned about them being here.

they pulled the long 72 hour shift. >> shannon: the wilmington police department put out a tweet about a curfew saying new hanover county north carolina in the city of wilmington are issuing an order for curfews to begin tonight at 10:00 p.m. until further notice. have you seen them complying with that, how does it help your effort those streets are clear tonight? >> it keeps them off the road in the dark, and you can't see the downed power lines. that number like that you're

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>> shannon: white house correspondent kevin corke is here with the latest. when the president shows up it's not a quick little visit, it's a production. >> good morning to you. and good morning to everyone else out there. white house officials at this hour are still monitoring the hurricane and corresponding weather activity. strong winds to continue due sweep across the region, you've been watching us all night long. you know how big this storm

continues to be. the president on twitter says great job of first responders and law enforcement, not easy, very dangerous. tremendous talents. america is proud of you, keep it all going, finish strong. earlier today, the president was joined by key members of his team including homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen, getting the very latest fallout from the storm. the president was also working the phones. he said this earlier today, the president called lieutenant governor, mayor liles from charlotte, mayor jones from north carolina at assuring each elected official that the federal government is ready and prepared to assist with anything their state and respective communities would need during this natural disaster. the president also receiving updates from a number of agencies and stakeholders regarding the impact of this devastating storm, those updates as you can well imagine do continue into this evening.

it's also important to point out, part of the effort to mitigate the fallout includes that large-scale procurement and distribution of materials, it's going to be key tonight and in the coming days. we've also received word the president doesn't want to get out there and make a visit to the region in the days ahead. as soon as the cleanup effort is complete, you don't want all of the secret service and all it takes to bring the president to the region to get in the way. >> shannon: that can be trouble until they get things cleared away. we'll wait for your reporting on that. "the washington post" declaring president trump complicit in the conditions that led to hurricane florence. former secretary of state john kerry and the president are engaged in a war on words over two obama era climate change agreements that trump administration walked away from. >> president trump made it clear the reason he pulled out of the paris climate the court is

because they believe the term was or unfair to american businesses and taxpayers and would hurt the economy. he said he would at some point negotiate a better deal. the paris accord is a nonbinding treaty. it's a voluntary pledge signed onto by 195 countries. critics say many of those countries are not living up to their end of the bargain. speaking of the global climate action summit in san francisco, former secretary of state john kerry who signed the paris accord in 2015 lashed out at president trump, watch. >> for the president to stand up for the american people and to say too much burden we have to get out of paris and withdraw american leadership from an issue that is life or death is one of the single greatest acts of irresponsibility by the presence of the united states anywhere at any time. >> former vice president al gore and california governor jerry brown who are also at the conference agreed with

john kerry. current secretary of state mike pompeo has yet to criticize kerry for his comments but he went after carrie for his recent meeting with a iranian foreign minister. he called them unseemly and unprecedented. >> he was telling them to wait out this administration. you can't find president for this in u.s. history. secretary carey ought not to engage in that kind of behavior. >> president trump took a step further accusing him of engaging in illegal meetings with a very hostile iran regime. a spokesperson said the meeting with iran is not unusual, unseemly, or inappropriate. >> shannon: thank you very much. rescue efforts are underway for residents trapped in floodwaters and parts of north carolina. let's take a look at the challenges they're going to face. the rescuers, the people who are going to have to clean up behind this. fox news medical contributor

dr. marc siegel is here to weigh in. great to see you. we talked about the flooding, it presents a big challenge. what happens to that water? people don't have electricity and filtration is down for a while, what are some of the health concerns you would have? >> the flooding is not over yet, the more flooding we see the more power we lewis. we have 700,000 people already without power. you may not have the medical supplies you need or the respirator you need, or the dialysis you need. they also know what your medical needs are. they come to you with batteries for the respirator, when your power is off. the biggest challenge is getting emergency responders with those areas where people are trapped but if you're in those floodwaters, there's plenty of animals as well. pigs, bacteria, there's a risk

of diarrheal diseases. there could be power lines down, there could be risks of electrocution's. debris hitting below the waterline, you get injured, you get a wound there's no way to clean it out. those are the major challenges we are facing. fema has been rushing to the rescue here, more than a thousand workers involved. state, local, national guard. it's been a tour de force of state, local, and federal authorities here. over 6 million meals have been sent to the area, over 4 millio. people get to drink it and it doesn't get contaminated, that's a huge problem. that's what were looking at going forward. we have to stay vigilant. >> shannon: the president tweeting great job fema, first responders and law enforcement -- not easy. very dangerous, tremendous talent. america is proud of you, keep it going and finish strong. what about when folks try to go

home? they'll have to wait until authorities allow them. we always hear that people are very stressed, they are emotional over what they have lost. they've got a lot of physical work to do. they dive right into -- what are the challenges there? >> at the president's right. i think fema's response has been unprecedented, we've learned from prior disasters. one of the things we have to learn is not to go home too soon. if you go into a house that doesn't have power or broken items -- you trip, you fall, you might get stressed. you could have a heart problem. you have to look at what people's underlying medical problems are. the last thing you want to do if you're evacuated us to rush back in. that's another big mistake. you have to listen to the authorities that are telling you what to do. the most important story is it's not just that federal authorities are coming in, they are talking to the state and local health authorities to figure out who is who and what to do. that so far is working but we are a long way from over.

were going to see more floodwaters in more trouble from emergency responders getting into help sick people. we've got to get people the medicines they need. >> shannon: if they weren't able to take them with them or they were lost in the process. thank you so much for dropping in. i would say late but it's early. our extended life coverage continues will take you back to the fox news extreme weather center as we continue to monitor florence alive. "the new york times" admit it created unfair impression of u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley all over a story about her apartment. ♪ flintstones! meet the flintstones. ♪

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♪ >> shannon: the damage from florence continues as the storm inches slowly inland. let's go to the fox news extreme weather center with the latest on the storm's path. >> you're right, this storm is

absolutely crawling at this point. it's been weakening but moving so slowly which is causing its own issues. here is the center of circulation at this point just off the west of myrtle beach. still that tight circulation, obviously anywhere back behind. it is going to be the northern or the eastern side of the storm that's going to see the worst weather. that typically the case with these hurricanes. this came on shore this morning at 7:00 15 and outside of wilmington, it has traveled only 85 miles. spots that have been in the wind field continue to be in the wind field, spots that are seeing the rain continued to see it. particularly father to the north, there has been a line in training of rain showers, we've seen it over the course of the day. those of the spots we've seen the rain pile up. so far, 20-24 inches, the rain hasn't stopped yet and eventually were going to see additional rainfall that could add to these numbers.

another 10-20 total inches of rain. no surprise as we take step back and look at the entire picture, plenty of spots highlighted in red. if those are flash flood warnings stretching all across north carolina because that moisture is continuing to get picked up, continuing to be dropped across portions of the state. flooding is going to be a major concern, not just the amount of flooding right now but even for the next four or five days, flooding is going to be an issue. these are all rivers and projections for major or moderate flooding in rivers across north carolina. flooding could last for another four or five days because there is nowhere left for this rain to go. as long as it's there it's going to continue to move into some of these rivers and cause flooding issues. these are still impressive totals continuing considering s been happening. they've been there for hours and hours. this is a future forecast, you

notice once we move across south carolina this wind field falls apart. it's good news for folks further inland. we are unfortunately going to be paying attention to this for a while longer. the movement overnight stays in slow early and then it really picks up more on sunday and becomes a quick mover. actually here in new york city, it's probably going to ruin my plans on monday and tuesday -- this system is going to be moving to the northeast. >> shannon: you might need a nap for a couple of days based on the hours you're working now. thank you very much. tonight, "the new york times" admits to creating an unfair impression about the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley. it all stems from a report in which the times claimed upwards of $50,000 was spent for curtains in her official residence. what they failed to mention until the sixth paragraph is the purchase was authorized by the obama administration nearly two years ago. "the new york times" has since

change the headline and issued an editor's note. senior columnist at town hall and author of militant normals. good to see you tonight. just so people know i want to run through this a little bit. the original headline said this. nikki haley's view of new york is priceless, $52,000 a lot of people think that's about nikki haley making this purchase after they were confronted and they changed it and they said the state department spent $52,701 for on curtains for residents of the u.n. envoy. they set an earlier version created an unfair impression about who was responsible for the purchase in question. the article shouldn't have focused on her. >> the good news is "the new york times" has done what a lot of people will not do and that's admit their mistakes, point out their faults and

corrected their wrongs. i appreciate them for that. the bad news about the article, the headline, the wording being all the way down at the bottom of the article is that it feeds into a very dangerous narrative that's been painted by the president and others, there's a certain segment of the media that is out to get conservative conservatives. that's a very dangerous part about it. the good news is as i said earlier, "the new york times" has corrected the story. >> shannon: it seemed like an unforced error to me when i saw this morning. to antoine's point, it gives the president a perfect example to say they are after us for no legitimate reason. >> this is great evidence of what we conservatives have been saying for years. "the new york times" and the rest of the liberal media is out to get -- >> "the new york times" is not the liberal media. >> come baloney. i love leo and i love your time and that's just not true. that's fake news.

>> shannon: you want to respond. >> listen, "the new york times" is definitely not the liberal media. >> shannon: you're going to make kurt have an aneurysm. >> calmed down, take a deep breath and i love your yellow tie. the truth of the matter is they did the one thing that people expected them to do and that was apologize for their mistakes, correct the headline and guess what? i have not heard the governor complain one time. i saw them retweeted the editor's notes about the changes and that's the way it should be. everyone makes mistakes, even you are not so perfect. >> shannon: will wait for evidence of that. >> i don't know about that. >> shannon: when they were confronted, that they have any other choice? a lot of writers say i don't write my headlines but when i first saw the headline, i was like they're going after nikki haley. she had nothing to do with it. >> that was a sort of apology. we made a mistake.

it wasn't a mistake, it was a choice. it was a choice to put the most important information, the lead six paragraphs down instead of upfront or not doing it at all. this wasn't a story back when the obama administration who was spending $52,000, this wasn't the story when the obama administration was paying more for the previous residence. it's a story now because it makes the republicans look bad or so they thought. the thing that gets me is i really dislike the liberal media like "the new york times" and cnn and i want them to change and i want them to learn through pain but they are making it too easy for doing stuff like this. >> shannon: i want to get both of you to weigh into president obama back out on the came campaign trail. i want to play something he said about people pitting each other against each other, here's what he said on that in the border as well. >> they try to pit one group

against the other and they tell us border insecurity will be restored if it weren't for the folks who don't look like us or sound like us or pray like we d do. that is an old playbook. >> shannon: this is a man who immigrations groups called not in a nice way, they called him to deport porter in chief. >> they did, that's what he has a stool to stand on. i think that president understands what's at stake, i think he understands how important this election will be. he ultimately understands this election will set the tone for our politics for the next decade in this country. that's what he's on the campaign trail. i welcome him back to the campaign trail. >> i welcome him back too because he doesn't get it. this is the kind of thing that brought you donald trump. the lack of humility, the refusal to examine people's legitimate gripes. we don't want illegal

immigration, he refuses to acknowledge it exists. he chalks it up to racism, it's not racism. it's american citizens wanting america for americans. >> shannon: you love each other and disagree on everything. it's good to have you. as florence pummels the carolina coast were going to look at who is responsible for cleanup in the aftermath. we'll break it down, stick around with us. could their journey inspire yours? order your kit at ancestrydna.com.

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♪ >> shannon: as the mid atlantic coast takes a pounding from florence, president trump continues to defend his administration's response to hurricane maria. tonight, we look into the question who is responsible for the recovery in the aftermath of one of these terrible storms? correspondent gillian turner takes a look. >> ever since hurricane katrina major weather of meds have become increasingly politicized.

even as florence makes landfall, the government is roiling with controversy over the death toll from last season's hurricane maria. local, state, and federal authorities are playing a game of hot potato. states blame the fed. >> female was not fully prepared or fully supported and the rapid response by the trump administration. >> the fed says it takes to go to tango. >> the government can't do it on its own. >> is not a responsibility to upkeep the infrastructure. >> experts say the reality is far more complex. >> roads cross multiple jurisdictions, they go beyond the state boundaries city boundaries. the need to be together. >> when it comes to rescue operations, states help one another. >> we have search and rescue teams from 19 different states who have come to north carolina and are on the ready. >> experts insist cost sharing to be improved. one group estimates last year's hurricane alone cost

$300 billion, 130 billion of which was quoted by the federal government. >> that's a huge amount of money and resources and damage. no one jurisdiction can handle that. >> ultimately the playbook goes out the window and it's all hands on deck. >> triage mode. whatever we need to do to save lives and prevent greater damage. >> one expert describes the government's role as a layer cake. local, state, federal government and nonprofits make up the filling. >> shannon: for more, live florence coverage continues around-the-clock, next. (burke) that's what we call a huge drag. seriously, that's what we call it. officially. and we covered it.

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are making great decisions. they took the posture that were going to get on top of this. >> shannon: meant as a former fema administrator praising the official response so we'll see how it plays out in the days ahead, if the priest stands the test of time. the storm is turning its way across the carolinas after being downgraded to a tropical storm on friday after making landfall earlier in the day in north carolina as a category one hurricane. florence has claimed its first victims friday afternoon, two people died after a tree fell on their home in wilmington, north carolina, another person died handling a generator, attempting to plug something in. new bern north carolina has been the scene of many dramatic rescues and a tweet from the mayor says we are coming to get you. residence described the scene late friday. >> we lived in a single story townhouse and it flooded completely within 20 minutes, 3 feet of water in it. even our refrigerator floated. if were lucky the neighbors next door have a two story and we

were able to escape. that's where we are staying to tomorrow. >> shannon: florence has maximum sustained winds of 70 miles an hour that's according to the national hurricane center. dangerous storm surges continued to be a threat while forecasters say catastrophic fresh water flooding is likely to occur over parts of the carolinas. preparing for the worst about 9700 national guard troops and civilians have been deployed with high water vehicles, helicopters and boats used to pluck people from the floodwaters. officials say 1.7 million people were warned to evacuate, it's not clear how many did. president trump is planning to visit storm affected areas next week, we'll keep you updated in the meantime, it has been so encouraging as it always is in these tragedies to see americans from around the country now step up and head rights to where help is needed most. carolinas, georgia, virginia, people have been staging ahead

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