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today's event is expected to draw a massive crowd with notable guests in attendance including elon musk. we'll take you there live in just minutes. welcome to "fox news live," great to be with you, jackie. jack: i'm jacqui heinrich. the death toll continues to rise with over 2300 people as the southeast -- 230 the people tries to recover, and -- the southeast tries to recover, and so many are begging for help from the government. madison scarpino is live in arden, north carolina, with the latest for us on this. hey, madison. >> reporter: right now we're at the landing and tick theoff -- takeoff spot for samaritan's purse helicopters, using those choppers to drop off critical supplies to rural areas. today we got to go on a ride with them and get an aerial with view of helene's afterhath. we're about to fly over chimney rock, north carolina. it's one of the hardest hit

areas. some people are stuck there, and it's basically cut off from the outside world. now, this town is deep into the appalachian mountains close to lake lure, and the few roads in and out were washed away. we saw collapsed bridges, piles of debris and countless uprooted trees and destroyed homes. chimney rock is just one of the many mountain communities that helene nearly destroyed. now, search and rescue crews are still on the ground trying to find missing people. the majority of stories we're hearing from survivors are neighbors helping neighbors. some people say they've already -- they're already working with fee that to -- fema to the apply for assistance, but some haven't seen or heard from the feds yet. samaritan's purse is one of of the many organizations that jumped in to help almost immediately. >> everything, ultimately, is a decision about the allocation of resources. and that gets political. and i don't know what's going if on with the federal government, i don't want to criticize them,

but i will say that it feels like it's late. you know? if it feels like it's late, more should have been done earlier. >> reporter: and while clean water is still the top priority here in western north carolina, volunteer groups are also starting to send in starlinks and other technology. some people in this area still don't have cell service. back to you. joey: madison scarpino, thank you. griff: joining us now from their headquarters in boone, north carolina, president of samaritan's purse, reverend franklin graham. reverend, thank you for taking time here. i'm glad that madison could be at your takeoff and landing, and i've had the the honor and privilege of seeing samaritan's purse in action in countless natural disaster locations. but you wrote in a christianed today post that really the devastation is beyond what you can see through your television set. what is it like there? if what is the situation on the

ground, franklin? >> griff, it's, it's a mess. it's probably worse than what you are actually seeing through the camera a lens because you've got the smells of just the flood and then it's a swampy smell. but the people having to work in this and live in this, and there's no, you know, you can't expect the federal government to fix your problems. and that's what, you know, the politicians want you to think, that we can just vote for me and i can fix it. well, they can't. it takes neighbor helping neighbor, it takes an army of volunteers and and people to come in and to help just get a house mudded out, to put a a tarp on a roof, the change a chainsaw and what we're doing like with the helicopters. we're hauling water and medicines into these rural areas. and we've got, we've got helicopters flying all day long

all over western north carolina. and so grateful for companies and businesses like joe gibbs and people like this, rick hendrick, their business helicopters, they've just loaned those, their pilots are flying with us and others doing the same thing that are just coming up and helping the haul water. and you think, you know, griff, you think, you know, is that a big deal, water? well, one of my chaplains handed a lady two gones -- gallons of water the other day, and she broke down and cried. two gallons of water and she cried. and it just, it -- people are desperate. but we, everything we do, griff, as you know, we want to do in jesus' name. i want people the to know that god loves them, that that he hasn't forgotten them, that that he hasn't backed up and left them alone. we're there to the serve in jesus' name and to to help as many people as we can. we have an army of volunteers this weekend. we're grateful for that.

but we're going to need this army of volunteers every day for weeks to come. and right now we've got good weather all of next week, so this'll be a good time to come if you can. we just, we need these volunteers to help clean up these houses. it makes such a huge difference for the people that were -- whose homes we're working with. it gives them hope. and right now hope is in the little supply right now. griff: franklin, you talked about the water. of course, the need for water and power and food. what are the most immediate needs, sheller, that you're seeing -- shelter, that you're seeing that people need there now? >> well, they're going to need shelter. certainly, homes, people are not able to live in them. and you talk to people, they find out that they're living with an aunt, an thank youing or cousin, you know -- uncle, cousin or some relative that they're able to move into.

so people are able to take care of themselves for the most part as far as trying to stay out of the rain. but, griff, it's, it's such a sad situation when you see a person that has lost everything that they've worked for all their live. -- life. and it may take them who knows how long to get it back. i've heard of one man down in florida, he went through a storm a few years ago, and and this one wiped him up, and he said, i just can't do it again. he took his life. just had lost all hope. and i don't want people to lose hope. these volunteers when they show up -- there's another lady, she was crying when we, when all of the volunteers got out of the van and walked up to her house to help her. she said i'm not crying because i've lost everything, she said i'm crying because hope has just showed up. and, of course, she was talking about those volunteers, they gave her hope. and that's what we want to do, help restore hope.

and we want to do all this in jesus' name. griff: such an important message, franklin. let me ask you about the government's response. in madison's reporting just before this, she interviewed your logistical boss, ken isaacs. and full disclosure, i've seen ken isaacs set up logistics to disasters all around the world from africa ca to, you name it, even the can covid field hospitals you guys set up in new york. ken is among the most gifted and experienced in this business. i don't think there's anyone that has the level of experience he has. i say that because when he said the government's response seemed late, that means something. what is your impression of the government's response? if is it enough? >> griff, that's hard to tell. it's never enough when you think about the scope of this. but we can't expect the

government to fix all the problems that we have in life. of course the government's going to be late. it takes them a while to get moving. but the church and the body of christ, it's able to respond immediately and, of course, that's what we do. we work with the churches in every community, and the churches are there. and what we're trying to do is get these starlinks, elon musk -- we got some today that dr. phil has brought in. we've got some others that we have bought. but we set up starlinks with these churches in these really rural areas and let the church be the communication hub because if there isn't communication. so if a person can come down to the or church and bring their cell phone, they can get e-mail, they can make a call, they could let somebody know where they are. so we're going to try to set up as many starlinks as we can in these rural areas and let the church with the hub -- be the hub. and when the power comes back up, so many of these communities

don't have internet service anyway, and the church will have it. so this is going to be a good deal. griff: well, we sure appreciate your efforts, godseed to you, the organization -- spotspeed to you, the organization, samaritan's purse. godspeed. our prayers for all the people there in north carolina. >> thank you, griff. god bless. are. griff: god bless. and you can join fox forward in support of the recovery efforts following hurricane helene. your donation enables the red cross to respond to and help people recover from this disaster. visit redcross.org/foxforward or scan the qr code on your screen. jacqui: well, give, for the first time since taking office, president biden answer answered questions from the white house briefing room yesterday, but he did not address criticisms of his administration's hurricane helene response. david spunt has more for us from the white house. hey, david. >> reporter: hey. he did say he would ask for more money from congress before his

add if managers if leaves in -- administration leaves in less than four months. s this is something the administration's going the to have to focus on. people are def stated, millions of people still dealing with the effects of hurricane helene. president biden will head to the camp david later today, he'll be getting briefing updates on the hurricane helene recovery over the weekend. he walked into that briefing room yesterday, you were there right on the bottom-left of the screen. he answered a hur idea with of questions about people in the -- myriad of questions, and he did they congress is out until after the election and did mention that time is running out for the administration to help fix the destruction in the southern states. listen. >> we're going to have to deal with unforeseen costs of what this hurricane is going to cost. it's going to cost a lot of money. and i'm going the to probably have the ask the congress before we leave for more money to deal with some of those problems. but that remains to be seen. >> reporter: the president

also touting the deal reached with those striking at our nation's ports for a brief time midweek, highlighting the major problem we could have run into as a country had we been in hurricane clean-up mode and without those crucial imports coming through these ports. >> it was truly a service to the american people, for all these parties to come together, respond to our request to keep the ports open. i was determined to avert a crisis at this moment because it's a critical moment. and if we didn't do this now, we'd have a real problem. >> reporter: again, while at camp david this weekend, the president will continue to get updates on hurricane helene. also the latest on what's going on in the middle east. i mean, october 7th is two days away, and the white house is really torn here between different franks factions as we come up on this one-year anniversary, ja acqui. sphwhre jeff i think we're still waiting for a lot of detailsen to monday's schedule, david.

thank you. griff? griff: after a night of campaigning in michigan, vice president harris will head to storm-ravaged north carolina later today to see the damage first ahand. lucas tomlinson is live on the ground in asheville, north carolina, with more. hey, lucas. >> reporter: good afternoon, griff. vice president harris expected to arrive here in western north carolina sometime this afternoon. now here in downtown asheville in the river art as district on a typical saturday in october, have people walking through the streets here, perhaps gabbing coffee, poking into some of the shops -- shops. now people are digging out. you mentioned the vice president last night in michigan, she took more shots at donald trump. if. >> we will not be fooled. we will not be gaslight ared -- gaslighted. donald trump's track record is a disaster for working people. and he's trying to gaslight people all over our country. but with we know the facts -- we know the facts and we know the

truth. he is an existential threat to the america's labor movement. >> reporter: there's no mention about hurricane helene in those remarks. here in north carolina, paratroopers in chinook helicopters in the 82nd airborne from fort liberty have been ramping up missions to deliver badly-needed aid. critics say part of the active duty forces should have been ordered to assist much sooner. north carolina air national guard assets have completed 146 missions, they say, resulting in the rescue of over 530 people and 150 0 pets. overnight 80,000 pounds of relief supplies were sent here to a hub in, asheville. yesterday, governor roy cooper and biden's fema director provided an update about the relief efforts. >> this unprecedented, catastrophic storm requires an unprecedented response, and we're in the middle of that right now. >> one, there's a lot of misinformation about the fact that we are not going to have enough money because it's being

redirected elsewhere. just plain false. we have everything you need, governor, everybody here in north carolina, and we are going to be able to continue to provide that assistance as long as you need it. >> reporter: so vice president harris expected to arrive here late this afternoon, once again on a typical fall day, these streets would be full. this is a town that relies on tourism, people love to come here to asheville, but residents are busy digging out. griff? jacqui: well, we are just hours away from former president trump's return to butler, pennsylvania, so how will this massive event be secured? we'll speak with a member of the trump assassination attempt task force coming up next.. ♪ help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need, and the flavor you love. so, here's to now... now available: boost max! when the sawdust settles and the engine roars

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griff: former president trump is returning to butler, pennsylvania, today as the same field where he was nearly assassinated less than three months ago. the rally expected to draw a massive crowd with many notable guests in attendance. alexis mcadams, our reporter who covered that tragic event back in july, is back there as well in butler with more. hi, alexis. >> reporter: hi, griff. yeah, things look a little bit different now 12 the weeks later. you can see over my shoulder where the former president's going to take that stage for the second time on these fairgrounds

in butler, pennsylvania, this time standing behind bulletproof glass. i talked to people who say they wanted to be here again for the return of the to former president to show their support, but they to do remember those major security failures that day. listen. if. >> we thought we were safe when we went in here. i mean, really, you would think that a rally like that for trump would be one of the most protected places, right? other than the sitting president's. but, yeah,s it was scary. >> reporter: and it's going to be a very emotional rally for the thus of people who came back for the return including former president donald trump there. he said he felt like he had to come here today and stand up on that stage because his job is not yet done. we're 30 days out now from the presidential election, griff, and you still remember that chaos from just weeks ago. listen. [gunfire] [background sounds]

>> reporter: that was just some of the chaos that unfolded on stage weeks ago, shots ringing out as former president donald trump was speaking there. he fell to the ground after a bullet grazed his ear. a gunman was able to somehow just climb right up onto a nearby roof near the fairgrounds and open fire into the crowd. this time trump says security will be tight. >> butler will be the safest place in the world. >> reporter: and this is a live look right now, you guy, at the memorial in the stands today to. you can see it there, that is the same spot where corey comperatore was sitting in july. the volunteer firefighter, the husband and dad, was shot and killed at this butler rally. he was just sitting there trying to shelter or shield, rather, his own family from the gunfire when it broke out. his family will be here today to, they're going to be talking with former president trump who's expected to honor him and two otherral low -- rally-goers who were shot and badly injured. it is eerie for a lot of people standing back in the same spot.

this is where i was when we heard what sounded like fireworks, and now look at all the a chaos that's unfolded. not just one attempted assassination, but one also just a few weeks ago. we know security will be top of mind here. who else will be here today? elon musk, j.d. vance and a lot of other family members who want to be here on this historic day, griff. griff: alexis, i'm just struck when you show me that crowd, the pullback from that crowd. trump -- it doesn't start until 5 p.m. that's some five hours, and yet it looks like the rally's ready to go any moment. >> reporter: yeah. that's kind of one of the main things, this rally, obviously, is going to feel a lot different the than some of the others, but one thing that's always consistent is how long news people get in line for. it's like, you know, a big concert or something. they stand in line for hours. they get here, like, 6, 7 in the morning, and he won't take the stage until 5:00, if that even happens. so these people want to be here today. on the other side of our cameras, the crowd is huge and

growing. this is just the people who are going to have a seat, so that gives you a little bit of a glimpse of how big the crowd will be today. griff: iowa lex alexis mcadams a back in i butler, pa, thank you. jacqui: for more on former president trump's return to butler, pennsylvania, today, we're joined by a member of the bipartisan trump assassination attempt task force, ohio republican congressman dave joyce. congressman, thank you for being here. really appreciate your time. >> always a pleasure to be with you. jacqui: thank you. so you know well, sir, the failures that precipitated the assassination attempt on the former president at butler including communication failures between secret service and local law enforcement, issues with drone technology, even problems with the advance staff that sort of created the conditions that allowed this to to happen. can you walk us through what your committee discovered in its investigation and how that's been remedied for today? >> well, certainly. one of the things that happened

is when you have the secret service come to take over an event like that, local law enforcement, state and local law enforcement is there to help, but they're under the guy dance of the secret service. -- guidance. and in this case, there's so many failures on so many levels. the fact that they didn't do the a walk through even that day, two sharp shotter -- sharpshooters that were inside the agr building where the president was shot from, they were inside, and they had never communicated -- they were from another county, had never talked to anybody from the credit service. the fact that they had command posts up and they couldn't -- secret service and ems were on one and all the local law enforcement was in another one, they couldn't transfer information, the idea that this person was walking around, he was already considered suspicious in the photos were being transmitted cell phone to cell phone. and as you know, when you get in a could like this, cell phone transmissions just don't work.

there should have been a live link, the the fact they didn't take a drone over or secure the perimeter of the facility, there's just so many failures. i'm happy to see that secret service has since come out and said it was their ball and they dropped it, and i'm sure that they're not going to leave any stone unturned today. jacqui: yeah. they've announced a couple of changes for today's rally. i just want to pull it up on our screen, it includes one command post and communication bridge, law enforcement are on top of the agr building, security manpower and surveillance drones. but as alexis mcadams just laid out to us, this event is really larger than the one 12 weeks ago in part because it's such a powerful moment to have former president returning to the scene where he almost lost his life and people in that community wanting to, or you know, be part of this sort of symbolic and powerful return to show that he's not going to get, you know, pushed down by something like this. but given the size of today's

rally, do you foresee any challenges, new challenges that maybe the agency needs to be extra aware of going into this? >>? well, the facility itself is not ideal for these type of things. i mean, you have a water tower lurking in the back, you but i'm sure that's properly covered today to. you have the buildings to the side. and one thing we did, chairman kelly and ranking member had us go to the scene which i thought was invaluable because it's one thing to read 110 feet, it's quite another when all of us were on top of the rooftop to realize how close this person was to the president. so it's important that you understand that the perimeter of this place has to be shut down. there has to be a way that they can communicate with each other in an effective way. and the other thing is that you have to do countersurveillance where you have people who watch the magna if tommer thes. they're not full-proof. but when people come up, lurk around outside of it, don't come

in, they're checking to see how the progress is going. they're working to see what the security is like. so you have to have people on the ground eyeballing the crowd on the way in and those who don't come in and making sure they follow them. this guy was out this with a range finder. i mean, that should have had police and dogs and everything else they could get on him right away because it just doesn't, it doesn't amount to the being the proactive secret service that we've had in the past. and they've getted that they were reactive -- admitted. i don't know when they dropped the ball and went from proactive to reactive, but we need to be getting back to the being a proactive force that protects the president and the citizens who come to my district and from all over who are going to cheer for the president today. jacqui: let's hope he has a successful and powerful rally there in butler. congressman, really quickly, you're on the appropriations committee and i thought it important just to get your reaction to the sort of criticism around fee that --

fema. there's been some misrepresentation of how the appropriate appropriations works. there are different revenue streams for things like migrants and, you know, lebanon. but at the same time, when you have the secretary of state saying we just gave $157 million, i think, the lebanon and you have folks in asheville, north carolina, you know, needing help, explain to us, you know, how that can happen and if you think that congress needs to reprioritize some of these things coming back next session. >> look, we had $11.8 billion -- 1.8 billion that they could draw down before we put another $20 the billion in with a continuing resolution before we left town. and if they want to draw that down, the stream of money is there. but you're talking about agencies that are underneath director mayorkas who, as we've seen everything that he's touched has been a failure. so there's a funding stream that's in place. and if they need more money, fema's supposed the come back

within 30 days to tell you what else they're going to need if they needed more funding. the administration wants to get more funding on the table, then have them do that within 20 the days. they have the right to speed that up. but for us to come back and say we're going to put more funds down when we don't know what the costs or projected costs are going to be the would be a waste of everyone's time. jacqui: thank you, congressman joyce, hope you have a good rest of your saturday. >> pleasure to be with you. griff: fema's response to hurricane helene is under scrutiny, and pressure is on former lawmakers to the pass new disaster funding you were just talking about. we'll dig in deeper. that's next. ♪ ensure max protein has a 30 gram blend of high quality protein to feed muscles for up to seven hours. so take the challenge. ensure, nutrition for strength and energy.

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chad pergram has that story. >> reporter: griff, fema has money to tackle helene, but the severity of the storm is bleeding fema's coffers. that worries homeland security secretary al a listen hand degree mayorkas. -- alejandro. >> we are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. we are expecting another hurricane hitting. we do not have the funds, fema can does not have the funds to make it through the season. >> reporter: the hurricane season runs through november 30th. the storm may alter the congressional calculus for disaster relief. while congress is expected to reload fema just before christmas, it may need to pass a bill as soon as lawmakers return to washington in mid november. >> it will take some time to tabulate this tomorrow. -- storm. it's one of the biggest in our history. >> reporter: lawmakers demand action now. >> i'm more than willing to come back tomorrow from a legislative standpoint to make certain that we have the funding appropriated and ready to go. >> reporter: the price tag for

helene could be massive. some lawmakers believe the tomorrow gives congress an opportunity to recalibrate priorities. >> we give $to 20 the billion a year to fema and, unfortunately, they have drained everything dry with all the illegal aliens coming in. we've spent $202000 -- 200 billion in ukraine, we spend $25000 a month on all illegal aliens. >> reporter: there are different funds. dhs says it was false the agency diverted money. the white house accused republicans of using the storm to died people before the election. griff? griff: chad, thank you. ♪ ♪ jacqui: a venezuelan migrant and member of the tren de aragua criminal gang is under arrest in new york after el allegedly making threats against law enforcement officers. c.b. cotton is live in new york city with the latest for us.

>> i -- >> reporter: yeah, sanctuary city policies back in the spotlight. this after the agency says correctional facilities here in the northeast released him back into the community twice. i.c.e. says one of those instances came shortly after law enforcement arrested javier merchan in a march drug and gun bust in the bronx. at the time, officers said he was one of eight migrants believed to be squatting in this home. >> it's are ridiculous. that's what pisses me off the most, is the school's right there. >> reporter: is days after his arrest, i.c.e. says it issued a detainer against his release with the new york city department of correction and come september, i.c.e. says he was convicted on criminal possession of a firearm but released a day later despite the active i.c.e. detainer in place. i.c.e. says it wasn't until last friday when merchan, was taken

back into custody. the agency says the fbi task force in new york alerted them do for help locating him after he allegedly made possible threats to local law enforcement. the director of i.c.e.'s new york city field office called this entire situation, quote, unconscionable. now, i.c.e. says merchan first came into the country more than two years ago near el paso is, texas. i.c.e. says federal officials released him back into the country on parole because there was detention limitations and and cassidy was limited -- capacity. the agency says he never reported back for processing. jacqui: wow. c.b. cotton for us, thank you. griff? griff: for more we're joined by former acting dhs deputy secretary is and senior fellow at the center for renewing america, ken cucinelli. i want to get into the chaos at the border, but first, you were the acting deputy director at

dhs, what is your reaction to mayorkas saying we're out of money, we need more money? >> look, in the trump administration, we reprogram -- it's called reprogramming. there are conditions to fit. but we reprogrammed money to stop illegal immigrants from if coming into the united states. they spent fema money, and they keep denying it, but it's the on the fema web site. they spent about a billion dollars in the last year or two housing and transporting illegals in. so while the trump administration if was using what money it could scrape together to block illegal immigrants from coming in, the biden and harris administration has used fema dollars to pay them to come into the country. it is the exact opposite and using taxpayer dollars. and now it sure would be nice to have that billion dollars available as helene's destruction and the count just grows not just, sadly, the death count, but also the property damage and the infrastructure

damage that's going to need to be repaired in areas of the country that, frankly, don't have a lot of resilience. griff: yeah. the devastation, unimaginable. i want to just shift gears a little bit and stay now on the border chaos because i was reporting this week on a number of bombshell reports, the latest one out of the house judiciary committee that reports cbp has encountered more than 1.7 million special interest aliens. these are from countries like iran, iraq, afghanistan, libya, syria with significant ties to terrorism. your reaction. >> my reaction is -- and i know this is hard for americans, we're all americans, you and i, everybody watching probably -- this is going to hurt us for decades. decades, we're going to be paying the price for this. look at how long hamas sat in wait before the october 7th attack on israel last year.

17 years they gathered up money, international aid money, right, that was used not for aiding the people of gaza, but to prepare for 17 years to strike as terrorists against israel. folks, that's who's coming into this country. lots and lots of those folks are being invited in and let in by border czar kamala harris and president joe biden and incompetent secretary mayorkas. this is going to be deadly for years to come. griff: and we have reported previously on the fact that the number of individuals hitting that terror screening watch list up 3300%. 11 for the trump years, 382 for the biden administration. final word, how concern should our officials be? >> even somebody like christopher wray has saids this is one of the most dramatic

national security threats that america has right now. and i agree with him on that. and it is a late tent one -- latent one. again, we're americans, we want to see the problem. this is a secret problem that this administration has allowed to grow like no one before them of either party. they are shattering records for letting evil, destructive, vicious people who hate america into this country, and we're going to pay a price for many years to come. it's very sad and it's very dangerous. griff: and i hope you are wrong, although -- >> me too. griff: -- it is very concerning, indeed. ken cucinelli, thank you for your time. >> good to be with you. jacqui: coming up next, we'll take you live to north carolina for the very latest on the rescue efforts happening there. stay with us. ♪ ♪

griff: as the one-year anniversary of the october 7th massacre approaches, israel is now fighting on multiple fronts. the the idf says today they've killed two more senior hamas leaders. trey yingst is live in haifa, israel. hey, trey, what's the latest there? >> reporter: yeah, griff, good afternoon. race -- israel continues to the expand its air and ground campaign against hezbollah in lebanon. today alone we understand, according to the military, more hezbollah operatives have been killed bringing the total to the 400 this week. now, the israelis released new images showing what they say are weapons that were recovered from hezbollah-controlled areas. active fighting was reported in multiple areas of southern lebanon amid intense exchanges of fire. it comes as israeli strikes pounded the lebanese if capital of beirut overnight. the majority of the strikes were reported in a hezbollah stronghold, among the dead can were paramedics according to lebanese media. israel also targeted the northern city the of tripoli, a

hamas commander was reportedly killed along with his family. meanwhile, hezbollah continues the launch rockets into northern israel. one home was damaged causing minor injury toes, and over haifa, local residents ran for bomb shelters. the iron dome intercepting fire overhead. the big question today though across the region is how israel is going to respond to that iranian ballistic missile attack earlier this week. griff? griff: we'll be watching and and waiting. trey yingst live for us in haifaing thank you. -- haifa, thank you. jacqui: massive damage and loss of life aas cross several states from helene and the following floods. fox weather's brandy campbell is live in asheville, north carolina. looks like quite a scene behind you. >> reporter: yeah, there's so much around us when you're here in asheville. just take a look behind me. this is just over the swannanoa river. you can see the devastation, buildings knocked down. and if we continue to the pan around, you guys can see some of

the chaos. i mean, there's debris and trees and as we continue to turn, you can see the cleanup happening from restaurants, breweries that are gone. but even train cars, propane train cars that are knocked over, and they're also trying to empty the fuel. so you can see the flames that are now going into the air. i also want to show you video of what asheville look looked like as it was weared water. last friday the river -- underwater. at least 232 the people have been confirmed dead. the number continues to rise each day. and where we are in buckham county, the most deaths have been confirmed with at least 72 people. meanwhile, residents and businesses in this area could feel the impact for a long time. for some the timeline to come back from this damage helene caused is unknown. we met the owner of cps welding. his business right next to the river taking on water is and

debris. >> the damage is, you know, catastrophic. i mean, 100 loss. i mean, there's no way around that. 100%. water was to the top of the roof. we have propane tanks sitting on top of our i beams where our roof is. >> reporter: right now officials are saying the focus is to restore infrastructure for power and water for some of those utilities, the timeline for its return is unknown at this point. back to you. jacqui: long road to recovery there. brandy campbell, thank you so much. griff: how new evidence in the menendez brothers' murder case could lead to new sentences for the pair. that's next. ♪ . -left over? -yeah. oh, absolutely. (inner monologue) my kids don't know what they want. you know who knows what she wants? me! with empower, we get all of our financial questions answered. so you don't have to worry. empower. what's next. after careful review of medical guidance

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that fails to meet minimum health standards. prop 2 will fund urgent repairs at local schools. protect kids from toxic mold and asbestos. ensure clean water. and to fix what's actually broken, all public funds go to local schools. without raising taxes. yes on 2. all kids deserve a safe place to learn. jacqui: welcome back. the menendez brothers' murder if case is getting another look from los angeles district attorney disaster cone after new evidence has emerged there. christina coleman is live with the details for us. >> i after spending more three decades behind bars, the brothers have new hope. they're serving a life sentence without parole for the 1989 shotgun slayings of their wealthy parents in a beverly hills mansion. the menendez brothers admitted to killing their parents.

prosecutors say they murdered their mom and dad to get ahold of their roughly $14 million estate, but the defense argued that they acted out in self-defense after suffering years of emotional and physical abuse by their parents including sexual abuse by their father. and new l.a. prosecutors are going to review new evidence that could corroborate those a allegations. in a press conference thursday, l.a. d.a. george gascon announced it could determine whether a resentencing is warranted in this case. >> we have not decided on the outcome. we are reviewing the information. but i think it's also important that we recognize that both men and women can be the victims of sexual assault. we have been given evidence. we have been given a photocopy of a letter that allegedly was center by one of the letters to another family member talking about him being the the victim of molestation.

>> reporter: the brothers' attorneys are asking the court to vacate the case. they say the brothers may not have been convicted of first-degree murder today due to the public's change in views on sexual assault. their high profile murder trial garnered national attention back in the '90, and it's back in the spotlight since it's being covered in a netflix docuseries. also, kim kardashian is calling for the lease of the menendez brother, drawing even more attention to this. she posted, you know, her plea on instagram. and we'll see what happens next now that the d. a.'s office is reviewing new evidence in this case. jacqui: christina coleman for us, thank you. you know, griff, as we were talking before the show, this is a really interesting sort of docu-drama. if you haven't watched it, i would encourage you to because there is something to the narrative that this case might have been handled differently if it were done today. griff: i have two more episodes

to go. i remember when this happened, and i think specifically because of what christina was talking about, no one knows this case, particularly anyone under the age of 40. but all of a sudden because of netflix, they do, and they see the horrific what is alleged to be sexual and emotional abuse by these parents. add to that now the community, everybody knows about it, kim kardashian is rallying the freedom call. i think this is going to get a lot of attention. who knows, perhaps some judge could decide to say time served is good enough and let 'em out. jacqui: and it'll be really interesting to see what all that new evidence is, especially because i don't think we've seen a whole lot of detail this. and it would, you know, raise the question of why that wasn't admitted this many years ago, because they've been in jail ever since. griff: that was the the ding of someone texting you right now listening to us saying, yes, of course they're getting out. [laughter] it just shows how interested people are in this story. and you can't overstate how much

the views of sexual assault and emotional abuse cases, the public's view has a changed very drastically in the last 35 years from what it was then the what what it is now. it's going to be something to follow. all right. much more ahead. we'll take you back to north carolina and the efforts there and the devastation. one-tapping, ridiculously fast-acting, sky-high sales stacking champion of checkouts. businesses that want to win, win with shopify.

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