florence is intensifying, steadily. this storm is strong and getting stronger. >> a well-defined hurricane is gaining strength as residents in the storm's path are preparing for the worst. our bill karins is here with the storm. and the blockbuster revelations in bob woodward's book "fear" released minutes ago. and we rember 9/11, 17 years ago today. and the ouster of leslie

moonves. and settling scores on a monday night. monday night football, that is. we're jumping into it tuesday as early today starts right now. good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm marley hall. over 1 million people forced to evacuate as this powerful category four storm takes aim at the south and mid atlantic. as others hunker down and brace for impact, the national hurricane center warns that florence could bring a life-threatening storm surge and flooding from torrential rains. >> thousands of flights will be impacted as florence moves char passengers to change their

flights without fees. later this morning, the evacuations are set for coastal virginia. folks in low-lying areas told they have to make way before hurricane florence comes ashore, likely thursday evening. the photograph from space revealing florence is a monster. a hurricane with the potential to alter the coastal landscape. a state of emergency in four states. >> the forect places north carolina in the bull's eye of hurricane florence. and the storm is rapidly getting stronger. >> reporter: north carolina authorities already calling for a mandatory evacuation on the outer banks. residents who often islands taking no chances with this one. in south carolina surfers took to the growing waves. >> i'm pretty worried. >> reporter: but noon, the governor says he will call for evacuations along his state's entire 187-mile-long coast.

>> if you're in the evacuation zone you need to get moving quickly. >> reporter: in virginia, the u.s. navy ordering 30 ships to sea. the efforts on the way to skirt the hurricane. the worry is florence could cause historic flooding. already long lines for gas, and in some cases stations running dry. water, ice and bread increasingly in short supply. the last time a hurricane this size targeted the coast 1989, hi hugo. >> i couldn't sleep last night. >> reporter: all eyes on the cone of uncertainty. overnight, walmart and other stores saying they have logistically moved supplies back into the area so folks will be able to get the bread, the ice, thehat ey need so that they can make their plans to hunker down or evacuate as this

hurricane approaches. philip? and bill karins is tracking this storm. >> two days left for preparation. still a category four. the rapid intensification has stopped for a while at least. four or five as it approaches over the next two days, then it should weaken slightly right before landfall. they have 150-mile-per-hour winds wednesday evening. thursday evening, hurricane has it at about 140. our greatest concern is from camp lejeune, jacksonville, morehead city, cape hatteras and inland areas, like newburgh. and the rainfall could be excessive, the tar river and the moose river which had horrendous flooding in 1999. feet of rain if it does stall out in this region.

our american model and european model, everything is getting more narrowed down. both are targeting eastern north carolina. from myrtle beach to cape hatteras are the greatest areas of concern for now. the white house is struggling to turn the page past the controversy stirred up by bob woodward's new book which hit shelves today. the veteran journalist defended his book, accusing president trump of waging war on truth. he echoed that again on the late show with stephen colbert. >> i'm willing to put myself ou. this is the boaest reporting th you can do or that i can do. and for him to get up. look, he has his first amendment rights. he can say anything. but the great editor at the "washington post," ben bradley, during watergate used to always say, when there was a contest

back and forth, he said the truth emerges. and the truth will emerge on this, too. >> the white house has railed against "fear", calling woodward's credibility into question. for more on this, we go to tracie potts. >> reporter: the president calls the book a joke, he says woodward is working for democrats, trying to discredit the veteran journalist. on the other side, woodward says some of the people, the chief of staff, the defense secretary telng the truth. sos a he sae he talks about john dowd and russia saying that the president could never answer questio about the russia investigation after a role play between the te .till w at scathing "new york times" op ed. in her first briefing in weeks,

the president's press secretary talked about that and how they'll try to figure out who it is. >> no lie detectors are being used or talked about. or looked at as a possibility. frankly, the white house and the staff here are focussed on doing our jobs, not deal with cowards that refuse to put their names in an anonymous letter. >> reporter: but she did say they think it's promoappropriat the justice departmen this. how is it affecting the president's approval rating? the poll from quinnipiac shows the president with disapproval rating even though seven out of ten say doing a great job on the economy. today marks 17 years since the september 11th terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000

people. while today is a day to honor victims, thousands of first responders are still dealing with negative health effects. advocates are pushing to make sure they stay funded. jon stewart spoke this week giving his view on washington politics as he fights for 9/11 fami families. >> the optimism comes from being a part of more grassroots efforts and realizing that something happens when they come together in that town, that the politics is where are ideas go to die. washington washington is about reelection, not service. >> andrew cuomo called for congress to ensure full funding for the 9/11 compensation fund.

new york city of course will be one of several places holding memorial services for victims of the attacks along with arlington, virginia and shanksville, pennsylvania. president trump and first lady melania trump will be in shanksville remembering the victims of flight 93. in armilington, vice president mi mikece 9/ silence will be held to mark when each plane struck and each tower fell. the ongoing wars have now cost the

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may be to blame. new details in the fatal shooting of a dallas resident by a police officer. after her shift on thursday, she parked on the wrong floor and walked to jean's apartment, finding the door a little bit open. guyger saw a large silhouette she thought was a burglar. she gave verbal commands that were ignored and fired twice. after she called 911 she turned on the light and realized she was in the wrong a t. guyger is free on bond but has not yet publicly commented. jean's family questioning why guyger was so quick to use deadly force. in dallas, a crowd marched from police headquarters to police association last night demanding justice. now to dramatic video of a

bus crash in san francisco that left the driver in critical condition and three passengers with injuries. the bus veered across the median into the oncoming lane before slamming into a dry cleaners. police and a bystander reportedly worked together to free the unresponsive driver who was trapped. lady gaga and bradley cooper were in toronto for the north american premiere for "a star is born." she spoke about how her real life in some ways parallels the film. i'm marley hall. >> i'm phillip mena. the news continues here onad li

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>> you know what? we did have breaking news in oakland a fire at a possible homeless encampment. look at this picture, just into our newsroom, pretty large, broke out near 880 and 23rd. now, we just talked to fire dispatchers in our newsroom and they tell us the fire was knocked out. no one was hurt. good news there. it also happened near the b.a.r.t. track. we checked with them a short time ago