gorgeous. >> that's a great way to start the day. >> oh way. >> the n -- the next local up date at 7:26. test. good morning to our viewers in the rest. it's friday, september 14th. welcome to cbs this morning. hurricane florence crashes a shore in north carolina bringing devastating winds and a massive storm surge that is leaving coastal cities under water. rescuers are pulling out hundreds of stranded people. our forecasters are around the region where they predict there will be widespread flooding. paul motor agrees to a plea deal with special counsel robert mueller. paula reed is outside the courthouse with reporting on how the deal came together. plus dozens of houses explode in northeast massachusetts in a deadly chain reaction that a fire chief compared to armageddon.

how a gas line forced people in three communities to flee their homes. we begin with today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> florence is here. >> the rain is pelloting and coming in waves. >> hurricane florence slams into the carolinas. >> the storm is not messing around. >> it's a big hulking slow-moving monster. >> a bulge of water being pushed toward the shore. >> we cannot under estimate this storm. it is massive. >> all we can do is wait this storm out. it's going to be a doozy. >> the president said 3,000 people did not die in the two hurricanes hurricanes that hit freak --

puerto rico. >> she has given the fbi information against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> a series of chain reaction gas explosions turned deadly. >> kite surfers getting huge air taking advantage of wind coming in from florence. >> and all that matters. >> paul manafort has made a plea deal with robert mueller. >> on cbs this morning. >> more than 12,000 north carolinians are riding out the storm in shelter. >> we in north carolina have to shift from preparation to determination. we will survive this and we will endure. >> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. let's go places.

welcome to cbs this morning. those are words we all hope we will survive this and people will endure. president accounts have been very scare. norah o'donnell is off. we begin with hurricane florence. she has made landfall after thrashing the carolinas all night long with devastating flooding and damaging winds. forecasters are warning the storm surge is life threatening and will be even worse at high tide later this morning. >> the center of the storm is near wilmington north carolina with sustained winds of 90 miles an hour. that makes it a category 1. don't underestimate the power of the storm because of that storm surge. rising water has flooded several coastal cities swamping homes and businesses. >> more than 490,000 homes and businesses across the region have lost power. we have a team of correspondents covering the storm. jeff leads our coverage from

wilmington north carolina where it looks like conditions have gotten worse over the past few hours, jeff. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. we just experienced the second highest gust ever reported in wilmington. 105 miles an hour. we have dealt with one side of the storm. we're about to now deal with the other side of the storm as florence does broad damage across north carolina. this morning florence continued its path along the coast bringing powerful wind and driving rain. new pictures of the damage show trees ripped from their roots, garage doors blown off the to pieces. metal roofor since yesterday. in bellhaven a rising river nearly swallowed the first floor of this house. the lights were on. it is not clear if anyone was home. one of the hardest hit areas so far is new bern. this morning around 150 people

awaited rescue after more than 10 feet of storm surge flooded the town. earlier the storm slowly churned towards shore. people who chose not to evacuate got caught in floodwaters. they tried to return to their homes as the noose river overflowed. video taken thursday night shows the damage from wind gusts topping 100 miles an hour. it tore facades off stores and destroyed gas stations. in morehead city all that's left of this build suggest a pile of crumbled wood. much of the wind damage was done even before the storm surge there poured into the streets. this school in jacksonville suffered significant damage inside ei andd force winds blew transformers putting much of the city in darkness.

so once we get past the wind event here and it appears we're about halfway through it, one side of the storm gone, the other side coming through, then that continuing rain threat and flooding threat for all of north carolina, not just along the coast but as you move inland. areas that have gotten so much rain already this year looking at 20 plus inches of rain moving forward. guys, back to you in new york. >> the national weather service treated -- tweeted this morning that this is a marathon, not a sprint. that certainly seems to be the case where you're standing. >> reporter: absolutely, gayle. it's a slow-moving storm. this was -- before it approached and hit just near us, it was moving at five miles an hour. unfortunately florence is in no hurry. >> all right. thank you very much, jeff. we'll get back to you a little bit later on. bern has been going all night long. the mayor told us there is still 100 people in need of rescue and that the entire24 hour curfew i

effect. lasting through 7:00 a.m. local time tomorrow morning. chris van cleave is in new bern with the latest there. good morning. >> reporter: gayle, good morning. we are watching very large national guard vehicles, if you pan over there, these very large national guard vehicles are driving up and down the streets here. they're elevated up off the ground so they can get into some of these areas. we're sort of on a bit of an island here, gayle, where if you look down any of these roads, there is water and all kinds of debris. we think this came off a dock somewhere and we're a good couple blocks from where one of the rivers comes in. huge pieces of debris littering parts of new bern. you're talking about the rescues. they are ongoing. we in fact have got rescue boats staged right over here that are ready to go into some of these neighborhoods. there are buses standing by to take people to shelters.

merepeng her another pembrook area of new bern. power is out across the city and there is debris everywhere. trees are down. power lines are down. i'm looking at a trampoline that was blown across the street. we know there's been damage to buildings as well. some are flooded. some have suffered damage from the wind and the rain. we're looking around new bern and it is block after block after block that have water in the streets. so where the river starts and the roads begin, you can't tell anymore. back to you. >> chris van cleave, thanks. other parts of the carolina coast are being hit just as hard as wrightsville beach where florence made landfall. david is on radio island in north carolina near the southern end of the outer banks. there's that scaffolding in front of you. is it still intact? >> we actually moved awayrom

the scaffolding. it's still intact and hasn't budged. we are not where the storm made landfall where they're seeing the eye where you get the low. it's been constant for the last 12 hours. really the last 18 hours. winds sustained at various points up to 70 and 90 miles per hour. excuse me, sustained at 50. gusts at 90 miles per hour. i tell you what, it's been rocking and rolling here in beaufort north carolina, a small community of 15,000 people who are under mandatory evacuation. there is nobody on the street. there's not even a police officer. people have been told if you need help try calling 911 but there's no guarantee we'll be able to get to you. back to you. >> david, thanks so much. florence's center is starting to move down the coast towards south carolina, but it's not moving very fast. that means wilmington north carolina will feel its impact throughout the weekend.

meteorologist megan of our chicago station is on the road tracking the storm's forecast. good morning. >> reporter: hi, john. we're going to be dealing with conditions from hurricane florence for days to come. right now we're in a little bit of a lull of precipitation. what we're seeing is dry slots working into the storm. it's not going to last forever. if you think that it's over, it's objenot. we have found a little bit of flooding. if we switch to a camera looking out over the streets, a little bit of floodings ironically by the pumping station near the cape fear river. it's minor flooding at this point but the big concern is all the water, all the rain that happens even farther west in the state of north carolina has to go somewhere. it's likely going to drain into these rivers like the cape fear river where we are right located next to at the moment. and then it has to eventually head back out into the atlantic.

fresh water flood suggest going to continue for quite a while even after the storm is gone. looking at the severe weather threat from this, we still have concerns about tornadic activity. this is where you typically see tornado activity firing up because the land provides friction. we are looking at that threat that will likely continue through the day today. now as we're driving around here in wilmington, there are a lot of downed trees. the problem is the longer we have this is the ratsaturated g more likely we are to see trees down across south carolina, north carolina, anywhere you're getting those rains. there are shallow root systems. these go down very easily. often in the tropics they're deep-rooted plants. they stay in the ground better. but when you get to areas like this, it's a little more

difficult. what we're looking at for the track is that it's just going to inch slowly inland across parts of south carolina. i think we're likely down to tropical storm conditions probably sometime tomorrow afternoon. that means it's still using the energy of the ocean, the warm water off the coast and still using all that moisture that is picking up from the atlantic as well and then dumping it on portions of the sea. right here in wilmington, a little bit of a break in the participation. we expect to see more. there will be more heavy rain. this is not over yet. there's the whole back side of the storm to go through. where we do have heavier banks that are working through. driving around the streets you clearly see we've got trees down everywhere. there's debris that's been flying. we've run into minor flooding. wilmington obviously dealing with some conditions from this. we're hearing of worse flooding in new bern and we've had storm surge issues all along the actual coastal areas. remember wilmington is a little bit furtherer inland but right

along that cape fear river. looking at this forecast track, is it going to be gone anytime soon? no. this is expected to continue. one thing i find interesting, we got out and walked around just a minute ago. it smells like fresh cut timber all outside here. it's because we have so many trees down that it essentially smells like you're at a tree farm down here and it's just littering the roadways. we expect those winds and rains to pick up again here within likely the next hour or two. >> important reminder about the trees falling and of course the remainder of the storm is yet to come. more trees expected to fall as well. some good advice there, megan, even though people may think the worst is over, it is not. forecasters are calling florence's storm surge life threatening. we're in jacksonville north carolina where there's been significant storm surge overnight. you met at least one family that decided to ride it out. >> we did.

and the result of that was a tree that fell on their house. they got out safely. they stayed the night despite the tree. they made that decision and other people decided to stay. we might be 20 miles inland, but look around. it doesn't feel like it. we've been getting slammed with rain and wind all morning. part of what happens is look behind me. these are one of the hazards. there are power lines back there that have been brought down by branches. downed power lines like this is a contributing factor to why roughly half a million people in this region have no power. we lost power last night in our hotel around 9:00 p.m. that was before things really started getting rough. officials here in jacksonville want folks to stay indoors. they might feel like things are letting up, but this is not over. they want people to stay inside for their safety because out here it is dangerous not only because of the conditions, but because of these downed power lines. those lines could be live. we are keeping our distance from them ourselves, but we still

have many, many hours left and there is a curfew in place that doesn't lift until sunday morning. gayle. >> going to be a long weekend. thank you very much. we're also following breaking news from washington today. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort reached a tentative plea deal with special counsel robert mueller. he is expected to admit his guilt in order to avoid what would have been his second criminal trial this year. we're at the courthouse in washington with all the details. paul lar paula, good morning. >> reporter: this is an about face for paul manafort who had vowed to fight all of the b fraud at ferin virnia and fa xpecd totart. the closely related to his foreign lobbying work on

behave of pro russia ukrainian politicians. after evaluating the emotional and financial toll a second criminal prosecution would take he has agreed to enter a plea deal. it appears he will plead guilty to conspiracy against the united states and conspiracy to obstruct justice in order to make this trial go away. the outstanding question is whether or not this deal requ e requires any cooperation. sources told me he was trying not to cooperate as well. mike flynn well h had to cooper. it does not appear there is any cooperation on behalf of mr. manafort. to share any information he knows about the president or his inner circle as part of his deal and that means he still possibly could get a pardon from the president. gayle. >> paula, let me ask you one question. why will the special counsel agree to a deal if they couldn't use it to get leverage to get information out of him? and then also having pled manafort still faces some kind of penalty for the things he's

pled to, right? >> reporter: absolutely. and he's already been convicted in virginia. so he hasn't been sentenced yet for that case, but he already faces likely the rest of his life in prison if he is not p t pardoned. for the special counsel it's how you want to allocate your resources. they have so much manpower, so much money, so much time. for them a second prosecution for someone they had already got en a partial conviction for wasn't other it. cardinal wuerl confirmed he will ask the pope for him to resign. he was one of the senior church leaders criticized in a pennsylvania grand jury report that accused more than 300 priests of sexually abusing more than 1,000 children. he writes in a letter to his arch diocese, quote, for my short comings i take full responsibility and wish that i could wipe away all the pain, confusion that people feel.

i wish they could redo some of the decisions i have made. >> good news there. we'll have much more of our hurricane coverage straight ahead. floodwaters are more than 10 feet deep in one north carolina community and the water is still rising. ahead we'll return to the hurricane zone to show you where

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batters the karncarolinas, the f weather caster is tracking the storm. he's here with what to expect next. >> good morning, guys. for somebody like jeff who is out in the field, he was in wilmington, he's in the calmer portion of the storm, like in the eye of a storm. >> like in the song "hamilton" in the eye of the hurricane it's quiet. >> that's where you find the peaceful activity. the back side of that eye will be coming over. however, the second half of this storm for jeff is not going to be as intense. but take a look. you can see where wilmington is right there. draw a line from top to bottom going through wilmington. the second half of the storm is going to be bigger in the width but not as strong in terms of the winds that have already been through. >> thanks so much. >> hopefully jeff has the "hamilton" sound track. >> just ask gayle. >> comforting in all situations. we will have lonnie's full

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7:27 expect delays if you're getting red day to head out the door. majority of the accidents are a crash northbound on 0. we're going to reno and then oakland and that's on the breaks. over to the bridge and that's over an hour commute for the drivers westbound on the parkway. going to 101, it's been a tough day out there. we have an earlier delay. and that's today and this is a live look at the camera and looking east and you can see the beautiful mountains. above the clouds the temperatures are on the cool side and the daytime highs. nearie gre

. nearie gre this is image shows the massive sign of hurricane florence. it was taken by cameras outside the international space station moments after the storm made landfall. to give you an idea of the scope and magnitude of this storm. welcome back to cbs this morning. we are following the latest on florence which came a shore near wrightsville beach. the category 1 hurricane is lashing the coast with massive storm surge.

about 500,000 power customers are without electricity in the carolinas. >> in wilmington where the strongest the city has seen in 60 years. cbs even nuews anchor is leadin our coverage. lucky you, you got to experience some of those top winds. do share. >> yeah. that gust that was 105 miles was an hour was the strongest every recorded. some of the worst is over wilmington just within the past few hours and now we're sort of in the middle of it where there's been calm for a little while which is to be expected. you get the back side of the storm which brings winds the other way. so it was pushing it in and then in a short amount of time you'll have the winds coming back this

way. we've really been watching in the water here which the water and the wind, not sure which way to go behind us here. you can see it just spins. it's been interesting to see how the cape fear river has behaved through all of this. as florence racks parts of north carolina. again, as bad as that wind is, we still watch, you guys referenced the potential surge in flooding through monday which is a remarkable fact to hear about if in fact that does happen. north carolina is dealing with issues not just today but through the weekend. >> jeff, the danger certainly continues. it's interesting to see your picture how it changes from half hour to half hour. just a difference watching you this morning. >> yeah. and this is -- i mean, this is -- no hurricane is the same, right? everyone behaves differently both out at sea and then when it hits land, so you just have to sort of watch it. again, category 1 much better than coming in as a category 5.

so we'll take that. >> still not good. thank you very much, jeff. here are three things you should know this morning. at least 750 flights have been canceled as hurricane florence hits the carolina coast. more than 400 others have been delayed. nationwide more than 2,000 have been canceled from wednesday to saturday. it has also caused many airports in the karncarolinas to close. several have waived rebooking fees. fema has set up a rumor control page to disspell false reports about the hurricane. they include a hoax that service animals are not being allowed in shelters. all shelters are required to accept service animals. fema also says beach sand should not be used for sandbags even if distribution sites have no supplies and residents should not head towards the coast. animals at a zoo in ashboro

are riding out the storm with their creatures. many are indoors to shield them from the wind. they include 33 kennels of birds include vultures, owls and parrots. bison and elk have been put in fenced in yards. >> hurricane florence would bring up to 4 feet of storm surge along north carolina's outer banks which are especially vulnerable to flooding. mark strasson is in kitty hawk. >> reporter: i was talking a couple minutes about how massive this. kitty hawk is the northern outer banks. it's about 240 miles from where jeff is. about 150 miles from new bern where all those dramatic rescues are happening. we're still feeling the outer edge of the storm here. not rain. as the rain hit about 3:00 okay this morning, but definitely

gusts of wind. it was more intense a couple hours ago. the wind has caused coastal flooding. it's washed out parts of the main beach road that run up and down the outer banks. that's highway 12. there's a 15 mile section of highway 12 that is closed. highway 12 runs for 150 miles so a third of it is now closed. the reason is the bridge about 20 miles south of here. it is covered with coastal flooding. the bridge itself does not appear to be damaged but the emergency officials need for the water to recede and then for the chance to clear out all the debris so the bridge becomes passable again. until then, the main two-lane highway that runs up and down the coast, a third of it is closed. about 300,000 people evacuated the outer banks. generally speaking, the further north you were on the outer banks, the better off you probably came through this hurricane. there are probably a lot of folks watching thinking okay, why did we evacuate when it

didn't turnout to be that bad. my praapproach is better safe t sorry. if you were those folks in new bern hiding out and looking for help in your car or attic, you wish you had taken the more conservative approach and headed inland. better safe than sorry, but this side of the outer banks, the northern edge did much better than the southern edge. again, it's not over yet. john. >> it is not over yet. mark, i will take it. when you think the kitty hawk, you think of the wright brothers and the history there and obviously making history now perhaps with this hurricane. flor sen florence is expected to bring flooding to north and south carolina as it moves inland. john is in myrtle beach where conditions are starting to get worse. don, what do you think? >> just in the past few moments, it has really started to get really fierce here. those colorful bands that you see on radar have just started

to pass over us and we're seeing a lot of rain. very high gusts of wind as you can see. one of the reasons why this is is so fierce, i want to show you right over here. this is the reason. you can see it. the atlantic ocean is very warm still this time of year which for a hurricane is like throwing kerosene on a fire. that's why it has so much power. we are just now starting to see high tide coming up. if this storm continues southward, we're going to have 4 to 6 feet of storm surge plus the high tide plus all this rain starting to come out, so where i'm standing right now the water will eventually or could eventually be above high made. that means that ocean avenue which is up this way, ocean boulevard could be part of the ocean. the law enforcement first responders are staying in but they are on stand by with thousands of national guards men to rescue them. the real hard work starts after the rain and the winds have

stopped. john. >> thanks for being out there for us. lonnie quinn of cbs tv is here. lonnie, it's going to be a long one. >> don went from nothing to something very quickly. it's just getting started for him. it's going to get worse if you look ahead. if you take a peek at what the storm looks like right now, the current stats, it's category 1. lost a little bit of steam. down to 85 miles per hour. the reason for that is let's go to the radar picture to explain the storm. wherever you see the area that's be barren of rain, helping to decay it. the other thing is, tighten on the eye. it's fluctuating between sort of half on land, half off land. you also -- did you notice you don't see the doughnut hole in the middle? it's a co lallapsing eye. this is a storm that is

weakening storm. we think it will be a hurricane right through tomorrow, at least the first part of tomorrow, maybe transition to a tropical storm tomorrow afternoon. that means the winds are below 74 miles an hour so a lot of rain with this storm. >> so bad weather, still very bad weather. >> right through the weekend. >> collapsing eye is not bad news, but -- >> with the collapsing eye, you're losing the storm. it's still a cat 1 until tomorrow afternoon where it will probably become a tropical storm. >> how a series of explosions left devastation i

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others were injured. crews responded to 70 reports of fires, explosions and gas leaks across lawrence, andover. >> one of those homes that exploded is actually right down the street behind me. to be honest with you, we are being kept pretty far back because police told me this morning many of these homes, many of these areas are still being considered active crime scenes. the andover fire chief described the scene out here as something like armageddon noting that as soon as crews put out one fire another one would pop up in the billing right next door. flames engulfed more than 60 structures on thursday prompting evacuations of entire neighborhoods and widespread confusion on roads. 18-year-old lionel robinson was inside a car right down the street when a chimney from a house explosion fell on his vehicle. he died at the hospital a few hours later. emergency management officials

believe overpressurized gas lines triggered the fires, but investigators have yet to reveal an official cause. prior to these explosions, the columbia gas company said it would be upgrading gas lines in neighborhoods across the state including where the explosions occurred. officials have cut power to these neighborhoods and they've shut down the gas lines indefinitely. the massachusetts governor charlie baker says it could be weeks or even months, gayle, before we know an official cause of how this all happened. >> all right. thank you very much, kenneth. we'll have continuing coverage of hurricane florence. ahead we'll take you to jacksonville north carol ♪

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wednesday, 15 years earlier than expected. they miscalculated the time she had served. her husband brian david mitchell is serving a life sentence for abducting and assaulting smart when she was just 15 years old. i remember vividly when she was free because we couldn't believe she was alive and then to hear a man and woman had been involved in her assault. "the wall street journal" reports facebook will start back-checking photos and videos. it will use technology and human reviewers to combat misinformation. previous efforts had been focused on rooting out false articles and links. groups were accused with interfering in the 2016 presidential campaign by spreading doctored images on facebook. >> the atlanta journal constitution reports that the atlanta brave system offering free tickets to hurricane entr into the game on friday,

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good morning. time is 7:57. a motorcycle stint is slowing down through the south bay. this is northbound 280 as you're approaching 17. you can see the back up starting to stretch closer to 87 there. it's a slow ride coming from 101. we have got about a 25-minute drive from 101 to 85. do expect delays coming from san jose. the bridge is in the red. just under a 30-minute drive for the cape. we're tracking areas of low clouds and fog this morning. as we go through the afternoon, we're going see the clear asking sunshine in some spots already getting the sun. daytime high are cooler. we're talking five degrees lower. we're going to stay school for this weekend and next week as well. the dominant weather foe church is over the next several days.

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here it com-- . devastating flooding and w experieed the second highest gust ever reported in wilmington,s hour. >> if you look down any of these roads, there is water and all kinds of debris. we think this came off a dock somewhere. >> it's been constant for the last 12 hours. really the last 18 hours.

winds sustained at various points of 70 and 90 miles per hour. >> it smells like fresh cut timber in downtown wilmington and it's just because we have so many trees down. it smells like you're at a tree farm. >> we might be 20 miles inland from the atlantic, but we've been getting slammed with rain and wind all morning. >> those colorful bands that you see on radar have just started to pass over us and we're seeing a lot of rain, very high gusts of wind as you can see. >> our goal is to do the best we can with the information and data that we're getting from all over the world and not risk a single life. we're not going to gamble with a single life. so far it's working very well. i'm john dickerson with gayle king. norah is off. hurricane florence is pummeling the carolina coast.

the center of the storm made landfall this morning in wrightsville beach north carolina. florence is now packing sustained winds of 80 miles an hour and it's expected to dump eight months worth of rain in the next two or three days. >> a lot of water, john. the national carolina -- carolina national guard his just deployed 9,700 troops and civilians. they'll be using hospitals and vehicles and boats to get around. jeff is leading our coverage. he's in wilmington north carolina with the late tleft. so far it looks a little calmer today than when we saw you the last half hour. >> reporter: you hit it right on before and that is you said the conditions are different every half hour. that's exactly the way it's been. this storm just keeps changing as these hurricane dos. one thing that has been consistent since 1:00 this morning, we have not experienced a single hour without at least tropical storm force winds. that is 39 miles or above.

that is expected to continue until tomorrow at least. that is how long florence is lasting for here in north carolina. we're in new head county, 120,000. about 80% without power. that includes where we're staying right now. the power went out around 7:00 or 8:00 a.m. here. the continuing threat for us here and for everyone is going to remain what happens with the rain and how much rain piles up into an already saturated north carolina. it's been interesting to watch not just the rain but also the wind in the cape fear river behind us. i mean, it doesn't know which way to go. it spins one way one minute and then the other way the next, which is, you know, part of the unpredictability of this storm. and because we are sort of in the middle of it right now, we experienced one half of it and

are about to get the other half very soon. >> i remember you called it the cyclone of just terror there and destruction, jeff. thank you so much. we can see the water rising behind you as well, the water levels there. the power of hurricane florence nearly tore apart a hotel built out of cinder blocks in jacksonville north carolina overnight. police and firefighters managed to rescue about 60 people who were staying there. adriana is in jacksonville which is a few miles from camp legunee. i believe we lost her. a reminder of how powerful the storm is. >> it keeps messing with our equipment. we will get back to her. the center of hurricane f r florence is tracking west. it is pushing dangerous storm surge miles inland. top sustained winds are 80 miles

an hour. megan is on the road in wilmington. what do you think residents of wilmington should be most concerned about now that florence has actually hit the land? >> right. florence is here, gayle. i don't think anybody is questioning that. if they're anywhere near the carolinas right now. we're driving near the cape fear river and you can see white caps on the river. you can clearly see the winds blowing and gusting. but in addition, we've got some ponding and flooding, minor flooding that we've seen so far in and around wilmington at least where we've been able to move around. what we're looking at is still a category 1 hurricane. i expect that we're going to see at least tropical storm force gusts here in wilmington probably until sunday. so moving forward my biggest concern is the fact that this thing is moving so slowly. this by the way is the absolutely latest from the national hurricane center. the track becomes still important but a little less important now that it's made landfall. what we need to focus on is the

fact that it's not moving quickly at all. it's so tight here over the next 24 to 48 hours. it's down to 3 miles per hour and that's the problem. it's still going to be a cat 1 hurricane likely at least through the next advisory before going down to tropical storm status. even once it does that we still have the rain. that is the biggest concern. rainfall leads to the potential for all that running off into the rivers and fresh water flood suggest going to be a factor. yes, you get flooding from the amount of rainfall that comes out. but then it has to go somewhere. it's got to go down these rivers which are already in some occasions inundated. looking at this rainfall, you see we're not done yet. we're going to see some pretty intense bandings. wilmington is under my finger and we've got intense bands to go through still. it's a little bit of a lull here from time to time, but there's much more coming. look at the rainfall estimates we're bringing in here. just to the north where we know the storm surge flooding was a

giant and continuing issue, we're also expecting to see the potential for additionally another 10 inches of rain. here in wilmington it could be 3, 4, maybe as much as 6 to 8 inches. the biggest concern at this point i think is going to be from the rain. we knew that all along. from the very beginning of time. and people focused on a lot of times on cat 2, cat 1. we need to focus on the fact that rain is going to be the biggest issue with this and that is not over yet. not by a long stretch. >> megan, you've given us a full mean n men t menu of thing to be worried about. anything else to be worried about. >> at least through today, we have a hurricane that just made landfall, on so on the right front quadrant, if you draw a

"t" through the storm, no new burn, places near wilmington and the carolina coastline, we have concov ypes of tornados that get spun off from tropical systems are usually fairly weak, but keep in mind they're spinning off on winds that are gusting into the 90s already and they can be widespread if any instances around those areas plus the storm surge threat is going to continue. so everybody just needs to stay very weather aware around here. it's not safe yet. it likely won't be for days to come. >> all right, megan. thank you very much. when there's a disaster this big t can bring out the very best in people. ahead we'll hear from one man who stayed behind and how he now wants to help his neighbors. that's about two minutes away. first it's time

a lot of pressure going on for the folks in north carolina. people along the coast who decided not to evacuate should stay put. we spoke earlier with mason who is riding out the storm in carolina beach. >> this is life threatening. i haven't even seen the back side of the storm yet. the back side is going to be worse because the winds are heading east. it's going to flip around and come back the other and we'll

actually have worse storm damage from this point forward. we were asked to evacuate, but we can't evacuate. we have so much equipment, so much -- so many things to help people with. we have chain saws, we have 500 tarps. people on this island can't get off or on. so they need help and we need to be here to help them. we have an 80 some year-old lady. she is a okay. we have trees down everywhere. these trees seem to be cleaned out. these gutters need to be cleaned out. we cleaned these gutters out this morning. these drains, they're all backed up. we cleaned them all out this morning. we have help. we have equipment. we have the desire to help our people. we are prepared. we have first aid. we have food. i don't think you can get much more prepared than we could

possibly be.oeve nds hel onisnd. we're not looking for money. we're looking to help people. we're in the middle. island. here comes the worst. we've got 11 hours and i don't want anybody to be overconfident. we want our families to know that we're safe and we're here to help. >> when there's koutrouble alwa look for the help. >> i was feeling judgemental for the people who ignore the orders, but he said i feel very passionate about this and i want to help our neighbors. i get that. >> they really are looking out for their community. ahead we'll take you to north carolina where david is feeling the full force of the hurricane. you're watching cbs this morning. your hair is so soft! did you use head and shoulders two in one? i did mom. wanna try it?

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north carolina officials say florence is likely to produce as much rain in three days as the last big storms to hit that area dumped in two weeks back in 1999. let's check in again with david let's go to david on radio island in north carolina. david, looks like it's coming down hard. down hard. >> it's picked up since i last talked you to. i just checked with our meteorologist in new york. we're getting gusts of 70 miles per hour right now. sustained winds are about 40 or 45. they've already gotten a foot of water. in fact, i was just walking and i can see some flooding in the distance. we've gotten roughly a foot and there could be another foot over the next, you know, 12 to 24 hours. a significant aim of rainfall accumulating here. don't forget we've been talking

about high tide which could happen in the next 30 to 45 minutes. here's what's important about high tide. when the tied meets the surge and the two combine, you're talking about record setting. they already set a record 12 hours ago that was set in the '50s for another hurricane. they broke it today and we're looking at what's going to happen at 12 noon when the tied rises. john. >> david, thanks. just pounding. the power of hurricane florence nearly tore apart a hotel built out of cinder blocks in north carolina overnight. they managed to rescue people that were staying there. adriana is there. good morning. >> good morning, john. there are no words that can describe what hurricane force winds can do that could top this visual. take a look at this. this is a massive 63-year-old oak tree that was toppled by

florence. it happened last night and believe it or not, i don't know if you can even tell, there's a house back there. the people nwere in that house. this is a different house than the one we showed you recaller today. this is a mother and her ston ws stay tlg staying there to keep her safe. they watched it fall in slow motion. that neighbor has been worried about this house for years so he got out of dodge last night just in case, but the family said they have minimal damage but they have a lot of firewood now. make no mistake, this is a dangerous storm. this is one of several trees in this neighborhood just on this block that have been toppled. that is why officials want people off the roads in jacksonville. we are inland. we're about 20 miles inland from the coast, but it is still extremely dangerous. there is a curfew that is in place. it won't get lifted until sunday morning at 7:00 a.m. >> that is such a graphic example of how dangerous this

storm is. it brings up the question people say depending on where you live whether you should go to the roof, go to the attic of your house or stay on the first floor. that's a perfect example of why you should not go upstairs to the attic. if that had hit the house, it could be very, very dangerous for everybody living inside. i'm thinking she can't hear me. but what i was saying -- >> you're absolutely right. these are deep-rooted tree. >> absolutely. and the water is loosening them up. >> i remember in 1983 when a hurricane hit our house we had a beautiful oak tree in the back yard. it missed the house but it was one of the first things to fall. you're got oak trees and all these other trees that are not deep rooted in the area which is why people need to heed that warning. >> and the soaking of the water in the ground makes it even worse. >> the trunk is so big. you would think that's not going anywhere. wow. we'll have more coverage of hurricane florence as it batters

the carolinas. ahead another look at the forecast for the big storm over the weekend

more than a million people fled florence as a life threatening storm turned toward the carolina coast. storm chaser aaron is staying in the zone. ahead he'll tell us how florence is his fifth hurricane and he's only in his 20s. >> he says he has a passion for doing this. there's also nuggets people should know about this storm. >> we've been talking about category 1 and 2. that's all about wind. wind only represents 8% of the deaths from hurricane. what represents more? this storm surge we've been talking about. as we've been talking about all morning t morning, it just happens. if people think they can wait this out and then they're overrun by it. >> fema say 6 inches of moving water can knock a person down. 2 feet of moving water can sweep

a car away. be very careful when you're out there. the oakland poli this is a kpix 5 morning update. good morning. it's 8:25. the oakland police department is accused of failing to report use-of-force incidence. an independent monitor say that is they failed to disclose times when the officers pointed their guns at citizen or used force with them. guns taken by oakland was never seen by oakland officials. they say that a license plate reader was accidentally turned on last year. the san jose catholic diocese is taking action to address the sexual abuse in the calth lick church. they plan to release a list of priests next month that sexual abused children. we will have updates

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it's 8:27. we're tracking delays. a big-rig hit the over crossing on the washington over crossing. we have emergency crews on the at the scene. we have lanes blocked and traffic. it's starting to stack up in the area. give yourself extra time in you're head nothing and further down to hayward. heading northbound, this is a live look and this is near the coliseum. we have a 29-minute ride heading top the maize.

it's going to be the south bound side that's going to be slow go. east shore freeway in the red is 35 minutes from 354 and let's go to the forecast now. :thanks. you can see on the traffic camera that the clouds that are back are tracking the low clouds and fog in spots across the coast. parts of the bay and parts of inland locations as. it's a live look and you can see the sunshine out there. some spots are getting the sun. temperature in the 50s mainly and mid-40s in santa rosa. daytime highs are 25 degrees below average. another cool day, and we have the clearing and sunshine for us in the bay area. it's upper 60s in oakland and mid 70s for concord and livermore. we will stay cool for tomorrow, sunday and next week as well. not a lot of change in tex tended forecast. have a great day. get to the ross fall fashion event...

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♪ ♪ taking away to the darkside i want to be your ♪ >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." in addition to the storm, we're following the case of paul manafort where we have breaking news that he has reached a cooperation agreement with special counsel robert mueller. >> you'll remember the president said, he tweeted after the first trial, he said i feel very badly for paul manafort and then went on to say unlike michael cohen, his former lawyer, manafort refused to, quote unquote, break make up stories in order to get a deal. such respect for a brave man. now he seems to have made another choice. >> when reality starts in, you think i'm recalling things i might want to share. >> one other important thing to remember, manafort was at the meeting with a lawyer who

wastized as having information on hillary clinton that came from the russian government. he was at the key meeting in which they were curious how to get information about hillary clinton. >> the fifth indicted member of trump's inner circle by robert mueller. a big story. we've got a storm to cover, as well. this is a big headline. we're going to talk more about it this weekend and obviously next week, as well. >> but speaking about the storm, about 10,000 national guard troops and civilians have been deployed in north carolina to help respond to hurricane florence. they have high water vehicles, helicopters and boats. the category 18 hurricane crash add shore this morning near wrightsville beach. one state official warned conditions will worsen in the area could experience a 500-year to 1,000 year flood event. the 24-hour curfew is in effect in hard hit new bern, north carolina where about 100 people

trapped are awaiting rescue. half a million customers are currently without power in the carolinas. right now, it is time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "the guardian" in london reports north and south korea opened their first joint channel of communication as ties show further improvement. 208 people from each side will staff the office set up on the northside of the border. south korea says the two the can communicate face-to-face 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. north korea says this move is a large step toward unification. >> "usa today" reports general motors is recalling more than 1 million pickup trucks and subs. the vehicles may experience a temporary loss of steering followed by a sudden return. it can happen within a second and lead to a crash. gm said it had identified 30 crashes and two injuries but no deaths are connected to the defect.

customers will be notified if affected and receive free repairs. >> the seattle times reports on new research that finds vpa alternatives commonly used in plaques may pose health risks. washington state university researchers found 20 years ago that bpa also known as business phenol a caused reproductive defects in mice. a new study found similar results from common alternatives. bpf and bpaf. they may also threaten human reproductive health. >> partners at the bbc report volkswagen's iconic beetle car las come to the end of the road. they say it will end production of the beetle next year after offering two special editions. thedel's origins date back to 1938. sales in the u.s. have fallen in recent years as consumers turn to larger cars and suvs. oprah has a volkswagen beetle and loves driving it because nobody thinks it's her.

they'll say no, it's not. she loves that car. >> supplies are running low. >> hurry up. >> fortune reports that apple is donating $1 million to the red cross for its hurricane florence response. ceo tim cook tweeted this morning the carolinas are in our hearts. he also asked that apple employees first responders and people in the storm's path should stay safe. apple also given to the red across in the past including $2 million after hurricane har vil. >> i'm assuming other companies will follow suit. rivers are rising in north carolina as hurricane florence moves inland. the threat from dangerous storm surges could continue through monday. chief weather caster lonnie quinn is here with the latest on the storm. good morning. >> the latest is, it's weakened more as of the 11:00 update. 0-mile-per-hour winds. it's crawling. we were talking how slow it was moving when it was going 5 or 6 miles per hour. now it's at 3 miles per hour.

all this is pretty much what we expected. it might be weakening a little quicker than we thought but not significantly. what is holding true is just how slowly this will make its walk. it's going to be moving almost at which a human walks, two to four miles per hour is a human walking pace. okay? this is going at three miles per hour. >> isn't weakening a matter of perspective? weakening is still bad with this particular storm. >> look, i want to put it in perspective. are we grateful this came on shore as a cat 1? 100% we are. it doesn't diminish the other dangers. john you've punched the point how storm surge is the deadliest part. it's not even close. more people die from surge than any other element in a hurricane. there's going to be a lot of storm surge. we're just getting to the time where the hi tide will be on top of the storm surge. some of those taking place very

soon. wrightsville it, 11:46. beaufort at 12:14 and in wilmington 2:14. now the storm surge plus an additional two feet that mother nature throws in for the high hyde. it's going to get, i fear to say, it's going to get worse before better. >> a long weekend for you. >> it is going to be a long weekend and for the folks down there, as well. >> aaron rigsby is one of the storm chasers is tracking florence in north carolina earlier, he ducked into the safety of a parking garage and joins us by phone. >> reporter: this hurricane went from zero to crazy in no time. we were sitting maybe with 30-mile-an-hour gusts and all of a sudden, we started getting blasted with 80-mile-an-hour winds. winds sustained at 80, 90-mile-an-hour, gusting up to 100. we've seen a tremendous amount of debris falling out of the

sky. we've seen large pieces of sheet metal, parts of roofs come off. we've seen a lot of flooding especially in the low lying areas. there's trees down all over the place. when the eye wall is hitting us, it looks like lightning there were so many power flashes and so frequent. >> how does there is compare? >> there one was definitely -- a lot of the other hurricanes they were major hurricanes. outer bands, we were already getting hurricane force winds. this one by far the one that went from barely anything to just all-out crazy in no time. the thing so similar about this, not necessarily the intensity. it's behaving a lot like harvey, slowly moving, dumping tremendous amounts of rain. 20 to 30 inches by the time it's all said and done. >> aaron, why do you do this? >> it's all about passion. you know, i've been interested in weather since i was a little kid.

and you know, i was actually afraid of storms for the longest time. that fear turned into passion and just you know, witnessing historic events like this, it's crazy to be part of and keeps me going. >> i was trying to think, what goes into your thought process and how you can stay so upbeat doing something that at any moment you can lose your life. i'm very curious how you explain this to your mom as you're walking out the door on one of these adventures. start with why you're so upbeat about something that is clearly so dangerous. >> yeah, you know, i've been doing this for seven years basically since i had my license at 16. at first, they still worry about me and at first iffy. i think they know now i take enough preparations and always plan my escape routes and taking these adventures. i always tell them, yeah, i may be in danger by putting myself in these positions but i'm in danger just walking outside the

door every day. >> that's true. you also are bringing valuable information. i'm glad you do it. but i worry for you. >> i'm doing my part to tell the story. >> you give very valuable information. we thank you. i'm glad you have a strategy. please be careful. >> we are pulling for aaron. if you're on the run, you can catch live updates on hurricane florence by downloading the cbs news app or you can visit cbsnews.com/florence. ahead, we'll go back to jeff glor in wilmington, north carolina. what he learned about the flooding and damage when he traveled around the city. first, a check of your local weather.

♪ there ain't no man can't save me ♪ >> cbs evening news anchor jeff glor has been exploring flooding in wilmington, north carolina and learned how is the waters are spreading in the city. >> reporter: here's a bit of what we're looking at in wilmington at this hour. you can see there's some water moving into this parking lot. that is expected to get worse as the morning goes on. branches down. pretty much everywhere. you have to watch out for those. this is our hotel which is san bagged up. to prevent the water from coming in. over here, you can see a pretty big potted tree knocked over by the hurricane. again, one side of that storm

already through. we wait for the other one to come in and then wait to see how much rain continues to pile up not just here in wilmington but all over north carolina. back to you in new york. >> thank you, jeff. a member of fema said before the storm hit it would be a mike tyson punch to the carolinas. i think they delivered on that. >> the punch is kind of unlike a mike tyson punch, this last. this is mike tyson. >> it's a flurry. >> thank you, jeff. more than 12,000 north carolinians are riding out the storm in shelters in other parts of the state. after the hurricane forced them to environment thereby homes. elaine quijano is in garner, north carolina where she met some people that had to leave their families behind and seek shelter. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. at shelters like this one in garner, north carolina people are basically sick with worry. i spoke to one man, robert. he's 62 years old. he lives in wilmington and brought with him here to the

shelter a backpack, his duffel bag and his dog buster. he's never evacuated from a storm before. his family decided to stay including his 85-year-old father, his brother and sister. but he is dealing with health issues and so he made the very difficult decision to leave. >> you i'm scared to death about my family and my friends. >> reporter: what did your family say when you told them urn going to go? >> they didn't like it. the family knows, we always take it in wilmington and get away with it. i hope my father, he's 85, i hope he's doing okay. my sister. and my brother. i hope you guys are okay. >> reporter: and you can tell just from speaking to him, it underscores the fact that even if you're far away from the coast, the trauma for residents here in north carolina and the stress of this event is going to be felt for a long time to come.

>> so many thinking about their loved ones in the area, as well. i'm glad buster came with his owner. it's a reminder we spoke with the governor of south carolina who said that animals would be allowed in their shelters, as well. any people worried about not being able to go for fear of leaving pets, take your pets with you. get to a safe place. elaine, thank you. we're going to go to chris van cleef i believe who is in north carolina where the mayor predicted to us this morning that florence would destroy or damage up to 10,000 homes in that city. the entire city is blacked out and dozens of stranded people are still waiting to be rescued. chris, how is it going thering? >> reporter: well, the storm continues here. i'm standing with tillia cherry who her and her family was pulled out of thereby their house as water was coming inside. tell me what happened. >> we woke up last night and it was up to our ankles.

>> in your house. >> in my house. and my house is up high. very high. so it was -- it was scary. we have never been in anything like that. we didn't think it would flood. so we stayed home. and i called and they're like rescue's coming because it was mandatory evacuation which i understood. but i mean, still today, no one had came and i called back. it started raining some more. i'm like we're not going to be able to stay in here or survive. we need help. and my mom saw these guys riding around with a boat on their truck i guess. and thank god my daughter had a little bit of juice on her phone because mine was dead. >> reporter: we're so glad you're safe. her whole family, their pets are all out. one example of the real just concern about this storm that's continuing here in new bern. >> so many people there suffering right now, as well. chris, thank you so much. and you're watching "cbs

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♪ that does it for us. there will be much more on hurricane florence on cbs evening news and tomorrow on "cbs this morning" saturday we leave you with some of the sights and sounds from the carolinas. have a great weekend. >> we'll be watching you sunday, as well. >> sitting in for margaret for a little while. >> had her baby. congratulations. congratulations to you, john. you're going to be covering maternity leave. >> good luck to all the first responders. >> that's right. >> you can see how intense the winds are gusting as the water appears to be trying to wash away a dock behind me. >> the wind is obviously very bad here right now. the rain is coming sideways down and up. >> we were just in the eye walle the most intense winds, the most intense rain.

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then the toll plaza and it's a 28-minute ride head nothing to san francisco. don't forget, howard street remains until down until the end of september. let's go mary for the forecast. vrjts we're tracking the areas of low clouds and fog. parts of the inland location as well. we will see the sunshine and clearing through the afternoon. some sports are getting the sun, and we're going to stay cool with the below average of 5 to 10 degrees above normal. the daytimes high is in the mid 60s in san francisco and upper 50s in pacifica. it's lower 70s and then mountain view and fremont is there for livermore, napa and upper 70s in santa rosa. we're looking at a cool weekend ahead and even the cool conditions for next week as well.

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