hopefully still alive and-- we're here. so we're hopeful, and we're going to-- we made it through that, so we're going to do our best to make it through this. >> reporter: hospital staffers here at the airport are ready to get more wounded survivors off planes and into ambulances. norah, a hospital representative told me some patients are so distraught after losing their family members, they're saying they want to die. >> oh! nikki, that is unimaginable. thank you. tonight, errol barnett is getting on a supply ship out of nassau. it is loaded with desperately needed supplies and headed for grand bahama island. >> reporter: supplies can't be loaded fast enough. bahamaians at the capital's ferry terminal are anxious to send essentials to family and friends in freeport. >> they don't have no foodstuff, nowhere to buy it because the food stores overflowed. >> reporter: this ferry will make its first trip to grand bahama island since hurricane dorian devastated it over the weekend.

this shows you the scale of the effort to get to the hardest hit areas. behind me, folks lined up to buy a ticket to get on the ferry to freeport. these supplies will sit along 16,000 pounds of goods sent by american airlines for said staffers. operations agent darcel radon says her family is stranded. >> it's so terrifying. it's really hard, you know. >> reporter: we will be aboard this vessel and be a part of its nine-hour, overnight journey to freeport. but there has been a further delay. the captain's assistant tells us they're still cleaning up the main port there on grand bahama island, so it can receive this aid. norah. >> all right, errol. thank you. hopefully that gets there soon. meteorologist megan glaros from our chicago station wbbm is tracking dorian. and megan, i understand these next few hours are going to be very critical. >> absolutely, norah. not only are we looking at potential storm surge for parts of the carolina coastline.

we're also looking at fresh water flooding, tornadoes, and the hurricane itself. all these things come together. and what we're dealing with at the moment-- here you are in myrtle beach. and just offshore is that center of circulation. now the eye is becoming a little more ragged at this point. interestingly enough, it's not necessarily right by the eye where we have the concerns over potential tornado activity. that's essentially in what we call the right-front quadrant. so that's right here. and it's been parts of north carolina where tornadoes have been the highest threat today. now, where does the storm go from here? first of all, we know it is a category 2. it is weakening. running into cooler water, more sheer, friction from land. all of these things are serving to weaken it a bit. it's moving north-northeast at eight, and let's take a look at that track which essentially has it gone pretty much 24 hours from now. now while the storm may leave by the weekend, norah, i can guarantee you the national hurricane center is going to retire the name dorian. norah. >> no doubt, megan.

thank you so much. president trump now claims he doubles down on the claim about hurricane dorian. he showed up a map that showed alabama in dorian's path. it was doctored with a sharp ee. he showed a 5 to 10% chance of tropical storm storm force winds. the maps were from last thursday and friday when p and were already out of date by the time he made the claim. there is breaking news from southern california where a wildfire is now threatening 2000 homes. it's burning near the city of murrieta, that's about 75 miles southeast of los angeles. fire officials say it may have been sparked by lightning yesterday. strong winds caused it to flare-up today. and late today, federal investigators revealed a possible cause of monday's dive boat disaster. 34 people were killed when the boat caught fire and sank off santa cruz island in southern

california. kris van cleave has our update. >> reporter: investigators tell cbs news they increasingly believe the fire started on the ship's second level known as the galley. trapping 34 people below deck, there are only two exits blocked by fire, including a small escape hatch above a bunk bed. did it surprise you how small that second exit was? >> it did. it surprised me how small it was. it surprised me how difficult it was to access. >> reporter: in lpt i interviews with ntsb investigators, the surviving crew members described harrowing moments after the fire started. >> they tried to enter througco get in because of the flames. they tried to access the galley from the front through the windows, but the windows wouldn't open. and at some point because of heat and smoke and fire, they had jumped from the boat. >> reporter: among the possible causes the ntsb is considering, did lithium ion batd risk used to power under water cameras and lights charging overheat?

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