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>> and i'm frances rivera. in south carolina, heavy rain caused flash flooding, inundating colombia's me reside to safety during the storm. powerful bolts sparked dozens of fire throughout the tornado knocked down trees and peeled a roof right off t least nine tornadoes hit the region. over in augusta, the cancel the contest of the maim it was ever cancelled in the tournament's 63-year history. bill karins is tracking it all for us this morning. bill, where is the threat now? >> we're down in florida. later this morning we'll fire up a few newrichnd,

norfolk. south of washington, d.c. isola damaging winds.floo watches, he saturate running high. we'll add another one to three n as we go throughout this afternoon and this evening, causing additional flooding tonight. >> all right. bill, thank you so much. we'll check in with you a little bit later. all right.sh against fox news star bill o'reilly is now growing. sponsors have abandoned after the network and the star reportedlyd harassment against him. defense saying he's a good person but maxine a very different take. >> it shouldn't be, in america, that you can sexually harass

women and buy your way out of it because they're rich. if they continue to do this do, they need to go to jail. >> nbc's anne thompson has even >> as advertisers continue to flee the o'reilly o'reilly gain aid powerful defender against accusatio news female colleagues. coming to his nald trump. in an interview with the "new york times," trump called o'reilly a good person. o'reilly and fox news settled w million according to "the times" but d't think he should have settled, adding, i don't think bill d wrong. that infuriated attorney lisa bloom. calls from fox news women all week. >> now who claims o'reilly harassed her. >> and ipl i can't do that.

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the diplomacy playing out at mar-a-lago over the nengs few days could take the backseat to -- without any evidence, the president accused former secretary rice of committing crime. nbc hallie jackson has report. >> reporter: with the notable steve bannon. a source sd bannon was working on health care instead but his conspicuous no-show came hours after he was ousted fromury cou. the vice president, insisting it's not a demotion. >> just a natural evolution to ensure the national security council is organized in a way that best serves the president. >> a top white house offic says bannon was originally put on the committee as a mic check. bannon's goal, originally

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moderate showers as far as thunderstorms are concerned has a look to the west to harrisburg. those are missing us. the next round ier. we've issued a first alert for potential for heavy rain, flooding a s update at 4:30. >> all right, bill. for "nbc 10 news today" -- >> we're learning more about this attack. the video has gone have narrowed down the search for the young suspec this week's train derailment is causing headaches for commurs. we'll tell you about the lingering problems and when things could get back to normal. >> grand opening today. first lego land opens to the public. we'll have a preview of what to. weather, traffic. all the news you need to know before you head out the i star today." get play proof kid's gear

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