making news in america this morning -- weather disaster. cars underwater. homes surrounded. hundreds of rescues. historic flooding with no signs of slowing down. we're tracking it all. tracking joaquin. the hurricane slamming bermuda right now. new video just in. new clues discovered in the search for a missing ship caught in the hurricane. shark attack. a teenager in the hospital, his pand badly injured after fighting off the large predator. small but mighty. the fearless pet scaring away the bears. well, good monday morning to

you. we begin with the killer storm swamping south carolina, still parked over the state after trigling catastrophic flooding. >> scenes like this playing out over and over again. hundreds of people plucked to safety from submerged cars and trucks. after some areas got slammed with more than two feet of rain. those raging flood waters blamed for at least seven deaths. powerful enough to unearth coffins, bringing them to the surface at this church cemetery. >> we want to give you a look at the storm system on radar. it's dumping lots of rain in the carolinas right now. lana zak has the latest. >> reporter: scenes like these ravaging south carolina this morning. >> this is an unprecedented event. >> reporter: grown men in water up to their necks. these floods at roof top level. some residents losing everything. >> everything that i own, that i know of, has been destroyed. all my memories. everything that i've worked for.

>> reporter: as onlookers hope the floods will stay away from them. >> the water is getting closer and closer. >> reporter: after government imposed curfews, residents in eight south carolina counties are waking up to scenes of destruction today. >> we haven't seen this level of rain in the low country in 1,000 years. that's how big this is. >> reporter: officials warning residents the flash floods are expected to continue and may come on suddenly. >> just because the rain stops does not mean the danger is over. >> reporter: this road one of many collapsing under the strain. even some rescue workers in need >> we had a mother and her child stranded. a recuse worker tried to get to we used an air rescue to get all of them. then started picking people off rooftops. >> reporter: several deaths caused by the rushing water. this resident says she got out just in time. >> i was scared we couldn't get the car out. i started on foot. i thought we were going to die. >> reporter: lana zak, abc news, washington.

>> as some of the rivers reached president obama has declared a state of emergency in south carolina. >> as another half foot of rain comes down today. accuweather meteorologist paul williams has more on the miserable conditions ahead. paul, good morning. >> thanks, kendis, reena. we have record-setting numbers. in columbia, charleston. they recorded 24 inches of rain in boone hill plantation and still counting. why? we have a trough. that brings a little rain. a low pressure system. on this side of the equator typically brings in rain. and you add tropical moisture. three rainmakers triple-teaming on top of south carolina and it will continue to be the case as we go into today. rescue efforts still ongoing. kendis? reena? >> absolutely nonstop there in paul, thank you. hurricane joaquin has spared the east coast. it made a beeline for bermuda before veering out to sea. it's no longer a category 5 storm. but still packing damaging winds. the main harbors got battered overnight as tourists and

of rain and dangerous storm surge, as well. the search continues for a u.s. cargo ship that vanished in hurricane joaquin. with 33 people on board. the coast guard found a large debris field while scouring more than 70,000 square nautical miles. etch finding one life ring from the ship. the "el faro" was headed to puerto rico from florida. the last communication, a distress call thursday saying the ship had lost power and was taking on water. the pentagon is investigating an apparent u.s. air strike that killed at least 22 people at a hospital in afghanistan. the group doctors without borders is calling the attack a war crime. it has decided to leave the city. u.s. officials do say a c-130 gun ship was in the kunduz area at the time supporting forces that had come under fire. and breaking news overnight. a u.s. college student being

to be freed today. won-moon joo was arrested in political. last month, he was seen in this video telling his parents he was healthy. back here in the states, classes are canceled this week at the oregon community college where eight students and a teacher were killed. those who survived the shooting rampage are starting to reveal details of their ordeal. one who played dead. the other called the lucky one. here's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: pastor randy scrogginss' prayers were answered. even before he stepped into church. >> she said, daddy, number one, i began to pray. secondly, i knew i was going to die today. >> reporter: his 18-year-old daughter, lacy, one of the closest witnesses to survive the gunman's rampage unscathed, saved by treven anspach, who fell on top of her after he was shot, later dying. >> i believe in the last moments that he had any conscious whatsoever, i believe he said, i'm going to roll on to lacy.

playing dead. amazingly sitting next to lacy in church, this man. the student they say was chosen directly by the gunman to live. >> said you're the lucky one, you're not going to die today. >> reporter: meanwhile, chris mintz, hailed a hero by survivors and shot seven times, released this video. >> hello, everyone. i'm doing well and i'm overwhelmed by the support i've gotten from everybody. >> reporter: neal karlinsky, abc news, roseburg, oregon. >> our thanks to neal karlinsky, who also spoke exclusively to a young woman who survived. 18-year-old ana boylan survived. she said the gunman asked who believed. saying the pain would be over in a moment. and then they would be with with god. >> i could hear everyone breathing hard and freaking out and crying.

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>> hillary clinton played a bartender listening to the complaints of a politician, hillary clinton, played by kate mckinnon. sno mings -- no mention of again benghazi in the skit. >> it really is great how long you have supported gay marriage. >> yes. i could have supported it sooner. >> well, you did it pretty soon. >> could have been sooner. >> fair point. [ laughter ] >> they ended the skit by singing "lean on me." but more politics. a fake donald trump also made an appearance. >> i don't say outrageous things just for poll numbers. i speak from my heart. >> really? because i hear your numbers go down a little this week. >> mexicans are stealing our children. >> you see. >> look, here's the bottom line. i'm just like you. a regular joe, but better. >> so glad "snl" is back. afterward, the real donald trump shared his review on twitter.

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goodnight mouthbreathers. breathe right checking our top stories. the supreme court's new term opens today after historic rulings on health care and same-sex marriage. the high court is now facing cases on abortion and affirmative action. hurricane joaquin moving out to sea, finally, after battering bermuda and dumping up to a half a foot of rain on the tiny island. u.s. cargo ship that vanished in people on board. a drenching storm clinging to the coast of the carolinas, after triggering historic flooding. at least seven people are dead. hundreds were rescued from their today's weather, showers in parts of california. much stormier from the desert southwest into the rockies. more heavy rain for the carolinas. finally this morning, quite a find in a farmer's field in

michigan. you could describe it as definitely not the average. >> those who are studying the object that's being removed from the ground say it's been around for thousands of years. abc's john donvan has the details. >> reporter: when the crane first starts lifting, it doesn't look like much. now you see it? how about now? of course it helps to imagine what it used to look like. which would have been something like this. so this woolly mammoth, minus the wool, turned up in a field where drains were being placed by a farmer. >> right where we're standing. right here. >> reporter: laying down some drains, he hit the bones and called the university of michigan, letting them come out and pull it all out of there. >> it's been overwhelming for me to have this many people out here. >> reporter: the rules say the farmer gets to keep it, if he wants. >> we hope it will end up in a museum. >> reporter: the university of michigan scientist has some theories. >> it was an adult male. probably in its 40s at the time of its death.

and 15,000 years ago. >> reporter: that puts humans here those same 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. the theory is that the dead mammoth was hunted by humans. they stored it in a pond, holding it down by these three rocks as an anchor, to keep it refrigerated, basically. here. it will be hard not to wonder what else is underneath the surface. >> that was 1 of 10 discovered in the state of michigan. it's a rare find for the state. very cool discovery. >> absolutely. makes me want to let my 4-year-old go wild in the there. >> i'm sure that's what your 4-year-old wanted to hear. >> dirt and a pail and see what what's out there. >> any kid's dream. that's what's make news in america this morning. be sure to stay with us for "good morning america." have a great monday, everyone.