well. >> best news of the day. we love it. bye, everybody. 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 a preparing for the worst. our bill kari is here with the storm. and the blockbuster revelations in bob woodward's book "fear" released minutes ago. and we remember 9/11, 17 years ago today. and the ouster of leslie

moonves. innd setg 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 powerfulry catego 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 ng life-threate storm surge and flooding from torrential rains. >> thousands of flights will be impacted as florence moves closer. like charleston and savannah. delta, southwe and american and united say they will allow

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 m toe way before hurricane florence comes ashore, likely thursday evening. the photograph from space revealg florence is a monster. a hurricane with the potential to alter t coastal landscape. a state of emergency in four >>ates. the forecast places north carolina in the bull's eye of hurrican florence. and the storm is rapidly getting stronger. >> reporter: nauth carolina orities already calling for a mandatory evacuation on the outeranks. residents who often ride out storms on these barrier islands taking no chances with this one. in south carolina surfers took to the growing waves. >> i'm pretty worried. >> reporter: but noon, the

overnor says he will call for evacuations along his state's entire. 187-mile-long >> if you're in the evacuation zone you need to get moving quickly. >> reporter: in virginia, they th ordering 30 ships to sea. 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 sizet targeted the co 1989, hi hugo. >> i couldt sleep last night. >> reporter: all eyes on the cone of uncertainty. overnight, walmart and other tores saying they have logistically moved supplies back into the area so folks will be able to get the bread, theice, the water and hopefully theth

gasoline tha need so that they can make their plans to hunker down or evacuatess thi hurricane approaches. philip? and bill karins is tracking this storm. >> twoay left for preparation. still a category four. the rapid intensification has stopped for a while at least. four or five as it aovroaches the next two days, then it should weaken slightly right before landfall. they have 150-mile-per-hour winds wednesdaysd evening. th evening, hurricane has it at about 140. our greatest ccern is from camp lejeune, cksonville, 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 i this region. our american model and european gettingverything is more narrowed down. both are targeting eastern nth 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 wawo's new book which hit shelves today. the veteran journalist defended his book, ausing president trump of waging war on truth. he echoed that again on the late show with stephen colbert. >> i'm willing to put myself out here. i'veone the work. this is the boaestting that you can do or that i can do. and for him to get up. look, he has his first amendmeni ts. he can say anything. but the great editor at the

"washington post," ben bradley, s ring watergate used to alw say, when there was a contest back and h forth, said the truth emerges. and the truth will emerge on this, too. >> the white house has railed against "fear", calling woodward's credibility into isestion. for more on we go to tracie potts. >> reporter: the p the book a joke, he says woodward is working for democrats,rying to discredit the veteran journalist. on the oer side, woodward says some of the people, the chief of staff, the defense secretary coming out saying i didn't say that in fact are not telling the truth. so it's a s he said/hed. he talks about john dowd and russia saying that the president could never answer questions about the russia investigation

after a role play betwehe two. also the white house still trying to figure out who wrote that 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 lieetectors a being used or talked about. or looked at as a possibility. w frankly, tte 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 s did say they think it' promoappropriate the justice department to look into this.is ho it affecting the president's approval rating? the poll from quinnipiac shows the president with a 54% disapproval rating even though seven out ofs ten say h 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,us tds of first responders are still dealing with negative health effects. advocates ar pushing to make sure they stayunded. 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 moreraroots efforts and realizing that something happens when they comr toge in that town, that the politics of that town, i think, supersede -- i like to say politi is where are ideas go to die.

washingtonbo washington is reelection, not service. >>ndw cuomo called for funding to ensure full for the 9/11 compensation fund. new york city of course will be one of several places holding memorial services for victims of the aacks along with arlington, virginia and shanksville, pennsylvania. president trump and first lad melania tru will be in shanksville remembering the victims of flit 93. in arminglingice president mi mike pence will speak. and thousands will gather at the 9/11 memorial. moments of silence will be held to mark when each pne struck

and each tower fell. the ongoing wars have now cost the this country $1.5 trillion. the rainfall potential is something we haven't talked about. thurngay night we're go deal with possibly historic storm surge destruction. through the weekend, thi rain event, easily seven to 15, maybe 20 inches. widespread. that's going to lead to historic flooding. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer look at e day ahead. we also are watching south texas. l we've had a of rain lately and a tropical wave we're watclng that w bring more moisture in the days ahead. we'll keep our concerns with you and your flash flooding threat. today it looks like scattered storms in the carolinas.

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news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> brelling toward the coast, hurricane florence now a powerful category 4 hurricane packing strong winds and pounding rains on aur collision with the east coast. >> she's a strong girl and she

is coming to see us and i don't care what you do, you better get ready, because she's coming to see us. >> conditions along the coast are calm now, but don't let that fool you. we're days away from life threatening conditions in se areas. it's 4:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. >> states of emergency have been declared in maryland and virginia. >> mandatoryor evacuations portions of virginia begin at 8:00 this morning. th week news 4 is the place to turn for the latest onca hurne florence. >> we will begin with a check on the current conditionsnd your commute with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and melissa. we saw a lot of fog whene were coming in. >> super dense fog. national airport down to.1 mile. that's only 520 feet of visibility at national airport. half mile