yes, y get thefitorm surge t. then the inland flooding and that could last all the way into next week. >> absolutely. thisill just hang osut will be the coastal flooding that we'll see will affect us indirectly. >> and the coastal flooding along the potomac and along the beaches. here's the storm. you can see it clearly defined. now it is trying to get its act together. the latest indications, it doesn't matter if it goes up or down ten miles an hour. this is what it is. as far as that's concerned. we're talking about it coming onshore. it is moving a little more to th north here. then toward the coastline. tomorrow at 2:00. it is going to be onshoreut

weakening to an -me-an-hour hurricane. you see it moving just to the north. you see that it is getting better organized. outer bandsitting with 70-mile-an-hour winds along the coast. a long tim. go i continue to see the pictures. we have the streets and bridges already covered. about 15, 16 miles an hour from making landfall. >> it wi be a long night. this model has it surging to the north carolina nshoreline. just an inconvenience but a there danger is the powerge ou >> jim handly, you've talked t the poweews. what can they do while the stuff

is still hitting? >> well, they are positioned rit now. but they are ready to pounce on any power outagnd you can be sure it will happen. first they have to wait on the winds. strike up theband. this is what we'veeen watching. we're getting stronger winds in the outer banks and sooner than we expected. take a look at the video that we shot. high tide at noon today. we went to the most eastern point of the carolinas. right there. you can see that it crossed ain highway and started puddling and some of the otheri ed houses. then we went down to cape hatteras. the concern, highway 12 again

which had to shut down this afternoon. sand and water covering it. they decided to stay.th ey're wondering about storm surge and if g they'reoing to lose power. we caught one the residents who have seen their share of residents. >> what do you do now while you wait? >> i don't know. we just monitor. we just monitor the wind and the rain. >> reporter: when do you think you'll see the outages? >> tonight, tomorrow morning. reporter: and the next two, three days? >> probably at the most. >> i may leave. i'm trying to make sure water doesn't get in my house. reporter: you boarded up. >> if thisater gets high, it

washes. during sandy, which i had an inch or two of water in my house. >> we packed up. we're ready to go. >> we'll go back inland and cro cross. >> it is as high as you can get. >> so many freedom there who cation here every summer. they are not used to seeing scenes like this. the storm surge up to nineeet in this location where we are overnight into tomorrow. that's what we're bracing for here. back to you. >> ieed to ask you. i've covered plenty of hurricanes. usually you're lucky because some moment will sy open.

there do you stay? is ag open? >> reporter: i have to tell you. a little history lesson, back in 1996, with c,wr right here, we rode out hurricanefran. that cost $5 billion. it was a cat 3. i'm on the fourth floor tonight. joe, our engineer photographer, has the penalty house suite on the fifth but he is facing the ocean. i'm facing the roadway. >> you're a brave man, jimha >> reporter: wait, our back-up, we've also got the 14 four byhi four is our back up in an emergency. you know how it is tricked out. kit get us anywhere. >> exactly. and you'rehe living one snacks and power bars. i know it ll. stay safe. some areas along the coast are being whipped by 60-mile-an-hour

winds. y 're going to stay, you'd better have something to hold on to. >> reporter: yeah, tropical storm winds are just as strong as hurricane force win when you're standing out here. there's really no difference between the winds thate've been feeling. hurricane winds are 100-mile-an-hour plus. 60, 70 miles an hour. they're just pushing us around. we started to see the debris flying on the back side of the buildigh across the bay, it is e starting to l power enter mettently. they're starting to see flooding and they're getting hammered by these winds. again, these are not hurricarc winds. these are just tropical force

winds but this is areminder of why people need to evacuate. the winds are expected to increase by possibly 200 miles an hour plus. a little later this afternoo into this evening. you can start to see there's a pow power, the biggest hurricane in recent memory was 1950. that w hurricane ze it brought storm surge of seven feet. this will bring a storm surge of about 7 1/2 feet. so there is a lot of concern in the beaufort area.to the surge is ripping the structures apart. >> that was gadi schwartz. it isn't officially a hurricane untilr repor clinging to a tree. that gives you an example of just how powerful it is. >> keep in mind it hasn't even made landfall yet. and he's getting whied around.

>> that's under 80 miles an hour. the full force hasn'tven come ashore. >> what we're seeing is a sign that people are taking these orders to evacuate very seriously. we've been going up and down the carolina coast and we are seeing the towns that aresu uly busy year.time of it is looking more like ghost towns. they were told to close down by fal 5:00 and it looks like they are. residents who haven't left yet said they have never seen it so quiet. >> i'm sure. about 100 ambulances are on standby right now at ft. lee. aftere ready to deploy the hurricane does hit. they're from cities around the country. llitary installations such as ft.ee are often used during disasters as part of the federal response. >> stay with for all the left a on hurricane florence. we'll keep you posted with maps

showing the storm's predicted path. and we'll have that continuously updated as we get new information. in terms of flying, florence is set to make landfall nearly aier after hurricane marie and became one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever hit the united states. a independent study by georg washington university was commissioned by the government. it estimates nearl 3,000 americans died in that storm and in its aftermath. but president trump who called the federal response an unsung success is now falsely and without evidenceng rejechose figures. in a pair of tweets he accused democrats ofinflating the numbers to make him look bad. asked about those tweets, the house speaker paul ryan had this response. casualties don't make a person look bad. i have no reason to dispute these numbers. i was in puerto rico after the hurricane. it was devastating. youet couldn't to people for a

long time. roads we washed ou the power was gone and the casualties mounted for a long time. >> puerto rico's government said he has second the findings of theeport and believes there should be no more questions about the count. closer to home now. day six. we heard from a number of i witnesseluding bank employees talking about the ransom money that was usee in case. but the most emotional testimony, that came fromhe victim's long time housekeeper. reporter: the savopoulos family long time housekeeper took witness stand. the prosecution played for the jurors the voicemail with the man and his wife and their son d housekeeper were held captive inside the home may, 13 2015. >> hey, amy is in bed sick

tonight and she was sick this afternoon. ra offered to stay and help her out because we are gng through some stuff with phillip. >> nellie staed crying on the witness stand. prosecutors tried to lay out a meticulous time line asking nellie about an conversathe had with vera the night before the family was held hostage. vera was supposed to go with nellie to one of theusinesses decided to but she go to the savopoulos home instead. tllie testifiedt vera planned on leaving by 3:30 but she never made it out alive. nellie was at the chantilly location and told jurors that jord p wall street leftrl day. at around 3:00, a few hours later, nellie. she was with savvas when nellie called telling t himcome home

biffle that time the family was held inside the home on woodland drive. we know that savvas was held hostage, too. an engineer testified that he was contacted by savvas to put a security system. motion cameras were placed on the outside of the home and an alarm on the windows and doors. this man testified that because of scheduling conflict days before the murder, no one was monitoring the system. the footage from the cteras only w to the third floor ich prosecutors s was destroyed. now the the prosecution alsoll employees at bank of america which helped facilitate the ransom. we heard from the owner of an undergroundprinkler mpany. amy savopoulos had an appointment with this man's mpany to day of the murder. he just testified.

coming up at 5:00, he is sharing new information that was never heard before. i can tellouhis is testimony you won't want to miss. >> thank you don'tin a lot of drivers, any for that matter, who are fans of the red light and speed cameras. now there i state that isn't a fan either. adam explains a loophole. plusti we are cing our coverage of hurricane florence's trek toward the carolinas. >> reporter: starting to feel strongusts of wind. we are with the storm ranger we are with the storm ranger tracking thei'

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and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. in virginia beach, folks will wait out the storm expected to write them some tropical storm conditions. >> and the storm surge could be a couple of feet. >> david culver joins us live. this weather is drawing a crowd there, huh? >> reporter: it really is. that's kind of the concern for a lot of officials. this is state a state of emergency, a mandatory

evacuation zone. yet some people decided to leave. when they saw the track shift farther south, they said in some cases, we'll go back. officials saying it is not necessarily safe here. nonethels, peopletill seem to be tempted by florence. tonight locals becoming tourists on virginia beach's ocean fron >> we've got a hotel. >> yeah. and rk. >> reporter: you are leaving your home? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: orence' early wind and rough surf drang the crowd. >> we saw some pple tryin to go in the water. trying to keep an eye on these people. >> reporter: virginia beach life guards restricting swimmers to ankle deep waters. >> put some sort of restriction on it fors everybody' safety. not just theirs but the life guards' safety. >> reporter: the strong wind attracting kite surfers like eric.

i had to chase him down to keep up. aren't you nervous in a potential hurricane? >> every timeou're out here, you're nervous. >> reporter: but you're still out here >> yep. >> reporter: virginia's coast will not bear the brunnel but locals are not taking chances. boarding up and add go sandbags. >> we're worried about the big trees. we'll see what happens. >> you come here and ride the waves. >> reporter: we checked bac with airing. he only lasted a few minutes in the ocean. pretty rough out there? >> oh, yeah. it's not thewinds. it's the waves right now. >> reporter: eric ended up making the right decision. calling it for the day and going in. we're here with the storm ranger. you can see some of the technology it has. it allows to us get a little closer. i know you and i were faulk the

capabilities of it. >> we were able to tap i it from here and anywhere across the united states or the globe. we can send it ywhere. right now we sent to it virginia beach. i'll show you the radar picture. look at the eyhe last couple frames. i don't think this would increase in intensity much. it doesn't matter. this is a monster of a storm. the surge and amount of rain.in winds m west northwest. only five miles an hour. five miles an hour. andagain,t is about 80 miles off the coast. do the math here. category o hurricane. 80 miles an hour an hour.

it stalls and doesn't mak it off until sunday. eventually making its way our way as a remnant of hurricane norns. we'll see the scattered storms. look, it moves a little farther to the north. and look at the eye here. notice the yellows and oranges. this is going to be interesting to see over the next hours if it does intensify. some of the bands here have gone virginia beach. this is where the storm ranger is. take a look at the last couple hours. we have seen it coming to the east. a couple more on the intense side. take a look inside.

this is the radar that can take you closer to the storm. amazing. we can take on the road. not only in hurricanes but also, winter stormsnd the potential for oetorn too. the big deal is the storm surge. >> we're going to have some coastal area issues a well. the winds are blowing from offshore weonshore. e got nowhere for this water to go. wilmington isnl actually about 30 feet above sea level. a lot of it, where they developed the land, is below sea level. normal sea lev ishere. then we start to get the hurricane coming in. the win i pushing from the east coast and bringing water. it has nowhere to go except

inland. and the wall of watercoill inue to move. in fact, somse h can be inundated. so take a look at this. i want to show you t potential storm surge. this is all the way to the new jersey coast and all the way to florida. we'll start with charlest and savannah. areas of chaeston flood within an inch or two of rain. they'll have stormourge up three feet. then to the north, here's wilmington. to new bern right here. this is where we're looking at six feet above ground. one thing i know about wilmington, it is ahill. so a lot of the areas in downtown wilmington, all that will b impacted. even up around here. look at this. here at the po going to see a little storm we'll perpetuate the east wind. and florence tthe south.

we'll continue. and we have no work for it to go except into the tributaries. right now we're seeing rain showers. i'm so looking forward to once we head into fall andic the hue gets out of here by mid nt week. >> here's the rain we do have. east to west because of the flow. take a look at the down pours here along the martinsburg area. you see cables .ctown, area pointing to the south and east. the next couple days, a better chance of rain from florence. some shower activity. 80 degrees on saturday. sunday looking good. 81, clouds, maybe a little sun. only a slight chance of a shower for the redskins game. then monday into tuesday, the remnants move through and then some really nice weather as we

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west around the hurricane makes its way towardur area. i want to show you where this path is and wherell it continue to go. only moving at five miles an hour. so if you look at this the next 24hours, the next 36 hours, it's just down to the south. and not moving. this is the thing that we're talking with. the storm surge and theg flood potential. that could last all the way through next week >> and i would think it would come ashore and then start falling apart. >> when you have landfall in hurricanes, sometimes they can run upwards 3f0 to 40 miles an hour. this isoving at five miles an hour. it is all because of the huge area of high essure aloft. the area, shunting this storm

south and o th stopping it. because it is stopping it, this is allowing all the rain to come right down to the carolinas. you're talking about raleigh, points s to thth around wilmington where they're expecting two feet of rain. 24.06 inches. they could see 30 to 40 inche in some ots. photos of orce, it was so big a regular lensgh was not enor the astronauts to get in it one photo. the tropical storm winds expand with 200 from the center. >> and beneath those clouds, dozens of flamingos are flying the coop. a flock of these pink birds is not called a flock. it is actually called a

flamboya. >> i love that! >> and moving the flamboyant inside for the storm, it takes days of planning. >> we're getting images of sand and debris. >> florence is pounding the shore. this is on highway 12 near hatteras. >> let's get right to it. jim handly is covering it from the outer banks. >> he's been all over that islands. he filed this report from kl devil hills. >> reporter: we're othe line here at kill devil hills and kitty hawk. we've already got overwash at noon. high tide is about to be upon us. what you're seeing is ocean water. s salt water, folks, and residents are boarding up. if anyars get through, they wash the ocean water right into the house. e guy we talked on said he got six to ten inches on the last

hurricane. so it is happening earlier they thought here. but this is the scene and this is farther north than capehe hatteras we were before. >> and we are working for you day and night as thisonster storm slams the east coast. we'll have more coverage. so we've grownm to hate t but to accept themswell. lighttalking with the red and speed cameras. but for some, it could be a reac ng to their system when they get the ticket in the mail when they get but now one state is fighting back for its residents. why some drivers from new jersey may not have to pay those >>fin. love them or hate them, we are all familiar with it.

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we're watching the impact of florence here. to the outer n banks a little bit. we're seeing some of the higher clouds out of around here.y a few sprinkles out there. a little sunshine. this is going to impact us possibly as we go int next week. we'll talk about the timing ofr any raind here and just how much.

that's coming up. there is a critical shortage of mental health help. >> a meeting iseing held this week focusing on the solutions that could help people in our area. >> reporter: t congressional black caucus is sounding an alarm. the issue? mental healthn the african american community too often goes untreated. >> peoplee may having problems at school and at home. itns medlely with adults a anxi depression. >> reporter: they are beginning national conversation saying more professionals are needed in black communities. maryland state delegate angela angel said some families in prince george's count face disastrous consequences because they can't findtm trt. >> our children are suffering. and they are literal dying while walking and living through all the pain that they're going

through. >> reporter: the greater washington urban league says prince george's county is not alone. they say people in some neighborhoods in wton, d.c. are left to suffer, too. >> when you look at ward8. that has theighest levels of clinically depressed in the entire district. >> reporter: rosslyn grant brought her children with her. shep homes to h solve these problems. >> i just got my master's degree in social work a concentration in mental health. what led t methat was it is not really addressed in the african-american community. >> reporter: the goal is local action. to convince churches, nonprofits and t politiciat mental illness in the african-american community is a national health crisis. and to tet kind of services needed to address thatproblem. reporting from the washington convention center.

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for many people in the path of hurricane florce including one man who just moved to wilmington, north carolina, to re he's not relaxing right now. folks are bracing. >> it is pretty scary, as you ca >> he moved from fairfield to wilmington just over a week ago. he said he's ready but he's also very nervous. >> i'm all hunkered up at the white house. i have water for seven days, canned goods for seven days. >> reporter: most gas stations have been outf gas since yesterday. evacuateion to stay or has been an excruciating one for people like kevin holmes. >> how come you didn't evacuate? >> we just didn't really think it would be that bad. he have lots of animals and nowhere to put ty will. >> this downtown business is open but with lots of customers. eight people and seven dogs will be riding it out in the bar

because it a sturdy building. >> we're hunkered down, we have food, water, we should level. we're not worried about flooding. >> reporter: some came to the wift watcluding this volunteelar.ce arom >> understaffed when a natural disaster like this hits. especially when it is such a large group of people. i feel like it is the whole reason we getin t is to help people. >> hoping for the best. >> our whole neighborhood is staying. we'll all help each other out if we have to.

we started seeing the potential. that meant we would see it stall. >> really last week we thought maybe would it swing to the north. now i a takes dip to the south and thenng s around. monday, tuday, wednesday. >> we could see some rain all the way into tuesday. so let's see what we're dealing with. once again, the storm to the south. w you can seet's happening right now. some of the convection, the thunderstous activity wrapping around. just wrapping right around there.tl the last l loop there. this is only about 100 miles off the coast. you can see what's happening. a 100-mile-an-ho storm at only fiveer mileshour.

so coming very close to shore. right here, still at 100-mile-an-hour and then making its way inland. just off to the east.ot we've some big time storms. it is under a tornado watch ando it is going continue. some of the areas involved. it will continue right through the rest of the evening hours. many of you have been asking about jacksonville and the wilmington area. this is area that will get the most rainfall. lauryn h more on what they can see. >> it looks like a lot of devastating rain that will move right into the north carolina as ine. this is to be expect.

let's show you what we'reth king from now until tuesday night. we'll see on here in wilmington, north carolina.s thisrom now until tuesday night. right now the models have the heaviest rain staying to the west and the sou ofus. but speaking of the south of us, all these llshowers,he way through north carolina, back through charlotte, charleston, that will be some devastating rainfall. we talk about how much rain. one inchf rain is 27 gallons. in one acre. i'll sorry, 27,000 gallons in one acre of land now, wilmington. with that being said, their going to get 25 inches. that's 1

water. so that is enough. 15 billion gallons of water in the size of wiington. which is 41 square miles. that means could it fill up 22,000 olympic size pools. so that's how much water it is. nowhere to go. half the town is below sea level. we won't see anything like whth, they're seeing in north carolina. around fredrickstown. [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ]. >> 79 degrees on friday. 80 degrees on saturday. you make your way toward the rest the week. finally getting some nice

weather next wednesday, thursday, friday plenty of sunshine. we need it. >> neil's boss was the bruce springsteen. he grew up in the d.c. area and is back for a weekend of shows. he talked about being home and how jmeeting jimmy hendrix changedis life. >> he is still going strong as a member of bruce springsteen's e street nd. he is happy to be back home where it all started. d> i walked downtown at all the buildings i use to work in.

>> he recalls as a teenager going to the old adams morgan theater to seeim hendrix. >> i was thinking, man, i was , i think iessed wi have to try to be a professional rock musician. >> a few years later, they would be the opening band for hendrix on lofgren's 19th birthday. >> i went a knocked on his door. and jimmy hendrix answered the door. i shook his hand and i said i'm a giant fan. you're the reason why i'm trying to be a professional musician. >> for more than three decades as springsteen's he is in town this weekend performing his original songs incling new music he's been working on for the past year. and he does somethinguring his shows that you won't see many rock stars do. he'll tap dance. >> i'll take a poke at i.

i'm beginner so it is eitr mildly musical or hilarious. >> we asked him what's next. >> i i wouldgine after four or five nights a week, for a year and a half, fingers crossed there will be anotherchapter. absolutely nolans at the moment. >> as for the solo career, he hopes to release his new album next spring. he is looking forward to his three shows this weekend. >> i loveyi p in the d.c. area. there's a low of comfort here and history that puts me at ease. >> you know, i cann lis to him all night long. and could i also listen toteim stories. he had so many rock 'n' roll stories. the great thi about seeingim this weekend, friday, saturday, sunday, not onlyill he play in this intimate situation.

it will be great. >>s and i already sold out, right? >> yeah. >> i grew up with him? high school. he really was in virginia beach and norfolk. tap dancing, that's kind of cool is that different. >> he plays basketball. he is a beast on the basketball court. he had double hip placement surgery and his doctor said no more basketf ll, in moree back help froms on stage with springstein. so he hao to find something do with that energy. tp dancing it was answer. >>re is some breaking news in new england. this is north o boston. these are live pictures from our sister station up the. >> we're hearing that as many as 17 homes in lawrence and

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it was in southeast washington. that woman is sharing her story of strength and survival. >> that'st right there. >>his is one of the only items. theedire destr nearly everything she owns including her dress for her upcoming wedding. judge just happy to be alive. >> i wouldn't want that to happen to anybody. >> it happened on a friday evening. she managed toes pe. >> if it hadn't been for the cat, i wouldn't be here today. i have to find the cat. f thnd me unconscious on the stairwell. they sd it took two tumors revive me -- it took two attempts to revive me. >>ight now, they're paying for

her to stay in a hotel. >> right. >> shies been told she has to leave by >> having a home and not having a home. >> these are purses they gave me yesterday. its why she keeps this as a constant reminder. >> stay strong and never lose hopeful. >> reporter: and nei set up a page to help. at 6:00, hurricane florence is closing in on the carolinas. >> this is nothing we can do here. the only thing you can do.

>> rshorter: the cg waves. and the final warning to run for cover. >> your time to get out is coming to a close. >> bracing forimpact. we look at the coast. >> tonight, it is inching to handle. we've sustain strong surfnd the rough winds and the one of most powerful storms to hit this area in decades. >> let's start with doug to show us the track and the potential impact up and dn the east coast. it is amazg. it is making its way to the east coast. as it moves in, it just stalls out. you can clearly seet offhe coast. this is cape t.look it is expected t