ldast are affected. >> what it c mean for us next week. >>ly extreeasy. it is not moving. it is literally moving at three miles an hour. it has weakened to a tropica storm at 70 miles an hour. it came onshore. this is a 12-hour loop. it went from thest c just inland. and the big deal now has been the storm surge and the inland flooding. you notice the outer bands coming over the same areas over and over again. areas like new bern which saw ten feet of water and downtown new bern last night, they're continuing to see more storm surge and more of this heavy rainfall. how much rain has fallen? it is over a foot of rainfall. especially around the morehead city area.

16.7 inches. i've seen the unofficial total of 20 inches of rain already. down toward wilmington. 14.1 inches there as well. t only that but they saw 90-mile-an-hour winds. and the rain bands continue. in toward new bern, they'll contin to see the storm surge and then up along the pamlico river a lot of damage in that area as well. the rivers and streams pour out to the streets and inundate people's mes. >> and plenty of water rescues, like the one here in washington, nort that's where we find jim handly.

>> reporter: this is it. water as far as theye e can see. you are better off climbing the tree o get around. this is a bike rack. hundred of boat slips. they were scrambling yesterday. lots of debris piling up from the damage. if you can pan over, this will pan over. the problem is the other side of that bridge, route 17 islod because roads have high water and dirt. w t to show you the four by four. the biggest challenge monday,

tuesday, wednesday, are getting around the streets. they a blocked off because they are like rivers. the rescues have had to be done on pontoon boat people are going door to door. we've got high tide at 11:00 p.m. and serve banks that. back to you in big washington. >> and closing route 17 is no small deal. >> our team coverage continues with ndy. >> reporter: she's in north carolina showing us t damage. nor them, the worst is yet to come. >> i can definitely attest top. good evening. these are the worst wd gusts we've experienced all day long. florence even though a been downgraded to

tropical storm, these are relentless winds and rain. at least five related storm deaths. among they will, a mother and an infant killed when the tree fell into the home they were sheltering in. it is a sad situation here. mother nature is this is exactly what she was threatening. now it has become a reality. we've seen widespread damage throughout this region aswell. downed per lines. at this point it is only going to get worse before itets better. >>he assault on the coastline started overnight. battering everything in her path. delivering a direct hit to wilmington and the surunding beaches as the eye came ashore st after 7:00 this morning. it is the rain and storm surge

creating the biggest threat to lifee slow moving storm dumps rain, measured in feet, not inches. >> this is something we haven't seen before. a hurricane staying on top of us. >> oneorecast shows a thousand-year rain event. >> reporter: in the river front community of new bern, those who did not evacuate were quickly overtaken by theising nuese river. horrifying. wondering what's going on and how thigh water will go and how we'll get out. >> reporter: swift water rescue teams brought hundreds to higher across the region, national guard units moving in toet people out. everywhere you look, trees and lines down. debris titters landscape.en

fl continues to dump torrential rain across the ea. norns is hit rally crawling along the coast. you can tell we're probably in that dirart of the storm that people talk t.ab the northeastern quadrant after she has made landfall. these are the worst gusts we've had. at this point the conditions will only get worse. live in wilmington, north carolina. now back to you. >> thank you. > and hurricane force winds battered myrtle beach, south carolina. this video was shot near thebe h and it gives you some of the ive on the power gusts there. the conditions got so bad that the county said iwas too dangerous for safety crews to respond to emergency calls. that meant the responses would be slow or limited. now our team coverage moves to coastal virginia and the tide

water area. the area dubbed the worst of florence. the biggest concern is tidal flooding. >> reporter: as soon as folks in the hampton roadsn reg saw that florence was heading farther south away from many of them breathed a sigh of relief. the concern has been flooding. tidal flooding in particular.is s called the head. it is known to flood. addth t the tropical storm-like conditions. some stronger winds. potentially some surge coming through and that's what creates this. several ft of ter. >> i thought everything would be destroyed. >> reporter: he and his mom taking in a peaceful >> it's great. it's actually nice. >> reporter: and the forecast had florence barin away.

>> rain, sleet, snow, even florence. >> isabel. a lot of storms. we're always here. >> he can deal with the light rain. but he was n quite sure what florence would bring. >> reporter: was there a time when you were thinking of getting out? >> yeah yesterday. wasn't even raining. >> rep weekend to take the police ply wood >> it could have been really bad. a couple years ago, we had the historical flood and i pictured something l that. feet of water and we couldn't get out. but thankgoodness, it di't. residents feeling greatful that they were spared. their fear, washing away.

we moved from norfolk farther east. we're feeling some strong gusts. this is a m unit, a very unique tool that allows doug and lauryn and storm team 4 getting a little closer. some of the gusts, 25, 35 miles an hour. >> i haven't seen the vehicle with the radar thingp high. it's exciting that we could get that data from it. >> reporter: people are wondering what all it does. >> all right. we're glad they dodged worst of

it. >> let's look at florenc b the numbers. the distance from new yk on toronto. 400 miles it is dumping up to 18 trillion gallons of water on seven states over the next seven states. that's about as much water as there is in the entire chesapeake bay. right now more than half a million peohoe are w power. mostly in north carolina. but up to 3 million homes and businesses could be in the dark. this slow movingtorm lingers over the area. asor the price tag, officials estimate between $10 and $60 billion. much more coverage of the storm throughout the hour and youan check out the interactive radar and t map of the path as well. and a ple f deal the man

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i'm neal simon, and i approve this message. let's finally put pe over p. the hurricane has become tropical storm florence. the biggest problems the rain and the storm surge. we've already seen upwards of 10 to 15 feet in some location. it is bringing in all the ocean water as well as the rain. just take a look at the same

areas continuing to see after storm after storm. we'll continue to see pictures like this for about a week. >> thank you. theris som news beyond hurricane florence and it dropped like a bomb today.fo >> paul ma pleaded guilty in today, agr to cooperation with robert mueller. >> that means president trump's week ending the same way it began. chuck todds the moderator of "meet the press" and he joins us to help us understand what' ing on every friday. the white house says this manafort deal has nothing to do withheresident or the russia investigation. but legal experts say, they're not so sure about that. what d we know? >> first of all, rudolph

putiani and the legal team out two statements. one ended with, and paul will tell the truth, and the other one lef that out. and literally ended the sentence right before they said paul will tell the truth so it tells you they're concerned. paulanafort has admitted to everything he's been accused of. he pled glty to two crimes. he has admitted everything to. we know has ties to a russian old garg. we know he made money and he's been paid by the kremlin through rious means. we know he has a ton of these ties to nefarious agents have some weird ties to the kremlin. what we don't know is, did he take his connections and brought they wmpl to the t campaign? we don't know how many dots he connects. we know there are so many poets teng places.

now robert mueller has an eyewitness cooperating with him. what we don't know is how it fit in withhe trump campaign. what is fascinating about the mueller indictment today is that it goes to all the crimes heit cod in 2016 that that's when he became an unpaid campaign cheryl for the trump campaign. >> and it is hard to remember a couple weeks ago, the preside was saying when a great guy manafort was because he didn't split. >> h now ye money issues, his daughter said she is changing her name fro manafort pause it is a name she can't conduct business. cat live. all of those things have aho psgical impact. >> on an individual. on a human. >> the president started the day

talking about the russia investigation and then claimed the response to puerto rico was anunsung successful a lot going on. what are voters supposed to make of allhis in. >> you forgot questioning the deathll. >> hard for anybody to believe. >> look, people that ask, what does this mean for the mid-terms? i talked to some republican strategists and the, no one thing is a problem. it is the accumulation of it they basically can't get out of way of the president. they're trying toai ca. make the case, hey, look at this economy. look at eax cuts. look what we've done. reelect me to congress. they look at their twitter feed and he is denying the puerto rican death toll. well, those running for senator in florida have to denounce the president. they don't know what he will do. and then think about the last six weeks.

you have the mccain funeral that was a repudiation of h and he made it worse by never honoring him. the anonymous op-ed. the woodward book. it is not just one thing. it is the drama. >> and there's a supreme court nomination penning this week. >> i'm glad you're being very careful with what you're saying about it. >> i'm glad you're being careful about what you sa you can't untring bell. there are two things going on. either they throw kitchen sink at them to see what sticks. or may it was rushed and we

don't see enough. i certainly think the republic ds in the senate't believe there is anything yet that should derail this nomination. it is limping to the finish line. judge kavanaugh maybe justice kavanaugh but it will take a long time for people to accept it. this is certainly an ugly finish and a reminder of how broken the judicial process is. >> we understand that "meet the press" has launched its second annual film festival. >> yes. we're very excited. we do it at the landmark plumbing theaters. we do more than just screening the films. we'll be doing moderated discussions with the filmmakers. nhtetscusd. is.

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tropical storm florence pounding the coast. >> they're tracking what's xt. >> jim cantore from the weather day.nel has been there all that river has now crested at the highest it has ever been before and that was at a time of high tide. the tide is going back down now but it will be back tonight. >> the storm surge through wilmington, even central north carolina. it is a tropical stor but it is massive out there. and the winds just ten to wrap around. >> the wilmington radar, it's down. we lost it. let's show youhat's happening. we use this to show you where the higher clouds t are. you can see how expansive this

cloud shield is. savannahay to >> here's the rain all through eastern north carolina which most of the eastern part of the state is now under a flash flood warning. this is a oufour-h loop. here's the center. four hours. it is almost stationary. look at this. extremely heavy rainfall around myrtle beach. around the wilmington area. getting back this on these bands. notice all the different wedirections. e seen incredibly heavy rainfall. here is our estimated totals.

you canlearly see whe the outer band is and some of the rainfall totals. 17.4 inches of rain just south of the new bern area. accumulation around wilmington, 14.2 inches. new bern has seen over foot of rain ready. the watered front was cov earlier today and it wl be covere tonight as the storm surge moves back in. >> and as you were talking, it will happen as this storm continues to push t slowlythe south and west. so the winds wrap up around it and head right off the shore inland. most of them have been dropped.

again, dangerous conditions will tip. what isbotut a i one cause of death, over we've got wilmington about, 30 feet above sea level. it has nowhere to go.ng you're deaith some flooding issues to the south and east. and we're getting over, inundated with water through the river. that's creating flooding and all the triburies and that is very, very dangerous. we've got a lot of r tnt we're still watching over the carolinas.r the >> it continues to give us 15 to 20 pinches has already fallen.

another 20 on 30 inches. that's the record. all time in the state. 24 inches. 24.0 inches. that was with hurricane floyd. around.l have some swers most of those around the fredericksburg area. you see it to the south. tomorrow, 80 degrees. cloudy, a little breezy. not a bad day though. kind of like today. we did see a peek ofhi su. the next couple days, about a 30% chance of an ilated shower sunday but most of the day dry. if you're tailgating out there, the best chance ofn rain monday. that is with the remnants of florence. behind it though, we get some sunshine. >> any minute.

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these are live pictures as the storm crawls along, making its way inland. >>le places are underwater.

there were plenty of submerged cars and flooded mes. and the there's north carolina. parts of myrtle beach starting to feel the eects oflorence but they may have avoided the worst of the storm damage. >> we've got team coverage with reporters out there. let'sit start jim handly along the pamlicoiver which has overflowed its banks in ag biway. >> reporter: it sure has. we've got this. it is salty because ocean water has blown down through pamlico sound. this will take days. literally days. everybody here is anxious. most people in this town that goes back to 1776 did not te evac it reminds me a little of old town alexandria.

they have the sandbags out, the drill they do inld town. but they have really taken it hard. 60% will not have power. if you think it is scary now, imagine when ititch black dark. people have been told to slter we troo lee. of people how are lucky that they could weather the weather last night. >> work at themyalvation we're trying to get back up this way. >> this is the worst high water we've seen. it was over there. it was all the way up here in this area. this morning. that was the highestt's ever been. >> it washetl a l into our house. a little ground utility room. that's where all this stuff was.

there's another question would like the ask the tv people. why do all these storms come at night? all but one. >> reporter: as we head in tonight, we have a hig tide at 11:30. i'll be back on news4 at:0 back to you from little washington in north carolina. >> people in theark who stayed in their homes. that will be aong scary night ahead. >> business owners and people who live in o town, alexandria, arerang for even more. >> the sand bags are already out just in case. >> you can still see all this debris left behind from the flooding. with more rain in the forecast, there is more rain in sight.

they say bt isetter safe than sorry. that's why the flood gates are up and signs that say danger. >> people like to satisfy pictures. you can put yoursel in harm's way. water is very powerful. power underestimate the of water. >> one person knows that first hand in alexandria. >> it is looking pretty serious down there. >> reporter: billy donovan is a student. he came to stay with his famhey in alexandria. >> it was weird. you go down the tstreet, highway, there's no one coming down and every e isleaving. it was a sange sortf experience. >> reporter: neibors getting ready for rain here too. the high tide floods the streets. it is a routine that has become all too familiar >> it is time that we had the city do something stopping it from happening. ngit keeps happeni over and over again. >> reporter: as the city gets

ready to weather another round of rain, there is nothing he can do but wait. >> i can't even give you anti te when i'm going back. we don't knowhat's happening. >> reporter: and looking ahead, flash flooding could certainly be a concern and flooding often sweepss like this into the streets. if you are driving on any roads and you encounter water, you'll want to make sure you turn around and don't drown. >> good advice. thank you. residents say it looked like armageddon. >> a teenager dead after explosions. >> we'll go live with the first public

tonight there are thousands of people waiting to find out if it's safe to go back to their houses in boston. investigators have yet to pinpoint exactly what sparked dozens of fires, explosions and gas leaks in lawr ce,andover and north andover.s it may be we before they have answers. many wereurt and one person was killed when a chimney collapsed on hiscar. he was 18 years old. he had gotten his driver's license ars few h earlier. montgomery police say they've arrested a suspectedal se rapist. dna helped police track down marlon alexander. he is accused of raping at least three women including an 86-year-old in a senr living home. the crimes hapned between 2007 and .2011

officials are combing through other incidents to see if responsible for those too. developingw, cardinal wuerl just finished saying mass. heade his first public comments since he was he was askingope francis to accept his resignation. darcy? >> reporter: this mass marked the beginning of the season of healing that card wuerl had called for amid the sexual abuse scandal. ths m is just ending. owant to show you the people as they were filin of the church. i was inside for the mass and it was very touching and very surprising when a man who describes himself as a survivore of sexual abu by a priest was allowed to get up and speak in front of thechurch. he said that he,if his changed when he turned 55 years old and he heard the five words he's never heard before.

it is not your fault. he was allowed to walkp to the and with the cardinal light a cancdle. they described it as a candle of hearing. the the further indignity of the inadequate responsey the church, he said a reason grand jury report along with ongoing investigations are alldence that there is a long way to go in the healing ocess. he says the focus needs to be on those that bear the scars of abuse and at one point referred to the grave atrocity in church. he asked for healing of wounds caused by hisad own judgments as well. he said earlier this week, he will ask the pope to accept his ownti resig when he goes to visit the pope in the near future. and he says that there is aee for new leadership in the arch diese of washington. but this service here today was about healing. he did not mention anything about his resignation or any man's for any new leadership

ne washington back to you.> still ahead, five deaths from hurricane florence. ny> the storm won't be over with us time soon. not much of an impact although it wille com back around and get it wille com back around and get

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tonight the north carolina cot facing the worst of florence. now a tropical storm. almost 12 hours after it made landfall as hurricane.kn tonight w at least five people are dead including a mother and infant in wilmington after a tree fell to their home. >> lester holt talked to the firefighters who worked feverishly to save rthem. >>orter: tonight, a tree crashed on a house trapping three people for several hours. ton firefighters worked feverishly to movehe ee torsion get the ctims. they brought out a voictim on a stretcher. the person was conscious and talking on firefighters. there was hope the other two would be extricated but instead the firefighters came out with the looks on their faces of defeat and sadness. they r kneeledht where i'm

standing and prayed. >> they're out here, under a lot of stress. they don't even know the nditions of their own families. it is a difficult situation. >> i have three girls.ss regard if you have kids or not, a family or not, it is people who live in a city that we're here to protect. and we just try to do all we can. >> we'll have that story and a lot more. the drama of the day when we see from wilmington on "nbc nightly news." >> 80 members of the task force one are in south carolina waiting and responding to the callor help. he said the groupte is sit in an area considered to be remote enough to be safe but close enough to be forgetive. >> the task force person relevant very anxious to get to work helping people. they recognize that we have to wait for the storm to pass to

make it safe for to us operate. >> the captain says they are prepared for anything. and judging by the previous missions, they cobble out there for days or weeks at a time. >>ur key coverage continues. what's the latest? >> we'll be working this weekend, good news. i'll be in tomorrow night. you'll be on at 6:00 tomorrow. >> i'll be tomorrow morning and then 6:00 and many then sunday morning. and i'm sunday night. we're tracking it through the weekend. e big thing is this won't change between now and tomorrowt the heavy rain. it will carry across the carolinas. it couldring more to our area. take a look first off, you c

se it is a nasty day. look at the water. you can see the water's ge. especially tonight. you can see it down toward myrtle beach. the center is to the north. muchetter as far as the storm surge is concerned. here's wilmington. okay. here it is. it went from here to here. the place of biggest concern,

they have received upwards of 1 to 20 inches of rain. just today. over theast 24 hours. 15 .4s inc toward wilmington. where does this go? moving through the carolinas and yes. up toward our area monday into tuesday. what kind of effects will we have? a little more on that. >> we're talking about some owers. 're talking about some cloud cover. maybe a few peeks of suhine. very similar to what we saw today. maybe make it into the low 80s. we are goi to have some periods of showers. not a washout. so we are gng to have some shower activity here and there.

we will have a little breeze again, breezy conditions as we go through the the weekend outlook, very similar to today. redskins game, maybe a little shower for the home opener. let's talk about our forecast forre our in the i-81 erridor. machnd tuesday, two to fr inches. as florence tracks to the west, weould have some heavy rain in that area. we are taking some showers and coastal flooding but just to the areas west of that. in d.c. we're going to have to pay attention to the track over the weekend. we just think the heaviest rain will stay to the west. as we get into wednesday, we're

looking lot better. we'll get some of that sunshined >> we all need some of that sunshine out there. the temperatures, a little low.e 81 d as you make your way on sunday. a niceor dayhe redskins game. we take on the colts. e best chance of rain comes into the early evening. ♪ here comes the sun >> i'm not allowed to say that on the air but j it did it. >> i'm not sure if we're looking to any more singing but we are looking forward to sunshine. hey, celebrity chef andres already stepping in to help people forced out of their homes. barbara just talked to him in northwest d.c. s steam already in wilmington, north carolina. they took two truck loads of

food and supplies. enough to feed 100,000 meals. >> they need to eat and they have nothing. electricity is gone and it may not be safe. we are already doing the jobs. he started the nonprofit in haiti. moricaen rec maria. i saw the his team in action. it is impressive. people want to help. he creates a system to make it possible. >> that's exactly right. >> all right. stay with us. stay with us. we conti

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our life. >> it's over. we're ready to get started again. >> when you are playing the stanley cup champs, you want to beat them so eveame will be tougher. we accept the challenge. >> high school hockey is back. we'll hav highlights of that at 11:00. >> all right. thank you. and thank you for joing us. nightly news starts in 30 seconds. >> we leave with you the ane damage. our thoughts are with all the families on behalf of that storm.

breaking news tonight as hurricane eaflorence turns ddly. a massive rescue operation right now for hundreds of people trapped up and down the carolina coast. people being pluck from rooftops, saved by boat. a torrent of water over running cities and tos. >> it was terrifying. we were up in the attic. >> we're there with a mom and 8 month old baby trapped in their home.month old baby trapped in their home.-month old baby trapped in their home.old baby trapped in their home.-old baby trapped in their home. first responders unable to save them despite the effort. tonight the danger is far from over. days of catastrophic rains and floods as this monster movers inland. also breaking