carolina in the brunt of it now.racing to see what earl tends to be once it gets there. a lot of people preparing for the worst. >> a wet day along the east coast. steven, thank you for that. >>> we continue to get new information about earl's track, by the hour. >> that's right. accuweather.com's mark mancuso has an update on the track of earl. mark, what do you know? >> i don't think it will get worse on the outer worse on the i think we're seeing the worst and the rain. the core of the system, a little farther to the east. if this takes a jog east or west, it will have bigger impacts. it took a jog to the east. that's why the power is a little less. it's still a category 2. you see the tropical storm-force winds. the hurricane-force, well offshore here. they will continue to stay that way until south new england. hammering north carolina. we had three to four inches of rain. heavy rains, eastern new england. combine that with the strong winds coming in tonight. a lot of problems with power outages here. cape cod a

later this half hour, much more from the north carolina coast.n army chaplain was killed in combat was october of 1970. >>> the search is on at the site of an oil rig explosion in the gulf of mexico. the fire is out. now the company that owns the rig insists the situation here is much different from the april blast that led to the gulf oil disaster. abc's eric barajas has the details. >> reporter: concern over an oil well explosion soon gave way to relief. all 13 workers on board were accounted for, rescued while floating in the gulf. >> all 13 members aboard the oil platform have survived with no serious injuries. >> reporter: the explosion occurred thursday morning more than 90 miles south of louisiana's vermilion bay. an oil production platform located in shallow waters of the gulf ignited. >> during an exercise, it is a production platform and not a drilling rig. >> reporter: coast guard officials said workers were able to shut down production before evacuating the facility. the owner of the platform, mariner energy, said it had seven wells t

a hurricane watch was issued for those areas north of surf city, north carolina, into the north carolinar. and it's going to make its closest approach to the outer banks of north carolina, late thursday, into thursday night, perhaps as a cat 3 hurricane. it's going to continue its northeasterly track, set to impact the southern coast of new england by this weekend. rob? mike? >> the forecast changes by the hour, as we know. and sam champion will have an update later on "good morning america." >>> and we do have some big political news this morning out of alaska, where an incumbent senator has conceded defeat. republican senator lisa murkowski conceded last night, while absentee ballots were being counted. she did not endorse the man who defeated her. that's conservative lawyer joe miller. he has strong support from the tea party movement and former vice presidential candidate, sarah palin. >>> investigators at ft. bragg, north carolina, want to know if something is in the environment that's causing sudden infant death syndrome. two babies died at the same address in three months this yea

carolina this week alone in excess of 20 inches. there are widespread flood warnings in north carolina. and by friday afternoon we see better conditions and clearing moves in. see the disturbance here? this could give a chance of a sprinkle on saturday saturday and sunday. we will be feeling fall like by the time we get to the week. however, if you look at the seven-day forecast, we have upper 70s today. heavy rain, wind, flood watch until 9:00 and there will be flood warnings in low-lying areasful traveling at least through midday. it will be difficult potential already for much of the day, as well. tomorrow a shower, 74. and for saturday and sunday, temperatures drop off. could be a shower on sunday. only 62. hello october. monday 65 and nice weather on tuesday and wednesday. back in the low to mid-70s. 4:23. >>> that's the time right now. time for traffic. good morning, everybody. hope you are up and at it. i want you to know the one big thing we are dealing with is a tough drive for a lot of tractor-trailer drivers. what we have

it's as long as north carolina and south carolina combined. it's almost as long north to south as florida. although it's weakened, substantially, it's still an enormous storm. >> larry: if it keeps going right, is bermuda threatened? >> no. i would say no. but it's north of that. it's funny you should mention bermuda because there's this mythic thing we call the bermuda dome or the bermuda high. so it's high pressure system that sits off the coast of north america and the storm will go along the edge of it. that's part of why it steers right. going to its right. >> larry: who's most likely to be damaged severely? >> on the outer banks of north carolina. where rob is. that's very flat area. i spend a lot of time there. emerald isle, north carolina. that's where sea turtles breed. a lot of wildlife there. when you start tearing things up with a big storm -- >> larry: how about big population centers like washington, baltimore, new york? >> i think they're okay. the storm's weakened already from several tens of miles an hour. it will start weaken

emily schmidt live in north carolina. thank you. >>> even if this massivedoes noa does not make a direct hit, it could still cause plenty of damage. sam champion shows us the most places likely to see the storm's effect. >> reporter: the wind speeds here are just as -- kind of impressive. more than 200 miles from the center of this storm, are tropical storm-force winds, up to 70-mile-per-hour. near the high, anything 74 miles or greater. on its trip, along the shoreline, earl has two places it's likely to get close enough to push the 100-mile-per-hour winds. that's right along the cape. and also on the carolina shore. >>> those areas sam mentioned in massachusetts are under a hurricane watch this morning. sam will sam will have more from north carolina all morning on "gma." >>> and turning to other news this morning. middle east leaders meet today for the first face-to-face peace talks in nearly two years. president obama tried to jump-start those talks in meetings with israeli prime minister netanyahu and palestinian pre

here in north carolina, national guard troops have already deployed to the carolina coastline. meantime, the president has cleared the way for federal aid as well and fema standing by to assist after the storm passes. the worst of it on the outer banks expected overnight tonight and into the morning hours. lynn? >> kristen, thanks so much. >>> well, police in maryland shot and killed an armed gunman who took three hostages inside the maryland headquarters of the discovery channel yesterday. court records show the 43-year-old radical environmentalist began protesting against the cable tv channel two years ago, hoping to convince executives to devote more programming time to environmental issues. nbc's brian mooar has our report. >> reporter: for four terrifying hours, a gunman carrying what looked like bombs held three hostages inside the discovery channel building just outside the nation's capital. negotiations with 43-year-old james jay lee broke down. authorities say they had to open fire after he made an aggressive move with his gun. >> he pulled out the handgun that he came

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heading straight, now, for north carolina's outer banks. the scale of the storm has grown overnight. it's nearly 500 miles wide. a strong category 4, packing winds up to 145 miles per hour. >> yeah, this time yesterday, it was a category 3. now, you said, george, it is a 4. and this is the latest on the watches and warnings at this hour. most of the coastal areas of north carolina are currently under hurricane warning. and the national hurricane center has issued tropical storm warnings for these areas that you see all the way up on the jersey coast and eastern long island. all projected to get tropical force winds. >> the warnings up and down the coast. we also have remarkable video this morning. take a look at this. passing through the eye of the hurricane, at the very moment the storm became a category 4. >>> so, let's begin with the latest on hurricane earl. president obama has declared a state of emergency, in north carolina, directsing fema and the department of homeland security, to coordinate relief efforts. we have coverage all up

beach, north carolina.ean water but not as bad as many expected. it's brushing the outer banks as a category 2 storm after people here spent days preparing for what was a category 4. officials evacuated 100,000 tourists from the outer banks and closed the roads behind them. even though earl is no longer a major hurricane, it could still polls plenty of problems up the eastern seaboard. >> just to be able to be mindful of what could be happening is critical over the next 18 hours. >> take this seriously and be prepared but don't panic. >> the governor of massachusetts declared a state of emergency thursday. overnight president obama signed an emergency disaster declaration that clears the way for federal response there. it mirrors the response to earl in north carolina. >> we'll be staging commodities such as water, food as well as generators. >> fema set up a staging area in fort bragg bringing in flatbed trucks loaded with generators and enough supplies to feed 50,000 through the weekend. the eye is much l

residents in the carolinas worry that they're next. the category 4 hurricane with 135-mile-an-hour winds is ocean expected to hug the eastern coastline but could easily turn in. >> people feel we're getting time for the big one. >> reporter: fema is already sending resources to the carolinas, and urging local officials to make evacuation decisions now before it's too late. >> it's going to be too close to the coast not to be ready to go. >> reporter: on atlantic beach, it's a tough call. a mandatory evacuation right before labor day weekend would be terrible for beach-side businesses. >> safety of the citizens and visitors, you know, is the most important thing. >> reporter: restaurant manager rich cole says either way, earl has already struck. >> it's going to kill us. i mean, because, you know, everybody that would come visit the atlantic beach for labor day week send now going to be looking at the exact same forecast that we see. >> reporter: at hardware stores, up and down the carolina coast -- >> gas cans. flashlights. batteries.

who would ever guess that hayward, california, has anything in common with shelby, north carolina? but we found out that this runway is one of the jumping off points of a major drug route. >> there is a definite tie between a lot of what's going on in north carolina today and what's going on in california. that seems to be a pipeline. >> reporter: former dea special agent in charge heads up a state agency that monitors drug trafficking and says the seizure in north carolina highlights a trend. marijuana production in california is way up. >> the numbers were just off the charts. i have been in drug law enforcement for 40 years. quite frankly, i was astounded. >> reporter: using formulas set up by the united nations, a new state report estimates that california produces 69,000 metric tons of marijuana last year. that's more than double the amount produced in all of mexico. it's so much pot, that the

de residentes de la costa carolina del norte, en dónde cerca de la media de noche impacta el huracánarl, el sistema se debilitó pero sigue siendo un categoría 3 para ampliarnos sobre lo que podemos esperar del huracán earl, pasamos con el experto de telemundo, luis carrera ¿qué tal? >> el ciclón se acerca más a la costa de carolina del norte y podría descargar su furia, el sistema se ha debilitado, pero es poderoso. con vientos de 115 millas por horas. se espera que deje precipitaciones esta misma noche en carolina del norte la zona del cabo. vean ustedes lo que indica el modelo ahora se encuentra sobre esa área, no tocaría tierra firme, la parte más activa. sería suficiente también podría causar actividad en el país. boston en el norte. para vigilarlo. esta noche en la

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it went past north carolina this morning.ll of this being felt pictures out of negs said north carolina. these are the earliest images. >> feeling strong wind and halting rain that's just a taste of what these coast is going to experience or the day. >> bridge in rain started stocking these coast late thursday. first hurricane earlier site director len short. is not expected to make landfall until canada but along the eastern seaboard hurricane watches and warnings were in effect days before the storm appeared n.c. declared a state of emergency. there are 80 national guard's 150 more on standby. local businesses are taking a beating economically. labor day is our busiest weekend or the last of our weekends. so it's hard. hours before the approach during servers to the bench of the waves which are expected to serve s surged as the store to close by. that of school so mix a good. not excited about the wind and rain event of a bomber. president barack obama will keep a watchful eye on the hurricane and any damage. north carolina

along the storm-hardened north carolina coast, earl spells worry. business owners are sealing off their stores. >> we have a pretty big warehouse so everything we can do to protect the business. >> reporter: the last of the tourists, some 30,000 in all, obeyed orders to leave. >> we get hurt more with the flooding, and that's what worries me it is just frightening. >> reporter: locals are stocking up on supplies and generators. this store sold 60 by noon to people like shane moore. he and many of his neighbors are staying put. >> one day it might come back to bite everybody, but hopefully it won't this time. >> reporter: bill jones owns two beach-front homes... >> i think folks should leave. >> reporter: ...an angry sea is already at his back stairs along with a notice on his front door. >> all people on the ocean front should evacuate immediately. >> reporter: time to go, i guess, huh? >> will be in a few minutes. >> reporter: earl is on track to brush by north carolina, but it's such a large storm, 400 miles across, that winds of 50 miles per hour

bragg, north carolina, since 2007.on began after two babies from different families died at the same address three months apart. foul play is not suspected but investigators are concerned that something in the air could be triggering sudden infant death syndrome. >>> now sobering news from actor michael douglas who spoke publicly about his throat cancer diagnosis for the first time last night. >> douglas told david letterman that he just finished his first week of radiation and chemotherapy, and then he stunned the audience when he revealed he has late stage 4 cancer. >> is a stage 4 where you want to be or not where you want to be? >> no, no, you'd like to be down at stage 1. >> stage 1. >> stage 1. it has not -- the big thing you always worry about is it spreading. so i am head and neck, i am above the neck, so nothing's going down. and the expectations are good. >> did they find it early enough for their liking? >> i sure as [ muted ] hope so. >> he's obviously staying upbeat about the whole thing. douglas did ackno

the first watch was posted there on the outer banks, north carolina. interesting whether we're talking about best case or worst case scenario, just about every model has it doing something to the north carolina coast on its way by? >> reporter: good evening, brian, you're right, there's a lot of confidence here tonight that earl will behave itself and stay on the projected track away from the land here in north carolina. that does not mean people are taking this storm for granted. the surf is up thanks to hurricane earl, but the fun could be spoiled in coming days as the storm threatens the shore line, potentially impacting tens of millions of americans. fema officials are prepping for the worst. >> any little deviation towards the west could mean the storm striking the coast or impacting the coast enough to require evacuation. >> reporter: already, earl has left painful marks in the caribbean, dumping water and debris in puerto rico and the virgin islands. today on the outer banks of north carolina, it was business as usual on the beach, with few sign

it's final designation at the shelby airport in north carolina just after midnight. and that's where local law enforcement personnel were waiting. the sheriff's department says the plane was filled with 173 pounds of marijuana. arrested, three men from northern california. one a united airlines pilot. james hat way. >> who would ever guess that heyward california has anything in common with shelby north carolina. we found out that this runway is one of the jumping off points of a major drug route. >> there is a definite tie between a lot of what's going on in north carolina today and what is going on in california. that's a pipeline. >> reporter: the -- in charge says the seizure in north carolina highlights a trend. marijuana production in california is way up. >> the numbers were just off the chart. i've been in drug law enforcement for 40 years, and quite frankly, i was astounded. >> reporter: using formulas set up by the united nations. a new state report estimates that california produces 69,000 met rick tons of marijuana last year. that's more than double the a

carolina. obviously flooding is going on there. this will be with us for the day. maybe lessening later in the afternoon. you can see how the moisture continues to stream north. look at those deep oranges. the deep tropical rich moisture moving north. with that and a storm tracking to this west. a tornado watch until 7 a.m. this is a short lived one. i imagine this will be replaced after 7 a.m. and basically everyone east of 95 including washington, much of howard county, eastern montgomery, down to the northern neck, southern maryland, eastern shore. tornado watch until 7 a.m. and as far as the flood watch, we have the flood watch until 9:00. the counties in green, which is the entire metro, southern maryland down to fredericksburg out to loudoun, eastern faulkier, prince william, manassas city, fairfax, that is a flood warning. through 9:00 p.m., a flood watch. the flood warnings go until 10:45 this morning. and as far as our rainfall projections potential any way through 1:00 this morning. w

reporting live in kill devil hills, north carolina, i'm karen brown. sydnie, back to you. >> so karen, the locals can stay whereas the tourists have been told to leave. have we got any numbers on the number of people evacuated and those who have decided to stay? >> reporter: well, at this point, john, what we do know is that from the cape hatteras area about 30,000 people have been evacuated. and that's tourists and residents alike. there's about 5,000 residents that live in the area. now, again, this county now is being evacuated of tourists, part of that to get them out first and then if the residents have to get out at the last minute the roads are going to be clear. this is just something that's happening right now. it in our hotel, women are trying to get out because they have been told to. >> if you're not definitely, i would get out and get going. >> reporter: absolutely. >> karen brown. >> at kill devil hills in north carolina. >>> in other news, investigators spent last night searching the discovery channel headquarters for explosives after ye

kristin dahlgren is in north carolina outer banks with the latest. kristen, good morning. >>> good morning, lynn. things have really been picking up along the outer banks. take a look. can you see the wind and rain continuing to wsh apounding. rain was sideways as mountains of surf piled up and took their chances riding out the storm could only hope they made the right decision. while the center of earl has so far stayed offshore, the glancing blow was enough to send many packing earlier in the day. cars and roads filled with hundreds threading off the thin strip of land off carolina's coast. as officials ordered mandatory evacuations for all visitors. >> they have asked us to leave. so we're going to have to cut our vacation short this year. >> to the north of new england, many were making that same decision. ferries filled with vacationers headed out or emergency vehicles headed onto vulnerable islands as last-minute preparations kicked into high gear. >> once it starts, you could sit here and watch and the boats are bouncing and breaking loose. yo

in north carolina, i'm sandra indoe. >>> we have breaking news out of redwood city. we understand a small plane has gone down. we're being told the plane is in the redwood shores lagoon and at this point we do not know how many people were on board or their conditions. we do have news chopper two going to the site by air and a crew on the ground making it's way there. we'll update you as soon as we have more information. >>> it's looking like it would be a hot day around the bay area. we'll send it to mark who has all the temperatures, mark? >> temperatures today heating up in fact we could be recording a few triple digits by 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. a quick update as you can see with hurricane earl a powerful hurricane with winds 125. there is a closer inspection and we'll track this hurricane at least over the next 24 to 48 hours and possibly over the next three days as well. back here we have changes, look at that fog bank developing offshore. in fact, here is a closer inspection. mostly clear skies across most of the region but from ma pacificia 22 miles to t

flooding on i-95 from the carolinas up to maine.nd i-80 will be drenched from new york to pittsburgh. out west, it's wet on i-5 and 10, south of l.a. >> and if you're traveling today, you can expect airport delays on the east coast, in the cities of boston, philadelphia, new york, washington and charlotte. >>> now, to a campus tragedy triggered by a callous invasion of privacy. >> a college freshman has taken his own life after his roommate secretly videotaped an intimate encounter and then streamed it live on the internet. >> it is bringing attention to young people taunted for being gay. more, now, from abc's richard cantu. >> reporter: at 18, tyler clementi was pursuing his love of music a rutgers university. but a betrayal of trust apparently drove him to jump off of this bridge. as clementi had a sexual encounter with another man in his dormroom, police say his roommate sent it live to the internet from a hidden camera. then, boasted by tweet, roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went into molly's room and turned on the

so, let's begin with steve osunsami, who is in nags head, north carolina. steve? >> reporter: diane, this storm is still 400 miles wide. it has forced the evacuation of more than 100,000 people. from the outer banks. the storm surge is danger with this storm. already, the waves have overtaken the beach here and we've been forced to move. we've been watching this storm on radar all day today, studying it. looking at that well-defind eye, as it inches towards the north carolina coast. tonight, we expect it to pass 70 miles of this point, just about every resident we talked with today was preparing for the worst. these are the long-time residents who have decided to ride out the storm. and today, they were stressing out. >> we're pretty scared. we're doing what we can to make sure we're fine. >> god is truly in control of this. >> never know. what's going to happen. >> if you leave, you know, and something bad did happen, you're not going to be able to get back. >> reporter: they're worried about flooding and what happens when they lose power. >> we have another thin

ron mott is in kill devil hills, north carolina, for us tonight. ron, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. as earl marches toward the shoreline, time becomes all that more important, perhaps separating safety from imminent danger. though today produced yet another beautiful sunrise over cape hatteras, thousands are clearing out for what lurks beyond, earl. >> safety comes first. >> reporter: the storm's outer bands are expected to start whipping north carolina's outer banks in the coming hours. >> our week is cut short. it really stinks. >> reporter: voluntary departures in kitty hawk, tourists and residents are leaving little to chance. >> if it stayed out to sea we'd be okay and gotten rain. if it comes in, we don't know. we're not going to ruin our vacation by being in bad weather. >> reporter: earl's changing vacation plans in the open water as well. today a carnival ship docked in cape canaveral, florida, instead of a planned stop in the bahamas. at the navy's home in virginia, crews readies aircraft carriers and battleships

a little bit closer to the carolinas. that's a concern. the storm will probably be within 80 or 90 miles of the coastline. it's capable of producing a bit of damage on the eastern side of north carolina. heavy wind, rain, coastal flooding, beach erosion. it's not changed the track for the new england areas. off the shore of new jersey and new york city. we'll have all of america's weather coming up next. >> sam, thank you. >>> north carolina's neighbors up the eastern seaboard, also watching and waiting. that's where we find john berman, on eastern long island this morning. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the storm isn't due to pass by these parts for a couple days. but already today, they'll start moving these cans and chairs off these beaches. anything that might fly away. there is a sense of urgency here, with officials practically begging the public to pay attention. it throttled parts of the caribbean. and now, it threatens a huge swath of the northeast. emergency command centers are switching into high gear. >>

hurricane earl is on target to hit the north carolina coast later today.cking 140-mile-an-hour winds is then expected to skirt the eastern seaboard. >>> and the first face-to-face peace talks between israelis and palestinians are scheduled to begin this morning in washington. president obama says he's cautiously hopeful. >>> now to the struggling economy and one of the most hotly debated questions facing congress this fall, should lawmakers let the bush tax cuts for high income americans expire at the end of the year as president obama wants? anthony mason reports. >> reporter: the recession hit dave campbell's lumberyard in connecticut hard. letting the bush tax cuts expire, he says, would cut even deeper. >> it just takes more cash out of our business and it's less people we can hire. it's a big deal. >> reporter: many economists agree. it's a hit the economy can't take right now. >> i think if the tax cuts expire, for everybody, then we'll be back in recession, no doubt. it would be a huge policy mistake. >> while we extend middle class tax cuts -- >> r

winick reports from the north carolina coast. >> reporter: along north carolina's outer banks it is literallyy as many as 30,000 tourists were ordered to leave hatteras island. >> pain in the butt. >> reporter: bill eiler and his family were forced to abandon their two-week vacation. >> rented a house in frisco, they kicked us out this morning. >> reporter: the national weather service restored earl to a category 4 hurricane late wednesday when its winds increased to 135 miles per hour. the storm is expected to pass within 60 to 90 miles of the outer banks early friday morning. forecasters fear even a slight deviation could be devastating. >> there have been times when people have sworn to us that it's not going to touch us, and within three hours it's right on top of us. >> reporter: north carolina, virginia, and maryland are all under states of emergency. fema is already shipping bottled water, generators and 300,000 meals to north carolina and massachusetts. cape cod is also in the path of earl and home to 500,000 summer residents. >> we could see watches and warnings continue to move up t

by tonight it's just off the outer banks of north carolina.ey're going to be battered with very strong waves, 2 to 4 inches of rain and we're looking at the sea level anywhere from 2 to 4 feet above normal sea level range. so we are looking at some strong winds, perhaps some rip currents, dangerous conditions along the eastern seaboard throughout the next 24 hours. today though the fog is nowhere to be seen. we'll be looking at very warm temperatures today. once again mid-90s, los gatos and campbell, 90 sunnyvale. 92 menlo park, comfortable 70 in pacifica. 78 downtown, beautiful golden gate park. yesterday you were in the 90s at the airport. a little cooler around the coast today, 90 petaluma. look for 86 in san leandro. as you head towards the valley, 90 castro valley, 97 concord. sure, we could hit 100 in brentwood today. monterey bay, a pleasant 75. gradual cooling just at the coast today and getting underway just in time for the labor day weekend. good morning, megan. >> pretty quiet for your thursday morning commute. road work is the only

he's down on the outer banks of north carolina.le of minutes. >> on the first day of the month, we need to be told to have a lucky word to have a lucky month. we were told the say white rabbits. >> i'm matt lauer, this is anne curry, and coming up in this half hour is andre agassi, he has a flashy style, flashy hair, for a while a movie star wife and it seems now we know that there was also a lot of conflict in andre's life. he's back and he's going to talk about some of the revelations he made in his book and i think also some of the reaction that that book has generated. we'll get his reaction to that. >> that's one of the reasons why we love him is that he is so honest about all the things that have happened to him. and we're also going to talk to melissa and jeremy, who you met last week, they of course are our wedding couple. and they live thousands of miles apart. he is now serving in afghanistan. you picked them to get married live here on our plaza next month. so we have got a lot of decisions to make. there they are. we ha

a storm that tonight continues to obliterate the calm in north carolina. i'm john berman for "nightline" in mon talk, new york. >> our thanks to john berman for that report. >>> and up next, he might be the nation's premiere per say your of paraknow what porn. we check in with the radio host whose conspiracy theories draw in a staggering audience. no oil has flowed into the gulf for weeks, but it's just the beginning of our work. i'm iris cross. bp has taken full responsibility for the clean up in the gulf and that includes keeping you informed. my job is to listen to the shrimpers and fishermen, hotel and restaurant workers and find ways to help. that means working with communities. we have 19 centers in 4 states. we've made over 120,000 claims payments, more than $375 million. we've committed $20 billion to an independent claims fund to cover lost income until people impacted can get back to work. we'll keep looking for oil, cleaning it up if we find it and restoring the gulf coast. i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. bp is gonna be he

maryland and north carolina declared a state of emergency. this has been a seamless response. it shows that the team that we have assembled here and the leadership of the team, the teams throughout the state from town to county government and then the team of partnership working with the state has proven once again that north carolina's emergency system is as good as any in the country. >> reporter: local businesses on hatteras island are already taking a beating from this storm economically. >> it could not have come at a worst time. >> labor day is pretty much the busiest weekend for the summer so, yes, it's hurt us. it's hurt us bad. >> reporter: hours before earl approached, daring surfers took advantage of the big waves which are expected to surge even more as the storm swirls by. >> got out of school and been surfing all day. makes it good but not excited about the rain and wind, kind of a bummer. >> the storm has been downgraded to a category 1 hurricane and it's expectd to make land fall in nova scotia on saturday. in kill devil hill, north carolina, i'm sand dra endo.

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you heard the report earlier, wilmington, north carolina, 18 inches of rainfall, south carolina, extendingrough the bahamas right now. all this rainfall continues to push its way, with a few waves of low pressure wrapping around this jetstream. core of cold air will wrap around the storm. until then, we have to deal with the storm through central maryland. what it means for us, periods of heavy rain, on average, two to five inches. some spots underneath heavy rain bands. one area of low pressure pushing south from midday. we enhance the rainfall. another wave of low pressure around this evening to our south. that partial for tornados and spin-ups will be with us as well. we watch the heavy rain try to push to the eastern shore. cutting off our rainfall eventually. cooler dry air spills in for the weekend. we have to watch ourselves, this flood watch and possibility of high tidal surging around portions of the chesapeake bay. just after midnight tonight. and uh, again, around early afternoon tomorrow. these are the two high tides i think we may have running about two to three feet above nor

dean reynolds is in carolina beech, north carolina, tonight. this storm is making it dangerous on the roads, and i know there's been one deadly crash already. >> reporter: sadly that's true, katie. the first fatalities from this storm that has been pounding east coast from here to maine. the victim's car ran off rain-slicked highway 64 over two hours east of raleigh where it plowed into a watery ditch, killing four members of a georgia family. the first fatalities from this enormous storm that roared up the eastern seaboard, surng roads into canals, ponds into lakeses, and front porches into docks. >> just keep your fingers crossed that it doesn't come in because when it decide to come in, there's not much you can do. >> reporter: the storm has tropical depression a third of the total annual rainfall in carolina beach in just five days, exceeding even the infamous hurricane floyd in 19 1999. robert stuart lives here along the aptly named canal drive where the water sits right outside his door. he's been emptying his pump all week. >> probably a

a moment to welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to north carolina to welcome back to the shall william b. j. lawson the republican candidate for congress of north carolina's fourth district is receive the backing of ron paul b.j. lawson welcome back to the kaiser report thanks max great to be with you all right b.j. lawson first i want to talk about china it seems that there is a brewing train and currency war between the u.s. and china last year north carolina your state exported one point nine billion in goods to china a business insider lists north carolina as one of the top ten states to be harmed by a trade war with china your thoughts b.j. lawson well i think that's a great point and when you look at where we are in this global economy we need to be restoring honest capitalism and trying to build build walls instead of building bridges at the same time china is an easy target because for about one well what we may be exporting a lot we've also been exporting a lot of jobs but i lay the blame for much of that on our own domestic policies we're taxing and regulating o

before its final destination at the shelby airport in north carolina just after midnight. that's where local law enforcement personnel were waiting. the sheriff's department in shelby says the plane was filled with 173 pounds of marijuana. arrested, three men from northern california. one a united airlines pilot. 35-year-old james hathaway of berkeley. who would have thought that hayward, california had anything in connection with with shelby, north carolina? we found out this runway is one of the jumping off points of a major drug route. >> there is a definite tie about what's going on in north carolina today and what's going on in california. that seems to be a pipeline. >> reporter: former dea specialist in charge heads up a state agency that monitors drug trafficking. and says the seizure in north carolina is marking a trend. >> the numbers were off the chart. i've been in drug law enforcement for 40 years, quite frankly i was astounded. >> reporter: using formulas set up by the united nations, estimated california produced 49,000 metric tons of marijuana last year. th

not a direct hit on north carolina but the rainman already moving to the outer banks. into north carolina. i'll talk about where else it's going to affect in a moment. outside this is why we had a spare the air day. look at that dirty air. what higher pressure does when it presses down on the atmosphere. particulates get compressed and trapped at the surface. very little wind, very little mixing and that is why we are baking today with poor air quality in our east bay valleys and also in the south bay. but a wind shift is beginning to occur along the coast. not soon enough though to cool you off anywhere outside the bay, just the immediate beaches. 79 san francisco, 82 oakland, 86 livermore and fairfield. so at this time yesterday, this is where we were in san francisco but we're 8 degrees warmer in oakland. 10 degrees warmer in san jose so this big dome of high pressure is not moving out of here yet but by later on today the winds kicking up out of the west and that will provide slightly cooler air today at the coast. another hot day inland and a cooling trend into pa

that is the latest from here in kill devil hills, north carolina.i am jay gray, nbc bay area news. >> we will track the storm, and have more on your cooling seven-day forecast. >> a blast from the past. a popular restaurant in the east bay is about to open its doors again. >> i can use my phone, go to go. why gl >> why smartphones may not make for smarter students. . >>> quick way used to be an old school restaurant, popular in the '60s and '70s, now it has a bright future in the city. >> reporter: well, lisa, this quickway has been closed down for two years, a lot of history behind all the weeds and graffiti you see here. one man wants to bring it back to the original luster. >> a lot of history and memories, i think it would be great to revive it. >> reporter: that will happen sooner than later if gary rizzo has hiss way. he wants to bring old school east bay charm back to oakland. >> a lot of people say they used to go to the theater and come back. >> reporter: making a comeback in the tough financial times seems unlikely. rebecca kaplan said cer

bragg, north carolina. and over 160,000 liters of water, 213,000 meals and 41 generators to massachusetts. there will be wind and waves and water on virginia beach for a while longer. but the big -- well, the big concern will be eastern massachusetts, cape cod and that coast of maine. george? >> okay, sam. thanks. >>> we're back at the smart screen right now. we want to use google earth to give you a little better sense of the winds being created by this hurricane and the storm path. the highest force winds are that purple, about 100 miles per hour, right near the eye of the storm. then, it spreads out to tropical storm winds in the gray and yellow. you see as we move up the coast, as sam was saying, when you get up to massachusetts again, the red is going to hit. the red and the purple has a good chance of hitting massachusetts, as the storm moves up the coast. we want to show you where the storm has already hit. it's creating storm surges. one of the things we talked about yesterday. down in north carolin

>> smith: kelly cobiella on the north carolina coast tonight. thank you. david bernard is chief meteorologist at cbs 4 news in miami and our cbs news hurricane consultant. david, it's so interesting. yesterday, when we talked, it was a four, went down to a three. it's back up to a four again. just how strong is earl? >> it's a powerful hurricane and this means business. the winds this afternoon with this hurricane, 135 miles per hour, generating all kinds of bad waves out there. in fact, we had a buoy earlier today recording a wave height of 50 feet. right now they're running anywhere from 15 to 30 or 35 feet around what is a very large hurricane in the southwest atlantic. >> smith: so what are your best ideas in terms of where this storm is going to go? >> one thing we can look at, harry, is we can actually look at the computer models. when we look at those models tonight, most are continuing to hug the coast or move to the northeast just to the east of cape hatteras, maybe just to the east of cape cod. but, again, look how close they all are to the coast

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a little break there and we are seeing low pressure pull from north carolina to south carolina.t will be eight or eight hours before we start too see things taper off a bit. we are talking six to eight hours of rainfall that could exceed an inch an hour. parts of the eastern shore, metro flood warnings until 10:45. flooding is happening. it is difficult to travel. and our storm totals. you see the yellows to the south and east of washington will be in excess of eight inches. locally ten or more as we have more than four inches and there's plenty more rain to come. flooding will be a big problem today. 33. almost 6:34. >> you know who's having the most difficult time a lot of tractor-trailers on the roadway and that's what the culprit is on the inner loop right now. approaching georgetown road is where we have a jackknifed tractor-trailer responsibility for this stackup. as a result of this, we are backed up to river road. that's growing and these drivers right here only able to squeeze by the accident sanniesing one lane and that happens to be the left shoulder. let's take it to