according to forecasters, the sheer size of this massive storm is larger than bot ofhe carolin carolinas combined. it's expected to dump 40 inches of rain in some areas. >> our meteorologist is tracking the storm from here. where is it now, michelle? >> we're going to talk about it for a long time. right now, it is 35 miles east of wilmington, where we expect it to make landfall, 90 miles per hour, aor cat one storm moving at 6 miles per hour. we mentioned theul pai slow pace. we're going to continue to see that painfully slow pace. could slow down even further than that. it will take a little time to movenshore. we'r expecting 11:00 oa.m. this morning. the radar lit up with colors indicating heavy, rheavy rain. as we gohe throughout next 24-4 24-48 hours, take a look at these winds. even along the coast we are looking at tropical storm force winds, hurricane force winds. some spots t seeint straight through for 24 hours and certainly causing lots and lots of damage. we already have life-threatening storm surge going on and water rescues as well. your rain forecast as we go throughout mo

captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org carolin carolinas. as death toll rises,levels. neighborhoods are caught off guard. we have a team of correspondents across the disaster zone. >>> also to be the a super typhoon slams asia leaving a path of death and destruction in the philippines to china. >> this is a massive storm. >>> the woman accusing brett cav fought of an assault decades ago is speaking out in a new

carolin carolinas. as death toll rises,levels. neighborhoods are caught off guard. we have a team of correspondents across the disaster zone. >>> also to be the a super typhoon slams asia leaving a path of death and destruction in the philippines to china. >> this is a massive storm. >>> the woman accusing brett cav fought of an assault decades ago is speaking out in a new cor derais nomination? >>> a beach community is in shock after a deadly shark attack. >> i w be in the water any time soon. >> and a special bond between a nurse and a doctor. these co-workers met decades ago when he was a fragile infant. >> i was in shock. >>> welcome to the overnight news. the massive storm that was a monster hurricane is slowing moving out of the carolinas leaving at strosk flooding in its wake. flash floods and tornadoes are still a threat. 17 people are dead and hundreds of thousands of homes are without power. rain totals are piling up. the highest so far is 34 inches and rising in north carolina. many areas got two feet of rain. some neighborhoods are cut off by flood water

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north carolina and a large area 6-10 inches covering the northern part of south carolina and almost all of north carolin north carolina. again, we have several threats still in play, although the winds have increased a bit. we have rain in the inland areas floating down toward the coast, and we still have storm surge ripped along the coast though the wins have come down typically up the rivers still threat of storm surge as ted 8-12 feet, higher values north and south. risk for rainfall in in land areas. at the national hurricane center, i'm ed rappaport. >> live look, new bern, north carolina. one thing we've noticed the last 24 hours or so, the worst of the storm has seemed to come in the inland areas where a river was connected to the atlantic ocean. that's the case here in new bern. new bern is a town that's just inland by 8-10 miles. right on the river, it flooded. there were hundreds of high water rescues overnight into the early morning and early afternoon hours. everyone was trapped is now safe, but these are boats along the river that, welcome the beaten up, as so many of the residence there. s

this, and you're probably thinking good thing i am not in harm's way, i don't live in north carolina or south carolinth carolina. but you are part of this. you might not see it, but you will see it at a grocery store near you, and for an explanation of that, i want to go to phil flynn because he has seen these hurricanes in these types of events before. they do play out, no where you live. >> i think in this storm, it can really see a major impact on what we pay for groceries in the next couple of weeks. not only are we talking about the price of means. north carolina is one of the biggest hog producers, they have major food plants in that part of the world. because of the major port. you have companies like campbell soup and one of the biggest hog processors in the world. smithfield, it is going to be shut down because of the storm. now, not only do you have an issue with these companies being shut down, you are going to have a lot of problems with getting food to the grocery store and getting transportation out of there. ruth can be shut down, power can be shut down. so to find a truckers that supp

past several hours all those heavy winds and massive amounts of rain that are hitting north carolin carolinathe diner has structural damage and that's considering we aren't even seeing the height of the winds just yet. now, to my right i'm blocked by a building here to prevent any debris from hitting me from this side but we are still getting pelted by heavy rains as well as these winds. ocean boulevard is the beach. these businesses have been boarded up for days. the mayor telling us she believes at least 60% of this towne evacuated. many heading to emergency shelters. the question is what about the storm surge. we're expecting high time in a short time? emergency vehicles, dozens, have been stationed inside the convention center in myrtle beach in order to be ready to depl deploy. we expect rain to continue throughout much of the day and into tomorrow. >> you're on the western fringe of the storm so if you think about it, the tropical force winds extend out 130 miles. the hurricane force winds are about 60 miles so with the storm only moving at best three miles per hour, they have a long s

and i suspect some of those tough decisions will have to be made here in north and south carolin south carolina harris: last word on the money to rebuild, i said earlier, you know, americans are always ready to help. >> they always are, they bring in supplies, provide money for the red cross, when things are down, americans pitch in and that's what i'm very proud of. we have a great country and a great population, we help each other. >> harris: formerly of fema leading the way back under president george w. bush at the time, we appreciate your time and expertise today. thank you. >> great to be here. >> harris: democrat efforts to thwart brett kavanaugh's supreme court nomination appear to be heating up. progressive activists are raising over $1 million, they say they will use that cash to force the hand of a key republican senator and what she now says in response. she's calling it bribery. the power panel next. ♪ it really- it rocked our world. i had no idea the amount of damage that water could do. we called usaa. and they greeted me as they always do. sergeant baker, how are you? they were

atlantic beach in north carolin north carolina.he struggle today is the lingo, to keep people tuned in to the rich message. >> that's right. what we are worried about is the wind, and the water. the wind is hurricane-force wind. very damaging. the water can be deadly. we have the storm surge, as you mention come up to 13 feet in some areas. it could come across the land, and do not be going to be ableo outrun it. his number one contributors screen to fatalities. we have inland flooding, which means after the storm passes across the coastline we are going to have flooding for miles inland. if you're in the low-lying area, even if you're miles from the coast, get out now. >> harris: we were talking with the mayor of myrtle beach, they've got this inlet section. when the water comes in you got flooding into different zones immediately. in that beautiful city. i totally get what you're saying, and hopefully people will heed all of the warnings they have a few hours to evacuate and some of these areas. you are at fema headquarters right

jay gray, nbc ne, carolin beach, north carolina. >> this is definitely one of those storms that you need to keep a eye on as it heads toward the east coast. >> doug kammerer joins us now. how bad is this thing going to get? >> as it sits now across the atlantic ocean, this thing has really blown up over the past 24 hours, going from storm this time yesterday, a very weak hurricane, to a monster of a storm out there right now. the eye starting to get bigger and you can see, this is a buzz saw hurricane, winds of 135 miles per hour. winds moving west at 30 miles an hour with 130-mile-an-hour a category 4 storm south of bermuda on this track, staying on the westerly track coming in toward the carolina onbeaches. thursday, this is thursday, with 145-mile-an-hour nds. this is national hurricane center forecast. this is about to be revisedthver next hour. big time damage along portions of the carolina beaches and the storm surge for our area won't be until friday into the weekend. the big issue f us could be flooding associated with that. so tracking florence. we'll have much more coming up. c

looks like caroline and south carolina taking the brunt of this.ther: do you know anyone in that area? you said you are next to the mandatory evacuation zone. do you know anyone that did choose to get out? >> schools shut down tuesday this week in preparation so there has been a lot of time to prepare as you get ready for florence. a lot of businesses closed and to make sure everyone was prepared whatever the storm was going to do. everybody is being safe and took the seriously leading up to today. heather: we are glad it passed you by. thank you for joining us, appreciate your insight. some more live coverage of hurricane florence up next, stay with us. heather: live look at carolina beach, north carolina getting slammed by hurricane florence. the category one storm right off the coast with winds of 90 miles an hour. parts of belhaven, north carolina already underwater, terrifying video showing waves creeping onto the side of his home and you can see boats in raleigh, north carolina crashing into a nearby bridge as water levels continue to rise at

caroline: florence takes aim at the carolinas and some key crops are in the eye of the storm. we will see how devastating the storm could be for commodities. then, why one of the biggest bowls on the street says tesla is no longer a good investment. meanwhile, trade talks continue in washington. canada's foreign affairs minister is back at the u.s. representative building in hopes of making a deal. she is back in washington and using her favorite word, productive, to describe ongoing nafta talks. there is no hint of a deal in sight. that is not the only trade front trump is posturing on. there is still china to deal with. >> there is a broader question to be asked about with the tension of the united states and so-called china. many of the investors are not changing their position. china have an agenda and they have executed well. >> this long-term game plan by the chinese to shift the center of the universe from the states, all the proper trade and goods tariffs, it is missing the point. >> we will really start to see trade impacts come clear. >> the more fundamental question

carolinas. the slow moving storm almost stopped inches closer to land. here is live look at caroline beach. this is north carolina. more than 10 million people are now in the cross-hairs. federal officials are warning everyone in florence' path, do not underestimate this storm. melissa: power companies are warning millions of people could lose power and it could be out for weeks. we'll speak to the mayor of columbia, south carolina, how the city is preparing for this and more. we'll take you live to myrtle beach for a look at conditions on the ground right now. >> this is a very dangerous storm. we call them disasters because they break things. the infrastructure is going to break. the power will go out. it could go out for number of days. it could go out for many weeks. f throwing your money right intohe harbor. i'm gonna regret that. with liberty mutual new car replacement we'll replace the full value of your car. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty ♪ you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase sensimist relieves your worst sympt

also, looking like a direct hit on north caroline, south carolina and virginia'.lion people have been given evacuation orders in south carolina and virginia — and two of the states have declared emergencies. everybody needs to prepare, the largest threat to life is not the high winds, flooding is the deadliest result of these storms. when weather forecasters tell us life threat think, we know it's serious north faces three threads here, first the ocean surge along the coach —— post, then the strong winds which may be higher than the other hurricane is that we have re ce ntly other hurricane is that we have recently experienced and of course inland flooding from heavy rains. and we here in north carolina are bracing for a hard—hit. and we here in north carolina are bracing for a hard-hit. we are liable to have a whole lot of flooding and we have got the hurricane and the search which may be as high as ten feet, maybe more, maybe less, we don't know, coming at us from the ocean and after that we will have water coming down floods. we are in for a real episode here.

. ♪ caroline: hurricane florence is tearing into the carolinas already dumping more than 30 inches ofn killing at least 17 people and costing $20 billion in damages. it is not over yet. for more let's welcome bloomberg's taylor rigs from the ground in raleigh, north carolina. what it is like on the ground? how are people preventing the worst case scenario for themselves? >> you are right. it is not over yet. caroline, we've been here at duke energy headquarters in downtown raleigh at their command center. they were here all day saturday. we were here sunday. they've been here all day monday. it has been quite a scene. i just want to give you some of the latest updates. about 25% of their customers lost power about 1.5 million customers. they just came out with some updated numbers. 1.2 million have been restored. that is a decent increase from yesterday when only about 800,000 customers had been restored. just less than about 300,000 still remain without power. to do so they've deployed about 20,000 crew members. to get going, to get that number lower. as you mentioned the estimates f

we're live from north carolina. ♪ caroline: live from the world headquarters in new york, i'm carolineyde. scarlet: i am romaine -- >> i'm romaine bostick. caroline: the stock managed to pick up their lows after try to trade tensions -- after china trade tensions. joe: "what'd you miss?" caroline: florence claimed its first victims. they are reports of four deaths and numerous homes without power. argentina will have to wait for the $300 billion it requested from the imf until renewed talks conclude. onegal tussle is weighing stocks. why a u.s. law could pose headaches for cannabis companies and investors. our top story this hour, hurricane florence. it is bringing driving wind, torrential flooding to north carolina. the new york times reports four deaths related to the storm so far and hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated. 1500 fights have been canceled. about 2000 north carolina residents have taken cover in shelter. david joins us from fayetteville, north carolina. what is it like, david? now, i'm seeing a flickering of power. maybe we are some of the walk you -- the

caroline: bracing for impact. hurricane florence is heading for the carolina coast threatening catastrophic flash flooding.esting appetite for electric ipo --hina made its u.s. and the numbers behind the pot rush, high valuation for cannabis companies remind some investors of the.com europe -- the dotcom gearup. joe: here's something interesting. around 11:00 this morning when we got the headlines of a potential restarting of trade talk, not surprisingly the s&p 500, the white line, popped up. also, the gold etf also spiked higher on the day. it goes to show gold is not behaving at all like the safe haven asset it is stereotypically. at some point, gold may regain some characteristic where volatility helps it, but now, it is trading in line with stock. i think that was a nice demonstration today off of the trade related headlines. caroline: fascinating synchronization. we will see if it regains its luster is a safe haven. florence looks like it will hit the u.s. mainland. it continues as a category four storm with high wind productions and huge rainfall. is it still a category 4? >> hours. what has changed

ordered to eva cuate a cross million people have been ordered to evacuate across south caroline that and north carolinar life on riding out a monster. folks chose to stay here and ignore the mandatory evacuation orders. one key feature of us as human beings is we tend to be optimists. we think about, on certain future things, we think about the way things will go right rather than the way things will go wrong, so naturally when it comes to a hurricane disaster, we tend to think about the fact that we're probably going to escape, we're probably going to be all right. we know somebody is going to get hit but it's probably going to be somebody else. why aren't you evacuating? to be somebody else. we feel more safe. to be somebody else. a lot of it comes from the fact that it's not a decision we make every day and because people don't have preset preparedness plans, all of a sudden you hear word, you need to evacuate, you need to prepare and people are pretty uncertain as to just exactly how to go about doing it, so as a consequence, you sit back and say, what should i do? and the more uncertain you become

kerry sanders is in carolina beach in north carolin kerry, what's it looking like down there right now? >> reporter: it's beautiful this morning, but the roads aree goig to packed today. there is expected to be more than a million tourists and residents evacuating under those ndatory evacuation orders. that is the largest peacetime evaction we have seen in our country. hurricane florence is a srm that even hurricane veterans who have been through dozens of decades of hurricane recognize that it will change this beautiful beachfront landscape and, a you just noted, the impacts will be felt well nd this morning a monster is creeping towards the coast. the international space station capturing. florence intensifying into a category 4 hurricane, tak aim. but where exactly she will make landfall remains uncertain. >> category 4 is really, it scares knee. >> reporter: mandatory evacuations began monda on north carolina's outer banks, expanding this morning to carolina beach and portions of coastal virginia. the governor of south carolina ordering evans along the state's 187-mile coastline be

. >>> president trump promises federal help as the carolin struggle to bounce back from hurricane florence. in north carolina, the president thanked volunteers and helped pass out meals at a food distribution center. he then toured one of the hardest hit neighborhoods in new bern. >> we're going to be with you. you know that. we'll get it fixed up. >> the death toll from the storm is now at 37. that incendes two w who drowned when a sheriff's van taking them to a menta health facility was swept off the road on tuesday. >>> 6:10 right now. we h our fingers crossed for our local guy on "america's got talent." just ancredible run. the violinist brian king joseph finished third in last night's finale. >> which is amazing. >> pretty respectable. >> for weeks the judges said he was the type of performer who had the potential to win it all. when the final votes were tallied, he came up just short. fear not, though. e haven't heard the last from brian. >> i feel like i've opened up a for aot just for myself bunch of people, a whole lot of people out there. and i'm just so excited. i feel like my career is starting t

carolin already received 20 inches. some cities could see eight months' worth over the next two days. >> around 12,000 people in north carolina are riding out the storm there in shelters this morning. they're the lucky ones. our team is across the region. let's go to al. he's on the path of florence. and we expect official landfall any moment. >> i believe it has made landfall at this point. we have to wait for the national hurricane center to verify that. but the sprawl of this, 600 miles from north-to-south, 700 miles from west-to-east. and it continues to grow and push in. this was the last reading we got at 6:00 a.m. ten miles east of lm north carolina. 90-mile-per-hour winds. it is moving west at six miles per hour. as it comes onshore, we have a tornado watch in effect now. that's going to be a problem for a lot of folk there's. we' we're not looking for massive tornados but they will cause damage. it will be happening in minutes. friday 2:00, making its way toward south carolina. tomorrow morning, still a category 1 hurricane. 70-mile-per-hour winds. and it continues as a slow crawl, making its way west. columbia, on t

caroline: mark, thank you. hurricane florence threatens to deliver a 13 foot ocean surge and flooding. david is on the ground in north carolinae is watching for spillage and the result of the heavy rain. welcome, david. doubletime for the residents in fayetteville. we are seeing brief rain, definitely cloudy and the wind is not a blowing much. for all of the effects we here at the coastline, we are not -- we're now seeing it 90 miles inland. the thought is, it has to come eventually. joe: how many people are either actuate in versus writing it out? is it easy for people to still get out? what are most people doing? it is definitely still easy to get out. who knows when that will change, probably overnight or tomorrow. toetteville is right next fort bragg so a huge military presence around here wherever i go. there have been quite a few retailers open but you are starting to see stores close down. as far as people getting out of town, it is busy and hopping around here. people may be feel like this is a safe place to be. there are a lot of military families that do not want to leave if their spouse is on the base still. romain

factor here, still a tropical storm over north carolin and that'sn saturday, and then by sunday, still with the depression in portions of western north carolina that means saturated soil with that kin of wind, you're going to knock down a lot of trees and have significant power outages, some lasting quite a long time. >> brau'gham: i know been doing this for a long time. how does this, when you lookst ically, how does this storm compare as far as impacts on the east coast? >> we've seen storms like this before. and it is going to be historic. the impacts are going to be significant. and really what we try to gerdt the ut is not to compare those storms. every one of them are so different. when we start looking ator hi somebody might say, it didn't happen to me then and it could this time. we try not to compare those storms because people start looking at the category. that's why we spend so much time here at the hurricane center talking about the impact and the rainfall and the storm the wind.d pretty his or the and really looking at a very dangerous, catastrophic situation. preparedness is everything. >> brangf m: ken graham oe national hurri

carolina. >> and our area has been spared a direct h but you need to prepare for some potentially ngerous winds. washington, d.c. joined maryland and virginia with the carolin d inlaring a state of emergency. the designation put resources into place makes landfall. right now more than 1 million are evuating. tell us about how virginians are preparing. >> reporter: that's right. and much of the area about to get cozy. a lot of folks had t evacuate places like where you saw jay gray along the coast of the i carolinao the hampton roads area along the eastern shore. even though we maye spared for much of this, officials had a very direct blunt warning. they want to you get ready. v-dot crews ppping today. >> clearing drains. t virginia's governor. he wants the commonwealth to be prepared. >> they're looking at this as a coastal impact. >> this is a storm that is a very large, dangerous storm. it will affect all of virginia. >> today president trump adding virginia. >> we just want to make sure those assets are pre positioned. >> whatever t side, democrat, republican, there is no partisanship. we ought to be abl to work together. >> reporter: much of carolina on

carolina, light now. brett, you're dealing with flash flooding. that's what we're worried about in miyrtle beach, south carolinike there? >> we're on u.s. 70, a business highway right in the middle of town. it's east ash street and north pine view afternoon, the 200 block. we've got two, three feet of water across the roadway and a flash flood emergency in effect. we've been watching some of the vehicles unfortunately not use the turn around and don't drown policy, and they've been driving through this. we're really fearful as to what might happen when one of these vehicles gets in this floodwater and stalls out. but multiple flood rescues have been ongoing in and around goldsboro. >> turn around, don't drown. i mean that makes it pretty obvious. yet as we both know, people make that mistake of trying to go too far, too fast all the time. what do you know about duration? how long are we expected to see these types of bands of intense wind and water pushing water onshore? >> chris, as long as that center is sitting down near myrtle beach, i mean it's been there all day long since it came ashore early this morni

carolina beach is a place surrounded by water. and kerry, what is the situation where you are? >> a alli, i am here in carolinnd the wind has shifted w. the shift in the wind which had been coming from the northwest and now coming from the southeast, and we are actually seeing drama play out here in the atlantic ocean. let me step out of the way and so that we can zoom in. we will get a visual of what this wind does can aand how sto surge works. earlier, we had waves that were going that direction and sort of holding up, because the wind was blow i blowing the water out to sea. and now that the wind has shifted, you can see the drama of the waves as it is being pushed right up against the sand dunes here. we are awfully close to high tide, and the tide is now on the way out, but portions of carolina beach have already seen some flooding. it is unclear whether this natural barrier of the sand dune is going to hold or whether we are going to continue to to see the storm surge overtop the sand dunes, and make its way into where we are, and we are up for three stories which is the real good dramatic look at how t

caroline he is. connell: i hope your voice holds out. i don't know if you will find them. >> is because of the medical side of this florence unleashing her wrath on the carolinas and medical centers that remain open are doing their best to keep patients and staff safe. conway is currently accepting patients. brian argo joins us, the chief financial officer on the telephone. we thank you for joining in. conway medical center not far from the myrtle beach area. how is this going so far? >> we are located 10 miles due west. we continue to see impact from writing and flooding here as well. >> what about patients coming in at a relatively high level and what do they deal with? >> seeing pretty large influence of patients in this vicinity, anything from folks needing oxygen to more exotic injuries to rain and falling debris, asking people to stay off the road as it is particularly heavy. jillian: curious if you had to take patients from neighboring towns to the north or if you anticipate doing that as rain comes down in some areas that continue to get hit. >> we have seen patients in the north from north carolina, no power up there is what we are being told, they ar

carolinas. it's what is's happening upstream f. you're familiar with the geography across the region, the mountains of the appalachian goes across the west t. goes right through portions of eastern regions munorth carolin where the heaviest rain comes down. 36 gauges reporting significant flooding at this hour. getting reports these gauges are beginning to malfunction was of the tremendous amount of water. some of them not reliable because of how much water has come down. current radar this morning shows showers pushing off toward this region. 17 million people underneath the flood alerts at this hour, quite a bit of them right there where flood warnings are in place n. fact, 600 roadways across the state of north carolina have been completely shutdown or inundate bid waters. when you look at how much has come down, we're talking about 33 inches or over 800 millimeters in a matter of three days. in fact, that has broken the all-time state record for a tropical system which was from hurricane floyd in 1999. that brought a couple feet of rainfall. the storm system, natalie, is on the move again. it will improve as far as the weather is concerned down toward the south. unfortunately that water does want t

caroline. thank you and our entire markets team. more news.o >> officials with the national weather service and the federal agency warnnagement residents in the carolinas a a eat despite downgrading to category one. florence made landfall this morning near wrightsville beach, north carolina. as a category one. and it's now carrying maximum winds of about 80 miles per hour. more than half a million people are without power, and they face at least another day of heavy rain and wind. do want to emphasize that this is only the beginning. florence is a very slow mover. to trek along the north carolina and south carolina coastline. > they say they are focused on saving lives and won't do any active enforcement during in shelters r during hurricane florence. officials say while the storm is active they will not enforce laws unless there is a serious public safety threat. don'tl officials say they want people to fear going to shelters. massachusetts governor charlie just been speaking. he's declared a state of program and local investigators are trying to pinpoint the cause of esterday's series of fiery natural gas explosions that killed a teen driver in his c

as florence closes in, stores and caroline and virginia have run out of groceries and generators. hospitals in south carolina emergency team at the hospital corporation of america. we can speak to mark first. i know there is a slight delay on the line, we will be patient. how are you helping patients, hospitals, to prepare for this? good morning from the united states and thank you for having the. hospital corporation of america has been co—ordinating with our facilities for quite sometime now in readiness for both natural and man—made disasters. for the past few days, we have had a very orchestrated vindication team with our facilities. we very orchestrated vindication team with ourfacilities. we havejust under 20 facilities either at in the direct or indirect came path through south carolina, georgia and the tenancy market. preparation efforts focus on patient care, ensuring the uninterrupted patient quality care, fortifying our facilities for any impact of the storm. certainly, preparing for recovery of any impact that we may appreciate. your department focuses year—round on hazards, whether they be natur