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is like the canary in the coal mine you know it's bad if waffle house is still closed it's very interesting and i want to make too light of that because it's a really serious thing with natural disasters but it's yellow watch out for the scrapple that's maybe what's left of you don't know what scrap liz you're safe enough that way the how did this yeah right how did this all start molly i mean that they have some sort of history in dealing with disasters don't they they sure do of course you know the waffle house chain started in the south that's twenty five states throughout the country now but primarily in the south and they are located in a lot of these communities that are prone to getting natural disasters whether it's hurricanes or tornadoes bad weather etc so back in one thousand nine hundred nine when hear of hurricane hugo hit charleston and that's when they kicked into gear and started to develop their own emergency disaster response plan now they open up a storm center any time there's a storm out there so they can track its progress they have teams of their employees

red is rare, waffle house so dedicated to keeping opened, they have a waffle house center. pat warner is the director pr. he is joining me live. nice to see you, sir, in norcross, georgia. here we go, i'm a southern girl. i have been to many a watch him house. i had no idea the index is unofficial pmetrix. can you tell me how it's a good indication of how a community rebounds after a storm? >> you are exactly right. coming back, folks are out, we're getting back to that sense of normalcy. i think that's why the people have looked to us through the last few years about the waffle house index. we are very fortunate former fema administrator came up with it when he was in florida back in 2004 and since then the eyes have been kind of on us to see our response. retried to get the restaurants opened as quickly as possible after the storms. leak we said, we are normally opened 24/7 as well. >> what is this pat about waffle house. you are right, of course, greg fugate said this was the indicator after the four hurricanes, what is it about waffle house that is indicative of a commu

there's even a waffle house index. former fema administrator craig fugate came up with it and described it on npr. >> they are open most of the time. and that was the index. if a waffle house is closed because there's a disaster, it's bad. we call it red. if they're open but have a limited menu, that's yellow because they lost power. >> all right, all right. and they have regular menu, everything's fine? >> they're green, we're good, keep going, you haven't found the bad stuff yet. >> if they've got a full menu, we're good to go. walt ehmer is the ceo of waffle house. he joins me on the phone from north carolina. along with brendan greely, of "the financial times." if waffle houses tell us how bad the storm is going to be, how many, if any, are closed in the path of hurricane florence? >> well, we're actually doing pretty well right now. we only have a couple of them closed. the ones that are right along the beach. most of our restaurants fortunately are a little bit off the water. so we're able to keep just about all

love that waffle house, man. i need a waffle house. guess you're some kinda good chef." but that waffle house, that is a phenomenon. >> sean: man, i'm telling you, it really is. what's good with boiled peanuts is whiskey. >> anthony: oh yeah. mm-hmm, that's good. oh, that is nice. >> sean: it's so good, man. it's so good. how's the visit two to charleston? >> anthony: oh, it's been great. this is a special place. it really is. >> sean: oh it's very unique. it's been a lot of fun to watch the food scene here go from kind of what everybody else is doing and was doing to doing something very singular and very special. >> anthony: and when you got a tradition and when you have traditional recipes and a story behind food like you have here, uh, that's -- that's a really cool thing. >> sean: well, the thing is i'm still discovering stuff here. i've been here 12 years. >> anthony: that barbecue that rodney gave was sick, man. >> sean: he is a force to be reckoned with, man. like, we talk about europe, everybody travels hours to go to el bulli

let's talk about waffle house activating a storm center. >> anyone actually with waffle house and a lot of folks out there know that it is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week, fema using their response to natural disasters as an unofficial indicator how serious they are. waffle house recently sent out a tweet saying the waffle house storm center is activated and monitoring florence, plan ahead and be safe. waffle house has a response unit that delivers generators and things like that to stay open but sometimes they get so serious and they have to close down. michael says waffle house does not mess around. the safe, waffle house and scott writes 90% chance of delicious. >> not a bad place to be if you got to hunker down. >> i would be happy staying in their kitchen. >> the time is 26 after the top of the hour. 10 million people prepare for potential disaster at their doorstep. the largest marine corps base standing ready. we are live on the ground in north carolina. brand-new bombshell text messages between lisa page and peter stzrok show the media leaking was just getting started. republi

the waffle house. , andould a good waffles hashbrowns, but that is good to --and that is good too, patmuch. let's talk about the origin of this. it is fascinating. what is the perspective you have at waffle house about the type of damage a storm is doing in real time to a region's infrastructure? pat: in 2004, the former fema administrator was the emergency management director in florida and he came up with this index as a way to tell how the community is coming back after a storm. when he became the fema administrator and it came up in his confirmation hearing that he uses it as a way to illustrate if the waffle houses up and running, the community is coming back to quickly after a storm. i try to have -- that is how the waffle house index took off. what we do, we report up to fema and the state agencies our status reports. it gives them a clear picture of how the community is coming back. if we and other businesses are open, they can put their pods with resources elsewhere because people are being served by us. that is the way we kind of serve is sharetorm like this information with

so, here's something we hadn't really heard of before, the waffle house index. it's an actual thing. >> yeah, fema uses it to track storm conditions. if a waffle house restaurant in one area is closed, then authorities know the conditions there are especially bad. waffle house operations can also indicate how well a city or town is recovering. >> if we are on a limited menu, then you know there's some limited resources. if we are closed, then you know it's pretty serious, but if we're open, you know the community is coming back, and that's the most important thing after a storm is to get that sense of normalcy. we made it through the storm and now we're getting back on our feet. >> and the waffle house index was created by a former official at fema when he was working in florida. >>> we'll have the other news of the morning just ahead including the disturbing new video of hollywood mogul harvey weinstein from a woman he's accused of sexually assaulting. >>> and also coming up, the strange story of a mother and son attacked by a giraffe right outside their home.

but theirthey are 2100 waffle house and fema uses them. >> reporter: waffle house is used by fema, andwaffle house index, what it tells fema if a community's waffle house has to close that means that the conditions are rough n just the last few minutes, this team called the waffle house response team. they have generators and fuel. they are checking the waffle house for safety. if they find that the building is safe, they will open it back up in a limited service is. they are looking for a hot meal. >> waffle house response team. >>> 7:35. supporters of a privately fund homeless encampment in goas yows say in san jose is running out t is near rough drive. the chp told the campers they have to leave today. >> reporter: it is daylight at the hope village encampment. and some of the people are gathering to try to figure out what is going to happen this morning and where they will go next. they stay is on state property. they don't have the perry mitts to stay there. but supporters said they are getting some help and positive response from some san jose city and county leaders. it may be i

finney is here with the waffle house effect.lain. >> i love this thing. the popular restaurant chain in the south mainly is paying very close attention to hurricane florence. it opened its storm center at its headquarters in georgia. you're looking at a picture the company tweeted on tuesday. the waffle house is well known for staying open during natural disasters, so much so fema has come up with the informal waffle house index to measure the damage during storms. if a waffle house is closed or has limited service, emergency crews just know thathe are must be hard hit. >>> another big recall for nera the automaker is recalling more than 1 million 2015 model year trucks and suvs because of e na safety administration says the power steerin can stop working, then suddenly start working again. included in the recall the 2015 chevy silverado 1500, gmc sierra 1500, cadillac escalade, chevy tahoe, chevy suburban and the gmj you con. >>> governor jerry brown signed a bill making it easier to get a property tax rebound. the new law allo

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if a waffle house is closed because there is a disaster, it is bad.hat's like jim cantore being in your town bad. that's called a red. if it's open but has a limited menu, that's a yellow, and the green means good to go. >> nice. good to know. the restaurant chain has activated its own storm center as florence approaches. waffle houses keeping close tabs on the hurricane tweeting, quote, the storm center is activated and monitoring florence. plan ahead and be safe. >> yeah, that's always one of those real indexes you're told about. this is the latest satellite image that you're seeing of the storm. it has weakened, as we mentioned, to a category 2 storm. have no doubt, because it's going to linger off the coast for much of 24 to 48 hours, this is going to be really, really bad. >> and a lot of people in that area there heeding those warnings and getting out of town, but if you are staying in that area, staying at home, just hunker down and get those supplies if you can. >> yeah, of course we're going to continue to monitor the situation. the updates c

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there's something called a waffle house index and it's a real index, based on if a waffle house is openit's like a green light. it indicates there's enough power and they're cooking a full menu and everything is hunky dory. and if it's a yellow light, limited power, but still trying to do their thing. if it's red, the store is either closed or inoperable and right now, they're getting the latest on a waffle house indicator that shows that the region already could be trying to come back. a waffle house spokesman pat warner joins us. pat, it's a fascinating index because it's proven to be an uncanny read, what looks good, what areas are traversable and what don't. what are you hearing right now? what does your index tell you? >> right now, neil, we had about 230 restaurants in the storm's path. we had 17 closed right now. we have nine of them open and serving food, but they do not have power so they would be a daylight only restaurant. and we have seven on generator. we're faring pretty well with only 17 closed right now. neil: that's remarkable. there's been what, i want a gauge from you

take a look at this closed waffle house. why does that matter? they use it something called the waffle house index. if waffle house is close in an area that is impacted by a natural disaster that gives fema the notion or the idea that the area that is and is not doing so well that means they can't even be running a limited medical off of a generator or don't have food to give the people because typically these waffle house is a stay open even during hurricanes and tornadoes. in this case they don't have the power or the food to even stay up with limited menus. that gives fema a little bit of pause for concern. >>> giving us that update there, i was just being told during the break about flooding. >> there are some two-story homes that have flooding up to the roof. entire neighborhoods. for 36 hours you can see florence as it moves out of north carolina. very little left just north of raleigh. it goes into virginia, west virginia, tennessee, and ohio. it will eventually lived toward the northeast and they can get 1 - three inches of rain in new yo

if the waffle house is closed that means the community is not doing so great. as you can see, this waffle house nailed -- near me is closed where dealing with still widespread power outages. those are in the hundreds of thousands in north carolina. plus, road conditions not doing so great in many areas. transportation authorities are asking people to not travel in the state. >> lauren blanchard from north carolina, thank you. >>> today is the deadline for people living at the hope village camp in san jose to pack up and leave. in just a few hours organizers plan to hold a news conference and rally to stop that addiction. the nonprofit san jose hope village raised $10,000 to create the organized homeless camp north of downtown. it sits on state property and chp says the people staying there are trespassing. organizers say they have been meeting with the city's housing director and two county supervisors who are considering buying the lots as a possible solution. >>> today the oakland city council expected to vote on extra funding to build a third type -- tuff sh

as the carolinas brace for florence the waffle house could help determine which they say began as a jokend became a n color coded system i guess this was far from a joke it's not so funny to us anymore. it maybe sounded a little silly and to us too but we are flattered that they talk about us in such record. we take these things very seriously and put a lot of work into them! what are you expecting as florence approaches? we had a formal weather update there. does that sort of tally with your expectations of how bad it could be what kind of comparisons have you got? >> i am in myrtle beach right now. we have teams up and down the coast and in a lot of evacuation markets as well. we are starting to feel the effects in wilmington. most of our stores are still hope we are fortunate that none of them are right on the beach. we are mostly out of harm's way. the ones that are close are closed we'll see how the day progresses as the weather deteriorates. >> so just to be clear, what is the waffle house indicator is it the fact that you guys typically try to stay open if you close or is it how f

they called it the waffle house index.hat the waffle house is shut down and it is a major hurricane. yellow it is open but with a limited menu green means that the waffle houses are open and everything is fine. >>> governor brown made a final pledge as he wrapped up the global climate action summitt. at the closing day, he pledged to launch a satellite and look the impact of climate change on the planet. it is based in san francisco to build the satellite that would measure pollutant in the atmosphere. >> climbed threat still keeps going. so we want to know what the she will going on all over the world all the time. so we're going to launch our own dam satellite to figure out where the pollution is own how we're going to attend. >> governor signed a package with environmental measures that president trump is on the path of being being, quote, liar and criminal. he expressed the danger of climate change he said that the society has the technology and the will to make the necessary changes. >> that leads to the final questio

a waffle house lockedoa oed sup a rare sight. the company tweeted out a picture of its command cente and it has the waffle house index. green everything is open plenty of food and electricity. yellow, operating on limited supplies andor gener power. red, closed. it's a gauge even the federal government monitors in judging disasterer recov amy has owned the pan american pan cake house for 35 years.as sheeen through tough storms and is monitoring florence. like so many other business owners she depends on the tourism dollars from nearly 19 million visitors coming annually. >> financially it makes it difficult for everyone. not just the business own all the employees. they are not making a living either. you know, so the evacuation is definitely hurting the lower beach. >> she stigs to stay open gives her opportunity with the locals. many public stores stayed open until mid-amp for those picking up last minute supplies those intent on riding out the storm. >> i'm prepared to house people, any dogs for six t>>eight weeks. shelters ar

hey, green, waffle house is up and running.use is serving a limited menu, they say it may be operating on food supplies or electrical, generator. red, as you can see, the waffle house is closed. this, guys, this index is something that even fema monitors when doing disaster recovery they think it's a great indicator of how the business community is doing after a storm goes through there are six other waffle houses within a ten-mile radius. i passed several of them last night. they were open packed parking lots because the options at this point are extremely limited, as you might imagine. joe. >> you're right, fema actually uses the waffle house index as an informal metric to gauge exactly what's happening which is -- i mean, it almost sounds like you're, you know, pulling someone's leg. but it is that accurate. they will be open tomorrow yeah >> i was just wondering, this storm has been so well telegraphed. we've been watching it closely there's been concern about the wind, the storm surge and rain and what it's going to mean.

the only place open was waffle house.porting earlier about how seriously fema looks to waffle house and when it's limited menu and shut down. at that point it was working off limited menu. everything else was closed in town. at this point i don't know that they're open. another indicator. we saw a police car earlier here parked in this lot. that officer told us when the wind speeds got up to 75 miles per hour, they had to drive back to headquarters and hunker down. and wait for this storm to pass. before they could come back out and help people. i don't see that officer here anymore. the wind speeds have picked up to around that level. you mention the boats back here. and folks telling us that in major hurricanes in the past the boats have come up on land. that was my concern. that's something people are watching. >> you mention waffle house. i can't think of how many chicken sandwiches i have had in the last several days. i want to get a sense from you the concern around flooding. as i mention a minute ago this will be a

i think we were reading that at least a dozen waffle houses have closed. red waffle alert? not quite defying florence in the webby ft suggests. this waffle index was first set in 201! —— in the way the ft suggests. there we re —— in the way the ft suggests. there were half a dozen, a dozen. keep ta bs were half a dozen, a dozen. keep tabs on the waffle in dax overnight —— index. tabs on the waffle in dax overnight -- index. banks, ending on waffles. got me hungry. ice cream or cream? cream. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, rob and natalie. from all of us, goodnight. good evening. losses for tonight. 0n the verge of a first grand tour title, simon yates climbs to a huge lead in the vuelta a espana. gloucester came back from being ten points down at half—time to win the west derby against bristol, 35—13. the bears, promoted at the end of

waffle house is closed, things are really bad. a fema administrator said in 2004 when hurricane charley hit florida, the restaurant known for being open 24/7 is not taking hurricane florence lightly, they send a tweet that talks about their storm center saying it is activated and monitoring the situation. get your waffles while you can. jillian: we will be right back. . . jillian: welcome back. time for the the good, the bad, and the ugly. first up the good. instead of canning beer anheuser bush is canning water. brewery is seconding six truck loads of emergency drinking water to the red cross in north carolina. rob: that's cool. next the bad, a passenger loses when his flight gets delayed. man pulling down his pants and screaming at agents at the tampa airport. >> oh my god. where is the pla plane right now? the plane is not even outside. rob: i get everything but the pants what does that do? the man is under arrest. jillian: facing major backlash for selling $168 sweatshirt being fat is not beautiful it's an excuse. ironically s

from the ring of fire network helps us take a look at the odds natural disaster barometer the waffle house and at the southern u.s. iconic restaurant chain plus we'll consider how downloading may change in light of the new european union copyright walls with our friends steve malzberg will fall to the brim as usual so let's get to it we start with the major headline. european union authorities have opened an investigation into tech giant amazon related to how they have treated merchants selling on the amazon platform marguerite's festinger the e.u. competition commissioner said the investigation is in its early stages and is seeking details from amazon merchants about the information they provide to amazon as a condition of being on the e-commerce retail platform the issue is super interesting for myriad reasons including the competition commissioner's proactive approach to regulation in the new evolving in the merging retail tech space and the focus on business which may be disadvantaged as opposed to only and users consumers well more on this in the coming days. ali baba the. huge chines

we will also take you live to the waffle house storm center. yes. >> that is a real thing.r that fema actually monitors. plus, pope francis taking unprecedented measures to address rising reports of sexual abuse by priests in the catholic church as his popularity plummets in our new cnn poll. we'll be right back. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in clinical trials to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. where people go to learn about their medicare options before they're on medicare. come on in. you're turning 65 soon? yep. and you're retiring at 67? that's the plan! it's also a great time to learn about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. here's why...medicare part b doesn't pay for everything. this part is up to you. a medicare supplement plan helps pay for some of what medicare doesn't. call unitedhealthcare insurance company today to request this

at a waffle house. you may not know this story because for some reason, it did not make the same level of media attention as some of the other attacks that coincidently were taking place at the same time frame. we know that trans women of color are murdered and harassed at alarming rates and yet we do not seem to hear the same rallying calls for justice from black leaders. for me, this begs the question around how we address internalized homo and trans-phobia within the black community to better unify our activism. and really thinking about this conversation around religion and the church having been a bedrock of a lot of civil rights movement in the united states. how has the oppressor now, how has the oppressed become the oppressor within our own community? so, with those questions, what role do you each play in tearing down some of those hateful walls through your work, and what do you recommend we do, thinking about the dismantling of the community? how we can start to unify our activism particularl

. >> reporter: look at this waffle house. it or not, fema actually uses waffle houses and whether they stay open or closed as an idister. this one is closed. that gives fema a sign that woman and is in need of help because they cannot, this one cannot run a generator power and they don't have enough food to feed people. wilmington struggling a little bit right now because those roads closed off the traffic trying to bring supplies in of people trying to leave. >> thank you. >>> today is the deadline for people living at the hope village camp in san jose to pack up and leave. in just a few hours organizers plan to hold a news conference and rally to stop that eviction with the nonprofit san jose hope village raised $10,000 to create the organized homeless camp north of downtown. it sits on state property. the chp says the people staying there are trespassing organizers say they have been meeting with the city's housing director and two county supervisors who are considering buying the lot as a possible city council due to vote

there's a so-called waffle house indicator and anybody who knows in hurricane alley how many waffle houses really are, they have a battle plan constantly in place where they have a menu, in fact, our field producer shot it for us. he's down there. they have got a limited menu they immediately put out versus their entire menu because they know you have hungry people who can't get their stoves working and as soon as they get their fulmel menu back, that's sort o the indicator. when do you assess things will look certainly better in north carolina? >> well, you know, we don't know just like anyone else exactly when these stores and these shops are going to be able to reopen, just like we don't know exactly when people are going to be able to return. but what we can help is to make sure that the logistics are set up so a lot of these retailers today have trucks waiting outside of the area, waiting loaded, to rush goods in and to get these stores up and running and to have both the food and all the types of services that everyone is going to need. liz: have a nimble supply chain. good work you'

the waffle house is the exception. the mcdonald's were not open, much to the chagrin of certain reporters, guys. >> of course, but the waffle house was as always. >>> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh once said what happened at georgetown prep stays at georgetown prep. apparently it doesn't. who else was at the party where christine blasey ford claims kavanaugh attacked her, and should they testify to the senate committee, too? >>> but first, updates on nationwide reports of child sex abuse in the catholic church. in brooklyn, new york, four male victims received what is considered a record payout, a $27.5 million settlement not enough for alleged abuse by a religious teacher. the victims say they were between eight and 12 years old when the abuse began, and they say the church failed to stop it. the church teacher 67-year-old angelo serrano is in prison. the diocese of fort wayne south bend released names of 18 priests and deacons credibly accused of child sex abuse, there were 63 total allegations. you're watchin

fema says if a waffle house shuts down or limits its menu during a storm ...ude the community took a major hit. ( darya ) coming up next on the kron 4 morning news... ads on bart are stirring up controversy... some say they're anti-semitic. but officials say they had no choice... but to put them up. (ácommercialá) (darya) welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... much like much like yesterday temperatures today will peak in a comfortable range this afternoon with highs along the coast in the 50's and 60's and inland back into the 70's and 80's. after a partly cloudy start to the day we will see plenty of sunshine into the afternoon and evening to close out the evening. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) happening today... the san mateo county sheriff's departme

fema says if a waffle house shuts down or limits its menu during a storm ...ly is zip-tied during a home invasion robbery. and now... deputies are releasing video of the thieves breaking in... hoping someone will recognize ( sara ) the san mateo county sheriff's department is stepping up traffic safety enforcement to help (james)(darya) lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... much like much like yesterday temperatures today will peak in a comfortable range this afternoon with highs along the coast in the 50's and 60's and inland back into the 70's and 80's. after a partly cloudy start to the day we will see plenty of sunshine into the afternoon and evening to close out the evening. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. new accident sb 880 at 238 today... the san mateo county sheriff's department is stepping up traffic safety enforcement to help protect pedestrians.( darya ) kron 4's sara stinson is live in atherton with the details. i'm standing on middlefield road right in front of atherton high

. >> reporter: one indicator for the severity of the storm is theme of waffle house. the restaurant is open 24 good so fema can use that information to see how bad the neighborhood is doing. they found part of the roof being peeled back, so at this point, this location will remain closed. that is bad news late this afternoon as a lot of folks were walking by will be opened or will be -- or will we be able to get a hot meal? not at this point. >> you are looking at the storm weather right now. >> i am indeed. a lot of people are asking when our first rain might arrive, maybe the 25th. i will take you back 36 hours and show you how florence is ejecting so much moisture over north carolina. the bulk of this has moved northward out of the area. we have a very fall like pattern here. sunday morning felt very fall like. there were a few upper 30s with a little system spinning in right there. it continues to play into our weather, even though a lot of the support is really a nightmare like inland heat. we have a lot of 60s and 70s. we still have 50s, 60s, and 40s. there is l

try this at the waffle house sometime and prepare for awkwardness. now, when -- you were born here?eah. >> anthony: left, what age? >> maya: 13. i grew up in holland, and after that we all went to london, germany and i'm in new york now so. >> anthony: i don't want to say it's a rootless existence. but, but it's a -- you know, where's home? >> marcus: i think for us now, if -- harlem is really home. but when i've been gone for two years, i'm like, "i gotta go back," because the beat is just so different than what sweden can offer me, and definitely what new york can offer me. >> anthony: the median age in ethiopia is under 18. that means most people here don't remember live aid or any of that. ♪ coupled with a recent economic boom, this might be the first generation in decades to enjoy a future with real hope. things are indeed happening. in this case, at a vacant bus stop. ♪ >> marcus: they're dogtown, man. they are next generation of dogtown in africa, man. >> anthony: a few years back, a couple of ethiopians who had been living abroad returned to addis with some skateboards. toda

i showed a waffle house on "squawk box.p the one does and locks the doors you know this is a serious threat. >> yeah, catastrophic threat as the forecasters are warning, contessa thank you. >>> the exit of leslie moonves and the details leading to his departure, including how some on the board continued to defend the embattled ceo even after the allegations became public. it's quite a read. joining us now, the author, pulitzer prize winning "new york times" columnist jim stewart, thank you. >> thank you. >> this is produced by cbs drama. so it answers the question -- it answers 34 questions but one is what took so long? maybe you can walk us throw what happened since this ronan pharaoh piece first dropped? >> i've been a reporter for many years and my jaw doesn't drop that often but a couple times my jaw was on the floor but what took so long? from the beginning you see from the coats i got that there were some members of the board. we have a former defense secretary saying we won't leave this meeting until after midnight i

>> that's true, and you know the anecdote al wisdom in this part of the country, when you see waffle house better run for your life because that is usually the last thing to close. we ask people to heed the evacuation order. as nice as it is for locally-owned stores to stay open, sell hardware, sell storm preparation supplies, that is very nice but our very first mission, our very first mission is protection of life. as i have said in press conferences all day today. if you go ahead and make the disto get out of the path of this storm, it cannot hurt you. the property is second and recovery is third. but that is why we say, when we get an evacuation order, it is time to evacuate. melissa: yeah. those are wise words. mayor, we are thinking of all of you. we're watching. we're raying for you all -- praying for you all, best of luck. we appreciate it. david: staying home, surviving the storm of a lifetime, we have practical advice how to protect your valuables to ride out the storm with stuff already in your home. you don't want to miss this next. ♪ melissa: if you are one of millions of amer

. >> reporter: one way to measure the severity of the storm my fema's waffle house index . the restaurant chain is open 24 seven and it is, for them to ever close. the index is now at red with several locations, including this one here, closed for business. in wilmington, north carolina with ktvu fox 2 news. >>> rosemary joins us now for more on the situation in north carolina. >> after watching it hover right over the carolinas for more than 48 hours over the weekend it has finally, the center of the storm has moved out, but the wraparound moisture continues. at least for the next couple of days will continue to see that. let's check in on florence right now with wind at moving northeast at 15 miles an hour. we will continue to move those a little bit closer and towards the northeast right about there. if i moving closer with a still shot of the radar you can see the scattered showers and rain but anderson that continue to move across the carolinas and into virginia and west virginia. that won't go away anytime soon. it looks like it could be another two days or so. here's

. >> we were trying to get to the waffle house at monkey junction, i think it is called. and it took forever lt you've been involved in rescues, a tree fell on a house here. >> i've had a couple of busy days. i don't know if it was with this news organization or not but we have a 50-mile-an-hour sustained wind protocol that we pull troops back and we never got to do it. >> you were out the whole time. >> yes. the firefighters were getting trees off houses, getting people out of houses, doing rescues like you saw today. >> i believe it was earlier today. i think it was in wilmington. a tree fell on a house and you had to get somebody out who was pinned down. >> unfortunately, we had a tragedy where a tree fell. the firefighters worked really hard. they were able to rescue one of the victims. unfortunately, a mother and a young child perished. >> those were the first known fatalities so far. five so far have died are you still out there expecting more? >> the trucks are running up and down the road. i've gotten to say, you're in the city of wilmington. i can't not say the re

it's like the waffle house, isn't it on friday, we hear from dave and busters, the chain of restaurants full of games. now this is a huge play on the experiential economy, which is why i've been a major fan to begin with dave & busters is a consistent long-term winner in a world where so many are pulling back you own a strip mall swap out a loser for dave & b buster's finally, what do you do with tech there are plenty of tech stocks i like here, but i think there are better places to invest at the moment you want domestic companies with less international trade exposure look, if even apple might be getting hit with some tariffs. not from china, but from us, then tech is not immune. and there is one more layer to this american companies that source their products in china are just one angry tweet away from estimate cuts maybe large ones so you got to be careful about that too bottom line, just like i predicted, the president took advantage of a strong employment number and blasted the chinese again. he blasted them lot harder than i expected them. to you can set your clock to it now. goo

is interesting.ard that ih their own beer. [ audience oohs ] it's perfect for people who think waffle housettle too trashy. [ laughter and applause ] i read that taco bell's breakfast menu is pretty popular, but nobody is ordering their coffee. probably because drinking coffee after eating taco bell is -- [ laughter ] it's like dropping a pack of mentos into some diet coke. you know what i'm saying? [ laughter and applause ] whoa! and dunkin donuts is changing their name to just dunkin. this has some loyal customers nervous about what else is changing about the stores. so we thought we'd put people's minds at ease and let you know all the things that are not changing at dunkin. for instance, they'll keep making jelly sticks even though no one has ordered one since 1997. [ laughter and applause ] next up, when you're hung over, there will always be a dad in front of you who lets his kid slowly pick out a dozen donuts. [ laughter ] and finally, the condiment caddy will continue to be stocked with zero sugar, zero splenda and 5,000 packets of equal. [ laughter and applause ] new name. same old

the waffle house limited their items to two items and coffee. we're going to ride along with the coast guard rescue crew and their rescue. >>> the nomination for president trump's supreme court faces turmoil after a woman publicly accused him of sexual assault for the first time. the woman, christine blasey ford told her story to the "washington post." she accuses kavanaugh of pinning her to a bed in the 1980s when they were both in high school. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. the major new development this morning is that ford has offered to testify publicly about the alleged incident, and kavanaugh said he's willing to testify as well. senate republicans are still trying to figure out what to do. they're very worried about allowing a scheduled confirmation vote in committee to slip, but they may have no choice. democrats are going even further. they want the fbi to investigate. 51-year-old christine blasey ford told the "washington post" that kavanaugh pinned her on a bed on her back and groped h

house of. a report max keiser told us that he thinks we're seeing a realignment of the global order and a shift towards polar world. for the honor of pancake diplomacy i brought some waffleshere you know to enjoy this spirit of bone i mean between she and putin russia and china because obviously with trump and gates again trade wars with china and sanctions on russia he's forcing these two countries to get together to a nice stack of pancakes they've created an alliance that the u.s. is not going to take on militarily that means that the u.s. dollar is in grave jeopardy of losing its status as a world reserve currency we have more a bilateral trade we have a more multipolar world we have different sensors of currency concentration and power and this will be i think and that negative for the u.s. in terms of its currency ability to govern much of the world economy this is a totally new century we've got new multi-polar world germany is assumed to be a us ally but if you listen to the rhetoric coming out of berlin it seems as though germany is being kind of pushed into the russia china axis which is very interesting that means you've got russia china germany on one side of