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two hours south to wilmington hurricane dorian whipping up tornadoes flooding streets overnight. todd pyro in wilmington, what is it like. you are not seeing the amount of rain aishah hasnie was. shannon: it is a 2 hour difference. it seems she is getting what we got 2 or 3 or 4 hours ago. it seems around midnight, 11:00 pm midnight, is when wilmington got hit the hardest. we are not done by any stretch of the imagination. the rain is increased and decreased at various points and we have been out here. one thing we did not see the we were expecting to see was an intense storm surge. everybody said this area was going to be underwater. as you can tell we are not underwater, but there is a fairly okay chop in the water but nothing like we were expecting at this point. this is all about the wind, let's look at the video we shot earlier where you can see it was much worse in the wilmington area earlier, the wind, the water, everything much worse but those signatures in this area seems to be tornadoes, throughout yesterday whenever you were with a crowd of people you heard the tornado warn

about two hours to herself in wilmington, hurricane dorian whipping up tornadoes, flooding streets. carley: todd pyro at the waiver walk in downtown wilmington. what is it like? >> reporter: this is what we got a few hours ago. when you think of the w words associated with a harrington -- hurricane, waves, that is not the focus. of waves were the issue, if we had the storm surge that was predicted i would be standing in waves because this river would be where i am standing. water, yes, we fully expect we will see water in roadways but the w word that is the winner, wind. we are getting hit with wind and this is nothing compared to what it was earlier. when you think about tornadoes, the signature impact of the storm when all is said and done in wilmington the recovery is going to be focused on the power. the individual we spoke to about from the power company. we don't have that. basically talking about the issue with regard to recovery, what will happen in the days after. the weight is working aishah hasnie alluded to earlier, you have all the power companies converging on affected areas as the

hurricane florence came on shore and wilmington ended up flooding quite seriously. let's go to todd who is with the army core of engineers. thank you for joining us. as we're talking about flooding, we're talking more about flooding in the united states with this storm than we are about other types of structural damage. talk to me about the work the army core of engineers have done and what's underway now. >> thank you for asking that question. before i get into what the core is doing, it's important that everybody knows that this is really been a phenomenal effort by the entire team. we have done about 15 of these major storms. you and i talked last year in the middle of florence. everybody is cross talking, states, local governments, the army, erbe is all in. and after 15 storms, i'm not sure that the coordination before the storm could have been any better. agility is a big thing here. this storm has been all over the map. so everybody both the states and federal government has had to move a lot of the teams around because we weren't sure where the storm was going to go. you talk

the storm causing dangerous flooding in charleston. brian todd is there for us.s the situation on the ground as dorian moves further up the coast? >> reporter: wolf, i am going to show you three views down three streets to show you the adversity that they're dealing with. a vehicle comes toward us here. this street flooded all day. it was flooded worse during the peak tide of 1:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. but still threatening homes and buildings all day long. now i'm coming here and show you what's going on. whi i just got an update from the mayor's office. they closed 137 roads in charleston. that's the updated number. they're still going around and assessing. down here, you have a cherry picker who for the past several hours is trying to remove parts of a large tree that fell on a series of power lines down there. he will be at it i am sure several more hours because that was a very, very large tree, and this street was flooded as well earlier. you pivot here, this was -- i showed you last hour, magnolia tree here that fell and took down, almost took down two power

flooded. stay safe. at the coast people in north carolina making last-minute preparations. rob: toddere hurricane dorian could make landfall in a matter of hours in the next 24 hours. >> reporter: we are expecting storm surge. right now the big concern is lightning. we have seen this lightning get closer and closer. i am worried about the 6 am hit for "fox and friends". if this gets closer we will not be standing out in it. that is a concern. until 5:45, if units from now, a tornado warning for the county in which we are standing. expecting that to dissipate. lightning and tornado watch and warning is what we are concerned about. you can see this video from yesterday getting ready to evacuate. we spoke with cops earlier and they said everybody's off the island and those that aren't are monitoring that area for looting. jillian: janice dean tracking the storm. you can see it is affecting charleston. >> i hope todd takes shelter. when you hear thunder you go indoors. our little saying, i am talking to you. this is a dangerous storm. it is category 3 and we have the potential for a dire

todd. this area that you're in is prone to flooding. so what's the plan to get people out of harm's way there. >> reporter: well, brianna, they have issued mandatory evacuation orders to get people out of low-lying areas right now. this is a part of stuart, florida. you can see the tide hitting against the seawall right here. it's pretty low lying and you have a storm surge threatening at this hour. part of the problem is we're at the confluence of two major rivers that come right in through that inlet. that's the stuart inlet. the two rivers, the indian river over here and st. liucieucie rio my right, the waves come up and wash over this place, threatening a lot of the houses around here. that's why they're evacuating these areas now. that island behind me, that's hutchinson island. that's one of barrier islands that goes up and down barrier's coast. that place is ordered to be evacuated along with jupiter island just to the south. the problem is a lot of these people have elected to stay and ride out the storm. we talked to emergency

todd is also here. he's in the historic downtown district. you're seeing flooding. i know you've been in touch with the mayor's office too and give you a sense of what they're finding out there. they're assessing the state of the city. >> reporter: they are, erica. they're saying the flooding is getting worse. the road closures are increasing. right now the figure we have from them is 85 road closures in and around the charleston area. 26 of those are flood-related. this is one of them. this is ashley avenue, about a block or so from the river. the storm surge pushing the water on to this road. come on over here. i'll show you these houses getting threatened here. it's only going to get worse in the next couple of hours. i heard you mentioning high tide between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. that means the storm surge, the high tide is going to push water up. the rain we're told is going to increase here and so this house, this house over here, a lady came out of that house right there and i asked how worried she was about it coming to her door. she's very, very worried about i

todd starts right now. ♪ >>> if it's thursday, dorian slams the carolina coast with high winds, flooding rain and tornadoesreporters on the ground. we'll have the latest on the storm track. big 5:00 p.m. update. plus the story of the trump presidency summed up in one little line. it's the true indelible mark of this administration. sadly. >>> and the call is coming from inside the house. more than 60 calls, actually. we tot

todd starts right now. ♪ >>> if it's thursday, dorian slams the carolina coast with high winds, flooding rain and tornadoesreporters on the ground. we'll have the latest on the storm track. big 5:00 p.m. update. plus the story of the trump presidency summed up in one little line. it's the true indelible mark of this administration. sadly. >>> and the call is coming from inside the house. more than 60 calls, actually. we totaled up the dozens and dozens of investigations into the trump administration that elected house democrats won. the list is a doozy. we'll show it to you. where is this all going? >>> welcome to thursday. it is "meet the press" daily. we'll get up to all the day's political news in just a moment. first, we want to get you the very latest on hurricane dorian. the big 5:00 update. at this hour the carolina coast is taking a pounding. category 2 storm spent the day hugging the coast of south carolina, unleashing wind gusts of more than 70 miles per hour. around a foot of rain. more than 120 streets are closed in the city of charleston right now and 200 thousand customers are without power s

if we get more stimulus flooding into global markets, it's not going to matter. it's going to be game on for the markets, right, todd think, look, the way you look at it is very simple. the u.s. dollar is another safety asset which people run to. i think you're going to see mario draghi go out in his final meeting with guns ablazing, looking to do whatever it takes to make his markets go higher, which will propel our markets. i think the free money will continue to push markets higher as bond yields fall, as we see the consistent lowering of rates, we're going to have the massive rally coming out of there. cheryl: guns ablazing. we'll see if jay powell has his gunblazing next week. lauren: wendy's is bringing back breakfast, spending $20 million to add more items to the menu and extend the hours. items include a chicken biscuit and a frosty made with coffee. right now wendy's offers breakfast at only 300 locations. cheryl: i will try the frosty with the coffee. lauren: me too. cheryl: millennials may not want to pay rent. but a new survey says they're willing to pay top dollar for grocery. this is a study by whole f

brian todd is in the historic downtown area down by the battery. brian, i know you found a significant amount of flooding where you are. you're also seeing some of these transformers blowing as we hear reports of power outages. we're seeing lights flickering around here. what more have you found, brian? >> reporter: right, erica. we're at east bay street and market street. i'll have our photojournalist, harlan schmidt, go right past me down the street on market. you can see that downed power line sparking and it might explode. we rolled up on this thing about 30 minutes ago. you can see it whipping around and causing sparks but it really explodes every few minutes and then the lights flicker on and off where we are. clearly it's knocked out power down market street over there. significant flooding here on market street and other streets here in charleston. there you see it going. get ready, it could explode because there's a transformer that really exploded violently a few minutes ago when we rolled up on this thing. we are a safe distance away from it, probably 150 yards away, and we are on the other si

todd is in charleston, south carolina. nearly half a million people have evacuated the state so far. brian, you've been seeing flooding and even seeing some transformers blowing up. >> reporter: that's right, jake. and before we talk about that, i'm going to show you how it's still a perilous situation here on the streets of charleston. just a short time ago, we were transmitting less than a block away from here when this huge magnolia tree just toppled over. it hit this pole right here, but take a look at what it did over here to the lines. it hit the lines. the lines knocked down that pole. and so this is a very dangerous situation here. first responders have come. they've roped off that part of the street down there. you can see those power lines down. we just saw some police going to these houses behind me, knocking on doors, trying to get people to leave because of the fire hazard and, you know, just the overall danger of those lines being down. that transformer that you mentioned, we rolled up on that a few hours ago. we went down to market street and it was flooded in downtown charleston. and as we were getting

todd. are the waters receding there. >> only slightly poppy. we've been getting hammered with rain and wind really more than 15 hours. and the flooding is still present and still dangerous here. this stret behind me flooded. i'm showing you kind of three angles down two different streets to illustrate for you the adversity that charlestonens feeling tonight. we have been in touch with the mayor's office saying that they had to close 137 roads clout the trarlts area. that is part of the problem here. here is another part. they have cherry pickers down streets like this. this one has been here several hours a large tree fell on power lines down there. and they are trying to cut parts of the tree off the lines just to try to get the street out of dangerous, much less restore the power. the power may not be restored for days. they're trying to eliminate some of the dangerous involved in trying to, you know, walk down this street. >> sure. >> and we can pivot down here. this -- if you look down here, beyond where the cars are, there is a large magnolia tree that did something similar, fell in the middle of a series of power lines. those p

floods with just a storm there. and now you have a cat 3 hurricane moving in. steve: it's something. ainsley: todde dorian could make landfall in just a matter of hours. good morning to you. todd: good morning to you. we hopes to join you in the 6:00 a.m. hour. there was a outer band bringing lightning. we made the decision to not get out of our cars. janice dean told us don't get out of your cars and i listen to j.d. somebody we are going to listen to now is jane. jane is somebody who taught meteorology now she teaches middle school and was also a navy veteran -- is a navy veteran. thank you for your service. all that said, you are not leaving. why? >> this is our ancestorial home and my great grandmother built it from the remains of a house that was on third and chestnut. she came and rebuilt it down here. and my grandmother, migrate grand more. all of our families has lived there my 94-year-old mother and my 8 will-year-old uncle will not leave. so guess what. i get to stay. todd: understood. have you also stayed during a number of other storms. tell me what happens to the body of water behind