allison barber is live for us from florence, south carolina, where there's a risk of flash flooding. ning, allison. >> reporter: hi, heather. it's been a rough couple of days in this area. we saw heavy flooding in this region as we traveled around yesterday to see some of the damage, some of the post hurricane hurt that has been caused in the pee dee region because of hurricane florence. a lot of people who are working to try and restore power are actually staying in cots in this arena behind me. whatever they're doing seems to be working. officials say there are less than 20,000 power outages in the state of south carolina. as for south carolina, as a whole, there are 3400 national guardsmen deployed here. there are teams from pennsylvania here, helping as well. they're performing rescues, welfare checks, blocking off roads when flooding is making it too dangerous to drive. that's the case in north carolina as well. the storm is said to be responsible for the deaths of 17 people. no age spared. the first death in south carolina was a 61-year-old woman from union county. a 3-month-old

we've got the play by play, allison barber, bria breen llens in new york working on that story. first, back to politics in washington. kristin? >> let's bring in the co-chair of great america pack, eric beach. he's here to sort through this anonymous op ed. for the president to use a word like treasonous and to ask the attorney general to investigate who the author is, doesn't that only enhance the credibility of this op ed? >> i don't think the credibility in the op ed is there to begin with and so maybe it highlights it a little bit more which i think is a mistake. you know our group, we're giving out $50,000 for reward on information about it. but it's not just about who the source of it is. it's about the message in the op ed. what i think people need to realize is that there is an undercurrent of republicans and really probably some old guard in terms of inside of d.c. really the ruling class that doesn't accept donald trump's policies or how he got elected into office and we're seeing that time and time again. so that's being undercut. i think that's the real problem that

arthel: let's go to allison barber live at the white house with more. reporter: the u.s. reached an agreement with mexico but not with canada. as you alluded to, president trump says that canada is not a political necessity when it comes to nafta. he warned congress not to interfere. he says nafta was one of the worst trade deals and it hurt american workers. the president of the nation's largest federation of unions agrees with mr. trump, at least in part. but he says the nafta deal needs to include canada. >> the three countries in north america, the economy's pretty inintegrated. it's pretty hard to see how that would work without having canada in the deal. there's a lot of work to be done, even on the mexican deal, because the language isn't drafted. we haven't seen whole chapters of the thing. we're anxious to move forward with it and anxious to have all three countries involved because nafta has had a devastating effect on the working people of this country for the last 25 years. arthel.>> our starting point waa place where canada and the u.s. wer

allison barber has more on how the red cross is helping evacuees. >> reporter: officials in south carolinaters open across the state in florence county. a lot of people in places along the coast like myrtle beach coming in land to this area to evacuate and wait out the storm. the red cross says they are running 15 shelters in the last 24 hours. they say the capacity, the numbers of people seeking safe shelters is increased. we visited one of those shelters earlier this morning. they say in response to more people coming and expectation of more in the next couple hours as the storm moves more in this direction, they say they are getting a few more heated meals so people can eat and stay safe even if the power goes. >> we take this, put this in there and there is a heater pack in here. then we have them turned the corner off of that and they will pour the water in and close it up and the whole thing will get bigger and bigger and if steam comes out of it, very hot, that is the meal, breakfast, lunch and dinner. >> reporter: two of the biggest concerns are power outages and flooding. official

allison barber is live from west virginia where president trump is set to arrive and if you hours.hows him and manchin essentially a dead heat. real clear politics. they are leading in this race by about nine points. president trump easily won west virginia back in 2016. and they want to flip the seat and they think they can do it with attorney general marcy. it is certainly part of this. if the judge votes on cavanagh they need a 51 votes to confirm them. on the left they have a key swing vote. they voted with republicans to confirm the call for an fbi investigation. the american people have been pulled apart by this entire spectacle we need to take time to address these claims independently it is what is right and fair for all involved. >> i think ultimately senator manchin will vote for judge kavanaugh after the republicans make it clear then and only then will he step forward. joe should lead. they are overwhelmingly in support for judge cavanaugh and affirming his nomination to the supreme court. and joe manchin once again is just ignoring the role of the people i'm hopeful th

. >> allison barber is live with more from the white house. >> reporter: us and canadian trade representatives will start nafta negotiations on wednesday but some tweets from this morning from donald trump might make those talks more difficult or less comfortable. donald trump tweeted there is no political necessity to keep canada in the new nafta deal, after decades of abuse canada will be out. congress should not interfere with these negotiations are i will simply terminate nafta entirely and we will be far better off. yesterday remarks the president made to bloomberg news off the record linked to a canadian publication, markets seemingly upended days of negotiation with the us and canada failing to reach a deal by friday deadline. according to the toronto star donald trump told bloomberg news he is not, rising with canada, he can't say it publicly because it would be so insulting. >> off the record. i said something strong but it is my belief that they violated it and they said they violated it. it is unbelievable what is happening. >> a spokesperson with bloomberg said we agree something i

allison barber live in dylan, south carolina where people are trying to pick up the pieces after the. >> that death toll number seems to continue to climb, the rain keeps coming. an area that is prone to flooding, parts of the county seem untouched by this storm. other parts look like this, pockets of flooding r, some areas were able to start drying out but we have seen the rain come back in waves, significant improvement in this area compared to what we saw yesterday. the pockets of water not as big, houses that were dark yesterday have lights on today but it continues to rain periodically. officials expect more flooding, river flooding, florence is not been a hurricane for days but what is left bond multiple tornadoes in virginia. >> all of a sudden, and they had a tornado and all our trees are down and this is it. >> officials say those tornadoes killed one person and injured another. because of the storm there have been deaths in three different states. >> they warned us flooding would be the problem. great to have you with us again. shocking body cam video just released shows th

allison barber is live in florence, south carolina where there is a risk of flash flooding. g, you guys. this storm did not discriminate and all people, officials say this storm was responsible for the deaths of 17 people, no age was spared. the first reported death in south carolina was a 61-year-old woman from union county. officials say a 3-month-old died in gasto gaston county north ca. fema administrator brock long, said while the major parts of the storm is over, he said there is still several days to go. 3400 guardsmen are deployed, teams from pennsylvania are here as well. they're performing rescues, welfare checks, blocking off roads. we spent hours with one team in dillon, south carolina. it's a land-locked county. thanks to florence, countless homes are team prayerly waterfront properties. >> there are 3400 national guardsmen deployed in south carolina. we've been traveling with a team of them in dillon, south carolina. you can see some of the flooded area throughout this town. this community is incredibly flood-prone. officials are warning people that even though

allison barber joins us live from the white house with more. allison. >> reporter: hi, gillian. the president is spending the day at his golf club in virginia. he left the white house a little after 10:00 this morning. he was up well before then, tweeting about job numbers and also tiger woods. yesterday, president trump spent a significant amount of time and spent a significant amount of his tweets having those focused on trade. the u.s. reached a trade agreement with mexico. he said it's a deal canada could join if they want. a day later on twitter president trump said canada is not a political necessity and warned congress not to interfere or he would simply terminate nafta entirely. despite that tough posture, mr. trump's former press secretary said a deal will happen. >> remember, nafta went into force in the mid-1990s. the nexus of nafta was the canadian, u.s. free trade agreement signed in 1998. it is that agreement that brought mexico to the table because they thought they were losing out on an agreement that benefited canada and would institute more trade, more trade wo

allison barber is in marion, south carolina. u were to get in your car and drive 80 miles south of here, allison, how's it going there and what do you see? >> we're having consistent rainfall, that's what forecasters say is expected throughout the week or throughout the weekend and that is what officials are most worried about. evacuation orders across the state of south carolina, some are still in effect, closer to the coast. but a little more close towards us, some of those evacuation orders are starting to lift. we're right near florence county, south carolina. they are no longer under evacuation orders. some people have started to venture out of their homes and this area really the only thing we've seen open is one single gas station. but people have headed there to try and get some gas to fill up, to take back to their homes to keep their generators running because they are without power. others are trying to get ready to go out to work and clear off some of the debris that may have fallen on different streets. take a listen

brian: allison barber is in north dak carolina picking up t pieces. >> reporter: we saw a lot of heavy a tree will be more difficult to clean up, not as easily raked away. we were in front of his house all day yesterday. this area where i am standing was under water, the water went all the way to the street just behind us. you can senior this tree how there's still a significant amount of water but all of this actually went all the way up to the front of this house past the steps that are here past this bush, all the way to the door. other pockets in dillon, south carolina are still flooded but they got some relief because it rained on and off but just enough are some places like this to start drying out. the concern in places like the pd river basin where ryan ainslie says water from the rivers in north carolina is going to start heading down the river basin will flood next and there will be another set of issues. ainsley: now over to janice. >> we saw those, those tropical systems. we always have the threat for tornadoes, we have seen dozens of reports of tornadoes and in and around

ellison barber watching all of this from the white house. hi, allison. >> we have only heard from him directly in the tweet. he said that the testimony was powerful and riveting. after the process, the testimony itself, he said that the search and destroy a strategy is disgraceful. this process has been total sham. he added the senator must vote. he has not spoken about yesterday's hearing beyond that. no word from president trump when it comes to doctor for its testimony. white house officials say that fourth testimony is credible. they just don't believe it judge kavanaugh assaulted her. >> it seems that she absolutely was wronged by somebody. it may turn out that they are both right, that she was sexually assaulted, but that he had nothing to do with it. >> i think doctor for its testimony, i thought it was very compelling, but it also lacked any evidence. it didn't have any corroboration, and i think that's one of the big differences that you saw between doctor for its testimony and judge kavanaugh. >> >> martha: all saying that te senate should go