namely the one i'm in right now, beaufort. but that's not happening today. despite sun and blue skies. simply because they had this fear that hurricane arthur was going to wash out the show. so they will have fireworks tomorrow. that being said, you know, we do know that there's still a little bit of work around town to be done. we see a lot of those downed trees but they are moving really fast as far as getting that debris off the roadways and getting the power back on for those customers. but really when you talk to a lot of people here, this is a coastal community. they are very seasoned when it comes to hurricanes. so they really were not that impressed when it came to hurricane arthur. brianna? >> it's really amazing. you can see the flooding in those pictures. and yet they're so ready for it. it's something that would be such an inundation for other communities. rene marsh, thank you. arthur, though, can still make life pretty miserable for millions as this thing is moving north. the latest forecast is just in. let's check in with cnn meteorologist and

winds from the category 2 storm topped 100 miles an hour when it slammed between cape look out and beaufortters arrived and found smoke coming from the two story house. everyone got out okay and the home suffered significant damage. firefighters were able to save the family pet, a cat, and return it to its owner. >> time for health check at 11. a large new study is linking high cholesterol to a higher risk of breast cancer. researchers looked at 660,000 women in england for more than a decade. data showed high cholesterol increased chance of developing disease by 64%. now findings suggest that many cases of breast cancer could be avoided by controlling cholesterol with medication. >>> scores of communities hosted their own independence day celebrations today. king of prussia families gather philadelphia on all carnival in haser park. fun rides like a giant slide and mini go cart course for kids and plenty of food to go around and folks spread out on the grass for a picnic. >>> somewhat dreary start to the holiday did not stop long running tradition in riverton, new jersey. paul and kathy da

we have hurricane warnings up through beaufort up to virginia beach. the waters will be very choppy and dangerous. again, category 2 strength winds. that's winds over 100 miles per hour and up to 110 coming in to the outer banks of north carolina and a storm surge 26 to 4 feet and all of this to cause damage to structure and uproot trees and we're very concerned about power outages as well. we will keep you updated as well. >> as julie said, north carolina will bear the brunt of this storm. sarah is there in kill devil hills. it's putting a damper on holiday plans. >> reporter: that's right. there are two evacuations, one is mandatory and one is voluntary. you can see here on the beach, take a look, you can see chairs dotting the sand, umbrellas, people trying to get some sun before hurricane arthur arrives. all in all, you have 250,000 people expected in the outer banks. people say they plan to ride the hurricane out and enjoy the rest of their fourth of july week and people are preparing for if and when the power goes out. meanwhile, officials are sa

beaufort county is where the town of bellhaven, north carolina is located. residents would be wise to evacuate. the lone hospital for a county and a half closed on july 1st. we brought you the story of the fight to keep open the hospital as part of our all in america on the color line series. >> adam o'neal is the republican mayor of bellhaven, north carolina, a rural oceanside town. last year, vidant health announced they would be closing the hospital. the president of vident community hospitals told all in, the failure to expand medicaid in north carolina does affect the number of patients we care for that would be covered under this program. it's hard to overstate how important the hospital is to the town of bellhaven. it serves a county and a half and is the largest employer in the town. if it closes, o'neal says residents would have to drive 75 minutes to the nearest emergency room. chris noble, a methodist minister in town says he's alive today because of pungo. >> what happened? >> it was january 12th, sunday morning, 2:00 a.m. i coded before i got to

let's get to beaufort, north carolina. matt gutman is there. matt? >> that's right.rthur made landfall right about here. so powerful, the winds knocked you off your feet. they were so fierce, they snapped anchor cables like this. creating a domino effect. you see four of them lined up behind me. the story was all about wind. in the northeast, all about water. overnight, hurricane arthur downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves off the east coast. waves battering new york, new jersey, and connecticut. flash flooding in massachusetts and rhode island. >> it's deep. look at this. it's past the curb. the water is unbelievable here. >> reporter: in new bedford, massachusetts, people are salvaging their belongings after water flooded their basement. >> it was up to here. >> reporter: at one point, arthur was packing up to 60-mile-an-hour winds, packing rains, and forms this water spout. fireworks canceled or postponed for most of the east. in new york, the macy's spectacular barges moved south. but the show went on. and power is still out for thousands in parts of north

the vidant beaufort hospital in washington, north carolina. 30 minutes that we all know could mean life or death for some patients. >> i'm asthmatic, and i've had times where i had to go down there. i pray to god i don't have that attack in the middle of the night where i would have to try to get nearly 40 miles away. just this past weekend, my husband had to go to the emergency room. so it's a vital part of the community. >> i do believe there's going to be some people that may die because they cannot get the medical treatment that they deserve. >> joining me now is the mayor of bell haven, north carolina, adam o'neal, and the president of the north carolina naacp reverend william barber. mayor, i've seen reports on this, this network has opinibee covering it expensively, and one former patient said if that hospital wasn't there, he wouldn't be alive today. it seems like in this situation, we're one heart attack away of someone not surviving because of the distance they have to travel. >> there's no doubt the distance is going to be a factor and people will die. rural health care has t

again extending from elizabeth city all along the outer banks, including cape hatteras down through beaufort, north carolina. certainly could see hurricane-force winds likely, at least hurricane-force gusts. by the way, if arthur does become a hurricane, as it's expected, it would be the first to make a u.s. landfall in two years. so right now a lot of preparations under way here in north carolina. the govern has already declared states of emergency for 25 counties. we'll keep you updated, joy. >> all right, julie. thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> and coming up, the immigration debate boils over when angry protesters try to block families from being moved into their town. >>> then, on the 50th anniversary of president johnson signing the landmark civil rights bill, we'll look at how far we've come but also show how far we need to go. you're driving along, having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... boom! you've had your first accident. now you have to make your first claim. so you talk to

but beaufort, you're being looking at hurricane warnings and mandatory evacuations for many places are in place. hatteras is not allowing anyone in or out there. highway 12 is a major concern in terms of wash-over. here's a look at the rainfall we can expect with arthur. in general, 1 to 2 inches as we head up north towards norfolk. there at the outer banks, 3 to 5 inches and certainly coastal flooding will also be an issue, particularly once the storm passes north of hatteras. the winds are going to shift in direction and they are going to become more normally atherly an looking looking a potential of flooding there. 2 to 3 inches of rain as we head into wilmington and myrtle as well. the good news is that after tomorrow morning, all of this does push out to sea and we're looking at clearing skies. but in its wake we'll see very rough seas and that is bad news for vacationers. the rip currents are up this weekend throughout the weekend. stay out of the water, if possible. >> the weather channel's julie martin, thank you very much. we're going to go back to sarah dallof who is joining

. >> beaufort county officials, there's been one death he says that could have been prevented if vidant hospital had been open. >> you can't let hospitals close and people die to prove a point. >> bellhaven, north carolina's republican mayor adam o'neal pleaded his state's republican-controlled legislature, pleaded to them to expand medicaid under the affordable care act in the open that that fund would go keep his local hospital open. this was his prediction of what would happen if that hospital closed. >> if you don't have critical access to hospitals, people needlessly die. that's a fact. we're talking about life or death here. people will die. this is not debatable. nobody could come here and debate if people are going to die or not, it is a certainty. >> that hospital is now closed and mayor o'neal is now taking his frustrations to washington. he is on a protest march walking from bellhaven, north carolina, to washington, a distance of 273 miles to bring urgent attention to the issue of the medicaid expansion for his town. joining me now from plymouth, north carolina, after his fir

this is where we're looking at that hurricane watch from beaufort, north carolina, up to elizabeth city, cape hatteras. as you mentioned, some evacuations under way there. the governor declaring states of emergency pre-emptively in 25 north carolina counties. so everyone taking this storm in north carolina quite seriously because you do have the tourists coming in, who have perhaps not been around this type of weather and the best news here is that this will be a fairly quick hitter and it will be out of there, at least by the weekend. back to you. >> all right, julie martin. thank you for that update. and please stay with us for a minute while we go outside. msnbc's richard lui is right on the coast near melbourne, not far from where arthur is spinning. what's it like at the moment? >> you know, krystal, at the moment we're getting a little sun. we've had bands of rain come through. we have some sun right now. this couldn't have come at a worse time, as has been said. it's businesses like this on the beach, this beach chair rental open since 9:00 a.m. this morning. they haven't rented

struck north carolina with winds topping 100 miles per hour, making landfall between cape lookout and beaufort, rattling homes and for some rattling nerves. >> oh, it was really scary. i heard a noise. a strong noise. and i said something happened. >> reporter: that strong noise was this tree crashing onto the home she was in. >> we put the mattress against the glass in the bedroom and we stayed there. >> reporter: arthur tossed sailboats, and its storm surge was nearly five feet in some areas. >> we're seeing some beach erosion. there are shingles off some houses. we have some dock debris. >> reporter: but for this seasoned coaseason ed coastal community, no stranger to hurricanes, arthur had more bark than bite. >> we practically slept right through it. >> reporter: the coast guard scanning from above for damage, most of it minimal. arthur's impact, more of a nuisance. knocking out power for about 44,000 people and disrupting july 4th celebrations. now it heads north as a category 1 storm, tracking parallel to new england, bringing rain to the northeast. but in north carolina, where the skie

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