. >> brock: that same throw. it was a third and six earlier. they were in a really good concept and he has macintyre open in the flat. that time, open on the out. you just have to trust your fundamentals there, throw it downhill and put it on your receiver. >> bob: on a three-man rush, and on the slant, they've got the first down and more. tony brown. >> brock: what a really cool play right there. you motion to the other side all t -- all the attention is to macintyre and to shenault and you run a little slant the other way. well done. well executed by the buffs. >> bob: montez. one-on-one in the open field. throws it away. good job by carlos davis. >> brock: and you know he wants one more opportunity. well, maybe he want as touchdown. maybe that's what he wants. but as a competitor, you know the 31-year-old from australia wants one more shot to get this right. >> bob: stefanou, a lou groza semifinalist last season. his career long, 53. >> brock: man-to-man. >> bob: montez goes down. sacked by ben seventh nebraska sack. and now it's third down

two other words are plaguing brock long, under investigation. we'll talk about the man in charge of the response to hurricane katrina. he is here with us to talk about the fallout from all of it coming up in a minute. ute. who would have thought, who would have guessed? an energy company helping cars emit less. making cars lighter, it's a good place to start, advanced oils for those hard-working parts. fuels that go further so drivers pump less. improving efficiency is what we do best. energy lives here. improving efficiency is what we do best. new family connections, every day.llion that's more ways to discover new relatives. people who share your dna. and maybe a whole lot more. order your kit at ancestrydna.com but he has plans today.ain. hey dad. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. >>> hurricane florence is barreling toward the carolinas, getting bigger in size. we expect an update from

we will have fema administrator brock long. brock: think you, governor. it is important to me to be on the ground to be with the governor and mike and his team to help overcome this hit, as well as south carolina and others. i'm pleased with where we are but we have a long way to go because it is not over. the next 48 hours will be currently critical. -- especially critical. we are going to do everything we can to help the governor and his team, the dedicated members across the state to focus on lights than emissions. -- and life-sustaining missions. there's a lot of displaced folks doing everything they can to make life a little better each and every day as progress is made. it is going to take some time for the water to recede. as the governor was pushing for it, some of these rivers have not rested yet which is incredibly frustrating not only to you, but to the responders and our partners who want to fix the infrastructure. as the system goes, as the water recedes and safety search and rescue missions come to an end, we will focus on other critical lif

we've been told at the journal that brock long has been traveling back and forth between washington and the fema headquarters and his home in, coincidentally, north carolina, hickory, north carolina. not only has he been going back and forth, but he's been bringing a crew of fema staff with him, several suvs worth of staffers driving him back and forth, a 400-mile trip back and forth, and he was warned not to do that, that this is against the law, it is illegal. this is maybe the most stunning detail of the story so far, is that after he was warned not to travel with fema staff back to his house, the inspector general at the department of homeland security had brock long tail. he was put under surveillance and they followed him back and forth between his headquarters in d.c. and his home. the inspector general has briefed top white house officials, and this was in just days ago as hurricane florence was barrelling toward the u.s., and ultimately john kelly was the one who said, we have to wait for this report, brock long has denied any wrong doing, there's no final report, and there's a

do you have any questions for secretary nielsen or for brock long?what happened in puerto rico, how do we apply the lessons we took from puerto rico? >> order rico was incredibly successful. puerto rico was our toughest border while because it's an island. we move moved to hospital into puerto rico in form of a shift. the governor has been very nice. i think probably the hardest one we had by far was because of the island nature. i think it was one of the best jobs that's ever been done with respect to what this is all about. puerto rico got hit not with one hurricane, but with two. the problem with puerto rico is there electric grid and there electric generating plant was dead before the storm ever hit. it was in very bad shape, and bankruptcy. had no money. it was largely closed. and when the storm hit, they had no electricity essentially before the storm and on the storm hit the storm had come about took it out entirely. the jobs that fema and law-enforcement and everybody working along with the governor. in puerto rico i think was tremendous. i t

you heard peter brock say that same thing. any idea, concrete idea, about how fema is supporting those local governments and what they're doing to make sure that they have the resources they need in the aftermath of this storm? to make sure that people get running water, they get adequate shelter, they get food, et cetera? >> reporter: yeah, well, we are going to be hearing more from fema in terms of its preparedness for this hurricane. you're referring to the fema administrator brock long who was there alongside the president demonstrating what the storm's path looks like and what potential rainfall would be. they're going to be holding a conference call for reporters a short time from now, information that we will pass on to now as soon as we get it. the president as he frequently does trying to best state the facts as he views them, saying we are as ready as anyone has ever been here, but based on past experiences, sometimes it's hard to believe the president's statements when his statements don't match the facts on the gro

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brock, we fail. as fema, we fail. and also, somehow the problem in puerto rico was so big that many of them decided to look to the other side, and that is the real the ti. we need to vin vestigations and learn. if we don't -- we need to have investigations, and if not, something like hurricane maria with 3,000 deaths will happen again. >> and manual miranda and others from puerto rico and rita moreno and celebrities and musicians and others came in to join you. you led the group of people who were feeding and basically replacing what the american government was not doing for the american citizens. >> so this is the story of the "we fed an island." everybody was saying how difficult everything was in puerto rico, and let me tell you that puerto rico, and the private sector, plen the ti of food, and we found kitchens, and we began to transforming the problems into solutions. we went from one kitchen to 26 and 20 volunteers to 25,000, and from 100 meals a day to 25,000 meal, and i said, please, let us help you federal go

longo want to thank brock for being here with his team to support. we appreciated, sir. for all of you have there, thank you for your support of the north carolina state emergency response team. thank you. gov. cooper: thank you, mr. director. >> secretary of transportation. roadswe have 255 primary closed due to flooding, down from yesterday's 356. on interstates, we have two major interstates still closed, i-40 and i-95, and 19 separate locations, and on u.s. routes, 93 locations that are closed. theoads are clearing in northeastern part of our state, they are also flooding in the piedmont. be congress and, you see the map with the black dots moving, and we anticipate the speed, and that is due to the flooding from the rain that has moved out of thattate, so we anticipate those will stabilize over the next few days. we have pushed 12 additional crews into the southern counties, primarily focused on debris removal and road repair capabilities. they were also working since sunday on contingency plans in case our routes, due to river rain flooding that will crest later th

sam brock joins us from the transit center we just got new information. sam, what do we know? >> reporter: there's a couple things going on right now, raj. first of all, they shut down fremont between howard and mission behind me. this whole strip of land shut down. you're looking at sfm ta engineers taking the power off line next to the salesforce transit center. again, they are trying to be as careful as they can about preventing any possible hazard. this has to do, of course, with a steel beam, not with the power source. but for whatever reason they are cutting this off. those are the two things we heard from the transbay authority just a second ago about what happenedrk zab infor were expecting the beam over my shoulder. this morning there was a routine expectation going on and one of the workers saw a crack in the beam. it was described at six fe6 fee. we didn't get a great explanation as to why it took them until 4:00 to shut things down, at which point they did which is where they stand right now. here's mr. zabaneh describing the inspection process. >> absolutely beams

president, brock long, abbie lewis. i have a great emergency management director in mike sprayberry. my secretary of public safety, they are all on board. general of the national guard has been doing an excellent job. this title we have invoked with our joint -- military exercise, we are grateful to the members of the u.s. military who have stepped up and helped us through this process. mr. president, we have got a long road ahead in the days, months, and even years ahead, to make sure we build back where we need to be in north carolina. you are here, and i am asking you, sir, for your help, every step of the way. all of these federal agencies are going to have to help us in cutting red tape and make sure we can be smart about this rebuilding process. we still understand a lot of people have a lot of immediate need, and that will be critically important over the next few days and weeks, but know the rebuild, i reason williams -- the resilience of north carolinians. i know we can come back stronger than ever. but we are

and i know the president has been well briefed by brock and others in the administration. i have no concern about that whatsoever. i hope folks heed the warning to evacuate. flooding could be significant. that's what concerns me the most. you can have from 13 to 30 inches not just here but inland. that's a concern for all of us. >> that's what the meteorologist said, don't just leave town, get really far inland. you'll still see two feet of rain. flood waters. congressman, thank you. >> great to be with you. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, we will talk to a man who has evacuated his wife and children from the carolina coast but says he is staying to ride out the hurricane. let's ask him why. >>> and don jr. says he is not afraid of going to jail when the special counsel reveals his findings. hear what he had to say about that and mueller's motives and president trump's approval rating falling significantly in 8 separate polls. what's behind this. you're watching cnn. i am brooke baldwin. directly to investors. and now we have zero account fees for brokerage accounts. at fid

president, brock long, eddie lewis.ie great emergency director in mike sprayberry. general of the national guard has been doing an excellent job. our jointx goes with military exercise, we are grateful to the members of the u.s. military who have stepped through this us process. inhave got a long road ahead the days, months, and even years sure we build back where we need to be in north carolina. you are here, and i am asking , everyr, for your help step of the way. federale of these agencies is going to help us cut red tape and make sure we can be smart about this rebuilding process. we still understand a lot of people have immediate needs that will be critically important over the next few days and weeks, but long-term, i know the resilience of north carolinians. i know we can come back stronger than ever. thank you for coming and listening. pres. trump: thank you, roy. we will be there 100%. and all of the folks from the federal government are around the table. they are confirming it. we started early, and we will be here late. we want to thank you and all of you

david brock joins me now. he now has an nbc news think piece predicting that kavanaugh's accuser should unfortunately expect the anita hill treatment from republicans. that is a perfect segue to the fact that she seems intent on avoiding precisely that. >> yes. well, that's what she's learned a lesson, clearly. and there have been warnings and i issued a warning myself. because what she will face is a full scale smear campaign. people have to understand the mind-set of these people. i knew brett kavanaugh. i knew orrin hatch. horn hatch helped me with the real anita hill. >> he did? >> yes. there's a voluminous fbi file on anita hill, by the way, they did do an investigation, and they should do one now. the point about the mind-set, one, win at all costs because they have to cement this conservative majority for a generation. and two, it's okay to lie to outsiders. so let me tell you what their playbook is, what's going on in this nine hours in the white house with the white house counsel's office and brett ka

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do you have any questions for secretary nielsen or for brock long, please?do we take from what happened in puerto rico. from puerto rico. >> i think puerto rico was incredibly successful. puerto rico was actually our toughest one of all of because it's an island so you can't truck things on to it everything is by boat. we move the hospital into puerto rico, military hospital in the form of a ship, you know that and i actually think the governor has been very nice and if you ask the governor he will tell you what a great job. i think probably the hardest we had by far was puerto rico because of the island nature and because i actually think it was one of the best jobs that's ever been done with respect to what this is all about. puerto rico got hit not with one hurricane. but with two. and the problem with puerto rico grid electric hit. it was in very bad shape. it was in bankruptcy. it had no money, it was largely, you know, was largely closed and when the storm hit, they had no electricity, essentially before the storm and when the storm hit that took it ou

do you have any questions for secretary nielsen or for brock long, please?dible question ] >> i think puerto rico was incredibly successful. puerto rico actually was the toughest one of all because it's an island. you can't truck things on to it. everything is by boat. we moved a hospital into puerto rico, a tremendous military hospital in the form of a ship. you know that. and i actually think and the governor has been very nice, and if you ask the governor he will tell you whenat a great job. i think the hardest one we had by far is puerto rico because of the island nature. i actually think it was one of the best jobs that's ever been done with respect to what this is all about. puerto rico got hit not with one hurricane but with two. the problem with puerto rico is their electric grid and their electric generating plant was dead before the storms ever hit. it was in very bad shape. it was in bankruptcy. had no money. it was largely, you know, largely closed. and when the storm hit, they had no electricity, essentially before the storm, and when the storm

brock long's reports about whether or not he is in a sustainable position in his current job.ps someone was watching and made that defense. >> that's what you have to keep in mind any time a trump official or anyone in politics goes on tv. they are speaking not just to the general audience as we are now, but often about the president. this president consumes a lot of cable news. is that fair to say from the white house? literally hours a day watching tv news. for us here at cnn, it's great, but it's just the reality of having to analyze these appearances and the prism of what the response is going to be for him. >> they are supposed to head down to north carolina, but i may not make it. this thing ain't over. just this morning in the triangle that wasn't supposed to get hit, they got tornados and massive flooding. the damage was not done and having your ducks in a row and not relitigating old hurricanes is of the essence. >> deal with the crisis at hand and the other stuff down the road. when we come back, brett kavanaugh's nomination is in doubt and will senate republicans ke

sam brock is live in so wian francisco th more on the action-packed day at the summit. >> reporter: it was action packed and hope-filled. world unity on this issue was clear. there was ang z yxiety. the protesters are worried we're not reducing our carbon foot print enough. they are gone now, but speaker after speaker reinforced the time for action is now and the action is coming. in a captivating moment, actor harrison ford took to the stage and captured the septembntiment. >> stop, for god's sake, the didn't great lak denigration of science. >> reporter: this seminal event was not without disruption. protesters shut down sections of howard street, bashing plans to cut out carbon as too late. >> we don't have that kind of time. we have ten years ten years ago. >> reporter: even former new york mayor michael bloomberg wasn't spared, though his response was a crowd pleaser. >> only in america could you have environmentalists protesting an environmental conference. >> even when you put forward aggressive policies to protect the environment, you can still have a thriving economy. >> repor

brock doesn't seem to be willing to let this go.fic studies, one of which the gw study was adopted by the governor of puerto rico who has been an ally of the president's throughout this, not the mayor of san juan but the governor of puerto rico. so what is the percentage in denying the validity of the studies? >> that's right. brock long faces a challenge. he works for president trump. he's not going to try to counteract or counter the president on television when his job seems to be on the line anyway under investigation for his use of government vehicles for personal purposes. so, you know, he is stuck in the position of having to echo the company line whether he's -- he believes in it or not. the study should be reminded our viewers is that looking at what death rates were in a similar period prior to the hurricane versus what it was in the months after the hurricane with the researchers found was 3,000 more people died during the period immediately after the hurricane than before. they don't have a list of names but the point wa

brock: sure. the chinese are if anything, pragmatic. they know the stakes for them are absolutely enormous. they have got to be part of the system. they have got to have an internal market that works. they need to be part of a global marketplace. if they're going to have the chance to grow. you can't do it by imposition. you can't do it by tariffs. you can do it, i understand what susan was saying earlier. you can do it by saying, we have a collective problem. it's going to get a lot worse. were all going to lose. so let's form a coalition of the , willing and make it happen. if it doesn't happen quickly, enforce your decision with some actions. not a bilateral approach. it's a multilateral approach. you cannot leave the system untended as it is now. >> let me give you one example. that question suggests that china has never abided by its rules. i negotiated a tariff negotiation agreement in china. we had a rolling opening over five years, some things fast, some things took five years. when they went, when china went to become a member

. >> coming up, we will get the latest from the fema administrator brock long. >>> and measure of success? why would the administration transfer millions before the hurricane season is about to hit. and then he shocked victims by praising what the team did in puerto rico. >> i think that what we did in puerto was tremendous, and incredible unsung success. >> coming up, we will get a reality check from senator jeff america americaly. and could it happen again? we will talk to tim geithner, a key architect of the economic recovery from the di a sas trous -- disastrous recession. >> it was barely a recovery and now is not called recovery, but it is rocketship what has happened. >>> and good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in new york with the very latest on hurricane florence's path and power. you are looking at the footage of the cat category 4 hurricane shot from international space station this morning. it is packing maximum winds of 130 miles per hour, and residents and business owners along the carolina coasts are heeding the calls to get out of fast. >> and the time to act is now. w

he says thank you brock, it is my honor.e statement from fema, we fema have never had the support that we have had from this president. so katie, we were just talking about this. >> and there is no better vote of confidence at least for this particular moment for the administrator to have that come out from the president. but certainly news of this internal investigation, news of the challenges for fema could not come at a worse time. of course they are very much in the national spotlight right now as hurricane florence bears down on the administrator's home base of north carolina. >> and long as addressed the investigation earlier this week saying that the inspector general was investigating the use of federal resources when it comes to that, how do you expect even more for the administration to respond knowing that it is so crucial especially when he heads down to carolina? >> right. it is not clear that the investigation high school found that he has done something that merits losing his job. and i'm not saying that. but

i will get to brock long in just a minute.ound in the carolinas, what's your biggest concern right now as these rivers, many of them still have not cressed? >> well, the water. the government particularly core engineers have been working along with u.s. foreign command and with the weather services to have a predictive model of what's going to flood the next 12-to-24 hours. and they are protecting right now to put it into common language, there are people setting at home watching them le 56 now tomorrow could be in waist deep water. >> that i have those predictive models and the procedure they are using is going to those towns and doing the equivalent of a level 1 search, which is to go knock on the door to see, are you here? your place is going to flood. it's time for to you leave. with key take you now or take you later. and that is happening to try and get in front of the places that's going to flood tomorrow. this flooding could continue up to saturday, some of the predictions and so on. so they're very active oak. the int

i don't know brock long, but his reputation was generally good. now, at the presidential political level, and i'll include the cabinet level in this, it's important to promptly consider disaster declarations, emergency declarations, put them in place, put the federal funding in place, but really to show empathy and to show the american public in the face of a disaster that the u.s. government cares. and showing up, simply showing up in a disaster situation, which i did a number of times and i was in office, can go a long way. people understand that the government is not perfect. and you encounter people whose lives have been wiped out, their homes have been wiped out. but if they see the government cares, did they see that there is a human being in a policy-making position who actually cares, that does go a long way, in my view. >> you're someone who had a very -- you've had a very storied career and you're i believe general counsel of defense before you went over to department of homeland security. you had no specific expertise or experience in t

brock long's family lives in hickory, north carolina and he's accused of commuting home on weekends in a government car for the past year and improperly using motorcades for those commutes. also, getting hotel rooms for staff. he needed authorization and the inspector general for the department of homeland security that oversees fema warned him last fall that those taxpayer- funded trips were illegal. >>> today, there will be increased police presence at livermore high school after a threatening note was discovered. the school district said two students found a handwritten note in a bathroom and turned it over to administrators. due to the nature of the threat, the livermore police department was notified. in an email, the principal said extra police presence is precautionary. >>> the time is 4:06. a sacramento county sheriff's deputies is dead and another heard after a shooting inside an auto parts store. it happened yesterday at the pep boys auto shop in rancho cordova, 15 miles east of sacramento. investigators said the deputies were called to the store because of a fight inside inv

andnt to thank brock lawn his team. they are doing incredible work. everybody around this table is doing a lot of collaborative work together. your admiral here, the coast guard, i walked into the airport the other day and saw doctors and nurses that were stranded trying to find a way back to the regional medical center. this guy helped us get it cleared to get them on the plane and take them to the airport. i don't think i have ever seen a ceo of a hospital that was happier than our ceo the other day. your team is doing an incredible job. housing is so critically important. infrastructure is incredibly important. i serve on the house transportation committee. really looking forward to working with you on rebuilding our infrastructure. not just your post storm, but we have to do a lot of premedication work for the next storm. these storms are going to keep coming. the more we can prepare and clean up the rivers, ditches, all of the creeks and streams, they are all stocked up. that's part of the reason we have such a monumental flood. my district, eigh

i want to play what brock long had to say. here is ha he had to say. >> we face a crumbling infrastructure. it was rotting and decayed. fema can't help that. we have to deal with the deck of cards we have been dealt. >> mayor, does he bring up a fair point? do you bear some responsibility for the response to maria? >> it is true, there was a crumbling infrastructure. that has nothing to do with not providing the number of tarps that needed to be provided. that has nothing to do with -- look, 75 -- 97% of the people that asked for relief, aid in puerto rico, fema denied them. they have admitted in congressional hearings it took longer. they have problems getting off the ground. if you are under the emergency management system and it takes you time to get off the ground, you are admitting to your own negligence. now, have we -- did we do a lot of damage before? telling somebody in a build tin that is an old building and it catches fire, it is their fought that they didn't run fast enough. independent reports from george washingt

brock long is under fire for this internal investigation. he is saying he is totally focused on hurricane florence as the head of the agency dealing with the response. do you think this investigation is going to have an effect on this here? >> the investigation should continue and go on. there are thousands of dedicated civil servants that will keep the agency going. remember, this is not just a fema response. this is a whole government response. you have lots of different agencies coming in. you have the military. you have hhs. you have, you know, the small business administration giving loans to people. you have the red cross. you have the whole community coming together. it's not just one little part. i think there are thousands of dedicated, hard working federal employees at fema and the other agencies. i think you will see the response. >> if there is a succession of brock long, if the white house is discussing that, what does it mean for the agency as they deal with this and the beginning of hurricane season? we are not even in it, yet

"today in the bay's" sam brock has more. >> this is about so much more than what happened to her that night in that bedroom. >> reporter: in the middle of cal berkeley's famed plaza, a banner statement from students, not just backing the accusations of dr. christine ford, but indicting an entire political system. >> this is concerning for where we're going in our nation, and it's even more terrifying for survivors of sexual assault. we cannot allow someone who is a predator into our government. >> reporter: from a now pitch black bay area neighborhood, a palo alto university professor penned a letter that could derail brett kavanaugh's high court nomination, at the very least, it's prompted a congressional hearing. >> i wish the democrats could have done this a lot sooner because they had this information for many months. >> reporter: president trump and many republicans wondered aloud why the ranking member of the senate judiciary committee dianne feinstein sat on ford's letter for six weeks before revealing its existence. >> but now, now that accusation of 36-year-old misconduct dat

sam brock was an sfo today as responders trained. sam joins us now at sfo with what the airport is doing to fine tune its response. sam? >> reporter: raj, it was really neat to see this firsthand and it's an annual exercise here at sfo planning for the worst possible scenarios. last year it was an active shooter. this year, a plane crash in the bay. as airport officials are quick to remind you, asiana was a reminder that this could happen. today it's just a detailed drill. complete with rescue boats, medici mannequins and 100 volunteers. >> so much coordinations that's going on. >> reporter: but tomorrow history has taught us the u.s. coast guard and fire and rescue crews could be responding to real trauma. >> we're really not just practicing to practice. we're practicing in preparation for a possibility that could come to our airport and we never know when that could happen and we just want to be ready. >> the asiana plane crash of 2013 that led to multiple fatalities and hundreds of injuries looms in the back of many minds. as emer

sam brock, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you, sam.t turns out the mysterious letter raising questions about supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh comes from a woman here in the bay area. and she first sent it in. she accused kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were high school students in maryland claiming kavanaugh cornered her, covered her mouth and tried to force himself on her. her letter made its way to senator dianne feinstein, the ranking minority member who now has turned that letter over to the fbi. republicans say the letter and the timing of the story are low and desperate and attempts just to derail kavanaugh's confirmation. senator feinstein said she held the letter to protect the woman's identity. >> she's been extraordinarily cautious, as she should be, because we just don't know what's out here. the content. >> the fbi says the letter has been included in the nominee's file but it is not actively investigating it. the committee is set to vote on the nomination next thursday. >>> more turmoil for president trump, t

fema administrator brock long joins us with more on the federal government's response.e is strong and it is big. i was looking at some of the data. less than 50% of the people under mandatory evacuation orders actually heed that call. is this a life-threatening storm? >> yes, ma'am, it is. it's not a question of if florence is going to impact the carolinas and virginia. it's going to. it's going to be a devastating storm. this reminds me -- i'm a north carolina native. i grew up there. in 1989, hurricane hugo, last landfalling category 4 storm in the carolinas came right over my house. we were out of power for ten days. i was out of school for two weeks. this storm is setting up to be very similar to that one. we are hoping that the people would heed the governor's wo warnings in north carolina, south carolina and virginia today and make sure you take proper precautions to get out of the storm surge areas and facilities that can withstand the winds. >> the national hurricane center is warning that this storm is going to linger once it hits. how does that affect fema's r

of being in those helicopters going to be a key asset and in close coordination with administrator brock long. >> so the director is going to be search and rescue are going to be the biggest challenge area is along the water's edge? >> as we see the storm coming in, even though it's degraded to a category two, because of the length of time it's on the coast and the heavy rainfall, we think the flooding and storm surge combination together will be a difficult challenge to overcome and so the search and rescue is probably the first and foremost response that we be lookingat but it's not the only response . it's just incredibly important to have those assets available not on a generation in 24 hours immediately available and that's why under secretary mattis, we were able to push those forward and have those ready for response . >> terra-cotta, military times? >> between all the air, land and sea assets, how many personnel total are respond involved in the response? >> it's a rapidly changing number but we have 7000 personnel. just over 4000 as a national guard in about 3000 active duty. th

now, fema administrator brock long seems to be echoing presidt trump's criticism of the findings from the independent study while promisinglorence victims the agency will be there to help when rebuilding begins. nbc's jennifer johnson tells more. >> reporter: as rising waters continue to flood the carolinas, the federal emergency mcyagement ag focus now is on search and rescue, and fema is promising to help victimsfl of ence rebuild their lives. >> we're meeting their demands as they're comin up to us. we'll get through this. it will be ugly but we'll get through it. recovery is always a very frustrating process when they've lost their livelihood. >> reporter: north carolina's lawmakers say the state is still recovering from hurricane matthew two years ago. and now this.nk >> i that it's fair to say in terms of economic impact, rebuilding that we are talking in the billions of dollars. >> reporter: president trump sunday prais to florence tweeting "as the storm begins to finally recede they will kk into an even higher gear. very professional." this as brock long defended the president

nbc bay area sam brock joins us with the employees demands. sam. >> reporter: you know, zero tolerance for sexual harassment, that's what they want. this is a sizeable showing today. probably 50 to 100 people marched across mission street and settled on 24th and mission. they are putting mcdonald's on notice, listen to me. we're here for a fight. at first their steps were soft. and their mouths silent, until a powerful break in the status quo. >> silence no more. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: calling out a systemic culture of sexual harassment in the restaurant industry, employees and advocates in san francisco joined forces with counterparts in new orleans and kansas city among other places with a simple message. enough is enough. >> a staggering and unacceptable percentage of women face wide range of abuse from grossly inappropriate sexual comments to attempted assault in the very buildings that they work. >> we work hard and we just want to be acknowledged for working hard. we don't want our bodies used as a tool. >> the genie

nbc bay area's sam brock joins us with the latest from the bay area. sam?ica, the importance of the nomination and the seriousness of the allegations have led to a virtual stakeout of dr. ford's home as there is intense interest in what she has to say. the lights to her house remain off as others today spoke for her. >> this is about so much more than just what happened to her that night in that bedroom. >> reporter: in the middle of cal berkeley's famed plaza, a banner statement from students, not just backing the accusations of dr. christine blasey ford but indicting an entire political system. >> this is concerning for where we're going in our nation, amend it's even more terrifying for survivors of sexual assault. >> we cannot allow someone who is a predator into our government. >> reporter: from a now pitch black bay area neighborhood, a palo alto university professor penned a letter that could derail brett kavanaugh's high court nomination, at the very t it's prompted >> i wish the democrats could have done this a lot sooner because they had this info

and also as the fema director brock long has noted, the rescue efforts continue for a very long time. we know that the devastation of hurricanes last for weeks, sometimes months. and that there is still flooding. i think the president almost ubiquitous activity on twitter has been incredibly helpful because he has the most robust considerable media platform probably in the world and for him to be directing folks about resources and about what they should and should not do, even this morning in both spanish and english he weighs directing people about their pets, about evacuations, about the dangers of flooding. so, we know that this takes an awful lot of time beyond the initial devastation and the resources are there. brian: on a political note. huge news yesterday, the anonymous person who was accusing brett kavanaugh in high school of sexual assault has put her name behind the action. she has come forward in a very detailed article in the "the washington post." her name is christine blazly ford professor in the pal at toe area. she said this is what happened with brett kavanaugh the

brock long said that doing something unethical is not in his dna and he's cooperating.is focus is 100% on this storm. mike emanuel is live in washington. mike? >> good afternoon, shep. fox has told the department of homeland security general is looking into whether the fema's travel is governed by statute. he spoke about the probe earlier today. >> i would intentionally never run a program incorrectly. bottom line, if we made mistakes, we'll work with the program to get corrected. doing something unethical is not part of my dna or my track record. we'll work with the omg. >> the timing is lousy with brock long and his fema team about to be tested by hurricane florence. >> shepard: yeah, they have to be busy. >> no doubt about it. they're coordinating with the local partners and advising people in the zone. it's beyond time to get out. seven fema incident management teams and 16 urban teams have been employed. officials are warning power could be out an extended time. a coast guard admiral warning they teams won't respond quickly. >> all coast guard, small boat and cutte

, thank you, brock, it is my honor that tweet in response to what administrator brock said we at femar have had the support that we have had from this president. now that tweet is a sample of what the white house public posture has been as the storm continues to royal the southeast, despite having the full weight and support of the administration, fema leaders are wisely cautioning those in the storm zones to play it safe. >> wait on local officials for citizens to return, that opens lines of assistance and other declarations will -- we anticipate to follow. >> jeff is so right, the eastern part of the state in the northeast quarter in particular really hammered by those blistering winds, obviously down power lines, a lot of damage possible, don't take it for granted. even if you feel like in your neighborhood things are back to normal, be careful, be safe, that's the message from here at the white house, eric, thank you. eric: the photo appears to be in the treaty room with the huge painting. >> you called it. eric: the president and vice president hard at work here. >> yeah. arthel:

want to now to the head of fema brock long at the headquarters in washington. good morning. administrator long let's start with statistic i've been thin thinking about all week, number of people who die from wind is around 8% from the associated press. but storm surge, flooding that's almost 50% is that the big concern with this storm? >> well, initially. when hurricane makes landfall particularly one that has major category winds, category three, four, five winds, storm surge has the highest potential to create the most amount of damage but unfortunately it also has the potential to cause the most loss of life. one of the things is katrina, 270 people lost their lies in mississippi because the ocean rose well over 25 feet spin areas. anybody that didn't evacuate from that doesn't live to talk about their experience from storm surge. well, so, initially florence -- different storm than katrina obviously we didn't have a cat 5 landfall in florence. but what happens is you saw lot of damage, see a lot of people being rescued from storm surgeon the coastal islands the west side

this as brock long defended the president's controversial tweets last week about puerto rico's death toll from hurricane maria. the puerto rican government in one study claimed close to 3,000 hurricane-related deaths. president trump said it was more like 18 and claimed democrats inflated the number to make him look bad. >> it's frustrating. those studies, the harvard study was done differently than the george washington study or this study or that study. and the numbers are all over the place. >> reporter: long says fema is now one of puerto rico's largest employers, helping that island rebuild. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >>> new tariffs on chinese goods could reportedly be announced by president trump as soon as today. that's according to reuters. the tariffs would affect $200 billion in chinese imports, threatening to escalate the tit for tat responses from china. the "wall street journal" reports the tariffs would come as u.s. and chinese officials negotiate talks over the tense trade war. but officials tell the journal, "china is not going to negotiate with a gun po

fema chief brock long is going to have to settle up with uncle sam. to reimburse the government for using agency vehicles to commute between his home and work without proper authorization, but he gets to keep his job. jillian turner has more. >> secretary of homeland security nielsen announced yesterday that fema administrator brock long must reimburse the federal government for his use of official vehicles for personal travel. it's been reported in recent weeks that long commissioned fema transport vehicles to take him to and from his home in north carolina and washington, d.c. where fema's headquartered. the dhs inspector general has cited him for misuse of federal vehicles but he will be allowed to remain on the job. secretary nielsen released a statement late yesterday that reads in part for nearly a decade fema administrators have been transported in and had access to government vehicles, equipped to ensure senior leader connectivity in times of crisis. despite this established practice, use of government vehicles to provide home to work transpor

been a very significant issue in the me too movement, it was an issue at the persky recalland the brock turner case an now and issue that's front and center with judge kavanaugh.">dauber spearheaded the recal effort against judge aaron persky,who sentenced brock turner to six months in jail for sexual assault.. ( robin ) in the north bay... santa rosa police need your help finding the person responsible for a fatal hit and run saturday night. police say a man was hit near the corner of stony point and occidental road at 9:20 last night. when police arrived, the man was unresponsive in the road. the car they are looking for is a small white sedan that likely has major front end damage. ( robin ) some 14- thousand registered nurses working at university of california medical centers and student health centers are scheduled to vote this coming week on a new five-year labor contract, after 20 months of negotiations. reports say the agreement calls for a 15 percent pay raise, staffing to provide "safe patient care" and workplace violence and sex harassment protections. the contract also

have live reports from the ground and get an update on the federal response from fema administrator brockg. and we'll learn about the impact on people in the storm's path an allegation of sexual misconduct over 30 years ago. will it affect the confirmation of judge brett kavanaugh to the supreme court? we'll ask a key member of the senate judiciary committee, republican john kennedy. chairman paul manafort strikes a plea deal to cooperate with special counsel robert mueller. >> tough day for mr. manafort, but he's accepted responsibility. chris: we'll ask our sunday panel what manafort's about face means for president trump. and our power players of the week, men of honor. >> i was doing it for my country, my fellow marines and to win a war. just imagine if we'd lost. chris: all right now on fox news sunday. washington. as devastating as florence has been so far, the worst may be yet to come. the slow moving storm is now responsible for at least 14 deaths. more than 30 inches of rain falling in some places, and catastrophic flooding across the region for days. in a moment, we'll discuss t

reports the feud is reportedly so bitter brock long wanted to quit this week. bring in cnn's joe johns. joe, the friction, we're told, is reaching a boiling point at a pretty critical time. >> reporter: it does look like a tense situation, jake. the current head of fema is under investigation, watching his back. his boss, the homeland security secretary, watching every move raising questions whether washington infighting could become a distraction for the people who are supposed to be fighting floods and saving lives. >> this is a partnership, and it takes everything from neighbor helping neighbor all the way to the federal government. >> reporter: as the nation braced for hurricane florence it seems the two officials in charge of federal response weren't pleased with their partnership. according to "the washington post," fema chief brock long and his boss, homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen, are so at odds with each other that long considered leaving just as the storm peaked. >> fema officials who are close to long say that he thinks secretary nielse

in a moment will discuss the threat and response with fema administrator brock long.nd north carolina senator thom tillis. but first, we have fox team coverage, the carolina coast with the latest on the rescue effort. but we begin with steve harrigan and a look at the damage further inland. steve. >> chris, 50 miles inland from where this storm made landfall there are arty parts some north carolina towns which are . families stagger to safety. this woman is asked why she is shaking. >> don't want to leave my house, that's my big thing. >> despite round-the-clock efforts, hundreds of thousands are without electricity. homes and businesses cut off, flooded or torn apart by the wind. >> will make it. it will start over. >> the only way to reach some neighborhoods is by 7-ton trucks he asked mike last used in the war in iraq. >> was never seen anything like this. we didn't anticipate it like this. we've just never seen it -- we've been here 11 years, we've never seen nothing like this. >> as the rain continues, more residents of north carolina soon be saying the same thin