the places that are in the way of the most jeopardy would be virginia, north carolina, south carolina, that area. they haven't seen anything like what is coming out of in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. his tremendously big and tremendously wet. tremendous amounts of water. so i've spoken with the governors of south carolina, north carolina and virginia. they're prepared, we're prepared, working very well in conjunction with the governors. i would like to ask brock long, our administrator has done so well for us in texas and florida. it could very well be similar to texas in the sense that it's tremendous amounts of water. texas was the one that had more water than we've ever seen in a storm or hurricane. it went out for seconds and thirds. we've never seen anything like it. they did a fantastic job in florida and i would like to ask, broad, if you say a few words to the media as to where it is now, what's happening and how well prepared we are. >> thank you, mr. president. unfortunately -- [inaudible] as you can see, the major landfall in her become a category three or four star but landfa

the places that i ran away and in the most jeopardy would be virginia, north carolina, south carolina, that area. they haven't seen anything like what is coming on us in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. it is tremendously big and tremendously wet. tremendous amounts of water. so i've spoken with the governors of south carolina, north carolina and virginia. they are prepared, we are prepared for working very well in conjunction with the governors. would like to ask brock long, our administrator has done so well for us in texas and florida. in the sense that it has tremendous amount of water. texas is one with probably more water than we've ever seen and it went out for seconds and thirds. we've never seen anything like it. the mazzy noted a fantastic job in a fantastic job also in florida. i would like to us, brought him if he would say a few words to the media as to what is going to be happening and how well supported we are. >> thank you, mr. president. unfortunately, hurricane florence is potentially heading to virginia as well. as you can see, the forecast major landfalling storm, categor

the places that are in the way and in the most jeopardy would be virginia, north carolina, south carolinaat area. again, they haven't seen anything like what is coming out of us in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. it's tremendously big and tremendously wet. tremendous amounts of water. so, i've spoken with the governors of south carolina, north carolina and virginia. they are prepared. we are prepared and working very well in conjunction with the governors. i would like to ask brock long, or administrator who's done so well for us in texas and florida. we have something that could be very similar to texas in the sense that his tremendous amounts of water. texas was the one that had i would say to this point more water than we've ever seen in a storm or hurricane and it went out for a second then there is. we've never seen anything like it. fema as you know did a fantastic job in a fantastic job also in florida. i would like to ask him abroad, if you'd say a few words to the media as to where it is now. >> thank you, mr. president. unfortunately, hurricane florence is setting up in north carolina

carolina coast is around noon today eastern time. i do want to emphasize that this is only the beginning. florence is a very slow mover, we'll continue to trek -- will continue to trek along the north carolina and south carolina coast line for the next 24 to 36 hours. it will not get to columbia, south carolina, until sunday, midnight morning. we've already seen a foot of rain just north of wilmington area. we're still expecting rainfall amounts of 20 to 30 inches, some isolated spots of 40 inches. some of you may remember this is in comparison to september of 1999. the first half of that month, of hat year, we had hurricane dennis and floyd that produced already the same amount of rainfall that we are anticipating with florence. the only difference is back then it was within 14 days and we're looking at the same amount of ainfall in three days. some of the river levels are going to be forecast to exceed the historic levels. and some of those were during hurricane floyd. your own hasize for safety to not drive where water covers the roadways. especially at night. a lot of the flooding is going to start in the river stem levels later on tonight near coast line. and increase sunday into monday further inland. a

that heavyand of rain in north carolina and south carolina will be parked there for some time. ow this storm will continue to slowly move westward. heavy rain expected all across north carolina today. even north central south carolina. we are going to see that slowly move inland to bring the rain to the higherlevations osunday. then it will move throughohhe river valley and move to pennsylvania and ohio as we go into monday. this whole thing still has to rain itsf out. the northeast is going to get in on the rain eventually as well. can i just point out this is the national hurricane center track from the advisory number 40. this was made on sunday, september 9th. the national hurricane center had the storm coming right to wilmington. here we are four or five days out and the actual observed landfall was two miles from the forecasted landfall was located. it was incredible. o i was one of the hurricane hunters that collected the data to help make the forecasts. it really was an accurate forecast. as you saw, peopled hee the warnings. people knew the storm was headed in this dire

north/south carolina border. the prediction is it will make landfall just to our north in wilmington. pretty much up and down the carolinas, major storm surge is expected. authorities are warning people to heed those evacuation orders and get out of dodge. >> gabe gutierrez in conway, south carolina. >>> coming up, remembering 9/11. 17 years ago today the world changed when nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in the worst terror attack to hit the united states. how far have we come in the nearly two decades since. >> this field is now a monument to american defiance. this memorial is now a message to the world. america will never ever submit to tyranny. >> the attacks on september 11th, shattered the peace of that quiet september morning. claimed the lives of 2977 men, women and children. 184 of them fell here. >> my brother, paul hanley keenan. we think about you every day. your family misses you. >> my beloved son, joshua todd aaron. we miss you every day and we love you forever. [ bell tolling ] about medicare and supplemental insurance. medicare is great, but it doesn't cover everything - only about 80% of your part

. >> these are live pictures from north carolina, carolina beach, north carolina, florence is a category 1 storm but packing terrain and leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power before making landfall, we will have live coverage throughout the morning. cheryl: we are taking a look at your markets this morning, we do have a big kick do you -- kick - kickoff to your friday. hopefully carry that into this morning, looks like we might see that. lauren: we will show you futures this morning, premarket looking decent for stocks at this hour, s&p up 4. cheryl: taking a look at europe, stocks opening higher. lauren: japan gaining 1%. this is a very special edition of early fbn:am, starts right now. ♪ ♪ cheryl: it is 4:01 a.m. in new york, friday september 14th, special edition of fbn:am, i'm cheryl casone. lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti, very special edition as we are watching hurricane florence about to hit the carolinas. cheryl: that's the breaking news right now, hurricane florence is pounding the north carolina coast with wind gusts up to 90 miles an hour, terrain is

north carolina governs today dangerous than it is right now. a total of 17 storm related hsh 11epin north carolina and six in south carolina. more than 700 people in bogue states are without power. most of those power outages are in north carolina. >> ache in the rain here in jacksonville but the worse may be to come as record levels are approaching on the new river. officials tell us the record level is 25.1 feet. the flood stage level is 14 feet. currently the river is at 23.77. very troubling for the residents here in jacksonville. we are standing in the parking lot of a land mark restaurant. the marina cafe. you can see it is under water. out back, the docks under 10 to 15 feet of flooding which could take months to repair and also here the operations of recovery beings halted till they get a break in the rain and the receding of this water which isn't expected for some time. the airport also under water here in jacksonville. one of the many communities as hurricane florence continues to wreak her havoc. in north carolina, fox news. >> the torrential rain brought on by florence is adding to a

carolina, north carolina and virginia are ordered to leave their homes as hurricane florence is predicted to make landfall in the next 48 hours. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... more than a million people in the us states of south carolina, north carolina and virginia are ordered to leave their homes as hurricane florence approaches — we'll be speaking to one family planning to hunker down. that's at quarter past eight. at 8.30pm, we'll be speaking to a recently retired chief superintendent about the impact of cuts to the police service — and asking what life is like at the sharp end. and we'll take a look at tomorrow's front pages with our reviewers , the the sun's deputy political editor steve hawkes and the political commentator jane merrick. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre, here's what's coming up on sportsday tonight. anderson the record breaker, it's the perfect end to england's summer. there's no place like hampden. scottish football is going to stay in glasgow. i'm in leicester where england face switzerland, hoping to avoid losing four matches in a row for the first time in their history. also coming up in sportsday this evening. ferrari let kimi raikonnen

north carolina, south carolina had an emergency declaration approved by this white house yesterday and just within the last few minutes, virginia gets the same treatment from president trump. right now, the president is set to convene a meeting with the fema administrator, brock long, the head of that agency and the head of the department of homeland security as well. the secretary nielsen. those three spoke on the phone yesterday -- those two, rather, with the president, the chief of staff john kelly, vice president mike pence listening in as well. as it's starting to get closer to the expected landfall, somewhere in the area of north carolina, possibly. sandra: south carolina if it goes south. the briefings starting to take place in person at the white house at the very highest level. the president was asked about this, about the response earlier today on his way home from shanksville, pennsylvania, and the president said quote, we are absolutely and totally prepared. it is much of the focus for the administration on this day. of course, the other focus is the 17-year anniversary of

hurricane florence' eyewall making landfall along the carolina coast we have a live look at jacksonville, north carolina, wilmington, north carolinartle beach, south carolina as "worldwide exchange" starts now. >>> welcome back thank you for being with us. we're thinking about everybody up and down the eastern seaboard of the united states hurricane florence downgraded to a category 1, but do not get complacent this is still a serious and dangerous storm. the hurricane is now beginning to make landfall at this hour. it is packing winds around 100 miles per hour towns up and down the carolina coast are bracing for this landfall and the expected storm surge. full team of reporters covering the hurricane. kaitlyn mcgrath on set covering the path contessa brewer is live on the ground in north carolina, but first jackie deangelis in carolina beach, north carolina with what he's heshe's hearing feeling. >> i'm feeling the velocity of this wind pelting the rain around you can feel it on your body and it almost hurts. feels like hail. the winds are picking up the rain is coming down harder than it was even last night when the outer bands

it is going to dump so much rain over interior sections of north carolina and possibly south carolina. we're talking 20 inches or more, including wilmington. this can change a bit closer we get to it. we're talking about a lot of rain. could see up to ten inches in western portions of north carolina, not to mention that, but storm surge. 6 to 12 feet, filling rivers, overfilling their banks far inland. and let me show you what we're talking about when we talk about 6 to 12 feet of storm surge. that's going to fill not only your first floor but it could go into a second floor, an attic. that's where we have seen in storms in the past, people have been stuck in attics, and it creates a lot of problems. dangerous situation that people can't seem to get out of. >> thank you. florence could be the strongest hurricane to hit since hurricane hugo in 1989. with me now from wilmington, congressman david rouser that represents the area. congressman, good to see you, sir. looks can be deceiving with the beautiful blue skies overhead. you look at the different models, our weather experts are trac

guest: well, you may have seen at least in north carolina, north carolina there was a study being commissioned by some scientists saying that sea level rise on the north carolina coast by going to rise by 39 feet the year 2100 if climate change continued on the track that it was going. and the north carolina government wound up rejecting that study, throwing that study away. if it had accepted it there probably would have been some restrictions on development on the north carolina coastline. that didn't happen and development thrived there. and for many years, for many years in north carolina, since about 2010, climate change was a dirty word. i remember when i was covering the issue early in 2014 there was a big news story about how the governor of the town pat mccleary banned the word climate change being used at his department of environmental conservation. you see things like that happening in our federal government all the time now. cking out of the playbook of that government in north carolina. trying to avoid the word. trying to stop studies that will tell you how much sea level rise s

north carolina. one last question. richard burr the senator from north carolina was speaking with sandra and me. n a lot of hurricanes in north carolina and has property on the shore. he has never seen a better prepared governmental response than this one. if he is right about that, what's different this time? >> look, i think the coordination. as we talk, i talked to the governor, we talked to the governor of north carolina two days ago and talked to the -- everybody seems to be -- talk. last year we had the two category 4 hurricanes that made landfall and we continue to learn how to work better. we learn from each one of these storms and i think we get better. i think fema, the federal response agencies, states, we've been through a few of these. the coordination. we take the lessons learned and apply them to each store and get better prepared each time. >> sandra: we don't want to take any more of your time. thank you for your time this morning and best to you and all of your teams and all these efforts. >> thank you very much. appreciate the time. we appreciate the support. >> sandra: thank y

carolina north carolina virginia tech in your way it's probably not going to change pay or. it's going to be hitting pretty soon be ready and god be with you well let's get more on this now we're joined by betsy robinson communications manager with the american red cross and she's joining us live from darren darren in north carolina at the red cross center very good to have you with us on al-jazeera i'm so how is your organization preparing today with harken flaunts. well we're doing a couple of things right now of course we are trying to mobilize as many people and supplies and materials into the area as we can but it really created hearing the emergency messages that you just shared from local and national authorities because it's also our job to help amplify that preparedness message we are here to receive people in our emergency shelters and evacuation centers so we also want people to heed these warnings and prepare themselves and their families whether that's going to be staying in place or if they are have to evacuate to make sure that they are bringing things with them to make their stay at one of our shelters as comfortable as possible but some are you comparing any differently or taking extra precautions given just how big strong sense predicted to be. well this is what the red cross does we certainly l

bring a long-term extreme rain, storm surge and hurricane force wind threat to eastern north carolina and south carolina into the weekend. in north carolina we are particularly concerned about the pamlico sound and pamlico river where 9 to 12 feet of storm surge our forecast and the beaches from the outer banks to the wilmington area, six to nine feet of storm surge our forecast over several astronomical high tide cycles. as far as rainfall, we are still forecasting 20 to 30 inches, possibly 40 inches or more in eastern north carolina and northeastern south carolina. in addition to all of that, there's a tornado watch in effect for eastern north carolina today and tomorrow. the next advisory from the national hurricane center will be issued at 11:00 eastern time. >> i'd like to take an opportunity to emphasize the expanse of this storm. the tropical storm force winds extend out 200 miles and hurricane force winds extend out 80. this is a large storm and when itslows down , what will you will see is expensive when the along the coast in the form of a storm surge but in addition, there's going to be a tre

north carolina. all right, well, most of the watershed from north carolina drains into south carolina. so, you know, we've talked about the flooding that will continue in parts of north carolina peaking by tuesday even after the rain is gone some of the floodwaters will peak. south carolina could be even longer than -- the peak could be tuesday into wednesday for some of those rivers because there's so much water draining out of the heavy rain in north carolina as well as the rain they've received. >> this is something folks will be dealing with for quite some time. >> and the other headline here is and i know we're running out of time but the other headline here is what kendis was talking about, once the storm leaves there, we need to talk to people about ohio, kentucky, tennessee, points north and northern new england about the rainfall they'll get on into the middle and end of next week. >> we're nearing the end of our coverage but do want to mention to sum up like a little bit of what has caught our eye in the overnight hours. the city of new bern, north carolina, appears to be hard

carolinas. we don't know if we're going to get landfall in south carolina or north carolina. visual on the hurricane watch that goes from the north carolina/virginia border all the way down past myrtle beach and georgetown and charleston. that's a huge area. that's why we've got the evacuations taking place in a lot of these locations and even areas around virginia beach and norfolk too. so we're going to start tracking as we get closer. we know where we get the center of the eye making landfall that's where the most wind damage will be done. then to the right of that is where the worst storm surge will be. we're about 60-72 hours from landfall. now we're going to start tracking our spaghetti lines. each of these is a different model. most of them are still pointing at north carolina. here's south carolina here. this is at 2:00 a.m. friday. the other thing that we're going to notice is how slowly the storm moves. until 8:00 a.m. friday it's still right along the coast. a stalling major hurricane is a disaster in the making for numerous high tide cycles with the storm surge, a

next two days, this river here is the pd river, it's a river that started in north carolina and flows down into south carolinaa lot of into south carolina, a lot of from north carolina. they said one of their big concerns is that not only will they take on water from the rain in the state of south carolina, but also all of the rain that we have seen up in north carolina that that will travel down and potentially cause big issues, river flooding and possibly potential issues with some of the basins, officials say highest priority has been the pd river basin trying to take precautions to make sure when the river flow into that and more water comes into that from north carolina and south carolina, they don't have a major issue on their hands, some people i've spoken to say they remember hurricane matthew where a lot of dams didn't hold that time around, for a lot of residents, even though they feel like this is not as bad as they were expecting, they still feel there's potential for trouble and officials are warning everybody to stay put and stay inside and wait this out, molly. >> ellison driving important poin

it will make landfall thursday night and friday from north carolina to the south carolina region. that is the likelihood at this point. the steering environment with the high pressure north and east guides this right into the carolinas. doesn't give us that escape route we see with tropical systems that curve back out to sea. that is most concerning with the feature. look at the spaghetti model guidance. all of it taking it to north carolina. some on into the delmarva region as a major category four. the last time the carolinas were impacted by a major hurricane was hugo in south carolina in 1989. certainly this would be a storm here to be reckoned with. you notice coming into the afternoon and evening hours of thursday and notice how slowly it progresses to the west by friday. very little movement. that is concerning with the tremendous rainfall in the forecast with 15 or more for friday afternoon. guys. >>> pedram, thank you. state of emergency has been declared in north and south carolina as well as virginia. residents in all three states urged to prepare for the possibility of

north carolina, today, it's been about eastern north carolina. that was the same thing yesterday, as florence made its way onshore. tomorrow, it will be western portions of north carolina. you see the satellite picture. anywhere you see the reds here, those are thunderstorms just blowing up over the atlantic and moving onshore, continuing the onslaught of incredibly heavy rainfall. you notice the storm north of charleston. this stayed to the north of them. myrtle beach noteeing much as far as the heavy wind theres th. but some rainfall. the i area came onshore, wilmington, north carolina. look at this. thevy hea rains still in the wilmington area, around oak island re won, asl they're trumping four, five, inches per hour at times. there's a tornado watch in effect until 7:00 tomorrow morning for this entire area. as the storm moves to the west, you will continue to see the feeder lobands. how long with incredibly heavy rainfall. look at the rainfall totals. this was the feeder band yesterday. and these are thean feeder today that are coming across

north carolina as we speak. my next guest is a volunteer oversees a shelter in chapel hill, north carolina. eople, over 10 animals where there. tom joins me. tom, your a brave fellow. what are you seeing there? >> things are calm here right now. we have constant rain and the winds are gusting. sometimes i can hear the roof rattle. but we're on the edge of the tropical storm hurricane. so we're getting probably a good amount of rain. not as many -- as much wind as other places. >> neil: i'm sorry. when did most come to your facility or to the shelter? >> they started coming wednesday night. i came here four hours after it opened wednesday night. we started off with about 30 clients. now we're up to about 115. we expect another 50 or so to come in before dinner time. >> neil: how is the power situation for you, tom? >> we're fine. the power is fine. there had been no problems. >> neil: and food and all of that? enough of everything? >> many of the restaurants and catering organizations in chapel hill obviously are closed. so we're relying on pizzas and subway sandwiches. we -- for lunch, we ha

some models have the stormer lig along the north carlina-south carolina bor from thursday night until saturday. that would be catastrophic flooding onhe carolina coastline and then some models bring the remnants farther west toward atlanta and the western carolinas and some have it farther to the north. that's where the uncertainty is. that's why we haven't had a lot of confidence for our local impact and the timing beyond thursday night and friday. this is going to be a huge onproblem for a period of time. i was reading through one of the inrance industry trade organizations and they think $20 billionbe disaster across the carolinas and virginia. that's serious stuff. locally for today, a little round of showers here coming on northbound. grab the umbrella before you leave home toy. your rai chances today stand at 40%. not an all day rain out. a veryoggy start this morning and mostly cloudy day today and tomorrow a little warmer the next couple of days and then we'll have to see on friday and satur how much rain and the timing of it from florence. now let's go over to melissu, >> thank chuck. taking a look right now at the ros. not so lovely

carolina near the coast will experience hurricane force winds and hurricane conditions for 24 hours or more. hurricane watches and warnings, as well as storm surge watches and warnings are in place across coastal north and south carolina. in north carolina, of concern is 9 to 13 feet of storm surge forecast. also of concern is the wilmington area and surrounding beaches. once the storm does move inland, the inland flooding threat is extreme. 15 to 25 inches of rain is forecast, with up to 40 inches near the exact center of florence. there is a large area forecast of 10 inches of rain or more across much of the state of north carolina friday into saturday. now, the remnants of florence will then dissipate and spread out. interest in the central, as well as the mid atlantic should remain vigilant to some sort of heavy rain and flash flood threat into next week. the next update will be at 11:00 eastern time. >> good morning, again. i'm the associate administrator for response and recovery for fema. the president has declared declarations in south carolina, north carolina and virginia. i want to thank the media for the messaging that got out yesterday. i want to continue in advance thank you again today. we need our message out that this is

north carolina. just a couple of spotty showers. the remnants of florence are well to northeast and will be into new england this evening. the additional rainfall accumulation expected, an inch or less across north carolina of the rain is going to be two to four inches across the northeast. the flood threat, though, remains. we have flood warnings in place across south carolina, north carolina, and now because the storm is lifting out to the north, we still have flood watches in effect for northeast. the tornado threat is also real today, and we have seen several reported tornadoes around the richmond area, across virginia. so that tornado watch box is in effect for much of virginia, and the tornado warning is active now to the west of the city. we had reports of damage there. a lot of rotations with these tropical systems, even once they're on land, you'll still get a lot of rotation that causes tornadoes, brief spinups. that's what we're seeing. >> we'll watch it together with you. thank you. >>> coming up, will a bombshell sexual assault allegations delay or derail a vote this week on president trump's supreme court nominee? liberty mutual saved us almost $800 when we switched our auto and home insura

north carolina farms are going to get hit hard by florence. north carolinaturkey, corn, potatoes, a load of other crops. ashley: thanksgiving run-down. stuart: that is. we'll talk to the president of the north carolina farm bureau. we also have with us a guy whose home is in the path of the storm but he refuses to leave. he is going to tell us why. stuart: 11:30 on the east coast. it's a big day because of hurricane florence. you can see the storm's track, left-hand side of the screen. of course, we are watching the markets, where the dow has gained a little more ground. now we are up 47 points. let's get right back to the sto storm. last time we saw you, you were just deluged with rain and blown away by wind and you're still there. what have you got now? reporter: hey, how long back? stuart: you're back. can you hear me, griff jenkins? can you hear me? i realize the rain is making a lot of noise. can you hear me okay? he is not hearing me. he is actually asking our producers when am i coming back on the air. that's what he's actually saying. >> that's live

thursday night, maybe friday morning making landfall north carolina with the center of the cone is but we will still feel the effects in south carolina, north carolina as well as virginia area and mid-atlantic's. the one thing i'm a bit concerned out is the storm stalls out because i could bring incredible catastrophic flooding to the areas. we will be on top of it all week long. if you live in north carolina, south carolina new york urged to listen to your local authorities. category four is a big deal and we will have evacuations for sure. cheryl: we saw them say to prepare now. lauren: coming up, after a theory bad week what is next for tesla and its ceo elon musk and president trump pushing apple and forward to bring back their production from overseas to the us to avoid trade tariffs, but will it fly for those companies? >>> a nice kickoff with the dow jones up 91 points, nasdaq up 38. you are watching "fbn:am" insurance that won't replace the full value of your new car? you'd be better off throwing your money right into the harbor. i'm gonna regret that. with liberty mutual new car replacement we'll replace the full value of yo

north myrtle beach, wolf, we're actually still waiting for the worst of the storm to reach us. tonight hurricane florence beating down on the carolina coast. the storm making landfall in north carolinaarly friday morning, bringing sustained winds of over 90 miles per hour -- ripping through structures -- washing out roads. soaking the north carolina coastline as it slowly crawls to shore. the center of the storm is expected to linger over the coast of north and south carolina for another day, bringing life-threatening storm surge, dangerous winds and torrential rains, endangering the many residents who stayed behind. >> hurricane florence is powerful, slow and relentless. it is an uninvited brute who doesn't want to leave. >> trestle is almost under water. >> reporter: in new bern, north carolina 150 residents were trapped overnight while awaiting rescue. >> it got real -- it gol real heavy real fast. >> reporter: the storm surge reaching ten feet in that area. >> the water on the wall, you can see how high up the water was by the dirt. >> reporter: in nearby river bend, volunteers from river bend dispatched a team to assist in rescues. >> we decided to go out last night just to sco

believe maybe briefly making landfall south wilmington and only moving as far as the north carolina, south carolina border and only through saturday staying in eastern south carolina. that is why the rainfall totals look tremendous. over the next 38 hours some parts of coastal north carolina can pick up to 30 inches of rain, and that would be 12 1/2 trillion gallons of rain coming down. when the storm will finally clear the region coming up in our full forecast. >> as you heard rob say it is still considered a life threatening storm. this is video from new portnorth carolina, lots of debris already on the roadway. ian, we're seeing much of the damage now but more, worse damage is still to come. >> these conditions are expected to intensify and continue for two days or more. ten of thousands are without power and that number will grow. tonight members of the california international guard from the bay area are heading in to help. late tonight the winds of florence whip ashore. the winds have already been washed over because of torrential rain and storm surge, water pushing into homes in the carolina

joint base bragg in north carolina, south carolina and maxwell air force base in alabama and at fort stewart georgia and moving forward through fort campbell, we have multiple composite companies of approximately 80 light medium tactical vehicles for lm tvs each aged to respond quickly once florence passes through. lm tvs are high water clearance vehicles can carry supplies or first responders to areas not accessible identical vehicle in order to rescue trapped individuals or perform houseto house checks . this capability was used great effect during hurricane harvey operations last year. at hunter army airfield, dod has 35 helicopters available for search and rescue operations, a similar unit. at fort bragg, in addition to acting as a staging area for really surprised, 40 vehicles or rescue as well as seven helicopters are staged within a hurricane reinforced anger used in recovery missions. the uss corsage in arlington which will literally case lawrence in as marine personnel in addition to life-saving assets that includes 16 helicopters and 18 and 22's. moody air force base, we ha

you look at that track, right now it is tracking over centre of south carolina, into western north carolina, into western north carolinawhile if you are on the right side of that storm, you are still getting those heavy bands because this is not falling apart quickly. that is why you will see flash flooding and river flooding. if you are under any sort of warning, it means that the situation is going to be going downhill pretty quickly. some areas have been warned of storm surges up to nine—feet high. the weather channel demonstrates the danger of these conditions in this report. once that water comes up to three feet, it will be coming up towards my waist. this could be enough to knock you off your feet. it could even float some cars. this is extremely dangerous but once we get up extremely dangerous but once we get up into that 6—foot range, look at how high this water goes. the winds pick everything up, cars would be floating at this point. this water is over my head. i would not be able to stand here, even withstand the force of the water coming in. there might even be dangers like chemicals and exposed power lines

area that we could expect, you know, we have this watch up from the north carolina, virginia border all the way in to south carolina. anywhere in there you get 3-foot or greater of storm surge. in fact, some of the areas we are particularly focusing on in north carolina, look at the river in sound where this water gets trapped. these rivers normally flow out. with the storm surge that water comes in and where it gets trapped we could be talking 10-foot, 12-foot of storm surge. and that's definitely life-threatening. >> shepard: so if you are my age or so, 50, 60, and you have been living along the coast of north carolina all your life, you have never really seen stuff that beat stuff up so bad that you decided to get out. under a decide to stay today. what's your advice, kiming -- ken, there did it. >> i don't know if we're even i think mine was worse. my advice here don't take your chance. if we are talking about powerful system, a major hurricane, we are talking about measuring rainfall and storm surge in feet in both cases it's a particularly dangerous hurricane. you can't take aens that. look, uncertainty is al

carolina beach, north carolina getting slammed by hurricane florence. the category one storm right off the coast with winds of 90 miles an hour. parts of belhaven, north carolinaeady underwater, terrifying video showing waves creeping onto the side of his home and you can see boats in raleigh, north carolina crashing into a nearby bridge as water levels continue to rise at record levels. millions of americans in the crosshairs of life-threatening storm surges and storm chaser stephen jones is a carolina native. he once toured all the chaos when most of us were running away. he joins us in north carolina with fellow storm chaser aaron bigsby, we appreciate it. >> good morning, good morning. >> where are you located right now? you are chasing the storm so you are moving. >> we are located in wrightsville, north carolina. we are getting the strongest winds in the inner core of this hurricane and we have seen the entire night sky lit up by power flashes, debris came flying past us from signs, we have seen multiple trees come down and we have seen minor damage to homes and we fear that will get worse as the eye approaches the coast. heather: since you're in the thi

carolina beach. north carolina. we have our nick watt in northern myrtle beach. south carolina. and our meteorologist at the cnn weather center. starting with you, there in carolina beach the wind is hitting you there. the rain hitting you. tell us about the situation as it is now. >> good morning to the viewers. the full story of hurrican florence still yet to be written. one thing is for sure. we know that where we are here at carolina beach on the coastal region of north carolina, we will be feeling the full brunt in the full fury of florence. as a projected land fall will move across the region in the over night and early morning hours of friday. something as a meteorologist i am looking forward to. this is an incredible event. we have seen the storm slow down tremendously. at snails pace. that's why the storm is so different to any other storm that people have lived out here along the coast. it is moving so slow, this is going to be a long duration event. it's just starting to show its nasty face to us now. wind gusts get this, over 60 kilometers per hour. gusting close to

major damage is bringing heavy rain strong winds and rising floodwaters to three states north carolina south carolina and virginia already one hundred fifty six thousand people are without electricity north carolina's governor is warning the storm will wreak havoc for days the worst of the storm is not yet here but the easier the early warnings of the days to come. surviving this storm will be a test. team or comet sits at patients gray has more from carolina beach in north carolina. look the attack from florence has been relentless i want to give you a look at the conditions right now we have sheets of rain being pushed by when that has been severe for several hours here and this is going to continue for a day or more in some of the areas being affected by this storm right now the storm really just up along the coastline here the issues the water the water continues to come not only from the rain but also we've had a storm surge in some areas they've seen ten feet or more of storm surge and that's going to build as well this is a very powerful storm affecting a huge swath here from virginia really t

north carolina. are ready in,000 south carolina as soon as they are requested. we are standing by with 400,000 meals in south carolina. crews restored power to over 1.2 million customers in north and south carolina. the power is starting to go on as soon as the water goes down. i want to thank the power companies and federal workers. we also have to thank some of the power companies, because they have been responsive. of despair, we see the true character of the american people. citizens all across our country rallied together to rescue the stranded, to protect the innocent, and to restore hope to who experienced tremendous and unbearable loss. i want to thank all of the people here today, a very special group of people, very talented. we love working with you. it is an honor to work with you. we have done a good -- a real job, and we have to continue to do this real job. another phase is coming in, and we will meet it like we did phase one. thank you to everybody very much. whatever we have to do at the federal level, we will be there 100%. secretary nielsen, pl

north carolina. the core is about 60 miles east southeast of wilmington, north carolina. ne areas, and intense storm surges and inland flooding are expected. that is the primary concern that they have at this point. yes, they are talking about wind, yes, talking about other issues but it is going to be that water and where it all goes. flooding into the in land. 88,000 people right now without power. we do of course expect that number to grow. utility crews from as far as california and canada, they have been brought to north carolina, or at least closer, because they will be responding to what could be millions of power outages. they are getting ready. they are staging in areas that will put them in place that when the storm is finally through and they can safely get in, they will then begin to respond to the efforts. 10 million people right now are in this potential disaster zone. it will play out over the next two or three days. hurricanes and sheer size means it could better the east coast with hurricane-force mines for nearly a full day. according to weather forecaste

north carolina. some places in north carolina have picked up 20 inches of rain. in charleston we get about 52 inches of rain per year, and many places in north carolina will get that in just places in north carolina will get that injust a places in north carolina will get that in just a couple of days. one year of ra i nforest, that in just a couple of days. one year of rainforest, in just two or three days. we have these reports of fatalities and of course it is still early days, it is very sad to hear, but i just early days, it is very sad to hear, but ijust wonder how important the warnings you guys have been giving people, have contributed to the fact there hasn't been more of that?” heard people listened to them, the verbiage was pretty strong, that this was coming and it was going to lingerfor this was coming and it was going to linger for a this was coming and it was going to lingerfor a while. we put all the cards on the table and hopefully everybody did listen. obviously you don't want to lose even one life, but i believe we are now up to five fatalities,

a category 4 storm likely making landfall along the southeast coast of the carolinas, south carolina, north carolina, virginia. we are watching those areas likely with a dict hwithe categ thursday into early friday. let's talk about the other systems behind florence. we have hurricane isaac, a category 1. and hurricane helena is a -- helene is a category 2 storm. this is hurricane olivia, maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. it's a category 1. you can see it on the westerly movement about 8 miles per hour. the islands are in are a tropical storm warning there and it is going to be coming very close as a category 1. we are really watching that as it moves later tomorrow very close to hawaii. we will talk about what you n expect for our week ahead at home. a big cool in st we tracking uppe low, what it means for our weather and how cool it will get, coming up. >> thank you. >>> in the bay area investigators are trying to figure out whatthe marina distr this is a live okscene. you sigh there was a tree there that suffered the brunt of the impact before the bus you see the crews cleaning up the

bring a long-term extreme rainstorm surge and hurricane force wind threat to eastern north carolina and south carolina into the weekend. in north carolina, we're particularly concerned about the sound and the rivers where 9 to 12 feet of storm surge are forecast. and the beaches from the outer banks to the wilmington area 6 to 9 feet are forecast. as far as rainfall, we're still forecasting 20 to 30 inches possibly 40 inches or more, especially in eastern north carolina and northeastern south carolina. in addition to all of that, there's also a tornado watch in effect for eastern north carolina today and tomorrow. the next advisory from the national hurricane center will be issued at 11:00 eastern time. >> i would like to take an opportunity to emphasize the expansive this storm. the tropical storm force winds extend out 200 miles and the hurricane force winds extend 80. this is a tremendously large storm. when it slows down, you'll see the expansive wind field will pile up water along the coast. in addition to that, there's going to be a tremendous amount of rain. as the storm slows down, there's goi

the south carolina, there is a basin in north carolina and south carolina. the pd river basin. rivers flow into that, from south carolina. also rain and rivers from north carolina as well. officials here in south carolina say that is their highest priority right now and has been for the past couple of days. they're worried not only will all the rain coming in this way head to that basin, but also the rain that north carolina is getting as well. that basin is near zones evacuated like georgetown, south carolina, a little south. that is what officials are watching. we expect to get an update from them in about 15 to 20 minutes. trish. trish: ellison barber, thank you very much. joining me is south carolina congressman tom rice. he is on the phone from myrtle beach. congressman, sounds like you didn't evacuate, you're there in myrtle beach? >> i am. i'm in a high-rise building where my congressional office is. trish: all right. what are you seeing elsewhere in myrtle beach? are people heeding warnings that you and governor and everyone there are putting out? >> oh, yeah, the vast m

carolina, bringing life—threatening storm surges and strong winds. hundreds of thousands of people have been left without power and evacuation warnings are in place for 1.7 million people across south carolina, north carolinaa. chris buckler reports. the carolinas knew what was coming, but they could never fully prepare for the force of florence. along this coastline, houses found themselves on the front line for a fierce incoming storm, and a surge of water that flooded streets and homes. despite the many days of warnings, there were people caught out, and families who needed to be rescued from their homes. cool water. there you go. in new bern, in north carolina, the emergency services had to move in as people became cut off. i've never been so terrified in my entire life. it was horrifying. just wondering what was going on and where the water's going to go, how high it's going to go and how we're going to get out. in the town of wilmington, street after street was littered with the debris of the storm. huge trees, no match for the power of the winds, even though this hurricane had weakened before it reached land. this morning, people gathered to see what was left of their neighbourhood. they kept tellin

north carolina. the coast will feel the blast first thing in the morning with damaging, life threatening surge, winds and rain. those of you in central north carolina should be prepared to feel the impact of the storm from thursday night through the weekend due to the sustained rainfall and persistent wind. in western north carolina, residents should be prepared for heavy rain. as we remember earlier this year, that can trigger mudslides and road closings. in short, every county and every person in north carolina needs to stay alert and to take this storm seriously. yesterday, i ordered a stat evacuation of north carolina's barrier islands from the virginia border to the south carolina line. thanks to our local partners, many evacuation orders are in place for other areas. i urge residents to heed those orders. for those not under evacuation orders, gather your emergency supplies if you haven't already, food, water, flashlights, extra batteries, medications, important documents if you need to evacuate. remember to make plans for your pets. and clear your yard of debris that can cause damage in high winds. finally, download the ready nc app for upda

north carolina. craig? >> andrea, thank you. live here in wilmington, north carolina. good afternoon to you. craig melvin here. wilmington, of course, one of several cities up and down the carolina coastline waiting anxiously for hurricane florence. it is right now the literal calm before the storm here in north carolina. as folks and first responders prepare for what's described as a once in a lifetime monster of a system. fema warning it will be the strongest storm to car get the carolinas in decades and that's saying a lot. where it is headed. when it should arrive and what to expect to see on the ground if you live in its path. also, tremendously big. that's president trump's characterization of the storm. he insists that the feds are totally prepared. so, are we ready? america's storm and rescue infrastructure will most certainly be tested with lives potentially on the line. fema's director just minutes ago telling my colleague andrea mitchell that people are running out of time. we'll get to that part of the story in just a moment. but we start, we start with the storm of a lifetime. th

carolina, north carolina and virginia. as much as 35 inches and isolated spots in north carolina with lesser amounts but still well over 5 inches in a huge area which will cause significant flooding and perhaps catastrophic flooding in in in land areas. at the national hurricane center, imad rappaport. >> martha: let's go now to fox's at rick leventhal is live in right field, and when you look at what ed rappaport is reporting there, it looks like that area could be the bull's-eye. >> yes and they know it. a lot of these no to of new homes are built over garage is on pilings but that would put water in the first floors above about the garages on most of these houses along the beach here. it's a beautiful night tonight, you can see folks coming out to take a look at the atlantic which is very calm. no rain today which is very hot earlier, it's cooled off quite a bit and obviously very calm before what could be a very destructive storm. and they've gotten a lot of rain over the past few weeks, the ground is saturated. 2-3 feet, maybe up to 4 feet of rain in some spots which will be dramatic, as you heard, catastrophic flooding. t

we will look at that but notable north carolina hurricanes, hurricane hazel with a category for on the border of south carolinath carolina. this could be stronger than that, historically here's the euro model. my concern is it makes landfall thursday, friday and lingers on the border of south carolina. watch what it does, moves out of lingers and pushes southwards. south carolina, you need to keep an eye on this carefully because we are close to the border of south carolina. this is close to the outer banks and then circles, does a loop and make the second landfall. we are 3 or 4 days outcome a lot of forecasting to do but the bottom line is if it stalls regardless of its strength we are dealing with epic amounts of rainfall totals was one of the forecast models predicting 40 inches along the coastline. this is a dire situation that they have never seen before, south carolina, north carolina, virginia, pay attention. rob: analyzing that 5:00 am update. today donald trump and the first lady honor lives lost on 9/11 marking the 17th anniversary of the terror attacks at the flight 93 memorial in shanksville, penn

north carolina where we are joined by two guests. will hendrick is a staff attorney with the water keeper alliance and manager of the organization's north carolina pure farms, pure waters campaign. and frank holleman, senior attorney at the southern environmental law center, where he works on protecting rivers, streams, groundwater, and drinking water sources from coal ash, including after a north carolina facility owned by duke energy spilled 39,000 tons of coal ash into the dan river in 2014. we welcome you both to democracy now! i want to begin with will. will, if you could start off by talking about exactly what is happening with all of these animal corporate factory farms and what is being threatened. >> right now this ststorm is hurtling toward the epepicenterf agriculture in north carolina. as you mentiononed, the vast majority of these factory hog farms utilize what is called a lagoon spray field system to manage their waste. in reality, even on the best day, the surrounding communities live under constant threat of an environment of catastrophe. but that threat is significantly exacerbated with the level of rainfall in the height of win

damage forecasters are warning of catastrophic flooding and storm surges in three states north carolina south carolina and virginia north carolina's governor is warning the storm will cause havoc for days the worst of the storm is not yet here but the easier the early warnings to. surviving this storm will be attached. teamwork common sense and patience and jay gray has more from carolina beach in north carolina. look the attack from florence has been relentless i want to give you a look at the conditions right now we have sheets of rain being pushed by when that has been severe for several hours here and this is going to continue for a day or more in some of the areas being affected by this storm right now the storm really just up along the coastline here the issues the water the water continues to come not only from the rain but also we've had a storm surge in some areas they've seen and feeder more of storm surge and that's going to build as well this is a very powerful storm affecting a huge swath here from virginia really through the carolinas and again we're going to see the rain as the storm ki