] >> anthony: meet one of the owners of the charleston river dogs, charleston resident bill murray.i'm gonna take shotgun. >> bill: we're gonna see how fast he can go all the way around the outfield. >> anthony: today the river dogs are facing the evil forces of the dreaded savannah sand gnats. >> bill: yow! that's going to score a run, and that's going to leave a mark. he's gonna hold him. >> anthony: bad day for the sand gnats. >> bill: you're hated. you're hated. >> anthony: we will crush you like a -- well, sand gnat. >> bill: a sand gnat has almost no backbone. almost no skeletal structure. they fold. >> anthony: as difficult as it might've been to forgo the joys of the bacon-wrapped foot-long corn dog known as the "pig on a stick," we knew we'd be coming here, husk, sean's restaurant in downtown charleston, one of two that have helped make the city a fine dining destination. so i wanna know, southern living, it's very different up there and down here. it's a big transition. easy, easy for you or not? >> bill: it's easy. the only -- driving was the real transition because i dri

right now the official forecast is north of charleston. from friday to sunday, that's 48 hours with tremendous rain fall, tremendous wind as storm surge, wind and damage occurring for hours and hours and hours. it is cumulative damage if you are blowing 100 or 120 miles an hour on homes. they're going to start to deteriorate. so will the trees. so will the power lines as the trees fall down as well. yesterday we were something over here. now we are not. yesterday about 8:00, we showed you that this, this little turn, this little wiggle to the left was starting to show up in the models. all the models are turning it down into south carolina. whether it goes offshore and affects charleston, we don't know yet. that will be in the 11:00 advisory. information coming in, we'll show you what all that means coming up as the day goes on. >> we'll let you digest some more of that data. the important thing is the storm looks like it is moving further south than it did when we went to sleep. you can see right there right where the numbers 2 and 3 are,

charleston, south carolina. it almost goes without saying is a show piece of american history and southern manners. its charm is deeply embedded as the families who count seven, eight, ten generations here. kate waring was born to one of those families. grew up in a fine, big house along the historic waterfront called the battery. dance lessons, birthday parties. >> dad, if we catch a turtle, can we keep it? >> doting parents, janice and tom, who adored their own daughter. she had you essentially wrapped around her finger. >> oh, absolutely. she was the love of my life. and not stupidly so. i mean, i could not always tell when i was being manipulated, but some of the time. >> sure. >> no, katie and i had a very special bond always. >> she was the middle child. sandwiched between two brothers, older joe, younger richard. she was bright. maybe too bright. school bored her, animals, all animals, enchanted her. she was naive, sweet, as younger brother richard saw it, she could not turn away a stray animal or human.

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contessa brewer, thank you contessa talked about the port of charleston. joining us is jim newsom he runs the port of charleston he joined us on friday thank you once again for joining us it's been a long few days. you've got snips port now. are you still on tomorrow. we'll open our gaelts at 4:00 this morning in charleston so we'll be working as normal rail service is working today. the weather and that area of north and south carolina are expecting more rising waters >> charleston is southeast of where contessa is. all of the truck drivers that have to get to their jobs, you're south of there, but are they able to get to work >> yeah, most of our truck drivers are based in the charleston area or base the 234 the greenville area. i think that will be possible. dillon may be the exception. there was the closure on 95. we plan to open tomorrow there. >> the port of charleston is not just ocean ports, it's rail traffic. what are you hearing about the state of the train -- those peoples were inspected >> as far as dylan, the plan is for the first train to run

and now, loud speakers on trucks in charleston, telling people in that historic city to get out. >>> president trump's urgent warning tonight, and his promise now that the government is prepared. and praising the government's response to puerto rico. >>> also in the news tonight, summoned to the vatican. the american church leaders on their way to pope francis. >>> and new video tonight of harvey weinstein. the young businesswoman recording her meeting. what she claims and what the video shows. >>> good evening. and we are reporting tonight from wrightsville beach, north carolina, as this monster hurricane now closes in. at this hour, florence is a kis dangerous category 3. there are a couple of important factors to bear in mind. a remarkable development overnight. the storm track shifting to the south slightly. meaning communities in south carolina are now preparing for a possible direct hit, as well. and georgia now in the threat zone, this stretches all the way north up to maryland. and here is the other major concern. they expect florence to slow down and grow wider and sit here

it is our area north of charleston, including myrtle beach, thatis charleston, including myrtle beachr to potential landfall that would certainly be watching this very closely, as are we in charleston. even though it is a mandatory evacuation, lot of folks choose to stay back. why do they do that? you know what, i think a lot of folks are a cane weary. 0ver last three years we had major floods here and in twitty 16 we had harry kane you and last year we had character and irma. lot of folks that i could have stayed, but this is not matthew, irma all the floods of 3013, this rivals what we had in 1989, for a cane hugo, which was the last category four to make landfall at the i happen to be the chief meteorologist at this station at that time, i was young and saw that first—hand what a hurricane can do. i wouldn't advise anybody to stay in harm ‘s way with this hurricane, i would leave as soon as possible. sometimes hurricanes will lose power as they hit landfall, are you expecting that to happen on thursday as well? what is interesting is right now it is category four, we expect it to b

rob fowler is chief meteorologist with television station wcbd in charleston. is likely to be hit hard when the hurricane arrives. i tell you what, south carolina is still in an area of concern but a lot of computer models that we are using are trending further north. what we are seeing along the coast is that the fact that this is a large storm getting bigger, the wind fields are growing out from the centre of the storm. you don't have to be 50 miles away, you can be 100 miles away and still feel the impacts from this storm and that is what we are expecting here. 0ur governor has issued an evacuation beginning tomorrow, on interstates getting out of charleston, for your viewers on the bbc, charleston is on the coast, we are right next to the ocean, so there is no barrier or buffer between us, those hurricanes and land. it is a triple whammy possibly, because you got high winds, the storm surge pushing that the sea up and then an awful lot of rainfall, potentially. martin, that is our big concern, especiallyjust to the north. i am basing this on the current tra

and in the historic city of charleston, they're now using loudspeakers tonight on firetrucks to warn people to get out with this new track. abc's steve osunsami is there for us. >> reporter: the panic is for real. authorities tonight say they'll need to watch this nuclear power plant in north carolina and 15 other reactors in three states, worried they could flood. >> this hurricane is bringing some rain and water that we have not seen before in hurricanes. >> reporter: at ft. bragg, they're filling sandbags and moving helicopters out of the water's way. >> leave as soon as possible. >> reporter: firetrucks with loudspeakers are rolling through neighborhoods near charleston that they worry could be flooded for days. we heard a story over and over again today. families like the lees, who had decided to stay, are suddenly leaving town. >> as of this morning when it turned, we thought it would be good with two young kids to make the trip out. >> reporter: ben pogue and his wife, nina, are now leaving, too. he's a former local meteorologist, seen here working hurricane dennis. >> major p

captain john reed of coast guard sector charleston. let's go back to stephanie rule at msnbc headquarters in new york. >>> thanks so much. we're going to take a break. when we come back, a major move by pope francis. the pontiff is summoning catholic leaders from around the world to meet about the priest sex abuse crimes against children. here's the issue. the meeting will not happen until next year. i've got a big question. why? we'll speak with the attorney who brought system of those cases to light in the state of pennsylvania. you know what you're watching, "velshi & ruhle" live right here on msnbc. i can do more to lower my a1c. because my body can still make its own insulin. i take trulicity once a week to activate my body to release its own insulin, like it's supposed to. trulicity is not insulin. it works 24/7. it comes in an easy-to-use pen. and i may even lose a little weight. trulicity is an injection to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. don't use it as the first medicine to

coleby satterfield has more from our cbs charleston affiliate wcsc.oleby. >> reporter: right now coastal communities in the carolinas are preparing for the worst as florence strengthens. here in charleston nearly all communities are under opcon3 meaning a disaster or emergency situation is likely. and even though it is the calm before the storm, people here in eouth carolina are taking that liriously. some shelves have already been cleared of water and sand bags are beginning to thin. some gas stations even ran out of gas yesterday. all of this preparation under way as we watch the cone of uncertainty in the carolinas. potentially putting us right in florence's path. but it is not just the immediate affects this storm could bring that has people talking right now, but the flooding that it come with it and here in charleston it doesn't take much to flood because the city sits below sea level. oten is why a potential category four hurricane has people in this city preparing for the parit. for many people this storm is bringing back memories of hurricane

if this thing skirts all the way down here, charleston is in play, and yesterday charleston was way out of it. >> wow, so we often talk about is this going to be a wind event, is it going to be a rain event. what's your biggest worry, chad? >> let's call it wilmington. these little beaches around here are small and people don't know the names. but from wilmington almost all the way to morehead city, that's where the wind will pile up the water, fill up the bay behind it and actually flood houses from the back side and also up those rivers. there could be 12 to 15 feet of water higher than what there should be in those rivers. the wind, i think, is going to be coming down, but 120? if this blows at 120 for four hours, that's day after day, hour after hour, you lose a shingle every two minutes and all of a sudden you've lost your whole roof after four hours. that's a real significant possibility. because this thing is stalling but not stopping, i think the rainfall will spread itself out a little bit, so that may be less of a problem. i don't think we see 40 inches of rainfall anywhere, b

rob fowler is chief meteorologist with television station wcbd in charleston, south carolina. it did move through north carolina, it still is in north carolina, the radar loop is showing lots of rain still in north carolina, but now it has been bleeding over into south carolina. what we have seen in the charleston area in the last couple of hours, the wins have really picked up. it is no longer a hurricane, it is a tropical storm, but we have had wind gust is between 50 and 60 miles an hour, we are hearing reports of powerlines down in the charleston area and at least one report of a big tree that has fallen on a house in one of our suburbs outside the charleston area. so it is starting to get nasty. this is the time we thought we would see the storm and what we are seeing is prolonged wind gusts between a0 and 50 miles an hour, rainfall that will last through most of the night and into the day on saturday. last through most of the night and into the day on saturdaylj last through most of the night and into the day on saturday. i heard that at one point the concern was shiftin

we have an interstate coming in, charleston interstate 26 from charleston to upstate carolina and they. no one can come into the city. everyone has come out. they have done that for a day and a half to give people the opportunity to get out and not deal with traffic. the ones who are staying, all of the supermarkets, the bread and milk gone off the shelves, batteries are gone, flashlights are gone. gas is gone. it is very difficult to find gas around here. all of the gas stations are out of gas. people took it to get out of town. i know you say it is difficult. we shouldn't compare storms to one another. obviously this is being compared to the last one more than 25 years ago. what makes this so ferocious, what makes it different, and what damage are you worried about? definitely the fact that it's going to be a long duration of them. i was here for hurricane hugo in 1989 at this tv station in charleston which took a direct hit from hugo and hugo was devastating. it did a tremendous amount of damage and it was very depressing to see some beautiful places destroyed. but, amen, it went ou

steve osunsami, abc news, charleston. >> fascinating to see charleston boarded up like that.enes at all. >> no, not at all. >> all right. well, "the mix" is next. at all. >> no, not at all. >> all right. well, "the mix" is next. gives skin the moisture it needs and keeps it there longer with lock-in moisture technology skin is petal smooth after all, a cleanser's just a cleanser unless it's olay. >>> it's time for "the mix." mixing it up. >> do you like the music? >> i do. it's still new to me, you know? >> it is, yes. >>> all right. attention, hello kitty fans. this is for you. a hello kitty cafe is opening up in irvine, california, this friday. yes, you can head out there. look how cute. how adorable is that? so apparently they're going to serve up everything from tea to adorable snacks. they also have an adults-only bar so you can go to the hello kitty store and drink. >> because adults are really freakishly into hello kitty. >> yeah. you're a kid, growing up with hello kitty and you're supposed to just dump all your hello kitty -- >> stuff -- >> -- at a certain age when y

i don't want to said charleston that you are out of it, but you're close. 10% chance of it going that far to the left as we would call it. we are north carolina anywhere from wilmington up to cape hatteras, that is the bull's-eye right now from the latest hurricane center forecast at 5:00 a.m. it is 140 mile per hour storm in the atlantic ocean going to the northwest. somewhere between these two goal posts here is landfall. so charleston you're still in that goal post, but you're so far to the left i think we're okay for right now. you don't need to panic and leave at this point in time. stay where you are because the people up here may need to evacuate. there are many coastal counties already going with evacuations starting at 8:00 a.m. this morning or noon this afternoon. it's going to be a rough day for many people getting ready, panicking, getting out of here. you just need to take a deep breath, we still have some time. listen to your local managers, listen to what they tell you. rip currents, strong winds, beach erosion. the surf will go over some of

growing up in charleston, being a charleston native, i've never left for hurricanes.ill always worked at the hop. she's always been required to be here. for us it's never been about leaking. fiscal impact is a huge part of it. i think that it's very hard for a business to pay four weeks of bills on three weeks of -- so i hate the idea of like getting rich selling wine. we're trying to support our small businesses and be responsible business owners. we don't want to make bad decisions. we don't want to put people in harm but want to take care of something we've poured everything we have into. >> well, said. listen, adam, you said you're not a daredevil. by the way, you sent your family inland. but you've been through a lot of hurricanes. what are you expecting -- what do you expect on the other side of this one? >> i mean, i've lived in charleston for 15 years. i'm from england originally. some nasty weather but no hurricanes. in 15 years, i've never seen a lurk. i've seen some pretty nasty tropical storms. nothing that ever really alarmed me into getting in the car an

he's in charleston. charleston is not a stranger to hurricanes, neither is the rest of south carolina or north carolina. do you think the air is more prepared now than in the past? >> i certainly think year after year we learn more every year about what to do to be prepared for hurricanes. it's a team effort. it's not just a government team effort. it takes every individual heeding the warning to leave the coast. so important for us to help our team play better, so to speak, by getting out of harm's way. if you have the ability to leave, please exit now. that's an important part of our overall success. there's been tremendous coordination from the white house. i heard from president trump yesterday. we spoke about 15 minutes. the governor the day before. i've heard from hud and about 30 minutes, the department of transportation, secretary chao and i spoke. nick mcmahon from fca making sure that we all understand and appreciate the vast resources available in the aftermath of the storm. all of that is to

hurricane florence is making its way towards charleston in south carolina.w from charleston is ciaran traquair who has lived there for three years. what are you still doing there, are you not evacuating? i probably should have a few days ago but we have been fortunate in the path of the storm has somewhat moved away from charleston, it looked slightly like one of the worst there is potential to hit the coast, somehow some way we have really fortunate so far with how it has developed after getting the carolina. what is the latest there, what can you see what is going on? well, up until about 12 o'clock today, and look like a nice summer o'clock today, and look like a nice summer day, but it's gradually going downhill the last two outside trees are starting to move. the rain is on its way, i think at the back end of charleston so i'm about 15 miles from where it's been recorded. i think we might be about to see the start of it for our area and from what i have learned from the local news agency, we may be at the beginning of probably a 48 hour period of potent

north of charleston. and if that happens it would continue on to the east, to the west i should say, bringing rain even as far west as atlanta. the rainfall from this as you have mentioned, the rainfall upwards of 40 inches in some spots but if you remember last time -- yesterday, craig, when we were talking, we were okay looinging at the heaviest rain of virginia and west virginia and now moving inland into north carolina and south carolina. that's -- but we have the european model and this is where they diverge. look what happens. skirts the coast to charleston. if that's the case as you know the northeast quadrant is the strongest part of the storm and so then you get the strongest quadrant along wilmington, myrtle beach and maybe down into charleston and that's the big problem and then you see the rainfall now. the heaviest rainfall, ten to maybe 20 inches just south of cape hatteras, wig ming on the and which model will be the dominant be? winds as far as you can see bringing in those tropical force

my sister lives in charleston. evacuated to columbia and is actually coming to new york for the weekend. she said a lot of her friends decided to stay. only knows two or three that are actually leaving. charleston is farther south than myrtle beach is. myrtle beach will get hit a lot harder than go. steve: they don't know where it's going to go. people tried to ride the storm outer and get caught. thought we were going to get a little bit. next thing you know it's a category 3 and category 4. here's the thing when you get in trouble and he was talking about how the shelters are not ready for the really strong storm and this is a really strong storm. when you get in big trouble you call the police to come help you, right? they are not going to come help you because a lot of places once it's above tropical storm force winds they can't go out over the bridges because they would be putting their own lives in peril. can you call the cops and say hey, i need help. as soon as the storm is over we will come out and get you

coast captain and commander of the charleston coast guard sector.nder, thanks very much for joining us. tell us how the coast guard is preparing for rescue operations. >> good evening, wolf. thank you very much, and our readiness right now is one of standing by. we've shifted most of our focus into protecting our resources, our aircraft and our boats, so that's the greatest somewhat of our ability to respond during the storm, in order to protect it and immediately respond afterward. you know, we're specifically focused on after the storm, being able to respond to life saving and environmental issues that will pop up as a result of florence. >> captain, what are the biggest challenges that you expect to face? >> i think some of the bigger challenges are the same things that they had seen a couple years ago in the 2015 1,000-year floods in south carolina with regard to flooding, heavy rainfall in north carolina and south carolina. that can really cause the rivers to swell and will likely be called in to help provide some shallow water response assets

joining us from charleston is congressman mark san forwaford south carolina.now you have a lot going on right now, thanks for joining us. what's the biggest risk facing your constituents right now? >> people being complacent. for a while people thought it would run inland after it hit north carolina and not take the southern dip, and yet at this point it looks like it is going to take the southern dip. that's catching some people by surprise. so i would say complacency is probably the biggest danger as you think about charleston, edistow, the areas down this way. >> how concerned are you about the flooding in charleston and along the south carolina coast? >> well, it depends on the storm track. you know, if we're on the southern side ultimately of the eye, it is good news as it relates to storm surge because typically it is on the northern side, the right-hand side if you will, where you really see considerable storm surge. it depends on storm track ultimately. if the models hold true, it will put the bulk of the storm surge to the north side of charleston, hi

better life. >>> there's a livecha charleston, south carolina on your left.mington beach, north carolina. the winds picking up already and on the right, kure beach, north carolina, they are there for us on cnbc today >>> back to the markets and your money. even on a storm day there's a lot to talk about. futures are pointing to a higher open asia had a big rally overnight let's talk more about everything with peter lazarof thank you for joining us we have this overhang of the storm. it's a big deal. it's serious but it will blow through we will rebuild. we will good on. that's what we do in this country. if you look out six months or a year, what are some of your bigger concerns? >> any time you look out six months or a year it's hard to predict what will happen next. there's lots of concerns people have whether it's tighter monetary policy, whether it's the fact that the economy is running red hot, for some that might feel like it's time for some kind of pullback in the market or a slowdown in the economy, or some of this global trade talk, there's no shorta

in charleston was a big training center. there was a huge fire in charleston in the 1830s that burned down when they rebuild it. the set off an absolute fear. there were divisions that people broke away. they tried to reach an accommodation. but eventually no surprise you probably can guess. and went to court they have each side hired the incredibly prominent lawyers. it was featured in my first book because he later became one of the worst jobs in america. it went all the way up to the highest court. and the reason that that decision was important was not because he ruled in favor of the organ faction but because he ruled that the state has no stake or say in how religions are going to organize themselves. and this was a powerful statement for religious freedom in the united states. when they lived in europe. were accustomed to the states where they lived for to the rabbis to set the rules for the jewish community. the democratic processes of each congregation in the state was not went to enforce the root of the rabbis. wha

not even weather charleston is the bull's-eye. it's the flooding because charlestons in low country. it floods with just a few inches of rain in a regular rnfall. and the prediction here is for inches or perhaps en feet of water. what's going to happen to the cars. >> the cars are being exported. and that's iortant for south carolina. that ship leaving to get around the storm. and have a safe voyage to its distinction. there is another ship coming in to t le anotherd this afternoon leaving tonight. and that will hopefully clear the docks so that those cars are safe onboard ships. >> reporter: other industries have shuttered as well. volvo idled the new plant which opened in june. mercedes-benz opened ate spr factory this month. it's closed because of the storm. cars have been deforted outside of atlanta, georgia. boeing has sent workers home to evacuate with families. and it's sending any finished 78 all way the to washington. ay what's your biggest concern standing here t about the next few days? >> really it's thenctainty and in

we have a main artery in and out of downtown char so done at charleston 126 is 110w char so done at charlestone in the mandatory evacuation areas to get out of town fairly quickly. the good news is for us here, it's moving very smoothly. some of us up and down the coastline around myrtle beach area has seen quite the trafficjam. they do not actually have an interstate to get folks out of town. they're moving more on the secondary and rural highways out of town. up across that area, they have definitely seen some delays. a lot of folks headed to the stores, deciding to stay, getting water and hurricanes nags as well as starting to board up windows. we seen a lot of businesses especially here in the charleston area with the boarded up windows and doors, justin preparation that we may see some of those stronger winds here.|j preparation that we may see some of those stronger winds here. i know i'm asking you to look into a crystal ball here, but how does this hurricane compared to some of the other devastating ones that we have seen over the years? is interesting because with the expected stall,

so, charleston has one little band that just moved through. wilmington, yes, george and it looks like for derek the winds have been gusting between about 15 and 16 miles per hour. what about that storm surge? it's going to be very persistent. over the next 24 hours, and we think it will make landfall sometime within the next six, eight hours or so, but the storm surge could be 6 to 9 feet, even into some sections of virginia, 2 to 4 feet possible. that's enough to flood some of those coastal areas. so it is a dangerous situation still, even though some of the numbers don't really indicate. it's not a category 3 any more, it's a category 1. but it is the rain that does bear watching. >> karen mcennis, thank you. important to reiterate, it's not about the number really, it's about how long this storm stays around. you know, how long it stalls out over the southeastern part of the united states, how much wind it brings, how much rain it brings, and then the storm surge is certainly an immediate threat, life-threatening storm surge along the coast

—— charleston area.ust to get aboard a put your vehicle away. you don't know if the roadway and head of view is washed out. that is why if we do see an area that is impassable, we put barricades up and encourage people not to go around the barricades. not only if you don't see the water on the roadway, but the water could watch the under that of the road out. do you think you have been well prepared for this? it was forecast for quite a time beforehand. do you feel like everything has been in place? we are very well prepared. we practice evacuation every year, in the first week ofjune. evacuation every year, in the first week of june. interstate evacuation every year, in the first week ofjune. interstate 26 was cleared last week to allow people to evacuate. unfortunately, we did have one weather—related totality, last night, when a female struck a tree that was across the roadway. our thoughts are with her and her family and ever and is affected in the carolinas with the flooding. trooper bob, thank you

charleston and raliegh already d ground yaman williams s wasposed to fly to ft. lauderdale at 8:00 p.m. tonight. he switched to a 10:00 a.m. flight. >> we called jet blue to see if they could change it, and the changed it for free for us. >> airlines are waiving change fees in the areas impacted by florence. passengers should check f ght schedules before going to the airport. rail service has also been impacted. amtrak began cancelling trains on southern routes yesterday. a number ofce cations will continue to grow today through sunday. >> how long will we see the travel impact? that really depends upon what hurricane florence delivers. we're going to have to wait and .see on th certainly one thing to keep in mind, there have been a lot of e cancellations, when the weather improves, it's going to take a while to get things back to normal. >> it has a cascading effect, thank you. >>> crews from our area are rushing down south to helps communithat are going to be impacted by hurricane florence. we were there yesterday as maryland task force one deployed to south ca

really important now because if they stay on the dry dock, it won't be dry for very long charleston haseen flooding when there's only a few inches of rain, and now when the prediction is inches, potentially feet depending on how long the storm stays and they don't know the exact track, the best bet bmw has decided to get the cars out and exported before the storm arrives they're not the only ones. boeing is sending its finished 787s to washington they have closed down their plant to allow 6,000 workers to evacuate volvo just opened a new plant in june it's shuttered mercedes-benz just opened a plant this month, already it's shuttered because of the storm and now the real job is how long do these guys have to get this up and running ahead of the storm to clear out the cars? that's a factor. had they get out to sea, will it be too rough to climb back down the rope lader imagine climbing up the side of this thing to pilot this from the port out to sea and if the seas get too rocky, the pilot then has a contingency plan to stay on that ship for a couple days heading to its next destination

coast guard sector charleston. good evening to you. i know it's very busy. advance for joining us, captain reed. how is the u.s. coast guard preparing for this life-threatening storm? >> good evening, don. thank you very much for having me. in preparations for the coast guard, we've been preparing for the last five days as we watched and tracked this storm. first we've taken preparations with our families, evacuated them, got them out of the low-lying areas following the orders of the governor to evacuate. next we've kind of moved our stations to a protective posture along the low-lying areas of south carolina, actually closing a couple of the stations and moving those assets upriver, which has severely degraded our ability to currently respond to search and rescue inland and offshore. still able to conduct those rescues, but it is hampered, and those responses now will be delayed up until the storm and then after until we assess the ability to get back out has been achieved. >> another question for you, captain reed. what's the plan for emergency response p

chrissy kohler is a weather forecaster and reporter — based in charleston, south carolina and gave usn a lot of changes in the updates in the last 2a hours, it has maintained 30 mph walk went over those waters. is still heading north—west, picking up a little speed as it gets close to the east coast. right now we are focusing in on a landfall, possibly a bloomington north carolina. those folks in north carolina looking like they will probably end up with some of the worst weather from the actual hurricane. biggest concern now is that this may be a two pronged system across the carolinas and across virginia, where not only do we have this catastrophic landfall hurricane along the carolina coast, but it will get stuck along the ca rolina's, but it will get stuck along the carolina's, and some areas are forecasted to see up to three feet of rain. that will head all the way into the weekend, possibly into the early pa rt into the weekend, possibly into the early part of next week. this point be one of those flash and dash systems where it moves on, we could be dealing with the after—effec

hejoins me on the line from charleston in south carolina. how is it where you are?d with rain throughout the majority of south carolina, i drove the interstate this morning and there was still say heavy rain. winds dying down but we know this rain will continue over the weekend. 0bviously will continue over the weekend. obviously you are a highway patrol, what are the main hazards you are aware of and that you are passing on to the people of charleston? we are asking people about south carolina not to drive around because we had over 100 trees down throughout south carolina overnight. we responded to those calls and some of those trees brought down power lines are certainly it's not safe to travel. just a little while ago we had over 160,000 people without power still throughout south carolina. as far as the power lines go, once they've come down, is still safe to be around them? no, absolutely not. you can't tell if a power line is still charged or not. we called the power company and work with the department for transport nation to remove the trees after it is saf

charleston, berkley, dorchester, and edisto beach.cuation for zones in two counties, two counties only, orie county, zones there, and georgeto georgetown county. school closures and state office closures are still in effect in orie county and georgetown county. that's the entire county. again, all school closures except those in orie county and georgetown county are now immediately returned to the local officials. all of these orders, of course, are done in close concert and constant communication with the state officials, county offices, municipal offices and emergency personnel. also all state offices that have been previously closed, all state offices previously closed will be open for business on monday. so i'll say again evacuation order is still in effect for the evacuation zones, all of them in orie county and georgetown counties, and that does include the entire county. however, school closures and state office closures are still in effect in the entire counties of orie and georgetown. again, all school closures except those i

me encuentra la bahÍa de charlestÓn. y se vive una intensa calma.ares y negocios ponen o tablas de madera y por el otro en el parque donde estamos a mucha gente que estÁ paseando con sus mascotas de manera muy tranquila. hemos conversado con la mayorÍa de ellos y les preguntamos si se van a ir y dicen que no, que simplemente se quedarÁn . Éste lugar recibiÓ una orden de evacuación obligatoria porque es una zona baja. alrededor de 1 millÓn de personas en la costa oeste. desde virginia carolina del sur recibieron esta orden y la nueva de yÉcora del huracÁn florence, por alrededor de 10 millones de personas bajo advertencia del huracÁn . muchos optan por quedarse que otros por buscar refugios . pero para los indecisos, la ventana de saber si se quedan o se van se estÁ cerrando. vamos con la tensiÓn que vive esta gente y sus preparativos para recibir a florence. ♪ ♪ angie: asÍ de estresante transcurran los preparativos de Última hora para el huracÁn florence. residentes de carolina del norte se pelean por la poca agua que quedan los supermercados, mient

getting to wilmington, stopping, going left and heading to charleston. this did not happen yesterday. it hinted at it yesterday but this was not the forecast yesterday, and now the hurricane center says, yep, all the models are saying it. i think the 11:00 update will be key with this but the 5:00 changes are very significant for millions more people than yesterday who have to worry about this storm. >> so chad, what are the implications if this storm rakes the coast in some of the models you're showing us, if it moves 100 miles south? and what are the implications of a storm surge if it stalls like that? >> the storm surge will be key in wilmington if it makes its approach there, and i could see, if this storm is so potent and has been for a long time, there could be 20-foot surges in panama. this could turn left, and where myrtle was in the clear, it could surge myrtle and charleston and maybe down to savannah, and that was certainly not in the plan yesterday. that's how it changes. and if this thing does sit over the outer banks or even the barrier is

charleston is a southwest corner of louisiana. the very southwest heel of louisiana. and it is the part of louisiana the bridges the west and the south the creole and the cajuns in the western culture in the southern culture all in one place. it actually started at the end of the 18th century. it's always been ever moat part. it's always been separate and apart in terms of by definition the purpose of the purchase was to buy everything drained by the mississippi. and because of that for about 50 years after the purchase this part of louisiana was essentially a no man's land with the undefined border between the new united states in the empire state. in the 1820s some of them are giving lands in the far western part of louisiana. others who came here because it was no man's land. this is the area that he have it raised. he provided an amazon or a ups residence. nobody else would trade in this part. it was so parsley --dash like sparsely populated. they ran cattle on the wide open prairies of southwestern louisiana and braided cattle on unfriend's -- and fence range lan

>> we have an emergency operation center right here in downtown charleston and we'll be coordinating, most of our public safety personnel, including parks, storm water personnel, recreation, all hands are on deck to be ready for recovery. we've got folks stationed around the city, in fire stations and in hotels that are mostly empty this weekend, admittedly. but we are ready for a big response. >> all right. mayor, it is a beautiful city, south of where i am right now. thanks so much for being with us. you are in new york. go ahead? >> if i may close -- >> i think we may have lost the mayor. go ahead. >> this may be a powerful storm, but it is nowhere near as powerful as the spirit and resiliency of this city and its people. >> no question about that. thanks so much. for alisyn camerota that's been up in new york. i'm john berman. special live coverage of hurricane florence continues right after this. and they greeted me as they always do. sergeant baker, how are you? they took care of everything a to z. having insurance is something everyone needs, but having usaa- now that's a priv

and area from middle beach past charleston is in the crosshairs and look at the sheer size of florence, the reason why. besides hurricane force winds, life-threatening storm surge ranging two to tween 9 feet is a huge concern. with the exact path still in certain people say people need to stay on high alert. >> the information about the storm changes hourly and daily and we will continue to track that in the emergency management centers. >> reporter: people in charleston county hoping to go to shelters are in for a rude awakening because those shelters according to engineers are only slated to withstand a category 3 storm. florence, projected to be a category 4 storm meaning a lot of those individuals need to go to shelters and neighboring counties. another level of concern on top of the concerning situation. heather: the calm before the storm. other headlines to tell you about. the new mexico compound suspects facing a judge today, muslim extremist accused of transporting firearms from georgia to new mexico in 2017. all five were arrested in early august but briefly released after pro

four to six feet around myrtle beach, charleston two to four feet. combine that with the large destructive winds we're looking at trouble. rainfall, we're talking catastrophic rainfall. this is life-threatening flood conditions. we look at a minimum ten inches from wilmington to cape hatteras into central virginia. we're talking about 10 to 15, maybe 20 inches. it's not out of the realm of possibility that by monday we could be looking at three feet of rain out of this system. i mean, there really is a lot going on here, and to give you an idea of how active the tropics are right now, look at the map. we've got hurricane helene, tropical storm isaac, florence. this system here invest 95 l probably going to cause problems for texas with flooding along the coast, and we've got tropical storm olivia that's going to be affecting hawaii, so a lot going on. >> look at that map. >> the most pressing is hurricane florence. >> let's go to that coast on north carolina that you're most worried about where kerry sanders is right now in carolina beach, north caro

charleston, excuse me. >> we're right across the river from charleston, iconic ravenel bridge. city of charleston is on the other. the whole area is braced for impact. if you live in this area, you understand as you're seeing so well showing portraying through the nation, power of the wind and storm within the flooding that happens afterwards is just something you don't wish on anyone. david: no. had the storm not tracked as far as north it really didn't take much. it could have hit you guys hard but how are you preparing now for the flooding that may be coming? because conway isn't that far away. is there still a chance that because of all the rain and runoff, you guys could be hit? >> well probably not because of the different river basins and where that water channels. those rivers up there will collect most of what comes down from north carolina and come through that part of south carolina. it looks like we're going to be spared that right here. david: thank goodness. >> we're very grateful for that. we stood down from our emergency preparations in this area. like i said, w

it could hit this coast and slide down past charleston. you can see the storm surge here in charleston, four feet, five feet. wilmington, eight feet, nine feet. for context, back when hugo hit in 1989 and just decimated charleston, knocked down trees for miles, that storm surge was about eight feet. so 13 feet is bigger than that was. but the hurricane down on the coast, hurricane katrina in south mississippi, 28 foot storm surge. three stories tall. and on top of that, you have the waves from all of the wind. it's the wind that creates the waves. you have the storm surge of 8, 10, 12 feet and waves on top of that. it's not going to be good. a state of merge is declared from georgia, new today, georgia to washington d.c. georgia is in the mix. this storm is expected to turn to the south. the truth is, nobody knows where she's going. there's no steering currents beginning this time tomorrow. nearly two million people order to evacuate. we have already seen traffic jams. this is i-40 out of wilmington. all the lanes are going in one directio

this is what i am most frightened about and this is down towards charleston and two to four feet, but that is cha e changing. now at wrightsville beach, we are ro looking at surges on top of high tides of 4 to 8 feet. and at that night, almost at midnight at cape hatteras, and 12:35 there at charles tton. and so that is going to be more than a two-story house on top of the high tides, and nothing is going to withstand that. it may wash in miles inland. so even if you are not along the coast, you will be feeling the effects. if this thing is lingering like the european model says, andrea, it is going to continue to create the storm surges, and that is where we will see the most death and destruction and 60% of the deaths happen in the flooding from storm surge. >> and you have the storm surge depending upon the model, 10 inches or more of rain. >> yes, we could see 40 inches. >> which is going to mean more trees down, and more power outa outages. >> and flooding. and the ground is saturated in these areas, so there is not much tolerance for the heavy rainfall, and no matter how you loo

we've got a good idea that it will end up in central charleston area, running all the way up perhaps ten nor folk. somewhere that areas where you will see the worst of this. once we get to the coast, is little less agreement. he searches and go all over the place. one of the concern is that it will perhaps tall and thin over these coastal areas. if that is what happens, on top of the winds i was telling about, on top of the storm surge, we could be talking about a big rain event. it 20 inches or more. some areas, getting up to 2 at feet. this could be a really big rain event for folks, wherever this makes his way to landfall. there is still little bit of time for this to move around. we have got that hurricane warning is now stretching from south carolina all the way up to north carolina, the outer banks. because, again, the winds are going to be there. it will be the triple threat. we will get all of it, the rain, the storm surge, and with these wins coming in around 130 miles per hour, harris, probably a lot of downed power lines. they will be a lot to deal with on early friday mor

a very vibrant part of charleston, not today.siness after business has been boarded up. the sandbags are certainly in place. people here are afraid of a repeat of what happened during tropical stormirma when the high tide and storm surge combined to flood parts of the city. that's what people here are worried about. they have been describing it as florence part two, the scenario where the storm would potentially sag south, dumping incredible amounts of rain in the region here. not necessarily because they may be on the southern end of the storm. the concern here is over the flooding. finally, i should mention, both the port of charleston and the airport itself have been shut down until at least saturday, so you can't fly or sail into charleston, at least not for the next few days. >> appreciate it. as we're looking at preparations up and down the coast, the message is clear. stay off the beach, stay out of the ocean. or risk getting arrested. a strong warning to residents and tourist alike as myrtle beach closed ahead of florence

mostly regional airports are closed, and charleston international. southwest airlines going the tra mile to actually cancel flights into and out of charlotte just out of precauonsere. charlotte, the airport itself there is actually open. major carriers doing their part to waiving cancelation fees and rebooking ahead of the storm. we are seeing mostly on time ldights but that c change as the storm moves on. if you are flying at any point this weekend, check with your carrier and make sure your flight is okay. >>> we are just beginning to see the full affects of th storm. myrtle beach has been bracing our or and in the last so they are getting stronger winds and heavier rain, almost every one has evacuated the resort town earlier this week. a emergency crew asking people not to come back anytime soon. let's recap the latest. the storm made landfall around 7:15 this morning near wrightville beach. 200 people have been rescued in new bern because of the overnight flooding. you will want to stay with us forology the latest on hurricane florence. you will