there could be much more to their lives than what existed on the site of charleston. so that to me was the backdrop to this great vision that you have any still hold onto with the international african american museum, not the charleston african-american museum or an african american museum but international african-american museum because it talks about how charleston fits into the international scope of things in the kinds of things that i was trying to teach. and by the way, they were never tied from the big-time attorney on wall street, he used to be the general counsel for the american express. that's what but that's not what we are here to talk about today. >> one thing and we will get to the museum quickly but when the congressman, when you lost the election in 1970, newly elected if governor john west to was a fellow student. saw james clyburn's character in the way that he would be appointed to be the first director of the south carolina human affairs commission. and then the congressman went around the state and making ties and connecting businesses and inte

one in 1960, eight i was in charleston at the time. new courage, the father was 68 and i became director. for farmworkers and that's where i really was at the time of the massacre. at the time, many of the students were leaving who were from charleston. -- in a way. so what was going on, then, i was very much in evolved. how to vote. he and i stayed -- and then i became sort of -- like in 1969, we also had congress -- a few people fail to remember that they were leaving the hospital strike, striking into -- some strains were recent, they asked me to get involved in workers. negotiate and then do that. so we had two things going on simultaneously, we met every evening to keep things on board. the long communication stayed open. and that's why i'm a little bit concerned today. about putting off discussions. you have to find ways to keep your communication going. and if you stop talking you are never going to get this wave off of the issue. what was going on back then? a lot of what we see today. it's very reminiscent of that. and i do be

the hardest hit areas were along the coast from charleston to oregon county. a more thorough assessment will begin this morning to fully scope the damage of the hurricane, but to give you some preliminary damage figures now, six cooperatives with some damage, at least three counties with infrastructure damage, eight counties reporting residential damage, and five counties reporting some level of business damage. this is only preliminary information and will continue to change over the next week. once completed, damage assessments will help us determine if we qualify for any additional assistance. given the current situation, we expect all county emergency operations centers to transfer back to city operations today, but with ongoing focus on damage assessment and cleanup. the state emergency operations center will transition from response to recovery operations later today as well. just a couple of things citizens need to keep in mind, a couple of key points. as the hurricane leaves our area, check your home for damages. take pictures of any damage you notice

how about the residents in charleston?ntioned, 1989, some people remember what hugo was all about, and that may have dictated what they did and didn't do for this storm. but overall, how did residents fare? how did they respect this ian when it was on the way? >> i'm so thankful to the citizens of charleston and the low country. they heeded our warnings to batten down the hatches, hunker down and stay inside. yesterday it was like a ghost town, which is exactly what we wanted, right when the storm came through. we had first responders ready to go and all our crews, but they didn't really have to go out because people were staying home like we asked them and stayed safe. we had very few calls to make during the storm. so now we can just focus on the recovery and the cleanup, so our citizens did great. now they're all coming together to clean up their properties. in a funny kind of way, it really brought the community together. >> that's fantastic. good news. mayor tecklenburg, always good to talk to you. i'll give you a cal

charleston and savannah. it was a fun book to write. any way, my wonderful husband leo. walk-up to the mic so they catch you on book tv. oh, comeom on, someone has a question. okay, go ahead. >> i actually read the book. this is a friendly question. talk about, dawsonville. >> yes. >> the event you went to that's still ongoing there are a lot of places thatt haven't changed a lot in the south. dawsonville georgia is one of them. they call themself the birth place of stock car racing. people of south carolina dispute that. w it's like who makes the best barbecue. this is the home of the racing family from dawsonville. they won a big nascar contest. it was a hotbed of moonshining. it was an straight shot down to atlanta. people were making the moonshine and they would have sold it to eachch other. when it got to be so high booted leggers would making it really bad. r they were using radiators. they have a moonshine and i went to it to get a feel for, you know that culture. i think i knew what i was getting into. it was right before the election. it was fromn the 2020 elect

he joins us from charleston.o take the time to talk to us, how it is good of you to take the time to talk to us, how are things where you are at the moment?— things where you are at the moment? , ., ., , moment? great to be here with ou on moment? great to be here with you on the _ moment? great to be here with you on the bbc— moment? great to be here with you on the bbc news. - moment? great to be here with you on the bbc news. a - moment? great to be here with you on the bbc news. a lot - you on the bbc news. a lot quieter than 2a hours ago. 21: 2a hours ago we were watching what was hurricane ian come up the coast of the atlantic ocean, heading our way. we had some rain and things really ramped up overnight and through the early morning hours as we saw the rain and the winds really pick up and i would say probably by ten o'clock our time all the way until about two o'clock in the afternoon, it was as we say rocking and rolling. we had very, very strong winds, we had a wind gust of 92 mph on our barrier island

they were put in the charleston jail. they managed to smuggle this letter which found its way eventually to the u.s. navy department, and with this letter, which gave specific evidence of what confederates we're doing with northern black u.s. military personnel, the union war department was able to act. they also had the backing, the union war department, a v incredible publicity in the north and in europe about the fate of the prisoners of the 54th massachusetts, because the regiments organizers were rich and powerful republicans with international ties. because of the situation, the united states issued a general order to 52 on july 31st, 1863. it's stated that any captured person on account of his color and for no offense against the laws of war, is a relapse into barbarism in a crime against the civilization. so the retaliation, and this order was that a confederate p.o.w. will be put to hard labor for every u.s. soldier slate sold into slavery, and that the united states would execute a p.o.w. for every u.s. soldier

the british captured charleston meanwhile and all theer continental army officers had taken an oath that they would not fight anymore against the crown and even if they had to fight for the crown or they were sent on to be imprisoned in florida or put on these awful in the charleston harbor and you know how hot it is therere right now. you can imagine what it must have been like. francis marion because he was out of town as soon as possible could get back on the horse which was a good look for him because he was this little guy about 5 feet tall. his legs were kind of deformed, to put him out on a horse he looked pretty good so soon as he could get on the horse again he started leading this band of guerrilla fighters in the swamps of south carolina said he was called the swamp fox by the british commander because he was impossible to catch and the place that he worked out of became known as hellhole swamp because the british commander said it was one hell of a swamp and years later it became a hotbed of moonshine making but anyway francis and a few other leaders in south carolina turned

shaquille brewster is joining us from charleston, south carolina.eteorologist, raphael miranda, is here with me in new york. welcome, that's. we will begin with you, steve, in fort myers beach. consider really ground zero of in's wrath. so, give us a sense of what the damage is like there, what are folks telling you about their experience and their losses? >> you know alex, so often we hear the clichÉ that it looks like a bomb went off. there is a reason why that's a clichÉ. it's because it is true. i mean, this entire off area is essentially decimated. really, 360 degrees every direction, everything i see is in wreckage, including the structure you might see over my right shoulder. that show -- is just a speck of the devastation in this area. we are not just talking about structures. i mean, there are sections of concrete and asphalt that are lifted out of the ground,. a dock which is on a right house is, you know, fishing boats, yachts, all sorts of things. all of that is in the road to my left. i think we may be able to show that to some on the v

of course, i'm not in charleston, i'm in connecticut where i live. i'm not in the holy city, but my heart is with you and i wish i could be with you. when the epidemic finally lift, i'll make my reservations immediately to come spend sometime once again. i want to talk today about the ku klux klan the ku klux klan a freeze that my grandparents generation used in louisiana to refer, the militias the ku klux which are words that show the familiarity that only people who knew actual marauders in the white supremacist movement could use members of the ku klux klan from 150 years ago, when they first came together, did not see themselves as founders of a movement. they would not have thought that their great great grandchildren would be talking about them. and yet, not only are we talking about the ku klux, the angry and ignorant and officious gangs of reconstruction -- men who disguised themselves and hurt and sometimes kill people. not only are we talking about them, we are circulating ideas today that recall those of the ku klux. and we are perpetratin

well publicised trials in williamsburg, charleston, and at charleston, colonial officials condemned 68 men to the gallows. if you look at the broader atlantic, more than 400 pirates were hanged. another critical determinant was britain's increased efforts to eliminate pirates throughout the atlantic using a combination of pardons, stricter laws, and forced executions, and the eradication of the pirate stronghold at -- in the bahamas. the last pirate to be hanging this period was william fly and a few of his man. fly had plundered a number of ships off the east coast. he got too greedy. he had too many prisoners on board. they conspired, rose up and took over the ship. put fly and his men in chains, sailed to boston, where they were put on trial. the pirates were executed on july of 1726 at the edge of boston harbour. after the execution, their bodies were rode out to knicks's mate, a very small island. it is not an island today. it was back then. fly's two compatriots were buried. fly himself was hung up in chains. the local boston paper said that the reason he was hung up in chains wa

in fact when he blockaded charleston harbor he had the entire city under his thumb. he captured five ships. he had four ships himself. he had about 400 pirates and all he asked for was a medicine chest instead of asking for money or ransom. he stole some money from some of the ships that he was he had out in the water, but he asked for a medicine chest and the thinking is that a lot of his men probably got syphilis or some venereal disease and the medicine chest had mercury and some things that he could treat it with now the other argument is if he had gone in an attack, charleston. he probably would have been destroyed. i mean because there are enough people in charleston and there were enough cannons and they're enough guns that it wouldn't have been easy to take over charleston, but i am surprised that he didn't ask for some serious money because the governor was scared to death of what was going to happen because his reputation preceded him, but he didn't well, it's edge to you here in frank spark. is it not true that perhaps his main nemesis was a person associa

they were put in the charleston jail. they managed to smuggle this letter and which found its way eventually to the us navy department and with this letter which gave specific evidence of what confederates were doing was northern born black us military personnel. the union war department was able to act. they also have the backing of the union war department of the incredible publicity in the north and in europe about the fate of the prisoners of the 54th, massachusetts because the regiments organizers were rich and powerful new england republicans with international literary types. so because of this situation the united states issued general order 252 on july 31st 1863. it stated that to sell or enslave any captured person on account of this color and for no offense against the laws of war is a relapse into barbarism and a crime against the civilization of the age. so the retaliation proclaimed in this border. was that a confederate pow would be put to hard labor for every us soldier sold into slavery and that the unite

i am not in charleston. i'm in connecticut where i live. my heart is with you and i wish i could be with you. when the epidemic finally lifts, i will make my reservations immediately to come spend some time once again. i want to talk about the q clocks -- ku klux klan, referring to the group, the militias which show a familiarity the only people who knew actual marauders in the white supremacist moment would use. members of the ku klux klan from 150 years ago when they first came together did not see themselves as founders of a movement. they would have not thought their great-great-grandchildren would be talking about that and yet not only are we talking about the ku klux klan, the angry and ignorant and vicious a gangs of reconstruction men who disguised themselves and hurt and killed people, not only are we talking about them. we are circulating ideas today that recall those of the ku klux klan's perpetrating acts the resemble those carried out by the first clans. i hope you can see some pictures on the screen. let me take you to el paso

let's go now to kilberg's running as from charleston, south carolina. let's talk about the damage for you, where you are, and give me an overall look at how south carolina is doing generally. >> yeah, alex. before a jury the damage that we are seeing here in charleston, just remember, we are about 16 miles from where the eye of that storm made landfall. you get a sense of how wide the impact was and why so many people in south carolina and north carolina are dealing with those power outages. here in charleston, they got a historic amount of rain and they got those strong wind gusts. what that turned into was a lot of trees falling down. this used to be a full tree. it was uprooted, but then look, we had workers and crews here cleaning it up. it was completely blocking this road now. -- the roads have been cleared off, but this is a sign of the work that still yet to be done in this charleston area. a huge tree toppling over because of how saturated that ground is. you go across south carolina, yes, they are still talking about tens of thousands of peopl

meanwhile the british captured charleston in all of the continental army officers had to take an oath that they would not fight anymore against the crown. and and even if the called up they'd have to fight for the crown or else they were sent on to saint augustine prison in florida or put on these awful prison ships out in the charleston harbor and if you know how hot it is there right now, you can imagine what it must have been like but francis marion because he was out of town. as soon as he could get back on a horse, which was a good look for him because he was this little runny guy who was about five feet tall. his legs were kind of deformed his knees not but put him up on a horse. he looked pretty good. so as soon as he could get up on a horse again, he started leading this marauding bang a band of gorilla fighters in the swamps of south carolina. so he was called the swamp fox by the british commander because he was just impossible to catch. and and the place that he worked out of became known as hell hole swamp because the british commander said it was one hell of a whole of a

that's not to say charleston was spared from the storm.t was yesterday around this time when we know that hurricane, category one hurricane ian made landfall about 60 miles from where we are now. and charleston, we're getting 70 mile an hour wind gusts. they were seeing flooding in many areas, especially in the downtown area. and there was about 24 hours ago, i was reporting the police department. charleston police department was hunkering down because and the conditions that they were experiencing. you get a sense that folks here, we are prepared for it and they did not get the strong effect that they were expecting so the situation is cleaning up right now. folks are cleaning up right now but the cleanup that they have to deal with as much less and then they once feared when they saw the storm barreling their way yasmin. >> certainly, amidst what we have seen take place from north of charleston all the way south obviously to the absolute destruction we are seeing in parts of florida. jack brewster, thank you as always my friend. once you

we still have some roads in our area that are impassable, here in the charleston area.e've got the tides coming in and all that water coming in ahead of hurricane ianjust got pushed in and pushed in to our creeks and our harbour and itjust couldn't evacuate, so even still at this hour, there are some roads in charleston that are not passible. we are only about seven feet above sea level, so it doesn't take much for us to flood. right. and moving on from now, how is it going, thought to be weakening? it is weakening. it is now basically almost in north carolina, the centre of circulation. it has transitioned into a big wind storm and rainstorm but i know i was was talking to one of our meteorologists at one of our tv stations in raleigh, north carolina and he said, "rob, it's a mess up here," so we transferred all of that wind and rain to our neighbours in north carolina, then it will continue to move to the north and weaken but even still at this hour, we have got some gusty winds. not what we had earlier but still winds at 20, 25 mph gusting, creating issues for our po

at what charleston had to face, yes, the eye at this norm was about 60 miles north of charleston, butind gusts that the experience. that still means that they have historic amounts of rain. they had the rainiest day since any time in any 24-hour period since 1938, so the impacts that they faced were significant, but they pale in comparison to what we are seeing in florida, and because at that, the recovery has also been accelerated. the city reporting most of the roads that were flooded that were closed, have since been cleared. this is one of the roads that about an hour ago was closed off. it is now open again. power companies reporting that at its peak, there were about 100,000 people without power. right now, that's about 5000 and they expect most people to have their power back by 8 pm, so the recovery is underway, as we drive around, you hear the homes of the chainsaws and leaf blowers, but many people saying that they are fortunate that is all that they were dealing with when they compared to what they are seeing to what we know is happening in florida. >> nbc news corresponden

right it came back in the category one hurricane, near where charleston is now, in charleston is telling nbc news this evening that they feel they dodged a bullet and that's not to say they did not have significant impacts by this as the national debt weather service that in the past day it rain about five and a half inches in charleston. that's historic. it has not rain that much in this area in one day since 1938. to the area got wind gusts of up to about 70 miles an hour, and tonight there are still about 40,000 people without power. but despite, that you have local officials saying they feel good about where they are. they're cleaning debris. the number of people without power, that's about half, the peak that we saw earlier today, and when you look at the coast of south carolina you get a sense of why officials here in charleston feel a bit better. when you look at myrtle beach, for example, the storm surge caused rescues that needed to take place along the boardwalk there at the motel. you look at pawleys island, an entire pier was washed away. that was what the police department c

hey, doug. >> the boat behind me fared pretty well in charleston. the boat owners were fortunate though because to your point, if ian had held the track we initially thought it would, the scene would look much different this morning and they seemed to have weathered the storm fairly well. it's rougher up the coast of south carolina. let's take you to north myrtle beach. we saw significant flooding and significant wind as well. a number of piers, four piers were taken out there along the coast and for folks that went through the storm here, it felt like an eternity. >> just didn't move. it seemed to be stuck on us for a while and blowing and blowing and moved on. it was a scary deal. >> back here in charleston, we saw power crews out almost immediately and by all indications, they have moved heaven and earth to get power restored to a lot of folks today. and as far as the roads are concerned, they're all pretty passable. now, the city charleston said 66 road closures and almost all have been resolved and about an hour ago, neil, the airport reopened

i want to go to nbc shaquille brewster in charleston, south carolina. shaq, it was an outside chance, several days, ago but it's going to happen. but it happens. the storm came back as a category one hurricane. what's the situation now? >> you know, you are exactly right. it came back as a category one hurricane, hitting about 60 miles from where charleston is right now. and because of, that austin's mayor is telling nbc news this evening that they feel that they dodged a bullet! that's not to say that they did not passing that the can impact by this. the natural weather service has in the past day, it waned about five and a half inches in charleston. that's a historic amounts. it has not rained that much in this area in one day since 1938! the area got wind gusts of about 70 miles an hour, tonight, there are still about 40,000 people without power. but despite that, you have local officials saying they feel good about where they are. they are cleaning debris, the number of people without power, that's about half, the peak that we saw earlier today. and

charleston looking pretty good in the recovery. there were branches and home owners going out to assess the damage, but many of them felt a sense of relief they weren't hit as hard as they had been in previous storms. >> we did get some water in the payments and these are crazy storms. i was just so glad we didn't get water over the south battery. that's what killed it, you could see the waves coming across this whole park and they rolled in here and fortunately, we didn't see that this time. we're lucky. >> the big line of traffic, of cars, residents returning here. it's going to be a rough damage, you saw the damage to the homes. and debris and momentos and what happens in the wake of a flood. it's pretty messy here on pawleys island. >> they're trying to get it cleaned up and as some of you may know, i've spent more than 20 summers, the past, 20, 25 summers with my family and seeing the pier gone is he heartbreaking and i've been sending messages to people that live there. does it look like they're already moving into a recovery

there's a friend of mine started school in charleston called mainstreet academy, wanted to prove that poor kids import amenities can learn just like everybody else for about 10 or 15 percent more than the average public school students in charleston county he was able gto get those kids within two years in the top 20 percent nationwide. so there's a model that works and it's just follow that model. there's another model in california, the truth is when we follow the model that works for the kids, it works out really well. >> what is the rationale for the people who know that those models exist . and yet continue to fight to preserve the status quo. >> let me give you a more in-depth answer. these are just theories that in order to save them all, you have to wait until you have a solution for them all. it's as if the house is in fire instead of saving as many as you can and i'll set on fire you're going to wait until you can put thewhole liar out and go inside and figure out who's left . that to me just seems ridiculous . that's how itappears that we are treating education . the second

charleston took a tough hit today. thankfully, many people here on the streets of charleston said they feel like they dodged a bullet, they have seen were storms here like irma in 2017. we got a chance to get up and look at some of the damage from today's storm. a pretty dangerous situation. a little further up the coastline, those areas even harder hit, myrtle beach, that' what we got one of the peers in one of the hardest hit communities about them hour in half north of your. 4 miles long, this barrier island on the coast absolutely inundated with water into homes and into businesses. they lost their peer there as well. of very scary situation the fir department actually managing to bring people to safety. they will work on getting that island reopened tomorrow. there is a rainbow after the storm the police department tweeting out that picture to le everyone know that is how the situation ended. tomorrow we will get a better idea of how bad the damage was up and down the south carolina coast. molly, many thanks for t

eric: fox news coverage for you molly line in charleston with the very latest. meteorologist adam klotz is tracking the storm's path. rich edison the latest on the federal response. first steve hardball gone, live on florida's gulf coast in north port where crews are working away trying to get away from the ruble and destruction. >> the airboat just pulled in. big fan allows boats to take little bit of water in shaw low. here comes another one in. a lot of these are privately-owned boats. people use them to fish or go out in everglades and using them to help neighbors. we see people pull in with luggage and pets as well. the real urgency was yesterday, that's when there were life-saving emergencies. they were being pulled out rapidly. the face has slowed little bit today. more people who have been stranded by the water, that water that came up 3 or 4 feet overnight and finally just beginning to recede but there's still a lot of work ahead. several hundred people really just waiting here on list to get rescued by either national guard or by a neighbor with an air

charleston, another low-lying area affected by this storm, they're downtown seeing flooding as well. we're told there are nearly 200,000 households without power in the state, but officials say they expect it to be restored quickly. the people here say they are ready to clean up and move on. and the mayor of charleston said today, as soon as the storm passes here, he's sending his rescue teams to help those in fort myers he says his community is praying for southwest florida. >> all in this one together. that seven-foot storm surge a surprise to one and all. adam is the senior meteorologist. adam, that storm surge, wow, just relentless, this ian. >> yeah. it's because those winds were able to strengthen back up as the center of circulation was over the atlantic waters now that it's inland, we are going to see this storm meet its demise thankfully. still very large the widespread rain all the way up to the jersey shore even though the precipitation is a little more spotty, within some of these bands we see making their way on shore, there can be some embedded core nay does we're deali

charleston, another low-lying area affected by the storm their downtown seeing flooding as well. we're told there are nearly 200,000 households without power in the state but officials say they expect it to be restored quickly. now, for the most part the people here say they are ready to clean up and move on and, shep, the mayor of charleston said as soon as the storm is passing he's sending rescue teams to help those in fort myers. he says his community is praying for southwest florida. >> all in this together. shomari stone, thanks. adam, that storm surge, wow. su. and just relentless, this ian. >> yeah, it's because winds were able to strengthen back up as the center of circulation was over the atlantic waters but now that it's inland, we are going to see this storm meet its demise thankfully but still very large.the way up towar the widespread, steady rain from columbia, south carolina, all the way up toward the jersey shore and even though the precipitation is a little more spotty along the coasts of north carolina, within some of these bands that we've seen making their way

what was so important in the newspaper that every single day the charleston post courier. you offered that newspaper and just go through it page by page. page. it's one of the reasons why i read the wall street journal today like like like my grandfather did, because if i do on a tablet, you know, but it's such a wonderful example of family. yeah. and the the footprint in the sand that family leaves if you don't find your family if you're not born into a family that you really respect and appreciate, you'll make your own family. that's the you know, i often say it's not about the family that you're from. it's about the family that you form. yes. in your own life that can make you a driving force. one of my best friends formed a different kind of family, and it led him to what he called vacation. he started neighborhood pharmaceutical company. he became a drug dealer. so a neighborhood pharmacy medical company. yes. yes, yes. noted. yes. and so that led him to seven years of vacation. okay. but formed his family around commerce that led him in the wrong direction. what he s

but as you look at the charleston area, you have the mayor of charleston telling us that they dodgednot get the effects that they feared just about a day or so ago. that's not to say that charleston was not impacted by this. they received the most rain over the past day than they have an any day since the 1938. they had wind gusts of up to 70 miles an hour in this area tonight, about 40,000 people in this area are without power. but the mayor and other local officials look at the devastation in other parts of this country. we're talking about florida, and they know they were spared the worst effects of it. we also look along the south carolina coast. it's not just charleston, but in myrtle beach, rescues needed to take place. if you look at polley's island, the entire pier was knocked off and the flooding in that area, local officials called it catastrophic. so all those folks and officials in this area doing knowledge that the impact of hurricane ian was much different than what they saw in florida, there was definitely a significant and historic impact for the carolinas. >> shaquil

charleston's we start battery ey was restricted. south of charleston, the hurricane is moving out of the area, but it is leaving behind heavy floodin, from stories to businesses to homes. areas are often the city, city, like beaufort and bluffton, escaped the worst of n the worst of ian. residents are. . residents are relieved. >> we are very fortunate. i feel feel sad for everybody else, but but we are very fortunate. >> reporter: caution is advised with flooding expected to linger linger in the low country. >> tonight, there are still 85,000 homes in south carolina without power. >> reporter: while we are still assessing the full scope of the damage, so far, there have been no reports of deaths or serious injuries. on folly beach in south carolina, michael george,. carolina, michael george, kpix. >> we are also hearing of incredible stories of survival and heartbreak from people in f. from people in florida. jason an continues our coverage from norh point, florida. >> reporter: returning to fort myers after the storm. her fams her