let's check the forecast with accuweather's chris nallan.hough now a cat 1 as of 2:00 a.m. we are looking at a storm that has a lot of rain, and you can clearly see the eye itself is a little bit less organized, if you will, it's not as circular or perfect as it has been in the past. but we're still seeing a lot of rain here come onshore across parts of the north carolina, especially outside of cape lookout. the storm is 50 miles or so southwest of cape lookout as it is grazing the coast. the question is where does it make landfall as it will probably be along the outer banks. we're seeing a lot of rain coming inland locations. low-lying spots, flood risk is going to be high. we're going to see those travel disruptions as we head through your friday afternoon, and then up the east coast, that's the concern too as we roll forward. here's what you can expect with some of the highest wind gusts in virginia beach up to 60 miles per hour with rain amounts up to 10 inches. storm surge 1 to 3 feet. that's just one of the cities that will be impacte

for the accuweather network i'm meteorologist chris nallan. >>> coming up, the suspect who tried to make his getaway in a golf cart. >>> also ahead, what happened to the pilot during a terrifying hot air balloon crash in nevada where four passengers were thrown out of that balloon. >>> and later, popeyes with a new idea to address the chicken sandwich shortage across the >>> we're back with this suspected car thief who got trapped during that golf cart getaway in palm city, florida. detectives stay he stole the cart from a couple of golfers on the course while he was trying to escape from police. it didn't work. he's now charged with a string of car thefts. >>> investigators say the crew members on that dive boat that caught fire off the coast of california were sleeping when the fire broke out despite regulations requiring a watchman to be on duty. the boat company says a crew member checked the area about a half hour before the fire started on labor day. 34 people were killed. officials are looking into whether electronics caused the fire. the coast guard has issued a warning about cha

. >> chris nallan is tracking the storm. >> good morning. yeah, take a look at these wind rereports coming in near charleston, 98 miles per hour. now we're looking forward into your friday and what's happening here is a storm that has become now a cat 1 still wreaking havoc across the coast of the carolinas then eventually scooting up the east coast here and then out to sea towards, say, saturday morning but before it does that it's going to certainly add to some rough conditions out on the waters, rough seas and, of course, the potential for some high tidal coastal flooding in and around say long island up towards cape cod as well. as for the carolinas, well, we're talking about impacts to be widespread with travel disruptions, obviously flooding going on up to virginia and then up the coast here into your saturday morning, the east part of long island, twin forks out towards cape cod is where we could see gusty winds and beach erosion. so the storm continues. kenneth and janai. back to you. >>> new images of the devastation in the bahamas

accuweather's chris nallan has details, chris?nd janai, we are talking about another system here over the bahamas and strengthening potentially into a tropical storm as early as saturday morning. could it be embracing or impact, i should say, parts of the southeast coast of florida? or does it steer further into the gulf of mexico? it all depend on this the steering currents as we roll forward. saturday into sunday we have to keep an eye on the southeast coast here with some heavy rains. >>> israel is being accused of planting spying devices within the past two years near the white house and other sensitive locations in washington. >> that's the conclusion of three former senior u.s. officials with knowledge of the matter. israel's prime minister calls the accusations a blatant lie. >>> the trump administration is rolling back obama-era regulations for clean water protections. the 2015 rules place restrictions on polluting chemicals that could be used near streams, wetlands, and other bodies of water. agricultural groups cheered t