here's a photo from columbia, south carolina. ese people are standing on the back of the bed of their truck. notice the fire department trying to rescue these people. this is the scene taking place throughout columbia, south carolina, north charleston and north myrtle beach toward florence. we're talking now not just about the monetary damage. we easily have a couple thousand people. 10,000. who knows how many people that don't have homes to live in. that whole bottom floor of that house has at least four to five water. and that's the scene. i've seen apartment complexes halfway up. people can't live in those places anymore. a lot of sheetrock has to be torn out. here's more pictures of first responders rescuing people from their homes. some of the rescues were dramatic. some like this pulling people out of their homes surrounded by water. also roads are closed. i-95 from interstate 20 to interstate 26. that's dozens of miles of major interstate where people can't get up and down the east coast. think of all the truckers stuck at

a call for residents to conserve water this morning in columbia, south carolina. after the work of sandbagging and plugging an earlier breach was temporarily suspended, when a portion. columbia canal collapsed. >> the plan is to oppose the breach and the wall between the canal and the river. if we can do that we'll be in good shape for the long haul. >> reporter: meanwhile, the new images from above showing why authorities remain on high alert. already at least 14 dams have failed and more than 60 threatening to burst. >> we're working around the clock to remedy this. >> reporter: this dramatic video released providing more proof of the power of rushing waters. this man and his grandmother clinging to a cross outside a local church before being rescued five hours later. today all eyes on the rising rivers expected to stay at a major flood stage through the weekend. >> it's smelly and it's wet even though today it's showing some improvement today, but i know i've lost at least two cars. >> reporter: and we are told thousands of homes are without water and have been

elizabeth heard live now in columbia, south carolina, and the daichinger is not over, elizabeth. >> sarah, good afternoon to you here in south carolina it's all about recovery and repai repairing. take a look behind mech the national guard is dropping sandbags. this is a canal. the main water supply the source of water supply for area residents that was breached monday. this morning more evacuations near another compromised dam in columbia, south carolina. so far, we're told at least 11 dam have failed in the state and flooding remains a major concern with several rivers at or near flood stage and expected to continue raising through the weekend. >> it was coming in through the kitchen wall and bathroom walls and bedroom walls and living rooming walls because it was up over the sandbags we put on the door and it just kept rising:00 a.m. with the area main source of water the columbia breached and the national guard is using helicopters transporting heavy equipment and weighing thousands of pounds to try to stabilize the water levels on the canal. >> i have three children at home we don't

. >> let's turn now to nbc's craig melvin in columbia, south carolina. craig, i know you just got there, so with fresh eyes, what does it look like to you? >> kate, it's unreal. you can't really describe it. i'm from here. i grew up, maybe 15, 20 minutes from where i stand right now. and i've spent some time talking to friends, folks i went to college with, people who have lost everything. i mean, literally everything. you see them walking out of their houses with pictures of their children, and just a few of the other memories that they're trying to salvage. this is a home here, these are the haileyes. they managed to get out in the nick of time. they have a 12-year-old son. around 5:00 sunday morning, the water started rising. they made a beeline for it. their 12-year-old boy had to hang on to this mailbox to keep from getting swept away by rushing water. that's why the mailbox is bent. there are a number of these. sink holes. this is just one street. and in this one street, i can tell you, one, two, three, four -- every house here complete loss. you s

together, we're building a better california. >>> new this morning out of columbia, south carolina ase flooded streets of that city. south carolina officials advising drivers of course not to attempt to driver through the floods and stay indoors through the storm. >>> there is a lot going on this morning so let's get caught up on some of the other stories making news this morning, including donald trump who defended the second amendment at an event in tennessee last night. he also revealed that he has a license to carry a concealed weapon. take a listen. >> in fact, i have a license to carry in new york. can you believe that? nobody knows that. somebody attacks me. somebody attacks me, oh, they're going to be shocked. can you imagine somebody says, oh, there's trump. he's easy pickens. >> did you say they were be shot or shocked? >> shocked. >> shocked. >> oh, yeah, shocked. >> for those who thought trump said anybody who attacks him would be shot, the word he says he used there was actually shocked. shock. let's bring our panel back. >> this is a classic case of where donald trump in

meteorologist chad myer, but it appears that the brunt of the damage is in places here like columbia, south carolina and in charleston, south carolina is, where we saw several feet of water, and our jaws dropped when we saw the striking images here all around columbia, south carolina, which seems to have suffered the worst. >> and the picture beside you, nick, it is just astounding, and the amount of water and the distance and the immense geography that this flooding cover covers. stand by, nick. wane to bring in chad, and few more numbers that the governor announced which is 40,000 people don't have drinking water, and 26,000 without power like ly to swell, and she said that the number will swell, and the issue here, chad, and it is not just the weather, but the runoff is continuing to swell everywhere. >> yes, and the governor was very clear about the midlands, and we will break down south carolina, the low country boil, and the midlands and upstate. they had a lot of rain upstate and in the midlands that will eventually have to get down to the low country. the flash flood warnings are smaller, an

reputation, and we have to be dealt with it swiftly and transparently. >> and it was not a columbia, south carolinace officer, but a deputy sheriff from richland county which is the county that columbia is. have you ever seen anything like this before in the history of columbia, south carolina, and an incident like this in one of your schools? >> well, wolf, i have the experience of running a law enforcement agency, and director of the second largest law enforcement agency 15 years ago. we have the responsibility of training, hiring, and firing officers in the past. this is, i think it actually belies a much larger question about the presence of law enforcement officers in schools. the you tutility of the school resource officers. the officers need to be there at the gates to make sure that the students are safe from any type of madness that we have seen occasion our schools. but we have to make sure that we are not criminalizing behavior that you might have participated in as an adolescent or might have as well that kids don't develop a criminal record, and wind up in the school-to-prison pipeline

we're following that developing news in columbia, south carolina. as we reported at the top of the hour, appears an earthen dam has been breached in a neighborhood. you just heard kerry sanders describing it as a fairly middle class neighborhood with a lot of of houses and people trying to get out of the way of that water. he called it a one-two punch for that area. >>> still ahead, developments in the deadly u.s. air strikes on an afghan hospital. a live report from the pentagon up next. >>> after the shooting massacre in oregon, today the campus is back open. we're live from the scene. >>> hillary clinton slams donald trump and addresses concerns about her authenticity during her campaign. steve kornacki joins me in a few minuteless. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda. ...intercourse that's painful due to menopausal changes.it... it's

columbia. reporter: south carolina. reporter: floodwaters are receding in columbia, south carolina now leaving behind massive damage. a giant sinkhole practically swallowed this tax office while raging waters ripped apart >> the community is strong, and it will be rebuilt, but it's going to take a long time. reporter: military choppers are flying looking for people who may still need help. over the weekend crews rescued hundreds of victims from fast moving floodwaters. the governor is urging residents in hard hit areas to stay indoors. >> this is not over. just because the rain stops does not mean that we are out of the woods. reporter: the rain and floods have left more than 40,000 people without drinking water. the state is setting up water distribution sites until the taps are flowing again with clean water. cbs news columbia, south carolina. >>> just absolutely wild weather there. they say it hasn't been like in this in a thousand years. >> they are not out of the woods yet. >> thousand year rain event means it has o

elizabeth hur, abc news, columbia, south carolina. sean: that caret home, residents in marlborough are being told to boil their water. water tested positive for e. coli. marlborough has a community including an elementary school. it is unclear where the contamination came from. another round of samples will be tested today. straight ahead at noon, the search continues for the 33 crew members whose cargo ship went missing in the hamas last week. the new -- in the bahamas last week. the new focus today. and a disturbing find during an associated press investigation. the nuclear threat that vertical times. plus, in today' s cook' s corner, a yummy dessert cake it is time to deal with skyrocketing out-of-pocket costs. head of a pharmaceutical company raised the price of a life-saving drug overnight by 5,000%. to crack down on these abuses. commentator: he may be lowering it after hillary clinton blasted him out of the water. the out-of-pocket costs that consumers have to pay. should have to choose i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this m

it is overwhelming and one of the worst i've seen. >> jay gray reporting from columbia, south carolina, thank you. >> a search and rescue team is in south carolina trying to help with flood rescues and virginia task force one arrived in manning today and that's between charleston and columbia. >> that team consists of 85 people and four dogs and they took 59,000 pounds of equipment with them. coming up at 6:30, a closer look at the critical role this team will play in the recovery. >> crews are scouring the atlantic ocean near the bahamas and they're trying to find any survivors from a missing cargo ship. the coast guard believes that the ship called the el faro sank after it was caught in hurricane joaquin last week. 33 people, most of them americans were onboard. >> three more crew members were identified today. jeremy rimes, steven schultz and keith griffin. the mother of danielle randolph says she got an email from her daughter before that ship disappeared. >> there was a hurricane out here and we are heading straight into it, love to everyone. >> she always said to me if anything

and joining us tonight, from columbia, south carolina, we do appreciate you for joining us.ut my first question is just a reaction to the video. >> well, my reaction was, it was just egregious. i was shocked and appalled. and i have a daughter in that school district. and she's not yet in high school. but the immediate thought, that could have been my child. and i don't think that there's anyone out there that would feel otherwise. if it was your child, or son or daughter, would you appreciate that being the kind of care or handling of your child? i was just shocked and appalled. and at a loss of words. first, i thought it wasn't even -- it could not be spring valley high school in columbia, south carolina. it had to be somewhere else. it had to be a booby video. but quickly afterward, i found out that it was confirmed that it did happen, and it was at spring valley high school in columbia, south carolina. >> are you aware of any other incidents similar to something like this? any other treatment of students like this at this particular school or in this district? >> the onl

cbs news, columbia, south carolina. >>> some new jersey towns are scrambling after storm preps did not help they said. meg baker is live on one beach where despite preparations parts of the shore were washed away. meg. i'm on 8th avenue, a part of tom's river township. you can see this beach completely eaten away by this weekend's storm. i'm 5 foot 5 and this drop is 8 feet. i was with residents earlier and they said if we got heavy rains along with strong winds they would have been completely washed out. >> crews are still working to move sand into place to protect homes from rising tides. >> everything is almost like a band aid. it's a temporary fix, a little sand, a little extra sand, a little higher sand. we lost a lot of beach in sandy. >> the president of the homeowner's association said this area is one of the weakest on the new jersey coast. >> thank goodness we didn't get the hurricane, this nor'easter. it took out a fair portion of the dunes. if the hurricane came behind it we would have water to the bay. we have had breaches. the township is doing all they can to replenish d

residents are bringing damaged belongings to the curb after record flooding in columbia, south carolina. >> what we will have to do is gut the whole entire house, dry it out, and start from scratch. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: angela cole's house is ruined. she and her family were squid from their attic after posting an s.o.s. on facebook. >> we are here and we are alive and that is all that matters. my kids are safe. >> reporter: water has started receding in some of the hardest-hit areas revealing stechs damage and debris but some people still can't get more and more flooding is expected. crews worked to form a make-shift dam on the conagree river and will drop sandbags to close a breach in the canal but the big concern is the low country where several rivers, like this one, makes their way so the sea. >> we are going to be extremely careful. we are watching this minute-by-minute. >> reporter: tens of thousands don't have access to drinking water. donations are pouring in and four distribution sites have been set up in columbia and 800 people staying in shelters and additional evacuat

south carolina won't end any time soon. and neither will the memory of this historic storm. dave wagner, nbc news columbia, south carolina. >> this morning the pentagon is changing its story. there is new information on the events that led to that deadly u.s. air strike on a hospital in afx and still there are serious questions that need answers. nbc's edward lawrence is live in washington. what is the military saying now? >> right now actually the story is changing. why will be the big question on capitol hill today. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan will be under intense scrutiny facing the senate arms service committee later this morning. the u.n.'s top general in the region nows afghan troops on the ground ordered the air strike, this different from original reports that u.s. troons were taking. 22 die$22 died. including doctors and patients when the u.s. bombs destroyed the hospital run by doctors without borders. >> we directed our forces in the area to a make sure that all civilians who need medical care know that our medical facilities are available to treat them. afghan fighters were shooting

officer and also help kids out at the school. >> we're joined by major steve benjamin of columbia, south carolinalack law enforcement alliance. he's in south carolina, mayor, what was your reaction when you first saw these videos? >> i think it's the same as almost any other public official, any parents, anyone who cares about social justice and our children. i was outraged and i shared that. i called the sheriff immediately and also our chief of police. of course, it's important for me to note this officer does not look for the city of columbia police department. i believe we're all citizens of the world. those of us who represent people here in the midlands or quite frankly if you're in san francisco or new york ought to be concerned about this type of behavior. it ought not to be tolerated. >> and mr. mayor. >> obviously we have to make sure we create an environment where the school resource officers are there to protect our children to make sure they develop into responsible young adults. lawrence, i work in law enforcement. i ran a justice agency. i've been mayor of the city for 5 1/2 years.

south carolina. the highest total we've seen anywhere in the state was cainhoy. 26.88 inches of rain. inkridab incredible amount of water. sumter, charleston, myrtle beach and columbia. this is spread across the state. south carolina, there are 312 road closures, 130 bridges are closed because they've been damaged or have debris or have been washed away. a lot in the central portions of the state but some near charleston and georgetown. it's still raining, unfortunately. this is the last couple hours of our epic storm. rainfall from the myrtle beach area, going northward to north carolina, where it hasn't rained that hard. they can take the rainfall better than their friends to the south. still have flash flood warnings from wilmington to charleston. it'll be better this afternoon. predicting another inch of rain. when you think it's an inch compared to 20, they can we will see scattered showers and storms. >> bill, thank you. >>> if you plan on using an atm machine today, we have news you'll want to hear. >>> two against one, and my money is not on the bears. details of the very brave puppy. you're watching "early today." the throttle on his little boat any harder

this is downtown columbia, south carolina.nches of rain in a short period of time last night and it is still raining now. plus, we had numerous dam collapses. that water's all piling up in the city of columbia. this is charleston, north carolina. this image was sent out by the city of north charleston. this is the scene taking place all over the state right now. fire departments are in boats having to go rescue children and parents an people in their homes that they woke up this morning surrounded by water, couldn't drive their cars and they want to get those people out of their homes into safe areas. the pictures and videos, it is not just one city. it is not one location. this is almost a state wide event and just an emergency and flooding situation that we haven't seen in south carolina. jim cantore mentioned maybe since hugo back in '89, a lot of people don't remember what happened all the way back then. let me take you through the weather maps. we aren't done with this event. this is an image of a backyard flooded. i've h

and this is why this is the worst of it in columbia, south carolina. people there making a human chain trying to rescue someone. you can see them holding on to a stop sign. it's just a normal road here in the neighborhood. firefighters just told cnn they've had more than 50 swift water rescues over night. >>> officials are calling it catastrophic flooding. three counties in that state are under a flash flood emergency. we'll be walking you through it all day long. thank you so much for staying with us. >> john king up next. "state of the union" at 9:00 with jake tapper. >>> another mass shooting puts guns front and center in campaign 2016. >> our thoughts and prayers are not enough. it's not enough. >> plus, are these top republicans ready for prime time? the man in line to be speaker gives hillary clinton a huge gift. >> everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable. right. we put together a benghazi special committee. >> donald trump praises putin's military push in syria. >> let russia take care of isis. >> ben carson is asked how he would prepar

columbia, south carolina, saw 12 inches of rain. fairfax fire and rescue is sending a team to south carolina to help overweaponed reonders there. they received a call from fema at 9:00 p.m. last night and jumped into action. about 80 responders jumped into action. coming up, they'll be live for more on the equipment that the team will use. >>> 100 potential jurors will report to court today for the beginning of a murder trial a decade in the making. charles severance is charged with three deaths in alexandria. the killings happened over a ten-year span. his trial could last as long as six weeks. "news4's" julie carey will be in court to cover it. >>> the college's president says she wanted students to start coming back following last week's mass shootsing. christopher harper mercer killed nine students last thursday night. police areyh killed himself. >> this is not a club we wanted to join. we did not want to be part of the sandy hook club, but we're now members, the newest members. the senior members are all taking care of us. >> t

. >>> down in columbia, south carolina, they're inundated with water but not enough of it is clean.ws will be working through the night to repair a breach threatening to cut off access to the city's water. if they can't get it fixed, it could be left with less than a day's supply of water. and they will be come back to put sandbags into place and help temporary dam the building and 11 dams have failed and officials are monitoring dozens more. south carolina's congressional delegation is promising residents the federal government will help them do what it takes to recover. they weren't so generous several years ago when superstorm sandy devastated the east coast. five republican house members and both south carolina senators voted against that relief. >>> back here at home another chilly night for us. no doubt, it feels like october now. >> i'll tell you, it's another cool one. it's not nearly as cold as last night. last night, it got down to 39 and frederick, maryland, 41. tonight, 5 or 10 degrees warmer than that. the reason is cloud cover in our region. 55 in fredericks, 55 in gai

south carolina is one of the hardest hit areas. hundreds of people had to be rescued from the fast moving flood waters. rushing waters took out roads in columbiauth carolina. and official say more than 200 state roads in south carolina are impassable. the relentless downpours are blamed for seven deaths in the carolinas and more rain is on the way. here's nbc's jay gray with more. >> reporter: flood waters continue to rush across the carolinas, running through or over everything in their path. >> cars are submerged, cars washed up against the porch and everything. never seen anything like it. >> reporter: in many areas, there's never been anything like this. rain for three days straight. at times more than 2 inches an hour. >> the rising water has collapsed bridges, overcome dams and destroyed roads, whole neighborhoods have found thepss under water and precious lives from having lost. >> reporter: at least five people have died as a result of the storms. hundreds -- >> the house is flooding and they can't stop it. >> reporter: pushed from their homes by a relentless curreand g water. >> we've lost everything. pretty much everybody down there

she's joining us from columbia south carolina with more. elizabeth. >> reporter: here in south carolina today it is all about recovering and repairing. where we are what's happening right now, crews are literally building a rock dam where the work is continuing to fix a canal that was breached on monday. >> this morning more evacuations near another compromised dam in columbia south carolina. so far we're told at least 11 dams have failed in the state and flooding remains a major concern with several rivers at or near flood stage and expected to continue rising through the weekend. >> it was coming in through the kitchen wall, through the bathroom walls, through the bedroom walls, through the living room walls because it was up over the sandbags we put on the door, and it just kept rising. >> and with the area's source of water, the columbia canal also reached. the national guard is using helicopters transporting heavy equipment, dropping sandbags weighing thousands of pounds trying to stabilize the water levels on the canal. >> i have three

>> fox news alert for you, we're waiting for governor nikki haley of south carolina to step up at the podium that you see in columbiasouth carolina. she'll give a news conference on the historic and horrible flooding that's occurring in her state. officials describe it as life-threatening, once in every 500 years, the floodwaters just totally engulfing parts of cities and towns in south carolina we'll, of course, bring you her remarks as soon as she makes them. this is stemming from the low-pressure system battering the rainfall. more than 2 feet of rain has fallen in some parts of the state. certainly an emergency situation. floodwaters washing out bridges, roads and homes. high winds also bringing down trees and power lines. so far, at least fi five weather-related deaths janice dean has the very latest. it's just overwhelming. you can see the flooding. you're powerless when it comes at you. what is the situation and will it get worse? >> civil emergency right now in south carolina. people are urged to stay where they are. you cannot travel. you cannot travel in the state of south carolina. of course, we'll bring

nick valencia, live in columbia, south carolina. how is it there, nick? >> good morning, alisyn. ng for several days here at this hydroelectricity plan t tity pl columbia, south carolina, they put out

that's the scene across much of columbia, south carolina. i want to give you a look right now, high above the devastation. this is not far from where i'm standing in the same neighborhood near gil's creek, one of the many creeks and tributaries here that overflowed. and you can see what a lot of folks have spent much of their day doing, pulling furniture and clothes and valuables outside of the house for the trash trucks to come along and take them away, so they can get in there and start to try, and again, rebuild what they can. 15 people now dead. 7 of them, the result of drowning. i talked to my mother a short time ago, in fact. and my mom actually works with the mother of one of those men who died while he was swimming. so, i want to bring in steve benjamin, the mayor of columbia, south carolina. thank you, first of all, for taking the time. >> thank you for being here. >> you've been pulling some long days, as a lot of the first responders have. what's the latest? what can you tell us about, there was talk, i know, of another dam possib

this is harden street in columbia, south carolina. for folks not familiar with the area, that's where a lot of the university of south carolina students hang out. this is charleston right now. the low country. historic, epic, life-threatening in some cases, the flooding going on there. >> they call some of these storms 100-year storms. this is a 500-year storm is what they're calling it. you just don't see rain of this magnitude. >> that is our top story on this sunday morning. another harrowing night in south carolina, as even more rain pounded the palmetto state. it's getting even worse today. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in charleston's historic downtown, which is underwater this morning. gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning. this is what many people here in charleston are waking up to. roads, impassable, cars, abandoned and water rescues are underway. this city got almost a quarter of its yearly average rainfall in 24 hours. this morning, parts of the southeast are under water, life-threatening floods. in columbia

two of them downtown columbia, south carolina, so we'll continue to track that. let's show you that's going on right now for today as you look in the southeast. there's more wet weather and more windy conditions. northeast new england looking pretty nice and more rain in the southwest. in fact, they had flash flood warnings up for death valley, california yesterday and early this morning. sunny in the pacific northwest. tomorrow the sunshine continues in the pacific northwest through the northern plains and sunshine through the northeast and mid-atlantic states. finally starts to dry out here in the southeast and we look for more sunshine in the gulf >> jeremy: good morning. another cool day. a mix of clouds and sunshine. the chilly breeze. temps at the coastline upper 50s boston this afternoon. 59. framingham at 64. through the day tomorrow, more sunshine, not as breezy tomorrow. not as cool either. upper 60s tomorrow. wednesday close to 70. thursday a continuation of sunshine. only chance of rain this week with a cool front on friday. a scattering of showers. t

south carolina has received more than 24 inches of rain. jay gray is in columbiaot have drinking water up to four days. >> reporter: good evening, a curfew in columbia, south carolina and regions around this city where the flooding has been historic and devastating. rescue teams worked around the clock and continue to pull people out of flooded neighborhoods up to higher ground. this afternoon, south carolina governor nicky hhey -- nikki haley talked about the magnitude. >> we're at a low flood level. >> teams will be out all night and that includes local and state police and sheriffs and firefighters working to save those who may be trapped and make sure no one else gets into these floodwaters. it's moving into areas it's never been before. this is an historic flood and it's going to cause problems throughout the week here. we will continue to watch it for now. i'm jay gray in columbia, south carolina, nbc news. >> tonight, maryland governor gary hogan has stopped his state of emergency but will continue to monitor for flooding. ocean city officials say it will t

let's go to nbc's jay gray live where this is happening in columbia, south carolina. good afternoon, jay. >> good afternoon, christa. terrible news we just learned, death toll climbed, 14 now confirmed dead as a result of the storms, governor of south carolina, nikki hailey making this announcement. also giving a lot of people a chance of the damage the flood waters left behind. they are keeping a watchful eye worried more water could be on the way. >> reporter: sunrise for the first time in days comes without rain. orange glow replacing the clouds providing a ray of hope for many, shining a light on the devastation from historic flooding and difficult recovery. >> this is going to be a long haul. sun is out, thank god. we still have a long way to go. >> reporter: national guard is helping. in many neighborhoods, flood waters still rising. >> rain stopped but water coming from the upstate. >> reporter: more than a dozen have already given way. still at risk ready to move families to higher ground. 350 evacuated yesterday. officers continue to go door to door in neighbo

south carolina won't end any time soon. and neither will the memory of this historic storm. dave wagner, nbc news, columbia, south carolina. >>> this morning the pentagon is changing its story. there is new information on the events that led to that deadly u.s. airstrike on a hospital in afghanistan. still, though, there are some serious questions that need answers. nbc's edward lawrence is live in washington. edward, what's the military saying this time? >> well, betty the story is changing, and why is going to be the big question on capitol hill today. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan will be under intense scrutiny in front of the senate armed services committee later on this morning. the u.s. top general in the region now says afghan troops on the ground ordered the airstrike. this differed from initial reports that u.s. troops were taking fire. >> an airstrike was in call to eliminate the taliban threat and several civilians were accidentally struck. >> reporter: 22 people died including doctors and patients when the u.s. bombs destroyed the hospital in kunduz, afghanistan. it was run by the organ

it happened yesterday at spring valley high school in columbia, south carolina. here's one view of the incident. >> hands behind your back. give me your hands. give me your hand. >> authorities say the student was first asked to leave the classroom by the teacher but did not. the officer was called and the student again refused to leave. the school does confirm the incident and has said it is cooperating with the police investigation. here's reporter chad mills from nbc affiliate wis. >> reporter: so many people have shared this video. obviously, many people say it's disturbing. many people say it's even worse than disturbing. they say they're at a loss for words when they see that video. but again, sheriff's department, richland county sheriff's department, is asking people to let cooler heads prevail for now as they investigate whatever happened. i want to read you the narrative we got from the sheriff a little while ago. he said, the sro, student resource officer, was acting in response to a student disrupting the class. the student refused to comply to direct

a call for residents to conserve water this morning in columbia, south carolina. after the work of sandbagging and plugging in earlier breach was temporarily suspended when a portion of the columbia canal collapsed. >> the plan here is to close the breach and the wall between the canal and the river. if we're able to do that, then we'll be in good shape for the long haul. >> reporter: meanwhile, these new images from above, the before and after of a dam break showing just why authorities are on thigh alert. already at least 14 dams have failed and more than 60 others are threatening to burst. >> we're working around the clock to remedy this. >> reporter: and this dramatic video just released providing more proof of the power of the rushing waters, this man and his grandmother clinging to a cross outside the local church before being rescued five hours later. today, all eyes remain on the rising rivers expected to stay at a major flood stage through the weekend. this, as many residents are just beginning to assess what they have already lost. >> it's smelly and it's

the big deal you see the images two-miles north of here in columbia, south carolina. charleston is considered low country. the fear is there will be runoff from the rivers up there that make their way back down here. charleston is not out of the woods yet. cars making their way through the flooded streets. in charleston it is a main thoroughfare which is why you will see traffic. back over here this is a residential neighborhood. it is unclear if there is even power on this street or some of these houses are using generators. a lot of people evacuated. schools are closed and there's curfews in place which really is astonishing, heather and ainsley, is that just yesterday, in just that 24-hour period charleston received more rain than las vegas has received since 2013. >> hopefully it will subside. joe wall joel waldman live for us. there's a person on a bike behind him. >> a recall on the road 100,000 cars flagged for cold weather. what you need to know before you head out the door. good morning, cheryl. >> good morning, ladies. yes, another recall this time at nissan

them receiving a quarter of their normal average rainfall in parts of south carolina in just this last time period. nikki haley in columbia, south carolina, we're waiting if that are to happen. but we begin this hour with more of the same story. catastrophic flash flooding all across the southeast in what's being called in south carolina a once in 500 years rainfall. five people have been killed by flooding and workers have worked to pull people out of their cars and homes. >> i've been through a few blizzards in my life but this is ridiculous. we're at a total loss. everything is gone. >> our team coverage of the floods with nbc news sarah dallof in columbia, south carolina, we also have gabe gutierrez in sarah, we'll start with you. i was mentioning the record rainfall, we expect the governor to be coming to the microphones very soon. what do you think she will be talking about here? >> she's going to talk about this is the worst-case scenario. this is what officials were preparing for and now it's here. you can see what that amount of water in such a short time translates to here in columbia. a lake for an intersection

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abc's mary bruce, leading us off from columbia, south carolina. >> reporter: it was 11:00 a.m. algebra class in columbia, south carolina. authorities say a 16-year-old female student was being disruptive. some students say she was texting, chewing gum. she's asked to leave, but refuses. finally, a school resource officer is called to the classroom. he walks over to the student, shuts her laptop and moves it away. she refuses several more times. that's when the situation escalates. >> either you're going to come with me or i'm going to make you. >> reporter: that second video shot by another student shows the officer slamming the student to the ground. he grabs her arm, she puts her arm up, then the other arm goes around her neck and he violently flips her desk, dragging her across the room and detaining her until she is released to her parents. >> put your hands behind your back. >> reporter: "give me your hands," the officer repeats four times. you can see the other students frozen, watching in silence. sophomore tony robinson, who was in the class and shot this video, tells us

one bright spot in what otherwise has been a very difficult and dark week for the city of columbia, south carolina. sam, laura? >> thank you very much, dave. >>> we talk about dark. take a look at this. a pastor in south carolina waded out into waist deep flood waters to retrieve a casket that floated away from a cemetery. he was tired of waiting for someone else to do something, so, against the order of deputies, he went into the water and pushed that casket back to dry ground. the family of the deceased were grieving enough and he didn't want them to hurt any more. >>> well, "today" show picked up our coverage of this developing story coming up at 7:00. >>> at 6:33. shocking als of abuse involving correctional deputies in the north bay. a new lawsuit claims guards dressed in all black and wearing ski masks viciously beat inmates for hours inside a sonoma county jail. >> "today in the bay" kris sanchez joining us. that lawsuit specifically described as alleged attack or series of attacks as sadistic. >> we're trying to get our hands on that lawsuit this morning, but the bay area attorney claimed

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now sarah dallof in columbia, south carolina, as well. nur a different part of town. you have been with residents all day. >> reporter: a different part of town, kate, bah very similar scene as residents here near little lake katherine begin to take stock of what they can salvage and what's never lost. belongings out here, spraying them off. you can see water from the lake still creeping up on to the shores. the water levels receding and not all the way. as the sun comes out and we get a few minutes the kind of take a breath and hearing incredible stories of survival. i want to bring in sarah and her boyfriend austin. sarah was home when the water started to rise. you got in your boat with your dad and came over here. what did you do? >> about 6:00 a.m. we woke up to sideways rain and it was crazy. and we didn't know what to do. we looked out and the yard was quickly flooding so we got on the lake as soon as we could and helped out a boat already out there and we ended up seeing sarah, they called us smelling gas and got them as soon as we could. >> you actually pulle

let's look live right now at columbia, south carolina. this storm so relentless. you see the water piling up right there. a house in south carolina almost completely underwater right there. the flooding extends up to new jersey. this home washed away as well. it's not over yet. look at the map. flash flood warning right now right up the coast. >> the storm being blamed for at least seven deaths. hundreds of people rescued from the raging water. president obama signed an emergency declaration. freeing up aid for south carolina. we have full team coverage. rob mas yan know is in good morning. >> good morning. it's been four days of relentless rain. it's stopped for now. look at the iconic streets here in charleston. still flooded. this city, still shut down. this entire state, really, reeling from the devastating floods. this morning, south carolina under siege. >> this is an unprecedented event. >> reporter: relentless rain. an additional five inches along the coast possible today. concern. >> we haven't seen this level of rain in the low country in 1,000 years. tha

columbia. al? >> gabe, thank you so much. sadly now, nine people confirmed dead. at least nine. seven here in south carolina alone. ut power. and 375,000 folks in columbia have to boil their water before drinking it. as you look, you can see overhead just the power of this water, it continues to push through. now, for the rest of the country, looking out west, we have some pretty nice weather to talk about. a few showers through the southwest and the desert southwest. some clouds in the pacific northwest. sunshine in los angeles. 75 degrees, san francisco looking pretty good. 71. rest of the country, we will watch this upper level low move out of the southeast. beautiful weather in the northeast and on into new england. where savannah is with mrs. clinton. plenty of sunshine around the great >>> good monday morning. most of us in the 50s starting off the day. clear skies across the bay area and a bright sunny day with comfortable temperatures. a high of 71 degrees in san francisco. the north bay, 78 degrees and mostly sunny skies. east bay, peninsula and south bay will see highs in the 70s and tri-valley expect a h