this is much more serious than florence, if your home flooded in florence that's a shame and that's badut this is one that could level structures. we would be here and that would likely happen during the day today, could be extraordinary day, cheryl, lauren. cheryl: jeff, you know, we've just gotten the 5:00 a.m. forecast, the forecast amc and that it could strengthen more. in your experience, jeff, with these storms, cat 4 seems something that we haven't seen in the area in 100 years or so in. >> probably in recorded history. this would be the most powerful storm i've covered since katrina which in a way katrina wasn't as powerful, much bigger and bigger swath of destruction but it hit the lowlands before it go to new orleans, this would come barreling in here and full strength when it comes in and that even in a -- we will show you the building later that we are in, even in that kind of a building that could do catastrophic damage up and down the coast. lauren: we still have hours to go before the storm is expected to make landfall so the worst worst is still yet to come, hours away.

although i'm learning so much about florence. who knows, it may have all happened with florence. but i actually believe it's very hard to get insight on what a first lady is thinking and doing. i think we have examples of where we do have some insight. that's because the first lady for her children were so strong, they were willing to let us see, warts and all, her activities. i'm going to give you two examples. one is lady bird johnson and is her diary. i could be wrong about this, but i don't believe there are many, if any, excisions. i apologize, i haven't worked on this in the library, but my sense is there weren't many excisions. and the other is jacqueline kennedy's interviews with arthur schlesinger which carolyn kennedy and later ambassador kennedy decided to release unredacted. they're very revealing and they're not always -- you know, they're not always complimentary to mrs. kennedy. but i think those are exceptions. in the case of pat nixon, and it's a very sad story -- it's a very sad story -- and my sense is that she really didn't want to be first lady. >> just a qui

the reason this is so different than florence, we t were able watch florence for two weeks. >> yeah.ve all the waycross the atlant atlantic. this just became a hurricane today, within two days, it's b going t making its way onshore and towards parts of the florida coastline. less than two days, really. the storm is just off the coasta the west of cuba here, making its way into the gulf of mexico. you can see the eye start to develop. ng tois going to be somet watch here over the next 24 to 36 ouhours. we see big-timentensi intensificati intensification. could be by tomorrow afternoon,t this is a cegory 2, eventually making its way to a category 3 hurricane. and that is forecast by the national hurricane center, atinging this to 1 120-mile-an-hourory 3 by 8:00 on wednesday morning, just to the south of the pensacola area and then moving onshore and moving out. now, if it does that, panama city, right here, right aroundal la has see, the area in red, under a hurricane warning already. is goes from the florida/alabama border all the way to the big bend of florida to the cross city area.

do you have any information on any issues to areas impacted by florence? >> in regards to hazardous waste, that is something we use our partners at the eva and coast guard to help us to assess. it is a little early. for me to say right now, initially we don't have any massive problems with hazardous waste, it could be a little premature. next 24 orspend the 48 hours to make sure we understand fully the impact and what those are uncovered we will .o what we can the second part of your question with florence, the people in north and south carolina have been through it. this is not going to help. encouraged and we are working with our partners of the army corps of engineers and they do a tremendous job on water management. anytime that forward spring system -- speed system is moving of means less rainfall. we had amounts of nine inches in some areas in north carolina. it is tough for the river basins to handle that now. the encouraging news is we are not anticipating any additional flooding over what is already occurred in florence. i know that those who are

florence police chief allen heilder said the officers were overwhelmed during the ambush. >> it's my understanding right now that they didn't know the level of firepower that they were going into. >> reporter: armed with a search warrant, sheriffs deputies were attempting to enter the home because a 27-year-old man who lives there is the subject of a child sex assault investigation. that's according to a law enforcement source. >> reporter: three female florence county sheriffs deputies were the first to be shot and responding as backup, four florence city police officers were also shot. an armored vehicle was needed to rescue the injured. how long was it before your officers were able to be removed from the scene, those who were wounded? >> i can't give you an exact time. i can tell you it seemed like it was forever but it was not. i would guess 30 minutes. >> reporter: sergeant terrence carroway, who served more than 30 years if the florence police department died of his injuries today his body was returned to florence after undergoing an autopsy in charleston. stephen wukela is th

nearby west florence high school was immediately put on lockdown. athletics teams that were practicing were brought inside. authorities are telling people to keep away from the area. there were dozens of police officers who responded to this incident, and tonight, we are learning from florence police that they do have a suspect in custody. but they're still encouraging people to keep away from this area because they're dealing with this investigation. david? >> steve, thank you. >>> in the meantime, we turn next to the supreme court showdown, fast-moving developments tonight, over the nomination of brett kavanaugh. the senate bracing for the results of the fbi investigation, which could now come at any time. tonight, the white house now saying the president did not mock dr. christine blasey ford when he appeared to imitate her onstage. abc's senior white house correspondent cecilia vega tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the white house is defending president trump after he openly mocked christine blasey ford, rallying a cheering crowd. >> 36 years ago,

any issues impacted by florence? >> with regards to hazardous waste and hazardous materials, that is something we use our partners of the epa and coast guard to help us really assess. it's a little early out. for me to say right now initially we don't have any really massive problem with hazardous waste, it could be a little premature. we got to spend the next 2448 hrs making sure we understand and the secondt part of the conversation about florence, the people in north and south carolina have been through it and this is not going to help. we are in courage working with our partners at the army corps of engineers have a do a tremendous job on large management and right now because of the forward speed of the system, anytime that forward speed, and is moving pretty quickly, that typically means less rainfall. but some of the forecasts were isolated amounts of nine inches in some areas in north carolina and it's tough for the recording basins to handle that point of water. right out of the encouraging news is we are no

and responding as backup, four florence city police officers were also shot.n armored vehicle was needed to rescue the injured. how long was it before your officers were able to be removed from the scene? >> i can't give you an exact time. i can tell you it seemed like it was forever, but it was not. i would guess 30 minutes. >> reporter: sergeant terrence carraway, just shy of 31 years with the florence police department, died from his injuries. his body was returned to florence after undergoing an autopsy in charleston. stephen wukela is the mayor. >> he had the ability to bring a sense of order and peacefulness to the most difficult of situations. that made him a great cop. it made him a great person. >> reporter: david begnaud, cbs news. >>> jury deliberations are expected to resume today in the case of a white chicago police officer charged with a murder of a black teenager in 2014. prosecutors say officer jason van dyke planned to shoot laquan mcdonald before he got out of his patrol car and that the shooting was unjustified. van dyke's lawyer says he re

wheres as florence was a totally different animal. this is, you know, this has got, disaster written all over it. we will have a big storm surge coming through in the panama city area, and all points east for several 100 miles. there will be storm surge coming in. it's going to be a big disaster. >> mike, i want to talk about the hours east of panama city, they are going to be in the rougher side. i do want to note the rainfall is stopping here a bit. it's interesting, at one point it just raining heavily, and all of a sudden, the rain stops. the winds come in, the winds stop. it's going to be like that on and off, as you know, let's talk about what people are going to expect there in the northeastern quadrant of the storm that tornadic area, as it pushes in. >> as the core -- as the core of the hurricane comes in, you will see wind gusts from 100 miles an hour to 130, 140 miles an hour, or higher depending on the location you are. the storm surge has been pushing up and it's coming up in the perfect angle in the panhandle of florida.

this is florence, south carolina, but florence hit this ea and they could be hit again with 40 to 50-le-per-hour winds. a lot of trees down and power outages in these areas. and people s arell picks up the peepss from florence, which hit just about a month ago. very dangerous storm. for us, something different is happening. we're seeing a change in the weather pattern. here comes fall.ar we've been and dry. bull here comes the much cooler air just in time for the weekend. we've got one or two more, da we'll count thursday, too. high temperature tomorrow, 82. partly sunny, warm and humid tomorrow. another nice day. fog early. but then we'll see some sunshine with rain late and that shower activity coming in with michael on thursday, along with the front. sday. th 64 on friday with falling temperatures. by saturda i morning, we'll be the 40s in most locations. i've got 50 in the city, but most of youn the 40s. that's a 40-degree temperature drop from where we're going to be tomorrow afternoon into the weekend. out thethe boots, get sweaters, everybody. it is going to be on the cold side

we saw the terrible flooding with florence.g to dry out, and then they've got this. so that ground can't absorb any more water and that's where we could see the devastating flash flooding. so that's a threat as well. then you mentioned those tornadoes. i know my phone was going off through the night with those tornado warnings. and so that could be a big problem for people as we go through the day. so michael just really continues to be a triple threat, you know, far away from where it made landfall as it moves through georgia and the carolinas and then finally exits off virginia sometime later on tonight and into tomorrow morning, guys. >> kristen, i know it's not over yet. how are officials planning to deal with all that water that's coming? >> reporter: yeah, you know, it's a good question. so a lot of the task force teams, the search and rescue teams now have swift water rescue boats. and i was talking to one contact i have, and he said they've moved those already into place around the region, ready to do those swift water

michael is going to move much quicker than florence. florence crawled.s a fast-moving storm. so a one-day event versus a three to four-day event. as far as the winds, 115 maybe to 125 miles per hour. it was 90 for florence. storm surge is kind of similar. this has much less rain, maybe up to a foot. florence had three feet or nor in some spots. >>> she is not breathing. >> that was just one of the 911 calls that came from this snow flurriesing home in hollywood, florida last year, days after irma knocked out power. the facility did not have a functioning generator. 14 residents died. with hurricane michael approaching, governor rick scott warned facilities to avoid a similar tragedy. t,e for the tient. take care of them.up generation power, or you shouldn't be taking care of the patients. >> reporter: earlier this year he signed legislation mandating nursing homes and assisted living facilities to install generators. by june 1, they were required to have equipment that keeps indoor temperatures below 81 degrees and maintain power for 96 hours after an ou

it's not going to be like florence that's going to drop all this rain. it's going to move very quickly. it's going to bring some very heavy rain and tornados. matt is live in tallahassee. >> this is the kind of damage that's typical here in florida state capital. these trees are the pride and joy of tallahassee. i don't know if you knew this, but trees are kind of tallahassee's thing. that was the main damage we saw her, these felled trees and branches and destroyed cars, houses and electrical lines. we saw nearly 80,000 residents of tallahassee without power. a tree like this, this could have crushed some poor guy's car. but a lot of floridians sensibly decided to evacuate. that's why this town was a ghost town yesterday and it still is today. there's a lot of power outages. we were hearing some of the power breakers breaking yesterday. this is kind of typical of the damage we've been seeing, even though tallahassee did feel it was spared the worst. >> is there concern this morning once the sun does rise, to see destructive damage? is there concern amon

nearly three weeks after hurricane florence slammed into >>> nearly three weeks after hurricane florencenas, recovery efforts in the storm zone are still under way. >> we're hearing about the brave actions of good samaritans who helped the pets there. here is david muir. >> reporter: with so many families still recovering from florence, there was an image that reminded us of those families, their pets and the good people who helped save them. a camera documenting the humane society of missouri's disaster response team. a desperate call from a dog owner who said my pet is still in the house. the white maltese named sochi. the team made two attempts but the floodwater was too high. the third time they tried, the floodwater had just receded enough. the rescuers, you can see their heads just above the water, kicking in the door. >> come on, puppy. >> reporter: she had been on a couch. that sofa floating in the living room for nearly a week. they tried coaxing her out and opening the door even more. >> jess, i'll hold the door. >> reporter: then they get her. >> i got him. coming out. coming

the recovery from hurricane florence is in full swing. part of the response includes accepting the damage. >> at least i have a house. am 2467 storm effected more than homes and businesses. -- >> the storm effected more than homes and businesses. the air force base is a total loss. >> they got the full force coming off the gulf and as the eye proceeded they got the reverse winds coming in. >> reporter: each demolished building is a reminder of hurricane florence's strength and this is when relief groups jump into action. counting on donations. >> they are to ensure they are fed, they have water. they understand that help is out there. >> reporter: a single hot meal can make a world of difference to the residents. it is one less thing to worry about while preparing for the long, long road ahead. >> it is tough but the emotional toll of a hurricane, the after math gets you. you have to survive the rest of this. >> reporter: florida governor toured many of the damaged areas including this one. president trump is expected in the damaged regio

you were in florence. was a -- >> by the time it got to me mostly a tropical storm. >> or a category 1. this has -- we had tyndall air force base with a pressure of 919 millibars. >> what does that mean? >> lower the pressure, the stronger the storm. the pressure at this storm it was just measured was lower than what we had in hurricane andrew and hurricane katrina. we're looking at a storm that at least mathematically with the lower pressure stronger than katrina and andrew. two of the worst storms that we have ever had in this country. now, every storm -- >> winds are now at 155 miles per hour. >> correct. that's a strong as we can get with a category 4. as we said in the post-analysis could be a 5. andrew, thought it was a category 4 and then realized it was a category 5 and does happen. again, that's just for the history books. the damage in mexico beach has been done. i mean, panama city in the bright red color there and the radar, a beam that shoots out and whenever there's particles in the air, it s

very different from hurricane florence. >> very different from hurricane florence, and just as dangerous, if not more. we're going to check in with you throughout the week. reed we know you take many precautions to be safe as this is your job. thank you. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> up next, massive evacuation orders as hurricane michael strengthens. i'm going to talk the a mayor whose city could be right in the path of the storm tonight. >>> plus, the president says there are five people on his short list to replace u.n. ambassador nikki haley. who the are they? lindsey graham says trump jokingly asked if he wanted to be attorney general. was it really a joke? your company is constantly evolving. and the decisions you make have far reaching implications. the right relationship with a corporate bank who understands your industry and your world can help you make well informed choices and stay ahead of opportunities. pnc brings you the resources of one of the nation's largest banks, and a local approach with a focus on customized insights. so you and your company are ready for today

a little different with michael than with florence. this is not going to be one where rain is the major issu e. is will comem f tro wind. a lot of trees expected to be down. here it , starting to get its act together. it will continue to organize as it moves into the extremely warh water o gulf of mexico. the latest track now has winds of0 miles an hour. it has come up a little bit. moving to theor at about nine miles per hour. right around panama city as a category 3 hurricane. right now that would be a minimal category 3. still, the damage would be done toward the florida panhandle and then toward our region. ev toward the southeast. places hit by florence could be hit again by this storm. i'll update out what to expect a in our a and how this storm is going to have torsion bring some mor changes to our weather later this week. >> a lot of people just can't get a break down there. we'll see n

. >> they don't need to be scared, nothing like florence. >> florence was moving at 3 or 4 miles perr. >> florence was a turtle race and miserable. >> bill, you'll stay with me throughout this. let's go back to matt bradley who's in tallahassee. matt? >> hey, ali, as you can see we were talking about downed trees, there's actually one a little bit -- i'm not sure if you can see it down the street a little bit. this is the first one we're seeing around here. tens of thousands of people are without power and the downed trees are the major problem for here in tallahassee and it's just going to get worse. as you were saying earlier, we're talking about hurricane force winds increasing as the evening goes on and continuing to add strength probably until about 1:00 a.m. this is a fast moving hurricane, going at more than 13 miles an hour. that's about what a regular person runs at or a little faster than that. so it's a storm that is going to be dumping a lot of water and putting up a lot of wind but it's going to be moving very, very quickly. you can expect that the people who are here, s

county, asouth carolina, what w hearing from the official account of florence county emerncy management i that an active shooter incident, as they described it, is in progress at this time and the ask everyone to stay away from the scene. there's people somewhat walking slowthere. i'm not so much urgency. trying to get tails on this as soon as we have it, we'll have it here at the live desk. back to you. >> thank you. ha>>> now to breaking newss impacting the evening commute in our area. chopper 4 captured the scene here on southund i-270. this is near montrose seroad. ral vehicles collided and multiple lanes of the interstate have been closed off, at least one person is dead. the crash causing may skbror ckups for people heading towards the district, we're keeping a close eye on this and will update you as they come into news 4. >>> police in montgomery county are working around the clock tonight to find the man behind a bold attack. the victim was leaving t shady grove metrohe stationn a stranger forced her into the woods and raped her. news 4 has the clues as police zero in on a susp

five law enforcement officers have been shot in florence, south carolina. want to bring in cnn's gene cazares. what are you learning here? >> reporter: five law enforcement officers have been shot, and this is in the vicinity of florence, south carolina, specifically three florence county sheriff's deputies, two city police officers. they are now being treated at the hospital. we do not have confirmation on any fatalities at this point. according to the florence county emergency management, the shooter is now in custody. a crime scene investigation is beginning. now, this all took place according to our affiliates at the vintage place subdivision. so it was a residential area. once again, five law enforcement officers were shot. according to our affiliates. we do not know if any more were shot at this time, but the shooter is currently in custody. wolf. >> and, once again, the condition of these five law enforcement officers who were shot? >> reporter: we do not have an official determination on their -- we've heard serious at this point. >> in serious cond

the dead officer was a 30 year veteran of the florence police force. the children were rescued unharmed. kenneth craig reports. >> the tragedy unfolded wednesday evening in florence, south carolina. >> we lost a good friend of mine. an officer that i have known for 30 years. >> officers were trying to execute a search warrant at a home in the vicinity of vincent drive and hoffmire road. as they approached the house someone opened fire at them. >> these officers, unknowing of the fire power the suspect had. and again, they thought it was a random search warrant. >> within minutes three sheriffs deputies and four city police officers was shot. an officer from the city has been pronounced dead. the conditions of the others were not made public. >> fire was being shot all over. the way the suspect was posit n positioned, his view to fire was several hundred yards. so he had an advantage, and the officers couldn't get to the ones that were down. >> about two hours after it began the florence county emergency management agency declared the active shooting si

in florence we saw it was much of a rain or water event. >> yes, sir. this is starting to increase its speed. the energy in this storm is quite close to the center. we expect it to make land fall with a decent forward motion. so for it to loiter inland for all the inland flooding like florence, we will see something i think quite a bit different this time. again, a lot of its energy near the center, so if you are unfortunate enough to be clear t the center, that's where the strongest impacts will be. and the geography of the florida panhandle, that's an area prone to very large storm surges. i would expect anywhere from panama city over to saint mark's and maybe toward cedar key to be highly impacted by storm surge. >> you said you saw some things that might indicate it could get stronger. you said you saw some things that might keep it from getting stronger. could you quickly summarize both? >> yes, sir. well, any time that the energy starts to close in near the center, this is the -- this is the conservation of angular momentum, this is the ice skater

while this hurricane comes as thousands in the region are still reeling from another storm hurricane florence just a few weeks ago let's go to miami now and find out more from correspondent nicholas snyder nick thanks for being with us what are people in florida expecting over the next few hours. within the next few hours a crowd of me with a few hours we should be seen landfall with hurricane michel. should be around around twelve hours for say laying around early afternoon and hitting the florida panhandle then working its way up within the next couple of hours through alabama and georgia this is actually going to be quite fast moving hurricane in comparison to other and so we have seen in the past few months ok don't many in florida and neighboring states especially the carolinas of already seen widespread flooding and property loss from hurricane florence just a few weeks ago how is that affecting preparations for this hurricane. well it's very important for us to remember that these are two completely different hurricanes with. us with a category one and now having hurricane michael with

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this is moving over an area that had a lot of rainfall from florence. the ground is very wet. strong wind gusts over 40 at times, over 50 miles per hour traveling across south and north carolina and wind gusts around 60 from the outer banks around the tide water as this departs late on thursday night and into friday morning. still a lot of wind and that can bring down some trees, cause power outages and lead to damage. now the rainfall part of this, it's moving a lot faster than florence did but we still see 4 to 8 inches of rain toll totals moving up across the carolinas. you can easily see areas of flooding again because it's so saturated. heavy downpours move up to southern new england. the heaviest will be across cape cod, the islands, and across rhode island as well. this is having a lingering impact. it will be offshore on friday. brings about a pattern change. a lot of cold going to move down to about 48. >>> florida governor rick scott says aggressive search and rescue operations will get underway as soon as conditions allow. in some towns hit hard by the storm went to

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the only place florence genova see their children now is in fairy tales. five years ago they sent them to stay with their system r.e.m. but when they returned to collect their children had disappeared. marian claimed she put them in a boarding school but in fact the children had been taken to america legally adopted without their mother's knowledge. what do you think about the fact that a family can come from another country and become the legal parents of somebody else's child to be sure you know who the one i meant to harm is and then he's going . to actually go for long as it or try to. marry him said she'd been approached by an agent who promised the children a free education. but that promise turned out to be a conduit for international adoption and by the time the sisters even suspected something was wrong the children were no longer bez if you had a chance to speak to the family that your children are living with what would you say to them. in one. go florence and jennifer among countless families in uganda whose children have been lost to internati

it's not going to be like florence and drop a lot of rainfall. but what it will do is bring more of a punch and more of an impact than florence ever did at landfall. >> if you could just go back, i just want you to talk again about the storm itself kind of reorganizing itself and making that circle. >> okay. let me explain is this way. yesterday, anderson, the maximum winds were 40 miles per hour. by yesterday afternoon they were 85. at this time this is already a deadly storm. it's taken 13 lives in parts of central america and heavy rain in western cuba. but we've been waiting for this entire intensification to kind of encircle the entire center. when that happens, it's like really pulling the cord on a lawnmower engine and all the cylinders are firing up. the water's extremely warm. the rain totals we could see around panama city, even tallahassee, eight, ten inches. but i think the winds are going to be a big issue as well. there are so many tarkts. and every storm is different as we constantly talk about. but this one, again, i can't stress

not like florence, because florence just sat there.is going to get out, but we are still going to see a lot of water across the carolinas, a place that is still seeing high river levels even a couple of weeks after florence. so look at this. that's your swath of rain. four to six inches, possibly six to ten in isolated amounts, wolf. this is far from over. we are still going to see a lot of wind and rain inland. >> yeah, it is moving quickly. jennifer gray, thank you very much. >>> cnn's brooke baldwin is along the florida gulf coast for us in destin, florida. you know, as we see the storm pass, the conditions were unfolding, you have been there all day. tell us what you are seeing first of all right now. >> reporter: yeah, you know, i've been here all day and i will say, wolf, i'm surprised the wind is still pretty strong where we are. we walked for you all the way to the edge of this dock. i'm, you know, in front of this massive structure to hopefully keep us safer as it is still quite windy out here. you can see earlier it had reall

florence and that was a heavy water storm. more so than the wind and now north carolina and south carolina will be getting additional water. it's a tough situation. we're with them. we're with georgia. we're with florida. we're with alabama. everything that will be hit, we have covered. i just say god bless everyone because it's going to be a rough one. it's going be a very dangerous one. my administration will continue to provide updates and information as it becomes available. >> that is president trump speaking at the white house about hurricane michael. now a category 4. just a hair away from category 5. this is serious business. >> we talked to you as the eye passed by you. it skirted by you. it didn't get to you. what's the situation now? >> reporter: it's just non-stop. there was reported wind gusts of 106 miles an hour. i want my camera man to continue to show you these trees behind me. that's what the roads are looking like. they are getting more and more inundated. we're starting to see more debris and more trees tha

you want to contrast this with what we saw with florence. florence was all up in this area. do you remember this up in the carolinas and down to about here? it never really made it south. it sat here. it sat in this area for the better part of a day. now, what does that mean? that's a soak situation. however, the danger of the soak is replaced here by surge. there is so much storm surge in places that are very low lying. all of this stuff here along the panhandle and into alabama, this is so shallow. there is a continental shelf here and it makes the water more shallow as you get closer to shore, but it exaggerated fashion because of the continental shelf. that allows the waves to increase in amplitude. plus the king tides, the high tides of this time of the year. that's why we're seeing so much surge. miguel marques is in south port, florida, just north of panama city, right around here where the storm has just moved through. and behind it now, devastation. just look what he's standing in. miguel. >> reporter: this is a major road here, chris. i'll show you these cars going

. >> host: so was first net implemented for hurricane florence or the hurricane in puerto rico. >> mr. cohen: i have seen news reports especially with florence that like public safety agencies do, they prestage. and one of the benefits also of first net is that it's able to deploy networks right there on the spot. they can roll them in on trucks or even smaller vehicles and establish an advanced broadband communications network right rig where it's needed. first net is intended to be a hardened neck. so you try to withstand physical, whatever forces might be destroying the infrastructure it could be a hurricane, it could be man-made. so you try at the front end to solidify the network as much as possible, but if mother nature wins the battle they can bring in services after the fact, and they usually prestage it nearby and areas they can roll it in pretty quickly. i understand they did deploy for florence and other recent disasters. >> host: let's brin john handle into this conversation. you mentioned these big disasters and the role of first net and other stakeholders in the process,

it will spend all day raining on the areas that flooded from florence.he southern parts of nova scotia and heads to great britain and also france as we head towards the weekend. back here at home, we'll have another cooler than average day. waking up to temperatures in the low to mid-50s. mostly is sunny skies. low to mid-70s around the bay. 60s at the coast. and 50s and 60s, jacket weather, this evening. all right. a check on the commute. however is it starting, alexis? >> well, we have road work slowing you down in hayward area. let's zoom in to southbound 880. it should be wrapping up now. various lanes closed until 4:30 between tenny son and alvarado niles. you are heavy from state route 92. here's a live look at the san mateo bridge. 92 nice and light. approaching the toll plaza there, we actually did just have a problemer

it's triggering a major emergency response in florence, south carolina. people are being warned to stay away from the area. we get the breaking details now from nbc's kerry sanders. [ sirens ] >> reporter: it's unclear what set off the shooting. >> we have an officer down at this time. >> reporter: as many as seven officers were shot, four florence city officers and three florence county sheriff's deputies, wounded in the altercation. during the anxious minutes, chaos. >> use precaution. >> reporter: then late this afternoon, florence county, south carolina emergency management tweeting, "the suspect is in custody." the area remains mostly closed as the scene is now considered an active investigation. tonight, authorities say one of the wounded officers has died. lester? >> all right, kerry sanders, thank you. >>> there are signs tonight indicating the fbi may have completed its background investigation into judge brett kavanaugh, amid allegations of sexual misconduct against him. tonight, with senators eager to review the findings ahead of an expected vo

like florence did and weaken as it comes toward the coast. this is doingothing but streng ening the entiretime. >> so amazing. >> all right. it is pretty amazing and you can find the most up to date information on the track of the storm and its impact on the washington region. the hour b hour forecast is yours for free in the nbc washington app. >>> the price of a stamp could be going higher. the postal service m wants 5ore cents for its forever stamps. that would make it 55 cents. the post office is still struggling with more people using e-mail. the postal commission has to approve the changes before they take effect. >>> if you are on social security, you're going on get a raise. the administration announced a 2.8% increase. that means about $39 a month in an average check. it is the biggest increase in seven years. the advocacy group senior citizens league said even with this increase, seniors on social security have lost 34% of the buying power since 2000. >>> still to come, first lady melania trump o up about social media and why she th

we asked you what you saw with florence. florence, 40 inches. will see eight to 12 inches. this hits and continues to march along. it will bring rain to georgia and the carolinas. not the type of rain with previous systems. this will be a faster moving system. and about the initial impact which is coming around lunchtime tomorrow. cheryl: we'll watch that. we know you are busy with that adam klotz with the fox news channel. very quickly the dow went positive during adam's report. coincidence? we're up 6.75 points on the dow. could this be two days in a row on the dow at least? we're on the markets. we'll be right back. cheryl: before we go, next monday, make sure you watch trish regan's big debut on "trish regan prime time" 8:00 p.m. eastern after lou dobbs here on the fox business network. making money with charles payne is moving to 2:00 p.m. eastern time. all of this starts on october 15th. i will still be where i've been, 5:00 a.m. eastern time. be sure to watch me and lauren every day. we kick off the markets, the trading day, all the news

assets thatve any are still helping with florence? >> principally, that is now a recovery effort. we are less involved in the. that. the army corps of engineers is involved in the rivers, because frankly they have not subsided. this storming how will impact those very same river basins from one month ago that we are still concerned about. starr from cnn. you have planned for this storm. you called it unprecedented and dangerous. can you give us any of your analysis about how serious and dangerous this storm is? >> i will bring a couple of things up. the first one will be the way that the storm developed. it was much different than what we saw on the past. andent to a category 1, before you knoew it, it was the very highest category. it is up to about 15 knots now. i think the time compression is a factor there. becomes a factor is the evacuation of local populations. one of my key concerns is that we have not seen as robust and theuation response amid civilian poppel -- the civilian population that we have seen in other storms. it just very quickly gained in intensity, and we are

that includes the area that was devastated by florence. there's going to be more power outages with this because it's going to continue to have strong winds inland. to the east of that track i gave you, there's tornadic activity breaking out tonight into tomorrow and that's going to be another problem with this storm. even though it's weakened and inland, we'll see what the damage was right where this went ashore. i fear that it's going to look like this storm bulldozed some areas when they get in there. we'll see. the pressure where this came ashore at 920 millibars is the strongest by far ever in that area between mobile and tampa. so this is the strongest storm, barometric pressure since 1921. >> neil: and we talked about the nine rivers that were already surging, resurge all over again that compounds the problem for carolinas, georgia, et cetera. >> yes, it does, neil. i'll tell you this, folks, last time we were on in september, i said you probably would see me showing up again in october. you won't see me again with hurricanes when t

michael is going to move much quicker than florence. florence crawled, this is fast.s a one-day event versus a three- to four-day event. as far as the winds, they're going to be much stronger, to 115. storm surge is kind of similar. this one has much less range, maybe up to a foot. florence had three feet or more in some spots. jeff, this is a dangerous storm. >> glor: indeed it is, lonnie. thank you very much. and the air right now is just thick and heavy here. a lot of that is because of the red tide. as we wait for the winds to pick up. florida residents have been warned about michael for days now, and they have been preparing. omar villafranca is 45 miles southeast of us in port st. joe, florida, where michael might make landfall. >> reporter: passengers on this royal caribbean cruise ship felt the power of michael as the storm strengthened off the coast of cuba this week. stateside, ambulances in madison, florida, are gassing up, ready to respond to theterye churning in the gulf. closer to the shore, business and home owners in the florida panhandle rushed to fil

two other officers were wounded along with 4 florence county sheriff deputies. the extent of their injuries unclear tonight. but, two officers conditions are being described as quote touch and go. >> i pray for these officers and their speedy recovery. pray for the family who lost the bravest police officer that i have ever known. >> florence county sheriff says that his deputies were executing a search warrant when theu were ambushed. city police -- when they were ambushed. city police came as back up as well. no word on what the warrant was for. >>> a hoeted public meeting over a plan to bulldoze a pair of schools to make way for affordable housing. >> we go with the crowd at the high school as angry parents from that school and nearby bret heart middle school demanded answers. >> it was a rocky start and a high low charged end. >> parents pack the room, armed with questions for san jose unified school district leaders about an idea to tear it down. built in this place, affordable housing and staff and families. >> it will take millions to replace all of this.

it is not actually surprising after hurricane florence.eeing, weack we're ituld make note of the fact little bit of strength here for the housing data. we're looking at solid gains. even last friday, not as big last friday.

this is a live look at the scene of florence county. you're watching a press conference right now about 60 miles west of myrtle beach where this happened. the sheriff's department says three of their deputies and two police officers from the city of florence were shot in some sort of a stand off with the suspect who later surrendered. the county coroner confirms one of the officers has died. at this point there are no details on the conditions of the four other officers. >>> and also going on right now, more rain moving through the bay area. check out this time lapse video from dublin. the storm clouds are rolling through. some neighborhoods are getting a few brief showers. now to the south. here's a live look at downtown san jose, broken clouds also in the area. chief meteorologist paul deanno monitoring the high-def doppler. still raining out there? >> ken, yes, it is very, very active to our east, especially in the sacramento valley. some lightning strikes being picked up as close as tracy. let's get right to the radar and zoom in on

the grieving continues in florence, south carolina.a vigil was held tonight for the 30-year veteran of the police department who was killed in last night's shootout. seven law enforcement officers were shot while trying to serve a search warrant at a home that turned in to a two-hour standoff... sheriff kenney boone said the shooter barricaded himself inside the house during the shootout...and shot some officers who were 300 yards away. for about 15 seconds...there was an intense barrage of gunfire from the suspect.<"pray for the family who lost the bravest police officer that i have ever known.">(ken) ever known."> (ken) two other officers have been released from the hospital. authorities are not releasing any of the other officers identities. the supect, 74-year old, fred hopkins in in the hospital and under arrest.. police

tyler florence's field -- film is called unquestionable. tourism officials are hoping this film will boost the tourism industry which is still recovering. >> tyler florence notes that the audience lived the fire he makes the movie for them. >> i look outside.>> reporter: and crushable came to him as fire smoldered and he was organizing a big outdoor dinner to raise money for fire relief. he interviewed elected officials, first responders, survivors. >> there are a lot of people on the film in the room.>> reporter: a lot of people join him on stage before the lights dimmed. the movie chronicles catastrophe but also recovery and hope. >> i am excited about sharing the story. it is very personal and it is my first film. >> reporter: cooking and filmmaking are not so different. >> it is all like a recipe. e going to make.>> reporter: he is already prominent in ads and she hopes his billability -- he hopes his visibility will help society. >> we need travelers to come to sonoma county and experience in the joy the things people appear. >> report

florence.eeing, weack we're ituld make note of the fact little bit of strength here for the housing data. we're looking at solid gains. even last friday, not as big last friday. it feels a little more solid. if we hopped into bloomberg, this is a full screen of the s&p 500 futures. gains despite being at the close. many are headed for a gain and time of three minutes ahead of the, finishing down rebounding overnight. but really took a look -- take a look at the gain over the last two days. perhaps the first weekly gain for the s&p 500 and four weeks. behind this like today, bank earnings. let's look at morgan stanley and goldman sachs. beatn stanley up 3%, they top and bottom line as did goldman sachs. the only be bank to beat on all three areas of the fixed income equities and investment banking, goldman sachs beat on the banking revenue. on the year, we have both banks the more than 14% despite fact that rates are rising, something to keep an eye on for the s&p 500. other earnings movers, a b