gadi schwartz there in radio city, gadi, do be careful, sir, gadi alluding to that hurricane back in the '50s. that one is still very much the storm that all of them have been compared to here in north carolina. hurricane hazel. msnbc's garrett haake is also on duty for us. he's in newburg, north carolina. that town already fighting a battle with the noos river. garrett, who's winning the battle now? >> craig, right now, i'd say the town has fought it to a draw. this noos river here, this is a different scenario than on the coast here where our source in new bern comes from the river itself and the town is nestled up against the river on two sides. and so what you have to deal with here is this storm surge that's going to come down the river as it rains and water comes down. the storm surge pushing back up. every little bit of rain we get and every little bit that storm pushes closer, we'll move more and more water here on to street where i am, on front street, a street where a lot of these historic homes come up against the water. a lot of these residents have left. these are people

>> and gadi, stay safe and hang on to the pillar s s or get out there. and al roker, you can set the stage, because you are warning for the storm surge on top of the high tide and take us through it. >> all right. an gree ya, thank you very much. the visible satellite picture sgog the give you the scope, and beaufort where gadi is, the 60-mile-an-hour winds, and 64-mile-an-hour wind gusts, and you can see the gusts on the north earn quadrant are strong. hatteras with 51 and beaufort is 47, and as you get close nor the storm, and you can see it spinning around and the bands are going to be making the way on shore, and the category 2 storm. we are warning you, don't pay attention to the fact that it is category 2 or maybe that the winds have dropped down 105 miles per hour, because that is -- the good news is that hopefully not as much structural damage, however, with the slowing speed, forward speed at 10 miles per hour moving to the northwest, that is going to be a problem. so we look for the landfall sometime tomorrow morning, and again as a category 2

>> gadi schwartz, be safe out there. thank you. >>> i'm joined by nbc news carrie sanders in carolina beach, north carolina. where the hurricane is expected to make landfall tomorrow morning. carrie, what it looks like there? >> reporter: right now it's not as bad as gadi has it. it's beginning to pick up still. it will be around 4:00 in the morning when we start to feel the really heavy winds. because the hurricane is moving so slowly, it will be from 4:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. as this area is likely, according to the national hurricane center to get the eye wall somewhere between here and wrightsville beach, we're going to see the most powerful winds and the of course the storm surge that will come along with the storm. the expectation, according to the national hurricane center, is about 11 feet of water being pushed to shore by the storm which, of course, is well above the first floor of any buildings or homes here. there are some people who have decided to stay in their homes. one of the things that is at least positiv

i heard from gadi and garrett. they're already seeing what you've been predicting all week long. >> if you look at garrett's shot again, one of the things that people don't realize the power of water. it only takes about six to eight inches of water moving at about six miles per hour to knock you off your feet and about a foot of water to actually float a vehicle. so you got to be very -- >> so i'm not being neurotic by saying i'd feel better if garrett got out of that water. >> plus you don't know what's in that water. what hazards are in that water. we've got buoys out just offshore. and you can see the winds, 76-mile-per-hour gusts here. 60 here. beaufort, 50-mile-an-hour wind gusts. starting to grow. on the wide view, this is the latest we've got from the national hurricane center. category 2 storm. and as garrett mentioned, don't pay attention to that number. the category doesn't matter. when superstorm sandy came in, it was technically a category 1 storm. we saw what that did. it's 105 miles east-southeast of

let's start with gadi schwartz who's in beauford, north carolina. gadi? oh, my gosh. >> reporter: this has been the situation for the last five or six hours. this isn't the worst of it. we expect the worst of it to come tonight. these winds we're seeing, they're about 50, 60, maybe 70 miles an hour. tonight we'll see winds over 100 miles an hour. we're also going to see high tide. and we're going to see a storm surge. so those three things are going to be potentially catastrophic around 11:00. beaufort is just across the way. there are reports of homes already being flooded by some storm surge. you were talking a bit ago about this being a category 2 hurricane. a lot of people have dismissed this as a category 2 hurricane, maybe choosing not to evacuate. this is the strength of tropical storm force winds, not that hurricane, that 100 miles an hour-plus hurricane winds. those are coming. they're close to us and they're going to rake their way through north and south carolina. so right after this we can see on the radar they're approaching our location so w

>> gadi schwartz, thank you. >>> a mystery overseas with a strange illness striking another vocal critic of vladamir putin. he's a member of a protest group who told the world they believe he was poisoned. now his doctors appear to agree. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the story. >> reporter: german doctors say a putin critic and the most prominent male member was most likely poisoned. his girlfriend saying how he suspiciously fell ill. >> he was not able to move by himself or to speak. and he did not see anything. >> reporter: last year in moscow, another group member told us opposing putin comes with risks. >> opposition activists have been poisoned in this country. >> of course, i'm not afraid. >> reporter: neither was he. he was arrested when he dared to storm the field during the world cup in moscow. as putin looked on. putin was furious. now he's recovering from an unknown toxin. it's a pattern putin's critics know well.itish authorities say two russian agents traveled to salisbury to poison a russian spy turned british agent. but just last week, the two men

gadi schwartz, nbc news, dallas. >>> now to an nbc news exclusive. the strongest indications yet of who would be responsible for those mystery attacks last year when 26 u.s. diplomats and intelligence officials were struck ill in cuba. the prime suspect, according to u.s. officials, russia. nbc news correspondent andrea mitchell has the story. >> reporter: the mystery, who or what caused american officials living in these havana homes and hotels, to suffer headaches, dizziness, and some serious brain injuries, similar to a concussion? last year, cuban investigators said they would never allow their territory to be used that way. but now russia is the leading suspect. nbc news has learned according to three u.s. officials and two others briefed on the investigation. evidence they say backed up by highly secret communications intercepts collected during a lengthy and ongoing investigation involving the fbi, cia, and other agencies. u.s. officials also tell nbc news investigators now believe the americans were deliberately targeted. >> this is not an ac

the ntsb has arrived at the site of the wreckage, where we find nbc's gadi schwartz. >> reporter: thisb team examining the semi. that is the tire that blew. we now know that when that tire blew, this tractor-trailer jackknifed, becoming an 80,000-pound projectile. moments of terror caught on camera. >> oh, my god, there was one person hanging out the window. >> reporter: drivers stunned by chaos at the arizona border after a head-on collision. 48 people were on the greyhound headed to phoenix when investigators say a semi truck blew a tire, crossed the median, and smashed into a bus. eight people died, including the bus driver. all but six were taken to area hospitals. >> the side of the bus we were on opened up like a can of we're hearing what happened inside the bus from those who survived. >> it felt like an "a" bomb going off. >> reporter: robert ward pulled a pregnant woman from the wreckage. >> this lady is screaming bloody murder, i need help, i need help. i remembered, i know she's the one that's pregnant. >> reporter: she was rushed to the hospital, giving birth to twins who a

we get the latest now from gadi schwartz. >> reporter: all eyes tonight on d he cape fear river, predic to crest at 2:00 a.m. these pictures show the river climbing to feet. >> it's pretty rough. this is the worst i'ev seen it. >> reporter: from the air and ground, search and rescue teams working around the clock to pull families to safety. >> i feel better now. >> reporter: the rising water stranding people and their pets >> you don't know what's going on, but you know you've got to t out of there. >> reporter: in lumberton, ail emergency berm, allowing the river to flow into the city. nowfundreds o thousanding throughout llthe state are s without power. residents forced to wait in long lines to buy gas. >> everyone that is trying to get gas, and people are just fighting. >> reporter: north carolina governor roy cooper asking for patience. >> i know that many people are tired of the present, and are scared of the future. but please know we will not give up on you. >> reporter: and in south carolina, a tracto trailer still stuck on a coapsed road. the mayor of this small town of spring

. >> gadi, i kacan't hear you whi you're switching that audio. i know you're traveling and the situation there, your signal is kind of breaking up. we're going to try and work on that and see if we can get gadi back at another point. for now we appreciate your reporting there, gadi, as we understand there's rescues still happening as we were seeing in that video. >>> chuck grassley kuaccusing tm of playing politics. new information from the woman accusing kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in their teens. will they try to rush a confirmation vote this week? ♪ be right back. with moderate to severe crohn's disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be. is she alright? i hope so. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medications. and the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief and many achieved remission in as little as 4 weeks. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal

>>> that's nbc's gadi schwartz monitoring the winds in radio island, north carolina. coming up at the top of the hour north carolina governor will be briefing on the storm and my friend and colleague chuck todd is going to be speaking to the governor of puerto rico responding to donald trump's tweets this morning denying the death toll in that deadly storm one year ago this week. my thanks to rick stengel, nick, and corrine. that does it for my hour. mtp daily starts now. hi, chuck. >> nicolle, i appreciate the plug. >> i go sit in front of my tv, i never get home in time. >> that's what i like to hear. welcome to mtp daily. as the storm batters the carolina coast, the commander in kmeef is claiming without evidence that the death poll in puerto rico was doctored by democrats to undermine him. nothing shocks this town any more, with you that seemed to. we're going to get to those comments and the fallout in just a moment. as you heard we have a lot of breaking news right now. hurricane florence's long siege is underway. this storm has begun slamming the coast of north

. >> nbc's gadi schwartz is in lumberton, north carolina. gadi, let's start with the conditions on the ground right now. >> reporter: yeah, craig. as the water levels start to recede here in lumberton, this is the type of scene you start to see. these are cars that are left haphazardly in the roads. a lot of roads flooded. people trying to get out of here in a hurry. you could see the water levels along the houses, those are starting to go down, as well. inside the homes, many of them are a total loss. we're talking about drywall that's being ripped out. we have flooring ripped out. we have talked to some neighbors saying this is the second time that this neighborhood in particular hit. once in 2016 by hurricane matthew. they were told that it was 1,000-year flood then and then 2 years later here we are with hurricane florence coming through and raising water levels tremendously. a lot of people say that the last time matthew came through here they were trying to talk to fema. they were told that fema would possibly buy out some of the house

let's go back to radio island where gady schwartz is. for those looking at these pictures, these images of gady that's the kind of thing that will work its way through the coast. it's worse than what you see. you have been getting this for hours. we were talking in the 10:00 hour this morning. >> reporter: that's right. this is just a taste of what's to come. these wind gusts, you see these wind gusts. these are about 60, 70 miles per hour. they come and go. at some points the visibility is cut down to zero. we're looking at wind gusts getting above 100 miles per hour. they will be a lot more powerful than this and much of that comes when the sun goes down, when it gets very dark here. we'll also be seeing the second cycle of a high tide. the first one we saw was around 11:00 this morning. the second one in this area near radio island and buford, north carolina over there, that is about to hit at about 11:00 tonight. so we're expecting a storm surge up to seven and a half feet. that can be catastrophic. the last time they had an extreme

gadi schwartz explains. >> reporter: this morning the rivers burst its banks pouring more water into the already saturated regions. now sunny skies for the first time in five days. the danger is not over. >> sunshine does not necessarily mean safety. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands still have no power in the carolinas going on sixth days. generators are now running low on gas. >> reporter: the weight stretching several hours. >> mad house. everyone is trying to get gas and people are just fighting. >> reporter: over carolina and isolateding communities and making rescue difficult. these are the men of women of the spring of patrol rescuing people from homes and pets. many of these recusscues are do by boats. >> reporter: nba michael jordan who owns the hornets donating $2 million to recovery efforts, a recovery that could be overwhelming. >> that's gadi schwartz reporting there. the death toll now is at 37. a man swept off the road killing off two inmates. >>> you are noeext story involv someone you may recognize, stephanie troung was a reporter here at the bay area. she remains v

it's very close to morehead city north carolina where gadi s schwartz is. outer bands of the storm are upon you. this is the interesting part about the storm. you're not getting the eye but you're getting a hurricane pretty soon. >> reporter: that's right. what's incredible about these outer bands outer bands, and wh incredible about the outer bands is that these are the types of conditions that we could see for possibly 24 hours. so, a lot of rain, and lot of heavy wind, and we are seeing the pieces of trees over here break off and then the storm surge, and we are not seeing the storm surge yet, but what we are seeing is the high tide, and if i could make my way over here, and we have the water level rising slowly here, and it is covering parts of the dock, and already, these docks here are on the island called radio island and starting to break apart that. over there is a place that was hammered just like this whole area by hurricane hazel in 1950s. in that storm, the storm surge reached about seven feet, and it was h 69 and here we are expecting 7'5" and

gadi schwartz has the latest for us. gadi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning savannah. manslaughter may not be the final charge in this case. many are calling for murder and the d.a. here in dallas is saying that is a possibility. meanwhile, we're getting new details about what happened in that apartment before shots rang out. overnight demonstrators marching through downtown dallas demanding justice for 26-year-old bothum jong. newly released documents reveal details. gieger walked up to what she thought was her apartment. she lives in 1378. but she was one floor above in front of 1478, his apartment. both hallways are identical or extremely similar. although according to dallas news.com, this distinctive red mat was in front of his door. gieger noticed it was slightly ajar. the apartment nearly completely dark. she noticed a large silhouette across the room. it was jong. believed she had encountered a burglar, she drew her firearm and hit jean once in the chest. it's not known if the female in this video is guyger. but she called 911. that's when she realized she was

our own correspondent gadi schwartz was out in some of those high winds and heavy rain action on radio >> reporter: it is treacherous out here. as bad as it looks right here, we have actually moved locations. i am using a building as a wind block. right over there where you see the light hitting, it is extremely windy there. we are talking about wind gusts well above what we were seeing earlier, which is about 60, 70 miles per hour. this is an area that's starting to see the tide rise again. we will get high tide at 11:00. when that tide rises, we are also expecting to see a tremendous storm surge that could be catastrophic to some of these areas. beaufort is just across the bay there and they've already started to see flooding in some of their streets. we know the storm surge has come up and surrounded some houses and actually worked its way through the stilts and is encroaching on some of the houses, so tonight, unfortunately, the power has been cut or has been lost here on radio island where we are. it looks like across the bay we don't see any lights over at beaufort either, so we'

hallie, back to you. >> gadi schwartz there in north carolina. you are taking a live look at cherry point where president trump is expected to get off air force one momentarily. these are moments we look at this. when you look at the president's response to past, natural disasters, there have been some missteps and notably, i think puerto rico comes to mind with hurricane maria when the president went to the ground, at the paper towel throwing moment is something that trailed him for a while. at the same time, this is an opportunity for any president to show they have their people's back. they are there. they are there to support. they are there to make sure people struggling have the resources they need. >> one of the things the president needs to do today, he's not done well in the past is show empathy to survivors of the storm. he needs to set expectations. you know, during harvey, respond quickly, recover quickly. that's not right. he needs to set expectations. it's going to take a long time. thousands of people are out of their homes. they a

and nbc's gadi schwartz is in lumberton, north carolina, and how are things looking there?t so good. and the floodwaters are up to knee level at least. >> yeah, and andrea, as bad as it is looking right now, the floodwaters are starting to go down and the relief for this neighborhood that was basically under water for several days, and you have these cars right here, and these cars are looking like they were just stopped and possibly the person inside of them had to get out, because they were looking like they were stopped in the middle of the street when this area was being flooded during the storm. now, interestingly enough, this is one neighborhood here in lumberton that has been hit twice, once by hurricane matthew in 2016 and then once again by florence. they said that during that hurricane in 2016 that when it swept through here, it was a tropical storm. they saw a lot of the same damage. this neighborhood is really interesting, because a lot of the homes have had experience with fema. they say that fema came in afterwards and offered to buy some of the homes up, beca

gadi schwartz is in fayetteville, north carolina. let's talk about the main threat where you are.le to think the storm has been gone. yet there is still a real risk. >> reporter: yeah, there's totally a false sense of security here, but there's just one bridge in fayetteville that everybody has been talking about. it's the person's bridge. that's what we're on right now. you can see the police have closed this down to one lane, and they've got a stream of cars that have their windows down, people trying to look over. earlier, a couple hours ago, this bridge was filled with people, and they're here because this is the unofficial water gauge of the city. this is where people come to see how high the river is, and you can see this is the cape fear river. it is now at about 59 feet. just for a comparison, the reason why they're talking about this bridge. if we can just pull up what it normally looks like without the flood stages, that bridge is about 60 feet, 60 feet high. it's a railroad trestle that crosses. when people from fayetteville come here and see that much water, this is a

>> gadi?friendly, yellow robot. >> how are you doing? >> i'm doing great. >> super. glad you're feeling great. >> reporter: patient, ray byrd, a bus driver who recently suffered a heart attack. to make sure he stayed on his regimen, he was sent home with mabu. >> did you take your prescriptions as prescribed? >> reporter: he reminds ray to take his medication and track your progress. where would you be? >> i would be more careless. >> reporter: has it been difficult to get your patients to trust a robot? >> in general, no. we designed the robot to look cute. >> reporter: cory is one of mabu's inventors. what do you like about mabu? >> it's always there and available. patients where they have mabu, there is a nurse or doctor they can call. they often don't. they feel like they don't want to bother anybody. >> reporter: if you had to describe your relationship with mabu, how would you do that? >> it's my partner. not that kind of partner. but a partner. >> reporter: she's part of the family? >>

nbc's gadi schwartz is in the tiny coastal community of radio island, it is about 100 miles northeast. you've been getting knocked around for a good part of the day. what's what happening there now? >> reporter: good evening, lester. as bad as the winds look, they will get much worse tonight. they are gusting 50 to 70 miles an hour. but tonight, they are going to get up into the 100 mile an hour plus and it's going to coincide with the storm surge. we're going to see a high tide at around 11:30. the storm surge is expected to come up significantly, 7.5 feet. in this particular area, the town has never seen storm surge that high. but it has seen significant damage from storm surge as high as seven feet. so we're expecting the worst of it to come overnight. lester, back to you. >> hang in there. thank you. right now we're seeing significant flooding as the rivers in this region swell from the storm surge. nbc's garrett haake is in new bern. >> reporter: right now the river is in new bern, north carolina. it came across the starting this afternoon, that water pushed by the storm surge ca

>> all right, gadi schwartz, i'm liking that stairwell. it's good for you and your crew for a safe alternative as long as you can. thank you for that. >>> bill, you lived and worked down here. i heard you say your old tv station -- >> wcti, channel 12 is an abc affiliate in the new burn area. it's located maybe a quarter mile from the river, the noose river which we're hearing a lot about where some of the worst flooding has been. at one point during their continuous coverage in their local market, the water was coming up so high to the station they evacuated everyone except the meteorologists that were still on the air. at a certain point the meteorologists had to sign off because they were afraid they weren't going to be able to leave the station because the water was still coming that high. and so the station had to sign off in the middle of one of their biggest events and one of their other sister stations in myrtle beach has taken over their coverage for them down there. i lived in the new burn area. i was there for hurricane bir that

wa nbc's gadi schrtz is on radio island, about 100 miles northeast. you've been getting knocked around for a good part of the day. what is happening there right now? >> reporter: good everyone, lest. as bad as the winds look, they will get much worse tonight. they are gusting 50 70 iles an hour but tonight, they are going to get up into the 100 mile an hour plus and it's going to coincide with the storm surge. we're going to see high tide at around 11:30. the storm surge is expected to come up significantl7.5 et. in this area, the town has never seen a storm surge that high but it has seen significant damage from storm surge as high as seven feet. so we're expecting the worst of it to come overnight. lester, o you. >> hang in there. right now we're seeisi gnificant flooding ashe t rivers in this region swell from the storm surge. nbc's garrett is in new bern. ht >> reporter: row the river is in new bern, north carolina. it came across the front street and started toush further back into these neighborhoods. the good news is a lot of folks are boarding

. >> that was gadi schwartz. it isn't officially a hurricane untilr repor clinging to a tree. that gives you an example of just how powerful it is. >> keep in mind it hasn't even made landfall yet. and he's getting whied around. >> that's under 80 miles an hour. the full force hasn'tven come ashore. >> what we're seeing is a sign that people are taking these orders to evacuate very seriously. we've been going up and down the carolina coast and we are seeing the towns that aresu uly busy year.time of it is looking more like ghost towns. they were told to close down by fal 5:00 and it looks like they are. residents who haven't left yet said they have never seen it so quiet. >> i'm sure. about 100 ambulances are on standby right now at ft. lee. aftere ready to deploy the hurricane does hit. they're from cities around the country. llitary installations such as ft.ee are often used during disasters as part of the federal response. >> stay with for all the left a on hurricane florence. we'll keep you posted with maps showing the storm's predicted path. and we'll have that continuous

gadi schwartz found kids as young as five learning to be polite. >> let me get my cell phone and putack to these little etiquette experts later. if their mastery of good manners at a young age surprises you, you're probably not alone. because what should you expect when your kids grow up barraged by brawls on tv or constantly clicking on the crude antic of the internet. even in the halls of power, they say what are supposed to be civil servants who are no longer civil at all. it's no wonder some kids are acting out. take a closer look at this classroom in california where courtesy holds center stage. >> thank you. >> this is the modern etiquette class. she's teaching a generation it's cool to have good manners. >> who is going to teach me some manners? you, you, you? >> imagine a world where everyone had these types of tools to get along. it's a lot more than just the fork and the knife, it was more about instilling this in kids from the get go. >> that means starting young and going head-to-head with a high-conflict world. >> why do you think it is parents are coming to you and aski

we sent gadi schwartz to antt etiquee class where he found kids learning to be tepo >> let me get myck to these little etiquette ex later, but itheir mastery surprises you, you're probably not alo. because what should you expect when your kids grow up barraged by brawls on tv or constantly clicking on the crude actics of the ternet, and even in the halls of power, they see what are supposed to be civil servants who are no longer civil at l. no wonder some kids are acting out. but take a closerhi look at classroom in california where courtesy holds center stage. >> tha you. >> this is ms. dee's modern day etiquette class. she's teaching a new generation it's cool to have good manners, or at leasthat's the pe. >> who's going to teach me manners? >> imagine a worlds where everyone had these types of tools to get along. it's a lot more than just the fork and the knife. w itas more about instilling this in kids from the get-go. >> from this woman, it means starting young and goingo- headad with the high conflict world. why do you think it is parents are cing to you a asking you to teach t

here is nbc's gadi schwartz. >> it's the wildly popular online video game h thesead 125 million playersy parents finding getting their kids back into the routine can be a fortnite-mare.t ♪e to put down the fortnite ♪ >> frustration captured in this ghutube parody. ♪ tos the night to pull the plug ♪ >> like millions of homes around the world where fortnite is played hours on end, susie isl having to d with her son's ve-hour obsession with the game. >> he's ten. >> school is starting. has it been tough? >> it has been.ts he w to keep playing like he played in the summer. he can't play. school has to bepr his iority. >> so robert, this is what you do pretty regularly? >> yeah. >> got it. >> mom understan her son's love of fortnite because she's become obsessed, too. >> i also play. i'm not that good but i try. i try to doch what thel kids are doing. >> you're a cool mom. >> i'm a coomom. >> we sat down for a couple o games, whichs susie sayome with conditions. robert has a one-hour limit on how long he can play during school days, he's got to keep his grades upha and got to t she says. is

gadi schwartz is live in arizona. recently. what's at the top of the list there as you talk to voters? >> well, at the top of the list here in arizona are going to be some of the traditional things we've heard in the past. immigration and health care. this is one of the states that was most affected by health care. it's one of those border states. so immigration is at the top of the list. here in arizona, it looks like about two-thirds of arizonians are opposed to a wall and opposed to that family separation according to the most recent polls. so that's going to feature very prominent in these elections. but we've seen some races where not what you'd expect. you expect to see those polar opposites. here in arizona, you're seeing a lot more of a moderate playing field. you had march ththa mcsally who beat out arpaio and ward, some of the biggest trump supporters in the game, and she's up against kirsten sinema. in congress, she supported i.c.e. there was that push to abolish i.c.e. and she was one of those democrats th

gadi, tell me about the conditions, i can see already that you've got water and a current and it moving>> reporter: yeah, andrea, a lot of people are going to come out today, i mean this is the first day in five days that we have actually had sunlight, think that things are okay, but what we're seeing right now is a disaster in slow motion. we're just above fayetteville and this is a town called spring lake. that backside of the sign that you're seeing is actually the water gauge, and you can see the river has crested the water gauge. what you don't see where there's a little wake in this water, this is a bridge. this is called the manchester bridge, this is a bridge that everyone was watching because they thought this might be overtaken. sure enough, the little river has crested over the bridge, this is the highest levels they have seen, higher than matthew, and this water is not just coming from this river, it's coming from here where it's coming from some other creeks. you've got the water overtaking this hotel right here. they have been evacuating everybody from this area. the high

. >> reporter: nbc's gadi schwartz in arizona. >> and this is a lime scooter. 15 miles per hour, great for short trips, but critics say these things are unsafe, people are leaving them on sidewalks and they're pretty much unregulated. >> reporter: so what else is ahead? while futuristic hyper loop systems look cool, they're likely years away. but semi autonomous vehicles are already on the test track and on the road. some involved in deadly accidents. so what if your future self-driving car or delivery truck suddenly needs a human touch, fast? the person driving this phantom auto car in california isn't even in the car. leo is in an office building. he's using the cameras on top of the car for a 360-degree view. he's got his own steering wheel, his own brake and gas pedals and he can navigate through traffic and obstacles. the idea is some day autonomous vehicles could run into problems, and they will need a backup human intervention. right, leo? >> right. basically, our technology keeps a human in the loop for when an autonomous vehicle reaches any scenario wh

nbc's gadi schwartz has details on this story, along with some tips every parent should know just toeir kids safe. >> reporter: if you don't recognize the colorful hair or the excited laugh -- [ laughter ] >> reporter: -- your kids probably will. this is tyler beliefin, the most famous fortnight player in the world. while he's streaming to millions of fans, a lot of times he's also giving other gamers important advice. >> you don't know this person. so, like, don't trust them. don't give them any personal information. >> reporter: those words after a recent undercover investigation in new jersey netted 24 arrests, accused sexual predators using some of the world's most popular games like fortnight and minecraft to prey on teens, all charged with second degree child luring, all but one a registered sex offender released on bail. among those arrested, a police sergeant allegedly using a messaging appear called kick to set up a meeting with a girl he thought was 15. he's now suspended, authorities said, and on house arrest. >> anything that gives strangers access to children potentially

for the latest on the conditions nbc news correspondent gadi schwartz is in the coastal town of boford tonight. what's the latest there. >> reporter: the situation is really bad, so we've fallen back to our area where we've determined this is safe place to be, safe place to ride out this storm. i'm going to show you exactly where we're at right now. you can see this is the radar. that's us. the eye wall is likely going to pass this way, but that's us, that little blue dot right there. once we start seeing that, that's going to be the strongest winds, we're talking possibly 100 mile an hour winds, and it is insane out there. i'm going to take you right out there. but first i want to give you a perspective what it's like when people are hunkering down in a hurricane. can you crank up what we're hearing inside here? because it's this howling wind that's really haunting. so that's kind of what it's like for hours and hours and hours for people inside of places like this, surrounded by concrete. all the power has gone out of this building so all we have are these emergency lights. but let m

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nbc's gadi schwartz is along the swollen cape fear river in fayettevil this morning. good morning to you. >> goo a massive ecuation zonetill zbrund way here. this is a half a mile away from the cape fear river and most of those evacuations have happened near the cape fear river and you can see for good reason. that evacuxtion zoneds about a mile out and finally last night we saw the cape fear rive. this morning the cape fear river cresting at over 60 feet. it's just the latest nivth carolina to burst its banks, pouring more water into th already saturated region. part of this hotel buckling from the raging c anoth cresting river outside ofev fayettle. now sunny skies for the first time in five days. bue danger isn't over. >> sunshine doesn't necessarily mean safety. s still have no pon thecarolinas, going on six days,or gens running low on gas. the wait stretching several hours. >> is trying to gefigas and ting. >> repor over 1,000 roads rema closed in north carolina, isolating communiti and making rescues difficult. and these are men and women of the spring lake fire

gadi schwartth new information on tips for parents.ng operation at caught a lot of parents' attention, using games to lure kids into dangerous situations. we asked the world's most popular gamer about it. your kids don't always listen to you, maybe they will listen to him. >> reporter you recognize t h or the excited olaugh, yur kids probably will. this is tyler blevers, bett known as ninja online. he is the most famous fortnite player in thewh world. e he is streaming to millions of fans, a lot of times he is giving otheramers portant advice. >> you don't know this person. so don't trust them. don a give them personal information. >> rorr:ho words after a recent unde investigation in new jersey netted 24 arrests, accused sexpro using games like fortnite and minecraft to prey on teens, all charged with second-dree child luring. all but one a registered sex offender released on bail. among those arrested a police sergeant usi kik to set a meeting with a girl he thought was 15. he is now suspended and on house arrest. >> anything that gv

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. >> gadi, the president is planning to visit those areas in north and south carolina and usually there are a lot of complicates logistics especially when a president comes to visit in a disaster zone like that. what are you expecting from that? >> we know the president is headed this way. at this hpoint, his schedule ha not been finalized. there are a lot of logistics to work out. meanwhile, the death toll out here from hurricane florence is now at 35. including two prisoners who were in the back of a transport van that was swept off the road and killed overnight. guys, back to you. >>> in the meantime, this is the day, the day that one of elizabeth smart's convicted kidnappers is supposed to be released from prison after serving 15 years behind bars. joe friar joins us with the latest on this story. >> good morning. at some point today, wanda barzee will walk out of prison. so far, no official word that has happened yet. her release comes earlier than expected drawing strong criticism from her victim, elizabeth smart. now we're learning more about what will happen once she's out. >> a