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. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," elizabeth smart talks with gayle king in her first sit-down intervieword of the release of one of her kidnappers. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." sometimes the best time is time you make for yourself. aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion with active naturals® oat. locks in moisture to improve skin wellness in just one day. aveeno® naturally beautiful results® take a moment to unwrap and unwind with lindor a milk chocolate shell with a smooth, melting center crafted by the lindt master chocolatiers whenever wherever lindor only from lindt >>> our top stories this morning -- supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and the woman who claims he sexually assaulted her when they were in high school will testify at a senate hearing on monday. christine blasey ford says kavanaugh was drunk when he held her down, groped her, and tried to remove her clothing. kavanaugh denies the allegation and says he wants to defend his integrity. >>> and an apparent tornado triggered by the remnants of hurricane florence touched down near richmond, virginia, ki

you can see more of gayle king's interview with elizabeth smart starting tomorrow on "cbs this morning will reveal the advice she's lived by since she was rescued. the massachusetts man killed by a shark on saturday may have brushed off a warning to stay out of the waters off cape cod. the "boston herald" reports that 26-year-old arthur medici told his aunt, "the sharks don't bite me, i'm superman." medici was bitten in both legs and bled to death. it was the first deadly shark attack there in 82 years, first in the nation since 2015. a bizarre moment in western new york yesterday. defensive back vontae davis left the bills' game at half time and 0 yered. davis, 30 years old, was in his tenth season, his first season with the bills. mu later cited multiple injuries and surgeries, tweeting, "today on the field reality hit me fast and hard. i shouldn't be out there anymore." up next here, marine corps veterans face a new enemy together. >> this portion of the "cbs d.ening news" is sponsored by: into one small softgel. it supports your heart... brain... eyes... and joints. megared. introd

in an exclusive interview, smart, now 30 years old, talked to gayle king. >> reporter: you said she hasremorse to you at all? >> part of her plea deal, back e en her case came up, it was required for her to write an riefogy to me, but it was just a very brief "i'm sorry for what i've done, the end," kind of thing. >> reporter: and you felt nothing from that. >> no. i don't think you can just kidnap a 14-year-old girl and, piu know, not only sit by her while she's being raped, but encourage the rapist to continue, and do that for nine months, with other countless atrocities, and then just at the hed of it say, "i'm sorry," and really mean it. >> you know, just hearing you say that, as a woman, as a mother-- you're a woman and a mother, too-- to think that a woman-- and she's a mother of six-- can encourage a man-- her husband-- to rape you. i can't even wrap my brain around what that was like or what that did to you. >> from everything they learned through the trial and everything rvat i learned being around her, sdon't think she deserves that mark of respect, to have the title of "mothe

smart, who is now 30 years old, spoke about it with gayle king of "cbs this morning" in her first oneinterview on this subject. >> do you still believe that she's a danger? why do you feel that way? >> i do believe she's still a danger through my sources i've heard that she is still carrying around this book of revelations that brian mitchell wrote that said that he should kidnap me and not just kidnap me but six other young girls and that we'd all be his wives and that she was this great woman among us. and i think that clearly she hasn't let it go. so that leads me to believe that, yes, in fact, she is still a big threat. and not just to me but to the public in general. >> the massachusetts man killed by a shark on saturday may have brushed off a warning to stay out of the waters off cape cod. the boston herald reports that 26-year-old arthur madichi told his aunt the sharks don't bite me. i'm superhuman, superman. he was bitten in both legs and bled to death. was the first deadly shark attack there in 82 years. the first in the nation since 2015. >>> bizarre moment in western new y

smart sat down with gayle king to explain why she thinks this woman should remain behind bars. >> youieve that she's a danger. why do you feel that way? >> i do believe she is still a danger. through my sources i've heard that she's still carrying around this book of revelations that brian mitchell wrote that said that he should kidnap me and not just me but six other young girls and that we would all be his wives. clearly she hasn't threat go. >> reporter: according to the justice system she has served her time, despite the miscalculation that was made and people could say but that's the way our justice system works. she did a terrible crime. she has paid the price. what do you say about that? >> i would say this whole situation, circumstance has really given me a greater appreciation and understanding for how all of those thousands of victims whose cases never even make it to court, whose perpetrators are walking free from the day that they violated them or raped them or kidnapped them or hurt them in any way and nothing was ever done, and this case did. this case did receive some m

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back in january, pharaoh described the alleged incident to gayle king. >> he instructed me to lay down on my stomach and play with my brother's toy train that was set up. he sat behind me in the doorway and as i played with the toy train, i was sexually assaulted. >> ing for the article's release, journalists criticized the magazine for allowing a friend of allen to write the article. the magazine defended its actions saying the relationship was disclosed and the story should be heard. >>> aaa says seniors are outliving their ability to drive safely. >> i had a broken bone in my neck, 9 broken ribs, broke my back in two places, broke my pelvis in four places. >> reporter: christy's injuries happened when she was raiding on this motorcycle with her husband, david, in 2016, an elderly driver traveling from the other direction drifted over the center line and hit them head on killing david. christy was rushed to the hospital. >> my brother came in to the room and said you have been in a real bad accident. the question was, did david make it. he said no. >> reporter: the crash destroyed bo

smart told gayle king that barzee stood by as she was frequently sexually assaulted. >>she would sit right next to me, the site of her -- side of her body would be touching me. >> reporter: this comes six years earlier than smart expected because officials discovered they miscalculated her sentence. her attorney argues once she finished serving her federal sentence she did not need to serve additional time in state prison. >>we reviewed that with our legal counsel and we determined that we did have to give credit for that time spent in derastod under federal supervision for five years. her sister who did not want to give her name says that barzee is unfit to leave prison. >>she is mentally ill. she is very manipulative. >> reporter: she was denied parole in july for the second time. at the time she refused to be evaluated by a prison psychologist. >>we can't extend a person's sentence regardless of treatment or other factors. one person has served there sometime. >> reporter: it is unclear where barzee will end up. meanwhile, her husband, brian david mitchell remains

. >> and a cbs news exclusive, gayle king talks to elizabeth smart about her kidnapper's prison release coming up in a few seconds on the cbs evening news. >>> it could be the only way some san francisco stores can survive. >> ahead at 6:00 how they are using a kind of business buddy system. we'll explain. elizabeth and i and paul will be back in 30 minutes. captioning sponsored by cbs >> glor: on the "cbs evening news" this monday, breaking news: supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault will testify under oath. we're on the scene of dramatic rescues as the floodwaters left by florence continue to rise and surround one city. and an exclusive interview with elizabeth smart as one of her kidnappers is about to be released. but first, the headlines in 60 seconds. >> judge kavanaugh is one of the finest people that i've ever known. at the same time, we want to go through a process. >> reaction to the allegations is pouring in. >> i think she's mistaken. >> i think the allegations are extremely credible. >> we need to know what happened. >> oh dear,

gayle king is on assignment, so bianna golodryga is with us. >>> they face a major new threat amid rising water levels. severe flooding is reported all over the carolinas and rain is still falling in some places. a major city is isolated and the flood risk extend 2/s 250 miles from the coast. >> some areas have seen more than 30 inches of rain since thursday. north carolina officials report over 900 water rescues across the state. think about that. this morning flood watches and warnings stretch all the way across pennsylvania where the remains of florence are headed. these pictures in fayetteville show how difficult it is to move around. demarco morgan is 40 miles south of it where the flooding has been nonstop for days. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. pembroke is just one of the residential areas. the rain has stopped at least for now, but now authorities are keeping a close eye on levees and rivers that are now under pressure. all eyes are on lumberton, north carolina this morning. relentless rain from florence caused the river to swell, rising overnight to more than 24

smart, now 30, spoke about barzee to gayle king in a "cbs this morning" podcast in april. >> i lookedg to me, and i felt like she was every bit responsible, if not more, because she had had children. >> barzee will be under federal supervision for five years following her release. her attorney would not comment on his client's mental health, but in a statement he said in part, i greatly appreciate that our board of pardons is willing to assess and reconsider legal conclusions bria conclusions. brian david mitchell is serving two concurrent life sentences for kidnapping and assaulting her. >> she's got two children, she's very pregnant with her third, in her eighth month, and this is the last thing she needs is this kind of news. >> her father is worried she will come after her or her children. >>> a man taking money from a gofundme account is out on bail. he and his girlfriend started a gofundme campaign for homeless man johnny bobbitt. bobbitt is now suing the couple for allegedly stealing money from that account. the couple's lawyer says one or both of them will likely be indicted.

gayle king joins us now from new york. ee you, gayle. >> reporter: i feel the same about you, michelle, ma belle. good to see you. ahead on "cbs evening news" we begin with the eye-opener, your world in 90 seconds. plus, the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault says she wants an fbi investigation. now, that could create new challenges for his confirmation process. and one of elizabeth smart's kidnappers is being released later today from prison. only on "cbs this morning," elizabeth tells us what gave her hope while she was held captive for nine months. and in our series, we are calling it pushing the limits this guy certainly applies, we'll introduce you to a traveling piano player bringing classical music to the least expected places. see you at 7:00. about 13 minutes from now. >> i can't wait! the clock is ticking. all right, gayle. see you at 7:00. >> see ya. >>> new this morning, expect some nighttime lane closures on the golden gate bridge during the construction of the suicide net. a

i'm john dickerson with gayle king in washington. norah o'donnell is reporting from capitol hill.l join us in a moment. our chief legal correspondent jan crawford is with us as well. we're about to hear some of the most high-stakes congressional testimony in decades. the senate judiciary committee is about to question christine blasey ford, the california professor who claims that supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, sexually assaulted her during a high school party 36 years ago. t andudge

. >> reporter: months before that interview misk showed gayle king where he often sleeps while working 120 hours a week. >> he's not in the position to be giving one-on-one interviews with the media. he should probably be listening much more closely to his internal public relations advisers who i'm sure are advising him not to be doing the things that he's doing. >> reporter: but many are quick to defend his eccentric behavior, a symptom some say of the genius behind some of the most prolific companies of our time, tesla, and paypal just to name a few. >> he's been highly successful but that doesn't mean that the same rules don't apply to him. he's breaking the bounds of the expectations of what the public believes a ceo should do and how they ought to act. >> we just checked and musk has not tweeted anything since september 25th. singer notes avoiding interviews is probably the best thing he can do. >>> breaking news from washington within the last hour. senate republicans have scheduled a vote on brett kavanaugh for the supreme court. the vote in the judiciary committee would set the

gayle king is of course, here. jan crawford, jan, let's start with you, what was your takeaway from this first round? >> well, when we first saw her, it was her demeanor and voice. >> me, too, jan, it's so girlish. i was not expecting that when you're just looking at her. the tone and tenor of her voice. and even her mannerisms and the way she interacts with the committee seems very girlish as well. >> and moving away, her demeanor, her testimony that she read from her statement and the responses to the questions i think it's very interesting to see how the republican questioner is handling her. she's building a case, almost. these methodically taking her through the events of the day. then you have the democratic senators that are going straight for anything that they think might prove herbi p questions and fronting what may be the defenses fromup kavanaugh which is of course, you remember it was him. >> all of them have in their first question asked, how can youright. >> they've asked it in three different ways.

gayle king joins us from new york. good morning. >> here i am, michelle! live and in color. good to see you, michelle, ma belle. you know that's a beatles song. >> i know, i love that. ha ha. >> you never heard that before. sorry. >>> on "cbs this morning" we begin with your eye-opener, your world in 90 seconds. plus the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh faces a friday deadline to make a decision about appearing. fran townsend joins us and said a bureau investigation won't be the best way to find the truth. only on "cbs this morning" we'll hear from the parents of bakari henderson a tragic story an american killed in greece on vacation. his parents are going to greece to face the alleged attackers in court. that trial is about to begin. and ticketmaster is accused of helping drive up prices that you pay. we all hate when that happens. we'll talk to the undercover reporter who helped expose the alleged secret program, not so secret anymore! we'll see you at 7:00. that's about 10 minutes from now, michelle. can you wait? can you wait? >> i can't wait but i'm

gayle king joins us now from new york with more. finally i get to talk with you. >> reporter: i haven't seen you in ages. how are you? >> good, thank you. how about you? >> reporter: i'm all right. those kaepernick ads i think are very provocative. it will be very interesting, the reaction on both sides. it's always good to see you. ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll begin as we always do with the eye-opener, your world in 90 seconds. plus, how the white house is fighting back this morning against a new book by bob woodward. why he says the trump administration is suffering from in his words a nervous breakdown. and every year tens of millions of dollars are lost to fake check scams. first on "cbs this morning," what you will need to know to avoid becoming part of the growing epidemic. it's easy to get fooled, they say. and we'll take you behind the scenes of one of the most popular live true crime podcasts. why more women are tuning into the murder mystery genre. you figure that one out for me, michelle. are you listening to these

smart told gayle king barzee stood by as mitchell frequently sexually assaulted her during her nine months in captivity. >> yes, she would encourage him to rape me. she would sit right next to me like the side of her body would be touching me. >> the release comes six years earlier than smart expected. because state officials discovered they miscalculated barzee's sentence. her attorney argues that once barzee finished serving her federal sentence, she didn't need to serve any additional time in state prison. >> we reviewed that with our legal counsel and determined that we did have to give credit for that time spent in federal custody. >> barzee will be under federal supervision for five years. >> she's got nowhere to go. >> her sister, who did not want to give her name, says barzee is unfit to leave prison. >> she's mentally ill. terribly mentally ill. and she's very manipulative. >> barzee was denied parole in july for the second time. at the time, she refused to be evaluated by a prison psychologist. >> we can't extend a person's sentence regardless of for treatment or other factors. w

. >> i'm john dickerson >> i'm john dickerson with gayle king and norah o'donnell. >>> reports say deputys the number-two man at the justice department. he's either resign organize being fired, we've heard both. three days after he reportedly offered to wiretap president trump last year following the firing of fbi director james comey. paul paula reid is here with the significance of this move. what can you tell us? >> sources have confirmed that rod rosenstein is on his try the white house where he expects to be fired. there are reports he's going to offer his resignation but i have not confirmed that inside the justice department. so the question is whether or not this will happen, if he will either resign or be fired. this comes days after reports that he suggested wiretapping the president or trying to use the 25th amendment to oust him. but my reporting, i talked to about half a dozen sources on friday from people who were in the room during this meeting last year and they all said yes, he mentioned wiretapping the president but he was joking, he said it sarcastically. >> clearly a j

. >>> i'm john dickerson with gayle king and bianna golodryga, norah is on assignment, president trumpt we will hear more about the anonymous attacks of an mon nice member of his administration. the president slammed the person who wrote a "new york times" article during a rally in montana last night. he called the author gutless and said it was a threat to the country. >> at least 28 officials, including the vice president, the first lady, and members of the cabinet have denied they wrote that op-ed. hardly the first search for a high-profile anonymous official in washington. a 1974 wall street journal article detailed the hunt for deep throat, the source who provided information about the watergate scandal. >> the paper wrote mark felt says he isn't now, nor has he ever been deep throat. in 1974 felt told the journal i'm just not that kind of person. the former top fbi official revealed he was deep throat in 2005. >> usa today's washington bureau chief susan page joins us now. good morning, susan. >> reporter: good morning, john. >> you think not one, but two possible constitutional

. >> i'm gayle king with john dickerson and norah o'donnell.me court hearing. >> kavanagh is being asked about his views on abortion, gun rights and other highly charged issues that could comee t.ke to chairman of the senate judiciary committee chuck grassley about what he thinks he might hear today. we asked him what he thought about early term abortion. >> i think he should go by the t somme court rulele, t that ev urt, shehas asked since then. she would say there's not going o be any hints, any predictions, no nothing, because it isn't right for a candidate for the supreme court to state hat their views might be because then it would be be questionable about whether you're using your own personal views or basing it on the institution or the law. and i think you're going to see hat answer from him, and then a answer your question that you just asked me, i would expect him to give that answer. >> some believe there is no constitutional right to abortion. es the question becomes with roe versus wade, why shouldn't this r a legitimate form of qu

i'm gayle king with john dickerson and norah o'donnell. for protecting anonymous senior official who says in the newspaper that mr. trump is amoral. he claims to be part of the resistance inside the trump administration thwarting the president's worst impulses. americans should know there are adults in the room, and we are trying to do what's right even when donald trump won't. >> for its part the times says it is incredibly proud to have published the piece which adds significant value to the public's understanding to the trump administration. the op ed editor told the podcast daily that he was first contacted by a third party. >> you know, we had to work to try to confirm that this person was real and get us to a point where we were 100% confident they were who they are. >> and it was more complicated, i assume, the fact that you were working with an intermediary? >> yes, but i then did have direct communication with the writer and did a certain amount of background checking and based on those conversations came away feeling totally conf

. >> and i'm john dickerson with norah o'donnell and gayle king.exual misconduct will testify under oath at a senate hearing monday. professor christine blasey-ford says the nominee sebsually assaulted her at a high school party more than 35 years ago. her story is bringing back memories of anita hill's sexual harassment claims during justice clarence thomas' 1991 hearing. both alleged incidents p had in the 1980s. both women wanted to remain anonymous and passed lie detector tests and both nominees strongly denied allegations. >> a popular nominee in 1991 and public opinion swung even further in his favor after the hearings. the polling convinced some senators on the judiciary committee to vote for him. new accusations come during the me too era when public opinion toward sexual harassment has changed significantly. the judiciary committee has also changed since hill and thomas were questioned by an all-male, all-white group of senators. the committee now has four women and three people of color, all of them are democrats. we should also point out

gayle king is off. so vladimir duthiers of our streaming network cbsn is with us. there was a lot of good tennis this weekend. we'll talk about that later in the show. we want to begin with important news about this network and one of the most powerful executives in the entertainment industry. longtime cbs chairman and ceo leslie moonves was forced to resign last night. the announcement came hours after reports of at least seven new sexual misconduct and assault allegations against moonves. 13 women now accuse him of harassment or abuse. >> cbs told federal regulators this morning that moonves has a separation package of $120 million. but it's possible he would get none of that. jury ri jericka duncan is here with the sudden end. >> the cbs board says $20 million, originally part of his severance package, will be donated to one or two more organizations that support the me too movement. any payment to moonves will depend on the result of an independent investigation and a board evaluation. in a statement late late night, moonves says the allegations against him are

. >> medic to gayle king. where's nick? >> i don't know, but they're doing good. >> i'm going to teach you later. we'll post it to your instagram page. you can do it. >> listen, labor day's over. unofficial start of summer. everybody's back. you got a new haircut, very cute. i got new eyelashes. what do you have john? >> i've got nothing, gayle. i'll come up with something by the end of the show. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." we begin with tropical storm gordon threatens more than 8 million people along the gulf coast where it's expected to make landfall as a hurricane by later tonight. the national hurricane center says top sustained winds are now 65 miles an hour. the hurricane warning is up from the mississippi/louisiana border to the florida panhandle. >> powerful winds, heavy downpours, maybe as much as 12 inches of rain from now until thursday. omar villafranca is on the gulf coast in pascagoula, mississippi where people can already feel the storm. omar, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a few hundred miles

. >>> i'm norah o'donnell with gayle king and john dickerson.ple are in the cross hairs of hurricane florence. the monster storm bigger than north carolina and south carolina combined is closing in on the carolina coast. it has weakened to a category two but forecasters warn florence is extremely dangerous. >> one fema official put it this way -- do you want to get hit with a train or a cement trunk? neither, please. the carolinas could see devastating conditions when florence makes landfall overnight. jeff glor is in wilmington, north carolina, where people are preparing for a direct hit. jeff, good morning. >> john, good morning. how amazing is it to think about what norah just said, that this storm is bigger than north carolina and zk sk combined. it's amajoring how large a storm it is. the wind is picking up as some of the outer bands are approaching the coast. that will only get worse as evacuations continue here. we went around yesterday speaking to folks who were boarding up their homes and businesses. there are some holdouts who say they

. >> i'm gayle king with bianna and anthony.t. >>> brett kavanaugh is ready to testify to the senate committee on monday but his accuser says she wants more time. >> a lawyer for christine blasey ford says kavanaugh assaulted her years ago says ford will not testify before thursday. in an e-mail on taped by cbs news, the lawyer also said senators should be the questioners. committee republicans who are all men reportedly discuss having female outside counsel question ford. >> the potential hearing comes 27 years after anita hill testified during the clarence thomas confirmation. here are some of the questions she answered about her claim that thomas sexually harassed her. >> can you tell the committee what was the most embarrassing of all the incidents that you have alleged? >> how reliable is your testimony in october of 1991 on events that occurred eight, ten years ago? >> i've got determine what your motivation might be. are you a scorned woman? >> i would think that these things that you describe are so repug nant, so ugly,

. >> i'm gayle king with norah o'donnell.rt nominee brett kavanaugh in high school has to decide by tomorrow morning if she will testify before senate committee. chuck grassley says christine blasey ford can tell her story in public or she can tell it in private. he also says judiciary committee aides would travel to interview here. >> her lawyer said last night that ford believed the full nonpartisan investigation of this matter is need and she's willing to cooperate. but the lawyer said the committee's stated plan to move forward with the hearing that only has two witnesses is not a good investigation. >>> president trump could order the fbi to launch an investigation but he says the senate should handle it. the president said yesterday he want to hear from ford. >> joining us now is fran townsend. she was homeland security and advisor to george w. bush and worked alongside kavanaugh. fran, good morning. >> morning. >> so what role should the fbi play in this? >> you know, the fbi, even if you were to reopen the background

. >>> i'm john dickerson with gayle king. norah is off.ce is pummeling the carolina coast. the center of the storm made landfall this morning in wrightsville beach north carolina. florence is now packing sustained winds of 80 miles an hour and it's expected to dump eight months worth of rain in the next two or three days. >> a lot of water, john. the national carolina -- carolina national guard his just deployed 9,700 troops and civilians. they'll be using hospitals and vehicles and boats to get around. jeff is leading our coverage. he's in wilmington north carolina with the late tleft. so far it looks a little calmer today than when we saw you the last half hour. >> reporter: you hit it right on before and that is you said the conditions are different every half hour. that's exactly the way it's been. this storm just keeps changing as these hurricane dos. one thing that has been consistent since 1:00 this morning, we have not experienced a single hour without at least tropical storm force winds. that is 39 miles or above. that is expected

was delivered at brunch on avenue c -- avocado toast. [ laughter ] >>> i'm john dickerson with gayle king> is it wrong the avocado toast looks good to me? >> it's 8:00 a.m. haven't had breakfast yet. >>> president trump is having one more day of meets with world leaders at the u.n. general assembly. the president spoke to u.n. delegates yesterday, taking shots at countries like iran and venezuela and touting his america first policy. he said the u.s. rejects the "ideology of globalism." and urged other countries not to tell the u.s. what to do. >> secretary of state pompeo was there for president's speech yesterday but right now he's with norah near the united nations headquarters. norah, good morning to you both. >> good morning, gayle. and secretary of state pompeo thank you for joining us on cbs "this morning." i know you have a busy day. >> great to be with you. >> lots to talk about. let's start with north korea. president trump and the south korean president said there is going to be another summit. when will that happen and where? >> there will be another summit. the location and d

. >> i'm gayle king with john dickerson and bianna golodryga. we like she's here but why? we'll begin with this. in a few showers the senate judiciary committee plans to vote on sending brett kavanaugh's supreme court nomination to the full senate. that follows powerful and emotional testimony from the nominee and the woman who claims he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago. christine blasey ford says she is certain that kavanaugh attacked her. kavanaugh says he does not doubt she was attack bud he says he did not do it. the tone of the hearing was strongly political and often very angry. >> i have been accused of acting out of partisan political motives. those who say that do not know me. i am an independent person and i am no one's pawn. >> your coordinated and well-funded effort to destroy my good name and to destroy my family will not drag me out. you may defeat me in the final vote, but you'll never get me to quit. never. >> judge kavanaugh, will you support an fbi investigation right now? >> i will do whatever the committee wants. >> personally, do you think that's th

. >> i'm gayle king with john dickerson and norah o'donnell where we all remember where we were 17 yearsn that i hope never ends. when you speak to the relatives of those who died that day, it's very comforting for them to hear their loved one's name on this day. >> a very significant moment for their families. >>> we're also covering other news this morning. >> our top story, of course, is hurricane florence. that's where we begin. more than 1 million people from south carolina to virginia are ordered to evacuate this morning as hurricane florence, as she's called, churns closer to the east coast. the category 4 storm threatens to be the most devastating hurricane ever to hit north carolina. but it's still too early to say exactly where it will hit. >> forecasters expect florence will strengthen again later today, traveling over warmer waters before it makes landfall early friday morning. they're warning it could bring storm surges up to 12 feet in some places. david begnaud is in myrtle beach, south carolina, where a storm watch is now in effect. >> i'm starting to see the cones set up

"cbs this morning" co-anchor gayle king spoke with musk in april. >> i'm definitely under stress, soress, then i'd better be clear. i'm definitely under stress. >> reporter: he said tesla was going through production hell, but he felt positive about its future. >> i'm feeling pretty optimistic about where tesla is at this point. i can have a clear understanding of the path out of hell. >> reporter: but the feeling may not be mutual. tesla lost more than $700 million in the second quarter this year, and after musk's appearance on "the joe rogan experience," tesla's stock plunged before closing at its lowest price since march 2017. dr. howard combs is a professor at the soes state lucas college of business. he said musk's behavior could smoke out more investors. tesla also saw a string of high-profile departures this week. on friday its chief accounting officer david morton left after working there for just one month. max chafkin covers technology for "bloomberg businessweek." last month he told us muffing was becoming a distraction from the work tesla does. >> he's always been somebod

king, how about that for a quick fix! >>> thasincry, hu>>okedspecia effect. antason ann gingras, gayleay. tens of millions of americans could have to deal with flooding this labor day powerful weekend storms have soaked parts of the midwest and mid-atlantic. at least six states under flood watches or advisory today. some of the heaviest rain could cause new flooding in kansas and nebraska. >>> one of the hardest hit states is wisconsin. some areas there have been hit with 14 inches of rain during the past two weeks. flooding is blamed for more than $50 million in damage. the state just finished its second wettest august on record. >>> tropical moisture from the gulf of mexico could make the rain worse in the midwest and farther south tropical storm gordon just formed over the florida keys. meteorologist danielle niles of our boston station is tracking the storm. >> reporter: good morning. tropical storm gordon has formed in southern florida. 45 miles an hour winds have gained circulation and heavy rain impacting portions of southern florida and the keys over the next 24 hours here. gor