>> gio benitez with us tonight, as well. gio, thank you. so, let's break this down, when we think this is going to hit, shifting as we get closer. abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano live tonight in wrightsville beach, north carolina. rob, take us through the track. >> reporter: all right, well, the track hasn't changed a whole lot, david. but the timing has. now not expected to arrive until friday. even though it's under 800 miles away and moving this direction at 17 miles per hour. it will slow down eventually. let's break it down. 140-mile-an-hour winds. tomorrow, could become a category 5 storm, albeit briefly, we are on strengthening mode, it is getting bigger, the wind field is huge. as it approaches, it's going to hit that blocking high, going to slow things down and that's not necessarily good news. but it brings it in on friday. the worst of the weather will be from 8:00 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon. hurricane warnings are posted. storm surge, up to 13 feet in spots. and beyond that, the rainfall inland is going to b

gio, thank you. and about 150 miles down the coast from where gio just was, the winds are battering snead's ferry, north carolina. the dangerous storm surge is already what they fear most, as well. let's check this live tonight with abc's victor oquendo. victor? >> reporter: david, we're bracing for potentially catastrophic storm surge, possibly up to 11 feet. we're near the mouth of the new river, it runs from the coast all the way up through jacksonville. you can see these waves, they're crashing right up ore this dock. and a lot of this water will be going inland and it there flood large parts of the city. emergency officials tell me they are expecting an unprecedented amount of rain, possibly up to three feet and they say if you live in this area and you haven't evacuated, that window has closed. david? >> unfortunately it has. victor oquendo tonight, thank you. as we know, landfall expected right here in wilmington or just north of here first thing in the morning. we have the new track for you i

>> gio benitez with us tonight, as well. gio, thank you. >>> and president trump joining forces with governors and officials on the ground here, warning people in the storm zone to be prepared and to be safe. and reassuring them that the government is ready to help, that the government is fully prepared. at the same time, the president taking time to trade insults with the mayor of san juan, puerto rico, over last year's hurricane maria response. here's abc's senior white house correspondent cecilia vega tonight. >> reporter: president trump today tweeting out this urgent warning to those in the path of hurricane florence. >> get out of its way. don't play games with it. it's a big one. it's called mother nature. you never know, but we know. we love you all. we want you safe. >> reporter: it comes as the president continues to give himself rave reviews for his handling of puerto rico's devastating hurricane maria. >> puerto rico was an incredible, unsung success. >> reporter: the reality? maria was the deadliest hurricane in

so, let's get right to gio benitez, live on the beach in kitty hawk tonight. he's been feeling the storm's wrath all day. gio? >> reporter: that's right, david. we've been feeling the strong winds all day long. look behind me. we are under the kitty hawk pier right now and you can see the massive waves crashing against it. 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts in parts of the outer banks. and this is just the beginning. tonight, florence's fury blasting the north carolina coast. winds churning up the sea. waves crashing over the dunes and into the streets. the sandbags stacked along the shore to hold the water back no match for a life-threatening storm surge already flooding homes and streets in the outer banks. the storm's wrath building by the hour, shredding that flag in cape fear. it's 4:00 and we're here in nags head, north carolina. those powerful outer bands are moving through right now. we are getting that rain, and just take a look at those massive waves. the wind is just getting stronger and stronger. dangerous winds from this massive storm threatening million

kitty, hawk, north carolina where gio benitez is there feeling strong winds. gio. >> reporter: we are still feeling some of those strong winds, want to step out of the camera. let's see if we could zoom in so you could see what's happening here. because that is what we were still experiencing here, all those very vicious waves almost and we've been looking at that for hours upon hours for the past 24 hours, in fact. let's take a look because i think we have some video of what we were experiencing just hours s gh a you canre reporting for e osee jus ttier and the outer banks and that's what they're concerned about because they're concerned about looking at those waves and saying, wait a minute, is this going to cause a very dangerous storm surge here on this island? if you're not familiar with the outer banks, it is a very thin stretch of land and it floods very, very easily and so that is still a concern right now because even though it appears we are out of the rain portion we're still getting some outer bands right now, we are not out of the wind portion bec

>> all right, gio benitez starting us off tonight. >>> and millions bracing for the bad weather gio justeported on. let's get right to abc's chief meteorologist ginger zee with the forecast for the weekend. hey, ginger. >> reporter: unfortunately, not looking great, tom. lancaster, pennsylvania, for example now going to have their wettest august on record. that's what you get when you have rainfall rates in the two inch per hour category. flash flood warnings in delaware and in southeastern pennsylvania. it's all laying along the stationary front, stationary meaning not moving much. so that is not good news when you're talking about heavy rain. flash flood watch in wisconsin. close to 15 inches this week, and they'll get another 1 to 3. 3 to 5 in southeastern florida, where the tropical wave in the caribbean will move westward. shouldn't become a storm. florence will, but it should however stay out to sea. >> ginger, thank you. >>> also tonight, dramatic new images of the explosive takedown of a serial bomb suspect in austin, texas. the video just released today disturbing. the video the

>> gio benitez with us from new york. gio, thank you. >>> and there was a senate hearing today about foreigned adversaries and their influence on social media here in this country, especially targeting u.s. elections. facebook coo sheryl sandberg and twitter ceo jack dorsey answering questions today, are they prepared and what are they doing now? >> we were too slow to spot this and too slow to act. we are more determined than our opponents and we are keep fighting. >> reporter: both say they are shutting down phony accounts by the millions. not at the hearing today, google. their seat empty because the committee refused to hear from anyone other than one of their two top executives. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday. the warning about a popular cereal. new cases of salmonella being reported tonight. >>> also, the pickup truck driver slamming into a tv station during a live news cast. the emergenha owedt wearned tonight. >>> also, the new nike ad featuring colin kaepernick is out to

>> gio benitez with us tonight. gio, thank you. >>> here in wilmington, the discovery as we drove through neighborhoods today. so much destruction, the trees down. and in one case, a heartbreaking discovery. the frantic effort under way tonight to rescue those in the path of florence. first responders out at daybreak after the hurricane first began battering the coast. here in wilmington, neighbors holding one another after a massive tree came crashing down on a young family's home. firefighters race to rescue the three trapped inside. the mother and infant did not get out. they struggled to get the father out, managing to free him. he's rushed to the hospital. the fire chief telling us they had to cut through the tree to get to the family. >> these firefighters were out here in the height of the storm working this rescue, basically. very, very difficult. >> reporter: firefighters and first responders outside the home, kneeling in prayer amid the horror they had discovered. it all began in the early morning hours. h

thanks to gio benitez in kitty hawk, north carolina. we want to get on the phone. with us the field meteorologist and storm chaser brett adair who is in wilmington right now and just back from topsail beach. what were the situations as you traveled from topsail to wilmington? >> well, guys, we were in topsail yesterday afternoon really during that first high tide before any of these big bands came in. we already started seeing some storm surge damage during high tide and saw some walls being knocked out of the rear of homes and garage doors knocked out, so the second tide cycle that just passed, you know, i can only imagine what daybreak hits what we'll see, however, the conditions here in wilmington are going downhill really quickly. we are now back at our hotel. we are on emergency backup power which has lights and only dealt with some signal issue, obviously our networks dealing with a lot of power flashes and such here in downtown wilmington now. >> and, brett, talk a little bit more about those conditions you're seeing there in wilmington. we're looking at som

>> gio benitez, thank you. >>> here in wilmington, the discovery as we drove through neighborhoods today. so much destruction, the trees down. and in one case, a heartbreaking discovery. the frantic effort tonight to rescue those in florence's path. first responders out at daybreak after the hurricane first began battering the coast. here in wilmington, neighbors holding each other. a tree falling onto this home. firefighters race to rescue the three trapped inside. the mother and daughter did not get out. the father rushed to the hospital. the fire chief telling us they had to cut through the tree to get to the family. >> these firefighters were out here during the height of this storm working this rescue, basically. very, very difficult. >> reporter: kneeling in prayer amid the horror they had discovered. hurricane force winds at florence slammed into the coast, making landfall as we were on the air. you can see the winds are just ferocious right now. wind gusts reported up to 97 miles per hour right on the coast. wind gusts at the airport reaching 105 miles per hour. the highest recor

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>> gio benitez, thank you. >>> now to the political storm brewing on capitol hill. senate con fir maugs hearings for the president's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh get under way tomorrow morning. he's been preparing for days, and so have the senators who will question him. these boxes are full of documents supporting his nomination, but it is the thousands of other documents that will not be made public that are causing an uproar. and the hearings come as the president once again took aim at his own top justice official, attorney general jeff sessions. abc's kyra phillips from capitol hill tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the stakes couldn't be higher, and judge brett kavanaugh knows it, completing at least two full-day mock hearings, peppered with interruptions by fake protesters. and democrats are making it clear, they will not two easy on the president's supreme court nominee. now accusing the white house of withholding key information after the trump administration invoked executive privilege, blocking access to 100,000 panels of documents from cave nau's t

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abc's gio benitez is in nearby greenville with more. good morning, gio. >> reporter: adrienne and dan, good morning to you. we are on the tar river here in north carolina, one of the many rivers flooding this morning, and take a look behind me. that's a pier, and it's just underwater right now, but as you say, new bern seeing some of the worst flooding, and right now this morning, rescues are still under way. this morning, the coastal city of new bern, north carolina, finding itself under water following a ten-foot storm surge. >> it's hard not knowing that i'm going to have a house to go home to. >> reporter: ceilings caving in, windows blown out. leaving residents looking for help. the national guard and fema teams assisting city officials with rescue efforts, but the conditions posing a serious challenge leaving over 7,000 without power. >> this has been an undaunting task for our city officials. with the resources we had, we got them out there, we are calling for more resources. >> reporter: jackie mallard is one of those still trap

so sell us, gio, good morning. >> reporter: hey, robin, good morning.e expensive phones and tomorrow morning these stores are going to be packed with people getting those new iphones. so this morning, "gma" is trying to help you figure out what to do with that old one. >> the most advanced iphone we have ever created. >> reporter: apple recently unveiling three new iphones and some of its most impressive technology yet. >> it's the best camera we've ever shown before. >> reporter: on tuesday apple's ceo, tim cook, gave robin a preview of some of the upgrades. >> this is the memoji. >> reporter: going on sale in stores tomorrow, the new iphone xs, a faster phone with an extended battery life. and a larger version, the iphone xs max, with the biggest screen yet. and a third new model going on sale in october, a slightly less expensive iphone xr that comes in a range of six colors. but if you want one of these new toys, how can you try to get the most money for your old iphone? >> once apple announces a new iphone and it goes on presale, the value of the o

now, gio is pointing out earlier people -- when it eventually comes ashore they might think it's safe and because it's going to take so long during that eyewall, but it really isn't a safe time to come out. >> yeah, this storm doesn't have that clean perfect eye that you would see in a higher category where you get that whisper quiet moment when the eye passes over you if you've ever -- people remember when they've been in the eye of a hurricane because it's this unsettling strange quiet. this storm doesn't have that. it has a very sloppy rainy eye and what we wish for is for the eye to go onshore. that is what we need to happen with this storm to get everybody less effect from the storm but it just doesn't look like it's going to in the next few hour. >> right now in the state of north carolina just massive power outages, at least 321,000 customers without power right now. we've been in touch with the public information officer and a lot of these counties, emergency responders doing their best to get to those folks in need and trapped and stuck where they are. >> as we continue to lo

abc news reporter gio benitez.iphone we had ever created. >> apple recently unveiling three new iphones and some of the most impressive technology yet. >> it's the best camera we've ever shown before. >> on tuesday, tim cook gave robin a preview of the upgrades. >> this is an emoji going on sale in stores tomorrow. the iphone 10s. extended battery life. a larger version. the iphone 10s max with a 6.5-inch display, the biggest screen yet. the third new model going on sale in october. a slightly less expensive that comes in a range of colors, the 10r. if you want one of these toys, how can you get the most money for your old iphone? >> once apple announces a new the value of the oileder model does drop pretty fast. >> bridgett carry, senior editor at c net tracking prices for us on two old iphones before the big reveal last week and after the announcement to see how much she could get. she entered the info on four different retail sites. >> that's the best price. >> before apple's announcement she received the highes

abc's gio benitez here with the story. good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning.er was called a spectacular student athlete with an infectious smile and bubbly personality. but this morning, her family is coping with her death. and her alleged murderer is behind bars. she was a rising star who had just won a major college golf championship. >> it was huge. because like i always wanted to win a tournament for iowa state. >> reporter: but celia barquin arozamena's life was cut short. this morning, police arresting 22-year-old collin richards. >> we have charged him with murder in the first degree. >> reporter: the iowa state student was golfing by herself in ames monday morning when they found her golf bag unattended. >> they found her clubs. they don't know where she disappeared to. >> reporter: investigators finding her body in a nearby pond, stabbed several times. a police dog tracing a scent on her remains to richards who police say is homeless and was living in nearby woods. >> richards had several fresh scratches on his face consistent with a fight. and he was

more from gio benitez. >> reporter: initial reports of more than 100 sick passengers on board. >> noe traveling from dubai to jfk met by police and cdc officials. the plane kept away from the terminal while the mystery illness was investigated. vanilla ice on board too, posting these images. three passengers and seven crew members sent to the hospital. medical personnel taking each passenger's temperature. were you concerned at that point? >> no. it was rather scary to look at them. all the masks. but of course ambulances. >>his incident highligs a real conce whe in this day and age, anybody can be at another spot in the world in a matter of hours before public health officials have a chance to react. >> reporter: it was probably the flu, but they have to wait for final test results to come back. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> coming up in the next half hour, controversy over one guy's way of keeping kids off his lawn. >>> plus gwyneth paltrow's company pays up to settle claims over some rather interesting health products. company pays up to signature claims over some rather in

>> all right, gio, stay safe. thank you. michael? >>> robin, hurricane florence comes less than two years after hurricane matthew, which caused massive flooding in parts of north carolina. one of the hardest hit areas was the city of lumberton which isn't on the coast but is actually inland. amy is in north carolina with more on how people are bracing for another possible disaster, good morning, amy. >> reporter: that's right, good morning to you, michael. we've all been focusing, understandably, on the mandatory evacuations from the coastlines here in north carolina and south carolina. but, yes, the threat for the families living inland is just as severe. our team drove about 80 miles from where we are here off the coast to lumberton, north carolina, a town that was absolutely decimated by hurricane matthew just two years ago. entire neighborhoods wiped out and many of them have never rebounded. families still in temporary housing. some can't get back into their homes. they are in fema neighborhoods right now. and i spoke with jerry

so what about air and train travel, gio? >> reporter: well, robin, if you're traveling by air any time in the next few days, in this area, call those airlines, get on the phone with them. some of them are already offering those travel waivers. american airlines is one of those. and trains, a lot of regional trains have already been canceled in this area. in fact, amtrak has now modified service south of washington, d.c., robin. >> all to keep in mind, thanks very much. michael? >> all right. thank you, robin. >>> south carolina's bracing for evacuations along the state's entire coastline. nearly 200 miles and steve osunsami is in charleston this morning and, steve, charleston is a city that is no stranger to flooding. >> reporter: that's right, michael. they call it the low country for a reason. it's low, flat and next to the ocean and only takes a couple inches of rain all at once for this city to flood. i want to show you something. we are at the corner right now of east bay and water street and i want to you take a look a

gio is north of there along the coast in kitty hawk, north carolina. >> r way from virginia to marylandthe carolinas, communities along the coast bracing their towns for florence. fema trucks on the ground in north carolina delivering supplies. at low country food bank, workers help pack disaster relief boxes. teams from local fire departments and the red cross are already coming in from louisiana, indiana, even north dakota. the salvation army disaster recovery team on the ground. so many local businesses and families boarding up. >> our shutters are always where they're accessible. when a storm starts coming in, we get them out and put them up to protect the windows. >> reporter: and people here in the outer banks are taking the storm very seriously. mandatory evacuations are under way right now for both residents and visitors and officials want people to get off these islands right now. they don't want people to get stuck here as that storm approaches. gio benitez, abc news, kitty hawk, north carolina. >> florence is the most menacing of the three tropical systems in the atlantic. >>

gio benitez, abc news, kitty hawk, north carolina. >> reporter: i'm steve osunsami.orities say they need to watch this nuclear power plant in north carolina and 15 other reactors in three states worried they could flood. >> this hurricane is bringing some rain and water that we have not seen before in hurricanes. >> reporter: at ft. bragg, they're filling sandbags and moving helicopters out of the water's way. >> leave as soon as possible. emergency services may not be able to respond in your time of need. >> reporter: fire trucks with loud speakers are rolling through neighborhoods in charleston that they worry could be flooded for days. duke energy says 3 million customers could be out of power for weeks. the cavalry of power line workers is already on the way. this is the historic district of charleston, the night life and entertainment district. as you can see, it is boarded up and sandbagged. there isn't going to be much night life here tonight. authorities are hoping that residents who are still here will leave now. steve osunsami, abc news, charleston. >> fasc

--gio are monte spoke with sergio ermotti spoke with as the deadline for a brexit deal approaches. >>tever solution is coming, what would make it softer is no longer relevant for us. a few weeks ago, we had to make a decision to execute for a worst-case scenario. system is all rock -- already operating under the assumption there is no agreement so whatever is going to happen not makeonwards will the exercise less expensive, will not make the feeling about resolvingnect and those issues, we don't back to what we started at the beginning. a complication that undermines willingness to make investments. if you don't know what is going to happen, how can you start to invest? u.k. and inin the europe, this has been something that has prevented people from taking actions and investing in the future. >> frankfurt will be the choice for you? sergio: yes, confirmed. we have an existing operation in and have a multilocation strategy where frankfurt will be the base. we are branching out and some people are going to be located in madrid and in paris and milan, also a good chunk will go to frankfu

abc's gio benitez is here were the story.orter: so many people talking about this right now. the video has been seen and shared tens of thousands of times and now that driver is facing some serious charges in this really shocking case. >> okay. okay. first, what you got to do is put on the brake. there you go. >> reporter: what you are looking at is a child behind the wheel of a school bus thursday. the actual bus driver, a 27-year-old, apparently teaching her and two others how to drive it. >> it's all good. it's all good. i'm letting her stop at michael's stop. >> reporter: the children ages 11, 13 and 17. police say that joandrea mcatee allowed the three students to drive the bus in a rural area as they dropped kids off. >> can i do this every day? >> i'll let you know. >> reporter: by the time she showed up to pick up her next check, police were there waiting arresting her with neglect of a dependent. maddie and isabelle were not in the video, but they ride the bus often, and they said they were shocked she allowed two gi

another former a gio gonzalez leaving the nationals where he has been for seven years going to milwaukeeroblems this year. 7-11 record with a 4.57 e.r.a. also quickly josh donaldson traded by toronto to the cleveland indians. and then last night, san francisco giants making a deal trading andrew mccutcheon for a couple of minor leaguers to the new york yankees. mccutchen not having a great season but still a leading hitter for giants who have trouble with hitting as they take on the mets tonight. meanwhile, andrew mccutcheon tweeting out tonight, just going to take me a second to get used to my freshly shayne face. you -- shaven face. you can't have facial hair with the yankees. clean-shaven look, no beards allowed or long sideburns if you are a new york yankee. meanwhile, man, you talk raising eyebrows. a defensive lineman is making quarterback money, talking about the los angeles rams aaron donald. ending his holdout, three time all pro defensive tackle probably the best in the business. get this, 6 years, $135 million. i told you it was quarterback money. 87million of that guaranteed.

good morning, gio. >> reporter: the fbi joining forces with local police.addox ritch. you see him right there. again, he has autism. he doesn't speak. maddox was last seen in a gastonia, north carolina, park saturday afternoon, with his father and another adult and his parents say he started running. when they ran after him they lost sight of him. more than 100 authorities are now searching. you see them right there, 1400 acres by air, boat and on the ground. now, police in the park are also playing recordings with the voices of his parents hoping maddox hears them. overnight, the boy's father actually sent a statement to local tv station wccb saying he thanks everyone for helping search for maddox and that the family is trying to help the police in any way possible. if you know where maddox is please call police, no clue is too small, cecilia. >> so true. thank you. >> i hope they find him soon. >>> coming up, we have that health alert. rapper drake sidelined by the flu and is it time to get your flu shot? dr. ashton is here to weigh in. >>> and guess what

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. >> every day, we work very closely with the oig and gio to make meaningful improvements and make sure we're running programs and policies according to regulation and bottom line is, we'll continue to fully cooperate with any investigation that goes on and own up to any mistakes and push forward, and keep going, keep moving on. >> i want to bring in politico reporter daniel lichtman with his new reporting on fema director brock long, washington post sr. political reporter andrew blake. that series of tweets just this morning, tamara, aaron and daniel, not hurricane florence, the one currently on the way to the east coast but the one that hit puerto rico, leading to the deaths ultimately and eventually of close to 3,000 people. the president now, let's pull up those tweets, is saying, in fact, those 3,000 people did not die as a result of the storm. he is accusing democrats now of actually adding to the death toll. tamara, you have spent 24 hours, prefact checking this, not knowing that the president would tweet this. looking into that death toll number from puerto rico. >> right. and s

the councilman gio is quoted as saying the lawsuit is expected to be filed and announced within the nextlion for the city of oakland. quite a battle ahead and not on the football field. live in alameda, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> the raiders will be taking on the rams at home for their season opener. it's a monday night football game and you can watch it right here on abc 7. coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. this upcoming monday, september 10th, don't miss it. >>> this morning president trump and his team are denying the explosive allegations in a new tell-all book about the white house. >> it is called as you can see from the cover "fear, trump in the white house" writ bin famed journalist -- written by famed journalist bob woodward. itls have made derogatory presidents about the president. the book says white house staff urged the president to avoid testimony with special counsel robert mueller because they were afraid he would perjurer himself. sarah sanders told george the book is pure fabrication. >> you can't have the type of success that this president has had if wha

you see the surf is picking up from moments ago when we saw gio benitez there.ong also lots of wind, lots of rain, storm surge, all across the storm zone right now from hurricane florence made landfall in north carolina just moments ago. >> let's go back to david muir there in wilmington and, david, what are you seeing right now? >> reporter: incredible winds, robin. you can see them behind me and the rain just whipping around here, and i should mention that we have had a number of tweets from viewers, and we really, really appreciate them, so keep them coming, but we do want you to know that the entire crew that's here with me this morning, we are keeping everybody safe. in fact, there is what you can't see out of frame is a giant concrete wall of this hotel. it's built strong enough to sort of protect us from any kind of debris whipping around corners but it is a concern for us too but you can see the rain coming down, sheets of rain and this is going to last for hours, in fact, we're getting some of the staggering numbers already, just think about this. 30 in

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our chief national affairs correspondent, gio benitez has more on that. >> reporter: good morning.was said that anyone who campaigns directly or indirectly for this seat while john mccain was fighting brain cancer, is automatically disqualified because of lack of character. that is doug ducey, naming john mccain's replacement. >> he is irreplaceable. >> reporter: he refused to mention any potential candidates until senator mccain was late to rest. by law, a republican by mccain has to be appointed. >> what would john mccain do in this situation? >> reporter: but the real question may be what would president trump do? politico reporting ducey following the senator's death, ducey needs the president's help in his own re-election bid come november, and president trump likely won't want a maverick like mccain who is likely to break with his party. mccain giving that thumbs down vote on the plan to repeal obamacare, which infuriated the president. some called for another to fill the seat, possibly cindy mccain, the late senator's wife. it may not be that easy because of the prickly rela