and get your information from official sources. >> south carolina's governor, henry mcmaster.y think that it's not going to be as bad as they have seen in the past, which is not to say, there is no danger there. we have already seen some of the rain gauges up there, they have been having squalls, they know that more, much heavier rain is coming their way. there's the possibility of isolated tornadoes. we're keeping our eye on what's happening in south carolina. joining me dr. erwin redletter, head of disaster preparedness. i have been watching you as we have been covering all of this over the last hour since you and i talked. you have been taking copious notes. what are your overall thoughts as you have been watching this storm unfold? >> let's start with the danger is not over. i think as we start getting reports about receding water, not as bad as we thought, it still remains the fact, chris, that people have to take care of themselves and be overly cautious in a situation like this. it's not time to be brazen. to kind of start venturing into places you shouldn't go, and you

any moment now, the south carolina governor henry mcmaster will be providing an update on the state's response. continuing coverage as "america reports" rolls into hour two. i'm john roberts in washington, good to have you with me. >> aishah: good to see you again. i'm aishah hasnie in for sandra smith. so the cat 3 hurricane left behind a path of destruction in florida's big bend, strongest storm to hit that area in 125 years. we have been watching catastrophic storm surge and heavy rain flooding roadways and bridges in florida. >> john: stunning drone video of a home that last its entire roof, completely blown away in keaton beach, which is where the national hurricane center says the eyewall came ashore. let's get right to fox weather as katie burns, live in charleston, south carolina, where the storm is headed and looks like the weather has been deteriorating since we last spoke to you. >> having a little trouble as we have the heavy band of rain moving towards us in charleston. this is the battery, the wall that protects the beautiful homes when you picture charleston, the people

he is supporting youngkin, we saw donald trump, he was there with henry mcmaster. he was the first person to endorse donald trump in 2016, first governor. >> brian: yesterday in the afternoon, great move to of coer the testimony from representatives from 13 families whose kin a lot of time through kids were killed in afghanistan, one of the 13 in the evacuee, that chaotic scene. as crazy as that scene was, think about the allies that have killed an action, horrific ways, seeing this scene right now, people like admiral kirby didn't see it from his perch. admiral kirby did not see chaos, they saw success people. people left in the cold with these 13 families including the seven that have taken their own lives since that day. administration was not interested in getting a briefing about what went wrong in afghanistan. look at invasion of afghanistan, takedown of the drone over ukrainian skies, look at the destroyers in the taiwan strait and f-16 being head off in the over in asia and china and russia are off the shores of alaska. put direct line back to the way we le

incumbent republican henry mcmaster has defeated democratic challenger joe cunningham. found out he was a democrat running in south carolina. we also have some results from the arkansas governor's race which has been called for former white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. [booing] by that sound, i'm guessing that you might remember her from her hit collections "podium lies," "more podium lies," and "now that's what i call podium lies." the colorado governor's race to incumbent jared polis, who earlier this year, earlier this year signed an executive order protecting marijuana users' rights. so his victory was secured due to high voter turnout. [drum flourish] thank you, joe. thank you. it hits harder the closer you get. staying in colorado, i'm happy to report that democrat michael bennet has secured an easy victory. this is seen as an early bellwether for democrats and i'm happy for michael bennet, my only regret is that he's not interesting enough to write a joke about. and we've had him on the show. and i remember nothing. and i just showed his photo an

we are expecting an update from the south carolina governor, henry mcmaster, in less than an hour. we'll have more information for you soon. >> john: looking forward to that. i still remember vividly, katie, standing exactly where you were on september 21, 1989, as hurricane hugo was bearing down on charleston. this one, obviously, will be quite a different event than that. thanks, katie, back to you. bryan norcross is monitoring idalia, and still packing a punch. >> it is and the episode yet to come may turn out to be the most dramatic of any one place. so far it's been very widespread and don't have all the details if there are certain neighborhoods inundated in the tampa bay area or other places, for example. but this still to come is something, and it's going to be very strong. the system now, the center of it, is in south georgia. it passed near valdosta, and on the east side they had about six inches of rain, came down at once, a flash flood emergency. and thinking is as this system moves to the north across carolinas, two things happening. one is the water, the wind starts p