we're going to listen in. >> welcome to horry county.and water, you've come to the right place. we're delighted to have the president here and others as well. we have not had a disaster like this before. hurricane hugo was a tremendous blow. it came in a hurry and left in a hurry. hurricane florence left record amounts of rain. so our problem has not been the wind and the rain hitting us but with the rain that is still here and we have not only the record amounts that dropped on south carolina, particularly in this third of the state, but we have the water coming down from north carolina because we have three watersheds, three river sheds that all come to where we are. so the rain, the water you see out there now, is just the beginning. the worst is yet to come. we're going to have water outside this building maybe four feet deep, maybe five feet deep, maybe less. we have people that need help. the good news is, the team in south carolina is up to the job. we have had the best cooperation and coordination and preparation that people say

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time was the farm land in horry county, some of south carolina's finest.ambi bennett's grand dad opened a big spread and created a legacy for the generations to come. >> that barn used to be tobacco barn and my grand daddy built this. >> it was tobacco property? >> he did farming and tobacco. >> bambi's roots here are as deep as the old oak tree draped in spanish moss that still stands tall if the front yard. they say land is worth dying for because it's the only thing that lasts. and truer words might never have been spoken. in this case, a beautiful piece of land turned out to be nothing but trouble. this is where bambi bennett's family was ripped apart by an act of cruel, unspeakable violence. bambi, her given name, was a fun, feisty good-old girl, country through and through. >> i was at my grandparent's a lot growing up and we gardened and had a big yard, a huge gard. >> you are a country girl? >> uh-huh. >> but she endured her share of heartache even as a tender age. her parents divorced when she was just 6. mom remarried. then a few years later, cam

welcome to horry county.n looking for rain and water, you've come to the right place. we're delighted to have the president here and others as well. we have not had a disaster like this one before. hurricane hugh know in o was a below, but it came above charleston and went through in a hurry. hurricane florence stayed in and stayed and left record amounts of rain. so our problem has not been with the wind and the rain hitting us, but with the rain that is still here and we have not only the record amounts that have dropped on south carolina, particularly in this third of the state, but we have the water coming down from north carolina because we have three watersheds, those watersheds all coming to where we are. so the rain and water that you see out there now is just the beginning. the worst is yet to come. we will have water outside this building maybe 4 feet keep, may deep, maybe 5 feet deep, maybe something less. but we have people that need help. the good news is that the team in south carolina is up to

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headline this hour -- first light and the lifting of curfews in myrtle beach in conway and across horry county in south carolina. people's first opportunity to see if there's been damage caused by the speed of the winds that have picked up over the last several hours. of course, the big headlines out of this story, out of this storm so far, made in north carolina. 780,000 of the more than 900,000 power outages are in north carolina. of course, you mentioned at the top of the last hour, two of the five people killed in wilmington. a mother and infant were killed in wilmington when a tree fell on their house. there was a 77-year-old man in north carolina who went to check on his hunting dogs. his family said the wind knocked him over. there was a woman in hampstead who suffered a cardiac arrest. when authorities tried to get to her, there were trees in the road, and they couldn't we've her. also a man -- couldn't reach here. and a man in len or county who was -- lenore county who was pronounced dead after running into electrical cords. we have more from nick valencia. he started the morni

power outages to the tune of about 50% in horry county. also in north carolina, some of those coastal counties, the amount of people, the percentage of people who are without power is close to 100%. and then you go further inland, and it can be 70%. so it's been staggering. all across the carolinas, you just saw almost a million people in both states without power, and that's in a more confined area. well, it looks like this is going to shift towards west-southwest and kind of drift over here towards the appalachians. but the rainfall totals are still going to be amazing. the computer models, wow, they were spot-on when they were saying 20 and 30 inches of rainfall. we haven't seen 30 yet. this storm is not over. we still have a ways to go. excessive rainfall in the forecast in the outlook. this is for saturday, going into sunday where you see the pink shaded area. charlotte, myrtle beach, not quite columbia, south carolina. but extending over towards wilmington. wilmington, as if they haven't had enough. still an excessive rainfall outloo

. >> i've never been so terrified in my entire life.in it was horri isst wondering what was going on and where the wategoing to go and how high it'ing to go and how we are going to get out. chris: in the town of wilmington, street after street was littered with debris from the storm. huge treeso match for the power of the wind. though this hurricane h weakened before it reached land. this morning, people gathered to see what was left of the neighborhood. >> they kept telling us how bad it would be, and we thought we were prepared, but nothing to do when a tree falls.ri this storm has proved to be deadly. a fallen tree near here was responsible for killing a mother and her child. >> hurricane florence is bwerful, slow, and relentless. it is an uninvitte who doesn't want to leave. chris: while florence is here, some families are heading to rrergency shelters. >> what are you d about? >> not having a place to go home to or. a job chris: all those practical concerns are shared as florence continues to hover over the carolinas. >> she is wheelchair-bound and it is really rough. i say to j

the biggest worry is an hour and a half away from us in horry county.fficials are working on two temporary flooding structures to try to keep a highway open. the evacuation orders are still in effect. people seem to be spending a lot of time at this waffle house. it has been open for the past couple days. one worker says she has been working from 6:00 a.m. into the night for the last couple days. they are going to close because of that curfew. a lot of people have been talking about the waffle house. back in 2011, fema officials started using it since waffle houses are all over the place, they are usually open 24 hours. they said she could see if you a waffle house is open. for the most of part people are passing because they are worried about the curfew. officials say people need to be careful and they are urminging people to stay inside. but when you need eggs, i guess you need eggs. jesse: diamond and silk are riding out the storm in north carolina. we'll be checking in with them a little bit later. porn lawyer michael avenatti gets crushed by tucker

cat 2 or 3 storm and we are moving them back toward the northern coast of south carolina to help in horry county or wherever the state may need us. we have adoptive force packages that come from the gulf as well as miami that are bringing shallow water rescue teams that are going to be prepositioned and ready to respond with locals and coordinated with volunteers and the county officials to rescue people. not unlike what we did in 2016 during hurricane matthew. additionally we have air assets from as far away as miami and clear water, florida to move further up toward the myrtle beach area and conduct some of those rescues and coordinate those with the shallow water team on the ground. charles: we just had one of the best meteorologists in the country suggest 24 inches and another 12 perhaps. i would imagine one of the more extraordinary challenges you will face in your professional career. how do you repair for something like this. i understand logistically. there will be a lot of emotions and people you hadn't worked with before. >> it's tough. we have been building the readiness of thi

the hippypocrisy of it is horri. >> there is no way this happens without the bravery of so many women. >> the message is when you know what is right, when you know the truth, keep fighting for it. >> reporter: if you have a tip for the investigative unit you can call 888-996-tips. if easier log into our nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. >>> this is surveillance video. you can see the person walking in front of the santa clara home. investigators say the thieves broke in last week with no one there. they stole a play station, designer clothes and a hand gun. the homeowner believes the suspects are teenagers. >>> if you heard gun fire don't worry, it was the chp testing a new gunshot detection system part of the new system. officers conducted live fire trials on unspecified freeways. it is expected to pin point the time and location of freeway shootings. >>> an under cover investigation by police leads to an arrest. three women were attacked in three separate instances all walking alone during the day. police have not yet identified the person arrested. >>> developing story, who wrote that

horry county officials urging those who stayed to change their minds and evacuate you're up to date. back downtown to you guys. jon? >> thank you, sue. >>> as we head to break, look at shares of apple. jpmorgan initiating coverage with overweight rating, a good thing when you're a stock. 272 price target citing growth in apple service business. >>> and next, interview with the l cretary of the navy. don't go anywhere. "squawk alley" continues in a few minutes. alerts -- wouldn't you like one from the market when it might be time to buy or sell? with fidelity's real-time analytics, you'll get clear, actionable alerts about potential investment opportunities in real time. fidelity. open an account today. >>> senate judiciary in the middle of a short break. let's get to washington for the latest >> democrats are repeating the request that the committee subpoena mark judge in this hearing. he of course is the second person that christine ford says was in the room when the alleged attack by brett kavanaugh occurred ford also said for the second time during the hearing that she is positive

. >>> leading from the storm is starting to swallow storms in horry county. the good news, despite the floods, firefighters have not seen many rescues. >>> a new report reveals that a close call at the airport last year was closer than we first thought. the ntsb says that air canada flight 759 came within 13 feet of hitting another plane lined up on a taxiway. report -- according to the report, the pilots were fatigued and one runway shut down so they mistook the taxiway for a runway. they also had not dialed in their landing instruments to the sfo frequency. >> we came very close to having a very large tragedy. we want to learn from that, those mistakes, and make sure it doesn't happen again. >> that is a congressman who has been pushing for better safety at the airport and is working on legislation to prevent future mistakes like that. >>> starting on october 6, there will be no weekend caltrans service in or out of san francisco. that will last for about six months because of construction. work that needs to be done in northern most station. free bus servi

in horry and -- and ordinance in akron is going to impose a fee for dogs who are barking.nd you could spend up to 60 days in jail. >> what we want to see is a stiffer penalty so that repeat offenders of the ordinance will think twice before allowing the dog to continue disturbing the neighborhood. >> city officials say the biggest problem is when dogs are left outside. >> and i have a relative who has a problem with his neighbors dog and he set up a speaker that barks back. i advised the relative not to do it because of the situation can escalate. but it's a problem for a lot of people. i guess, it is. did it work? >> it works but there's a little tension now. >> so now to barking dogs, one fake one real. >>> let's see how traffic is looking this morning. >> it looks like a nightmare. >> we're tracking a couple traffic alerts. chp has shut down all north down 85 lanes. this is passed laws of [ blank ]. this is all due -- this is passed blossom hill. this is all due to an accident. the fire engine showed up and another car split -- slammed into the fire truck. this is a mes

at its peak yesterday or at least near the high yesterday, there were some 87,000 people in horry countyrtle beach is located, without power. that number is now down to 26,000 customers across the entire state of south carolina. now, myrtle beach hasn't seen much in the way of flooding. if you go south of here, garden city beach did see some. it was related to that storm surge. the peak of that surge was high tide, around 1:30 today. that's when water managed to get into some homes near the water. i spoke to one man returning from being evacuated. i asked him about what he found, which was a little bit of water in his front room. listen. >> so when you first heard of florence, what was your initial thought? >> oh, no, not again. >> and so far, what's your reaction so far? >> i'm very pleased with what we got. i came down to see my brand-new furnishings soaking wet, i have to replace them again. a couple of months ago, i put in a new heat pump. i'm very pleased with how it turned out. >> reporter: so martin, as of 9:00 a.m. tomorrow, the evacuation order for all counties in south carolina

we know 87,000 of them are in horry county, in conway, which includes myrtle beach. there are a lot of people being inconvenanced by these power outages. a tree that's come down on these lines and, you know, this is a familiar scene for a lot of people in this area as we deal with the effects of hurricane florence. but, you know, we talk about the rain. 8 1/2 inches have fallen in this area so far. they could get another 10 inches here. so all that water has to go somewhere and eventually it's going to find its way into the waccawaw river system and they're expecting record flooding in this area. i'll show you some of it. we've seen some bits of localized flooding. you saw where nick valencia was last hour. it is only going to get worse. they have -- it could be wednesday, it could be thursday, it could be beyond that by the time we truly see the worst of it. as we come up here, i'll show you where the water is just coming out of the roadway. again, this is just the first one -- one of the first signs of localized flooding that we're starting to see in this area. but

horry county, but 50% of the county is without power right now. george. >> all right. and of course that will be something that people have to be concerned about for the next several days, without power and as the storm slowly moves inland. thank you very much. rescue work, that will be very important over the next 24 to 48 hours. many people who will be in need of rescue and these rescuers risking their own lives to do that work. dianne gallagher was with some of those rescuers earlier and when the national guard members drove into water, they found themselves in an unpredictable situation. take a look. >> reporter: situations like this really do illustrate just the kind of danger that these first responders take on when they come out to do these rescues. we were embedded with the north carolina national guard. we were in a vehicle just like this one, just with a different paint job on it. called an lmtv. and you can see the area with the canvas, it is empty except is for some seats there. we were sitting, myself, producer, my photographer, with a member of the north

so this is unprecedented and we are still in full battle mode in georgetown county and horry county. >> woodruff: the hurricane is blamed for 47 deaths in the carolinas and virginia. pope francis urged china's roman catholics today to trust him, after reaching an agreement with beijing on naming chinese bishops. he acknowledged that some chinese catholics feel abandoned by any deal with china's communist government. but he said the goal is to unify the cfthinese church, decades of division. >> ( translated ): i decided tod ess the chinese catholics and all the universal church with a message of fraternalen uragement. with that, i am hoping that china can open a new phase. one thatel to heal the wounds of the past, and re- establish and maintain the full communion of all chinese catholics to take up with new conviction the message of the gospel. >> woodruff: china's "underground" catholics have long been persecuted for refusing to join a state-run caolic association. and, on wall street, stocks ragged late in the day, after the federal reserved rates. the dow jones industrial average

chief joseph hill, thank you so much from horry county. we appreciate you joining us.hroughout coverage. we hope you'll come out to see us if you have the opportunity to get you on camera to give folks an update. thank you so much. >> take care, don. appreciate you letting me get on the air. >> absolutely. listen, not much you can see here, i'm going to step out of the way, not much you can see here. the beach i was on earlier is just over my right shoulder here. the waves are starting to crash in, 11:00 p.m. will be high tide again. that's just moments away. about eight minutes away. but folks, i still see people out on the beach. earlier police told me that the beach wasn't necessarily closed. what's closed is the water. they don't want you to get into the water. as this thing gets closer, the beach will be closed, as well. you won't be able to get back on the beach without getting into trouble with some police officers and some authorities. our coverage will continue here in myrtle beach, south carolina. we have our crews up and down the coast in the carolinas inclu

south in horry county, south carolina, they have prepped four main evacuation routes. one of those evacuation lanes coming out of myrtle beach. gabe gutierrez is just south of there in conway, south carolina. what's the situation where you are? >> reporter: behind me is the intersection of 501 and 544. this is one of the areas where authorities here in south carolina have turned it into a four lane highway. closed down one of the directions in order to keep traffic flowing. we've been seeing a steady stream of cars here this afternoon. mandatory evacuations kicked in at noon. authorities have been trying to keep that traffic flowing. we have seen a few people, including this guy, gordon. you've been having a tough time finding gas around here? >> we've been looking around for about an hour. most gas stations don't have regular gas. they're all closed. >> this one has a few pumps with premium. you haven't been able to find regular unleaded anywhere? >> no, not anywhere. >> that's something we're seeing a lot here. this is something we expect as preparations continue. so

still - some, think they can ride it all out.thomas lafluer / horry county resident: "just hunkeringhere's nothing more i could do."the wednesday afternoon forecast indicated florence could take a turn to the left -- still slamming north carolina hard, but also putting more parts of south carolina in danger.vic rawl / charleston co. chairman: "remember, if this thing does what one of the models shows... you can forget about having electricity. good luck on having your roof. and i hope like the dickens you're will stocked and safe." forecasters warn it is not just the eye of florence, or her landfall, that will pose great danger. more than 25 million people are inside the forecast cone from the national hurricane center - extending from virginia to alabama.heather ramsey / evacuee: "it's... it's unpredictable really. so we need to get outta here to be safe."in north carolina-- i'm karin caifa. karin caifa. carolina-- i'm karin caifa. karin caifa. a live look at florence right now on radar. our chief meteorologist lawrence st. lawrence karnow: there were some big changes in our weather

folks out of town so we had several hundred folks here, several thousand folks at the beaches around horryompliance with the evacuation. >> hopefully it makes these next hours and days easier for you in terms of rebuilding and figuring out how much damage will be done. chief hill, these are tense hours. thank you for spending time with us. >> thank you for having me. >> appreciate it. dylan has been out and about in wilmington. dylan, i see the rain is back with you. >> the rain is back, savannah, we've been driving around wilmington here and we came across this one street that's suffered damage to the point where this tree toppled over and now we have a water pipe busted so in addition to all of the rain we've seen we have more water that is pumping out of this busted pipe here. we have trees down all across the road here and actually i ran into a family who road out the storm and lives up this street and experienced that kind of damage. hey, guys. >> hello. >> we were just talking earlier. you have been through storms like this before. how does this compare to storms you've seen in the p

in fact we are looking at 55,000 people in this county, horry county, alone that have no power at thise fire department has announced that it is going to stop going out to rescues, that the conditions have reached a point where they don't feel it's safe to go out checking on people we do know that there are among the power outages at least one evacuation center nearby that has lost power so 450 people there taking shelter have no power. that was one of the warnings from the emergency management officials that they would be able to shelter you and keep you safe but it may not be comfortable in there you know, we are here along the ocean. they are depending on the do uns to keep the tourist businesses safe $21 billion is the economic impact of tourism in the state of south carolina. one ut off ten jobs. it's superimportant for the businesses along let grand strand get back up and running as soon as possible. but in the meantime we are not expecting the center of the storm until 8:00 p.m. tonight, a long, slow-moving storm, with hours and hours of hurricane-force winds and rain tomorrow t

we are moving these assets on up today as we are able to to conduct assessments in horry and south carolinantact with our counterparts in north carolina as possibly moving a shallow water team also staged earlier in georgia for us and moving then on up through north carolina. pete: commander, you have a lot of assets at your disposal that you are commanding. where do you anticipate deploying them in the next day and a half, two days? >> next day and a half we will be conducting those assessments i mentioned up in hoyyk which is myrtle beach area and georgetown county where we might have environmental issues. dealing with you know, vessels washed ashore as well as moving the shallow water team that i had mentioned up into north carolina to help with the rescues of personnel stranded. ed: captain, this is ed. one of your colleagues from virginia was on fox early this morning. saying that now as daylight comes up, and winds maybe start coming down, the coast guard in various areas will also be able to get helicopters in there for rescue efforts. >> i'm sorry, ed, i just lost audio there the co