kaylee hartung -- evacuations. we hahave kaylee hartung with more. >> reporter: dave and christine, the sentiment in carolina beach is described as cautious optimism. you see store shelves emptying. water, bread, milk, batteries. storm essentials. you are not seeing anybody boarding up windows yet. people are waiting for more information before they go to those lengths. states of north carolina, south carolina and virginia getting farther ahead in their preparations declaring states of emergency. dave and christine. >> okay. thanks. >>> time for an early start on your money. president trump warning of additional tariffs on chinese goods. widening a trade war. mr. trump said he is ready to impose $267 billion on chinese goods with tariffs. the president says the tariffs are necessary to punish china for unfair trade practices and intellectual property theft. apple says it would make products more expensive for american consumers. it did not mention the iphone. china has matched the u.s. tariffs dollar for dollar. ta

we'll go to carolina beach, north carolina, where kaylee hartung is. talking about the importance of taking all these precautions and these threats seriously. what are you hearing from folks there, kayleigh? are they doing that? >> erica, the last few beach gories are packing up their things behind me after what's been a beautiful day on this beach filled with people. tourists now tell me they're headed out of town well aware the storm is headed this way while locals, you could best characterize as optimistic as this one woman told me. >> we have batteries, we have water, we have food. if the power goes out we'll be all right. we're just enjoying the day before it all comes. who knows what's going to happen. we'll watch tv and try to figure out which direction it's going to go. >> we've been here a couple years and it seems like you have to wait until it gets closer. so far out right now that it's hard to tell which direction it's going to go. so that's kind of what we've learned. >> reporter: those locals not coming to the beach today without first ma

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our reporters are stationed across the region and we want to begin at rocky point with kaylee hartungm in wilmington. they are on an island at this point. the mayor told me you can't get closer than 40 or 20 miles to the city and surrounding areas at this point and roads that are impassible. this is a cautionary tale for anyone trying to come back to the property to see how it was damaged in the storm. they must stay away and will be stopped by highway patrol if they try to pass the roads deep under water. it's also pointing an arrow to a big problem that you mentioned. getting fuel into this city. i can say that the mayor said there is no threat of the water plant or the sewage treatment plant being shut down. they found a storage of diesel fuel in their port that will help those operations continue to run as planned. you mentioned rocky point. that is just north of where i am now. in pender county under mandatory evacuation. as we try to understand how quickly the floodwaters are moving, they want to show you the two pictures. i was on this family's property as they packed up their

kaylee hartung will join us in a moment. let's check in with chad meyers for the latest from the hurricane center. update us on the path and what to expect. >> what we should expect is overnight tonight, the storm to get back up to a strong four. maybe 150 miles per hour. right now we are at 130. it doesn't seem like much, but it is. this storm will get a new eyewall in the middle of where it was last night. we lost that eyewall. a bigger eyewall start and it generated into a round circle. not quite round yet. we are waiting for it to get perfect before we blow this thing up. it's oblong on one side. not allowed to breathe properly. it's going to breathe tonight and get much stronger. 150 miles per hour by 8:00 a.m. that is the official track and the official forecast. now the reason why people are starting to breathe a little bit easier is the cone is getting smaller. the storm is getting closer. why the cone? because the storm is far away it's almost all the way down to charleston, but not quite. strt of the cone is the mo

kaylee hartung is in fayetteville, north carolina. first of all, what are things like where you are, kaylee? >> reporter: christi, when florence barreled through here with the eye coming through wilmington on friday, you mentioned downed trees and power lines. one of the trees fell and claimed the life of a woman and her 7-month-old son in their home. but now we are working into the second phase of the storm damage will do to this area. there is a crisis situation in the wilmington area as the cajun navy was a called into action by the fire department to rescue people from their homes as the floodwaters began to come inland. you mentioned the rivers, some of them not expected to crest until monday or even later in the week, but those waters are beginning to rise and take effect. and surprise people, in effect. yesterday i was up just north of here in pender county. a county under mandatory evacuation. and officials there told me they hasn't yet had called for service. nobody had needed rescuing from their homes if they had stayed, but

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kaylee hartung is among them. any hesitation to listen to the warnings? >> a little bit from a couple of people. jim, it was interesting earlier i spoke to two young men who said they had to drive 25 minutes just to find the nearest gas station that had gas. these pumps are staying busy. truckers in the back. some of these guys are either filling up gas for their generators to try to wait this thing out or gassing up and filling up canisters to take with them to get well out of town as is the case in these storms. you know you can always find the folk who is are willing to take a chance. >> i'm gassed up and ready to go, but i'm planning on sticking it out. i'll make an evaluation. if that thing is coming at us at 120 miles an hour. right now i plan on riding it out. >> folks have time on their side, but officials hope they will take the time to go ahead and get on the road and get out of town. he lives in brunswick county, 100,000 people under evacuation. people living in evacuation zones are heeding the warnings. the city of will mingston right over the

let's go to kaylee hartung who is not too far from where i am right now. riding out the storm with a family here in wilmington. kaylee, what do you see? >> reporter: john, we're waking up here just on the banks of the intercoastal waterway. surprised. locals thought they would wake up. they warned us we could wake up to water overflowing from the intercoastal waterway into the streets and docks and boats. that is not the case here where we are in wilmington. we are about eight miles directly east of you on the other side of the intercoastal waterway at wrightsville beach. a barrier island. it is under mandatory evacuation orders. police believe everyone they knew who tried to stay on the island had gotten off. here where we are, we had a family let us spend the night and experience what they were going to experience with the storm barrelling toward them. over the course of the night, it wasn't a different night than any other night for the family. the difference for the home, you cannot see out the windows because they are boarded up in fear of what could c

kaylee hartung is in wilmington, north carolina, for us right now. so kaylee, what are people saying? i mean, i'm wondering if it is too late for people who stay to try to evacuate at this point. >> reporter: i don't think so, christi. but something of a crisis situation has developed in wilmington overnight. we knew when this storm, the eye of the storm barreled through wilmington, that was just the beginning of the damage it would do taking down trees, power lines and taking the lives of a woman and her son in their home when a tree fell on it. but now we are in the next phase of the storm's damage as the waters are rushing in to neighborhoods that have never flooded before. people uncertain in some places where that water is coming from. and so the cajun navy was called into action overnight by the local fire department needing their resources to get hundreds of people from their homes. hundreds more in need of help over the course of today as this rain continues to fall. i spoke with one family yesterday just north of here in pinder, county. they

cnn's kaylee hartung is live in carolina beach, north carolina. we always see, kaylee, people rolling the dice. what do you see today? >> reporter: alisyn, life-threatening storm surge could still topple the 12-foot sand berms behind my. there could be hurricane force winds severely damaging the wilmington area and life-threatening catastrophic flooding for millions. those threats still remain very true despite these changes and projections that we're hearing about this morning. the clock is ticking on a mandatory 8:00 deadline and the barrier islands across north carolina, mathe mayor here tellg me he believes this community of about 6500 people have mostly gotten out of town. he thinks 40, maybe 100 people, though, will try to ride out this storm. he said anybody waiting until the 8:00 p.m. deadline tonight, waiting until the last minute, you risk getting stuck on this island. that's because at 8:00 p.m., not only does a 24-hour curfew go into effect here, but the bridge, the one exit point from this island, will be closed when the winds here rea

kaylee hartung has been talking to people in wilmington. she is there live for us now. kaylee. >> reporter: john, they made an important investment in carolina beach. where they plan to retire. these men saying the home five blocks from the ocean and 13 feet above sea level could take water up to its first balcony. the biggest concern is the roof of the home blowing off. yesterday, as the clock was ticking toward an 8:00 p.m. deadline evacuation as friends were calling them asking to get off the island. they said the decision had been made. they are in it for the long haul. >> i am taking a life threatening risk. it is my opportunity to protect my property. with us not coming back on the island for a week, i feel it is vital. >> expectation if i get in trouble to have any help. i have to take care of it on my own. that is what i considered. i won't put other people at risk. we decided to stay. it's on us. >> reporter: it is all on them. billy, his wife, kim, david and dog and cat will be inside that home. they say they are provisioned for five to seven days. john, they u

cnn correspondent kaylee hartung.ng us up to speed. >> fredricka, we're in a situation here where environmentalists fear that coal ash is getting into the cape fear river, while duke energy, the power company that owns the property that's home to two coal ash basins, on a plant site that was formerly a coal burning power plant that's now a natural gas plant, say that's probably not happening, at least not yet. you have both sides being very careful with their verbiage because the fact of the matter is, it is just too early for anyone to be certain one way or the other. the reason being, that sampling of this water just began yesterday when a dam was breached on the cooling lake after it was being flooded by the waters of the cape fear river. samples are expected to have resulted returned to duke energy tonight. those first results will give us a clearer picture of the danger the people in wilmington could be in if this coal ash was to get into this river. at this time, duke energy maintains that the coal basins are se

kaylee hartung joins us in north carolina.talking about with all these concerns over what would the aftermath of florence be. what are you seeing? >> that's right, jim and poppy. the threat to the carolinas continues and the work of the volunteers of the united cajun navy has evolved well beyond operations that began more than a week ago. i'm here in the volunteer group's command center. it has turned into a distribution center, something of a 24/7 walmart if you will, where folks can come in and pick up the essential supplies they need, everything from dog food, canned food, snacks, produce and medical supplies. the volunteers here will deliver if they can't come here to get what they need. those same fishing boats are taking these supplies into areas that are now cut off. plenty of those areas remain. we're talking about visiting individual home, shelters. even a delivery to a farm that needed hay and feed for their animals. about 20 boats loaded up with supplies. i hopped in one, a 16-foot bass fishing boat with two militar

our kaylee hartung is in wilmington, north carolina. that city now essentially cut off from the rest of the state. by water. >> reporter: this is a different kind of phenomenon. this is something we've never seen before. that's how wilmington's mayor bill saffo described to me the situation this city finds itself in now. flood waters rising quickly in areas that have never flooded before, and flood waters moving quickly on to their next target. last night in wilmington, more than 250 rescues were performed by the volunteers of the cage unnavy. 500 rescues performed by local state and federal assets working together as well. over the course of this day, that need has subsided, but the flood waters remain. this intersection behind me, one example, but i'm told this is as a flood zone. this is what this area is supposed to be doing even after a good thunderstorm. this area will flood. that flooding helps keep thoroughfares like market street just down to my left open for people to pass through the city of wilmington, which they are able to

kaylee hartung has more. >> reporter: ana, they've taken samples from the river and expect results toto back up what now is confidence that they do not believe coal ash has made its way into the river. they've been doing ground and aerial inspections. they say there's no visible sign of coal ash in the waters. earlier today i spoke with a representative from duke energy who got a birds eye view for herself. >> i had an opportunity today to go up into one of the aerial inspections by helicopter. we can tell by that kind of birds eye view that the ash basin dams here remain well protected. they are stable. and they are containing the coal ash. >> reporter: while duke energy doesn't believe this industrial waste has gotten into the water, what has environmentalists particularly concerned is that duke energy does say another byproduct of coal combustion has. that's what they call cinespheres tiny bead-like metal particles not easily distinguished from sand. biologists say if these get into the water, they believe coal ash could too. that power plant, ana, on the banks of the cape fear riv

i want to go straight to cnn's kaylee hartung in north carolina, on a boat that is on a trailer, about to be taken into the water. tell us what you're seeing, kaylee. >> reporter: yeah, jake. this boat in the process of being launched into the floodwaters by the volunteers of the cajun navy into an area where they believe hundreds are in need of help. this is a different kind of phenomenon, something we've never seen. that's how wilmington's mayor described this situation to me, as floodwaters are rising and moving into areas that have never flooded before. the cajun navy helped to rescue more than 200 people in this area of north wilmington we're in now. those rescues began because the local fire department called the cajun navy, asking for their help. as the leader of this group tells me, they got that phone call because they're the ones with the boats, the manpower and could get to people who were surprised by these waters quickest. these rescue also continue for some time to come in this county and neighboring ones. >> kaylee hartung with the cajun navy in wilmington, north carolin

kaylee hartung is there. >> yeah, that's right, john. a gust of wind is picking up through here for the first time we have really seen today. otherwise, the waters of the intercoastal waterway between wilmington and wrightsville beach is pretty calm. you describe the impact the storm surge could have on oak island. let me wrap people's minds about what that storm surge could do in the wilmington area. people tell me these boats, these floating docks could be in the parking lot on the other side of the dock that i'm standing on. use me as your measuring stick. i'm 5'2". this piling, 17 feet high from the average high tide mark. high tide is not expected for about another hour, but we have already risen above that average high tide marker here. there is something to be said for when the storm surge hits. and where we are in the tide, but these waters already higher than they should be. i'm told when hurricane hazel came rolling through here in 1954, water rose as high as nearly the top of this pylon. hurricane fran in 1996, if you look to

kaylee hartung with the latest.who's in the cnn weather center. as we're talking so much about flooding, it could be days. we're hearing that from officials. i know here in fayetteville, they're telling us that the cape fear river, which hit 53 feet during matthew and could go well over 60 feet this time around, that crest will likely not happen until tuesday morning. >> yeah, and the million-dollar questions really are, a, when does it finally stop raining and, b, how high do those rivers finally crest at? because you have to understand you really need to know how much rain falls in one spot to know how much water is going to go into those rivers. but it just keeps raining in a lot of these locations. you'll notice those gauges, those forecast gauges for a lot of those rivers keep having to adjust because of the rainfall. some adjust back down, but the majority of them are adjusting up as we get more heavy rainfall. you can see we have this new heavy band that's starting to slide just west of myrtle beach, up aroun

cnn's kaylee hartung reports from portland, maine. >> there are several people in the hallway so someaces. >> reporter: tensions so high in susan collin's office today, cops were called to keep the peace. >> quite full at the moment. >> reporter: in maine and alaska, home of senator lisa murkowski -- >> kavanaugh has got to go. >> reporter: -- tears and bullhorns. the public campaign to convince the two republican senators to oppose the nomination to the supreme court. >> it is huge in some ways, it all comes down to the senators from maine and alaska. on the other hand, she just needs to do the right thing, like, this shouldn't actually be a discussion, shouldn't even be -- shouldn't even be a difficult decision. >> i'm a democrat and i voted for her. i was one of the people who signed in her name when she said she was going to stand up for women. i would never vote for her again. >> reporter: the effort to persuade collins and murkowski also playing out on television in their home states. >> susan collins, it is your party that is mistaken. >> reporter: in portland, april humphrey o

let's go up the coast of where i am right now, wilmington, north carolina, kaylee hartung is there. kaylee? >> reporter: well, john, friends and family have called and begged them, local authorities have strongly encouraged it, but billy sample, his wife, kim, and their neighbor, billy hoffman are not leaving carolina beach. they say they have made an investment in property there on this barrier island. they have bought retirement homes, property they are willing to risk their lives to protect. that being said, as you hear chad talk about the storm surge, the continuous rainfall, they believe five blocks back from the ocean and 13 feet above sea level, water could rise to their balcony. their greatest concern, the roof coming off the top of this home, as the clock was ticking down to an 8:00 p.m. mandatory evacuation deadline last night, they told me they are not wavering in their decision and they are in it for the long haul. >> we accept the risk. we know what the risk is, we accept it. we're not looking for anyone to come bail us out or rescue us, if we get ourselves in a bind, li

. >> kaylee hartung has been on this since before the hurricane came. what can you tell us about the situation there? >> reporter: hi, diane, victor. environmentalists fear coal ash is entering cape fear river. duke energy that owns the natural gas plant home to two inactive coal basins says that's probably not the case, at least not yet. that's the problem we are facing. at this point we don't understand the full extent of danger the people of wilmington are in. so it was thursday when the waters of the cape fear river first flooded into a cooling lake on this natural gas plant's property which was formerly a coal burning power plant. friday we first learned of the breach of the dam, several breaches. the video we can show you of the power plant was taken before the dam was breached. now the question is how long will it take for the coal ash basin to begin flooding into the cooling lake as well. duke energy says there's no visible sign of coal ash in the cooling lake. we have seen helicopters overhead all morning long, monitoring the site. they say the

our kaylee hartung is there. >> the water continues to rise higher than an average high tide.tell me. i want to bring in longtime resident of the wilmington area, eric. you were here when hurricane fran rolled through the area in 1996. describe to me what the scene was like when a ten-foot storm surge destroyed the place. >> docks were flowing completely off the pilings and they'll be everywhere. the boats we find if the wind is strong enough, they'll come up over and everywhere. they'll end up on the street. it will be a big devastation is what it will be like. >> that's what you all anticipate here in the coming days. back in 1996, you were a firefighter. you were living in carolina beach, one of those barrier islands under mandatory evacuation. right now, we know there are people who are trying to ride out the storm there. as a first responder yourself, what is the advice and the message you want those people to hear at this time? >> leave. find a friend, go stay with a friend. i know you don't want to leave. i know a lot of people don't want to leave because if you leave i

cnn's kaylee hartung is live in wilmington, north carolina. you have been speaking with folks not just on the beach yesterday. today you're at some of the stores. are people really starting to heed the warnings and get prepared? >> they are, erica. we're seeing shelves clear from savannah, georgia, up the carolina coast, into virginia. this home improvement store behind me selling out of the generators that they restocked this morning. getting more on the floor as soon as they can. water, bread, and milk. those types of hurricane necessities, emptying out in grocery stores across the area. but people here recognize this storm, as ched mentioned, isn't just a threat to the coast. you also have to be concerned with areas inland. we talked to one lowe's home improvement store an hour and a half inland from where we are here in wilmington, north carolina, a store in lumberton, north carolina, that sold more than 200 generators in the past day. so many people here preparing for a storm that this area really hasn't seen in about 20 years. you mentio

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we want to begin with kaylee hartung. >> reporter: you mentioned it, the problem in wilmington as the waters continue to move and move quickly is the road closures. this city essentially cutoff as the mayor told me. if you get within 20 or 40 miles of the city and if you are trying to come in or get out, you will be stopped. highway patrol will not let you pass. they had to stop fema trucks and duke power trucks trying to get in to help the city. that being said, you mentioned also the concern for the water supply here. the problem of getting fuel. if no one can get into the city, that means fuel can't get into the city, but the mayor assures me they found a diesel reserve in the port. there is no threat of the water or sewage companies here being unable to service the people of wilmington. now, this area behind me, i should be transparent. this is a flood zone and doing what it is supposed to do to allow market street or 17 to continue to be a thoroughfare. that's one of the only ones we found open in the city of wilmington. while riskus weescues were at t the cajun navy rescues have

kaylee hartung is in north carolina where it looks beautiful right now, but what are folks bracing for? >> reporter: it does, fred. with landfall not expected until thursday, many folks on carolina beach saying they are taking today to enjoy these beautiful beaches before the weather does turn ugly here. surfers are thrilled to see the waves, but people understand the threat that hurricane florence poses to the area. as one long time resident of carolina beach told me, he wakes up every morning prepared for a storm to hit and that's the risk you run when you choose to live on the coast. the signs we are seeing of people taking their precautions come at the super market. people are stocking up on water and bread and milk and badries and flashlights, but no one is ready to board up their homes. people remember hurricane matthew and preparations were made and that storm turned and didn't affect the area. you are hearing a lot of optimism and people crossing their fingers and knocking on woods in hope that is the hurricane will avoid them. the memories of hurricane floyd in 1999. the costl

kaylee hartung and nick valencia are in the carolinas. talists say ash is likely spilling into the cape fear river, but duke energy is down playing that claim. what's the story? >> so, fred, it's too early for anybody to be saying with certainty that coal ash has gotten into anything. duke energy said yesterday as soon as that dam to the cooling lake was breached, they began taking water samples. the results from the samples are expected to be returned later this evening, and then this situation will be much clearer. but at this time they say that the two coal ash basins, those basins are in good condition, they say, and those dams are intact. they say there is no visible sign of nicole ash getting into that cooling lake where the dam breached. all that being said, while the situation still very uncertain here, duke energy shared with us that what has gotten into the river at this point, some other byproducts of coal combustion. they're lightweight hallow beads and they say in their experience the beads have no environmental impact, at lea

right to kaylee hartung. >> reporter: senator collins is back in her home state of maine after being throughout the drama in washington. 24 hours ago was a very different scene. it's quity now. >> there are several in the hallways. some wouldn't mind trading places that would be great. >> reporter: tensions so high in senator susan collins portland office today, cops were called to keep the peace. >> it's quite full at the moment. >> reporter: in maine -- [ chanting ] and alaska. home are senator lisa murkowski. >> kavanaugh has got go, hey, hey, ho, ho. >> reporter: tears and bull horns. part of the public campaign to convince the two undecided republican senators to oppose brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. >> it's huge in some ways, because it all comes down to the senators from maine and alaska. yet on the other hand, he just needs to do the right thing. like, think shouldn't be a discussion. it shouldn't even be -- shouldn't even be a difficult decision. >> i'm a democrat and i voted for her. i was one of the people who signed in her name when she said she was go

and that is where cnn's kaylee hartung is at the moment. what's the latest you're seeing and hearing from folks? >> there's no way in or out of wilmington right now. roads impassable from 20 to 40 miles outside of the city, and it's surrounding areas, and we don't know how much longer we'll be in this situation. the river, the cape fear river that runs alongside wilmington, continues to rise as we speak. and it's not expected to be below flood level until wednesday. so in the meantime, roads are impassable. frustration is growing here. this gas station behind me, one man with his truck at the front of the pump has been there since 6:00 a.m. but there is gas and no way to pump it here. some people's need for that resource more dire than others. >> i have a mama at the hospital now. and she needs dialysis and they're trying to tell me they can't transport her from the hospital to right here. we don't have no gas. we're sitting in line. we have been sitting here since 7:00 this morning trying to get gas. she hasn't had dialysis since wednesday

let's go to kaylee hartung at a shelter there with the latest.this would be a story of persistent, prolonged rain and flooding. what are you hearing there? >> reporter: poppy and jim, the sun is just starting to come out for the first time in really four days, but that flood threat continues there. is no way in or out of wilmington. it's a peninsula but now it's basically an island. you can't get 40 miles before you get to an impassable road because of floodwaters that have risen. anybody who has left, coming back to survey the damage to their home, don't even try. you will be stopped by highway patrol. some vehicles are being allowed to pass by officials as gas stations are open in this area. we've seen two of them with lines down the street and around the corner. an increasingly problematic situation is arising in this county because they have five shelters open in this area before the storm. they have now consolidated into one at this high school, a brand new facility with a large gymnasium. i spoke to a man who shared with me his experience.

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kaylee hartung is in wilmington, north carolina, with this angle. the governor said north carolina, the way he put it, north carolina is in the bull's eye, and wilmington may be at the center of the bull's eye. >> that's right, kate, and we're on the far side of one of two bridges that are leading people out of the city of wilmington. also, the exit route for anybody leaving the barrier islands protecting wilmington, who are under mandatory evacuation. but because those barrier islands are beach towns, as people around here call them, are only expected to get out of town by 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night, well, we're hearing a wait and see approach from a lot of people we talked to. >> i plan on sticking it out. i will make an evaluation tomorrow morning. if that thing is still coming at us at about 120 miles per hour, i may change my mind. we put everything away, all the furniture is put away. we did a lot of preparation for it. but we'll wait and see as far as the storm goes. >> wait and see, like i said, that's what we're hearing from a lot of people.

kaylee hartung is on a north carolina beach. what are you seeing at this hour, kaylee? >> reporter: if you are still at your home on carolina beach at 8:00 p.m. tonight, the deadline for evacuating this island, you will get a knock on your door and you will be asked for contact information for your next of kin. the town mayor says he's not trying to use a scare tactic, rather he wants to have very serious conversations with the hundred or so people he believes at this time are going to try to stay on this island and make sure they understand the life-risking choice they are making if they stay. this is a 3x1-mile island. they believe about 50% of the folks have left, but again, they want people to heed these warnings. we're hearing about a slight turn of the stomrm a little bit left, but chad still captured the threat that is so real here. the storms that could tackle these dunes behind me, and the hurricane force winds they're worried about well into wilmington and beyond. the threat here very real. people we hope heeding those warnings, but john, there are people will

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k kaylee hartung is with the cajun navy. tell us what you're seeing. >> jake, this boat in the process of being launched into the floodwaters by the volunteers of the cajun navy into an area where they believe hundreds are in need of help. this is a different kind of phenomenon. this is something we've never seen. that's how wilmington's mayor bill saffo described this developing situation to me as floodwaters rising and moving into areas that never flooded before. >> last night, they helped rescue more than 200 people in this area of north wilmington. as the leader of this group tells me, the cajun navy got the phone call because they're the ones with the boats and manpower who can get to people who were surprised by these waters. jake, these rescues will continue for some time to come. >> as florence hammers the carolinas, president trump seemingly remains fixated on what is now the official death toll in puerto rico from the her cane a year ago. he's repeating his untruthful claim that the official death toll of close to

i am kaylee hartung. we're in the waters of the cape fear river. first property you can see here. this family lost everything in hurricane floyd when that river set a record at 22 feet. now the river is expected to crest, setting a new record of 25 feet monday. this family wanted to wait it out, see what the storm would bring. now they recognize it is time to go. you see this car here, they're literally loading up furniture, taking it out of this trailer into their car. earlier today loaded up their tractor, lawn mower, things of that nature, trying to get them to higher ground. the house they rebuilt after they lost it in hurricane floyd with this one behind me, this one built on stilts as fema requires them to do, but with 25 foot crest from the river, they expect that water to reach the second story. so it is time to go. this county was under mandatory evacuation. county officials have not received calls for service. nobody needed to be rescued. victor, christi, we recognize there's a lot more the storm could bring. >> thank you so much. it real

kaylee hartung is there. residents are taking this seriously and they're getting ready. >> reporter: they are, poppy. plywood among the items that's coming off the shelves in local hardware and home improvement stores. plywood and generators. many people in the surrounding beaches of wilmington, north carolina, tell me they invested in storm shutters and know the risks of living along the coast. some stores, though, cannot restock the hurricane essentials fast enough. this grocery store behind me, they ran out of their water supply yesterday, well before the store closed. they told me they would be restocking overnight, but that hasn't happened yet. the shelves are still empty because the truck brings in those supplies of water hasn't arrived yet. shelves are clearing as far south as savannah, georgia, through the carolina coast and virginia. water and bread, of course, among the items people are grabbing. state of emergency already declared in south carolina, north carolina and virginia. i'm told very import

kaylee hartung is there for us. and what's been going on?s high in washington, or in arizona, we're feeling those here too in maine, just outside of senator collins' office here in portland. you can see the cop cars behind me. those called to help keep the peace in senator collins' office earlier today. there was a group of women who had hoped to organize a sit-in for maybe 15 or 20 women today. but hundreds showed up. senator collins' staff inundated by this large volume of people, really wanting to share their concern, their frustration and their objection to brett kavanaugh. you heard shouts like, "all of maine is waiting." they were asking the one member of the staff there to field their comments when they would hear anything from senator collins as she and lisa murkowski as well have been tight-lipped about where they stand at this point. about you that one woman saying she's not a spokeswoman, simply there to listen to their concerns and share them with the d.c. staff. i spoke to so many people here today who said they have tried calli

our kaylee hartung is at the bridge heading into wrightsville beach there.re, people think the storm is passed but the flooding is nowhere near leaving. >> yeah, that's right, jim and poppy. any carsia see coming up behind me, they'll be crossing this bridge into wrightsville beach. people returning to their homes for the first time since the storm made landfall here on friday. we were just over on that beach with some residents returning to their home, and looks can be deceiving. first impressions can be deceiving. when we first got to their home, it looked like the two feet of water that had flooded their area hadn't done much more damage than to the carpet of their stairs leading up to the second floor of their home. the first floor area, storage, and a garage, but once they went up to the second floor, they realized a hole in their ceiling had destroyed nearly everything they owned inside. now, this bridge being open, so many roads within the state of north carolina still closed, but we are just learning of two access points that are now available to get

kaylee hartung, wilmington, north carolina. >> more from wilmington, 100,000 people have been rescued rescue crews are exhausted. they are work in challenging conditions. earlier the police chief told us how his city is preparing for the worst. >> we have the entire department on 12-hour shifts. most of them are actually emmers embedd embedd embedded throughout the community so they don't go home. we call for assistance from other agencies. they start arriving tonight and during the week we'll have other police, state, local, federal agencies here to help us patrol. the response from local, regional, state and federal has been pretty impressive so far. the electric companies here, i understand, have a thousand crews on stand by. they actually started working today when the rain would let up. and we think we'll get power back here hopefully within, you know, i don't know, a week, you know, a week, two weeks. we're using the deep water vehicles to get them and bring them to shelters. shelters are mostly full right now. i believe there's one that still has some room in it. one of the pro

. >> start with kaylee hartung there live in wilmington, north carolina. there were 90 minute waits for plywood, and stores are limiting how much they can buy. what's the story? >> reporter: yeah, it is true, brooke. the same true for gas and gas stations like the one i'm at. you can't let the beautiful weather we're standing in now fool you, and you sure can't let the lack of heavy traffic behind me fool you either. from what locals are telling me, traffic is not much worse than a typical day, but a lot of people are taking advantage of time they have, despite warnings from officials because the barrier islands where there's mandatory evacuation in place, that deadline isn't until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow. so we're seeing people take time to get out of town, but making preparations first. everyone i should say that we talked to is taking warnings to heart. whether they are choosing to go or stay, they recognize the storm the threat poses like jr pitman, long time resident i spoke to earlier. >> you have to get out, not going to stop the water or wind if you don

let's turn to cnn kaylee hartung in rocky point, north carolina, where i know more people are tryingo leave. what are you seeing? >> yes. that's right. i'm told any given day it is about a 200 yard walk to the river from this property. now i am standing in the water to the northeast, cape fear river in rocky point, north carolina. this gives you a tremendous visual example of danger that's ahead. inland fresh water flooding we are anticipating here. this river is not expected to crest for two more days. monday, a new record of 25 feet is expected to be hit, and as the water flows onto the property, the family that lives here tells me they expect water to come to their door to the home, on the second story of the home, ana. that's a tremendous visual example. it is difficult to wrap our minds around as we stand here knowing where we stand. we'll be under water. with that information, this family has been packing up and working to get their most precious possessions together and get out of town. susan lives in this trailer behind me. she lived through hurricane floyd, when the current

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want to take you to rocky point, north carolina and kaylee hartung.king your way around the state there to some of the hardest-hit areas. what are you seeing there at rocky point? >> reporter: well, erica, florence's winds didn't do much more than knock out the power and knock over the play set, but susan and her family know what the water could bring, what the rainfall could bring and northeast cape fear river that's flowing onto your property. she and her grandson tucker join me now. susan, you stayed through yesterday, you say it is time to go. why. what are your fears? >> the river is coming into our property. >> you say this isn't your first rodeo. you lived through floyd. tell me about damage that floyd did here and what you imagine florence doing. >> when floyd came through, it took everything we owned, vehicles, clothes, house, everything. and they're expecting this to be even higher. so we know it is time to go. it's already up in our yard. >> the river expected to crest monday, a new record, 25 feet. tucker, what all have you and your brothe