we'll check back with mola lenghi. >> reporter: you can see the impact being felt out here.not as we initially predicted, but they are still causing some damage. we've seen some down gas stations canopies blown over, some trees and limbs all blown to the ground. thousands of people are already without power. millions more are expected to lose power here in the coming days. some of whom could stay without power, according to officials for weeks after this storm. but really it's the water. the water does still remains the main concern from the storm surge potential to the torrential rains to the widespread flooding. that still remains a major concern in the days and weeks to come, anne-marie. >> all right. thank you right now. hurricane florence has forced more than a million people for that storm pot people are riding out the storm in shelters in other parts of the state, including the raleigh durham area. nearly 300 people and their pets are getting meals and a place to stay. one mom talked about what she might find once the hurricane passed through. >> what are you worried

mola lenghi, cbs news, capitol hill. >> a couple of democrats who are up for reelection in red states that vote yes as well. -- could vote yes as well. >>> priceless artifacts go up in flames at brazil's national museum. >>> fire in lake tahoe sparked by a plane crash. >>> what we're seeing is hazy skies. we're looking at some great conditions out there. not so much from the cloud covers, but more like smoke in the air. i'll have your 40 -- full forecast coming up. night. >>> check out these flames. more than 20 million historic relics in the national museum of brazil. going up in flames last night. officials say a fire engulfed a 200-year-old building in rio de janeiro. the museum held an extensive collection of brazilian artifacts but also featured items from around the globe. no reports of any injuries. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> a wildfire is growing near lake tahoe after a plane crash sparked a place in the mountains. it started in washoe valley around 2 yesterday afternoon. it's now 80 acres large. a plane crashed in that area where the fire happened

mola lenghi has the latest from wilmington, north carolina. >> reporter: big waves crashed ashore? shore in atlantic beach, north carolina, as the outer bands of wind and rain reached the carolina. the storm was downgraded to a category 2 with maximum sustained winds op 110 pirp -- of 110 miles per hour. but it is still extremely dangerous. >> please do not let your guard down. the storm surge associated with the storm has not changed. it remains the same. >> reporter: they example a storm surge up to 15 feet in areas and florence could dump up to 30 inches of rain or more. >> this is a powerful storm that can >>eporter: on north carolina's outer banks, most heeded the call to evacuate. there are always a few hold outs. >> i would rather be here and know what i'm dealing with. >> reporter: and the beach is under a mandatory evacuation. those who chose to stay behind might be on their own. >> i won't put our personnel in harm's way for people who were told at that evacuate and failed to. >> see you in a few days. >> reporter: residents in jacksonville, north carolina, 20 miles from

mola lenghi, the white house. >>> new poll numbers show more americans oppose kavanaugh's in nation than support it. senator diane fine stain's office is getting threats. her spokesman says the office remessages thenning physical and sexual harm against the staff. feinstein received the letter in july from ford detailing allegations and criticized by republicans for not coming forward sooner. the bickering between president trump and gaven newsome is turning in a political circus. >> how about this clown in california, running for governor, just think, we get a lot of people from california that moved here but how about this guy. he announces he wants open borders, then he wants to give them health care, education, everything. >> newsome firing back tweeting out quote lol, hi, real, donald trump, interesting description from the guy who is locking up kids like penny wise. penny wise is the killer cl in steven king's novel, it. >>> pittsburgh police nn5 has th >>orisis the cell phone video that sparked outrage among viewers showing a man taken down by pittsburgh police leaving him bloody

>> ninan: mola lenghi coming to us from the white house. thank you, mola.alifornia-based trucking company and one of its drivers are being accused of negligence after eight people were killed in a crash. the collision happened thursday on a busy new mexico highway. two surviving passengers are suing. kenneth craig has more on the lawsuits that show the trucking company has a history of crashes. >> reporter: federal investigators worked for a second day at the scene of the deadly new mexico crash. they're trying to determine what led to the violent collision between a greyhound bus and a tractor-trailer thursday. state police believe a tire failure caused the truck and trailer to jackknife on i-40, cross over the median, and slam enter a greyhound bus head-on. now an attorney for two of the bus passengers is accusing the driver and trucking company of negligence. in pair of lawsuits filed just one day after the crash, attorney bryan williams cites federal safety data showing three crashes in the last two years involving jag transportation inc., a california-

reena. >> ninan: mola lenghi from the white house. s this, mola. in a rare interview today for "face the nation," margaret brennan asked vice president pike mense who he thinks is the rogue op-ed writer. >> reporter: the writer of this anonymous "new york times" op-ed identifies him or herself as a trump appointee. who do you think wrote this? >> well, i wouldn't know, but what i can say is it's a disgrace. i think the author of the anonymous editorial-- and, frankly, "the new york times--" be ashamed. but it seems to me to be just an obvious attempt to distract attention from this bog economy and president trump's record of success. >> reporter: one of the claims made in the op-ed is that there has been discussion of invoking the 25th amendment to even remove the president from office. have you-- ha been part of a conversation about that? >> no, never. and why would we be, margaret? i mean, the truth of the matter is over the last eight years, despite what we heard from president obama on friday, i mean, this-- this country was struggling. i mean,

mola lenghi is covering the hearing. >> shame on my colleagues if they conceal them now. >> reporter: a battle over the release of more than 100,000 documents related to supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh dominated the first part of thursday's hearing. >> there's no classified documents here. >> do you want to give up your emails right now and make them public? i don't think you do. >> reporter: democrat cory booker dared to face disciplinary action. >> i'm hoping they will bring charges against us and i'm willing to accept the full responsibility. >> reporter: senator dianne feinstein questioned kavanaugh about a previously confidential email he wrote in 2003 while working in the george w. bush white house. he said i'm not sure they all consider it law of the land since court can always overrule its precedent and three justices on the court would do so. >> this has been viewed as you saying that you don't think roe is settled. >> i'm always concerned with accuracy and i was not quite sure that was accurate of all legal scholars. >> senators revisited whether they had discussed rob

mola lenghi, cbs news, the white house. >> besides weighing in on president trump, mr. obama was rallying support for democrats ahead of the midterm elections. reporter hena doba was at today's campaign style event. >> reporter: in a rare public speech since leaving office, president barack obama stepped back into the political spotlight with a simple message for students at university of illinois urbana champaign. >> you need to vote because our democracy depends on it. >> reporter: obama is heading out on the campaign trail to fire up the democrats base ahead of the midterm elections. he says the stakes are high in november. >> the consequences of any of us sitting on the sidelines are more dire. >> reporter: the nation's 44th president unleashed on his republican successor saying president trump's policies were not conservative but radical and dangerous. he called mr. trump a symptom, not the cause of division in the country but accused him of sowing racial and ethnic tensions. >> we are americans. we're supposed to stand up to bullies, not follow them. we're sure as

cbs reporter mola lenghi with the details. >> shame on my colleagues if they conceal them now. >> reporter: a balancing over the release of more than 100,000 -- battle over the release of more than 100,000 documents related to supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh dominated the first part of thursday's hearing. >> there's no classified documents here. you want to give up your e- mails right now, make them public? i don't think you do. >> reporter: democrat cory booker darrelled to face disciplinary action from -- dared to face disciplinary action from the senate for publicly releasing material the committee labeled confidential. >> i hope they bring charges against us. i'm ready to accept the full responsibility. >> reporter: senator dianne feinstein questioned judge kavanaugh about a previously confidential e-mail he wrote in 2003 while working in the george w. bush white house. it said, "i'm not sure that all legal scholars refer to roe as the settled law of the land at the supreme court level since court can always overrule its precedent and three current justices on the court would do

mola lenghi, cbs news, capitol hill. >> 106-year-old roberta mccain seen there was often seen with her son during his 2008 presidential campaign and has continued to say by her son through many of his memorials this week. senator mccain credited his mother for raising him while his father was away serving in the navy. john mccain is the 31st person to lie instate at the capitol rotunda. >>> a family and friends said their -- >>> family and friends said their final good-byes to aretha franklin's today. music's greatest names attended the queen of soul's tribute in detroit. what was initially an invite only event soon turned into a full on celebratafte organizers let 1,000 of aretha franklin's fans join in the service. >> nothing sounded better to me than the way my grandma sings. >> aretha franklin called detroit home for most of her life and the city has plans to pay tribute to the iconic singer. officials may rename the city's outdoor concert venue in her honor. >>> coming up a family business that could be sunk after years on the bay, it may no longer be able to pay to carry tourists

earlier, i spoke with cbs correspondent mola lenghi, who joined me from wrightsville beach in north carolinan by asking if people were heeding the warnings from authorities. well, at this point it appears they are. we were out here all day on the beach, this is wrightsville beach, this time of year it is a typically a relatively busy stretch of beach. it is not the peak season ofjune, july and august, but still you would normally see a few hundred to a few thousand people here. we saw about half a dozen in the immediate area, really, throughout the day. that illustrates the point that most people are not doing what they would normally be doing out on the beach. people were in town, boarding up their homes and businesses, putting the sandbags down, filling up their gas tanks, filling up their gas cans, going to the grocery store, going to the hardware store. loading up on those, sort of, survival supplies. moving their vehicles to elevated areas if they are not travelling or taking those vehicles with them. so yes, for the most part we have seen today lot of people heeding the advice, doing t

mola lenghi from wrightsville beach, north carolina. thank you. >>> the outer bands of florence are approaching the carolina coast. we will check in with mary on more of the storms path. >> we are tracking hurricane florence. even though it has been downgraded to a category two storm, make no doubt about it, it looks like a dangerous storm surge with life-threatening flash flooding with this storm. this is a live look at kill devil hills, north carolina. conditions are deteriorating out there. the outer rain bands and tropical storm force winds have reached the carolina coast. that live cam showing the wet conditions. the satellite view, a category two hurricane packing maximum sustained winds of 110 miles an hour. is 170 miles east, southeast of wilmington. likely making landfall as a category two hurricane by late tonight into early tomorrow morning. by friday afternoon, a category one storm and on saturday a tropical storm. it will be a slow mover. usually when it moves over land, it does not have that energy to fuel the storm. but y

as mola lenghi reports, those facing the most serious threat are in the carolinas. >> reporter: northidents heard it straight from the governor. they've never seen a storm like florence. >> it is an extremely dangerous, life threatening, historic hurricane. >> reporter: the national hurricane center says the size is staggering. it's already a category 4 hurricane but could intensify as it passes over warmer waters. mandatory evacuations began at noon. >> even if you've ridden out storms before, this one is different. t onng oua monster. >> reporter: along with hurricane force winds the storm surge in north carolina could hit 12 feet. as you can see around me, the beach is already a ghost town. 1million people are under a mandatory evacuation from virginia down through the carolinas where florence is expected to strike land early friday and then stall for days. president trump has declared a state of emergency. >> they haven't seen anything like what's coming at us in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. it's tremendously big and tremendously wet. >> reporter: those who haven't evacuated yet are

mola length hi. >> this swin of the-- lenghi, this is why geght around is so stuff. from the air you can see this two lane road around the eastern side of the tar heel state is caved in and crumbling. north carolina transportation secretary. >> right now we don't have a land access to wilmington. we are working with the department of defense and the national guard and we're also working other contingencies to supported wilmington on the oceanside. >> more than 170 primary roads are closed. even secretary trogden and governor cooper can't get around so they got on a plane instead. >> we were able to get into the air and see significant damage in eastern north carolina. the people need to understand that some areas are likely to be without power for a while. >> one side of normal see in this city of 120,000, this grocery store opened to a crowd today. in this historic neighborhood where homes are 100 years old and the trees are even older, we found michael smith. >> i've been out and about and the electrical problems, the lines that are down, because of the trees is aw

mola lenghi is in wrightsville beach, north carolina. mola, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. today is it. it is the last day for people in harm's way to pawning and get out because by this time tomorrow, hurricane florence is expected to be slamming into the carolina coast. towns up and down the carolina coast are almost completely desserted. officials are warning the few who stayed behind of the dangers ahead. >> you put your life at risk by staying. don't plan to leave once the winds and rain start. >> reporter: forecasters predict the surge from hurricane florence could top 13 feet, enough to send water half a mile inland. firefighters in raleigh, north carolina, are going door to door warning people who live in flood zones. >> if the wind's high enough, we're going to have our employees hunkered down safely. we're not going to have them out on the road. it's not safe for them to be out there. >> reporter: today's the last chance for residents to get out of the way. officials say when the storm is at its worst, firs

>> mola lenghi at the vietnam veteran memorial. thanks, mola.with us throughout the morning for live korng throughout the morning of senator mccain. that coverage begins in just about an hour. >>> now to the farewell of the queen of soul. aretha franklin was laid to rest in a mausoleum at a detroit cemetery friday. that followed several hours of tributes and songs earlier in the day at a packed megachurch on the outskirts of the city to celebrate the life of the queen of soul. demarco morgan was there. >> reporter: franklin arrived as only she could, watched over by a caravan of more than 100 pink cadillacs across a red carpet into the church. aretha franklin's home-going service was a joyful celebration of the queen of soul's life. ♪ i'm going to sing >> reporter: preachers an politicians took to the podium to remember the lives she touched. >> aretha, hand in your cross and pick up your crown. ♪ >> she took this massive talent and perfect culture that raised her and decided to be the composer of her own life song, and what a song it turned out

mola lenghi on capitol hill and judge brett kavanaugh's decision could come down to a few votes. federal regulators are >>> live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix news. >>> federal regulators are suing musk for fraud. >> a new law in california, and prisoners have a right to eat vegan. the cost for plant based meals. >>> it's friday, september 28th. good morning. >> i am turning on my microphone. >> i will lean in. >>> a hearing is about to begin on capitol hill where the senate judiciary committee is planning to take a vote on the nomination of brett kavanaugh to be the next supreme court justice. of course, this hearing will be watched throughout the world. now, to a cbs special report. >>> i am on a special report -- long hearing at the senate judiciary committee, only a >>> he said what i do know is that the system of justice is to the innocent accused. that's to the rule of law and then they say that a different stan starred should apply. >> to conclude in his mind to judge kavanaugh sexually assaulted her some 36 years ago, and he is going to vote to confirm. abse

also byoing it secretary nielsen, administrator mcmahon, director mola lenghi, and fema administrator wong. i want to thank you all. the planning that went into this is beyond belief. i just want to thank the secretary. this is truly something special. i also want to thank some great friends of mine and very talented people that love this state. they love all of our states. that's senator richard burr, thank you very much. representative senator tom does. thank you so much. .indsey graham do you want to pull up a chair? what happened to you? [laughter] would you let him sit at our table? pull up a chair. lindsay has been great. tim scott. i feel pretty guilty. they have been fantastic. we have had a lot of help from congress. we are ready to do whatever we have to do to make this perfect. money is going to come as fast as you need it. we will take care of everybody. hurricane florence was one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the carolinas. one of the most powerful and devastating storms ever to hit our country. to the families who have lost loved ones, america grieves with you.

cbs correspondent mola lenghi joins us now from wrightsville beach in north carolina.terrifying, it is headed right for where you are. are people heeding warnings from authorities about what they have to do? well, at this point it appears they are. we were out here all day on the beat. this time of year it is a typically relatively busy stretch of beach. it is not the peak season of beach. it is not the peak season ofjune, july and august, but still you see a cucumber in to a few thousand people here. we saw about half a dozen in the immediate area throughout the day. that illustrates the point that most people are not doing what they would normally be doing what they would normally be doing out on the beach. people were in town, boarding up their homes and businesses, putting sandbags down, filling up their gas tanks, filling up filling up their gas tanks, filling up their gas filling up their gas tanks, filling up theirgas cans, filling up their gas tanks, filling up their gas cans, going into the grocery store, the hardware store. loading up on those survival suppli

for more on hurricane florence, cbs correspondent mola lenghi joined us from wrightsville beach in north see a couple of people are out here, but i mean, if you are to look left and right down the coast, it is pretty much deserted. now, obviously this isn't the peak season. it is notjune, july, august, when there are thousands of people out here, but this is sort of that secondary season when you would normally see, especially on a day like this, you would still seek several 100 people out here, and this illustrates how people are approaching this incoming storm. people are getting out of town here in wrightsville beach, mandatory evacuations in place, beginning at 8am tomorrow. a similar story up and down the south—eastern coast, for the coastal communities. mandatory evacuations up and down the east coast, and then when you start to get a little bit further inland, obviously some mandatory, some voluntary, that will probably eventually be mandatory, evacuations. but people really heeding the advice and taking this one seriously, from what we have seen. let's get more on our top story —

. >>> team coverage continues with mola lenghi live in wrightsville beach. how are the conditions? >> reporter: good morning. conditions are starting to worsen here. feeling the wind pick up over the last few hours. it is still mild, not a tropical storm or hurricane condition yet but we are feeling the winds pick up. today is the last day for people in harms way to get out because by this time tomorrow morning, -- florence is expected to be slamming the coastline. towns up and down the coastline are deserted. officials are warning the few that stayed behind of the dangers ahead. >> you put your lives at risk by staying. don't plan to leave once the wind and rain starts. >> reporter: forecasters predict the storm surge could top 13 feet. enough to send water half a mile inland. firefighters in raleigh north carolina are going door to door, warning people who live in flood zones. >> if the wind is high enough we will have our employees hunker down. they will not be on the road. >> reporter: today's the last chance to get out of harms way. officials say when the storm is at the worst

mola lenghi, cbs news, the white house. >>> barack obama former president, delivered a simple messageters at the university of illinois. get out and vote. >> the consequences of any of us sitting on the sidelines are more dire. >> the former president says trump's policies are not conservative, rather radical and dangerous. he also called out the gop for standing by and participating in the unraveling of international alliances. >> they are undermining our alliances. closing up to russia, what happened? what happened to the republican party? >> the republican national committee responded to the speech saying democrats may have a new resistor in chief on the campaign trail, but they will need more than a message of resistance -- resist and obstruct to in this november. >>> a former campaign advisor has been sentenced to jail. george will spend -- mac miller nine will spend 14 days behind bars for lying to the fbi. a much shorter sentence than six months robert mueller's team wanted. the case was the first to lay out details of the trump campaign aide, knowing about russian efforts to m

welljoining me is now from wilmington, north carolina is cbs reporter, mola lenghi.es, absolutely. yesterday was extremely mild compared to this. this is the initial impact of hurricane florence. wind gusts have increased in the last are substantially, as you can see. 0bviously in the last are substantially, as you can see. obviously a lot of rain coming down. not as intense as we initially expected and predicted. the storm has been downgraded in terms of wind speeds are still a lot of damage being done. we have seen some structures are not down and trees brought down. hundreds of thousands of people in the carolinas are without power. the numbers are expected to rise into the millions. some of those people will be without power and electricity for weeks, officials anticipate. looking forward , officials anticipate. looking forward, is the potentialfor water damage. we look at a potential for storm surge and more torrential rain and widespread flooding. looking forward in the days and weeks ahead, that remains the major concern for emergency officials. how well setup

to go to one of those veterans as well down there at the memorial and to cbs news correspondent mola lenghi, who has been there throughout the visit. mola? >> reporter: good morning, guys. charles sterling here, i'm joined by a vietnam veteran, one of a few hundred people who came here to pay respects to the senator and his family. mr. sterling, good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: why did you come out here today? >> first of all, i believe that senator mccain was definitely a hero to our country. >> reporter: what did you think of the event? what did you think of the quick memorial out here? >> i think it was real quick, and i would like to have seen a little bit more, but it's not what i want, it's what maybe the public wants but also misses as well. >> reporter: you called the late senator a hero. he's one to often say he's not a hero, he served in the company of heroes, but he often denies the idea that he's a hero. >> and that's why i like him, because he denies the fact that he is. he's not a narcissistic individual. he is a person of true -- what you see of mccain is mccain. >

here's mola lenghi speaking to me earlierfrom north carolina.ion of the state, about 30 minutes outside of wilmington. a slightly bigger city here in of carolina. by the looks of it today, it is just a beautiful beach day. but as you can see, only a handful of people out here behind me, typically this time of year you would see hundreds of people out here. it is not quite the peak season, is just after. but still you would normally see hundreds and hundreds of people out here enjoying what is still great weather. obviously, this is sort of illustrates that people are taking this storm seriously. many people are either, as we speak, putting sort of the final preparations, the last—minute preps on their homes, their businesses, their property, or they have already gotten out of town. a lot of folks are heating the mandatory evacuations that are in place here in wrightsville. it is not going into effect until tomorrow, but many people that we spoke with this morning, we saw this morning, were already trying to get out of town and beat the traffic,

joining me now from wrightsville beach on north carolina's coastline is cbs reporter, mola lenghi.d of preparations being made locally as the storms approach? with all across the board as far as preparations go. we are talking about counties, city, state, federal preparations. and also individuals who are ticking fabric into their own hands, boarding up their homes and businesses, selling up their homes and businesses, selling up gas tanks on their way out, if they can find a gas station that is open or still has fuelled. obviously, stocking up on grocery items. there are things that the federal government, the state and local governments are doing and also, people are ticking things into their own hands. mainly, people be leave seem to be heating, a lot of people are getting out of town of mandatory evacuations. even some committees you have voluntary evacuations that may eventually lead to mandatory evacuations might even some of these voluntary evacuations, people are not risking it and are getting out of town, wanting to beat the traffic and go to a safer location further away

we can speak to cbs correspondent mola lenghi. thank you forjoining us.fully sunny where you are, people are there under umbrellas sunbathing. and imagining we shouldn't be full by that? it is a beautiful beach day, we can see a few mac people out here. but if you look left and right, it is deserted. obviously, it's not a peak season likejuno, obviously, it's not a peak season like juno, july or august. butted is the secondary season where you would see especially on a day like this, you would see several hundred people out here. this illustrates how people are approaching this incoming storm. without getting out of town and there have been mandatory evacuations, beginning at 8am tomorrow. it is a similar story up and down the eastern coast for the coastal committees, mandatory evacuations up—and—down viscose. a little further inland, some are mandatory evacuations and other involu nta ry mandatory evacuations and other involuntary ones. people are really taking the advice and taking this seriously. they are really worried about the storm surge. what woul

mola lenghi is at the warehouse in aberdeen, maryland, with more on the story. >> reporter: good morning. this was the third mass shooting in the u.s. in two days. moseley was a temporary employee here at the distribution center, only on the job a few weeks. witnesses say she got into an argument with another employee right before her rampage. >> active shooter. >> reporter: just after 9:00 a.m., police responded to a shooting at the rite-aid distribution center in aberdeen, maryland, about 30 miles northeast of baltimore. >> female, gunshot wound to the head. >> reporter: terrified employees frantically piled out of the building as law enforcement officers rushed in. one employee said he ran to a nearby business for cover after he was shot in the leg. >> i got hit. >> we believe shooting incident began outside and moved into the front of the building. >> reporter: the county sheriff says snochia killed teoeheot al. t26-y t anddtsp police searched multiple addresses belonging to moseley, complex. >> we don't have a motive yet so everything is being explored. >> reporter: authorities beli

mola lenghi joins us from the white house with more. good morning. >> good morning.s speculation swirls about who was behind the scathing piece, more than two dozen officials including the vice president have come out denying they wrote it. the president meanwhile has escalated his attacks on the writer and bob woodward on his critical book on the trump administration. the president calling woodward an idiot and the book a work of fiction. in south dakota friday night, president trump continued to blame what he called lousy libel laws for your the scathing allegations in bob woodward's new book, "fear: trump in the white house." >> create some libel laws when people say stuff bad about you, you can sue them, and if you're right, you win. >> earlier in an interview, mr. trump said it's only a matter of time before the white house figures out the identity of the anonymous official who claims to be part of a resistance within theed ministration. when you saw this "new york times" peerks in your gut, who's the first person that came to your head? >> well, i could think o

joining me now from wilmington in north carolina is cbs correspondent, mola lenghi. hello to you.ching now? you know, anita, the conditions have started to worsen here in the last hour or two. certainly not hurricane conditions, not even tropical storm conditions. we are feeling the wind started to pick up a little bit. for the most part, still very mild. in the most part, still very mild. in the next 2a hours we are expecting conditions to worsen progressively, especially going into the evening and the night hours. and this time tomorrow is when florence is expected to impact and make landfall on the carolina coast. what is all sense of how many people are heeding evacuation warnings, and how many are saying they are going to ride out the hurricane? well, millions of people up and down the coast appeared to have heeded the warnings here over the last 48 hours. we saw a mass exodus from north carolina, down to south carolina, people moving west, moving inland to evacuate the most vulnerable coastal communities. by and large, most people have heeded the warnings. a lot of the beach