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and tourists at north carolina beaches are heading for higher ground.loaded up at cape lookout on harker's island. the park service is closing the area to visitors. we're tracking joaquin. whether it makes its way toward us or away from us, we're still dealing with plenty of rain. nbc 10's meteorologist bill henley is tracking both weather threats, his full forecast ahead. >>> 5:17. a developing story this morning out of russia. russian president vladamir putin will head to paris today for talks that were supposed to be about ukraine but likely include russia's military action in syria. russia says its air strikes in syria destroyed a dozen islamic state isis targets but the u.s. doesn't believe that. it fears that russian pilots instead are going after opponents of syrian president bashar al assad. we'll let you know what happens during president putin's meeting in paris. >> in pennsylvania kathleen kane is not backing down after being arraigned on a new perjury charge. kane was arraigned in court, our camera was there. the new charge stems from eviden

tourists on north carolina beaches heading for higher ground. people loaded up campers at cape lookout. the park service is closing the area to visitors. >>> obviously hurricane sandy left an unforgettable mark on the northeast including the jersey shore. joaquin is still near the bahamas now but all along the east coast neighbors and towns are getting freerd anything that the storm might bring and the possibility it could hit sooner. governor christie wants you to be prepared and start gathering supplies, that's the message he passed along yesterday. he said let's keep watching it. let's not panic. we're helping you watch it. we're watching for you. first alert meteorologist bill henley will have an update on joaquin's track. and to follow today's stormy weather and the weather any time you can check the "nbc 10 news" app. it's a free download. >>> a u.s. air force transport plane crashed in afghanistan. this is video of the plane similar to the one that crashed. the six service members were the crew, the passengers were civilian contractors wo

and tourists in north carolina's beaches head for higher ground. people loaded up at cape lookout on harker's island. >> for more on the preparations we go live to jay gray in kitty hawk. tell us more about the situation there. >> reporter: the situation here is that people are waiting and watching. the good news is the track of this storm seems to be steering more to the east, that means no landfall directly here. does not mean, though, an tend to problems as a result of wa keen. they have begun on areas only accessible by ferry here. those people being moved to higher ground as the rest of this area prepares for major flooding. they have seen rains the last several days. now add to the mix, 6, 7 inches they get from joaquin. it's too much water in an area that can't handle more. so a lot of people making sure they have food, water, they are prepared to be out electricity for a couple of days and obviously they don't want to get out and drive in an they're is going to see a lot of water. so flooding the primary concern. we'll continue to watch thi

. >> giant shark teeth from an extinct species washed ashore along several north carolina beaches. is how big the shark's teeth are. almost the size of an adult hand. experts say recent rain and beach renourishment have unearthed the fossils from the ocean floor. the north carolina coast is known as a premiere spat to find the teeth from the shark which can sell for $1,500 each. >> that causes nightmares. you know? theying about the shark teeth like that. >> now a check with mike and the forecast. >> we do not need a bigger boat because the rain is looking less likely as we head into wednesday. good morning, everyone, we will look at san jose, we have not been ignoring you but you have fought had much to tack about with temperatures in the mid-50s and you do not see the fog. the live doppler hd is showing it will be dry through the morning commute and other than the mist and fog. look at this, yes, cloudy over san francisco but it is not the thick fog we are dealing with inland valleys that will lead to hazy sunshine and warming today. when you see the hazy they know it is more moi

the big effect locally, maryland, delaware, the north carolina beaches is the erosion of the sand dunes, the beach erosion. a lot of mess. the communities will have to flooding but the biggest concern is what is happening in south carolina. moisture is flowing. tropical moisture out of the hurricane into south carolina, north carolina. over the next few days the storm will move away and the moisture will come out of the tropical atlantic. enough moisture to cause flooding. 32 in annapolis. 31 in arlington. chilly temperatures. that is the story. as far as the floods, steve rudin has the story and there is a lot to tell. steve: with the heavy rain tonight and tomorrow morning we have a flash flood watch up for the d.c. metro area. this is not until 8:00. this includes the district, arlington, alexandria and fairfax. all of southern maryland until 8:00 saturday morning. show you what is going on with the live doppler radar. a wet rush hour commute. if you expect someone home on time, expect delays. the traffic is backed up quite a bit. heaviest rain north of d.c. more to come moving throu

and tourists at north carolina's beaches are heading for higher ground. people loaded up their campers at cape lookout on harker's island. the national mark service is closing the area to all visitors. >>> and it's going to be a rainy weekend for the thousands of breast cancer survivors and supporters making a 60 mile journey one step at a time. it's the annual susan g. komen's walk for the cur. jesse gary is there. jesse, how is the rain affecting the turnout? >> reporter: to quote with one of the organizers of the walk -- with a southern accent, i might add -- "y'all people are tough. you don't let the weather bother you." so the turnout is similar to what it's been in the previous years. we're standing at what is called a cheering station and although the cheering station has moved off camera -- way to go, ladies, high five. there you go. that's what we mean. here's the cheering station. they went to refill. they're providing candy to give the ladies energy as they walk by. this is one of the cheering stations that are in place along the route to help

carolinas, where several feet of water has caused some roads to be shut down and communities evacuated. extreme flood threats remain in effect near charleston and myrtle beach, the outer banks of north carolina, and virginia beach. an american cargo container ship caught in joaquin is still missing. the ship "el faro" and its 33 crew members, left jacksonville, florida, for puerto rico on tuesday, and has not been heard from since issuing a distress call thursday morning. the u.s. coast guard is leading the search, now near the bahamas. >> sreenivasan: for many public television stations across the country, today is american graduate day, a multi-platform event on-air and online, focused on keeping kids on a path to graduation, featuring conversations and reports on early education, dropout prevention, and college completion. and in our signature segment tonight, we look at how teachers are being trained for careers in the classroom. half of american teachers actually quit the profession after only a few years on the job. but an innovative program in boston helps schools retain teachers longer, while recruiting more science and math teachers and more teachers of color. the newshour'

from north carolina to myrtle beach, south carolina.mericans along the eastern seaboard affected by the wind and record breaking rain. >> this is not just any rain. this will be the heaviest rainfall we have ever seen. >> in charleston, south carolina, deluge of contact water. enundated by several feet of water. these two strangers teamed up to help stranded people in their cars. >> reporter: you don't even know each other, you are just helping hands here? >> i think we had the same motive as far as we are stuck here if he way, help somebody out. >> austin often where there are crisis l are those willing to lend a hand. this stranded wedding party nearly missed the big day. >> downed trees and power outages posing problems for the first responders. >> i'm a good citizen, i'm going to obey. i'm going to hole up in my apartment and clean out my dresser. >> reporter: up to 500 residents were evacuated in the coastal counties, flood and flash flood watches are expected to last through the weekend. >> tough news for south carolina and north

. >>> in north carolina, the topsail beach, dunes have been damaged.u can see a lot of the boardwalks were wiped out. they received over 13 inches of rain in five days. while the state of emergency has been listed, standing water does remain on some roads in north carolina as well. >>> ahead in our next half hour, people from this area are lending a hand to those suffering if those devastating floods. at 4:30, we spoke to the southeast pennsylvania red cross. you will hear how they are helping in south carolina. >>> the afghanistan hospital destroyed by that u.s. airstrike is renewing its call for an international investigation. president obama apologized yesterday to doctors without borders, a u.s. airstrike killed 22 people, including cler three children. they called eight mistake. doctors without borders want an investigation how it happened, why it happened. >> it doesn't change anything. we appreciate the expression of condolences. it doesn't change the fact that we have 22 dead patients and staff that were killed as a result of this attack. >> no

many records broken and in north carolina, north of parts of myrtle beach, we saw about 18 inches of rain for them. clear skies coming but we are going to be watching. >> thanks, >>> an-amtrak train derailed, reportedly hitting debris from a rock slide. seven were hurt, none of the injuries were life threatening, it happened in northfield vermont, bound for washington d.c. >>> afghan forces say they made gains against the taliban in an effort to regain kunduz. new battles between the rebels and new troops in the west. the fighting as the u.s. is coming under criticism for an attack that killed more than 20 at a hospital. >> doctors without borders ripped the u.s., calling the bombing a war crime. >> mike viqueira reports. >> reporter: the top commander in afghanistan calls it an accident. >> on october 4th afghan forces advised they were taking fire. they arrived for air strike. several civilians were accidentally struck. >> reporter: that is the latest version. in the aftermath of the bombing u.s. officials characterised the destruction of the doctors without borders hospital as col

from near wilmington, north carolina. to myrtle beach, south carolina.lions of americans along the eastern seaboard affected by the wind and record breaking rain. >> this is not just any rain. this is going to be the heaviest rainfall we have ever seen. >> reporter: in charleston, south carolina, a deluge of water and roads more accustomed to traffic jams, inundated by several feet of water. these two strangers teamed up to help stranded people in their cars. >> we saw the people and the car just floating around and decided to help them out. >> reporter: you don't know each other? you just helping hands here? >> well, i think we just have the same motive as far as we are stuck here any ways, might as well help somebody out. >> help us here. >> reporter: often where there is crisis, there are those willing to lend a hand. this stranded wedding party nearly missed the big day, if not for the last-minute aid of the national guard. but not everyone was as fortunate. since thursday, at least four people were killed in storm-related incidents in north and sout

is very heavy rain, some areas could potentially pick up a foot of rain especially across north carolina, beachhave watches in effect across the east coast into tomorrow morning. maria: do you think it is going to hit, shouldn't ask about new york, should i? >> we still don't know. we still don't know. anyone who tells you they know where it will make landfall is lying. got to keep close watch on it. maria: mario molina with the latest and worst quarter since 2011. will we see a rebound over the next birdie? we are breaking down what to expect on the first day of the fourth quarter of the year, looking at other headlines we are watching in the top of the wall street journal, took over 1,000 days but the federal reserve has approved an anti bank explants, colleges are paying agents to move foreigners despite fraud risk and afghan forces recapturing strategic town from the taliban. we will be right back. maria: it is deadline date for credit card technology across the country. >> retailers will be held fully liable for any losses due to credit card fraud if they are not geared up for new more sec

from near wilmington, north carolina to myrtle beach south carolina.llions of americans along the eastern seaboard affected by the wind and record breaking rain. this is not just any rain this is going to be the heaviest rainfall we have ever seen. in charleston, south carolina a deluge of water. roads customed to traffic jams inundated by several feet of water. these two strangers teamed up to help stranded people in their cars. >> you don't know etch a other -- each other, just hepg hands. >> we have the same motive as far as we're stuck here, anyway, we might as well help somebody out. >> reporter: often where there's crisis there are those willing to lend a hand. this stranded wedding party nearly missed the big day. if not for the minute aid of the national guard. since thursday at least four people were killed in storm-related incidents in north an south carolina. downed trees and power outages posing problems for the first responders. >> i am a good citizen i'm going to obey and hole up in my apartment and clean out my dresser. >> reporter: in b

in ocean isle beach north carolina, coastal flooding has devastated parts of the area. right now that state's governor is offering up whatever resources his state can provide to their friends in the south. >> that was david begnaud carolina. there is new information tonight about the search for a cargo ship, fearing 33 americans. the search is focused about 75 piles from the ship's last known position, which is about 200 miles east of the bahamas. the "el faro" was call in hurricane joaquin's winds three days ago. the ship took off from jacksonville, florida, and mark strassmann is there. >> reporter: this coast guard video shows a helicopter crew recovering a triangle. it came from el faro. a weekend-long search by air and sea has found a 225 square mile debris field. and in it, more life rings, a container, life vests, wood, cargo, styrofoam and oil shine. but tote mar ins, the cargo ship's owner said in a statement today there has been no siingt of the el faro or any life boats. coast guard chief petty officer ryan doss. >> we're looking for anything that may give an

it's focused right now through north carolina up through about virginia beach. then it's going to pivot back during the next couple of days towards south carolina, sit over south carolina, and that's where my greatest flooding fears are. it's all base the stationary front, you felt it if you live on the east coast, it was hot, humid, colder air moved in. now the tropical air is trying to move in and we have like two forces pushing up against each other. and the air has to go somewhere. so shooting up and it's forming all of this heavy rain and the torrential rains will fall. washington, d.c. to charleston, almost to savannah under flood watches back towards knoxville, almost to the atlanta area. how much rain could fall? in general a widespread three to six inches. but when we get down here to north carolina, especially south carolina. we're still looking at the potential for over a foot of rain, and a large area, not isolated, large widespread and all that rain has to focus and funnel into those rivers. and when it does so, it's not like just a foot. then it get

in ocean isle beach, north carolina, coastal flooding has devastated parts of the area. right now that state's governor is offering up whatever resources his state can provide to their friends in the south. here in columbia south carolina one of the dams that has failed has caused a river to run through this part of town. behind me the roof has started to collapse. to this side there are vehicle as ban dawned where water is near the window. every business in this part of town has water running through it or around it. jeff, the governor of south carolina sold her constituents a couple of hours ago, the flooding could continue through tuesday. >> glor: david begnaud, thank you. there is new information tonight about the search for a cargo ship carrying 33 people, 28 of them americans. the search is focused about 75 piles from the ship's last known position, which is about 200 miles east of the bahamas. the "el faro" was call in hurricane joaquin's winds three days ago. the ship took off from jacksonville, florida, and mark strassmann is there. >> reporter: this coast guar

authorities reported multiple evacuations took population in north myrtle beach and the north town of georgetown. similar in north carolina there are reports of evacuations happening over night. roads are washed out. in waste deep water in north myrtle beach. and authorities say they have responded to several accidents and motorists stranded in water. amtrack is also suspended some of its service throughout the southeast for today. so far we're told here in the charleston area, back out here live. they have gotten 3-5 inches within the last 12 hours and they are expecting what could be another 5-8 inches over the next 12 to 24 hours. here in charleston, where 40 streets are closed this morning. there was a report of a drowning overnight. police are so busy at this point they don't even have a chance to get to all the flooded streets. it is nearly knee deep here and people are continuing to drive through it. board. for more we tourney to meteorologist lizette gonzalez from miami. good morning. >> reporter: good morning bone that -- we have the stalled frontal boundary that just continues to pummel the east coast. you can s

. >>> if you think the shark in "jaws" was terrifying, teeth have been watching up on beaches in north carolina. experts think they may have come from a shark species 60 feet long that roamed the ocean up to 15 million years ago. recent storms mauve uncovered the teeth from the ocean floor. >>> and she was the poster girl on the home front during world war ii. rosie the riveter who was used to recruit women into the war effort and her image endures. take a look at this. 2,097 women dressed as rosie the riveter this weekend at the old willow run bomber plant in michigan where many of the rosies worked. it was the largest gathering of rosies ever. and apparently set a new guinness world record. among them were 43 women who actually worked during the war. >>> and up next, going the extra mile. two guys who haven't missed the big race in 40 years. i found a better deal on prescriptions. we found lower co-pays... ...and a free wellness visit. new plan...same doctor. i'm happy. it's medicare open enrollment. have you compared plans yet? it's easy at medicare.gov. or you can call 1-800-medicare. medic

carolina. if there is anything destructive, it's in the myrtle beach-north myrtle beach area. it's the brit red color, it's not as heavy. it could pick up a quick additional inch or two. the rest of the country, be i the way, looks absolutely great, no problems, even the upcoming weeks. if it wasn't for the south carolinas, it would have been nice and perfect. >> perfect, right. >> unfortunately with the storm. "saturday night live" kicked off the first season. they got a look at the new cast member and the queen to strange outfits, miley cyrus stood out for her performance of "the twinkle song." narrowly missing the october record set by gravity. "hotel transylvania" came in second. star wars mem ra little i billia made big money at an auction on friday. the bikini worn in "return of the jedi" fetched $90,000. a record $450,000 for aed mo el. john oliver shared some hypocrisy. >> one of the founders of facebook, anyone know how to prevent people from posting on the companies facebook page? the creator would allow people to give unlimited criticism wants to block unsolicited c

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rainfall from the myrtle beach area, going northward to north carolina, where it hasn't rained that hard. they can take the rainfall better than their friends to the south. still have flash flood warnings from wilmington to charleston. it'll be better this afternoon. predicting another inch of rain. when you think it's an inch compared to 20, they can we will see scattered showers and storms. >> bill, thank you. >>> if you plan on using an atm machine today, we have news you'll want to hear. >>> two against one, and my money is not on the bears. details of the very brave puppy. you're watching "early today." the throttle on his little boat any harder if he tried. he's beached here, gazing out on an unforgiving landscape. for while the people who come in here use quilted northern, a toilet paper that works so well they completely forget their experience... daddy gator sees all and forgets nothing. "i've got to motor out of here," he thinks. "this is no place to raise a child." quilted northern. designed to be forgotten. is youyou may be muddling through allergies.lode? try zyrtec®-d to po

bad beach weather here on the jersey shore all the way down to virginia beach or the outer banks of north carolina. >> reporting live for us, certainly people at the jersey shore are preparing for whatever happens. >> let's look ahead on the "today" show. >> we get a preview from matt lawered and savannah guthrie. >> hey, guy, good morning to you. of course, we will be talking about what mike seidel was talking about. joaquin making its approach to the united states. we will be keeping a close eye with al on those projected path lines. ahead, lots going on in politics today. we will have republican presidential candidate jeb bush here live for an interview. >>> and we will kick off our pink power campaign in honor of breast cancer awareness month. what every woman needs to know about detection, treatment and recovery. lots to get to this morning as we begin on a thursday morning here on "today." >> see new ten, 11 minutes. >> all right. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >>> a cooler, breezy start this morning. i am tracking showers, 62 degrees in philadelphia d

beach, south carolina. millions of people in the carolinas expected to be affected. northarolina governor pat mccrory spoke to me just a moment ago. >> sadly, south carolina, which we wouldn't have anticipated less than 48 hours ago, is going to get hit the hardest, due to this very stagnant storm, which is impacted by the hurricane going off the coast, which was very good news for north carolina, especially in the outer banks area, closer to virginia. but south of wilmington is where we're having some flooding. we had an evacuation of a couple hundred people in the calabash area, a well-known tourist fishing destination. >> south carolina, north carolina, new jersey, and virginia have declared states of emergency. and more heavy flooding could hit states all the way up the east coast. our cnn nick valencia is live in charleston, south carolina. and nick, we've been talking every hour here, and we have seen the rain just get heavier and heavier and the water is rising there. how are people coping? are they staying off the streets? we saw some of those vehicles stuck. >> we

north carolina. again, major problems here, also beach erosion, ground is completely saturated.eeing flooding along the coast flooding out some roads. people here are bracing for lots of rain in the next couple days. officials are set to hold briefing in the next few hours to update us on the recent efforts, no mandatory vauksz today. there were local vauksz here on the outer banks yesterday, but again, andrea, they're bracing for what could be potentially historic flooding up and down the east coast, not just north carolina. back to you. >> gabe gutierrez, right in the middle of it. of course your camera crew trying to protect the lens of the camera in that shot as well. stay safe all of the people down there. >>> up next, we go back to oregon, the latest in the investigation into the mass shooting there as we expect new information from officials moments from now. they're going to be briefing at 1:00 or sooner. stay here for all of the live coverage. you're watching msnbc. red carpet where our next arrival is... whoa! toenail fungus!? fight it! with jublia. jublia is a prescri

north carolina. >>> days of heavy wind and pounding surf has caused severe beach erosion along the jersey ore. some beaches, including those de vastated by hurricane sandy appear to have lost most of thei tr sand. in many pdlace wheres protected duobnes stand between the ocean and homes the surf cut large cliffs into the sand. >>> and this is new video of the damage of the coastal storm ca used to one new jersey home. this footage was taken by a drone. it shows a two-story house that was dislodged from its piling on the marsh near grassy sound village in cape may county. the home was washed from the north side of the community and floated to the south side before settling into the marsh. the owner was not home and, thankfully, no one was injured. >> all this and we missed the hurricane entirely here, pretty much. >> exactly. we did here and even in south carolina but that storm wasn't the hurricane. although it did draw moisture from the hurricane and look at what happened there. these storms are incredible that have moved through the east coast over the last couple of days. here the northeast

especially south carolina, those heavy showers streaming into coastal north carolina and making their way to the west just past myrtle beachinto the south of florence and columbia. flood warnings are in effect there. chance of showers at the shore today but most of the area will stay dry. >>> let's get you updated on your ride to work if you leave the house early. >> let's check your ride in south jersey now. nbc 10 first traffic reporter jessica boyington looking at 42 for us. >> we're on the 42 right now in new jersey. so at the new jersey turnpike is really where this shot is. but headed northbound towards the walt whitman bridge, currently no problems this morning. you can see all traffic moving. no incidents in the way. we have a five-minute drive here. to problems getting to the walt whitman bridge. the rest of the bridges are fire as well. the ben franklin bridge is nice and clear, watch out for the ongoing construction whether you're heading eastbound or westbound. the white horse pike has some construction in both directions. watch out for the traffic shift for that bridge work. and i come back in the next ten min

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carolina right now. down to north myrtle beach they've got 16 inches of rain. we're just watching over a foot of rain for many areas. charleston the record there is about three and a half inches of rain. we've already got ten inches of rain on board. we've got more to come though, richard. we've got at least 12 more inches of rain possible in the heaviest spots that includes charleston. we're keeping an eye on this and more updates coming up. >> new york, new jersey also in the way here, right? >> yeah, we are looking at some rain, but not as heavy as it is in south carolina. so that's where we're keeping our eyes right now. >> thank you so much. meteorologist shanna mendiola watching the effects of joaquin and the systems around it. >>> still ahead, donald trump speaking right now at an event in tennessee. we're monitoring that and more on his campaign. one! which means you can access your dvr at the dmv. change channels while he changes pants. you don't have to be a couch potato, you can be a train potato! and let them watch all the shows they love, inside th

heavy rain in southern counties of north carolina will start to slide down toward myrtle beach. then from colombia, making it way to charleston, i really fear that the tremendous amount of pressure on the river banks will lead to maybe more breaches and more failures of dike, levees and dams and where the tributaries come together and east over, cross, down to charleston, george town which the submerge could be, looking at catastrophic problems. they have their hands full trying to forecast where the crest will be and where it will move next. >> any idea when this will let up? >> it is letting up now. there is rainfall. let's look at the last 48 hours, what you're going to see was good news, the eastern plume of this moisture river was making its way northward but rainfall rates up to four inches an hour last night and with heavy rain in north carolina that goes into south carolina rivers but now it's lighting up and more of a head game now. let me take you back, too. as we go back and look at the moisture feel with this, we haven't talked about the bahama islands. it's ablit ra

jay gray is on the beach along the coast in north carolina. from the carolinas through the new england coast, as preparations continue, concerns are growing. >> everybody's scared because you just don't know. while the latest tracking does show hurricane joaquin turning away from the eastern seaboard, dozens of communes will not escape the dangerous effects of the storm. >> heavy surf, violent rip currents and a soaking rain in areas already dealing with way too much water right now. >> i cannot stress enough while this storm isn't likely to make landfall in north carolina, the heavy rain will cause problems around the state. in the carolinas, cars and roads have already been swallowed by floodwaters after what meteorologists kale a rex block. the high pressure hovering around low pressure locking it in place and dumping heavy rains, and now rain from joaquin will be added to that mix creating a dangerous mess. >> water kills people, and we have to be extremely careful from the mountains all of the way to the coast. >> crews along the shorelin

north carolina. eventually even toward virginia beach.nings and flash flood warnings will not go away for many days. flash flood warnings maybe, but these flood warnings. these rivers will be at flood level for weeks, i think, before that water finally all gets into the ocean, into the atlantic ocean. we have rain on top of upstate, which is up here into greenville and north of columbia. all of that water has to run downhill. there is the hurricane we talked about with "el faro," the ship lost down to the south, but that did not have anything to do with 95% of the rain that happened in the carolinas. that was a separate low pressure center, that as nick was talking about, it's a fire hose that just wouldn't stop. it kept pointing right at south carolina all weekend. ana? >> they are still feeling that impact. chad myers, thanks for keeping an eye on it. >>> still to come here, she was one of the survivors who witnessed last week's mass shooting in oregon and she will never forget. >> i was sit negotiate front of the classroom, facing the