. >> reporter: the north charleston city council unanimously awarded the scott family $6.5 million a historic settlement. they say the family can focus on the next phase of the case, the criminal trial of michael slager. >> he had a bad record and it should have been dealt with sooner than today, my brother might be alive today. >> reporter: he shot walter shot in the back and he was unarmed as he tried to run away. slager's attorney says he felt threatened. since the incident, the mayor of north charleston says the city has made changes. >> outfitting the police with body cameras with engage the department of justice to begin meetings with the north charleston police department and members of the community. >> reporter: slager is charged with first-degree murder. a trial date is yet to be set. don champion, cbs news. >>> russia is disputeing a pentagon report. russia launched 26 cruise missiles from a war ship in the caspian sea on wednesday. their flight to syria took them over iran. the missiles were aimed at targets in north and northwestern syria and the russians say all of the

family of walter scott has reached a multimillion dollar settlement but with the city of north charleston, south carolina. >> this news comes six months after the unarmed 50-year-old was shot and killed by officer michael slager following a routine traffic stop. anthony scott, the brother of walter says the family can now focus on the next phase of the case, the criminal trial of now former officer slager. >> he had a bad record and it should have been dealt with sooner than this. my brother might be alive today. >> cell phone video captured slager shooting walter scott in the back, again unarmed and running away from the the officer at the time. slager's attorney said he felt threatened and believed scott might try to shoot him first. slager is charged with first- degree murder. a trial date still hasn't been set. >>> organizers of this weekend's million man march rally say they'll not let the possibility of armed protesters intimidate them. >> delia goncalves is live on capitol hill near the site of the rally with more. good morning. delia. >> reporter: good morning. the stage is being

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. >>> well, the city council of north charleston, south carolina, has unanimously approved a $6.5 million settlement with a family of walter scott. he's the unarmed black man who was shot and killed by a white police officer in april as he attempted to flee a traffic stop. scott's family says the money will go to his children and that a portion will be donated to help with disaster relief efforts for the south carolina flooding. >> well, nothing can replace having walter in our lives. the city of north charleston's historic actions ensure that he had -- he did not die in vain. >> immediately after the release of the video, the family took steps to keep the community calm, and for that the city is thankful. >> the officer who shot walter scott is currently in jail awaiting trial for murder. >>> new details about one of the american heroes who helped stop an august terror attack aboard a french train. this morning he's recovering in the hospital after being stabbed multiple times outside a sacramento bar. 23-year-old spencer stone is in serious but stable condition following a street fight

the 50-year-old was shot april 4th by north charleston officer michael slager while trying to run fromic stop. a bystander recorded the shooting with a cell phone. scott was unarmed. slager was indicted on a murder charge in june and the judge refused to set bond last month. >>> in montgomery county tonight police are investigating the shooting death of a man. it is a violent crime that went down in parking lot close to a playground where a lot of moms were about to show up with their kids. let's go live to our ileana diaz who talked to a lot of parents on the scene. >> reporter: police are still looking for the suspect that shot and killed a man in this park. in fact, it was not too far from that playground you can see there in the background and again while a lot of people are upset about the news they say they aren't necessarily surprised and the last couple weeks they have heard several gunshots here in the neighborhood. >> i just heard three gunshots. >> reporter: that's when erica prater called police and prepared for the worst. >> i was upset. my son was walking to night school.

north charleston was harder hit than the city of charleston. and a little lay of the land. tuesday, they are expecting about 75 degrees and sunny skies. we have not seen that. as a matter of fact, it was probably the chilliest morning we have had since we have been out here. clearly, you see all the flood water behind me and the danger far from over. >> not anything that we would have ever thought would happen. >> residents across south carolina are picking up the pieces after flood waters forced them from their homes. some parts of the palmetto state receiving two feet of rain since last thursday. >> everybody lost everything they had. >> the flooding has caused serious problems from the state's infrastructure with bridges collapsing and hundreds of roads still under water. ? why are. >> you are probably going to see some roads closed. that is something we are watching very carefully. >> crews are worried about a series of dams that are breaking near columbia. >> it was frantic. it was crazy. you do what you have to do. >> a very stubborn old lady would not leave, so we ac

as we look in this area, that is north charleston.ice patrolling on this side and a couple of other cars stranded as well. there is no police presence on the other side. so occasionally from the charleston side, you will see cars coming through here literally creating wake, but the big concern right now is from your neck of the woods, ainsley, columbia, high country, the water will flow down to low country and flooding will be a continuing problem. >> my sister has lost her car, total loss driving through a puddle that she thought was shallow, it happens to not be. that happened years ago. was out of school friday, yesterday and today. she's a school teacher. tell everyone there, they're in our thoughts and prayers. >>> the horrifying 911 call is telling a terrifying story of the moenlt that a 20-foot python attacked a pet store owner. >> please, he's on his back. his face is covered. >> a customer called the moment the 125-pound snake latched on to terry wilkinson's arm as he was feeding it. it coiled up his body, wrapping and squeez

. >> while nothing can replace having walter in our lives, the city of north charleston's historic actions insure that he had -- he did not die in vein. >> immediately after release of the video, the family took steps to keep the community calm and for that, the city is thankful. >> the officer who shot walter scott is currently awaiting trial for murder in jail. s s one of the american heroes. tonight, he's in the hospital. 23-year-old spencer stone is in stable condition following a street fight in the early morning hours yesterday. video shows the suspects fleeing the scene. nbc reports. >> reporter: it started as an argument outside a bar in sacramento and quickly became a brawl. this apparently shows stone fighting with more than one person. two groups of people pushing, shoving and throwing punches before eventually skatering as a police cruiser arrived. they say stone was stabbed multiple times in the upper body. >> this incident is a very unfortunate alterication between two groups of folks enjoying themselves in the night life of sacramento. >> reporter: what a very different scen

they had that at north charleston, north carolina. in the back, those sorts of videos are out there. as a result there has been this movement against police. obviously you know from your background, i know the vast majority do great work. >> there is a sense between us and the society. all weekend long, the nationwide protest, which side are you on. we have this postcard of people who say the people are murdered by police. now it's time to justify their lives and we don't know what they were doing by killing cops. >> it's a dangerous time killing police officers. because of the internet and the media that reached a lot of these folks, it can stir up the animosity. >> what about isis? what about what you started? it made the nypd a two-headed office. one counter terrorism and the other a normal law enforcement crime. is isis and the impact it is having, is it a reason why young people don't have hope or are people joining isis because they don't see any future and therefore they are willing to go kill cops and kill americans? >> i don'

north charleston is much harder hit. this is one of six cars that are still stuck just on this one roadway. it's pretty dry inside, but obviously, there were problems with the engine, and it remains stuck here. now, the forecast is calling for sun today. finally, but still obviously evidence from these photos here from the images, flooding continues to be a major, major problem. >>> this is completely unexpected. not anything that we would have ever thought happen. >> residents are picking up the pieces after floodwaters forced them from their homes. some parts of the palmetto state receiving two feet of rain since last thursday. >> everybody lost everything they had. >> the flooding has caused serious problems from the state's infrastructure with bridges collapsing and hundreds of roads still under water. >> we are looking now at 550 roads and bridges that are closed. you're probably see some roading closed. >> crews are also worried about a series of dams breaking near columbia. >> it is crazy. you just do what you hav

>> on the dividing line between north charleston harder-hit. and 26 leads to where else? columbia, south carolina. where all the problems are going on. and even though the forecast although you wouldn't be able to tell by the sky right now. and the forecast is for sun. and despite that, problems with the flooding persists. >> and this is completely unexpected. you residents across south carolina are picking up the pieces after flood waters forced them from their homes. some parts of the malmetto state. >> with bridges collapsing and hundreds of roads still under water. >> we are looking at 550 roads and bridges still closed. you are probably going to see some roads closed. that is something we are watching very carefully as the water flows. >> crews are worried about a series of dams breaking near columbia. >> it was grantic. >> frantic and crazy. >> meantime, volunteers from around the country are traveling to south carolina to provide food and supplies to those in need. >> people somewhere nurses on standby. send them out the back door where they don't get wet at all. >

. >> hillary clinton speaking in north charleston tonight, naacp meeting.ring the panel back in. douglas brinkley, these are the kinds of issues hillary clinton spoke about similar issues today when she was speaking in atlanta, yet was interrupted, wasn't given the chance to speak about and this is certainly part of her platform, so it is perplexing, you know, some of the tactics black lives matter has taken when it comes to hillary today. >> well, i think that's true. it was silly when they interrupted bernie sanders like that, too, but look, we're talking about these issues. it's not clear we would be running hillary clinton tonight on cnn at the naacp meeting except they created a bit of controversy today. this was the tactics used in the '60s where yippees would come and protest and cameras would come and made news. the story is how well hillary clinton handled all this today. she did a marvelous job in the afternoon continuing into the evening and she's really just the clip use just played is tackling big issues for african american and does concern th

scott was shot to death by north charleston officer michael pfleger back in april. he was running from the officer at the time. a bystander recorded the shooting with his cell phone. he's being held without bond. >>> an update to a story you saw first on 10, a nurse has surrendered her license after using a dirty syringe to give flu shots. the nurse changed the needles but used the same syringe on 67 workers, they're all being tested for hiv and hepatitis. the nurse is barred from practicing pending a further ruling from the board of nursing. >>> mens and women's restrooms could start disappearing in philadelphia. city council voted to require gender neutral bathrooms in the city. the ordinance only applies to single stall restrooms. mayor nutter is expected to sign the bill into law. the change will help protect transgender people from violence. >>> temperatures about to take a dip. but first rain, when storms will roll through. >>> a hero for stopping a terrorist attack. what happened in this video that put his life on the line. >>> delaware famed punkin chunkin c

man shot in the back by a police officer in april will receive $6.5 million from the city of north charlestonthe settlement announced after six months of negotiations. >> having walter in our lives the city of north charleston historic actions ensure that he had -- he did not die in vain. >> officer michael sleigher who shot scott running away is being held without bond on first-degree murder charges. >>> protesters are lining up in opposition to president obama's visit to oregon this afternoon. as we mentioned at the top, you're looking at live pictures here. when we come back, we also head to capitol hill where house lawmakers are scrambling to find a speaker. pressure's mounting on paul ryan to run for the chamber's top job. >>> is joe biden in or out? the vp home in delaware leading many to question if an official 2016 bid could be just day ace way. sure, tv has evolved over the years. it's gotten squarer. brighter. bigger. thinner. even curvier. but what's next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. it takes a lot of wo

the woman was trapped in her north charleston home on sunday when she went to labor. there is no way she could drive or nebulas could get to her through the high water. firefighters used a canoe to get her to the hospital. >> i was scared. i was scared. there was so much water. in 15 years, that is the first patient i have ever had that arrived via canoe. wasy: the healthy boy healthy and delivered after nine hours in the hospital. mother and baby doing just fine and expect to return home today. that is such good news to hear. doug: a great story. jummy: for our weather here, kind of the same as yesterday. doug: a little less sunshine has we get into the afternoon. the clouds indicative of what it is like. a little warmer. we will do you underway with a time lapse. this picture from the belle haven country club in alexandria along the shores of the potomac river. it was absolutely gorgeous there today with plenty of breaks in the overcast promised for later. maybe it has been the clouds that have been keeping people off the course. as the afternoon goes on, we will ha

that's how much the city of north charleston, south carolina has agreed to pay the family of water scott. that unarmed black man shot in the back and killed this year by a white police officer. mr. scott shot in april while he tried to move away from officer slag er. the officer now charged with murder. >>> the stunning withdrawal of kevin mccarthy deepened the divide within the republican party. he said his party is clearly divided and needs to pick someone who can unite them. mccarthy had been heavily favored but failed to win over a group of hard line conservatives. >> if we're going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to help do that. >> no idea it was coming. >> current speaker john boehner is postponing the election and will remain in the post for now. representative paul ryan of wisconsin who's been pressed to run for speaker saying tonight he's not interested in the job. >>> if you don't know where your umbrella s meteorologist lee goldberg says wait to find it. >> i'll let you know if you'll need the umbrella by the morning commute. meanwhile, it's mild out there for an o

columbia area, a lot of the dots concentrated here, the sumter area, this is the charleston, north charleston up toward georgetown and south of florence. it's almost a statewide event throughout the region. as far as the flood threat, right now still flood warnings from charleston and myrtle beach areas. we've had rain overnight, hasn't been as bad but it continues from myrtle beach to southern portions of wilmington. the focus of the heaviest rain is near myrtle beach as we go throughout the day. computers estimating only another inch or two. it won't send the water up any higher but it will be insult to injury i guess. >> sunshine drying all that out. >> were a lot of people that got flooded out didn't have flood insurance. lot of these people are in a lot of trouble. >> thank you so much, bill. >>> it's been said that perfect time something everything. luckily for this jet skier a coast guard helicopter happened to be flying over the manasquan inlet in new jersey yesterday when he had to be rescued after being knocked off his jet ski by powerful waves that paechd his watercraft on a jettee

has come to an end across south carolina, there are warnings if effect for charleston for flooding in the weekend. the rivers northcharleston, like the santee river, still expected to crest. that could lead to major flooding for saturday and sunday. on top of this, also additional rain in the forecast. this is the radar. the oncoming cold front will bring anywhere from 1 to 2 and locally up to 4 inches of rainfall in the areas hardest hit by the heavy rainfall last week. the cold front sweeping across the great lakes. cooling our temperatures. guess what? we will cool the weather across the new england coast. temperatures taking a nose dive with the passage of the cold front. unfortunately, bringing rainfall to many areas that do not need it. d.c., 66 on saturday. new york, 64. back to you. >> derek, thank you. >>> any minute now, we will know the winner of the nobel peace prize. announcement coming just minutes away. so who are the top contenders? we'll tell you next. >>> all right. just minutes from now, the esteemed nobel committee will award the nobel peace prize. contenders are pope francis and angela merkel

the murder of scott in north charleston in north carolina. that trial is coming up. least potentially police officers cameras you'll be able to see a beginning, end, middle and end. i believe those cameras will show just a great preponderance of good work. >> when you look at these mass shootings in the united states. you travel and read a lot about what's going on, we have 20, 30, 40 times as many gun homicides as france and germany does, what do you think? >> i'm very pessimistic about it. you have as many as 40 million people, we're told, with significant mental issues and you put that together, it's a terrible combination. >> if you had your way would you have stricter background checks? >> yeah. i think a lot of these things have been around for years. years ago i was the other secretary of the treasury and atf reported to me and we looked at issues as far as the gun show loophole, that a big, big deal. we said that almost 40% of crime guns were coming through the gun show loophole. it's narrow because the states have addressed the issue. that seems like a no br

the city council in north charleston voted unanimously 10-0 to approve the settlement. a bystander recorded the sturbing shooting on a cell phone. the video shows officer michael slager firing at 50-year-old walter scott eight times as scott tried running away from a traffic stop. slager does face murder charges. >>> 4:52 right now. still to come, it's a win and a loss for sea world. the ruling that could be a serious blow to their business. >>> and a glimpse inside one of the hottest restaurants in town [excited yelling] ah, yes! you can't stop it! aww...your mom liked my post. you're friends with my mother? whoa. another episode? definitely. we all use it differently. so why should we get it all the same way? call time warner cable to get the internet speed you need. are you guys texting each other? whether it's 3 megs or 300 megs, yeah. for the right price. from $14.99 everyday low price internet, we have you covered. even with wifi at home and n the go. plans start at $14.99 per month. call 1-855-want twc to switch today. time warner cable. >>> welcome back. it's ti

the city of north charleston agreed to pay the family of walter scott $6.5 million. scott's brother called the settlement bittersweet saying the family still wants justice. scott was shot in the back while running away from officer michael slager. slager remains in jail accused of murder. >>> police in south texas made a stunning discovery in the back of a big rig all caught on their body cams. when they opened the back of the truck, they found dozens of undocumented immigrants crammed in the back. they had been locked up for hours. sweating and dehydrated. afraid they would die. the driver claimed he had no idea what he was carrying. he is now facing human smuggling charges. >> incredible images there. >>> and despite complaints about privacy, the use of body cameras by police departments is right now on the rise. images captured by those cameras are helping to clear officers accused of misconduct or brutality. as abc's matt gutman reports, a newly released body camera video shows exactly what happened happened during a dramatic confrontation with an armed man. >> r

north charleston will pay $6.5 million to the family of scott. scott was running from the officer at the time. a bystander recorded the shooting with a cell phone. slager was indicted on a murder charge in june. being held without bond. >>> at a time when racial tension in america is running high, voters in memphis, tennessee, elected the city's first white mayor in nearly 1/4 century. jim strickland defeated the incumbent mayor, first elected in 2009. his campaign focused on fighting poverty. his slogan, change is on the horizon. >>> the viewing for a philadelphia civil rights leader is moving to a larger, more prominent location. his viewing was supposed to be at the funeral home on tuesday. instead, it'll be held at bright hope baptist church in north philadelphia. it'll run from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. the celebration of life will be held wednesday at 11:00 a.m. also at bright hope baptist. >>> a long time journalist and community activist died over the weekend at the age of 65. working at the philadelphia enquirer. in 1996, he was elected as the l

host: joe is joining us from north charleston, south carolina. welcome to the conversation.hat do you think? caller: how are you doing? host: fine, thank you. caller: doing well done here. it is wet. host: you have had a lot of rain. one of the headline said the worst rain in two centuries. caller: it is a historic event. it is kind of moderate now. thank goodness i live on high ground and sandy soil. host: good luck to you. caller: anyway, when this came out the other day, i did some research online. i did not know why i could not from irs, any t i found one from 2009. lets of the finest thing. i know people think this is silly, but i'm in favor of a national sales tax. if you hire somebody to put a roof on your house, and you do not 1099s and, they will pay their taxes at walmart. number two, it is fair across the board. the middle income people, just like now, they support the country, and pay a lot of taxes. the rich people, who by the big toys, the nice cars, they pay a lot of taxes. no exemptions for businesses. for a piecet to pay of art. if you do away with the irs,

. >>> the city of north charleston, south carolina has settled with the family of walter scott. he was the unarmed 50-year-old shot to death by a white police officer following a traffic stop. last night the city council voted unanimously to give the family $6.5 million before a lawsuit was even filed. the family lawyers says they have now closed "one" chapter in the quest for justice. >> without a brick being thrown, without a name being called this city council and this mayor has made this city proud and this nation proud today. >> cell phone video six months ago captured former officer michael slager shooting walter scott in the back. he is now charged with first- degree murder. a date for his trial hasn't been set yet. >>> a connection between two local murders. three suspects under arrest. coming up next, the clues that led police to them. >> reporter: and i'm kiet do live in san francisco for fleet week where major celebrations start kicking off today. we are talking about the parade of ships, the airshow including the blue angels coming up in a live report. ,,,,,,,,,, ♪ s

. >> north charleston south carolina has reached a settlement in the fatal police shooting of walter scott, paying $6.5 million to his family. he was shot while trying to run away after a traffic stop. a bystander recorded the shooting on a cell phone. slager was indicted on a murder charge and fired from the force in june. >> a tunisian pro democracy group is honored to the nobel peace prize, credited with keeping the promise of the arab spring alive. we will explore what the tunisian national dialogue quartet has achieved in four years. >> union leaders will vote on a tentative deal to keep thousands of workers on the job, but with him the rank and file say no for a second time? >> every saturday night. >> i lived that character. >> the nobel peace prize was awarded to a group that has fought for deposition exhibit in the north african country of tunisia. the organization said it is recognizing tunisia for its role in the first and most successful arab spring movement p.m. the norwegian committee cited the dialogue quartet for its contribution to democracy following the 2011 revolu

reporter: gary pearson lost his new orleans home in katrina now his home in north carolina or north charlestontotal loss. >> just as bad. it just as emotional. everybody has something to lose. >> reporter: clothes, furniture and positions rowland. --ruined >> is hard to describe to you seen it hit look at everything you work hard for and it's all gone through it is hard to hold it together from our girls and not want to break down because it fabre ground than they do. --because if i break down then they do. >> catherine: new at eight. tourism and the city of sausalito is the headline topic at a meeting tonight. one man is bonds and an initiative he hopes to make the june ballot. he called on the city council to create a plan to deal with the impact of tourism. kron4 to delete this job is like on-site the spinnaker where the meeting is wrapping up. philippe? >> reporter: that is right kaplan. the meeting started at all ross 7:00 and it is winding down as we speak derrick at least 250 people showed up mostly business owners and those living here take a look inside. >> reporter: those attendance

now, some of that aid will go to people in north charleston who had to run out of their home after rain to pour in. >> i got up. the cars were covered. the flowers were floating. i thought, oh, my goodness. i can't get out. >> it was just horrible. >> well, an emergency shelter has been set up in a nearby church. that number could double before the weekend's over. >>> and ominous sign in a search for a missing cargo ship that ran right into hurricane joaquin. more than two dozen americans were part of that crew. nbc's kristen dahlgren has more on the search. >> reporter: mile after mile searching for el farrow. 33 men and women on board including 2 machineries. one of them mike holland. his mom is trying to get from maine to florida. >> they're putting their own lives in their hands to try to find their loved ones. >> it set off tuesday night. on thursday morning trouble. el farrow radioed in a distress call near the bahamas krookd i lend. . taking on water and was lisping to the side. >> it puts you in an unstaubl position. when you're disabled, it compounds the problem. >> frank hamm

residents of this north charleston neighborhood watch helplessly as the water poured in this home peoplend pets pull the safety all their possessions left behind thousands of people driven from their home. over the weekend the coast guard pulled another infant daughter to safety. ever of this truck when a ball from the barricaded nearly lost his life comer says conditions are getting more dangerous after the rain dance over floating/hundred the bridges. the residents cannot silica the damage ignoring the warning for officials.. >> grant: water filling the historic center of charleston a drowned used here the death toll from the storm 1210 people of south carolina as well n.c. was of the victims were caught and vehicles by the flash flooding. >> catherine: year-old boy facing first-degree murder charge and the a year-old neighbor the kayla direct was in the far house saturday night and was shot in the chest the shock. came from a 12 gauge shotgun inside the home next door and mchale is mother says her daughter had been playing outside had refused to let the boys see her puppy not a. long

the mother went in labor sunday while the north charleston, south carolina, home was surrounded by waist-deep water. the firefighters used the canoe to get her to dry land. then an ambulance took her to the hospital. >> it was scary. so much water. in 15 years that is the first patient that came in via canoe. alison: thankfully they didn't receive major flood damage to the home. baby elijah is doing fine. what a cutie. is expected to go home today. this time by car. leon: a happy moment. coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- action after a "7 on your side" investigation into a foot bridge in falls church that was getting the wrong use. alison: can you believe that? doctors working to find out why the girl is sneezing. as many as 20 times a minute. leon: a little later, new information on maryland governor and the war on cancer. stay with us. alison: but first, making history in the district. what the city's water wow. this place is spectacular. thank you . we worked with a designer from havertys for a complete refresh. you must be happy to get out of that tiny house? yeah you know when we reali

. >>> north charleston city council approved the settlement for the killing of scot in april.e officer was indicted on a murder charge in jiewnl. >>> the navy will try to recover the el faro cargo ship that sank. they plan to use sonar torched the ship on the sea floor. el faro sank in 15,000 feet of water east of the bahamas last week. there were 33 cry members, many americans on board. >> a live preview of "good morning america" is next. >> plus, a dad said let it go to gender stereo times and gets a lot support. >> reporter: we have the temperatures in the 50s and low 60. this afternoon, t-shirts and the kids can getaway without rain gear assuming they come home right after school. we'll have the day planner forecast coming up. >> let's get a preview of good morning. >> let's get a look at what's coming up after "action news." good to see you, tom. >> reporter: tam and matt, good morning, coming up on gam, we begin with breaking news, a shooting on the campus of northern arizona university. one person dead the shooter in custody. >>> chaos on capitol hill. the announcement

this is charleston, north carolina. this image was sent out by the city of north charleston.place all over the state right now. fire departments are in boats having to go rescue children and parents an people in their homes that they woke up this morning surrounded by water, couldn't drive their cars and they want to get those people out of their homes into safe areas. the pictures and videos, it is not just one city. it is not one location. this is almost a state wide event and just an emergency and flooding situation that we haven't seen in south carolina. jim cantore mentioned maybe since hugo back in '89, a lot of people don't remember what happened all the way back then. let me take you through the weather maps. we aren't done with this event. this is an image of a backyard flooded. i've heard of 3 hub road closures in the city of columbia itself. i-95 is closed. you can't go et north and south along the east coast in the state of south carolina. numerous roads are washed out. we not only have to wait for the water to recede but a lot of roads and bridges will have to be

some of that aid will go to help families in north charleston who had to run out of their homes whenter started to pour in. >> i got up. the cars were covered, the flowers were floating. i thought, oh, my goodness. i can't get out. >> it wasn't up to our chest but it was horrible. >> 18 people were staying at a local church. that number could double before the weekend's ore. >>> an ominous sign for a missing car fwoe ship that ran into hurricane joaquin. the coast guard has found one life ring off the coast of the bahamas. more than two dozen americans were part of the crew on that ship n.bc's kristin dahlgren has more on the search. >> reporter: they search mile after mile, a ship missing since thursday with 33 men and women on board including 28 americans including mike holland, an jeer on the ship. his mom is trying to get to florida from maine. >> this coast guard has worked tirelessly, trying to find our loved ones. >> they set off tuesday night from jacksonville on course to get to puerto rico. then they radioed with distress trouble. the ship had lost propulsion. taken on wate

the city of north charleston will pay walter scott' s family $6.5 million. a witness captured the shooting on his cell phone. it shows former police officer michael slager firing 8 times at scott. slager was indicted on a murder charge in june and faces 30 years to life if convicted. erika: there is a growing push to convince former vice presidential nominee paul ryan ryan says he doesn' t want the job but we' re learning boehner , and others have now made personal calls to get him to change his mind. representatives jason chaffetz and daniel webster are still vying for the job. >> i am hispanic and i vote for mr. trump. emily: donald trump takes the stage in las vegas much to the delight of one enthusiastic supporter. he pulled the woman on the stage to stand by him. she said she was from colombia and she was holding the latest issue of people magazine, with trump on the cover. trump claims he had never met the woman who appears to be one of his biggest fans. >> emily: a california mother is outraged over a toy pirate ship she says is racist. ida lockett sa

. >> reporter: back out to a live look here in the city of north charleston. d to be evacuated into shelters around the city of northerly charleston and charleston proper. they are saying 40,000 people are still without power and drinking water. we're also getting unconfirmed reports that up to about 100 people are trapped in their homes in the high country outside columbia, south carolina which is where this road i-26 leads to. but as you can see gasia right now the ramp is shut down and it's impassable. >> joel, thank you. >>> time is 7:44. a scandal is brewing in the world of fantasy sports where people bet on real players but the teams are made up. pam cook is in our studio with a look at what is being compared to insider trading. >> the two big players in the fantasy sports gambling business draft kings and fan dual some of their employees are being called out for not playing fair. draft kings and fan dual have acknowledged some employees have won big jackpots by betting on each others website. one person won a $350,000 website. since employees have draft

the city council in north charleston voted unanimously to approve the settlement. a bystander recorded the phone. slager firing at 50-year-old walter scott eight times as scott tried to run away from a traffic stop. slager faces murder charges. >>> bill cosby expected to be questioned nder oath today. it's brought on by a lawsuit from a woman who claims he molested her more than 50 years ago. she's one of dozens of wupen who have accused him of drugging and raping them. cosby is not charged with any crime. he's denied all accusations. >>> on tonight's "dateline" aen exclusive. for the first time in one room, nearly 30 women who have made accusations against bill cosby. they'll be speaking out. kate snow interviews the women about their claims of drugging, sexual assault, and harassment. that's tonight at 9:00 right here on nbc 4. >>> the chef who sparked america's love for cajun cooking has died. in 1979, he opened his first restaurant in the french quarter of new orleans. from there he made americans aware of spicy dishes. prudhomme was a louisiana native with pub

. >>> the city of north charleston south carolina will pay $6.5 million to the family of a black man gunned down by a white police officer. 50-year-old walter scott was shot on april 4th by officer michael slager while trying to run from traffic stop the shoot you was caught on cell phone camera. slager is from south jersey and graduated from lenape high school. he's behind bars on mump of murder charges police in california released surveillance video in the connect with the stabbing avenue well-known hero. spencer stone one of the three americans who tackled a gunman and a french train in august was stabbed outside a sacremento b bar. airman first class was out with some friends police say the attack was not random. stone is expected to fully recover. >>> a stunner on capitol hill. house majority leader kevin mccarthy is no longer a candidate for speaker of the house. he suddenly withdrew today. shocking his republican colleagues who are now looking for new leader to replace john boehner. before he withdrew a small block of conservatives announced on the house floor they would app