we have water in areas of the city that we do not normally see flooding. are in effect from north florida to as far north as connecticut. meanwhile, the u.s. coast guard continues to search for a missing container ship at sea. thirty-three people, including 28 americans, are onboard the ship, which was last heard from thursday as hurricane joaquin raged in the bahamas. back home, residents may have dodged a hurricane, but heavy rain and floods could lead tie dangerous weekend for many. i'm mary maloney reporting. >> the search called off until morning for the missing cargo ship in the bahamas. and new tonight, a life ring from at that boat has been found in the ocean about 75 miles north of the ship's last known position. earlier on, fox 25 news at 6:00, we told that you several of the passengers are from maine. that ship was on its way from jacksonville, florida, to puerto rico when it sailed right into the path of hurricane joaquin. the crew was last heard from on thursday when they radioed in saying they had lost power and the ship was taking on water. tonight many are questioning why

. >> reporter: university of north florida professor david jaffee specializes in economic sociology and has studied the project. he says there are many other costs that haven't been included in the price tag, like further terminal upgrades and maintenance. >> i don't think it will yield the benefits that they've claimed, and i think the costs that they have estimated are grossly underestimated. so when you put all that together, that doesn't even include the incalculable cost to the river itself. it's a project that it unnecessary and, in my view, would be a monumental waste of taxpayer dollars. >> reporter: jaffee points out that jacksonville is already behind savannah and charleston, and he thinks the projected traffic through the panama canal won't be sufficient to justify so many east coast ports expanding capacity. he predicts many of the biggest ships will unload onto smaller ships in the caribbean that will continue onto the u.s., something called" transshipment." he argues jacksonville should vie instead for that traffic. >> rather than try to engage in what i would regard as a

october as breast cancer awareness month and all the men and women working to raise awareness in north florida. ms. graham: about one in eight u.s. women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. approximately 43,000 will be diagnosed in florida this year alone. but in north florida, we're fighting back. local charities, media outlets, survivors and strong women currently fighting the disease are standing up to be heard and reminding everyone to think pink. each year, we make greater strides against breast cancer. together, we're going to beat it and save lives. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? without objection the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. last evening i voted against re-authorizing the export-import bank a federal entity that financially backs purchases of american goods and services by providing taxpayer backed loa

the ship left north florida tuesday night and was expected to arrive in puerto rico on friday. officials say they remain hopeful that survivors will be found, but they do believe the boat sank near the bahamas. >>> a pilot died in midair, sending an american airlines plane to syracuse for an unexpected landing. the plane was on its way from phoenix to boston this morning. the copilot landed the plane safely after the pilot became ill. the airline hasn't said what caused the pilot's death. it wasn't until the second flight with a new crew that passengers were told the pilot had died. the airline says that's so no one would panic. >>> the pentagon says the u.s. air strike that killed 22 people in afghanistan was requested by afghan forces. the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan says afghan forces requested air support saturday when they were under taliban fire. several civilians were among the 22 people who were killed at a medical clinic, but many think the u.s. needs to take more responsibility for its role in the air strikes. >> severe, severe violation of international h

things are not pretty for jeb that shows it's especially dicey for them came from the university of north floridafourth place in florida behind rubio, and slides were tweeted out. they were telling. up sos like the jeb -- they're stressed out. they're worried about rubio and trump. and they're trying to comfort the donors. >> if it were jeb bush pressed against the wall wouldn't be the first former front roner in who was. there's history to suggest that others have come back, john mccain comes to mind, bill clinton comes to mine. you can come back from this, or is the nature of the field and the run indicateo> we have to bear in mind making historical analogy this campaignes totally different from any previous presidential campaigns. the fundamle -- fundamentals are not comparable. there hasn't been a candidate like trump or carson so you can't approach the campaign they way we approach these other, 2000, 2008 races, history that might have made people feel better. it's hard to say the way things are going. it's up in the air. it's curious. >> you coul

today sweet pete's is a north florida destination. we've got the best candy, but we also offer up great food. this year, we'll generate almost $4 million in sales. [ beep, cash register dings ] but that's not enough, right? the business has to continue to grow. i think the hotel market's huge. what i want to try to do is get into their rooms, get into the minibars. so what we're working on right now is a meeting that's gonna happen later today at the ponte vedra inn and club, the biggest resort in jacksonville. is there anything we could do in their colors? allison: i think a jelly bean's always good. so if you did pineapple and coconut, that's beachy and it's yellow and white. lemonis: okay. i feel like we've put a great collection together, and i'm excited to see how it goes. i'm marcus. how are you? -steven: i'm steven jones. -lemonis: nice to meet you, sir. allison: hi. i'm allison. lemonis: this hotel is one of the best resorts in all of florida. people from all over the country come here. how many total rooms in the entire prope

. >> well, rachel, i'm a democrat in north florida. so i'm not daunted by much these days. i'm used to a challenge. listen, a poll is a one snapshot in time. i mean, if you go back to this point in 2007, i think hillary clinton had nearly a 30-point average lead over barack obama in the polling. so meanwhile, people like you and i are living this stuff every single day. the reality is voters are just paying attention and if biden gets in the next few days or week or so he'll have a bump from that and there will be a forum in november, there will be a debate in november and we'll see where we are then. >> steve schale democratic strategist, adviser to the draft biden effort and a good sport for letting me badger on these issues. >> thank you, rachel. >> there is it turns out big and late-breaking news tonight from the obama administration. i reviewed this a little bit at the top of the show. this is an announcement that environmental groups i think did not see coming. certainly didn't see it coming today. but it has at least one environmental group saying tonight literally t

your service with so many men and women in north florida is certainly appreciated. so thank you. mr. chairman, went dead we go on that kodel. >> in march. >> and it was so informative. and really impressed with the f-35. there was one area that, though, there was consistent concern both with the pilots and with the maintenance, those what maintained the airplanes. and i'm not going to use an acronym because i've ernd la the not use acronyms but it's got a snappy one. but it's autonomic logistics system, aka alice. so there were real concerns about false, you know, errors reporting. and i'm just curious, have we resolved some of the software issues that alice was facing? thank you so much. >> i'll give you the technical answer and i'll let the general give you the war fighter's perspective. so since your visit down there we took a look at that health reporting code problem. and we've done a number of things since then that have improved the situation. the first thing we did was, we put a new increment of software and capability into the alice system. we call it alice 2.01. that fi

county sheriff's office announced that they had found a body in undeveloped subdivision in north port florida to be chance. that's 13 miles away i from chance where he lived. >> why did they happen to look there? my guess, my wild guess is that one of the two parents who is behind bars i think in south carolina decided to talk. >> well, we are not exactly sure, but we know that they received a tip that they received a tip that a body had been burred in that area and they went out there on wednesday and began searching and stayed overnight and on thursday they found a body that they are confident they say is chance walsh. >> when the parents -- are they in south carolina in jail? am i right on that? >> well, actually, joseph walsh still is. but we found out today that kristen berry, chance's mother is currently right now being extradited to sarasotalorida, in the custody of u.s. marshals the two of them have told multiple stories, have they not, as to where that child is? >> you know, they have told people that they gave the child away in a hotel in augusta, georgia. they said that the child d

your service with so many men and women in north florida is certainly appreciated. so thank you. mr. chairman, went dead we go on that kodel. >> in march. >> and it was so informative. and really impressed with the f-35. there was one area that, though, there was consistent concern both with the pilots and with the maintenance, those what maintained the airplanes. and i'm not going to use an acronym because i've ernd la the not use acronyms but it's got a snappy one. but it's autonomic logistics system, aka alice. so there were real concerns about false, you know, errors reporting. and i'm just curious, have we resolved some of the software issues that alice was facing? thank you so much. >> i'll give you the technical answer and i'll let the general give you the war fighter's perspective. so since your visit down there we took a look at that health reporting code problem. and we've done a number of things since then that have improved the situation. the first thing we did was, we put a new increment of software and capability into the alice system. we call it alice 2.01. that fi

, both eglin and 10 -- tyndall is incredibly important and your service for those that live in north florida is appreciated. >> when did we go? >> in march. >> in march. it was so informative and really impressed with the f-35. there was one area there was consistent concern with the pilots and maintenance, those that maintain the airplanes. i'm not going to use an acronym. i've learned to not use acronyms but it has a snappy one. it's autonomic logistics information system. aka alice. there were real concerns about false errors reporting. i'm just curious, have we resolved some software issues alice was facing? thank you very much. >> i'll give you the technical information and let the general give you the war fighter's perspective. since your visit down there we took a look at that health reporting code problem and done a number of things since then that have improved the situation. the first thing we did was put a new increment and software capability into the alice system we call it alice 2.41. that fixed some of the problem. the other problem was we did not have a completed list of code

let's go to john in north, florida, on the republican line. caller: good morning. my name is john. i have to disagree with linda. i was at the jacksonville campaign yesterday in jacksonville. i spoke to numerous amounts of women. how can you go on national tv like donald women, trump doesn't like women? i spoke to a numerous amount of women. plus i speak from pennsylvania thehe state of florida, all states in between, i speak to a numerous amount of people, democrats, independents, and republicans. you do have some that don't like -- trump, butome most of them like what they hear. host: you say that you are at the jacksonville rally yesterday with donald trump? host: correct, i was -- caller: correct, i was. host: how many people were there? caller: i think it could be around 10,000. it was completely full. it was unbelievable. it was packed. the media does not show how many people were there. they focus on donald trump does the media is not want to let him -- let the american people know how many people are coming. when they do all the other candidates, they show how many people w

, both eglin and 10 -- tyndall is incredibly important and your service for those that live in north florida is appreciated. >> when did we go? >> in march. >> in march. it was so informative and really impressed with the f-35. there was one area there was consistent concern with the pilots and maintenance, those that maintain the airplanes. i'm not going to use an acronym. i've learned to not use acronyms but it has a snappy one. it's autonomic logistics information system. aka alice. there were real concerns about false errors reporting. i'm just curious, have we resolved some software issues alice was facing? thank you very much. >> i'll give you the technical information and let the general give you the war fighter's perspective. since your visit down there we took a look at that health reporting code problem and done a number of things since then that have improved the situation. the first thing we did was put a new increment and software capability into the alice system we call it alice 2.41. that fixed some of the problem. the other problem was we did not have a completed list of code

>> as i told rachel there, i'm a democrat in north florida. i'm not easily daunted by challenges.t to work. and i do think that again, this is a decision he's got to make. it's obviously personal for him, either way he goes. i think if he says yes, one piece i am confident about is there'll be a good donor base there to support him. >> steve shale, nice to see you, and we all wait on pins and needles to find out whether he's in or out. >> me too, thomas. >>> let's check in with francis, has been tracking the questions of the day about biden, what are we seeing. >> many are on pins and needles, we asked viewers and they've been consistent when we asked ask has biden waited too long? 62% are saying yes, at the highest point, that was at 70%. about 15, 20 minutes ago, that changed to 64. know dropping now with the nose growing at 38% right now. when we look at this, especially, when it comes to realtime, a lot of fruxuation based on the last couple of minutes, but also interesting to see, political party, look at the democrats, may reflect our nbc poll we were talking about, it's kin

the storm responsible is still spinning right now over north flo florida, southern georgia.

something like 30 years, you have gone from a couple of fish off the east coast of florida, to a range that goes from... >> from north carolina to mid brazil. everything in between. >> that is a lot of lion fish. >> it's loaded. yes, and they are everywhere. >> with no natural predator in florida waters, the state is counting on divers to keep lion fish in check. cleaning them out of reefs by hunting them one fish at a time. there's no limit on the numbers of diving fish can take. lion fish live at depths deeper than recreational divers, but they can make a difference. >> on a local scale, line fish and localized removals are found to be affective in keeping populations down. >> tournaments like this one where anglers compete for most lion fish caught. >> most total lion fish, the most brought in. mike miller with 415. are you serious? >> researchers try to learn something about the fish causing so much harm. >> there's something else about the lion fish, something that gives diver's pause. the delicate looking fans are 18 venomous fines. each carrying a painful sting. >> how did you get into the business of hunting

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as betsy swings by safely to the east, heading north toward cape hatteras. florida relaxes too. the start of labor day weekend. a time for sea and sun. but for the weather bureau and the hurricane hunters it's no holiday at all. in ten days now, betsy's already traveled 2,000 miles. past barbados and the grenadines, the windward and leeward islands. skirting cuba, puerto rico, the bahamas. now 300 miles north she runs into westerly trade winds. does a lazy done-de-loop. then stalls. still north and west toward hatteras, new jersey, or new england. but bad news wherever it hits. by now it's packing 1 125-mile-an-hour winds, swirling around an enormous eye. suddenly, on sunday night, betsy runs head-on into a high pressure ridge, turns into a yang 60 hurricane. traveling south and coming fast back toward the bahamas. monday night. the wall cloud rips over the out islands and into nassau, grinding and tearing at the town for nearly 15 hours. then it turns toward the mainland. hurricane flags are flying now from key west to cape kennedy. >> beginning 0700 hours this morning -- >> in

. >> you have gone from a couple of fish off the east coast of florida to a range that goes from. >> north carolina to mid-brazil, everything in between. >> on the trail of a predator. thank you for joining us. we often focus on the violence that plagues our biggest cities but america's baltimore, new orleans, the latest to expose its crime problem is milwaukee, which you might be surprised to hear is at the top of the list of rising murder rates ai. 76% spike in its murder rate. on the fight to bring the brew city back. >> reporter: along the banks of lake michigan sits the city of milwaukee. the formidable shores a bastion of manufacturing and beyond the calm water system a city in pain. >> following breaking news out of milwaukee, a double fatal shooting. >> three people are dead including a toddler and teenager. >> reporter: after years of declining violent crime, many cities have seen a surge in homicides with this working class city topping the list. >> witnesses say they heard several the shows. >> reporter: so far this year, milwaukee has had over 100 100 homicides compareeo 186 th

now it's spread out in north carolina and down in florida. so it's weakening. flood warnings on the rivers and on the coast will continue. this storm will weaken and push off to sea. drier weather coming tomorrow and it can't come soon enough here in charleston. >> rob marciano with us, thank you. on board an american air lyles plight from phoenix to boston. making an emergency landing. david kerley with the 911 call and the co-pilot who landed the jet in syracuse. >> reporter: surrounding that american airlines jet an ambulance and firetrucks. but paramedics were in action in the cockpit after this in flight radio call. >> syracuse, american 550 medical emergency, captain is incapacitated, request handling for runway, 1-0 landing. >> reporter: the first officer at the controls now solo on the phoenix to boston flight with 147 passengers. goes out to ground crews. >> pilot is unresponsive, not breathing. >> reporter: a flight attendant, also a nurse, tends to the pilot. they ask that medics board as soon as they get on the board. captain. thank you. >> roger, s

getting 200-43 over dan webster of florida. north wales, pennsylvania, we hear from john. caller: yes, hi. i'm a republican and i think that paul ryan right now, he's the best choice, but i do feel he's too far right and i think that's why the republicans lost the 2012 election. thank you. host: couple of tweets about what's going on now inside the -- inside the room. we'll show these to you. john brezz me has of "politico" tweeting that ryan is addressing the g.o.p. conference right now calling for unity. no notes. all off the cuff. jake sherman also saying that the speaker inside the meeting that paul ryan is speaking as you see other members are leaving now. there's work to do on the house floor. not sure when they're going to gavel back in but there's david jolly who spoke in favor of daniel webster. when the house does gavel back in, they'll be taking up the two-year budget deal. here's north carolina, david's on our democrats line. go ahead. caller: hi. calling from rawly, north carolina. i don't have -- raleigh, north carolina. i don't have questions. i have comment

happened in orange city, florida, north of orlando.fficials say they're awaiting autopsy results before they confirm the gator killed a man. people had reported the gator was aggressive. >>> and in alabama, forget the ironman race. hundreds and hundreds of people from around the globe taking part in competitive firefighting. going on all week montgomery. it includes drills like lifting heavy fire hoses, dragging dummies and running through obstacle courses. competitive firefighting. the news continues next. we do? i took the trash out. i know - and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? whether you're new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. it's up to you to pay the difference. so think about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. i did a little research. with a m

the building chateau beach was built this year in sunny isles beach, florida in north miami beach are area. obviously a beautiful building and beautiful place and all kinds of terror coming to the residents of that structure today. when we get more information about what happened and the situation of those injured in miami-dade county, we'll bring it to you. >>> we have a fox news alert. u.s. coast guard is searching for a container ship that is missing after being caught in the hurricane joaquin. this is happening near the bahamas where the hurricane has been settled over the last several hours. officials say there are 33 people on board. the ship is big. 735 feet long en route from jacksonville, florida to san juan, puerto rico and it sent out a distress. it is a big mystery as to where it is right now. the crews are searching for the missing boaters is where the category 4 storm. the hurricane is moving slowly and battering that island chain with high winds and drenching rains and dangerous flooding. as the storm moves north, millions of people on the u.s. coast line is prepares fo

something like 30 years you've now gone from a custom fish off the east coast of florida to a range that goes from -- >> from north carolina to mid brazil, everything in between. >> that's a lot of lion fish. >> it's loaded and they are everywhere. >> with no natural predator in florida waters the state is now calling on divers like ali are al hag cleaning off reefs hunting them one fish at a time. there's no limit of one diver. lion fish can live at depths deeper than recreational divers can go but divers can make a difference. sheila macvicar, al jazeera. >>> the nation's top honor for humor now belongs to eddie mush fi. murphy. the comedian was awarded the mark twain prize last night. murphy had everyone laughing when he accepted the award. >> there was some confusion whether it's an award or prize. even though they call it a prize, it's an award. usually when it's a prize, there's money involved. >> joke about bill cosby. the reason he came into comedy in the first place. that is all of our time. i'm tony harris in new york. the news continues, live from london. >> this is al jazeera. >> this is the al jazeera

eventually a trough over florida will help drive the storm to the north and northeast. after that, computer models begin to differ but majority of them drive the storm and a weaker one later sunday night south and east of new england. that is a big shift in the overall track in just 24 hours and there' s still another 48 hours to go until the storm decides to back into the carolinas or scoop out to sea. things could change between now and tomorrow. we will be back to little bit with the forecast for the weekend which offers quite a chill. shelley: the grandmother of baby who was assaulted in merrimack says the man who hurt the little boy is his father. chase marisical is in jail tonight, charged with assault. wmur' s stephanie woods joins us s condition. stephanie: tonight the baby boy is out of the hospital and recovering after merrimack police say chase marisical dropped the newborn on a piece of furniture. >> yeah it' s been pretty rough. >> this merrimack woman was excited to have her daughter her first grandchild and the baby boy' s father stay at her condo in mapl

year-old victim has not been identified he was killed at the same the crash happened near north white road and floridastigators with able to connect him to the crash the security video from and nearby bakery >>james: t.s. recalling the summer to is to be because it can be shifted out of park it in for is not on the break the recall covers rental from 2011 to 2013 model years the car to roll away unexpectedly as a result of this problem that happens when the gear shift lever is push too hard and that causes apart and the shift to crack it is costly injury so far keas system began investigating the trouble in august when it got a letter from lawrence and the child will the store to live on a park in the edge of the roadway cause an injury dealers were replaced the mechanism which improve person owners will be notified so on over 24 and have one of these keep an eye on the mail and a comfortable situation for shoppers at a target store will to it was plain over the speakers that had mothers cover their children's ears chaos in the kitchen so we know about mcdonnell's not going all day with their breakfas

new mexico, nevada, north carolina, virginia, ohio and florida. they have to run the tables to win. >> but the difference is, sean, people are interested and i hear about these debates over the primary election. people are interested in our debates. i'm going to do a debate special with the next two cmn debates. >> they're going to let you spe speak? >> they're going to be ten times as many he -- people watching. >> bernie sanders. >> you have ten times as many candidates. that is why. >> we're going to turn the states around because we have answers. did you notice that the former secretary of state could not talk about libya? could not talk about syria? about russia. do not talk about china. could not talk about the arab spring. could not talk about isis. she wanted to talk about the record that is undefensible. >> we were not watching the same debate. i saw her speak about china, clearly speak about -- i -- frankly that is where she gained a lot of points. senator sanders surprise immediate with some of the foreign policy talk. i think she showe

the storm responsible is still spinning right now over north flo florida, southern georgia. it just shifted out of charleston. they had the worst weather yesterday. today's fears are columbia, georgetown, south carolina and now shifting up towards myrtle beach this afternoon. rainfall totals are incredible. boone hall plantation, 24 inches of rain. that's from a national weather service employee who works there. we'll add possibly another 6 to 10 inch on top of that. this area is white is where we've seen above eight inches of rain. that includes from columbia, into charleston and now northward. we'll soon add to the totals in myrtle beach. water is literally everywhere. hundreds if not thousands of cars have been flooded out. there's water in homes. rescues have been happening overnight by boat. some people are waking up and realize they can't leave their houses because they republican surrounded by water. those people have to be rescued, too. we do have flash flood emergency through the area. the office of emergency management in south carolina has told everyone to stay at

from jacksonville, florida, up to wilmington, north carolina, coastal flood advisories. delaware to coastal massachusetts, same deal. the rain is heaviest now, tennessee through kentucky, but right along that warm front, cincinnati to cleveland, we stop the clock there, 6:00 a.m. it starts along the east coast, but i think the wettest times will be in the evening drive time from d.c. to philadelphia to new york city. we'll finally become more scattered by thursday morning week. it will leave behind up to three inches in some places, very windy in spots, too. >> all right, we'll all say good morning to you tomorrow morning. thank you. >>> now, to the race for 2016 tonight. and for the first time in months, a national poll this evening showing donald trump is no longer on top. dr. ben carson now in the lead on the republican side, though, within the margin of error, followed by trump, marco rubio, jeb bush and carly fiorina. tonight, trump on the attack. some saying he is changing his position on a key issue. abc's tom llamas on the campaign trail. >> reporter: donald trum

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florida. the glass jug in north carolina did record business when they sold a series of rare sour ales. >> it's not just about the beer. it's about the other people that share the love and being able to experience it pott, talk back it. >> i hope it was worth it. >> kenneth greg, cbs news, water bury, vermont. >> is there a drinking problem here? that's funny. >>> a new policy on bathroom breaks is causing a stink in california. workers in sacramento motor vehicle department are being told they are spending too long on the toilet and not working enough. the union says managers are deducting pay and leave time for workers who take more than seven minutes on a bathroom break. the union has now filed a grievance. >> that gives you time to walk there and walk back but no time to do anything else. >> the dmv spokesman says they are in the process of preparing a response to the grievance. >>> one gun store is offering up a deal some customers are finding hard to refuse, but only if they are christians. the owner of frontier firearms is offering a 5% discount on any new handgun if you say you are a ch

of despair and african-americans have to come out in resounding numbers in virginia, north carolina, ohio, and floridaetain the white house. >> i want you both to listen to what espn steven smith's said in a recent interview here on cnn. very interesting talking about -- he said all african-americans should vote republican in at least one election saying, locok, he said democrats in large part have taken the black vote for granted. listen. >> the vast majority of black americans, look at the republican party as the enemy. we look at the democratic party even tacitly as our support base and as a result we are very transparent in our support for them so because of it they have a license to take us for granted. the republican party has a license -- a license to summarily dismiss us because they believe they'll never get our vote anyway and then we end up finding ourselves devoid of any kind of representation whatsoever. >> is he right, theodore? >> so, i don't know about -- so, here's where he's right. he's right in that many black voters, myself included, feel like the democratic party takes you for gra

by the democratic parties of alabama, florida, kentucky, mississippi, north carolina, tennessee, texas, mississippi, virginia. so it's a big event, especially for democrats trying to figure out how they're going to compete in the south. it will take place at the winthrop coliseum, at the university in south carolina. now, there has been controversy in the democratic party this year that the party has officially sanctioned only six debates for the democratic candidates this year. looks like the republicans will probably have twice that number. but this newly announced forum in south carolina i have to tell you it does not affect that fight over the number of debates. this thing that i will moderate is a forum, which means the candidates will take the stage one at a time one after the other to take questions from me. excited? yes. terrified? no comment. but this did formally get out on the schedule today. it will happen between the first two democratic debates. it's going to air live here on msnbc friday november 6th. but while we are on the subject of the democratic contest, today hilla

former democratic senator of north dakota byron dorgan along with former republican senator from florida george lemieux. and mexico preparing for disaster as hurricane patricia, the potentially deadly storm called the strongest storm ever measured. all that plus meetings on syria, seth rogen, the new york mets and so much more with less than an hour to the closing bell. you can't leave me. let's start the "countdown." . liz: breaking news, and we promise to keep you exactly up-to-the-minute when it comes to hurricane patricia, now hours away from barging into mexico bringing with it an unwelcome host nearly two feet of rain expected as the strongest hurricane ever recorded barrels closer to mexico's pacific coast today. but with the hurricane's potential to cause massive death and destruction in its path, it is doing nothing, not putting a damper at all on the stock markets here in the u.s. take a look at the markets head for longest winning streak of the year, four weeks straight, the major averages are near the highs of the day right now. i want to pick this apart, the dow while up 183

charleston massacre, and occurred in six different states -- tennessee, georgia, north carolina, south carolina, florida and ohio. , at the time, democracy now! spoke to richard cohen, president of the southern poverty law center. he explained why his organization was calling for congressional hearings into domestic terrorism. >> we have called for those hearings before, both the senate and the house, the committees that look at the department of homeland security. you know, since 9/11, we are you know, we are -- our resources and domestic terrorism fight have skewed perhaps too heavily terrorism at the expense of the forms of domestic terrorism that we saw exhibited in the charleston massacre. what we think we should allocate our resources coming no, in accordance with the nature of the threat. 9/11 will also -- will always be the pearl harbor of our time. that doesn't mean all of the resources should go in that direction. nermeen: that was jeffrey cohen of the southern poverty law center. jeffrey mittman, could you comment on what he said? >> again, i think his comments are very apt. we know here in s