in south carolina. the president is getting a briefing from officials down south of you. ina, what about the health inspector? how does that work? and, like, i guess kind of the time frame for you to be able to reopen. i know you want to get tourists back as fast as you can into the area to get business back going. what are they sayingsome is. >> you know, the health department's been really understanding. they are more of aal to help us than -- a tool to help us. so my inspector, travis, he came by, says call me when you're ready, we'll come out and inspect. the tourists are not my biggest concern. we have people in the community that have no groceries, no food to eat, so whenever we can get up and running, the people that are permanent restaurants here in indian beach, we'll be giving them free food. cheryl: so you had flood insurance going into this? >> yes, i sure did. cheryl: okay, good. one of the biggest concerns, obviously, in both north and south carolina was the lack of flood insurance. less than 10%, if you put those two states together in total, had that extra

team south carolina.e president, maybe ought to call it team america that now that shaughnessy has come in, he said, no, i like south carolina. he wants to be part of our team. so that's team south carolina. team south carolina has been out there for day one with evacuations. we've been evacuating people, working search and rescue, taking care of our citizens' welfare checks, security, infrastructure, and that's everybody sitting in this room doing that. and now we're getting ready for this. we're really working on the infrastructure, getting ready to move our people. we have backup to backup to backup. if we lose a road, which we don't think we're going to do, we have bridges. we're going to bring the bridges in. we have aircraft. we are ready to take care of the people of south carolina who also happen to be part of team south carolina. i do want to give a real quick shoutout to the governor's military force, the national guard. while we're fighting this flood we have men and women down on the southwest

some kits were sent to south carolina and virginia. give us a sense. what will that change for people to have access to this communication? >> right. the effect the kits have is tremendous. they really offer increased band width and communications for first responders out there doing the work. i just heard this morning some of these kits are assisting swift water rescue teams in south carolina. and getting them into virginia, maryland area, staging them there gives us a chance to rapidly deploy them to a situation as you know that's changing quickly. >> right. as you point out, staging is key here as we know. what have you heard from some of those folks that you may end up working with in terms of their needs today. >> right. we are hearing a lot from state partners in south carolina particularly, communications networks are getting overloaded, being compromised. amateur radio operators are there to help fill gaps. we heard from teams in myrtle beach area working with shelter teams, state capital, working with state health officials. hospitals around t

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you know, in south carolina, we always talk about team south carolina.rt of team south carolina. and i told that to the president. i said, maybe i ought to call it america now. many have come in. he said no, i like south carolina. he wants to be part of our team. that's team south carolina. team south carolina has been out there from day one with evacuations. we've been evacuating people, working search and rescue, taking care of our citizens, welfare checks, security. infrastructure hardening. that's everybody sitting in this room doing that. now we're getting ready for this blow. we're working on the infrastructure, getting ready to move our people and we got backup to backup to backup. if we lose a road, which we don't think we'll do, we have bridg bridges. we'll bring in aircraft. we're redry to take care of the people of south carolina that also happen to be part of team south carolina. i want to give a quick shout-out to the governor's military force, the south carolina national guard. while we're fighting this flood, we have men and women on the s

of their big concerns is that not only will they take on water from the rain in the state of south carolinabut also all of the rain that we have seen up in north carolina that that will travel down and potentially cause big issues, river flooding and possibly potential issues with some of the basins, officials say highest priority has been the pd river basin trying to take precautions to make sure when the river flow into that and more water comes into that from north carolina and south carolina, they don't have a major issue on their hands, some people i've spoken to say they remember hurricane matthew where a lot of dams didn't hold that time around, for a lot of residents, even though they feel like this is not as bad as they were expecting, they still feel there's potential for trouble and officials are warning everybody to stay put and stay inside and wait this out, molly. >> ellison driving important points, she stands in the water about the waters continuing to rise, ellison, thank you very much. >> joining us now for a look at how the federal government is responding to florence we

however, the topography of north carolina and south carolina are much more flood prone to the topographyton. set a different way, i think that north carolina and south carolina, by far are in much greater risk if the storm surge, and certainly the record rainfall is going to be a huge challenge in terms of trying to mitigate this disaster. >> jon: some of these hurricanes blow through quickly. the eye hits, the day comes, and you have blue skies and you can get around. but if you have that kind of flooding that is going to last a couple of days, it is going to be hard to get people into the positions where they need to be. convoys of trucks and so forth really going to have trouble moving around for the next couple of days, aren't they? >> absolutely, jon, that is a great point. the more the storm lingers, the greater delay in surging assets. fema and the united states government are fully prepared to project and search assets into the region. personnel and food and water. but until these rains and storm surges subside, they can't do this. the fact that this is going to linger and slow d

we were showing you south carolina before. dless to say north carolina, south carolina, virginia, maryland have all declared states of emergency now ahead of this monster of a hurricane florence now packing category 4 winds in excess of 130 miles per hour. and moving very, very slowly. that worries a lot of the folks including our own meteorologist here saying the longer it hangs around the more flooding that will follow upwards of 2 feet of rain that could hit most of the most populated areas of this country. so we will keep you posted on that. keeping you posted on a political storm meanwhile and the prospects of a government shut down. republican does not want to see it. the question is whether they can avoid it and avoid a president who wants to find funding for a wall sort of like a potential deal breaker. chad pergram is following all of this. chad, what's the latest? >> well, right now there is an agreement between house and senate leaders to work out what we call a mini bus spending bill. the president back in march sai

shelters in south carolina.wow. what are you prepared for? and can you guys really prepare for something that potentially might result in $180 billion worth of economic damage, which is what the commerce secretary is predicting? what do you do to sort of get people back on their feet and make sure they're safe in this difficult, interrim process as they lose power, et cetera? >> absolutely. safety obviously is number one. it take as coordinated partnership. the red cross is one organization that works hand in hand with state, regional and federal resources so we can collaborate and coordinate. we respond to disasters regularly throughout the year. we're able to preposition supplies. we're able to pull in volunteers from across the country. so the red cross is ready to help folks as long as needed. trish: that is a major logistical effort as a time, people, they don't have power, which means cell phones around working. they can't communicate with each other. they're not getting news in many cases because there is

in south carolina, they were not. what did the state of south carolina say?hat did they give as justification for not evacuating prisoners? >> there was no justification. when we tried to speak with governor mcmaster at a press we were not allowed inside the press conferences. we were not allowed to interact with him at all. wey had security making sure got nowhere near him. there was no comments. there was no acknowledgment that -- of anything going on with those incarcerated. amy: kennerly smith, thank you for being with us, community organizer with the party for socialism and liberation. protesting south carolina's choice not to evacuate prisoners during hurricane florence. let me ask you quickly, is the danger over? while the storm leaves, yet this tremendous threat of flooding. water we're still getting , flooding from north carolina. we are not out of the woods yet. these people are still trapped in cells with power outages. they don't have access to fresh water. they are not out of the with yet. we won't know until we can actually get down there and se

south carolina storm, south carolina proud. amen. >> amen. john, national weather service. >> good afternoon. there's some good news and that's effluents has weakened since yesterday and is now a category two hurricane with winds of 105 miles an hour. however, don't think that just because it is weak and that the threat is over that's an important fact. still a large and dangerous hurricane and when you look at the sides of the hurricane, the hurricane strength winds extend out to the west of the center 50-60 miles and the tropical storm force winds extend west from the center 110-140 miles. this is a very large hurricane. it's currently located approximately hundred 75 must east of myrtle beach. it is slowing down now moving northwest at about ten miles hour. we expected continue to slow down as it approaches the coast of south east north carolina today, making landfall likely summer in the wilmington area tonight and early friday. slight changes in the track and even in intensity are still possible before landfall. it should weakened to a t

kristina partsinevelos in myrtle beach, south carolina. jeff flock, in north carolina, it looks like a heck of a storm. reporter: tell this, this thing doesn't want to quit. we got the eye this morning. more importantly the eyewall which was the most tense part of the storm. that came in this morning about 8:00, 9:00 to us. then we got the eye. calm. maybe the worst is done. now the back side of the storm. i guess we should have known based on what has been happening to the north of us in morehead city, all those places, new bern and the rest, this storm is large, although not catastrophic in its wind speed. the size of it and the amount of water that is carrying and pushing, that makes it extraordinary storm. perhaps you see behind me, that is what the storm is pushing right now. the atlantic, onshore earlier. it was -- it was blowing the waves back and proking -- blowing the storm surge back. now when we hit high tide that will be the true test in several hours. strong as you can see here in carolina beach. david: wow, it keeps going. it

we're also going to go to south carolina, as well. south carolina bracing for this storm. i'll talk to a former governor coming up in a few minutes. this is msnbc. george woke up in pain. but he has plans today. hey dad. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. that everything sticks to stefon diggs's hands?ieve it. no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. cool, huh? yeah. he plays football, huh? yeah. believe it. geico could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> president trump today insisting his administration is, quote, fully prepared for florence. however, he alone is awarding himself a "a" for what happened in puerto rico after hurricane maria. he did it again today on twitter after repeatedly saying so at the white house tuesday. >> i think puerto rico was incredibly successful. i actually think it was one of the best jobs that's ever been done w

information and evacuating the people that he needed to that were in harm's way but it's a -- south carolinaand north carolina have not seen this type of disaster in a long time. >> that's the best advice, if you're not in danger stay home, listen to authorities and, of course, congressman, you know our hearts and the hearts of all america are with with the folks of your state. >> appreciate it. arthel: the white house is keeping close eye on florence and how the president and cabinet are responding this weekend, also update of hundred senior citizens evacuated along the coast of carolinas earlier this week. if you think this sale fare is low, you should see what we charge you for two checked bags... or overhead bags... or carryon bags. which means these 69-dollar one-way sale fares stay 69 dollars. and while we don't charge hidden fees, this sale won't last forever. so book your fall travel now at southwest.com. low fares. no hidden fees. that's transfarency. [clap clap ding] when it comes to making bones stronger, are you headed in the right direction? we are. we have postmenopausal osteop

south carolina, 1,100.on is waiting for orders from fema to say, let's go ahead and do something, do something to help, and as soon as they do, the pentagon, the dod, will be positioned to try to help with recovery and try to make things a little easier for those citizens. katy? >> hans nichols at the pentagon, thank you very much. and we'll be right back. in the meantime, you're watching msnbc. girls are not in school because of economic issues and they have to work. at the malala fund, we help girls stay in school. the malala fund invests in education champions who work in the community and pave the way so that girls can actually go to school. to have our financial partner guiding us is very important. the fact that citi is in countries where girls are vulnerable ensures that we're able to get funds to the people that we're working with. when girls go to school, we're going to maximize their talents. we could have a solution for climate change in that girl. that girl could be the next nobel peace prize wi

all right, well, most of the watershed from north carolina drains into south carolina. so, you know, we've talked about the flooding that will continue in parts of north carolina peaking by tuesday even after the rain is gone some of the floodwaters will peak. south carolina could be even longer than -- the peak could be tuesday into wednesday for some of those rivers because there's so much water draining out of the heavy rain in north carolina as well as the rain they've received. >> this is something folks will be dealing with for quite some time. >> and the other headline here is and i know we're running out of time but the other headline here is what kendis was talking about, once the storm leaves there, we need to talk to people about ohio, kentucky, tennessee, points north and northern new england about the rainfall they'll get on into the middle and end of next week. >> we're nearing the end of our coverage but do want to mention to sum up like a little bit of what has caught our eye in the overnight hours. the city of new bern, north carolina, appears to be hard

the flood threat today is across south central north carolina and northeastern south carolina. tomorrow it shifts farther inland as the storm shifts inland and brings that heavier rain with it. especially western north carolina on sundad. we have al picked up about 24 inches of rain in areas just to the northea of here like morehead city. we could see additional 15 inches o rain in that deepest color of red across north carolina. that would p storm totals up to 30 to 40 inches. we have a lot of rain to go. we still have the river flooding to go and for the next two high tides, we could have coaal flooding with the storm surge and that storm still pushing water onshore. >> thank you, dylan. >> the monster storm, this is a beast. leaving a huge trail of destruction. churning and movinglong the shore there. craig is in wilmington, north that.ina with more on craig, not the same winds we saw yesterday. you are still getting pounded. >> reporter: we are. we ar the rain is unrelenting. it has been raining in wilmington now for nearly 30 hours. that is part of the story. the other part

llamas. >> reporter: tonight florence, a storm that is constantly changing, battling north and south carolina. on a slow march across the carolinas. but a massive rainmaker, leaving ruin in its wake. >> the storm is wreaking havoc on our state. >> reporter: gas stations destroyed. homes under water. people and pets stranded amid downed power lines and trees. nearly 1 million customers without power. at least five people are now dead. including a mother and her infant. >> we are saddened today to announce the first fatalities of this storm here in wilmington. a mother and her approximately 8-month-old were killed after a tree fell onto the house, crushing them. >> reporter: firefighters managing to rescue the father, who was rushed to the hospital. the fire chief describing to us on the scene how they had to cut through the tree to get to the family. >> these firefighters were out here in the height of this storm working this rescue, basically. and very, very difficult and th the instability of the tree. >> reporter: wilmington first responders outside their home kneeling in prayer. in other p

/south carolina border and work its way across south carolina over the weekend. that's highly unusual for these storms, because typically, they sort of blow through and they're gone. and so i think it's telling that duke energy, for instance, has activated 20,000 folks to be prepared to repair electrical lines. but what that means is, while that storm's in place, they can't get there. so you talk about a weekend of misery. south carolina, without air-conditioning, this time of year, can be absolutely miserable for folks, you know, all the way across the state of south carolina, as this storm makes its way across. >> you talked about the electric crews not being able to do anything until the storm passes through, it's the rescue teams that won't be able to get out either. almost all of them tell us that once the wind speeds go north of 45 miles per hour, they won't go out. and what's so frightening about this storm, congressman, is that the wind speeds could be higher than 45 miles per hour for two days. so people are going to be stuck f

we are in central south carolina.e are still on sunday morning in south carolina, very slow progress with this system. that's all the goin geography we are going to cover through sunday. another system in the great lakes. a trough that's going to carry florence out of here. this is on monday and that's on tuesday. it's going to take some time but, in the meantime, it's going to be a lot of impact. one storm surge, a lot of storm surge as we have siena lot of areas and just devastating storm surge. and we have been really watching the values in these areas 6 to 9 feet and even inland. we have been talking about the new bern area inland 7 to 11 feet that occurs because the water gets trapped. this is something we have been talking about all morning. it's real important to talk about what's happening here. the water comes. in these rivers normally drain out. you start talking the panel pamo and noose river. we are miles and miles inland where we can still see storm surge. coming off a high tide we had tide the last few h

we are live in myrtle beach, south carolina. more of what we are learning at this hour. we have new evacuation orders issued in north carolina in fayetteville. further inland we spoke with the director of communications for the city a short time ago, said there are two areas specifically that were targeted with the evacuation order that they learned lessons after matthew, want people to stay safe as it moves further inland. we can also tell you city of fayetteville as i mentioned and wade, north carolina also issuing evacuation orders for that reason. there's much concern as the storm continues to move further inland, and as it just sits in the area where it has been now for the last two days for some folks. we can tell you we learned from the coast guard, they assisted in 50 air rescues in north carolina. some of them, some reporters shared that information with you, including cnn's ed lavandera of rescues in onslow county, north carolina. we'll continue to monitor those efforts as well. a travel nurse joins us, chris, you're i

meantime, 70,000 are reportedly without power in south carolina. alf a million in north carolina without power. this is getting to be a bigger and bigger issue. the south carolina red cross ceo louise welch williams on the phone with us now. thank you for taking the time. how are things looking there? >> things are deteriorating weather-wise in south carolina as we prepare for the impact of this storm. it's starting to rain a lot, the wind is picking up. we are getting ready. neil: so it has been taking a southwesterly direction, i guess it's going to hang in south carolina for awhile, we're told, then you will get the full brunt of it. what do you tell folks who are in harm's way? >> right now, last night, the red cross had 5500 people in 59 red cross shelters. we are just sheltering in place. it's not the time to be moving around. it's time to shelter in place wherever you are. we are a good team in south carolina. our partners, we work with our government partners, we are taking care of people in south carolina but you just need to shelter in pla

witness is state superintendent of south carolina. she was named south carolina state superintendent of education in january 2015. since that time she has worked to makeitize safety sure every child is on track to college or professional career. prior to her time as superintendent, she served as music teacher, public school superintendent, four term member of the south carolina house of representatives, deputy superintendent of south carolina department of education, and executive director of the south carolina association of school administrators. we thank of the four of you for coming. and we will now begin remarks. >> thank you. thank you, senator alexander, ranking member murray, and all members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to this -- discuss nebraska's implementation of the every student succeeds act. nebraska's are proud of the education system in our state. we typically rank high in various different settings, yet with other states, we have an equity issue as well. we face long-standing g

it will not get to columbia, south carolina, until sunday, midnight morning. we've already seen a foot of rain just north of wilmington area. we're still expecting rainfall amounts of 20 to 30 inches, some isolated spots of 40 inches. some of you may remember this is in comparison to september of 1999. the first half of that month, of hat year, we had hurricane dennis and floyd that produced already the same amount of rainfall that we are anticipating with florence. the only difference is back then it was within 14 days and we're looking at the same amount of ainfall in three days. some of the river levels are going to be forecast to exceed the historic levels. and some of those were during hurricane floyd. your own hasize for safety to not drive where water covers the roadways. especially at night. a lot of the flooding is going to start in the river stem levels later on tonight near coast line. and increase sunday into monday further inland. always remember turn around, don't drown. that's the main thing we always say. concern beyond that continues with the

>> all of the communities in the south carolina and north carolina, they get hit by hurricanes once every four years. so they are prepared. structurally for a category 2, 3, maybe even 4, 5 nobody is prepared for. maybe a low-end four. my biggest concern is what happened with all the water. a hurricane that stalled by the coast. you get multiple high tide cycles and you're going to get an incred canabible amount of r. and a stalling hurricane like this is just a nightmare for this area from myrtle beach to wilmington, our friends in that emeral isle area, that's where my biggest concerns are. >>> president trump says his administration is totally prepared for hurricane florence. saying the government is sparing no expense. at one point he was asked what lessons they learned from the federal response to hurricane maria that left puerto rico devastated. >> i think puerto rico was incredibly successful. it was our toughest of all because it was an island. i think it was one of the best jobs that has ever been done with respect to what this sl about. everybody working along with the governor

it seems people in south carolina and georgia will be affected. talk live with people across the carolina coastline who are choosing to stay, some defying mandatory evacuation orders. we will also take you live to the waffle house storm center. yes. >> that is a real thing. a center that fema actually monitors. plus, pope francis taking unprecedented measures to address rising reports of sexual abuse by priests in the catholic church as his popularity plummets in our new cnn poll. we'll be right back. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in clinical trials to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. where people go to learn about their medicare options before they're on medicare. come on in. you're turning 65 soon? yep. and you're retiring at 67? that's the plan! it's also a great time to learn about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance compan

south carolina overnight.of those trees brought down power lines are certainly it's not safe to travel. just a little while ago we had over 160,000 people without power still throughout south carolina. as far as the power lines go, once they've come down, is still safe to be around them? no, absolutely not. you can't tell if a power line is still charged or not. we called the power company and work with the department for transport nation to remove the trees after it is safe to do so. there are a lot of people, lots of agencies involved in clearing roadways but we want to make sure the roads are clear and safer for anyone drives on them. we know that the rain will fall this weekend so some roadways may see some flooding. later this week when all that water comes down from upstate, we will certainly see the rivers rising. what sort of rescues are your team taking part in? have a lot of people evacuated the area, did they keep those warnings or are you having to step in and help out? —— hid those warnings? the m

some kits were sent to south carolina and virginia. give us a sense. what will that change for people to have access to this communication? >> right. the effect the kits have is tremendous. they really offer increased band width and communications for first responders out there doing the work. i just heard this morning some of these kits are assisting swift water rescue teams in south carolina. and getting them into virginia, maryland area, staging them there gives us a chance to rapidly deploy them to a situation as you know that's changing quickly. >> right. as you point out, staging is key here as we know.

. >> in myrtle beach, south carolina. we continue our live special coverage of now tropical storm florence. the storm that beat on and battered north carolina is now coming south. we're see thing stronger sustained winds here, although the rain has died down. this is not primarily a wind event. the problem will be the water, the rain the storm surge now 900,000 people across the kaur can linaus do not have power, most of them in north carolina, more than 780,000 there. the rest of them here the worst possible five people have now lost their lives sqand they're attributed to this storm in north carolina. we'll check in with them in a moment. we're expecting the latest advisory at the top of this hour. >> we're already see thing rainfall push water up into jacksonville. we talked about new bern all week. they were up to four feet and now -- the river north of jacksonville has risen 20 feet. this is that push up the small little rivers. we talk about two feet, three feet here, the surge, and you push that up the rivers and i

as interest and to western north carolina and south carolina, it will take the rain with it. the heavy rain may impact the charlotte, north carolina area tonight. storm surge is expected. a tornado watch remains in effect for south carolina and waterspouts are possible. many rivers will experience portions ofluding ,he northeast cape fear basin the number river -- lumber river. as remnants of florence make their way into the appellation, rivers and streams may experience moderate and major flooding. details will become more clear early next week. be aware the rivers will stay in flood stage for extended. of time. the next update will be issued at 11:00 eastern time. >> good morning. moving into response and recovery mode. the weather service forecasts have been dealing with flash flooding. i would like to take this opportunity to extend my appreciation and gratitude towards the hurricane center and weather service particularly the city of wilmington offices. individuals have a shelter in place for many days and these offices has remained fully operational. the coastal survey h

south. as we go down the carolinas. we are seeing that this storm regardless of hype about the category is doing a lot of damage because of duration. it is moving so slowly and that is a bad thing with hurricanes. flooding, yes. people in distress, yes. power outages in the hundreds of thousands, yes. south carolina, the story has not even begun. it is noisy here with 45-mile-an-hour gusts blowing through the palmettos. this is nothing except the critical factor of assessing what florence will do. damage over time. everything is getting a little bit softened up by winds. this will two on for over a day. -- this will go on for over a day. we hope that will not add up as much as anticipated. we will take a break and come back and show you who has gotten hit the hardest by florence. please stay with cnn. this wi-fi is fast. i know! i know! i know! i know! when did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room. he's only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole

this is myrtle beach, south carolina. at they're seeing there in myrtle beach is akin to what we saw here in wilmington, north carolina, just a few hours ago. you see the state tree there of south carolina. the palmetto tree. blowing in the wind. back here in wilmington, though, nearly the entire city without power a. city in darkness, including woody white's house, the county commissioner for new hannover county. what are the conditions like? >> they're tough. took us triple the time to get down here from our house. the good news is the winds are now below 45 miles per hour. we started about 15 minutes, prioritizing rescue missions and that is going very well. we have had some reports of injuries and some pretty bad news that is forthcoming, unfortunately. but we are doing the best we can. >> these emergency call that is you guys were receiving, they started at the beginning of the storm? >> they did. we received 300 in the span of the first hours. most alarms from businesses. 18 or 19 medical calls saying please check on

but this storm is a mess, the wind as you can see is picking up and the rain coming to south carolina. of course the big headlines were made in north carolina. where more than 780,000 of the nearly 950,000 customers without power, those people are north carolina but 165,000 here in south carolina. also five people lost their lives in north carolina attributed to this storm a mother and her infant were killed when a tree fell on their house in wilmington, north carolina. a man who went to check on his hunting dogs. family says the wind blew him over. a woman suffered a cardiac arrest and when they tried to get to her they say there were trees in the road and by the time they reached her, she was deceased. and a man was electrocuted because he was with with with electrical cords in the rain. these are incidents after the height of the storm. all reiterating how the -- can be. and erick van dam who filed this report just a little while ago. sfwlrs on the coastline of north carolina. the official curfru has ended at 6:30 a.m. this morning. it's still a ghost town in carolina beach. people

we're going to be watching charlotte, raleigh, columbia, south carolina. let's go to north carolina now to carolina island. again, up the shore here where kerry sanders is standing by. what is the situation on carolina island? >> here in carolina beach, first of all, we have pounding surf. the wind is continuing. just to remind people we we had the eye pass over us when it was a hurricane. the thing is, this is unrelenting. it is not giving up. we're at low tide right now. i'm going to step out and let you take a look at the atlantic ocean that is still pounding the beach here. as it's pounding the beach at low tide, traditionally we would have at least 25 yards of sand between the sand dunes and the atlantic. but it's right up there right to the sand dunes. the sand dunes, that natural barrier that protect the area but, of course, it's low tide. let me take you up the beach. if you take a look at some video here, you can see not only flooding, but on the northern portion of carolina beach, there is a pier there. well, this pounding surf took out what the c

myrtle beach, south carolina. myrtle beach, of course, will be spared the worst of it. the new information at the bottom of the screen is chilling. actually, jeff flock on carolina beach now still getting battered down there, jeff. >> this is an amazing storm. it stretches so far. you know, it's the kind of storm, as you know, shepard, if this was a cat four storm, we wouldn't be standing in it. category one conditions, you can report from the beach but the fact is, these conditions have stretched so far, to me that is extraordinary that we have those kind of conditions that have stretched to moorhead city, new bern has been getting pounded the last 48 hours. now we are and perhaps we will for quite a bit of time, too. so you know, when you have wind on structures as long as this is, whether it's a berm or a structure, the damage multiplies. you know, this story has not been finally written yet. >> shepard: any reports on damage up and down that coast there? >> we talked to local authorities here. police say they haven't had any rescues, even though there's flooding. the

and of course south carolina, north carolina. any amounts of money, whatever it takes were going to do. we have tremendous systems. we have food systems. we have a lot of contractors waiting, but for the most part it's been handled by fema and also coordinated locally. we have food for days. we have emergency equipment and generators for many days. we should be in great shape. i've also learned it could be 21 and 22 inches. if you can imagine what that is, 22 inches of rain. it is not something that we've had, certainly would never have this on the east coast but i think were very well prepared for a very well set up, when you say >> is to write here is important to hurricane hugo hit 89. but look, successful disaster response locally executed, stage-managed of federally supported. what fema is doing his pre-positioning to support each one of those governors about to be impacted with achieving their response and recovery goals and that's the way it works best. i'd also like to point out that what we ran last year as we've got pre

this is myrtle beach south carolina, highway 501, running north and south there. as a caravan of cars tried to get out of town. i lived in south carolina back in '89 when hugo hit it. slammed the coast as a cat 4. this one expected to weaken as it approaches. but still expected to hit as a cat 3. take a look. take a look at this size of this massive storm. this is the view from space. more than 400 miles wide. president trump just commented on the storm moments ago. saying, quote, we are absolutely and totally prepared. those words coming from the president as he exited air force one just a few moments ago. msnbc meteorologist michelle grossman is here tracking the storm. i see it there behind you. it looks like quite the monster. what do we know at this point about timing? what do we know about where it's expected to strike? >> you said it, we don't have to know much about hurricanes, right, to know this is a serious situation. a textbook hurricane. we're looking at all the outflow. the red color indicating the high cloud tops, indicating the thunderstorms around

christina is in myrtle beach, south carolina. jeff flock is in myrtle beach, south carolina. jeff, let's start with the update. >> this is a lesson it doesn't have to be a cat 4 storm to cause extreme devastation and trouble. we are in carolina beach in north carolina where today we got the eye of the storm over us. it came across in wrightsville beach to the north of us. we went from getting hammered this morning with hurricane-force winds and heavy rain to the eye of the storm which we walked out dead calm, birds flying overhead. almost saw the sun, then back into the back end of the storm, heavy street flooding in carolina beach as well as some surge. cat one storm could have been a lot worse. but we experienced these conditions since 5:00 this morning. so over 12 hours. we figure to experience them even longer. that i think is the tale of this storm and the problems and flooding that will cause. that will can the story eventually. charles: you have done a great job, we appreciate it. you look like you are a little worn down. take it easy. reporter: maybe a little. charles:

i don't know what the cases for south carolina or north carolina, but of course it's not as densely populatedetropolitan area. but there are a number of buildings in low-lying areas that are at risk with all of this flooding. >> did houston change zoning laws afterwards? >> they did pass legislation i believe in the following months. >> there you go. >>> up next, the eyes on the country are focused on the carolinas and hurricane florence, but the president, at least his twitter account is focused on another storm. i'm ken jacobus, i'm the owner of good start packaging. we distribute environmentally-friendly packaging for restaurants. and we've grown substantially. so i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. and last year, i earned $36,000 in cash back. that's right, $36,000. which i used to offer health insurance to my employees. my unlimited 2% cash back is more than just a perk, it's our healthcare. can i say it? what's in your wallet? as one of the nation's largest investors in infrastructure, we don't just help power the americ

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troops into south carolina. jackson prepares the u.s. navy, now off the coast of south carolina. jackson is ready to invade the state of south carolina. what is going to happen? mull -- nullification crisis. we are in the brink of civil war. henry clay, at the last moment, passes a compromise in the midst of this crisis that lowers the tariff gradually over a over a 10-year period. it is lowered to 25%. south carolina backs off and accepts the tariff. calhoun does not like jackson. probably does not like jackson any more than henry clay does. jackson called their bluff. the south carolina legislature nullified the force bill. jackson said, whatever. go ahead and do that. henry clay says, well, i never thought i would say this andrew, but thank you. jackson goes, oh, clay, i'm not done. clay says, you are not done? what do you mean? jackson says, there is one other thing. the bank. clay says, the bank? it's funny you mention that, because i was thinking that maybe we would go ahead and recharter this bank early. why not? we don't need to wait until the last moment. it's 1832, let'

but so far south carolina has averted the worst of this disaster that struck mostly as you heard from garrett in north carolina and some of the coastal areas of south carolina. they even lifted some of the mandatory evacuation orders and all of the counties sgecht for two -- except for two of the most coastal counties. and as you said, we'll be hearing from the governor. but we're hearing that monday is when we will start to see some of the waters rising in the rivers and streams around the midlands region. that is why i'm saying this could be something of a delayed problem rather than an immediate issue. as you see, the weather is starting to clear up here. when we drove in morning, it was very rainy, he very windy. and now it is a lot lighter. but as the storm moves inland toward the appalachian mountains, that is when we'll start to see all of the water that has accumulated upstream flowing down into the midlands area and that is when a lot of authorities here are expecting to see some real problems with flooding. >> let's move east/northeast now to oak island, north carolina prett

and northeastern south carolina and the rain pushing deeper into the waters of the rivers in north carolina, as well as south across the southern border in the valley. we'll take you over the next several hours of emergency management and talking to mayors up and down the coast and the governor in north carolina as well as we welcome you to oncoverage. and i welcome my colleagues, mike emanuel and molly line in d.c. welcome on a saturday. the next two, three hours we'll give our viewers the best look we can find at what's happening with florence. so good day, everybody. here we go. here are your headlines, five are dead related to this storm. we believe all five of those fatalities are here in the state of north carolina. there's more than 700,000 people now without power and that could go on for days if not weeks. but what is the status now of florence? for that we begin our coverage with janice dean back in the fox extreme weather center in new york city. janice, good day to you, what do you see? >> hi, bill, well, it's a tropical storm, but we're keeping our eye on the ball here because

tammy is in conway, south carolina. we are in wilmington, north carolina surveying the damage from the storm. matt bradley in the state's capital tracking florence as it continues to move inland. tammy, there's a lot of standing water around you. the rain dissipating a little bit there. give us the latest from where you stand in conway. >> reporter: hey, david. i believe you're talking to me. i can't hear anything because we lost reception out here. as you can see, the rain has been coming down relentlessly. i'm actually standing on a road, a road that has been completely washed away and closed. take a look here. the amount of water that is being coming through and the power of this water, it's actually turned this road into a river. it is not stopped raining here. we're in conway, which is about 20 mimes inland. we're already seeing quite a bit of flooding here, some houses under water. some roads washed away. and this rain is relentless, which is a big problem. they're saying one of their major concerns is that the thr

downgraded, it is now a tropical storm, she's dumping so much rainfall on north carolina and parts of south carolina to, as the governor of north carolina roy cooper was outlining down the clip you played. as an illustration of this, the river behind me, it is not jude to actually quest until she stayed. so that means the worst flooding that will be expressed here is not for a few days yet. that is why this is very deceptive and it is widely governor is trying to make point that more people's lives are at risk now done well when this thing made landfall. because we are expecting some places of north carolina to get out the year's worth of rain injust two or three carolina to get out the year's worth of rain in just two or three days, so of rain in just two or three days, so just of rain in just two or three days, sojust think what of rain in just two or three days, so just think what that does to the rivers. it creates flooding and this isa rivers. it creates flooding and this is a coastal area and that hurricane is a coastal area and that hurricane is happy effect of a bulldozer, forcing all this w

states of emergency are in effect from south carolina to maryland, and many coastal residents are being ordered out. david begnaud is on the coast of uthth carolina. we will check in with him in just a moment. rat first, helping us track this storm all week long is meteorologist megan glaros from our chicago station wbbm. megan, so good to have you here. what is the latest? >> look, we are looking at a eajor storm here, jeff. nl's not only intensified in the last 12 hours, but the expansive zone of hurricane-force winds has also nearly doubled in size. it's strengthening. it's now to a category 4. winds sustained to 140 mph at this point. movement is west-northwest at about 13 mph, which puts it just way of 1,200 miles away from the south carolina-north carolina coastline. you can watch as the storm comes into view here, but look at the nice pocket of darker color up to the north. that's what we call the bermuda eigh. it's steering the storm system south. gut just as it starts to ride that ridge, we watch a turn into the u.s. coastline here. we're talking about a cat-4 moving into inten

it is grinding its way toward south carolina. t on what happened in north carolina, he was right in the bull's eye of it, in the eye of the storm. he's rick leventhal. he's live on the ground in wrightsville beach. rick? >> reporter: and, liz, wrights vil beach is still getting punished, it's not over yet. the property damage is not terrible, some minor debris on the ground, but just look at the trees being whipped looking south on lumina avenue as the wind continues to barrel through here. and, of course, the rain continues to soak us here. i want to give you a look up to the north which is where we were all week and certainly last night. this road was underwater because wrightsville beach this morning, 11 a.m., saw the highest flood level they've ever had here. it was almost 5 feet above high tide. and the water was up to about midway on the doors of our vehicle as we were seeking higher ground because the area where we were was being inundated. a lot of the side roads were underwater, and the main drag that leads to the famous