as moved through southwest georgia last night, and continues to push its way through south carolina, north carolina, as we speak. event is still ongoing for citizens in north carolina and south carolina. make sure you are listening to all the local warnings pushing obviously, with fema, our focus is search and rescue. getting access to areas hardest hit and search and rescue. we are working with the national guard, the states of florida, first responders, and our departments at the also our partners at the coast guard to do everything we can to help those in need and get through all the damage. we do that methodically and tried to make sure we leave no stones unturned. we were able to get search and rescue crews in late last night. obviously nightfall limits what we can do there. it is a big day for us. when it comes to helping people and trying to prevent further loss of life as a result of what the gulf coast has been through. pertaining access. once we do all the safety and life-sustaining work and try to stabilize the life-sustaining average what we try to work on next simultaneously is getting

and meet with the governors beat with everybody and do what we have to do like we did in north carolina south carolina with that worked out really well now they're going to get hit also i mean north carolina and south carolina going to get a lot of water nothing like they had two weeks ago but they're going to get a lot of water also and that water is still draining out so this is a pretty big. problem i really worry a little bit about south carolina north carolina from the standpoint they're already saturated and they're going to get a reasonable hit right right yet they will so you're going to see as much as eight you know possibly eight inches in isolated areas through south carolina north carolina as a set it's all about the the rivers being able to process the water from florence and some of them haven't had the time to do that so this doesn't help. and it. sits on your review released now we. will have to take a look at exactly. when you say release the journalist who you took an even visit. to me that i'd have to look into i'm not familiar with really have to look yes are you did you know i wou

we will look to sunday or monday to go down and meet with the governors like we did in north carolina, south carolina. that worked out really well. they are going to get hit also. north carolina and south carolina are going to get a lot of water. nothing like two weeks ago, but they will get water also and that water is still draining out. this is a pretty big problem. i worry a little bit about south carolina, north carolina from the standpoint that they are already saturated and they will get a reasonable hit, right? >> they will. you will see possibly 8 i -- inches in isolated areas and it is all about the rivers being able to process the waters from florence and some of them have not had the time to do that. president trump: i will have to take a look at it exactly. when you say release the journalist, who are you talking about? that i would have to look into. are you concerned if he is dead -- would you hold the saudi government responsible? wroteent trump: his wife us a letter and addressed it to my wife and myself. we are in contact with her now and we want to bring it to the white house. it i

positioned ready to respond as the rims of the hurricane are still moving through georgia, south carolina, north carolina. the ports of pensacola, panama city, and cedar key remain closed and the ports of south carolina, georgia, north carolina are impact and what that will open with restrictions of this time. >> a major player that helps us with emergency power and temporary power is the army corps of engineers as well as assist in the damage to their protection. we have ray alexander the army corps of engineers. lexington, administrator long. good morning. i've characterized today is one of movement of personnel and equipment to the impacted area, conducting assessments over waterways, infrastructure, power needs, debris requirements, roofing, etc. finally, water management is needed at the various reservoirs and letting his that are -- and levees that are in the watershed of the storm drizzle the letter division headquartered in relieved for a response. the general was in atlanta yesterday and today she's in route to mobile, alabama and will remain in the impacted area over the next several days condu

probably look to sunday ormond monday to go down and m with the governors like we did in north carolina and south carolina're going to get also, north carolina and south carolina are going to get a lot of water. nothing like they had two weeks ago, but they're going to get a lot of water also. and that water is still draining out. so this is a pretty big problem. i really worry a little bit about south carolina and north carolina from the standpoint they're already saturated and they're going to get a reasonable hit, right? >> they will, so you're going to see as much as -- possibly eight inches in isolated areas in south carolina and north carolina, and as i said, it's all about being able to process the rivers from florence, and some of them haven't had the sometime to do that so this doesn't help. >> president trump. [ inaudible ] >> i will have to take a look at it exactly. when you're saying release the journalists, who are you talking about? [ inaudible ] >> that, i would have to look into, i'm not familiar with that. [ inaudible ] >> i would certainly concerned in fact we have a call in to hi his w

then thursday, south carolina, north carolina, out by friday. in its wake, it will have major impacts, even for places like raleigh, with f flood watches in place. but the heart of the impact will be wind and storm surge. as you mentioned, so, you can see some of the gusts. we stop the clock at 2:00 p.m. 80-mile-per-hour gusts. move it to 5:00, it only intensifies. then it's 90-mile-per-hour gusts. 41 there in tallahassee. you saw it peak to 70. even savannah at 7:00 a.m. thursday morning, 34 miles per hour. storm surge, a huge issue. up to 13 feet. and as i was driving here, david, i was reminded how vulnerable the homes are that are right on the water. this part of florida has only seen a 125-mile-per-hour landfall twice in recorded history. this would make the third. david? >> yeah, going to be a destructive 24 hours ahead. ginger, thank you. and as you heard ginger say, this hurricane still has several hours over these warm waters. that is very concerning. i spoke with the hurricane hunters right up in the airplane, flying right past the hur

south carolina. it's on a path to take it to lancaster and charlotte from south carolina into north carolina. look where some of the heaviest rain is falling. yep. up in the northeast corner of south carolina and moving into the eastern half of north carolina. that is still saturated from florence. let's take a look at what's going on back here at home. michael is going to rain there for about a 24-hour period. then it will move over. toward the weekend, it will hit great britain and france and bring them possibly flooding rain. it's not over when it leaves our neighborhood. san jose at the airport, 58 degrees. one of our warmer temperatures. alameda, 57. 40s in napa, novato. san francisco, 55. take a look at what's going on as far as your commute. you can see is west on the san mateo bridge, it's dry and cool. light breezes out on the ferry. mass transit is going to be cool to mild. one of our neighborhoods, let's take a look at the north bay. cloudy, 52. more fog tomorrow morning. look at all that sunshine in the afternoon hours. the last cool days on on tap. so far we have talked about a qu

meet with the governors, meet with everybody and do what we have to do like we did in north carolina, south carolina worked out really well. now, they're going do get hit, also. north carolina and south carolina are going do get a lot of water. nothing like they had two weeks ago but they're going to get a lot of water, also, and that water's still draining out so this is a pretty big problem. i really worry a little bit about south carolina, north carolina from the standpoint they're already saturated and they're going to get a reasonable hit. right? >> yeah. they will. you will see as much as -- possibly eight inches in isolated areas through north carolina, south carolina, and it is all about the rivers being able to process the water from florence and then some of them haven't had the time to do that and this doesn't help. >> president trump -- release the administration -- >> i will have to take a look at it exactly. whether you say release the journalist, who are you talking about? [ inaudible ] >> that i have to look into. >> can i ask you about jamal khashoggi? >> yes. >> are you concerned h

con in the car companies, they are moving back to michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, south carolina, north carolina, they are coming back and nobody's ever seen this. you've never seen it before. they left and they had no intention. we just signed a deal with mexico and with canada. a new deal with korea. >> laura: he's called the trump of south america. >> president trump: i'm honored. we had a great conversation. >> laura: ideal? >> president trump: i could see that happening. brazil has been very tough because the charge tariffs. we have of course what's happening with china. china has been really hurting our country economically. and you see, we are going to win that one. >> laura: how confident are you? >> president trump: i could make a deal right now, they are just not ready. >> laura: $250 billion. >> president trump: $257 billion waiting to go if we can't make a deal. >> laura: are you optimistic? scale of 1 to 10. >> president trump: i think we will make a great deal with china and it has to be great. if we have really helped rebuild china. they've been taking out an average of $500 billi

look at all the rain ahead of it in front of south carolina, north carolina.nd all day raining on the areas that flooded from florence. it skirts the southern parts of nova scotia and heads to great britain and also france as we head towards the weekend. back here at home, we'll have another cooler than average day. waking up to temperatures in the low to mid-50s. mostly is sunny skies. low to mid-70s around the bay. 60s at the coast. and 50s and 60s, jacket weather, this evening. all right. a check on the commute. however is it starting, alexis? >> well, we have road work slowing you down in hayward area. let's zoom in to southbound 880. it should be wrapping up now. various lanes closed until 4:30 between tenny son and alvarado niles. you are heavy from state route 92. here's a live look at the san mateo bridge. 92 nice and light. approaching the toll plaza there, we actually did just have a problemer

south of greensboro, north carolina at the moment. it will continue as a tropical storm over virginia later today. eventually it will go into the atlantic. michael is producing flash flooding across north carolina and virginia right now. tropical storm force wind gusts are occurring over south carolina and north carolina. we are watching that very closely for you. this is still a strong storm. wind damage is likely in the carolinas. flooding rains all the way north as washington dc. back to you. >>> moments ago we got an update as to jackie ward reports that the b questions including the continued delay. >> if we can complete our work, we will do so. like of the initial stabilization is complete. phase 2 is underway. fremont street is still close.this is a four level, temporary support system. these are two major girders. they have to hold the roof and bus below them. >> this was exposed to open tomorrow. the construction manager says it will be open no later than the 17th. not satisfied with the update the director of transportation demanded answers. >> if he could help us understand why that change and what level of competence we, the public should have. >> it was an evolving process. the des

north carolina is so important vote for mark and ted. and before we continue let said love and support to our fellow citizens in north carolina and south carolinae southeast who are still recovering from your rainsoaked hurricane. i was here in south carolina you were hit less rain but more water that was a bad one but fema and the first responders and coast guard your local people have done a fantastic job i spoke to somebody backstage who was hit hard how is that? okay he didn't know what i was talking about that you worked hard and government worked hard and government and the people working together and the way that north carolina came back and south carolina came back now with florida and georgia that was a different time less water but those winds were as big as anybody has seen. they ripped foundations not just knocking a house down. it was like a massive tornado the damage was incredible. i have never seen anything like it but congratulations for your great job it is being finished out incredible congratulations good job. and tonight we also remember a fallen hero north carolina highway patrol officer kevin connor his family is here. [a

now we're moving into south carolina and also north carolina. we could see some pretty gusty wind here. that could bring down some trees and also power lines and we could see additional power outages with that. >>> let's go straight to kerry sanders live in panama city, florida. we saw your coverage yesterday. saw that image of you being blown around by the powerful wind. what are the conditions like there this morning? talk to us a little bit about that experience in terms of covering it yesterday. we made the point about how quickly this storm grew and how quickly it moved. did that give enough folks on the ground time to prepare or get out? >> preparation really was flat footed. people thought that a category two was coming and they didn't do what they normally would do with a category four or five. this really tells the story here. we're at a marina here. this is called legendary marinm. you can see the damage created by the storm. >> oh my goodness. >> reporter: it's amazing. when you look at the rotation of the hurricane winds, this is act

carolinas. south carolina, north carolina, bringing in about 6 to 10 inches of rain there. if it follows more of an eastern route, it should go off the coast, for the most part, leaving the carolinas with not as much rain. so either scenario, this is a major tomorrow, brooke. this is going to cause a lot of wind damage, storm surge, and it could hit the carolinas, as well, with a lot more rain. >> we'll stay in close contact with you over the course of the next couple of days. jennifer gray, thank you. >>> meantime, 20 people have been killed, including four sisters and a newlywed couple after a limo crashed in new york state. we are now learning that the limo shouldn't have been on the road in the first place. failed inspection. and the driver wasn't even licensed to drive it. how did this happen? opportunity is everywhere. like here. and here. see? opportunity. hi! cinturones por favor. gracias. ev-er-y-where. about to be parents. it's doing a lot of kicking down there. meeting the parents. it's gonna be fine. and this driver, logging out to watch his kid hit one out of t

it will be in the carolinas, south carolina, north carolina, still windy conditions, torrential rain. in an area that has already been waterlogged by florence, just a couple of weeks ago. so we're expecting 6 to 10 inches of rain across southern georgia. we could see 2 to 4 inches just to the south of atlanta. maybe even more. it's very hard to predict exactly where those rain bands are going to set up. so if one of them sets up on top of you, say over the city of atlanta, we will have even more rain. so this is basically the best estimate of rain as far as we can tell with this storm pushing to the north and east. it is a fast-mover. that's why the rain totals aren't as high as what we saw in florence. but it still has a lot of moisture and has a lot of momentum with it coming off of that warm gulf of mexico. we have watches and warnings in place. we have hurricane warnings still for the florida panhandle. one just dropped off. and you can see for southern georgia, the tropical storm warnings go all the way up into the carolinas. there's actually storm surge of 2 to 4 feet possible a

south and north carolina. hopefully the forward speed of the storm will reduce the amount of rain fall that south carolina, northa sees. but florence passed through the cape fear river and other river baa si basins have yet to recede. any other rain fall through south and north carolina is not welcomed. but unfortunately it will be a reality and it will cause problems as it pushes through as well. so right now fema has 3,000 people in the field. that doesn't include our federal partners that are there. we are doing everything we can to pre-position not only incident management teams and disaster management teams but rotary aircraft ready to go to support search and rescue missions. we have search and rescue teams staged to be able to move into florida but also georgia as well. in regards to commodities, the state of florida has strong capability that we're working hand in hand with right now. you know, they have staging in atlanta ready to move in as soon as we can do so and push through. you know, the great communication just got off the phone with governor scott. the governor is leaning forward, doing everythi

with china are very strong but even on the east coast, fastest growing export market for south carolina, north carolinais china and so certainly a slowdown in china is going to be felt in those economies but also a price to be paid if we don't modernize our trade relationship with china. our trade relationships, current rules that we are operating under were largely put in place back at the turn of the century and china was much smaller economy, impact on the economy was much less and the current system is not working right. lauren: modernize is a good word, mark vitner, have a good weekend. cheryl: a lot going on this morning, shift in tone towards saudi arabia, president trump for the first time saying he believes jamal khashoggi is dead. and he is warning of severe punishment if turns out the saudi arabia government was behind murder. jonathan, good morning. >> good morning, cheryl. cheryl: lots of questions for you, first, i want you to listen and get your opinion on the tone from president trump when he spoke about what to do with the saudis, listen to this. >> what are you considering for possibl

flooding and storm surge are still a concern in parts of alabama, florida, georgia, north carolina and south carolina have all declared emergencies. >> we are deploying a massive wave of response and efforts are underway. help is coming by air, land, and they. >> we are doing everything we can to perform search and rescue. we were able to get search and rescue teams in but you can only do so much.>> fema pledging swift response to the president making clear the area will have the full resources of the federal government. >> we are going to go fast. we are going to make it go fast.>>reporter: this morning, 360,000 customers throughout the state of florida that do not have power and depending on where you are, is going to be dependent on how quickly he gets it turned back on. in tallahassee they had one crew for every circuit turned back off, but then again, you look at panama city beach, and they said some of the infrastructure was damaged so badly, it may needed to be rebuilt from the ground up. >>> reyes live in florida. thank you. >>> the weather here is not as much of a big story as the weather fo

carolinas bringing damaging winds and heavy rain. pickings up for columbia, south carolina, 2.5" of rain just this morning. you can see tropical storm michael pushing across south carolina and north carolina there. and they do not need any more rain. they got three feet of rain with hurricane florence and, of course, our hearts really go out to the carolinas. this is the worst situations. they could see as much as 10 inches of rain as this pushes through. 40 miles wenorthwest of mbia, socarolina. storvirginia and then prth eventually by tomorrow morning, out into the atlantic. so picking up as much as 10 inches of new rainfall from georgia up through the carolinas and for virginia. so the storm still strong wind damage likely through georgia and the carolinas and flooding rains possible as far north as washington, dc. we'll talk about our weather here at home coming up in a bit. back to you. >>> a mild day on tap here in the bay area. not so much on the roads, though, take a look at this! is this 880? 580. all right. 580. all looks the same to me in the morning. but yeah, regardless, traffic everywhere. you got a lot of red on your screen. >> reporter: that's right. it's bay area

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heading toward south carolina, north carolina as well. tornadoes watch in effect for north carolina as we go through the afternoon. we could see weak tornadoes on the east side of this storage. unfortunately, sorry, that was south carolina, my apologies. moving cold front is what is going to sweep this offshore which is great news. ahead of it not only the tornadoes threat but we could see heavy rainfall in areas hard hit by hurricane florence. that is going to be a colonel going through the next 12 to 24 hours. the storm will be out of here by friday which is great news. it's going to take days if not weeks to assess the damage from the storm. this was the strongest hurricane to hit the u.s. coast line since andrew back in 1992 with 155 mile-per-hour sustained winds. there is your potential rainfall as we go through the next 12 to 24 hours. flash flood warnings and warnings will remainly posted. a lot of these areas, you know, the trees are very weak, the roots are weak. any rainfall could bring downed trees, power lines and flashed flood

the carolinas are still cleaning up from hurricane florence. thi impacting south carolina and north carolina. we ask people to remain vigilant. >> triggering about 20 rescues out of neighborhoods inundated by flash flooding and a mud slide. states are only just beginning to assess the damage left behind. >> reporter: there is destruction as far as the eye can see. dris wrused to be a popular restaurant and way in the distance the storm search knocked that blue building into another. this was the height of hurricane michael, the epicenter of a monster category four storm. once a popular tourist destination, it is now obliterated. the storm packing winds of 155 miles per hour. but it was the ripping entire homes off their foundations. we saw search and rescue teams going house to house. >> swrb nothing left but our two good dogs. >> reporter: the storm surge came roaring through and slaj into these buildings, leaving behind destruction. >> i didn't think we were going to make it. >> reporter: they didn't think they'd survive. the tree split their house in half. >> we ran into the bathroom and

where they are coming back so fast, but they are coming back, to ohio, pennsylvania, south carolina, north carolina are coming in to a place called minnesota. we love minnesota? [applause] president trump: 1972. you know what that is, right? that was the last time, and boy, we came this close, one more speech up here and i would have won that state. i came, do you remember? i said, i think i am going to win minnesota. everybody said it hasn't been won since 1972. congress would have said that, right? 1972. looksn't been won. i said at the crowds. they love it. we are going to take care of minnesota. we are going to stop what is happening that is so unfair in minnesota. then, on election night, i said, let's go to minnesota but they a great state,ed michigan. that is another one that hasn't been won in many years. i went to michigan, we had 32,000 people in michigan at 1:00 a.m. and it was already election day. i had to skip minnesota. i felt so badly because one more speech, i could have showed up at 3:00 a.m. maybe, i don't know. but we are going to be in. we are going to win minnesota. and you se

it will likely continue into south carolina, north carolina, and flooding rain from this system will be as far north as washington dc. here's the satellite imagery. made landfall just east of panama city. still holding together very strong despite the fact it pulls its energy from warm ocean water and it's over land. has no food now. one category storm, winds down to 80 miles an hour. it's racing up to the northeast at 17 miles an hour and it will continue its forward speed through the carolinas tomorrow. and then exiting off the peninsula headed toward england as soon as this weekend. a strong storm that will stay strong with a lot of rainfall the next couple of days as far north as philadelphia, washington dc, and richmond, but it's still a hurricane over georgia right now. we'll talk about how this storm compares to the strongest winds we have ever seen in san francisco. that's coming up in a few short minutes. >> okay paul. thank you. our coverage does not end here, we'll have a live report from panama city florida coming up at 6:30 as the storm moves northeast. >>> massive marij

ands 145 miles an hour, that hurricane will move pretty quickly through gegia, south carolina, north carolinait of the coast so for us, stray showers today. but you with the hurricane michael, remnants of it and the co frontombined, thursday we are looking at rain, possibly an inch, could be more southnd east. and then a chance of sprinkles early on thsaturday. temperatures will be feeling more like fall this weekend. >> and that is it for news 4 midday. thank you for joining us. we're back at 00. and get updates anytime with the nbc washington app. when treatment centers of america in philadelphia, she's coming for the multimodal therapy where the specialists form a treatment plan together. we were looking for a cancer team that would help us decide the best course of action. we have so many tools at our cent. this is what attracted amy all the way from new york. these were people who were experts in their field. and for us that was the best choice. learn more about our breast center at cancercenter.com/philadelphia with two by fours,t frheir counr stand buil scraps of wood. their first beer

. >> dana: just curious about how water logged south carolina and north carolina are. expecting a lot more rain. >> this is going to run over some of these areas. as far as -- sorry. what was the other question? >> dana: how water logged south carolina and north carolina are. that's a lot of water to absorb. >> the heaviest rain won't be impacting here. you asked ab florence. this one will hit and move out. florence we got 40 inches because it sat there and spun. this more like 8 to 12 inches. i think wind and storm surge will be the things people remember when this is over. democrat thank you, adam >> dana: thank kwrourbg adam. kim jong-un rolling out the red carpet for a world leader. it's not president trump. plus a new debate on the electoral college. is it time for a new way to elect the president? that and much more coming up. make sure you follow us on social media for lots of "daily briefing" extras. are you a veteran, own a home, and need money for your family? newday usa can help. we earned a lot of va benefits with our service. but the va home loan benefit i

outages throughout the state and then unfortunately you're going to see rainfall into south carolina, north carolinasterday if we were standing here at around 11:00 in the morning we would be in chest high water. now all that's left is this geey gooey mud. we're under a curfew until sunrise, many counties up and down the panhandle are under similar curfews. as soon as the sun comes up, you'll see a big rescue effort, and effort to get the power turned back on. it will get very, very busy in the next cup can he'll o couple. jillian: thank you, ray. rob: senator pamela harris doesn't seem too concerned about the 5,000 terrorism cases the fbi is currently investigating. instead, the california democrat used a hearing on the matter to ask about justice brett kavanaugh. >> i'd like to talk with you about the kavanaugh hearing. did anyone in your agency receive any direction about the scope of the investigation directly from don mcgahn? do you know who determined that the fbi would not interview judge kavanaugh or dr. ford or the list of 40 plus witnesses? rob: the hearing about terrorism with the fbi dir

overnight tonight into the day tomorrow, it's chugging through georgia into south carolina into north carolinaright field mond, virginia, south of that area, maybe even still a tropical storm. but the hurricane center believes as that circulation moves offshore, it may strengthen again. >> sam champion, thank you. always good to see you, my friend. ♪ immac hasly polished >> next, notes on life and legacy. from the rapper known for his live your life anthem. of 1edicines with trelegy. the only fda-approved 3-in-1 copd treatment. ♪ trelegy. the power of 1-2-3 ♪ trelegy 1-2-3 trelegy with trelegy and the power of 1-2-3, i'm breathing better. trelegy works 3 ways to... ...open airways,... ...keep them open... ...and reduce inflammation... ...for 24 hours of better breathing. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. trelegy is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened b

north, at fema's request, we have positioned albany, our money -- in north ochs guild, south carolina, and fort bragg, north carolina. the staging bases are part of the ongoing recovery efforts. we have airest, rescue teams supported by fema capability rescue boats. this is indeed a collaborative is the lead federal agency for sar. while we are different departments, let there be no doubt that we are fully integrated together. repositioned generators with an additional 30 on the way. our defense logistics agency has repositioned fuel supplies at maxwell air force base and other areas. alerto maintain c-17's on that can respond to any requirement. and finally we have aeromedical evacuation teams ready to respond if we need to evacuate anyone out of the area. we have these forces pre-positioned to rescue citizens as soon as possible. facilitateured to timely and effective military responses. now i would like to take any questions you have about our preparations. tyndall, andned moved.mand has been areas?u evacuated those we look across the cut middle u.s.. we have other places where we can do the command and control m

. >> i really worry a little bit about south carolina, north carolina from the standpoint they were already saturated and they're going to get a reasonable hit. >> president trump says more fema workers and first responders are on the way. he says he hopes to visit some of the storm-affected areas sunday or monday. >>> let's give you a look at the satellite radar showing where hurricane michael is right now. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is keeping an eye on its path. he's going to give us an update in about 15 minutes. >>> well, it has been a week of heartache, reflection, and recovery in the north bay. a year ago sonoma, napa, and mendocino counties were hit hard by wildfires. last october nine people died in the rural town of redwood valley. and sadly, among those victims, 17-year-old kressa shepherd and her 14-year-old bother kai. their mother sara, she was burned over 60% of her body and she was in a coma for three months. sara shepherd shared her agonizing loss with nbc bay area's joe rosato jr. >> years in a beautiful rural green landscape with dirt roads. >> reporter: pour 40 yea

nearapalachicola, the big bend, and as this races off to the north and east, all of coastal south carolina, north carolinauld get dumped with a lot of rain, as well. hurricane-force winds extend about 30 miles from the center. tropical storm force winds extend about 175 miles from the center. and so, the winds are going to be far-reaching, and could have huge impacts along the coast of florida, even up through georgia and alabama. so, hurricane watches are infect, tropical storm watches are infect. we could see 8 to 12 feet of storm surge in the big bend of florida, so do expect some incredible amounts of flooding, brooke, but the wind, i think, is going to be the biggest concern with this particular storm. >> got it. jennifer gray, thank you very much. coming up next, a writer for "the washington post" is feared dead after he walked into a saudi arabian embassy and never walked out. details on why his government may have wanted to kill him and how the trump administration is responding. only fidelity offers four zero expense ratio index funds directly to investors. and now we have zero account fees for b

power outages throughout the state and unfortunately you're going to see rainfall into south carolina, north carolinaer: so yesterday this section where i'm standing right now was under about two feet of water. you can see all that's left is this gooey mud. we're under a curfew right now. as soon as the sun comes up we'll be able to make better damage assessment. back to you. heather: our hearts and prayers go out to all those folks who are returning home to all of that mess. thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. this fox business alert, cvs one step closer to changing the health care market in the us. tracy korosko from fox business here with more on the major merger and what we need to know. >> this could be a game-changer for the health care industry. cvs one step closer to gaining the approval to buy aetna. that is the nation's largest health insurer. this is a $69 billion deal, the largest health insurance deal in history that we've seen. regulators do believe that the american people would benefit from this type of deal, that it would lower america's health care cost, improve the qua

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carolinas. that shifts the heaviest rainfall. that is good because eastern south carolina and north carolina are regions with the heaviest rainfall with 3 to 4 foot totals in florence and now they can expect 1 to 2 rather than 3 to 5 inches of rainfall. >> some good news. ryan, we are seeing stunning video of the storm. michael hit panama city as it hit parts of florida and mexico beach including. what to you made this a devastating and now deadly storm? >> the fact that hurricane michael made landfall. all the way up until the last pass the aircraft made before it hit mexico beach. the pressure fell. every time that aircraft went through the circulation center. that is very dangerous. it is a uniquely dangerous situation because when a hurricane intensifies all the way to landfall, it makes the wind damage much worse. inn sententense storms are high convective. a loft down to the surface. as the last report said, i think there is a lot of work still to do and figuring out how bad michael's wrath was in north florida just because yesterday was so chaotic. i think we still will find out a bit about how bad this thing really was as

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so there could be more flooding in eastern south carolina and north carolina. that's sad. let's take a look at our temperatures headed to the east bay. 56 in castro valley. the cool spot. the fog will be the big issue and the west wind. you can see the sea breeze blowing 13 miles an hour across the golden gate. watch out for fog near the coast this morning. it will be breezy north of the bay bridge this afternoon and it will be cool to warm if you're taking mass transit. here's a look at the north bay. notice the wealth of 80s we had yesterday. they're just about gone. we'll start off about 55 and warm up to about 76 at 2:00 and drop down to 86. we'll look at san francisco where we'll warm up around noon, the sea breeze will kick in and drop from the mid-50s back to 60s by the time the sun sets. you say there's an issue in the east bay. >> an issue on northbound 880. getting onto northbound 880 could be a problem. we were picking up earlier slowing on 880 out of san lorenzo into san leandro due to roadwork but that should be closed in the next 20 minutes. we'll head to hig

florida anddle, notgia and alabama, you are talking about -- and by the way, how about north carolina, south carolinaot hit. that was a bad one. so you have massive water in north carolina and south carolina. and then you get it from the other side with essentially a tornado that was massively wide. that was the world's biggest tornado. i had never seen anything like it. houses where the foundations were ripped out of the ground. there was nothing. it was total devastation. and i said we have to help these farmers. destroyed. have been pecans?one grow farmers who had yearsand it takes for before they start and eight years and 10 years before they really become productive. farmsd massive pecan where there was not one trees standing. because they are not supposed to be hit by hurricanes. palm trees are hit by hurricanes. .ith them it is like ho hum everything is gone except the palm trees. they have been hit by hurricanes for 2 million years. they see a hurricane coming and they say ho hum. you cannot knock those suckers over. florida,in palm beach, and miami, where i have a lot of stuff. i put that ce

it's still impacting south carolina and north carolina. we ask citizens to remain vigilant. make sure they understand all the warnings that are in place and take this storm seriously as we push forward. so with that, i'm going to push it over to ken from noaa. >> you just heard from the fema head on the latest of this storm. after absolutely shredding parts of the florida panhandle. nbc's matt bradley is live in tallahassee, where more than 100,000 people are without power. what else are people doing there? tallahassee is known, famous for its extraordinary tall trees. just yesterday, you were at the state university where you've got thousands of students where it is not their home state now displaced. >> you mentioned all those thousands of trees that are the pride and joy of tallahassee. we have one of them here. it's not so tall anymore unfortunately. this is the fate 126 trees throughout the county where tallahassee slow dated. a big problem for the city not just because they're historic and what defined tallahassee, what makes it such

that you can see in this red, and there will be more tornado watches in georgia and south carolina and north carolina as this moves up to the southeast. and it is the life-threatening flooding and wind that's the biggest concern. because this is a fast-moving storm, there's going to be hundreds of miles of wind damage. in fact, let me go back and show you. here it is. tightening up during the overnight hours, moving ashore. now let me show you where it's going to go. it's still going to be pumping at least 50-mile-per-hour winds as it heads through north carolina, and it rains on those same areas that are still saturated from florence. so flooding is going to continue all the way through at least friday. kristen? all mike, thanks so much. we're continuing to monitor hurricane michael coming up around 11:07. we'll go live to florida with abc news with conditions on the ground right now. you can get updates any time on the abc news app and abcnews.com. >>> some other news right now. new at 11:00, a 34-year-old man is under arrest accused in a serious sexual assault at levi stadium. david gonzalez is in

south carolina. >> hurricane michael went through and caused massive amounts of devastation throughout the florida panhandle as well as moved to southwest georgia last night. continues to push its way through south carolina and northas we speak. so the event is still ongoing. for citizens in north carolina and south carolina, please make sure that you are listening to all of the warnings that are pushing forward. >> sandra: meanwhile, catastrophic destruction in mexico beach, a small tourist town just down the road. the damage they are is just absolutely horrific. rescuers are having trouble even getting in. one resident capturing it on video, describing a sea of debris, floating in the floodwaters there. she said visibly reduced dramatically. dramatically reduced the ability to see. you can barely see anything, and from her vantage point, all of the nearby houses were submerged at one point. joining us now by phone, endemi endemic -- >> jon: mike huckabee. he is an eyewitness to all of this. so it sounds like a vi passed a little bit to the east of you. it must have been pretty scary. >> we were pretty fortunate, if you want to call it that. we were on the left side of the hurricane. the only time i want to be on

nation, it was about 36 hours and of responding to matthew and the governors of florida, south carolina, north carolina, and virginia were all wanting to know when the porch would get back open. the porch is that critically linked to this nations economic prosperity. if you look today, there really is an increasing crescendo of demand in the united states coast guard, the threats are not regionally focused, a list of networks, near peer competition, natal -- nationstates and adversaries wish to do us harm. they don't respect borders. the homeland is no longer a sanctuary. as my service secretary, the home game is an away game and they are no longer as distinct. they are one and the same. this poses complicated obstacles to national security. the coast guard is absolutely part of that solution. as challenges to our national security prosperity and global influence grow in the core -- and become more complex, the need for the coast guard has never been greater. the demand for coast guard services is unprecedented. from the public racer from our own department, from federal state and local partners, and f

we're going to see flooding across georgia and then this rain pushes into waterlogged south carolina and north carolina as early as tomorrow. and so, yes, this storm is a very fast mover, but it still has a lot of moisture, pumping a lot of rain and wind with it. and so we're going to pick up 6 to 10 inches, not to mention, we still have hurricane warnings and tropical storm warnings that extend all the way up into the carolinas. and so, jake, this is far from over. we are now assessing the damage along the panhandle, those coastal areas. but areas inland, don't let your guard down, because it's coming in the next up ecouple of hours. >> hurricane michael, the strongest hurricane to strike the florida panhandle on record. stay with us. roof now. congratulations. thank you. how many kids? my two. his three. along with two dogs and jake, our new parrot. that is quite the family. quite a lot of colleges to pay for though. a lot of colleges. you get any financial advice? yeah, but i'm pretty sure it's the same plan they sold me before. well your situation's totally changed now. right, right. how 'bout a pl

south carolina tooth. that stuck over south carolina and north carolina. here it was fast moving. the wind gusts ended up being a huge issue. if you've ever been to tallahassee, you know this is a picturesque town. it became a major problem with trees. this tree has cut down access across this road, narrowly missed this house. smashed into a car. all throughout the neighborhoods. we traveled through the main streets by and large for the most part, pretty accessible. you can get through. it's not till you get into the neighborhoods you're dealing with problems like this. tens of thousands of people, an estimated 50,000 people here in the city of tallahassee without power. the florida governor was very concerned because of scenes like you see hide me here. he was very worried about the trees here in tallahassee, capital of florida as well as the storm surge. storm surge didn't end up being a factor here in tallahassee. the wind was more of a factor. the rain stopped. the wind is still okay. it's not too bad so far as these night hours hit us here. you have to assess the damage when

north and south carolina. worked out also the north and south carolina will get a lot of water. nothing like they had two weeks ago they will get a lot of water also. the water is still raining out. this is still a big problem. i worry about south and north carolina from the standpoint that they are already saturated and will get a reasonable hit. flex they will. possiblysee as much as eight inches in isolated areas through south and north carolina . it is all about the rivers being able to process from florence. some of them have had the time to do that so this does not help. >> saudi arabia release the journal -- pres. trump: i would have to look at that when you say release the journalists -- that i would have to look into p or i'm not familiar. concerned? >> i would certainly be concerned. andwife wrote us a letter addressed it to my wife and myself. we want to bring it to the white house. it is a very sad and bad situation. and we want to get to the bottom of it. want to say that. i hope he is not. i hope he is not. i would have to find out who did it, but, people saw him go

so by thursday it's over georgia, south carolina and north carolina by friday out of here.n the wake of it, we could see rain up to a foot locally storm surge watches including tampa bay. with 2 tot of surge tre i've covered storms in the area. only good news it's swampland but we'll be keeping an eye on this and ready for a raucous mid week. sy cecilia. >> thank you, ginger. >>> new details on that stretch limo crash in upstate new york. four sisters and their family and friends out for a birthday celebration. in all, 20 people killed making it the deadliest crash in this country in nearly a decade. abc's erielle reshef has the latest. >> be advised. we got two cars off in the brush. >> reporter: this morning, the ntsb investigating the country's deadliest transportation accident in nearly a decade. >> we need multiple ambulances, put a med life on standby. >> reporter: 18 people inside a limo killed when officials say it barreled through an intersection in upstate new york plowing into a crowded restaurant parking lot slamming into an empty suv, striking and killing two b