we did not see the hurricane winds in wilmington. we haven't seen a lot of recent updates of the wind gusts. here's a couple estimates that we're going to deal with as we go throughout the rest of the morning. in the 50 mile-per-hour range or so. and for our friends up in cape cod and nova scotia, nova scotia is expecting a category 1 hurricane as we go through saturday. so it's not done yet after it's past north carolina and even areas there around st. john. and our friends in cape cod are under a tropical storm warning. they could see winds gusting over 39 miles per hour. overall i think it's going to be looked at as a minor hurricane which is fine. >> for the east coast of the united states minor. not necessarily for the bahamas, obviously. >> right. that was a historic -- >> yeah. once we get done with this part, then we just can focus all our attention trying to help the people in the northern bahamas. >> which they very much need. >> absolutely. bill karins, we're going get an update i believe in about 35 minutes from now from

here outside of wilmington.n the difference of the hurricanes, really interesting the way that these hurricanes behave. last year hurricane florence came onshore to wilmington, and it stalled. it stalled for 36 hours, and it dumped rain on this city. and that's what caused the flooding. the speed of this hurricane, hurricane dorian, it was much faster. it moved out of town much quicker, and it skirted the coast. so it looks like wilmington avoided the direct hit. but the more of these i cover, and the more i listen to bill karins in the studio, it feels like weather is local. and the way that these hurricanes behave is more important sometimes than the category of the hurricanes certainly. that was the case last year when hurricane florence, as i said, it came over on to wilmington. i remember i came off one of these overnight shifts, and then i went to sleep for six hours. and the eye of the hurricane really didn't move in those six hours. and that's what caused that flooding, david. >> cal perry, my colleague

fear river in downtown wilmington. over the last couple hours we have started to feel some of those bands come through from hurricane dorian. we have had heavy rain at times in high winds and a number of tornadoes. as hurricane dorian rages up the coast it already has south carolina in its grips. flooding the streets of charleston and stranding a car on myrtle beach.>>> if you don't need to be out don't go out. in this kind of situation you don't need to go out. stay off the streets. it is very dangerous.>> reporter: in north carolina rain is blowing sideways. whipping the abandoned streets in wilmington. as the storm approaches it has already spawned possible tornadoes. the governor's warning residents dorian could be deadly.>>> this won't be a brush five. whether it comes ashore or not. the eye of the storm will be close enough to cause extensive damage.>> reporter: the wilmington forecast calls for winds up to 105 miles per hour. with storm surges possibly as high as seven feet. one of the biggest concerns along the

in and around wilmington. when we talk to the police chief in wilmington he said of all things you could have in a tornado, storm surge, rain, he was most worried about wind in dorian. >> 200 personnel are ready to get out there, work intersections, help clean out the roadways, have downed power lines. we expect a lot of power outages in the area. we learned a lot from florence last year so we know what to expect. the winds will be higher in this event in florence last year. >> in terms of wind impacts, so far at last count, there are less than 120,000 customers without power in the state of north carolina, far less than anticipated but as you know we are not anywhere near close to being done with this storm just yet. shannon: we will ask janice and let you know when the danger has passed, thank you. janice dean live in the weather center tracking the latest on hurricane dorian. you saw two spots along the coast, the storm still whipping stuff up. >> of course and we got a new advisory, the storm has weakened

a year ago, hurricane florence flooded out wilmington for four days. it doesn't look like that's happening right now, but of course we won't know for at least another six hours, chris. >> thank you for that. take care of yourself. let's go to david gura on the outer banks of north carolina. i know this area well, david. two of my brothers has owned homes there. one still does. i'm hoping it's all good where his house is, as everyone is in that area. look, storm surge, we've talked about this, has been the big concern for that area. how are things there? >> reporter: you can tell, i think, from the last time we spoke, the winds have picked up here. they are at my back and blowing hard. you see the waves are crashing up on the shore more as well. so we're feeling what cal was alluding to a moment ago. the winds he's been dealing with are now moving here. for those who haven't been to this part of the country, it is uniquely beautiful. these are very thin barrier islands. i kind of analogize it a bit to a skeleton or a spine going down southward. very thi

wearily are in the thick of things in downtown wilmington, as the eye of the storm slowly crawls past us. over the last couple of hours, conditions here have really deteriorated. we've been hit with heavy rains, pounding winds, and this storm of course is not over yet. sheets of rain and howling wind from hurricane dorian are lashing north carolina. the storm was outer bands all those bonds this water spout that became a tornado and wiped out another rv park in the town of emerald isle. the twister was one of at least 15. >> we have a long night ahead of us. everyone needs to stay in a safe place and off the roads until the storm passes. >> reporter: thousands of evacuated have the coastal cities, but some are riding it out. >> we've got everything all charge, we got food we can cook both on the grill and on the stove. >> reporter: cured wilmington, officials are warning of a storm surge that could be as high as seven feet. coast guard members are standing by and ready to assist as soon as dorian blows through. earlier, dorian ushered in storm surge and rain that flooded communities f

reporting live in wilmington, north carolina, kenneth craig, kpix 5. >> by this time tomorrow night,orian will be out over the open ocean, but as he saw from kenneth lives are, still windy, still wet be 80 mile-per-hour wind got into the round charleston today, 70 mile-per- hour wind got in wilmington , but the storm is beginning to peel away. as mentioned earlier, it's now down to a category one. but it is still hurricane. 90 mile per hour sustained winds near the center, and the center of the storm is within 30 miles of the coastline by night not make landfall. it still a big storm. by tomorrow night, it is north of virginia. by saturday morning, it's east of boston, where there is a tropical storm watch out for the islands east of boston, including martha's vineyard. the storm is pulling away from the east coast tomorrow. beach erosion all the way north into canada is likely, and it will go down as one of the strongest storms ever indialantic. >>> weekend events, castro valley fall festival, nothing but sunshine. 75 degrees, opera and the cut. sunday golden gate park in san franci

we have not lost power in downtown wilmington which is good news. that can't be said for other parts of our area. duke energy reporting about 85,000 people without power this morning. cruiser staged a couple hours to get in there and get the power back on for those who have lost power. we do know there have been reports to nato's touching down yesterday as dorian was getting closer to the carolina coast. it is now a hurricane one but it grazed by hurricane wilmington area as category two but the people are breathing a sigh of relief this morning as the damage is not what it could have been. reporting in wilmington, ktvu fox 2 news . >>> a sheriff's deputy opened fire while serving a warrant, still ahead the confrontation that involved a suspect and al warrior tickets, louis vuitton bags and envelopes of cash. a kickback steam that is now affecting more than a dozen doctors and nurses . >>> when it comes to your morning commute, you can see here on the bay bridge the commute is light . >>> we will have a cool down yesterday that continues we will tak

joined by phone by the mayor of wilmington, north carolina. we just heard from bill karins by noon tomorrow this storm could already be in your history books. what do crow expect to wake up tomorrow in terms of the consequences that have already landed on wilmington? >> a lot of rain and we're getting it right now. and of course probably some downed trees and hopefully not power lines but possibly power lines will also come down. it'll be the second time in a year we're dealing with the hurricane and now we're dealing with dorian and it's -- you know, obviously our citizens are kind of weather weary but we're ready to go and we'll hunker down and put our assets out on the streets as soon as this storm passes. >> i know you have a lot of experience as a coastal city in the carolinas dealing with hurricanes and anticipation of hurricanes. but did you do anything differently this year based on last year's experience? >> we did. last year we just we were cut off from the world for four days because out lying areas were flooded and interstate 40 an

this is where we're most concerned from wilmington. also in the cape, that's where we're going to be watching in terms of storm surge. we have the highest tide there. that's something we're going to watch. as we head throughout the next couple hours, look at the category 1 storm still friday at 8:00 p.m. this story goes on and on. and this is what we're talking about earlier. we had 20 reports of tornadoes. that is unbelievable. now remember hurricane has everything it needs to spin off a tornado. we have seen that. that's an enhanced risk. that's very rare when it comes to tropical systems. the good news is they tend tb quick and tend to be a quick spin up. the they are rain wrapped. that's invisible to our eyes. it tends to be kind of disguised by that rain. we'll see that throughout the night here. remember we're going to get dark soon. we'll be dealing with overnight when the power is out. the skies are dark. we have a tornado watch in parts of south carolina until 4:00 and then in north carolina until 7:00. so watching this very c

this, in fact, was the scene in wilmington, north carolina, earlier. our tornado was also spotted near myrtle beach. warnings have been issued for much of the southeastern portion of that state. >>> meanwhile, in the bahamas, the death toll has risen to at least 20 now as rescue workers are making their way to the most devastated areas of that island chain. weather watches, weather warnings now extending as far north as massachusetts. we're checking the current conditions from our correspondents along the path of dorian. al roker standing by for that 11:00 update. we'll go to him in a moment. but we start in the low country of charleston, south carolina. we start there. dorian expected to get dangerously close today to the peninsula on which that city sits. msnbc's ali velshi has made his way there. what are you seeing right now, buddy? >> reporter: well, we're probably within the band of the worst of it for charleston right now. high tide is at 2:00, but we've got that northwestern part of the storm coming in pushing this surf in. as you can see, it's

high tide is about 4:52 in the wilmington area. so we're only a couple hours away from high tide and the water level remains very, very low. it is is not approaching the banks, no threat of overflowing at this point. that is the other piece of good news. i thinkkle we will see a lot of damage but not utter devastation. that's good news. mary ann, back to you. >> thank you, doug, live coverage of hurricane dorian. also breaking, robert mugabe has died in singapore where he has often received medical treatment in recent years. according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. mugabe came to wow we are at independence from britain in 1908 after a gorilla war ended white leadership. he was held as a model leader but that diminished over time as his leadership became more authoritarian. he resigned as president in 2017 following a military dew coup. he was 95 years old. stay with fox news for more on hurricane dorian and the death of robert mugabe, the death of the former zima bob zimbabwe p. now back to the program already in

carley: todd pyro at the waiver walk in downtown wilmington. what is it like? >> reporter: this is what we got a few hours ago. when you think of the w words associated with a harrington -- hurricane, waves, that is not the focus. of waves were the issue, if we had the storm surge that was predicted i would be standing in waves because this river would be where i am standing. water, yes, we fully expect we will see water in roadways but the w word that is the winner, wind. we are getting hit with wind and this is nothing compared to what it was earlier. when you think about tornadoes, the signature impact of the storm when all is said and done in wilmington the recovery is going to be focused on the power. the individual we spoke to about from the power company. we don't have that. basically talking about the issue with regard to recovery, what will happen in the days after. the weight is working aishah hasnie alluded to earlier, you have all the power companies converging on affected areas as the area becomes clear. let's say wilmington becomes clear, the powe

>> drew griffin, wilmington, north carolina, thank you, drew. let's get down the coast now to myrtle beach, south carolina. martin savidge is there. and he joins us now live. martin, what are the conditions like at the moment where you are? >> reporter: well, we've got the winds. there's no doubt about that. in fact, the winds really picked up around midday here. and they have only intensified into the evening hours. there might be a slight lessening, but it's only by a few degrees, and we've had the rain, no doubt. tornadoes, though, that was something that many people had not counted on. it began very early this morning. and those spinoffs have caused damage. they call them spinoff tornadoes. they're not like the ones you get in oklahoma, but -- >> wow. >> reporter: a very still powerful force, and scare a lot of people because the hurricane, they expected, but tornadoes just drop out of the sky and they really are hard to predict. they've got people on edge again tonight, don. >> absolutely. martin savidge reporting to us from myrtle beach, s

we are live in wilmington this morning.tting better. >> good morning, thankfully, it is a pretty nice day today. now it seems to be clearing up the sky is slowly becoming more blue this morning. even though hurricane dorian continues to weaken it is still battering parts of north carolina coast. >> reporter: the storm's wrath fell across the carolinas hugging the coastline bringing rain and winds and damaging tornadoes. this twister and white oak north carolina is one of multiple tornadoes touching down in the state. another one in brunswick county gathering debris across the neighborhood. water spout turned up by the outer bounds of the hurricane, toppling houses in the coastal town of emerald isle. >> storm also hammering south carolina on tuesday. downed trees and power lines, littering the road. cameras are rolling when this livewire came in contact with floodwaters downtown. pounding waves in myrtle beach, swallowing this jeep which was left on the shore. james island strong winds ripping that that'll metal roof off th

then friday morning, it's between wilmington and cape hatteras. the american model, european model all very close. however, the european model makes a possible landfall somewhere south of wilmington friday morning, and then another landfall to the west of cape hatteras. the american model just a little further south of that. we're talking a period of miles, a stretch of miles, but here's what we look for as far as the impacts as this system starts to work its way up. so charleston tomorrow. 50 to 85-mile-per-hour winds. look how far inland you've got tropical force winds. the tropical force winds extend out 175 miles. as we move out to friday morning, wilmington and norfolk both have to worry about this, 55-85-mile-per-hour winds. flooding of 6 to 15 inches. overnight tonight, about midnight, that's when we'll be looking at high tide. you can see thursday morning, high tides around 1:00, 1:15. as we make our way to myrtle beach, wilmington, cape hatteras, it's around 1:00 to 1:30 in the morning. we're talking about isolated 15 inches of rain from

a number of people have chosen to stay in wilmington. a year ago, the flooding went on the interstate. the city was cut off for four days. this city became an island, separated from the rest of the state that. is on the minds of people who couldn't get back to their homes a year ago, which is why we've seen not only boarded up stores, but a lot of people staying. not out of the woods just yet. officials still want people to hunker down, but clearly as we get more and more news out of the bahamas, it seems as though this storm, staying offshore, is certainly good news for wilmington and the county. >> as cal pointed out this is not their first rodeo, hurricane coming up the coast for them concerned. with dorian continuing to track north, we want to hear more about the damage that the storm left behind in south carolina. we've been talking about that for two days. on the phone with us tonight, the mayor of myrtle beach, brenda bethune. mayor, tell us about your trees, your power lines, your streets. and because we have to ask this, has any

this is wilmington right there. it's about 35 miles southeast of wilmington. wilmington has a 100-mile-per-hour hurricane, only 35 miles away. they're getting a lot of rain, they had wind gusts up to 60, 65, but haven't had high winds. we just got the new update in here. now we're at a category 1. it continues to show signs of weakening. that's fantastic. the lower the winds, the less power outages. that's the bottom line. now it's moved to 15. we're moving it a little faster. here's the forecast path from the hurricane center. they have it down to 90. probably be lucky at this point to maintain 90 miles per hour as it it's raking its way. the current winds, inland areas, still very windy. the rain has stopped in many areas like myrtle beach to georgetown. still tropical storm gusts. that's why they're telling people to stay home. they have to clean up blanches that came down. morehead city starting to pick up. we showed you the potential of tornadoes. one tornado warning north of the sound areas. you can see the bands continue to spiral in here. these tornado

friday norfolk to wilmington 5r55 to 85-mile-per-hour winds. and we talked about the storm surge, six to nine feet above high tides that will be happening early tomorrow morning around 1:15 to 4:45 from wilmington and cape hatteras as well. anywhere from five to ten inches of rain, and can't rule out 15 inches. another thing we have to worry about, talk about power outages. along the florida coastline you have more tropical vegetation. so the power outages may not be as bad. but as you travel up to savannah, charleston, florence, myrtle beach, wilmington, kingston, cape hatteras, norfolk, we have more indigenous tree that are still in full foliage and as they come down power lines come down and we will be looking at major power outages as well. we have storm surges, winds, rain and most likely power outages out of this system. >> al, i don't know if we have the technology but i ask you to wonder over to the table for some of this. it feels like this is the kind of storm that changes by the minute. >> it does. >> it's been going on a long time.

>> well, steve, a tense waiting game continues here in wilmington. throughout the day we've seen people boarding up, getting sandbags in place where they can now for the most part this city is empty. and people watching to see where dorian may go next. as you talked about, this is a storm that has been mirroring the coast for quite some time. could make landfall in this area, perhaps a bit north. either way, it will likely be close enough to leave was winds gusting over 100 miles an hour. a storm surge that could be 7 feet or more, and then driving rains for hours here. this is a city that floods even during a rough thunderstorm. now you've got the power of a category 2 hurricane behind all of this water moving in. so it could be quite a mess here come early morning tomorrow. look, we've got some problems as far as people waiting and watching this. we started covering this story last week this time, this area wasn't even in the picture. it was all about the islands. it was all about florida. now it's a possible strike point. we've seen people getting

when it's shut down, wilmington in effect becomes an island of 117,000 people.atching. we will be on the overnight shift here. connell: real quick, doug, those tornadoes come with almost no warning; right? you shot some video earlier of the tornado. pops up real quick; right? >> yeah, that's right. my older sister lives a couple miles from where we are right now. she sent me a picture of a big tree that was down just a block from her house, spared her house. but it was pretty much without warning. connell: all right, doug, be careful tonight. thanks for the reporting. melissa: a lot of damage, a lot to keep an eye on there. connell: that does it for us. thank as far as joining us. melissa: bulls & bears starts right now. david: waiting on wall street, take a look at this, stocks surging on positive news from the china trade front. also on some strong economic data here at home. all three of the major averages ending the day more than 1% higher, with the dow closing up 372 points. joining me on the panel today: gary smith, christina partsinevelos, gary kautbaum a

one passed by a fire station near wilmington. another near there tore siding and roofs off several homes. dorian spawned this waterspout off emerald isle, an outlying barrier island north of wilmington, north carolina. that is not a very comforting site. on land, a tornado ripped through a mobile home park, ripping some to shreds and scattering debris. this man describes what it was like. >> showed up probably 10, 15 seconds, real hard. i felt like it was going to flip over and all of a sudden i didn't feel it no more. i walked outside and the tornado literally started going through the back and bouncing away back there. debris flying everywhere. i've never seen anything like this in my entire life. >> we've heard that over and over again. charleston, south carolina was expected to take a heavy hit from dorian. meteorologist derek van dam has been there for more than a day and joins us now with how the city fared. hello to you, derek. >> yeah, hello, natalie. you know, you've expressed your love for the city of charleston. i thin

in wilmington, in neighbouring north carolina, high winds led to isolated tornadoes.o—one here is underestimating the potential danger. hurricane dorian is ready to unleash its fury on our state. the storm has regained strength, it is serious, and it can be deadly. they don't need to be told that in the bahamas, where dorian has already caused what's been described as unimaginable destruction.

todd pyro in wilmington.shah hasnie in charleston, south carolina. >> reporter: we are in the bay area where streets are flooded already. i will show you how deep it goes, the power in this neighborhood just went out. i don't want to walk in there if there are power lines out. transformers have been blowing for the past couple hours lighting up the sky and you can see it is dark. we are using the headlights of our car so you can see these wind gusts pick up here. the main concern, flooding is one concern. the other concern is storm surge. 40 feet away from these historic homes is the water. if we can hopefully you can see, the water is so high, we have high tide a couple hours ago and it is expected, locals have been telling me it is expected to come over and into this neighborhood onto those streets which is why we have a curfew in place and evacuation orders. it is a cat 2. it was a cat 3. it is a cat 3 now and you can't leave anymore. rob: it is a beautiful city. jillian: many historical buildings could ge

anywhere in orange from charleston up through wilmington, that's up to 6 feet of storm surge. the high tide is sometime this afternoon around 1:00 or 2:00. this is a look at the winds this morning. charleston seeing hurricane-force winds and tropical-force winds all the way up into north carolina. by this evening, myrtle beach seeing hurricane-force winds. ut irbankingtingfhere finally, the rain -- the potential for a foot of rain in the charleston area on top of the wind and the rain, that's another threat. we've still got another 24 hours. david parkinson, cbs news. >>> president trump is facing criticism this morning after appearing to use a map showing an altered projukz of hurricane dorian possibly striking alabama. he displayed a map last week showing the map. it appears to be a hand-drawn half circle thal extended over the cone of alabama. earlier this week the president tweeted the hurricane threatened alabama. the weather casters in alabama quickly refuted that claim. forecasters say it is unlikely dorian would hit alabama. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," co-host ton

tonight and friday morning for wilmington, winds of 60 to 95 miles per hour. a storm surge of 4 to 7 feet. rainfall 6 to 12 inches of rain. then we get to cape hatteras, we're looking at more heavy rain, storm surge is going to be a big issue there. this continues out. we have a tropical storm watch for parts of new england. the northeast, for the example the eastern half of long island, cape cod, winds of 35 to 55 miles per hour. brief periods of heavy rain. minor coastal flooding. you can see the area of red, those are the hurricane force winds which are 60 miles out. tropical force winds 195 miles out. and again this system, even though by the time it gets to moorhead city and cape hatteras it will be a 2, it will still be causing problems as it continues to move out. friday night into saturday, just crossing nantucket bringing those issues. the storm surge, again, we can't stress this enough. on top of high tides that are going to be happening this afternoon, between 2:00 and 1:00 from wilmington, myrtle beach, virginia beach and cape hatteras, you put ano

reporter: wilmington is planked on the one side by the atlantic ocean, then by the cape fear river.als tell me this tends to overflow its banks in hirks in conjunction with high tide. the next high tide is coming our way at 4:52. we have seen the docks rise up to the level with the boardwalk on which i am standing. we are on the overnight shift. we'll let you know what happens. liz: to accuweather meteorologist, mark mancuso. >> the latest advisory, the much-awaited weakening is starting to occur and we are starting to see movement more toward the northeast. the wind speed is coming down and it's starting to turn toward the northeast. hirks warnings, tropical storm warnings, widespread carolinas to southeast virginia. major hurricane no longer but a powerful hurricane. it's past cape fear, cape lookout. there are close to that center of circulation is where we see the strongest of the winds. once you get away from the coastal areas we see tropical storm force gusts. near the toaft coast we have see hurricane-gust wind force. the power is out to a quarter million people from south ca

but we've got tornado watches continuing in effect now you can see all the way from north of wilmington through morehead all the way to norfolk is we're expecting a chance of more tornadoes and they have been popping up all around numerous tornadoes, dropping down doing damage water spouts coming right up the coastline. that's what happens you get these thunderstorms usually these storms the type of tornadoes with the hurricanes. not a stronger something you see in the middle united states but strong enough to do a lot of damage if they have to land in your neighborhood and they certainly can see more of those overnight tonight and it's tomorrow. another problem is a storm surge looking at 4 to 7 feet storm surges that rain and the water's going to try to make its way back into the ocean is not going to be able to do that the water is going to be rising and that is going to cause coastal flooding along that entire area. here's the very latest forecast track you can see moving up along the coastline here and then possibly making landfall morehead city cape hatteras and then finally movin

stores boarding up in wilmington, north carolina, as homeowners deal with the flooding. the governor urging residents to hunker down. wtvd's diane wilson is there. >> the heavy wind and the rain are here. several tornadoes throughout our area this afternoon and it's only expected to get worse as dorian continues to pummel the coast and make the eye here to wilmington. >> reporter: a waterspout whipped up the outer bands of hurricane dorian destroyed homes at this mobile home park along the north carolina coast. the town manager in emerald isle saying the damage on the barrier island was concentrated just inland from the atlantic ocean. abc's rob marciano is in nags head in the outer banks, north carolina. >> another fierce rain band is getting in. i got an alert to shelter in place from dare county so it's time to hunker down. >> reporter: and here in downtown charleston, the power went back on late last night. many of the restaurants say they're going to open up later today or tomorrow. kenneth, janai. >> megan, thank you so much. >>> a closer look at where dorian is. >

joining me from wilmington, north carolina, nbc cal perry and katie beck.ory evacuation in the out every banks, what's the weather conditions where you are? >> reporter: well, we're definitely seeing the wind pick up, chris. we haven't seen the rain yet. we're expecting to see that later today. there are some folks, some residents here on the island, that are going to stay put. they're going to try to weather this storm. as for the tourists, the visitors, they made their way out of town yesterday. and it is pretty much a ghost town on the outer banks right now. there are no hotels or restaurants open. very few people on the roads right now. and as you can see, these conditions aren't so bad right now, but as the evening progresses and dorian makes her way here, we are going to start to see significant rain. as you said, the storm surge is what people are most concerned about here, the flooding. and 4 to 7 feet is significant for this area. they do prepare. they have been through storms before. there are a lot of homes that are risen and on stilts in this ar

, north carolina. >> an early morning tornado in wilmington, north carolina, one of several and a first taste of deteriorating conditions as a reenergized hurricane dorian marched northeastward, setting its sights on the coastal carolinas. this ominous scene at frying pan tower, 32 miles off cape fear, north carolina. unlike north florida, whose concave coastlines skirted major damage, the carolinas are exposed and vulnerable. the barrier islands jet out towards the warm gulfstream, an area known to sailors as the graveyard of the atlantic. 1 million people in two states are under a mandatory evacuation. the bahamas death toll now stands at 20 and is expected to rise. the u.n. world food program has purchased 8 tons of ready to eat meals and is organizing a long-term air lift. the task is overwhelming with 70,000 people in need of immediate help. and now, new evacuation orders near virginia beach as dorian spins northward, new england, a distant target. lou, we're standing on the banks of the cape fear river here in downtown wilmington, north carolina. you might be able to make out the

that's not to say that the wilmington area has been without damage.this morning we begin to see the storms spawning off some tornadoes, relatively small tornadoes ripping off tree limbs and trees at the trunk level. other than that, no major damage. city officials are saying they are still prepared for winds as high as 105 miles per hour out in the barrier islands. and you know the barrier islands, the outer banks stick out there as one writer said it like a boxer's jaw and we are hoping it doesn't have a glass jaw and wheeled knockout punch. this is another risk right here, we are told that high tide is at 4:52 a.m. this morning and at locals tell us that the flooding of this river occurs during hurricanes and during high tide of the hurricanes. so we are on the night shift here, all night long. and i might be standing a foot of water by that time, we will let you know martha. >> martha: you take care, doug, thank you very much for watching that throughout the night. so another kind of storm, prime minister boris johnson's disaster as we could hardly

and we are will be waiting and watching. >> bret: doug mckelway in wilmington.he trump administration official tasked with developing a plan to achieve peace between that israel and the palestinians preparing to leave the white house tonight. special representative for international negotiations jason greenblatt will depart in coming weeks. the former trump organization lawyer had been leading the effort to divide the oft delayed a peace plan alongside presidential advisor and presidential son-in-law jared kushner. >> the proposal is complete. an american soldier is dead tonight after taliban car bomb exploded in kabul, afghanistan. ten civilians in a military soldier from romania are also killed in that attack which comes as u.s. tries to finalize a peace deal to end america's longest war. jennifer griffin has the latest tonight from the pentagon. >> this video shows a moment before an explosion on a crowded street at the u.s. embassy. the driver pushes out of the way at the concrete. they are to stop suicide bombers. a brazen attack just outside of the nato he

in wilmington, downtown, eight, nine miles from here.at's where we're staying so many businesses have been boarded up. a lot of restaurants closed up the next few days. they're praying the conditions are not as bad as last year as with hurricane florence. there was a lot of devastation last year. we've seen some houses that are still not recovered from florence last year. holes in the roofs, tarps trying to cover it up. we're expecting the worst of the conditions to enter in 12 or so hours, a lot of people praying right now. thankful that not a lot of rain is here. storm surge is the biggest concern. we're about a mile from the coast right now. we'll be reporting out here for the remainder of the evening and likely throughout the weekend as we play this waiting game. not a game that people want to be playing, shep. >> shepard: thanks, davidson. dorian rolling up the coast and we're getting new updates from the fox extreme weather center. as we approach the bottom of the hour, the top of the news is next. coverage live from the bahamas st

then we continue charleston, myrtle beach, wilmington, cape hatteras. again, the threat of that surge continuing. rainfall anywhere from 5 to 7 inches of rain from melbourne all the way to cape hatteras. 15 inches isolated still possibly. i think this is something we don't talk a lot about. the potential for power outages from west palm beach up to daytona. we're talking widespread to extensive and scattered. then as you make your way, savannah, charleston, myrtle beach, we've got the potential for a decent number. >> for all those people who think they've missed something, flooding, power outages still possible. we've had several days to prepare for it so people have a chance to prepare for it. we've got utility trucks up and down the coast ready to go in. you have to sort of look at your own situation. ask am i likely to flood and lose power and do i have stuff on hand. >> and act accordingly. >> thanks, al, as always. joining me now on the phone is pastor glen roll. pastor, where -- you i know i have traying to reach your brother who lives elsewhere

biden plans to address reporters in wilmington, delaware in about an hour. these are going to be his first extended comment about president trump's interaction with ukraine leader. during the conversation the president reportedly pressured president zielinski to investigate the business activities of mr. biden's son hunter. president trump says iran is lashing out at other countries for the problems it has created. speaking at the united nations general assembly in new york today, the president said iran is fueling wars in syria and yemen, and squandering its wealth in a "fanatical quest for nuclear weapons." >> no responsible government should subsidize iran's bloodlust. as long as iran's menacing behavior continues, sanctions will not be lifted. they will be tightened. mark: mr. trump told those gathered wise leaders but the future of their own people and country first. president trump is reiterating he will not accept a bad trade deal with china. the president said he is still hopeful an agreement can be reached that will be beneficial to both countries.

this evening in wilmington, north carolina the conditions began to deteriorate. we have seen relatively mild conditions virtually all day long, not to say there is no danger here. the storm did spawn of some tornadoes as early as 6:00 a.m. today. some of those smaller tornadoes are snapping off trees, tree limbs and uprooting trees but no major damage beyond that. again as of 8:00 p.m. tonight with the storm still about 70 miles directly to the south the wind speeds have begun to pick up. although it is sporadic, it lulls into a period of relative calmness and then picks up to what i would say is 40, maybe 5. it's expected to get much worse than that. upwards of a million people have been evacuated from barrier islands in north and south carolina. city officials here are still warning residents that speeds could get up to 105 miles per hour. we are on the night shift, we'll be here all night long waiting until the high tide here at 4:5. we'll be watching. hope you will be too. back to you. >> we will be watching all night long. thank you so much. in many areas th

in wilmington, the storm could make landfall. >> reporter: right on q you heard the thunder. don't know if you picked it up. the thing that is standing out, we see a ton of lightning, we heard that thunder and we know the rain, storm surge and wind is soon to come and lightning seems to be the main issue in this area. one final electrical note. duke energy which provides power to the north carolina area is expecting 700,000 outages from this storm. an interesting anecdote. when we were checking into the hotel yesterday i spoke to the people, thanks for staying open, i know you will not have much activity, they said we will have a lot of activity especially starting on thursday because all the linemen that come in from out of state to north carolina in preparation for the storm are staying in our hotel. you better believe duke energy has a lot of people, to get things up and running when it is safe to do so. 700,000 outages expected. heather: thanks, be careful. the time is 15 minutes until the top of the hour. the unlisted phone number you gave facebook is not so private anym

, and the mayor just got off the phone with them in wilmington, we are forming an alliance so that we all help each other because mutual aid and reciprocity amongst the resources we all have, we are all so much stronger when we all work together on this. melissa: you talked about in the past some of the lessons that you learned after florence. i know some of your concerns were the returning of the flooding, falling trees and lack of flood insurance. what's the latest on those issues? >> well the main issue is we're encouraging our builders and our planning department we're waiting on guidance and leadership from the federal reserve to extend flood elevations. in new bern, you have to build a new construction at least 10 feet elevation, so i think that we need to look toward if the federal reserve doesn't do it we'll go ahead and probably pre dashboard another foot so it's just resiliency and it's the proper hurricane-proof metal roofs and other types of -- melissa: what do you mean you're going to pre dashboard another foot. what does that mean? >> it means that we're going to possibl

drew griffin live in wilmington, north carolina, for us. drew, talk to me about the conditions in wilmington at this hour. >> reporter: it is going to be the big event here if it causes problem because of the low-lying nature of this area and the way it can flood in very quick timing, especially overnight what it's dark and you don't sense the water is coming up. it can come up quickly in low-lying neighborhoods. we've had a steady rain like this for about three hours. the wind is on and off. the bands are on and off, but the rain has not stopped, and that could create some very big problems, especially in this area that saw the flooding from last year from florence. so that is the concern right now here, don. >> i'm not sure if everyone heard you, but drew is saying that rain is the biggest problem where he is. drew, we're also seeing photos after a tornado touched down on the barrier island, emeril isle. what more can you tell us about that? what do you know? >> reporter: you know, first of all, i've got about a gallon of water in my ear,

i dont know if we've got a roof or not here completely destruxz out >> reporter: and now from wilmington it looks not so bad yet but that that's likely to change. >> reporter: we started the day with those vicious tornados north of here and finishing with about one inch of rain every hour here. a couple oof concerns that maybe are starting to ease up a little bit that storm surge we talk about, we've made it past high tide wilmington flooded a year ago during hurricane florence. and hoping they would have avoided that this time around. the power at least 24,000 customers are without power. duke energy has staged some 1500 trucks just north of here outside of raleigh once the sun comes up, police can get a look at the damage, clear road ways of any trees down, the trucks will get in and try to restore power for people bahamas, it's likely this part of north carolina has avoided the worst of this storm. >> it's such a relief to the residents here cal, thank you nbc meteorologist vanessa webb is tracking it for us. >> we're actually seeing portions hit the outer bank and the worst of the st

jay gray in wilmington, north carolina, thank you very much. >>> much more on the storm coming up.speak with south carolina port authority ceo jim newsome about how that major port and the entire business community of the region is prepping for dorian's arrival >>> also ahead, big changes for the upper echelons of goldman sachs. david solomon looking to cut down on the number of people earning a partnership and paycheck. >>> slack sinking, company executives learning the hard way what it is like to be a publicly listed stock that misses wall street's estimates >>> but first, maybe called the winslow perspective, one top fund manager says he has a secret sauce to navigating the twists and turns of today's market, a busy hour still ahead when "worldwide exchange" returns. i can. the two words whispered at the start of every race. every new job. and attempt to parallel park. (electrical current buzzing) each new draft of every novel. (typing clicks) the finishing touch on every masterpiece. (newborn cries) it is humanity's official two-word war cry. words that move us all forward. the

wilmington tonight and friday, the next big problem. 60 to 95-mile-per-hour winds. storm surge 4 to 7 feet. rainfall 8 to 12 inches. what i was trying to say inarticulately as we move this forward, when we get into friday night into saturday, we've got some effects late friday, saturday, long island, cape cod, 35 to 55-mile-per-hour winds. periods of heavy rain and minor coastal flooding and also have to worry about power outages. 5 million people at risk for power outages from savannah all the way up into norfolk, virginia. >> a whole lot of people. al roker, thank you so much. ali velshi, let's head back to you in charleston, south carolina. >> reporter: yeah, we're -- power outages are a good point here. we just heard reports of some wires down in charleston. some fires and sparks as a result of that. no major fire going on. i am over on charleston harbor right now. kathy park is on the other side of the town from where i am. kathy, what is the situation where you are? >> reporter: ali, i am here in downtown charleston. as you mentioned, this area is already very

rest of today in wilmington, we're targeting you from 4:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.t's really going to be about 10:00 p.m. to about 3:00 a.m. that's the peak of the storm for you. if we get 80 to 100-mile-per-hour gusts on shore it would be in the wilmington area. last high tide cycle that we have a chance for significant storm surge flooding. hurricane center had said a potential for five to eight feet. myrtle beach had a storm surge of two feet. tide level up to eight total. georgetown had the latest and so far this surge has not been a big issue. that's great. no one is complaining about that. once it gets to the outer banks we could get a gust 90 to 110. but the building codes get hit by storms that have caliber fairly often. highway 12 gets washed out, they'll have to repair it, but hopefully we can keep these tornadoes at a minimum the rest of the night and get through this thing. >> all right. without -- i don't want to jinx us. this thing could always jog left and all of a sudden it hits. >> sure. >> do we have the gulf stream to thank here? it seems as if we

we are live in wilmington north carolina. how are the conditions there?a very different story right now than it was earlier this morning and overnight. as you can see the sun is coming out here in wilmington north carolina. folks waking up this morning grateful to know the worst of the storm had passed. overnight we are getting some pretty strong winds and rain. hurricane dorian continues churning up the coast of north carolina. the storm's wrath, hugging the coastline bringing whipping winds, torrential rain and damaging tornadoes. this twister in white oak north carolina is one of multiple tornadoes touching down on the state. >> oh my god, look at that. tell another one in rosewood county, scattering debris across the neighborhood. i water spot turned up this coastal town of amaral i imperial storm also hammering south carolina on thursday. trees and downed power lines littering the road, water inundated the street. cameras were rolling when this livewire came in contact with floodwaters downtown. downtown.  pounding waves in myrtle beach, swallowing

wilmington forecast winds up to 100 file miles per hour.storm surges possibly as high as seven feet. before moving closer to the u.s. dorian devastated the bahamas. as a category five storm killing at least 30 people. she was talking about flying to the eye of a hurricane. you have had that experience. >>> it is like a roller coaster ride. that doesn't stop. i went through once and you are done. what they do is fly through an alpha pattern. they go through the center. then back. and back again over the course of many hours to not only see what is happening right now. but see what happens one hour from now. 3 hours from now. so you can calculate where it is going.>>> hats off to those people. >>> they have never had an injury or a crash. the seatbelt is always on with the hurricane hunters. wonderful data with the storm which has changed so many times. right now making its closest pass to north carolina. wilmington north carolina will be dealing with the i wall of a category two hurricane the next couple hours. when gus 65 to 70 miles per ho

. >> reporter: hey, there, i want to give you an update what is going on right now here in wilmington. we're still seeing winds gusting at times, 30, 40 miles an hour tops. the rain has stopped thankfully after a long night, driving rains for hours, very intense wind gusts here. now with daylight people assessing the damage. we have some flooding and seen tree limbs down, signs and some buildings in the roadways here but really a long the carolinas has they start to clean up and the storm starts to move away, officials including the warning don't let your guard down just yet. >> stay home and safe. don't drive through standing and moving water. if the road is covered with water, turn around. don't risk your life or the lives of first responders. >> now, coastal communities to the north are going to continue to feel the effects of this storm well into the weekend. so dorian finally and thankfully on its way out but not leaving without a fight. atches and warnings because that certainly can happen. >> that's the latest here in wilmington, i'm jay gray, back to you. >>> meanwhile, across

makes its way across charleston thursday afternoon, may make landfall in wilmington but makes its way by friday afternoon, it moves away and off into the atlantic. impact, charleston, tomorrow morning, 50 to 90-miles-per-hour winds, four to seven feet of storm surge, 8 to 15 inch of rain wilmington up to 95-mile-per-hour winds upwards of 15 inches of rain. norfolk friday 30 to 65-miles-per-hour winds. and two to four inches with winds that extend out 195 miles, not just the coast has to worry but folks inland as well. lester >> all right al roker, thank you. >>> let's turn now to the deadly boat fire in california where tonight investigators have recovered all but one of the 34 victims as they work to understand why all the passengers became trapped. miguel almaguer has the latest >> reporter: tonig the fbi's dive team returning to the scene, hoping to help pinpoint the cause of the fire that killed 34 people. "the conception" sinking to the sea floor may soon be brought to shore >> we want to see what happened so we can try to prevent this from happening again. >> reporter: after int