A book that youre ready to share with the world . Get published now, call for your free publisher kit today good evening. We begin this hour with breaking news in what could be the worst storm to hit the carolinas in a generation. The National Hurricane center is just out with new information on the strength and the direction of Hurricane Florence. And even without any numbers, the picture alone is terrifying, as are the possibilities. From massive storm surges to more than 3 feet of rain to areas that could experience Hurricane Force winds for a day and a night. Well be covering all the angles, all of the evacuations, the preparation, all of it. We want to begin with the very latest numbers and the track of the storm. Cnns Jennifer Gray joins us. What have you learned, jennifer . Anderson, the latest advisory just came out about five minutes ago and we have learned it has weakened a little bit, 115mileperhour winds. Still a major storm, though. Still a category 3, with gusts of 150 miles per hour, moving to the northwest at 16. So the forward speed is still the same. But you can see the eye starting to collapse a little bit. It could be going through an eye wall replacement, meaning these storms just exhale and inhale. They cant maintain that strong intensity for very long. It is expected to still make landfall as a category 3. That hasnt changed. Thats what weve been talking about the last couple of days, and that extreme slowdown is still expected, as well. Well be able to walk faster than this storm is going, by the time it gets close to land. Now, it could go on land and then meander to the south. It could stay offshore a little bit, but either way, we are going to get inundated with rain. This is going to be a longterm event. And we are going to see a lot of storm surge from this, as well. Lets talk about that storm surge. I mean, what can coastal North Carolina residents expect . Were expecting anywhere from 9 to 13 feet of storm surge. And with this storm sitting here for 24 hours or more, we are going to see this storm surge push inland for at least 24 hours. Multiple high tide cycles. We know how dangerous the high tide can be when youre talking about storm surge, because it makes it even higher. So this will be pushing in through all the rivers, inundating homes, neighborhoods. Lets go to the floor and ill show you what this can do. And i know, anderson, youve seen this in your history of covering storms. When we have that storm surge, it will fill peoples first floor. They go up into their attic, their second floor, they get stuck up there, they cant get out, and thats the worstcase scenario. Thats why theyre telling people to get out while you can, because it is going to fill peoples first floor and possibly part of their second. So if it does make that slow crawl up to the coast, as epected, what are the anticipated rain totals . Well, on top of the storm surge, youre going to have massive amounts of rain. Were talking about 20 to 30 inches of rain across coastal portions of North Carolina as well as South Carolina, so you see that area shaded in white. Thats the 20 to 30inch rainfall total. Thats expanded from what we were talking about yesterday, down into South Carolina, and well inland. Look at this, western portions of South Carolina could get anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of rain. So if you have evacuated the coast for this storm and moved inland, be careful, because if youve gone to columbia, they could get 6 to 10 inches of rain. So we could see massive flooding, longterm flood event well inland, well away from the coast. And so thats an incredible danger, as well. And just in terms of the rain, i mean how long are we talking about here . Assuming first of all, when are you thinking about this coming ashore . Is it still sort of very early friday morning, in the a. M. Hours . And how long will people be impacted by the rain . Were talking about the effects being felt as early as tomorrow morning, with winds. Were talking about the storm moving onshore friday, early friday or midmorning. The timing is still a little questionable. But some time early on friday. The rain is going to hang around until sunday, even monday, possibly tuesday. And then its going to move up to the northeast. And so we could see 6 inches of rain in new england, believe it or not, by the middletoend of next week. Wow. Its going to be were going to be dealing with this for a long time. Well check in with you a little bit later on. On the ground today, it was described as the last good day to leave. Leave now. That was the message to more than a million who have been given the word. And for those without the means to travel, buses have been leaving coastal towns, bringing people inland. Local station wway in wilmington, North Carolina, reports that the final buses heading to winston, salem, were supposed to depart this evening. Were less than 24 hours until this storm hits. How confident are you that your city is ready . Were as ready as we can. Weve been preparing for this for the last several days. A lot of people have heeded the warnings, have moved out of the area, the Barrier Islands, of course, mandatory evacuation. Weve got a lot of people that have moved west of here and we feel pretty confident that those that wanted to get out have gotten out. That window, of course, is closing. We would say no later than this evening, early tomorrow morning, were going to start feeling some of the effects of this storm, but we want people to be ready to go, because at some point in time, by friday, i mean, late thursday or early friday, were going to start feeling some pretty significant effects of this storm. Yeah, i heard you say on cnn last night that once the storm is upon us, we cant save you. How much of the population do you think remains in wilmington and how concerned are you for their safety during the storm . Well, we feel a lot of them have moved out. I dont know the exact number, anderson, but theres been a lot of people who have moved out of the area. Those with means have definitely evacuated and gotten out of the area. What i see with this storm, which is very concerning to all of us down here is this thing may be an event that sticks around for 36 to 48 hours, with four different high tides. A tremendous amount of water. Were going to have a lot of inland flooding. So were going to have a lot of people after this event is over, that are going to want to come back into the area. Weve got to have personnel to get in here to try to renew power to get in here as quickly as possible. All of the assets that will have to come into the area to clean this place up as soon as the storm passes. So i was on the phone this afternoon with the governor, sharing my concerns about what the Highway Patrol can go to make sure that we get the assets into the area first, before the folks get back into the area. Some of these folks that have a lot of these folks that have evacuated may be away for quite a few days before they can get back in. Because we do know that were going to have swollen creeks and rivers. And i know that the Highway Patrol is not going to allow people to cross those. And weve seen it in other events like matthew last year, where we had a lot of flooding inland. That storm was about 17 inches of rain. This one could be 20, 30, maybe even 40 inches, is what ive been told. Yeah. So your message tonight to the people in your city who are still there . Yeah, just get prepared. This thing is coming. It looks like were going take a direct hit here. It looks like the track is going to go south. I know that our neighbors south of us in myrtle beach and charleston have been prepared and been getting ready, but this is going to be a significant event for our community and our area. And we appreciate all of the efforts of all of the media who has really gotten the message out to the folks. I think these everybody here in this area and in this community has heeded those warnings and have made the proper accommodations and have secured whatever they can before they left. And theres no way, obviously, to know how long, you know, folks may be without power for. In past storms, how long has power been out . Ive seen Power Outages here, we were out of power for ten days. And we may be talking about an event as i said, anderson, we could be here for 36 to 48 hours where youre basically locked down in your house while these winds or hurricanes comes through. Ive never seen or experienced anything like this. Most meteorologists have never seen an event where a storm sits over us for 36 to 48 hours. Thats whats so nasty and bad about this particular storm, most of these storms move in. They get through the area pretty quickly. This one is going to linger for quite some time and it will cause a lot of havoc, not only in North Carolina, but in South Carolina. We wish you the best. Well continue to check in with you, mayor. Thanks so much. Just down the coast in carolina beach, the town is under a 24hour curfew. The one bridge to the town is closed to inbound traffic. Still open to cars getting out. The beach is closed, of course. Martin savidge is there for us. Martin . Reporter well, as you can see, perhaps, this is the closing of the bridge, at least as far as the lanes going on to the Barrier Island behind us here. Its been talked about for days. Now its really happening. Its a clear indication that everything that people have feared and prepared for is now starting to kick into action. Sometimes you worry about whats called the perfect storm, but what if you had the perfect person, perhaps, in place to lead in disaster . This is what we found here. Hey, michael reporter joe benson is the mayor of carolina beach, a North CarolinaOceanfront Community staring Hurricane Florence in the teeth. Right now were looking at possibility of storm surge in the area that looks like it would be between 9 and 13 feet of storm surge. Reporter he also spent 22 years serving in air force special operations. It was, in the case of afghanistan, six times. Six times, i went. Reporter and hes got a College Degree in meteorology. I mean, i dont want to blow your head up too much, but i cant think of a better resume to have at this particular time. How coincidental, huh . Reporter this firsttime politician has been in office less than a year and now has a disaster at his doorstep. Did you ever anticipate that you would be mayor of a community that faces now a cataclysmic hurricane . Not necessarily, although everyone who lives on the island, and most people youll ask, theyll say that the risk of living in a beautiful place like carolina beach. Reporter hes no longer responsible for just his own family. He has 6,300 residents to look out for. You have any idea how many people have left . I would say about 75 . Now, i know that 100 wont. Reporter with florence closing in, he takes a look around his community. The road will certainly be threatened, if not significantly underwater. Reporter like any commander before a fight, he assesses what hes up against. But we have to expect that water Atlantic Water is going to get over both the frontal and the primary dune and get to at least lake park. Reporter storm surge isnt the only threat. He has the local lake drained to accept what could be recordbreaking rain. Do you think all of thats going to be enough . I hope so. I know hopes not a not much of a game plan, but at this point in time, take every measure you can. Reporter there is another critical decision this weather commando has made. Hes leaving. You dont see that as the captain abandoning his ship . No, you know, from my background in special operations yes, i can get the sense how that might read. Reporter but he also knows he told everyone to leave. It doesnt set a good example. Reporter what do you think youll find when you come back . Were going to lose beach. And structural damage in the island. Its my hope that we can accept that and rebuild from that. But loss of life is intolerable. And martin, whats happening in the community tonight . What are you seeing . Reporter well, this is, you know, where the curfew begins to go into effect. That was always the plan, 8 00. That essentially means that the Barrier Island behind us, carolina beach, goes into a kind of lockdown. Residents will only be allowed to stay on their property if they stay behind. Nothing is open. Theres no food, theres no restaurants, theres nothing like that. And the bridge, at least to get on the island right now is shut down. They have left two lanes to allow people to leave the island, because the bridge will actually close depending on the weather, and that will be Tropical Storm force winds above 45 miles an hour. There is still a chance for people to get off. But that window is closing fast. Yeah, sure is. Martin savidge, appreciate you being there. Were going to continue to bring everybody updates from across the area throughout this hour. Also tonight, President Trump has just patted himself on the back for storm preparations. Well tell you about that. And with the president boasting about the unsung success after hurricane maria, as he called it, well take you to a puerto rico to get the story behind this photo. Those are cases and cases of bottled water, and yes, theyre undelivered. And we have details on that. And later, the revelations from fear, Bob Woodwards inside account of the Trump White House. 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Whats not unusual is how the president did a little boasting. We got aplusses for our recent hurricane work in texas and florida and did an unappreciated great job in puerto rico, even though an Inaccessible Island with very poor electricity and a totally incompetent mayor of san juan. We are ready for the big one that is coming. The president soliciting praise with nearly 3,000 americans dead in Puerto Rico May have surprised some people, but it was a surprise after what the president said just yesterday. The job that fema and Law Enforcement and everybody did working along with the government in puerto rico, i think, was tremendous. I think that puerto rico was an incredible unsung success. I think in a certain way, the best job we did was puerto rico, but nobody would understand that. So that touched off a storm of its own. In a moment, well go to san juan to get you some reaction and bring you new evidence how short the Emergency Response fell. But first, cnns jeff zeleny on what the president just said. Jeff . Reporter well, anderson, the president tonight was talking earlier about how big of a storm this is. He said, its coming very quickly. Its bigger than we anticipated. No question the president is paying very close attention to the very specifics of whats going on on the ground. Handling this almost like hes a governor or a mayor, talking to senators, talking to other local officials. But at the same time, hes also still kind of caught in that moment of puerto rico, caught in that moment of hurricane maria, saying again, you know, that there were no lessons to be learned. That everything was done successfully. But he didnt mention it tonight when he spoke in the east room of the white house. He was talking again about urging local officials and, you know, actual citizens, many, of course, his supporters, to follow the instructions of their local and state officials and get out of that storm zone. Then at the same time, though, he said, were already getting a lot of accolades about this. But anderson, no question, this administration, this government, this white house will be judged by the response to this Hurricane Florence. They know it. The president knows it. And hes certainly not backing down from the comments about puerto rico that he made yesterday. Reporter hes not. I mean, he talked about, in the oval office, that it was an unsung success, never mind not once mentioning the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives. He never once mentioned one thing they could have done differently. And fema actually has said, yes, there were many things we could have done differently. But he did not mention that. And again, he was sending a tweet this morning, he called it an unappreciated response. So this is very classic President Trump. We have seen it by now. We know it by now. He has his own version of reality. He never apologizes. Never backs down. But anderson, inside this white house, there is a sense of focus that i can see that we normally dont see on this storm, particularly. They want to get it right. Well see if that happens, of course. A lot is left to Mother Nature here, but the white house is focusing on this. They have no choice, of course. All president s, dont forget, are tested by something outside of their control. Hes not yet been tested with the exception of a maria last year, by a Natural Disaster. But boy, there are a lot of people relying on him and his government tonight, anderson. Yeah, texas as well. Jeff zeleny, thank you very much. Now more on puerto rico, how the president sees it and how differently people there really see if people who, sad to say, who have seen far too much already. Hurricane maria hit the commonwealth about a year ago. Just recently, as jeff zeleny alluded to, the official death toll was raised from 64 to almost 3,000. And according to researchers from harvard and elsewhere who studied the death toll for months, the government in puerto rico made it difficult to get accurate mortality statistics. And even now in puerto rico, were seeing powerful reminders of all the things that turn a Natural Disaster into a worst manmade tragedy. In this case, this one iconic image. Our bill moore joins us now from san juan with more on that. What have been you been seeing while youre down there, bill . Reporter well, were down here to do a special hour on the one year after recovery to see how things are shaping up. And we came across a site that just has to infuriate the countless Puerto Ricans who are drinking rain water or rigging pipes into rivers to survive in the months after the storm and all the good souls in the mainland who tried to help them by sending water and bringing down supplies. This giant blue pile we came across in seba, puerto rico, about a 45minute drive south of san juan, is 20,000 palettes of fema water, bottled water, maybe between 30 and 40 million bottles of water that have been sitting, going to waste, in the hot sun for months. They started to arrive back in october or november. They didnt start sending out the water until may. And then people reported a foul odor and smell, which touched off some sort of government testing program. So there it sits, unused and blame is kind of like that water. Theres an awful lot of it to go around. Fema says, look, were not in the distribution business. We got the resources to the island. Its the locals responsibility to get it to the people in need. The locals put out a statement, the puerto rican government who said, look, they brought too much water too late in the process, and now its tainted perhaps, and they want to return it to fema, which creates a whole another logistical nightmare. Anderson . And i understand the mayor where this runway where the water is calls this excess water, that the people have what they need. Is that what youre hearing from people on the ground there . Reporter well, maybe in his neighborhood, theyre all fine and dandy, but were heading up into the west tomorrow, where people are still desperate to get just the basic stuff of life. I was on a viequez, the island off the coast of puerto rico yesterday, where people are carrying water, cisterns of water up to their homes. Still some living in tents there. That island running on generator power. So, no, i mean, you know, Disaster Management really is a game of logistics. Getting what is needed to the right people at the right time. And that runway full of paletted water there, you know, if this happened at walmart or fedex, imagine the heads that would roll. It seems like an object lesson that all levels of government should be from the cities all the way to the white house should be studying. But you heard the president , he gives this an aplus. And bill, you spent a lot of time down in puerto rico, you know, in the during and in the aftermath of the storm. Im just wondering some of the things that have really stuck you in the time that youve been there this time . Reporter this time, you know, weve just started our journeys, spent a day on viequez. What im realizing is when the rain stops, thats just the beginning of a slow motion disaster. And what theyre feeling now is the Mental Health burden, the ptsd, as another hurricane isaac sort of wanders dangerously close for comfort this way. We were at the suicide hotlines today, which are lighting up. The schools, theyve lost a third of their schoolchildren, as schools closed down. And then theres the insurance piece of this. I heard many anecdotes of people saying they just cant get the claims and when the Insurance Company does make them an offer, its pennies on the dollar. So many different layers of recovery that they will be sorting out really for a generation down here. All right. Well, im glad youre there and i look forward to the special. Bill weir, thanks very much. Coming up, my conversation with bob woodward whose new book on the Trump White House paints a graphic and detailed picture of what he calls a nervous breakdown in the executive branch. Ckaging. We distribute environmentallyfriendly packaging for restaurants. And weve grown substantially. So i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. I earn unlimited 2 cash back on everything i buy. And last year, i earned 36,000 in cash back. Thats right, 36,000. Which i used to offer Health Insurance to my employees. My unlimited 2 cash back is more than just a perk, its our healthcare. Can i say it . Whats in your wallet . Start with 100 cleancheese . Ingredients. Like vermont white cheddar. Then. Add bacon, bbq chicken, or baja blend. Catering and delivery now available. Panera. 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All you have to do is check the president s twitter feed to see the publication has already shaken him. I asked bob woodward about the response to the book and much more in an extended conversation earlier today. We started with something that the president s son eric said on fox news this morning. Theres a lot of i obviously want to ask you about the book. I do want to ask you about something that was in the news today. Eric trump was critical of, obviously, of the book, calling it sensational nonsense. They said, cnn will definitely have you on, because you love to trash the president , youll sell three extra books, make three extra shekels at the behest of the american people. Besides the point that he does not know how to use the word behest, some have talked about his use of the word shackles as an antisemitic dog whistles. Do you see it that way . I just hope that nobody would talk like that, frankly. I think that just doesnt fit. And im sorry that anybody talks like that, whether its a dog whistle or whatever the intent is, its not i mean, part of the point of this book is that we need to have a serious debate about serious issues and to use invective and this attack rhetoric or what you know, whatever it might be, i its it sets us back. I want to theres so much in the book to talk about, but one of the you talk about having a serious discussion. One of the things that stopped me in my tracks when i read this book was when you call whats happening in the white house a nervous breakdown of the executive power of the most powerful country in the world. Thats a terrifying, as a citizen, that is a terrifying thing to read about a nervous breakdown in the executive branch. I think thats exactly what it is. And its supported by the Decision Making and the discussion and President Trumps impulsive behavior on a range of issues, from north korea, afghanistan, the middle east. Would you have said that in the nixon administration, there was a nervous breakdown in the executive branch . Or does this i mean, obviously, its apples and oranges, but is this worse than what you saw inside the white house then . Well, it depends nixon was a criminal. My colleague, carl bernstein, always says this and hes exactly right. Its the criminality. In the case of trump, we dont know. The Mueller Investigation is not over. And so were going to have to wait on that. Is there true allegiance to the president , among the people in the white house . Well, it depends. You cant put everyone together. What i do is cite specific examples. And i think there are kind of three pockets here of people taking actions like gary cohn, the chief economic adviser, swiping, stealing something from the resolute desk in the oval office what he said he was doing for the good of the country. Yeah, not just for the good, but to save the country, to protect the country, because if that had been signed, you begin the unraveling of our relationship with south korea. Not just in trade, but in terms of the 28,000 military personnel we have in the country. And the topsecret intelligence programs. And so, you cant separate those. And to do what the president wanted to do, just summarily say, were out of this trade agreement, the experts and the people interested in protecting the country said, no, we have to take action and in my view, in reporting on this, these are acts of conscience by people who say that, yes, im taking a risk, but better to take a personal risk than to go down this road that the president , at least on a number of points, wanted to take. It is fascinating in these statements that gary cohn has put out, rob porter, even general kelly, which clearly, from all the reporting, theres been pressure in the white house to have everybody put out statements criticizing the book. Theyre not actually disputing most of your quotes. I mean, kelly says he didnt call the president an idiot, but he says nothing about crazytown, he says nothing about off the rails. And other people have reported, before going back in may that the chief of staff of the Trump White House called the president an idiot, so and gary cohn, in his statement said the book, quote, does not accurately portray my experience to the white house. That doesnt really mean anything. Hes not refuting any of these direct quotes. Thats quite correct. Carl and i used to call this the nondenial denial. That these are security denials to protect peoples reputations with trump. But you know, its look, ill stick with the reporting. It was done in a very meticulous, careful way that carl and i really, quite frankly, i learned from carl. Go knock on peoples doors. Ben bradley, the editor at the post during the nixon case said, lets get two sources, if we can, on something. And this is my report on what goes on in the Trump White House. And you asked the question, well, why would you call it a nervous breakdown . Because it is a nervous breakdown. In the human body, if it has a nervous breakdown, it means that part of the body is doing something uncoordinated with the core mission of the body, to survive or however you might define it. But this, when i learned about this, i was shocked, i was surprised. Were going to have more of my interview with bob woodward ahead, including how he got so many people to talk. And how much of all of this is actually on tape. Do you have a sense of what percentage of interviews you actually recorded . Ill give you his answer, next. 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Very interesting lesson for me. When you say no to off the record, then people in almost every case, maybe except one, said, okay, ill tell you anyway on deep background, so you can still use it. You can use it, but you cant just say where it came from. Thats exactly right. So if you were and this goes back to the watergate coverage, when all the notes came out, when all the tapes came out and so forth, it turned out that our coverage, Carl Bernsteins coverage and mine was conservative. It was restrained. And when somebody looks at this in 20 or 30 or 40 years, boxes of recordings and documents, they will say that this was very carefully done. I know. I can argue with a straight face that an ardent trump supporter would read this and have to have pause. Because whether you like trump or dont like trump, its a management issue. How the white house, how the administration is managed. And this is the nervous breakdown. At one point, you also say, you write about the anarchy and disorder of the white house and trumps mind. I understand that anarchy and disorder of the white house, the way, its setup and i mean, reince priebus, you have him saying when you put a shark in a zoo without walls, things get bloody and nasty. Thats an unbelievable way to describe the white house. And thats from the former chief of staff. And there is time and time again, not just in the economic area, but i think in a more significant way, the National Security area, where the president is absolutely horrified that were spending money to have troops in europe or Missile Defense system in south korea. Yeah, i mean, here he is, the greatest Missile Defense system that we have. And there are top secret special Access Programs that allow us to protect our country. Were not doing this just for the south koreans. And the secretary of defense is in there in a very emphatic way saying, look, these are the best National Security dollars we spend. And the president wont let up. And hes saying, you know, were being played for suckers. Wed be so smart, wed make so much money. Well, the idea is to protect the country. And so you finally have the secretary of defense says to the president , we do this to prevent world war iii. Now, ive spent a lot of time with eight other president s looking at how they handled the office in war and the economy and so forth, and they all knew that protecting the country, preventing world war iii, preventing a Nuclear Weapon from going off in the United States is job one. Right. This occurred not in the first week of the trump presidency, but trump had been in office a year and there is still this debate going on and leads to a lot of frustration and a lot of anxiety. The book ends with john dowd, the president s former attorney saying, hes an fing liar. Thats the stunning quote. Yes. But here you have john dowd, who worked with the president very closely for eight months, as his private attorney in the Mueller Investigation. And they go through step by step, and the issue gets down to, is the president going to testify . And so they run a practice session in the white house. And dowd plays mueller and asks all kinds of questions and the president makes things up, lies, explodes, and at the end, dowd said, you cant testify. I will not sit next to you and allow you to do this. You will perjure yourself, you know, it out of control and the president first agrees, hes not going to testify. But then he says, the president cant be seen taking the fifth amendment, so ive got to testify. He changes his mind, is insistent. And its very poignant, the phone calls between dowd and the president on this, because dowd really wants to stay and help him, but this is the red line, if you will. I am not going to let you testify and be your lawyer. And so the president s so insistent that dowd finally resigns. Its a fascinating book, fear trump in the white house. Bob woodward, thanks so much. Thank you. Lets check in with chris on what hes working on for cuomo prime time at the top of the hour. Wow, what an interview and i have to tell you youre laying it out so well with mr. Woodward. We expect the white house to do what they do best, call everything fake news that they dont like. What makes this so amazing, not only do you have him, but its not just quotes, he puts people in the rooms where relevant things happen. And thats a meaningful distinction. Great interview, anderson, for the audience. So tonight, there is new information, the power of the storm and the size of the storm have changed. Now, the second factor matters a lot more than the first, for people who have taken false confidence in this storm coming down. We have sam champion here tonight, anderson, to help us through what matters and why. We also have andrew gillum, whos running for governor in florida. What does he think the lessons that should have been learned from last year to be applied to florence are . What does he think of the president s assessment. Remember, there are a lot of Puerto Ricans that left that island and are now possible voters in florida. And we have the debate to end all debates about the president s unsung success story. Ana navarro, steve cortez. All right. Ill definitely be watching that, about 14 minutes from now, chris. Ill see you then. Just ahead, more on this storm. Well take you inside an Evacuation Center where people are already gathering to wait out Hurricane Florence. Plus, a year ago, another hurricane, irma, struck southern florida and in its deadly wake, 14 people died at a florida nursing home. You may remember that. 12 of those deaths have been ruled by a medical examiner as homicides. The question was, was anyone held responsible . I think youll be surprised by the answer. 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Some people taking ref ewe in a red cross evacuation instruct her. One such location tonight. South carolina. How are People Holding up . Look were still a day away from florence making land fall. There are 440 people inside this shelter. Until this storm passes. Staff here at the red cross have tried to make it comfortable. Three square meals a day. Were socializing and playing cards. And movies for the kids during the cay. And adults at night. The red cross stresses this is not a shelter. The function is purely keep people safe until florence actually passes. That means that there are only cots set up for the elderly or the sick. Some people have brought air mattresses. People are sleeping on the floor. Its far from ideal but better than the alternatetive. They live in mobile homes. Not where you want to be when this weather comes in. Rain gusts up to 100 miles per hour. Or rain 30 inches. One woman said she road out the storm in her trailer. Two years ago with her two kids. That is not a mistake shes willing to make again. It was trees were falling down. Were voursurrounded by trees. Th they get weaker. I thought it would be safer to come here. Were not going to keep getting lucky. Wow. After Hurricane Matthew that family was without power for a week. This time it could be longer. The red cross says this will be an actual shelter after the storm passes. I have to tell you the most amazing thing to hear is so many people with just amazing attitudes. They are facing the prospect of having homes damaged or destroyed. One woman doesnt have insurance on her mobile home. You can replace material belongings. You cant replace people. Shes not taking any chances. We wish them the best. Well continue to follow. The uncertainty tonight is being felt in florida one year ago. When irma tore through the state. Three days after it hit, people started dying in a south florida nursing home. It got a lot of attention 14 people lost their lives. It was a horrible tragedy. But when the reporters left and the adren lip wore off the residents were left to pick up the pieces. What exactly happened at the nursing home and what happened since. Heres her report. It is the most upsetting part of this. My mom passed away under such temperatures. Her temperature was 110 degrees. When jeff first heard his mother died after Hurricane Irma hit. He could hardly believe it. She was under the watchful care of nurses and staff at Hollywood Hills in florida. So he thought. Then came the news seven others had also died. On the same day in the same facility. That was a year ago. And still jeff and his family dont have answers or in their mind justice. I want to know whos responsible. Im hopeful in the investigation they km out with the truth of what happened. In all, 14 patients from the facility died in the after math of the storm. The medical examiner found 12 of the 14 died from heat exposure. Many of the victims body temperatures topped 106 degrees. 12 have been ruled homicide pi the medical examiner. Including jeffs 71 yearold mother. 12 homicides. But to this day, a year later, no charges. It all began when irma hit sunday, september 10. Last year. At around 3 00 p. M. Strong wind downed a tree which knocked out the airconditioning system. Many were into hall ways next to fans. Why they didnt evacuate. Someone i have to assume had that responsibility and decided not to take it. Instead. All 140 patients remained inside for days. Sweating. As workers tried to manage the situation on their own. Temperatures inside climbed to at least 99 degrees. Still, several doctors who visited the facility to check on the patients testified it feltd warm. But not unbearably hot and thought residents were safe. Attorney george sill va represents five families suing the nursing home and Florida Power and light. Were talking about days. These individuals were deteriorating and suffocating to death. Reporter administrators claim they called Florida Power and light. State regulators and the governor. And say they were assured the airconditioning would be restored season. This isnt a light switch that the patients were doing fine one moment and the next second they werent. This was a very slow grueling death. This video recorded the night after the storm shows the conditions. A fan next to one residents bed. A larger fan in the hall way to keep air moving. And this. A woman laying naked in the hall way. The woman who took the video told cnn that same woman was wearing clothes the day before. But had disrobed to try to keep cool representatives of the nursing home said it was safest for the patients to shelter in place. Given the danger in moving elderly patients. This is the center. Right across the street from one of the largest hospitals in the state. Memorial hospital. Which never lost power during the storm. It remained fully operational with airconditioning. Steps away. Instead an emergency unfolded. Eight calls to 911. Only one nurse mentioned there was no airconditioning in the nursing home. Not a single caller suggested an evacuation was needed. Residents were dying. One after another. After three patients were rushed to the emergency room at memorial hospital. With extraordinarily high temperatures. Doctors and nurses chose to evacuate the nursing home. New york times reported some residents were so hot their skin was steaming. There were patients that were not living any longer that were upstairs when we entered. Nobody from the rehab center would speak with us. Court documents provided by lawyers representing the nursing home stay that Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration never suggested evacuation. And instead told them to call 911. If residents develop emergency conditions. The rehab center did call 911. But not until it was too late for a dozen residents. Or that patients were at risk. And families say Florida Power and light is to blame for not showing up until long after the nursing home had been evacuated despite numerous calls for help. This nursing home was not attended to despite multiple calls and emails and request for assistance. Reporter it said it urged customers to call 911 if it was a life threatening situation to think that help was so close and yet sadly so far for these individuals is really, really disturbing and troubling. Jeff still struggles thinking about his mothers final moments. And wants to make sure she didnt die in vain. You havent given on justice for your mother . I believe that there still to be justice in this situation like all situations. These events dont go away and get brushed under the rug. Some closure has to occur so this event doesnt get replicated. Randi joins me outside the Florida Hospital where the patients could have been taken. Where do things stand with the investigation now . Anderson, its still an active investigation. Hollywood place and the state Attorneys Office are still looking into this. We understand that they have Video Surveillance from inside the nursing home which shows what was going on inside and something they will likely use to build a case for criminal charges if those two do come. The documents filed by the Estate Agency says this Surveillance Video shows that the employees inside the nursing home werent very active, they werent really monitoring the patients. Of course the nursing home disputes that. They say they were taking good care of the patients. But keep in mind we understand from the documents that we have that this video shows one person, one patient inside that nursing home who died, hadnt been seen by anyone in their room for seven hours, so it certainly doesnt sound like they were being monitored until a housekeeper entered the room. Video shows residents visibly sweating. The nursing home saying it was comfortable inside. In terms of charges, anderson, the lawyer we spoke to says we could see Involuntary Manslaughter charges