Nt think so. Say yes to more. Call now. Away by floodwater. The husband makes it to safety. The wife still missing. why hes holding out hope that shes still alive. Plusmike pence makes a stop in raleigh. His words to supporters. And saying goodbye to an icon. Tonight we gathered to honor the life of Larry Stogner. Eyewitness news starts right now. Nowhistoric right nowhistoric flooding leaving entire towns and communities under water. Matthew continues to deal a devastating blowto our state. Many areas not out of the woods tonight. Good evening im anna laurel and im steve daniels. flooding still a major concern tonight for lumber. neuse. Black. And cape fear rivers. Heres the latest information in to our newsroom. There are now 20 stormrelated deaths in North Carolina. The neuse river is expected to crest at record levels in kinston on friday. A mandatory Evacuation Order remains in effect for lenoir county. Part of i95 in Cumberland County is closed. And westbound i40 near benson also
The way here to mobile this afternoon. And right now the weather conditions, as you could see, not terribly strong in terms of the wind and the intensity of the rainfall. Which is a clear indication of just how painfully slow this hurricane is moving toward the coastline here in alabama, mississippi and florida as well. And that is what is making this a feel like a very drawn out process. For the last several days weve spoken with residents who have been taking all of the precautions that they needed to do to get ready for this, what they are expecting to be a heavy rainfall event. And the storm surge we have seen in some places really starting to show its effects in places like pensacola and the alabama coastline here as well. And emergency officials here continue to urge people to be aware of the storm surges as this storm continues to make its way toward the coastline. We will begin seeing the effects of this storm strengthen in the hours ahead this afternoon as it is expected to ma
Dana, good afternoon. And just a few mention ago, reuters pushed a news alert that joe biden the president elect has selected Pete Buttigieg as his transportation secretary. We reached out to our contact with the Transition Team and the Biden Campaign and the Pete Buttigieg campaign and tried to confirm that reuters report. That is popping right now in the time since biden left delaware. And while he is just before he got into the air, he very briefly spoke to reporters and revealed that today, for the first time in his transition, he spoke to a long time colleague that that person called joe biden the president elect that is Mitch Mcconnell. I had a great conversation with Mitch Mcconnell today. We talked i called him to thank him for the congratulations. Told him while we disagree on a lot of things there are things we can Work Together on. We have always been straight with one another. And we agreed we would get together sooner than later. And im looking forward to working with him.
Parlay hearing live in seattle. It lasted about 30 minutes. We are waiting for the judges ruling. There were no surprises in the arguments. The attorney argued that amazon was unjustified in taking them down on sunday nights, and the action violated their agreement. Amazon shot back and said parlor violated the terms of the agreement by not doing a better job of policing the content, said it glorified and promoted violence. Amazon said it was forced into this unprecedented emergency action. It says its lawyers that the danger of inciting violence through language cannot be protected on social media. Parlors lawyer said they had nothing to do with the right. Amazon pointed out that some of the participants are facing federal charges of inciting violence based on their post on parler. Parler has been growing rapidly. It claims 15 million users. The companys ceo says it is tobeing taken off of the amazons service is a death sentence. He says this is an issue of free speech. This is really
President trumps attorneys did not file a motion to dismiss because they say their focus is on acquittal. House democrats are now in the early hours making their case for conviction. The president s misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box. We cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won. Adam schiff laying out the case against President Trump. Appealing to senators to keep their focus on this urgent matter. I recognize there will be times where we may long to return to the business of the senate. The American People look forward to the same. Not before you decide what kind of democracy that you believe we ought to be. What the American People have a right to expect in the conduct of their president. It was Jerry Nadlers turn. This is the story of a corrupt government wide effort that drew in ambassadors, cabinet officials, agencies, and the office of the president. Allies of the president greeted the presentation with a yawn. Democrats get up to 24 hours to lay their case