republicans stopped using her at that point. your sense, joyce, of the importance of that date? that did seem to be the cutoff point for rachel mitchell. she sort of got the hook from the committee after she began to focus on judge kavanaugh s calendar. and it seems fair to focus on his calendar, because he has held them out to be reliable. i think what we will ultimately see that reference to ski on july 1st is a reference to bruschis and his love of beer. se brewskis, identifying the participants looking at the likely location, seeing if it s a match with dr. ford s story and be able to drive her to the location if they can identify it and engage in all sorts of techniques designed to determine whether or not this could be the date that dr. ford is referring to in her testimony. and joyce and i weren t the only ones here.
talk about the resources available to people, the evacuation shelters, how many are available, are they at capacity at this moment and is it too late for people to turn to them as this point since you mentioned this is when it s going to be difficult for people to mobilize. reporter: i think right now authorities are going to say we ve sort of reached the cutoff point where we can safely move you into these shelters. there are a dozen or so shelters in and around wilmington. most of them are at schools, usually those single story brick buildings that are pretty safe. some are at capacity, some are not. authorities were going on the air waves, especially the local news at 11:00 p.m. and were saying to people, if you still
hurricane s path. more than one million under mandatory evacuation orders. that does not mean they have to leave. it does mean if they stay, first responders will not be have to come to their aid. our martin savidge in choir linea beach where carolina beach where the mayor thinks as many as 100 may choose to ride out the storm. reporter: good morning. we really are now down to the final hours at least for many in beachside communities in north carolina. this is carolina beach where people are going to decide whether they re going to stay or go. 8:00 p.m. tonight is the cutoff point. after that, the decision is pretty much made for anyone who decides to stay behind. here s the reason why this is a barrier island. as a result, there s one bridge that connects to the mainland. once the wind speeds get to 145 consistently, that s when the bridge closes, and that s the final route of escape. for law enforcement purposes, once the bridge is closed, everyone here is on their own.
certainly looks like the southern trajectory is becoming more and more likely on a very, very slow process as it works its way farther south there. so much work to do to prepare. and clearly there will be a lot of cleanup. thank you very much, keep us posted. we know there s another advisory in 25 minutes. we ll get some more intelligence on the path here. thanks. shelters are opening for people in the hurricane s path. more than a million under evacuation orders. that does not mean people have to leave, but it means if they stay, first responders will not come to their aid. martin savidge is in carolina beach where the mayor thinks as many as 100 people may choose to ride this out. reporter: good morning, dave, christine. we are down to the final hours at least for many people in these beachside communities in north carolina. this is carolina beach where people are going to finally decide whether they re going to stay or go. 8:00 p.m. tonight is the cutoff point. and after that,
mandatory evacuations. lots of them where you are? it s the entire area south of the gulf. i want to point out this bus here, because 5:00 p.m. is the cutoff point from evacuations from belgrade in this ar belle . that is the last bus out of town. it is on or near the path of the storm, and the second problem is lake okeechobee. they re not entirely sure that that levee system, which was built in the 1930s, it s been improved in recent years but there are very weak spots along it, and they are not sure if the rain and the fury of that storm washing up on that levee and then the rains above the lake in the watershed there, it s a mass