i m not. i think the reality is i m really frustrated with some of my progressive friends that didn t listen, right, to members of the congressional black caucus who said from the very outset of this election that real targeted investment needed to go into our communities to turn out voters. hispanic caucus members said the same thing, and i think that we really under estimated and over played our hand by not realizing that folks needed to be needed to turn out to vote, not just in urban areas but in rural areas that i think were a little bit ignored. you re starting to see it in some of the data now that s coming out. so, yes, you know, this is kind of a joke, but the joke is now on us because this isn t the worst thing that s ever happened in american history. i lead you to what happened to native americans, i lead you to what happened to black people vis-a-vis slavery and the trans atlantic slave trade. new addition. oprah going off the air. and oprah s response to this
i want to collar phi something. i was not at snl, i was at the party at the white house. the b.e.t. party. i m sorry. we re not so this particular skit burned me and i think it might be to mark s partnershioint, don, you black people were going to vote for him, i fog you on this show, don t do that. don t gloat. i m not gloating. i think reality of it is i m really frustrated with some of my progressive friends that didn t listen, right, to members of the congressional black caucus who have said from the very outset of this election that real targeted investment needed to go into our community to turn out voters. hispanic caucus members said the same thing. and i think that we really underestimated, and overplayed our hand by not realizing that folks needed to turn out to vote, not just in urban areas but in rural areas that i think
recede, likely into the coming days if not the coming week. more rain pounding parts of south carolina. and officials are warning residents the danger is not over yet. people are off the roads. they ve really listened, but those that didn t listen, this is dangerous. this is very real. reporter: the governor said today there could be more evacuations with flood waters likely to rise. crews across the state have been working around the clock, rescuing people from their homes and cars as flood waters rise. in georgetown county, the fire chief says one man was found clinging to a tree after his truck was swept away by an overflowing river. the witness saw a truck go around the barricade and went down the water and the water pushed him into the river. i hope it sends a strong message. this guy could have lost his life. reporter: the call to stay off the roads echoed by officials across the state. this is not the time to take
see, at least a mile of flooding, flooding businesses nearby, cars are submerged. we ve seen a lot of scenes like this today around the western or eastern part of south carolina i should say, scenes that will continue to play out as the rain continues to come down. tonight more rain pounding parts of south carolina, and officials are warning residents the danger is not over yet. people are off the roads and really listened, but those that didn t listen, this is dangerous. this is very real. reporter: governor nikki haley said there could be more evacuations with flood waters likely to rise. crews across the state have been working around the clock rescuing people from their homes and cars as flood waters rise. in georgetown county the fire chief said one man was found clinging to a tree after his truck was swept away by an overflowing river. saw a truck go around the
weather-related fatalities. what i will tell you is everybody has been very good. traffic is light, people are off the roads. they have really listened but those that didn t listen, this is dangerous. this is very real. so we do have nine weather-related fatalities. i do want to say that we have had word that there are people who are taking their boats to the dam to take pictures of all the water that we re trying to release. that is extremely dangerous. i can t stress enough that this is not a fun event. we don t want to have to come out and rescue you and much worse, we don t want you added to this number much fatalities so we do ask that people avoid that and just watch tv for the pictures. we are looking at now 550 roads and bridges that are closed. we will what you will see happen is as the water shifts down, we are going to preposition where the roads are closed so roads are closed now in the upstate.