Amazing artifacts. We expect the president to come back. There he is, the beast coming back with some booing and some cheering. Its pretty well balanced. Hes heading off there to Westminster Abbey, which is the queens church. Its where coronations are held. Its probably on, you know, a building of most Important National significance and religious life. State occasions held there and big royal weddings and many funerals in the past as well. Hes going to go there, and hes going to go to the west end of the nave in westminster asky to the grave of the unknown warrior. A body brought from france, buried there in 1920. It contains soil from france as well. A hugely symbolic sort of place for brits where we commemorate people who have died in service in battle. And its something that foreign heads of state will often visit to pay their respects. Hell then get a tour of the abbey. Huge amount of historical significance going back centuries. I dont know what theyre point out. Theres more than
Carolina have been battered and bruised for hours. This is cape fear as nighttime began to fall in dorians eye wall edged closer and closer. So far five stormrelated deaths have been reported in the United States. The American Flag there indicating the power of the winds. Of course it is much more dire in the bahamas. The official death toll there now stands at 30 with the countrys Health Minister warns the final number will be, in his words, huge. We have it covered for you. Paula newton and patrick automan are in the bahamas. Lets go straight to our meteorologist. She is continuing to track the storm because millions are still being impacted. Karen. Yes. 10 Million People under Tropical Storm warnings and hurricane warnings. Most of those in north and South Carolina. Now, we can see just kind of how this is filled in here in the last few hours, not looking as tight and as fierce as we saw this with had it was moving across the bahamas. So, its wobbling a little bit right along the co
Has already devastated one country, and its not over yet. For days Hurricane Dorian slowly tore through the bahamas. And we are getting a look at that destruction right now. Whole islands look like theyve been smashed with a wrecking ball. At least seven people were killed. Homes torn to shreds. Communities gutted. The Prime Minister says his country is facing a national crisis. The National Airport in abaco is underwater. The runway is completely flooded. And in fact, the area around the airport now looks like a lake. Knot harbor has suffered i would say an estimate of 60 damage to the homes. The mud, as we know, has been completely destroyed or decimated. And as the people of the bahamas struggle, dorian is rolling on. The hurricane has gotten weaker over the past 24 hours. But its still packing a punch. Its now in category 2 picking up speed as it threatens the United States. Our meteorologist Pedram Javaheri joins us with the very latest on dorians track. So what are you seeing and
More than 34,000 people on the coast of South Carolina are without power right now. There is flooding in downtown charleston. A county official who we just spoke to feels the worst is yet to come. Were seeing some flooding downtown in the city itself. And then in some of the outlying areas that normally flood. We, again, were surrounded by several bodies of water down here, so its not unusual to have flooding. Were hoping that this thing will hurry up and get out of here, but the next high tide is what were really worried about at 1 00 p. M. When the storm could be right near us. Emergency officials are warning against traveling on the bridges and the National Hurricane center warns of a lifethreatening storm surge, dangerous winds and flash floods. And we have full coverage of this. Cnns Patrick Oppmann has an exclusive report from freeport coming up. Our paula newton is on the island of abaco and our derek van dam is standing by in charleston, South Carolina. But first we want to go
View of some of the damage there in the abacos, miles and miles of what was a tropical paradise has been reduced to rubble. Incredible aerial shots there. And the airport in freeport is still closed. Just one look at damage there, of course, explains why. The death toll in the bahamas now stands at 20 and that is expected to rise. Well, cnns Patrick Oppmann has an exclusive report from freeport. Coming up, our paula newton is on the island of abaco and our derek van dam is standing by in charleston, South Carolina. But lets begin with the forecast. So we turn to meteorologist pedram javaheri, who joins us from the International Weather center. So talk to us about this. Its been upgraded and where is it going . Where is it headed . Yeah, rosemary, its a menacing storm system. A major hurricane, as you said, a category 3, sitting just about 100 miles south of charleston, South Carolina, at this hour. Take a look at the fortunate nature of some of these cities, daytona beach, jacksonville