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reporter: key questions now that investigators are looking at tonight, was the shooter targeting specific people, firing randomly or a combination of both? at least two witnesses who were right there during the shooting now say that the came close to them, looked them right in the eye and turned away. we re also getting information about the massive first response just moments after the shooting started. tell us about that. reporter: our colleague spoke to a senior emergency official here today in virginia beach. he said that 22 ambulances streamed into this complex behind me in the moments after the shooting. they had 60 first responders here immediately. some of them went into the building as the shots were still being fired risking their own lives according to this official. also learning tonight this is still a massive crime scene. they ve got teams of fbi agents, 40 agents in this team working the scene here.
his supreme court nominee. it is not clear brett kavanaugh and his accuser christine blasey ford will both testify before senators on monday. tonight, partisan feuding over the terms, the timing and what happens if ford doesn t show. stormy s story. the porn star offers salacious new details about her alleged affair with mr. trump as her new book is designed to prove her accusations once and for all. i ll ask her lawyer. the new flooding danger in the carolinas as florence moves on but rivers keep rising. a top emergency official says the next 48 hours are crucial. and pardon-proof deal. experts are studying the fine print of paul manafort s agreement to cooperate with the special counsel as it is specifically designed to discourage the president from pardoning his former campaign chairman. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m jim acosta and you re in the the situation room. wolf blitzer is off today.
the storm, is the duration of it. it is lasting so, so long, wolf. that s right. people were given mandatory evacuation orders, but unfortunately some of those people rejected those orders. jennifer, we will get back to you. i know you re getting all sorts of new information all the time. just ahead, we have much more breaking news coverage. we will speak with a top emergency official who is right now on the front lines of this disaster about rescues that are currently underway. you know, i used to be good at this. then you turn 40 and everything goes. tell me about it. you know, it s made me think, i m closer to my retirement days than i am my college days. hm. i m thinking. will i have enough? should i change something? well, you re asking the right questions.
sunshine state. south florida is under a hurricane warning. irma closes in, expectations, winds of 150. gusts even stronger. storm surge. 10, 20 feet in places. all of those components can have devastating effects. everybody knows that. so what you re looking at now where we are, this may be one of the last tranquil mornings in south florida for sometime to come. we have a former emergency official telling us people in south florida have about a 24-hour window now. either get out, get somewhere safe, deal with the traffic and madness. it s better than the alternative. if you have to shelter in place, please have a plan and have supplies that can get you through 72 hours. where are you? what does it mean? take a look at the map. mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders are in effect in florida. here s a caveat. maybe where you are doesn t have an evacuation order but that could change. check the sites.