Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Island. A slide at one of the major roads across the island and some voluntary evacuations in hilon. This particular location, we had hilo. In this particular location, we had six or seven hours of rain dumping down. Crickets. The rain has stopped. The wind. There is almost none now. We are waiting for the next band if it comes from the hurricane. Many other islands of hawaii remain under Hurricane Warning right now. The big question is honolulu and oahu. The island with honolulu county. Population is 400,000. How close will lane come to it and how will people fare there . They are concerned of flooding in honolulu. Easier to deal with it on the big island where they are accustomed to rain. Honolulu is not looking forward to this and people battening down the hatches there. Back to you. Miguel marquez live for us in
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Unlock all doors and i see the pride when they say i am an american. To see how florences program unlocks the doors of the american dream, go to cnnheroes. Com. Thanks for watching. Our coverage continues. Happening now. Hurricane lane battering hawaii with strong winds and deluge rain. Another ally appears to have broken with the president. The executive who helped kill stories about the president s affairs before the election cooperating with investigators. And a Predominately Black Georgia County could close most of the Polling Places before midterms. Critics say it is doing to muzzle the majority vote. Good morning. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Happy friday. August 24th. 4 00 a. M. In the east and 10 00 p. M. In hawaii. We start with Hurricane Lane on final approach to hawaii. It is now category three. Officials are warning the storm is a significant rainmaker. More than 19 inches fell on the big island. Governor david ige says some parts of the island could take 30 inches
we believe that they will target ukraine s capital kyiv, a city of 2.8 million incident people. reporter: biden saying the political and economic repercussions for russia would be severe, and that the western allies stand united. nd this is what the white house has been warning for weeks would happen, massive so-called false-flag operation underway in the russian-controlled east fake attacks being staged that could be used by the kremlin to justify an invasion. local and russian state media propaganda now in full swing. viewers have been shown video of emergency sirens blaring. and images of women, children, and the elderly, 700,000 people, being told to evacuate, but there is no credible sign of attacks underway. a massive explosion reported, but an a.p. reporter on the scene finding just a single destroyed car.
homes with entire families inside lost in them. two generations of people, in some cases, all in one home and, unfortunately, became victims of the storm. reporter: none of them survived? none. the ones that we located, they did not survive. that is correct. reporter: first responders working in the overnight hours, searching for survivors. and we re told tonight the searching will continue into the evening hours again. going home to home, combing through debris. it began sunday afternoon. the eerie, ominous sound of those emergency sirens blaring, ringing out across neighborhoods. oh, my god, dude. tornado. oh, my god. reporter: in fact, several dozen tornadoes tear across four states. holy cow, holy cow. reporter: the sparks seen in the distance. the pounding rain. people sheltering wherever they could. in this bowling alley in ft. benning, georgia.
happy friday. august 24th. 4:00 a.m. in the east and 10:00 p.m. in hawaii. we start with hurricane lane on final approach to hawaii. it is now category three. officials are warning the storm is a significant rainmaker. more than 19 inches fell on the big island. governor david ige says some parts of the island could take 30 inches of rain. the outer bands of the hurricane already causing flooding. there is a voluntary evacuation order near hilo. the scenic river turned into a raging torrent. emergency sirens blaring in honolulu. it has pre-staged water and food around the islands. the weather service downgraded