power lines down. more trees could come down as these flood waters continue to rise there were a couple of fatalities in south carolina last night when some people were caught in floodwaters. the president will be touring parts of south carolina as well, dana, during this particular trip before he heads to d.c. he promises that an army of nearly 20,000 federal workers will remain on the ground here to make sure that the folks here get all the help they need. dana: they certainly need it. thank you, rick. we will be back in touch with you. a fox news alert. sources tell fox news the senate judiciary committee has offered to send staff members to california or to a location of christine blasey ford s choosing so she can give her side of the story about the sexual assault allegations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. mike, what more do you know? dana, good afternoon, it sounds like chairman chuck grassley is willing to do whatever it
dana: president can make people feel a lot better senior correspondent rick lawson that you will is in live in north carolina. can you clean and dry today. yeah, we are. the problems aren t over yet dana as you know. the president covering the ground during tour of hardest hit areas in carolinas. that included the town of new bern which we have been reporting on. the president passing out hot meals to folks to drove up at food descroix point in new bern and visited some of the hardest hit points in that town 6 feet of water inundating houses. at one point he went down to the waterfront and spoke with storm victims about a boat that was damaged. the insurance company doesn t want to pay, we re going to find out. we re going to find out. maybe we will try help you a little bit. i want to find out the name of the insurance company,
emergency crews are delivering food and water by the truck load. rescuers are using helicopters and boats to get residents trapped by floodwaters and survivors are mourning the dead waiting hours to get basic necessities. senior correspondent rick lawson that you will has been riding this storm. he in august done tonight. good evening, bret. most hurricane related injuries and deaths occur after the storm has passed and florence is proving that true i with scenes like this one across the state. washed out roads, flooded roads, downed trees and power lines. the governor is calling it a monumental disaster. rescues of residents trapped by floodwaters caused by hurricane florence continue around the clock. in rocky point, north carolina, the u.s. coast guard used a jacques helicoptea jayhawk helicopterto.
these people failed. they re miserable. he s selfish, she s selfish. he was not very nice. they re dear friends now. they re not leaving this place without the lesson. we got the ox cart and they re going to put all their things in there, if their life is going to change, they have to get themselves home. he said tony, they ll never make it up the hill. he said it s impossible. he said with a gun to their head, maybe. guess what? they re not going home without this change. the crew is saying, tony, we cannot film this. at the end, they re going like a bat out of you know what running as hard as they can to the end of this thing. you watch this family come unified together. larry: the children are 19, 9, 6, 4 and 2 1/2. actually 10, 10, 9, 6, 4 and 2 1/2. larry: how is it now, rick? i like to say life, it s a
there, if their life is going to change, they have to get themselves home. all the kids and boys together. he said tony, they ll never make it up the hill. he said it s impossible. i said, is it physically impossible or just for them? he said with a gun to their head, maybe. guess what? they re not going home without this change. the crew is saying, tony, we cannot film this. at the end, they re going like a bat out of you know what running as hard as they can to the end of this thing. you watch this family come unified together. larry: the children are 19, 9, 6, 4 and 2 1/2. actually 10, 10, 9, 6, 4 and 2 1/2. larry: how is it now, rick? i like to say life, it s a work in progress for anyone. for us to come out and say our life is like we have no problems anymore and no challenges and that we just communicate perfectly well every time. it s a dream.