Hes not going anywhere. This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We have some breaking news in our National Lead today. Columbia, South Carolina now ordering mandatory evacuations after a dam breach. Cnns bora sanchez joins me live from manning, South Carolina. Bor boris, tell us what you know. Reporter jake, were still working to learn more about that dam breach. What we know so far is mandatory evacuations in that area. Sean washington, a spokesperson for the city of columbia confirmed the breach within the past hour. To give you an idea theyre still working to figure out the severity of the situation. Its unclear exactly the extent of the damage. We can tell you that columbia is about 52 miles west of where we are now in manning, South Carolina. And you can see all around me the situation is already dire here. So if that dam breach has any effect on the situation here it could be catastrophic. This is highway 301. And it stretches all the way down to florida.
Their home, without revealing something crucial about it. Good evening, we begin with the ten hours of terror on two different campuses this friday. Just more than a week after the massacre in oregon. Now, this. At Northern Arizona university. One more student dead, three shot, injured. The gunman seen here. Photographed with the gun on instagram. And at Texas Southern university, one dead, another injured. The school on lockdown for a p the loose tonight. Late details coming in from both scenes. Ryan owens leading us off. Reporter at Northern Arizona university in flagstaff four people. Possibly shot. We have four victims. Reporter a latenight confrontation turning violent. At least three people down. Reporter police say this freshman, 18yearold steven jones, shot dead this Delta Chi Fraternity member, colin brew. Three of his frat brothers, also injured. Police responding to the scene at 1 20 a. M. This morning. Taking jones into custody while the other three students, rushed to the
Clinton and Donald Trump Holding the lead for their parties president ial nominations. But there are signs of trouble. Among all registered voters, clinton and trump both have unfavourable ratings of 5 approximate . And about 60 of voters view each of the frontrunners as disupon dishonest. More now from Julianna Goldman in our washington bureau. Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton beat senator Bernie Sanders nationally by 24 points. With Vice President joe biden in the mix, her lead shrinks slightly. Clinton comes in with 46 followed by sanders with 27 and biden, third at 16 . The Vice President is expected to decide whether to launch a white house bid in the coming days. And he spent the long weekend in delaware with his family. Everyone wants to know. Out of my way, will you. The poll shows that democrats overwhelmingly believes clinton has the best chance of winning the general election next year. But they also give her and biden similar marks on leadership. And across the countr
Finally shifting from emergency to recovery. The record flooding is blamed for 21 deaths in the carolinas. 27 dams have failed and more than 100 others are still at risk. More than 300 bridges and roads are closed, leaving many people stranded. David begnaud is in big dam, south carolina. David . Reporter scott, were in the one community that is still in a response mode. This is the community of big dam. There is only one road leading in and out, and tonight the bridge to get there is buried underwater. I tried to squeeze by him. Reporter 15yearold hunter brit has become the lifeline for his community. How many days have you been doing this now . Since tuesday. Reporter how many hours each day . Seven and seven. Reporter are you getting paid . No. Reporter hunter even ferried people to church on a road that looks like a river now. Tawanda smalls lives here. Oh, my god. Hunter is our hero. I look at him being david in the bible and this water is goliath. Reporter jennifer cox is one of
In the important battleground state of ohio. Youll see where the two candidates stand. Lets get to it. Now, Shepard Smith reporting live from the fox news deck. And first from the fox news deck this wednesday afternoon, donald trump is not happy with mike pences performance in last nights debate. That is the reporting of our own Campaign Carl cameron after an earlier report from cnns john king with the same information. Remember, the polls show most people think pence won the debate. Republican insiders certainly do. But its pences lack of a defense of donald trump that has the gop standard bearer and his Team Reportedly upset. Again, this is from carl cameron and he reports, and i quote, in trump tower, they are closely watching pences defense of trump today because trump and some of his aides are disappointed that pence often did not defend trump in last nights debate when trump was attacked by kaine and instead immediately pivoted to counterattacking clinton. That left many kaine at