strength and swirling off the northern california coast. a second landfall expected hours from now in south carolina. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the after math of the storm, destruction, loss of life. i always caution everybody when we give out numbers they do fluctuate. right now it is believed 21 people have died from this and we have been told to expect that number to fluctuate again. so we ll report the news as we get it. this side-by-side comparison shows fort myers, people describe it with one word and you hear it over and over and over, gone. boats and cars in piles. homes and businesses shredded. florida governor ron desantis calling the magnitude of the assault biblical, historic. the governor with an update a short time ago. there is life rescue making sure people are okay, following up on any type of calls. there has been really a great effort. the power is a big issue. there are 1.9 million people customers without power. the other
authorities have been urging peoples to stay inside and stay off of those roads, we are talking about some of the vehicles that are out there and still attempting to lead. they asked people to hunker down and get to that high ground. they have made city parking garage is available for people to park their ground cars on higher grounds until the storm passes. a lot of those are full, they were absolutely packed to the gables last night. sandbags have been handed out. at this point in time, the city has done what they could to prepare and it is these next couple of hours that they have asked people to really stay put, stay safe, and then let the first responders, do it they are work and to not get in the way. that is the big goal, it is the next couple of hours, the high tide, the surge, the water that is coming down that it is an greatest. kayleigh. kayleigh: the last time south carolina sought make landfall was 2016 with hurricane matthew. what a resident saying with that i
lot. i was standing in a field between the gas station and the bank. before going live, brandon and his photographer look around for obstacles. we always check for, you know, live wires, any sort of dangerous items and also things like sprinklers. but it s nearly 5:00 a.m. and pitch black outside. i couldn t see them because they were in-ground sprinklers that shoot out from the ground. they tossed to me like usual and i started saying the news. this is what, you know, the news about ethanol. look over brandon s shoulder. the sprinklers turn on just seconds into his live shot. eventually i hear this sound. i couldn t tell what it was. will not harm emissions or harm engines. e really didn t think anything of it until i started hearing tick, tick, tick coming closer and closer to me and started hearing water. i assume it s the sprinklers. i couldn t tell where it was coming from. brandon is about to find out live on television. and all of a sudden i just feel the blast
and later the suspect in the aurora shooting formally charged tomorrow. and with new details on his mental state, a mysterious package sent to his psychiatrist, the big question may be when should doctor/patient privilege be broken? good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast, 4:00 a.m. on the west. thanks for starting your morning with us. we start in syria where we may be in the beginning stage of a massacre. this is new video of the battle in the streets of aleppo. syria s biggest city. army tank battered the city saturday as forces loyal to president assad looked to krushl the rebels. opposition leaders warn that a massacre may be coming and has a message for allies. translator: our friends and will allies will bear responsibility for the terri terrifying massacres that will happen in aleppo if they don t move soon. thisegime is planning for a big massacre in aleppo. at least 160 people were killed across syria yesterday. in israel, mi