than six feet of flood waters. thousands of structures have been damaged or destroyed. 10,000 people are still in shelters. some 3,000 rescued by air or boat along with hundreds of pets. 150,000 without power. the president offering re-assurances today. the insurance company doesn t want to pay. maybe we ll try to help you. i want the name of the insurance company, okay? there is some progress to report, shepard. 80% of the roads here in wilmington have been cleared. half of the people have gotten their power back. there s a curfew in effect and the flood waters could rise again early next week. shepard: last check, rick, officials are blaming this storm for the deaths of 37 people. yeah. 27 of them here in north carolina where the governor said they took a death
six-million low-income people to low-cost, high-speed internet at home. i m trying to do some homework here. so they re ready for anything. shepard: the governor of north carolina, roy cooper is warning residents to not go back to their homes after flooding from hurricane florence. he says the flooding is far from over across north carolina. thousands of people in wilmington waited hours to get essentials like food. the feds have released some before and after photos. here s one. remember topsail beach? we talk about it as the storm came ashore, this is it before hurricane florence. watch this. that s after florence. we wondered what it would be like. now we know. trees are gone. the landscape is changed.
life. check out the latest episode of politco s women rule podcast. i sat down with anna palmer to discuss the trump white house and my career here at fox. thanks for joining us. i m dana perino. it s 3:00 at the white house where the president says he wants to hear from judge kavanaugh s accuser but it s hard to imagine anything happened. the accuser said she wants the fib to investigate before she was the. now there s word the senator running the supreme court confirmation is making a brand new offer. president trump launching a new attack on jeff sessions saying i have no attorney general. so does he plan to fire him? i m disappointed in the attorney general for many reasons. you understand that. and the president visiting the carolinas. getting a first hand look at the damage and an update on the recovery from the storm that was
north carolina where he helped volunteers pass out food at a church. more than 4,000 homes damaged or destroyed in that small town. our senior correspondent rick leventhal is about 80 miles down the coast in wilmington, north carolina which is surrounded and cut off by flood waters after the storm. rick? shepard, we believe we watched the president fly over on new bern to south carolina in a convoy of helicopters. he went into new bern where he passed out hot meals to residents driving through the food distribution point at a church after he landed at the marine corps station this morning. he got a briefing from local, state and federal officials. after handing out the meals, he headed to town where he saw some heavy damage there s that you reported on. the thousands of and hundreds of homes there inundated with more
hurricane florence. it is a storm like no other. mr. president, we have a long road ahead. shepard: let s get to it. good wednesday afternoon from the fox news deck. judge brett kavanaugh s accuser says she wants the fbi to investigate her sexual assault allegations before she talks to lawmakers. republicans say there s no reason to delay monday s hearing. some democrats are accusing the gop to try to rush the confirmation process. dr. christine blasey ford s attorney writes the 51-year-old processer wants to cooperate but an investigation should be the first step in addressing the allegations. her lawyer states that since dr. ford came forward, she s gotten death threats and had to relocate her family. the senate judiciary committee chairman, chuck grassley of iowa, has responded with a