you learn is how human nature comes together in a time of crisis. some folks may not speak on certain days, but when hurricanes come, your neighbors come to you, what can i do for you. it s an amazing thing to see the human element work together during a crisis. that s something that has always amazed me about these storms, on how people help one another. it s very important in these times. and we will have those that are going to need a lot of help after this storm. they will indeed. ems crews, fire crews, have their work cut out for them. todd, be safe, please. thank you so much for calling in. appreciate it. wrightsville beach, north carolina. coming up next, new details on michael cohen s legal troubles. we ll explain what tax investigators are now interested in. the fact is, there are over ninety-six hundred roads named park in the u.s. it s america s most popular street name. but allstate agents know that s where the similarity stops.
there are multiples of residents here and tourists are gone, and so the residents, a lot of them i think are staying around, watching the tv, and seeing the path of the storm. i think most of them will leave well before the storm is anticipated to get here. you re joined by your son, lucas. you have family here. are you worried as local residents? are you planning to leave? we re getting out of the evacuation zone which the governor recommended. this is a large, potentially devastating storm. what the governor has said i think is exactly the right attitude. first priority is no loss of life. i hope others heed that warning. they re closing the emergency room at the hospital. if you stay and get stuck, you re on your own. people can t come get you. and when they do, there s nowhere to take you. puts lives of first responders in jeopardy. where are you telling people to go, do you have evacuation
i just left the wilmington ems. they re doing tremendous work there. the director stood up told his folks we have been preparing for this type of storm for five years, let s go and execute. i commend them for all of their great work. again, to all of the residents here, please heed the advice of the local officials and evacuate if you can. one last one for you, congressman. we know the white house is in touch with various governors, fema. you re there on the ground, walked out of wilmington ems. you have an ear to the ground. what would you want the president to know as the storm approaches your home district? well, we had a call this morning with the administration, brock long, administrator of fema. the administration is well aware of the scenario here. all hands are on deck. the federal government is going to have all resources available
way his administration responded to puerto rico, and we know in the past he said he believed they had responded, he would grade that response as 10 on a scale of 1 to 10, saying they did a good job. that s not what a lot of people and experts that look at the weighs would say with the way puerto rico was handled, not only 3,000 people dying but several people, hundreds of people going without power for so long. certainly that will raise questions there. the president in the oval office. and something else you saw, brooke, in the past few days, aides tried to redirect the president s focus to focus on hurricane florence and the administration s response as they prepare for this, something the president said they re sparing no expense for this and warning americans this is going to be a very big storm that is headed towards the east coast. but he also was asked about denials from the two former top aides today that responded to the bob woodward book, gary cohen, former chief economic adv
it sounds like it is not only the wind but the fact that it could stall over the coastline, dumping all that rain for all of the folks on coastal carolinas. that s the true part, brooke. you talk about the storms, we always talk about the coast. move away from the coast, move inland. if you move inland, you could still be inundated with 20 or 30 inches of rain. when you evacuate the storm, you have to go far and wide because there s going to be flood water not only on the coast but very, very far inland. we have the latest advisory come down about an hour ago. nothing has changed with the winds. it hasn t strengthened, but it has organized better. so there s room for strengthening in hours and days to come. west, northwest winds, 17 miles per hour. it sped up a little bit. this is expected to be a category 4 until it makes landfall. expected to make landfall late thursday, early friday as a