amanda knox leaves her prison cell to face charges. friday, october 1, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, welcome to today on a friday morning. i m actually surprised to see so many people out there because it s not just raining, it is pouring and it is windy too. we got to go out there and hand out gold stars or plastic bags, one of the two because it is a mess out there. this is just a taste of what they received down in north carolina. get this, 12 inches of rain in just six hours in the city of jacksonville, 22 in wilmington this week. that s the highest total in nearly 140 years and as we said, it s been a deadly storm, it s caused all kinds of problems including road closures and power outages as well. we re going to get to al s forecast in just a moment. but in new jersey a driving rain has been falling for much of the morning. mara, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, meredith, this monster storm is wreaking havo