Mike welcome to americas news headquarters from washington i am mike emanuel. Molly i am molly line. Mike we begin this hour with the latest on tropical depression florence. At least 14 people have died in incidents since this storm made landfall a few days ago. More than 700,000 carolinians lost power with mike of the outages in North Carolina. Molly there currently mandatory evacuation orders in effect for nine North Carolina coastal communities. Flooding is a major issue with the storm. Nearly 31 inches of rain on parts of the North Carolina coast. And it is still running across parts of north and South Carolina. Eight counties in North Carolina have issued disaster declarations. President trump is speaking out about the fema response, just moments ago tweeting fema First Responders and Law Enforcement are working really hard on hurricane florence. As the storm begins to finally receive, they will kick into even higher gear very professional. Mike when will the region from the get r