Today. Sampson county we mentioned, wayne county closed today and tomorrow. And Wilson County schools. A full list is scrolling at the bottom of your screen and wral. Com. Hurricane matthew unleashed its fewery this morning and dropped massive amounts of rain triggering flooding in roads and neighborhoods. Hundreds of rescues in Cumberland County and more today. At least rescued. Bryan mims is live along the Cape Fear River. And bryan, you have seen so many dramatic scenes over the weekend. Reporter and i must say that the Cape Fear River looks dramatic this morning. Its a monster. Ill put it that way, a brown, roiling monster. I have never seen it this high in 10 years living in the area. Downstream. From this standpoint, its usually 40 to 50 feet down. And look at the water, almost up to the bridge and a railroad trestle. Its touching that. A number of traffic lights are out and power remains out for most businesses. And let me show you video from lena was talking about the rescues,
Would never did. Donald trump i hate to say it, but he is kind of like a high and slumlord for seemingly his whole life. I knew from the time he got into the Republican Party that he was going to split the Republican Party in half. I taking a live to the North Carolina governors debate. Governor patrick or he is being challenged by democrat roy cooper. It is moderated tonight by meet the press host chuck to chuck todd. Carolinas the north gubernatorial candidates debate. This program is sponsored as a service to the citizens of the state by the North Carolina association of podcasters Educational Foundation of broadcasters Educational Foundation. Chuck todd good evening, i am chuck todd. Welcome to the North Carolina association of broadcasters Educational Foundation gubernatorial candidates debate between governor pat mccrory, and democrat roy cooper. We should note that this debate is happening at a difficult time. Hundreds of thousands of north carolinians are without power. Threadi
This is the North Carolina gubernatorial candidates debate. This program is sponsored as a Public Service to the citizens ever this state by the North Carolina association of broadcasters Educational Foundation. Heres our moderator, chuck good evening. I am chuck todd of nbc news. Welcome to the North Carolina association of broadcasters Educational Foundation gubernatorial candidates debate between the governor of North Carolina, republican pat mccrory, and the attorney general of North Carolina, democrat roy cooper. We should note that this debate is happening at a difficult time. Hundreds of thousands of north carolinians are without power, and flooding still remains a threat for so many. Some of you are having to listen on the radio or are streaming this debate because of no po both candidates and the viewers, and we hope things return to normal as soon as possible. Let me begin by quickly covering the rules of tonights debate. It will last an hour and well begin with oneminute Ope
General of North Carolina, democrat roy cooper. We should note that this debate is happening at a difficult time. Hundreds of thousands of north carolinians are without power, and flooding still remains a threat for so many. Some of you are having to listen on the radio or are streaming this debate because of no power. We want to thank you and thank both candidates and the viewers, and we hope things return to normal as soon as possible. Let me begin by quickly covering the rules of tonights debate. It will last an hour and well begin with oneminute opening stat and then i will pose questions directly to the candidates. I should note these questions have been determined by me and members of the radio and News Association of the carolinas. Each candidate will have one minute to respond and a 30second rebuttal. I do reserve the right to follow up as needed. We will conclude the debate with 90second closing statements. There is a device that will time. We ask that they adhere to these tim
He ran for North Carolinas 12th congressional seat. She originally from oklahoma and served in the army. He has never held elected office. Democrat roy cooper is finishing his fourth term as North Carolinas attorney general. He was first elected in 2000 after serving in both the statehouse and senate. He was born and raised in nash county and graduated from unc chapel hill. Republican pat mccrory is north his term beginning in 2013. He was charlottes longest serving mayor, a record seven terms. He grew up in guil ford county and graduated in catawba college. We have many topics we would like to cover and want led like this to be an over conversation. There is sure to be followup discussions and question and we each other. At the end of the evening, each of you will have a for a closing statement and before the broadcast, we drew to see what would take the first question and it would go to mr. Mccroryy and mr. Cooper and mr. Cecil. If elected, what would you do to make sure the tens of