Me here or there . Sandra safe in our studio. Good to see you, bill. Im sandra smith. The president will be traveling to North Carolina to bear witness to rising floodwaters threatening homes in the state. Bill an attorney for the accuser now saying her client will not testify on monday unless the f. B. I. Opens an investigation into her claims. There should be an investigation. Thats the right thing to do. If there is not an investigation would she appear on monday . She is prepared to cooperate with the committee and any Law Enforcement investigation. That has been her position and continues to be her position. She will cooperate with the committee in whatever form that takes. Sandra peter doocy is live on capitol hill this morning. If dr. Ford does not testify monday, how much longer will the kavanaugh confirmation be delayed . Not long. The republicans say they gave her a weeks notice. If she doesnt show up its time to move on. Corker says this, after learning of the allegations ch
Of hearings. Senator feinstein, we found out, her own driver worked for the chinese government, and we didnt find that out until a couple years later. Barack and i agreed to remain silent for a while to give this administration a chance to get up and running. [laughter] god forgive me. [laughter] well, good morning. We begin this fox and friends withlh kivurj . 8xecq pn news ale. The fury of florence still battering the carolinas this morning, now a tropical depression. But officials are warning, this is true, the worst is still yet to come. Ed at least 11 people have been killed, and many fear the continuous rain and severe flooding will only cause more problems for those living in the area. Griff jenkins is live in North Carolina. Reporter good morning. You mentioned more flooding, more problems, more to come. Here in jacksonville inland it is that flooding that is of great concern, because the original assessment damage was different. This new river is flooding. Last night around 9
6 miles per hour. Crawling toward us. After it hits here, it moves down the coast and heads to South Carolina. Chris cuomo in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Chris. You are our future, j. B. 5,500 people without power in South Carolina and nothing has happened. The winds have picked up. It is in the Tropical Storm or tropical depression range now. 35 or 40mileanhour gusts. Enough, however, to push the tide out. What should be high tide is 150 feet back from where it is. That leads back to the vice effect that you were talking about and what were you seeing there. It will be duration that is the concern. How much wetness over how much time and once the wind chwhips , how much damage. What we are seeing in new bern is a reflection of those who decided to stay behind. Putting stress on the system of First Responders. How many more communities will be like new bern well be seeing . According to the radar, we should start seeing some kind of wetness here within the hour. Ill keep you ap
East coast for more than a day now. In new burden, North Carolina, water was waist high. Rescuers spending the day bringing more than 300 people to safety. In other areas of the same state, some who chose to ride out the storm from home, they saw this from their windows. Thats leland, North Carolina right near wilmington, where winds likely will not drop below 50 Miles Per Hour until tomorrow afternoon. More than 600,000 customers in north and South Carolina currently did not have any power. 26,000 people in both states have been forced to move to shelters, and more than 7,000 soldiers and airmen with the National Guard are responding to calls. Just moments ago, the white house announced that President Trump will be visiting areas affected by the storm sometime next week. We have teams positioned across the carolinas to show you the positions and the impact. Miguel is in a North Carolina beach. Tell me how its going where you are now. Reporter misery is how its going at carolina beach.
From there as well as from new bern, where overnight, dozens of people have been rescued by volunteers in boats. We earlier talked to Dianne Gallagher who was out with a team of volunteers who were actually out in new bend, not far from new bern, trying to find some more boats they could do even more water boat rescues. Theres a lot of folks who have brought their boats and staged them here, ready to go out when the winds die down, when the water dies down. In fact, lets check in with Dianne Gallagher. Are you still i cant see you obviously. Tell me, you know, whats been going on. So anderson, were in a new boat now. Those of you who saw us before can probably see this is a boat we went to go get. This is part of our mission here. Thats our old boat. We apologize for the bar. But theyre coming through. Were in a deeper area now. You may have seen before where my friend mitchell was walking next to us to get us through here. You can see some of the street signs, where it has risen up to