Recovery success. I think puerto rico was incredibly successful. And i actually think it was one of the best jobs thats ever been done with respect to what this is all about. I think the puerto rico was an incredible, unsung success. No ones saying that success because its not true. Billionaire president versus a trillion dollar company, weve also got that in sight, apple set to unveil a new slate of iphones today, but with the president s trade wars threatening higher price, will the company be forced to think different . And ten years ago this week, i remember it well, Lehman Brothers collapsed, setting off a chain of events leading to the worst financial crisis since the great depression. So after a decade, have we learned any lessons . You know, we have got to begin with the the storm of a lifetime. Max, thinking, am i going to have a home to come back to . God spare us, spare myrtle beach, spare everybody whos in line with this. Because this looks like its going to be the worst on
cruz had said in part, quote, they want us to be just like california right down to tofu and silicone and dyed hair. it s worth noting that cruz s wife heidi is a vegetarian from california. let s get a check on your weather with bill karins. here s what we re dealing with in north carolina. eastern north carolina, the remnants are just about cresting in most cases. then they re going to come down from here. the cape fear river is one of the biggest ones and also the noose river, the river that flooded new bern with the water that same from the sound. a lot of places still under what we call major flood stage. a couple gauges near the lumberton river also in record flood stage. it s continuing to come down in areas of the east. heavier downpours just outside
yesterday. the noose river at kingston, from 5 to 14 and going up. well above major flood stage. here s goldsboro. here s the noose river at goldsboro. we re going to go from three feet and right this morning we re at 20 feet high. this river has gone up 17 feet in 24 hours. another one, the new river near gum branch. we ve been from two feet to 23 this morning. the rivers all the way up and down even from northern north carolina all the way down to the ocean will have to take all of this water. cape fear river at fayetteville. 10 to 16, and the forecast is almost 60 feet. another, what, 30, 40 feet to go. people will have to get out of the way of the water. it s running back down. and it s still coming in. wow. that s why this is a multi-day event. thank you very much. we ll check back with you to see
area down to morehead city where i was was the noose river that s caused all the flooding in new bern, more than 100 people under rescue right now according to officials telling me this morning 375 yesterday. and then, of course, the newport river that the is main one that dumps into the boat bay in morehead city where i was standing on sea wall yesterday. this is the newport river over in this distance right here and it s overtaken this highway 70. now we are watching in a distance really with tremendous uncertainty as this woman drags her literally her life belongings through this floodwaters. it s difficult to want to just take your car. i m here with my own car. and i want to drive it in and try and help her. we re trying to do everything we can with people and we are, like everyone else, working on limited power. limited gasoline. you see there is no power out here. nowhere to go. you can t go to a gas station or walmart.
center, all vacancies basketball goals protruding from the rain flooded water and the noose river is down to four to six feet storm surge so they are cautiously optimistic that rain is in the forecasted this will continue. one of the major problems is where to put these people they are rescuing, rescued evacuees. they opened up their doors, they are housing them but again just as we are cut off on that bridge, to the north they are cut off from the city of greenville. the major city of resources for them. that is causing a major problem at this area. i spoke with state officials, they don t have any power. one guy was walking down here on at this area. i spoke with state officials, they don t have any power. one guy was walking down here on the docks half an hour ago. he works in construction, says he s glad the rain stopped, not looking forward to anymore rain even though he knows it is in the forecast. is a construction worker and he will not be working for the next