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that is only fair. interesting optics on monday. meanwhile, president trump travels this morning to storm-ravaged north and south carolina, the region still struggling with epic flooding from hurricane florence. two detainees being transported by sheriff s deputies were killed tuesday when their vehicle was overtaken by floodwaters. that raised the death toll to 36 with 27 fatalities coming in north carolina, eight in south carolina, one in virginia. more now from miguel marquez. reporter: we re on the person street bridge they ve had to shut down because officials are concerned about the debris moving underneath the bridge. we re on person street bridge. up there, that is the grove street bridge. that bridge may have to be shut down, as well, because the river here, the cape fear river, the water is still rising. has about a foot to go in the next 12 hours or so. they think that it will actually crest. the bigger concern right now is
12,000 homes along both sides of the river in fayetteville alone. one other thing to show you here is that streetlight. the water has been rising against that. that should be at the base of a boat ramp where the ground usually is. now it s 20 or 30 feet over its banks. we have a drone up over the person street bridge. if he can fly over, you can see us here waving. the drone give you a better sense of that train bridge there and just what sort of debris is pushing up against that bridge. it seems to be holding right now. it s pushing water now into the neighborhoods off to the side because it s so high. right now, they say they feel they have done everything they possibly can. now they just have to wait for