sight. just about every lot on the streets in panama city. you see structures like this. some are schools, churches, gas stations, businesses, people s homes. because the sun hasn t come up yet, we don t have a good grasp of how extensive the damage is except to tell you that it is bad. it s really bad. i can tell you we have seen bay county emergency officials and other agencies from the surrounding counties out here patrols and helping. they are out trying to cut trees down and free up roads and get into homes where people have been trapped. again, once the sun comes up, we should see the power crews, dave. we should see efforts the governor staged with recovery and restoration efforts. best of luck to all of them there. real tough. dianne, thank you. overnight, michael punished georgia with torrential rain and
structure that is just destroyed. they are broken down, christine. we have seen police officers out here trying to go through and figuring things out. they were here yesterday trying to break through buildings and structures to see if people were okay and do rescues. schools that were collapsed. the sun hasn t come up yet. when the sun comes up today, we will probably get a better look at how extensive the damage is here. what we have seen so far, christine, this is devastating. all right. in another hour and a half until the sun comes up. we will get a clear picture. thank you, dianne. overnight, michael hit georgia with destructive rains as it arrived as a category three hurricane and downgraded to a category one. it is the most powerful storm to hit the area in 120 years. we have pedram javaheri tracking
many of the republicans we ve spoken to are having a hard time to get behind the candidate. you re about to meet one of them. it s friday at this man s household. the sun hasn t come up and they re already talking about their future. do you want to try this avocado. he and his wife moved from virginia to georgia about two years ago. this will be their first presidential election as state residents. it s people like them who are changing the historically red state purple. everybody is looking at him he s a conservative. he didn t vote for president barack obama in 2008 or in 2012. nor does he really support democratic candidate hillary clinton. but he says, he s voting for her anyway. if it wasn t for the candidate running now, i probably would have voted for that other candidate rather than clinton. more than likely. what is it about her that s hard for you to totally accept? the e-mails, the benghazi stuff. being a military guy, the
the sun hasn t come up and they are talking about their future. alberto and his wife, keisha, moved from virginia to georgia. this will be their first presidential election as state residents. it is people like them that are changing the historically red state to purple. he is a conservative. he didn t vote for president barack obama in 2008 or 2012. nor does he support democratic candidate, hillary clinton but he says he is voting for her anyway. if it wasn t for the candidate running now, i probably would have voted nor the other candidate. reporter: you would have voted republican? more nan likely. reporter: what is it about her it is hard for you to totally help her? the e-mails and benghazi, you take all that into account. the e-mails and security. they are just direct breaches and violations of what they teach you even as a lower enlisted guy in the military. try it. it is good. you smell it.
the changing dynamic of this traditionally red state. a family i spent with red, a registered democrat, but votes republican, but all this may be changing in georgia. it s a traditionally red state but it s slowly turning purple. it has two parts to it, newly influx of residents from out of state that vote democratic and it s also republicans who can t seem to bring themselves to vote for donald trump. reporter: it s friday, at this household. the sun hasn t even come up yet and they re already talking about their future. so do you want to try this avocado? they moved from virginia to georgia about two years ago. this will be their first presidential election as state residents. and it s people like them who are changing the historically red state purple. you can tell everybody is looking at him like, man, just end this. he is a conservative. he didn t vote for president