Theyve move the inland, thats part of the problem. There are other dangers, too. Weve just been placed under a tornado watch. Tornadoes can often responsible out of a weather system like florence. That is just one more thing that the people of north and South Carolina have to contend with in the evening hours. Cnns ed lavendera is in jacksonville, North Carolina. Ed, youre in a neighborhood that has been flooding since this morning. I saw you earlier and the water is coming up fast. Reporter this is a neighborhood along highway 258, north of jacksonville. Its a neighborhood where you look out here into the distance, where people are really just holding on and bracing for the worst. That is all they can do at this point. Many homes here, just to kind of give you a lay of the land, if you look back there in the distance, that tree line, there is a river that cuts its way through, and all of this water that is flooding into this neighborhood is coming out of that neuse river. If you look
Robert mueller was appointed. Rich edson is standing by on the north lawn of the white house with much more on that. But first, lets get white house reaction to the stunning Washington Post report kavanaughs accuser going public reporter good afternoon. The white house is standing by Brett Kavanaugh this as the woman has come forward, and shes now detailing her allegations. This is all in the Washington Post, just come ott in the past hour or so. Its published christine fords and he were in high school, he was stumbling drunk, pinned her to a bed, groped her and put his hand over her mouth when she tried to scream. Ford claims, quote i thought he might inadvertently kill me. He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing. Rod shaw tells us, as the story notes, we are standing with kavanaughs denial. Last week ford told or, excuse me, judge told the Weekly Standard that its absolutely nuts, i never saw brett confidential letter to senator Dianne Feinstein of the account. It leaked, a
Senate Judiciary Committee will decide how and through which forum. Ive known him since 1994. I worked alongside him. This is so wildly out of character. This is unfair to judge kavanaugh. This is an allegation thats 35 plus years old. And now youre going to attempt to try to deal with this in a truncated period of time. Should the Committee Vote coming up . Im going to be talking with my colleagues. Do you believe the accuser . I dont know enough to make a judgment. This is a dire situation. That slow moving disaster that was florence is leaving behind a trail of destruction in her wake. Flood waters are still raging across parts of our state. And the risk to life is rising. Our roads are cut off. Theres no access to wilmington today. The Cape Fear River and the cross creek are over their banks and its only getting worse. Downtown fayetteville, portions of the city are you should water. Ive been through every hurricane since the 70s and never experienced anything like this before. Hop