Reeling. And storm emergency. Millions of americans bracing for major storms. Were dealing with two situations. A major, major severe event. Potentially lifethreatening flooding across the east coast. Torrential downpours reeking havoc. Crews building barriers and laying sand bags. Five states declaring a state of emergency. And joaquin battering the bahamas this morning. Wind gusts up to 150 miles an hour. Inside the eye of a major hurricane threatening the coast with high winds and waves. The storms new path this morning. Good morning, america. That major storm threatening the east coast on alert from florida to maine and extreme team is covering it all. We are on the ground on the site of the shooting of a College Campus in roseburg, oregon. Ten people dead, seven others wounded critically. The gunman has been identified. And so many other towns, another american town shattered by mass shooting. Amy leads our coverage from the scene. Good morning amy. Good morning, george, this is a sleepy Remote Community about three hours south of portland, oregon. It is devastated this morning. This is Umpqua College road, the only road leading in and out of comp pu campus. This morning there were questions and answers as to why a 26yearold man terrorized this campus here. At 10 38 the first emergency call started flooding in. Somebody is outside one of the doors shooting through the doors. The 26yearold gunman chris mercer enters a class room and orders the students to get on the ground and stand up one by one asking each their reledgen. Are you a christian and if youre a christian stand up and he said good because youre a christian youre going to see god in just about one second and then he shot and killed them. Police race to the scene blocking the only road in and out of the school. The other students at this campus of 4,000 flee their classrooms cramabscrambling fors to hide. Sounded like a fight was breaking out. You dont think of it as a possibility. At 10 44 eight minutes since the reports of the shooting officers confront the gunman. We do know that we have at least two heroic officers who responded into the building within minutes and exchanged gunfire with the suspect. They found weapons and an Assault Rifle. The gunman killed. Tactical teams and bomb squads have cleared all of the buildings on the campus. Evidence teams from the fbi and from the Oregon State Police are working to process the crime scene. Overnight many in the Community Gathering for Prayer Services and candlelight vigils in honor of the victims and for those fighting for their lives. And we expect victim identification later today as this Community Still tries to get a handle on what happened. As one faculty member put it, this is not going to be our moment, we will be not be terrified. Good for them. Well get back to you. Moments ago we spoke to cassandra welding. A student that was in the classroom next door to the shooter. Also talked to her mother lisa who was on the phone with her daughter during the rampage. I asked her what she saw and heard. Around 10 30 i heard a really loud ka p. O. W. Noise. Almost like a balloon popping. We all jumped. We didnt know what it was. We knew something wasnt right and so a classmate of mine went to go open the door to see what was happening next door to where the shooting occurred, and she opened the door and unfortunately she got shot twice and fell down and collapsed and we huddled in the right corner of the classroom and were all calling 911 and, you know, its a busy line and i just called it repeatedly trying to get a hold of 911. Hurry up and get here because we have a person shot in our classroom. What was the condition of your classmate that was shot . I know that she was shot in the left arm and she was also shot down in the lower abdomen area by her rib cage. And you all were just trying to help her as best you could, i would imagine. Her friend that was sitting right next to her during the class ran over to her and was doing cpr trying to resuscitate her. You said that you attempted to call 911, you got through then you called your mother. Lisa, when you got the call from your daughter, what the emotions you must have felt and what did you tell her to do . Well, first i couldnt understand her because she was crying hysterically and i finally then realized i heard shooting and i said, okay, wait a minute. Somebody is next to you shooting and she said, yes, in the room and i said, first thing, i said make sure all the doors are secured and make sure you start barricading. If theres anything there, i dont care how make sure you guys are safe to keep somebody out. But its not a call that you ever want to get from your child. Lisa, how did you know like you said its a call no parent wants to receive. You stayed so calm and gave her such great instructions. Where did that come from . How did you know to do that . I have no idea. I guess its called being a parent because at that point, everything i thought of was being safe and everybody there, so my first instinct was i knew i had to be the calm person here and the adult, so i was trying to calm her down and in the meantime, just saying, you know, make sure you lock, barricade. All i knew was barricade. Is that what you did, cassandra . We tried to as much as we could. We were all just terrified to even get up at this point because we were heard continuously gunshots. I heard maybe about 35 to 45 rounds that were shot. Did you ever see the shooter . I did not see the shooter but i witnessed my classmate getting shot. And what were your other classmates doing at that time in the room . You know, a lot of tears were shed. I heard i love you i love yous on the phone. Crying, gasping for air, just a lot of that was heard. And how comforting, cassandra, was your mother on the phone with you . Oh, it was amazing. I knew that either this was going to be my last time talking to her or i was going to see her again and at this point i was just praying i would see her again and my dad. Lisa, what advice do you have for parents who may be watching and they know that this is a scene thats being played out again and again in this country, unfortunately . What advice do you have for them if they should get a call from their child like you did . The best advice is, you know, just try to be calm and use your head and use your instincts. Thats what you did. Lisa and cassandra, thank you very much and just know that thank you. Thank you. We are thinking of you and others in your community. All the best going forward. Thank you. Thank you. Take care. Really got me when she said its called being a parent. So clear in that moment of crisis. That was really something. As we mentioned seven people wounded in the shooting. Three of them in Critical Condition fighting for their lives. We are learning more about the victims and the shooter this morning and abcs Neal Karlinsky is at the hospital in roseburg. Good morning, neal. Reporter george, good morning. The ceo of Mercy Hospital spoke moments ago saying they have never seen a tragedy of this scale before. This is a very Small Community. And initially they were unprepared for the scope of this shooting. Seven people wounded and taken to hospital. Including heroes. One of them that were learning this morning. An army veteran. This morning 30yearold chris mintz out of surgery recovering from seven gunshot wounds, witnesses say the student and army vet charged straight at the gunman trying to save who he could telling others to run. He ran to the library and pulled all the alarms and he was telling people to run, grabbing people telling them, you just have to go and he actually ran back towards the building where the shooting was and he ran back into the building and i dont know what happened to him. According to his family he told the gunman it was his sons birthday. Gets shot three times. Hits the floor. Looks at the gunman and says its my sons birthday today. Gets shot two more times. Theyre grateful hes alive. He walked away with his life. Overnight police and fbi swarming this apartment complex in winchester, oregon where the man behind the carnage 26yearold Chris Harper Mercer lived with his mom. An officer pictured questioning his mom outside. They thought he was an odd guy. Reporter abc news learning he was allegedly armed with three pistols and an assaultstyle rifle and that he left behind writings. His last upload a documentary about the sandy hook killings. I did see him at the time walking or leaving his apartment and coming home with what looked like gun cases. Him and his mom both and he actually did say that he used to go shooting at some range. I dont know where it was. Reporter mercers father this morning saying he and his family are reeling. Obviously its been a devastating day, devastating for me and my family. Shocked. Shocked is all i can say. Police say they have no known motive at this time. Officials also stress that there is no known link to International Terrorism and continue to pour over this suspects background. So much in writings that came out online. The victims all here in the hospital range from ages 18 to 34. We expect to get more updates. Many of them here just lucky to be alive george. Okay, neal, thanks very much. This was the 15th time president obama has been called to speak out after a mass shooting and when he took the podium late yesterday he condemned the ritual. His voice etched with anger. Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine. The conversation in the aftermath of it, weve become numb to this. Jon karl at the white house. John, the tenth fatal School Shooting this year alone and the president being very clear he is now politicizing this issue. Reporter george, he was explicit on that point. I have been in the White House Briefing room with him for several of those statements following mass shootings. I have never heard him angrier or more political as he blamed gun violence in america on congress inability or unwillingness to pass more gun control laws. He said that thoughts and prayers for the victims are not enough. Okay, jon karl, thanks very much. Somebody somewhere will comment and say, obama politicized this issue. Well, this is something we should politicize. It is relevant to our common life together, to the body politic. Reporter and no comment from the nra. They said their policy is to gather the facts before making a statement on Something Like this. Jon karl, thanks very much. Well go to amy and our team in oregon throughout the morning. Right now were going to turn to the other big story. The potentially life threatening storm. The east coast bracing for flooding. Youre looking at radar and ginger will start it off. Robin that rain that youre seeing on the radar is from this system that is a low pressure system in the southeast churning happening this weekend. Independent of joaquin. Joaquin still terrorizing the central bahamas moving northwest and through the rest of today and tonight it will make its turn out. The pictures from the bahamas are not good so far. What we have seen is a trend in that cone of uncertainty to stay away from land. So that means no u. S. Landfall with all the computer modelling taking it out to sea. Doesnt mean no rough surf but its the other system that were concerned about this weekend dropping very heavy rains in parts of south and north carolina, that Coastal Flood Advisory from maine to mime and the warnings in the midatlantic. Well be tracking this throughout the morning. Thank you. Five states declaring a state of emergency because of this storm. North and South Carolina, virginia, and abcs rob marshiano is in Virginia Beach. An area that the lost couple weeks getting hit with this, rain and wind and waves. The baef already stripped of sand. This soil saturated and we have got joaquin out there. This coastal storm tapping some of the tropical moisture and bringing more of what they really dont need. This morning parts of the east coast reeling from a foot of rain and bracing for an additional foot this weekend. The potential for dangerous flooding threatening 50 million americans and reeking havoc in South Carolina. Trees down and this road collapsed because of flooding. One man rescued. This storm front already possibly to blame for at least two deaths in the carolinas. Joaquin makes its way up the atlantic. Were dealing with two situations. A major severe event of rainfall at the same time having to deal with the potential hurricane. Five states declaring state of emergencies. Now is the time for you to begin to prepare for hunk kerring down and dealing with the storm. Reporter crews working along the shore building barriers on the new jersey coast and laying sandbags in north carolina. A hurricane does not have to go directly over your town, doesnt even have to make landfall to have an impact on you especially if youre along the coast. Reporter scientists taking to the skies to track joaquin. Air force Hurricane Hunters collecting data for the National Hurricane center flying directly into the storm calling us as they were gathering that vital information. Each time we go through the storm were passing through the eye wall, the center of the storm, outside the window it kind of looks like shattered glass. This storm has been intensifying. Joaquin a category 4 and this storm ens identifying at this hour. High tide at 1 00. Major coastal flooding at that hour and throughout the weekend heavy rain not only here but across the carolinas. Could see a foot and that will bring some historic if not catastrophic flooding. George. They are dealing with a lot right now. Hurricane joaquin may miss us but it is hitting the caribbekc hard. Linzie janis on the scene in nassau. Hurricane joaquin has been battering the eastern and central bahamas for the last 24 hours and no let up for at least the next 24 small thinly populated islands getting lashed with 130 mile per hour winds. 30 foot waves and two feet of rain. Homes are flooded. Streets are flood. Widespread Power Outages and phone lines down. People are worried sick about their relatives there. George and robin. Another major headline. A military plane crash. That story in just 30 seconds. Six American Service members have been killed in the crash of a c130 cargo plane in afghanistan. The taliban claiming responsibility. Abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz in washington with the details. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, george. This happened just after midnight at the Jalalabad Airfield near the border with pakistan. On board the big turboprop aircraft not only the sixperson crew but five contractors supporting the u. S. Military who were also killed. The military says the c130 went down just after takeoff and that all of the wreckage is contained on the airfield and even though the taliban claims to have shot the aircraft down, the military says there is no indication that it went down because of hostile fire. But theyre obviously trying to figure out what did happen, george and robin. Thanks very much. 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