Is in the hard hit city of panama city. Matt bradley is in the states capitol in tallahassee. Let me start with you, kerry. First of all, what are we seeing in panama city right now . Reporter let me just sort of paint the picture. You see this boat turned up on its edge, and you can see in the background an entire debris field. What im going to do is take you out here to really show the power of this hurricane, and i suspect likely, although this is yet to be confirmed, a tornado. Let me step back here and just sort of look up at this boat warehouse here that was completely ripped and torn apart. Now, if you come with me, lets go down, and you can actually peek inside to get an idea of, there was no storm surge here. This was all wind damage. Remember, we have gusts clocked a the t at top speed of 155 miles an hour. Some of the boats still on the rack, the twists and turns, the roof here that is off. Then as we go even further down, and were going to walk out and around some of the debris thats in the parking lot here, youll get an idea as people are now coming from their homes trying to check on, well, is my boat okay. Some people had insurance. A lot of people didnt, and then they came down and took a peek in here. As you can see as we come around, ill just let the camera zoom in. You can see like toys twisted and turned, dumped upside down, and its going to take some time for people to sort of assess what it is that they lost here, but the main concern, of course, is their home, and thats what most people are dealing with today. A lot of people stayed put, many of them told me now after going through a category 4, boy, i wish we hadnt stayed put. I wish we had left. We were sort of flat footed. This all happened so quickly. Theyre taking a breath of relief at this point that they survived. It was a heck of a night for so many people. One woman told me that she was standing holding the two handles to her french doors trying to keep the wind at bay when part of her roof was torn off. She thinks it was by a tornado. Shes 70 years old, and says, you know, it was one of the scariest moments in her life. Another gentleman over here told me he decided to stay put. He would never do it again. He thought it was going to be okay, and you hear this over and over again. People who say that theyre going to stay behind because they want to try to protect their own personal goods that they have, and the truth is theres nothing you can do in a hurricane other than try to protect yourself. Unfortunately, and as sad it is that two people have died, we may see the death toll go up, for a historic hurricane like this, a category 4, these are very low numbers of people who have passed away. Mexico beach, which is really ground zero of the worst destruction, with the daylight, with the clear skies, you can see how blue the skies are, we have seen nonstop back and forth of coast guard helicopters all heading that direction to mexico beach to get into not only checking the area out, doing some aerial surveys, but also giving the people who were there on the ground some assistance because u. S. 98, the road that goes along the coast here is almost impossible because of downed power poles, downed power lines, trees and just debris thats washed up everywhere. If youre going to drive it, and i got to tell you, officials dont want anybody over here, but those over here, pretty good bet you might wind up with a flat tire because of all that debris. Kerry sanders for us there in panama city. Thank you. Port st. Joe is about 36 miles down the coast from panama city where kerry is. Pastor boyd evans from port st. Joes First Baptist church, pastor evans is on the phone with me now from orlando. Pastor evans, you got out. You and your congregation, how have you all fared so far . Are you all safe . Well, thank you, craig. As far as we know, everybody is alive to our knowledge. Obviously thats what matters most. I was contacted by a Church Member yesterday. She sent me a text about noon said that they had evacuated north and were trying to get back in after the worst of it had passed, and they got stuck in a little town thats just north of our town there, and her husband got a call to go help somebody. He went to help somebody. As he was trying to come back, he could not get back to them. She said she heard her husband cutting with a chain saw to get back to them. Thats just how bad this is. Trees everywhere. My family and i just watching this from a distance have been weeping. Weve been consoling one another, but were together, and i think it helps us, craig, to keep things in perspective. You know, this is bad, but so far its not as bad as say some of the horrible shootings weve seen where so many people have lost their lives. We still have our lives. Weve had two lost. There may be more like the reporter just said, but so far we still have each other, and our church community. No house, no car, no job, nothing is more important than that. And i would say, too, craig, that that building, you know, i know that pictures been all over the news. That building is not the church. The church is the group of people who have received jesus as their lord and savior and who gather together and have Community Together and love and serve him. That building is special, but its not the church, and thank god the church is okay today so far as we know. Emotionally shocked, yes, and reeling, yes, but just like our lord, were alive for the moment. The building has seen and will see better days, but you know, so far were hanging in there today. Pastor evans were showing that picture now that you just referenced, the top of the screen there, the picture looking down 3rd street before the hurricane and the bottom of the screen a picture after hurricane michael. And you can see the steeple there. The steeple is bent, but as you said, that church is just the structure. Thats right. Listen, weve been talking about some renovations of that sanctuary. This is not the way we wanted to get them, all kidding aside. All kidding aside, this is not the way we wanted to get them, but listen, that buildings been there since the 50s. We praise god for it. Its been a special place. Special things happen in special places. But at the end of the day, it is a place, and were just going to look to rebuild as god allows us to. We thank god for the great we know recovery and rebuilding is obviously a very long process. In fact, our church has recently been working with a small church in beaumont, texas, helping them rebuild after harvey over a year ago, and theyre still rebuilding. We know its going to take time, and whats cool, craig, is that we know were not alone. We have a Great Network of fellow christians. Ive had all kind of texts and emails and phone calls of folks from literally all over the country checking on us, caring about us. Were a tourist area. Weve had people from all over this country contacting us saying we were worshipping down there when we were down on our vacation, and we just care about you all and want to know how we can help. Our denomination has a Disaster Relief effort, the Southern BaptistDisaster Relief. We know theyre going to be active with us. Im thankful for florida and all that our state will be doing. All that those men and women are doing right now to cut through, to help people get food and clothing and shelter. We have a great country, and as far as for all the negatives that go on, i just thank god still for this country, craig, and that we want to help one another. I thank god for the red cross thats trying to help, you know, everybody whos trying to help. We know were not the first people to go through this. Sadly, i fear we wont be the last, but were just so grateful for all the folks who have already reached out. And we know it is going to take some time. Pastor evans, thank you for your time. Yes, sir, thank you. Good luck down there. Nbcs matt bradley is in floridas capitol, the capital city of tallahassee where downed trees have knocked out power to about 90 of that city as i understand it. Many of the roads are impassable as well. Matt, did the capitol escape go ahead, matt, im sorry. Set et scene for us here. Reporter craig, well, you know, tallahassee theyre counting their blessings. They managed to avoid any deaths or major injuries, unlike some other places that were hit by the storm, but what they do have here in the state capital is trees, and a lot of them ended up like this one here. I think theres two trees here. This is one or two of about more than 500 trees that fell down here in floridas capital of tallahassee. Theyre very proud of their trees here, but they turned into kind of a major problem for them. Im here with the man whos in charge of putting the lights on in the state capital. This is scott maddox, the city commissioner. Thanks for being with us. Sure, sure. Reporter what do you think about the impact of this storm now that its over, now that its passed . You were expecting a real blow. What are you seeing . Were very thankful to god that it went a little bit west of us. Were praying for the folks in Jackson County and other places that were devastated by high winds, including panama city and apalachicola and the coast. We have 55 of our city is under tree cover. Were very proud of our live oak trees like you were just saying. We have 495 intersections that are blocked by trees. 90 of our electric customers are without power today, but were working on it. Weve got over 500 trucks from all of the country that have come in to assist us with our line crews, and well have everybody up and going pretty quickly. Now, you mentioned, this isnt tallahassees first rodeo. You guys had some experience. You had a scrimmage. What lessons have you applied for this hurricane . We had hurricane cade in 1985, and then we didnt have any until hermine a couple of years ago. That was a great dry run for us. We learned to get the outside crews into tallahassee before the storm. They hunkered down here, and we took care of them during the storm, and now we have them as force multipliers to put them out right away the next morning. We learned to take system of our circuits and power them down rather than try to fix the circuit with power on it, ask then repair from there. I think well have people back on quicker than most people think. Were just overjoyed that no one got hurt. Thanks very much. Appreciate. Yes, sir. Matt, thank you, and thanks to the commissioner there as well. Apalachicolas mayor van johnson, mayor johnson joins me on the phone. He is in destin, florida, where he took shelter from the storm. What do we know about apalachicola right now . Are all of your citizens safe . Yes, everybodys safe, and what we know is pretty much is what we have come to learn as happening all over the panhandle. Were without power and probably will be for a significant amount of days. We have trees thats littering the streets, and we still have some erosion, but one of the biggest issues that is facing my community now is that we have a loss of water pressure, and we believe that one of the emergency generators didnt kick on during the storm, and thats significant because when duke energy comes in to recharge those electrical lines thats down, we could run the risk of a house catching on fire, and we wouldnt have enough water pressure to fight that fire. Any idea when folks might be able to start returning to their homes, those who left . My conversation with the chief of police at this point in time, theyre only letting Emergency Personnel in, so were probably talking about late friday, Early Saturday Morning before the residents can start returning. And the damage there, the destruction, how would you characterize it . This would be the worst ive heard. Im actually in destin trying to make my way back to apalachicola. This is the worst in history. A lot of downed trees, some structure damage. We just dont know how much yet. Were waiting on those assessments to come in. All right but its good to hear that all of your residents there are at least safe. Mayor johnson, thank you, and good luck. Keep us posted, sir. All right. Thank you. Developing story here, Harvey Weinsteins lawyers are celebrating a partial legal victory this morning. Weinstein appeared in a manhattan courtroom a short time ago. The judge agreed to dismiss allegations by one of the three accusers. Weinsteins team had accused her of perjury. Alicia evans told her story to the new yorker last year. She says weinstein forced her to perform oral sex in 2004. Weinstein denies all Sexual Assault allegation against him. After that Court Proceeding this morning, weinsteins lawyer blamed the Metoo Movement for the charges against his client. 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Finding your Xfinity Username or wifi password, restarting your equipment, or paying your bill is easier than ever with x1. X1 help. Another reason to love x1. Say teach me more into your voice remote to get started. Short time ago, President Trump picked up the phone for a wideranging interview on fox news. Kanye collusion, Jeff Sessions, all of them covered, even an admission that his presidency has cost him billions of dollars. Ill bet you ive lost billions of dollars. Its cost me billions. I said to one of my friends, a very wealthy friend, i said you know, i bet you it cost me 2 or 3 billion, and its worth every penny of it. White house correspondent Kelly Odonnell here to wrap it up for us. Kelly, this interview, it comes mid rally week for the president. What kind of mood was he in . Reporter he sounded upbeat, and he extended the interview to about 45 minutes. There were times where just knowing the tricks of the tv trade it sounded like the host of the program might have been ready to wrap it up, and the president kept extending. He seemed to be in a mood to talk. He has a busy day today. Theres a lot going on. You mentioned kanye west being a part of the conversation. Hes at the white house today talking about a number of issues, including criminal Justice Reform, also the issues of violence in chicago, and the music modernization act, which will sort of rewrite the publishing rules in the modern streaming age, especially for song writers and performers. So well see a number of those sort of people from the Music Industry here as well. And the president talked about that criminal justice piece, and he was asked by the panel this morning if his attorney general and we know they dont see eye to eye on a number of things might be at odds with the president on this issue. I know from my own reporting there are aspects of criminal Justice Reform where Jeff Sessions is on board with the administrations plans, and there are some areas where theyd like to make some changes in sentencing guidelines where hes not on the same page. Heres how the president handled it. I heard your attorney general doesnt want prison reform. Jeff sessions is standing in your way. Is that inaccurate . Well, if he doesnt, then he gets overruled by me because i make the decision. He doesnt. Reporter i make the decision, he doesnt. Thats the word from the president today. His comments about his wealth and money left on the table if he had not become president , no way for us to run that down and fact check his assertion of billions lost. That seemed sort of in the hyperbolic lane of the president. He has referenced the fact that he does earn money while in office, even though he has said that he has given control of his business to his sons. We know that the d. C. Hotel that bears his name is a hot spot for those who are supportive of the administration or might want to be doing business with the administration and so profits have certainly flown through that to by extension the president who gives up his federal paycheck each quarter, donates that back to the k coffers. Kelly odonnell, thanks as always. Also in that interview with fox news, the president talked about the missing saudi dissident. Well talk about that in a few minutes. Also, as michael moved past florida and into georgia, it took out power, trees and homes as well. Well go live to the damage in albany, georgia, more than 100 miles inland just to see how strong this storm stayed as it carved through the southeast. [ beep ] first man is the best movie of the year. Were going to the moon. Neil