Strong as a category three in recorded history, there is no barometer ville how this area is going to be able to absorb the hit of the storm when it comes ashore. but, again, we are told that between six and nine feet of storm surge was expected to push this water from the st. mark s river, kind of like a snowplow, up into the town of st. mark s. again, as i just said a moment ago, the entire town is expected to be flooded at least to some degree in the coming hours. there is an emergency evacuation order in effect, we were told that sheriff deputies have gone door to door in this town trying to get as many people as they can to leave. and, we are also told that they did get a pretty good response in waukesha county where we are, from residents in the coastal areas. one of the emergency management officials told me that they got a good response as far as the number of people who decided to take the advice and leave. i asked one emergency management official what he would tell people wh
Donald trump approved the pipeline that president obama had halted. for all intents and purposes the protest is over. they ve told the protestors to go home. it is over. the governor has an emergency evacuation order that takes effect today at 2:00 p.m. now, two interesting caveats, there will be an amnesty bus. protestors will be offered to get on that bus and go to a transition center and gate voucher for night and a bus ticket anywhere in the united states. secondly, a ceremonial arrest for those individuals who want to be able to tell their friends they were arrested, get a photo taken. put it on social media. the cops will accommodate them for the next several days. for the hard core guys who want to be charged with a crime. we spoke to some of them. they said well, we lost the war but we don t regret the fight. i m terribly sad. i m terribly sad, you know?
New at 6:00, the i-team zigs into allegations that the man in the effort to take california of the united states is doing it for russia. undercover shopping for just the right diamond. what should you really be looking for? i m michael finney. 7 on your side is coming up. live where you live. this is abc7 news. this is what mass evacback ligs mass evacuation looks like. what are you hoping? we re hoping they tell us we can go back. their fingers are crossed. good evening. it s been a little more than 24 hours since an emergency evacuation order went out, saying the homes of nearly 250,000 people were at risk because a spillway at the
States, a major victory for those protesters tonight. they re celebrating as they learn gnat army corps of engineers is halting construction of that controversial pipeline now hours before the state of north dakota set to enforce an emergency evacuation order to force them to vacate the camp so that construction can proceed. sara sidner has been on the ground there for weeks. sara, major celebrations there. major disappointment on the side of those supporters of the pipeline. where does this battle go after tonight? reporter: it s such a good question. we just talked to someone who is a member of the standing rock sioux who said that in his opinion the battle isn t over. yes, there has been a victory and that people are celebrating that victory. but his biggest concern is the next administration. the donald trump presidency which will begin after january 20th when he is sworn in.