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being felt on the east coast. this is myrtle beach, south carolina. millions of people across the carolinas expected to be affected. this is what charleston emergency management officials said in a news conference. this was just a little bit ago. this is a very serious event and everyone in the area needs to take it that way. they need to take this seriously, because there s a potential for a very dangerous and life-threatening situations to occur. so as the mayor said, if you do not have to frequent out into the area today, please stay at home. south carolina, north carolina, new jersey, and virginia have declared states of emergency. more heavy flooding could hit those states and others up the east coast. want to bring in our nick valencia, live in charleston, south carolina. nick, it looks like the rain is, in fact, accumulating, getting a lot deeper where you are. reporter: the rain has not stopped so far, since this morning, suzanne, really since the last few days
fredricka whitfield is off today. newsroom starts right now. hurricane joaquin now back to a category 4 hurricane storm. drenching rains on the east coast already felt. myrtle beach, south carolina, millions of folks expected to be affected. new video of cars battling flooding in charleston where they already broke the daily record on rainfall. in brunswick county, north carolina, crews spent friday night evacuating people along the coast. let s go live to north carolina. government, pat, mccrory, is speaking about the conditions there. storm activities. i have a great team behind me on stage. i am so proud of the north carolina team in storm preparation and response. we think we have the best team in the united states of america. we are working to the as a team just like we have in the past winter storms. our goals are constantly to be overprepared and underwhelmed. frankly, the good news is that with a hurricane, we are underwhelmed. that s good news for north carolin
be sent to vladimir putin. is a u.s.-russia proxy war already underway. senator john mccain joins us live. then senator elizabeth warren. she will not run for president this time, but that doesn t mean she isn t watching the race. plus, what s her beef with biden and the best political team on television will be here with insights from the campaign trail. hello i m jake tapper in washington with some breaking news out of south carolina where there ask a flood of catastrophic proportions underway. at least 140 people have already been rescued from streets overcome with rain. and emergency workers are trying to free more people trapped in videos. roads and highways are closed across the street. let s get to the cnn weather center for the latest on this life-threatening storm. we re looking at some pretty incredible numbers out here. mt. pleasant, south carolina, 24 inches of rain. we re talking 2 feet just in the last couple of days from this storm. columbia picking up
we ll begin in roseburg, oregon, where the tight-knit community there is grieving and trying to come to terms with thursday s deadly college master. right now authorities are providing a motive for the killings. what we know is the student was a student at umpqua community class. he bravely served in the army in 2008, but a military official says he never made it out of basic training. the nine victims who were killed were students and a teacher at ucc. john vause is covering all of this for us from the college campus in roseburg. john, we re starting to learn more about the nine victims. what can you tell us? reporter: lindsey, since all this began linda, since all this began, officials want to keep the focus on the victims. the sheriff, a man who has made a point of not mentioning the name of the gunman, on friday, he read out the names of the nine victims who were gunned down at the community college. the victims are lucera alvarez of roseburg, 19 years old. quinn