yesterday at umpqua community college in oregon. some were fresh out of high school, new to college. others were returning to education to make a new start in life. president obama this evening has ordered flags across the nation at half-staff. nine others were wounding, including chris mintz, a hero amid the horror. he was shot three times as he tried to stop the gunman. john blackstone is in roseburg, oregon, and begins our coverage. reporter: the smiling faces of the victims are now known ranging in age from 18 to 67. they include three 18-year-olds, recent high school graduates, rebekah carnes, lucas eibel, and quinn cooper. carrie boyd spoke for cooper s family. quinn was funny, sweet, exapgzate and such a wonderful, loving person. he always stood up for people. reporter: 19-year-old lucero alcaraz hoped to be a pediatric nurse. and 20-year-old treven anspach was a fire and e.m.s. member. douk fire chief marl delivered a message from treven s family. treven was l
hello and thanks for joining me. i m suzanne malveaux in for fredricka whitfield. hurricane joaquin is now back to a very dangerous category 4. it is drenching rains, they re already being felt on the east coast. now, here s what it looks like right now. this is myrtle beach, south carolina. millions of people in the carolinas expected to be affected. north carolina governor pat mccrory spoke to me just a moment ago. sadly, south carolina, which we wouldn t have anticipated less than 48 hours ago, is going to get hit the hardest, due to this very stagnant storm, which is impacted by the hurricane going off the coast, which was very good news for north carolina, especially in the outer banks area, closer to virginia. but south of wilmington is where we re having some flooding. we had an evacuation of a couple hundred people in the calabash area, a well-known tourist fishing destination. south carolina, north carolina, new jersey, and virginia have declared states of emerge
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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
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