we didn t get to see thankfully the harsh hurricane force winds north carolina has, all of the trees that were toppled there, the major flooding in the new bern area. we haven t seen it in myrtle beach yet, but because it is a slow moving storm, the concern here is the next couple of days. gabe gutierrez, we re going to take our cue from you and head north to migel almaguer. i know tragedy has struck there. there have been fatalities in wilmington. let s update how things are there. reporter: yeah, alex. the family was inside a home when a tree came crashing down, killing two members inside that family home. the big concern here was a flooding issue. that didn t turn out to be the case, it was downed trees that have come down across this area. downed trees blocking major intersections and roads. first responders aren t able to easily navigate through the area. power crews haven t gotten to most residential streets.
an excellent book. it will give you an understanding of north korea. and lindsay ford is the director of asian security and the richard fellow at the asia society policy institute. two of my fafvorites on the topic. back to california, police are at the scene of a hostage crisis at a veteran s home. migel almaguer has the latest. this is still a very fluid situation but we know dozens of police officers and fire officials have now arrived in the largest veterans home in the nation. there have been reports of one shot fired. though others say multiple shots have been fired. we also have been told there are at least three hostages. all of those numbers are still early. this is sill at the very beginning of police investigation and we re told dozens of officers from across north kor north california are arriving, including the atf to assess this active situation and told that there will be a press conference
nbc news learned that a armed man is holding hostages at a veteran s home and migel almaguer is in the l.a. bureau with more. napa county firefighters do confirm that an armed man is in the veteran s home in yanceville, the largest in the nation. a sprawling facility. there were reports of shots fires. fire officials cannot confirm that. and also reports that there could be three hostages, though there are no known injuries yet. as i mentioned, this is a sprawling a massive facility where up to a thousand veterans currently live. so firefighters and several dozen police officers are now arriving on scene and fanning out. for now, we are still awaiting an update from fire and law enforcement officials. we ll be keeping an eye on what is happening out there. miguel, thank you very much. and that is going to do it for this hour. ali velshi picks things up. i don t want to make this comparison, but it was a few weeks ago, a month ago that i handed off this show to you in a
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are more catastrophic. first responders say in this weather as we are hunkering down next to them, they will not venture out onto the streets behind me because they can become a wind tunnel. we have seen debris fly down the street, parts of trees, fronds from palm trees, garbage cans and other typical debris that you find on city streets, literally flying down the street here. they won t go out on streets in vehicles because they re concerned lives would be at risk. we don t know people can call for help, most phone lines are down. we are using live view system, using cell phone towers to transmit our signal. we are surprised we have been able to stay on the air this long. those winds that powerful and ferocious. it will be this way for some time, brian. migel almaguer in florida city. for those just joining us, the