Hurricane florence is a category 4, likely to make landfall along the coast of the carolinas friday morning between 6 00 a. M. And noon. This all could change, of course, and just look at this tonight. The eye clearly visible right there. A very strong storm. And one of the things theyre also worried about is once it slams into the u. S. , another system might just hold it in place, dumping several feet of rain. And at this hour, 10 Million People in its path, this image says it all. Both sides of the highway there in South Carolina going in the same direction tonight to help people get out. Millions across several states will be effected by this. North carolinas governor tonight warning this could be deadly. Tonight, the newest track, when it hits and Abcs Steve Osunsami leading us off. Reporter from Charleston To columbia tonight, and from myrtle beach into North Carolina and virginia, more than a million and a half people are heading one way away from danger. Enough clothes for abou
said everybody should get out. you have to listen to your local authorities. we know that fema is working closely with state governors. here at the white house, they are monitoring this storm around the clock. but you heard the president make that promise today, david, they say, he says the government is ready. all right, cecilia vega, rob marciano, gio, steve, all on this hurricane tonight, we thank you all. and we will stay on it. and we also want to point out, involving the president early this morning, the president and first lady marked 17 years since 9/11 with a visit to shanksville, pennsylvania, where passengers and crew from united flight 93 stopped hijackers from attacking. the president saying the field is now a monument to american defiance, and a message to the world that america will never, every submit to tyranny. we will have much more on this 9/11, images from around the country and what we heard from a woman, a survivor, who you met right here. we have been follow
the same grace and courage as the heroes of flight 93. this field is now a monument to american defiance. this memorial is now a message to the world. america will never, ever submit to tyranny. [ applause ] since september 11th, nearly 5.5 million young americans have enlisted in the united states armed forces. nearly 7,000 service members have died facing down the menace of radical islamic terrorism.
america fought back. reporter: president trump paying tribute today to heros of the 9/11 terror attacks. and that dark day, 17 years ago, forever etched in american history. this field is now a monument to american defiance. this memorial is now a message to the world. america will never, ever submit to tyranny. reporter: the president and first lady marking the day in shanksville, pennsylvania. where passengers brought down united flight 93, whose hijackers were targeting the nation s capital. but on the most solemn of days, the president s mind seemed to be elsewhere. pumping his fist in the air as he arrived to greet supporters. after starting the morning, insisting, again on twitter, there was no collusion between president trump and russia. absolutely zero. as bob woodward s blistering book about white house dysfunction was officially
reporter: 17 years ago, in the hours after the attacks, air travel coast to coast was suspended. the skies fell quiet for the better part of three days, and every year since, the silence has returned. with bowed heads and broken hearts, the whole nation has watched survivors and their wrestle with their grief, seeing the landscape of the tragedy transformed, even watched the presidency change hands, but the message has stayed the same. this field is now a monument to american defiance. this memorial is now a message to the world. america will never, ever submit to tyranny. reporter: those are not just words. terrorists who planned that terrible day were hunted fiercely in afghanistan, indeed, around the world, and their