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Frequent guest on te show. thank you for come on. when i was born, the percentage of people living here foreign born is under 5%. now 14%. so three-fold increase. that is a huge change. huge change in less than 50 years. is the country better or worse for that, would you say? >> i think that the country is better and the economy is better but still those levels, 14%, is actually lower than what we had 60, 70 years ago even before that where it -- >> tucker: wait, wait, im sorry. you are allowed ...

All of that flooding, especially in rivers because it is causing rivers to flow backwards. that water is pushing west and cant allow it to flow downstream. oriental, carolina, 20 inches of rain. wrightsville beach, 18.5. rain totals keep going up and up, as long as rain bands are sitting over them. we had 108 miles per hour wind in dafdsville, and more rain is still to come. cant stress enough this is not over yet. lot of times we talk about storms making landfall and wrap up and say everything ...

Almost due to your south. it moved over wrightsville beach. theres wilmington there. the center of the storm really only about 15 miles from you right now. the good news is what im noticing is theres some dry air along the land and its wrapping itself into the storm. drying out the storm, maybe even by 20% would help just a little bit. now, obviously, theres still 50% of the storm thats over water, so were not drying it out all that much, but still, its a help. well take anything we can get at t...

At 35 and 40 miles an hour. so its not too bad yet. but were watching our friends just north of us. we realize that it is coming. and were not looking forward to it but well take that over the 150 we were talking about 24 hours ago. >> yeah. im getting reports now the highest gusts, mayor, 108 miles an hour in davis north carolina. highest rainfall so far 12.73 inches. thats in atlantic beach. so some people are getting pounded. this is the beginning of this. you mentioned that your mandatory ev...

The winds will continue to be an issue, but the big problem is really the storm surge as well as the rain. we have already had rain reports of more than a foot and a half of rain. some areas are getting close to two feet of rain, with oriental getting 20 inches and another update to those numbers are supposed to be coming out any moment. they are going to be much higher than 20 inches because its been raining nonstop. davis, north carolina got a 108-mile-per-hour wind gusts, so the winds were th...

Advisory coming up at 5:00 a.m. eastern time. and take a look at these peak wind gusts that weve seen. davis, north carolina, thats in that southeastern quadrant of north carolina. 108 mile per hour wind. cape look out, 106. the rainfall totals that weve seen -- you can imagine that these are going up rather significantly, and it is so close to shore that now were really watching for that potential as that storm surge moves in 7 to 11 feet possible, especially in that quadrant right where you ar...

As of now, we have about 108 shelters that are open with more than 7,000 people in them. emergency managements goal is to set up even more shelters where people can stay safe throughout the duration of the storm. and even after. we appreciate local communities stepping up to host storm evacuees, and were grateful to the volunteers for helping us out at these shelters. i have ordered 2800 national guard soldiers to report for duty to help in this time of crisis, and were truly grateful for their ...

And we have -- >> bill: 108 shelters in north carolina alone with 7,000 people taking shelter in there. 56 school districts have been closed. thats just north carolina. well get to south carolina in a moment. first want to go back to janice dean tracking the latest on florence. hello again. good morning back there. >> good morning. what a great point. so we swapped categories for a larger wind field. thats whats happening with this storm. the message is exactly the same as it was this time yeste...

Foot. >> theres one person staying behind for a noble reason. they have more than 108 shelters opened up, more than 7,000 feel in the shelters. its going to get worse the next couple days. more than 3,000 national guard have been called up. shepard? >> shepard: youre just about here. that puts a lot of water where you are, steve. how are folks prepare somethipr. >> the message has been cleared. youre hearing a mike tyson punch and a monster storm. most storms get a few people that take it lightl...

As of now, we have about 108 shelters that are open with more than 7,000 people in them. emergency managements goal is to set up even more shelters where people can stay safe throughout the duration of the storm. and even after. we appreciate local communities stepping up to host storm evacuees and were grateful to the volunteers for helping us out at these shelters. ive ordered 2800 national guard soldiers to report for duty to help in this time of crisis, and we are truly grateful for their se...