in the calm in the storm, before you will, steadily pleading with people over television, radio and making announcements that this is the time to get out. but that time is drawing short. because as i said, this bridge behind me that goes from here in savannah to south carolina, this bridge is closing. and major roads are closing. as we were coming into this area last night, we saw tons of cars, bumper to bumper leaving the area. so a lot of people are trying to get out. some of them could only get as close to this hotel where we are in savannah. we talked to some of those residents a few moments ago who said they wanted to go further out. couldn t make it. they were trying to get to hotels. this is one of the few hotels that was still open and able to take them. tamron? thank you very much. haiti and the bahamas assessing damage from hurricane matthew. the most powerful hurricane the caribbean has seen in a decade. the number of people killed in haiti now rising into the hundreds. pr
jersey. and now the volume is picking up and it s bumper to bumper. and it s really no surprise. because 43 million people are expected to travel this holiday season, 90% hitting the road according to aaa. and a lot of these people are hitting the road today. and sort of compounding the misery of the traveling is the weather. and we re seeing the rain come down. pooling and flooding on highways. in fact, a major highway in philadelphia, i-76, westbound lane shut down. and the other side, only one lane open due to flooding. that s the scene all over the place. they re expected to get worse throughout the morning. more heavy rain the further east you go. and snow the further west you go. there s really causing headaches for travelers. they re just going to have to pack their patience. one person told told me that a typical drive from d.c. to
chiliian mine? 31 of the 50 miners are asking for a half million dollars each. they say it isn t about money but about safety. the miners say they want to make sure something like this never happens again. and minnesota state government could be back up and running in just a few days. minnesota s democratic governor cut a deal with republicans to end the two-week long government shutdown. the deal involves selling bonds rather than raising taxes and making up the budget deficit. lawmakers still have to vote on it in special session. let s take you to washington now, live pictures of capitol hill, sources tell cnn s jessica yellin that a meeting is going on down the street from the white house about raising the debt ceiling limits. during the president s weekly address today, he again said he wants both tax hikes and cuts in popular entitlement programs on the table. it will take a balanced approach, shared sacrifice and a willingness to make unpopular choices on all our
can you imagine being forced to evacuate your home, finally you re able to return to your home and there s nothing there. that s what happened to a lot of these folks who are in those cars you see lined up right there. they are texas wildfire evacuees who sat bumper to bumper to get home, many of them find home all gone. we ll be hearing from one woman who lost everything. also, a lot of people out there keeping a close eye on those gas prices. you know it, you ve been going to fill that tank up day after day, week after week, you see the gas prices getting higher, getting close to $4 on average in this country. they may continue to rise. as gas prices go up, so will a lot of other things. among the things that will go up, chocolate, because of the rising cost of transporting coffee beans.
posted on mark zuckerberg s page after apparently hacking into his account. this is facebook s heist in a week. good morning, mike. good morning, sunshines. mike, how was getting to work today? we heard horror stories about d.c. last night. gale pennybacher from channel 7 left here at 7:00 was not home at 11:00 p.m. just trying to get out to bethesda. at 10:00, my street which is just a few streets over, a few blocks from here, bumper to bumper, 10:00 p.m. this is say street that doesn t normally back up during rush