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Prayers at this moment. >> jon: you are on a barrier island. people had to get over the bridge to get off, right? >> they did. they would have and if they had gone as early as they could have. now the bridge is closed. >> jon: if they have not left apalachicola now, they have to hunker down. it is hard to find a safe way to do that on a low-lying barrier island, isnt it? >> exactly. thats why we stressed the point over and over, take this storm seriously. it has life-threatening impact, evacuate...

Floor it, you go as fast as you can toward the docks and usually that is 40, 45, 50 miles an hour if you have a fancy boat. double that, what does that rain feel like at 100 miles an hour? >> it hurts. it stings your face. hurts bad. im trying not to get hit by it right now. ive had enough for the day. you know, its been pretty rough out here. you know, this is what authorities were worried about, getting hit this hard in this particular location that hasnt seen winds this strong or -- the one t...

There. this does not look like its weakening at all. hopefully its leveling out and not getting more intense. its closing in on these small towns. laguna beach, panama city, mexico beach. appalachicola. the elevation of the city is 13. its going to be devastating for these regions. new lightning strikes around the eye. the orange portions is where well see the most destruction, roofs ripped off building, ripped apart that are poorly constructed. measurement tools, well be tracking this all day l...

Because the extra tank of gas or the motor or the food that has to be doubt thats not part of your regular grocery shopping is not something that a lot of people in this region have excess of. they dont have spare cash lying around for hurricane preparations. >> and shame on us, i suppose, when we do live here and i suppose we all should have some kind of fund set aside, but most of us dont. we live, you know, a good life but we spend our money paycheck to paycheck. we just didnt really have a r...

You need to know your elevation and where this water is going to go. it is going to rain all the way up to raleigh. the winds will be 45 miles an hour. those trees are soaking wet. there is just mud there, and those trees will fall down as far north as north carolina in this storm. hurricane warnings are posted. it is coming. this is not a drill. you need to plan for 120 and maybe even plan from somewhere between 110 and 130, because thats probably where we are right now. >> already a category t...

Said it would make them more likely to vote for him, a third said less likely and a third said it made no difference. the greatest cautionary tale for republicans probably remains the fight over clarence thomas. that night in october of 1991, the freshly confirmed clarence thomas told the nation it was time to put the fight behind them. but a year later, an unprecedented number of women were elected to congress, many of them inspired to run for office by the shabby treatment of anita hill in the...

Thomas told the nation it was time to put the fight behind them. but a year later, an unprecedented number of women were elected to congress, many of them inspired to run for office by the shabby treatment of anita hill and the elevation of thomas to the high court despite her allegations. and this year, of course, there are more women running for congress than ever in american history, and a new "washington post" survey of 69 battleground districts in this years midterms finds that democrats ha...

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[applause] margaret and liza, my father is a great man. hes a man of decency, kindness and courage who has devoted his life to serving his fellow citizens. and now, from the bench of our nations highest court, your father will defend the internal rights and freedoms of all americans. [applause] we are joined by a leader who has never wavered in his support and devotion of the rule of law, and to brett kavanaughs elevation. he has worked very, very hard and he truly has done an

Margaret and liza, your father is a great man. he is a man of decency, character, kindness and courage, who has devoted his life to serving his fellow citizens. and now from the bench of our nations highest court your father will defend the eternal rights and freedoms of all americans. you know that. we are joined tonight by a leader who has never wavered in his support and devotion to the rule of law and to brett kavanaughs elevation. hes worked very, very hard and he truly has done just an