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Emergency declarations for both north and south carolina. and new evacuation orders have been issued for residents of both states. crews from oklahoma gas and electric already on their way to north carolina to help out. theyve gathered here to say a prayer before leaving. >> charleston international airport in south carolina will close at 3:00 p.m. today. officials telling everyone in the evacuation zones they must leave now. both lanes of i-26 in south carolina have been one way out of town to ...

Have to focus our attention on the northeast coast of florida into georgia and the carolinas, going forward, as the storm slowly creeps up the southeastern parts of the united states with its rain and storm surge throughout. >> slowly creeping up and then carolinas up there in its sights. thank you so much for that. president trump has approved emergency declarations for both north and south carolina, and new evacuation orders have been issued for residents of both states. charleston internati...

Just before making landfall here along the east coast of florida. good news for them, sparing the worst of the conditions in martin county where im at. we still have very treacherous next 12 to 24 hours as this storm rides along the coastline and targets the carolinas in the coming days. back to you. >> all right. stay safe. thank you so much. jensen beach for us, thanks. president trump has approved emergency declarations for both north and south carolina, and new evacuation orders have been ...

Up, there are now five states issuing emergency declarations from florida to virginia. the next move is critical. for dorian and you, thats the message from fema. joined by fema administrator james joseph. good to have you back on the show. >> thank you, shannon. >> shannon: lets talk about this. something i want to hear from the prime minister of the bahamas as we see horrible images coming in from there. we know the death toll continues to rise. heres what he said. >> many have heed our warnin...

Evacuated statewide along with 88 nursing homes and because the bands of the storm are intermittent in the area has not been hit too hard just yet, people were actually coming out to the water to take in the sites. a few folks we saw surfing just before sundown. that said, the houses here are boarded up. shops have been close, many of them for days, and everyone keeping an eye on the track of the storm and waiting, ready and prepared to move to higher ground shut that time come. in the meantime,...

He used on saturday. shannon brady >> shannon: alicia acuna, thank you. tonight, the presidents coordinate emergency declarations, staying plugged in with officials across the southeast as dorian approaches. were also getting where that the white house is working with the justice department on a new death penalty bill. if correspondent kristin fisher tracking the latest headlines from the trump administration, good evening. >> shannon, the white house wants to expedite the death penalty for peop...

>> well, for the last several days as you can see in the room behind me, ive had over a hundred of my colleagues working around the clock. and not just fem from employees, from the whole of federal government. nonprofit organizations such as the american red cross, the salvation army. we are here posturing and preparing for whatever the states may request of us. the local officials and states they are the first responders to this event. but as they identify any gaps that there could be as we tal...

Opened this morning. yesterday there were incredibly long lines at gas stations where a lot of stations ran out of fuel as we saw when we got here last night with the yel low bags over the pumps. then of course they were lining up for water as well at costco where there were hundreds of people lined up out the door to get the cases of water and also to get the other supplies and food and that sort of thing. you mentioned the governor declared an emergency situation here in all 67 counties now wi...

We know its only 60 miles that have been refinished at this point. he has issued emergency declarations that are subject to court challenges. he has talked -- obviously talked about moving around money designated for other important government functions to build this wall. and lets not forget that we are heading into september where there will be a major government funding fight probably over that wall. if you recall the shutdown we went through earlier this year over the border wall. at this po...