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Shed take coming home from her boyfriends house. then he saw it in a construction zone. on a highway 93 overpass. what did you find? >> something i dont want to see again. you can say a firemans worst nightmare. >> someone tried to hold him back. he kept on. >> i saw her over at the side. >> his perfect daughter. his justine, obscenely broken. but amazingly, still alive. how did she look? >> i didnt really see a lot of her on the gurney there. but i got to see her, you know, at the hospital. >> ...

In shock after a deadly shark attack. >> i would not be in the water any time soon. >> ninan: and a special bond between a nurse and a doctor. these coworkers actually met decades ago when he was a fragile infant. >> i was in shock. good evening, im reena ninan. the massive storm that was once a monster hurricane is slowly moving out of the carolinas leaving catastrophic flooding in its wake. flash floods and tornadoes are still a threat. at least 18 people are dead. hundreds of thousands of hom...

Massive trees uprooted across the region, crashing into streets and homes, firefighters knew that calls like this would be inevitable this morning. >> unfortunately we have a very, very large tree thats taken off the back corner of this house. weve been involved in extrication of several victims for a number of hours now. >> reporter: three people, a couple and their 8-month-old baby, trapped. firefighters desperately working to clear a path to the victims who they could hear and speak to. at le...

Radioactivity. the discovery near a bay area couple )s home that has them scared to trust the government. pregnant and worried about radioactivity. scared to trust the government. >> and thumbing his nose at the president. governor browns plan to put california in space. governor br finally here from wilmington, where we saw firsthand the human toll the storm is taking. a humbling reminder of the power of nature. were thinking of those families. were thinking of the first responders who knel...

Breaking news tonight as hurricane florence turns deadly. a massive rescue operation right now for hundreds of people trapped up and down the carolina coast. people being plucked from rooftops, saved by boat. a torrent of water overrunning entire cities and towns. >> it was terrifying. we were up in the att attic. >> and were there at the epicenter of this tragedy. a mom and her 8-month-old baby trapped in their home. first responders unable to save them despite an heroic effort. days of catastr...

Conscious and talking to paramedics, we held our breaths, hoping to see two more victims successfully taken out. instead, firefighters filed out and their faces said it all. the rescue effort had become a grim recovery. by the time they reached the mother and baby, it was too late. >> its hard for all of us. if you have kids or not, if you have a family or not, its a human life. >> reporter: they saved one life but then in a powerful and touching moment, first responders huddled to pray for thos...

>> theres a lot of trees down. >> glor: by midday, florence claimed her first lives when a tree crashed on to a home in wilmington, north carolina, killing a mother and her infant daughter. rescuer workers were able to save the father. >> it is sad, sad news to get on a day like today. there is no preparing for something like that. >> glor: in morehead city, what was a building became a pile of rubble. a rising building in belhaven nearly swallowed the floor of this house. the lights were still ...

Got big issues with storm surge. he hundreds were rescued overnight from the rushing water. dozens more are still trapped. >> right now, you cant tell the tvers from the roads. >> ive never seen this kind of damage here. >> its bad. the water is coming up. a lot of winds. a lot of trees. we have a lot of downed power lines. >> reporter: we are about 20 miles inland from the coast. this is a massive 63-year-old oak tree that was toppled. >> it has been a restless night for many of these evacuees....

The mother and daughter did not get out. the father rushed to the hospital. the fire chief telling us they had to cut through the tree to get to the family. >> these firefighters were out here during the height of this storm working this rescue, basically. very, very difficult. >> reporter: kneeling in prayer amid the horror they had discovered. hurricane force winds at florence slammed into the coast, making landfall as we were on the air. you can see the winds are just ferocious right now. win...

Ve never seen this kind of damage here. >> its a difficult situation for all of us. >> in a moving image, firefighters stopping in the middle of a storm to pray. a mother and kid were hit when it brought a tree down on top of their carolina home. at least three other people have also died. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. ill larry beil. >> and im ama wind gusts have been at 105 miles an hour. >> i want to take a look at the south carolina coast. it looks pretty tame, but youve seen the ...