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The city is prepared because they knew they would have this problem. the mayor already called in reinforcements. when were talking about first responders, we dont even need to just talk about emergency personnel like police and firemen. after a hurricane here, first responders include utility workers, people here trying to bring the electricity back. thats why mayor andrew gillum called in 500 to 600 additional electrical workers to be prepared for after the storm. theyll be needed here. that 11...

As you mentioned, this is significant here. it is the deadliest transportation accident in almost a decade. as you can imagine, theres serious questions here, especially what led up to this. so far investigators have only said this vehicle, a 2001 ford expedition failed to stop at an intersection, leading to the collision. many people rushing to the scene. joining us out here at the scene, peter, i want you to explain for our viewers what it was like as you rolled up to the scene yesterday after...

Heitkamp voted for neil gorsuch. our polling was a 3 point spread of some people wanting brett cavanagh confirmed and that is stronger among independents and west virginia was interesting. we saw 58% to 28%. ed: was there before? >> higher after the hearing because people didnt see in brett kavanaugh someone who was very credible. a lot of people coming to this conclusion, maybe they are both sincere but seems she is mistaken. ed: critic side as anger, others as innocent until proven guilty. >> ...

Their representatives. democrats and republicans. they need to step up and support this president. brian: a lot of cities are on a tight budget. in portland they found a million dollars for illegal alien defense fund. so illegal aliens can get this elite representation in portland for free. >> doesnt surprise me. port land is the same place we had office shut down several weeks because the mayor had ordered the police department not to assist ice officers. even ice employees werent gun carriers....

And so at this time, again, the major concern is the power line restoration, getting the power back to our customers and keeping folks off of the streets so that we can restore the power. when youre riding around, youre keeping somebody from getting their power back on. please dont do that. and anybody that wants to help, a lot of groups are coming in, the firemens association, and different groups are coming into new bern so were staging that as we speak. we have a big stage area for 18 wheeler...

Here. >> you did? >> we did. we operate and get the lay of the land and look around and we check the conditions and we come in a day or two ahead and that is what we do. >> wow. and what brings -- what makes you do this? there are a lot of folks who would like to do something and dont get up and do something like you did. >> you look at it. the conditions are terrible. weve done this before and people dont know how to handle it. unfortunately a lot of us have dealt with this so we help our neigh...

Situation. dont have anyone believe were going to come. were not going to come unless its a critical critical. >> people dont think about the lives of the first responders when they make the decision to stay. they confuse bravery with temerity. once you get above 30 miles an hour, 40 miles an hour, you cant safely send people out and guarantee their return. if you have 12 hours of 50 miles an hour, thats 12 hours a lot of people may have to wait. >> thats correct. youre right, i have about 135 p...

And storm surge. the chief of police there and the firemen tell me that theyre just getting -- even the firehouse taking significant damage. and you can barely begin to see the island over there. but if you remember, one of those live shots we did yesterday we were on the side of the beach over there. even before the storm was hours away they were beginning to get flooding in low lying yards, those houses undoubtedly under water. now, if you kind of look around here, along this sea wall in moreh...

Of the river. some of it flew into the creeks and backed up to the downtown area. as we mention, the new bern area located right in here in craven county, and you can see where the eye is. theyre going through the northern half of the storm, which is the strong side of the storm which is the wet side of the storm. some of our computer modelling is keeping this east wind and heavy bands of rain at least 24 hours more. the worst the wind is, the worse the rain is, the longer it will take rescue cr...

Stake. all of that, plus eric trump joins us in a few minutes and i have an exclusive interview with george papadopoulos and his wife simona, but thats coming up later. first tonights breaking news opening monologue. ♪ >> sean: hard to believe, but 17 years ago today we were attacked like never before right here on american soil. all told, 2,977 innocent men and women and children lost their lives at the hands of pure evil. fulfilling what they think is there evil ideology designed by evil man...