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Twitter. when asked for a comment, a justice department spokesperson said, this is actually the dumbest thing ive been asked to comment on in a while. it comes on the heels of a "washington post" report stating the president had talked with whittaker about having him replace sessions as attorney general. bill, youre tracking the remnants of hurricane michael and theyre still trying to assess the damage that storm did. >> it went through north carolina. half a million people host power. they ha...

Is over, there are live wires and debris in many places. damaged and weakened structures, flash flooding and tornados. just where the storm has already been. for the late on where it is and where its going, i want to turn to cnn meteorologist tom sater. tom, give us a sense of where it is and where its headed. >> well, right now weve seen this drop to a category 1. still a hurricane. this has been breaking records. thats the reason, anderson, the national hurricane center used the words, histori...

They wont be for probably the next little bit until those winds calm down. obviously, they are getting calls in this time. theyre going to respond to them, but not until they say that it is safe to do so. also, there are power outages. widespread. more than 7,000 customers in this county, alone, without power. you can bet theres a whole heck of a lot more than that across the state of georgia. and elsewhere as well. the good news is that there are out of state power utility companies and service...

I also spoke with the fire chief not long ago. he said that emergency crews, first responders, they are no longer responding to calls. they said that they wouldnt do it if winds reached more than 35 miles per hour sustained. d they have reached that level. they say it simply is not safe to go out. >> is and thats one of the problems, obviously, occurring with a hurricane like this. a storm like this. the satellite also often goes down. by the way, what he said about the waffle house is pretty mu...

>> how do you find people that need rescuing? how do people reach out to you and what is the biggest challenge of what you are seeing now with michael? >> so the first part of that question, crowd source rescue is a database we used online and facebook page at cajunnavy.com. this is based from florence and harv harvey. the devastation is mostly by wind. we also experience long-term flooding. we make sure our people are on the ground. we have 1,000 people there right now and we make sure they are...

The good news is that there are out of state power utility companies and services that have come in to help to try to get the power reconnected as soon as this is over, but that wont be for some time. they also have not yet seen the flash flooding that is really concerning them. though that could still very well happen as this rain continues to come down. really in anderson. >> hey, scott, if you could hold on, i want to bring tom back in so you can hear as well as our viewers. tom, if you can g...

Pictures. well see even worse damage once we get the helicopters up. youre just going to see thousands of trees that are just down throughout the region, too, maybe hundreds of thousands of trees. were not done with the concerns. i think we still could have threats to life and property today from michael because of the rain. right now, the winds not that bad, 50 miles per hour. not going to cause that many issues. we have flash flood warnings everywhere here in these maroon colored counties. 63 ...

Someone this is. ten million people in the world the stakes they have no nationality and a total made up a long list. of everyone has the right. to everyone has the right to say. hurricane michel has been pounding florida with winds of up to two hundred fifty kilometers per hour it has submerged neighborhoods uprooted trees and downed power lines the storm is moving north continuing its path of destruction in neighboring states authorities say one man was killed by a falling tree. torrential rai...

Georgia, columbia, south carolina. by this time tomorrow morning, were looking at tropical storm-force gusts. that is still damaging winds. so, theres going to be power outages across parts of the carolinas. and as you know, very saturated there. the hampton roads area by tomorrow night. heavy rain and gusty winds being squeezed by that front, which is thankfully going to move it out to sea, but flash flood watches out from the gulf coast through d.c., new york city and hartford, as that front s...

Historic category 4 hurricane. the frightening reality tonight is that this hurricane isnt giving up. it is a category 3 at this hour as it barrels across land. georgia, the carolinas and then right up the coast. so, lets get right to meteorologist rob marciano, also right here in florida tonight with the new track. rob? >> reporter: david, you said it. its still a category 3, and now in georgia. that hasnt happened since 1898. the center of this thing right now, about 40 miles southwest of alba...