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Throughout the day. >> meanwhile, people in georgetown county, south carolina, are told to leave their homes ahead of what will be historic, devastating flooding. 11 days after hurricane florence dropped trillions of gallons of water across the carolinas, all that rain water now has to find its way to the ocean. headed to the ocean along swollen rivers there. nick valencia joins me from georgetown, south carolina, where two of these rivers, i believe, meet. tell us the conditions there and whats...

Think they are going to remain committed, support the president and his conservative agenda. i do not think they walk away. i think they double down if the left blocks this nomination. >> bret: tony, as always thank you. >> bret, good to be youth you. >> bret: a dam containing a large laying in wilmington, north carolina, has been breached by floodwaters from hurricane florence. its possible coal ash from an adjacent dump is flowing into the cape fear river waiting on officials about that. that ...

Storm. what do you think the president might see today and how the visit has gone so far? >> reporter: we learned from the white house earlier that the president was eager to get out there and meet people affected by the storm. and were already seeing him do that. he of course met with local officials at the marine base where he landed and then drove to new bern, which was one of the most hard hit areas, many were evacuated by boat as florence just poured more rain and the surge came in. we dont...

To dump enough rain to fill chesapeake bay, trillions of gallons of rain. how much damage is this going to do in terms of inland flooding, of rivers, and how do you compare this storm in terms of inundating an area to last years hurricane harvey? >> you know, i dont think -- hurricane harveys a little bit different than what were seeing. i think if you wanted to compare what type of damages were going to see, go back and look in 1999 at hurricane floyd or most recent events with matthew or south...

There were concerns, nick, about the tide that was rising and how they would fare. any indication now? >> reporter: martin, there is one more high tide, which will be shortly after midnight. my guess is if north myrtle survives that high tide, it will have survived this storm and hurricane in pretty good shape. as scott just mentioned, the evacuation order for the county, which includes north myrtle beach, will be lifted at 9:00 tomorrow morning, which would suggest to me that local officials sh...

Inland. the next 23 to 24 hours, the water is expected to rise above 40 fate and eventually peak sometime this weekend at about 48 feet, which is just below an all-time record. the reason for that, the trillions of gallons of rain that have fallen over. the issue today will be roads, flash flooding, people being told to stay off the roads. that is the danger. rivers, flash flooding, dangerous rain, people are

To dump enough rain to fill chesapeake bay, trillions of gallons of rain. how much damage is this going to do in terms of inland flooding, of rivers, and how do you compare this storm in terms of inundating an area to last years hurricane harvey? >> you know, i dont think -- hurricane harveys a little bit different than what were seeing. i think if you wanted to compare what type of damages were going to see, go back and look in 1999 at hurricane floyd or most recent events with matthew or south...

Dangers there mine of florence was downgraded to a tropical storm but we hear authorities are still warning people to stay at home is that partly why theres hidden dangers absolutely as we heard in the report they are still expecting several days of rain the winds here have mostly died down in this region is out of the storms direct grasp shall we say but theyre still expecting gallons and gallons of rain there was one estimate that said north carolina alone is going to get around ten true reall...

Theyre still expecting gallons and gallons of rain there was one estimate that said north carolina alone is going to get around ten true really in gallons of rain throughout the course so even though florence is no longer a hurricane theyre still looking at massive flooding flash floods damage due to that and of course theres always the danger of people unfortunately dying what can we expect in the next few hours and days that. well like we said theres still a lot of rain expected in this town a...

The driest places on earth. how are you going to get water from here? >> an enormous watershed, 1300 square miles approximately the size of rhode island. >> he heads a california company that owns 45,000 acres in the mojave. hes proposing taking hundreds of trillions of gallons of desert ground water a year, and piping it over 100 miles to the populated suburbs around los angeles. the key to the project is this old railroad line which runs right through the property. the problem has been its reg...