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Most progressive states it could not be rain unless you didnt fight back. they made it hard regarding corroboration. the womans word was not good thuf. thats how the system treated women. >> we talk about this from other countries a lot. in the 1980s, some of that still existed in america. >> a lot of this existed -- blame the victim. and it was extremely hard to get convictions. we have changed a lot. the laws have changed. when they talk about, well talk to kavanaugh and hear from her. we have...

Remnants move northwest and out of the state. looking at observed rainfall amounts, certainly north carolina has had significant flash flooding and rain flow amounts are extreme. lot of areas between 25 and 30 inches of rainfall, and the highest we have seen so far is 3 -- 31 inches in oriental. tremendous amount of rainfall. for us by no means is risk of flash flooding over. 8 to 12 inches from rock hill to florence to myrtle beach and areas northeast of there, with additional 2 to 6 inches exp...

Half the flash flood deaths as people drive through the water they put themselves in those situations by driving into water and you dont want to do that. jillian: looking at fema safety tips, go to the highest. if you havent asked to take with you take that, do not climb into a closed addict, you could get trapped. get on the roof if necessary. >> we had several rooftop evacuations and rescues yesterday. is this system continues its slow-moving and we will see more areas affected by flooding and...

Frequent guest on te show. thank you for come on. when i was born, the percentage of people living here foreign born is under 5%. now 14%. so three-fold increase. that is a huge change. huge change in less than 50 years. is the country better or worse for that, would you say? >> i think that the country is better and the economy is better but still those levels, 14%, is actually lower than what we had 60, 70 years ago even before that where it -- >> tucker: wait, wait, im sorry. you are allowed ...

Tide and the rain theyve been getting here, thats whats causing the flooding issues. theyve seen river flooding here before. folks say we saw flooding years ago with other storms, but this appears to be the highest theyve seen in this neighborhood in quite sometime. river flooding will be an issue throughout much of north and south carolina. rivers arent going to be able to handle all the rain. in jacksonville, yesterday, early in the morning, about 60 people had to be evacuated from a hotel aft...

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All of that flooding, especially in rivers because it is causing rivers to flow backwards. that water is pushing west and cant allow it to flow downstream. oriental, carolina, 20 inches of rain. wrightsville beach, 18.5. rain totals keep going up and up, as long as rain bands are sitting over them. we had 108 miles per hour wind in dafdsville, and more rain is still to come. cant stress enough this is not over yet. lot of times we talk about storms making landfall and wrap up and say everything ...

Fear river, its not going to crest until monday at three feet above record flood stage. this will be the highest the river has ever been on record, and its not going to happen until monday. so, well after the storm is gone, the rain has stopped, these rivers are still going to be rising, kate. >> all right, jennifer, thank you so much. stay close. well be checking back with you. lets go now to south carolina, myrtle beach mayor joining me by the phone right now. mayor, can you hear me? >> i can ...

That is off the coast. the highest i have seen, 112 miles an hour. still strong wind moving closer to the coast. everything you are looking at in the yellow, 40 miles an hour. that is fueling the storm surge. these are forecasted storm surges but everything you see will get to 8 or 9 feet. storm surge is the ocean water, the bay water ultimately getting 10 feet or landing in your living room. new bern is an area with a lot of rescues. we havent forecasted a 10 to 12 feet of storm surge. we have ...

Officials say a person died while trying to plug in a generator. electrocuted there in lenoir county. the governor, roy coopers office has confirmed the death. issued a statement. our hearts go out to those whose died in the storm. hurricane florence will continue their violent grind across our state for days. be careful and stay alert. in addition to that, weve gotten word of the highest river in history. the cape fear river in wilmington has reached an all-time high. the number is not somethin...