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Et cetera , my ears perked up that this problem once it makes landfall is far from over. >> no kidding. kerry, thanks very much. well be seeing you a lot. >> al, well be seeing you a lot. you can see al on the today show tomorrow morning. stay with msnbc for live coverage of hurricane florence all week. im heading down to north carolina tonight. ill be live on location in the storms path with the very latest. coming up next, we remember 9/11. 17 years ago this morning we experienced the worst ...

South carolinas governor is warning residents not to take any chances. >> this is a unpredictable storm, a hurricane, and so we must be vigilant. we are in a very deadly game of chess with hurricane florence, and what were doing, team south carolina is doing, is staying one step ahead, and thats what we have done with the precision of these instructions. >> joining me now by phone is myrtle beach mayor brenda bethune. mayor bethune. thank you for joining us. you obviously have issued a state of ...

Will be watching this hour to hour as we are going through the next 72 hours. >> and the carolinas, and marianna atencio, where are you, and is there an evacuation order where you are? >> ali, this is wrightsville beach, and there is a voluntary evacuation where we are right now, and i want you to take a look at behind me on the beach here. they have actually started to move the cranes to remove the lifeguard stands from the beach, because this area tomorrow morning will be a mandatory evacuatio...

>> whats the situation with gas and water? >> we do still have gasoline. some stations have run out, but i just rode through town, and i saw people lined up. i have not heard that we are out of water anywhere, and we have had multiple companies contact us saying that they would donate water when and if needed. so today i think is a great day to really finalize all of your plans and preparations. get your important documents together. get your food. contact your emergency contacts. let people kno...

Category and the speed of the wind. that is important in terms of its destructive abilities, but that storm surge and those winds, its not just water rising. its water forcefully going inland. >> reporter: sure, lets talk about first of all listening to al roker. if you dont feel that in your gut theres something wrong. this information is very powerful and really demands attention. its water and its building up into what al called that wall, and it comes in, so right now the national hurricane ...

Designed for the number of people that we have right now. so this is a very crucial situation that were in. >> when do people have to be out by before it becomes too late to try? >> i dont know when the governor will say that there are no more people allowed on the roads. i imagine that will be when we start getting the tropical storm force winds, and i believe that is expected to be, you know, late tomorrow and early into thursday so that the storm is expected to strengthen later today, so what...

Consoler in chief. its not in his dna. in this instance there was a moment in time the president was happy to see people who were happy to see him. again, you can see on social media where its sort of a tonal issue, and he started this solemn day by sending off these off-topic tweets about the russia investigation and his personal attorney rudy giuliani. >> geoff bennett in shanksville, pennsylvania. more on our breaking news. a powerful hurricane is heading towards the carolinas. well bring y...

This is thursday at 8:00 a.m., and then as we get closer to friday, the initial thinking it was thursday into friday, it looks now that its going to be closer to friday morning, a major storm and a cat 3 storm. by friday, 8:00 a.m., a.m., and moves inland and slows down. this is where we will start to worry and see the problems. we have a high pressure that is kind of block it. it is like a roadway, and the construction roadway and the cone rups, ans, and so the laks the rivers and the areas wil...

Hitler refused to shake his hand. he then entered the air force and instructed the tuskegee airmen and became one of 14 african-americans instituted in the meteorological program. he served missions in world war ii and korean war and taught high school math and computers for 21 years as a colonel. he died in 1993. if you have a monumental american, tweet us at velshi ruhle. im ali velshi, and i will be seeing you at 3:00 and then i head out to north carolina. and now stay tuned for andrea mitche...

The models and say it is going to be there and we have 320 miles where it may be anywhere in between there, and so if you are in south carolina or maybe charleston and you are not out of the woods, because this is something to watch hour by hour through the next few days. another thing here, and we have mentioned the rain, and this is going to be destructive 20 inches of rain or maybe 30 inches of rain, and where does it go? the bulls eye in terms of the european, in terms of wilmington where yo...