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More than 34,000 people on the coast of South Carolina are without power right now. There is flooding in downtown charleston. A county official who we just spoke to feels the worst is yet to come. Were seeing some flooding downtown in the city itself. And then in some of the outlying areas that normally flood. We, again, were surrounded by several bodies of water down here, so its not unusual to have flooding. Were hoping that this thing will hurry up and get out of here, but the next high tide ...

Morgues set up to handle the bodies when theyre eventually found. So far 43 people are confirmed dead and that number is expected to go up, way up as the search for victims continues hundreds of people who stayed in the path of Hurricane Dorian are still missing. Now this is what the coastal town of marsh harbor looks like right now, but its this level of complete destruction across much of the bahamas. Thousands of homes are just flattened, entire neighborhoods wiped away and now people on the ...

View of some of the damage there in the abacos, miles and miles of what was a tropical paradise has been reduced to rubble. Incredible aerial shots there. And the airport in freeport is still closed. Just one look at damage there, of course, explains why. The death toll in the bahamas now stands at 20 and that is expected to rise. Well, cnns Patrick Oppmann has an exclusive report from freeport. Coming up, our paula newton is on the island of abaco and our derek van dam is standing by in charles...

To the country, leaving entire islands in ruins. At least seven people have been killed. Homes are gone and hospitals crippled. People need shelter. They are drenched. They are hungry. The islands Prime Minister is asking for global help. I think we would need at this point in time were concerned about security, safety and food. So we would need a lot of water and dried food. Ad whatever other assistance the International Community can give. As you know, we will have to rebuild our infrastructur...

Here just kicking up already. Not high tide yet, a long way to go for this water. The rain comes in in bands, like you can see right now. It comes in strong. The consistent wind speeds are around 30, 35 miles an hour. Expected to rise throughout the next 24 hours. So theres a long, long way to go with this storm, alisyn. John, youll be monitoring it for us from florida all morning long. Please be careful. Okay. This storm has already left at least five people dead. So we will check back with you...

Storm. What does trump insider Chris Christie make of the president s latest war with the truth . Not so sharpie. What do you say . Lets get after it. All right. Lets deal with the serious situation first. This is what dorian left behind on the part of grand bahama island that had been totally cut off until today. Finally, some of the floodwaters are receding. Patrick mandate his way there with his team. I want to show you patrick. Show that you hes okay. I want to talk to him about what that ex...

Documents on the russian leaders desk. The decision to remove the informant was driven in part by concerns that President Trump and his administration repeatedly mishandled classified intelligence that could expose the intention asset as a spy. The kremlin is responding this morning and well have much more on this fascinating story in just a few moments. He was in Charlotte North Carolina on todays special election. This is a big day, not just for North Carolina but i think for the entire trump ...

Trump recently pressed australias Prime Minister to help bill barr with his investigation of the origins of the russia probe. The attorney generals expansive and personal role in pushing questions about the russia investigation. And President Trumps continue to declare he will try to figure out the whistleblowers identity despite concerns about that persons safety. Now the Inspector General, a Trump Nominee is refuting the president s claims that the whistleblower lacked firsthand knowledge of t...

All around the world. Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. 5 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast. We start with a Major Development in the impeachment inquiry focused on the trump white house. Congressional democrats will soon ramp up their investigation by spelling out exactly how they plan to proceed in the coming months. Heres what sources are telling cnn. Next week the House Judiciary Committee is planning to vote on a resolution that would lay out the ground rules for how it c...

At this moment the eye of the storm is just off of cape lookout in North Carolina. Theres still the possibility the eye could make landfall, but even if it doesnt, theyre still concerned about life threatening storm surge and flash flooding. Overnight the storm did weaken to a category 1. But more than 340,000 people are without power this morning and that number is rising. Meanwhile, the official death toll in the bahamas has grown to 30. Officials expect they say that number to increase drasti...