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Calls. and made connections. >> she also held a press conference with other legislators. >> we had a lot of work ahead of us. and that work includes the identifying of those who are responsible for this cowardly and evil act. >> in the days following september 11th, new yorks junior senator visited ground zero. >> i actually walked toward ground zero with then-senator clinton, and she -- she struck just the right tone in her supportive conversations with the rescue workers and the others at grou...

Flonase changes everything. ♪ all right. following hurricane matthew as it slams into coastal south carolina. conditions getting worse by the minute with rising waters threatening businesses, homes and making roads impassable for rescue workers as well as residents. the worse may be yet to come. assessing damage where cities wereit the hardest. at least four kimmed from floodwaters and more than 1 million without power. joining me, fema administrator craig fugate. thank you for joining us. i...

You see winds are picking up in st. augustine. theyre blowing very hard. theyre worried about the storm surge there in st. augustine. but that will come later, as that storm moves past. it is a massive storm. 314 miles across. and its a category 3 so you heard what chad said the winds are very strong. they could gust up to 100 miles per hour, plus maybe all the way up to 120. you heard the mayor say -- you heard the mayor say that she wants people to stay inside their homes, only half the people...

Through this dangerous period. we are obviously on alert everywhere. weve lost power in the city. power outages throughout the county. we expect more. we turned our water off last night. so this is the time for people to stay put. this is an incredibly dangerous storm. and you know it. youve been reporting on it for hours now. and our concern is really making sure people stay where they are, stay safe. we have our crews ready to move as soon as they are able but right now theyre not moving anywh...

The state can help you with? and my goal is, as any utility finishes up their restoration, then we use those assets to help any other utility in the state. so i know that florida power and light has brought in over 10,000 people. i know duke has brought in people. the municipals and co-ops have brought in people. so my goal is lets share resources. lets find out where our problems are and get everybody there. >> from governor rick scott of the state of florida. but its mostly positive. he said 6...

The governor said hes already deploying some rescue workers and would he also deploy some national guard just to see what the damage is, to see if any rescues are necessary? >> the way they normally work, its by the county. and the county requesting assets to reinforce. they have a league of professional emergency managers there in florida and i have worked with many of them and know them, and go to florida at least two or three times a year to various conferences and they have a well planned ou...

It hasnt made landfall yet. it still could. right now its hugging the coast, just far enough offshore that the worst of the winds are staying offshore. >> that was earlier this evening with the weather channels mike seidel. this storm barrelled through haiti earlier and today we got the first look at widespread damage. the a.p. reports the death toll in eighth as a result of this hurricane is up to 280 people and counting. the numbers will rise as rescue workers do their work. one of the most de...

Has snapped off. and you see the siding coming off buildings, at least according to boris sanchez. we believe what that stuff is blowing down the streets, so rescue workers are saying stay in your homes because theyre battening down hatches of their own and theyre not going to be able to come out and come get you if youre in trouble. lets head to st. augustine a little farther up the florida coast just below jacksonville, florida, which is just below the state of georgia. a reporter just a few m...

There is damage to property in downtown daytona beach. boris sanchez sees debris rolling down the street. rescue workers urge people to stay off the streets because there are downed power lines, they are sparking. we have had words of at least one home catching on fire because of sparking power lines. please, if you did not evacuate, stay inside your homes. the governor also came out just a short time ago and did fill us in on some statistics. i want to go through them for you. he said 600,000 h...

To pass along right now. unfortunately, its sad news. we have had our first storm-related death and i say storm-related but bear me out and listen to what happened. a 50-year-old woman suffered cardiac arrest. she died overnight. this is according to the st. lucie emergency operations center. perhaps the reason she died is because rescue workers just could not get to her. the winds were too strong and you heard government officials warning people that if the winds went above 30 or 40 miles per h...