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All right. we are awaiting the governor of the state of florida, rick scott, to speak at any moment. hes been holding a series of news conferences this morning warning his citizens to get out. on the right-hand side of the screen is a shot of miami. you see the winds are already picking up. hurricane matthew bearing the brunt in the bahamas right now. rick scott, the governor of florida, said this morning there is still time to evacuate. get out now. if you are in an area with evacuations. went ...

Historic, and when you hear things like that, what goes through your mind as somebody whos in charge of a city, a beautiful city in the state of south carolina? >> well, our first concern of course is public safety and the lives of our citizens. so thats why were so strongly urging folks to get out of harms way and secure themselves elsewhere if possible so thats the number one concern. next is property and our wonderful first responders, our fire department and police department, we are going t...

Of fear all along the southeast coast. we are awaiting the florida governor, rick scott, to hold a news conference at any moment but he has urged people all morning long if you live in those evacuation sites, get out. the storm will become so much more dangerous later tonight and into the morning that rescue workers will not be able to get to you. if you are taking a flight to florida, forget about it. more than 1300 flights have already been canceled at florida airports. its just in a complete ...

Ask god forgiveness before -- ask him to forgive you for anything that you have done to anybody else. >> but first responders arent about to give up. helicopters attempt to approach the top of the crane. >> were going to make a couple of passes just to see what we can do with it. >> the heat and 40-mile-an-hour wind prove to be difficult to overcome. >> we tried to hover up to it but its hot. we didnt get that close to it. >> firefighters brainstorm ways to reach sims, but many ideas are impract...

Province. rescue workers have found eight survivors trapped for five days now. this is video of the rescuers talking to the miners. theyve delivered food and provisions to them. one worker was killed. nine are missing. the rescuers are unable to reach the miners as yet. the investigation into what caused that collapse is ongoing. a wanted teenager and his mother will soon be returned to the 1u6r789d to face new charges. we will look at whats next for the so-called ainfluenza teen, ethan couch. t...

All. so i expect hundreds of calls for rescue workers to get some of the people out of their homes, and out of their businesses that are flooding as well. because it is obviously in the week, and the businesses are still up and running, and maybe not here anymore, because of of course, getting out the rafts and the crews are going to be going, and searching neighborhood by neighborhood, and door by door, and the businesses as well. so again, it is seeing the flooding in the past, but when you ar...

Weekend. just about an hour ago we witnessed this dramatic scene unfold in dallas when a driver was rescued after his vehicle became engulfed by flooding. rescue workers managed to get the man out, taking him to safety. at the same time, an intense winter storm is taking aim at the central part of the country. snow isnt being tallied in inches, folks. were talking feet in some areas. start with nbcs charles hadlock whos in garland, texas for us all weekend on the ground for us. one of the air ya...

Statement. back to you. >> kevin tibbles, thank you very much. appreciate that. back to parker county, texas. youre looking at live pictures at a water rescue. crews have just reached a man surrounded by floodwaters. he was on top of his car, stranded there a little bit, they are now walking him safely away from that. so good news for that gentleman and certainly for the rescue workers who managed to help rescue him from his stranded position. >> now switching gears to international news. breaki...

What are you learning? >> i was checking periscope to see if the light has risen. rescue workers decided that he in needed to wait until there was light. this being such a dangerous and treacherous situation. this storm at night, you can see there, you can easily find yourself suddenly with a tornado right on top of you. and so they are going to wait until light to start doing rescue missions. there are homes torn up. there are buildings that have been leveled from this tornado. and this isnt th...

And when he pops out, we were overjoyed. >> the driver also has a passenger who is nowhere to be found. a closer look at the video shows the man flying out of the crashing truck into the grass. rescue workers find him still alive. >> im up in the helicopter. i have no idea that theres a passenger and he was blown out of the truck right away, as soon as it hit the guardrail. so it took awhile for us to sort of piece those things together. >> the destroyed semi stops burning briefly but the leakin...