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Now. in the car carolinas, the cities of charleston, myrtle beach and wilmington are still at risk of a direct hit from hurricane dorian. >> and this is really where the focus is now. in the wake of this historic storm theres near total destruction in the bahamas, just places wiped off the map by the winds, the flooding. entire neighborhoods simply gone. so far seven people are dead. of course the worry is as you look at that devastation there, that others lost their lives. theyre just beginning...

>> south carolina is still in the path of what is a very destructive and deadly storm. if you are in the evacuation zones along the coast the time to leave is now. >> reporter: here is the problem. there is no enforcement of this so a lot of folks are staying at home. we saw tons of homes and businesses on the border boarded up but even more not boarded up. maybe they will do that today. listen to this meteorologist explain why hes worried about charleston getting hit hard. >> charleston is the ...

Real measurable money problems, and historically, the nra is able to really juice its fundraising any time there are serious and meaningful discussions on capitol hill. >> thats interesting. >> about changing gun laws. they go to their supports and say there is going to be gun grabbing. youre going the lose your second amendment rights. only the nra can protect you. they send out tons and tons of email, direct mail, fundraising solicitations, and historically it works pretty well. it will not wo...

On the contours of the debate and who has political power at this moment? >> there is no question that the nras internal financial problems generated in part by the fact that according to a claim former president oliver north made, theyve been spending upwards of $100,000 a day on legal bills is informing the nras calculus when it comes how to handle this particular moment in the history of the gun control legislation in this country. right now the nra is facing very real measurable money proble...

>> what prep work did you do? >> well, i pretty much -- my house when i bought it it came with shutters. every house here in florida comes with hurricane shutters. so we have the shutters up. everything that can be thrown around by wind and stuff is taken inside. and we got tons of packs of water. and snacks and beer. and were just -- you know. non-perishables and beans and rice. >> anything making you change your mind? >> no. its actually not too bad out here. right now. its i guess there was a...

Along floridas east coast are under mandatory evacuation. cnns miguel marquez is live in the town of vero beach. miguel, whats the story there? >> reporter: yeah, they just lifted those mandatory evacuations for vero beach and indian county. it was sunny a few minutes ago. its starting to rain here again. the wind remains fairly constant for the last 24 hours. but you hear whats happening in the bahamas, the massive amount of damage and loss of life and property, this storm is going to not only ...

A downpour of rain. we are starting to feel these outer bands of hurricane dorian coming through. most of the people in this town all say the same thing. weve been through this before. we are prepared. we got this morning last week. we gassed up. we got our generators going. now, they are just sort of taking it all in. there are tons of people out on the beach. some people are even taking advantage of the weather. even one server was out there. we spoke with him before he went out there. he says...

Were talking -- it is still moving -- i can walk faster than that. maybe not. but moving northwest at 3 miles per hour so that is a slow mover and a chance for tons of water to get piled up against the shore line. >> a slow mover isnt a positive. >> no. >> can you help us understand this in a little more detail? in the last day you see the headlines. it has stalled out. its not moving. people take that as a, whew. i guess its not coming and thats not the case. >> that is the danger. usually when...

It would take a lot of people including people that we all know and members of congress and members of the congress would all be considered mentally ill. its white privilege and anger and rage. its one of the reasons why background checks and other things arent working. many of the angry white men are basically ticking time bombs. theyre going to use whatever excuses they can to strike back at a world that didnt give them all the cookies they thought they were supposed to get because of their co...

>> we had tons of -- and im not exaggerating, thousands upon thousands, upon thousands of phone calls that hit all these various towers. >> reporter: in that electronic haystack, a sharp-eyed cop noticed a call around the time they believed brandy was killed. it was made from a number with a 310 area code. now normally thats southern california. the county lawmen traced that 310 number back to an anonymous disposable phone, a burner purchased in zanesville a week before brandy died. >> i get the...