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Five minutes of questioning for each member, which can really lead to a lot of members, you know, chasing their tails and parining for the cameras and doing political stunts. when, in fact, what the public needs is to have the facts laid out in a very methodical, organized way and that is what they are hoping for here. but, again, concern here very much that republicans will try to do something like this as well when things go public. >> heidi przybyla, nbc news correspondent who covers politics...

Well, the fire literally climbed up this hill right here and destroyed and took the houses out along tiger tail road right here. 9,000 people right now remain evacuated in this area with a fire 5% contained but hoping to improve that for the high winds arrived tonight. >> we will see winds gusting up to 70 miles an hour, and as we have seen in northern california and experience can pick up and r ponds. >> you get this pumper truck right here in the wild lands, the firefighters you can see hand c...

Thatll be fantastic. this is the concern right here, all these areas in maroon. thats where we have flash flood warnings. thats a large area from the north carolina/south carolina border practically up almost into areas of southern virginia. and we do even have a chance of getting some strong winds in areas around virginia beach this morning too. this area of red shows you where the hurricane winds are. only about half of one county right now. we did not see the hurricane winds in wilmington. we...

215-mile-an-hour winds gusting, and thats when their wind meter broke. they have no idea. it is something like they have not seen and they are trying to pick up the pieces of their lives as you can imagine. i want you to hear now from sherri roberts, just one of dozens of stories that we heard about trying to get through the storm. take a listen. >> its not just us. >> no, its everybody. >> everybody is hurting. were not any worse than anybody else. everybody is hurting. and we thank god for lif...

It grows into a major category five storm and continues to pose a threat to the southeast united states in the coming days. fox chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is in the extreme weather center with more. >> reporter: its battering. its happening in the northern bahamas. the ab cat islands here, marsh harbour. the center of the storm is moving right over that right now. it is moving at about 8 miles an hour, its going to continue to slow that movement over the next 24 hours, so were probably g...

Florida. if you have a storm thats a major hurricane putting on the brakes it looks like thats going to happen on monday. this area will get hammered by devastating storm surge that will last for multiple tidal cycles also the very heavy rainfall is something that is a little bit of overlooked in the large hurricanes approaching. but he they stall out the prolific rainfall rates hammer the area and you also have the storm surge flooding i just mentioned and the winds gusting over 150 miles an ho...

Bill karins. you said the storm is moving northward. is it still moving pretty slow, still dangerous here? >> its still dangerous because its moving slow enough to produce some epic amounts of rain. when its heading in one direction, pretty much north, its able to drag the rain over the same areas for multiple hours. thats where we get the flash flooding concerns. we do have some other issues, too. we do have a tornado warning just to the north here of the hattiesburg area in mississippi, so we ...

Countries around the world are facing their own abortion debate. thousands gathered in italy and méxico for demonstrations, people say help laws enacted in the u.s. make way to other parts of the world. democratic governor john bell edwards says hes prepared to sign legislation banning abortion procedures as early as six weeks, that bill awaiting one more vote in the state house. los angeles, jeff paul, fox news >> the south preparing for a new round of rain, hail and storms today, look at the ...

This is the area of greatest concern. this huge storm heading for the middle of the country will have everything. you have the possibility of tornadoes. a blizzard definitely. areas like cheyenne to fargo. then well have melting snow, heavy rain, and a frozen ground. thats why we have about almost 11 million people under flood watches from minneapolis all the way back down to omaha and des moines. as far as the snowfall goes this area of pink in here thats up to a foot of snow and with it will c...

>> reporter: the early morning mudslide covering cars, damaging gas lines after sheets of rain pounded parts of northern california with winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour. at least 50 homes in the area were evacuated. residents remain on aletter the weekend forecast calling for even more wind and rain. steve patterson, nbc news. >> unbelievable images. lets get a check on your weather with meteorologist bill karins. when you talked about the possibility of these torrential rain. >> two block...