seeing? >> reporter: hey, yeah, we're not on the call yet. we're at the newbern fire rescue station here kind of in the heart of the city. we're experiencing the first clear skies that we've had in 48 hours in newbern. this is a welcome sight not just for first responders but the people who live here, dealing with the rising floodwaters. you see we're still in the 7:00 a.m. hour, bustling in here. we have firefighters, first responders, national guardsmen from all over the state and country. last night we had people from new york fire department. we've got national guardsmen who are from, again, all over north carolina. they've been conducting rescues for the past 48 hours, since the flooding began. even before hurricane florence came in. they've been conferencing in here, doing these shifts. for the most part, they're not sleeping. they're getting a couple of