Continues. Bizarre story. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is monday, september 17th. 5 00 a. M. In the east. We start with the Supreme Court latest. Brett kavanaughs nomination faces new concerns. Her name is christine ford. Now her identity is known and with the clock ticking toward Senate Confirmation vote, the Senate Judiciary committee is trying to arrange staff phone calls with her and kavanaugh. But already some republicans are showing signs of concern. Here is senator lisa murkowski. There are more questions that need to be asked than answered. I think it would be appropriate to allow for that time. Bob corker and jeff flake who are on the Senate Judiciary committee believe the committee should hear from ford before voting. Republicans can only afford to lose one vote. Several democrats calling for delay. Including Dianne Feinstein and chuck schumer. She is the senator ford first reached out to. She is a constituent of feinstein. But the chairman Chuck Grassley calls the timing of the allegations disturbing. The committees vote on kavanaugh is still scheduled for thursday afternoon. Supreme Court Reporter diane duvogue has more. Reporter christine and dave, Christine Blasey ford has come forward and alleged that Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her at a party more than 30 years ago while both in high school. Kavanaugh denies the allegations. She attended a party in 1982. In the suburban maryland home. Kavanaugh and a friend were drunk. She was allegedly corralled into a bedroom. At one point she said he tried to take off her clothes and put his hand over her mouth. I thought he might inadvertently kill me, she told the post. She shared the details years later in 2012 with a therapist and her husband. According to the article, the husband recalls the wife using kavanaughs name. The therapist notes reviewed by the post do not mention him. The other man alleged to be in the room, said last week he never saw kavanaugh act that way. Christine and dave. Thank you. Christine ford struggled to come forward according to a source familiar with the story. We were told late august she made up her mind not to go public fearing it would not affect the nomination. Ford tells the Washington Post she reconsidered because people were repeating inaccuracies about her and her privacy compromised. There had already been a leak. It was done confidential allly, there was a leak. A spokesperson says kavanaugh categorically denies the allegations. And no tweets from the president. Devastation in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. The worst of the catastrophic flooding is yet to come. Hundreds of people remain trapped. Now 18 storm related deaths confirmed. Latest is a 3 month old baby killed by a tree that fell on the Family Mobile home. They were doing cpr for the last 30 minutes. They just want permission to stop. I said no at first. After another 30 minutes, he wasnt coming back. Tragic. Overnight, mandatory evacuation orders for hoke county, North Carolina, where there is a concern of a dam breach. In lumberton, people are bracing for disaster as the lumber river seemed to have a gap in the levee system. If the waters rise to 26 feet, it could overtop the permanent levee. If that happens, an official says all bets are off. Over a half million customers without power in North Carolina. States attorney general has received more than 500 complaints of price gouging for hotels and gas and water and more than 15,000 people are in shelters statewide. Transportation officials are telling people not to travel anywhere in North Carolina. Flooding has cut off wilmington from the rest of the state. That is where we have meteorologist derek van dam. Der derek, good morning. What are you seeing there . Reporter dave, what i witnessed yesterday and late last night was the citys infrastructure on the verge of collapse. Sinkholes forming on the thoroughfares across the city. Completely flooded out roadways. Parts of interstate 40 northbound, north of exit 420, was completely abandoned. Void of people on any given sunday would be full of residents and tourists coming home from the beach. This time it is a river of water rushing down the highway. Surreal scene to see. Of course, this makes it so difficult for authorities to move critical supplies. Food and fuel to the impacted areas across the region. There have been in North Carolina alone 1,000 high water rescues since florence began and since the flooding rains set in which we all know will only get worse before it gets better because the rivers, estuaries and waterways are making its way inland and it has to get back to the coastline. I talked to scared people coming across flooded out roadways with a blank look knowing their friends and family was on the other side and they could not access them. Flood waters continue to rise. The rain has come to an end for a brief moment, but more precipitation is in the forecast here. Dave and christine . Reporting from wilmington. Derek, thank you. Florence will dump more rain in North Carolina over the next few days. River levels are raising. Cape fear river is rising to 35 feet and expected to crest at 62 feet. Water flowing into the streets. We have meteorologist Pedram Javaheri standing by live in the cnn Weather Center. The pictures are amazing. The water on water and more coming. Absolutely. Unfortunately when the sky turns blue above, it is a concern of what is happening next to you with the rivers. Just toward the west, 120 miles northwest of norfolk is where the storm is centered. Moisture streaming along to the carolinas. Right toward eastern North Carolina. Heavy rainfall and going on three consecutive days in some regions. 600 roads across the state have been closed or impacted by what is happening across the area. In fact, when you go in for a closer perspective, the river gauges which are still functions, which are limited because of the water pushing through them. The instrumentation is damaged by this as well. 36 gauges reporting moderate to major flooding. That is from the rainfall that has come down. Look back up stream. Heavy rain into the appalachians. All of that water becomes a slow motion disaster. All of that water wants to flow down stream and derek says through the rivers andes f estus and it will rise the waters. That is a major concern. You can look at any wau any gauge. Some of them rising. A lot of them forecast to get to record values before receding a bit for thursday and friday and hopefully better come saturday and sunday. We have the flood alerts in place. 35 Million People impacted by this system. The system pushing up to the ohio valley this afternoon and new england by tomorrow morning and tomorrow night. Very quickly, but bringing in a shot of wet weather to the northeast. Everyone on the eastern seaboard will get rainfall before the system is done. Pedram javaheri, thank you for that. In southeast asia, 54 people are dead in the philippines in the wake of the worlds strongest storm this year. Typhoon mangkhut. Government Officials Say the deaths were caused by landslides and dozens of people still believed to be buried. In hong kong, uprooted trees and devastating homes. Nearly 2. 5 Million People have been evacuated in guangong province. A u. S. Border patrol agent described as a serial killer arrested in the deaths of four people. His capture made possible by a womans daring escape. To tak of yourself. But natures bounty has innovative ways to help you maintain balance and help keep you active and wellrested. Because hey, tomorrows coming up fast. Natures bounty. Because youre better off healthy. Natures bounty. Tremfya® is fors caadults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. 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Dave, i dont think we have ever seen a healthy player retire mid game in the nfl. That is what the bills vontae davis did. Davis was in his ten the th sea. He did not come out for the second half. He started the game. Davis pulled himself out of the game and said he was done. The teammates were not pleased with the decision to leave them hanging mid game. Never seen it ever. Pop warner, high school, college, pros. Never heard it. Never seen it. It is disrespectful to his team. Did he say anything . He said nothing to anybody. He left . You know as much as i know. I found out coming out for the second half. He said he not coming out. He retired. Davis issued a statement about his decision to retire saying i endured multiple surgeries and played through injuries throughout my career and over the last few weeks. This was the latest physical challenge. Today on the field, reality hit me fast and hard. I shouldnt be out there anymore. The bills lost 3120. 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