Patrol. He was a serial killer who was targeted his victims. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. To say, notify your next of kin. Thats the message from one mayor in North Carolina. His city and cities across the carolinas are coping with catastrophic flooding from tropical depression florence. The cajun navy was called in to rescue hundreds of people stranded in neighborhoods. Florence is creeping along the carolinas at 3 miles per hour. Its already claimed 13 lives. Meanwhile, 800,000 customers do not have power in north and South Carolina this morning. The storm has dropped 40 inches of rain since making landfall on friday. It could be three to five days before water levels peak posing a danger not just to coastal communities but to People Living along the dozens of rivers stretching through both states. This morning we know at least three of the killed by the storm died in flash flooding. And we know downed trees and power lines are still a big concern. Kaylee hartung is in wilmington, North Carolina, for us right now. So kaylee, what are people saying . I mean, im wondering if it is too late for people who stay to try to evacuate at this point. Reporter i dont think so, christi. But something of a crisis situation has developed in wilmington overnight. We knew when this storm, the eye of the storm barreled through wilmington, that was just the beginning of the damage it would do taking down trees, power lines and taking the lives of a woman and her son in their home when a tree fell on it. But now we are in the next phase of the storms damage as the waters are rushing in to neighborhoods that have never flooded before. People uncertain in some places where that water is coming from. And so the cajun navy was called into action overnight by the local Fire Department needing their resources to get hundreds of people from their homes. Hundreds more in need of help over the course of today as this rain continues to fall. I spoke with one family yesterday just north of here in pinder, county. They were packing up as many of their items in a trailer because they realized their home could be destroyed. The cape verde river could rise to the second level of this home. The caution from officials right now in this area is if you feel safe at home, it is okay to stay. The priority right now is getting First Responders where they need to. And if you are in trouble, 911 is a working number. Call the number and they will do their best to get help to you as soon as possible. And the Emergency Operations command center right now im told there are maps all over the table. They are trying to allocate their resources and get help everywhere that it needs to be. Thats a dire situation for so many. And days more of it. Kaylee hartung, thank you. And the United Cajun Navy is this group of volunteers from louisiana that have worked to the point of exhaustion. They are rescuing people as the tropical depression is continuing on to make its way through the carolinas. But the president of the cajun navy, todd terrell is with us. Thank you so much for being with us. What is the situation where you are . What kind of calls are you getting right now . Right now the water is coming up very fast. And we are actually having to turn around, but were seeing a lot of places that didnt flood. And then when the storm first came in, at least, and are flooding now. How many rescues do you estimate we have conducted . We have conducted over 500 as of 5 30 this morning. So were pretty proud of what we have done. We are not happy that we have to deal with the circumstances, but were happy to help. You are such a value to people there, no doubt about it. Are you able, since youre talking about being on a road and having to turn around, once you rescue people, have you encountered any instances where you cant get them to a shelter . Yes. In fact, we were having to bring most of the people we rescued throughout the night to our staging area. We were staging at a local church. So we have a couple hundred voluntee volunteers and the rescuers had to be in the shelter where we were. So it was definitely a crazy night. What conversations do you have with these people . When you get to them, as youre taking them away . The people love us. Unfortunate unfortunately, were picking them up because their stuff is lost. But most of the people were picking up, they have never flooded before. Many people have been in their houses for years and they have never flooded. So they are in shock right now. With over 500 rescues behind you at this point, how are all of you holding up . Were tired. This is the third night we worked all through the night. We havent slept. So its been definitely wearing. We are going to try to go throughout the day today and try to get back out there again. Right now were working on three days of no sleep. Yeah, todd, god bless you all. Thank you so much for everything youre doing. Were wishing you and your crew the very best. You are so, so needed there. And its really inspiring to see the way that you all are stepping up. Take good care of yourself, okay . All right, thank you. Fantastic work they do. Thats amazing. So at the height of the storm, florence was a category 4 long before it hit the shore. Now it is a tropical depression, so the winds have died down, but much more rain is in the forecast. Cnn meteorologist Jennifer Grey has her eye on this. People are sitting at home going, how much longer do i have . To that you say i say today should be the last day as we wrap up the rain within the next 24 hours. So by tomorrow, you should start to dry out and heaven forbid you may see a few peeks of sunshine. Lets hope for it as we start to dry out. But unfortunately were still going to say flooding through the middle part of next week. So we are going to see the rain bands unfortunately continue to just feed in moisture across all of North Carolina, and that is going to continue throughout the entire day today. Maybe if youre in on a lull, it is not raining now but could start up again unfortunately. Were still seeing quite a bit of rain and lightning strikes south of wilmington. Morehead city still in the rain. And the tornado threat is still alive and well with the storm as well. You get a lot of rotation with the tropical systems. Heres the forecast radar. By the time we get to midnight, you can see things looking much, much better. We do have a couple storms possible around charleston, even north of myrtle beach, but all in all, by midnight, things do look much, much better. So we are still going to call for a lot of rain, especially as this storm travels to the west. Well start to see the rain fill in in high amounts near charlotte. Keep in mind, once the rain keeps on, were going to see all of this rain slow down flow down into the rivers into the oceansful well break records across North Carolina with the rivers, unfortunately. Well start with this one, little river in manchester, the record is 29 feet. Its going to crest at 34. And that is not going to happen until late monday. Some rivers wait until midweek to crest. This one, cape verde river, fayetteville, cresting at 62 feet. Thats almost the record. That doesnt crest until tuesday. Right now its at 36 feet. Its going to jump up to 64. So its incredible, christi and victor, to think the rain is going to be over. Yet days later well see the rivers possibly double in size. No doubt about it. Jennifer grey, thank you so much. And listen, if youre watching this and you want to help the people impacted by Hurricane Florence, there are ways to donate and get in touch with charities responding. I spoke to someone from the red cross a couple days ago that said theres no call at the moment for blood donations to respond to this emergency, but because of all the shutdowns, they are losing about 4200 donations a day from people who could be going during this time across the carolinas to donate. So you can do that. There are lots of ways to help. Go to cnn. Com impact for more ways to help. And this deadly typhoon, have you heard about this one, now headed to mainland china. Its expected to make landfall tonight. Theres one city alone where more than 100,000 people left their homes trying to find an area to be safe. In hong kong, residents stayed inside, but look at some of the pictures of the strong winds and heavy rain. It tore roofs off buildings and snapped trees and power lines. The worst apparently passed through. And when that happened, some people were going for walks or swims in the streets, which is dangerous because we dont know what is in the water. Yeah, dont do this. Christi, what are condition like where you are . Reporter believe it or not, the conditions are much better right now than what we saw earlier today. It is 7 00 p. M. , past 7 00 p. M. Here in hong kong. This major metropolis is home to 7 million people. This place has been effectively shut down because of typhoon mangkhut. Earlier today, we reported on the conditions and feeling it as well, pounding rain, huge gusts of wind, clocking at speeds anywhere between 60 miles an hour to 130 miles per hour. That also introduces a threat of storm surge, peak storm surge today on the iconic victoria harbor as well as outlying areas in hong kong. Hong kong is chinese territory and no stranger to typhoons. Every season, every summer we get big storms, but this storm is different because this storm was big. At the peak, it was equivalent to a category 5 hurricane. As you have been reporting, it left a trail of destruction in guam, in the philippines, and sweeping through here in hong kong. The danger is not over yet. Hong kong, we have been bratsing for the impact of this storm. Meteorologists have said that this is the biggest storm to hit hong kong since they started to Record Activity in the 1946. And we know that this is also a big rainmaker of about 500 miles wide. Its going to keepchurningout rain. With more rain, thats going to increase the threat of flash flooding as well as landslides. Were already hearing about disturbing reports of areas in Southern China and in hong kong, including one report of a house being swept away. And villages and outlying areas in the southeastern part of hong kong with waisthigh water. Were goinging to be reporting on the aftermath next, but the storm is still at the highest level. The alert is out. Well keep reporting for you right here on cnn. Kristie le stout, thank you. 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The tariffs are set to be around 10 , although officials have discussed setting those duties as high as 25 . And these new tariffs will hit goods like dishwashers, food seasonings, televisions and make those products potentially more expensive for american consumers. These tariffs are designed to give trump leverage in his efforts to end the chinese practice of demanding American Companies turn over the intellectual property in order to gain access to chinas markets. And it will be on top of the 50 billion worth of chinese imports already subject to tariffs. And that first round of tariffs have hurt key republican constituencies like farmers and manufacturers. China has been matching trumps tariffs dollar for dollar so the new move is only likely to increase economic tensions, victor and christi. President trump was on the twitter machine talking about his poll numbers, and why he thinks they are so low. What did he say . Reporter thats right, victor. No surprise here but President Trump is attributing falling poll numbers to the russia investigation saying the russian probe could be hurting republicans heading into the midterms writing, while my poll numbers are good with the economy being the best ever, if it werent for the rigged russian witch hunt, they would be 20 points higher. Highly conflicted bob mueller and the 17 angry democrats are using the phony issue to hurt us in the midterms. No collusion. This comes on the heels of the guilty plea of President Trumps former Campaign Manager paul manafort. Republicans have been using the spectrum of impeachment to motivate republicans to get to the polls so russia has been the key factor in republican messaging. And this comes as trumps legal team and his allies have been railing against mueller to try to get him to end the investigation before the november elections. Victor . Sarah westwood in washington for us, thank you. I want to bring in daniel litman, a reporter. We know the secretary treasury mnuchin is reaching out to leaders in russia to deescalate the whole thing. Where do these new tariffs leave him . It makes it much harder for mnuchin to do that because the chinese feel like trump and the American Government is going way too hard against them. And that does not breed great trust amongst the trading partners. I dont think that trump understands the Critical Role that china and free trade plays in making an American Economy prosperous. So this also hurts u. S. Efforts to get the Chinese Government to cooperate on north korea and preventing Nuclear Proliferation and enforcing the sanctions. I want to switch real quickly to brett kavanaugh. Because the senate you dish area is expected to vote on this on thursday for him to be on the supreme court. Theres a new person who is anonymous that now comes out and says in high school he assaulted her. Dianne feinstein has the let earn did not give it to the Senate Judiciary committee. Theres no discussion on it. Do you believe that a discussion can move forward or that the vote can move forward without that conversation being had . I think it all depends on what senators murkowski and collins do. Whether they believe the accusations, you know, whether the woman comes out publicly. If she comes out and doesnt want to, to defend her this allegation and say exactly what happened, then the confirmation may be in doubt. Right now it seems like its all steam ahead. And republicans are kind of using the same playbook as a couple decades ago with clarence thomas. And saying, well, these are unverifiable. We dont trust this woman. They have released a letter from kavanaughs female classmates attesting to his good character. And democrats seem to have bugled this accusation by injecting it so late in to the game. Is there political pushback against feinstein for it . I think shes already seen as the past. And she doesnt have that credibility on the left anymore that she used to. Shes been shes now part of the establishment. And it doesnt seem like she handled this well, both republicans and democrats say this would have been better information to have when she first received this letter. And you could have protected the womans name, but to release it now when its become an open secret on capitol hill, it just feels like, i dont know, why couldnt the American People hear this before the confirmation hearing. So senators could have asked kavanaugh on the stands . Danny lippman, thank you so much. Thank you for being here. Lets bring in the District Attorney for georgia now. I want to talk about manafort, welcome to the show. Thank you. Manafort, he was there at the trump tower meeting in 2016 with the russians. Old friend and Business Partner roger stone says she may be indicted by mueller soon. He was chair of the campaign when the party changed its stance to you cape at the convention. List off the value, in addition to what i just did, to manafort in this agreement. Watching last week was watching an old western movie when theres an attack in the prairie and they say the fork has fallen. Manafort fell last week. That is really what happened. What you see is we have gotten to a level so close to the president and the administration at the top of the administration, that you cant overstate that the importance of having this cooperation. You know, theres been a lot of talk about whether manafort would hold out for a pardon, whether or not he had other information, whether or not he was just kind of getting the cues from the trump tweets about holding maintaining t