Welcome to our special breaking News Coverage here. Im jake tapper in washington. And Brooke Baldwin at the cnn center in atlanta. Were here to bring you the latest on these two breaking stories this hour. First, hurricane arthur whipping the beaches of the carolinas right now and very close for the eye to be making a direct hit. Our reporters are scattered all along the coast ready to bring you every angle of the storm. Alina machado is in Wrightsville Beach, joe johns is way out on the outer banks in Kill Devil Hills and our own chad myers is standing by in the cnn Severe Weather center. Well get the very latest from all of them over the next hour as this massive storm barrels north. One storm were watching tonight. The other, did you watch this hearing out of georgia today . The staggering jaw dropping details from this cobb county courtroom for this probable cause and bond hear fog the father of a boy who died in his hot car. Here he was today in his orange jail jumpsuit. This is Justin Ross Harris denied bail after the judge ruled he will stand trial on felony murder charges for leaving his 22monthold son cooper in a hot car on a 90degree georgia day. A Police Detective here testified today that harris was sexting with at least six different women, one of whom was 17 years of age, sending nude photos of himself on the day of his sons death. Also tonight we can tell you that there are two Life Insurance policies that this couple apparently took out on this little boy. So we will have much, much more on this hearing and the implications coming up. Thats right. A heartbreaking case. But lets go first back to that hurricane and Alina Machado. This storm could dump more than six inches of rain in some areas and its already started to fall where you are. Yeah, jake. Its actually been on and off here for several hours in wrightsville beep, North Carolina. Right now we just have wind, but conditions here continue to change moment to moment it seems. We are hearing reports that there are more than 6,000 customers in the county that we are, in new hanover county, North Carolina, right now, that do not have power. Where we are it appears that there is power. You can see some of the lights in some of the houses behind me. We also are hearing that for the most part people are heeding the warnings in terms of people being in the water after authorities told them not to be in the water. If they are they are listening to police when they approach them to tell them to get out of the water. So far no rescues. Weve heard reports of minor flooding in low lying areas. Were getting whipped here but were hanging on. Jake . Brooke . The winds are expected to get up to 100 miles per hour. Whats it like there now . How bad is it . Were feeling wind gusts. It comes and it goes. Definitely, though, when we took a stroll by the beach not too long ago, the rough surf is obviously there, but right now it seems like the winds are picking up quite a bit, jake. Alina machado in Wrightsville Beach, stay safe. With landfall potentially imminent, were in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. Youve been talking to officials at a state Emergency Operations center. How prepared is North Carolina for this storm . Well, jake, when you speak to them, they say theyre very prepared. In the words of one Emergency Management director, he says we dont plan hour after hour. We plan 12 hours ahead because if you dont plan 12 hours ahead, you are behind. So that has been the strategy here. We know that within these coastal communities, what theyre doing, a curfew. Just in the hours before this storm really gets close to the coastline and really starts causing some trouble, people will be told that theres a curfew. You should stay indoors, stay off of the roads. I want to give you a live look where im right here. You can see the surf is very rough. We are getting a break from the wind and the rain at this moment. But aloileelina just talked abo this goes and it comes. Were at this moment where were getting a break. You can see people are out. No one in the water that we can see at the moment, which is good news. And then we see this Police Officer whos walking here. Hes making sure that people are being smart about it here. If you are going to be out here, they want you on the shore. They do not want you in the water, jake. And again the time that we spent here within Atlantic City as well as moorehead city, their bottom line is this they havent told people that they must go. They say theyre not at that point yet. Of course at any point notice could change depending on the strength of this storm. But they want people to, again, prepare, if there are things outside of your home that could become projectiles as the storm inches closer, they want you to take that sort of those sort of pieces of equipment or whatever it may be up so that you dont have more problems. But again you can see for yourself, a little bit of calm before things get rough again for us here, jake. Rene marsh in moorehead city, thank you so much. Cnns joe johns is 3 1 2 hours up the shoreline in the outer banks, specifically in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. This hurricanes threatening to do some serious damage the farther north it goes up the coast. What exactly are you seeing where you are right now . Were seeing a lot of chop in the waves, a lot of mist has rolled in here. The visibility has changed for the worse over the last several hours. The beach is starting to be clear. There are people out here and a lot of them, in fact. I can tell you so many people we have talked to here who are further down the coast have moved to this area in Kill Devil Hills because they were evacuated or otherwise couldnt get where they are going. So this is sort of a way station for people to try to wait out this storm and see what happens. One of the big problems, of course, is not just the weather, which of course could be severe, jake. Its also a concern about the road. North carolina 12 we talked so much about out there really just washes out with sand, with water and the problem is there are emergency people standing by to try to clear that road, but theyre not going to be asked eo clear that road while the storm is still in effect. Thats a question of their personal safety. People are being warned if you decided not to evacuate, you should reconsider that at all costs because, number one, youre going to have to stay where you are, sustain yourself for up to 72 hours, and the other factor, of course, is if something happens and youve got a problem, the emergency people may not be able to get to you. So thats why people are being encouraged to evacuate, theyre moving to higher ground, which is here in Kill Devil Hills. People are planning on waiting out the storm. As you can see, everything behind me is just a precursor of what is expected to come tonight. Joe johns in Kill Devil Hills in the outer banks of North Carolina. Brooke . Jake, watching all these different people out there, everyone has one of these and if youre not under mandatory evacuations, people want the great pictures. But please, please be safe, im sure chad would echo what im about to say. Its hugging the coastline. As youre watching that radar and this hurricane spin, spin, spin, where is it exactly right now . Its to the south of our Alina Machado, right due south of her by about 35 miles. People are looking at this, the empty spot. The eye. The eye isnt windy. The eye isnt stormy. Its the eye wall that were concerned about. And thats whats now on shore. All the way from surf city back down to our Alina Machado, all the way to kerry beach and all the way back up to where the next live shot location is, theres Atlantic Beach right there. So as the storm moves this way, and the bosses about an hour ago said is there any way that this misses . No, theres no way that this storm misses anything because the dangerous part of this storm is going to travel right along the coast, right through there. So this is exactly what we dont want. Wed love to have it go down here and move out to sea, thats probably not going to happen. If you keep that eye wall on shore for hours and hours, thats where the real damage comes from, brooke. What about farther up the east coast . Were focusing on North Carolina. But earlier thinking of boston pops, fourth of july, what will those folk s be seeing . It makes a run at nantucket, it really does, about an 80mileperhour storm. Eventually you move off shore and youre away from norfolk and hampton rose, but this is where were seeing the approach to new york city. We could see outer bands in new york city tomorrow afternoon, there will be outer bands in boston as that right there is the middle of the cone, but that right there is the left side. That would be the most dangerous situation if we actually got this thing to run over cape cod, brooke. Chad myers, well stay in close contact with you, of course, as were live over the next couple of hours on cnn watching this storm barreling through. Well check in with chad. Squlak tapper, to you in washington. Storm conditions in North Carolina are getting worse by the minute. Right now more than 7,000 customers are sitting in the dark along the carolina coastline. Bill blair, the mayor of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, weve been trying to reach him. Is he on the line . We dont have him on the line. Right now back to Alina Machado who is in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Whats the situation right there . You just heard from chad myers, the storm is about 35 miles away from you. Yeah, jake, were feeling consistent wind here. Not much in terms of rain, which is surprising to me, but the wind is pretty steady. I would imagine that the closer that arthur gets, the worst this is going to get here, jake. I want to bring back chad myers in the cnn Severe Weather center. Youve been talking all day, voicing your frustrations with the people who are going into the water. You heard the governor of North Carolina telling people not to put their stupid hats on, not to try to be gutsy and go out there and surf those waves. What have ub seeing as you have been following the reports from our correspondents all along the North Carolina shoreline . There got to be a threshold. For a while it was fun for these people that were in the water. Then all of a sudden when the first squall came in, they all started running because the winds went from 30 to 60 and heres a shot right now from Wrightsville Beach. The only issue with this picture right now is that this water should be there. Its here. And thats the rub. Because were now two feet over where low tide should be. And i can show you that on a scale here. This is where the water should be hard to see, but youll get the idea. Thats one foot. Thats where the water dam should be right now. Its at three feet. Guess what happens for the next six hours . We go up from here. Thats when the real scouring, the real beach erosion is going to take place because this water is not only going to be here but on the dunes and through the dunes and even probably on to the roadway there in Wrightsville Beach. Alina, youre still seeing pretty heavy wind. Theyre going to come and go, and for you theyre actually going to change directions because youre almost directly on the eye wall right now. Well, chad, i wouldnt be surprised to see that. We have seen the wind change direction throughout the course of the day. And quite frankly, right now it seems to be picking up quite a bit. But well keep monitoring this, jake and chad. We sboek to the head of the National Hurricane center who said one of his big fears is not only the wind damage and the damage caused by the storm itself but also the water surge that you heard chad talking about. What have you seen if anything in terms of the water surge there in Wrightsville Beach . Is water higher than it was yesterday . Is it flooding into the streets . We have seen the water going up along the beach, but in terms of street flooding, what were being told by the Police Department here is that there is flooding in low lying areas. That flooding happened earlier today in the first few bands when arthur rolled through here. That flooding receded. Im imagining as the winds and the rain continue to pick up, that may come back. But so far, at least here in Wrightsville Beach, weve had some good news and thats that there isnt widespread flooding as far as were concerned, jake. Not anyway. Well take a quick break. When we come back, more on our continuing coverage of hurricane arthur as it barrels into the North Carolina coast. Well talk about that tonight. The other major story were following for you today this gripping Court Hearing. Shocking new accusations against this father, this man here in the orange jumpsuit. This is the man charged with killing his 22monthold toddler by leaving him in his hot car. 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Right now more than 7,000 customers are sitting in the dark along the carolina coastline because of Power Outages. Lets go to bill blair. Hes the mayor of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Sir, thanks so much for talking to us. First and foremost we hope youre staying safe and the people in your town are safe. The waves at Wrightsville Beach seem to be intensifying from the second from the images were seeing. Tell us whats happening right now. Mayor blair, can you hear me . I can hear you. Can you hear me . I can. Tell us whats happening right now in Wrightsville Beach. Tell us what you see. Its picked up significantly in the last 30 minutes. The winds have picked up. And its raining pretty hard now. So last check on the radar looks like we were due east. Eyewall was due east of here. Were probably pretty close to the eye wall at this point. Probably going to get a little worse before it gets better. What have you told the people of Wrightsville Beach. Have they been told to evacuate, to go indoors, to stay out of the water . I think the concern about the Wrightsville Beach residents, we have no Power Outages or any of those issues here, but we are concerned about beach erosion, and that would be one of the biggest concerns. We wont really know the effect of that until after the until probably tomorrow morning because the early reports are moderate erosion which is a big deal for the beach. Does that have any shortterm implications or just long term, beach erosion . It seems like weve lost mayor blairs communication right now. So were going to go to our next segment, which is a question about how should the communities in these areas prepare. Joini