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There. we saw that much earlier today when the tide came in. there was water up to my waist here. it -- there was an area in town that does flood but they were surprised at how quickly that water went up. about in half hour it went from in the marina and just where the water was supposed to be owe to ju -- supposed to be to up to waist high. we've seen wind and rain if the last 24 hours but in the last few hours we've seen more wind and rain at the same time than almost the rest of the time that florence has been blowing through here. the -- the rain tonight is just intense. they're expecting ...

Quicker this time. but a half hour, it was waist-deep in this area. now they're expecting that again in this area. we saw beach erosion, massive beach erosion along carolina beach. about two feet of sand just gone by the end of the day here. and just rain. lots and lots and lots of rain. officials say that they've fortunately not had a massive amount of ems calls or emergency calls here in the city. they have a lot of trees down. they have should roofs torn off, some walls that have collapsed. but so far they seem to have dodged a major bullet. if they can hang on tonight, tomorrow they can ge...

Inundated with water and wind. tell us what you're seeing. >> yeah, this has been 36 hours of just hell in carolina beach, north carolina, don. the wind is still blowing very, very hard. the rain is coming in right now, we're not seeing a lot of rain, but the wind is still very, very heavy here. the electricity is out in carolina beach and throughout the county. about 108,000 of the 128,000 customers that they have here are without power tonight. cell phone service is down. some roofs have been ripped off. some walls have collapsed in and around carolina beach. but officials s waiting to be ab...

To here. there was sand up to here. check it out now. about two feet of the beach is now gone here. they have erosion all the way down carolina beach here. it is just brutal. across new hanover county, about 108,000 people are without power, certainly here at carolina beach, we're without power. duke energy only serves about 128,000 people in new hanover, so most of the entire county is without power. how much longer will this go on is anyone's guess. the storm is moving so slowly, they think by saturday, perhaps sunday, the rain and worst of it will have gone by, they'll be able to reopen the...

Al sharpton, used to be guest on the show and reportedly owed millions of dollars of back taxes to the i.r.s. fined by the f.c.c. over illicit donation. and he is enjoying his freedom. job talking about cohen and everybody else on msnbc. charles rangel, remember the picture of him laying on the beach chair? he failed to pay taxes. he was censured in the house of representatives. enjoying retirement. tom daschle. he failed to pay $128,000 in taxes. look at this. oh, even the obama campaign in 2008. they were hit with a mere fine which at the time was a lot. $375,000 for the campaign reporting v...