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>> reporter: yeah, good morning. we all knew that this was going to happen. all week long officials have been warning residents that the water, overflow from the waccamaw river, it's here. it was going to overflow into the community. this is a community that had already been hit hard by flash flooding from hurricane florence. that water receded long enough for the president to make his visit here this week, this is the same neighborhood that he walked around in. residents hard hit after hurricane florence, and now getting it for a second time in about ten days here. we have been here most of t...

>> reporter: it's remarkable to see the community more than a week after it made land fall and they're still deal wing the aftermath of the storm. we're 20 miles inland from myrtle beach and it's going to continue to get worse in the coming tase. we've already set a record. the record last set was somewhere around 17.9 inches. we're well past that. this community didn't see that much water during hurricane matthew. i skpopoke to the emergency management director and he said all of this is surveal. >> i guess seeing our nobbers and friends struggling. they woke up this morning and their house w...

Order here in the county, but as the water continues to rise, that voluntary evacuation may turn into a mandatory one. we are already talking a week after the storm, and this is the type of flooding we are seeing because of those overflowed rivers. this river isn't expected to crest until friday. >> we are talking about the record here of 17.9 feet above the flood line, well, this storm and this flooding is already expected to reach them 22 even 24 feet this weekend's above the flood line. that is why we are seeing people, the sheriffs want people to understand that just because it's on the ou...

Wic program for low and pregnant women and breast feeding women and women and infants under the age of 5. it calls for a 17.9% decrease nor the department of health and human services. president trump's budget proposal will include a new benefit for america's working parents. paid family leave. his daughter, ivanka trump, is said to be the driving force behind this proposal. the president will seek funds for the creation of a program to grandmothers and fathers, six weeks of paid leave after the birth or adoption of a child. the president is expected to cost $25 billion over ten years. neil? >...

Spending. first of all, the state department, its budget is going to go down 28%. they are cutting $10.1 billion from the state department budget. e.p.a. will see a 31% decrease, which will include the eventual elimination of 3200 jobs. hhs will see a 15.1 billion-dollars reduction that's 17.9%. that will include a dramatic reorganization of the national institutes of health. the president also proposes to end funding for the national endowment for the arts and corporation for public broadcasting among other agencies. and then as well other doubts funding, the global climate change initiative ...