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they're striking over plans to raise the retirement age. rising tensions, tough new talk from china's foreign minister who warns that u.s. and china are headed for confrontation and conflict, unless the u.s. changes course. state of emergency. the situation increasingly dire in communities in the southern california mountains. residents remain trapped after that unprecedented snowfall. and we're about to get an update from the state department on the late news that two of the four americans kidnapped in mexico last week are dead. what we're learning now about the whereabouts and ...

i'm john berman in ft. myers, florida, and the storm has intensified again. 85-mile-per-hour winds, heading towards the carolinas. this after tearing the destructive path across florida. it is expected to make landfall in south carolina around midday, somewhere between charleston and myrtle beach. it could produce life-threatening floods there in the carolinas. this is already liskely the largest natural disaster in florida's history. i'm standing in the middle of some of the damage, in a marina where the boats have been washed up on to the shore here. parts of florida have been seri...

Love -- >> let me give you a few more numbers. the american community survey, the census bureau, they reported as of several years ago 980,000 people in same sex relationships, most of which were actually marriages. when it comes to interracial marriage, likewise. back when loving was passed, the ruling was handed down in 1967, only 3% of marriages were interracial. the equivalent number now is something like 20%. you're talking about 11 million people. politicians can count votes. that's the way it works in a democracy. the people have moved on. we saw so many contests in the last couple of c...

Convoys now rolling in to southwestern florida where i am. nearly 21,000 workers from 30 states have arrived in florida to help. they'll be here for some time. with me now is the spokesman and chief communications officer for florida power and light, dave rioter. we've been talking to you for days. we appreciate you telling us what you've been going through. we're hearing more than 2 million customers statewide still without power. i do understand only a portion of them are your customers, but is that what you're hearing? >> good morning, john. that is correct. y yes, we're still hearing about...

Approaching 1 million deaths. that is close to double the number of troops that america lost in the two world wars, and extraordinary number, and i want to read you something at oprah winfrey said in her new film. she said... why do you think that is? i would not be surprised, _ why do you think that is? i would not be surprised, christian, - why do you think that is? i would not be surprised, christian, if as| not be surprised, christian, if as we get to the 1 million mark, not be surprised, christian, if as we get to the1 million mark, you're going to see that. we are not there yet, we are g...