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Rescue? weave lurd of hundreds of you in need otthat, to seek rescuers in craven county. >> starting yesterday we received over 100 calls for assistance and most of the calls are for water rescue or flooding or storm surge or peep tried to drive and having trouble getting through the water and trapped in cars. frerls >> i nlds rescuse from roof tops, attics. how have those resources been able to get tothet snem >> there are some areas we had to look at the etepth of the water d bree. we had to look at the wind speed to see whether or not to

We have extra resources now. and we'll get to you as soon as possible. it's just really important that people stay safe. and don't try to venture out, especially as it gets dark today, because you won't see how high the water is. >> what do you -- what kind of rescues are you able to do right now? is the wind low enough that you can get out there? is it boats or vehicles? >> both. but many are in boats because the people that need rescuing are people where the water levels have risen to beyond their second floors. we've had people in attics. we've had people on top of the roofs, you know, text...

People get in so much trouble when they start to get into their attics and the water gets up to the level and they can't get out of their home. that's the fear for people who did not leave during the storm. 9 to 13 feet. we will see it along the southern portion of the sorting carolina coast and 6 to 9 across the mid-section. they will overfill the banks and cause a lot of flooding and fill homes quickly. it will start in the next couple of hours. >> jennifer gray, fantastic context. you think it's a two and not a four and i'm okay, look at demonstration like that. if you can get out, get out....

Category 3. and sit there. it is going to dump so much rain over interior sections of north carolina and possibly south carolina. we're talking 20 inches or more, including wilmington. this can change a bit closer we get to it. we're talking about a lot of rain. could see up to ten inches in western portions of north carolina, not to mention that, but storm surge. 6 to 12 feet, filling rivers, overfilling their banks far inland. and let me show you what we're talking about when we talk about 6 to 12 feet of storm surge. that's going to fill not only your first floor but it could go into a seco...

Move on, there was an effort by your counterpart, senator schumer, to kind of slow things up on this kavanaugh hearing. take a listen. >> the republican majority is deliberately obstructing the senate's constitutional duty to fairly and thoroughly conduct our advice and consent powers. so -- >> order in the chamber. >> as a result, we will not consent to business as usual on the senate floor today. >> bret: not to get too much in the weeds, explain what i was about. >> he was trying to shutdown the judiciary committee hearing. we simply adjourned the senate to prevent him from doing that. you'...