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And from the gulf, blinding rain near birmingham, alabama. two systems merging as we come on tonight. this whole thing stretches from new mexico all the way east to new york. a difficult commute for many in the morning. schools already closed in some places. and so, we have the track for you tonight. abc's steve osunsami leading us off. >> reporter: 164 people were onboard this delta jet when it was struck by lightning today and had to make an emergency landing in chattanooga. >> we were struck by lightning. we're going to land and deal with that on the ground. >> reporter: luckily, no one was...

what the gunman, a marine veteran, allegedly wrote about what he was doing. tonight, the terror attack overseas. a pickup truck going up in flames, and the rampage that followed. president trump facing outrage tonight, over his pick for acting attorney general. the president now saying he doesn't know matt whitaker. but what the president said just a month ago about him. robin roberts with michelle obama tonight. the former first lady and what she now reveals. saying she wishes she had revealed it sooner, that it could have helped millions of women. and the storm system this friday night, b...

Much on the shoreline. this is worst case scenario. this is the fuel line that continues to be open, so this engine purrs and just drops day after day after day of rain. we could be looking at this area of the carolinas having four days of rainfall. some of the days are going to drop over 10 inches a day. that's just staggering when it comes to what this path may do. but again, we're still going to try to see if the national hurricane center somewhat maneuvers and tweaks this path as this system gets a little bit closer, which most likely it will. >> tweaks its path but it is big and coming. t...

It's very important that they follow the evacuation warnings that have been issued. we're expecting anywhere from 10 to 12 feet on the latest forecast of a storm surge, and that is deadly. you're not going to be able to outrun it or outdrive it. and so it's very important that while people still have time, even tonight and with the daylight hours tomorrow morning, that if they have not yet followed evacuation instructions, that they do so. services may not be available to them if they call 911. there's chances of rain in some parts of north carolina, south carolina, where we can see 3 to 5 inc...

And how it's performing. so you can spend more time floating about on your inflatable swan. [ding] low-lying areas that they could be in grave danger. and that covers a large portion of the state. i want to go back to tom sater at the cnn weather center with this. tom, this storm is going to bring a lot of rain, and very quickly, as you've talked about. what areas, then, are most vulnerable? >> well, this is one of the most vulnerable spots in the entire u.s. i mean, with that low-level land, the marshy land conditions, of course, the barrier islands, you have the intercoastal. i wanted to sho...