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Marking a road that's closed. we're talking about more than 400 in south carolina and the bluish-purple spots, those are the bridges that are out. making just getting around so tough for people there, a lot of people still being told to stay in place. nbc's sarah dallof live in columbia with a torrent of water did really untold damage there. what's the situation like today? >> reporter: hi, frances. the sun is out and this is allowing volunteers and homeowners to get everything spread out on to the streets and the driveways and drying out, take stk of what they can save and when's gone forever...

The u.s. military does not want to let the same thing happen in afghanistan. >> jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. defense secretary ashton carter said he's waiting for russia to call him back about its military activities in syria. carter wants a second meeting with moscow on ways to prevent accidents in increasingly crowded skies over syria. nato is denouncing what it calls russia's irresponsible behavior for allowing its war planes to cross into turkey. still ahead, picking up and drying out, the pieces in the rain-soaked carolinas. first, hillary clinton uses a top republican's gaffe t...

The u.s. military does not want to let the same thing happen in afghanistan. >> jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. defense secretary ashton carter said he's waiting for russia to call him back about its military activities in syria. carter wants a second meeting with moscow on ways to prevent accidents in increasingly crowded skies over syria. nato is denouncing what it calls russia's irresponsible behavior for allowing its war planes to cross into turkey. still ahead, picking up and drying out, the pieces in the rain-soaked carolinas. first, hillary clinton uses a top republican's gaffe t...

We spoke to, you know, charles smith yesterday, spent quite a bit of time with him, actually, and he said, you know, people questioned why they're such good friends, because charles is somebody who's rather measured and quite thoughtful in what he says. and he said, you know, at the end of the day, rodman's, you know, he comes from a good place, his heart is in the right place, and there was a lot of pressure on him as far as his kids were concerned. he said that, you know, he knows that he's been a bad father to his three children, and he really wanted this trip to go well so that his childre...

Has and also the amount of wind. we're talking tropical storm force winds across this area and gusts that could reach hurricane force. we could be talking about some gusts exceeding 70 miles an hour across parts of the cascades and even eventually into the northern rockies. we have a number of high wind warnings in effect and also winter storm warnings in effect across the cascades because they're also going to be picking up some significant snowfall in this area. that snow will be dropping down to levels at about 4,000 to 4500 feet. it will be getting very chilly behind this storm system. you...