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This is cnn tonight im don lemon. What was Hurricane Florence is now a Tropical Storm. And were now hearing that it has killed at least five people in this area. This Tropical Storm is battering the carolinas tonight. Were told that more than 500,000, maybe up to 850,000 people are without power right now. They are concerned about major storm surges and also catastrophic flooding in the area. I want to take you out here on the beach. This is where the major problem where storm is rolling in and theyre concerned about flooding. This is what weve been seeing all day, the storms moving from the n...

China are being made. he also said this. >> the tariffs have put us in an incredible negotiating position. i say that to china directly. it's only going to get worse for china. >> and we are going to talk about all of this in just a moment with top white house reporters who are standing by. but first, right now, just past 11:00 p.m. on the east coast, that means a new update on hurricane dorian. we're joined by ed rapaport, deputy director of the national hurricane center. ed, we're thrilled to have you with us. tell us the latest about what you know. >> quite a few changes with dorian. in the...

Because i don't think that there was a mandatory have given for new bern. was it forecast to get that much water, that much floodwater? >> yes, we had talked about how the water was going to rise on the order of ten feet along the coast. also up the rivers. the neuse river and pamly coriver. that's what we've seen. may be higher in a few places. now we've got the water coming down the river from the rainfall and so we're going to see flooding well into next week there. >> ed, can you explain to me and our viewers why this thing slowed down and stalled? because that's a problem here. and it's j...

Just dramatic how it comes down in sheets and sheets for hours and hours. it is stunning to see. >> yeah. ed, can we talk a little bit about new bern? because threw lost all their power. they had major flooding. and i just want to know when you were there last night and when you were there today, what did you see? i mean, what were the conditions of the homes and the people who were there they were rescuing? >> you have to understand the geography of new bern. and i let kind of comes in from the bay in the atlantic ocean that pushes several miles inland into this community. so you have a serie...

Hopefully that is not going to happen. we do know because we've been getting so much rain. and then there was -- there is the storm drains here we have been watching on the beaches. when we first got here, those drains were little tricks if they were moving at all. little tiny trickles. now they've opened up and some of the water has been flowing from other areas. and expanding those, as well. we've been getting updates from the national weather center, also updates from the national hurricane centering, as well. ed rapaport who has been joining us every single evening will give us an update n...