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We talked to the mayor here jay bender. he says he has a message. he really hopes the president comes here but if he doesn't, here's what he wants him to know. >> i would love to hear his voice and love to see him here in town and let him see what a situation like this can too to small town u.s.a. griff: now, there are 16 rivers across the state at flood stage three more may crest. 37 dead. more than 10,000 in shelters. a neighboring town trenton we rode along with the volunteer fire department and assistant chief kyle. >> if you look at the side of the house you can see where the water was. t...

>> they need power. we're struggling with our water system. our sewer has been compromised. i'm really not sure exactly what the status is on that. when we were in hurricane floyd we had power. we just dealt with the difficulties with power. we have nothing. now it looks like it will be a week before we get power. so we're going -- we need gasoline. people can't even leave because there is nothing within 15 or 20 miles that has power to even get gasoline. nothing to power generators or cars. it's pretty bleak. >> mayor bender trying to do the best he can as we try to cover this. we saw blackha...

An overwhelming deluge in the besieged area. there is devastation there. north carolina especially hit. the cape fear river in wilmington will crest at 62 feet tomorrow. what's it like, griff, where you are? >> well, it looks like the twin river has crested at record levels. look at this. it's under water. you see gentlemen in a boat going to survey their property. the town cut off from civilization. coast guard helicopters overhead. i want to bring in quickly the mayor jay bender. has been the mayor for 36 years. the president will come here tomorrow. we don't know if he will survey this area...