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We have prepared for the worst. we go through the scares throughout the years. but this is a pretty massive storm. this is the biggest storm that i have seen and i have lived here all my life so i think most of the citizens in this community and this area have heeded the warnings from our emergency operation officials and have started to move out. have been moving out for two to three days. thinking about moving out or leaving, this is the time to do it today. because by tomorrow we'll probably be seeing tropical storm winds coming into the area and i have told citizens over and over, once thi...

If there was anything she can do for us here she would do it. she wanted to let us know that to take it seriously. it's coming. and, you know, that she's with us and to please give her a call and just sharing her thoughts and concerns of what she went through in puerto rico and obviously a devastating situation last year. >> of the concerns right now here in wilmington and there are many, obviously, the winds, the storm surge, the rain, what's your chief concern right now? what's top of the list for you, mayor? >> people think they can ride it out. a barrier island or low-lying area. you can't...

President's high priority and something he wanted to do himself. we expect to get more and more specifics as the day unfolds. craig? >> kelly o'donnell there for us from the white house, thank you. tremendously big. as "the washington post" puts it, the president reaches for super latives in the face of calamity. i have the reporter that wrote the piece about the response to this looming storm standing by. also, are we ready? are we really ready? fema laying out the plan to deal with florence that the experts call a storm of a lifetime. we'll keep an eye on the carolina coast. a live look ...

Yacht. i have heard from a number of you on social media and a number of folks asked me here in person, as well, why have folks not managed to get their -- some cases million-dollar boats out of the marina. i don't have the answer. i don't know why. why all the boats are still here and tethered. we'll work on getting an answer. but there are easily a couple dozen boats here in this particular marina here in wilmington. north carolina's governor says disaster is at the doorstep. as hurricane florence zeros in on the carolina coast and expected to make landfall friday. take a look at the picture...

People were heeding the warnings? did you get the sense that folks living in the mandatory evacuations were actually not like the folks that we just featured there in the interview but listening to local officials and getting the heck out of town? >> no. it's gotten, you know, what needs to be remembered is, you know, back when hurricane hugo hit, there's 3.5 million in south carolina. now there's 5 million people in south carolina. 1.5 million new folks in the state who have not been through one of these movies. and they're really bad movies. it is interesting in talking to a folk i was just ...