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And something more than that it could be. >> they had been updated at least 15 times. it's against the law to knowingly issue or publish a false weather forecast though right now both fema noaa are not saying. >> my colleagues are telling us that in afternoon the president summoned the fox news white house reporter to the oval office to convince him he was right about the claim about alabama after edin criticized op the air and even in an email that that reporter sent to colleagues saying the president just wanted acknowledgement he was right about alabama even though we should note when the p...

Mind-set of these people and why they want to leave charleston. it's a little bit unlike the people in florida who many say i can ride this out. in south carolina, in charleston, they've had so many experiences with bad hurricanes. also in recent years. this is going to be basically the third punishing hurricane to hit this place in three years and they're wondering how much more they can take here. >> brian todd in charleston, south carolina, thanks so much. i want to go back to the bahamas to patrick ottman who's live in freeport. it's hard to get a signal right now out from there, so we're ...

Thank you very much, jake. >> i appreciate it. and there is breaking news now from the bahamas where the death toll from hurricane dorian is rising. the minister of health telling the "washington post" that at least 20 people in the bahamas have been killed because of the strongest storm ever to hit the bahamas in recorded history. 17 of the deaths in the abcos islands and three in grand bahama island. that number expected to go even higher as crews and volunteers race against the clock to try to rescue any residents who may be trapped across the bahamas. patrick ottman is the outfront in free...

You know -- >> more than 20 coast guard cutters are conducting rescue efforts in the bahamas. they've saved 19 people. patrick ottman on the ground in freeport. >> reporter: dave, christine, hurricane dorian continues to batter grand bahama hour after hour. you would think this storm would quit, but so far it is not showing any signs of easing up on this island where people have lost roofs, they've had their cars submerged, under water. there is the fear here that people here could have lost their lives. on the island of abaco, we know that at least five people were killed when dorian passed t...

I have to tell you, we may not be able to get a live shot from patrick ottman, but if we do, it will be incredible. he will experience the 165-mile-an-hour winds which is where we are right now. gusts to 200. that wind is going to come from the north and then it's going to go calm. you can see the stars in the sky from that center of the eye zero in and then on the back side, 180, 165 at this point-mile-an-hour winds coming from the other direction. so no matter how you slice it with an island, you're going to get a storm surgeon the other side. this is not as populated as freeport is. 20, 25 ...