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The eclipse already started. Reporter yes, it did. Its about to start in the western part of the country. Give me five, you guys. You were amazing. Thank you so much for being with us. And craig, so many families like them, theyre going to experience this together in this stadium behind me. 15,000 people have poured into carbondale, illinois, and the local businesses here are ex attic. It is estimated the private sector in carbondale will gain almost 20 million just by the influx of tourists and people All Around The World who have come here to witness this astronomical event together. All rig...

Try to do things to get attention to get people to push you to talk. we should be talking on our terms, not their terms. >> trace: thanks, john. >> thank you. >> trace: a fox urgent now. this is the scene moments ago in charlotte, north carolina. emergency crews responding to a home explosion. witnesses say they could hear and feel the boom almost five miles away. emt workers say two people from nearby homes got hit with flying debris. there's no word yet on what caused the explosion and we don't know about others that might have been in or around the area. updates on that story as it comes in...

That ring, that golden orange ring where the rays are shooting off the edge of the moon's shadow, we believe that's a million degrees or so hotter than the actual sun itself. and we don't know why. so this is a great opportunity to study the gases, what we know that comes off the sun that interrupts our radio and tv frequencies periodically. we get to study that now. >> let's get back to jacob soboroff standing by in oregon. we are roughly five minutes away from totality. jacob, how has this scene changed there in oregon, sir? >> reporter: well, it's darker, for one. it's certainly less and le...

Charleston, communities in the path of the eclipse. >> especially the day of the eclipse, probably traffic slowdowns, but our highway patrol has been working very closely with the local authorities on that to make sure they've got enough man power to control those. reporter: tomorrow, the moon's shadow will pass directly over 21 national parks in the u.s., the national park service is bringing in extra staff and law enforcement what could be record crowds. cities big and small, hotels are packed. >> started about a month ago, and rates are about 30% higher than we normally give, which is one o...

Charleston, communities in the path of the eclipse. >> especially the day of the eclipse, probably traffic slowdowns, but our highway patrol has been working very closely with the local authorities on that to make sure they've got enough man power to control those. reporter: tomorrow, the moon's shadow will pass directly over 21 national parks in the u.s., the national park service is bringing in extra staff and law enforcement what could be record crowds. cities big and small, hotels are packed. >> started about a month ago, and rates are about 30% higher than we normally give, which is one o...