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Josi, you're a shaker. how exciting is it to perform right after totality? >> it's really, exciting. we're just excited, because this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. we haven't seen a total eclipse yet in our lifetime, so we're excited to see it. and we're excited to go and show all these people what we can do. >> reporter: and you're going to be showing people from all over the world, right, jamie? are you nervous? >> i'm a little nervous, but this is very special for us to cheer and shakers and something we have never gotten to do before so we're excited to show everyone what we're all ...

Toward the sky. and i think that's pretty cool. >> al roker, don't go anywhere, sir. do stand by for me there in charleston. let's get to carbondale, illinois. al just mentioned carbondale. this is the city where we're going to see the longest duration of totality during the eclipse. this is southern illinois. the town of carbon detail going to be dark for roughly two-and-a-half minutes. a little after 2:00 this afternoon. and they brought out their cheerleaders there, and we also brought out marianna atencio. >> reporter: craig, you can sense the excitement. a group of young ladies who want t...

Oregon. totally clear in casper, wyoming. and we are looking at just the ideal conditions for viewing this total eclipse. now, as we move east a bit, we are still looking at mostly clear skies. again, smoke is kind of obscuring things a bit but just enough so it creates that reddish tinge to that total eclipse because of the light. we do have scattered showers and storms just north of kansas city. kansas city, you might luck out and see more than you originally thought because of the fact that those storms are staying just to your north. then we go right down through columbia, through carbonda...

Carbondale, illinois where kerry sanders is, they'll have a good we'll of sunshine. and when you get closer to the east coast, that's where we're going to start to see more problems, nashville look north carolina, looking good. but as you get closer to the coast, columbia, and then on into here in charleston, we're going to see more clouds, chance of some showers. right now our chaulouds overhea some blue sky, but showers and thunderstorms just offshore. we're going to continue to track this. the interesting thing, i think, about this, craig, even though in space the shadow travels at a consta...