red cross and other private nonprofits continue to prestage resources in the atlantic area. just like to settle the expectations in the public has not experienced staying in a shelter in the past, you'll be safe, but conditions are spartan. we ask you to bring your toothbrush, your pillow, other comfort items with you, and we'll keep you safe until the storm passes. then post landfall and post impact, you'll be more comfortable situation for you. but, also, i would like to thank the opportunity to say this storm is a significant event. our resources will be stretched. if you're fortune enough not to be impacted, we would like to have you consider being a volunteer. you can do that at redcross.org or any of the other fine agencies that you choose to volunteer with. thank you. >> and, folks, one of the most powerful arms of the whole community is the nongovernmental organizations like the red cross and here again, when the storm passes, this is about neighbor helping neighbor to the federal government. if you're looking to get involved and you're not in, you know, the carolina

noaa's navigation response teams are prestaging to assist in reopening ports as soon as possible. the national survey has aircraft on standby to support fema overflights for affected areas. noaa's office of response and recovery is also on stand bito assist the coast guard -- standby to assist the coast guard. a system is actively providing distress and specific location information to the coast guard. noaa is working with local emergency managers and industry to help amplify our forecast message, including working through over 8,000 weather-ready nation ambassadors. although the storm has made landfall, our work is not done. i want to say thank you to our hardworking team from the response and recovery personnel across noaa to our reconnaissance crews in the office of marine and aviation operations. and additionally to the national weather service and national hurricane center employees who have been working 24/7 shifts, many of these individuals have been sheltered in place for many days. thank you. >> good morning. again, my name is jeff buyers. i'm the associate administrator

red cross and other private nonprofits continue to prestage resources in the theater of operations in the atlantic area. just like to set expectations that the public has not experienced staying in a shelter in the past, you'll be safe, but conditions are spartan. so we ask you to bring your toothbrush, your pillow, other comfort items with you. and we'll keep you safe until the storm passes. then post landfall and post impact it will be a more comfortable situation for you. we'd also like to take the opportunity to say that this storm is a significant event. our resources will be stretched. if you're fortunate enough not to be impacted, we would like to have you consider being a volunteer. you can do that at redcross.org or any of the other fine agencies that you choose to volunteer with. thank you. mr. long: folks, one of the most powerful arms of the whole community is the nongovernmental organizations like the red cross. here again when this storm passes, this is about neighbor helping neighbor all the way up to the federal government. if you are looking to get involved and not in

one thing the army has done and the corps of engineers is they've prestaged the engineers. they have a ring route of helicopters flying around the state. they're prestaging these enginee engineers. in some places they think the flooding might get worse. if the flooding recedes they want engineering there assessing the crucial infrastructure. the president is just over here. looks like he's getting ready to go. it looks like they may be leaving this base here and heading out and seeing some of the damage in the local community. you can really see just when we were driving in about maybe an hour out, all of the restaurants stopped having food, stopped serving. the waffle house is the exception. the mcdonald's were not open, much to the chagrin of certain reporters, guys. >> of course, but the waffle house was as always. >>> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh once said what happened at georgetown prep stays at georgetown prep. apparently it doesn't. who else was at the party where christine blasey ford claims kavanaugh attacked her, and should they testify to the senate com

they're hoping the winds die down and that will allow these first responders that have been prestaged to go in and start giving assistance to the people that need it most, neil. >> neil: rick leventhal, thanks very much. by the way, speaking of these events, the president wants to pay a visit to the north carolina and south carolina area sometime next week. the president is expected to travel there. this is coming from john roberts quoting white house officials. he doesn't want to get in the way or disrupt recovery efforts. president wants to be there sometime next week. on the phone with us right now, wrightsville beach, north carolina police chief dan howes. a lot of people are stubborn and they feel it's more of a hassle to leave. how many took you up on your offer? >> we were lucky. most of our residents in wrightsville beach heeded our warning. when the storm came in, it was coming in as a category four. the last time we had a cat four was hurricane hazel in 1954, which devastated wrightsville beach. so we knew we had a powerful storm that could impact our community. when we put

the coast guard is prestaging forces with additional law enforcements, security and oil and hazardous materials response resources to be ready and all coast guard, small boat and cutter crews are going to be outside the storm and ready to move in as soon as it's safe to do so. for those in the path of the storm, please stay off the water. coast guard resource wills be degraded or unavailable immad y after the storm. please don't use social media in order to call for help. call 911 or channel 16 to reach out and get help. the areas will still be hazardous. so please stay in a safe location while coast guard and other partners assess the damage and we'll let you know when it is safe to do so. thank you. >> next up we have the office of disability integration coordination at fema and it's incredibly important for fema to help our partners do everything that we can to render the highest level of functional access of needs that we can. not only during the response phase but also after the recovery phase. so linda, please, would you say a few words. >> thank you. excuse me. good morning. so

. >> do you think this prestages more executive shuffling at alibaba? there's kind of a unique team executive approach there is this likely to result in anybody leaving or feeling slighted because they didn't get the ceo seat how is that going to shake out >> as i mention, daniel has been the ceo since 2015 i don't think folks inside the company wouldn't say there are big changes afoot. there's an incredibly strong team of co-founders, 18 folks that co-founded the company with jack and a team of over 30 that run what they call the alibaba partnerships it is different than the way u.s. companies are structured where you often have a strong figure head as ceo and folks on the management team that many in the market may not have heard of at alibaba there's a team of folks running the company very well known in china and respected. and alibaba has 86,000 employees. this is a very large enterprise. over 10 million merchants on the platform, created over 33 million jobs in china. this is a very important company in china run by a strong team at the top. >> je

in atlanta, in charlotte, prestaging that equipment and supplies and volunteers if and when they're needed after the storm passes. we're prepared to assist. local authorities and residents with whatever the efforts are that are necessary for the communities to respond. >> dana: those of you that don't know what team rubicon is, they are amazing. they unite veterans with first responders. you help ahead of the storm and state afterwards as well. if people are watching right now, how can they help? >> it's important people to understand that this has all the makings of a storm on the scale of harvey. it may not be as sensational. you may not see boat rescues or people pulled off of roofs. make no mistake, tens of thousands of homes and businesses will be at stake. we should as citizens of this country do everything we can and for many people across the united states, that means finding great organizations like team rubicon, the red cross, church groups going out and assisting the neighbors. we should do what we can to support them so that they can assist the communities. >> dana: what you le

they have a lot of assets here, ali, that are prestaged, ready to go out for tasking and orders from federal authorities to help with recovery. amphibious vehicles, trucks and the navy. moments ago, i was speaking with navy officials. they have two big ships. the arlington as well as the sarge, they are south of the storm. they are just staying out of the way, ready to move up and follow behind the storm and come ashore. they have all kind of assets on there. they have teams, medium lift, heavy lift. they are ready, waiting, batoning down, but they need the orders from fema and go through the right channels to help with recovery. overall, on the base, you have a lot of sturdy structures. i'd like to say i bedded down with them, but we stayed in a hotel. i'm going to show you what it looks like here. strong and sturdy structures. we are elevated 30 feet off the river here. we are not in danger of flooding. the lower area of flooding is in danger. that's why they put a lot of vehicles there. they can slide into the water, float out and help with recovery. one final note, they have a sh

the red cross and other private nonprofits continue to prestage resources in the theater of operations in the atlantic area. just like to set a little expectations. if the public has not experienced staying in the shelter in the past, you'll be safe. but conditions are spartan. so we'd ask you to bring your toothbrush, your pillow, other comfort items with you. and we'll keep you safe until the storm passes. and then post landfall and post impact, it will be a more comfortable situation for you. i'd also like to take the opportunity to say that this storm is a significant event. our resources will be stretched. if you're fortunate enough not to be impacted, we would like to have you consider being a volunteer. you can do that at redcross.org or any of the other fine agencies that you choose to volunteer with. thank you. >> and, folks, one of the most powerful arms of the whole community is the nongovernmental organizations like the red cross and here, again, when this storm passes, this is about neighbor helping neighbor all the way up to the federal government. if you're looking to ge

barricades are prestaged and in flood prone areas and we have emergency personnel again ready to respond. >> this time lapse video shows the storm clouds from gordon's outer bands moving over florida's pensacola bay. residents and visitors along the northern growth gulf coast areg these conditions carefully. it's because are deteriorating. >> we are coming down to check out the water, see that it was raising, get the kids out of the house for a little bit. >> early monday, gordon formed into a tropical storm near the florida keys, dumping heavy rains across south florida and disrupting travel during the busy labor day holiday. although forecasters say it won't have time to strengthen beyond a category 1 hurricane, people along the northern gulf coast need to take it seriously. >> the rain will be the biggest concern. anywhere from 6-8 inches and on top of that, the storm surge will be pushing in three to 6 feet of total storm surge. >> right now, gulfport, mississippi, is in the direct path of this storm. as you can see, conditions relatively calm on the beach we, graham standing but we

reporter: the governor says the national guard and other assets, fema assets, have been prestaged. they will be ready to respond but they can't really help people, trish, until its safe to do so. there may be people who need help, but will have to wait for it. trish: this is why it is so important for people to get out of harm's way to evacuate and really be prepared with enough water, with enough provisions, et cetera. you mentioned some of it moving inland in terms of the flooding. isn't another risk here, rick, if the storm were to hover in any way near the coastline or even a little bit over as it moves across might you see significant flooding in places where you wouldn't normally anticipate it getting hit? reporter: 100%, yeah. rivers, any waterway will swell and overflow. low-lying areas certainly will be underwater most likely based on the forecast. areas like we saw in texas during harvey that hadn't seen floodwaters maybe ever, those areas could be affected like this one. this is harvey-like storm according to some experts, could bring 45 inches of rain to some parts of n

of course, the government has prestaged assets. they have got fema standing by. they have closed the schools. cancelled classes, opened shelters and they are prepared for, this they think, they hope. but we have to wait and see how bad it gets. >> dana: rick, what is the number one concern? >> well, it's that surge. and it's also the fact that this storm is now expected to stall and park just offshore and just dump rain on this area. the rain total 2 or 3 feet. maybe even more in son-in-law spots. all that rain, all that water has to go somewhere. we saw last year in harvey and there are predictions this could be like harvey where harvey brought 60 inches of rain to places that hadn't seen anything like it, ever. it could bring 45 inches of rain to some places here in the carolinas, dana. that would cause catastrophic flooding. >> dana: indeed, rick. we will back in touch. atlantic beach, north carolina also bracing for monster storm. lee land vittert is there. how seriously are pique people taking the storm there. >> they say they don't think they have ever seen

they have also prestaged at 60 generators and transformers. our prepared it to provide bottled water in coordination with fema. the u.s. army corps of engineers of course will be on standby and monitoring and managing. and as we heard, the marines were ordered earlier this week to stay in place and be ready to help. >> just amazing. thank you very much. we are also getting word that the u.s. army corps of engineers, is managing dams. you have to monitor the run off with these heavy rains. it is going to be something quite important. it is an understatement. in atlanta, the latest on the watch we seen there. >> hi, neil. we are seeing exactly what you would think you'd see in in a hurricane. that sandblaster effect on the beach between the winds, the rain. we're starting to see the damage of hurricane florence. the first bits of damage. of roof shingles being thrown off. forgive me for running round and surveying things. what makes the storm so unusual is the way that the wind is coming in here, turning the barrier islands that would typically

we have been prestaging equipment, in atlanta charlotte rd to move in as soon as the stormy dissipates conditions on the ground are safe we will move into communities affected by the storm. >> jake it is robert wolf, first i have been following, what you have been doing for years. you know, i saw what the did with you how you graciously give a acceptance of accolades to military hard workers on behalf entire nation thank you. give us an idea of the lows on those that you have learned from past hurricanes disaster recovery ways that you also protect your own people from harm's way. >> absolutely, i think what is most of an misconstrued that is more sinister damage is not caused by wind that is the more sensational damage i think what we really have to pay attention to what is water damage going to be often less sensational takes longer to recovery from really has long-term health hazards for low income communities north carolina, south carolina, two states, who you know many communities at lower end evident socials vulnerability index have substantial water damage low are not having mea

in fact, duke energy is already prestaging crews and bringing in 2,000 reinforcements from neighboring utilities in florida and the midwest, putting them in safe staging areas so they can quick cannily respond once the storm passes. the utility predicts power outages will be in the hundreds of thousands. >> florence is going to be a devastating storm for north carolina. we're expecting widespread outages, outages that will last days, if not weeks in some are areas. >> reporter: here in wrightsville beach, a mandatory evacuation goes into effect at 8:00 this morning on this barrier island community and the nearby city of wilmington, residents and business owners have been boarding up windows and securing loose items. while most people in evacuation zones are following the warnings, some are anxious to leave their businesses behind. >> it's really the bigger concern here is we may be fine here but if you leave town you may not be able to get back into town for quite a while because of flooding on the major highways. >> reporter: and another concern is the beaches, experts with the u.s. g