we're working on important issues now in southwest virginia. we're working on expanding career -- mr. stewart: why did you vote against coal? senate cane: why do you think the united mine workers support me, not you. they know i know what i'm doing when it comes to coal. mr. stewart: you are shutting it down. >> gentlemen, i'll take the privilege here and have the final question. return to where we began which is tomorrow's hearing. be realistic, a lot of us are watching this and worried that it's going to turn into a national train wreck. what can senators do on each side of the aisle tomorrow to avoid this national train wreck? is the biggest mistake the filibuster? senator kaine? senator kaine: i think senators need to approach all the witnesses with respect. and i say all the witnesses. i don't think this is just a matter for judge kavanaugh and dr. ford. if we're going to be respectful of the seriousness of the allegations, i think you have to hear from ms. ramirez and ms. swetnick, you need to subpoena mark judge to come. and there may be

and in southwest virginia. there's opportunities to repurpose rural hospitals. again instead of being full service acute care hospitals which provide every service like they used to. look at what the service needs are in those communities now, mental health, addiction, emergency medicine. high-quality diagnostics, maternal care. the payment system doesn't support those things and i think if we were to build a bridge, it would be to transform the payment system so rural hospitals can afford to repurpose. then you can sustain those services through an alternative payment system to support them. >> mr. chairman, i'll give my time back to you or to other senators so we can have more of a conversation. >> mr. glaus, you want to speak on that as well? turn your mic on. >> thank you, i would encourage us to be mindful of unintended consequences as we look at repurposing rural hospitals. the cost of air ambulance transport has skyrocketed. most of our air ambulance transports in wyoming are between facilities. and the states have no ability to regulate those rates or ro

georgia in a little lower risk ow but western carolinas, southwest v southwest virginia, this will be a lot of flooding. there's the rainfall forecast. potentially still easily an inch to two inches of rain around here. could get 4, 5 inches or more across parts of south western virginia. here's your ten day forecast. today breezy, cloudy, showery. take the umbrellas today. temperatures in the 70s all day. more of the same tomorrowal ough it's not quite as breezy. sunday still a chance for a few showers butost of sunday there should be plenty of usable dry outdoor hours and then h thevy rains arrive here monday into early tuesday. stl have some sparkling blue september skies by next week. >> can'twait. as we're speaking 66 westbound out here at sycamore, that crash has now completely cleared. it's gone. also activity in stafford county on 17 northbound after plantation drive. that crash cleared from the right side the roadway. vre will operate in full service today. white's ferry, unfortunately that's still closed due to high water. we had one broken down on the far right side the roa

virginia and the western carolinas. all of that water has to go downhill that means not only is there a coastal problem but a huge fresh water flooding issue. especially just downe to south and west. overtime the remembnants of tha are likely to stay until monday or tuesday of next week. this is going to be a long duration event. more about today, cloudy skies and fog thismorning. temperatures are in the 60s and 70s now. w am and humid day, around 80 degrees. a little warmer tomorrow but off and on rain shower chances. nothing heavy for the next couple of days. what florence decides to do on friday and the weekend is a big qu mark. we'll be keeping an eye on it. sheena has the ten day outlook coming up. >> you can see some of the folks heading southbound when they're right up o the camera. after the rosslyn tunnel left lane is getting by. work zone there. 395 after duke street, right lane blocked by that work zone and riverdale between campus and river road, work zone lef lane. >>> a couple of weeks ago we introduced yo

every, all 95 counties in tennessee and all the counties in southwest virginia fall among the lowest of spectrum for the area wage index which ranges anywhere from a low of .68 all the way up to 1.9. finish and, you know, if you think about the distribution, only 10% of the counties in the country have an area wage index the average is supposed to be 1, only 10% of the country have an area wage index above 1. 80% are below 1. so the distribution, the intent of the area wage index was to recognize initially that costs were higher in rural areas and, therefore, you'd have to pay more to get people there. and somewhere along the way it got turned on its head. and once you -- >> it's hard to -- i've got a limited time -- it's hard to change formulas in the united states congress. do you have any shrewd suggestion for how we might do that? >> pass senate bill 397, the fair medicare hospital payments act originally sponsored by senator isakson -- >> yes, i'm a cosponsor. >> yes, you are, and others here are as well. senator roberts. it's a bipartisan bill. it would be the single biggest th

dad grew up in the depression in southwest virginia. there was one part i read in his letters that they were not worried about the next dollar that came in, they were worried about the next nickel that came in. this was in the depression era. my father grew up, as a young boy, in that era. my father and list in the u.s. air force in 1950. he is trained to fly out of turner georgia, down south. he is therefore three or four years between 1950, 1954, flying . he is recruited by the cia to fly the new, top-secret u-2 spy plane. he resigns from the u.s. air force and takes a civilian job for the cia to fly these new, top-secret u-2 spy planes over foreign countries overseas. at the time in 1955, this was top-secret. no one had heard of this plane. it was developed by the cia to do overhead reconnaissance. it was specifically designed by kelly johnson, head of the lockheed skunk works aircraft corporation. the cia and the air force are trying to figure out who is going to control it. eisenhower once it run by the cia. his rationale is that i

we are working on important issues now in southwest virginia. we are working on expanding career -- >> i did you vote against coal? >> why do you think the united mine workers support me and not you? i'm not just somebody who runs the mouth. >> they are suddenly shutting it down. >> i'm going to take the privilege here and take the final question. let's be realistic, a lot of people are watching this. what can senators do on each side of the isle, tomorrow, to avoid this national train wreck? >> i think senators need to approach all of the witnesses with respect. i don't think this is just a matter of judge cavanagh and dr. ford. if we are going to be respectf respectful, i thank you have to hear from ms. rainier is. there may be other witnesses as well. the most respectful thing to do is to treat people with respect but bring all of the witnesses in. remember, our children are watching. if an allegation of serious sexual assault gets swept under the rug, you will make it harder for people who are suffering to come out and seek help. let's hear

it is 120 miles west southwest of roanoke, virginia. maximum sustained winds. some of the rainfall totals are incredible. 39.48 inches of rain. swansboro, north carolina, picking up 33.9 inches of rain. just to give you a little bit of perspective here, for downtown san francisco, we typically see about two feet of rain in the an ealady seen 2 to feet of rain in just a few days. back to you, michelle. >>> the time now is 6:41. bart has an ambitious new plan to build a massive housing developer near one of the stations. how can also revitalized a bay area community. >>> another northern california city is reporting major problems with the -- electric scooters. attack. 26 year old arthur medici was boogie boarding wh k bit his leg. >>> this morning, in massachusetts, a beach and cape cod remain closed after deadly shark attack. 26-year-old was boogie boarding when the shark that his leg. he died at the hospital. last month, just a few miles offshore, 61-year-old man was also attacked by a shark, but he survived. 's death marks the first fatal shark attack in the

griffith: i represent the portion of virginia in the southwest corner, borders a big chunk of southern west virginia. so i had some questions similar to mr. mckinley's questions because we are suffering from a huge opioid problem but drugs in general. and so i know you're trying and your working on it, looking for hing bus last year in addition "scientific american" talked about having artificial intelligence scan twitter for signs of opioid abuse. it would seem to me on something that's an illegal conduct if somebody is selling drugs, that's not just an inconvenience , you're trying to judge whether it's something bad or -- it's illegal. it would seem to me you ought to be able to deploy an artificial intelligence platform to knock down anybody trying to sell illegal substances on your platform. can you address that? mr. dorsey: yes, i mean, we have -- we have to prioritize all our models. have -- mr. griffith: shouldn't illegal be at the top of the list? mr. dorsey: absolutely. but we have been concentrating on the 2016, 2017 election interference. mr. griffith: i got people writing

issued a warning to those in the southwest portion of the state about possible blood flooding. >> dickerson: not just the wind but the flooding, thanks so mu much, jeff glor. mark strassmann has ducked out of the rain is in hanger at the u.s. coast guard in elizabeth city where helicopter crews have been hard at work rescuing those trapped by flood waters. >> good morning, john. that significant inland flooding that jeff just talked about remains a significant threat. and a rescue challenge and these air rescue crews of the coast guard expect another busy day today. they saved 57 people yesterday, hoisting them by cable to safety from cars, roads and rooftops. in one case they rescued 13 people including an elderly woman who leaned on two crutches to wade through waste team water she was raised 40 feet to the helicopter, an elderly woman. we flew with the coast guard yesterday from the area, you sense the scope of the challenge how unreachable some flooded neighborhoods seem. in the days ahead there will be more rain, more floodings, more rescues and in some cases they will be saving people

i represent that portion of virginia that's in the southwest corner and borders a big chunk of southern west virginia. so i have some questions similar to mr. mckinley's questions because we are suffering from a huge opioid problem, but drugs in general. so i know you're trying and you're working on it and you're looking for things, but last year in an edition of scientific american, they talked about having artificial intelligence scan twitter for signs of opioid abuse. and it would seem to me that on something that's an illegal conduct, if somebody is selling drugs, that's not just an inconvenience of trying to judge whether it's truly something that's bad, it's illegal. it seemed to me you ought to be able to deploy an artificial intelligence platform that would knock down anybody trying to sell illegal substances on your platform. can you address that? >> yes. i mean, we have to prioritize all of our models and we have -- >> shouldn't illegal be at the very top of that model? >> absolutely. but we have been prioritizing a lot of what we saw in 2016 and 2017 in terms of election inte

i represent that portion of virginia in the southwest corner and borders a big chunk of southern west virginia. i have some questions similar to mr. mckinley. we are suffering from a huge opioid problem. i know that you are trying and are working on it. year, scientific american talked about having artificial intelligence scan twitter for signs of opioid debris is. it would seem to me. on contact, is an illegal that is not just an inconvenience. trying to judge whether it is something that is truly bad. it is illegal. it seems that you want to be able to employ artificial intelligence that would knock down anybody trying to sell illegal substances on your platform. can you address that? to prioritize all of our models. >> shouldn't illegal be at the top? >> absolutely. we have been prioritizing a lot of what we saw in 2016 in terms of election interference. and our readiness for 2018. here is what i got. i have people writing me whose kids have died because they have been in treatment, they have relapsed, one of the west -- easiest ways to get in there is to get on social media. can u

a tornado sweeping across southwest michigan. this wall cloud ominously hanging over little long lake. and the result? twisted damage from the ef-0 tornado in richland. in maryland a frightening situation, a strong current of raging water threatening a man trapped inside his home. >> it's a mess. never seen it like this. in real life. >> reporter: authorities there suspended the search for a good samaritan swept away by swift waters. >> is he stuck? >> reporter: that woman, reportedly elizabeth lehew, who was trying to help a man stuck in his car, caught in a floo flash flood. her boyfriend catching the moments before she was swept away on his cell phone. >> i grabbed her hand and was trying to pull her up and it took her away. and she was just gone. >> reporter: multiple counties in pennsylvania issuing disaster declarations. flash flooding so powerful in lebanon the only thing passing through this road is water. the asphalt shattered. >> this is the first time where we were perhaps in some danger. >> reporter: from above murky

in the southwest corner and a big chunk of southern west virginia. i have some questions similar to mr. mckinley's questions because we are suffering from a huge of a problem but drugs in general. you're trying and working on it, but last year in addition, they talked about having artificial intelligence for opioid abuse. it would seem to me on some days in illegal conduct if somebody is selling drugs, that's not just an inconvenience whether it's truly something that's bad that it's illegal. it seems to me you ought to deploy an artificial intelligence platform that would not bound anybody trying to sell illegal substance is on your platform. can you address that? >> yes. we have -- we have to prioritize all of our models. >> should know it will be at the very top of the model? >> absolutely. we have been prioritizing a lot of what we saw in 2016 and 2017 and our readiness for 2018. >> here's what i thought. i've got people writing me whose kids have died because they been in treatment, they have a relapse over the easiest ways to get embarrassed an

american, delta, southwest, jet blue are waiving change fees on those that could be in flence's path. travellers can rebook their flights between now and the 19th of this month. travellers flying to south carolina, north carolina, and virginia can rebook their flights within 14 days of their original flit date ato additional charge. >> all right. it is a foggy morning ouide. a couple of hit and miss showers out there. that's t case f much of the day today.ur temper today will be starting in the 60s and 70s. we'll end up close to 80 degrees for a high today. but a couple of passing showers means take your umbrella. the 10ay forecast coming up. >> why pay more for metro? why some of the busiest days on the rails could soon bece the >>> we are tracking hurricane florence as it moves closer to the east coast. chuck and sheena are updating us as new advisories come in. that's coming up in few minutes. >> we're paying tributes to the victims of the september 11th attack. here at news 4 we spotted american flags around town as we honor the lives lost on this day 17 years ago. these are hangi

i can see the smoke here as i came in along 695, along the sosheast/southwest freeway well, and through this neighborhood where the police department is now closing off several rds to allow for more access for emergency vehicles to come in here. it's a little after 4:00. time.usly, it's rush hour there's people leaving the navy yard, leaving the department of transportaon headquarters in the ighborhood to get to the highway to go home and people coming into the are as they see a big response, pat and leon, from the d.c. fire department. >> tough from the angle you're at, but we saw, as you did, marines running to t scene with wheelchairs. has anyone came out of the building or in awh lchair? >> reporter: yeah, not from where i'm standing.ea you can'ty see -- i can see the backside of the building here. i don't see anyone around the ba of the building, and it doesn't look like, as i walked up here along l street, it dido not like anyone was pulled from the building where i could see. there were fire trucks and police vehicles blocking a perfect view. this side ist the l str side of the b

at this hour, the powerful category 4 storm is over the atlantic just southwest of bermuda, packing 130-mile-per-hour winds. meteorologists expect the storm to gain strength over the next 36 hours before making landfall early friday morning. if florence makes landfall as a category 4 in north carolina, it would be the most powerful storm on record to hit that far north. joining me, msnbc's michelle grossman, who is tracking the storm's path. michelle, i want to start with you. talk to me about the path and then what is the real risk here, storm surge and flooding? >> if you saw those numbers, 20 inches of rain, isolated amounts of 30 inches, storm surge up to 12 feet, which is the deadliest form of weather. we are going to be watching this closely over the next several days. it is a very serious situation. if you have not taken precaution to protect yourself, do that now. this is what the storm looks like. just a massive storm. it went through an eye wall replacement. it's starting to gather its speed up once again and strengthen. it weakened just a bit. it's on the verge of a cat 3/cat

the military base in norfolk, virginia, is scrambling ships out to sea to get out of the path. let's head over to see a closer look to see how the storm will timeout. >>> all eyes aren't florence. right now, south carolina and north carolina are under hurricane watch and storm surge watch. this is a very powerful major storm. this is the latest satellite imagery of hurricane florence. maximum sustained winds at 130 miles per hour. earlier, the hurricane hunters flew into the storm and as we go through the day, we will see some strengthening and the projected path is still looking like a direct hit for the carolina coast as a major hurricane. looking at a category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds by late thursday into early friday. it will be a category 4 storm there on the color -- carolina coast. damaging winds. storm search, but also flooding. check this out. futurecast is showing up to 15 inches of rainfall for the carolina coast by saturday. that is not a good thing there. really watching the area for you. also tropical storm olivia the pacific. this is continuing to we