Bahamas survivor says there are "bodies everywhere" as official warns of "unimaginable" death toll, Dorian's storm surge strands residents of North Carolina island, Crews struggle to reach devastated Bahamas communities as official says "up to thousands"

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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🗓️ 7 September 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Trump again insists forecasts showed Alabama in Dorian's path, Dorian's storm surge strands residents of North Carolina island, Crews struggle to reach devastated Bahamas communities as official says "up to thousands" may be missing, Trump campaign selling markers after Trump shows doctored map, Trump criticizes the Fed minutes before jobs report shows job creation slowed last month, Republicans question diversion of $3.6 billion from military construction projects for border wall, House democrats to widen probe for possible Trump impeachment, Democrats to investigate Pence's stay at Trump's Ireland property, Trump's push for G7 summit at his resort, NY Times: Israeli attack on Iran came far closer to happening than previously has been reported, Sources: Bolton-Pompeo relationship hits new low, Evidence indicates seller of the assault-style rifle used in Texas rampage was manufacturing firearms, American Airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging navigation system of flight with 150 people on boardTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happening now breaking news bodies everywhere as search crews struggle to reach
0:06.4	devastated communities in the Bahamas officials warn that
0:09.8	thousands may still be missing. And as survivors report bodies everywhere,
0:15.0	officials are wanting to expect what they say
0:17.1	will be unimaginable information about the death toll.
0:21.0	Flood waters, hundreds of people are caught by surprise and cut off for a time
0:25.4	when a storm surge from Dorian floods a barrier island in North Carolina with seven
0:31.1	feet of water. Residents call it the worst flooding they've ever seen.
0:35.0	Sabotaging a plane.
0:38.0	An American Airlines mechanic is accused of sabotaging the navigation system of a plane with 150 people on board. The flight
0:45.6	aborted on the runway at the very last moment. An ink strain. President Trump
0:51.9	strains to justify his mistaken claim that Dorian at one point had Alabama
0:56.4	in its sights, but instead of apologizing for his hand-drawn fake weather map, he's demanding an apology from the media.
1:04.3	I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the situation room. This is CNN breaking news.
1:15.0	As search and rescue crews struggle to reach areas of the Bahamas, devastated
1:22.3	by Hurricane Dorian, there are now dire
1:24.7	warnings about what they will find. The survivor tells CNN there are bodies
1:29.4	everywhere. One official says hundreds, up thousands may still be missing and while the recorded
1:36.8	death fill is 30 another official says to expect and I'm quoting now unimaginable information about fatalities.
1:45.0	The storm made landfall today in North Carolina
1:48.0	as a category one hurricane,
1:50.0	leaving people isolated on one of the barrier islands.
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