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“These 2,795 people did not die of old age,” says Alisyn Camerota, responding to Trump’s tweet alleging 3,000 people did not die in the Puerto Rico hurricanes. “They died of neglect” https://cnn.it/2Mrt4Nc pic.twitter.com/ib0lA5WOAB

"We feel prepared. Number one priority is to protect our citizens," says Charleston Mayor John Tecklenberg, as Hurricane Florence advances on the Carolinas http://cnn.it/2Mrmm9N pic.twitter.com/4ubZYy7FDn

President Trump "has gotta guard against his natural impulse which is to puff himself up while other people are in pain," says @JohnAvlon https://cnn.it/2MueLHP pic.twitter.com/rrJp4zZgRX

"You hope for the best, is what you do. And you get in survival mode," says George R. Sturm, who says he's choosing to ride out Hurricane Florence at his home near Oak Island, North Carolina http://cnn.it/2Mrmm9N pic.twitter.com/IjchX22YtG

"That just sounds ferocious," says @JohnBerman: Listen to Hurricane Florence advancing 35 miles off the coast of North Carolina http://cnn.it/2Mrmm9N pic.twitter.com/BZM7wef6Hv

"Once this storm is upon us we're not going to be able to send out our emergency personnel to help you until the storm passes," Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo warns North Carolina residents, urging them to leave ahead of Hurricane Florence http://cnn.it/2Mrmm9N pic.twitter.com/pjxLv6vtg7

"Most of the people who die during and after these storms are the ... disabled and the poor," warns retired Lt. General Russel Honoré, as Hurricane Florence barrels towards the Carolinas http://cnn.it/2Mrmm9N pic.twitter.com/UbGx2lqSj9

Pope Francis is meeting with US bishops at the Vatican about the priest sex abuse scandal. Washington DC's Cardinal Wuerl will ask the Pope to accept his resignation https://cnn.it/2MwBHWU pic.twitter.com/fUiABPH7ML

"If you want to leave, leave now," says Oak Island Mayor Cin Brochure, as Hurricane Florence approaches the North Carolina coast https://cnn.it/2Mrmm9N pic.twitter.com/Yv2V2vlUTS

The eye of Hurricane Florence "is now on radar," says @chadmyerscnn https://cnn.it/2MsGBUv pic.twitter.com/OH0etRgBvK

"As Independents go, so go the Midterms," says @JohnAvlon. So, what will that mean for President Trump? Avlon reads the tea leaves in the #CNN #RealityCheck https://www.cnn.com/election pic.twitter.com/9Xw24DSxpo

"If you open the door, and a dude answers the door in a ski mask he may be a burglar. If he open the door in his draws, he's home." - D.L. Hughley on a Dallas police officer killing an unarmed man she mistakenly thought was in her apartment https://cnn.it/2N6rVjb pic.twitter.com/17NeXItSlD

Sen. Jeff Merkley says he does "absolutely not" have faith in the administration's response ahead of Hurricane Florence? As for the "A Pluses" Trump awarded for responses in TX and FL? "An A+ is only in his own mind...I'm sure he's a hero in his own mind." https://cnn.it/2N5lVqQ pic.twitter.com/M3Eob1bSL1

"This is the sort of global soap opera ... I haven't read it myself, I mean I've read about it, because you can't really escape it." - Fmr. British PM Tony Blair on the success of Bob Woodward's new book - "Fear: Trump in the White House" - in the U.K. https://cnn.it/2CUO4fw pic.twitter.com/Tm0G4OoZxY

"In this case, the person has committed ... an act of patriotism." - Joe Klein, author of "Primary Colors," says the NYT op-ed writer should remain anonymous, adding "it's really important that you have sane people ... surrounding this President." https://cnn.it/2N7WaGF pic.twitter.com/J4OaTvkBUi

"The only thing unsung about Puerto Rico, was the death toll ... this isn't a matter of feeling and perception, this is corpses and reality." - John Avlon reacts to President Trump labeling the response to Hurricane Maria an "unsung success" https://cnn.it/2N4F4t8 pic.twitter.com/ytANCJtZ3d

"We won't go and send out emergency personnel after a certain point, once wind speeds get above 50 miles an hour ... I won't send people out to risk their lives for people who didn't heed the warnings." - Michael Cramer, Carolina Beach Town Manager https://cnn.it/2CLsrhZ pic.twitter.com/2EkyALpk5U