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"Without any knowledge of your understanding of the law, because you will not share it with us, we are rolling the dice with you, judge," Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Delaware, told Roberts.
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Mandatory evacuations were ordered for portions of six coastal counties -- Brunswick, Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow and Pender. Voluntary evacuations were also in place for parts of eight counties in the eastern part of the state.
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NHC deputy director Ed Rappaport said Ophelia's winds were likely to push a storm surge up rivers, causing heavy inland flooding.
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