Brendan Farrington, Associated Press

Convention events will still be held in North Carolina. “To have a big convention is not the right time,” Trump said of Jacksonville.

Officials investigating the deadly attack were working Saturday to determine whether the shooting was motivated by terrorism.

U.S. District Judge Mark Walker also rejected a request to extend the deadline later in the day for all of the state’s counties to submit the results of a machine recount.

State officials said that by one count, 285 people in Mexico Beach defied mandatory evacuation orders and stayed behind.

Rescue crews began making their way into badly damaged towns in hopes of accounting for hundreds of people who may have defied evacuation orders. At least three people were known dead.

Supercharged by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Michael arrived with terrifying winds of 155 mph, splintering homes and submerging neighborhoods.

Sen. Marco Rubio entered the presidential race Monday by offering the nation a younger generation of leadership that breaks free of ideas "stuck in the 20th century," a jab at both Democratic favorite Hillary Rodham Clinton and his one-time Republican mentor, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.