anything from maybe there was an unexpected witness. maybe it meant a witness is no longer available when at first they thought that person would be. or could it even be a problem with a juror? >> yeah, it could be a problem with a jauror. i don't think it's a witness issue. i understand there were, like, 15 witnesses in the hallway ready to go today. for the judge to stop everything, this is very serious. whatever it is and avery's right, wild speculation out there, it's very serious for this judge to put this jury back into sequestration for two more days until the trial begins with july fourth weekend coming up. not good. >> and you can catch our legal guys every saturday noon eastern time right here in the "cnn time right here in the "cnn newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com president obama is about to get directly involved in the tense deficit reduction talks in hopes of bridging a huge divide between republicans and democrats.

tomorrow he and vice president biden will meet separately with senate majority leader harry reid an senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. talks broke down last week after republicans refused tax hikes in any plan. here's what the president had to say about the impasse in his weekly address. >> of course, there's been a real debate about where to invest and where to cut. i'm committed to working with members of both parties to cut our deficits and debt. >> the talks are also dealing with the u.s. debt ceiling and a looming deadline. the u.s. treasury department says congress has until august 2nd to raise the ceiling or the u.s. will start defaulting on its loans. the democrats and republicans are not seeing eye to eye on how to avoid this issue in the future by reducing the deficit. >> you cannot achieve what you set out to do if you say it's just about cutting. it has to be about increasing the revenue stream as well. there are many things you can do in terms of, again, special

interest tax loopholes. the tax code is rampant, just full of. >> you don't want to pile taxes on at a time when companies don't have the ability to invest and hire people. that's the primary reason we're opposed to raising taxes now. >> throwing more tax revenue into the mix is simply not going to produce a desirable result. it won't pass. putting aside the fact republicans don't like to raise taxes, democrats don't like to either. >> senator mcconnell also says he hopes president obama will take tax hikes and stimulus spending off the table when the two meet tomorrow. the water is as high as it's going to get in minot, north dakota. now everyone is just waiting for the floodwaters to recede so that they can see if there's going to be anything to salvage of their homes. that includes allison and brandon hendrickson. they're joining us right now from minot. give me an idea, when did you

leave? at what point did you get notice it was time to pack things up and leave? >> father's day. we got kind of notification on father's day that there was going to be some increase and had to start packing up and preparing for the worst. >> what did you pack up? what were you able to take out? >> we were able to take out pretty much our whole home. >> we cleaned it out. everything out of the basement. got almost all of our furniture out. kids' clothing, kids' bedding, pretty much everything out of the house. just left a few things that kind of put some things up high that we thought maybe would be safe from the water. >> i think a moment ago we were looking at your home where it appeared water was maybe at the windows or so, kind of midway. your kids are safe. you all are safe. where are you staying? >> we're staying at my mom and dad's house up on south hill

right now. yep. >> it seems as though this is a very tight-knit community. there are a lot of extended families in that vicinity. it seems as though that is kind of the best recourse that people have. we heard from our reporter jim spellman earlier that very few people are actually staying in shelters. >> yeah. very few. i think there's a couple hundred people there in shelters. it's kind of amazing. we evacuated almost a third of our city and everybody's been able to find friends and family to take them in. a pretty phenomenal community here. >> what are you hearing about, you know, when the waters might recede enough for you to actually go to your home? are you anxious to go to your home to see what kind of damage is done? >> very anxious. especially after today. >> just as we stood here over the last hour, it's receded a couple feet. it needs to recede a lot more for us to be able to get to our home. but they're expecting a week or two weeks here before it recedes

and gets back into its channels. >> brandon and allison, you all seem awfully jovial and kind of relaxed about it all. it's a difficult situation for everyone. you two seem to be taking it in stride. do i have that read right? >> at times. at times we take it in stride. i guess we have to laugh a little and have to enjoy what we have out of our home and our kids are safe. we're safe. it can be a lot worse. so just got to maintain a positive attitude and, you know, we'll rebuild it. we'll be back in our home. >> did you all have flood insurance? >> no, we didn't. we had it for a few years. i decided to cancel it a couple months ago. we never really have been in a position where we thought we would need it. >> oh, my goodness. >> unfortunately one of those things that got taken.

we let it lapse, i guess, in march. one of those poor decisions that we made. you know, can't do anything about it now. >> you know, it doesn't seem like you're kicking yourself about that. not angry. yes, disappointed. but not very angry? >> disappointed. not angry. just disappointed. >> you never know what it would have covered anyway. we'll get through it. just what we do. >> all the best, allison and brandon hendrickson. we wish you the best, you and your neighbors. thanks so much. >> thank you. today also marks a gay pride weekend in new york city and many other cities. today pretty sizable parade taking place there in the big apple. it came just two days after governor abdrew cuomo signed legislation legalizing same-sex

marriage in new york july 24th. governor cuomo was cheered. he says new york's same-sex marriage law should be a model for the rest of the country. thousands of people turned out in birmingham last night to protest alabama's new immigration law. organizers said they were pleased by the size and diversity of the crowd. the alabama statute is considered the toughest immigration law in the country. >> we believe that there should be a national uniform immigration reform to affect all states. >> the laws they're trying to pass in alabama are just not right. we need to show solidarity with our brothers. we shouldn't be splitting up families. it's just not the right law. it's setting alabama back, not forward. >> critics say the law could criminalize basic activity just as providing food, transportation or housing assistance to the needy if they are in the country illegally. authorities now say at least six people died when an 18-wheeler smashed into an amtrak train in nevada.

that number could rise. some people listed as passengers still have not been located. listen to people from the train trying to get fellow passengers to safety. >> she's out there. tell her to hang and jump! tell her to hang and jump! >> pretty frightening, harrowing moment there. amtrak's california zefer was on its way from chicago to the san francisco area friday when it was hit by a tractor trailer at a crossing near reno. a man hunt is under way for a triple murder suspect in oklahoma. authorities say he overpowered deputies earlier today and then escaped from a jail. shaun bosse was behind bars charged with the killing of a woman and her two children. bosse allegedly stole one of the deputy's cars and used it to get away. a new flap over those tsa patdowns. this time a 95-year-old woman

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condition. a spanish language newspaper in the u.s. cites intelligent sources as saying chavez has prostate cancer. a venezuelan official says the president is just recovering from surgery in cuba. the government of indonesia has taken an unusual step they say to protect people who go abroad to work. particularly women. starting later this year, indonesian workers will no longer be allowed to travel to the kingdom of saudi arabia to work as maids or construction workers. now, that's the headline. but the story behind it is troubling and rather tragic as well. here's how many people in indonesia are reacting to this worker ban. take a look at the pictures there. they're angry at the president, saying that that government is failing to protect indonesians who work in other countries. ralitsa vassileva here to give us understanding of how this

came to be and why the indonesian government believes this is the best way to protect worke workers. >> the real impetus was the beheading by sword of an indonesian maid. she said she was repeatedly abused. she was prevented from returning home. the indonesian government was in the process of seeking her clemency. there were hopes that could be done. saudi arabia decided to carry out the sentence, the beheading, without notifying the indonesian government. that set up a national outcry. we see those protests there, the people saying the indonesian government has not done enough to address this. it's a huge problem. >> over time there have been a lot of complaints about people, particularly domestic workers who say they have been abused, maybe they weren't paid properly in saudi arabia when coming from southeast asia. and making the journey and then never getting a chance to go visit family or get those promised breaks. >> absolutely. some of them don't see their

children, don't see their families for years. but they still keep going back because they need those jobs. there's high unemployment. the whole nation this time was really shocked. they've been out at protests. even last year there was a protest after the saudi woman was acquitted, after she was convicted of tourturing another maid. this protest really hit a raw nerve. the president announced this moratorium that until they decide fair working conditions, they wouldn't be sending any more workers. i wanted to give you a little bit of the reaction of the family of the 54-year-old maid who was -- even the family didn't know and expect it. they were shocked. they're still grappling with her death. here. >> translator: am i angry? yes. disappointed? yes. sad? yes. why? because her time was too short. my mother was in jail in january 2010.

her second trial was in may. we were waiting for the decision and all of a sudden the execution happened. she wasn't defended very well. not at all. >> so the saudi government has apologized for not notifying the indonesian government before they carried out the sentence. they say this will never happen again. again, the two countries will be signing a memorandum, an agreement for fair treatment, including minimum wage. they don't even have an agreement for minimum wage. >> probably that moratorium that the indonesian president has imposed might be lifted contingent upon that agreement? >> exactly. they've been in the process of working on that agreement. however, there are maids lining up, big lines, you know, to go to saudi arabia before the moratorium kicks in because they need those jobs and they say no matter what, you know, we are going. because we need those jobs. >> wow. incredible. ralitsa vassileva, thank you very much for bringing that story to us. appreciate it. a woman saving young girls

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>> i wan the u.s., if someone s i want to -- families, they are tricked all the time. girls are brought from the villages by people who can lure them and tell them that they're getting a nice job. the border between india and nepal is the conduit point of trafficking. once they are here there so no way to escape. i am anuradha. it's my strong hope to stop every girl from trafficking. >> when we go to the border, at this point we are intercepting four girls to five girls per day. after the rescues, the girls are. we take everyone. the girls who come back, they

are totally psychologically broken. we give them whatever work they want to do. whatever trains they want to do. one day we will really stop it. the trafficking will end. they are my strength. >> actress demi moore recently went to nepal to work with her. cnn's cameras were there. tune in tonight at 8:00. we always want to hear from you. tell us about the heroes in your community. send your nominations to cnn.com/heroes.

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that worries me on that shot. let's keep it clean right now. >> you win $1,000 if your dog wins the ugly pooch contest. and as we understand it, this type of breed of chihuahua, this, you know, nearly hairless or something, apparently they retail somewhere between $600 and $1,000. you win the prize and you kind of get a return on what you invested. >> i think grooming is probably at a minimum with that thing. >> grooming helps all of us, doesn't it? but the cute little pooch won. >> this is an interesting one. in the vein of michael jackson and his two-year anniversary death, everyone -- i've seen this a lot. everyone tries to imitate kind of the "thriller" video. in this case it was a very sizable high school. >> yeah. in chile. what they were doing is protesting. what they're looking like is the zombie metaphor for the

education system saying the education system is dead here in chile. this is a zombie metaphor. it was kind of interesting. behind each zombie, they say, is a family and a deeper meaning of really what this means for each family infeint independently an country as a whole. >> this took a long time to get this flash mob together. oh, my goodness. then, you know, recently on auction the "thriller" jacket. >> we talked about that a couple chatrooms ago. >> $1.3 million. $1.8 million. >> the expectation was much less than that. the expectation for the white glove before that paled in comparison to the actual money spent for it. remember, we talked about it being a good investment. >> that's right. never know. let's talk about -- speaking of investment, you invest in our youth. when they get that piece of paper whether it's high school or college, they're able to kind of do all things. what happens if there's a misspelling or two on that

certificate? >> that's right. north plymouth high school in massachusetts, unbelievable. in the first few installments of the diplomas that were given, the word "for" and the word "and" were misspelled. the company who did the printing took the onus and burden upon them and said, you know, we're sorry. >> the 263 diplomas handed out at graduation, all of them had to be turned right back in for a little fix. a little makeover. >> i think when i was looking to see what the words were that were spelled wrong, it wasn't a bigger word. a "for" and "and" wasn't really a misspelling, per se. a little typo. >> they're going to get the diplomas. they will return to being very happy graduates. i'm sure the misspelling did not dampen the occasion. a lot of fun. thanks so much, alexandra. back to the newsroom now, up next, some say it's rather

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checking our top stories. sponsors say about 2 million spectator turned out for today's gay pride parade in new york city. just two days ago governor andrew cuomo signed legislation legalizing same sex marriages in new york starting july 24th. cuomo was cheered at today's parade. he says new york's same-sex marriage law should be a model for the rest of the country. fire crews in arizona are making a lot of headway with the fire burning along the border with mexico. right now the monument fire is about 75% contained. it has burned about 37,000 acres in two weeks. floodwaters are starting to recede in minot, north dakota. but it could be a week or more before about 12 thourk people are actually allowed to go back to their homes. minot fire officials estimate between 3,000 and 4,000 homes are under water.

let's check in with our alexandra steele. pretty incredible. the water has crested, but it's going to be a long time before it goes down. >> it's going to be more than a week before people can get back into their homes. here's a perspective. it has crested. we talked about that very early this morning. but it's still going to fluctuate a little bit. certainly, although it has crested, the damage is far from over. as quickly as it came up, it may have seemed slow as we were kind of clocking it and monitoring it. but as quickly as that was, expo nen shlly a lot slower to recede. by next sunday it will be a foot above the record. meaning a foot above the record from 1881. this has been a most exceptional of flooding. it needs to drop then another ten feet to exit flood stage. even through the july fourth holiday in this area they're still going to be dealing with water that's above flood stage. all right. give you a little perspective on where we stand in terms of the rain. the rain yesterday, they had some big-time downpours that did

exacerbate the problem. especially for those fire officials trying to kind of navigate the water. here's minot now. most of the rain now, you can see a couple of rainshowers. the heaviest rain south and east and will continue to be that way. big picture, we do have a few severe thunderstorm watches and warnings out there tonight. one area here kind of south of minot through the dakotas. strong winds. an isolated tornado not out of the question. the biggest severe threats really will be tomorrow and also on tuesday. we'll talk a little bit about that. here in the southeast, a few scattered showers and thunderstorms as well. some hail tonight. even some strong, gusty winds. we'll talk more about the weather coming up in just a few moments. first back to you, fredricka. >> look forward to that. thanks so much, alexandra. a tsa patdown in florida is lighting up the chatrooms online. a florida woman says her 95-year-old mother who is in a wheelchair was asked to remove an adult diaper in order to complete a full patdown screening. it happened at a regional

airport that serves ft. walton beach in destin, florida. jean webber is the elderly woman's daughter. she's joining us on the phone from destin, florida. ms. webber, you all are going through the security check. at what point does the tsa attendant there launch into these instructions? >> well, they had taken my mother into a glassed-in area and did the patdown. and they said they felt something suspicious on her leg. and they couldn't determine what it was. so they took her into a closed room that was private. i was left outside. they came out and told me that it had something to do with her depends. that it was wet and it was firm and they couldn't check it thoroughly. she would have to remove it. and i was -- i said, i don't have an extra one with me. normally this isn't a problem. she said that she could not

complete the security check without the depends off. i had to leave the security area and take her to a public restroom there at the airport and take it off of her. and then -- >> so along the way, were you able to, you know, dispute or share with them, here's the situation, this is my mom's condition. did you express, you know, your opinion about whether this was appropriate or not? >> yes, i did. because my mother is very ill. she has a form of leukemia. and she's 95, very weak. she'd had a blood transfusion the week before just to, you know, bolster up her strength for this travel. i explained to them she was going back to michigan probably to die. and this is the last time we'll be here. she's very ill. could we just, you know, get on with it. and that was not their procedures. >> now your mom, how is she doing and how did she do through all of this? was she feeling very humiliated as i imagine you were? >> my mother is a trouper.

she's with -- she was a nurse for 65 years. and she was very calm. she can't hear well. they were -- if they were explaining things to her, i do not know if they were able to make her understand or not. but that, you know, i was not present. so i don't know. but she was calm through it all and, you know, she was upset about not being able to have any underwear on. and i said, i don't know what else to do, mom. i really don't. >> ms. weber, this is what the tsa has said to our inquiries about how this was handled. this was what they said, quoting now. every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area. tsa works with passengers to resolved security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner. we have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined that our officers acted professionally and according to

proper procedure. what's your response to their statement? >> my response is, if this is your procedures, which i do understand following procedure, i also feel maybe the procedures need to be changed. i was crying, and that triggered another procedure. they felt like i was a security risk because i had unusual behavior. and they took my purse from me and took everything out of it and swabbed it for testing and then patted me down all over and swabbed me for testing for whatever -- whatever their machine tests for. i don't know, whether it be explosives or drugs or whatever. >> and then you finally made it to your destination, but i imagine that just that journey, just that encounter certainly got in the way of any pleasant travel. >> i didn't go with my mother. i was unable to accompany her to

the plane. her plane was due to leave in two minutes. and i said, please get my mother to the plane. and they took her away. i was still not cleared at that point. >> okay. your mom, how is she doing right now. >> she is fine. she's fine. she's with my cousin, her niece and her husband. they are treating her like royalty because they love her so much. and we all do. and she's going to be going into assisted living up there in michigan. and i hope to be able to get free to go visit her very soon. >> jean weber, thanks so much. we wish you and your mom and the rest of the family all the best. >> thank you so much. this week one state will host the president. a presidential hopeful. and a big movie premiere. find out where that is, after this.

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this week, iowa is playing host to several major political events. here's cnn's deputy political director paul steinhauser. >> hey, fred. michele bachmann makes it official tomorrow. the congresswoman from minnesota formally announces her candidacy

for president in neighboring iowa. that's the state that kicked off the presidential caucus and primary calendar. bachmann, a favorite of many tea party support eers is launching her bid in waterloo, iowa. the town where she was born. two weeks ago at our presidential debate in new hampshire. >> i want to make an announcement for you, john, here on cnn tonight i filed today my paper work to seek the office for the presidency of the united states today. i'll very soon be making my formal announcement. >> the next day a very positive movie about sarah palin premieres in iowa. the film made by a conservative movie maker highlights the years of palin as governor and john mccain's running mate in 2008. palin, of course, she's considering a run for the white house. guess who's in iowa on that very same day? president barack obama. he's got an economic event in the state that gave his first victory in 2008 on his path to the presidency. iowa was then and will be again a crucial battleground state. behind the scenes, all of the

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budgets are tight. but what happened in cleveland, ohio, this week gives new means to the phrase "short timer." a group of police cadets gang wa graduated, got hired and then laid off all in the same day. cnn affiliate the ohio news network. >> reporter: cleveland's police cadets have worked six long months for a moment many of dreamed about for years. the blood, sweat and tears of training, all worth it. >> this is like the biggest thing i've accomplished as an adult. >> reporter: the first woman in her family to become a police officer. the elation of graduation is

marred with something else. >> it's kind of bittersweet. >> reporter: as soon as the 128th police academy cadets become police officers, they become something else. unemployed. the entire class of 40 cadets is getting laid off. they're part of the 123 cleveland police officers getting cut to balance the city's budget after state budget cuts. >> we are proud and impressed, very, very impressed, that you stuck this through. knowing that you would be commissioned as officers and then immediately laid off. >> an hour after they graduate and get their diploma, they're back at the academy to turn in their guns and get let go. mayor frank jackson hopes to hire some officers back through attrition and retirement. he hopes those who leave to take other jobs will one day return. >> wind up being cleveland police officers are people who are committed and who have a dream. that's why they come back. >> i love my city. i love my people. i want to really be here.

but if the training takes me somewhere else, i may take it. >> reporter: there is some hope, job hope for these new cadets. atlanta and seattle are reaching out, showing interest in hiring some of these new officers. next, our drivers joey lagano and jason leffler are on top of their sport, dominating racetracks from coast to coast. their keys to greatness. if there were three things that you think are the keys to your greatness, what would they be? or three things you know you needed to have or things you continue to hold on to, those three keys to your greatness? >> passion, number one. i think you have to have a passion for it. opportunity. whether that means, you know, the opportunity your parents provided for you, the opportunities you got down the road. third one, you can't be fearful. you've got to be brave.

>> i guess the will to win keeps you focused, which i think number two is being focused. you focus again. i think it's that much into that. really, really wanting to do this. doing all that, you know, and finding a way to have fun. enjoy the moment that you're in. not many people can sit in these shoes or sit in this seat today that i am. so find a way to have fun with it. and enjoy it. because you never know when it's going to end. >> joey lagano, thanks so much. >> thank you, appreciate it sfwl jason leffler, thank you so much. more face to face with lagano and leffler next weekend. a new device measures and tracks your blood pressure from your iphone. our tech expert will show us how it works.

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that breaking story we're following for you right now out of pennsylvania. state police confirming that they are looking into an accident involving a school bus with possibly 20 children onboard. a rollover accident involving another vehicle. this taking place in chambersburg, pennsylvania, on highway i-81. and apparently that highway has

been closed while they investigate this. it's unclear what kind of injuries might be involved, if any. but they are looking into this rollover accident involving this school bus which took place a little bit ago, just earlier this afternoon involving also another vehicle. we'll bring you more information as we get another vehicle. we'll bring you more information as we get it. let's check in with don lemon. we know you'll be following up on that. >> any time you hear that especially as a mom. you have to send your kids on a school bus. >> on the weekend, it infers the return of a trip or departing for a trip. >> fingers crossed. we'll follow that, and talking about another developing story, this one out of oklahoma. there's a manhunt underway. fred has been talking about it, for an inmate who escaped this morning. his name is shaun bosse.

he is wanted for the murder of a woman and her two young children. police converged on a store, but bosse was not there. we'll be showing you that. also this one will interest you. i'll be talking to this woman. >> they slammed me, they ridiculed and harassed me. they cut me hope like i was a hog. >> you know what she's talking about? >> no. >> she will talk about how she was sterilized against her will. as you heard, it's a very emotional story. i want to hear what she has to say live. and, fred, don't know if you caught this my interview -- we can call him the intrepid joe jackson. >> i did. i did catch some of it. so elaborate. >> you're like -- well, he talked about the relationship with his son and the lingering questions about michael

jackson's death. >> i know you said you believe -- i guess some people conspired to kill him. is that correct? >> michael told his mother and he told his manager, who is writing a book now, the truth about michael jackson. he told them they were were going to kill him for his publishing. >> he talks more about that. i asked him about abuse claims by the jacksons, even michael himself, saying he pushed him a little too hard. he said, listen, you didn't spare the rod then. if you do it now -- if you do not spare the rod now, it's called child abuse. he said this wasn't child abuse. he goes into that, where they are with the executors in the will. all of that. the new product, he has a couple products including a cologne and amusement park. >> did he respond at all to latoya jackson's book? >> no, he didn't. i didn't go into it with him. piers had done a great job on that, and that had been

explored. i wanted to find out about him, how he was two years later. do you remember our live conversation on the red carpet three days after michael's death, at the b.e.t. awards, some people thought it was contentious. they said it was disrespectful for him to be selling a dvd, two days, three days after his son died. responded to that as well. >> we look forward to all that. don lemon, we'll see you at the top of the hour. all right. i know you have an iphone. >> i have two, actually. >> gosh, yeah. we can't just have one. these are some apps that you just might want to put on. i know you're also, you know, into fitness. >> sort of. >> and these apps -- >> sort of. he's being so shy right now. >> flex those muscles. all right. our gaming and gadgets guy, mark salzman tells us about some interesting iphone apps

pertaining to fitness and diet. >> reporter: this is a french technology company best known for a wifi bathroom scale that came out two years ago. now they got $129 gadget that plugs into an iphone, ipod touch or an ipad that automatically downloads a free app, and it is for hypertension monitoring. it is, for all intents and purposes, a blood pressure monitor. you unvelcro that cuff, close it up. and simply plug in the -- if you can see that that 30-pin connector. press start. it gives you your blood pressure and your heart rate. you can chart this. you can see it in graph format, synchronize it with google health and other online tools. it's a neat device. >> very neat. perhaps you want to lose weight.

what do you have there to assist? the second app is called lose it it's a free app. as the name suggests, you set a goal. hey, i want to lose five pounds over six weeks. it will give you a calculation what your calorie intake should be on a daily basis. every time you eat something, it's divided into meals and snacks, you type in what you had. h it has a database of thousands of brand names, a piece of cake, ice sing, it will give you all that readings and set that goal for you. if you exercise it subtracts some of the calories so you're allowed to have more that day. it is called lose it. it's a great and freew way to monitor what you're eating and reach those goals. >> all right. let's check the weather picture,

beginning of the work week. >> i like that, a calorie count. >> isn't that neat? no excuses. >> darn it. >> you don't have to count any calories. >> thank you, fredricka. we are seeing a few storms bubbling up, in the northern plains, minot continuing to see some rain, just south and east of. there big storms yesterday exacerbating the troubles, especially pooling the areas where fire officials are trying to get to where the flooding is. not a good scenario there. memphis, atlanta, birmingham, severe thunderstorm watches posted until about 9:00 tonight. that atmosphere bubbling up. typically these high clouds develop in the sky, thunderstorms erupting out of that today. tomorrow and tuesday, a bigger threat for severe weather. overall picture today, the steam is on in the south that will continue. we'll talk more about where we will see that severe weather tomorrow coming up in a bit. >> thank you very much. i'm fredricka whitfield, much

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