continues. i'm randi kaye. thanks for watching this special report. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com from cnn world headquarter in atlanta, this is "early start weekend." flash floods have swallowed much of san antonio, texas. now word that two women are dead and authorities warn that count might go up ♪ twinkle, twinkle little star >> and a little girl fighting for her life in the final stages of cystic fibrosis, but the only thing keeping her from a new pair of lungs may be her

birthdate. the race to save sarah. >> i just look at it, and tears come to my eye every time i drive up and down route 35 and look at this. >> this memorial day weekend the jersey horis open for business, but sandy strugglers are still fighting to get back to normal, and some families still have no home to come back to. it's sunday, may 26th. good morning, everyone. i'm poppy harlow. thanks so much for starting your day with us. let's gyp with that flooding i told you about in texas. this is what it looked like yesterday afternoon. more than 10 inches of rain fell and more than 100 people rescued as flash floods swept through san antonio. two women lost their lives. rescuers had actually reached one of them when that woman was ripped out of their grasp. >> our crews were actually

working trying to extricate a lady, and she was lost in lyon creek so this time we're not confirming, but we are doing the body recovery in the creek area. again, that body was reported four feet above the markers and talking to some of the rescue crews that were there. we did a debriefing for them after the fact because you can imagine how emotionally spent you are to try to rescue somebody. you're face to face with them, and then you're washed away. >> there's also word that a teenager at this hour is missing. he reportedly was trying to cross a creek when he disappeared. we get more on the flooding and the respond from jacqueline ortiz of our affiliate woai. >> reporter: emergency crews spent many hours rescuing drivers who became stranded after they drove into flooded areas. on the lower level of i-35 crews checked all submerged vehicles to make sure no one was in them.

this bus came overwhelmed by floodwaters. our sky 4 flew over the scene and showed a hatch on the roof of the bus was open. that hatch looked to be the only escape route. on the west side floodwaters swallowed one car at highway 190. you can barely see the roof of it and 90 and 151 another driver was forced to leave the car in the water. lyon creek turned into a raging river after all the rainfall, and it wasn't just people escaping the rushing water. look at this, this lizard and some cockroaches hitched a ride on this crouch. >> that report from our jacqueline ortiz of our affiliate woai. and that -- it's always the first warning from experts, when floodwaters start rising do not try to drive through them because you may never know how deep it may be.

emergency workers rescued as many as 200 people, many stranded in their cars, and also that pass, three passengers and the driver were pulled out there. heavy rain in texas was just one of the trouble spots that we warned about yesterday. our karen mcginnis is here to talk about what it looks like for san antonio and the rest of the country. >> well, we're looking at weather conditions across san antonio that have improved dramatically. we're not seeing any precipitation in the area, but that's not to say there won't be as we go through time. look at this observed precipitation and kind of the bullseye for the heaviest of the wet weather right around the metropolitan san antonio area, and in that corridor between corpus christi and san antonio aloing long interstate 35. late in the day along victoria, those are some of the areas that got some late day heavy downpours and not to the extent

of the 8 to 10 inches like we saw around san antonio. they are comparing this event to 1998. in 1998 they lost dozens of people but that was about a four-day event. now you're looking at pictures coming out of beyer county. you can see trees but the ground is covered with water. it rose very, very quickly. but the response from the teams and the first responders there in san antonio was nothing short of amazing. two fatalities, as possibly just mentioned. we do have at least one person reported missing, and they were saying that they responded to 600 or more emergencies but about 250 of those were considered water emergencies. for this afternoon we're expecting about a 30% chance of showers or storms, and we'll keep those temperatures in the 80s. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more information. >> thank you, karen.

the last thing we need is more rain. we'll talk to the mayor of san antonio about the condition there in our 7:00 hour. karen, thank you. president obama heads to oklahoma today nearly a week after that deadly tornado that claimed 24 lives and left the city of moore devastated. the president expected to speak this afternoon around 2:15 eastern time. he'll then take a tour of the damaged areas. he'll head back to washington just as the residents of moore prepare to hold a memorial service to honor the victims and reflect on this tragedy. let's bring in our nick valencia who has been there reporting all week. you've done a great job on a very difficult story. i know that you attended the graduation ceremony yesterday, and that was really i think the highlight of the week there that this went on despite the devastation. >> reporter: we saw the most smiles we've seen since we got here. three area high schools graduated, a very emotional day for the students. some of them have lost friends, they have lost family and they

have lost hopes. for at least one student he said it was a much-needed break from the stress and depression he had been going through all week. he told us that it was the most normal he felt since the storm hit. >> i know a lot of kids lost family members. i mean, i know tons of people that lost their homes so that's one of those things that they thought about moving it back to where they could go to funerals and stuff like that. >> you're glad it's today. >> i'm glad it's today. it means to me that we're not going on different routes. we're staying on the same path that we were meant to be on. >> reporter: poppy, i want to share with you this very poignant press message from the valedictorian of the high school saying we are damaged but survey. we are hurt but resilient. we are graduating, but we are not done with our successes. that message is very indicative of the character of oklahomans

here who are struggling to put their lives back together. >> the president will be there to meet with family and with first responders. what are the people there telling you they want to hear from president obama today? >> reporter: you know, residents here are pretty self-sufficient, poppy. you haven't heard a lot of complaints or frustration or people asking where is the government to come help us? oklahomans have gone through a lot of tragedy and a lot of devastation in recent years. you know. you had the 1999 tornado that hit here that devastated the community, oklahoma city bombing, scores of other tornadoes that have damaged the area. they are just picking up the pieces by themselves, really hard work putting on the gloves and getting ready to pick up the debris. met a lot of people here that haven't complained to us at all. in fact, some people have invited us into their homes and ask us how we're doing. it's incredible. >> wow, that is absolutely incredible. speaks to their character. give us a sense, nick, of the cleanup effort there. how is it going as they dig through all of that rubble.

>> yeah, check this out behind me, poppy. you have this pile of debris. the houses, this community was leveled block after block after block. we were spending some time yesterday with one family that was bringing their couches, their damaged property and putting it on the sidewalk, and don't know what will happen to the debris next, but a lot of people are doing the same thing, going into the houses and putting the debris out and just one step at a time. it's a lot to do here. when you look at the damage and devastation, you don't take it one smell bit by bit, a little overwhelming so that's what residents are focusing on. >> it's that moment when you find something, the photograph. seen a lot of that, the photograph in the rubble. nick valencia, thank you so much. we head overseas now for a second time in less than a week, a soldier has been attacked, and it looked like it's because of his military service. brench police are searching for a man who stabbed a french

soldier in the neck yesterday. this happened outside of paris. that suspect then fled. france's defense ministry said the suspect wanted to kill a french soldier in charge of french security. the 23-year-old victim is hospitalized, but he is respected to recover. and there are new developments in that investigation into the absolutely horrific killing of a young british killing in london. his name lee rigby. as you know, he was hacked to death in broad daylight on wednesday. british police say they arrested three more people on saturday. they are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. police are not releasing their identity but said they had to use tiesers on two of them. so far there's eight arrests in this case. the two men who allegedly attacked rigby remain hospitalized and under armed guard. back in the united states, a troubling story. a 17-year-old high school student will be in court today answering charges related to an

allege plot to set off bombs in his high school. investigators, this is in albany, oregon. they say that he had built six types of bombs including pipe bombs and napalm. the bombs were found in his home, and the teen will be charged as an adult for attempted aggravated murder. police say they acted on information that he was building a bomb. we've been trying to reach his attorney for comment. cranes and bulldozers parts of the side after hurricane sandy, seaside town trying to still rebuild, but find out why many families may not be able to return to the homes that they lived in for decades. also, the parents of a 10-year-old girl are challenging the rules of organ donation as they fight to save their daughter sarah's life.

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so you can breathe? >> yeah. >> that was 10-year-old sarah and her mom janet. as you saw, sarah is very sick. she may only have a few weeks left to live. sarah was born with cystic fibrosis. it clogs her lungs and her digestive system. she needs a new lung. needs a lung transplant immediately, but as her parents only recently learned sarah's age makes that incredibly difficult. now the family is trying to change the rules that govern lung donation for young children, if not in time to help their daughter, then in time to help others like her. here's their story. ♪ twinkle, twinkle >> reporter: 10-year-old sarah wants to be a singer. ♪ how i wonder what you are >> reporter: her mother said if she gets a new pair of lungs in the next few weeks, her dreams could one day be a reality. >> i'm not going to telling her

she's 9 because she's 10. >> reporter: sarah was born with cystic fibrosis, an illness that's damaged her lungs beyond repair. >> i used to go to school a lot. got to go to school and at least try and act like all the normal children. >> we knew at some point she would need new lungs. we'd hoped it was much, much further down the road, but over the years her disease has progressed. >> if sarah was 12 years old, she would have a higher chance of receiving adult lungs, but then she's 10, she primarily has access to children's lungs which are in shorter supply. >> thas insane. it shouldn't be about their age. if she's the sickest person, she should qualify. >> reporter: under the rules the only way sarah could receive an adult lung is if the other patients in her region who are

aged 12 and older turned it down first. >> it tugs at my heart. it's not a perfect system. there is no perfect system. it's the best we can do right knew. >> reporter: dr. stuart sweet is a director at the network for organ sharing. >> if i change the system to give sarah an advantage, there's another patient, very likely an adolescent who then gets a disadvantage, and i'm not in a position, i don't think the system should be in a position to do that on a case-by-case basis. we've built a system that tries to be as fair to everyone as possible. >> with the clock tick on sarah's life. >> it's hard to get youngs. >> reporter: her mother is still working on a solution. her options though are limited. >> maybe it's too late for sarah, i don't know, but it's not -- it's not right. i'm going to fight for the next person's kid. >> sarah still has hope. >> i'm not going for easy.

i'm just going for possible. >> the possibility of living maybe one day realizing her dreams. ♪ if you try it >> well, sarah's parents are urging transplant officials to change the policy that they believe limits young children's access to adult donor lungs. they have set up a petition for that at change.org. search sarah murnaghan at the top of the page and she also has a facebook page at facebook.com/janet.murnaghan and learn about the transplant rules at www.unos.org. at 8:15 we'll be joined by sarah's parents who will talk to us about their fight to save their daughter. and just ahead, we'll take you to a town on the jersey

shore that is still feeling the effects seven months after superstorm sandy. they are feeling it this memorial day weekend. just a few mementos are all that any family has left from the ruins of their home. find out what some of them are doing to try to keep the impact from sandy of hitting them like this again.

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it's been nearly seven months since superstorm sandy slammed the eat, and full recovery is still a ways off, even on this memorial day weekend. i was in seaside heights, new jersey and a town near there, mantaloking and what we found is redent are saying good-bye to homes they lived for years. they raised their families there and built countless memories there. the iconic boardwalk in seaside

heights, new jersey, coming to life again after sandy. >> we said we'll be done by memorial day weekend, and it's got to be done. >> reporter: mayor bill akers says 85% of the boardwalk's businesses will open by this weekend. all they need now. >> people. >> i mean, you need good weather and you need people. >> reporter: the owner of lucky leos is depending on it. >> this is where i make 100% of my money are right here on this boardwalk. >> reporter: problem is many of the people have no homes to come back to. just down ocean avenue in mantaloking not one house spared. >> i just look at it and tears come to my eyes every time i drive up and down route 35. >> famous for images like this. >> the supports gave way and tilted the house towards the ocean. >> reporter: for bill and louie, it was just too much. >> if we could have retabbed it, but it's just too broken. >> this week they watched their

home come down. it's just how sad that it's being destroyed, that we couldn't save it. >> reporter: of the 520 homes here in mantaloking, 56 of them washed away the night the storm struck. so many of them uninhabitable being torn down one after the next. all tolled sandy took 40% of the homes in the town and now the beach eroded, it offers little protection from future storms. >> most people want to rebuild but the reluctance will be because of the guarantee of protection from future storms. >> reporter: they are talking with quadrupling the beach. >> this town will not survive another series of storms like this. >> those rocks are all new. >> stan feels guilty that his

home survived. >> reporter: >> so many of my neighbors lost so much. most of our neighbors are not here. many homes are not here. they will never come back. >> oh, god. we look young there. >> reporter: like the metlers, after decades of mek as i. >> always been one of my favorite pictures of you, a few saved from the rubble. >> as far as the town where the metlers live, the mayor says so many homes have been destroyed their tax base has fallen by half a million. the state of new jersey incurred $37 billion from sandy. the state will get somewhere between $20 billion and $25 billion from the federal sandy aid approved by congress, and we're going to be live tomorrow morning starting very early tomorrow morning from seaside heights, new jersey, from the boardwalk. governor chris christie was there on friday, and we'll bring you the latest on how businesses are doing post-season and getting back on their feet during this critical memorial

day weekend. meantime, flash floods sweep through san antonio. look at that video, that bus trapped right there. many people were trapped in their cars as they waited for help to arrive. we're going to talk to you about exactly what to expect there today. also, we're going to tell you about a group going the distance to honor the memory and help families of fallen heros. new car! hey! [squeals] ♪

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welcome back, everyone. thanks for starting your sunday morning with us and a special welcome to our troops watching on the american forces network on this memorial day weekend. i'm poppy harlow. it is half past the hour. 6:30 a.m. here on the east coast, and here's what we're following. floodwaters starting to go down. that is good news in san antonio, texas this morning but heavy rains caused very severe flooding yesterday. two women were killed when they were swept away by the rushing water. emergency workers rescued more than 200 people from flooded homes and a lot of stranded cars. it was a bittersweet day of

celebration, west moore, south moore and moore all held back-to-back graduation ceremonies. all three tornadoes are in the devastating town of moore, oklahoma. despite the tragedy of last week, student were optimistic about the future. >> i'll remember it by the happiness that all my relatives are here. it is graduation, yeah, and a lot of sadness and loss from the tornado, but also other happiness that we get to kind of start over and rebuild. it's nice to be able to just begin again, and even though, yes, it's gone, it's a new chance. >> i know a lot of kids lost family members. i mean i know tons of people that lost their homes, so it's one of those things that they thought about moving it back to where they could go to funerals and stuff like that. >> reporter: you're glad it's today? >> yes, i'm glad it's today. it means to me that we're not going on different routes.

we're staying on the same path that we were meant to be on. >> and later today they will be visited by president obama. the president will get a firsthand look at damage from the tornado and will meet with families of moore affected by the tornado and also will thank the first responder. earlier in the week the president plengd to help the storm-damaged town recover saying their country will be with them every step of the way. and a benefit concert is being organized to help the people of moore, oregon. country music star blake shelton is putting that together. the concert is raising money for the oklahoma united way's relief fund's and it scheduled for thursday night. the next night, friday night in boston, boston strong, the benefit concert will be held to help the victims of the boston marathon bombing. some of the headliners for that show feature aerosmith, new kids on the block, jimmy buffet and many, many others. for too many families across

the united states memorial day means much, much more. about so much more than the start of summer. this is about honoring those that have fallen, paying tribute to those loved ones that fell on behalf of our nation, to our heros. members of a group called carry the load are walking 2,000 miles this month to raise money for the families who lost. >> the second year of the national relay. we start from west point, new york, and head down to dallas, texas. it's 2,000 miles and do that in 27 days with a mission to get the word out about memorial day. got about 348 legs, each leg is five miles. >> i'm here for my son. my son was sojt thomas bagessy. >> he was stationed at camp lejeune, north carolina and served in iraq and afghanistan.

tom actually took his own life on camp lejeune, may 10th, 2010. i think that a lot of people think of memorial day as a start of summer, and we don't really remember what the actual meaning in, so i think it's really great to get out there and show everybody and say, look, there are people who are dying for your freedom so that you can celebrate and enjoy your summer and your barbecues. >> we don't belong to a club that nobody wants to belong to. nobody wants to lose anybody to be part of this. >> we kind of want memorial day to turn into memorial may. seeing those family walk legs with us and see their children and holding their hand on a five-mile leg and talking to them about their dad, that to me is tough, but in the same breath it also lets me know that they are not forgotten. >> tom was a very good man. he was brave. he went to war and went back again and he knew what he was getting into. >> he was a great marine, a wonderful father and a good

husband to his wife, and i miss him, so this is my way of saying hey, tom, i'm still here. >> his dog tag, used to carry it in his boot when he died so it's close to my heart. >> as our legs get tired and feet get sore that pales in comparison to what people have done overseas. >> how you doing, thanks for coming out. travis mann. >> great to meet you. >> thanks for coming out, guys, this is awesome. >> you want to carry one of the flags. >> yeah, i don't mind. >> that's cool. >> when it gets heavy, you let me know. >> it's across america that people have served, not from one specific part of the country. from our cities, small towns, you know, that have gone overseas or wherever they have been locations at, so i think it's all america coming together. it is showing as they go through the communities it doesn't matter what leg that you're at, you can come out and show

respect and really thank them for what they are doing and it doesn't matter exactly where you're, from but i think it's just something to show your respect. >> carrying this flag in this parade. i call it a parade. it's a small parade, but i just think that it's -- i don't know. it's just one of these things that i feel like i'm doing something for tom. >> what a beautiful way to honor their memory. hats off to all of those who serve and have served from all of us here at cnn. well, it's called flags in, a tradition that dates back to just after the civil war. last week members of the third u.s. infantry regiment, the old guard, were at arlington national cemetery. they were honoring fallen colleagues by placing american flags near each their tombstones. in all they planted more than 220 flags. well, as you celebrate this holiday weekend, we hope that you will take the time to logon to cnn.com and join us in honoring military members who have lost their lives in

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good morning, washington, d.c. a beautiful sunrise there. it's 6:40 a.m. eastern time. the sun is coming up just on the white house there on pennsylvania avenue, and washington, it's looking like it's going to be a gorgeous sunday for your memorial day weekend. 73 degrees. that's the high, and it will be sunny all day long. speaking of washington and politics, rand paul will be on the ballot in 2016, at least in kentuckich the freshman senator from the bluegrass state is not saying if he'll run for the white house in three years, but he recently teased supporters by confirming that he plans to seek re-election in tween. paul just got back from a tour of iowa, new hampshire and south carolina, three states pretty important in the presidential nominating process and posted stories online noting that kentucky law allows candidates to run for the white house and the senate at the same time. well, one member of the gang of eight senators who got a bipartisan immigration bill out of committee warns that measure may not survive long on the

senate floor. this is new jersey democrat robert menendez. he says he and his colleagues still do not have the 60 votes needed to overcome a possible filibuster. that bill would be the first overhaul of our nation's immigration policy since 1986. what it would do, many, many things. some of them, it would create a 13-year path to citizenship. it would raise the cap for vice arksz on highly skilled workers and strengthen border security. menendez says debate will likely begin on this june 10th. a packed week ahead. want to show you what's going coming up. maybe you have tomorrow off, i don't, but it's memorial day, a day to remember those who have fallen on battlefield. there will be many, many different ceremonies held across the country and when we look across ahead at the rest of the week, on wednesday the national democratic committee is going to hold this, an annual lgbt fund-raiser, the pro basketball

player who came out publicly last month and first lady michelle obama is expected to attend that fund-raiser and on thursday that is the benefit concert for the victims of the boston marathon bombing. boston strong, an evening of support and celebration. some of the acts, aerosmith and james taylor. and then on friday, see if we can head to friday here, on friday james holmes, you know that name, the alleged aurora movie theater shooter is due in back. the judge is set to decide whether or not to accept holmes' insanity plea in that shooting, and then moving ahead here to saturday, it's the beginning of a new month, june 1st. it is also officially the start of hurricane season, and experts expect an above average number of tropical storms and hurricanes this year coming in the wake, of course, superstorm sandy. they say there's a strong likelihood of 7 to 11 hurricanes this season, as many as 6 major

hurricanes. also this week, we expect to hear from the supreme court. tomorrow we could get the first of several expected landmark decisions from the high court. our athena jones looks at cases. >> reporter: from now until the end of june the supreme court is expected to rule on big issues. affirmative action and same-sex marriage. >> it's almost unimaginable the number of things the supreme court is going to decide that affect all americans in the next month. >> reporter: first up could be whether public schools can consider race when admitting students. abigail fisher sued the university of texas, arguing she was rejected because she was white. >> i hope the court rules that a student's race and ethnicity should not be considered when applying to the university of texas. >> reporter: school says race is one of many factors it uses to achieve diversity on campus. court watchers say anthony kennedy could side with conservative justices to overturn or limit a major supreme court decision from ten

years ago that allowed affirmative action. the justices are also dealing with another hut-button issue, same-sex marriage. >> from the founding of this country, marriage was between one man and one woman, and you guys won't accept it. >> reporter: considering whether california's proposition 8 ban is constitution allal, and in a second case if the defense of marriage act can deny same-sex couples the same federal benefits at heterosexual ones. >> i think it's going to be good. >> reporter: that case was brought by edith windsor, a new york woman who had to pay higher estate taxes after her wife died than someone in a heterosexual marriage would have. >> i think it's likely in the defense of marriage act case that the supreme court will invalidate the federal law that says we won't recognize state same-sex marriages, but in the california proposition 8 case, the justices seem unlikely to require under the constitution every state to recognize same-sex marriage. the ruling may not be a huge gay rights victory at all, but i

doubt it's going to be a significant loss either. >> another case involves the kind of genetic testing that led actress ajoel toe undergo a double mastectomy. the court is considering whether human genes, so-called products of nature, can be patented. athena jones, cnn, washington. >> we'll watching very closely. a british soldier attacked and killed in broad day light. one of his alleged attackers bragged about what he did and why he did it. it's the crime that has stunned the world. now there are new arrests in this case. we'll take you live to london straight ahead. and before we go to break, cnn is paying tribute to all the lives lost in all of this country's wars and the wars in afghanistan and iraq. benjamin hall was just 24 years old when insurgents attacked his unit in afghanistan. virginia native died in july of 2007. you can see him right there. our thanks to benning mip. we'll be right back.

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but. >> welcome. >> what a pleasure to meet you. >> thank you, thank you for coming. >> the owner of the famous restaurant in soweto, what aless pleasure. >> thank you, you're welcome. >> so you mounted this grand establishment, but is it started off as an illegal shab in. >> when we wanted to enjoy ourself as black people together, because we used to be chased away from the city, this started right here. >> i want to come and see. >> thank you. welcome. >> sure. >> remember, we talk about semp and corn. >> see. >> really looks like spinach, doesn't it. >> reporter: and the tripe, that's literally intestines. >> they know.

some say it's the best i've -- the first time i've eaten this in my entire live. it's wonderful. >> munich, so many people, so many. they want to show, put a stamp, mark that they are really here, that we're here. you see, it's unbelievable for other people to -- to say i'm in soweto. it's unbelieve. a come and enjoy the experience of soweto. >> makes me want to go, and i know for you being from south africa and living through apartheid, nadia, this is so important and this restaurant was not legally allowed to operate. >> it started off as a shabin, a tavern. people come from all over the world, he also serves a large

caterpillar? what do those taste like? >> crunchy, rather crunchy and the staple food of south africa is a tomato sauce called chakalaka and he said without nelson mandela he would not be operating this famous restaurant. >> wow, of course. what a change of the times. i know a lot of famous people have gone there. thanks for bringing us this story. thank you, nadia. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] someone said that it couldn't be done. but he with a chuckle replied that maybe it couldn't, but he would be one who wouldn't say so till he tried.

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race from kenmore square right there to the finish line, and on a dreary boston morning, look at that weather, not so nice, but the mood was anything but. >> it's just unbelievable the people of boston, just unbelievable. all the love. even you guys with the cameras, i just want to hug and kiss you all. i can't believe what's going on here. >> wow. look at that spirit. now, i want to take you to a pair of races that will be run at a considerably fast are speed. today marks the 72nd running of the formula one monaco grand prix covering 162 miles through the streets of monte carlo. marc weber won last year's on and later on we'll see the indianapolis 500. last year dario franchitti became a three-time winner of that iconic race. and now to this, robbie rogers retired in february at

the same time announcing that he is gay. now the mls player has joined the l.a. galaxy after a trade from chicago, and if he plays tonight versus seattle rogers will become the first openly gay male athlete to compete in an american professional sport. of course, you'll remember last month nba star jason collins announced that he's gay, but he hasn't played in a game since then. actress amanda bynes is speaking out about her recent arrest in new york city, taking to her twitter page to call the police's version of events, quote, all lies. bynes was arrested for allegedly throwing a bong out of her apartment window. she says she was sexually harassed by the cop alleging that an overs touched her inappropriately while he was in her apartment. police say they are, of course, investigating that claim. this weekend memorial day unofficial start of summer. that means movies. on top of the box office this weekend, "fast & furious 6"

expected to crack the nine-digit mark with $100 million in sales. next up is "the hangover part iii" at $65 million stold by "star trek into the darkness," epic" and "iron man 3." here's a look at what's coming up new at the movie these sneer new at the movies, the wolf pack is back. >> we've been on a lot of adventures together, but it seems like you haven't learned anything. >> reporter: the cast return for "the hackover part iii." this time the adult comedy takes us on a road trip. >> vehicular warfare. >> never seen this before. >> reporr: also back, the crew from "fast & furious" in the france's sixth suspense thriller. >> what's going on, girl? >> talking snail. >> i'm a slug. no shell over here, baby. >> from the make irregularities of "ice age" comes the animated film "epic" aiming for a family

friendly audience. there's a team of whimsical characters that fight the forces of evil. that's your movie minute. >> well, our summer movie special with nischelle turner airs tonight at 7:30 p.m. eastern time, 4:30 pacific right here on cnn. thanks so much for starting your morning with us. much more ahead on "cnn sunday morning." that starts right now. good morning, everyone. i'm poppy haar low. 7:00 a.m. on the east coast and 4:00 a.m., bright and early on the west coast. thanks so much for starting your morning with us. we begin this hour with deadly flooding in texas. two women have died after being swept away by flash floods in san antonio. in one case emergency workers reached a woman in her 60s, but then they say the raging water ripped her right out of their gr