several communities completely destroyed by the rains. >> and 13 people still missing, hopes of finding them alive fading. time is of the essence because another round of storms is moving into the region. cnn has complete coverage this morning for you beginning with rosa flores she's live in houston, one of the worst hit areas. rosa what are you seeing this morning? >> reporter: alisyn, good morning. some residents here telling me that it went from calm to chaos very quickly with the water raised bayou rushing into their homes not leaving some residents another alternative but to jump on their kitchen counters to stay dry. the catastrophic aftermath of record breaking deadly flood waters in houston, texas, revealed this morning. more than 11 inches of rain fell in a matter of hours monday

night into tuesday. a wall of water rising with frightening speed leaving thousands traveling in their vehicles racing to escape. >> turn around don't drown. >> reporter: rows of vehicles left abandoned on a houston highway. some cars almost completely sub murj merged under water. emergency crews scrambling to pull feem from the flood waters. but for some it was too late. one woman says she witnessed the discovery of a body in a flooded truck. >> it was a woman. and it was dead by the time we got there. >> thousands of people are now without power. the water, the force of the water is just moving on the power system on the grid. the flash floods rushing through thousands of homes. houston's mayor says at least 4,000 residents may have suffered significant damage. >> we first were on the couches,

then on the table, then on the counters. >> reporter: one houston resident, her family narrowly escaping the flood, shows me the devastation the rapidly rising tide left behind. >> the water got right up to this lip on the counter. >> reporter: over a dozen people including children are still missing. and the death toll in both texas and oklahoma continues to rise. now, take a look behind me. take a look closely because this is braise buy you, one of the hardest hit areas. and you see a pipe that crosses from bank-to-bank. take a look closely. that is the debris that is still left behind. it gives you an idea of the water level, how much that water level rose and how much quite frankly it's receded this morning. but here's the deal, more rain is expected today. 20% chance of rain this morning. that rises to 40% this afternoon. so chris, all eyes on this of course because the ground is

already saturated. and people here tell me we can't take more rain. >> and they've already had more than enough that's for sure. rosa thank you very much. let's get to meteorologist jennifer gray in wimberley, texas. the stories of people with nowhere to go as the waters keep rising keep coming in. >> reporter: they do, chris. it's gut wrenches. 13 people still missing here in hays county we have three deaths and 11 people still missing. they recovered another body last night. they found all three people in the blanco river. of course they identified them as one adult female and two males. they haven't released the names. it has been so sad here across the area as those flood waters just rose so quickly and people had little time to escape. look behind me. this is an example. we are on a campsite here right along the blanco river just downstream of where we were all day yesterday. and you can see the destruction. trees littered all across the

area. and you can see that home or cabin is just looks like it was swept away and now it's just hanging off on that embankment. we are hearing more about the people as well in those final moments. laura mccombs called her sister just moments before she was swept away. here's what she told anderson last night. >> she called me and said i just want you to know the ceiling has caved in and the house is floating down the water. and tell mom and dad that i love them. i love you. and pray. >> reporter: and, michaela we are bracing for more rain expected to get about an inch of rain between now and sunday. so folks are urged to just listen to those flood warnings seek higher ground and definitely do not get in your vehicles if you see those waters rising michaela.

>> we should point out joe mccomb his daughter-in-law and two grandchildren that are missing is going to join us later. we'll get the latest on that search. what is it that causes this type of massive flooding in such a short amount of time? we turn to cnn chad myers meteorologist here with us to explain the science. >> we had a lot of humidity in the air. that humidity came from the gulf of mexico. that's the fuel these storms used. what caused houston's flooding was something called the train. one storm behind another behind another. here's the setup. a lot of gulf moisture all the way from oklahoma down into texas. that's what we had. and we have that every spring. but it's the training effect that we saw that put down these numbers. everywhere that's pink that's 10 inches of rain this month. there are some spots in oklahoma that have had 20 inches of rain. back you up to 6:00. people are getting ready to go to a basketball game or watch one in houston. it's not even raining yet. by 9:00 it starts to rain. and then these storms driving

right down i-10 that's the train track, one storm after another. 11:00 it's still raining. 1:00 a.m. it is still raining. 3:00 a.m. another storm comes in makes another 2-inch rainfall. so by 3:00 in the morning from 9:00 to 3:00 some spots had picked up now 10 inches of rainfall. no one, not any city in america, can handle that kind of rain whether you're houston or denver it doesn't matter. there's going to be flooding. so the houston area back down to sugarland that's where it was the worst. and take a look at this gauge right through here at the bayou of the white oak. we went from 8 feet to two hours later that water was 36 feet deep. so you all of a sudden go 28 feet from bottom to top and now it's all the way back down but that's a flash flood. >> oh sure is. that's so scary. thanks for explaining it to us chad. san marcos texas is one of the hardest hit cities by those devastating floods. more than 1,200 homes there damaged. joining us by phone to give us the latest on the ground is the mayor of san marcos. mr. mayor, thanks for joining us

this morning. >> thank you. >> give us a status report on san marcos what's your biggest concern at this hour? >> oh gosh biggest concern right now is just making sure people have the resources that they need to begin cleanup efforts and to make sure they're prepared to go ahead and start putting together their homes. putting together their lives as well. the outpouring of community support, neighbors, friends, faith-based organizations, churches businesses throughout the community have been amazing. and with that comes coordination efforts. the united way has been involved. mentioned church efforts have been involved our school districts been involved texas state university has been involved. so trying to get all that coordinated, communicated making sure you've got people in different places throughout is being planned, coordinated, executed. and so at the same time working with the state agencies that should be arriving throughout

today to begin assistance and providing relief to a lot of the responders and people that have been doing so much good work over the last few days. >> yeah. the pictures are breathtaking that we're looking at right now. as we mentioned your town has had 1,200 homes damaged. where are all those people? >> well the homes are all along the blanco river. many of them are single family homes, they're apartments they're businesses. our essential fire station is one of those. a lot of different damage throughout that blanco river corridor area. the people that inhabited those homes many of them have now located to friends, family. we still have a few folks, i believe, that may still be at our activity center. and throughout today we'll have resources coming in from americorp. i know red cross has been stationed in san marcos throughout this event as well the salvation army as well.

so a lot of those folks have been able to find refuge with other people within the community. just find a good place to be able to rest to kind of get their plans together touch base with insurance agents. >> of course. we know you're advising people to stay off the roads. do not attempt your own rescues, leave that to the professionals. mayor, thanks so much for the status report. we'll be checking back in with you. >> thank you. all right. we have big overnight breaking news. a huge international scandal brewing in the sports world. not one but two corruption investigations against fifa that's soccer's worldwide governing body. a list of top officials arrested in raids in switzerland, raids on fifa officials. cnn justice reporter evan perez is here with the breaking details. when have we ever heard about something like this? >> this is an extraordinary scene. this is a luxury hotel in zurich where members of fifa's board were gathering for the election

this friday which is basically going to crown seppblatt, instead police working with the fbi and irs came in and seven people now arrested top members of fifa's board. they include jeffrey webb who is the fifa vice president, former vice president of fifa jack warner is also among those who's now charged. 14 people in all are going to be charged today in brooklyn chris. and this is an investigation that according to the justice department spans a couple of decades. according to them fifa was being run as a criminal enterprise. so that's not something you usually hear about world soccer. according to them $150 million in bribes were being paid to these officials including a u.s. sportswear company that paid money to sponsor the brazilian soccer federation. so there's a lot here going on including a separate investigation now being done by

the swiss. >> from a swiss ritz to brooklyn you know that's a big change. now, the irony here is as you know evan, this has been part of the mythology of fifa. people always saying it's a dirty organization nothing was done. how does this effect the u.s. interests? >> well there's a couple different ways. the u.s. was up for the 2022 world cup and it lost to qatar in a bidding process that is widely believed to have been corrupt. that is now being investigated by the swiss authorities. the fbi looked into it and hasn't been able to bring any charges. you'll notice one name that is not in the list of charges is sepp blatter who's the leader of fifa. he's going for his fifth term on friday. >> so how did investigators crack this? did they get a tip or something? >> they had the help of an insider, chuck blazer an american who led fifa -- one of the fifa organizations actually

wore a wire during some of this investigation by the fbi and irs. so he helped them. he had meetings with them and recorded some of this. of course now fifa says in a press conference earlier today in zurich that they're the victim in this whole thing. >> i likely suspect this is going to change the elections on friday is it not? >> it looks like it is. but some of these people who are being arrested are supposed to be showing up to vote on friday michaela. >> my goodness. >> it's incredible. it can't not change the elections. the interesting part is that the head of the organization isn't effected by this. >> everybody around him is. >> funny how that works. evan thanks so much. check back in with you. now to the middle east iraq's sweeping offensive to retake ramadi and the anbar province from isis underway again this morning. but how close are fighters from reversing that enormous military setback? let's get right to senior international correspondent arwa damon monitoring developments live from baghdad. what are you seeing arwa? >> reporter: good morning, it's very slow and tough going. it seems that the iraqi

government strategy is to try to cut off key logistical supply routes and recapture some of the patchwork of territory that isis does control. this operation taking place in two provinces, anbar where ramadi is located. we were at one of these front lines between those two key areas. one of these iranian-backed shia para military forces one scathing of the united states saying iran was their only true ally. we did in fact see iranian advisers on the ground although we were not allowed to speak or film them. around ramadi the iraqi government massing forces that include both the army and the military as well as these iranian-backed paramilitary units and sunni tribal fighters. isis is demonstrating its ability to strike back. just a short while ago three suicide bombers targeted iraqi army combat outposts also

located in anbar province. and, michaela they did kill at least 30 according to initial reports. >> shows you how quickly things change there on the ground. thank you for the update arwa we appreciate that. now to other news the fbi and los angeles police bomb squad giving the all-clear after a bomb threat was called in on a flight from taiwan to l.a. nothing dangerous was found aboard e.v.a. air flight 12 after bags were rescreened and bomb sniffing dogs swept the plane at l.a.x. the search is now on for the person or group making the threat. it's unclear if that incident is related to flight threats on memorial day. cleveland being forced to shake up its police department in what officials said was a pattern of civil rights violations. there will be a host of changes including court supervised monitoring of the police. every time an officer even remufs their weapon from the holster it needs to be documented. the justice department review found cleveland officers used

stun guns inappropriately, punched and kick at people and shot at people who posed no threat. a federal appeals court siding with texas and against president obama on immigration. the court denying a request from the justice department lawyers to allow the president's controversial executive actions to go into effect. the decision is a victory for texas and 25 other states challenging the administration's actions. >> quite a blow to the president. >> oh yeah. so we now know that iraq's forces are on the attack. they are confident they'll retake ramadi from isis. are they too confident? and is their will to fight an issue or not? we're going to get you answers once and for all. i can't find my discover card!

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as i speak, iraqi military and shiite militiamen are fighting to reclaim territory, particularly the city of ramadi. now, that fell to isis just last week when iraqi forces appeared to just walk off the battlefield. there's been a lot of fallout from that. so let's look at what's going on right now and what it means for what happens next. retired lieutenant general and

cnn military analyst served as commanding general of the u.s. army europe and the seventh army. thank you very much for joining us general. let's deal with the immediacy of what's going on right now. you've said many times before it is not if but when the forces take back ramadi. what do you think is going on on the ground right now? how will they accomplish it? >> you've got a couple things going on chris. the iraqi security forces and coalition continue to work throughout the country especially the northern areas. you've got fights going on along the hamarin mountains in tikrit that's become a secondary effort as they push out of tikrit to regain baiji. and all reports i'm seeing right now saying they have a large percentage of the town of baiji under iraqi security control right now. but the main effort and that's a military term the main effort is in ramadi. the government of iraq has pushed everything they can possible con cluj together not only to retake the main city of

ramadi but the small towns around it. >> baiji is important because of the refineries there and an optic value. this all goes on under this cloud of the will to fight. what is your best intelligence on whether or not that is a fair basis for criticism? >> well i'll give you my personal experiences from iraq chris. the iraqi soldiers are very good. they are very courageous when led well. and when they are led well they will do the things they're asked to do. unfortunately what we've seen recently is a continued problem with leadership throughout the battle space, particularly in the strategic environment. what i'm talking about there is directly baghdad. are they pushing iraqi security forces the manned and trained and equipped forces that are supposed to be doing these things? or are they consolidating a bunch of different organizations in a very uncoordinated manner to takeover ground? that's what they're doing right now. but it's truthfully the only thing they can do. they don't have the forces to take back the ground so they're

relying a lot on the shia militias and the sons of the various tribes specifically in anbar the sunni tribes. >> so you're saying it's not so much about the heart of the men on the field, it's about the heads of the people telling them what to do. >> yeah. that's exactly right. and it's tough circumstances out there. you know anyone that says the iraqi forces threw down their weapons and ran away from ramadi really don't know what they're talking about. it's been a tough fight out there for the last 12 to 18 months. the fight with isis coming in torato to ramadi i think we'll see reports isis used a lot of different kinds of tactics, more suicide bombs, sniepers. they got off social media for a few days before the attack so the iraqi intelligence which monitors that were not seeing what was going on. and isis kind of was judging their enemy. so in fact in the weeks leading up to the main assault by isis into ramadi you're talking about isis adapting to their foes. what's got to happen now is the

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as we move forward, it is my strong belief that when other cities across this country address and look at their police issues in their communities they will be able to say let's look at cleveland. because cleveland has done it right. >> that's the mayor of cleveland announcing major reform to the cleveland police department. the changes coming as part of an agreement with the justice department. but do those tough new standards go far enough? joining us this morning cedric alexander, cnn law enforcement analyst and president of the national organization of black law enforcement executives, also a member of president obama's task force on 21st century

policing. just the man to ask about all this. good to see you, cedric. >> good to see you, michaela. >> obviously it's a 105-page consent decree we know consent decrees are being used in new orleans, seattle, l.a. got out from underneath one recently. first of all, you think this is a good thing to happen for cleveland? >> it is a great thing to happen for cleveland in light of their past history because we have to remember this is the second consent decree that they're going into over the last ten years or so. however, i think it's important to note too in light of everything that's going on in the country cleveland has an opportunity here to show itself and its community that through this 105-page document that has been given to them they have an opportunity to really make some real significant changes in that community. not just with the police department in terms of what's being asked. >> right. >> but building that relationship with their community. >> that's such a big part of it. they actually there's a nod to that in some of the guidelines

here. and i want to pull up some information for you to follow along at home. these new guidelines include new guidelines in training and lawful use of force, renewed focus on community policing revamped accountability procedure, an emphasis on avoiding racial stereotyping. now, it's interesting when you look at some of the guidelines in terms of use of force, cedric they're not allowed to strike suspects with a gun using it like a baton. no use of retaliatory force fighting with the suspect after a foot chase. and even adjusting the foot chase protocol among some of the tactics that are going to be looked at very closely. how is that going to change the job there in cleveland? >> well those should not be common practices whatsoever. police officers are not trained to hit with their weapons. and certainly are not trained to harm people once the foot chase have ended merely because you're angry upset. taking all of that into account certainly there's going to be times when you're going to have truly extenuating circumstances

where you may be fighting for your life. but that is quite separate and very very different from what the justice department's asking for. and i think what they're saying and i'm very sure what they're saying is that here is how we're going to conduct ourselves. and here's how you will conduct yourself cleveland, as it relates to the new policys that are being set for us. and we're asking you to carry out. they all are very doable. >> they are very doable. so here's the question then if this is the second consent decree cleveland's been under in the last ten years, why weren't they doable the first time? what's your assessment of that? what fell apart? >> i don't know what the first consent decree looked like ten years ago, but i can say this consent decree and particularly involving people like miss gupta and others. >> from the justice department. >> from the justice department who are very sincere about what they're doing and efforts that they're making. here again cleveland has an opportunity to do something very

different today. and you have new leadership in that community both with the mayor and with chief williams as well too. so hopefully that leadership in that community along with community leadership will take a very good look at that consent decree adhere to it follow it. and they're going to make significant improvements. and it's not going to happen overnight. >> no. >> of course. but of course i think the important piece is that they have a road map here that they can use to move them forward. >> that's a very good point. having a road map to follow. protocol and procedure are vital. we understand that. yet the ideology the culture, the mindset of a couple of bad apples within a department how do you change that? that's the problem when there is a culture. how do you change culture? >> it starts at the top. it starts with leadership in every aspect. it's going to start with chief williams and run all the way down to the last person hired in that department. coachers we know are difficult

to change whether they're cultures corporate cultures doesn't matter what it is. but when you have a roadmap, when you have a defined guideline in which you can utilize to move your agency forward, that gives you something that most people don't have. and what cleveland have here is a roadmap to help move them forward. all they got to do is follow the yellow brick road and they'll go exactly where they need to go to find themselves in a much better position than what they are now. >> one of the things i found interesting in this document they would agree to essentially have officers document every time they even unholster a gun. and in some areas where there's more violent action that might happen a lot more frequently. are you concerned that that's going to make officers second guess whether they need to draw their weapon? do you think it's going to make them concerned about, you know tripling the amount of paperwork they're going to have to do at the end of the shift? we hear from officers all the time about the amount of paperwork they have to face at the end of the shift.

are there any concerns in there or do you think they're all sort of excuses? >> well i think every time you unholster your weapon is pretty extreme. but i think the point that is trying to be made here is accountability. making sure whatever officers do they're held accountable for. yes, if you work in certain areas, in many cities across america you may find yourself unholstering your weapon more often than not. but, you know common sense has to be used. but here's the key, michaela in all of this is that you got to have good supervisors. you got to have good sergeants, good lieutenants out there supervising their men and women making sure they're doing the things they need to be doing and holding them accountable. i don't want any officer out there to second guess themselves. and right now today in light of everything that's going on you will hear that. a lot of officers are second guessing themselves. what i want to say to all of them do what you were trained to do. and what i would say to supervisors out there as well too, pay attention to your people. make sure you understand where

they are, how they're feeling, what's bothering them as well too. >> yep. >> because i don't want them to take any arrests where they get themselves or somebody else hurt. nobody's asking them to do and we're not going to ask them to do that because they play a very important and essential role in keeping public safety keeping all of us safe in our communities. >> absolutely. cedric alexander, we always appreciate when you can join us. >> thank you for having me. >> absolute pleasure. what do you think? give us a tweet. you can also post your comments on facebook.com/newday. alisyn to you. the republican race for president about to get more crowded. two more candidates getting in. our political panel here next.

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i am proud to announce my candidacy for president of the united states of america. >> that was vermont senator and now democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders.

that was yesterday. today former pennsylvania senator rick santorum will become the seventh republican candidate. tomorrow former new york governor george pataki will follow suit. and saturday former maryland governor martin o'malley will join the democratic side chris. >> so why are all these people getting involved with this race? what's going on here? let's bring in cnn political analyst and editor and chief at the daily beast mr. john avlon and margaret hoover. very good to have both of you here with us. >> always. >> let's talk about the dynamic. the last time the republicans had a big field, they're approaching that number now, but it's about motivations to get in. when you see bernie sanders getting in he represents the left part of the traditional part of the democrat party. on the right you have people getting in. what do you think is happening in this dynamic? are people getting in because they think they can win, is it about principle or setting themselves up going forward? >> i think there's a range of reasons but it's definitely not all about winning this point. we're everybody in the pool

stage at the presidential campaign and emotions can range from bernie sanders -- >> you say he's pure of heart that's why he's doing it. not to launch bernie pizza sauce afterwards. >> i don't think he's going for a contributorship necessarily or so increase his speech fees. but for a lot of people who run honestly it is a business decision. they want to sell a book. they want to increase their speaking fees. that may sound craven because it is. >> margaret let's talk about rick santorum today. first of all, what does he bring that's different to the table? >> well you know there's an old joke that every former governor or former senator looks in the mirror and sees a future president. and that's sort of what you're getting with george pataki and rick santorum. rick santorum has run a couple of times. he brings competition essentially to the right-leaning caucus goer for candidates for iowa south carolina and southern state primary. he provides some kind of contrast or alternative. he's going up against huckabee going up against potentially bobby jindal.

>> why? what's in it for him? >> for rick? >> do you think he has a realistic chance of being candidate? >> he did well last time. >> he did well. mike huckabee did well the time before that. all of them see themselves as the viable person to represent the christian conservative evangelical base of the republican establishment, the republican party. they are going to -- because they truly believe what they are saying. and they believe they are representing a part of the country that they think they can espouse their values best. more power to them. that's what this country should be about believe what they say and codify those into the party. >> shows how different this race is on the republican side. traditionally the candidate that basically came in second in the republican primaries has been teed up to be the conventional wisdom front runner the next time around. not the case with rick santorum. he's having a hard time hitting basis polling thresholds. >> why is that? >> i think it is part because he's a play to the base

candidate. that he's someone who is all about the evangelical connections rather than presenting a credible general election candidate. and i think it's about the depth of the anybody but romney feeling last time around inside the republican party. but so far, i mean he has not been able to gain any traction in the interim period between these two races. >> how about what we're going to see on saturday martin o'malley? will he move the needle at all? >> finally you're going to have a real race on the democratic side. at least there will actually be a contender on the democratic side. that's important. hillary needs an actual challenger besides bernie sanders. >> you think he's an actual challenger and why? >> why isn't he? he's going to take her on on some of the issues he's going to provide an alternative. the democratic field needs competition. we've got plenty on the republican side. frankly most people on the republican side are getting in because they believe even if they're not going to be the vice president -- like george pataki he's bringing something to the debate. we haven't had on the republican side we've been -- republicans

have been e ratradicated in the northeast. he represented a democratic state for 12 years. remember when we weren't a total obama -- >> doesn't think global warming is funny science? >> that's what he's talking about. maybe there is this new hybrid of republican that can compete in blue states and maybe he can represent that on the debate stage. >> why are people brushing him off? we were very impressed by the governor when he was on here. we felt he'd given some of the straightest answers to most of the questions. >> he took positions. >> we've had so far. and people are like he can't raise the money. >> this is what's interesting about george pataki three-term governor of the state of new york played a role in 9/11 it's really shocking he hasn't been taken more seriously as a national leader. at some point that's about people's gut check about him. but in terms of adding value to a national debate and if he's got very little to lose right now so he might as well swing hard and speak honestly. that might help him gain traction. he's the kind of candidate that should be getting traction. regarding o'malley look, the democratic field is uniquely behind hillary right now, but

there are candidates playing a protest vote role to move the party left then there's the situation in which the anybody but -- glass if there's a real crisis of a candidacy someone's going to need to fell that role. martin o'malley is a former mayor, former governor he is a long long shot but if you squint you can kind of see him being vice president. and i think he will play a role in this race. >> what ideology does governor o'malley represent that hillary does not? >> i don't think he plays that role in this race. bernie sanders is decideliedlydly trying to codify this on the left. i think o'malley is trying to be this alternative to hillary in case something crumblings. >> can we talk about marco rubio? he made some controversial comments yesterday about same-sex marriage. let's listen to those. >> today wove reached a point in our society where if you do not support same-sex marriage you are labeled a homophobe and hater. what's the next step after they go after individuals?

the next step is to argue the teachings of the mainstream is hate speech. that's a real and present danger. >> this is the problem with rubio playing the generational change card is that he's really out of step with millennial and gen-x ers. he did robo calls but in 2012 the last presidential cycle, but playing the victim card to that degree so say all christians are going to be labeled as haters. >> it does seem like a scare tactic. there's no basis to believe that could happen. >> what marco rubio is very good at in almost every other topic is bringing people together talking about aspirational unifying themes. it will be great to see him do this in his lbgt rhetoric as well. here's what you need to know though in terms of christianity and gay marriage there's not a single state that has passed gay marriage are churches haven't been entirely protected, where

synagogues haven't been protected. no religion is forced to marry anybody they don't believe with. in utah one of the most religious states in the country they passed comprehensive nondiscrimination with the mormon church supporting it. you can be for protecting religious freedom and lbgt freedom. >> if marco rubio is saying that don't you think it's a concern for your party in the main? he's not seen as an extremist. there's a lot more of this chatter coming out of your side of the aisle. >> our challenge actually is demonstrating that republican primary voters believe in the golden rule believe there are sincerely held beliefs on both side of the issue and we can talk respectfully about this very sensitive issue. >> you made it about religion and not law as a representative of the party. >> that's a misperception, chris. i think there's a part of the primary base that feels threatened by same-sex marriage. >> because of what senator rubio and others are telling them. >> i think he's reflecting that fear rather than understanding

that actually religiousty and protecting religious freedom can exist in the same space. >> you heard it here. thanks so much guys. >> that's a big story this morning. but there's a lot of news. we have the floods we have what's going on with fifa. let's get right to it. in the southwest we had 18 deaths 13 people are still missing. >> i can imagine probably houses just breaking apart. >> motorists left about 1,000 cars stranded on the city roadways. >> not one but two corruption investigations against fifa. >> 14 people charged all among fifa leadership and days now before leadership election. [ gunfire ] >> we believe isil will eventually be defeated in ramadi and elsewhere in iraq. yes, we do. >> iraqi forces have launched a massive drive to push isis out of the city. >> iraqi troops are brave when well-led. >> a chance to see new york city like never before.

>> "new day" takes you live to the observatory from the top of the freedom tower. this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. good morning everyone. welcome back to your "new day." devastated parts of texas and oklahoma picking up the pieces after deadly floods and bracing for more dangerous weather today. death toll now stands at 18 at least. and a flash flood watch is in effect for the next six hours in several counties including houston. >> be clear the urgency here is that this is not over. this new round of storms is going to dump onto already saturated earth especially in texas. they got 13 people there still missing. the authorities are worried about dealing with what comes next. so we have complete coverage this morning beginning with rosa flores live in houston. that's one of the hardest hit areas. rosa. >> reporter: chris, good morning. you know the water has receded here in some areas of houston, but the worry is still high. a lot of folks waking up to extensive water damage inside

their homes. and here's how one resident put it. the water rose so quickly she had to jump on her kitchen counter to stay dry and then think of ways to jump to her roof to stay safe. the catastrophic aftermath of record breaking deadly flood waters in houston, texas, revealed this morning. more than 11 inches of rain fell in a matter of hours monday night into tuesday. a wall of water rising with frightening speed leaving thousands traveling in their vehicles racing to escape. >> turn around don't drown. >> reporter: rows of vehicle left abandoned on a houston highway. some cars almost completely submerged under water. emergency crews scrambling to pull people from the flood waters. but for some it was too late.

one woman says she witnessed the discovery of a body in a flooded truck. >> it was a woman and it was dead by the time we got there. >> reporter: thousands of people are now without power. the flash floods rushing through thousands of homes. houston's mayor says at least 4,000 residents may have suffered significant damage. >> we first were on the couches, then on the table, then on the counters. >> reporter: one houston resident her family narrowly escaping the flood, shows me the devastation the rapidly rising tide left behind. >> the water got right up to this lip on the counter. >> reporter: over a dozen people including children are still missing. and the death toll in both texas and oklahoma continues to rise. and here's some more bad news. i've been monitoring the number of people without power here in the houston area. a few hours ago it was 8,000. right now it's up to 14,000. and, chris, like you mentioned the ground here is saturated and

we're expecting more rain. >> all right, rosa we'll stay on that. thank you very much for your reporting this morning. houston was not the only area hard hilt. hays county is also under water especially the town of wimberley. that's where meteorologist jennifer gray is this morning. what's the situation? >> reporter: yeah chris. this is one of the hardest hit areas. of course this is where it all began, the flash flooding here. it all flowed downstream and then the rain just continued as it pushed toward the houston area. as of right now the numbers 18 deaths 13 missing. that's across the southwest. here in hays county alone we have three deaths 11 still missing. of course they recovered a body late last night. they have recovered one female and two males, all three from the blanco river. we're standing just on its edge. it's a haunting scene here because you can't see the river yet. the sun isn't up but you can hear it raging in the background. and then of course you can see some of these cabins that are just all piled on top of each

other. there's actually three pushed in this direction. you can see debris just littered all over the roads. and then about ten yards ahead of me you can't see that yet we'll show you when the sun comes up there are just three empty slabs. it just gives you an idea of what went on that day. the river has gone down quite a bit, but it rose so quickly. it rose to over 44 feet just this weekend. and so the fear in people was just remarkable. we've also talked to people around town. we talked to a college student last night who said he's not going to work today. he's coming in he's going to help clean up. a lot of volunteers are going to be help cleaning up. the trees, debris that's all along the river banks. and school is closed again today. searchers will be out again looking for those 11 people still missing in hays county michaela. >> such a task at hand the recovery of those people and then of course trying to get back to business as usual. all right, jennifer we'll check back with you. breaking overnight, an

international scandal rocks soccer's governing body. top fifa officials arrested in raids in switzerland including its vice president. twin investigations are now unfolding, one in the u.s. the other in switzerland. cnn justice reporter here with the breaking details. wow, this is quite a raid. >> that's true. this is an amazing night in zurich where you had seven fifa officials being arrested as they were getting ready for a vote for who st going to lead fifa which is widely expected to be sepp blatter, he was going to win another term. what we have is 14 people indicted by the justice department. we expect charges are going to be announced this morning here in brooklyn michaela. according to the justice department $150 million in bribes were being solicited by these officials over two decades. basically they're calling this a criminal enterprise that has been going on. and if you remember five years

ago the united states lost out in the bid for the 2022 world cup to qatar. that is what got people thinking about how rigged the process is how corrupt this organization is. and now we see the result of this investigation by the fbi and the irs. we have jeffrey webb who's the current fifa vice president among those that has been arrested and charged. the former vice president jack warner is also charged. and we have officials from venezuela, brazil uruguay, costa rica all now under arrest. and we expect more arrests happening around the world now. >> you have two interesting dynamics. one, the head guy isn't going down. but those around him are. and you have the fbi is involved which obviously raises the question of the u.s. connections here. they were up for the bid that they lost to qatar. what is the tie-in here? >> well that is very much what got this all started is that people saw the bidding process and knew it's widely believed that it was rigged.

interestingly enough they didn't bring charges to that. the swiss are now investigating that bidding process, chris. but some of the bribery happened here in this country according to the indictment that's been filed in brooklyn. at least one u.s. sportswear company paid bribes for sponsorship of the brazilian soccer federation again that's part of this investigation. so the u.s. believes this is part of their jurisdiction to police soccer. >> tell us about the guy who investigators convinced to wear a wire. >> his name is chuck blazer. he's an american who was a former top executive for fifa. and he wore a wire during some of these parts of this investigation. he went to meetings in zurich and london and wore a wire so that the fbi says they have recordings of some of these meetings with officials. some of them are smart enough not to show up for some of these meetings. >> but drill down more on the why now. because we've been talking about this. there have been allegations of bribery and corruption for years within fifa. is it only now because the u.s.

lost out its bid that people took it seriously? or was it loretta lynch pushing for this? what was it? >> well yeah. i mean loretta lynch oversaw this investigation. she's now the u.s. attorney general. but she was running this case when she was in brooklyn just until a few months ago. and so she definitely was pushing for this. this is again, as you said this has been an organization that's been rife with corruption. sepp blatter is going to win re-election on friday because he's believed to have already bought votes from federations all over the world. >> so in that case why isn't he going down with the other officials? why is the president somehow dodging this bullet? >> i'm told the investigation is continuing. the swiss are now investigating him for this bidding process in 2022 and the 2018 russia world cup. and the fbi says that they're not done yet. >> ironically the biggest threat to him now are the guys who are getting taken down. >> sure. >> what they do to cut deals will be threatening. not to unfairly paid him with any allegations, but that's always the concern is that the first round of arrests leads to

the second round. >> what about some of these companies? you talked about some of these companies involved in sponsorship. american companies sponsoring for example the brazilian soccer team. there's going to be a trickledown effect that's going to reach a lot of people in a lot of places. >> that's what's interesting is that the companies -- there's one company that's being charged right here. it's called traffic sports usa. they put on tournaments around the region in latin america. but the big names, we know all the big names that are tied with soccer around the world, those are not named in this indictment. it appears that the government knows that they paid some bribes but they're not charged with anything right now. >> so who got rich here? all of those second tier officials? >> well this is the thing that makes fifa work. is that they dole out the money around the world according to the investigation here by the fbi. they send money to make sure people are happy all over the world. and they buy elections. and so this is how this works. $150 million in bribes over two

decades. i mean they're charging these people with racketeering. that's like mob like what they're talking about. >> when you think about it too in so many of these countries especially south america where there's such abject poverty, right, and it's the sport of the masses. it's going to leave such a bad taste in people's mouths when they hear about this. >> some of my earliest memories are kicking a soccer ball in the streets of belize. for me and people who grew up watching the world cup, this strikes right at home. this is a big deal. >> except at the same time because it's been such a part of the culture they felt fifa was dirty, maybe now there will be vindication. during the world cup they sent me to cover that and all people would talk about is every time you'd say fifa. >> yeah roll their eyes. >> it's a corrupt organization. but we've never seen anything like this. >> exactly. >> this is a first. >> and again this investigation's been going on for years. so this is not something they just started yesterday. >> all right, evan thanks for the breaking news. another big headline this morning, isis is fighting back

and fighting dirty. 30 iraqi soldiers killed by isis suicide bombers at a military outpost in anbar province. this as iraqi forces make a must-win push for the city of ramadi. we have senior international correspondent arwa damon monitoring developments from baghdad. arwa. >> reporter: good morning, chris. that attack happening between the city of fallujah that is fully under isis control and the town of gudma that has been contested for quite some time now. isis demonstrating its capabilities to strike back employing those three suicide bombers. in and around ramadi the iraqi government forces the conventional units that is the army and police along with the iranian-backed predominantly shia paramilitary forces as well as the sunni tribes do have according to state television the city encircled. we've also been hearing reports that to the south of ramadi this force has managed to recapture

anbar university. it was hit in a number of air strikes last week we were told by a number of sources in the area. and now it is with this government-backed force at this stage. but isis holding the neighborhood and other neighborhoods in ramadi still quite firmly within its grips. it seems at this stage that the iraqi government strategy is mostly to try to cut off those key logistical resupply routes to prevent isis fighters from being able to ferry around their troops and their weapons with the ease that they used to employ before. but this is still a very fluid battlefield, alisyn with multiple multiple front lines across numerous provinces. >> okay. arwa thanks for that important update. well afghan security forces killing four taliban gunmen after they tried to storm a hotel in a diplomatic corridor of kabul. officials say attackers were killed in an intense hours long gun and grenade battle. they also say no civilians or

afghan security force members were killed. that hotel is owned by the son of afghanistan's former president and a destination for many foreigners. israeli warplanes responding to a rocket attack with air strikes in gaza hitting four locations described as "terror infrastructure targets." the israeli military calling the attacks a message for hamas. early tuesday sirens sounded in southern israel when a rocket fired from gaza landed 20 miles inside the israeli border. no one was injured. the city of cleveland will force its police to change. the new rules of professional conduct come as part of an agreement with the justice department which found cleveland police officers engaging in a pattern of excessive force and civil rights violations. however, there's concern that any sense of progress could be erased by the verdict in the police shooting of 12-year-old tamir rice. now, later this hour we're going to speak with the attorney for the rice family, his name is benjamin crump. he was involved with the mike brown investigation as well as trayvon martin. okay. we look forward to that.

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we believe that isil eventually will be defeated in ramadi and elsewhere in iraq. yes, we do. >> that was marie harf at the state department saying the u.s. can defeat and destroy isis. but our next guest has a different suggestion for the problems in the middle east and iraq. stop trying to fix them. darren miller distinguished scholar at the woodrow wilson international center. he's advised several secretaries of state on the israeli arab peace process. great to have you in studio with us. >> pleasure to be here. >> you say stop fixing the problem, what does that mean? >> we're stuck in a region we can't fix, we can't leave, we have interests, allies we have enemies. we have to fashion a policy. the reality is we're never going to solve comprehensively any of the four or five core issues that we face. so we have to determine what are america's vital interests. forget the discretionary ones.

drill down and try to figure out how to manage. because in the end it's conditions to be managed, not problems to be resolved. >> okay. so is the getting rid of or destroying isis a core american interest? >> it is. the reason the president engaged isn't because it's interested in another trillion dollar -- he got into it because isis started beheading americans, you had senior officials worrying about an imminent isis attack. what he's doing seems to me in iraq is enhanced counterterrorism. limited special forces air power, good intelligence, reliance on local allies. we're not going to see thousands upon thousands of american boots on the ground. maybe this will preempt and contain isis from attacking the united states. but under the circumstances it's about the best the president can offer. >> so you think just hold here, don't do anymore with fighting isis. because people like senator john mccain, senator lindsey graham have suggested we actually need boots on the ground to effectively fight isis. >> i mean there are things you could do.

we're only flying 15 air strikes a day in libya we flew 50 afghanistan 85 iraq 800 a day. you could ramp up air power. perhaps you can embed special forces with iraqi units. you could start supplying weapons directly to sunni tribes. >> is it advisable to do those things? >> i think it's risky because all of this military stuff is happening within a broken angry and very fractured country where you have a shia prime minister who's worrying about empowering the sunnis. you have an iranian neighbor that has a different vision of iran than we do and probably most sunnis do. so military power's an instrument to achieve a specific set of goals. those goals have to be realistic. as far as i'm concerned it's trying to keep iss on the defensive, check it in iraq. and we haven't even gotten to syria yet, which is the mother ship here. >> it wasn't just that the americans were being beheaded that got the u.s. involved with isis. it was also the yazidis. remember the yazidis were trapped on that hill top and it was very hard to watch that

humanitarian crisis. >> right. >> unfold. and senator john mccain has basically said it is uncon shenable for the u.s. to sit on the sidelines while civilians are being massacred by isis. does he have a point? >> well the senator makes a good point in our values and interests. our interesting are our values. but come on we've seen 250,000 syrians, even 40% of those are combatants members of the regime or militias that we don't like. you're still talking about an extraordinary tragedy. the largest single refugee flow since the end of the second world war. the question is after the two longest wars in american history where the standard for victory was never could we win but when could we leave, you have a risk averse public. and frankly with all due respect to senator mccain you have a risk averse congress as well. no one wants a major commitment of men, women and trillions of dollars expended in pursuit of these enterprises. >> so is what we're seeing in ramadi today the answer? let the shia militias, let the

sunnis iraq defense forces fight it out with isis themselves and maybe we can help with some air support, but that's it. >> well we have a supporting role to play. but look, whether it's the will to fight, the lack of capacity to fight you're not going to fix this unless you figure out how to stand up iraqi who is are prepared to make a commitment to actually fight not just as sunnis and shia but as iraqis. that's a long-term process. as i said think outcomes make some favorable to the united states not solutions. >> how about iran? what's the u.s. relationship with iran during all of this? >> administration's made a bet basically. another outcome, not a solution. that's got to find a way to avoid war over the nuclear issue. but it's gone further than that. i think it actually believes that iran if it can be transformed would be a positive force to help the united states in syria, in iraq even in yemen. and it's you know the president's critics think he's naive or worse. the reality is these nations

that are authoritarian in character they don't change easily, the russians the chinese, even the cubans this is a generational proposition. my concern at the end of the day you're left with iran empowered with billions of dollars in relief in sanctions. >> because of this nuclear deal. >> exactly. still in a position should the iranians choose to weaponize. that's a real risk and certainly an outcome that the one the administration may paint going to make iran part of the global international community that doesn't look the way it is now. >> if you think that's a real risk why should the u.s. still be pursuing this deal this nuclear deal with iran? >> well you know life is a choice between highly flawed and imperfect alternatives. no deal seems to me there's a reasonable chance of the following, particularly if congress or the administration pushes for too much. sanctions regime probably imploeds. iranians will probably accelerate their program leaving the israelis and/or the united

states in position of having to strike. i think the president wants to avoid war. doesn't want to be the first president on whose watch iran acquires a nuclear weapon but also doesn't want a major u.s.-iranian confrontation on his hands either. >> david miller, somehow even though these things are so complicated we always feel smarter and better after talking to you. >> alisyn too kind. >> good to have you here. >> great to be here. >> wlast your take on this? we'd love to hear it. tweet us or post your comment on facebook.com/newday. over to chris. all right. republican rick santorum is getting in the race for president. now, in 2012 he did shockingly well for a while at least. so why is he so low in the polls now? john king tells us on inside politics. and we are going to take you to the top of new york city with the preview of the spectacular 1 world observatory opening this week in new york city. we're going to take you live way up there, in fact 102 stories up if the fog will clear. we'll give you a look.

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just what texas does not need a flash flood warning now in effect for the next several hours in several texas counties including houston with another powerful line of storms moving through. this following floods that killed at least 18 people in texas and oklahoma. there are still a dozen people missing, 11 of them alone in hays county texas. little relief is in sight, more storms are approaching through the rest of the week. breaking overnight, potentially the biggest takedown in the history of sport. top officials at fifa that's soccer's worldwide governing body they've been arrested in raids in switzerland including the vice president. the arrests happening as investigations unfold in the u.s. and switzerland. the question for the u.s. authorities is did the u.s. lose the world cup bid in a rigged bid? that and other allegations are being tracked down by the swiss and the u.s. there will be more to come on this. new details this morning about the murders of that washington, d.c. family and their housekeeper.

law enforcement officials say they are still actively investigating two women who were with wint when he was arrested possibly as accessories after the fact. the women were released from custody last week after being held less than 24 hours. police do not believe daron wint committed the quadruple homicide alone. you know we've been having such spectacular weather here in new york city just blue-blue clear sky, not a cloud around for days. we thought why don't we go and give people a chance to see a preview of what visitors will see new york city like never before from the top of this new observatory atop the freedom tower. well well mother nature happened. that's what happened. chad myers is up there on the 102nd floor of the observatory. and i understand there's not a lot of a clear view from where you are right now. >> no. if you talk to my wife my nickname at home is pigpen. you know how that guy has a cloud around him? that's me. this is the only cloud in the state and it's right over me

riegtd now. so you can't see out the back. this is the observatory that will be the centerpiece of lower manhattan. and for that matter manhattan in general. this is so far way and above what we've seen from other high sky observatories in the city. now, i know that what you can see here on shots that we took earlier before the cloud came in because pigpen showed up it is a beautiful view from 360 degrees, three different floors restaurants, the observatory will open to the public on friday. now, there's a reverence to the place as well though. when you walk in here your skin and your hair kind of stands up on end. you kind of get goose bumps to realize where you were -- where you are right now, what was standing just to the south of here just years ago. and so as you walk in here it's all of the sudden you feel kind of a connection to the city. even if you're not from the city. i stood on top of the world trade center in 1986 looking at the new revealed statue of

liberty. and i stand here today although i'm not outside, this is an inside observatory, with still the awe that this place was built from. >> what a tremendous view. what a tremendous feeling you shared with us there. we can't leave you without mentioning the pigpen aspect. so you're going to stay fl a little bit. does it look as though it will clear? we'd love to see a shot if the cloud lifts. >> i'll go upstate, i'll go as far as i can and this will clear out and you'll be able to see. >> chad thank you for this. this is very very special, extraordinary day. so many people anxious to see this. >> it was so important for the tower not just to be rebuilt but to be bigger and better than ever because of what it represents. >> big statement. >> because of why it needed to be rebuilt in the first place. i've been up there. >> majestic. >> it is gorgeous. worth going. the museum underneath it is amazing, a reminder of what we've lived through and what we hope for the days ahead. >> standing strong. >> chad captured that sentiment so well. >> he really did.

>> jinxed it. >> even though he's causing the clouds apparently. >> jinxed it. let's get to inside politics on "new day" with mr. john king. how are you, my brother? >> i'm doing great. i'm going to take you mr. cuomo or one of you beautiful ladies to play not chad myers. i want to echo your point i've been there and it's a great place. all americans should try to get there if they can. let's go inside politics. a lot to talk about. jackie olliver knox. start with rick santorum. he's going to make it official today. he's at 1% or 2% in the national polls, but remember he was at 1% or 2% last time when he ran in 2012 in iowa and turned out to win iowa mitt romney was the nominee, but he did a 99-county tour he came from nowhere in iowa. should we take him seriously this time? or because huckabee's running again maybe ted cruz is rick santorum finding a hard time

finding his lane this time? >> that's a the thing. a lot of people are already occupying rick santorum's place in the race. what rick santorum's going to need another billionaire benefactor like he had last time. we don't know if he's going to have that. >> we also don't know whether this cycle will turn into the dynamic of the last cycle where we had romney and a plausible not romney every couple of weeks. i don't know whether rick santorum in this kind of crowded field is going to get the same kind of bump. >> he works hard. i would say don't discount him. everyone discounted him last time and he did the shoe leather work. you talk about the money, he does need the new fashioned money. bernie sanders was already in but did the big kickoff rally yesterday. here's a little flavor of what bernie sanders wants to bring to the democratic race for president. >> today with your support and the support of millions of people throughout our country, we begin a political revolution

to transform our country economically politically, socially and environment tally. the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is a starvation wage and must be raised. as i look to our future it is clear to me that the united states of america must lead the world in reversing climate change. >> number one it's great to have a brooklyn accent in the race. i think that's important. interesting he makes clear he's not going to do personal attacks. i think that's a signal don't look to him to be a hatchet guy against hillary clinton who's the prohibitive front runner. but he wants to press her whether minimum wage or climate change he's making clear he wants a feisty debate about important issues. >> he is occupying the space elizabeth warren feasibly would have occupied if she had run. if you're looking for a hatchet guy i think that's going to be martin o'malley who's going to get in over the weekend. bernie sanders is taking this progressive position and doesn't

want it clouded by personal attacks. >> i think we're going to see definition of personal attack because he's really sharp on the stump about millionaires and billionaires and about trade. and he's already gone after the clinton record on trade. he's described president obama's transpacific partnership as just another part of a nafta and chinese trade which are clinton era trade deals. he's going to come after her pretty hard just might not be personal. >> i think the question is if he starts to move if you see him moving in the iowa polls does he get a bit more personal? does he draw more daily and repeated contrast? that's the interesting thing to watch about bernie sanders as he gets going. today in south carolina hillary clinton will be there so will carly fiorina. she's going to do an event outside of hillary clinton's hotel to take questions from reporters. it's a bit of a stunt, but she's trying to draw attention to the fact i'm willing to take questions every day, hillary clinton is running these small isolated events. let's look at the cover of the

new yorker. a lot of people are talking about this. a bunch of guys in a locker room. you see jeb bush rand paul chris christie ted cruz scott walker marco rubio. and as a woman looking in the room the new yorker says it's meant to be hillary clinton, is it fair or just a little humor that carly fiorina is not viewed here as a serious contender? rick santorum's not in that locker room. >> i don't think that locker room prohibits her from getting into the race. but i do think this is interesting. you've seen her do this i'm comparing myself to hillary clinton's strategy over and over she started with foreign policy. and she's continuing with the transparency question. so i think, you know hillary she's trying to put her name with hillary clinton as much as possible maybe to raise that name id. >> and why not get the media to give her a second look and third look and fourth look and fifth look. and why not do it this way where you know there's a traveling press corps with hillary clinton. why not hijack that press corps. >> they're going to be bored. >> exactly. maybe in the same area code as

hillary clinton. i think it's a pretty clever move. >> also remember how important south carolina is to hillary clinton. that is where after barack obama in 2008 won iowa hillary clinton won new hampshire, south carolina is where the african-american vote kicked in for then-senator obama. there was a great piece about hillary clinton's effort to rebuild that support among african-americans there. let's close with this the president suffered another setback yesterday, the fifth circuit court of appeals saying whoa putting a freeze essentially on the executive actions he tried to impose on immigration. that's a huge issue for the president likely now to go to the supreme court. we could talk about obamacare before the supreme court, same-sex marriage before the supreme court, how much of what we will say about this president in five or ten years will be determined by the supreme court? not the congress or in some ways not even the american people. >> it shows what the gridlock in congress has done. it pretty much put the ball in the court of the supreme court. i don't know what happened

there. sorry guys. so i think that's where you're hearing a lot from these candidates about judicial activism. but it's not their fault. >> they actually do have a court at the supreme court. a basketball court. you're right on top of that one. >> answer these questions a lot obviously. these are all legacy defining moments and if they all get to the supreme court and we get a final decision a lot of his legacy's going to be bound up with those nine people in black robes. >> speaker boehner celebrating this decision yesterday saying the president said himself 22 times he did not have the authority to take the very action on immigration he took. so the republicans are celebrating this because they want to get into court, but do they win in the long run? when you look at the demographics if this issue is still being debated and litigated in our politics when we get to october 2016 you can make a case that if you look at florida even nevada new mexico colorado virginia a lot of states out there where the latino vote could be the key decisive vote. and in the last two cycles

overwhelmingly to the democrats. >> depends on the tone. legality will be a better message than some of the other things more unfriendly language let's say. >> sure. and a court agrees with us is not a terrible message to take into a campaign. but i think this might be the last cycle where the republicans can thread that needle. >> we'll see what happens. as we get back to you, alisyn in new york we talked about the rand paul campaign store a couple weeks ago which have some great t-shirts there. also oddly sells flip-flops. i'm not sure why any politician is selling flip-flops. the hillary clinton campaign store is in the news these days and you can get a onesie with a hillary logo. that's a cute baby. pantsuit up, i don't know about that and a throw pillow where the woman's place is in the white house. i don't know about your political buying tendencies alisyn. we were talking beforehand and ollivier wrote a great piece, they do this to get your name,

your address, your credit card. it's smart by campaigns. if you want that stuff, great. guess what buy a pillow they'll be back at you for more money. >> thank you for alerting me to that john. i was just going to get a presidential -- >> delete the follow-up e-mail. >> you got it. thanks so much, john. great to see you. well six months after cleveland police shot and killed 12-year-old tamir rice the city takes a major step towards reform. is it enough? we'll speak with the attorney for the rice family. new flonase allergy relief nasal spray. this changes everything. flonase is the 24 hour relief that outperforms a leading allergy pill. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over-producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. most allergy pills only control one substance, flonase controls six. and 6 is greater than 1. so go ahead, inhale life, excite your senses, seize the day and the night. new flonase. 6 is greater than 1. this changes everything.

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fact the cleveland police department has problems and must change. that is the order by the department of justice this consent decree comes five months after the doj found a pattern of "unreasonable and unnecessary use of force within the cleveland p.d." six months after the shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice. that case also looms large now in terms of how the community will receive these changes as progress. what happens in that case may mean just as much. that's why we have benjamin

crump joining us now this morning from washington, d.c. council, as always a pleasure to have you on. the tamir rice case very big, but let's start with the headline this morning. do you, does the family does the community appreciate what has come down from the doj? do they believe in this as positive change? >> well, chris, that's a good first step. but we have to remember that the violent crime act of 1994 gave the justice department the legal authority to review local police departments that they believe engaged in a pattern of practice of excessive force. so it's been a little over a decade now. and we have to ask ourselves is it getting better or is it getting worse as it relates to the killing of unarmed people of color by law enforcement officers. >> now, what do you think about the brilo case? that obviously taking place there to remind people it was

where the officer really over a dozen officers were involved with shooting two people who wound up being unarmed in a car. brilo himself wound up jumping on the hood of their car unloading almost an entire clip into the car. and he wound up being brought up on manslaughter charges. now, other police officers were. but the judge in the case decided he was not guilty. your take? >> well chris, as we talked before in ferguson and many times before until we do something about the sanctioning of killings of unarmed people of color by the people who are supposed to protect and serve them the community is going to have no trust that the system is fair and that it works for everybody in america. so we have to address that. and you have to say that was just shocking that nobody was held accountable in that tragedy that by killed by so many police

officers and not one officer held accountable for anything. >> right. here's the thing. ben, we've talked about this a lot. just because something feels wrong doesn't mean that it will be wrong under the law. i have to tell you this judge o'donnell who wrote the journal entry decision in that case it is worth a read. yes, it's like 35 40 pages. but he goes through that he understands what the community's dealing with that he has to drive past the stuffed animals that are out there for tamir rice and he knows people are angry, but the law is the law and it's about whether the facts meet the definitions of punishment under the law. and he said the brilo case did not because you couldn't prove that the officer was driven to kill these people out of anything other than fear of his own life. you don't accept that? >> well whether it's eric garner or all these other cases across america, they come up with technical justifications not to hold police officers accountable. what we need is real consequences for real life

fatalities. that's people in our community, our children our brothers being killed. and whether it's judges or prosecutors say we're going to justify. so in essence they're sanctioning it chris. you can try to you know technically justify anything you want. but at the end of the day is anybody ever going to be held accountable for killing an unarmed person of color in america? >> well we see people held accountable. we just saw what happened in baltimore where the prosecutor there -- >> they were charged. nobody's been convicted. >> well that's what i'm saying. that's the process, right? often the criticism is the process doesn't even begin. accountability begins with something being recognized as something that's worthy of investigation. and then worthy of action. the prosecutor there made that move. but ultimately you don't want to see someone get convicted because it makes someone happy, right? >> you want due process of the law. you want equal justice. you want the same thing that happened to anybody who breaks the law just as if they are from

our community when we are charged, you know they charge and convicted very quickly. but then when the son lying dead on the street the rules are just different. so as we get ready to look at tamir rice we're going to see if this decent decree is just words on paper or if they're really going to address the fact you're not going to blame a 12-year-old child for his death. remember the answer was tamir rice is responsible for his own death because he should have been more cautious. and the fact that they claimed they told him three times to put his hands up and drop the weapon but when you see the surveillance video come out you say that's impossible. so the real thing is are they going to be truthful about it? are they going to admit there were mistakes made and not try to cover it up? and the crux of the matter is this chris, why should the federal government have to have police departments sign a piece of paper

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some homes completely gone nothing left but the concrete slab. >> must have been terrifying. >> it was. >> racketeering money laundering. >> the u.s. is making arrests in a corruption case involving fefa. >> the battle to take ramadi. >> isis will not prevail because they don't have a message over the course of years that will resonate with the population. >> i am proud to atphoupbgs my

candidacy for president of the united states of america. >> we have plenty to the republican side. >> announcer: this is new day, with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. deadly floods are changing communities and taking lives. a flash flood warning now in effect for about two more hours in several texas counties including parts of houston. 18 dead so far, and that number will likely change. >> and 13 people are still missing this morning, and most of them in hays county texas. cnn has complete coverage beginning with rosa flores live in houston, and one of the worst hit areas, and how is it? >> reporter: this is what people did not want to see in houston, it's raining again, and they are warning residents they are

expecting one to three inches of rain in the next few hours, and that's bad news for all these folks when they know that the ground in houston is already saturated. >> the catastrophic aftermath of record-breaking deadly floodwaters in houston, texas, revealed this morning. more than 11 inches of rain fell in a matter of hours monday night into tuesday. a wall of water rising with frightening speed, leaving thousands traveling in their vehicles racing to escape. >> turn around and don't drown. >> rows of vehicles left abandoned on a houston highway, and some cars almost completely submerged underwater. emergency crews scrambling to pull people from the floodwaters. but for some it was too late. one woman says she witnessed the

discovery of a body in a flooded truck. >> it was a woman, and it was dead by the time we got there. >> thousands of people without power. the flash floods rushing through thousands of homes, and houston's mayor says at least 4,000 residents may have suffered significant damage. >> we first were on the couches and then on the table and then on the counters. >> one houston resident, her family narrowly escaping the flood, and shows the devastation the rapidly rising tide left behind. >> the water got up to the slip on the county. >> over a dozen people including children are still missing. the death toll in both texas and oklahoma continues to rise. >> here is how quickly the situation can change here in houston. take a look at the bayou behind me and a few hours ago the water level was very low, and 24 hours ago, take a look at the

debris hanging if the pipe that goes from bank to bank and the water was above this bank and it actually rushed into the homes that you see beyond the bank. i talked to those folks and they tell me that they had to russian side to high ground ie their kitchen cabinets because there was no way for them to stay dry, and they were thinking we will have to get on the roof if the water keeps rising. they were on their counters for hours before the water receded. >> the main above you has grass on it because the water was rushing. >> houston not the only area hit, and hays county was hit, and jennifer is there. the latest? >> reporter: we are still here in wimberley where the waters

rose so quickly overt weekend, and now the river, the blanco river, we still have 11 missing here in hays county and three people dead one adult female and two males and they recovered all of the bodies in the blanco river total 18 deaths and 13 missing, and the water raging and still running high so the fear of more flooding by the end of the week and the weekend still exists. you can see all the debris around here, and we are at a campsite where i counted four or five cabins completely gone and you can see a pool in the distance where kids were playing less than a week ago. the sight here is haunting cabins tangled on top of each other and empty slabs and you can imagine the fear in people over the weekend. like we mentioned, more rain

possible thursday through sunday and we are only expected maybe an inch or less, and as we all know you could get in one of the heavy downpours and you could get isolated amounts higher. and we know volunteers are coming in from all overt air the area and college students are going to get here and do something, so as you can see behind me a lot to do and crews will be out again looking for those 11 missing people here in hays county. >> those pictures show how quickly life can change. thank you so much for that update. now to the developing story out of iraq. iraqi forces trying to retake ramadi, and iraqi soldiers killed by a suicide bomber. and arwa damon is live from baghdad. what is the latest? >> reporter: that triple suicide bombing attack goes to show you

the type of tactics that isis does and have deployed in all of the different battles taking place. the iraqi government has a patchwork of conventional forces the army and the police as well as these iranian backed shia paramilitary forces and tribal fighters, and little progress made to the south, and we are hearing this force did manage to take over the ambar university and this is a widespread operation, and there are different attempts underway to cut off vital isis logistical routes and capture the small territories isis does control to prevent the group from being able to resupply its fighters and also generally shift fighters and weapons around the battlefield. isis is capable of regrouping

and striking areas that it finds vulnerable but this is a very fluid battlefield and nobody expecting it to end anytime soon at this stage, but the iraqis are confident this time they will stand their ground michaela. >> thank you. meanwhile, the u.s. looks to be taking a wait and see approach. the white house is standing by and defense secretary, ash carter's exclusive comments to cnn questioning the will of the iraqi fighters in ramadi. barbara starr is live for us. >> one of the things ash carter said that is so significant is the sunni tribes need to get involved in the fight and look for that to be the focus of much of the u.s. effort and getting the sunni tribes in anbar province to get in the fight, and arm them and train them all under the control of the iraqi government in baghdad, and

unified government but that is why ash carter had a two-praurpbgedtwo-pronged approach and get more people involved, and get your act together and get your forces out there fighting and take care of them so they have the will to fight and stay in the field. what about u.s. air strikes now? they will continue to be but one of the key things the u.s. is facing is isis is improving its tactics and digging in and mixing in with the local populations making it very difficult for those air strikes to pick out targets. >> thank you very much. let's bring in white house communication director, jen sake. you have ash carter saying they don't have the will to fight, and then biden says no they

have the will to fight and they are great fighters, and what is the line out of the white house? what do you want to say about this? >> first of all, it's more complicated than a line. we have a terrorists organization that intends to do harm to the iraqi forces and the region, and even more broadly than that and what our focus is on chris, equipping and training and preparing the iraqi security forces to take on the fight, and they have taken on the fight and they are continuing to but we need to adapt our strategy too, and adapt to the equipment. >> is this a function of the reality that the best fighters in the world are not in the fight, and when dealing with the iraqis yes they should be in charge of their own determination and fight their own fights but they are not up to the task the way the u.s. fighters are, and do you think that is what gave birth to the fight? >> i would not put it in those

terms, and secretary carter what he said it was consistent to what he was seeing on the ground, and it's something iraqi forces want to adapt to as well. and we want to equipped them with the materials they need to take on some of the tactics isil has been doing in the suicide attacks, and this is a training where the iraqi security forces that were fighting back in ramadi didn't have access to that and that's something we need to continue. it's important for people to remember the iraqi security forces have retaken 25% of populated areas from isil. there are going to be ups and downs and we need to continue to adapt and continue to prepare them and equipped them with what they need as does the international coalition. >> the white house believes the iraqis have the will to fight,

yes yes? >> i think we have seen issues in the past and we need to address those, and prime minister abadie came in in a situation where there was a lot of division and work needed to be done to better unite the forces and bring them together and equipped them and he has done that work and his security forces have done that work and it takes time and we will stay on the eight. >> while you are working for a yes on that question, are you concerned in the white house about how iran is working their way in to iraq and becoming in favor there? >> well chris, if we spent every day worrying about what iranians say about the united states that's all we would focus on. the fact is the proof is in the

pudding, and we have trained and equipped the iraqi security forces and taken steps to support them and their needs on the ground and we are going to stay at that but the actions speak louder than words there. we are going to focus on what more we need to do to help support the iraqi security forces on the ground. >> when you say more of with a we need to do, is there any chance you wind up putting more people on the ground. >> and he is talking to his military advisers and the coalition partner, and as i noted earlier, we just rushed things to the ground. >> thank you very much for giving us the word from the white house. >> my pleasure. we do have breaking news overnight. a huge international scandal brewing in the sports world. not one but two corruption

investigations against fefa soccer's governing body. what do we know? >> the words money laundering and racketeering are words we don't usually associate with soccer. they are calling it a criminal enterprise. they arrested seven people overnight at a luxury hotel in zurich which is where the 200 top officials of soccer have been gathering for the election on friday. 14 people have been indicted and this involves bribery paid for sponsorships even as well as fixing the world cup in south africa in 2010 and fixing the choice of south africa as the site for the world cup, and we expect loretta lynch to announce the charges in brooklyn in a couple hours, and jim comey is

going to be there and it's a unusual press conference because the united states is asserting jurisdiction over a word wide body that governs soccer. >> the u.s. lost its bid to host the world cup, and is this connected? >> that's how it began. people saw the vote for the 2022 world cup that went to cutter and said this was rigged and this is how part of the investigation got going, and justice department started looking into it, and the swiss say they are look into the bids and fefa hired somebody to look into it, and they found nothing wrong. >> that's interesting. you talk about the selection and bribery. does this go as deep as the outcome of games?

is that come into question too? >> that's been the whisper. this indictment does not touch that level of corruption, and what is alleged here is buying officials around the world so the leadership of fefa stays in place. $150 million in bribes over two decades, and that's something separate there are investigations going on around the world to match fixing as well. >> goodness me. we turn to cleveland now. a major shake-up for law enforcement in the agreement with the justice department and the city is planning a broad set of reforms to address what federal officials found was a pattern of if that excessive force by the police department. >> the mayor calls it a new way

of policing and the new standards put a focus on community engagement and officers will receive training in crisis intervention when dealing with mental health cases. these are some of the most extraordinary standards when it comes to use of force, and officers having to report when they unholster their weapon. and the mayor says he welcomes the agreement. >> this is a transformative time in the city of cleveland, and with the division of police and most importantly all the citizens in the city of cleveland and our goal is to have real reform that will be sustainable. this agreement is a major step in getting us to that point. >> the department of justice calls this unique cleveland

agreement. if these implementations are not met a federal judge has the authority to demand them. chris? >> thank you very much. china is now officially annoyed lodging a former complaint with washington after a american spy clean with a cnn crew flew over disputed waters in the south china sea. >> foreign military aircraft this is chinese navy you are approaching our military alert zone. leave immediately. >> beijing accuses the u.s. of trying to smear the chinese military, and china is not grabbing land but creating it added thousands of land to the sea, and the question is why? this is one of the funniest final jeopardy answers of all-time. >> a christian hymn and a jewish

holiday hymn are both title this also the name of a 2009 tony-nominated musical. >> what is -- yes, whenever they go to temple they sing kinky boots. >> the answer was, of course rock of ages. >> i was trying to think back to what i sang in church, and kinky boots -- >> he could have said cats. >> he calculated he couldn't lose so he was feeling good about whatever he wrote down. >> i love it. meanwhile, back to the top story because there is flooding in texas to tell you about, and it has left more than a dozen

people still missing, and among them a mother and her two children swept away by the rushing floodwaters. the new observation deck at one world trade center is about to open up and not open yet, but guess what? we are there in the fog. you have a sneak peek coming up. it's not home. but with every well co nsidered detail . . . it becomes one step closer.

at least 18 people have been killed by raging floodwaters in texas and oklahoma, and more dangerous weather on the way. families are left dealing with the pain of tragedy, and some not knowing if their loved ones perhaps survived. we want to bring in a man where his son survived but his daughter-in-law and children are miss missing. thank you for joining us. it's with a heavy heart we talk to you today, sir. >> thank you. you are correct, it's a heavy heart, but we're glad we are here and we are hoping and praying that miracles will happen and we're very optimistic and at the same time we are realistic. >> you had a chance to talk to your son and he is recuperating

and a broken rib and collapsed lung. has he been able to talk to about what happened and tell you the story of what went on in those horrible moments? >> yes. he is very communicative. obviously he is hurting and on top of the hurting he is under medication for the injuries that he does have but he has full recall of the whole incident and basically they were in the house and got the warnings and realized it was raining, and they moved their cars up the hill from underneath the house because the house was built on stilts and in the river and they moved them up the hill about 25 feet higher anticipating the rise in the river and, you know up to and probably get under the house, but i don't think anybody had any imagination that this water would be in the volume that it was, and it was at

nighttime, and they moved the cars back up to the house, and went back to the house, and used their flashlights and started looking out the windows and saw the water came up significantly and they were at the top of the house and they were trapped because the water was at the stilts and they realized they were trapped and all of a sudden they heard a tremendous hit on the house and felt it and he doesn't know if that was a tree or what it was that hit the stilts and that knocked the foundation out from under the house and that caused them to start floating and all of them were gathered in the rooms there, holding on to furniture and stuff, and they started floating down the river, and my daughter-in-law, laura, she managed to get herself on the phone and call her sister and i don't know what the future s. i love you, and we are floating down the river and that's the

last communication that anybody had with anybody in the house, and jonathan said at some point as they were floating down the river, the house ran into a bridge and it tore the top of the house off and at that point the house shattered, and it started just washing all of them in all different directions and that's when everybody got scattered, and then the next thing he knows he is -- we have heard reports he was seven to 12 miles down the river and he was fighting the whole time and saying i just have got to get out of here, and i didn't know whether i was swimming up or down but somehow i was able to get up and catch a breath of air and keep going and he was able to crawl up to a guy's house and knock on the door and say, i need help our house was washed away, and that's when they called 911. >> the search continues looking for your daughter-in-law and

grandchildren. tell us about them layton andrew and laura. >> they are all precious people and full of life. we had a great time. we loved them and enjoyed laughing together, and they were all involved in you know we had just gone to a resaoeulgts a week before this and andrew was involved in little league and jonathan worked with me in the family business and, of course i get to see him every day. so it's quite a shock to us and the friends with them and they are close friends and their families are hurting and it's a tragic situation. >> yes, it is. we know that there are other families hurting as well and they are trying to figure out what happened in an instant, and

it sounds it happened so fast at night before they could do anything. we are going to keep hope alive with you that a miracle will happen here, and please give your son our warmest regards for a speedy recovery and he will need love and support around him. >> he is and i thank you very much. >> we certainly wish them well alisyn. >> oh, my goodness. what a story, and we do pray for them. michaela thank you so much. here in new york one world observatory set to open its doors in the new one world center. ♪ every auto insurance policy has a number. but not every insurance company understands the life behind it. ♪ those who have served our nation have earned the very best service in return.

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here we go with the five things you need to know for your "new day." 18 people dead following severe storms in texas and oklahoma, and more than a dozen people still missing, and several texas counties under a flash flood warning.

officials in ellis county watching a storm approaching. soccer's worldwide governing body arrested in raids in switzerland, including fifa's vice president. iraq sweeping offensive to retake ramadi and the anbar province underway this morning. reports of iraqi troops being killed by suicide bombers. and then addressing a pattern of force and racial bias by the cleveland pd. punching their ticket to the finals. golden state is up three games to one. visit newdaycnn.com for the

latest. and it's time for a peek at stunning views. we're talking about the new world trade center. we will show you on tape because it's cloudy out today. we had to get it right for you. chad meyers is live. he joins us from there now. look at what is behind you right now. that is okay because we can show the pictures anyway. what really matters as you have been pointing out beautifully this morning, the beauyes. >> you see the marble not the rock but from the same quarry. as you walk in you go forward and you remember what the windows used to look like in the world trade center, and they were skinny and there's a light box and there are the vertical windows. the amazing architecture here, and more is the reference of the place what it stands for, we

will never forget all over the place, and on friday to the public this will open. please come when it's sunny and don't come when there is a weather man and never invite a weather man to an golf outing because it will rain. it's 70 floors from the ground and from here all the way up a big cloud mass and we can't show you anything except for what we shot yesterday. you can see staten island and see jersey city or all the way up north. 360-degree views and you can spend as much time up here as you like, and that comes up on friday. >> i don't know if you are a big pen or -- was that the "fin "flintstones "?

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a huge international scandal breaking in the sports world this morning, not one but two corruption investigations against soccer's worldwide governing body, fifa. and joining us is a columnist. how surprised were you? >> not at all surprised knowing we knew it could be there one day, and this is something that has been discussed, bribes and it's the worst kept secret in international sports and maybe in all of sports. >> this is to your point, this investigation targets alleged wrong doing that spans 24 years, so why today do you think this happens? >> well certainly it's not lost on anybody except the long-time

chief of fifa going for his next term on friday and here is a preelection gift for you, and i am not surprised if he would be re-elected re-elected and these are the most powerful people in the world, and they have got cronies and friends that will elect them no matter what and the that's part of the timing, and here you go here is a gift for you, deal with this. >> this involves $150 million allegedly in bribes. who got rich here? >> well pretty much every soccer official and all of the federations, and at the expense of children and those that should be getting it developmental programs and this is the biggest problem in international sports and it's not just soccer although soccer is the big cheese here, alisyn, and there is so much money being taken off the top, and 2018 and

2022 world the cups are under investigation, and the boys and girls are trying to grow the game in other areas, and that's the real shame here, and that's why it's important and we should care about it. >> soccer is wildly popular among elementary school kids here in the u.s., and around the world. what does this do to soccer's representation? >> i think it takes a hit and it's going to be the sport that most people love and many americans love too. i hope what it does is start to clean it up, and the international olympic committee, it was cleaned up, and there is a way even with the powerhouses to take them down and start to clean house, and with the u.s. government involved in the manner that's what is going to happen. >> so the president has not been arrested, and some of his top

lieutenants have been and will he be unscathed by this. >> pay no attention to the man behind the curtain from the wizard of oz. there are people who are helping the investigation. i think he should be concerned today because this is clearly not over and we will be hearing from a press conference in an hour or two. >> thank you so much on being on "new day" and helping to explain all the intrigue and malfeasance. and a question are people

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today we reached a point in our society where if you do not support same-sex marriage you are labeled a home aphobe and hater, and then the next thing is to argue is that the cat keuzam of the catholic church is a hate speech and that's a real and present danger. >> a controversial gay marriage comments. and joining us is republican strategist ana navarro, and a democratic strategist donna brazile. good to see you. >> good morning. >> thank you. >> what did you think, and that was to the christian broadcasting network that marco rubio was speaking. what did you think of the comments? >> they made me cringe. i am uncomfortable and disappointed with them, and i support kphebgs marriage, and i nomar co-raoub-- marco rubio very

well, and is religion is very important. everybody running for president needs to keep in mind if they are elected president they have to be the president of both folks who are on the same side the same-sex side of the issue, and against it the religious liberty and we need to be a big enough country so we can somehow peacefully co-exists. i don't think this kind of rhetoric stoking the flames is helpful. i think we need to follow suit of what pope francis is doing and have a much more conciliatory and less judgmental debate going on and trying to figure out how we can respect those that want to get married and also respect those who have religious liberty issues. >> you know when you have the pope of the catholic church being cited as a secular and

more moderate pope and -- >> you have met this hope? >> i like the pope, and he is getting more towards the inclusiveness of what humanity should be about. as a political issue, senator rubio was on the christian broadcast network and he was preaching to the converted, and for your side how do you deal with this issue? something about the law and equal protection is very much being made by the right or certain aspects of it as being an attack on faith. what does that mean to your side? >> first of all, i believe that's a false narrative. it's not -- i don't think support of same-sex marriage marriage equality has anything to do with attacking faith, and there are many christians who are gay and believe in the lord and preach gospel and believe

what jesus taught us love one another and believe in john 8. i find it discouraging to hear that somehow or another, being supportive of same-sex marriage and being supportive of marriage equality is an attack on religious freedom or faith. i am a woman of faith and love the lord and i am catholic, and this pope has done a tremendous job in trying to explain those values in ways that i do believe enhances all life and all human beings and of course the gospel of love. >> let's talk about it from the flip side. is there no truth to what marco rubio is saying that it's so politically incorrect in this presidential race to say that you are against same-sex marriage that there is a whiff of homophobia? is there something to be said he feels painted with the brush of

home phobiae homophobia just by standing by his own beliefs? >> there's a small group of people getting entrenched on ops sides of the issue, and it's a whiff of truth but not a general truth. not everybody is saying if you don't support same-sex you are a home aphobe, and i don't think anybody on the other side saying you are calling us all home aphobes if we don't support it, and there are groups that feel attacked and feel like the end of the world is coming because same-sex marriage is going to be a reality, and we just saw, alisyn one of the strongest catholic countries in the world overwhelmingly approved same-sex marriage over the weekend in ireland. if they can figure this out, you would think in america where we respect each other's rights we

could figure it out as well and you know i just think there needs to be less accusations and finger wagging going on on both sides. >> as you know that's what politics is. we all grew up in it, and while it's always been nasty, there is a toxicity to the partisan process right now that is successful that helps you, that i think is distinguishing itself, and i think that's what we are seeing in the issue, and this sets up as a legal issue and not a personal issue, because even if they find the justices there is a right to marriage for lgbt and if they find it to be a protected class which many think they won't, and it's being spun as something else and as marco rubio, what are they going to take you next? is sunday no longer going to be a day you get to go to church? that's what it's starting to sound like. >> i disagree chris.

i know i watch and i know people of faith who happens to be gay, and they don't sit around with all of this sitting around and who is a bigot and who is a home aphobe and they are trying to live their lives, and trying to make ends meet. i know that everything that is politics these days is poison and toxic, but there is something and so natural about two people finding each other and falling in love and wanting to spend their life together and while we had this debate for over 30 years, at least throughout my political life we have been talking about it and we're now at a point where the majority of americans believe there should be no discrimination against people and no discrimination against people being able to marry. that's the country we have evolved and i do believe at some point people will just evolve and we don't have to have the

conversations anymore. >> we will see what happens for the next 18 months on the issue. >> can't come soon enough. >> hey, don't take away our 18 months of fun. >> thank you. indeed. >> thank you, ladies, and so great to see. what is your comment. we love reading those. after that you know what we need? "the good stuff." it's coming up.

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