under way in the city of galveston and people who cannot get out of town are told to hunker down. we start with our coverage of meteorologist tell us whatter seeing jennifer. >> yeah alisyn we are along the seawall that protects the island from storms like bill. look at this. a nasty gulf of mexico behind me. you can see the water coming in. this is normally all beach behind me. you can see the stairs going down to the public beach. tides running four and five feet above normal. it is going to be a rough day here in galveston. we are going to have the high winds. winds 20 to 25 miles per hour. we expect those to double. we could experience winds 50 to 55 miles per hour. we are getting the squaw lines to come in. the bands are off and on like with systems like this one.

it's not the storm surge or the wind that is going to be the biggest problem with this storm. it is going to be the rain. as we know texas is already received about or the houston area almost 15 inches of rain in may. that's nine inches above normal. now we could get an additional foot of rain if you can believe. galveston could get eight to ten inches. chad myers is going to tell you, we could get unbelievable amounts across dallas and to the north. galveston is low lying. for that reason they have closed down highway 87. they said rescue crews cannot get to you when the water is covering the roads. the big issue is going to be the flooding. >> we know you will keep us posted as bill rolls in. meanwhile, tropical storm bill not just threatening texas, louisiana, oklahoma and the ozarks are in danger of severe

flooding. meteorologist chad myers is looking at the latest forecast models. what are you seeing, chad? >> up to cincinnati a potential of eight inches of rainfall from the remnants of what will be the dead bill later on this week. there's the storm right there, going to come on shore close to victoria. what i'm concerned about, the hill country, where the hills start to go up that is west of austin. round rock gorgetown, san antonio. the water is going to try to get to the higher elevations. it is going back to the same flooded or near flooded rivers that had so much rainfall in may. friday to saturday over to st. louis and long gone. it's the lingering time. it takes 36 hours to get to dallas. heck you could drive to dallas in about seven, maybe less. this is going to go ten or 15 miles per hour that lingering, lumbering rain is going to pile up that flood threat in areas that had so much rainfall. look at the numbers, six to ten

and ten plus just to the west of houston. picked up so much rainfall with the last houston flood. this is going to be a very long week for the people watching the rivers rise. >> adding insult to injury considering what they have been through. we will watch it with you. thanks. nearly 900 leads and 800 officers involved in the search for the manhunt of two escaped men in new york has gone cold. details emerging about the inmates and joyce mitchell. was she forced to help them? alexandra field is live for us with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, they are still here and still searching. you can see a roadblock where they are stopping cars and looking in every car that passes by. an official says there have been no promising signs since bloodhounds hit on a scent last week. at the same time investigators

are pressing for details, learning about parts of the alleged plan including a plot to kill that was never carried out. mostly monitored behind bars this morning, officials say former prison employee joyce mitchell is calm and cooperative. as we learn more about her alleged deep involvement with richard matt and david sweat. >> it's apparent she's trying to be atruthful, i think, as poszsible possible. >> reporter: a source says mitchell had a sexual relationship with matt and in the past investigated for having an inappropriate relationship with sweat. >> they will see a weakness in someone and use whatever they can to be friend them. >> reporter: this, as officials say she was sneaking glasses with lights on them over a year and a half ago. she claimed she had no idea the

tools were going to be used to help them dig out of the prison. >> she was told by matt they are using them to stay up late at night to paint pictures or to read. >> reporter: sources say the escapees planned to kill mitchell's husband, and she was aware, but unclear she knew the details. >> the possible murder of her husband is why she got cold feet and backed out of being their get away driver. she could not imagine they would go through something so elaborate and meticulous. they may have always had a better plan. mitchell faces up to eight years in prison. still a lot of questions about this woman, this prison worker and why she would have been involved in helping the inmates to escape if she was involved. authorities say they are looking at the possibility, at least, that perhaps she was forced or

threatened by an inmate. it's a question they have to continue to ask here. >> the big thing hanging over her head is for all the threats, she never went to authorities. we are going to have more on the manhunt in a moment. al qaeda's number two leader killed in a u.s. drone strike overnight. al qaeda confirming the death of nass zer al-wahayshi. it's after they took out a leader in libya. barbara starr is live at the pentagon with details. they are two big takeouts what do they mean? >> reporter: good morning, chris. u.s. intelligence officials will tell you it means they are getting good at this. nasser alal-wahayshi was taken out a few days ago. already, al qaeda in yemen appointed a successor to him. still, it's a big get.

wahayshi a top official. that group behind many plots trying to get bombs on u.s. airliners. anything to take out their leadership is a top priority for the u.s. as you say, chris, this comes after several recent scores for the u.s. intelligence community. it was a couple days ago, they announced an f-15 strike against the top leader of the al qaeda affiliate in north africa. an f-15 strike in libya taking out a man. a couple weeks ago, of course that delta force raid inside syria on the ground taking out a top isis operative. there have been a lot of pluses but there have been you know you have to remember there's a couple very serious misses if you will. the american contractor warren killed earlier this year in a u.s. drone strike in pakistan. they didn't know he was there. several months ago, the failed

effort to get several hostages out of syria, they were moved before the special forces team got there. it goes to can the u.s. move faster than the intelligence changes? michaela? >> oftentimes the drone strikes have collateral damage. thank you for the update. >> morsi sentenced to life in prison for espionaged 16 others getting life along with morsi. now, this may be a moot point for the former president. he was sentenced to death last month for his role in a prison break. that sentence could be reduced. first stop new hampshire for a republican candidate, jeb bush. the former florida governor cam campaigning after his official announcement announcement. number 12 waiting in the wings. could it be donald trump? trump expected to reveal his plan at a rally in new york.

he will declare his net worth at some $9 billion. >> so this morning, those teenagers attacked by a shark off the coast of north carolina are recovering. however, they did lose limbs. right or wrong, word of the injuries is putting people on edge. we are live in north carolina with the latest. tom? >> reporter: hi chris. as the patrols hit the beaches, they will be looking for the possibilities of a shark that is targeting human beings and at the same time admitting, there's not much they can do about it. even as helicopters patrol from the air and people watch from the beach, there's nervous talk about a third shark attack. it happened to a young girl on her boogie board days ago. the twin attacks that followed horrified the community. >> the left arm is completely missing and also a bite to the left leg.

13-year-old. >> the left arm is missing. >> bite to the left leg. >> this family witnessed the attack on a teenage girl and says she walked silently from the water as others screamed. >> you could see her arm and tell the back of her leg, she had gotten bitten as well. >> do you know are any of the fingers completely amputated? >> it looks like her entire hand is gone. >> onlookers jump sbood action. >> i put tourniquets on her. it stopped the bleeding. >> then stunningly it happened again, a couple miles away and an hour later. >> a shark? >> this time a 16-year-old boy was the victim. witnesses say the shark was seven to eight feet long and also took that teenager's arm. >> he was in shock. he was still coherent. took it clean off. >> you saw that?

>> i saw what was left of what he had. >> reporter: that first attack happened yards away from here. authorities say a helicopter patrol did spot a six to seven foot shark not far from that site. it's too hard to tell if that's the shark that did this and harder to tell if one might strike again. michaela? >> upsetting news. we wish them well in their recovery. thanks tom. spokane's president of the chapter in washington resigned. she is still committed to her advocacy work and people are not getting the full story. her parents came forward last week saying their daughter is white, even though she's identifying as black. her brother ezra will join us later this hour. the latest in the search for the convicts. we want to bring in jonathan a

former fbi agent and navy s.e.a.l. >> good morning. >> lots of new information to talk about in terms of the manhunt. first, a source confirmed to cnn joyce mitchell was having a sexual relationship with richard matt one of the convicts. next the latest thinking is he was never their plan "a." she was duped into thinking that but they always had something else a more fool-proof plan. what do you think? >> i think the evidence shows -- well let me back up a little bit. if the evidence shows that they had the ability to contact people on the outside, i have heard rumors of this, the press has not been told they had this ability. >> it hasn't been confirmed. there have been reports they found richard matt's contacts on her cell phone as if they were trying to reach people on the outside. >> right.

so i honestly believe they had contacts on the outside. if that's the case she became more of a pawn in this. you have to think, these two individuals are predators. so their skill at manipulating people. she may not be that skilled in manipulating people. her down fall he's manipulated when it comes to romance and sex, which she has a history of. >> she left her first husband, married the person with whom she was having an affair. >> details of where they were having sex and so on and so forth. it appears when she gets involved with somebody emotionally, she tends to lose sight of the surroundings which she's in. >> if you were the lead investigator on this you have a plan for how you would have interrogated joyce mitchell. >> as soon as i found out sufficient about her past, it's easy to put together a scenario.

you want to create a false reality. i really literally would have gone out and found several of the best looking state police officers or investigators from the fbi and brought them into a room and let them woo her a little bit. talk to her, get to know her and interview her and see if she would start spilling beans. if she would have been shown any interest in anyone like this she would have given more information freely. >> she's so susceptible. >> she forgets the last situation and concentrated on the here and now and doesn't identify with where she's at. >> one tidbit is new. she planned to kill her husband. does that sound realistic to you or did they tell her that? >> sounds like we may not have the whole story. i really wonder if that was part of the plan to get her in then

not use her in a loving way, but once she commits one crime for them brings in a tool or lets them use her phone, she is now stuck and can be blackmailed, she can be threatened with violence. she's now committed the crime. she's now involved in a criminal activity. i think maybe that might have been part of this. she may have been more blackmailed than what we know as of right now because of her actions. >> in terms of the manhunt, the local sheriff says about where he believes they are. i'm 51% sure they are gone and 49% they are still there. that doesn't inspire confidence. what does that mean? >> i'm 100% sure they are not in jail. that means they could be anywhere. here is the problem, again. i have been saying this all along. if they had outside help they are going to be a lot further than three miles away.

the problem i have with the way this investigation is being handled is that if there's information they had contact with people or if she had intel saying they were trying to get to a certain point which was seven hours away or five hours away the people need to know this. the local authorities needs to know this. the search should be done in two ways not the last known place. they should start notifying all the places they could have gone. >> aren't they telling the authorities in vermont. what makes you think they are not telling authorities? >> look at the circle where they could have gone there's other places in vermont. i talked to somebody saying do you realize new york is in that seven hour drive? no i didn't think about that. people need to be more aware especially if they have specific knowledge. i'm not sure if they do but if they do and they are with holding that you are hearing

the grumblings which should be a no no. >> the task force should be united. thank you for the information. if you have information on the where abouts contact the u.s. marshalls tip line. 800-336-0102. you can call 911. let's get to chris. >> another big headline two al qaeda leaders taken out. the question is why it matters. we are going to have information on that coming up. we are keeping a close eye on texas, tropical storm bill about to make land fall there. stay with us for continuing coverage.

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so just this morning, al qaeda confirming their number two leader was killed in a u.s. drone strike. nasser al-wahayshi was his name. killed in a u.s. drone strike. supposedly this will change the structure. let's discuss.

bobby, it's good to have you. let's talk about the big name al-wahayshi. sh this is big for the coalition. now he's out. do you believe it and is it significant? >> it's absolutely believable his group confirmed it. they named a successor. it's clear he is dead. this is the biggest strike since osama bin laden. it's a big blow. anytime you can disrupt the top leadership of a group, that is a plus. however, in this case his successor has long been known. they were in jail together. he was in charge of the operations of the group. he was more the leader if you like. it's important from u.s. point of view to send the message, if you plot against the united states you will be taken out. in terms of operational it may

not be that important. >> the metaphor is to take the head of the snake. this is the worm. >> they have learned. we have gotten better at taking out top leadership they have gotten better at the chain after command. >> you have the guy in libya, north africa. this is the war on terror. reported dead and there's a reason for that. >> there's some from the group, he's claimed to have been killed many many times. one of his nicknames is the uncatchable. the nigerian government has been trying to get him for a long time. they don't observe human rights they go after them. they haven't managed to get him yet. it looks like the attack against this particular target was directed at him. the expectation is he's been

killed. the libyan government says he's been killed. we are waiting for 100%. if they have gotten him, it is a big get. it's important to send the message, nobody is ungettable. >> they want to say their leaders have been killed. then we have this man, no picture, but an important bio. this strikes at isis. he wasn't a military type he was on the money side which is just as important. what halved here? >> he ran the oil operation which is crucial to the isis held territory. this is an extraction. the u.s. sent special forces into eastern syria over there to try to get him because he had a lot of intelligence. he had a lot of knowledge. >> what went wrong? >> sounds like he picked up a gun. so they had to kill him. i think the first preference would have been to get him. >> is that success? if he has information and you

put him in a bag, is that success? >> ideally, they would like him in a prison in iraq and interrogating him. it's better that he's dead. there's a disruption element. >> there's a balance, right? they take him out as a target but the enemy calls them a martyr. there's resilience that goes after that. it forwards the victimization that they tell each other. >> it does. on the big picture, it's better. with top leaderships, you are dammed if you do and dammed if you don't. if you take them out, they are martyrs. if you don't take them out, they are uncatchable. that adds to their legend their ability to draw recruited. i am still alive. it adds a certain to these people. >> just put the map up here for a second. look at the red sea as a coordinating point here.

you have the isis guy here the al-wahayshi here and belmokhtar here. it shows how much the reach is with these guys in terms of their threats in just the entire region. itis no longer about one specific country or area or territory. it really is this region fair point? >> absolutely. and within the region these individuals are the groups they control have the ability. they were operating in mali. the group spanned northern africa and subsaharan. if he's got, it's a really big get. probably the most dangerous of all the different elements of al qaeda. isis is slightly different because he was planning direct targets against the u.s. if you remember a couple years

ago, the guy with the bomb in his underwear, tried to blow up a plane over chicago. for years, u.s. intelligence is saying that franchise of al qaeda is the one that represents it greatest danger. >> there were times these places were never on the map. it was all up there. bobby, thank you so much. >> it has already been a tough, rain soaked spring for parts of texas now tropical storm bill bearing down on texas bringing rain and flooding to the lone star state. we are going live to texas where the national weather service expects the storm to make land fall this morning. outperforms a leading allergy pill. most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance flonase controls six. seize the day and the night. new flonase. 6 is greater than 1. this changes everything.

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tropical tomorrow bill about to hit texas. the storm bringing torrential rains and gusty winds. much of the lone star state

under a flash flood watch with the threat of isolated tornadoes there. voluntary evacuations under way in the city of galveston. officials are urging those who cannot leave to hunker down indoors. jennifer gray is live on the ground with the latest. how is the ocean looking behind you? >> reporter: it's looking nasty. you can see the gulf of mexico behind me. we are standing on the seawall, a 17-foot high wall. it protects the city from storm surges and storms like bill. you can see the water behind. this is normally a public beach. the water has come in with tides four and five feet above normal. there's a six to seven foot drop there. the wall is doing its job as it normally does. you were saying there are voluntary evacuations going on. highway 87 to the east of here low lying road. they asked residents to get out. they said emergency crews will

not be able to get to you, so do what you need to do get your things and get out. if it floods we will have big problems. that is the concern with the storms. the flooding we see storms with wind hurricane ike in 2008 did a lot of damage to the galveston area. this is a pier that was damaged. you can see, it's all come back. things are rebuilt here. this storm is going to have a personality of its own. it's going to have the flooding component. the houston area 15 inches of rain. we could see another foot of rain not only in texas, but that stretches into oklahoma up into missouri and points north. this is going to be a huge flooding concern and folks in the houston area and in dallas they say they are ready. they have folks on stand by. if anything is needed when it comes to flooding they will be ready. >> the last thing they want to do is be held by surprise.

we'll check in with you later. 900 leads not helping to catch matt and sweat. they suggested the convicts may have gotten joyce mitchell's help by threatening her. mitchell and richard matt were in a relationship behind bars. pope francis' letter on climate change was released. he blames it on human activity. he calls on people to reduce their environmental impact. in response the vatican says it is a draft and the final version released on thursday. stanley cup in chicago. the blackhawks shutting out the tampa bay lightning, 2-0 in game six to win their third stanley cup in six seasons. it's the first time in 77 years

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spokane's naacp president rachel dolezal is resigning.

she presented herself as african-american for years. her parents revealed she is white. dolezal said in a statement, quote, the dialogue is shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity. i want to bring in live here on set with me ezra. he is rachel's brother. it's a pleasure to meet you. >> pleasure to meet you. >> we have a similarity we are part of an adopted clan of kids. how old were you when you were adopted? >> three. >> rachel was how old? >> 15. >> all of you, except for rachel are adopted siblings all of you are african-american or mixed, correct? tell me about the rival in the family. you probably don't remember because you were an infant. was your relationship a regular family relationship?

>> it was. it was pretty regular. rachel was around until she went to college, then she was only there for the summers. we did get along with her, yes. >> everybody got along? seemed like a regular family. you haven't spoke to rachel in some time. what happened? >> we had disagreements on how she handled certain things like the custody battle of isaiah. >> azaya is one of your brothers adopted as well. she sued to get custody of your adopted brother from your parents? >> yes. she made stories up to actually -- threatened to take them to court over the custody of isaiah to have him as her own son. my parents decided to let rachel have isaiah. to save conflict that would have happened or to try to save the

family, they didn't want to do anything that would cause it so it would not have contact with rachel and her son. >> in the end, isaiah went to live with her and the family doesn't have contact with rachel. >> she cut off the family around 2006. she turned on the family. isaiah is still living with her and she's telling everybody he's her son. >> we heard a lot of things about this. i can't imagine what it was like for you and the family when the story broke. what was the conversation between you and your parents and your siblings? >> we didn't really talk about that that much. it was a gradual thing. we all figured out what was happening. >> when the story broke nationally last week? >> it was really sudden. i was surprised when i heard the entire country knew about it. >> what does it make you feel?

do you think there's an issue? does it bother you she is pretending to be something she is not? >> it's her integrity. it's not that she was pretending she was someone she wasn't. her trying to say she was -- how she is now her entire life and she can relate to people that are different ethnicity. i think that was what she did wrong because growing up she grew up white, in a middle class and she was trying to say she had to deal with racism her entire life. >> she said she was abused. she said she was born in a tepee and lived in south africa. are any of those statements true? >> she's never been to africa her entire life. we lived in africa from 2002 to i think '06. >> it was when she left and graduated and moved on? >> right. she never lived in africa.

>> what do you think this is about? you know your sister why do you think she's lived like this and does it matter to you? >> i think she thought it would help her to get her name out there. when she was in spokane, i think she thought she had to do all this to gain like to gain attention and do what she was wanting to do with her job and everything over there. >> was it about job advancement or she felt a heart of the cause for the african-american struggle? >> i think it was a mix. i think she cared about what she was doing, but went about it the wrong way because, the way she did it was wrong. she has done some good things for fighting against racism and police brutality. >> the naacp was going to hold a rally in spokane and trying to urge her to take a leave of absence. she surprised everybody and resigned. it turned into forgiveness, prayers for your sister, one of

unity. >> do you have space in your heart for unity and forgiveness? >> oh yeah. >> what would you like to say to her? >> the family is not mad at her about this. the only person that really is affected that negatively is her because we are really not upset at her at all. >> how do you feel? >> not upset. i'm not really -- i don't know. >> confused? >> confuse zed about what she was saying the stuff she was saying especially about the family and how she turned black. that was really interesting. >> who is the rachel you know? >> the rachel i know because this has been going on quite a while is how she is today. not the ethnicity change but the -- >> her character. speak to her character. who is the girl you know the big sister? >> for a while, she was always pretty good to actually talk to

and -- >> she gave you good advice? >> yeah. she was good at art and stuff. she was really encouraged us in school and stuff. now, it's a little different. i really haven't talked to her for a while, so. >> how would you like things to turn out for rachel? it sounds as though she's struggling with a sense of herself. we can criticize the integrity and her character and a lot of people are doing that. when you think about it as an individual this is somebody who is struggling with something. what do you want for your sister? >> for her to i guess, just basically to be more honest i guess. and also to stop being so angry at everybody. that would be the main thing. she's had, i don't know some built-in anger for the family

for quite a while. >> we hate to hear that. i imagine how difficult this is to have your family drama on national stage. we all have it. thank you for giving us insight in who you know rachel to be and what you hope for her and the situation. thanks for joining us on "new day." >> thank you. >> i'm sure you have an opinion about it. social media does. tweet us #newdaycnn or face book.com/newday. chris? the 2016 race is not going to be defined by pundits or campaign drama, it is by people like you and wanting solutions. we have the first installment of serieses talking to voters about what really matters. listen to people. what do they have to say? ahead. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel.

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so we keep talking about 2016, but we are talking how many candidates and how much money they have. that's not what it's about. what matters is what do you want and what can the candidates do to win your vote? we are going to start with real people in key battleground states. we started in new hampshire and the famous cafe. it's been the place, through the years all the candidates go there and interrupt people's breakfast like i did. we sat down with two republicans, two democrats and two independents so' what counts. here is what they said. >> when i was reading through the bio of what matters where is it that the left wants to destroy america. where is the stuff about how the

right wants to make sure that the lgbt community has to stay in a stone cave. it seems like you are not saying the same things i am hearing said to me. >> i think the candidates want to address the issues that we care about. that's why they are making themselves so accessible. it's a privilege to be in this state where we get this front row seat to democracy, really. we get to shake hands with candidates once twice, three, four times, really as much as we want to. >> how important is it to shake it by the way. not so much you because you are a giant. when you grab someone's hand you should have a signature on you, you are such a piece of art. when you shake that hand does the grip man, woman, whatever does that matter? >> the important part is i want to hear what you are going to do for this country. i want to hear plans. >> here is my plan. i'm not going to be president obama.

he's terrible he's hurt us. >> i don't want to hear that. tell me three or four steps you are going to do to improve the economy. >> i'm going to make it better -- >> here is how. >> i'm going to get away from taxes, taxes are bad. i'm going to get rid of them everywhere i can and i'm going to make jobs. >> no, you need to elaborate on that. >> why do i want to give you bullet points for you to think about and assess when i can do something that seems, with all due respect, to work better with a cross section of voters which i have at this table, which is to run the other people down. why are ads negative most of the time? because they work. am i right? >> that squares on us. the consultants will keep on doing it until we say, i'm smarter than this we know what you are doing and we are not going to buy it. >> will it sway you? you can't vote for hillary

because we don't know about that e-mail stuff. i will never send an e-mail as president. >> no, it's going to be something. i feel like she's a moving target no matter what she does. >> you think hillary clinton is just a woman running for office or is she running for office on women's issues? >> i think she's just a woman running for office. >> her being a first woman is not enough? >> it's not enough. she could get elected and it doesn't mean the wage gap is going to go away. it doesn't mean women are going to have equality. it means we are going to have a woman president. >> women at this table will vote for hillary or karlie just because they are women? >> no. >> i didn't vote for obama because he was black. >> when they are talking about how they will feel about the supreme court decision on same-sex marriage you are listening. >> yeah. >> that matters? are other people listening to that? >> i have met many people in my

generation that oppose it. i think it's a very important issue, but i also think that as time goes on it's something that will naturally just kind of fall into place. gays should be able to get married. shouldn't be a question. >> we needy versety of candidates. we can't keep re-electing old white men again and again. i'm okay to do it if it's the right old man. >> or career politicians. >> how can you get in from outside on a game that is all about money now. not illegal money. legal money is astro nom cal. >> $13 billion. >> it is something you would never allow in every other aspect of your life. that's politics now. >> it's like how can we as

individual citizens fight something like that with the special interest pouring money into their coffers. even if after seven years, eight years or whatever the term is up -- >> i tell you how. people -- that's what this place is about. if you were to get up in the face of the candidates and say, i'm going to vote for you because you said you are going to do something about the money in this game. if you don't, i'm going to remember it. the only way it changes is if people make it change. >> i have done my bit and stopped contributing. the various pacts asking for money. i have stopped giving money to those particular groups. as far as the money and all this economy, to me it all sounds like the same story over and over again. somebody puts it in a different package and hands it out differently. an issue that is of great importance to me is that my son,

he is biracial but however, he is looked at as a black male. not only am i working three jobs i'm keeping third eye on my son to make sure he's going to make it to college and he's not one of those innocent individuals that is going to just because he's associated with a group of kids he's not going to have a gun put in his face. what are you going to do to protect these children? these, you know minority children that are trying to get a leg up in the world? i don't want to know you know the same issues the same conversation that we are going to have multiple multiple times. i want to know what are you going to do about what we are facing here in america right now. >> wow, what a great cross section of voters there. all engaged and all have different issues. >> understand the reality and have their own realities and own economic realities at home.

>> that's why new hampshire is special. it was a breath of fresh air to hear what matters to people not just the pundits. >> now, we have to get the politicians listen. >> that is tomorrow. part two of the discussion in new hampshire. who is making an impact on voters on the candidate side? is it just the front name runners? the answers will surprise you, i promise you that. we are following a lot of news this morning. the first pictures out of texas, we'll show them to you. good morning, again, everyone. welcome back to your "new day." tropical storm bill bearing down on texas. flash flooding and tornadoes are a threat. take a look at the live satellite picture. this shows it storm barrelling to the coast. >> the area is already soaked. rivers flood. voluntary evacuations are under way in the city of valve ston. a lot of people can't get out of town. they are told to stay indoors and stay in touch, if you can.

storms in galveston forced to close. let's start with cnn meteorologist jennifer gray. jennifer? >> i'm sure you notice a huge difference from now versus 30 minutes. the wind really picked up as well as the rain. we are getting some of the bands start to come through more frequently now. i'm sure the winds are up to 25 to 30 miles per hour with gusts up to 35 at least. so this is beginning. we are going to be in this for the next three, four hours. this storm should be making land fall around 8:00 local time 9:00 eastern. we are on the seawall here in galveston. this actually protects the city from storm surge. it was completed back in the '60s and has done a great job since. galveston was battered by ike in 2008. this is more of a flooding