around. >> julie banderas is up next for the fox report at the top of the news. we'll see you tomorrow. the field of presidential contenders growing. and today, it's a democrat jumping into the race. i'm julie bandar ras. this is the fox report. martin o'malley now in the running for the democratic nomination. o'malley spoke in front of hundreds of supporters in baltimore. first serving as a city councilman and later six years as mayor. he spoke about more opportunities for all americans and promised to be leadership for a new generation. he even took a veiled jab at the current front runner hillary

clinton. the presidency isn't between two royal families it is a sacred trust to be exercised on behalf of the people of these united states. the only way we are going to rebuild the american dream is if we re-take control of our own american government! >> hillary clinton congratulated him on entering the race on twitter, tweeting this, welcome to the race, governor o'malley. looking forward to discussing strong families and communities, h. ed henry is live. he jumps in as a distant underdog against hillary clinton. he has a lot of ground to cover, especially in the early voting states like iowa. >> that was a veiled shot at the jeb bush. but before he can think about a general election matchup, he has

his work cut out for him in the democratic primaries. he's even trailing the democratic socialist senator bernie sanders. what he's been trying to do is carve out space from the left go after the elizabeth warren wing of the party move to the left of clinton on trade and immigration. she's been snuffing some of that out by flip-flopping on issues moving to the left herself. he quickly went to iowa where the real clear politicking polls shows martin o'malley at just barely 2%. so he does have to get moving. and he quickly said that he's going to offer an alternative to hillary clinton. listen. >> i believe if a bank is too big to fail without wrecking our national economy then it's too damn big, and we should break it up before it breaks us. i'll let secretary clinton speak to her policies. >> you heard him talking about

breaking down on fat cats on wall streets. one problem for him is he endorsed hillary clinton in 2008. so he's got a lot of work to carve out how he's going to be an alternative. >> and he used baltimore as the launching pad, but he has a mixed legacy and has received a lot of criticism for the problems that city has. >> his critics says he taxed the city too much and as governor of the state of maryland. there were dozens of protesters here who were basically shouting at him, calling him a liar saying that some of his policing policies zero-tolerance policing policy for example, had led to too many arrests here in baltimore and some charge led to the death of freddie gray. he's obviously rejected that but political analysts are saying this whole situation with the riots has really complicated

o'malley's legacy listen. >> the problem for him, of course is that his biggest resume is smoldering right now and was recently in actual complete flames in baltimore. so i think that that's going to be a big problem for him. >> so he's pitching himself as a younger, more liberal alternative to hillary clinton. but take a look at these numbers. he's almost 20 years younger than clinton but trailing her by almost 50 points right now. this is an uphill battle. >> ed henry, thank you very much. >> of course there will be plenty more 2016 talk when republican presidential candidate carly fiorina talks to chris wallace. it's a fox news sunday exclusive. check your local listings. meanwhile two dozen counties in texas under a state of emergency after severe rains caused flooding there and parts of the state are bracing for more severe weather. others have been evacuated until

further notice. the storms blamed so far for 26 deaths in the state and as many as 11 people remain missing. late friday president obama signed a disaster declaration to give the state federal aid for relief efforts. will carr is live with the latest in dallas. what kind of weather have you had today? >> reporter: well good evening. it's sunny out right now. but the national weather service says the trinity river should crest tomorrow. but it's plenty swollen right now. take a look. it has cut off the access road that we're standing on. about 20 feet from where i am, you can see the stop sign. the water has almost risen all the way up to the sign. as you push your way left i want to point out the trees in the distance there. those trees are normally on the bank of the river, not touched by the water. today they are swarmed by water. we have a map of what the trinity river looks like on a normal day. in that map you can see green on

both sides of it. there's no green today. the river looks like a stream. there's water everywhere. this is an area where high waters have closed-loop 12 at i-30. that's normally a very heavy traffic area. some drivers had to abandon cars in snarled traffic. we saw cars submerged. to our south there were mandatory evacuations in the cities of wharton and rosenburg where rivers are rising. ra a foot of water is enough to cause cars to float away which is a dangerous situation for people in those areas evacuated. >> this is all i have left. if i lose everything inside it i doesn't know what i'm going to do. i can't believe this is actually happening on my street. >> reporter: this has been historic rainfall. the national weather service tells us for the month of may, there have been 35 trillion gallons of rain 35 trillion with a "t".

president obama issued disaster declarations for several counties. it's sunny here supposed to be sunny for the next couple days but down south, one of the counties that had the disaster declaration is harris county. one representative i spoke to said they are a resilient bunch but will take all the help that they can get. >> 11 people are still missing. how is the search going? >> reporter: that's right. as the number of missing has gone down over the past couple of days the body count has risen. like you mentioned, 11 people still missing. 26 people have been killed by these storms over the past week. and one, we know was identified yesterday, 6-year-old andrew mccomb. he and his family were inside their cabben last weekend when the floodwaters hit the cabin. his dad survived. his mother and sister are still missing. a tragic example of how

dangerous this has been. >> absolutely tragic. thank you so much. forecasters in the meantime say the storms in texas already set new rainfall records and now new flash flood warnings are in effect in some areas. and janice dean is keeping an eye on all this. >> drier weather for the dwlas area. but you move southward around austin and houston where we have flash flooding occurring right now. we also have the threat for severe thunderstorms. severe thunderstorm watch in effect for the next several hours. look at that. north and east of lufkin looks like we have a tornado warning. so hail damaging winds and isolated storms possible as this slow-moving cold front leaves the potential for more flooding rainfall across texas well as portions of the midwest and the upper mississippi river valley. as you can see, there are tlood advisories. look at where we are seeing the maroons here.

those are flash flood warnings meaning flooding is youring right now around the as youustin air it yeah and houston area. this region typically sees a couple inches of rain a month. so this has been ongoing, a tragic situation, for not only texas but parts of oklahoma as well as arkansas where we have reached new may rainfall records, and in some cases surpassed the total that we typically see all month. so rainiest month on record for parting of arkansas fort smith, wichita falls texas. and oklahoma city. as we move through time sunday into monday, the rain moves eastward drying out conditions for the southern plains. texas, oklahoma and arkansas. and looking at the next seven days again we'll see the threat for flooding move eastward areas that need to see the rain towards the northeast, but we will see drier conditions for texas. here's dallas texas over the

next five to seven day, good news here as we head through the new workweek and into june. but right now we are watching central and southern texas for the risk of flooding again, right now as we speak. back to you. >> janice dean thank you so much. right now, people hurt after a bus overturned on a major highway. why officials say it could have been so much worse. and a burst of anger playing bingo! put your hand over your heart. is it beating? good!

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former green beret, steven florich. >> my son's life and blood is no different than any other's. he should not be in a special katz gore. he deserves a ground burial. and he gave all for it. >> he left behind his wife who was seven months pregnant. she says some day she wants to be able to take their child to his grave. so far, the army continues to stand firm and deny his burial in arlington. >> what a sad story. do you think thomas florich should be buried at arlington or should the ruling stand? a puppy poaching caught on camera. two suspects walk out of a rescue shelter, taking an adorable puppy with them. we'll have details. one world trade center officially opens its observatory

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the new world trade center observatory now open to visitors. it is the finishing touch as new york city reclaims its skyline. with sweeping views and state-of-the-art technology the observatory is nothing short of spectacular. rick leventhal has more from one world trade center. >> reporter: you would expect spectacular views from the top of the tallest building in the western hemisphere. the one world trade observatory does not disappoint. it offers a 360 degree panorama

from the top three floors 1250 feet in the sky, overlooking the statue of liberty, the brooklyn bridge and empire state building. some say you can even see the curvature of the earth. >> i have no scientific proof of that but sometimes on a really beautiful day up hearre you can get an idea that the earth is round, not flat. >> reporter: dave runs legends, but earned the contract for the observatory. the lead designer for universal theme park. that's how you end up with this amazing tour that is so much more than an elevator ride and a look out. >> reporter: it begins with airport-style security and a welcome center highlighting the state or country where you bought your ticket. there's a hall filled with voices of men and women who built one world trade. the ride to the top is among the world's fastest, 102 stories in

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