have a good one. happening now in america this morning, flood disaster. more than 40 inches of rain swamping texas. the second thousand year storm in two years. homes and highways underwater. cars and trucks abandoned. more than 1,000 people rescued. and the rain still falling. we take you to the areas hit the hardest. new details about the mysterious whistle-blower complaint concerning a promise president trump reportedly made to a foreign leader. the country it involved and this morning, the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani, on the attack. what he's confirming about former vice president joe biden. the alarming new report about the bird population. what's to blame for the massive plus the company that makes

oxycontin facing thousands of lawsuits and bankruptcy now wants to hand out bonuses. the area 51 invasion beginning now. we take you to the nevada desert. what authorities are expecting. and from president trump's pocket cash to this black panther roaming the rooftops to a mister rogers halloween costume raising eyebrows. all your trending stories for this friday morning. and good friday morning, everyone. i'm mona kosar abdi in for janai norman. >> i'm kenneth moton. we begin with the flood disaster in eastern texas where more than 40 inches of rain fell in some areas and it's still raining. >> new images coming in including this dramatic scene. all those cars and trucks abandoned by their owners on this flooded highway near houston. new video shows the floodwaters rising up to the mailboxes in this neighborhood. the governor has declared a

disaster in 13 counties. some people have been stranded since early yesterday. >> even guests at this hotel had to escape water pouring into the lobby. abc's elizabeth hur has more on the historic conditions. elizabeth, good morning. od morning to you.th and mona, yes, more than 9 inches of rain has fallen in one day in houston setting a new record there and as you mentioned, in other parts of texas, they're measuring the rainfall not in inches but in feet and it's not over yet. first responders racing to save lives in texas where today more rain could drench areas already underwater. >> these people have been standing around for hours now. it looks like it's going to be a while longer. >> reporter: torrential rain from what was tropical storm imelda overtaking roads and highways trapping and stranding so many drivers. >> i'm stuck in the beaumont area for 15, 16 hours. >> everybody was like get out the car, it's about to get higher. you can't do nothing about it.

>> reporter: in harris county officials say mourire theopl have nsere so treacherous authorities confirming one driver did not survive. >> we always tell folks turn around, don't drown. in this case it seems like he didn't heed that warning and continued to drive through it according to witnesses. water up to mailboxes and others forced to wade through chest high water to get to higher ground. >> it's been relentless and we can't escape. it's like we're on an island. >> the deluge a devastating blow for homeowners hit hard by hurricane harvey two years ago and now their homes flooded again. some with four to five feet of water. >> two years ago everyone on this street did. do you have the energy to do it again? >> no. >> this weather event was so severe it is being called a thousand year flood and the last time texas saw one of these monster storms it was two years ago with hurricane harvey.

kenneth. >> both storms devastating. elizabeth, thank you. we turn now to washington and new details about the mysterious complaint from a whistle-blower triggered by a promise president trump allegedly made to a foreign leader. sources now say the call involved ukraine. details of the conversation remain unclear but the director of national intelligence has refused to allow the inspector general to share the complaint with congress as required by law. house democrats are already looking into reports that the president's attorney, rudy giuliani, was trying to pressure ukraine to investigate a possible business dealing related to former vice president joe biden and his son in that country. last night giuliani offered conflicting answers on cnn. >> you did ask ukraine to look into joe biden. >> of course, i did. >> you just said you didn't. >> no, i didn't ask him to look into joe biden. i asked him to look into the allegations which related to my client which tangential tally involve joe biden. >> but just be careful about what you say. >> i am careful. >> you said no.

>> i didn't -- >> then you went on to say you did. >> the director of national intelligence is set to testify at a public hearing next week. democrats are demanding answers. a new jersey man is charged with helping a terror group backed by iran. investigators say he scouted dozens of high-profile locations for possible attacks including sites in new york, washington and boston. this morning, an american man is under arrest accused of working with an iranian-backed terror group scouting locates in the u.s. to attack. authorities say his targets were crowded and iconic landmarks including times square and major airports and brilgs. 42-year-old alexei saab has been arrested on terrorism charges for allegedly supporting hezbollah. >> hezbollah is a terrorist organization that is controlled and funded by iran. they're across the world. they've been associated or involved in a number of attacks. >> reporter: investigators say saab was living in new jersey and entered the u.s. in 2000.

applied for citizenship in 2005 and became a naturalized citizen three years later. authorities say he made ten trips to lebanon in the past two decades receiving extensive weapons training on ak-47s and m-16s and learning to make explosives. court documents show drawings allegedly he made of bombs. the fbi recovered photos and videos from his devices that agents say depict his potential targets including fenway park and the u.s. capitol in washington. >> this strikes me as somebody that's firmly in place, committed to hezbollah and providing them specific information to potentially launch an attack, perhaps in the near future. >> prosecutors say the suspect confessed that he was paid $20,000 to marry someone he hardly knew and gain her citizenship. officials say that fraudulent marriage is what led to his initial arrest. president trump's expected to hold a national security meeting today to discuss iran and how to respond to the recent attack on saudi arabia's oil

industry. pentagon officials are expected to present him with potential military options despite rising tensions, iran says its leaders have now received visas to visit new york next week but the u.n. general assembly. justin trudeau has faced voters for the first time since his blackface scandal erupted. three examples have now surfaced showing trudeau with his skin darkened. he's apologized and admits he failed to understand how offensive it was. he faces an election next month. he took voters' questions last night. >> you were questioned about how many times you have appeared in blackface or brownface. i'll make it easy. is it possible to round to the nearest five. >> i'm not going to make light of the situation. what i did was inexcusable and wrong and hurt a lot of people that considered me to be an ally. >> trudeau's main opponent says the scandal is evidence that he is not fit for office. but his party is standing behind him.

just days after filing for bankruptcy purdue pharma reportedly wants to shell out $34 million in bonuses company. the drug company is facing thousands of lawsuits in connection with the opioid crisis. "the washington post" reports despite the legal trouble purdue has asked a judge for permission to pay the bonuses to certain employees. critics say the $34 million should go to victims of the opioid crisis instead. time for a look at your weather for this friday morning. >> good morning. as we go through friday eastern texas will still be dealing with some rainfall. spotty showers and thunderstorms will still be numerous out there and some spots could pick up another one to two inches of rain. things will die down in the weekend but this is not good news because we've had more than 40 inches of rain, especially for areas just to the east of houston. and in the tropics there's still a lot more activity. we're also following hurricane jerry as it works through the atlantic. for accuweather i'm meteorologist melissa constanzer.

coming up, why students across the country are planning to walk out of class today. also, the shocking report on the number of birds that are dying. billions of them in recent decades. the role that house cats have played. but first what we're learning about a delta air lines flight that dropped 30,000 feet

we're back with a plane crash at a busy shopping plaza in southern california. that cessna crashed into the roof of the building less than a mile from the torrance airport. one man on board was killed. the cause of the crash is under investigation. and we're learning more about that terrifying moment on

a delta air lines flight that plummeted 30,000 feet in just 8 minutes. the flight was headed from atlanta to ft. lauderdale when the plane started using altitude. the oxygen masks then deployed. some passengers started texting their loved ones fearing the worst. >> i was losing it because you really just didn't understand what was going on. it was so scary. >> it's very scary in the cabin but the pilots just don't have time at that initial point. each of those oxygen masks provides about ten minutes of useful oxygen meaning that the pilots have a very short amount of time to get the airplane down to a lower altitude. >> delta says the flight crew got a warning about something irregular with cabin pressure. they had to quickly lower the plane to 10,000 feet where oxygen masks are no longer needed. the airline is now investigating the problem. a big announcement from one of the nation's biggest gunmakers. colt is suspending production of

its ar-15 rifle and other rifles for the general public and says it's committed to the second amendment but says there are enough rifles already on the market. the ar-15 has been used in several recent mass shootings. colt will still make them for the military and for police. students around the world are skipping classes today to demand action on climate change. hundreds of thousands of students are expected to participate in the so-called climate strikes. it comes three days before the united nations climate change summit. some dire news about the bird population. a new study warns the united states and canada have lost 29% of their bird population since 1970. that includes some of the most common birds like sparrows and finches. scientists say human development, pesticides and climate change have played a role. domestic cats get the blame as well. they kill an estimated 2.4 billion birds every year. speaking of cats, coming up, a wild sight. a black panther lurking on a rooftop. also it's finally arrived. we take you to area 51 for the big internet joke turned festival. what authorities are expecting

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quit smoking slow turkey. talk to your doctor about chantix. we're back with a black panther sighting in a very unusual place, and i'm not talking about the comic book character. this cat was on a roof in a residential neighborhood in france. >> police say it was being kept as a pet and escaped while its owner was on vacation. no one was hurt. we turn now to the invasion of area 51 this weekend. >> the visitors descending on the nevada desert are earthlings and not extraterrestrials and they have come from around the world for an event that started as a facebook joke. ♪ in nevada's dusty desert the stage is set for an invasion. >> hopefully i capture some aliens. >> people have come from as far away as france camping just miles from area 51, the legendary classified base that

believers say is home to aliens. >> i get here and it's just phenomenal, the people that i see. >> the base has been getting a galaxy of attention since june when matty roberts started a joke facebook page called storm area 51, they can't stop all of us calling on people to raid the base today, september 20th. 2 million people rsvp'd prompting a warning from the military which said, quote, the u.s. air force always stands ready to protect america and its asset. >> all right, beatrice, there was no alien. >> reporter: fbi agents even showed up at robert's door. >> i was absolutely terrified. i didn't even know they were fbi agents until they presented their badges. >> reporter: after all the attention roberts decided to turn the area 51 raid into a music festival moving it to nearby rachel, nevada, a town with a population of 54 and 1 >> you need everything. you need everything that a small city has including a small hospital.

>> reporter: roberts ended up canceling because of the logistical nightmare but despite getting a cease and desist letter his former partner isn't budging insisting the -- >> the securitisere and most importantly, people are here. >> reporter: for the believers, preparing for whatever may come this weekend. >> i got 60 beers, i got about 8 gallons of gas. >> i'm hoping we'll see some stuff out there. >> i'm expecting to go out in the desert and fall asleep if nothing is going out. >> now most people camping out say they have no intention of actually storming area 51. the faa closed airspace in the area this weekend to keep personal drones from flying. investigators in new jersey are expanding their search for a girl reportedly kidnapped at a playground. 5-year-old dulce alavez was last seen at a park monday. her mother, who was sitting in a car nearby, says a man lured her daughter from the swings to a red van. police say they have no clues after days of searching. >> we are not excluding any other lead, any other

information, any other person, any other car, any other description of anyone. >> so where did they get the story about the red van? there's no red van and there's no man, who is it? find some kind of resolution to this problem because this is a real serious problem. >> investigators returned to the family's home yesterday to question relatives. a $20,000 reward is being offered in the case. now in sports, pittsburgh pirate star felipe vazquez could be deported if he's convicted on sex crime charges. authorities say the 28-year-old pitcher admitted to a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old. immigration officials say if vazquez ends up going to prison, he could be sent to his native venezuela when he's released. football star antonio brown did not address the sexual assault allegations against him while speaking out for the first time since joining the patriots. brown met with reporters and declined to say if he's heard from the nfl about his former trainer's assault claims. brown denies her allegations but he limited his comments thursday

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at san jose state. the gunfire comes within inches of hitting at least one student. and a south bay high school is under tightened security after police are tipped off to a shooting threat. happening today, a global student strike against climate change. thousands of students in the bay area are taking part. good morning. the best news of the day is that it's friday and liz with us. >> hi, everyone. >> it's september 20th. >> mike? >> yes. >> how is the weather? >> it's warm. it will be hotter next week. let's focus in on the good news for this weekend. heading out this morning, a

crisp, clear, clean autumn morning with 48 right now at half moon bay for the school spot. 60 in san francisco. 63 in san rafael and 65 for the warm spots. let's see where we end up during the afternoon hours. low to mid 70s from half moon bay, san francisco, richmond. 79 at san mateo. everyone else in the low to mid 80s. upper 80s to a few 90s showing up inland. we'll look at your day planner coming up next. here is sue. >> road work on the golden gate bridge. that barrier work, down to one lane in the southbound direction. just a couple of cars coming through. not seeing many delays. you will be down to about 25 to 30 miles per hour. on the san mateo bridge, looking good here for a 12-minute drive from the toll plaza westbound across the causeway and up the high rise over towards foster city. a terrible situation out of tracy due to road work. we'll give you some drive times

in a minute. >> thanks. >> developing news in san jose, police are still searching for the gunman who opened fire at san jose state almost hitting a student. >> it left the library and a parking garage riddled with bullet holes. jobina fortson joins us with more. good morning. >> good morning. bullets were going through the seventh and eighth floors through the windows. garrett bruner, a freshman was studying on the eighth floor and had a bullet pass over his head. he shared this photo of the damage inside the library. he said he head several gunshots but didn't stick around to see where they came from. san jose police say multiple rounds were fired hitting the library and the garage across the street. it he had been a little further down, he believes he would have

been hit. listen to what he experienced as soon as the gunfire started. >> i see the huge hole in the glass above my head. i realize there's glass all over me. i realize there's glass on the desk. there's glass on the floor. we all just duck and drop down. >> neighbors say they did not -- >> all right. we'll get back to jobina fortson on the latest with that story. >> grad that student is okay. it is 4:30. if you're just joining us, a quick update of weather and traffic where you live. >> hi, guys. some fog developing around novato. we'll keep an eye on that. here's how it looks in san rafael.