with gayle, tony and andy. from the broadcast center in new from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm mola lenghi. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, july 11th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." the gulf coast gears up for what could become hurricane barry. we're tracking the system and the threat for flooding rain, howling winds, and dangerous storm surge. mass immigration arrests. a new report says thousands of undocumented family members will be targeted in a weekend raid. and parade of champions. megan rapinoe's message to america as team usa celebrates winning the world cup. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news

headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, the weather system in the gulf of mexico this morning could strengthen into the first hurricane of the storm season as early as tomorrow. flash flood warnings are in effect from texas to florida as residents prepare for high winds and dangerous flooding. marc liverman is here in new york. marc, how much of a threat is this going to be? >> good morning, anne-marie. still too early to say how and where things will be impacted. one thing is for sure. the storm soon to be named barry is going to take a big toll. storm watches and warnings are now in place in states along the gulf of mexico. >> the entire coastal area of louisiana is at play. >> a large storm system is brewing over the gulf of mexico. this weekend it's expected to develop into hurricane barry, the first of the 2019 season. on wednesday new orleans got a

possible preview of what's to come, an extensive downpour that caused flooding in just three hours. >> pretty crazy. i'm going to book the next flight back to australia. >> the storm is coming at a time when the mississippi is flowing at twice its level. the army corps of engineers says it will overtop the levee in some overlying areas. >> mandatory evacuation orders are being posted in louisiana's coastal areas. >> every time it rains hard or we get a south wind, you're going to get a flood. >> new orleans officials say they're as prepared as much as they can be. 128 drainage pumps are currently operational and ready to be put to work if needed. and new orleans officials have asked residents to keep at least three days of supplies on hand

and keep the neighborhood storm drains clear so water can be moved quickly. the last time they had a hurricane hit like this was hurricane al ma in 1963. anne-marie? >> marc liverman in new york. thank you, mark. this morning a hurricane watch is posted for much of the louisiana coast. chief meteorologist scott padgett of our station shows us where the storm is expected to hit. >> good morning. when you look at possible storms, you look at the area of least resistant. there's a big area of high pressure in the southwest in the u.s. and this system is right in between it feeding off sea temperatures of 84 to 86 degrees. latetoday tropicalstorm bay wild about 45 miles per hour and be on a due west track. but going through thursday night into the day on friday will turn more westward as high pressure starts to build back. then going through friday night into saturday, possibly moving

onshore in south central louisiana and continuing as a tropical storm saturday into sunday before downgrading. the other big story, rain. a lot of rain expected with barry. you can see we can have anywhere from 5 to 10 to even 20 inches of rain in louisiana, mississippi, and even parts of ark as the storm makes its way to the north. scott padgett, cbs news. i.c.e. officials will carry out raids as early as this weekend. the raids will continue sunday and continue over the course of multiple days. at least 2,000 immigrants will be targeted in at least ten major cities. they were deported but remain in the country illegally. last month president trump postponed the mass roundups after the date was leaked. and a young mother whose child died after they were released from a detention center has filed a multi-million-dollar

lawsuit blaming the facility. testifying before a house panel yesterday, the guatamalan woman said her daughter died due to inadequate treatment while at the medical center. >> translator: the world should know what is happening to so many children inside these i.c.e. detention facilities. >> her testimony comes a week after the inspector general of homeland security released a report citing overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at migrant detention centers. there was a claim by a 15-year-old girl who said she was molested by a border patrol agent while she was in yuma, arizona. labor secretary alex acosta is being called to resign. acosta was a u.s. attorney in south florida at the time and said the plea deal was the best he could get. >> he needed to go to jail.

>> reporter: for almost an hour, labor secretary alex acosta defended his actions. as u.s. attorney in miami when he oversaw the controversial plea deal with convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. >> we did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. >> reporter: alex acosta says the state charges would have meant epstein would get off. it led to a watered down jail sentence of 13 months. >> there's a value to a short guilty plea because letting him walk, letting what the state attorney was ready to do, go forward, would have been absolutely awful. >> reporter: epstein's alleged victims were not informed of the plea or even consulted. the federal judge ruled the deal violates the ryes of the victims. on monday the 66-year-old multi-millionaire pleaded not

guilty in new york to new charges of sex trafficking of dozens of minor girls. reports say he recruited the young women to his homes in palm beach and new york. this week more women have come forward to say he abused them. this woman said she was 15. >> did jeffrey epstein rape you? >> yes, he raped me, forcefully raped me. >> acosta was asked if the victims were owed an apology. >> these victims were traumatized. w can't begin to understand what they went through, and they look at this and say, but why. and so you always look back and say what if. >> reporter: acosta's answers did not satisfy those asking him to step down. >> nothing justifies his misconduct, changes the very death.

he must go, he must resign. >> meanwhile barry krischer said the u.s. attorney's office always had the ability to file its own federal charges. krischer said a lengthy indictment was prepared but abanaf sret negotiations between acosta's and epstein's lawyers. overseas there are new tensions after iran apparently tried to stop a british oil tanker. three of its ships tried to stop the ship in the strait of hormuz. britain claims iran only backed down after verbal warnings from a uk navy vessel. the iranian national guard denied the allegations. iran said if it had seized orders to seize any ships, it would have done so immediately. this comes almost a week after a british ship seized an iranian tanger claiming iran was violating sanctions by taking oil to syria. yesterday iran's president warned britain would face

consequences over the seizure. and it was deja vu for members ofhewomen's national soccer team. they celebrated a second consecutive win with a ticker tape parade in new york city. yesterday thousands of fans cheered the team which is also fighting for equal pay. co-captain megan rapinoe called for unity. >> we have pink hair and purple lair, we got white girls and black girls and everything in between, straight girls and gay girls. hey! we have to be better we have to love more, hate less. >> the players are headed to california after the parade to attend the espy where they won best team trophy, and alec morgan won best female athlete. so coming up on the "morning news," a close call in arizona after a car collides with a large cactus. and a grim discovery in the search for a kentucky woman

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a prickly situation in tucson, arizona. part of a giant cactus went through a car's windshield. authorities say a car was crossing the median yesterday when he hit the cactus. there were no serious injuries. police say the driver was arrested after they saw signs that he was impaired. a wild fare and serious allegations and new developments in the search for your a missing kentucky mother. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. cbs lexington affiliate wkyt reports human remains were found at a property connected to a missing mother of four. she was last seen january 4th. that's when she left a bar with a group of men to go to a home. the property where the woman was

discovered was her last known location. it's about 40 miles from the bar. the property belongs to family of a man being questioned in the case, and no one is currently in custody. "the salt lake tribune" reports the man accused of killing university of utah student mackenzie lueck has been charged with aggravated murder 31-year-old alou roy aja hue faces a possible death penalty if convicted. lueck disappeared last month. she was hit with blunt for trauma to the head and she was bound with zip ties and rope. she was found about 85 miles south of salt lake city. and "the wall street journal" reports pacific gas and electric knew for euros that hundreds of miles of aging power lines could spark wildfires and did not fix them. documents obtained by the journal showed that dozens of old steel towers, equipment, and power lines needed to be replaced.

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diane king hall is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, diane. >> good morning, anne-marie. federal reserve chair jerome powell will return to a second day of congressional testimony today. yesterday stocks paired gains but ended higher as the fed chief himmed eight a rate cut ahead. the dow rose 76 points, the s&p 500 gained 13 points, and the nasdaq added 60 points, closing at a record high. flower foods, one of the nation's largest producers of packaged bakery goods is voluntarily recalling more than 50 bread products including hot dog and hamburger buns. the items may contain pieces of plastic. brands being recalled include erread.taed7 e, no injs port anilgovern andrew e g wochons a

no illegal to payom less based on factors such as gender identity, race, or religion. and forbes is out with its annual ranking of its 100 highest paid celebrities for 2019. topping the list released yesterday, taylor swift raking in $185 million. she was helped along by her reputation tour, grossing over $266 million, making it the highest grossing tour ever. kylie jenner ranked second at $170 million. conway west, soccer player lionel messi, and singer ed sheeran round out the top five. >> i know a lot of people were surprised beyonce wasn't on the list, but wait until next year. >> the beehive. hopefully she doesn't come for swifty fans. >> i forgot. dwelling fan groups. you're right. diane king hall at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, diane that you've got it.

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last night some of the biggest names in sports were in los angeles for the espys awards. as we told you earlier, the u.s. women's soccer team's forward alec morgan won the award for best female athlete. and it took a moment to announce the name of the best male athlete. >> and the espy goes to -- giannis antetokounmpo. >> the milwaukee bucks player added the espy to his recently won nba mvp award. and the number one draft pick duke's zion williamson won for best college athlete. coming up on "cbs this morning" we talk with tom steyer in his first national tv interview since he announced he's seeking the presidential nomination for president. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." running for president. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news."

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announcer: early intervention can make a lifetime of difference. learn the signs at autismspeaks.org. our top stories this morning, people along parts of the gulf coast are bracing for what could become the first hurricane of 2019. dangerous storm surge is expected in portions of louisiana where a hurricane watch is in effect. yesterday new orleans was hit by flash floods, dumping about 8 inches of rain in just three hours. and "the new york times" says i.c.e. agents will carry p out nationwide raids to arrest thousands of undocumented immigrants. the raids will begin early this weekend. at least 2,000 immigrants are expected to be targeted in at least ten major cities. in medical news, researchers in new york are testing new

migraine drugs. they appear to be effective without the side effects of current medications. tom hanson has details. >> reporter: donna esterine has suffered from debilitating migraines for years. >> it's like a sharp pain usually right up here, my forehead, my eyes. >> reporter: the 48-year-old mother of two says she's missed family time and work to try to cope. >> i would take a lot of sick days only because i couldn't take it. i would have to be home lying down. >> reporter: she took migraine medications known as triptans, but they made her feel nauseous. then she tried a new drug. it belongs to a new generation of drugs that targets migraine molecules. >> there hasn't been a new mechanism for the acute treatment of migraines that's come on the market since the early '90s. >> reporter: new england's journal of medicine says it

reduces pain and nausea including light sensitivity. this doctor led the study which was sponsored by the drug company. the research looked at more than 1,000 men and women treating mooed rat to severe pain. >> people who have side effects to triptans, people who don't respond to triptans, people who have contra vascular indications to triptans will be the ideal for the drug. >> reporter: donna says she's finally getting relief for her migraines. >> it goes away so much faster, and i don't have any side effects. >> reporter: allowing her to get back to life. tom hanson, cbs news, bronx, new york. coming up on "cbs this morning," more on an in vitro fertilization mixup. we'll hear from a couple whose embryo was involved in a mishap that's at the center of a lawsuit. plus in our series "the road to 2020," we talk with tom

steyer in his first national interview nce announced dem nomination for president. and a broadcast exclusive from amazon as the online retailer makes an announcement involved tens of thousands of its workers. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

as we take a live look at the idge, e the top of the bridge. it is thursday to 11 time kenny choi.

>> i'm anne makovec. it is time to get a quick check of the weather forecast. good morning. we are starting off with clouds and areas of fog. as we head through the afternoon, temperatures warm up, especially inland. we continue the warming trend through the rest of the work weekend. here's a live look at san jose. 62 degrees. 60 in concord. livermore the upper 50s and temper the scope. mid-fifties for rosa. it is a mild start. heading to the afternoon for the coast, the mid-sixties with the sunny skies. we see the sun for most of us. for the bay plenty of sunshine and breezy in the mid to upper 60s and low 70s in inland locations, the mid to upper 80s to about