police department tweeted officers are being hit with rocks and bottles. we continue to support free peace but agtators s s will be under orders for arrest. >> reporter: there is frustration and concern on both sides after another difficult 24 hours. protesters and police in full riot gear squard ed off again overnight in ferguson. officer stepping up their presence and intensity after protesters threw rocks and other items. activists groups called for civil disobedience across the country. they shut down i 70 west of st. loheuis. 60 or more were arrested. dozens more were taken into

custody during a protest downtown at the federal court house and supporters gathered in other cities throughout the day. >> i'm troubled by the continued violence and over reach against people protesting, against people exercising their rights. >> reporter: the protests, were, for the most part, peaceful tuesday, after a gun battle that ended after they apprehended tireece after they say he opened fire on undercover officers. in the wake of that violence, county leaders declared a state of emergency. >> around last year, we saw a city burn and we are not going to see that again. i'm taking every measure possible to avoid that scenario. >> reporter: in a community still on edge right now. the state of emergency provided more officers on the front lines

of the protests. officials say it will continue and that stepped up presence will continue for as long as they believe it's necessary. that's the latest live here in ferguson. well, late last night, a new sign that a big name presidential candidate could be throwing in the towel. and no, it's not donald trump. jimmy fallon has this covered. >> yesterday i called megyn kelly personally to not apologize when i said blood was coming out of her wherever, i obviously meant nose and ears. if your think i'm talk about something else, you're a deviant. i was not referring to hormones or menstruation, period. >> trump may be leading in the poles but a huge conservative group is giving him the snub.

they're giving their money to ted cruz, rand paul, scott walker and jeb bush. and more on the hillary clinton email scandal. they have confirmed that she has certified under penalty of perjury that she how now turned over all of her emails during her time as secretary of state. and perry, signs his presidential campaign may soon be over? >> reporter: there are reports this morning that he has stopped paying staffers as his funding has all but dried up. but it's not all bad news for the underdogs this morning. he's supposed to be ethe underdog, an after thought, but bernie sanders packed an arena a day after drawing a biggest crowd of any 2016 kand candidate.

front runner hillary clinton is taking aim at republicans. >> the other side is pretty entertaining from time to time when they're not insulting and offending people. >> reporter: but she didn't save the criticism for donald trump. >> i can't win this race but together we can win this race. [ applause ] >> reporter: carly fiorina. >> the underdog to come out stronger -- >> reporter: unlike perry. there's no good way of spinning th 'is. this is bad news for rick perry. and this morning, the epa is racing to contain that toxic spill in colorado, which the

agency actually caused. at least 3 million gallons of toxic waist have turned it into a yellow -- look at that. the color though is slowly fading but the pollution is making its way past communities and into other states. many living nearby say they're frustrated and upset. >> i have a place in the valley now too. i live about 100 yards away from the river. >> the waste water contains led levels 3500 times higher than normal. and they indicate little danger to fish and wildlife, the tests. and not getting enough sleep. they say two of every ten air traffic controllers reported be

sleeping on the job. most say they get less than six hours of sleep. and one incident at ronald regan saw controllers asleep and not answering calls. >> the tower is apparently unmanned. called on the phones and nobody's answering. so, the aircraft went in uncontrolled uncontrolled. >> and a plane used a wrong runway and the air traffic controller failed to notice it crashed killing those on board. and a tornado flying over and un in front of a car. the van was pulled down the road where it got stuck between trees p. a woman can be seen on the right side of your screen. she was tossed there by strong winds and reportedly suffered serious injuries. although, the time stamp on the

video reads 2014, we have confirmed it was film this past sunday when ti yphoon soudelor. tore through. >> and that shows the power of a tornado and we say to stay inside. we do have a very active radar this morning. and that will be the focus along with this cold front. so, we're looking at showers and thunderstorms coming down i 95 area and that will continue, not only for the morning commute but unfortunately into the evening commute as well. heat index, heat advisories from the southern u.s. down to the gulf states. and feels like in houston today, 111.

so, another scorcher. and elsewhere across the country, muggy along the east, 78 for the high in chicago. that's a look at your national weather, now a look at your weather closer to home. the storms will continue not only this morning up and down the east coast, but for the morning commute also. it feels pretty good by the great lakes. temperatures in the 70ss. and that's a look at your tuesday forecast, betty. >> 111 near houston. unbelievable. i don't miss those days. well a southern california police chase that takes place in the air, not on a highway. and a hit and run traffic accident that turned explosive. you're watching "early today." dodge ball bruisers, to the team rally cruisers,

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thanks for watching right now, storm team 4 tracking downpours, what could turn your morning commute into a wet mess. plus new this morning, traders facing problems in a stock market scam. and commuter alert for anybody who passes through the port authority bus terminal. big changes are coming, "today in new york" starts now. good morning, it's tuesday, august 11th, i'm darlene rodriguez. >> and i'm kerry barrett in for chris cimino. >> in terms. heavy rain coming our way, we do have a flash flood watch in effect, northeast new jersey, all of the five boroughs, fairfield county.

for the heavy downpours. live radar is lit up to the west of us. we're also seeing heavier showers coming down across nassau county just to the north of the state and southern state. parts of heavy rain in nassau county at this moment. but it's to the west that we're concerned. heavy showers just hopping over the delaware, in western sections, again into somerset county northwestern new jersey. areas of street flooding from midday to early afternoon. maybe a break. nothing more than a sprinkle or light shower and another round of gusty thunderstorms coming around for the evening. a busy day, we'll talk about that in a bit. let's see how busy the streets, good morning, emily. >> good morning. first off in new jersey, turnpike northbound. the western spur, there's an overturn the tractor trailer around 15e. let's take a live look at the george washington -- it's

actually the george hamilton bridge, lower level outbound closed. that's shut down until 6:00 this morning. we'll have more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> thank you very much, emily. with all of the rain we're expecting in the next several hours, we're already on alert for flooding. storm team 4's tracy ie strahan is in flood prone areas. >> reporter: with the umbrellas closed, when they emerge, like chris said, they'll have to open them. we've been tracking yourselves the storm team 4 app, the cusp of it, hoboken getting ready for this. the mayor don zimmer is quoted saying they have a 200-year flooding problem. though he have installed flood pumps in the past, to the alleviate the problem not to eliminate flooding in the area. we'll check back with in a little bit.