are overflowing and inundating roads are it the hardest hit regions so far are saxony and eastern bavaria. thee, city that lies at point where three rivers meet is especially vulnerable. residence here can hardly believe their eyes. floodwaters have continued to rise after heavy overnight rain. of the cityenter is inundated and the water keeps coming. local shop owners are trying to minimize the damage. a had no time to prepare for the flood. many complained they were not given a weather warning by authorities. water levels in the danube are set to exceed 11 meters, hired and -- higher than during the massive floods in 2002. the mayor said no one anticipated out bad things would get. >> we declared a state of emergency because of the extent of this catastrophe. we have requested help from army units to combat the rising waters. >> things are also looking grim and the eastern state of saxony. a state of emergency has been called and other regions are drowning as well. like east of dresden, a usually placid place has transformed into a roaring river, nearly to the point of overflowing. in the regionice

>> talking about the eastern cities, just makes me think of a lot of the country supported him.ions with close to 50% of the vote and people in turkey get a lot less. you have to do coalitions. he appeared to have a mandate. tripled the income of average turks. where are his supporters right now? >> reporter: well, it's an interesting question. he did get 50% of the vote in the last national election. and he actually kind of issued a veiled threat. he said, you know, i can get my 50% out. i'm having a hard time keeping them in their homes and raises fears of clashes between the supporters and opponents and that even the spector of civil war. we went to the neighborhood that erdogan grew up in and they're hard core supporters of the man saying he's the best thing that ever happened to this country. they have very negative things to say about the demonstrators. they call them vandals and looters. and they say we're waiting in the homes, we're ready to fight for the prime minister if he asks us to come out. we come out with a word, ominous warnings, not the kind of thing that turke

. >>> and from russia with style, the far eastern city first fashion week fueling dreams of aspiring models across the country. >>> the aftermath of rioting in northern china is worse than first thought. state-run media say the unrest in the uygur autonomous region has left 35 people dead. members of the minority have risen up against the majority in the past. xinhua news agency says rioters started stabbing people on wednesday at police stations, a local government building and a construction site in lukqun. it reports 24 police officers and civilians died. 11 rioters are dead, too. the incident is one of the worst since riots in 2009 in the regional capital urumqi. the chinese government says 200 people were killed then. many uygurs are upset with government oppression of their religious activities. xinhua says 16 of the civilians who died in the latest violence were uygurs. authorities say order has been restored and they are restricting foreign media from reporting in the area. >>> u.s. ambassador in beijing has visited another chinese region with a history of unrest. gary locke

up to ten rockets were launched from syria into lebanon hitting the eastern city of baalbeck that's according to reports another three missiles were launched into a hezbollah controlled area of the same city that's according to local sources a syrian rebels are outraged that hezbollah is fighting on the side of assad's forces helping him take back the very strategic town of qusayr and they've threatened to fire the militant group inside lebanon with the arab league condemning hezbollah as intervention. let's get into it here on r.t. as promised time for the kaiser. the school board in batavia illinois has decided to punish one teacher for his bad behavior by putting him on a strict probation play or what did he do to be deserve being part of this probation planted he do select punch a student in the face or to go in some sort of horribly racist or sexist ranted for the class so he just reminded the students that as americans they have the right to not incriminate themselves to put it more simply he told the students that they didn't have to answer a questionable survey about drug and alcohol

up to ten rockets were launched from syria into lebanon hitting the eastern city of baalbeck according to reports another three missiles were launched into a hezbollah controlled area of the same city that's according to a local souls' a syrian rebels are outraged but has ballers fighting on the side of president assad's forces helping him take back their strategic town of qusayr they have threatened to fight the militant group inside lebanon on the arab league also condemning hezbollah as an intervention. u.s. soldier a robot a bale's who is accused of killing sixteen afghan civilians in march last year has pleaded guilty to it means the staff sergeant will now avoid the death penalty for carrying out a massacre of mostly women and children in several villages earlier this week two british soldiers admitted abusing afghan civilians at a court martial they were accused of indecent conduct towards children as well as racial abuse. the worst floods in a decade continue to deluge parts of central europe thousands of people have been forced from their homes cities of declared states of eme

cnn's yvan watson reports relative calm in istanbul today but there is violence reported in some eastern cities>>> and prince william and catherine, the duchess of cambridge, were among the guests at westminster abbey for a service marking the 60th anniversary of queen elizabeth ii's coronation. william and catherine are expecting their first child next month. anderson? i isha, thanks so much. crime and punishment tonight. for the first time tonight we have the answer straight from the alleged mass murderer's mouth to why this happened. one of the deadliest mass killings at a u.s. military base. the shooting rampage that claimed 13 lives 3 1/2 years ago at ft. hood, texas. well, today the man facing court-martial for the massacre told the judge he did it for the taliban. army psychiatrist major nidal hasan, now representing himself in court, wants more time to prepare a new defense. and his defense is that he was acting in defense of others. and when the judge asked whom he was defending major hasan replied, "the leadership of the islamic emirate of afghanistan, the taliban." he specifically na

softly approach will calm people down, though we are hearing reports of violence in some of the eastern citiesust makes me think of the lot of the country supported him. he won elections with close to 50% of the vote. went often in turkey people get a lot less. he appeared to have a mandate. tripled the income of average turks. where are his supporters right now? >> reporter: well, it's an interesting question. he did get 50% of the vote in the last national election and he actually kind of issued a veiled threat. ky get my 50% out. i'm having a hard time keeping them in their homes, which raises fears of clashes between the supporters and opponents and even the specter of civil war. we went to the neighborhood that he grew up here in istanbul. it's a mile from where i'm standing. and there they are still hard core supporters of this man. they say he's the best thing that's ever happened to this country. they have very negative things to say about the demonstrators. we're waiting in our homes. we're ready to come out and fight for our prime minister if he asks us to come out. we come out with

if fighting in it -- if fighting intensifies. 28 people have been killed in protest in the eastern libyan city of benhazi. crowds threw rocks. the militia group responded by opening fire. there have been two corruption cases in china. the brother-in-law of the nobel peace prize winner has been given a prison sentence, while china's former railway owner is accused of taking millions in bribes. her brother. she says that he is the latest member of a family to be persecuted by the chinese government. he was sentenced to 11 years for a business related fraud, a sentence seen by many human rights activists as too harsh for this kind of case. >> the verdict is completely illegal. how can they give an 11 year sentence? perhaps this country has gone mad. why do they hate us so much? >> her husband is nobel peace dissidenta veteran who has been imprisoned since 2009. he was sentenced to 11 years for subversive, for calling to an end to one party rule. under house arrest since 2010. she sees the sentence handed to her brother as retribution against the family by the government. s my family and i have en

we spoke earlier to our correspondent, who is monitoring the situation in an eastern german city. >> yes, the situation here is quite serious. because the level now is really high. it is 7 meters plus, the highest level the city has ever, ever had in history. and there are some spots where the water was coming out, so it really is kind of serious. in the afternoon, they decided to open the dike to let out the water to let it run out to open spaces where it cannot harm any more. they are hoping the situation will become better. the peak is expected tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. >> and how are the people coping with the situation there? >> yes, people are having a really hard time here. fromhave been evacuated the historical center yesterday night, and they have to stay in emergency accommodations with family and friends, and we saw lots of scenes where people were crying that they had to leave their houses, where they had to leave everything behind, and they had a really bad time, because lots of people became unemployed, or they had to move away from here. so the city has inves

it's a little hard to read but the existing ordinance applies along the eastern shore of the city the area in blue. that's an area of historic fill it was known to be contaminated and the process was established when someone was applying for a building permit if they have 50 cub it parts of soil before the building permit can be issued the applicant is required to investigate if the soils at the site are contaminated and if so how to handle the soil and what level of clean up. this is handled under the department of supervision. and it only happens at this zone. and in the orange there are other areas of the city that have a high lick will i hallowed and we have public health and safety in x portion to the soldiers. and it's in the area of the marine and all those represent storage tanks that could be leaking if the soil is contaminated and also elevated freeways up to the golden gate bridge. elevated freeways are the tamed soil. there's no codify process how to determine the process of disturbing soils. so the department of health and the planning department we have a process through

we're seeing a little bit of pop, showers and storms across the eastern shore. ocean city, rehoboth, and the beach areas, but for us we're doing pretty well in and around the beltway for this hour. i think things are going to be fairly calm for that morning rush hour with the sprinkles developing shortly there after. right now 80 and inside the beltway 70s. we're going stick to the upper 60s to near 70 degrees for our overnight low. so mostly cloudy tonight, very sticky and steamy as we get into tomorrow morning, but by the afternoon the showers and thunderstorms will move on through. some of us will see those showers as early as 11:00 in the morning. most sloes hold off until the afternoon. the winds will crank up closer to 15 miles per hour late in the day. here's the timing with our forecast model. moisture to the south overnight, cloud cover comes in, in the morning. we could see some steady rainfall from north beach down to pax river and into tap tapahannock. after your lunch break tomorrow after the umbrella handy. then the showers move out quickly. after chedz. tomo

city. it was the syrian army's largest military base in the area. it is strategically located at the eastern side of the city. it is a key supply line. the rebels have been tried to capture the base for several months. >> after the first attempt for months ago to attack the military pound pound, and also after the second attempt 10 days ago, we have courted -- we have coordinated with other groups. we have managed to liberate this compound after great efforts. syrian army left behind a large amount of ammunition and weapons including tanks. it's defeat is the beginning of a new attempt by the rebels to reverse their recent loss to the syrian army in the city of qusayr. >> the battle is going on now to get control of the areas. we are now inside one of the areas near the military compound. we are also attacking another two camps to pave the way for reaching the center of aleppo. elsewhere in the aleppo, the fighting is now about more than just a final victory. it is for control over the very source of life, water. the rebels are here trying to maintain their positions inside the main water st

the police department received a call of shots fired in the 2000 block of york shir in the eastern end of city of santa monica. responding officers encountered a structure fire. the fifr fire department responded to cut that -- put that out. we received information about a possible car jacking. and receiving calls regarding random shootings possibly involving an automatic firearm of some type later found to be in the city. the random encounters that the suspect had as he moved west culminated with a series of shootings. another occurred in area of cloverfield and pico then a shooting in area of 20th and pearl which is immediately adjacent to santa monica college chbl the suspect shot at a passenger skprek a police vehicle. not long thereafter seen from responding officers from the police department. there was an exchange of gunfire at the time. the suspect attempted to evade the officers. as he ran on to the campus additional shots were exchanged no. officers were injured at this time. the suspect headed towards the library. shot at women on camp jus just before entering. accosted a number of

the mahar ordinance along the eastern shore of the city, at the time mahar was adopted it was known to be contaminated. what mahar requires is that when an applicant getting a permit, is applying a permit that will destroy 50 cubic yards of soil, before the permit can be issued, they are referred to the department to determine whether the soil is contaminated and if necessary how to handle and clean up that site under health department supervision. the existing ordinance only applies in the blue zones. outside of that area, there are other areas in the city that have a high likelihood of soil contamination, those are industrially zoned areas and storage tank sites and areas of the marina and areas in the proximity to elevated freeways in the city. those are outside the existing city, outside existing mahar where the soil contamination but the mahar ordinance doesn't control ground contamination in those sites. for projects in those areas for the last 25 years through planning department and health department review, we've resulted in a process where by through our environmental review,

the strongest storms by far are out here onto parts of the eastern shore where ocean city has been getting a round of thunderstorms here late this evening. that's where most of the action is going to be centered again for tomorrow as a weather front to our south sort of stalls out across parts of central virginia. showers mainly from washington southbound tomorrow but if you live in northern maryland don't rule out the opportunity. a lot of mugginess in the air for tomorrow. and that will last on into the first part of your tuesday as well. tuesday a little ripple of low pressure coming up the coastline means enhanced chance for rain showers on your tuesday. once that area of low pressure goes away, it is going to be nice around here for a couple of days. overnight mostly cloudy, muggy. a couple sprinkles south of town. lows 64 to 70. for tomorrow, a mix of clouds and sunshine. passing showers in the afternoon. warm and humid. highs mid to upper 80s. heading down to the coastline, monday not a bad day. tuesday kind of showery. sunshine returns on wednesday. here's your seven-day forecast.

the police department received a call of shots fired in the 2000 block of yorkshire in the eastern end of the citynta monica. responding officers encountered a structure fire and the fire department subsequently responded to put that out. we received information at the same time of a possible carjacking that may have been related to the shots fired call. we also were receiving incoming calls regarding a series of random shootings, possibly involving an automatic firearm of some type. that was later found -- told to us to be an ar-15. the random account -- encounters the suspect had as he moved west along peco boulevard culminated with a series of shootings. one shooting occurred in the area of 20 and peco. another occurred in the area of cloverfield and peco, then we had a shooting in the area of 20th and pearl which is immediately adjacent to santa monica college. in the area of santa monica college, the suspect shot at a passenger vehicle and also at a police vehicle. not long thereafter, he was seen by responding officers from both the santa monica college police department and the santa monica

eastern. kansas city fed prettiester george speaks about the economy at 1:30. about monitory policy at 8:00 p.m. ahead of all of that, u.s. futures are a little softer right now. we are currently nearly 4 points below fair value for the s&p 500. the nasdaq at the moment is about 3 points below fair value and the dow at the moment is some 30 points below fair value. but they have come off their lows, as well. ahold has boosted a share buyback plan by four times to 2 billion euros after the dutch retail giant reported 460 million euros. that's above reuters forecast. the group, which operates u.s. grows herb giant and stop and shop said comparable sales in the u.s. rose 1.9% from a year ago. >>> ahead of dollar general reporting its first quarter results today before the opening bell, the discount retailer is forecast to earn 71 cents a share on $4.24 billion in revenue. the company has recently started to offer tobacco products as well as selling everything else from food to household products to try to entice shoppers to visit more often. patrick mckee, senior

eastern seaboard. hardest hit, new jersey and new york. citieswns, swallowed up as sandy's catastrophic storm surge swept ashore. many of the 117 people who didn't survive drowned. in the aftermath, federal and local emergency managers are trying to understand why some people simply didn't get the message. get out. >> of all the disasters we deal with, hurricanes are the one that we map and spend a lot of time trying to figure out who is at risk and then get the messaging out there for them to evacuate with time to leave. and then there are still people that remain behind for all kinds of reasons. and that's where we see, unfortunately, the greatest loss of life. >> one reason may have been because of what sandy wasn't. rick knabb is direct of the national hurricane center. >> there is no doubt that the phrase hurricane warning is more attention getting. >> but there wasn't a hurricane warning because sandy, while a superstorm with hurricane force winds, wasn't a hurricane technically when it made landfall in new jersey october 29th. >> we had a

republic declared a nationwide state of emergency as its rivers threaten to burst their banks cities in the eastern germany remain on high alert dresden is preparing for water levels five meters higher than normal. u.s. federal prosecutors have shut down digital payment system liberal reserve sparking fears the growing side the currency known as bitcoin could be next. looks at the implications. in the wake of the investigation into the lives he was of bitcoin is now in the fire the knowledge of six change of the digital currency is now requiring all accounts to be verified as the u.s. pulse pressure on the coin so to get more insight into all of this i'm now joined by christopher hall from the institute of a much you mark is highlighting a crisp ok tell me do you think that this demonstrates that the u.s. so threatens as bad as the u.s. economy economy will no longer have the current say do you feel that's a threat going on here as well i think that the federal reserve isn't threatened so much by the loss of the dollar is the reason your current state because of. not going to bring down the dollar

generally to the south, got to get down to those of you in in colonial beach, across theacross eastern shore, and ocean cityshower activity overnight, there you can see not a whole ae lot of action, we do have clouds to start the day.e day it will be partly cloudy to mostly cloudy with periods of sunshine. looking off to the north and and west. i guess we will see. see. that if we were looking furtherg toward the north and west, west there's another weak cold front that is going to drop down inton the region later this afternoon and could kick up, there we go, could kick up a couple afternoon hours, here we are at 1:00 and d the futurecast indicating the in possibility of a few showers, sh and we will be kind of warm and humid this afternoon as the front starts to drop down. by wednesday, the front will get far enough south of us, we're going to open up, high pressures issu going to build in and pleasant into the week here with temperatures expected to be in the -- in fact, we will take a i look at five-day, 87 today, partly sunny, a few showers and storms, scattered storms stor continue overnight, 81 tomor

about t is weak -- it is weakening pushing toward the eastern shore, but most of us near the city are drying out. we had a shower that passed through 10, 15 minutes ago. current temperatures, a little warmer on the eastern shore and in eastern portions of maryland, cooler to the west, 81 degrees now in baltimore. here's what you can expect monday. we'll have a couple features bring us more unsettled weather the next couple days. one of those will be a cold front to our north. i'll have more in your complete first warning weather forecast. back to you. >>> city police are asking for the public's help to find the suspect behind a brazen shooting in charles village. police increased their presence in the area since a man was shot on north charles street friday. the victim remains in critical condition. police have few leads but are looking for five men seen driving in a dark colored buick that morning. anyone with information is urged to contact police. >>> a huge blaze in the city leaves one firefighter injured tonight in the 1600 block of calhoun street. flames ripped through an apartm

some light showers into the lower eastern shore, and that includes ocean city. maybe a brief little thunderstorm. the beach looks to be warming up this week. we have a 40% chance for showers at the beach on wednesday. it does dry out for the end of the week. >> good morning. a few problems to bring you up to date on. southbound 83, reports of a ladder in the fast lane. traffic is building down toward the exit. liberty road, a closure in the westbound direction because of utility work. this ramp is also blocked because of ongoing road work. the rest of the major roadways up to speed. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> 6:22. atwas a fight to the finish the u.s. open. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. >> there is no day about it. it is at one of the best face on the golf calendar -- it is one of the best days at the golf calendar, the u.s. open. outside of philadelphia. phil mickelson on his birthday. he had a one-shot lead. eagle for phil. justin rose was solid. what a great shot for justin rose. he would have an approach

eastern shore, especially the eastern shore, scattered storms tuesday and wednesday. at ocean city, thunderstorms will be in the area for tuesday and wednesday. thursday the high of 73. a low risk of recurrence. warming up a bit. monday.me tomorrow, the cool and dry weather comes in on thursday. we start to heat up by the weekend. highs are in the mid-to the upper 80's. they thought it would help the bullpen. it will help the starting rotation. for arrieta, the first start of the season. largests not have the share of the spotlight. become the first to run his record to a perfect 10-0. now they run the risk of achieving something even more rare. the spurs now lead with the best-of-seven series. by the end of this week, the heat will become either the 12 steam or the third franchise ever to go to the finals and lose two of them. we have to work on game six. >> the nhl calls of the final. by the time chicago wins the stanley cup it will rename the series. both game one in game two through overtime. the series shifts to boston tonight. chicago is outplayed in three straight overtime g

one tornado warning is still in effect there for the far eastern side of oklahoma city metro area. also, a serious flash flooding threat. at least three tornadoes reportedly touched down. that tornado moved toward bethany and then near the airport. a short time ago, they're reporting multiple injuries. cars and tractor trailers were said to be flipped over. how many? we don't know. earlier, the oklahoma patrol described this situation as dire. more than 50,000 customers without power. chad, explain what we had been witnessing over the last hour or so? >> it's from the regeneration of storms, anderson. one storm would move over the top from where the other storm just was. and that's not very typical. when the storm runs over the area, it uses up the atmosphere. it means it takes all of the humidity and all of the air away and the air is much cooler so there's no real hot air for the next storm to come in. but because the wind was so strong from the south and because we were so hot at 92, 94, you couldn't walk outside without feeling it. it just hit you right in if face. our dew poin

that occurred in the city of santa monica and culminated with a shooting incident that culminated at santa monica college. today at 2:52 p.m. 2,000 block of yorkshire in the eastern end of the city of santa mondayca. responding officers encountered a structure fire and the fire department subsequently responded to put that out. we received information at the same time of a possible carjacking that may have been related to the shots fired call. and we also were receiving incoming calls regarding a series of random shootings possibly involving an automatic firearm of some type. that was later found to told to us to be an ar 15. the random encounters that the suspect had as he moved west along pico boulevard culminated with a series of shootings. one shooting occurred at in the area of 20 and pico. another occurred in the area of closer and pico and we had a shooting in the area of 20th and pearl immediately adjacent to santa monica college. the suspect shot at a passenger vehicle and also at a police vehicle. not long thereafter he was received seen by responding officers. there was exchange of gunfire at that time and the suspect attempted to evade the officers by

the storm is basically coming into illinois now, one of the bigger cities in the eastern portion of the viewing area. >> some of the other cities in the path, ramsey, browns town, ferena, wrights corner, st. paul, st. james. that tornado warning is still in effect until 9:45. it is this bowing here that pushes out. >> we are listening to the local affiliate in st. louis where they've seen some sort of severe weather tonight. you heard them, they can't tell if it was a tornado or straight line winds. they say the storm path goes on for miles. we are waiting to see more pictures, hopefully not hear news of tragedies coming out of this. we are also following a rash of tornadoes that happened in oklahoma today. oklahoma, moore, of course, you are all familiar with because of the ef-5 that touched down two weeks ago. also reaching into norman, 50 miles down the road, home to university of oklahoma. a very populated college town which presents a lot of worry. there are two confirmed fatalities, a mother and child in a car. we heard from a trooper, that's the last place you want to be, you wou

one tornado warning is still in effect there for the far eastern side of oklahoma city metro area. also, a serious flash flooding threat. at least three tornadoes reportedly touched down. that tornado moved toward

i think kansas city you'll be okay. the easterneaboard for our last full day of spring looks absolutely gorgeous today. enjoy it because it looks like the heat and humidity is coming back in a big way towards this weekend and all during next week. so 81, low humidity from d.c. to new york, up to boston. should be beautiful in the eastern seaboard. enjoy it because this low humidity stuff, it's not going to last. >> that's fine. i'm just preferring anything over rain, bill. thank you very much. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," much more on the life of james gandolfini and how his iconic role at tony soprano completely changed television. >>> when we come back here, we'll huddle around the watercooler, including the fishing trip that ended with a little bit of conversation with the dea. we'll explain when we come right back. [ male announcer ] we've been conditioned to accept less and less in the name of style and sophistication. but to us, less isn't more. more is more. abundant space, available leading-edge te