william emmons with the st. louis federal reserve. thanks very much. >> thank you very much. >> brown: still to come on the newshour: the possible doubling of interest rates on student loans, margaret warner in lebanon, syrian refugees in jordan, and shields and brooks. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> holman: flash flooding and tornadoes killed three people in arkansas overnight, and a new string of storms marched across the nation's midsection today. up to a dozen tornadoes touched down in arkansas alone, as well as one in illinois and three in oklahoma that caused structural damage to homes. the storm system brought heavy rain with it, making flash flooding a problem across the region. in the western u.s., firefighters fought two growing wildfires. a rapidly moving blaze some 25 miles west of sante fe, new mexico, has already scorched 1,000 acres and jumped a highway. meanwhile, 500 firefighters in california tried to control a 1,400-acre wildfire in the angeles national forest, north of los angeles. it