the sabine river basin in texas is reaching the record and expected to rise. the river continues to push water through dowiville. arkansas saw 12 tornadoes from sunday through last night. fortunately no deaths or injuries were reported. president obama signed a major disaster order for louisiana to help aid in the area's recovery. >>> vladimir putin says he's ordering a withdrawal of russian military forces from syria now that peace talks are under way. putden -- putin made the announcement on monday. he said the forces have helped bashar al assad's military turn the tide of war. the announcement seemed to take the white house by surprise. later the white house released the statement saying president obama spoke with putin by phone about russia's withdraw and that mr. obama welcomed the news.

families fleeing as the sabine river overflows. right now we're in the sabine river. people are evacuating. >> reporter: texas is cut off, the only way out is by helicopter or boat. >> tractors, cars, trucks. buildings. everything under the barn is gone. >> reporter: 4,400 homes darned in louisiana. more than 800 in louisiana. >> when you saw the water had come back up given, what went through your mind? >> oh, no, not again. >> reporter: linda parrish escaped by boat. returning to a basement filled with water. >> we'll survive, you know? and everything. >> reporter: the city spared from the path of the storm. but the officials warn the floodwaters could be toxic. >> if you look at all the trash and floating through the house, the house, you know, there's gasoline, that's in the people's houses. >> reporter: officials are urging residents to continue to wait for the floodwaters to drop. before returning home. this after a sixth weather related death. a man who drowned while trying to retrieve personal belongs from his house. kate, back to you. >> thank you so much. tu

this morning, the sabine river is surging. >> we've never seen the river this high.'ve been here for 26 years. >> reporter: just across the river in texas, the down of dewiville completely cut off. 1200 residents ordered to evacuate, it could be days before they get back home. across much of this region, the rain has threat isn't over fight identity fraud. bankrate.com said 78% are willing to wait longer for the irs. 22% would wait up to eight weeks. 15% said they would not wait any extra time. >>> march madness is not just about college basketball, consumer reports says there's another type of madness at retailers. here's chris clackum. >> reporter: in the mad dash to the final four, you might want to consider the madness going none retai >> reporter: oddly eh,to make sure you got the atve >> reporter: she said the ss are both in stores and online. chris clackum, nbc news. >> i'd like bargains right now. >>> after the brek, you get ready for march [000:36:00;00] day after that. i'll fight for pay equity, choice for women, d expand paid and family leave. now some pol

right now we're in the sabine river. people are evacuating. the only way out is by helicopter or boat. buildings. gone. in louisiana. more than 800 in louisiana. come back up given, what went through your mind? >> oh, no, not again. escaped by boat. returning to a basement filled with water. >> we'll survive, you know? we have people that will help us and everything. >> reporter: the city spared from the path of the storm. but the officials warn the floodwaters could be toxic. >> if you look at all the trash and floating through the house, the house, you know, there's >> reporter: officials are urging residents to continue to drop. this after a sixth weather related death. to retrieve personal belongs from his house. kate, back to you. >> thank you so much. turning overseas where a car bomb has killed more than two dozen people in the turkish capital of ankara. chief foreign correspondent istanbul. richard? >> reporter: good evening, kate. by all accounts this was a powerful cash bomb that exploded in the center of ankara at a transportation h

reporter: gun, food, and water. >> yeah, goit everything i need. >> reporter: here in deweyville, the sabine river is cresting right now and that will continue through tomorrow morning. when it's all said and done, scott, the river is expected to crest at about 33.2 feet. that's nine feet above flood stage. >> pelley: david begnaud for us tonight. david, thank you. vladimir putin appears to be making good on his pledge to begin withdrawing russian forces from syria. today, several warplanes flew home to a hero's welcome. the russians have launched more than 9,000 bombing missions in syria since september and turned the tide of the civil war to the assad dictatorship. tonight, cbs news has learned from isis and then surrendered to kurdish forces had left the d.c. area in mid-december, three months with isis was apparently enough for him. elizabeth palmer has more from erbil in northern iraq. >> reporter: here's the moment kurdish soldiers find out they've detained an american. >> where are you from? where are you from? >> united states. >> reporter: minutes earlier, the kurds had grabbed mohamed ja

i got everything i need. >> reporter: here in deweyville, the sabine river is cresting through tomorrow morning. when it is all said and done, scott, the river is expected to crest at 33.2 feet. 9 feet above flood stage. >> david begnaud, thank you. >>> vladamir putin appears to be making good on his pledge to begin withdrawing russian forces from syria. today several war planes flew home to a hero's welcome. the russians have launched more than 9,000 bombing missions in syria since september. and turned the tide of the civil war to the assad dictatorship. tonight, cbs news has learned that the american who defected to, from isis, and then surrendered to kurdish forces, december. three months with isis was elizabeth palmer has more from irbil in northern iraq. >>> here is the moment kurdish soldiers find out they have detained an american. >> where are you from? >> the united states. >> reporter: minutes earlier the kurds grabbed him when he walked out of the scrubland at dawn and right into their front line. in broken arabic and english he told them he wanted to surrender. one of the k

the sabine river. the area that separates texas and louisiana. records have fell at the river gauges that stood over a century. in other weather news, a warm up along the east coast. don't get used to that. the forecast in the weekend and next week calls for the potential of a nor'easter. some models indicating a few inches of snow for new york city as well as boston. back to you. >> that's no good. >>> michigan governor rick snyder is on the hot seat this morning. he testifies before the house oversight committee over flint. preparing to blame every level of government. hillary clinton and others are calling for snyder to resign over the contamination crisis in flint. >>> schools in newark, new jersey will test 17,000 students for lead poisoning. officials are looking to a report released today that found water samples that half of the city schools contained elevated lead levels for years. >>> the washington, d.c. subway system is set to reopen within the hour after a day-long shutdown for emergency inspection of the high voltage power system. tr

and in dewy vill, texas, 1200 to evacuate after the sabine river over flowed its banks p.. banks. the health clinic, church and police station all hard hit by the flooding. meanwhile storm chasers captured western illinois. no reports of injuries from this sinister looking storm. a total of nine tornados were in the state. and look that funnel cloud. no reports of injuries there. so, let's get a wrap of all of at's ahead and we go >> wait, he said you were gaun one? world. >> congratulations and welcome back. sight for sore eyes. thankfully severe weather is over with,he chicago area around midnight and now a rain storm that will turn into a snow storm. but if you're up in the deluthow you start to see the white mixing in with the green. and it's starting to make its way towards deluth. this is a snow storm, of your biggest of the season. possibility of six to eight inches of snow. and minneapolis, no snowis time. and a big windstorm in the south side of this. we could see gusts 50 to 60 miles per hour. you canill grand rapids and all through indianapolis, the whole area is going

the sabine river, which serves as a long border between texas and louisiana, could reach its highest level in decades. the governor declared a "state of to washington d-c now where the entire metro system shut down at midnight. and it won't reopen again until thursday morning. an official says the "29-hour shutdown"-- will allow crews to inspect electrical components on the tracks after a fire over the weekend. the system serves 700 thousand people every day. and traveling to cuba just got a lot easier. americans can now visit -- simply by filling out a form-- stating their trip is for "educational purposes"-- rather than tourism. commercial flights this year. the rules could athletes and including baseball players to get jobs in the united states without having to defect from cuba. local volunteers are heading to louisiana-- to help people there-- get back on their feet. on tuesday-- two members of the "american red cross out of saint pete"-- louisiana. they'll use their food, cleaning supplies and water. will be there for two weeks. on 10 news and c-b-s starting at 8:00, survivor,

the sabine river, which serves as a long border between texas and louisiana... is seeing a record amount of flooding... and texas gov. greg abbott has issued a disaster declaration across much of the region. fox news correspondent, patricia stark, has more from new york. 3 washed out communities in the southwest... still haven't seen the flood waters recede... 3 3 news.patricia stark, fox in new york, the weekend. in new 3 3 (map) 3 ((walter/vanessa)) 3 3 3 3 ((walter)) 3 we are following a news alert out of south tampa... there has been a police shooting.. on cherokee avenue.. the police are getting ready to give us details.. 3 (map) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 welcome back... the time is 4:xx. the last time the bucs had a player with double digit sacks in a season - was ago. but... the bucs newest addition feels like he could be the next. defensive end robert ayers had a career year with the giants last season... with 9.5 sacks. in a conference call introduction... ayers talked about *why he thinks he'll produce for the bucs. 3 spring football kicked off last nigh

authorities are warning record flooding along the sabine river between texas and louisiana. a dire situation for all of those people there. now the weather happening there. we have been trying to inch closer to a record today. >> no word that we have done it. reports from rdu. 85 degrees is the normal high in mid-june around here. roxboro, roanoke rapids, 82. very warm. it is drive. a cold front is going through the region. just after midnight, a mild night coming up. we slowly get into a cool day. by the time we get to sunday it is going to feel like january. temperatures and rain are coming up in your forecast. steve: it's enough to stick around for the details. a homeless man helps in the manhunt for a pair of guys who escaped from a jail. tisha: the suspects were nabbed and hauled back to jail. award he will receive. steve: president obama filling some love for the tar back in the alcove. it freshmen are always good for something. they are taking on the gulf coast eagles. they looked awfully good. the tar heels were not taking them lightly to begin with and they certainl

it's headed down the sabine river into deweyville. in louisiana, the severe flooding has damaged more than the pearl river near slidell has reached its second highest crest on record as water continues to push toward communities. back here in deweyville, they last checked this morning. the sabine river was at 32.99 feet. norah, it's expected to crest later today at 35 feet. i can tell you it's not an overstatement to say in nearby downtown deweyville, everything is under water. >> david, thank you so much. >>> police in berlin suspect a bomb in a car that killed a drooisher. police are trying to determine the victim's identity and are looking into all possible scenarios that led to that blast. >>> united states investigator are trying to confirm the identity of an apparent american citizen who defected to isis. he was carried a virginia he was arrested monday. elizabeth palmer is in erbil, iraq. good morning. >> good morning. it started predawn when the kurdish soldiers thought they heard something moving or saw something and they shot

. >> reporter: the sabine river is on the rise. >> we've never seen the river go up this high. it's the highest i've ever seen it. >> reporter: the texas town of dew deweyville already surrounded by record water. it could be days before rez residents are allowed to return. the possibility of the worst flooding in more than three decades. residentsrushing to fill sandbags to protect hundreds of homes under threat before heading to higher ground. >> best be safe than sorry. >> reporter: across the gulf states, torrential rainstorms have left the most widespread non-hurricane flooding ever seen here. thousands of homes destroyed. the national guard working throughout the weekend to bring 4,000 to safety in louisiana alone. trash and all that's floating through the house and the hoses, there's gasoline that's got into the water. that's flowing through these people's houses. >>reporter: another worry for residents as they start the long road of recovery. nbc news. >> announcer: now first alert weather with john morales, south florida's most accurate forecast. >>> the humidity really

the flooding on the sabine river is the highest its been in 100 years. submerged the turning about 1,000 people in a community into an island. homes, schools, and cashes areried under water. >> we've been going around the clock trying to get stuff in good. but we tried. e swollen to unprecedent levels but some have decided to stay. >> i've been here 50 years. i'm just sitting here waiting, watching, keeping myeporter: after days of torrential rain, record amounts were released from the it's headed down the sabine river into deweyville. in louisiana, the severe has damaged more than 6,000 buildings. the pearl river near slidell has on record assh toward communities. back here in deweyville, they last checked this morning. the sabine river was at et. norah, it's expected to crest later today at 35 feet. i can tell you it's not an overstatement to say in nearby downtown rything is under water. >> david, thank you so much. >>> police in berlin suspect a bomb in a car that killed a police are trying to determine the victim's identity and are looking into all

. >> right now, we're in the sabine river and people out here are evacuating. >> reporter: deweyville, texas, is cut off. the only way out by boat or helicopter. >> everything is gone. >> reporter: 4500 homes damaged in louisiana. more than 800 inn mississippi. >> when you walked down here for the first time and you saw the water had come back up again, what went throu your mind? >> oh, no, not again. >> reporter: linda parrish escaped her home by boat. officials warn the floodwaters could be toxic. >> if you can look at all the trash and all that's floating through the house, the houses, there's#gasoline that's got into the water. that's flowed through these people's houses. >> announcer: now first alert weather with meteorologist adam berg, south florida's most accurate forecast. >>> just brutal conditions across the mississippi valley. for us, not much rain today. just a few spotty showers out there. right now the keys lookikg pretty good. let's bounce around the radar. we could be looking at a few more of these spotty showers as we head into the day tomorrow. nothing right now thr

deweyville, town of 1,100 sits west of the sabine river, a funnel for tributaries carrying walter downstream from three larger bodies of water. 20 inches of rain over the last week. and 45 billion gallons of water release from an overflowing reservoir left deweyville flooded in four feet of water. >> lack atook at the dog. >> rescuers spotted animals in need of help. this dog had to be coaxed into the boat. >> oh. >> downriver is christa's home with two feet of water inside. >> it's horrific. i never would have in all my 26 years thought i would see what i'm seeing right now. >> heading with the rescuers who check on a guy. refused to leave his flooded home. one of the rescuers thought it was pitiful. >> no one responded. just as we were heading back to shore, we spotted ray holden. >> no. >> why not? >> i have guns, food, water. >> guns, food, water?% >> yeah. i got everything i need. >> reporter: here in deweyville, through tomorrow morning. when it is all said and done, scott, the river is expected to crest at 33.2 feet. 9 feet above flood stage. >> david begnaud, thank you. >>> vladamir

this morning, the is a -- sabine river is surging. the down of weyville is much of the region, the rain has finally stopped but the threat isn't over yet. >>> president obama has declared a disaster in at least parts of northern louisiana based upon the video and the pictures that you were just seeing. >>> it is monday, so we're bragging about another south florida school. this time around, this midday we're on the campus of aida merit school. >> ari odzer is there and these kids are so precious. how does the school set them apart from all the other ones? >> you know what, ey are really cute, and you know what, i learned something from them. [ speaking foreign language ] that's how you say hello in portuguese. this school has the only portuguese immersion program in the principal is so proud. >> we're all the only school in miami-dade school that has an international program. all one roof. we do it so well at ada merit center. not only -- >> beforewe make that point, let me say what's going on in the back. these kids a a growing saled

. >> reporter: this water is unstoppable fueled by the swollen sabine river. the community health clinic swamped under five feet of water. this church will have to be gutted to be rebuilt. schools, even the police station, hit hard by the deluge. the rising water today hasn't spared any home. since yesterday in this neighborhood, some of these properties were dry. today that's no longer the case. >> this whole community is devastated. they have lost everything they have worked their whole lives for. >> reporter: from the air, we could see the damage spared nothing. even the cemetery hit hard. the very top of tombstones. the water is set to crest tonight, but the damage here is already done, lives forever changed. the water isn't expected to recede from this neighborhood for several days, if not a week. that's when neighbors will be able to return home or at least what's left of them. lester? >> miguel, an entire town. thank you. >>> there is stunning news from the nfl which for the first time has admitted a connection between playing football and brain damage,

. >> reporter: with many homes already swamped, cars submerged and businesses lost, the nearby sabine river could crest tomorrow, promising to swallow what's not under water yet. >> tornado on the ground. >> reporter: this weekend millions faced tornado and hammering hail in arkansas. in important cuilla lloyd and ruby in their 80s have lost a lifetime of memories. >> water got about a foot deep. lots of mud from the water coming in. really gross. >> reporter: their daughter pam says the couple will have to start all over. >> they do not have >> reporter: in louisiana, 5,000 homes are water-logged. federal disaster declared by the president across much of this region. the south has been battered for days. historic flooding wiped out neighborhoods, roads and damaged bridges. more than 4,200 rescued in this state alone. tonight they are raising the emergency levees but will they hold? back in texas, a slow motion disaster. deweyville is still losing ground. tonight i'm standing on what should be a grassy knoll next to a busy street, but as you can see this area is completely swamped. the home

which was flooded by the sabine river. that's despite a mandatory evacuation. the family says their furniture and appliances were all less than a month old... so they brought them on the roof to keep dry. they're now moving back inside... and cleaning up after the storm. 3 spring may be one day old ... but parts of the northeast are still seeing winter weather. snow in philadelphia is making the roads a little dangerous this morning. there isn't a lot of sliding just yet... but wet roads are making for a slushy morning commute. despite that... a store gave away 3- thousand italian ices' yesterday... trying their hardest to get people in the spring spirit. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 the rays are waking up in havana this morning.. but they had some unfinished business in tampa bay before they could begin their historic trip. 3 that's right the rays are in cuba for tomorrow's historic game. but before they left.. they took part in a little more spring baseball. how the team looked before their flight down south. 3 3 in sports this morning: veteran relief pitcher... and former

that water is now rushing down the sabine river and right into the town of deweyville. >> well, i nevert like this before. >> reporter: in louisiana, severe flooding damaged more than 6,000 buildings. the pearl river near slidell has reached its second highest crest on record as water continues to push toward communities. >> reporter: in fact, in deweyville, texas, the water on the sabine river near deweyville was 32.99 feet. they expect it to reach 35 feet when it crests. it's the kind of flooding they haven't seen in 100 years. >> david, thank you. damaged rails may be to blame for this week as y's amtrak cra. the track was inspected last week but officials say a vehicle accident may have damaged it. >>> united states investigators this morning are trying to confirm the identity of an apparent american citizen who defected from isis in iraq. the man is being held by kurdish forces. he was carrying a virginia driver's license when he was taken into custody. he surrendered monday at a checkpoint near the iraqi town of sinjar. elizabeth palmer is in irbil, iraq. elizabeth, good morning.

river flooding along the sabine river, because all the smaller tributaries and creations and streams into this river and now that flooding doesn't go anywhere very quickly. so it's a very slow flood. that causes all damage, deep damage to a lot of homes. show you future radar, watch how it goes. keep showers in the picture all the way through tomorrow, a little bit. >> saturday. by saturday afternoon it is gone out of there. we'll see a drying trend for a few days. melissa. melissa: can't come soon enough, rick. thank you very much. david. david: speaking of water, big changes coming to seaworld. the company announcing today it will end its orca theater shows and stop breeding killer whales. this coming nearly three years after seaworld came under fire for its treatment of orcas and trainers documented into the film "blackfish." okay cars living in the three parks will be apparently the last generation. melissa: we have breaking news. senator harry reid speaks out on the battle for the supreme court the senate minority leader meeting with judge merrick garland. he is confident that g

. >> reporter: 2 million people in four states are under flash family fleeing as the sabine river overflows. people out here are evacuated. deweyville, texas, the only way out is by boat. >> 4,900 homes damaged in louisiana, and more than 800 in mississippi. >> when you walk down here for the first time and saw the water went back up again, what went through your mind? >> oh, no, not again. >> she escapedy boat but returned too a basement filled with water. the city spared from the storm, but the floodwaters could be toxic. >> if you look at all the crash and everything floating through the houses, there's gasoline that got to the water and all different toxics and that's houses. >>> monday morning, 4:47, and hope you had a good weekend. across south florida we had spectacular weather. in our forecast today, what everybody experienced, warm weathernd that's going to stick around for the next several days. mid march and temperatures trending above average and i think we will be shy of records but awfully warm. a quick c`eck on the radar, all is quiet. no rain in sight. we do have patchy fog

rising water from the sabine river has overtaken the interstate. e river was expected to crest at 7.5 feet sometime day. it may take several days for the floodwaters to recede before opening the interstate. they're keeping an eye on interstate 10 at the mississippi state line. >>> a new movie starring jennifer garner is out now. baseon a true story. >> reporter: based on the true story penned by this mom comes herrfamily's inspirational fight for hope and faith amid doubt and desppr. >> i'm not leaving this hospital until i know what's wrong with my daughter. >> reporter: their daughter diagnosed with a rare and incuraale disease thrusts the family into the most difficult time of their lives. >> what mother wouldn't fight the fight that she did? >> she is just the idol for all moms to advocate for their kids. all of us would fight for our kids, but to watch her in action and to read her sory told so beautifully in her own word in the book, it's just really inspiring. >> you're telling me when this baby girl fell 30 feet she hit her head just right

four days of heavy runs -- rain pushed the sabine river over its banks. the governor of texas will tour the area today, he has already issued a disaster declaration across much of the southeast part of the state. >>> in illinois viewer captured impressive video of what looked like a funnel cloud forming just overhead. video taken in the town of bushnell, a passerby shot this ominous storm cloud as tornado warning sirens blared in the background. wizard of oz. wow, you can see the powerful debris. to the left, a little hit of there were no reports of injuries. >> a distinct swirl there. >> that is a dark cloud. goodness gracious. >>> in march, we get all kinds of wild weather, we also get glorious weather like today. >> we do. we are having the glorious kind of weather and ironically the first official day of the spring we have some of the grossest weather that we have had in weeks. let's take a look at what's happening. starting off with the camera over in durham. it is beautiful. it's only a matter of, what, home opener over there at the dbap. it looks l