and, in our signature segment, obamacare in alabama. what happens when only one insurance company offers a plan? next, on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the john and helen glessner family trust-- supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. seven american sailors remain unaccounted for, following a pre-dawn collision between their ship and a container ship off the coast of japan. it happened in c

i visited one such program recently in a small town in central alabama. the high school administrators have worked tirelessly to build a program that serves the growing needs of local students. the city and county are working together to improve facilities and make sure students have access to transportation. up until now, students have had to take a bus 30 minutes away or an hour away to montgomery to access these career tech courses. now, thanks to the hard work of the leaders and educators, students are beginning to access these programs right in their own hometown. i visited another thriving career tech program a few months ago in geneva, a small town in alabama's wire grass region. geneva high school has partnered with the alabama national guard whose local armry now serves as a training site for high demand skills such as automative technology, welding, aviation maintenance and health science. students from city and county schools can get ahead on their college course work with the community college. they are not alone in our commitment to their stu

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. >> guest: he's an alabama historian. he says that we really don't know the civil rights. we always cover the familiar stories. we cover the march on washington with, we cover letter from jail, we coffer the -- and he said that, you know, as the -- [inaudible] it came in through a traveler in alabama, scott cook, who told me, bob, you have to look at it. all this trial work about this man, caleb washington, who was awe rested in -- arrested in alabama for a crime he never committed, for killing a policeman which he didn't do. he was on death row for many years. george wallace stayed the execution because, ironically, he didn't believe in the death penalty. later, when he was freed after three trials provided the evidence, he marries a woman from new york who is still alive who worked on his behalf, and they had six children. i was moved to tears two weeks ago when "the new york times" book review put the review on the front page. and i said i can't believe that people are recognizing this story. timothy tyson of duke wrote the review, and the book a thriller, but it really

alabama especially hard hit. >> it was big, guys. it was really big. >> reporter: the national weather service says a tornado with wind over 100 miles per hour happened in alabama. injuring at least three people near birmingham, alabama. >> it lasted about two minutes and was gone. >> reporter: leaving behind twisted wreckage and 12,000 people without power. >> we're certainly not out of the woods yet. it's a long way from being over. >> reporter: the remnants of cindy continue to soak saturated ground. long after making landfall near the texas/louisiana border early thursday morning. a foot of rain has fallen in spots along the louisiana, alabama,age and floored coasts. reaching hundreds of miles to the north. a flash flood threat continues from louisiana to cincinnati. officials are advising residents to stay on higher ground. even the fire ants are coming to the, devising their own strategy to beat the floodwater. and we are learning more about the boy killed in the middle of the storm. mullen mccabe was on vacation with his famil

on wednesday 10-year-old boy was killed on the alabama coast.was hit by a law that washed ashore. the storm is been downgraded but authorities are warning not to let your guard down. this week and there could be more flash flooding and strong winds. >>> bay area home prices are breaking records again. core logic says the bay area median price for house hit a new high of $755,000 in the month of may. that is up 7% from last year. median prices are already well over $1 million in marin, san francisco and san mateo counties. the experts say it is a classic case of supply and demand. there are relatively few homes for sale on the market. with interest rates staying low there are a lot of buyers left cash in hand competing for those few houses. >>> the ford motor company offering a new option in san francisco. if you want to rent up like. >> blazing saddles is one bicycle shop where tourists go to see the sights on wheels. but owner jeff sears says the ford go bike has been treading on its turf lately. go by, which is run by bike share service motiva

[applause] he left alabama with me. my mother had already done her bit, since here in the city checking out things and brought us about a couple of months before the riot we like to make this distinction between a riot and a rebellion. it is a race riot, no doubt about it and they have a couple of photos that capture some of the intensity i don't know if they see it as chronological order but that certainly is coming out of the riot and of course my mother was right on the weakness to see a lot of the turmoil that occurred. but 1943 is kind of in the middle. within a generation you have the influx coming into servitude and this is the start of the foundation for me looking at the revolution and a lot of people are not aware slavery ended right here in detroit south and they are not aware that it was in new york. draw some parallels to the. going down to 1943 and almost for the same conditions that created that. when they first arrived here it is an issue of housing and jobs they pioneered the idea. the national urban le

ways the central alabama v.a. could also be considered a poser child for the need of re-- poster child for the need of reform for the department of veterans affairs from top to bottom. it might not have begannered as many headlines as phoenix, but the nature and extent of the abuse inside of central alabama v.a. was every bit as bad if not worse. my straff and i worked with courageous whistleblowers and dedicated tournl journalists to pull back the curtain there. here's a handful of examples. ore than 900 x rain cancer screening, some showing malignancies were lost and unread for years. alerted to the problem, top administrators tried to cover it up. a v.a. pulmonologist manipulated more than 1,200 patient records, twice, twice, caught was still given a satisfactory review. perhaps the most disturbing a central alabama v.a. employee took a recovering veteran to a crackhouse and bought him drugs and provided him prostitutes to extort his v.a. payments. and even when caught, this employee was not fired. not until a

host: and you are from alabama? guest: i am, i grew up there, i am aware of what is going on there, and he did a lot to try and bring about the new south in places like alabama. williamstown, kentucky, independent line. caller: good morning, steve. i have to comment, i am calling from the independent line, but i like to point out that director comey -- i do not know what personality goods lit a country on both sides for so long, and desk could split a country on both sides for so long, and mueller, i think i have some confidence in him. they say that he was the fbi director for 10 years. i have never heard his name. so it seems to me that maybe he as a law man,ob and went out and did what he was supposed to do. it seems like this particular director, for whatever reasons, on both sides with the democrats for a while and the republicans, he has really caused a lot of divisiveness in this country and i am glad he is off the stage. host: thanks, roger. guest: i agree with the caller. what you want in an fbi director is

i moved up to alabama.ive years later i got a warning to get out of town and quit contracting or we're going to stop you. i laughed at them because i was licensed for everything, plumbing, electrical, everything, and they stopped me. they pulled the rug out from under my feet, put some fake charges on me, and took me to court. i've been here since 1990. and -- it's a long time. now i got three grandkids out there, and i'm a great grandfather, i was told. and all this has happened while i've been in prison the last 20 years. but the hardest part of it is being without my wife. it's like she's everything. she's the bubble i live in. >> i'm here to visit my husband, robert tedder. >> ava tedder lives just a few miles from holman. and visits regularly. >> all right, thank you. >> you ready? >> yes. >> all right. come on. >> usually you visit every two weeks, and you can stay from 8:00 until 1:20. for a long time, it was real stressful. but then you sort of get used to it. it sort of gets like a daily routine an

host: catherine is waiting in mobile, alabama. democrats line. caller: i would like to say that alabama and mississippi have always had gerrymandering problems. it has been extreme. the problem being when i was young, there is no early voting. the tuesday vote when i was young, businesses were closed. now all businesses are open. this is a way to disenfranchise the poor and working-class because you have to take children to school in the morning and the may have to pick them up and prepare dinner. you disenfranchise most people. i promise you in alabama and mississippi, the minorities in the females do not approve of all of this, we far outnumber the republican party. the meals men with money is who has troll. since the 1960's, we have had a hard time down here. should care about your families a little more and let get independent commission because if we are going to have this in this country, they need to be fair for everybody and not just some. of the world, voting takes place on weekends. i think the caller is quite right that scheduling voti

attorney in alabama. host: you are from alabama, alabama,o mark -- correct? guest: i am. jeff sessions did a lot to bring about the new south that exists. host: roger, good morning, kentucky, independent line. caller: i just have to comment. i am calling from the independent line, but i would like to point out that director is a personality that has split a country on both sides i think i will have some confidence in bob mueller. they say he was the fbi director for 10 years. i've never heard his name, so it seems to me that maybe he just andhis job as a long man went out and it would he was supposed to do. it seems like this particular director for whatever reason, on both sides with the democrats for a while and the republicans, he has caused a lot of divisiveness in this country and i'm glad he is off the stage. host: i agree with the -- guest: i agree with the caller. what you want in an a -- in a fbi director is not a politician, but a law enforcement official. that was not mr. comey. he mishandled the clinton investigation, to the detriment of ms. clinton. that was

you took a look at a story in alabama. >> this recently came to light when a school district in alabama, jefferson county school district, which includes birmingham, a community there, which is majority white, and middle class-- it's called gardendale-- and for a while, they have been wanting to splinter off under the guise of controlling more of their local property taxes, which, of course, make up the bulk of any school's budget. and as you mentioned in your introduction, hari, this is actually legal in 30 states. there are policies on the books allowing communities to do this if they so wish. and, actually, you know, it's not just in alabama. we're seeing this happen across the entire country. since 2000, more than 70 communities have tried to do this. 47 have succeeded. >> sreenivasan: i'm assuming that the rationale behind it is, "hey, we want to keep our schools great. we are pouring all of our property tax into it. we want to keep this around where our kids are actually going to benefit from it." but there's a flip side to that. >> yeah, absolutely. when a community that is wealt

alabama for independents and others. larry, your thoughts on president trump's announcement. caller: it was a great announcement. i sure appreciate what's going on. i would like to reflect most americans don't realize we had skin in the game in the bay of pigs and with the brigade 2506. i was a member of the 117th air national guard, and i helped bury one of our members that got killed in the invasion and we had four members that got killed out of the 117th air national guard in birmingham, alabama, during that and it was never -- didn't get classified totally until about 2005. and we had may jor shamburg, and ray, leo baker captain thomas ray were all four killed from the alabama air national guard on the invasion on april 19, 1961. and we need to pay tribute to them and their families and they never get mentioned during he bay of pigs celebrations or anything. even on the 50th. host: and larry, with your close connection, what do you think about what the president has announced today? caller: well, it's great. e need to try to get still the castros and the regime out of the

it will build rocket engines at a new plant in alabama. ashley: alabama, huntsville, alabama.n huntville. they will be hiring up to 350 people. average salary of $75,000 a year, which will go a lot further in alabama than it will right here in manhattan. big-time jobs. jeff bezos says, look, we wanted to go somewhere with a highly-trained workforce around people happy to see us. huntsville tick all the boxes they have connection to nasa. they could build up to 30 space rockets a year once it gets up and running. stuart: rocket engine is not -- ashley: not small piece of machinery. stuart: sophisticated stuff. ashley, thank you. >>> coming up for you, the supreme court refuses to hear two key cases surrounding the second amendment. dana loesch weighs in on that, that's next. looking from a fresh perspective can make all the difference. it can provide what we call an unlock: a realization that often reveals a better path forward. at wells fargo, it's our expertise in finding this kind of insight that has lead us to become one of the largest investment and wealth management firms

mobile, alabama, line for democrats. caller: i would like to say alabama and mississippi have always had gerrymandering problems. that we've --ing there is no early voting. closed, nowes were all businesses are open. a way to disenfranchise the poor and the working class because they have to take their children to school in the mornings and get off and pick them up and prepare dinner. you disenfranchise people. in alabama and mississippi the minorities do not approve of all of this they far outnumber the republican voters. is who hash money control. we have had a very hard time down here. i think you should care about your families a little bit more. contrast in this country they need to be fair to everybody, not just some. place onting takes weekends for most of the world. i think scheduling voting on tuesdays, stop and think for a minute why you have floating on a day most people are working rather than on a day people are not working is an authentic question. you might get a different result in someolor suggests races

montgomery, alabama publishing this quote from the vice president chief policy officer for the alabama hospital association. our initial impressions are that it's going to be devastating for alabama hospitals, medicaid, health care delivery system from diane howard. with that in mind, how can you get to yes on it? >> well, i'm cautiously up the mistake we will get yes in the senate. i like the good things in the bill and the fact we are reducing taxes by billions of dollars in premium increases and high deductibles. if we are giving these choices, the fact of the matter is the current system is failing. it's a house on fire. they won't come help us put it out. we had to do something with regard to my state. premiums have tripled and would go up shortly. it's a devastating status quo we can't allow to exist. we are working with local officials to make it better. >> i don't think there is a republican that would argue with you that obamacare is in a difficult state. but it comes back to what republicans can pass. can you get to yes on this bill? that republicans come at you personally. >

from alabama so i went to alabama, university of alabama. i lift catholicism completely. when i married, after he came out of the army. after college. i spent two years in the army, i get out in 1956. i was in germany. when i came out of the army -- she was catholic. and pretty serious. she went to a convent school, sisters of the sacred heart. when i first met her she would go to mass and carry around a missile. but when she married me, she dwindled. our religious control, our minds and bodies diminished. and in those days you see, i'm talking the 1950s. most of what you did was sinful. premarital sex was premarital. it was sinful and we were having premarital sex. it is not that we had guards from bishop francis breaking our door down. but still, the rules of the church, birth control was sinful. so they made us into criminals spiritual criminals. so we just left it. and i remember we have two daughters. and i remember neither of the two daughters were baptized. does that mean that they are cursed? maybe so, but they are not baptized. we never joined another church. we

state of emergency has been declared in alabama. visitors at gulf shores are being warned to stay out of the surf. new orleans is preparing for what mayor mitch landrieu calls a very serious event. louisiana national guard has dispatched highwater vehicles and helicopters to flood-prone areas. sin d is expected to drench an area from louisiana to florida with flood-producing rain. eric fisher chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz has details. >> well, cindy has already made its presence known. very heavy reinfall, classic flooding. you see all the bright colors. those are your cold clouds, heavy rainfall. the center is down here. while the center is tracking to the north and west all of the rain is on the eastern flank of it. flash flooding on the gulf coast. that's the main impact of this storm. very heavy rainfall. fresh water from all that rain as it crawls off to the north and northwest over the next kurple of days. be cautious of any flood flooding and be alert of any flash flood warning mts the heaviest in and around n

you can see the front associated with cindy all the way down towards parts of alabama. this is the remnants of cindy right here. you can see the little swirl there and that swirl is going to head right to our north during the day tomorrow and really over night tonight means early tomorrow and it's going to bring us a chance for heavy rain and walk you through it. 9:00 tonight, no problem at all, this evening, here is 4:00 a.m. notice the heavy rain along i-81. by 6:00 we can see a line of strong storms move through the region before getting out of here, by 99:00 it's over -- by 9:00, it's over. do not expect much in the way of rain on saturday. if you're waking up after 9:00, this guy right here, you we'll see sunshine through the afternoon. it will be breezy starting off humid, but then ending up quite nice. lower humidity during the day, hief temperature 89. going to be the warmest day in the while. i think we'll see more sun in the afternoon in this as well. 85 sunday and then, some beautiful weather, sunday, really does look good, by the way, all the way through thu

one person was killed in alabama.dnesday 18-year-old boy died on the alabama coast after being hit by a lock that washed ashore. the storm has been downgraded, authorities are warning every body to not let their guard down. >>> bay area home prices are breaking records. real estate experts say the median price hit a new high of $755,000 in may. median prices are already well over $1 million into san francisco and san mateo county. analysts say it is a classic case of supply and demand. there are few homes for sale and plenty of buyers with cash in hand competing for those homes. >>> the hottest drink of the summer is ice cold, froze or frozen roles, apparently it was created in a bar in new york. >>reporter: with the start of summer comes the heat. and of course the cold refreshments. this is the new unofficial drink of summer. it is basically a frozen wine. bar premium is credited with creating the concoction. >> it is sicilian rose wine, a little bit of strawberry purie, no ice or water, just freeze it out and keep

again, a lot of this information coming from congressman mo brooks, a republican from alabama who washere on the field as well. at one point, the alabama congressman used his belt as a tourniquet to help stop the bleeding from his colleague and friend, steve scalise. scalise, apparently, shot on the field and proceeded to crawl into the outfield. we heard from a woman on the phone earlier, her name was katie, she was there in the area with her two dogs. she described the scene, hearing the gunshots from the rifle, hitting the ground, at one point seeing what she thought was a member of law enforcement, a woman pulling her gun and shooting in the direction of the gunman. there are a number of questions that we don't know at this point, including the condition of congressman scalise. the condition of the gunman as well and also the condition of some of these staffers who apparently were shot as well. >> i happen to have a friend who works on capitol hill. she says that her boss, congressman kevin brady, was at the baseball game this morning. he is okay and he was with another staffer wh

it made landfall yesterday, but the destruction it left behind was catastrophic, particularly in alabama where sirens sounded as a tornado touched down just miles from downtown birmingham ripping through several buildings and leaving debris scattered for miles. >> and i was in the middle of it, and i just saw it just going around my car, and all i could do is just continue to pray. >> cindy caused widespread flooding and forced evacuations in louisiana. creeks and bayous flooded many low lying neighborhoods. some parts of the gulf coast also got 10 inches of rain, forcing drivers to abandon their cars. >> i was going to drive through it, but it was a little too deep to go in there with the car. >> the system is being blamed for 10-year-old nolan mccabe's death. authorities believe the 5th grader washed ashore by powerful waves while he was vacationing on the alabama coast with his family. flash flood warnings are in effect for parts of the gulf coast to the mid-atlantic as remnants of the storm continue to move north. hena daniels, cbs news. >> and in anticipation of that heavy rainfall

after alabama i came to new york, i happen to meet a student of alabama was from mississippi, i went to tuscaloosa, in 1949 and 53 and i met this guy in french class -- i didn't learn much but friends but i went to french class. this guy from mississippi who befriended me and you i worked in a college newspaper and he said gay, do you want to go into journalism when you graduate you ought to go talk to my cousin in new york. yes, i have a cousin who works for the new york times. he is the managing editor. really smart he was from mississippi and the manager of the new york times. when i graduated from 1953 the first thing i did after i spent some time with my parents in ocean city, new jersey. i took the bus to atlantic city, 43rd street to the bus station, eighth avenue and went to the new york times building, unannounced, walked in, third floor, there's a receptionist at the desk, elderly man with a bow tie. in the background where these portraits of the sulzberger family, the owners of the new york times. the gentleman was the receptionist -- must've been in his 60s, i walked in a

people are hurting in alabama, around the country.tion and can't wait to see the draft in the morning. lou: when you see the draft, does it feel, if you will excuse the expression, a little strange to you to not have hearings, to not have drafts of the bill and elements of it for your analysis and judgment before going into the voting process? >> well, i'm obviously a newcom newcomer to the ways of washington and find a lot of things very unusual. lou: you did that very well for a fellow that's only been there four months. >> i could say strange, it has to do with reconciliation of the process and the fact that the democrats have said they are not going to cooperate. as a matter of fact, i was shocked, i wasn't shocked, i expected elizabeth warren's tweet saying this was a mean, vicious, horrible, cruel, on and on, bill, and hasn't been released yet. lou: nobody surprised by that, now. those folks are -- i got a kick out of al franken talking about 13 white males controlling the legislation. that would have been so much better if he h

erosion, as you can see here on dauphin island in alabama is already extensive. tropical storm cindy is expected to keep up this pace or worse including the threat of tornadoes until tomorrow morning. lester? >> kerry sanders, thank you. >>> now to the stunning fall of one of the fastest rising ceos in the world, driven out as the chief executive at uber, the wildly popular company that millions use to grab a ride. the company reeling from a series of embarrassing scandals. nbc news business correspondent jo ling kent has details for us. >> reporter: travis kalanick, founder and ceo of ride sharing giant uber suddenly resigning late tuesday after intense pressure from five major investors. in a statement, kalanick said i have accepted the investors' request to step aside so uber can go back to building rather than be distracted with another fight. kalanick forced out so the company could move on after months of allegations sparked by former engineer susan fowler of sexual harassment, bull egg and inappropriate workplace behavior. kalanick is an aggressive entrepr

speaker, sweet tea was from the richest family news can loosea, alabama, and -- tuscaloosa, alabama and was a big financial backer of that university. megan didn't remember climbing into his sleek mercedes but woke up in his southern mansion and knew something was wrong. megan said she resisted his initial advances and repeatedly told him she wanted to go home. he refused to do so. instead, he sexually assaulted her and then he fell off to sleep. she tried to get out of the room but the door was locked, and desperate to escape, megan climbed out of the mansion's second story bedroom window and went to his car looking for her keys. it was there she discovered a handgun sweet tea had in the car all the time but took it for her safety on her walk home. doing everything a rape victim should do, she immediately called the police and went to the hospital. but it's here, mr. speaker, that the system, she says, started to fail her. the hospital wasn't sufficiently trained in sexual assault procedure and botched the rape kit. megan then went to the police station to give her statement about what

joining us now is the man who replaced sessions in congress republican alabama senator luther strange. good morning to you, senator. thanks for being with us. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. ainsley: you're welcome. tell the folks at home who don't know jeff sessions what he is like as a person. >> i have had the honor and privilege of knowing jeff for over 25 years. he has been a dear friend and mentor. there is no finer person in public service than jeff sessions. literal an eagle scout from young age and conducted himself with the greatest integrity of any public official i have ever met. so america is very fortunate to have jeff sessions as attorney general and i expect him to acquit himself very well this afternoon. ainsley: all right. well, senator, if you look at the headlines, they paint a different picture than what you're describing of the attorney general. the huffington post said in 2016 that he was deemed too racist to be a federal judge. he will now be trump's attorney general. look at that headline there. then we have a few others that we want to put up. slate

de mÉxico, se espera otro dÍa de aguaceros vientos y trombas marina un niÑo muriÓ en una playa de alabamaalifornia ha sido relacionado con altas temperaturas que azotan el suroeste de la naciÓn, la temperatura marcara hoy por encima de 113 grados y estas temperaturas se mantendrÁn hasta la prÓxima semana. >> houston contra texas, el consejo municipal de houston votÓ a favor que esa ciudad se sume a otras metrÓpolis, la medida que entrara en vigor en septiembre, permite a cualquier oficial de policÍa en el estado hacer de a gente de migraciÓn. >> ley de salud, senadores republicanos presentan hoy se legisladores para revocar y reemplazar el obamacare es la primera vez que la iniciativa sale a la luz tras semanas de negociaciones, el lÍder prometÓo realizar una votaciÓn antes del reses de 4 de julio. >> ataque en mÍchigan, el fbi confirmÓ que investiga como un acto el ataque a un policÍa con un cuchillo, el oficial fue reportado en condiciÓn estable. >> vigilando a cindy, mÁs de 16 millones de personas estÁn bajo la amenaza de la tormenta tropical que avanza sobre los estados del golpe de m

. >> alabama and mississippi impacted, the heaviest rainfall could happen in alabama and mississippi.he governor of alabama has declared a state of emergency. in neighboring biloxi, mississippi a rare image, amateur video showing a water stop's bond several of those, some tornadoes, we are dealing with a very widespread threat, flooding, potential tornadoes, heavy wind and the worst is potentially yet to come as cindy continues to push in land and make landfall. that is the latest in lake falls. back to janice dean in new york. >> you are where the center of circulation has come on shore near cameron, louisiana. the storm made landfall, it is weakening, still a tropical storm, 40 mile-per-hour sustained wind. thunderstorms are widespread. don't pay attention to the cohen because the effects will be widespread along the central gulf, the threat for tornadoes, all the focus on cisco tornado watches from 1:00 central time from louisiana, mississippi and alabama as some of these rotating cells could produce week tornadoes and some damage so watching that, the threat for severe weather, no

a state of emergency declared alabama and louisiana. there and across the storm zone -- >> i've never seen the waves this big. >> reporter: -- concerns of flash flooding, power outages. >> it's notorious for losing electricity. >> reporter: and tornadoes with the leading edge of this storm filled with funnel clouds and one already possibly touching down in the florida panhandle. >> thank god nobody was hurt. yeah, this is terrible. >> reporter: and the risk of tornadoes continues throughout today and into tomorrow as the storm moves inland. kendis and diane. >> all right, marci, we know just because it looks calm means it will stay that way. you're expecting 5 to 8 inches there. take all the precautions you need. marci gonzalez from lake charles, louisiana. thanks, marci. >>> to the president who is back in washington this morning after taking a victory lap in iowa overnight. >> the president addressed supporters at a campaign-style rally in cedar rapids vesseling in a string of conditional wins by republicans and slammed democrats and

one twister alreadying barreling across crowded birmingham, alabama. this strip small mall shattered. children in baseball helmets sheltering in bathtubs. we have seen it before and tonight, 30 million people are in flood watches over 1,000 miles. abc's steve osunsami north of atlanta tonight. >> reporter: tornado watches are up tonight from the tropical storm pouring in from the gulf. and there are twisters in the areas of alabama. >> it just hit here in fairfield. it was big, guys. it was really big. >> reporter: just outside birmingham, a tornado hit in fairfield, alabama. with 120-mile-per-hour winds. from a mile away, people recording on their phones could see the debris. authorities say three or four people are hurt. there's damage to three businesses. 12,000 people lost power. >> it lasted three or four minutes enter it was gone. >> we want to make sure everybody's okay right. >> reporter: north of atlanta tonight, forecasters are warning more than a million people here to watch out. tropical storm cindy made land fall near the texas/louisiana b

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one of the hardest hit areas, alabama. at least one tornado hit thursday packin winds as strong as 120 miles per hour. damages several buildings, and injuring at least four people >> i just saw all the debris going around, and all i could do is continue to, i knew i couldn't get out of my car. that would be wrong. >> reporter: the storms still producing heavy rain around the mississippi valley but most residents and local officials say the danger has largely passed. while the recovery effort gears up, many also trying to enjoy themselves and make the best >> get my work-out pulling her down the road in a raft. >> pretty awesome. come out here, have fun. do crazy stuff. >> reporter: remnants moving to the northeast is expected to impact states next like kentucky, tennessee and west virginia where flash flood watches are now in effect. that is the latest from dallas, casey stiegel. fox news. . >>> taking a look outside. the sky looks beautiful. it's in the 80's. it was awful humid >> it was hot out there today. definitely th

much the way they chewed through alabama defense in january.ing a hug from mom as they pulled outside the to vienna. >> wonderful supporting mother right here, once in a lifetime experience she got to shake the president's hand, which is truly amazing experience once in a lifetime and i can't believe, it is surreal. i can't believe we went through that we are touring the capitol and continue on a great day. >> just over two months away from the start of college football season. >> saturday night, nats closer, got hurt in the shower, blew a two run lead now on 10 day disabled list. >>> nats looking to put up more offence braves came to play as well 7 home runs total. nats clinging to a run lead you are thinking -- 1 run lead you are thinking are they going to blow it? they blew it. tyler flowers 3 run shut off, over price harpers head, bottom of the 9th,. >> hold team announcement to discuss personnel changes tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. our sports team will be there could be narrator: the washington post endorses dr. ralph northam. mr. northam

. >> let's move onto lily in alabama. another democratic column that color. his bipartisanship possible in congress? >> no. >> why not? >> there is no love there anymore. we don't care about each other. it is about the agenda of the parties. >> is there anyway to get back to some sort of unity or down as that is notched we move forward? stop attacking each other and love each other. all of them say when they finish their speeches, godr rhetoric speeches bless america. god has always bless america. we have to bless america. god has done his job. it is us and we throw god bless america out there to let whoever know that we have got on our side. he knows all about all of us. we better get it together. stop annihilating each other. it iss what that's when all said and done, it is not about us. >> thanks for the call. let's get to georgia next on the republican line. you're going to get the last word going around. what do you have to say? first, -- >> first, thanks for showing the ballgame and during the afternoon, all the congressmen were there. i heard you inter

they ordered that travel ban which also includes alabama, south dakota and kentucky. oregon, kansas, mississippi and tennessee are already on that list. >>> delta is using biometrics to speed up the process. all you need are your fingers. you simply place two fingers on that board. the program is being tested out at reagan international at washington, d.c. for the time being it's only being used as delta sky club, but during the summer they're hoping to bring it to airports, too. >> it takes out the stress of having to carry a boarding pass, or looking for your boarding pass or having to ask for your passport or driver's license. >> delta is partnering with the company clear. to take part in delta's program, you have to be a clear member first. >>> we are now hearing directly from a juror in bill cosby's sexual assault case. he's giving his firsthand account of what led to a mistrial after 52 hours of deliberations and no consensus. he also says the prosecution has a challenge ahead of it as a new trial heads to this fall. >> reporter: the deadlock was a win for bill

. >>> >> it happened when a tornado ripped through fair field alabama today. it's the work of now tropical depression cindy. >> chief meteorologistist is tracking that storm tonight and the impact is going to have here. >> that's exactly right. we think it's going to impact us tomorrow night, rather tonight, and again tomorrow night, two waves of moisture. let's take a look at the radar, we're tracking another area. this is not cindy related up to the north. some of these storms they dry to move into northern areas, storms developing into west virginia. these might try to come together and move closer to i-81. that's something i'm watching. all of this tornado watch in the yellow here for louisiana, parts of mississippi, over towards alabama and arkansas we did see that tornado, as you mentioned, numerous land falling tropical system, it's doing so, as well. now, what can we expect here as we move through tomorrow a time that rain moves in. but not a wash out of a friday or saturday. but i will show you how both are effected coming up in our full forecast. >>

i love alabama today disagree with julia on this one.hat shocked me is they actually found a conservative teacher with the conservative book on a reading list. how far did they have to look for that? it shows the hypocrisy of the left so open-minded that their brains just fall right out. charles: let's talk about the hypocrisy with progresses because every now and when they bump into each other and that was the case when i gave police chief was banned from a pride march this of course happening in minneapolis after the recent court verdict. there was outrage in their shoes right now just moments ago by the way they have reversed the decision. the march organizers are going to allow the police chief to join and apparently she has agreed. julien you wrote about this. i'm happy to see the police taking the high road but it's amazing they draw conclusion except when they don't want to up --. >> this is about intersection on is the keyword for this but it's really about exclusionary politics and getting power but in this case what was so powe

one on the mississippi-alabama border, and the other one up to montgomery, alabama, and right throughestern florida. it's these feeder bands that will worry about tornados. they can do some significant damage. here's the forecast updated path. along this path is where we'll deal with the heavy rain as we go right there you friday. do expect it to be a little rainy. especially mid-atlantic as we go through the first half of the saturday morning. here's the advisories. 13 million people are under flood watches. these are the warnings that we still have out from the heavy rain overnight. if we get new flooding, most likely northern louisiana and right along from memphis to greeneville. that area will get heavy rain this afternoon. there's the area i was talking about. this pink shading, that's up to five inches of rain today. that's a lot of rain. tonight in the memphis area, watch out. nashville, as we go throughout your friday, then as we head to saturday morning through the mountains of west virginia, we could even have heavy rain. the cold front combining with the storm, heavy rains,

cindy is blamed for one death, a 10-year-old boy hit by a dog picked up by a the storm surgeon a alabama beach. a state of emergency declared in alabama and louisiana. >> i've never seen the waves this big. >> reporter: concerns of flash flooding power outages. >> oliver is notorious for losing electricity. >> reporter: a funnel cloud touching down in the florida panhandle. >> thank god nobody was h terr. >> reporter: and the risk of tornadoes continue throughout today and tomorrow as the storm moves inland. live in lake charles, louisiana, marcy gonzales. >>> nba draft is tonight, sixers get first pick for the second year in a row. it is widely understood they will take markell fultz who ranked 6th in the ncaa. >>> president trump was talking about the gop healthcare plan set to be unveiled today. >>> authorities are saying the stabbing attack of a michigan police officer was a terror incident. >>> karen. >> reporter: we've got nothing more than a couple of sprinkles in one or two shots, with sunshine and clouds coming your way, we're heating things up, though, details in the exclusive

he is in the thick of it in alabama right now. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. the impacts from tropical storm cindy being felt from florida far west to texas. here on dolphin island in alabama you can see the impact of the storm. the rising tide continues. you can see some homes threatened. this morning there are more than 7,000 people without electricity as power crews try to keep up with the impacts of tropical storm cindy. this morning tropical storm cindy's loosely defined eye making its way onthshore with a massive wet punch. 12 inches of rain in spots flooding coastal towns and spawning water spouts in the panhandle. winds of more than 50 miles an hour taking down trees, leaving a baseball field in ruins. in alabama cindy has already a large log in the surf launched at a 10-year-old boy walking with his family. >> the wave hit the timber and rolled it on top of the child. >> reporter: on dolphin island, despite warnings, some still ventured into the heavy surf. cindy definitely putting a damper on a be

birmingham, alabama tv show this week. mixes up two cities, not even a state it is okay. >> we will move on now, mr. cosby wants to get back to work. we are planning town halls. >> well that was worth the wait. >> and andrew wyatt the pr dude, offered new details but the town halls would presumably feature bill cosby talking about mens behavior toward women and how it can lead to sexual assault allegations, legal abe public relations experts we talked to were quick to say not a good idea. >> this is an opened matter, this matter will be retried as the d.a. said and any pun statements the defendant makes could come back to haunt him. >> if you are add veiing him what do you say about the speaking tour. >> sit down, shut up, and don't come out of your house. >> those are strong word. >> tmz live did talk to andrew wyatt the spokesperson who said this and they said listen we know there will be another trial. we have talk to our attorneys. they say the attorneys have approved this and they say that they will make sure they wil

we are live in mobile, alabama on the leading edge of tropical storm cindy. >> good morning.can see here that this is the area they were worried about. the low lands in the gulf state because the water is rapidly rising. cindy hit in louisiana and moves north. we are still getting some gusts the national and weather service is saying that even if you don't see the driving rain or heavy wind, there are life-threatening flash flood warnings. tropical storm cindy, looming over the u.s. gulf coast. bringing with it heavy rain and the threat of flash flooding. rainfall in some spots over the next 24 hours, cindy has sent high wind and strong surf to the coastline from alabama to texas. >> we had lightning and thunder. bigger waves than this. >> state officials have taken steps to prepare for the worst. at least one victim was fatally struck by a log in the water. people fromstop heading to the beach. have been semi-praying to get some semi-exciting weather. i got my wish. >> the national weather service says heavy rain and the potential for flash flooding could impact areas as f n