right now tropical storm warnings are posted from texas to the alabama/florida border and metropolitan new orleans. 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 ale

at least 17 million people are under a storm warning from parts of texas to the alabama-florida border.. by tomorrow morning....some of those places will get a foot of rain.... the national hurricane center predicts that cindy can cause torrential downpours,high waves and even some tornadoes. it's believed cindy will make landfall sometime thursday morning over texas or louisiana.. (steve) a live look outside at the golden gate bridge on this wednesday night.. it is the longest day of the year...so we get to enjoy the sun out on the bridge a little longer tonight. (pam) brittney has the forecast... .more very warm to hot weather can be expected through at least tomorrow. therefore, a combination of heat advisories and excessive heat warnings are in effect for both days. more substantial cooling is then expected from friday into the upcoming weekend. (steve) in oklahoma. a man convicted of molesting a woman when she was a child... is now out of prison.(pam) and within days, he moved in -- right next door to her. danyelle dyer and her family say her uncle, harold english, recently got ou

javier: la advertencia tropical se extiende desde texas hasta la frontera de alabama con florida.edro rojas que nos trae lo mÁs reciente. pedro, cÓmose prepara los residentes? pedro: estamos prÓximos a la frontera de luisiana y texas donde se espera la tormenta tropical. por ahora se habla de inundaciones, sobre todo nueva orleans. se espera que haya fuertes lluvias en las prÓximas horas tomen durante la noche y hasta mediados del dÍa jueves. nosotros estamos muy pendientes del desarrollo de lo que tendrÁ esa tormenta tropical hoy en noticiero univisiÓn, por supuesto, con un reportaje mÁs completo. continuamos con esta cobertura sabiendo exactamente hacia dÓnde se dirige cindy y el impacto que podrÍa tener sobre todo en las costas como estas,donde se espera que las prÓximas horas haya fuerte lluvias y posibles inundaciones que podrÍan afectar estructuras y tambiÉn la actividad econÓmica de esta región del sureste de texas y del sur del estado de luisiana. en la informaciÓn desde el este de texas, regresÓ con ustedes. carolina: te agradecemos pedro por este reporte javier: en mÁs d

la advertencia tropical se extiende desde san luis hasta la frontera de alabama con florida.s que esÁa en texas, sin formaciÓn. adelante. pedro: cÓmo estÁn? ya estamos en direcciÓn a la frontera entre luisiana y texas. en las prÓximas horas se espera la llegada de la tormenta tropical cindy. por ahora, lluvias potenciales. ya se habla de inundaciones. sin embargo, el gobernador del estado de luisiana, en las prÓximas horas, estarÁ dando una rueda de prensa. ha declarado estado de margen sea en toda la frontera y en el sur del estado. en las prÓximas horas estarÁ hablando sobre sus planes de preparaciÓn para contrarrestar cualquier efecto, sobre todo, de inundaciÓn que puede ocasionar esta tormenta. se espera que haya un fuerte lluvias en las prÓximas horas y tambiÉn durante la noche. nosotros estamos muy pendientes del desarrollo de lo que tendrÁ esta tormenta tropical cindy. hoy, con un reportaje mÁs completo. continuamos con esta cobertura y quÉ impacto podrÍa tener en costas como estas. se espera que en las prÓximas horas hayan fuerte lluvias y posibles inundaciones que po

heavy rain and severe weather across portions of texas, mississippi, alabama, western florida and flooding is the major concern with cindy. tropical storm force winds are issue with that storm making land fall but it is more about the heavy rain and flooding concerns with this storm. again impacting gulf coast already today. that will continue as cindy moves north ward and on shore within the next few hours. latest update as of 11 p.m. national hurricane center cindy has sustained winds 50 miles an hour moving north, norm west miles an hour and close to paging land fall around the texas, louisiana border. by 7 a.m. tomorrow morning on shore and quickly weakened to tropical depression and post tropical storm system. by friday morning moving due northeast crossing tennessee by late friday and moisture out ahead of it will get caught up within the mean flow of atmosphere. cold front coming on and that drags all that moisture to continue right into our direction moving north east over washington, new york, really all the major cities seeing frain this system. that will be enhanced from a cold

flash flooding..at least 17 million people are under a storm warning from parts of texas to the alabama-floridader.. by tomorrow morning....some of those places will get a foot of rain.... and there's already damage from high wind and downed trees.... this is okaloosa county florida.. the national hurricane center predicts that cindy can cause torrential downpours,high waves and even some tornadoes. it's believed cindy will make landfall sometime thursday morning over texas orlouisiana... authorities spend much of the day urging people to take all warnings seriously.. louisiana emergency official - don't wait till the last minute so fire services having to come out on a you. get out ahead of time. these first responders need to be responding to emergency situations, not things we could have prevented. gov. john bel edwards: we obviously continue to take the storm very seriously, and we urge everyone in louisiana to do the same. this is a waterspout in ocean springs, mississippi...another area of the gulf feeling the effects of the storm. it was under a tornado watch at the time. and - satellite

cindy has dumped over a foot of rain in parts of louisiana, alabama and the florida coasts.umans aren't the only ones dealing with the powerful storm. mountains of deadly fire ants are devising their own strategy to beat the floodwaters it may look like a great escape - but it's actually another extreme danger for many in the midst of this storm because these ants will latch onto anything they come in contact with. time now for weather - rain for the morning drive; few pm storms tomorrow morning (very drive; few pm storms - feeling tropical through tomorrow morning (very high humidity) - saturday morning rain; afternoon clearing - delightful sunday & early next week (very low humidity!) today: morning showers. pm thunderstorms. very humid and breezy to windy. highs: 88-90 winds: sw 10-20 g 25 mph tonight: rain developing. warm and very humid. lows: 71-76 winds: sw 5-15 mph saturday: morning rain becoming partly cloudy with falling humidity after noon. highs: 87-90 winds: nw 5-15 mph julie toss to break every second of life adds up. you a little advice: so make sure they're f

storm cindy, it will be the rain, up to a foot across parts of louisiana, mississippi, alabama even parts of florida the remnants carefully. that's where it's by early saturday morning and the track takes it just south of our region, it's likely that we're going to go see rain showers with remnants of cindy and a front by friday, and into the day on saturday. we could have pretty good rain around here, keep that in mind. that's our next time frame for rain perhaps thunderstorms. still little early to call whether we'll arrive for the zip trip, maybe later going to annapolis, most of the temperatures stay in the 80's, it will be dry for the most part this afternoon. first day of summer. erin >> yes, sir. >> i hear we're going to give out pop cycles. >> i don't know where we're going yet. skyfox is over 223 wood yard road out in prince george's county. serious crash investigation closing both directions. traffic it has to detour around causing a allow for extra time if you take wood yard road in the clinton area, live look from skyfox, let's show you what else you're up against this morning, metro del

forecasters say some areas of louisiana, mississippi, alabama and florida could see up to a foot of rainopical storm cindy is expected to make landfall on the texas- louisiana border early tomorrow morning. (james) several parents are stunned after a man was found using a los angeles day care center as a drug trafficking hub. police say the kids played and slept surrounded by dozens of pounds of cocaine. the drugs were trafficked out of the house that also functioned as an unlicensed day care center of kids of many ages. investigators say they found cocaine next to a child's bed... and kids were also seen playing outside during drug deals. the same man was arrested at the same home two years ago for drug possession, but was never prosecuted. (james) the nation's largest meat producer is trying to make sure animals are treated better before they are killed. tyson foods says they are looking for a new way to kill chickens, as well as monitoring how employees handle birds. this comes as undercover videos show some workers with several different companies treating animals roughly tyson says

up to a foot of rape unfortunately for louisiana, mississippi, alabama, northern florida and then wee in tennessee by early this weekend but up ahead of they'll enough energy we'll likely get rain showers around here by friday and into saturday. there's the eventual path of the remnants of cindy. we could have enhanced rain around here potential that moving slow enough and it's well enough organized there could be flooding issues around here friday into saturday. so we'll keep a very close eye on that zip trip to annapolis on friday. 88 degrees. >> all right. we got a lot going on here today. back to you guys. >> busy place as always. >> kev is back. kev was in london for the last, >> three, four days. >> i was there covering the transformers the last night the movie i did dance video with mark wahlberg. >> we saw. >> we've seen. >> here's my question for that. >> yeah. >> was that on his phone or your phone. >> that was on multiple phones. >> which one was he holding in his hand. >> he was holding his own hand. he has the master. >> for viewers not knowing what we're talking about m

alabama, florida, georgia, illinois, missouri, new hampshire, north dakota, south dakota, utah, washington, wisconsin. what's interesting, in my state, the 15-year-old girl who was raped by her dentist could recover after $785,000 because we had a whole special acception of our general assembly to arrive at that figure. but there are other states where they've said, you can't have any limits at all. those are the states that are being attacked by this legislation. because now they're reducing them from potentially $20 million or $10 million to $250,000. an outrageous invasion of states' rights and rights of juries to decide how people need to be compensated. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. conyers: mr. chairman, i'm ready to close. if the gentleman is. mr. king: i am prepared to close. mr. conyers: thank you. the chair: the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: members of the house of representatives, numerous consumer, labor, veteran and legal groups all oppose h.r. 1215, including the afl-cio, the american college of physicians, the consumers' union, public

louisiana declared a state of emergency in a tropical storm warning in effect all the way to the alabama floridar as of last night. another headline for you. cable company ltc u.s.a. delivering the biggest u.s. telecom ipo in 17 years. shares are priced at $30 apiece according to the journal which race $1.9 billion overall. stocks will begin trading today. the company valued at 20 billion. we should say they have slumped this year. at&t down 10% year-to-date. verizon down about 15% year-to-date. expect to see new emu juice as unicode releases that the six new ranging from t. rex, a mug as a people is ranging skin tends to bring the total to 239 variations over all. i like the quiet one. people say that all the time. they would not make the images available. we will be on your iphone yet. don't send me the outline. >> the world has completely changed since the introduction of the iphone. in 2006 or 2007. that's it. >> how fast times goes. picking a replaceable object. maria: the story of the table today. you've got the opportunity to get legislation done this year. were you encouraged by what you

parts of alabama, mississippi, and florida a watches until tomorrow. the storm is being blamed for at least one death. >> in the west the cause for concern is the high heat. dangerously hot temperatures are expected again today from new mexico to california and all the way up to seattle. searing winds and high hind are fueling the fiefrmt firefighters try to get a handle on more than a dozen wildfires. meteorologist ed curran of our chicago station of wbbm-tv has the latest. ed, good morning. >> good morning, anthony. we take a look at midday. what's left of cindy is moving up the east coast. this is a cold front sweeping in behind it, bringing in much cooler temperatures for much of the country, while out west we have na heat that you talked about. now, we're concerned about an area of excessive rain stretching through the south where they've already seen too thch rain as cindy came through a risk for severe storms. a marginal risk to the southeast and also up to the northeast. damaging winds and perhaps an isolated tornado can't be ruled out. but loo

cindy has dumped over a foot of rain and parts of louisiana, alabama, and the florida coast. what we're finding right now is some rain out ahead of a cold front coming into our area. we look at the impacts of cindy during the overnight, first thing early tomorrow morning. of montgomeryreas county coming into howard county, baltimore county, the district right down 95 this morning and have been pockets of moderate rain along the fly. 6:22, waldorf, you would get the moderate rain by 6:31. clarksville eventually. you can see there how hard it is coming down over i-95, south of mount vernon. 72 degrees, arlington. look at that sky. what you cannot see is how sticky it is. mid 70's, temperatures feeling like we are in the upper 70's to 80's. see more scattered thunderstorms later today. that may impact the first pet of our washington nationals game. julie: all right. all right, v.j. on the roads, lanes are open out theollege park into 270 and inner loop headed towards the wilson bridge. but the story this morning is the fatal crash which occurred at 3:00 closing new york avenue a

you can see the churning in the gulf. 6 to 9 inches in louisiana, mississippi, alabama, even panhandle of florida. is he had to make landfall late tonight. you can see it's right there. maximum sustained winds at 50 miles per hour. it is moving toward the northwest at 9 miles per hour. it will continue to generally move north/northwest overnight tonight. here is its position tomorrow afternoon. as we head toward the end of the week and weekend, it really starts to pick up and gets bring us rain chances at times, a piece of the remnant on friday and then another piece on saturday. but tomorrow we're completely dry come start to finish. but partly cloudy skies. humidity arrives overnight tonight. lauren will be in doing wtop radar. tomorrow more than the mugginess will hit you. a high tomorrow of 92. so a touch warmer than today. and tomorrow night, it's muggy, sticky, 88 degrees. so your weather outlook, the commute dry both ways, but if you bike or walk to work, it is uncomfortable especially later in the day. exercise is muggy probably earlier the better. pool, perfection there. if you're having

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for the city of atlanta which given climate change and many other things and arguments with florida and alabama as to who honors the water is a good idea. but i will say - let me say also that when i write books, i generally do not like to preach at people. i don't like to tell people what they should think. i lay it out. i tried to make it engaging, i transmitted narrative nonfiction that reads like fiction. because i think nonfiction is a lot stranger than fiction. nobody can ever make up all of the challenges of this beltline ended up having to overcome. i can talk about that during the q&a but i can't remember no going to say again now. i was going somewhere. [inaudible] >> yes the quarry! watershed management and the city of atlanta in 1990, this is another segway. in 1996 the olympics, they decided the terrorists might come and pollute the water supply because they were paranoid. they put up fences around the waterworks. which is where when i was in high school, the cross-country team would practice and run around. a beautiful place. in fact, they had built a little building there for a c

florida. larry on the line. 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 t

a 10-year-old vacationing with his family in alabama was killed today when strong waves washed a large log onto the shore, hitting him. from the florida panhandle to texas, there's widespread damage this evening. alabama and louisiana already declaring states of emergency. the potential flooding could be life-threatening. >> already looks bad. >>> let's get a closer look at our forecast now w 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer. >> doug, this will impact us at some point. >> it is, friday and maybe into saturday two. two pieces of energy will make their way our way. the timing of it is the toughest part of the focused. you can see what's happening with cindy coming onshore tonight and tomorrow morning, close to the border of texas and louisiana. a lot of rain to the east. you've seen the tornadoes, we showed you numerous tornadoes and water spouts in that area. for us, what we're dealing with first is the heat. look at highs today, 90 degrees in d.c., 88 in dulles. i think we get hotter tomorrow before a good chance of rain moves in friday and saturday. i'll break it down for you and take you hour by hour on friday. how does that soun

forecasters say some areas of louisiana, mississippi, alabama and florida could see up to a foot of rainical storm cindy is expected to make landfall on the texas-louisiana border early tomorrow morning. welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic this morning. (anny hong): more very warm to hot weather can be expected through at least tomorrow. therefore, a combination of heat advisories and excessive heat warnings are in effect for both days. more substantial cooling is then expected from friday into the upcoming weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gate bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. ( mark ) o-j simpson could become a free man later this year. his parole hearing has been set for july 20th. the 70-year-old was sentenced to a 33 year sentence for robbing a memorabilia dealer at gunpoint in las vegas in 2007. a panel of four parole commissioners could approve his release in october. simpson was acquitted in 19-95 in los angeles in the killi

cindy acumularon entre 6 y 9 pulgadas de agua incluso mÁs en partes de louisiana, mississippi alabama y floridahija a la escuela, los abogados informaron que le fueron retirados los cargos, fue debe aclarado culpable de recibir bieness robados. >> muro mÁs barato el presidente donald j.trump propuso poner paneles solares en el muro fronterizo que quiere pagar en un meeting en iowa explicÓ que estÁ pensando en un muro solar, de esta forma mÉxico tendrÁ que pagar menos, asÍ lo dijo el presidente algo que dijo que tiene sentido, mÁs adelante yo regreso con mÁs noticias en "un nuevo dÍa" pero ahora echemos un vistazo a las condiciones tiempo con ya mis, muy buenos dÍas janice. >> muy buenos dÍas querida paulina, tengan todos mi gente linda en este viernes chico, jueves social, tenemos que hablar de la tormenta tropical cindy muy importante todavÍa se espera que siga generando entre tres a 12 pulgada de lluvia se espera que los vientos sigan alrededor de 70 millas alrededor del ojo actualmente estÁ generando vientos de 40 millas por horas las rÁfagas se dejaran sentir un poco mÁs fuerte, la buena no

see tropical storm cindy bringing lots of rain to areas of louisiana, mississippi, alabama and the panhandle of florida. 6 to 9 inches in those areas. isolated higher amounts. winds at 50 miles an hour as it moves toward the northwest at 9 miles per hour. so again, it makes landfall overnight tonight. it is impacting the gulf throughout the day tomorrow and then as we head toward the end of the starts to make an easterly push, we'll see one remnant wave likely impact us on friday and another one on saturday morning. so take a look, it is dry tomorrow. 92 for a high. not only is it hot tomorrow, but muggy as well. the mugginess wasn't so bad today, but you will really notice it tomorrow. as we take a look at the 10 day forecast on friday, we'll have rain and storms at times due in part to the recommend nachbts of cindy and the front. you can see that 60% chance there. otherwise 86 muggy agredegrees. and still muggy on saturday. heavy rain potentially early saturday. but by midday, everything outdoors looking good. really low humidity and gorgeous on sunday. perfect dade to have an outdoor barbecue. and

there are tornado warnings there as well as louisiana, florida, and alabama. the u.s.nal hurricane center says the sustained winds have decreased to about 40 miles per hour. weakening over the next two days. the storm is already blamed for at least one death. a 10ear-old boy was killed on an alabama beach when he was killed by a log tt washed ashore. >> i want to chump in because officials have just confirmed a second death. one person found dead inside a car on the beach during a storm. abc reporting that emergency responders went to a beach in texas after a stranded car, they rescued one person and also found someone dead inside the vehicle. not clear how the person died, why the car was on the beach during the storm, but right now, there is an investigation being launched. back to you. >> thank you, jessica. >>> three men are recovering after a scary afternoon in the san francisco bay. their sailboat capsized in the bay yesterday afternoon just east of the golden gate bridge. this video you'll see only on abc 7 news. a commuter ferry tried to rescue all the boaters

flooding was reported from texas to florida, and alabama governor kay ivey warned the danger is not over yet. >> this is not just a coastal issue for goodness sake, this is about inland as well. so everybody needs to have heads up and be alert to the rising water that can effect flooding. >> sreenivasan: the storm has now weakened to a tropical depression but could bring heavy rain all the way to the mid- atlantic region by the weekend. in afghanistan, the taliban set off a powerful car bomb today that killed at least 34 people. it happened in the capital of helmand province, in the south. the suicide attack targeted afghan soldiers who were lined up at a bank to receive their paychecks. but, officials said most of the dead were civilians. the associated press reports al- qaeda suspects are being systematically tortured in secret prisons across southern yemen. an a.p. investigation found at least 18 sites run by the united arab emirates and yemeni forces. it said 2,000 men have disappeared into the prisons, where they've been beaten with wires and roasted over fires. u.s. officials say t

right around the texas-louisiana border, a couple over here across parts of alabama, mississippi, the panhandle of florida. anytime you have a land falling tropical system, you end up with some rotation that could possibly cause some tornado so a tornado watch here in effect. tornadoes are not huge when this happens but that can cause some damage if it is your area. here's where our tornado threat is around the day. you see more rain continuing here, eventually getting in towards the ohio valley tonight and into the day tomorrow. by the time we are done with all of this, we will see some spots inland to seeing some flooding, especially when you get out here towards parts of tennessee and kentucky. that will cause some flooding in some spots. overall, not a huge storm to get started for the season but a good reminder that when hurricane season is here, you have to be ready. more certainly to come this year. >> julie: thank you. >> jon: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will release the details on the g.o.p. plan to replace obamacare, asking democrats to help him. >> when legislation does come to the f

the florida panhandle, into alabama, parts of mississippi, even georgia, as well.k at the latest -- here's a look at the latest flood watches and warnings from the national weather service. new orleans and baton rouge included. what is the fate of tropical storm cindy as it moves inland? it will start to dissipate. still a considerable amount of moisture associated with the system as a cold front sweeps it to the east. that is what's going to bring our flood threat along with it. here's our chance of severe weather today. for this afternoon, 80 for the big apple. 93 for washington. 92 for chicago. atlanta, a warm and muggy 81. back to you. >> okay. thank you very much. >>> let's get a check on cnn's "money stream" this morning. global markets are down this morning after wall street closed mostly lower. the s&p 500 fell after energy stocks dropped 1.6%. that's because oil continues to decline. crude prices fell another 2% to the lowest level in ten months. that's still bear market territory or a 20% drop for oil. investors are worried over a supply glut. that drop i

because some of the most severe rains could fall along the mississippi gulf coast, the alabama gulf coast, and into floridaared a state of emergency. we had flashflood warnings over the last 12 hours in the mississippi area. this storm will not be a major wind event. it will be about rain and flooding and flashflooding. jeff, that could be deadly. that's the risk here. >> david, thank you very much. >>> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says a draft of the republican health care bill should be released tomorrow. a group of 13 gop senators has been working on the bill behind closed doors. democrats and some republicans have criticized the secrecy. utah republican mike lee, who is part of the working group, said yesterday he had not seen the bill and the process has been frustrating. >> even though we thought we were going to be in charge of running a bill within this working group, it's not being written by us. it's apparently being written by a small handful of staffers for members of the republican so if you're frustrated by the lack of transparency in this process, i share your frustration. >> mitch

forecasters say the system could drop 6-12" of rain across louisiana, mississippi, alabama and parts of the floridand folks in the southwest dealing with the opposite problem, the worst heat wave to hit that region in decades. las vegas temperatures hitting 117 degrees. phoenix 119. palm springs, 121. it's gotten so bad american airlines had to cancel 45 flights yesterday because small regional jets can't take off in the hot, thin air, particularly in phoenix, arizona. >>> on wall street, stocks closing mixed today. dow fell 57 points, the s&p lost two. the nasdaq up 46. volume on the big board, 3.6 billion shares, and crude oil plunging for a third straight session settling below $43 a barrel. existing home sales, however, unexpectedly climbing last month. median home prices have hit a record high just under $253,000. and a reminder to listen to my reports three times a day, coast-to-coast on the salem radio network. >>> up next, awaiting the president's rally in cedar rapids, iowa, and the president and the gop riding high after their special election victories in georgia and south carolina yeste

florida panhandle. and even more pushing north through alabama. happen here with the storm of the top winds at 50 miles per hour. probably making landfall along the line between louisiana and texas t then it will track, accelerate northeast. wind speed around it will diminish. not the winds. it's the shield of the rain that proceeds it to combine with a rain from the cold front later friday and friday night to give our area rain. make a little bit of a breeze. but most of the moisture is pushed ahead of it. so the cold front moves through, we think late friday afternoon and friday night, overnight through saturday morning. we get most of the rain. most of the downpours. if it works out right that should push out of here mid-to-late morning saturday. clearing saturday afternoon and sunday. so, we will salvage a decent weekend. the story is the showers and the storms developing, ending saturday morning. sunshine, less humid on sunday. showers on monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday looks good for the end of june beginning of july.

flood watches are in effect for tomorrow for parts of alabama, mississippi, and florida. >> in utah severe fuelling a wildfire that's destroyed more than a hundred homes. meteorologist ed curran of our boston station wbbm-tv has the study. good morning, ed. >> we have two stories across the country. first of all we have a cold front sinking down across the country bringing us an area of excessive rain that's seen too much of cindy which is moving up on the east coast, dragging in the cool air behind it that is cooling off this part of the country, whereas, out west we have very, very hot temperatures. there's a chance for severe weather in several spots around the country. just a marginal chance but damaging wind and isolated tornado can't be ruled out up here in the northeast. look at these temperatures out west. 116 in phoenix today. 98 in portland. 90 zrees in seattle. anthony? >> meteorologist ed curran of our boston station wbbm-tv. thank you, ed. five republican senators say they will not support the bill to overhaul obamacare. on friday dean heller became the most recent to announce

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you can see rain stretching into the florida panhandle through parts of alabama and georgia, mississippi as well. you see rain bands headed to new orleans now. this is heavy rain. this is tropical moisture which comes in downpours. this is future weather, tropical storm cindy moves on shore, then will fizzle out and remnants of it, leftover rain, we expect it to move in friday. could see showers and thunderstorms. we will be tracking it closely. first day of summer forecast and the closeroo coming up. >>> aaron has the morning off. want to say welcome back to eun after a long trip and flight. >> it was a long flight, long trip r what an experience, though. i am from korea, but spent no significant time there in my life. it was a learning experience for me as well. 20 years since i last visited and it is a different country now. here are olympic venues, the city is ready to host. lansing in the middle there, did a bang up job. that's me in the gorgeous architecture. had a chance to see the city, look forward to sharing my stories and progress being made now to get ready for winter olympic

a foot of rain has fallen in spots along the louisiana, florida and alabama coast, the swirling rainash flood threat continues from louisiana to cincinnati. officials are advising residents to stay on higher ground. even the fire ants are coming together, devising their own strategy to beat the floodwater. and we are learning more about the boy killed in the middle of the storage. mullen mccabe was on vacation with his family when he was struck and killed by a log. >> it's a tragic day for them, and to keep the family in your thoughts and prayers. >> reporter: richard cantu, abc news, new york. >> cindy has moved away from the coast and has been downgraded. but we're not done with her yet. >> nope. justin povick is keeping an eye the storm system as it moves across the eastern u.s. good morning, justin. >> tropical storm cindy moving to the north and the east. still breezy conditions for 20 to 25 miles per hour. but by far the big concern here is going to be from the rainfall. we've already had widespread flooding over the deep south and notice as we work our way through time we're l

cindy ha provocado agua intensos desde la penÍnsula de la florida hasta el este de texas, millones de residentes se encuentran bajo alerta. >> en alabamael fenÓmeno provoco daÑos y tumbÓ Árboles a su poste cerca de birmingham y terminaron encima de autos. >> muchas de las calles terminaron inundadas. >> ante la posibilidad de que las tormentas peguen fuerte, muchas personas se quedaron en casa. >> hay que andar trabajando porque no sabe lo que puede suceder en cualquier momento si inunda. >> tocÓ tierra a las 4 de la maÑana y dejÓ inundaciones inesperadas y muchas de las calles en esta comunidad han quedado prÁcticamente asÍ, convertidas en rÍo. >> obligÓ a cerrar los puertos marÍtimos por mÁs de 13 horas causando pÉrdidas millonarias. >> pensÁbamos que tendrÍa que ser mÁs duro pero quedÓ mÁs lento. >> los estragos se sintieron en la florida en donde se generÓ la tromba marina y ya se degrada a tormenta tropical. >> varias mujeres que viajaron a repÚblica dominicana para someterse a cirugÍas estÉticas han resultado infectadas por una bacteria que les ha puesto al borde de la muerte, hablamos en nueva york con una de las pacientes y nos

florida. tragically, a 10-year-old boy killed in alabama, storm surge knocking a logon to him. a state of emergency already declared there and in louisiana. grand isle already under water. officials urging evacuees to get out early. >> we cannot stress enough the importance of avoiding high water and that's for everyone across the state. >> reporter: in new orleans, they're hoping the flood control systems fortified after katrina will help keep the city dry. you see this pond? this is water out of lake pontchartrain. that levee is all that's keeping this water out of that neighborhood. more than a half foot of rain already in mississippi. hundreds of roads submerged. officials preparing for more possible rescues tonight. you're anticipating you're going to have to get people? >> we'll have to go in and get some people out, yes, ma'am. >> eva joining us now from bay st. louis, mississippi. we see the water there. officials now going door to door to get families to leave, eva? >> reporter: that's right, david. they are especially encouraging people in low-lying areas to get out n

the coast is drenched in heavy rains, downpours and water spouts have left florida beaches a ghost town. governors in alabama and louisiana have declared states of emergency. cindy is ashore. we'll see how much damage she does. >> we'll get human and -- humidity and rain. >> reporter: we'll impacts friday into saturday. it affects part of your weekend, too. stepstep by step starting with today. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're looking good, we had sprinkles near the coastline as the storm from yesterday continue to exit. it's a dry day today. the sunshine looks pretty, doesn't it? as we look live on sky6 live hd. we see clouds mixing with the sun. temperatures, 70 degrees. the dewpoint 65. you notice the humidity. the pressure is steady. it is the westerly flow that will allow the hot air mass to move in. the ocean temperature, 62. satellite and radar we're sin ct us off, you're seeing the sun filter through the clouds. it will be a day of sunshine and clouds. we stay dry until later on tonight. weshower coming through, later tonight, especially west of the city. during the daytime you're dry,

one on the mississippi-alabama border, and the other one up to montgomery, alabama, and right through portions of western floridaeeder 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, indianapolis to columbus, t

leaving the florida beaches empty and prompting officials in alabama and louisiana to take action. >> this will be a severe consists of threat of rain and flooding. but there also is a potential for wind damage as well. elizabeth: the two states in a state of emergency with millions from texas to florida watching the storm's every move. >> i look at the weather map and what it looks like it's not good. >> getting ready for some wind. right now it's just the wind and tidal surge. elizabeth: business owners and residents racing to protect their belongings. in new orleans, crews are keeping busy building a levee. more than a mile long and four and a half feet tall with the mayor warning the public stay alert. >> we learned many lessons from many other storms and we have paid the ultimate price in some instances for not staying vigilant. elizabeth: it's possible the storm could weaken by the time it makes landfall but officials stress this is a dangerous and now a deadly storm. stay alert and be prepared. i'm elizabeth hur in new york for abc7 news. larry: itee water, always some extreme

florida. in fort morgan, alabama, a 10-year-old boy on vacation with his family was killed when he was struck by this giant log that was lifted up by a large wave. caps crashed ashore as people waited for the biggest bands to roll through. several waterspouts were spotted off the florida coast panhandle and in southern michigan, storm fueled twisters are blamed for the destruction in this neighborhood. in ft. walton beach, florida, another tornado tore up a ball feet and brought down this tree that destroyed a truck. >> i am exclusively not one at a loss for words, but i am now. i can't get over this. >> reorter: miles north a storm ripped through alabama tearing a roof from a home and smashing an suv. >> i'm glad nobody got hurt. the damage to the house, stuff can be replaced. >> reporter: get a look at the video of the waves crashing along the biloxi pier not far from where we again, this is where that 10-year-old boy died in blame. people have been warned to stay out of water. there are dangers you aren't even able to see. charlie, the good news is the storms have down graded, the winds ha

southern mississippi, alabama and that far western part of the panhandle of florida.neds as far as tornadoes remember, we're still concerned about rain and how it will squeeze against that front. i think even parts of arkansas, the midsouth, kentucky or tennessee could see another 6 inches of rain which could- hote week today (low 90s) - rain tomorrow; very humid & breezy - turning nice saturday afternoon & great sunday! today: hot and humid. isolated pm thunderstorm. highs: 89-92 winds: sw 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. warm and muggy. showers developing by dawn. lows: 68-75 winds: sw 5-10 mph friday: am showers. very humid & breezy. isolated pm thunderstorms. highs: 87-90 winds: sw 10-15 g 25+ >>> it is time now for one of our favorite "deals & steals" where everything is $20 or less and tory johnson is here and the deals start at just $4. >> are you ready? >> i am. >> so first up aqua ball. this is one of their brand-new products. when you are near water, sand, dirt, elms, anything and your phone can't get ruined, you want an aqua vault so you can put it right in

florida panhandle. both louisiana and alabama declared emergencies, over fears of flooding. storm is expected to make landfall near the texas-louisiana border overnight, and could dump a foot of rain. louisiana governor john bel edwards: >> this will be a severe weather event, primarily consisting of threats of rain and flooding, but there is also a potential for wind damage as well. no one should be under the belief that this storm is only going to affect coastal louisiana or southeastern louisiana. this storm is going to affect the entire state. >> sreenivasan: a ten-year-old died on the alabama coast, after being struck by a log washed in on a storm surge from cindy. a jury in milwaukee has acquitted a former police officer in the shooting of a black man last august. dominique heaggan-brown had been charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the shooting of 23-year-old sylville smith. it happened after a traffic stop and a brief foot chase. smith had a gun, but appeared to be throwing it over a fence. the shooting sparked two nights of riots. the c.e.o. and co-founder

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