in chicago, alex perez caught up with carter truss, a community advocate who feels similarly.izes with immigrant groups but says too many resources are going to them instead of other chicago communities. >> how can we forget about our people, our veterans who have served this country, who are homeless, but there is no money available for them because we used it up for the migrants. >> there are some in the community who believe or argue that you're pitting minority against minority, fighting for the same resources. when you hear that, what's your response? >> it's true, it's true. we are all fighting for the same resources, and that's what happens when there's not enough resources, when there are not enough resources, or when you're diverting resources from one place to another and take it from people who are already suffering, already blighted, already don't have to give to someone else. you're going to have discourse. >> at the border. in california, security is beefing up. if migrants decide not to brave the wall or an official port of entry, it's up to the coast guard to s

>> david: alex perez in chicago tonight. alex, thank you. let's get right to chief meteorologist lee goldberg from our new york station wabc. hi, lee. >> reporter: hey, david. a dangerous situation unfolding across the south. we have tornado watches out from louisiana to mississippi to alabama. active tornado warning west of hattiesburg. places like meridian all in line for this. the watch goes through this evening. to the north, it's a flood threat into kentucky. snow flying from chicago to detroit. icing in the blue ridge where they saw a foot of snow yesterday. it will be rain from d.c. to philly, but a mix from new york to boston that goes over to rain, snow for northern new england. out west, the third major storm of the week. it's coming onshore into california. there are flood watches out from san francisco to l.a. the heavy rain will get into southern california by tomorrow. up to 5 to 10 inches of rain, obviously concerned about the mudslides potentially near the burn scars. we could have 5 to 10 inches of rain and maybe up to 8 fee