rock,e a native of little arkansas.ou openly voiced support for raising the minimum wage, for opposition to the war in iraq, and opposition to demonizing of immigrants and lgbt people. could you talk about the reactitions you have gotten in e past to your perersonal views? >> thank you, juan. really, that is what we're talking about here. the issue is not whether or not i follow the law on good friday, the issue is -- i think trent garner has made it clear he has a long-standing objection to the fact that wendell griffen as a person, and wendell griffen as a judge, holds views about public policy and life that he finds objectionable. i believe that people should earn a living wage. and i'm not afraid to say so. i believe that it is wrong for us to demonize immigrants, for us to pick on our lgbtq brothers and sisters, for us toto mamarginalize people because thy are different. i supported marriage equality. i am glad that we have finally, in arkansas, embraced the notion that all persons are entitled to live out their lo

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the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas wish to be recognized? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore:, the gentleman is recognized for one inute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life of lieutenant deputy kevin main hart. mr. westerman: he was killed during a traffic stop on may 12, 2017. lieutenant mainhart had served as a police officer for 20 years in west memphis, arkansas, before returning to yale county five years ago to protect and serve his hometown. he lived a life of service that his wife, two sons, can be proud of. while words will never be able to console the pain and grief his family, community, and state of arkansas feel, we can take solace in the words of christ who said that great love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends. yale county has lost a true friend and servant. i thank lieutenant mainhart for his service and sacrifice and send my most sincere condolences to his freabdsfrends, family, and all those a -- fri

one angry arkansas voter taking on senator tom cotton at a town hall. the republican controlled house voted to dismantle key parts of obamacare. governors are used as a reason for many of the changes. this is what the governors asked us for. now, what does that really mean? we have not heard from governors. we will hear from one right now. arkansas's governor asa hutchinson. governor, thank you for joining us. i do not want to ignore a very pressing situation going on with flooding in your state right now. we know especially in northeastern reas northeastern regions there's a problem. how great is the need? >> i did a flyover yesterday and saw the flooding region. the water, thank goodness, is receding in parties. we had broken levees. it will impact our farm land and we will have significant damage. we will ask for a national declaration down the road. right now, it is all about recovery and saving property anand s lives. thank you. >> the concern is real. we are here to get out the information as needed for what will be done to help those victimized i

and is we're trying to concentrate limited resources in arkansas. we don't have the flexibility under the current program, so, yes, i supported a change in it, and i applaud the house for starting the debate with passing a repeal and a replacement, where we need to obviously do more, and i'm looking for the senate to... they're starting over. they're drafting it. i hope they listen to the governors to provide the flexibility that's needed, and i hope they take some ideas from arkansas so some of the good things we've done in terms of reform, controlling costs, and also expanding healthcare coverage. >> one of the items of flexibility that house republicans will give you is the ability to wave out of some things like essential benefits or a cap on the costs for people who have preexisting conditions. are those things that you would want to wait out of? >> not necessarily, but we've got to be able to have the flexibility and options for the state. for example, on the healthcare benefits, i think the state should be able to give more flexibility in ter

it's just not right. >> there i was, harrison, arkansas.ll about this guy thomas robb. he's the leader of what is apparently the knights of the ku klux klan. it's so racist that the kkk added a fourth k. took up the racism a notch. this is the kkkk. [ laughter ] i had to meet this guy. i had to call him up and go hey, man, can i come to your creepy compound? i didn't actually call him up. that would be weird. and i didn't say creepy compound. i had one of the producers call him up because he's got a way better white guy voice than i do. because he's a white guy. my white guy voice sucks. i'm like "what up, brother?" [ laughter ] nobody buys that. so tmas robb was like why don't me and your host go out to lunch? and then if i like him then he can come to my compound. which so now i'm in this weird position where i'm going to lunch with a ku klux klan member and i have to impress him. [ laughter ] racism, you know what i'm saying? >> kamau. >> yes, sir. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> tom robb. >> thanks for coming. >> oh, no pro

this here is the real story of harrison, arkansas. who are fighting back against the ignorance of racism. >> i didn't think it town would be embracing of the ignorance, but i didn't know there would be such a spirit against it. >> when you can see our hearts, that helps more than anything. >> yeah. >> after all this i've learned that despite what we think, the klan is real. they're out there. they're not the same as they used to be anymore. they're not as strong as they used to be. the klan is at this point kind of like myspace. [ laughter ] like it's still out there. they're still recruiting. and they're always like we're going to be back to where they were. but they're not. they're not. [ laughter ] and i found out that the ku klux klan with all their talk of rebranding is still basically the same klan and they're still doing things that are scary. like sometimes they gather in the woods and burn a cross while a black guy watches. >> klansmen, surround the cross. >> klansmen, do you accept the light of jesus christ? >> i accept the

el lugar una tienda walmart en arkansas .pana. carolina: esto fue parte de lo que tuvo que aguantarse por cuenta del racismo. [habla en inglÉs] carolina: cabe mencionar que al final ese video, uno de los empleados de la tienda se le acerca al a la mujer le dice que es bienvenida a esta tienda, le pide la seÑora de camisa azul que se retire de la tienda porque estÁ insultando a uno de los clientes. javier: hacemos directamente arkansas con eva, la vÍctima, la protagonista que al mismo tiempo grabÓ todo en su celular. eva, cÓmo estÁs?ppor quÉ decidiste grabar este incidente de odio? eva: porque fue un ataque muy feo antes del video y la gente necesita saber que eso no se debe permitir . es intolerable, en ninguna parte del mundo, eso no se hace. carolina: veo que estÁs evidentemente como vida por lo que pasÓ. a todos seguramente nos molesta muchÍsimo. repites una y otra vez que este es tu paÍs. cÓmo te afectó escuchar estas palabras, primera vez que te pasaba algo asÍ? eva: nunca me habÍa pasado algo asÍ. yo tengo mucho mÁs de

this is where there are deaths from texas to east arkansas. >> a pickup truck overturned. there are people just jumping to do anything they can to help. watch this. they are screaming there is a baby in there. less than a minute later they emerge. they discover that the baby is not breathing so the person begins c.p.r. the phone will go back because it's put down. listen to what is going on. >> c'mon, baby. c'mon. c'mon, baby. >> that is my daughter. >> i know it is. >> she is breathing. she is breathing. gasping. >> there we go! jonathan: right there at the end you heard "there she goes." breathing again. they were doing c.p.r. on the hood of the car. she is recovering and her older dibbling is fine as the parents. you can see more and share it with your friends. michelle: what a relief for the family. the u.s. marshal service fugitive that escaped custody on friday. david watson is supposed to be serving 100-year sentence for trying to kill a police officer. maryland bureau chief brad bell has new possible clues on where he went after escaping. what have you learned? the

michelle miller is there. >> reporter: the black river spilled across pocahontas, arkansas, after heavy rains breeched a levee. about 50 homes have been destroyed and up to 100 homes and businesses damaged. where were the breaches? >> they were east of here. >> reporter: cecil tackett is the city's police chief. >> this morning at 6:00 there was fish swimming across here. >> reporter: across this highway? >> yes. >> reporter: murky floodwaters turned this playground into a water park. days of torrential rainfall caused a number of rivers near pocahontas to swell as much as nine inches. add the nearly eight inches that fell in pocahontas la and it was more than the levee could take. the threat of a breech forced a mandatory evacuation of the city of 7,000 on monday. rising waters sent folks like jeff junkersfeld to move his mom out of harm's way. >> it's sad. a lot of people had to get their stuff out and get out of their element, find places to stay, find places to live. >> reporter: portions of major highways across the state are closed as sandbags are piled along flooded roads. willia

we have 75 counties in arkansas.i've launched mobile offices and we go to every single county every year. this will be the third year in a row. i have personally gone to every county, all 75 holding rutledge roundtables. there is no litmus test to attend those. i think that's important to parlay off what curtis was saying. we have to talk to people who don't agree with us and we have to do a better job of public servant of letting people know how they can get help from our office. that's the one thing i've learned the most, how big the role of attorney general is and how much we can impact people daily five and get people to share the information on facebook, snap chat, twitter, et cetera. please go and find out how you can impact people's lives. >> a big role, following up on that, what you see is your most important role as attorney general. enforcing state law, what makes it to the top. >> upholding the rule of law. one of the most important roles we play is assuring the rule of law is actually followed. it's scar

growing up in arkansas, i just didn't have much access to-- - you went to the movies, you were a film fan, but you know, this is not the family business. - no, my dad owns a furniture store and i had no clue of the process of making a film and there was a very important film that got made after my second year, called george washington by a filmmaker named david gordon green. - david gordon green, right. - and that came out around 2000 before i graduated and was a big indie success, you know, especially from our standards. and i watched david. he's a great guy and still a friend and was a producer on my first film. really kicked down the door from our point of view. he was one of us and i looked at that film and i looked at how he did it and i said, "that's what i want to do." new york and la kind of freaked me out. i'm scared to go there and get caught up in a system. i want to go home to arkansas and make a movie and i used george washington, less as a stylistic example, but more as a business model. and so, i had in my mind that i wanted to make a film by the time i was 25, partly b

>> maya rodriguez in arkansas. maya, thank you. >>> president trump is looking beyond his first 100 days now after celebrating that milestone with a rally last night. today he spoke out on rising tensions with north korea and guaranteed the new gop plan to replace obamacare will cover pre-existing conditions. he and vice president mike pence also offered new details about their controversial tax reform plan. nbc's kelly o'donnell has all of that covered. >> reporter: getting their message out, from today's high-profile tv interviews for both president trump and vice president pence, to their battleground state visit saturday night. >> the truth is, there is no place i'd rather be than right here in pennsylvania to celebrate. >> reporter: that's the president's way to connect with supporters -- [ chanting "usa" ] -- and distance himself from official washington. president trump skipped the white house correspondents' dinner and today voiced skepticism about d.c. bureaucracy. >> i think the rules in congress, and in

congressman crawford of arkansas. congressman harper of mississippi. congressman thompson of mississippi. congressman cooper of tennessee. congressman long of missouri. my fellow texan, congressman john ratcliffe. again, mr. speaker, all who represent communities who were tragically affected. mr. speaker, our citizens who are lost have left a void in their families and left a void in their communities. our hearts are heavy. our prayers are sincere for the loved ones they leave behind and for those who recover from their wounds. for many of us in our faith, there is a time to mourn and, mr. speaker, now is the time to mourn. but as we have in our faith a time to mourn, we also have faith, mr. speaker, that one day our citizens will heal and ey will heal and where he --

so i'm headed back to arkansas. the town of harrison has a population that is 96% white. and it's known for still having an active ku klux klan presence. what kind of vibe will i get

in arkansas...n 18-month old girl and a 4-year-old boy were in a car that was swept off a bridge by flood waters. a 10 -year-old girl also drowned in that state. ( terisa ) back to you. ( mark ) as the warm weather melts the snow in the sierra nevada. forecasters expect at least one california river to hit flood stages this week. the merced river in yosemite national park is expected to rise about a foot over its banks on wednesday. the wet winter brought a record amount of snow to the sierra. the national weather service says northern california usually doesn't see temperatures this high until early july. forcasters warn that rivers may run extra fast this year. (darya) conservative commentator ann coulter is bashing california just days after her u-c berkeley speech is canceled. she spoke at a republican party fundraiser in modesto on friday. coulter's speech at u-c berkeley was cancelled because of threats of violence. she blamed college culture for the cancellation. at one point, coulter said th

the mcclellan kerr arkansas river navigation system is 445 miles long and spans arkansas and the eastern part of oklahoma. between the point of muskogee and the tulsa port, oklahoma ports are are home to over 70 companies and industries shipping 5.. million tons of car fwoe with values of 2:56 dollars employing more than 6,500 oklahomans and creating an overall economic impact to our state each year. the ability to move all kinds of goods without relying solely on one form of transportation keeps shipping costs low, benefiting companies that ship their wares regionally and locally and benefiting consumers who can stretch their dollars further. in addition to improving products and manufactured goods, other projects help our communities by providing for flood risk management, water storage, hydro power, and recreation. every thoushzed use of a corps project allows the surrounding communities to realize a greater potential for economic development and improouchs the quality of life for those who fend on the infrastructure either directly or indirectly. the challenge before us today is to u

the search ongoing for two children swept away in arkansas. here's phillip mena. >> reporter: search and rescue crews, arm in arm, looking for any sign of two children, swept away by powerful floodwaters. the 18-month-old girl and 4-year-old boy were trapped inside a truck that was swept away. the mother managed to escape. this is a very dangerous operation. the further downstream they go, the faster the water is rushing, and the harder it is for them to hold their footing. right now, parts of arkansas, oklahoma, and missouri all under a state of emergency. several deaths, blamed on this storm, including a firefighter, hit by a car while checking utility lines. authorities there ordering evacuations. for some, it was too late. this pregnant mother and her husband trapped. firefighters rescuing them by boat. in missouri, this man barely escaping from his truck before it was submerged in rushing waters. in oklahoma, hail and heavy wind pounding the state, rushing water trapping people inside this restaurant near tulsa. and an 8-year-old boy suck

beverly carter was well known in little rock, arkansas. >> her face was in the paper every week. >> she had a billboard on one of the busiest interstates with her face on it. >> as a top selling realtor, beverly carter had become somewhat of a local celebrity. with her smile, he put house hunters at ease, trusted to find the perfect home like she often did. >> nobody can do it like beverly could. >> but there was a down side to celebrity. >> this realtor had a target on her back. >> she did and she didn't know it. >> for beverly, being a realtor was more than closing the deal. was see in the perfect job for her personality? >> yes. >> her son and his wife were amazed at how much they loved her. >> one of her clients, she went to their baby shower. she just sold them a house. >> she a beautiful smile. >> she had a smile that would fill the room. >> beverly's youngest son said it was like his mother glowed. >> i think that's what stood out was that confidence. she was naturally beautiful. >> it was that natural beauty that caught the eye of her husband, carl. they met when they were just

wreaking havoc from kansas through arkansas. will carr is live from one of the hardest hit areas, canton texas with the latest, will? >> reporter: and rick, as the search-and-rescue continues, two people unaccounted for and home owners are continuing to go through and seeing what's left after a number of structures and buildings took direct hits from the tornadoes, including the one behind me. this is the rustic barn, going to host a prom last night. 15 people were inside when the tornado hit the building. take a listen to the home owner. >> i think it is. yeah. it's god. that wall could have easily come down on us, easily, and just taken us off too, but it stood. it's all standing there. >> reporter: we want to show you exactly how they rode out the storm. when you come inside, it doesn't look so bad. they came in here and they got inside of this small closet that's under the stairwell. they also got inside of two bathrooms right here and rode out the storm, they did not realize how bad it was until they walked outside and look

in arkansas, two children were swept away from their mother in fast-moving floodwaters. they're still missing. torrential rains there killed at least one person and roads and homes were flooded. >> we were in i guess about two or three inches of water. >> all this was flooded when we came. >> reporter: two people drowned in missouri. and this tractor-trailer was swept away by floodwaters. roads in oklahoma were also washed out. >> i'm a little bit scared that there's a possibility this may surpass the 2015 flood. >> reporter: a spring blizzard in western kansas closed interstate 70 and dumped more than a foot of snow in the area. people in colorado also had to dig out. this event center called the rustic barn was about to hold a prom when the twister hit. a half-dozen kids wearing tuxes and gowns hunkered down inside. no one was hurt, but if the tornado had come down an hour later, 100 people would have been inside. >> mark strassmann reporting from canton, texas. mark ward is tracking the weather at wfor in miami. >> now that severe weather is moving to the east. the sa

the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. boozman: i rise to recognize national drug court month and show my support for the positive impact drug courts have on cutting crime, saving money, and restoring lives. i've seen firsthand the impact of drug courts in arkansas. its proven approach has helped many arkansans suffering from drug and alcohol abuse who have received the treatment and services they need to turn their lives around. for more than two decades, these courts have offered arkansas' drug-addicted nonviolent offenders an alternative to jail while rehabilitating them through a strenuous treatment program. we have nearly 90 specialty courts in arkansas that are providing lifesaving treatment to more than 3,000 individuals with substance use disorders, and the results are impressive. our state saves $45 million each year by diverting these offenders from prison to drug courts. 90% of arkansas drug courts participants drug test come back negative for illegal substances, compared to 64% of those on probation and parole.

flash floods sweep across arkansas and missouri. spring snowstorms bury the plains.here's the dangerous weather headed next? >>> also tonight, john dickerson's news making day 100 interview with donald trump. >> you don't think it's possible that the russians meddled in the election. >>> the president's notable absence is the main course at the white house correspondent's dinner. >> the leader of our country is not here, and that's because he lives in moscow. >>> and orange is the new hack. after demanding ransom from netflix, a hacker called the dark overlord episodes of a hit show. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> welcome to the overnight news. i'm reena ninan. severe weather this weekend has claimed the lives of at least 9 people. tornados killed several people in texas. others were lost in floods in arkansas, mississippi and missouri. several people are still missing. dozens are injured. overnight, dozens of storms stretch across the u.s., from the gulf of mexico all the way to the great lakes. mark strassmann is in hard-hit east texas. >> reporter: abou

. >> northeast arkansas, an entire house caught on camera floating down a bridge. abc's alex perez has more on the crisis blamed for a dozen deaths. >> reporter: new evacuations and flash flood emergency in northeast arkansas. the black river more than 10 feet above flood stage breaching the levee. nearby, the current river carrying this cabin on a collision course. striking a highway bridge. the national guard deployed across the region as a slow motion disaster now unfolds. major highways underwater. st. louis now virtually cut off from the southwest. >> i can't stress enough that if there is water on that roadway, do not go into it. >> hopefully this wall of sandbags will hold. >> in missouri, the river at record levels. >> that means sleepless nights for business owners like kathy gilman. >> we have five pumps running frying to keep the water pumped out. >> reporter: downstream hard to tell where the river ends and street begins. it is not over the river rising. alex perez, abc news, arnold, missouri. >> house law makers poised to vote on a revised health care

of evacuations across missouri and arkansas, 20 people have died as a result of the storm.isiana. >> concerned about flooding across these areas including missouri, illinois, arkansas, indiana, ohio, flooding concerns and we have seen incredible amounts of rain, four, six, eight inches of rainfall oversaturated ground. this is moving eastward, dryer period for areas under flood watches and warnings and dealing with threat for strong severe storms across the gulf coast, watching this slow area of low pressure lumber across the eastern third of the country and that will bring unsettled weather over the next couple days into the weekend. there is your forecast today. storms over the eastern half of the country. and ahead of this system, across the central us and looking good across the west. very hot across california, current temperatures in much of the nation. cooler air across the northern tier of the country and warmer unstable air ahead of this front which is why we are seeing those storms and we will continue to monitor throughout the day at the fox news extreme weather

in arkansas...dentified mos: "well i woke up this morning i was so scared i was having panic attacks."the governor -- declaring a state of emergency amid deadly storms and flooding.high water -- also claiming lives in missouri... gov. eric greitens, -r- missouri: "there have been two confirmed fatalities as a result of this storm."the state's governor -- activating the national guard... and expressing gratitude to first responders.gov. eric greitens, -r- missouri: "families that were trapped on roofs of their homes, due to rising water, drivers who lost control on flooded roads, they've had their lives saved by first responders."more deaths blamed on weather in mississippi -- including a child......who died from an electric shock in floodwater.i'm reid binion reporting. ( terisa ) police are on the hunt for a man they say exposed himself to a group of people on the campus of stanford university. officers say the man was outside of a car when he exposed himself just before 2:00 in the morning yesterd

probably up to a year as far as shutting down the arkansas river which would be a real problem for arkansas and oklahoma and the whole nation in the sense of being able to move goods and services. >> a quick update. i wasn't fast enough when he asked me but we completed on the 3 rivers setting, we did complete the alternative milestone meeting in december, attended a plan. it was completed in 17, right now we release the draft report for public agency technical review, that was last april and now we are looking at milestone decision scheduled for july 2017, working our way through this, the review board is scheduled in march 2018 and another report in june 2018, that is the current milestone and it is pretty aggressive but we think there is great merit and we want to stay on timeline and this has continued to get funding, premature to talk about 18 but we continue to see a lot of value on that. >> we appreciate that and appreciate you pushing forward. it is a matter of if and not when, oklahoma and arkansas, we are experiencing these 500 year floods every two years and they are playing havo

two people drowned in missouri and in arkansas the williams family returned to find their home under water. >> we were in about i guess 2 or 3 inches of water. >> all this was flooded when we came. >> forecasters say the severe weather is now moving east. brook silva-braga for cbs news canton texas. >>> we have heart wrenching video showing good samaritans rescuing an infant, a toddler and their father from an overturned truck and flood waters. everyone is okay. this happened during the weekend storms in east texas. at one point you see five or six people in the water, and then suddenly the free but limp. the witnesses say the water was so powerful it pushed the doors closed. medics rushed all three to the hospital where we're told they're doing much better today. >>> we're following breaking news from stafford, virginia, where officials are investigating a fire that may have been touched off by a domestic dispute. mike valerio joins us with what he found out. mike. >> reporter: good afternoon, we do have new confirmation that that was started inside one of the homes behind me. it ge

lindsey: right now, parts of the midwest are left underwater, ravaged by historic floods from arkansas to missouri. hundreds of homes left damaged, highways shut down. thousands forced to evacuate. in louisiana, a frightening seen as a school bus filled with students got stuck in floodwaters before tipping over. luckily, all the students on board made it off safely. that's why they say not to drive through floodwater. doug: they are very fortunate. so, here, we are not going to have anything like that, even though it is still associated with the same storm system. we will get an inch to 1.5" of rain. the most we will see is some intersections in low-lying areas be a repeat of that. we will look around the area right now. still a little sunshine coming through the clouds. cloudy skies, but you will see stilln in many areas dimly visible through the clouds. the clouds will lower and thicken later today. the nationals have again coming up against the diamondbacks, 1:05, first pitch. no rain. it will be kind of cloudy and mild. temperatures in the upper 60's. later tonight, temperatures wi

courtney schoenemann is in texas with a look at the damage. 107 to close soc 107 with pad in arkansasms causing heavy flooding and evacuations. right now - two young children are missing after floodwaters sweep them away. officials say the 18-month old girl and a four year boy became trapped inside a truck. we're on weather alert this morning as this same system heads our way. sign up for our abc seven weather alerts to get a text sent right to your phone when the storms move through your area. meteorologist veronica johnson has the latest stormtrak - coming up in four minutes. new this morning.. a new funding deal reached by congressional negotiators means a government shutdown on friday is unlikely. the deal reached last last night is worth more than a trillion dollars. the plan would add billions of dollars for the pentagon and border security. but it would not provide any money for president trump's promised border wall with mexico. there are no cuts to funding for planned parenthood. funding for the national institutes of health would be increased by two-billion dollars. happenin

a levee breach forced dozens of rescues in arkansas. more rain could prolong flooding from the midwest to the south. michele miller is in pocahontas, arkansas, good morning. >> good morning. floodwaters on the black river peaked at nearly 29 feet. that is five inches higher than those levees that are designed to hold. the storms have killed seven people here in arkansas and eight, a child is still missing. the black river breached the levee at pocahontas arkansas, nine times, threatening communities downstream. about 13 miles south in walnut ridge water nearly submerged this church which typically sits in an open field. >> there were fish swimming across here. >> across this highway? >> yes. >> literally you could see it? >> they was coming out and you could see their backs. >> reporter: flooding continued throughout portions of the south wednesday. in louisiana a school bus almost tipped over when it tried to drive through floodwaters. nearly 6 billion gallons of water have soaked the st. louis, missouri, area, since last friday, enoug

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a levee breach on the black river in arkansas left many homes and churches underwater and check out this video that a woman captured. woman captured. >> i'm freaking out! >> yikes. that was a cabin swept away in the floodwaters on tuesday after hitting the bridge and getting hitting the bridge and getting crushed while the rest of the side and floated down the river. >>> here's northeast arkansas on live doppler 7. still raining there. good news for those folks, no more rain on the way today. they will get a week to week and a half of dry weather. usually that's where we see emeryville and oakland here, but can't see it because of the clouds. if you are a commute planner, there's patchy and dense fog out there and it's going to be nice and comfortable today. this is probably what you have been waiting for if you don't like the heat. temperatures up to 9 degrees cooler this morning, and that puts up in the mid to upper 50s on the peninsula until you get to the coast side. pacifica, 49, and half moon bay at 50. we are still in the 60s in the east bay valleys and into the south bay. saturda

in arkansas breached levees have sent thousands of residents fleeing to higher ground. severe storms today have also toppled trees across the south. satellite images show the incredible ground saturation these storms have caused. flood records are still being broken. in eureka, missouri, this is what it looked like as volunteers scrambled earlier in the week to protect homes and businesses. tonight, this stretch of the marimac river has finally begun to recede. >> on this side, water was to about here. >> reporter: relief for one town as swollen rivers creep ever so slowly south. folks here are finally getting some relief from the weather. the rain is moving out. sunny days are ahead. but as you can tell, with all of this water, it will be until next week before the rivers return to normal. lester? >> blake mccoy in missouri, thank you. >>> for hours this morning royal watchers were in a frenzy about a meeting and unexpected announcement at buckingham palace. the news came prince phillip will give up most of his royal duties this fall. in other words, he's retiring. mor

. >> a man suspected of gunning down an arkansas law enforcement officer and killing two women surrendersfter a five-hour standoff with police. details of the hostage drama that ensued coming up. >>> also this half hour, the warning posted up and down the southern coast of california. >> after more than two dozen great white sightings this week, people are being warned to enter the water at their own risk. >> the a-list celebrity throwing us some new love. here is a hint. better than sisco, even freddie prince junior. breaking news, a new friend of the show straight ahead in the skinny on this friday, may 12th. >> from abc news this is "world news now." >> i mean this is big. >> this is huge. >> big. >> huge. you want to stick around for that. >> big time. >> all right. we begin this half hour with a stunning allegation in the aftermath of the firing of fbi director james comey. a new report that president trump allegedly demanded comey's loyalty. >> sources close to comey told the "new york times" he was summoned to the white house for a dinner a week after the inauguration. they say the

on the arkansas line, go ahead. i am a senior citizen of 85 years. i have been around this place since world war ii. i was 10 years old then. trump did a wonderful job. countries,he other but he did let them know how he stood. their fair share, i think he did a good job on that because it is the way it should be. russia and hillary businessman is the politician. figured out what it took to get them a tour of votes. he found out -- to get electoral votes. hillary clinton took celebrities with her and did nothing but badmouthing trump and [indiscernible] i think he has done a good job in getting trump in. i agree with the man before us, there is entirely too much badmouthing our president, which if he lets his people over here talk like that, then they think he is weak, and as far as [indiscernible] host: from new york city, or here on our democrat line -- we hear from our democrat line. caller: good morning, it is ethel, -- it is ethel, he is asking european countries to pay more. why has he not told us what the us to? he has shamed all of us with his

the system brought strong winds, heavy rain, and lots of hail to texas, oklahoma, and here in arkansasby this evening, the storms will reach the virginia coast. saturday will be pretty much a washout for the mid-atlantic region. mother's day will be soggy for new england. plan some indoor celebration ifs you're in that area. unless mom really likes rain. then party outside. >> right. ♪ >>> a young man who had a public audience with duchess kate wasn't exactly crying tears of joy. >> this happened when kate arrived in lux m bourg. the little guy in the little hoodie had just given him flowers. when she tried to thank him, he burt out crying. >> his mom said the little guy was just shy. >> i think a know a lot of grown men who would cry if she came near them. >>> still ahead, the change all the big candymakers agreed to. >>> and what mechanics did that put air force one at risk of catching fire mid flight. >>> and rare look at the white house after hours. the president's new tv and how he's adding his own personal touch. >>> breaking overnight, a united flight had to be delayed for hours

host: most of us in washington country, i was in arkansas over the holiday, you see lines of traffic. we don't see congestion will get better. it is hard to build your way out congestion issues that we have. so how can we use data? of people use ways, the dat aaggregate data and say, don't go down main go down fifth street. don't take the beltway, go another route. of intelligent transportation, where the private sector has taken nformation and put together to say, you as a consumer can utilize that information in a way to help you move. way is just pure traffic management. you have probably gone on freeways, where you see, i'm on the on-ramp, and i see people road. down the that on-ramp is not letting me on yet, red and green lights say now, that is n happening to manage the flow of traffic. the is everything from connected vehicle pilots, happening down in the southern where new york city, buses, those in public ransportation, are utilizing buses that have been equipped to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure technology to allow lights to stay green. on at point a and you are going

warnings are posted to ohio and arkansas. parts of arkansas has been deluged with rainfall. flooding the historic town of pocahont pocahontas. about 50 homes were destroyed. >>> google is warning users to be aware of e-mails from unknown contacts asking them to click on a link to goog google doc. >>> lawyers for the family of ail on the sterling say the police threatened him before they pulled the trigger. new details emerged after federal prosecutors announce they'd will not charge the two baton rouge officers involved. one officer fired six shots into terrell sterling, a black man, as he was lying on the ground. they say sterling was reaching >> sterling's 16-year-old son says his father would not want him to be angry. >>> police at american university in washington are offering a $1,000 reward for information in what they're calling a racially motivated hate crime. they released video of a person who allegedly strung bananas from nooses on cameras. it happened after the first female black student president took office. the fbi helping to investigate. >>> and we got a look

. >>> over in arkansas, a man sus spekded of killing a sheriff's deputy and two other people finallyrendered after a five-hour standoff with police there. james michael bowden is accused of killing the law enforcement officer after a traffic stop. he released a third woman he was holding a hostage before giving himself up. in yet another standoff, three louisiana police officers were shot after a violent car chase. the suspect had allegedly rammed police vehicles during the chase, then barricaded himself inside his house. he fired a shotgun loaded with bird shot. the officers were trying to serve a warrant for domestic abuse battery. thankfully their injuries are not life >> second of four confederate monuments has been taken down. police and protesters watched the scene yesterday morning. workers wearing helmets and bullet proof vests took down a statue of jefferson davis. sunday day those on both sides clashed during removal of the first monument. the city has not laid dout a detail timeline for the last two to come down. it is called bull man with a bulldog. it is becoming the mos

joining me is leslie rutledge, the attorney general of the great state of arkansas.ney general, thanks so much for coming in. >> good morning. thank you. >> of course. from what i have seen, you support the firing of jim comey. you support the president firing him. why is that? >> well, i do. it's the president's decision, and the american public, the bureau, the attorney general, so many senators, members of congress on both sides of the aisle had lost confidence in director comey, in his ability to do his job, and quite frankly, when the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, sent that letter after he had been on the job for a few weeks, was able to put that down in writing for the president, for the president to ultimately make that decision, that director comey had stepped outside his role as the director of the fbi and instead had done so in july when he held that press conference making the announcement that, quite frankly, was not his announcement to make. that was an announcement for the attorney general at the time, or the deputy attorney general at the ti

michelle miller is in arkansas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. while the rain continues to flaul, floodwaters on the black river peaked at nearly 5 inches. that's 5 inches higher than the levies are designed to hold. these storms have killed seven people in arkansas, and eight, the child, is still missing. it's threatening communities downstream. about miles submerged the church which typically sits in an open field. >> there were fish swimming across here. >> across this highway. >> yes. >> you could see them. >> oh, yes. you could see their backs. >> reporter: in louisiana a bus almost tipped over when it tried to drive through floodwaters. nearly 6 billion gallons of water pushed through. five people died in kekd with flooding in the state. it only takes 6 inches of fast moving water to knock a person over and two feet of water will make a car float. 36 members of the arkansas national guard are in the pocahontas area helping. on tuesday they rescued 17 people from a walmart. >> we haven't been back over to the house since we can't get there.

two levies have burst in missouri and arkansas.e swollen rivers to record levels in those two states along with illinois and oklahoma. a swift current halted ships from going down a stretch of the mississippi river that is vital to transporting agriculture products and other goods. >> when the river gets to a certain stage we sandbag. with he do this and have pumps and this was another historical crest ask it got over. >> a flash flood emergency was issued in arkansas when the levy failed. the governor has called in the national guard to help with relief efforts and evacuations. >>> the time is 4:20 here at home the door on a muni train flies off. coming up a freak accident that officials now call an isolated incident. >>> plus a new study shows how many of us still have landlines. up next what the numbers reveal and how some of the top -- some of the top reasons for staying plugged in. clearasil rapid action begins working fast for clearly visible results in as little as 12 hours. but can ot fix this teens skateboarding mishap? no

going down and working the south side of chicago when her husband was governor of arkansas. she was looking through those schools telling parents that hey, your children can read and you can, too. school system in arkansas and brought it from one of the worst in the nation to somewhere in the middle by the time they left. she has to working her whole and in public service think maybe she just came across and iash politician, think people blamed her unfairly for staying with bill clinton after he had the affair. that benghazi thing and the you know, every day, it seems like mr. trump does something that is unconscionable, every single day. against, youd up of, you know,ort in my opinion, every day, politician things hillary dead think a lot of people are shaking their heads and wishing they voted for her. host: got you. we will have to leave it there. time for this segment. another legislator joins us talking about issues with health care. gerald connolly will join us. talev and wegaret will talk about efforts by the administration to take a look at wall street banks are thos

. >> reporter: rivers are rising in the midwest with deadly flooding submerging towns in arkansas andri. motors downstream are trying to get prepared. >> we got a little warning this time and i'm going to save as much of my stuff as i can. >> reporter: the governor toward the damage thursday as many people lost everything. >> we have about 250 homes affected within the county. we've had nine folks displaced totally. >> reporter: the governor signed an emergency declaration seeking federal funds for the cleanup and >> we have to do the full assessment. we have to bring all of that together at the county level. right now, based on what i've seen, i have a strong level of confidence that this is going to become a federal disaster. >> reporter: it may be weeks or months before anyone gets the funds to fix the properties. >> those assessments have to be done statewide before the governor can actually write the declaration and give it to the president to sign. >> reporter: the storms of moved east with heavy flooding across indiana. >> those folks that are near rivers, creeks, we are watchi