. >> who were the brooklyn atlantics? ldest baseball team in history in brooklyn. ♪ >> at least one of the oldest, says ed elmore, captain of today's incarnation of the brooklyn atlantics. so brooklyn atlantics started when? >> they played a long time. they were recognized as the best team of the 1860s. >> baseball before the civil war? you can look it up. the first officially recorded game is actually played in 1846. and within 15 years, the sport is on the verge of a boom. these guys practicing today in long island, new york, use the same rules and equipment as old archibald did back then. was pitching different? >> the first 40 years, actually, of baseball was underhand pitching. for the first 20 years, if a ball was caught on a bounce it was an out. it was thought of as a gentlemen's game at the very beginning just by who was playing, not necessarily by how they played. >> so who is archie mcmahon? a butcher in brooklyn is about all flo knows. that's a sign of how organized baseball is evolving and becoming more democr

. >> look at the damage reports we've got in portions of the mid-atlantic to the northeast, flooding reports in brooklyny. all of those reports in the last 12 hours and we could see a potential for more strong to severe storms as the cold front moves offshore. the cold front will push the tropical depression away from the us. that will work very well for us. you are the current temperatures. 60 in des moines. the forecast heat index where you see the red sheeted areas for the areas we are dealing with, the last week or so. the flooding concerns across the mississippi river valley towards portions of the tennessee river valley and the mid-atlantic and northeast. rain showers throughout the day because of that powerful cold front and the system offshore, that tropical depression not going to develop and it will be pushed because of the cold front. we are not going to worry about it. we could see some showers across florida but it is being pushed off. jillian: attention all beverly hills 90210 fans. >> don't look at me like that. what can i tell you? rob: the favorite diner the peachpit coming to life, ope

still flood advisories for parts of the mid-atlantic, up towards the northeast including new york city where we saw quite a bit of rain, reports in brooklyn radar shows us that cold front moving offshore and hopefully pushing that depression offshore as well. we will monitor it but we could see the potential for more heavy rain, especially along the southeast coast where we have that developing area of low pressure. ladies, back to you. cheryl: our phones were going off a few moments ago with the flash flood alert. thank you, janice. lauren: some baseball fans in chicago watched the white sox game through a whole new perspective. cheryl: jared max, i guess we could score one finally for fan safety. jared: those alerts were going off and finally heard. for fans seated beyond dugouts in chicago it was time for a new era in the majors. watching baseball from behind protective netting. the white sox the first team to make this change in reaction to a fan recently struck by a foul ball, an incident that has played out several major league stadiums this season. the netting to both foul poles, most recently sunday in cleveland. one of the rarest

brooklyn here in new york city. aaron calandra is with us. it's hot and now it's wet. >> it's cool. this is the cold front, and that's through the mid atlanticrough north carolina and virginia. it's a very short period of time, so your commute home you could see some detours and closures, and of course turn around, don't drown. we will see this from georgia all the way up to virginia beach. gusty winds and flooding downpours, those are the concerns. this is the region from norfork to raleigh where we expect to see flash flooding. here are reports from yesterday. the storm reports lots of wind associated with that front tearing through yesterday in new york. as you mentioned, we saw a whole lot of flooding. more than three and a half inches of rain dropping at jfk but the good news is we will now see a beautiful weather pattern throughout the rest of the weekend. we have a high-pressure system building, dry, sunny and low humidity and temperatures are fantastic in the 70s and 80 80s. here's that front again. that was a tropical depression, and that is because of the front. that was high out of the atmosphere preventing it from strengthening.

brooklyn. you have kensington, which is iignificant as a bangladesh community. coney island, which people call little pakistan. bay ridge and sunset park. atlanticvenue has been gentrified, but a significant yemeni community has been present there. i will play a clip with one of our other narrators who was born in 1971 in pakistan, integrated in the 1970's and lived in sheepshead bay in brooklyn. about theip, he talks role of businesses, these small businesses that were established in the community. his father opened one of the first pakistani businesses in his neighborhood, and he talked about the importance of these businesses. the firstpurchased muslim grocery store for pakistanis right near the mosque that we were visiting. and a groceryque store, my dad's grocery store. that is all it was in this neighborhood. , cashier, stock boy and a butcher in the grocery store. i still remember, i used to cut the meat, clean up the place, mop the place. as i am doing that, i see my dad helping people who did not get their paychecks yet. they were requesting, can i take some food? i have not received my paycheck yet. my dad said no problem. he started h

atlantic region. >> reporter: intense storms pounded the northeast monday as millions were still reeling from days of relentless heat. powerful winds and heavy downpours set off car alarms in brooklyn flash flooding quickly submerged city streets. some new yorkers were stranded while others decided to brave knee high flooding. torrential rain poured into subway stations and blocked highways during the evening rush. all lanes on the long island expressway were closed when this woman took matters into her own hands. wading out of her car and using a traffic cone to clear a clogged sewer grate. golf ball sized hail fell in new jersey as intense winds downed trees and power lines. >> tree branches are falling all around me and i get to this one telephone pole and this wire, i saw it snap right off the pole. >> reporter: an 89-year-old man died in maryland when a tree fell on him in his driveway during the storm. more heavy rain is expected this morning throughout the northeast. for "cbs this morning," new york. >> don, thank you. >>> the murder of an american woman and her australian boyfriend in canada could be connected to other crimes along a remote highway. investigators have relea