coming up, meteorologist eboni deon is here with a look at the forecast.ice start to the morning, a few shots on the warm side. they get closer to the coastline. they have '70s around minneapolis. temperatures heating up. we'll rebound quickly. across much of maine with new york city. it climbs into the upper 80s. lots of humidity. it's hot and steamy for the next few days. dramatic video of rescues in china. heavy rain has been falling causing floodwaters to arrive. look at people struggling in the water. people have been rescued in cars. 11 construction workers died after a wall collapsed at a warehouse. the building has been saturated and crumbled. four children and a child were killed last week. an 11 storey building collapsed. >>> the indian government is vac signating hundred of millions of children against measles. it's not enough. the country has bun of the highest rates of measles in the world. in part 2, we take a look at how india is coping with the measles. >> reporter: one shot closer to a healthy childhood. this toddler is one of 30,000 immun

we will -- eboni deon. chicago now the rain is moving out of your area, and we'll get clearing as we go through the day. indianapolis stretching to colorado. this morning it's rain, but we can see a few lightening strikes with the storms moving through kansas. it's along the frontal boundary. there's a secondary front. it's not responsible in the way of rainfall. it will bring changes in the way of cooling down. meanwhile, in advance of it we have warm moist flows coming in off the gulf of mexico, the set up for strong to severe storms. today maim in the interior sections. pittsburgh to rochester. to the start of the work week it will push further east into the d.c. area. today looks like it should be in good shape. as we get to the week ahead, that's where we are set up for downpours. some areas could end up to 3-4 inches in rainfall. today it looks like the flood participation will stay back out across parts of the midwest and illinois, back across missouri, and we'll see the rain adding up. the grounds a

vladimir putin's tripe to cuba, first -- trip to cuba, first meteorologist eboni deon.ks hot. >> it is. temperatures going up into the 90s, hitting 100. 91 in seattle. this heat will last a few days. low 90s, sticking around. average high is 75. above average of we are just about where we should be. 80s, low 90s. a big cool down is in store for next week with the highs in the '60s. >>> ukraine's president vows to find and destroy the pro-russian rebels and killed 23 soldiers in a missile attack near luhansk. 100 were injured. the rebels demolished a bridge. >>> this is one of a series of controlled explosions in eastern ukraine. the rebels are trying to lay ground offensives by the ukranian army. >>> russia's global image is eroding. according to a pew research study the crisis in ukraine shows how the world views them there is an unfavourable view of russia, 34% are sympathetic. 20 of 36 countries view russia in a more negative light. within russia vladimir putin's popularity is on the rise. russian president vladimir putin is taking time off from the crisis to visit l

today with eboni deon. >> it's going to be wet and stormy. we're talking just about anywhere along the frontal boundary we have from the northeast back into the four corners region where yesterday, strong winds ripped through colorado. we have video to show you of impressive hail that came down with the severe storm that blew through the area, kicking winds up to 60 miles an hour and putting down nickel to quarter sized hail. this looked like but no, it is all hail. i'm sure it did damage on that vehicle and other surrounding areas. we have reports of flash flooding within this county. more storms are expected today in additional to the threat of strong to severe weather. we're going to watch for heavy rainfall threat through the day. we're going to be dealing with the threat of storms across the four corners also do you know into the souther plains. right along that front is where we'll have the active weather. >> how do you take a photo with two of the most famous men in the world? a couple of kids in nebraska did. they grabbed their cell p

>> why nobody's going to get this one except chris deon. >> that was my wild guess. >>> heavy duty street flooding. >> not something you want to drive through. >> how a woman learned you don't want to walk through it either. >>> a dude is hanging ten, fingers, that is. >> you are mental. >> high above the group. >>> and does missing a leg mean you can't twerk? >> no, it doesn't. >> why this lady's not the only one getting down. >> oh, no! >>> a crowd of people and rescue crews on hand in china for this giant pipe, a hole in the ground you are seeing here. it's clog. rescue workers brought in a crane. a small crane to try to get down into this drain. what could possibly be stuck? >> a cow? >> yeah, could be anything really. >> yeah. >> watch as firefighters and all these folks help as this crane starts to pull something from this drain. >> it's huge, first of all. what? is that an elephant? >> it is a cow! >> that was my wild guess. absolutely can't be possible. so crazy. >> it's so crazy that it's true. it is a giant cow. now, according to the reports, as we watch this cow being pull from

. >>> coming up meteorologist eboni deon is tracking the typhoon slamming vietnam. first the top story - israel intensifying its campaign in gaza. stefanie dekker has more. >> reporter: there has been intensifying from tanks across the border throughout the day, especially along the north and east. we came back from a town, baik han on, where we were met with a terrified picture of people running from the direction we were driving in, saying there was a tank coming closer, there were dead bodies up the road. one lady said "i have left my home, where am i supposed to go. where are we supposed to go, saying take me with you. we went to the morgue where we saw a young girl brought in with her mother and father in the morgue they were dead due to a firing across the border. horrific injuries sustained to the mother's head. it's the reality of what is happening, israel launching a campaign against hamas, the factions, trying to take at rockets and the tunnel systems what we are seeing is terror in the people here, a rising death toll translating to families ripped apart

and we turn it meteorologist eboni deon. we are not expecting to see much. we have a weak frontal boundary sparking light rain showers around east and west. the bulk of the rain will mainly be here across the east. we are expecting heavy downpours across the south-east over atlantic and the north-east. high pressure trying to hang on. as we head into the midwest, this is an area heading into the next few days. some turning severe. the biggest story here is the heat. we'll feel it as we start the week. >> we'll keep our eyes on that. thank you. a positive outlook for the aids crisis in america. the diagnosis has fallen in the last decade by over a third. a new journal shows the define. in 2002 one out of every four were diagnosed with the autoimmune disease. that dropped to 16 in 100,000. the news comes as the aids community opens its annual conference in melbourne. the event was overshadowed by tragedy. many people were killed when malaysia airlines flight mh17 was shot down over ukraine. >> reporter: the 20th annual aids conference opened in mourning, a com

i'm meteorologist eboni deon. we have storms firing up today. right now no watches or warnings out at this time but chicago all the way back to omaha we could b see heavy downpours. it's been wet around chicago early this morning. we're catching a little bit of a break but that heavy rain has pushed to the indianapolis area. that's certainly another spot that could be in line for those stronger storms. and in addition of the threat of severe weather we'll be watching out for big swings in our temperatures as a push of air pulls down from canada. that will allow that cool canadian air mass as severe weather shifts a little further east. so the temperatures side of the story today still warm here anywhere from minneapolis to omaha, kansas city. high temperatures in the 80s, near 90, but let's jump ahead. that's when temperatures will not make it out of the low 60s. we'll see temperatures falling 10 to 20 degrees below average and then at night we'll drop it into the 40s and as. feeling a little bit more like fall but it's quite the opposite here a

eboni deon is here. what can those firemen and women expect out there?l mother nature lend them a helping hand? >> just a little bit. we are expecting to see isolated storms but not a lot as far as rainfall is concerned. here is a look at the satellite and radar imam re. some has lifted northward. isolated rain activity. it still looks to be dry, although now that sand fire is at least 35% contained. >> that's a little bit of an improvement earlier this morning. it was 20 percent. what we are dealing with is pressure dominating over the areas going to keep us on the dry side and notice our temperatures rising 5 to even 15 degrees above average all across much of the northwest in redding going up to 105 degrees when the average high is around 105. we are getting ready, talking about thunderstorm activity, strong to severe storms erupting across parts of southern ohio and into northern kentucky where we do have our newest tornado watch in effect until 8:00 p.m. local time. within that watch area, we have already seen a few storms prompting tornado warnings

. >> miami dolphins player deon jordan is suspended after testing positive for performance enhancing he will be out for four games. the defensive end said he gained 17 pounds of muscle since last season and takes full responsibility for the test results. >> tyson gay is back on the track after serving a one year doping ban. he finished second behind olympic gold medallist justin gatlin but it's a long way to go for gay who five years ago tied for the second fastest 100 meter time behind usain bolt. >>> oakland taking on toronto. an overturned sxaul a protest. toronto's second base runner is tagged, but called safe. the ump says it was out at home. a replay challenge overturned that call giving toronto the run. oakland disagrees, tweeting from their account, "the a's are officially playing this game under protest." the a's go on to win 4-1. the mlb will likely debate the plays in the coming days. zirchlg the minor league team awarded the promotions to the first 36 tatted fans in the gate and to prevent counterfeit the tattoos featured a special marking that could only be seen under bl

chef andrea burgener, deon, a local hunting expert, and myself join prospera bailey on his game farm.magazine. a black oriented investigative magazine slickly disguised as glossy pop culture. prospera's farm is mere 20 miles from johannesburg. >> you see the city there? >> yeah. to have all this in sight of the city. near his farm and hidden within the city's shadow is what's known as the cradle of humankind. a unesco world heritage site. an incredible look back at where we, the human animal, came from. >> it's a classic little sink hole. >> there are loads of these. this is what this area is. the cradle. it's called a cradle. now a world heritage site. because 60% of all the evidence for human evolution comes out of the valley. it's from caves like this that keep the record. that geology just conspires to preserve fossils. they're very, very rare things, but they're found more here in the last ten years than they're found anywhere. so you're home. this is where you started. >> this is my ancestral homeland? >> this is your ancestral homeland. ♪ >> that sound makes me happy. what does

. >> deon butler grew up in new orleans, and she talks about how it impacted her life. >> the movements very rich and very old. this is the slaves got off the ships. this is where slaves were sold. so it was not a beautiful history. i was nine years old when the civil rights act was signed in 1964. i was aware of some of the vicious activities taking place in other parts of the south, and it was frightening. and it was encouraging at the same time because it seemed like this was a big thing that was happening that was going to change my life and the life of other people that i knew. woolworth's lunch counter was one place i was not allowed to sit. i remember going past those after shopping. but i remember after the signing of the civil rights act in 1964 i didn't have to go up to the mezzanine to sit in the different area of some of the stores that we could sit at at the lunch counter. i would see her registering for school as the first african-american child in this all-white school. there was a mob of people protesting. there were plane who had dragged their children out of the schoo

with all the wild time, a check on the forecast with meteorologist eboni deon. >> much of the west will stay on the dry side. no real help. we are expecting monsoonal moisture sparking showers and storm. the threat for weather, pushing across the mid-atlantic and the north-east. this is a storm system, continuing to go north, and an upper level behind it. it will trigger showers and storms. they were looking for the threat of winds, hail and tornadoes. back to you. >> coming up, simulating sunk holes, a system to save money and lives. >>> using power - how a city in nepal is working to clear the air. >>> the boy with the bionic amp, how college students use a computer to build him a prosthetic for a couple of hundred bucks. stay tuned. >> on the stream, >> from schools collecting data on your kids, to skyrocketing child identity theft, we'll show you, your kid's digital footprint, that's leaving an easy trail for criminals >> the stream on al jazeera america . >> pope francis approved he's the people's pope. he showed up unannounced in the cafeteria. check it out. he waited in line with

we turn to our meteorologist, ebony deon. >> should we break out the fire logs? >> across the midwest, temperatures start off in the 50's and 60's, slightly below average. through the day, you'll notice we are not warming that much around the minneapolis area. chicago, we're still along at a frontal boundary, 78 degrees. tonight, near record lows as we drop into the 40's and 50's. tuesday, along the jetstream, further south will drop temperatures across the great likes, into parts of the mid south down into the 70's for highs. this is going to feel refreshing for this time of year. >> so no thermal underwear. >> not quite. >> from air and ground, israel's assault on gaza showing no signs of showing. >> we'll talk about the situation with the former israeli ambassador to the united states. >> i know that my mom, dad, brian, emily, becca and zack are in a much better place and that i'll be able to see them again one day. >> the brave young survivor of a deadly houston shooting speaks for the first time about the attack that took the lives of her entire family. >> a

. >> deon butler grew up in a time of segregation. she is a native of new orleans with family roots that date back to the 1700s. she took time to reflect back on how the civil rights act affected her life. >> it was at the forefront. many people don't know the history of the move, and it is very rick and it is very old. this is where the slaves got off the ship. this is a the place where the slaves were sold. i was 19 years old when the civil rights' act was side in 19634 n. it was frightening and encouraging at the same time because it seemed like this was a big thing that was happening that was going to change my life and the lives of people that i knew. woolworth lunch counter was not a place where i was allowed to sit. but after the signing of 1964 i didn't have to go up to the mezzanine. we could sit at the counter. i remember this picture of the first registered african-american child in an all-white school. there was a mob of people protesting. many of them had dragged their children out of school. they did not want their child

. >> reporter: for nearly five years tonya has searched for the killer of her 19-year-old son deone smithhe has made little progress. >> how often do you call the officers at the chicago police department about your son's case? >> i was calling often because they were not calling me. even when my son died they never came to me. ii thought it was a case they didn't want to solve. so i call. >> why do you call? >> because my son's case is unsolved and i think somebody knows what happened. >> reporter: it was october 1 october 1, 2009, her son deonte was leading a block party, a fight broke out and someone started shooting. deonte was struck in the back. he managed to run a block before collapsing here a peoria and west 64th street before he died. >> i was told 150 to 200 saw. >> and of all those people nobody came forward with information. >> not an one. no one came forward. >> police say often times witnesses or even victims refuse to cooperate. a code of silence, no snitching. according to chicago police i in 2012 mr. there were just over 500 murders in the city. of those 130 were solved

deon. from jackson, mississippi, sam hall, assistant managing editor of "the clarion ledger."ampaign has offered a reward for any evidence of fraud, in their statement, we're offering $1,000 for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in voter fraud on or leading up to june 24th, 2014. so sam, how much has that cost them so far over there in the mcdaniel campaign? >> well, they haven't paid out any rewards yet. they're actually offering up to 15 of those $1,000 rewards, using it as a fund-raise tier. they're asking each person to contribute $15 so they can fund those 15 $1,000 rewards if anybody does come forward with evidence that leads to the arrest and conviction of voter fraud. >> so sam, what is your understanding of the state of the evidence as we sit here tonight? >> well, we know that there are, you know, 2,000 to 3,000 votes that are cross-over votes, we feel like probably statewide. the number that they keep saying of irregular votes has risen all the way up to 5,000, and then i've heard reports today of as high as 6,000, 7,000. the attorney,

time to look at that with meteorologist eboni deon. >> wind are at 65 miles per hour, heading to the north-east around 23 men's , and as mentioned it will be getting close to western areas of nova scotia. here is a look at the rain coming down. all cross maine. heavier downpours. and down to parts of massachusetts. we are not done with the wet weather. we are deal with flood watches sh we are dealing with flash flooding. keep that in mind around portland, and further south there's concerns with the wind. i'll show you video out of new hampshire. conditions are improving. this is a water spout spun up, thanks to arthur, and we dealt with heavy rainfall, and winds gusting over 50 miles per hour. we dealt with a number of reports. today conditions improving, and we are going to see better weather, high pressure. giving way to sunshine. we'll still have the rain happening on through late today. it'll be a lot of sunshine. beautiful looking day. it is a holiday swnt. currents will be high through the first half of the day. a moderate rift of occurrence for the day and isn'ted. >>> health

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ebony deon is back. >> most of the country off to a very warm start.he only exception here across parts of the upper midwest where we do have temperatures starting in the lower to mid 50's and we're only going to make it into the 70's. across the northeast, temperatures will rise once again into the 80's, even lower to mid 90's. right now, it already feels like we're in the mid 80's and in d.c., 95 degrees today, up to 90 on thursday. finally by the fourth of july, we start to cool just a bit. still on the warm side, mid 80's with a few showers early and across the southeast, it's going to be another hot, humidity day with high temperatures well into the 90's. >> steamy, thank you. >> the deadly ebola virus forcing african leaders to take action as they hold an emergency summit on the outbreak, the c.d.c. stepping in to help contain the spread of the virus. we have that story. >> because we are not spending enough on the things that help our economy grow. >> that's president obama urging congress to put more money into the nation's crumbling roads and

first let's look at the forecast with eboni deon. >> we head out across parts of the southwest.n and storms just continue to roll you will through arizona and over much of the four corners. it was widely scattered but this batch of rain that moved through the phoenix area that caused the massive dust storm. you can see that dust just kind of rolling through the city, and brought visibilities down to half a mile and even down to zero at times so we could, unfortunately, see more scenes like this today as the rain will certainly kick up the winds and that dust could certainly be a possibility once again today. keep that in mind as you make your way out on the roadways. just pull over and wait it out until visibility clears. north we stay dry and temperatures climb. that's not good news for the wildfires in place, and we continue to see the fire threat in place in across parts of montana and wyoming. still very dry. we're expecting to see gusty winds through the day. also, another area watching out forked winds across the ohio valley where strong to severe storms erupt into the lat

. >> reporter: paul deon was swimming when the shock pulsed through him. >> you know, i was struggling to get my head back above water. >> reporter: luckily nearby friends pulled him to safety. >> thank god they were brave enough to jump in and not hesitate. >> reporter: in all 13 people were treated at the scene, eight of them taken to hospitals. one of the victims, a 20-year-old man, passed away. the lightning strike was produced by a rare band of summer thunderstorms that moved through los angeles on sunday. >> that big cell right there, i'll zero in on, that's where the lightning strikes were this afternoon. >> reporter: another lightning bolt on a golf course on catalina island injured a 57-year-old man. he's expected to be okay. and this was the aftermath in redondo beach where lightning singed a house and a car. a path of destruction on the ground caused by a sudden jolt of electricity from the sky. this is the 16th death this year in the u.s. caused by a lightning strike and the first in california. al, as you mentioned the last time someone in southern california was killed by