errol barnett, cbs news, washington. >>> more rain is expected today in flood ravaged west virginia. last week's floods killed at least 25 people. flood warnings are in effect from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. today and that includes hard-hit greenbrier county. at least 16 people died town. residents knew the water was coming but never imagined this. >> i'm just heart broke when i come down yesterday and seen it. >> tore us apart. we have no home. we have lost everything. >> some people say they had to swim for their lives. others say they may never be able to live in their homes again. >>> firefighters are making some progress in their battle against a deadly wildfire in central california. the so-called erskine fire has killed at least two people and destroyed or damaged 200 buildings. the fire has burned some 68 square miles since it began last thursday. chris martinez has our report. >> reporter: surveying the damage for the first time, the gibbs family found little here to salvage. >> honestly, i was pretty much ready to see it all gone but when you drive up through the neighborhood a

errol barnett reports from washington. >> every president is tested by world events. >> reporter: taking the fight to the battleground states the clinton campaign is releasing this new ad. >> when the pound goes down, more people are coming to turnbury. >> reporter: painting rival donald trump as unpredictable. >> in a volatile world, the last thing we need is a volatile president. >> reporter: trump shot back, saying clinton is trying to distract what he called his bad distract what he called her bad judge call on brexit. the clash comes as a new cbs battleground tracker finds clinton slightly ahead in four key swing states. she's ahead by five points in wisconsin, by three points in florida, two points in north carolina, and marginally ahead in colorado. in all these states, clinton is seen as being more prepared to be commander in chief. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell addressed trump's recent dip in the polls. >> i think there is no questions he made a number of mistakes over the last few weeks. i think they are beginning to right the ship, it is a long time until november, an

errol barnett reports from washington. >> every president is tested by world events. >> reporter: taking fight to the battleground states the clinton campaign is releasing this new ad. >> when the pound goes down more people are coming. >> painting rival donald trump as unpredictable. >> in a volatile world, the last thing we need is a volatile president. >> reporter: trump shot back saying clinton is trying to distract from what he calls "her bad judgment call on brexit." the clash comes as a new cbs news battleground tracker find clinton slightly ahead in four key swing states. she is ahead by five points in wisconsin, by three points in florida, and two points in north carolina, and marginally ahead in colorado. in all of these states, clinton is seen as being more prepared to be commander-in-chief. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell addressed trump's recent dip in the polls. >> i think there is no question he made a number of mistakes over the last few weeks. i think they're beginning to right the ship. a long time until november. and, the burden obviously will be on him to convi

errol barnett has more on this from our washington bureau. >> the united states has real, real problems, and brexit is not their problem. >> reporter: donald trump took a spin around his scotland golf course today with media mogul rupert murdoch and took a swing at president obama's handling of the brexit debate. specifically, this comment made in april on what would happen if it passed. >> it's not going to happen any time soon because our focus is in negotiating with a big bloc, the european union, to get a trade agreement done. and u.k. is going to be in the back of the queue. >> he thought that would never happen, and he said, if it does happen, that the u.k. has to get to the back of the line. that was a very bad signal to send to the u.k. >> reporter: after the e.u. pullout was approved, the president softened his tone: >> i do think that yesterday's vote speaks to the ongoing changes and challenges that are raised by globalization, but while the u.k.'s relationship with the e.u. will change, one thing that will not change is the special relationship that exists between our two na

>> errol barnett in washington. thanks. >>> joining us to discuss the impact of the brexit vote on american politics is "washington post" columnist katherine rampel. good morning. >> good morning. >> when you look at what voters were saying, the voter in britain who vote to leave, a lot of the same issues on the table in the u.s. what can we take from this if anything? >> i think there's a lot of similarity between the voter bases. those who vote leave in the uk and the people who are pro-trump here. i don't want to oversimplify things too much, but to a large extent, they're white working class voters who feel left behind by globalation, they're anti-elite and suspicious of those who have been in power, the establishment and experts because they think they have not prescribed the right solutions to the economic troubles of their sun. -- their country. >> you said you felt the vote in britain was a protest vote versus a vote over policy. do you think that's something we're seeing here, too? donald trump has identifi