at least one person is dead in the florida panhandle from the flooding. torrential rain and dangerous lightning pounding that area. new video overnight showing highways and roads, turned into rivers. >> and take a look at these pictures from pensacola. this one shows a car dealership with the water reaching the hoods of some of the vehicles. and this one, also from pensacola, shows a burger king surrounded by floodwater. you see the water reaches up to the bottom of the windows of that restaurant. and they're just starting the long recovery process in the states where twisters touched down. at least 35 people have died in the severe storms from arkansas to tennessee. >> the area around tupelo, mississippi, was particularly hard-hit. and that's where we find abc's scott goldberg this morning. scott? >> reporter: good morning, john and diana. fortunately, those forecasts calling for a possible third round of tornadoes in this part of the south changed. that didn't materialize. but that doesn't make the task ahead, the cleanup, any less daunting or the loss

flooding pummeling the southeast today where more than two feet of water has been drenching the florida panhandle in the last 24 hours. worse than any hurricane the gulf coast has ever seen. >> we've been seeing some incredible pictures coming out of pensacola. florida's governor has just declared a state of emergency for 26 countiecounties. the florida panhandle really is at a standstill. >>> and rescue our daughters. fury. demanding action. women across nigeria are marching today for more than 200 girls still missing. teenagers abducted from their school two weeks ago. what we are now learning about the terrorists behind the attack and the young girls being held hostage. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. the l.a. clippers' fans today are celebrating victories on and off the court. the team took the lead in their playoff series against the warriors last night, just hours after the nba took its toughest stance yet, banning owner donald sterling for life. using his silver hammer, nba commissioner adam silver imposed a $2.5 million penalty. that was the most he could. and he urged ow

flooding pummeling the southeast today where more than two feet of water has been drenching the florida panhandlen the last 24 hours. worse than any hurricane the gulf coast has ever seen. >> we've been seeing some incredible pictures coming out of pensacola. florida's governor has just declared a state of emergency for 26 countiecounties. the florida panhandle really is at a standstill. >>> and rescue our ht

all of that from the massive storm system that dumped up to two feet of rain in the florida panhandlethe state still, but the system stretches all of the way up the northeast, and we will continue to monitor the storm, and if you are flying today, check the flights, because they are far behind and hours behind in many cases. >>> and the democratic governor's association is warning texas democrats not to get their hopes up. and vermont governor and dga chair says that we are hopeful in texas, but we're candid about the fact that they have not won in many times. and then there is cryptonite that was thought to be golden. >> and let's bring in the new issue of "marie claire" who has a new article called "don't mess with the texas women" going behind the scenes of the texas campaign. and leah, what is interesting about the article is this deputy campaign manager for wendy davis who said that we are working as if it were a month before the election, and nobody has created a structure this quickly with this amount of staff. and the women you profile are 30 an 32 years old, and tell us about

severe storms is going to continue to move eastward into parts of alabama and also parts of the florida panhandle today. then tomorrow, that same storm system continues marching eastward, and eastern parts of south carolina, north carolina, and also southeastern virginia do have the possibility to see more severe storms. and we're not only looking at the risk for tornados, but also damaging winds, potentially in excess of 60 miles per hour and large hail with these storms. the other big threat with this storm system is very heavy rain, and there is a flood concern across parts of new england and also parts of the upper great lakes, because we're not only expecting very heavy rain from this system, but also rapid snow melt from temperatures warming up ahead of it. that's going to be a big concern. h temperatures ahead of this system, in the 70s. temperatures in minneapolis, just in the 30s. let's head over to you. >> just a little tease, i guess. >> yeah. even some areas picking up a little snow behind this storm system. so a lot going on. >> thanks. >>> today in the search for the missing malaysi

. >> reporter: water, water, everywhere, along the alabama gulf coast and florida panhandle. florida's governor has declared a state of emergency in more than two dozen counties. >> there's a lot of water on the ground. we're going to continue to see more flooding, some flash flooding. every family members needs to be careful. >> reporter: the rising waters have stranded motorists. some, like this driver in mobile, had to be rescued when floodwaters forced them out of their cars. >> it's moving to the right! >> reporter: severe weather has been relentless in the south. more than 130 tornadoes reported since sunday. tearing apart communities and leaving more than 30 dead. >> it's touching down. it's touching down. >> reporter: tupelo, mississippi, was among the hardest hit. iraqi war veteran daniel died shielding his two young daughters from debris. his father found his wedding photo combing through the rubble. >> man, he was a good boy, guys. i wish you knew him. >> reporter: john, a native of tupelo, and a swimmer at the university of alabama, was in tuscaloosa when the torna

the florida panhandle up through new england catching deluge now. today it's hard to tell the gulf coast from the actual gulf. here's something you don't see every day, even in florida, airboat replacing cars as the best mode of transportation. this is just blocks from downtown pensacola. there are reports of people still trapped by rushing waters like these. pensacola got more than 17 inches of rain in 24 hours. that's more than a quarter of its average annual rain total in just one single day. and it's still coming down. the storm hit amazingly fast, three busy bridges in the area are reportedly destroyed or significantly damaged, at least one person is dead from the flooding, adding to the 36 other people killed by the violent weather system so far. floridians are no stranger to flooding. they stare down superpowered hurricanes time and time again. even for them, this flooding's extraordinary. meteorologist chad meyers standing by live in pensacola, florida. you've covered incredible flooding so many times in the past. put this into perspective fo

. >> ifill: the worst flooding in decades literally drowned parts of the florida panhandle and coastal alabama today. the deluge was triggered by the same front that's spawned tornadoes and killed at least 37 people this week. >> ifill: streets turned into rivers, and cars into islands, as it started pouring yesterday, from gulf shores, alabama to pensacola, florida, and didn't stop. >> i came down about 6:00 this morning to check on everything. and the water was probably up to the sidewalk over here next door. and that was the first time in 29 years, i've never seen it get this deep before. the water was waist-high in some places, and still rising. >> we've had up to 22 inches of rain in the panhandle. >> ifill: that's roughly a third of pensacola's average rainfall for the whole year. and florida governor rick scott told today of urgent appeals for help. >> we've had flash flooding. we've had about 300 requests for evacuations. we've been sending vehicles there. we've sent 24 high water vehicles from the national guard. fish and wildlife is there with 31 vehicles, 13 boats. i declare

a cold front extends from the florida panhandle to new england with thunderstorms in some places. rain and snow will develop in the upper midwest. mississippi, powerful wind gusts overturned or destroyed 30 recreational vehicles. the national weather service says the strigt line winds hit about 50-mile-per-hours per hour, but it was not a tornado. there were two minor injuries. one man was trapped and had to be rescued by the fire department. downed trees knocked out power to some in the area. in chicago, winter makes a return in spring. when people thought it was safe to go outside, the city was hit with freezing temperatures, hail and some snow on monday. freeze watches and warnings are in place from new mexico to west texas across the plains to ohio and from the southeast to the mid-atlantic. frazier glenn miller the white supremacist accused of killing three people in a kansas suburb is due in court today. he will be charged with the shootings in two jewish centers. terri was visiting her mother, william and his grandson were killed. they talked about the tragedy monday. >> as

process from arkansas to tennessee after twiters with heavy rains in southeastern alabama and the florida panhandle causing wide help spread flooding which has been carrying tornado across the south scrawled into north carolina with 120 tornadoes killing 35 people. the storm is losing its destructive force as it moves into the mid-atlantic and northeast states but it could still bring heavy rains. >> in colorado high winds with gusts up to 70 miles per hour caused major travel times across the eastern plains of colorado and a dozen big-rig trucks were blown over along interstate 70 yesterday closing a stretch of the freeway for an extended period of time. >>> livermore residents who do not cut back on water use pay more under a new emergency rate that took affect yesterday. our media partner reports that live more became the first city to raise water rates because of the drought. the city council unanimously approved to enact a third stage of the conservation plan. customers who do not cut back have a jump of $22 a month, on acknowledge, or 35 percent. if they reduce use by 30 percent there will be

tornadoes to parts of the midwest and the south has now dumped as much as 20" of rain on the florida panhandlend that's just in the last 24 hours. nearly 2 feet. people were left stranded in cars and homes waiting for rescuers to find a way to reach them. the storm has now been responsible for at least 36 deaths. so some crazy weather out on the east coast and here we sit in the midst of a heat wave. >> we have a heat wave. in fact, some of these likely going to be some record- breaking temperatures this afternoon. it is going to be something else. the good news is this heat wave comes to an end very shortly. so enjoy it while we have it. out the door we go. beautiful sunshine a couple of high cirrus clouds overhead h the temperatures are already heating up outside. it is 81 in concord. 81 san francisco. 84 san jose. so the temperatures going to be hot in many spots as we head to the afternoon. in fact, running well above the average. usually we're in the 60s and 70s. today up to 25 degrees above average in some spots topping out at about 94 in santa rosa, 92 san jose, about 84 degrees in san

massive flooding is a problem in parts of alabama and the florida panhandle where there's been close to a foot of rain. one drowning death has already been reported this morning in florida. meanwhile, tornadoes are carving up the midwest in plains states killing 35 people since sunday. martin savidge is live in kimberly, alabama. how are they doing there, martin? >> they're doing all right this morning. good morning, chris. we should point out this is a weather one-two punch overnight we had the return of tornadoes and now just incredible amounts of rain. take a look. breaking over night, a third round of severe weather barreling through the southeast, spawning a deluge. the florida panhandle pummeled by over nine inches of rain and a massive thunderstorm. at least 65,000 lightning strikes light up the night sky. alabama hit hard yet again, flash flooding taking over streets and neighborhoods in mobile, alabama, inundated with 12 inches of rain. >> it's touching down. it's touching down. >> reporter: on tuesday at least one tornado in multiple funnel clouds responded in central north

for today, we are watching an aary a cross alabama, mississippi and the florida panhandle. anyone in the yellow shading could see tornado, large hail and damaging wind gusts. the hubs in birmingham, atlanta and charlotte will be impacted by the weather. could see strong tornadoes like yesterday. then we look into wednesday. the east coast, richmond, charlotte, charleston, tallahassee, all have potential for severe weather. not just the tornadoes, but the rain has been a big part of the story. more heavy rainfall, a swath of rain from new york city to the gulf coast. be very careful, everybody. heed any warnings issued the next couple days. i'm eric fisher, cbs news. >>> this afternoon, the nba will announce the results of its investigation into los angeles clippers owner, donald sterling. sterling made racist comments during a recorded conversation. the nba players association is calling for a swift and serious punishment. last night, outspoken dallas mavericks owner, mark cubin called the comments abornt. he didn't say the league should make him sell the team. >> i think i

the florida panhandle got some of the worst. at least 36 people were killed by this week's severe weather and at least three were killed in alabama. adriana diaz is in duncanville, alabama. adriana, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, a community has picked up the pieces after a destructive tornado. they're not getting a break. relentless rains are making matters worse. heavy rain caused flash flooding across the south well into the night. firefighters in mobile, alabama, carried people from their homes as water blocked off roads. in pensacola, florida, more than 5 inches of rainfall in just one hour. submerged cars and turned roads into rivers. early on tuesday it was a similar seen in wilsonville, north carolina. floodwaters took over this woman's home. >> there was glass in the door and it was blown out. water was 3 feet in the house. >> reporter: storms have been causing problems since the weekend. here in duncanville, alabama, downed trees lined roads. across the state a cleanup effort is under way after a series of torn

.  look at this in the florida panhandle. that line going through panama city. we'll have more reports of tornadoes. for us, clearer skies. 30 up in tahoe. 44 ukiah and 53 in sacramento. a little cool for some. but a lot of upper 80s to near 90 for some. today, tomorrow and also thursday. it looks like a rapid cooldown as we head toward the weekend. if you like sunshine and warm temperatures, today is your day. we're looking to a high building in, 10 degrees warmer. wednesday will be the warmest day and kind of settle in there. sunny warmer, breezy in the hills. nice at the coast. no fog to talk about. 70s and also low to mid-80s. we did go with a 90 at clearlake. hayward, 81. 89 for gilroy. 85 for san jose. cupertino, 86 woodside. 1 san mateo and -- 81 san mateo. warm to hot through thursday. cooler by the weekend. >>> 7:22. police in santa clara are investigating a disturbing case of animal cruelty and school vand halism. police say three boys caused major damage at wilcox high school over the weekend. police say the boys damaged cars, the school's snack shack

>> reporter: we had a rash of good luck in alabama and mississippi, but the people of florida panhandle here, they took the brunt of it. didn't get tornadoes here. but what the moisture that should have been in birmingham, tuscaloosa, tupelo to make tornadoes didn't get there, cut off at pensacola. and that water rained and it rained and rained. talk to the mayor in a minute what it was like for 20 hours of nonstop rainfall. some co-op reports say 25 inches of rain in 24 hours. some of that unofficial but if you have a big enough bucket, you can see how much rain came down. no place for two feet of water to go that comes down in one day. that's more than half of the year's rainfall total in less than 24 hours. >> chad, we'll get back to you. i want to bring in meteorologist jennifer grey. she's over at cnn severe weather center. this is a horrible situation. but is more rain actually on the way? >> just isolated showers as we go through tomorrow and possibly friday. but as we get closer to the weekend, things should start to calm down. we're not going to see what we've seen over the pas

down along the panhandle of florida, the big story is the flooding.th tornadoes and now we are seeing flooding across parts of the gulf coast. here in atkins, alabama, this is where an ef-3 tornado tore through the city with winds of up to 140 miles per hour. it did kill two people just down the road from where we're standing and we are looking at more severe weather possible today. like i want to mention, we do wants to talk about that flood threat, which is in place, from parts of alabama and even the florida panhandle, up into parts of southern new england. we have a number of watches in effect. about 18 states under some form of flood advisory or watch early this morning already. that's going to continue as we head into tonight as well as that rain continues to come down. yesterday we did also have eight reported tornadoes in north carolina. that's in addition to already all the other reported tornadoes. right now from the storm system, the multi-day severe events, 135 reported tornadoes. in north carolina and fayetteville, there was a funnel clou

rain is making its way from the florida panhandle to the northeast and parts of florida is already under of emergency and received more than 15 inches of rain, incredible. flash-flood rain came after several tornadoes from high what and they barely had a warning. >> it is my and we have no electricity as the cleanup begins and the people who lost everything say they will plan to to rebuild. >>> they are dealing with a lingering bay bridge problem and what they are doing to protect parts of the new span that could crack. >>> mourning the loss of a rising star, -- a rising star, the one thing that might have saved his life. >>> good morning, we are still looking at a commute that is okay but getting busier almost everywhere you look. traffic is getting busy and we have a close for record highs today. is split in two. you can either have high-end or low-price. quality or quantity. designer or disposable. or you can go to t.j.maxx and you can have it all. get up to 50% off department store prices. t.j.maxx. ♪ [ barks ] whoo! mmm! ♪ ♪ oh, yeah [ whistling ] [ male announcer ] discover your ne

though some self pushed floodwater into the florida panhandle and other parts of the gulf coast.video of the cleanup efforts to mayflower arkansas. this is where a half mile wide tornado karsten 80 mi. pass through little rock's of birds. >>darya: our weather is focused on the heat. and this is not a problem if you have air-conditioning. >> yes it's our extreme weather will put it that way. the matter where you are here's a quick look at where you could be had with a record-breaking temperatures we expect. the column right next to agree to the record-breaking temperatures. the blood is expected for today. 92 it covers that 13 napa physical degrees of from the record. livermore also looking to be awfully close. 86 the forecast ride today. the old record 80 so that could be a record the false this afternoon. gilroy it 96 degrees this afternoon. we have some role there. but it could very well happen. to have that on the list as well. it's going to be have no matter how you cut it. temperatures already on the warm side for some communities. already 62 degrees. if 60 in hayward 62. th

heavy rains hit parts of southern alabama and the florida panhandle causing widespread flooding which problem. it crawled into north carolina and there have been 120 tornadoes since sunday and they are deadly killing at least 35 people. the storm system is losing its destructive force as it moves into the mid-atlantic and northeast but bringing heavy rain. >> high winds with gusts up to 70 miles per hour caused major travel problems across colorado and a dozen big rig trucks were blown over along interstate 70 yesterday closing a stretch of the freeway for an extended period. >> livermore residents who do not cut magazine on water use by 30 percent will now pay more under new emergency rates. livermore is the first east bay city to raise rates because of drought. the new ratessent into effect yesterday after the city council enacted the third stage of the conservation plan and customer whose do not cut back will pay 35 percent more on bills which is $22 a month average. residents who cut the use by 30 percent will see a decrease on the bills. >>> today, for the first time, east bay mu

backside of that that went through cincinnati and you can see severe weather down toward the florida panhandlend also the carolinas and rain moving in to the northeast. these rain systems have lost it and it is up about 48 in ukiah. you can see as it goes by, a breeze coming in later, a northerly breeze most of that fog, right now there is a lot going on, maybe blustery at times. 70s or a few mid-to up terrible 70s, san mateo right at 70 degrees and it looks warmer tomorrow and most live sunny thursday and we have a cool down on friday as the system moves in and it looks okay and just gradual warming. >> okay, it is 8 minutes now, a scammer picks the wrong target, who he called demanding money and the message you should watch for to avoid fallen victims. >>> and sex offenders raped and killed at least four women while they were wearing gps trackers. what their victims had in common. it's, it's positive thinking. and teamwork. yes. okay, so we, were going downtown... so i start thinking, parking space, parking space there was no spaces. but then one appeared, right? positive thinking really wor

. >>> adding insult to injury in the florida panhandle as the area dealings with severe flooding. some parts of the region have gotten more than 22 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. fast-moving floods have washed away roads and streets and rains are responsible for a massive sinkhole in baltimore. the storms are blamed for 36 deaths in the south and mid-west. it seems that it just won't go away. >> reporter: tomorrow is going to get better, but tonight is an exception. the way the circulation of the storm, it's really pulling that moisture up towards the north. we're dealing now along the eastern seaboard. take a look at the radar especially across parts of washington. you can see those dark greens and yellows moving into the metro area of new york. take a look at our radar in our warnings, flash flood warnings in effect not only for northern virginia but also in parts of maryland. we'll show you what it looks from the rooftop. what's happening anywhere from boston, we're looking at one hour to two hour delays. that's causing a affect, so you need to call in advance. we're look

many other states facing a flood threat. 18 advisories stretching across alabama, the florida panhandle as far north as southern parts of new england and parts of up state new york. 5 to 11 inches of rain fell causing significant flooding in pensacola. cars were submerged and one person was killed there. all of this flooding with another round of tornadoes. 8 tornadoes in north carolina alone. that brings the count to 135 and the death toll to 35. more severe weather is expected today including states across the southeast and further north as well. let's head to you in new york. >> our thoughts are with those families. sthooivengs. maria mol lane gnaw live for us this morning. >> the minnesota man who gunned down two incruders got life behind bars without parole. took them three hours to find byron smith guilty of premedicated murder. he shot the unarmed teen a total of nine times after they broke into his ohm on thanksgiving day in 2012. his client was fearful because of previous burglaries. they argued smith appeared to take pleasure as evidenced in chilling awudio clibps of the shoot

not as bad as it was for some and we have embedded showers and the real mess is down in the florida panhandleot of rain and this is absolutely a disaster because -- we have one county which has 64 roads under water and this is really bad and it is a slow mover and they are not done hereby a far cry and it's going to be a tough, tough day. so you may want to give them a little shout. we have clear skies and temperatures will be warming up, even monterey, dave? >> 61 degrees, it will be warm on the coast so take your pick, if you don't like the warmer temperatures will be nice and temperatures will be plunging maybe two 1 degrees and we have record high degrees and we start to trend am downward 90 in sonoma, hayward 86 san jose and the record in gilroy is 100 so they will not set a record, 88 san mateo, warm to hot conditions as well tomorrow and we cool down big by sunday. >>> thank you, steve, we are looking at ebay and they are down 5% and ebay reported a first quarter loss after the closing bell and the san jose based company said sales are up and a $3 billion tax charge hurt its bottom lin

parts of georgia, carolinas southeastern virginia and also the florida panhandle could be looking atdamaging wind gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour and also tornadoes. very heavy rain with these storms as well. this is what happened over the last 24 to 48-hours across parts of mississippi and also across alabama. some of the communities picking up 6 inches of rain. we have warnings in effect. be safe out there. heather and ainsley? >> thanks maria. >> president obama taking aim at income and equality. he's expected to unveil two new executive actions to promote equal pay for men and women. men working in the white house, they make more than women. doug luzader has more on the white house's own gender gap problem. >>s issing it the white house has been sensitive about. critics say the administration does exactly what the president accused the prooif have the sector of doing. we are going to see the president go around congress by signing a couple of executive orders. one will prohibit contractors from prohibiting the employees. a load of data on their employees broken down by race,

parts of upstate new york, down towards panhandle of florida. >> don't drown, turn around.while the storm moves east folks in dixie are digging through debris to see if there's anything they can salvage. almost exactly this time yesterday when toward warnings went out in parts omississippi. now we're seeing how devastating the twisters were. what is the situation there, john? looks awful. >> yeah, looks awful. people are doing two things, first looking at all of the destruction on the group and keeping a nervous eye on the sky. you can see clouds forming after what was otherwise a very sunny day. people enjoying the weather while they rain holds up, trying to salvage what they can but in many cases there's very little to salvage. you can see the remnants of what used to be a church in this community. the pastor tells us, he plans to rebuild. but as you can see there's a lot of work cut out for everybody in the community. >> we're hearing a hospital was hit. is that the case? and how bad? >> it was the case. we're talking about winston medical center, small 27-bed hospital j

there is a tornado warning in effect across the florida panhandle including the city of press tol. when will these warnings are issued you need to seek shelter immediately. the potential for tornadoes damaging winds and large hail continue through out the afternoon and evening hours today. anywhere from northern florida including jacksonville up into the carolinas southeastern georgia and southeastern parts of the state of virginia. heather, ainsley, the other big story with the storm is how much colder it is behind it. look how widespread the freeze warnings are. anywhere from parts of maryland and as far west as new mexico. those current temperatures 33 right now in kansas city only 21 in minneapolis. >> i hate that. it is holy week. easter. we want pretty dresses and warm weather. >> you can still wear your easter bonnet. >> it is deadline day. if you haven't filed your taxes you only have a few more hours to do so. some places are offering a little relief once you are done. joining us with a look at the deals lauren simonetti from the fox business network. >> who doesn't want t

panhandle of florida, 20 plus inches of rain in less than 24 hours. we have flashflooding there and more concerns in the mid-atlantic and northeast. some of these areas will see another 3-5 inches of rain extending to parts of the northeast. that's not out of here until tomorrow afternoon. if there's any bright news by friday we're done with this storm and have a good couple of days. it's been a long one. >> what you're seeing, the system on the east coast does that pack the same potential as the southeast or not? >> great question. no, it doesn't. it's not the same kind of tornado threat we saw in arkansas, alabama, mississippi and tennessee. we could see smaller tornadoes the rest of the afternoon. we have to watch it. any tornado that hits your place can do a lot of damage but not talking about the same threat n there. >> thanks. >>> we are hearing moscow is pumping more money into its military even though the ukrainians say they can't do a thing to stop the russians from causing trouble in their country. what is next for a region in crisis? hi, i'

then the next couple of days across the florida panhandle, georgia and the carolinas. we have a flooding concern out there. we will keep an eye on it. over to you. >> coats and umbrellas over your easter dresses and bonn ets. >> smart idea? you tillity companies are installing high-tech meters that are heating up prooi see concerns now. we are joining up with that story and other business news. >> utility companies are installing smart meters in customer's homes. the technology helps save energy but critics say it opens pandora's box that opens up when homeowners are away, if they have expensive equipment in the house even alarm systems. are energy readers now spying on us? >> the crack down on high frequency tradeling. they sent a letter to another firm asking for details about these super fast split second stock trades. they are jump trading chopper trading those are the ones we know about now. investigators want to know more about any secret arrangements with exchanges and dark pools that may be giving these firms an edge over the others. ford put a mustang on top o

the only tornado watch in place would be would be right there in the gulf and the florida panhandle, where it has been coming down in the past several hours. the rainfall diminished across the portions of metro atlanta, on to even birmingham as all the energy has bottled up. panama city, and destin have been just battered with upwards of three, maybe four inches. the rainfall should steppextendo the north, we expect it to be more southwards. tornadoes upwards of 90, now with the final report would make the number ten, ten reports of tornadoes across the country, 39 wind-related damages, 39 hail-related damages. and the flood watch extends a thousand miles to the northeast as heavy rainfall is expected to come down with the storm system even out to portions of new york city once it makes it out there the next couple of days. quickly, the satellite imagery coming out of oklahoma from sunday afternoon, we know a fatality took place in the town of quapaw, population about 800 people. they gave about one minute's notice for folks to take cover. pretty remarkable to see this. and the storm

there is massive flooding going on right now in the florida panhandle, from the alabama-florida border all the way to just outside pensacola, massive flooding. we've got video from i-10 in florida, where there are literally hundreds of cars stranded on i-10 right now. vivid lightning. upwards of 5,000 lightning strikes per hour. folks are stranded there. there are reports of rushing water across i-10 with no relief in sight. they will not be able to get out any time soon. wilson, north carolina, there have been really strong rescues going on right now because people have been trapped in trees and homes. the same thing going on in pensacola. you can see right now, look at this, standing water, big problems. wilson, north carolina, they have been dealing with this. folks have been rescued from trees, from their homes. there are also high water rescues going on in homes right now in the ascambia county, panhandle of florida. look at some of these rainfall totals. pensacola, 15 inches, 14 inches of rain. panama city, they've got heavy rain going on right now, upwards of 5 inches of rain, a

louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and also parts of the florida panhandle.concern with the system is flooding, heavy rain is forecast all up and down the east coast. flood watches already in effect across portions of new england and also the upper great lakes. take a look at that. that's midnight wednesday. that white stuff on the tail end of the storm system. so eastern parts of pennsylvania, parts of upstate new york, that's some snow. so we could see that rain transition over to snow 'cause it's going to be a lot colder behind the system. you can already see the cold air in place today. in minneapolis, highs in the 30s. low 40s in chicago. i want to say hi to everybody. we have someone from charlotte. >> how are you? >> tonight you can see the lunar eclipse between 2 and 3:00 a.m. eastern time. not a good viewing for us here in new york city. it will be cloudy. but we want everyone to tweet us their pictures. my twitter handle is at fox maria molina. let's head inside. >> thank you. >>> thanks. national anthem girl on a mission to sing the song in all 50

. >> flooding from new england all the way down to the panhandle of florida. >>> the poll shows that 38% approve of the president's handling on foreign policy. overall, though, the president's job approval ratings are better than last month's records low. >>> this photo was posted oen the official "star wars" site. join the cast of the franchise seventh film assembling at a london script reading. >> so far we know mark camel, carry fisher and harrison ford are all going to be in the new movie which will be titled "episode 7: a new hip." >>> first up today, the clippers scored a big win on the court last night. but big questions still loom today as nba commissioner adam silver begins his plan to force l.a. clippers owner donald sterling out of the league. completely. following yesterday's lifelong ban on sterling's interactions with the league and the $2.5 million fine that was levied against him which will be donated to anti-discrimination causes, silver says he will now pressure the board of governors, that's the nba's shadowy group of team owners, to make sterling sell. it will tak

more rain is falling in the florida panhandle a day after heavy rain caused severe flooding. authorities say a woman died when her car was trapped in high water. now the area has gotten more than 22 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. fast-moving floods washed away roads and streets. storms are blamed for 36 other deaths themselves in the south and midwest. meteorologist kevin corriveau is joining us now with more on the severe weather. >> thomas, we're on day four dealing with this particular storm. first it was tornadoes, wind damage and now we're dealing with flooding. let's take a look at what has been happening here. we're looking at pensacola. this is a picture taken in pensacola. one of the rural highways collapsed with two feet of rain fell in the two hour period. at the airport they saw 6.5 inches in just one hour. this is what we've seen with this storm through sunday. 115 tornadoes have gone through the area. five of them is ef-3, and one of them was ef-4. and 35 fatalities has been bumped up to 36. 15 of them were in arkansas alone and the rain in parts of florid

. >>> a fisherman who reeled in a giant shark off of florida's panhandle may not make it into the record books. the international land based shark fishing association, which accepts applications for records says polk broke the rules by not releasing the shark. polk says the shark was too exhausted to swim away, after hours of struggle. he says he cooked the shark and served it at a community feast. >>> a pair of conjoined twins born earlier this month are finally home from the hospital. they are joined from the breast bone to their waist and share a heart and a liver. the more says she's just happy the boys are home and doing well. >> to me, it's being able to hold them and just hear them cry and know that they're here with me. >> their parents have decided not to separate the boys because of the risk one or both could die. >>> plenty of sunshine out there today. temperatures were mild. they weren't necessarily warm, but they were in the 60s and low 70s. highs tomorrow will be just like these. i think we'll see very similar, maybe a little warmer some spots. the story tomorrow is going t

still talking about these severe storms soaking the florida panhandle and alabama.lent tornado outbreak, twisters touching down in parts of the south and across the heartland. at least 37 people have died now reportedly over the past four days. now folks are coping with the heavy rains, the aftermath. check out this picture of the scenic highway near pensacola. the whole road collapsing under the water. some parts of the state have seen as much as 20 inches of rain. jonathan is live in tuscaloosa, alabama. what's happening where you are? we see destruction right behind you there. >> right behind me. take a look at this.

coast of north carolina, but the next threat is the flooding that we're going to see from the florida panhandle, up to mobile bay and georgia and the carolinas. it's coming in from the gulf of mexico, and here across the gulf coast, in destine alone, 4 inches of rain in the next 24 hours. and that means that the low-lying areas will be flooded. you need to be careful if you're driving toward this area, up to the higher elevations of the georgia mountains, we'll be seeing rain totals of 4-6 inches, maybe higher, up to 8 inches there, and as we go to the next days, the rain will be moving up the eastern seaboard, and we'll be seeing heavy rain here and new york, as well as parts of new england. now, the temperatures tomorrow are going to be cool up towards minnesota, up to 48°, and washington, 73. that's the national weather. and your news is coming up next. >> it's perhaps the most famous painting in the world. the mona lisa has been in songs and books, and now the effort to figure figure out who she really was. using technology to solve the mystery. through dna sampling and forensic science, th

. >>> a fisherman who reeled in a giant shark off of florida's panhandle may not make it into the record. the international land based shark fishing association, which accepts applications for records says polk broke the rules by not releasing the shark. polk says the shark was too exhausted to swim away, after hours of struggle. he says he cooked the shark and served it at a community feast. >>> a pair of conjoined twins born earlier this month are finally home from the hospital. they are joined from the breast bone to their waist and share a heart and a liver. the more says she's just happy the boys are home and doing well. >> to me, it's being able to hold them and just hear them cry and know that they're here with me. >> their parents have decided not to separate the boys because of the risk one or both could die. >>> plenty of sunshine out there today. temperatures were mild. they weren't necessarily warm, but they were in the 60s and low 70s. highs tomorrow will be just like these. i think we'll see very similar, maybe a little warmer some spots. the story tomorrow is going to be s

still talking about these severe storms soaking the florida panhandle and alabama. it's the latest wallop after a violent tornado outbreak, twisters touching down in parts of the south and across the heartland. at least 37 people have died now reportedly over the past four days. now folks are coping with the heavy rains, the aftermath. check out this picture of the scenic highway near pensacola. the whole road collapsing under the water. some parts of the state have seen as much as 20 inches of rain. jonathan is live in tuscaloosa, alabama. what's happening where you are? we see destruction right behind you there. >> right behind me. take a look at this. we have residents returning to the golden acres mobile home park. trees fell into some of these mobile homes. fortunately the family who lives here sought shelter at a nearby hospital and are okay. while many residents evacuated this mobile home park and were away while the tornado struck, other residents were right here when it happened, although there was plenty of advanced warning of the possibility of tornadoes

. >> today, lindsey lives in a small, rural town in the florida panhandle with her husband, two youngd a managery of pets. >> sometimes i like to come and sit outside and just look around. it is our own little sang tu ware. >> but the past never fades away. lindsey still cherishes memories of her mother. >> i like this picture, because my mom looked more like this one, about have she passed away. >> lindsey's husband, blake, is a corrections officer at a florida state prison. they have been married for six year years. >> i never thought i'm going to marry someone that works at a prison. it just turned out that way. just knowing things about prison life, i guess helps me to know what my dad had to face every day. this one was when he had first went to prison. >> how did you feel when you was in there? >> i was hurt and sad that my dad was in prison. then i was angry, because i felt alone. >> she thought about how her dad was in prison and the rough life she had. i would ask her about it and she would come out more and more. she finally came out and told me the whole thing. ways hoping

though, we have been dealing with a lot of coastal showers right along the gulf of mexico and the florida panhandleas been one thing that has limited that moisture to surge up into the south. we were not able to heat up the atmosphere quite as much as yesterday. so that is why we're not seeing those strong storms, we do have one severe thunderstorm warning in southeast louisiana, otherwise, though, the good news is we don't have any tornado warnings right now in mississippi and alabama. but just because things are weaker now, still be careful through the rest of the overnight hour. it only takes one storm to bubble up and become severe at a moment's notice. things are trending down and weakening just a bit. we'll continue to monitor it. >> you're in tuscaloosa and alabama, there are concerns about flooding, right? >> reporter: pouring down rain, anderson, and now for hours we were following the storm as it came in from mississippi. and we know there was potential for spin on the bottom of it. on the southwest corner of this storm it could have spun. and it did briefly. but not enough to get a torna

who is not the world's strongest candidate can do 16 points better than the president in the florida panhandleit's not hard for imagine how mary landrieu or mark pryor could do so well in arkansas and louisiana. >> and republicans will say, look, that's a presidential election. you had president obama on top of the ticket. he's outperforming democratic areas of the state that make up for that. but if you look at this in a midterm year, could this still be a phenomenon that democrats could hold on to for hope in a midterm year? >> i don't think there is any request that he with should expect mary rlandrieu and mark pryor to significantly outperform the president. will be enough is a separate question. they won't benefit from historically high turnout from african-americans. national environment has deteriorated. the president's approval rating in the mid-40s. and in a state like north carolina where youth turnout is so vital to democratic chances, they won't be able to count on that either. >> interestingly enough, there is a new poll from the "new york times" and kaiser foundation, mitch mccon

people will see that, but also florida, perhaps up to a half foot of rain, so we'll need to see exactly where that lines up. that's going to be a problem. also watch the panhandlerip currents, not that you'd want to be in the water anyway and a chance for storms in central florida. this starts to lift out, watch especially into sunday for moisture into the midwest. warmer temperatures, i'll have more on that coming up. back to you. >> there is a new fies in the b.p. oil spill. four years after the disaster, beep ending clean up, it paid billions of dollars for damages. has paying that hefty sum improved the environment there? >> in the words of win fisherman we spoke to earlier this week, you can clean the oil up but the impacts are still here. as you mentioned, deep decide that had they are done with the active clean up on the coast. they announce that had this week, but the effects here are still being felt. >> in the french quarter of new orleans is p&j oyster company. >> we're the oldest continually operating oyster processing and distribution company in the united states. >> on april 20, 2010, a blowout at a b.p. run oil rig 50 miles off the coast killed 1

millions of americans are facing a flood of trouble from the florida panhandle to the canadian borderabby huntsman. all of that this hour on "the cycle." >>> we start with an emotional night in los angeles. just hours after clippers owner donald sterling was banned for life and fined $2.5 million for his racist comments, the clippers had to play a pivotal playoff game. if the players had any doubts about what fans' reaction would be or even show up, doubt no more. here was the incredible scene as the clippers enter the court. the clippers went on to win game five against the golden state warriors, 113-103. they now lead the series three games to two with the potential clincher in oakland tomorrow night. chris paul described the scene after the game. >> after warmups, one of the most emotional things i think i've ever been a part of, you know, we have a tough locker room, all of us are tough but it almost brought tears to your eyes to feel the support from our fans. >> espn's senior writer

these are some heavyy showers in some places around the florida panhandle as this line of thunderstormsng right up from the gulf. we are going to see this increase over the next day. sunday is a day that's going to bring a lot of rainfall with these storms. it's a cold front that will slide in and stall and bring 3 to 5 inches of rainfall. we have flash flood watches going in to effect for the day tomorrow. for the forecast most of our rainfall. only a slight risk of severe is going to stay into the south and the southeast. from midnight tonight all the way through the day tomorrow into early monday. low temperatures, well, they are going to be on the cool side here on the north still. gradually, we are going to get a little bit warmer in parts of the east. now, new york overnight, you will be 35. a high temperature of 60 and this is exactly what we need to get tornados spinning up. there are several inland agreedients to it. one of them is human warm air. so temperatures warming up into the sent did here around houston, on the gulf of mexico, 60 for atlanta, farther inland. these tempe

overnight, flash flooding from alabama to north carolina, to the florida panhandle. in pensacola, florida, one person drowned when their car was submerged in floodwaters. in mobile, alabama, an elderly woman was rescued from a flooded car. crews waded through water to carry her to higher ground. in this neighborhood, lawns replaced by lakes. and roads turned into rivers. and you can just hear the skies roaring, as this storm just pounds the pensacola area. more than 60,000 lightning strikes hitting here in just the past hour. this is the view inside suzanne's home. she and her family forced upstairs to wait out the storm. in north carolina, this van almost completely submerged in a flooded parking lot. other cars creeping along and stalling out. the same area that was ravaged by four tornadoes earlier in the day. >> it's touching down. it's touching down. >> this car has been tossed. >> reporter: this morning, families in alabama still digging through the rubble, from two twisters monday. stunning before and after pictures reveal the destruction. this drone video show

tornado watches in parts of georgia and also in the florida panhandle.stem will fizzle out right behind it another one that will likely develop. the next 24, 36 hours or so very stormy weather across the deep south. back here west, we've got a lot of sunshine coming our way and these temperatures going to be something else. 86 degrees in san jose. about 82 in san mateo. 70 degrees today beautiful in half-moon bay. upper 80s in the interior valleys by the afternoon and inside the bay 79 in alameda. 80 oakland and about 84 degrees in santa reason. next couple of days the temperatures even hotter and maybe some mid 90s on wednesday and thursday. then cooling down more fog over the weekend. and next week, hey, maybe a couple of rain drops. all right guys that's the latest forecast. back to you. >>> we thank you lawrence. the latest frontier in receive driving is -- self-driving and a complicated world of downtown streets. >> cnet editor at large brian cooley explains. >> one of the hardest frontiers for most of us humans and that's getting on the stop and go

the florida panhandle was hit hard by a big storm did overnight. this is video out of pensacola. where officials issued a state of emergency after getting nine inches of rain. rescue crews scrambled to reach stranded motorists. schools in the county are closed today and so are two freeways. the florida highway patrol reported one weather- related drowning. a pennsylvania woman is lucky to be alive this morning after falling on the train tracks in philadelphia. you can see her standing dangerously close to the edge of the tracks. she looks like she lost her footing and fell on the electrified third rail. police say few people survive after such a fall. bystanders went in to help the woman. she was rushed to the hospital for treatment a college graduation ends with a student who tried a backflip, that backfired. this happened at davenport university in grand rapids, michigan. instead of landing on his feet, the guy went smack dab on his face. you can see all the startled stares by professors and other gruates. the guy says his gown and having his hands out holding things prevented