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but it's -- you know greg abbott is kind of from the mainstream except when it comes to this.vernment feeling here that doesn't really have a whole lot to do with the military. it has a lot to do with perceptions of barack obama and a change from having george w. bush as president and having barack obama as president. >> certainly it's worth noting that there are other states where the same military exercise is being conducted and so far no paranoia skpeerconspiracy theorists in those states. must be something about the great lone star state. r.g. ratcliffe, thanks for your time. >>> know any brogramers on the dark web? i will explain what that meant coming up next. your baby is getting even more than clean. the scent, the lather, even the tiny bubbles of a johnson's® bath are helping to enhance the experience. the touch of your hands is stimulating her senses. nurturing her mind. and helping her development. so why just clean your baby when you can give her... so much more™? johnson's®. so much more™. (music) boys? stop less. go more. the passat tdi clean diesel with up to 81

governor greg abbott wants them to keep an eye on the u.s. it carries out a large training exercise. the exercise takes place in seven states and led to rumors on the internet and elsewhere that u.s. special operations forces are trying to take over parts of the southwest. barbara starr is joining us now. this is a very, very bizarre story. what's going on? why are texans apparently worried about an operation, a special operations exercise that happens every year? >> it's a good question wolf. here what's happened. it's about 1200 u.s. troops mainly green berets navy s.e.a.l.s. air force will exercise for eight weeks, a war game over the summer in very remote areas of these states including texas, public and private land with the permission of land owners. but the internet went on fire about this as websites said the they suspected the u.s. military was trying to do everything from invade texas to stage a takeover and even a map was published showing texas as a red state hostile territory in the war game. that led governor greg abbott of texa

greg abbott ran for governor as attorney general.est applause was, i wake up every morning and sue the federal government and go home. he has made a pretty substantial political stake in railing against the federal government and distrust of the federal government and stage right. so this was part of -- in his wheelhouse. >> part of it that feels hard even with understanding that context is that it is not like it is a homeland security exercise, not like it is an atf exercise. it is u.s. military special force exercise. guys like greg abbott have been able to build a political career around hating the feds but haven't build it around being suspicious of the military. >> a lot of these folks are help support our troops on bumper stickers. there is a cognizant dissent that you think the military would use those walmart tunnels to come and con physical kate your guns and impose martial law at the same time you think they are heroes. >> i played that lieutenant colonel going to the county meeting to try to talk people off the ledge. in p

republican texas governor greg abbott is still defending his controversial decision to call in the texas guard to monitor u.s. military exercises happening in his state this summer. a move that's been slammed by members of his own party for stoking paranoid furyies about a planned invasion of the lone star state. in an interview today, abbott tried to dispel those theories while laying the blame for the hysteria squarely at the feet of president obama. >> i think the cause of the underlying concern that is we see instances like a shooting in ft. hood by a terrorist, that the president labels workplace violence. we see the president come to the border in texas and say, it's safer than it's ever been only to have a record number of people crossing the border coming into the state of texas. >> the training exercise has the admittedly cryptic name jade helm 15 and is taking place in the southwestern u.s. from june 15th to july 15th. it's meant for the armed services to practice counterinsurgency tactics under conditions more like an actual battlefield. and this is the pentagon's map of jade

why did ted cruz or greg abbott talk about -- >> you're allowed to talk about whatever you like.thing but then there's this shouting fire in a crowded theatre idea which you're not allowed to do. then there's this idea that people on the internet and who can get instant soap boxes around the world can make things seem credible and that's where leadership kicks in. if you're a senator or a governor, it's your job to hose the fire down, not ignite it. >> greta the things i was going to ask alex jones, you heard general chiarelli, you know the military installations across the country are raising their alert level. there seems to be an element o danger to this for the military if you start telling people they're about to take over. >> whatever happened to the telephone? why in the world isn't governor abbott speaking with the pentagon, the pentagon speaking with the governor? how we let things deteriorate in this country that everyone goes to the internet and goes sically wild. it's a lot because our leaders are not showing a whole lot of leadership and giving instruction to the ame

listen to texas governor greg abbott. >> don't drive in the rising water.now the common phrase turn around don't drown. it has a sense of reality to it right now that we need everyone in the state of texas to heed. >> well, the water rose so quickly, though some people were completely caught off guard. the governor called the flooding the worst texas has ever seen. he declared a diaster emergency in at least 40 counties. now, in houston, some officials say the areas were badly damaged by the flooding while others were largely unaffected. key to understanding the structure of many bayous that wind through the low-lying city. for the very latest on that let's turn to cnn's ed lavandera in houston. >> reporter: emergency officials in houston describe the scene around this area as a mad house. more than 1,000 cars stranded on roadways because people racing to get out of the ways of walls of water that flowed into the bayous that you see through houston. this is a bayou that cuts and winds its way normally quietly around downtown houston. as you can see, unemban

the state guard to monetary the operations -- >> don't mess with texas is republican governor greg abbott'so the pentagon. abbott called out his state guard to keep an eye on u.s. special operations forces. the governor says he wants to make sure that text san's constitutional rights with private property rights and civil liberties will not be infringed during an upcoming military war game called jade help 15. 1200 personnel army agree berets navy sales and air force troops will train across seven states this summer. do texans have to worry their own freedom is at risk? >> there's no texas takeover. the united states government already controls -- >> stewart even broadcasts attempts. >> it is a preparation for marshal law. >> that's what you say. >> the site has led the internet buzz insisting it's all a plan for the army to wage war on americans. publishing a military power point slide showing texas as red enemy territory. >> i've hardly ever heard of something joint like this unless hay ear planning an invasion. >> senator ted cruz says he understands texans worry. >> i think part of the

but first, we're awaiting a news conference from texas governor greg abbott and houston mayor parkerwing the severe flooding in the texas area over the weekend. senator ted cruz will also participate in the press conference. at this hour 12 are confirmed dead in texas and oklahoma. 13 people remain missing in hayes county texas. nbc's jay gray has more on this record-setting storm. >> reporter: from the air and in the light of day, the streets of houston more like canals after flash floods swept across the area overnight. more than ten inches of rain in some areas in just hours. cars trucks even tractor trailers were no match for the rising fld waters that overwhelmed dozens of city streets. response teams carried out more than 500 high water rescues throughout the night and into the day. >> just use good common sense. stay in stay out of the high water. don't drive into the high water. >> reporter: in wimberly texas, the search continues for 12 people still missing after the blanco river rose more than 28 feet in just an hour cresting at more than 40 feet saturday night. >> we have

the texas governor greg abbott adding to the disaster declaration to 37 counties. >> we are urging all citizens to get out of harm's way. don't risk your lives by trying to not evacuate the water that may be rising. >> across the region, hundreds of rescues and narrow escapes. >> oh, my gosh! he needs to get out! oh my god! >> that terrifying situation in kendall county texas. it had a happy ending. the 68-year-old driver was able to get out of that suv and make it to safety. elsewhere, crews rescued people by land and water. this is in austin. this is in caldwell county where a blackhawk helicopter pulled the man from the truck. he stayed on the phone with his pan panicked daughter. >> said please don't leave. i'm here for you. he said i don't know what to tell you. >> it was about real quick three feet. it hit the side of my door enough to be more powerful than i'm going. five or ten miles an hour. it pushed me off the road so i could no longer go forward. i'm instantly stuck here. >> rainfall totals topped 12 inches in someome areas in the past five days. pushing rivers past the flo

greg abbott the governor of texas is speaking now. he's updating us. let's listen in. >> a helicopter ride over many of the areas that have been dramatically impacted by the flooding waters. and my heart, my prayers go out to the families who have been impacted by this dramatic flooding. we have heard about the loss of life here in houston and as well as other parts of the state of texas. a number that we don't know and we will never know is the number of lives that have been saved by the effective response of first responders and all of the many people who have been helping out in the houston and aris county area as well as across the state of texas. i know for a fact that first responders in houston were able to take swift action to erect barrier to keep people from entering into flooding waters. i know for a fact in areas whether it be in harris county or other parts of the state of texas, rescue missions have taken place that have saved countless lives. and so i want to extent my profound gratitude to all first responders across the state for the e

. >> well, texas governor greg abbott will tour the destination in wimberley today.f the hardest hit areas. take a look. heavy rains, high winds destroyed up to 400 homes in wimberley alone. a man's body was recovered from the flooded area tornadoes touched down in texas and oklahoma. firefighter jason farley was killed in texas. he was swept away in a storm drain while trying to rescue people from high water. a woman was killed in a traffic crash and unfortunately more bad news. rain is on the way. angie? >> thank you so much. >>> look at this damage in houston, texas. a tornado hit this apartment complex. forcing more than 1,600 people to leave their homes. you can see strong winds ripped off the roofs of several buildings yesterday morning as well. hundreds of families were in the apartments when the tornado hit. crews rushed two people to the hospital for minor injuries. >>> 6:15. and fish and wildlife officials say they're struggling to keep up with reports of injured animals after an oil spill off the california coast. officials say heavy holiday traffic and do

in describing the destruction texas governor greg abbott said - quote " you cannot candy coat it. it's absolutely massive." still ahead on kron-4 news. a new development in a missing person's case in marin. also tonight. the growing legal troubles that may be facing former 49-er ray mcdonald. following his latest arrest yesterday. and just ahead. a journalist from the north bay. who is now on trial in iran on espionage charges. you >> pam :an american journalist from marin. went on trial in iran today on charges of spying. jason rezaian, who holds dual passports, is a washington post reporter, who was detained in iran last july along with his wife. the iran news agency reports he is being tried on "espionage for it united states". and , "for propaganda against the islamic republic." the trial is closed to the public. just ahead. the latest on the long search for a missiing 'au pair' who worked in marin. also. what a legal expert says. about pro-football player ray mcdonald's newest troubles with the law. >> gary :and coming up a little bit later in this broadcast we have an update

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texas governor greg abbott joins me on the phone before he heads to that area. great to have you on the story. >> it's good to be with you. i'm going one place to another. i was there at the blanco river seeing the damage and devastation that was wrecked because of the flooding there. now i'm on my way to houston. the entire state of texas has come under flooding conditions ranging up to dallas and north of dallas to wichita falls by the red river we had far too many lives affected. now it's time for us to continue the process of rescuing those we can rescue. >> the stories are horrific. there is a victim a star athlete, student council member driving home from her senior prom. she had perished in this. eight members of one family are missing. governor we are just getting the breaking news from that press conference that now as many as 30 people are still mission. at first we thought that number was only 12. >> right. those numbers continue to change. i don't want to jump to any conclusions. we don't know why they may be missing. i do want people to understand t

texas governor greg abbott has issued a disaster declaration in all 46 counties. earlier today, all eyes were on the lake dam 25 miles southwest of dallas. a breach was possible and could have flooded more than 20 homes. engineers in ellis county said they no longer expected the dam to break. forecasters warn more storms could roll through the southern plains through the end of the week. nbc's jay gray has the latest from texas. >> the continued across from texas today. with more rain in areas already ravaged by the water. and holding out hope they'll find survivors. >> we are still in search and rescue mode. we are still looking for viable victims. >> as crews begin to clean up pulling away debris where they came sifting through what little is left behind in an area literally swallowed by the river. >> wimberly has multiple homes with -- they're down to the foundation. it's a pretty devastating scenario. >> it's a scenario playing out in houston as well. where homes are now islands, communities isolated or even worse after the storms there. >> you see the homes a

greg abbott eclair the state of emergency in at least 40 texas counties and deployed the national guard to help with recovery. >> my heart, my prayers go out to the families who have been impacted by this germanic flooding. >> live here in texas i can tell you that it is cloudy and the conditions are dreary and it has truly not dampened the spirit of so many people in this small texas town. these volunteers are coming from all parts of the state to help folks. this is a small resort campground here, 450 people staying here saturday into sunday when the water level started rising. they went door-to-door as the levels continued to rise. the families of at least 13 people are left wondering what exactly happened to their loved ones. the oldest at 81, the youngest only four. jummy: such a sad story. thank you. there is a risk for thunderstorms this afternoon at home as we take a live look out at the white house. chief meteorologist doug hill is in the weather center with a check on that first forecast for us. doug: the storms are west of interstate 81 right now, slowly moving to the, we wil

the texas governor greg abbott added 24 more counties to the disaster declaration bringing the total to 37. >> we are urging all citizens to get out of harm's way. don't risk your lives by trying to not evacuate the water that may be rising. >> across the region there have been hundreds of rescues and also some narrow escapes. >> oh, my god! stop! he needs to get out! >> in kendall county officials say the 68-year-old driver here was able to get out of his suv. stunning. he made it to safety. elsewhere, crews rescued people by land and water. this picture from austin texas. and also from the air, in caldwell county the blackhawk helicopter pulled this man from his truck after the truck was swept away in the current. throughout the ordeal he stayed on the phone with his daughter. >> i called him over and over and said are you okay. he said i don't know if i will make it. i said hold on. i'm here for you. i'm here for you. he was like i don't know what to tell you. i'm sorry. >> it was about real quick three feet. it hit the side of my door enough to be more powerful than the speed i'm

thetexas governor greg abbott called the attack senseless and in a statement he said: >> i spokes with the tea spokesman of the tea party fund. >> we were just winding down. all the speakers had spoken and we began to exit the building. you could hear in the hallway people yelling shots fired. everyone just stopped and looked at each other and immediately the police department came to the doors. they sealed off all the exits and let us know we need to stay in the room to stay safe. there is an active shooter on the scene. they proceeded to tell us that a suspect was shot and they wanted us to move to a more security location in the building because they thought they had seen explosives on one of the suspects. when they moved us to the auditorium, a woman had an american flag in her purse. she held it up and we began to sing. >> given the controversial nature of the group holding the event was there added security, and was there a sense of nervousness at the event? >> i don't think anybody was really nervous. i know in the back of our minds we knew with this type of event because we kno

so bad in fact governor greg abbott declared a state of disaster monday, 24 counties. the fire department also counted at least two water- related deaths because of this flooding. that number can jump to even five and six later today as they are assessing several deaths in the area. of course the biggest thing we've seen visually around here, the thousands of cars that are unusable essentially. they are ruined. people stranded. the situation doesn't look to be much better right now. skies have given us a little break right now but clouds are starting to come back this way. we're expecting more water. i want to show you too this park area normally used for runners, now it's pretty much just a pool. a pool of water, people are trying to drive through here off of highway 610. not going so well. we advise everyone in the houston area obviously stay off the roads. we continue to follow this flooding situation all day and all evening. for now live in houston. back to you in the studio. [no audio] ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. our storm tracker 2 and doppler is running but notice y

a tin foil had type of conspiracy theory to a bigger deal was because our own governor governor greg abbottpresident to the military, and with most things all politics is local, and the reason governor abbott did this is because lieutenant governor dan patrick has really been outflanking him in terms of conservative politics and shoring up conservative support, so governor greg abbott saw, huh, this is my chance to real make a stand with that far right ultra conservative group in my state and throw them some red meat, so i think in understanding why this was elevated look at what has happened under our pink dome here in local politics. it's so odd because we're a very military friendly state. we have over two dozen military installations, over a million and a half veterans here so not only is it ludicrous but it's puzzling. >> you know drew a former texas congressman spoke out against the governor saying quote, your letter pandering to idiots have left me livid. i'm horrified that i have to choose between the possibility that my governor actually believes this stuff or the possibility that

and ted cruz and greg abbott get out there. they have this sort of ruse. we are responding to the concerns that people are saying. it's not like these people are crazy and we're going to tell them they're crazy. we're responding to the concerns. but by doing that and saying we're going to have the texas guard, you know, monitor this, you're basically ratifying people's concerns about something that is completely made up. >> howard, you react though. the put out a press release announcing the jade helm training exercise in march. last month they sent one of their commanders to a texas meeting in bastrop county down in texas to explain the purpose of the military exercise to the local citizenry. it didn't go well. >> first and foremost, we're truly invested in everybody's personal rights and their privacy. that's what we live for. we live to support the constitution of the united states. and that's what everybody wants to live by. and that's what we're here to do. >> and if i told the colonel that i didn't believe a single word that he just said. >> when we

. >> joining members of the tinfoil hat brigade was texas governor greg abbott. whose skepticism last week led him to direct the state's national guard to "monitor" the exercises. and then of course there was senator ted cruz. >> in my office we've reached out to the pentagon to inquire about this exercise. we're assured that it is a military training exercise. the federal government has not demonstrated itself to be trustworthy in this administration. so the natural consequence is that many of the citizens don't trust what it's saying. >> yesterday, the pentagon responded jade helm is a long planned and coordinated exercise. we are not taking over anything. but then again, that's what they would say, wouldn't they? joining us is writer for last week tonight with john olver kevin avery, senior editor ken smith, and david coring. where do we begin with this story? >> if you take the words jade helm 15 and rearrange the letters, it does said third term for barack obama the socialist. >> yes it does. >> so there you go. a coincidence, david? >> i don't think so. i'm

as of now concerned texas citizens can only hope that government greg abbott overturns his ban on thene day issues a ban on the ban on the ban on fracking. that's all for now. "the ed show" is coming up next. >>> good evening americans, and welcome to "the ed show," live from detroit lakes, minnesota. let's get to work! tonight, the trade war. >> we're going to press forward the tpa this week and get it across the finish line. >> the game is rigged. and we are running out of time. >>> plus the pitch for free college. >> the college for all act will provide free tuition. only in a congress dominated by wall street and big money is this considered to be a radical idea. >>> later deadly biker brawl. >> new fallout from that vicious shootout between rival biker gangs. >> is this over? most likely not. >>> and e-mail controversy. >> they will be made public just two weeks before the iowa caucuses. >> i have said repeatedly, i want those e-mails outs. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. it's good to be back with you. senator elizabeth warren is ramping up her war on trade. earlier t

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. >>> and -- >> governor greg abbott is defending his decision to watch over a u.s. military training exercise. >> we're not going to interfere with their privacy or their rights. >> i didn't believe a single word that he just said. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. it is official the reverend mike huckabee is going to do it again. he wants to be president of the united states. huckabee kicked off the campaign from his hometown of hope arkansas, earlier today. the former baptist preacher is again running as a social conservative. it's the same old act. he started his speech by recalling his childhood in hope. >> i learned about america. in miss mary's kindergarten as well as at brookwood elementary school, i learned the pledge of allegiance, the lord's prayer and the preamble to the constitution. we prayed at the start of each day and we prayed again before lunch. and i learned that this exceptional country could only be explained by the providence of almighty god. >> well huckabee wasted no time going right at the president of the uni

texas governor greg abbott ordered the state guard to quote, monitor the exercise.id he is a fan of the governor's actions. >> 1200 special forces in the state. and of course some people think this might be the beginning of a major, major takeover. which i don't -- i'm not quite there. i don't believe that is. i believe it's very important, and i like what the governor is doing. >> texas congressman louie gohmert is also jumping into the fray. he is upset over a mock military map of the exercise circulating on the internet. texas and utah are listed as hostile territory. so gohmert writes this. the map of the exercise needs to change and the tone of the exercise needs to be completely revamped so the federal government is not intentionally practicing war against its own states. congressman, it's a map. it's a guide. it's an understanding of what the exercise is all about. it's not an admission that we're at war with ourselves. for more let me bring in jim moore, investigative journalist. and also with us tonight robert wolanski. what has been the reaction online bec

texas governor greg abbott is planning to sign new gun legislation allowing citizens to openly carry handguns in public places. the legislature easily passed the bill yesterday, overturning a ban on open-carry that dates back to the civil war. if abbott signs it, texas will join 44 other states which allow people to carry a handgun either wholly or partially visible in a belt or shoulder holster. texas gun owners would also be required to have a gun license and be at least 21 years of age. the law would take effect january 1st. another democrat has launched a quest for the 2016 presidential nomination. former baltimore mayor and maryland governor martin o'malley announced his candidacy today, pointing to new leadership as a campaign theme. a recent quinnipiac university poll of democrats nationwide gave o'malley one percent support. hillary clinton topped the field with 57%. >> sreenivasan: tonight isis is maintaining control of the city of palmyra in syria. now we're learning more about how isis is treating the people of palmyra. for some insight we are joined via skype from istanbu

and y'all have a good day. >> bill, on twitter asks what the heck is texas governor greg abbott and senator ted cruz doing playing sirius with conservative wing nuts on jade helm. >> governor abbott and you know the senator, i think they both they spoke out on this. they were asked about this. a lot of the concerns come from their own state. i understand that they would have to address these issues. senator cruz, the way he framed things, it's like well, you know it's hard to believe you know, the federal government so i understand why people would be concerned now. and to a degree i guess that's fair when you consider, you know, some of the other things i've mentioned, the surveillance and issues like that. but at the same time, i think it's important to note that you also have conservatives like former governor rick perry who basically looked at this and shook his head. the vision even within, you know, groups that are typically pretty unified against the president here, it doesn't hold true. >> robert is in north port, florida. line for republicans. robert, good morning. >> caller: morni

. >> texas governor greg abbott the damage is absolutely devastating. month's worth of rain fell in a matter of hours washing away homes and cars and one person is dead and 12 missing. a total of 37 counties in the state have been declared disaster areas. two people have been killed in oklahoma, as well, where more than 17 inches of rain have fallen this month. >>> a tornado is, blamed for the deaths of 13 people in northern mexico. that twister raced through the city early today destroying 800 homes and overturning big rigs and a bus and dozens of cars. the devastation was incredible and hundreds were injured and check out the cars just thrown on to their sides of tiny homes and they had their roofs ripped off by the twister and it is right across the border from del rio, texas. >>> a small earthquake struck near the site of last week's 4.1 quake and no reports of any damage from today's 2.5 magnitude quake. the only damage from friday's quake was the oakville crossroad bridge. engineers closed that bridge after determining shaking may have caused addi

officials say about 700 homes in houston have damage from the flooding but texas governor greg abbotts warning tonight waters are still rising in some locations. >>> a story you'll see only on fox. a philadelphia girl's family is looking for answers. they say she hasn't been back to school since coming home with bite marks and she can't tell them what happened. fox 29's dawn timmeney at the philadelphia school district headquarters in spring garden. now, dawn, what is the school district doing about all of this? >> reporter: well, lucy, the school district tells me they are taking this very seriously. they are investigating but the girl's grandmother says she was asking questions and wasn't getting anywhere until she contacted us. and we called the school district. >> the bites were so severe it broke her skin. i mean it was like -- i felt the pain. >> reporter: francis kent gets upset even thinking about what happened to her granddaughter latasha who's autistic. 12-year-old coming home from harding middle school back on may 11th with bite marks on her back her shoulder, even her brea

governor greg abbott has declared a state of disaster in more than 40 counties including houston's harris county. >> this will provide additional resources and tools that will allow everyone in harris county to be able to respond even more effectively to the challenges you face. the. >> reporter: houston was swamped. >> homes have been completely wiped off of the map. >> reporter: every part of the city hit. >> we are the defining feature of houston is the small rivers that run through the city. and many of them went over their banks and began to flood neighborhoods. >> reporter: 11-inches of rain fell on the houston area overnight. rescue workers say they had to save more than 500 people from high water. mostly people stranded in their vehicles. more than 2500 cars and trucks were abandoned as drivers scramble to higher ground. farther north. the search continues for two families whose vacation home was swept in to the blanco river. witnesses described seeing the home careening down the river before it smashed against this bridge and fell apart in to pieces. at the time the water was not

governor greg abbott of texas was pleading with residents to obey evacuation orders as he added 24 counties to his disaster declaration comparing these flood waters to a tsunami. >>> authorities were also searching for victims and assessing damage across the texas-mexico border where a tornado monday killed 13 people and left at least five unaccounted for. so just tragic news coming from down south tam. >> absolutely. thank you, erin. >>> several people swept away by rough surf remain missing along the florida and the gulf coast. the dane russ rip tides are to blame for at least three deaths over the holiday weekend. more than 500 people were rescued. >> always something to remember especially as summer, the official start of summer approaches. >> you swim parallel to the beach. we'll be saying that again and again but that's how you get out of it. storm tracker six live double scan and we have no precipitation out there and as we take look outside sunshine is coming up nice and bright down the shore and elsewhere across the region and it's going to be a nice day on the beach similar to yes

governor greg abbott of texas was seen pleading with residents to obey evacuation orders as he added 24 counties to his disaster declarations comparing these flood waters to a tsunami. >>> authorities were also searching for victims and assessing damage across the texas-mexico border where a tornado monday killed 13 people and left at least five unaccounted for. just a tragic, tragic situation down there tam. >> erin though stories are heartbreaking. thank you. >>> several people swept away by rough surf remain missing along the florida and gulf coast. dangerous rip tides are to blame in three deaths. more than 500 people have been res rescued. >> david what's going on. >> nice day today, more humid than yesterday as we get into the afternoon. storm tracker six double scan shows you we're drive. as we look outside we have sky six and there comes that sun a couple low lying cloud cover over by the coast but that sun will get above that real quickly and it looks like it will be another bright one today. 66 degrees currently in philadelphia, so far so good on the humidity. it's not all

immigrants while the challenge works its way through the court. 26 states sued led by texas, governor greg abbott applauded the ruling on what he calls the president's unlawful action. a white house spokesperson claims the court misinterpreted the facts. she argues the plan is fully consistent with the law. supporters remain undeterred. >> we say to our community once again, do not lose hope. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner and other lawmakers said the decision was executive overreach by the president. one judge who defends his right, immigration policy should be decided between the president and congress not the courts. >> i think it does call to question when will congress act when it comes to immigration. >> reporter: money is an issue here, too. the states that are suing, over two dozen of them claimed that it will cost them millions of dollars to deal with undocumented immigrants in their jurisdictions. on the other hand, here in washington, the congressional budget office has found that it could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars just to try to round up all of the undocu

governor greg abbott of texas was pleading with residents to obey evacuation orders as he added 24 countiesdisaster declarations. comparing these flood waters to a tsunami. >>> authorities were also searching for victims iny anding ay assessing damage across the texas-mexico border where a tornado killed 13 people and left five unaccounted for. matt. >> thank you erin. >>> good morning america will have more on the flooding in text at 7:00 a.m. >> new this morning a rutgers football player has been arrested for robbery in florida. 19-year-old darien daily and another man are accused of holding up a bicyclist at gunpoint on sunday. rutgers is aware of the situation and in a statement the football coach said the team will take appropriate actions once they review all the facts in the case. >>> new information this morning on a crash that damaged a west philadelphia school. a car slams into an office in blank ken burg elementary right off the 4600 block of west girard avenue. police say a 32-year-old woman ran onto the curb as she tried to make a turn. she broke her ankles her wrist and a leg.

texas governor greg abbott will join us live.ts in detroit, at one point, did not work. you had some blocks and you had major thoroughfares and corridors that were just totally pitch black. those things had to change. we wanted to restore our lighting system in the city. you can have the greatest dreams in the world, but unless you can finance those dreams, it doesn't happen. at the time that the bankruptcy filing was done, the public lighting authority had a hard time of finding a bank. citi did not run away from the table like some other bankers did. citi had the strength to help us go to the credit markets and raise the money. it's a brighter day in detroit. people can see better when they're out doing their tasks, young people are moving back in town the kids are feeling safer while they walk to school. and folks are making investments and the community is moving forward. 40% of the lights were out, but they're not out for long.they're coming back. >>> welcome back everybody. let's take a look at the stocks to watch this morn

por ello, es que el gobernador greg abbott declaro a este y 23 condados mas como zona de desastre.atistas, polcias y personal de la guardia nacional se encuentran apoyando en estas fuertes tormentas, pues son decenas de familias las que esta noche no cuentan con un hogar. ante esta destrccion, se montaron albergues donde la cruz roja asiste a los damnificados. yb el apoyo de la comunidad se ha hecho presente, no solo en las labores de rescate y en las donaciones pero ante la presencia de las lluvias que continuaran esta noche, se establecio un toque de queda para esta noche, con el fin de proteger a los residentes y evitar que salgan de sus casas y pongan en peligro sus vidas. no obstante, esto es tan solo el principio, tal como lo contaristi wyattvocera de la ciudad de san marcos, por que elproceso de recuperacion ante los sus danos, sera largo. topvo lorena/topvo --- y nos quedamos precisamente etexdonde las autoridades emprendieron la bsqueda de doce personas que se encuentran desaparecidas tras las inundaciones ... ---entre las vctimas figuran dos familias con niños que habran

and greg abbott declares a state of disaster as flood waters sweep away homes. at least three people are reported dead. >> thank you for joining us here on worldwide exchange. here's how markets are fairing ahead of the open in the u.s. we're expecting a soft open. expected to open down 2.5 points. dow to open down 7.5 points and the nasdaq to open down 21 points. u.s. markets taking a queue from europe the last couple of days. we're in the red today which follows declines yesterday in only selected markets. we also have the u.k. and germany on holiday. it's just the likes of france spain, italy and portugal down yesterday and as you can see germany in the ftse 100 playing catch up with the other markets that were down yesterday but let's put these in perspective. last week was a positive week for european equities. going to quickly have a look at the greek yield curve as well which has been a little bit on the rise once again: we had flashes coming out over the last couple of minutes on greece greece must focus on overhauls and if it's going to boost growth. no

texas governor greg abbott closing roads down river from the dam.nts to evacuate move livestock to higher ground. 2500 homes in harm's way at this hour. >>> the scandal at international soccer. the clinton foundation received up to $100000 from fifa that's the soccer governing body which is in all this trouble, and the qatar 2022 committee gave up to $5,000 to the foundation in return for marketing and other deals from fifa. >>> big board, dead steady at a gain of 109 points for a half hour. oil, the price well below 60 bucks a barrel. gas down slightly overnight, still at $2.72 for the national average. i'm going to stay on money. astronomical dollar values on the biggest new tech companies. uber 50 billion, snapchat 15 pinterest 11. snapchat's ceo warning that the huge values are a sign we're in a tech bubble. shah gilani is here are we in a tech bubble? >> yes we are, we've been in one i think it's going to increase. evan is a smart man at 24 years old could have sold his company to facebook in 2013 at 13 valuation is closer to 15. this is gettin

greg abbott declared a state of emergency. >> we remain involved in the search and rescue process, looking to try to save every person who is missing. >> also echoed the same sentiment by the white house, helping to get the region back on its feet. >> we will expedite those requests to make sure that both search and rescue operations and recovery operations are occurring as quickly as possible. >> but that will not be easy. the length and severity of the storms have strained the government. officials say that they have rarely had to deal with damage is widespread before. >> it has been a very challenging week because there's so many. >> there's a massive cleanup effort in the city is now testing flooding causing $100,000 wastewater to spill into the street and as of now the authorities say that residents are not at risk. lou: reporting from houston thank you. we are coming right back and there's much more ahead stay with us. coming up next secret companies, dodging the clinton campaign, and soccer corruption. rich lowry on the 2016 race coming up next. and spacex is moving into a very excl