evening millions of americans bracing for what could become the first tropical storm to hit the gulf coast this hurricane season. right now louisiana is under a state of emergency tropical storm force winds already reaching the coast line. a live look here from the beach club at gulf shores in alabama you can see the waves. they're starting to churn. the forecasters say that the system is strengthening as it heads in a general direction of louisiana, mississippi, alabama. they expect it to hit somewhere tonight or early tomorrow morning. the wind is not the big concern. it's the water the national hurricane center warning of dangerous flash flooding and a surge along the coast in louisiana, mississippi, alabama and potentially the florida panhandle. forecasters say some areas could get more than a foot of rain last hurricane season was a record one five storms ravaged the coast. three of them, hurricanes that hit louisiana head on. meteorologist ryan phillips tracking this storm from the first alert weather center in our nbc station in south florida. ryan>> good even >> well, good evening.

the tropical threat closing in on the gulf coast. parts of louisiana, mississippi and alabama facing a tropical storm warning. louisiana already declaring a state of emergency. up to a foot of rain and major flooding in some areas. crews from out of state on alert for potential power outages. the system expected to push through the carolinas this weekend. images comin tna tchg down in indiana late today. rob marciano standing by. >>> also tonight, president biden's new warning about the highly contagious delta variant spreading across the u.s. and now detect in the at least 45 states. calling the variant more transmissible, potentially deadlier and dangerous for young people. the cdc warning it could soon become the dominant strain. and the state where the variant is now surging more than anywhere else in the country. this as president biden marks a new milestone -- 300 million shots administered in 150 days. >>> frightening images on the streets of new york. police searching for two suspects. a gunman shooting and wounding a man. tw

heavy rain along the gulf coast.ot >>> and finally, father's day weekend is upon us. >> will ganss has some suggestions on what to watch. >> reporte >> reporter: "luca," the latest family film from pixar. >> don't look at it. just kidding. definitely look at it. >> reporter: the fish without of water story proving to be something to look at indeed. >> we underdogs have to look out for each other. >> what's under the dogs? >> "luca" is out now. the perfect summer flick wishing we were on the italian coast right about now. for anyone itching to travel a new series on netflix called "the world's most amazing vacation rentals," follows three travelers checking out some dream vacay spots offering tips and tricks along the way. >> all right. wow. what a place. >> reporter: or how about a trip instead down memory lane? "physical" is a brand-new dark comedy series about an aerobics-obsessed housewife in the '80s. >> i'm sorry. i meant your left. >> reporter: the first episode out today on apple tv plus. and netflix is leanin

dangerous flash flooding along the gulf coast. water surrounding homes in hancock county, mississippi. more than 10 inches of rain. about 20 people rescued. >> five was in my truck, and i was standing beside my truck. >> reporter: so, the water came up to here? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: including terrance ladner and his family, forced to abandon their flooded home before dawn, seeking shelter in his truck bed until help could arrive. you lost everything inside? >> oh, yeah. pretty much. bed, clothes, you name it. >> reporter: but you're just grateful to be alive? >> i'm grateful to be alive. >> reporter: and east of here in alabama -- >> you need to be in the most interior part of your household away from windows. if you're two stories, get on your first story. >> reporter: a r tornado tearing through escambia county, alabama, damaging or destroying at least 50 homes, including donna cousineau's. >> i'm 76 years old and lived a long time. i've never seen anything like this one. that was pretty bad. >> reporter: she, her granddau

tropical storm claudette bearing down on the gulf coast. the state of emergency and flash flooding alerts. up to 8 inches of rain possible. >> waves already crashing along the seawall here. >> our team on the ground, tracking its path. >>> dangerous delta variant. president biden's warning. >> easily transmissible, potentially deadlier. particularly dangerous for young people. >> with the pace of vaccinations slowing, the state is seeing a resurgence and the outbreak shutting down this building. >>> new president in iran. ebrahim raisi. just elected as the new leader. the hardline cleric hand picked. what it means for u.s. relations. martha raddatz in tehran. >>> dodging the bullets. two small children miraculously escaping harm as a gunman opens fire directly next to them. the deeper look into gun violence that's taken the lives of more than 100 children this year. >>> abc news exclusive, a woman whose husband was shot and killed by police in hawaii speaking out. >> i never thought i would think of honolulu as a bad place, as a dark place.

i want to take you straight to the gulf coast where we have a drone image of the gulf coast that wase tough. especially as we look at the surge expected. mobile bay, two to three feet. over through all of those beautiful beaches along mississippi into the boot of louisiana. keep in mind that stretches to pensacola and destin is included. you push water and water falls from the sky on the order of 6 to 12 inches. that's where we'll have problems. even the rain moving its way through the end of the weekend into the start of next week is going to be a problem for, say, northern alabama, north georgia and south and north carolina. that's the big picture. let's get -- >>> good morning. happy friday. we have some sunshine out there and possibility of the record high temperatures once again today on this day three of the four day heat wave. unhealthy air could happen again today. better sleeping starting tonight. temperatures along the coast in the san francisco defer kneltly cooler. 65 to 74 there are and 80s around the bay and lookty 90s. a lot of 50s and 60s in the inland neighborhoods.

closer look at your friday morning weather. >> a tropical system making its way towards the central gulf coastst of new orleans is when landfall is expected late friday night into early saturday morning. it's going to bring a lot of rain to the coast, especially 8 to 12 inches from mobile to new orleans with 20 inches of rain. the worst of the impacts along the louisiana coast into the western florida panhandle into the upcoming weekend. and the heat is on in the west. triple-digit heat for many of us. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin koskrin. >>> coming up, the change that's coming to some of your money. >> also, ahead, new details in the road rage shooting that killed a 6-year-old in california. what prosecutors say the suspected gunmen already admitted to hours before his court appearance today. >>> but first, it's not just amazon rolling out deep discounts where. to >>> back now with spacex launch number 19. it lifted off from cape canaveral carrying a gps satellite into orbit. stage one of the rocket returned safely to earth nine minutes later on to a spacex drone ship. >>> federal reg

the national hurricane center says a system will approach the north central gulf coast as early as tonight bringing heavy rain and flash flooding. late yesterday louisiana's governor issued a state of emergency. >> will depend upon the exact track that the storm takes and how fast it moves. but we can expect all of south louisiana to be impacted. >> forecasters say the system could dump a foot of rain beginning today through the weekend along the central gulf coast and into the southern appalachians. >>> the supreme court rejected the latest challenge to the affordable care act or obamacare. the ruling preserves the landmark law which the white house says provides health insurance to 31 million americans. house speaker nancy pelosi called the decision historic. bradley blackburn is in new york. bradley, was this a surprise decision? >> reporter: anne-marie, this was a real test of the balance of this new court with three justices appointed by president trump in place. for the third time now the supreme court has upheld obamacare, one of two major decisions yesterday that show ideological l

gulf coast. the main target for potential tractor-trailer cyclone 3 the louisiana coast.could become tropical storm claudette later today. let's bring in meteorologist tyler mauldin. what are we expecting here? >> we already have tropical storm warnings hoisted for parts of the gulf coast from mobile to nearly lake charles, louisiana. if this feels like deja vu, rightfully so because last year the 2020 record breaking hurricane season this part of the gulf coast was battered with hurricanes. so basically we're picking up where we left off about 12 months ago. this system is currently right in here. it doesn't look like much on satellite imagery but it is beginning to gather strength. the hurricane hunters flew into it yesterday their first reconnaissance trip of the 2021 season. they're going to fly into it here in a couple hours ago. on their first flight they found a wind of 35 mile per hour but notice that the center is actually right here and all the thunderstorms are well away from the center so they can't upgrade it to a depression or storm just yet but they will. i

the gulf coast bracing for up to a foot of heavy rain and flash floods. the strengthening system also bringing the threat of tornadoes. the new track and al roker timing it out. also the heat dome scorching the west. record-breaking temperatures for the sixth straight day. 45 million under alert. the sun so intense doctors are warning about burns from superheated surfaces. >>> the major supreme court ruling. the justices rejecting the third gop challenge to obamacare since it was enacted. president biden praising it as a major victory. how the justices appointed by former president trump sided. and the legal questions still unanswered. >>> the u.s. investing billions to develop anti-viral pills that could one day treat covid. and the concerns over the delta variant. why the early symptoms can cause confusion. >>> plus, companies turning up the pressure to return to the office. >>> president biden signing a law to make juneteenth a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery. tonight we're in the city where it all began. >>> and ahead of father's day

. >>> in developing news, residents along the gulf coast a cleaning up after tropical storm claudettet is expected to intensify and reach tropical storm status late tonight or early monday morning. the tropical storm conditions are expected along the north carolina coast and south carolina area. the storm made landfall along the northern gulf coast early yesterday. >> we had close to being to between 8-10 inches of rain. the water was rererererere re re re re re re re re re re re re re re re re re re re re re >> police is a wet roads were likely to blame for a 15 vehicle crash south of montgomery, alabama which claimed the lives of 10 people including nine children. >>> on the peninsula, a car fire in the bart station area. you can see the flames spread to two other carsother carsother carsother carsother carsother cars other cars other cars other cars other cars other cars other cars other cars other cars other cars other cars other cars other cars other was sent to us by an abc7 news viewer. you can see the aftermath as well. three vehicles burned out. we spoke to one man who says h

torrential rainfall hit parts of the gulf coast from texas to alabama. southern mississippi and louisiana bracing for another half a foot of rain through monday. in texas, heavy rain flooded roads swamping cars outside of houston. flooding hit more than 100 homes. here in new york city as well as the northeast, this heat wave is expected to stick around for just a few more days. believe it or not, it's only spring. >> luckily, summer is just two weeks away. tom hanson for us. thank you. >>> president biden departs on his first foreign trip this week. he's heading to europe for a g7 meeting, a visit with the queen, and his first summit with russia's vladimir putin. today vice president kamala harris began a trip to guatemala and mexico, but air force 2 experienced a mechanical problem forcing a return to joint base andrews to switch planes. she's now on her way. cbs's ed o'keefe is in antigua with a preview the vice president's trip. >> good evening, vice president harris comes to guatemala on her first international trip since taking office after spendin

gulf coast seeing heavy rains and tropical storm winds.e will have the latest. >>> welcome to all of those watching around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> it's now 1:30 afternoon in tehran. iran's state media is reporting that ibrahim raisi has won by a landslide. an estimated 62% of the got he received with 90% of the ballots counted. landslide victory for the hand-picked favorite candidate. no surprise. take us what this means for iran, first of all, in the direction of the country, frederik pleitgen. >> reporter: if you look what has been going on on this morning is the iranians are starting a transition of power and quite interesting. a couple of minutes ago, the outgoing president rouhani met at the judiciary where raisi has been the head of that until he will take over the office of president. rouhani graduated raisi and said important for the transition of power take place in a clear and also in a peaceful way as well. for iran, itself, of course, it means that much of society will move further towards a mo

so flooding is likely along the gulf coast this weekend. >>> thank you. also this morning, a suspect is in custody after a brazen string of drive by shootings. it happened outside of phoenix, a spree that left one person dead and 12 other people injured. nbc's steve patterson joins us with the latest on that. steve, good morning. >> reporter: so police saying the shooting taking place late yesterday morning, a gunman shooting people widely across three separate cities. this morning the suspect is in custody, and the fbi has been called in to investigate. this morning police say a suspect is behind bars after a shooting spree outside of phoenix. and caught on camera, a man arrested outside a nearby shopping center. police not yet confirming if the video shows the suspect. >> multiple shootings, victims scattered through several jurisdictions. >> officials say the first shots rang out just after 11:00 a.m. and continued through several cities over the course of more than an hour. >> there's eight different scenes that we have to investigate. that's a lot. >

not just along the gulf coast but even farther inland. mississippi, alabama and even georgia. and this is really going to be the key story here as the amount of rain this system has the potential to dump over the next several days, as much as 6 to 8 inches in some places. >> i think if we could just push it out west a little bit, right? all allison, thank you. >> push it out west because vast parts of the west are experiencing this historic and unrelenting drought. the worst in the region in 20 years. stephanie elam, this is taking a toll on farmers and ranchers. an enormous toll. >> completely. that's so true, john. when you think about the river, the colorado river itself, 90% of that water actually comes from the melting snowpack in the colorado rockies. i traveled up there for this story. that snow pack is all just about gone. we're seeing the heat that we're seeing here. it's leading to this melting snowpack and the point about this is that this extreme heat leads to drought which then leads to extreme heat. four states are completel

tropical storm claudette bearing down on the gulf coast.h flooding alerts. up to 8 inches of rain possible. >> waves already crashing along the seawall here. >> our team on the ground, tracking its path. >>> dangerous delta variant. president biden's warning. >> easily transmissible, potentially deadlier. particularly dangerous for young people. >> with the pace of vaccinations slowing, the state is seeing a resurgence and the outbreak shutting down this building. >>> new president in iran. ebrahim raisi. just elected as the new leader. the hardline cleric hand picked. what ian

flooding is possible with another four to eight inches of rain on some parts of the gulf coast.e west, they wish they would have any rain at all. look at the drought last year. last year there was barely any drought but one of the worst fire seasons ever. this year, this is a monumental drought, probably the worst in modern history. we are seeing extreme drought all across the west and a drought emergency in california because of our warming climate and a lack of rainfall. adriana. >> diaz: all right, jeff berardelli, stay cool. thank you. the political season is heating up fast, too. tonight, former president donald trump makes a rare appearance in front of republicans in north carolina, planning their future. cbs' christina ruffini is at the white house with more. christina, good evening. >> reporter: adriana, tonight was mr. trump's first public appearance since, if a rare opportunity for him to address his supporters directly and in person. the former president is still banned from most social media platforms. on friday, facebook, announced it would increase that ban. it wil

in the south severe storms have also swamped the gulf coast, while fire scorches parts of the west.tom hanson is in new york and has more on the nation's weather extremes. tom, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. as you can see behind me bryant park is very busy with new yorkers trying to beat the heat. today temperatures hit 92 degrees and just to give context that is 40 degrees higher than just one week ago. throughout the northeast crowds are seeking relief from soaring temperatures, at least three dozen heat records were broken today from michigan all the way to maine. boston and washington, d.c., are under a heat emergency. cooling centers are open as the cities brace for 100 degree temperatures on monday. in arizona triple digit temps fueling wildfires and forcing evacuations outside of phoenix. the telegraph fire in superior exploding in size to more than 34,000 acres. torrential rainfall hit parts of the gulf coast from texas to alabama, southern mississippi and louisiana bracing for another half a foot of rain through monday. in texas heavy rain flooded roads,

gulf coast.n owe is here talking about it. >> it formed coming on shore late last night, now abreast of new orleans, 45-mile-per-hour winds. you can see the messy, heavy weather is well to the east. where it is raining, it is raining heavily and blowing hard, as well. we've had gusts of 50, 60 miles a hour. flash flood warnings posted through mobile. flash flood watches through the weekend through atlanta. a tornado watch out until at least 11:00, as this thing kind of spins its way on shore. mobile getting it right now. we'll see heavy rain, maybe 2 inches per hour at times. the track of this brings it through atlanta and into the carolinas. by then, it'll be a weak windstorm, but it'll continue to be a rainmaker. storm surge, east of new orleans, 2 to 3 feet of storm surge. the rain is really going to be the big issue here. 5, 6 inches. maybe a foot of rain in some spots, and this is saturated here. all the storms that went through the midwest overnight, 114 storm reports, we do have over 100,0

i can't say the same across the gulf coast.ndfall in the next 12 to 24 hours. this will probably get a name today. regardless of whether it is named or not. the results are still the same. 4 to 8 inches along the gulf coast. some areas could see isolated amounts of over a foot of rainfall. we are into it, my friends. the tropics heating up especially along the gulf coast. there your forecast today. the other big story, of course, we have been following this for books be now, is the heat across the west. another scorcher of a day. deadly heat potentially over parts of california in towards the southwest. not only today but through the weekend. so that is going to be, you know, a wig issue. and we also could see the potential for stronger storms over the midwest. lots going on in the weather department. we will keep you up to date back inside steve, ainsley, brian, happy friday. steve: that's right. get away friday. thanks, j.d. janice: you got it up next, businesses in need of people who work for them forced to get creative. loo

moisture, heavy downpours will be generated from the gulf coast into the mid-atlantic today. we have a flood risk around 1,400 miles, from houston down to southern new jersey, up to 1.5 inches of rain per hour falling on already saturated ground, making for scattered flash flooding possible. the heaviest rain stretching from the carolina coastline down into florida, into central florida. up to 2 inches of rain falling per hour, is so we'll be watching this very closely today for flash flooding hoda >> al, thanks. >>> and the weather isn't the only source of travel troubles with more americans returning to the skies, the surge is overwhelming airports and airlines still grappling with staff short annals kerry sanders has more on this story in miami airport good morning >> reporter: good morning, hoda. remember when congress came to the rescue of airlines with billions of dollars because the airlines feared the pandemic would put them out of business forever? now, 15 months later, cooped up americans are returning to airports, like here at mia, and the airlines are discovering

if you live along the gulf coast you need to pay attention friday through the weekend, we will keep yourecast radar, don't think it will be a hurricane but it could be a tropical system and that could bring potential for heavy rainfall along these areas of that is something to watch this weekend. the heat a top story, already june across the southwest, temperatures breaking records so we continue to monitor that. jillian: i will look at those binders. todd: i will go to bat. the sour cream. jillian: i love all of that. todd: always happening. jillian: 39 after the hour, pain at the pump, donald trump tears into the biden administration's energy policies as costs soar. todd: a colorado cakemaker saying the cake border is more important than his religious freedom. ♪♪ it will not work for everyone. imbruvica is the #1 prescribed oral therapy for cll, and it's proven to help people live longer. imbruvica is not chemotherapy. imbruvica can cause serious side effects, which may lead to death. bleeding problems are common and may increase with blood thinners. serious infections with symptoms l

on the gulf coast, showers and thunderstorms to the east coast. is going to be very warm. how warm is it? 90s and 100 degree temperatures in the northern plains and upper midwest. that is rare for this time of year that will be dangerous heat and that will visit the northeast for saturday and sunday, high 80s to 90 degree temperatures in dc, new york towards boston, just a tease. i'm going to be racing on over to belmont, my 640 hit during "fox and friends" will be getting prepped for the belmont. love it. todd: we love when you go to the tracks, great shots, you are not racing in this race just to be clear, you're getting ready. >> janice: i can pretend. jillian: you win in hours. >> janice: happy friday. jillian: 28 after the hour. attorney general david yost talks about giving back to first responders on the front lines of the pandemic. todd: did you see this? the last big dance, lightning up the inter-web. ♪♪ ♪ welcome to allstate, ♪ ♪are you down, d-d-down, d-d-down, d-d-down♪ where we're driving down the cost of insurance. ♪ ♪ are you down,

a tornado watch in effect until 7:00 central time with portions of the gulf coast up to montgomery, alabamatch out for that severe weather in the southeast. >>> meantime, much of president biden's summit with vladimir putin may have been behind closed doors but a lot of jostling with the journalists covering the meeting. i know this all too well. >> reporter: president biden ditched the jacket at the summit. >> is t is unis hot. >> reporter: not as hot as the photo-op. >> stop pushing! >> reporter: or even just getting into the photo-op. >> move back! back up! >> back up. >> reporter: security prevented some members of the pool from going in. >> i need to get up to the camera. i'm in sound. >> reporter: couldn't hear president biden and part of the time this photographer's big head was in the way. >> can he move? can you move? we can't get a shot. can you move? >> reporter: that head reminded some of the georgia dome when it was about to be imploded but then a bus pulled up and demolished the weather channel shot. >> turned away. [ bleep ]. >> get out of the way, bus. are you -- >> reporter

weekend that will cause flooding issues for this area where we've seen a bit of rain along the gulf coastsee river valley. regardless of whether we are dealing with a named storm it will cause problems. the heat across the west will build across the central us, the gulf of mexico, watching that, a spectacular day in the northeast. my son matthew has his sixth straight day today. he's outset and i promised good weather. i told him tonight the water - made the updates tomorrow. todd: you were talking about that clip, he thought it was hilarious. >> janice: is extratropical now away from land. we love you, bill hammer. jillian: i expect pictures, 38 after the hour. pedaling right? >> how did this happen? kissed the turtle. todd: john stuart facing backlash after sharing his father, covid lavalley theory. todd: christie gnome takes on the president over her form of july celebrations -- carley shimkus has her own fourth of july celebration next. ♪♪ for deb, living with constipation with belly pain was the same old story for years. trying this. doing that. spending countless days right here. st

talk about the tropics because we are seeing potential for development today and impact on the gulf coaste effect which is heavy rain and potential for flooding on the gulf coast. up towards portions of the mississippi, tennessee river valley, we will monitor that but much of the country is very warm today but big time he will be on portions of the southwest and tropical storm warnings in effect. a lot to talk about in the weather department, listen to your local forecasters and the west, no let up this weekend. >> you think in june you have june grooms, cold, moist air. time is 30 minutes after the hour, republicans grilling the chief of naval operations for adding how to be an antiracist to the reading list, is this weakening the military? wesley hunt joins us live. jillian: barking up the wrong tree. one father asked response to the neighborhood complained about the treehouse he built for his kids during the pandemic. ♪♪ two, keep packing! one. ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na... ♪ hey hey hey. ♪ goodbye. ♪ na na na na... ♪ hey hey hey. ♪ goodbye. ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na... the world's

. >>> plus -- >> meteorologist tyler malden for cnn, parts of the gulf coast are looking at storm force conditions, and we will let you know if the system still has a chance of getting named and even if that matters. tony here from creditrepair.com taking to the streets to talk about credit. can you repair your credit yourself? yes. -great. how? uhhh... how long does credit repair take? i don't know, like 10 years. what? are you insane? what's a good credit score? go. 600. maybe if you're trying to pay thousands extra in interest rates. cut the confusion, get started with a free credit evaluation at creditrepair.com. >>> millions of people along the u.s. gulf coast are under warnings right now, and being hammered by heavy rain and tromp fo -- tropical storm force winds. it hasn't become a main storm but it doesn't bring the effects es yer to be. tyler, what are the effects likely to be? >> tropical storm force like conditions. even though the symptom has not been technically been labeled a tropical storm nor has it received a name. but that's just a technicality. because the winds are a

we have video into the newsroom of that damage along the mississippi gulf coast. in the video the intense moments, the heavy rains and winds and slidell. people there saw flooding waters into their homes and also on some of the streets there. some ponding happened there on the north shore of lake pontchartrain. here in louisiana, governor issues a state of emergency ahead of tropical storm claudette. city officials asking residents to move the vehicles to higher ground ahead of what they believed was a 4 to 8-inch rain event. coastal flooding always an issue especially in the low lying areas. expecting 2 to 3 feet. again tropical storm claw dead making landfall here in louisiana just southwest of new orleans. rosa flores, cnn, new orleans. >> tonight enough is enough. that is the growing message from conservatives across arizona in response to the state's election recount. i'll speak with one of the republicans up next. >>> and a racial reckoning. america marks the first juneteenth federal holiday since slavery ended 156 years ago. it has 48 hour protection. and a

. >>> claudette blames a gulf coast with heavy rain and strong winds.on so far and where the system is headed. >>> meghan markle's first interview since the birth of her daughter discussing her book and opening up about family. and new reports about the royal rift. >>> we will see you soon. >>> technology and social media have allowed sports fans to interact with their favorite teams and players. here is chris alvarez with the story of a young 49ers fan owen old school and gained the attention of two of his favorite players. >> joe montana. >> reporter: dizzy is a huge 49ers fan. >> happy to be here? >> reporter: he and his father traveled to several games during the 2019 super bowl run. >> probably overspent and going to games that year. it felt like a destiny moment. >> reporter: in the spring of 2020, the pandemic hit enter keep up with his education, does he took matters into his own hands. >> we didn't have any other learning devices during the pandemic. i decided to write letters so i would get better at writing. >> reporter: he sent letters and f

>>> in developing news residence along the gulf coast are cleaning up after dinner claudette pounded the area. claudette will intensify and reach tropical storm status tonight and earlyd early morning. tropical conditions are expected around the south carolina area. it made landfall along the coast early yesterday. >> we had close to eight to 10 inches of rain. we had trouble launching boats because the water was swift. >> what roads are to blame for crashes that claimedthat claimed of 10 people including nine children. >>> take a look at these flames spread from two cars, they are just raging cut this was sent to us by an abc news we were. these vehicles burned out we spoke to a man that said that he was asleep in one of the vehicles but he woke up when he up the heat and saw the engine on fire. he tried to douse the flames but he didn't have nearly enough water. the good news is that nobody was hurt. >>> some bart passengers expected delays up to 10 minutes today because the buses are replacing the trains because of an extensive track project. they are working on a storage facility

." >>> in developing news, residents along the gulf coast are cleaning up after tropical storm claudettech tropical storm status early monday morning. tropical storm conditions are expected along the north and south carolina coast. the storm made landfall along northern gulf coast areas early yesterday. >> we had close to between eight and ten inches of rain. we had trouble in a couple areas launching boats because of the water was real swift. >> police say wet roads were likely to blame for a 15- vehicle crash south of montgomery, alabama, which claimed the lives of ten people including nine children. >>> there are new concerns about strong winds at the willow fire near big sur tonight. that fire has burned nearly 2,400 acres and the forest service says it continues to spread rapidly through the steep rugged terrain of the ventano wilderness. it is burning near an area that burned just last year. >> and we know living here that we need to really do what we can to protect what we have and then that's what we can do. that's all we can do. >> crews are working to to homes and the tasahara

we'll have scattered showers along the gulf coast, the upper great lakes and towards the northeast we building. it's going to last much of the week and it's really dry. i mean, they're into an epic drought here, extreme drought for all of these regions. when you're dealing with temperatures into the 100-degree range, that's going to be dangerous today and through the workweek. the drought monitor, we have many fires burning across the west. it will be an early fire season and it will last for a few months ahead of us. so that's the big deal across the map today. there's the forecast, 71 in new york with scattered showers across the northeast, the gulf coast as well as the northwest. otherwise, it's just hot. i mean, that's the headline. we are watching the tropics by the way. but nothing too impressive so i'm not going to show you any of that. okay. and you know what happened this weekend. todd: something very impressive happened. are you ready. a champion was named at the westminster kennel club dog show, wasabi, a 3-year-old pekingese nabbed the top prize. jillian: wasabi will celeb

we've already had reports of tornadoes and several water spouts along the gulf coast region.the southeast, bringing with it a tremendous amount of rain. keep in mind, some areas have already picked up 6-8 inches of rain and now we're adding an additional 2-4 widespread, some areas an additional 6 inches in just the short-term, which is why you have the flash flood threat for a lot of these southeastern states. an area that could desperately use some rain is actually the western u.s. you've got about 30 large active fires all across the western states, in addition to that they're also dealing with intense heat, dangerous heat. you have excessive heat warnings and heat advisories right now for over half a dozen states. the southwest is usually the place you see the heat, but even for them these areas are several degrees above normal for where they usually would be this time of year. >> hoping for relief for them. allison chinchar, thank you so much for the update. >>> stil ahead, a rare admission from the leader of north korea about the crisis his country is facing. managing ty

. >>> tropical storm claudette made landfall overnight, drenching the gulf coast. heavy rain fell over three hours, causing a major road to be blocked in louisiana. heavy rainfall and flash flooding is expected across coastal mississippi and alabama and far western florida this afternoon. the storm is expected to weaken into a tropical depression by tonight. >>> time now for a check of our weather with meteorologist darren peck. >> starting up this forecast not with the heat wave although that will be the most important aspect of the next few minutes but i want to start with the smoke coming from the willow fire. you can see it in the sky this morning as you take a look at the view from the salesforce. here we are coming into late june and we have begun the season where we start tracking smoke in our air. it is a spare the air day. that was already in place because of the heat wave and high pressure which would have been trapping and pollutants on its own. now we have the added element of smoke. when location is more likely to see it than others is the south bay. i

on cnn. >>> the gulf coast is expecting a very wet and rainy weekend.exas completely under water. >> tyler maldin is joining us now. >> the rain machine doesn't want to end in the deep south. if you living in the arc la tech reason to the lower mississippi valley you could see up to 6 inches of rain the next 48 hours. the rain is already moving into new orleans, baton rouge, up to shreveport. lake charles, at the moment, you're drying out but not going to last long. lake charles to new orleans, you're under a flood watch 2 to 5 inches of rain and this flood watch is throughout the day. you could see 7 inches of rain. red and orange areas indicate the heavier amounts. i would say the consensus would be 3 to 4 inches. this system has a history of dropping more than 7 inches of rain. we saw that over the last several days in texas. baton rouge, you're already above 2 inches. we are going to add to that. new orleans, during the month of may, you picked up more than a foot. typically you would only see 5 1/2 inches and late may, lake charles picked up 22 inc

and down the east coast and probably the worst forecast this weekend definitely down along the gulf coast. a lot of heavy rain from houston to new orleans and possibility of isolated flooding and look how much cooler in the northwest. only 60s for portland and seattle and there we go on sunday. that's your pool, lake, beach day from the great lakes to the northeast and all the way through the mid-atlantic and 94 in d.c. and 93 in new york city and easily the hottest day so far this year and we should still watch that flood threat down along the gulf coast. so, alicea, if you like the summer heat and you're a beach fan, this is your first weekend really on the east coast that you can get out there and try to enjoy it. >> bill karins, i work weekends, but i hope everyone else gets that opportunity. >>> still ahead, how the u.s. is responding to the sharp rise in cyberattacks. >>> a new push. we are back in a moment. mune su. boost® high protein. tide pods ultra oxi one ups the cleaning power of liquid. mune su. boost® high protein. can it one up whatever they're doing? for sure. seriously?

the news with shepard smith starts now >>> tropical storm warning up to a foot of rain on the gulf coast. i'm shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc extreme heat, severe thunderstorms and a tropical storm barrelling toward the gulf the dangerous weather stretching across america >>> blockbuster decisions handed down from the supreme court on religious freedom and obamacare. >>> this terrorist atrocity could and should have been prevented. >> major security failures to blame on a new report on the 2017 suicide bombing a successfully more transmissible, may be mort an ari ariana grande concert. >>> new hope emerges with pills to treat covid >>> juneteenth now an official federal holiday. another attempt at an infrastructure bill, and covid attacks the justice system the massive backlogs in our courtrooms >>> live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith. >>> weather alert, a triple threat of extreme weather hitting from coast-to-coast >>> heat in the west shattering hundreds of records and summer hasn't even started. forecasters are expecting more records to fall. take

because winter storm euri hit, and shut down chemicals and plastics facilities, along with the gulf coastoaring, and eastman was able to jump from 100 in february to 130 at its highs earlier this month even if it's pulled back to 117. eastman's latest results at the end of april, the company knocked it out of the park giving you a robust top and bottom line beat the best part was the guidance management raised a four-year earnings forecast, take it from 7.38 to $8 range, up to 8.25 to 8.75, that's big midpoint guidance was 7% higher than what wall street was looking for. even better. eastman boosted the full year free forecast from 1 billion to 1.1 billion. when winter storm euri hit, this company worked proactively to avoid a hard shut down the at any of its facilities, and quickly restarted production the the bad weather took the competitor offline for months, and eastman was 95% operational in three weeks that's incredible execution. i haven't read another company that did that well what else, on the conference call, ceo mark costa, talked about the company's investments in sustainable

the gulf coast bracing for up to a foot of heavy rain and flash floods. the strengthening system also bringing the threat of tornadoes. the new track and al roker timing it out. also the heat dome scorching the west. record-breaking temperatures for the sixth straight day. 45 million under alert. the sun so intense doctors are warning about burns from superheated surfaces. >>> the major supreme court ruling. the justices rejecting the third gop challenge to

there's also tropical storm claudette, battering the gulf coast, flooding rains and high winds going on now and america, as arthel just said, commemor the end of slavery. we are looking at the juneteenth celebrations across the country, marking the new federal holiday. arthel: and we have live fox team coverage. aishah hasnie is in harlem on those celebrations, jonathan sarey is live in new orleans with the latest on the storm. bill lujain starts our coverage live on the border in la jolla texas. >> reporter: it's been three months since vp kamala harris was assigned as the so-called border czar, assigned to oversee the border situation and she still has not physically come down to the border, 56 house republicans have sent a letter to president biden saying you need to yank her out of this role as the border czar because she's not getting the job done. to that point, take a look at the video we shot this morning. the surge continues day in and day out, night, day, hot, cold, doesn't matter. they're coming every day. this is la jolla, texas. we see it play out like clock work every m

the storm is pushing north and east from the gulf coast up into the carolinas where there is some concern it could regain tropical storm strength. >> it left behind a trail of destruction. take a look at some of the damage in alabama from a tornado. at least 50 homes were destroyed in one community. >> this after torrential rain and flooding stretching from north louisiana and east moving into georgia. we begin with elwyn lopez in mobile, alabama. elwyn, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. the river swelling still several feet, the storm flooding homes across the region and spawning several tornados. this morning claudette leaving behind a trail of destruction as the storm marches southeast. in alabama this drone video showing homes and structures reduced to piles of debris after a tornado ripped through. the powerful winds knocking over power lines and trees. storm surge from the tropical system flooding the causeway in mobile bay. trucks and cars driving through deep water. and in louisiana up to 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts tearing the roof off of this home. some areas gettin

in the gulf of mexico there is a good chance it will become a tropical depression by friday the gulf coast from east texas to the florida panhandle could get four to twelve inches of rain >>> tonight america getting rid of covid restrictions but facing a growing threat from the delta variant of the virus in the u.s. just under 175 million have received at least one vaccine dose but that's only about 400,000 more than yesterday's number here is blayne alexander. >> reporter: tonight experts predict the delta variant, first discovered in india, could soon become the dominant covid strain in the u.s >> it is more transmissible and possibly more dangerous in terms of causing severe disease. >> reporter: all of it only accelerating the rush to get americans vaccinated but the biden administration is running out of time to hit its july 4th goal, 70% of americans with at least one shot so far only about 53% of the country is partially vaccinated but some states are barely hitting a third of their population the lowest rate in southern states like georgia, alabama, louisiana, and mississippi, wher

it would have carried 800,000 barrels of petroleum daily from canada to the gulf coast. >> environmentalistsre praising the decision, saying it would have worsened the climate crisis. opponents say it would have served as a reliable energy source. the biden administration revoked the projects permanent in january. >>> still to come, get ready for a heat wave. >> we had cool and breezy conditions this week but a gradual warming trend begins tomorrow, sending us back to normal temperatures by the weekend. and then by next week, way above normal temperatures. >>> a confrontation on the streets of pacific heights. tonight we hear exclusively from the bicyclist who says he was racially profiled while dropping off life-saving supplies. >> it is a tale of two cities, right here. i'm just trying to do the right thing, that's it, that is all. >>> one lawmakers bizarre question about fighting climate change is going viral tonight. >> is there anything that the national forest service or blm can do to change the course of the moon's orbit lacks >>> later, the actress turned activist with he struggling

the other thing we've got our ion is toward the gulf coast. we'll go in for a closer look rate. now, us gulf states are under a tropical storm warning. this will have a big impact toward louisiana, mississippi, and alabama. the states could see upwards of 300 millimeters of rain, millions of people in the line of fire here. the other big story for the u. s. is that heat that stifling heat toward the desert southwest? we'll talk about vegas right now. you know, the temperature on thursday got up to 46.7 degrees. the all time record for vegas is $47.00. so very close to that. 79. your old record. and here's the temperatures on saturday. vegas you're up to 46, phoenix. we've got you in for 47 so that scorching heat continues on this one off in south america, where we do have some good news. we've been talking about that flooding through diana and we're going to get some breaks there. not only for diana, but sir, and on, and french can as well on saturday. ah, sponsor, cut on airways? oh, this is al jazeera ah. hello, and welcome to this news hour with me for lead back. people live