back here in gulfport, this is supposed to be a road. the biloxi river rising 18 feet and still rising. and more rain is on the way. phillip mena, abc news, gulfport, mississippi. >> thanks, phillip. the storm threat is still far from over for much of the south and up into the plains. >> let's check in with justin povick joining us with the latest. >> thanks and good morning to you. we are tracking more severe weather in the south plains later on today. again, many of the hard hit areas from just a couple of days ago. tornadoes, all those modes of severe weather again possible along with very heavy rain which could trigger more flash flooding. lots of tropical moisture meeting up with dry air. much of oklahoma and texas will be under the threat zone this afternoon and also into tonight. northeast, the showers much wider. they will be problematic in terms of causing slippery conditions travel delays along the 95. more rain this weekend with the severe weather continuing in the deep south. back to you. >> thank you. >>> turning now to poli

rising waters, including this woman in gulfport. abc's phillip mena with the dramatic rescue that played out as a reporter was on the air. >> reporter: tornado sirens on the mississippi gulf coast, lightning and heavy rain. the flash flood emergency unfolding on live tv. >> it's happening right now. i'm looking at it. someone is being rescued from their car in the ditch. >> reporter: another motorist running through the flood, getting that window down and pulling a woman to safety. >> you can definitely tell this is a dangerous situation out here. >> reporter: keep your eye on that traffic light, as howling winds send it crashing down. >> whoa, there went one. >> reporter: up to ten inches of rain swamping streets. gulfport police out in boats and huge trucks, rescuing the stranded. parents racing back home. >> my youngest son called me and said, "mom, my room is flooded." >> reporter: others evacuating. >> look at how fast that water >> reporter: all after a terrifying night across the heartland. at least 18 reported tornadoes barr

back here in gulfport, this is supposed to be a road. the biloxi river rising 18 feet today and still rising. and, david, more rain is on the way tonight. >> all right, phillip mena tonight for us. phillip, thank you. >>> next, to a major new development late today in the death of former nfl star will smith. a grand jury in new orleans indicting the alleged shooter, cardell hayes. authorities believe the incident may have begun with a minor traffic accident, then road rage moments later, gunfire. it left smith, a beloved member of the saints, dead, and his wife injured. abc's kayna whitworth with the indictment, the grand jury's decision, today. >> reporter: tonight, criminal charges in the death of former new orleans saint, will smith. a grand jury indicting cardell hayes with second degree murder and attempted murder of smith's wife, racquel. the shooting after a traffic dispute three weeks ago. this surveillance video capturing smith's mercedes as it appears to bump the hummer driven by hayes. smith leaves the scene, making it only a

in gulfport, mississippi, the waters were so deep they forced crews to roll out a specially designed land and water rescue vehicling to ferry residents to safety. it wasn't just people res xupd pigs, goes, sheep were all also carried out of harm's way. >> we have had several days of this. and the storm threat is still far from over. with the southern plains bracing for yet another round of severe weather. >> accuweather's justin povick joins us with the latest. good morning. >> diane, kendis. good morning to you, as well. we're tracking a big system over the south plains. later on today, there could be more tornadoes, reports of damaging winds and also large hail. that's in oklahoma city to dallas. further north and west, heavy snow impacting denver with up to half a foot before it's all said and done. showers continuing throughout the northeast causing delays from new york city to d.c. diane, kendis, back over to you. >> our thanks to justin at accuweather. vice president joe biden wrapped up his surprise visit to iraq. right now he's heading to rome set to deliver a speech on his c

emergency managers say 35 -- five to 12 inches of rain fell in gulfport yesterday. >>> 170 dogs savedrom a meat farm in south korea are heading to new jersey. groups of the dogs will be arriving at newark liberty airport over the next two weeks and available for adoption. the humane society is working with south korea of using the practice of using dogs and breeding them for meat. >>> investigators are asking if anything criminal led to the death of singer prince. they are looking at his use of prescription drugs and whether they were given to him by a dr.. authorities say prescription drugs were found on the plane after an emergency landing. he was givenarcan. >>> will farrell will be playing president ronald reagan. patti davis writes there's nothing comedic about the disease. the film is being shopped to moviey studios. >>> 4:47 a.m. is the time. how college reporters got an unexpected press brieflying after a visit to the -- press briefing after a visit to the white house. ♪ life is what you make it. blinds to go makes it easy. blinds to go. blinds for life. bgentle diffused light

the mayor of gulfport is calling for a state of emergency because neighborhood after neighborhood got overwhelmed with water. >> we've seen water rise in this neighborhood before but never that magnitude and never that fast. and overwhelmed the entire neighborhood so people needed to be rescued. >> it's getting better since this video was shot. once the rain stopped the water levels dropped quickly. there's still damage to clean up but fortunately everyone's ok. >>> we're talking earlier, we had a stretch of what seems like 10 or 12 days of sunshine. spectacular temperatures. notice that your lawns are starting to dry out, some spots are cracking where the grass hasn't grown in yet. we need it. >> the timing may not that be good. i know we blossom festival in winchester. atlanta has the azalea festival. all sorts of things going on. if you're going to be the sterling, virginia, national weather service has an open house tomorrow and sunday. you can watch what they do. talk to them about weather. they launch weather balloons too. >> computer models? >> all greats of staff do and see at

refunded this consistent with those funding levels congress recommended this will permit us with gulfport texas louisiana anchorage and savannah no basic energy restrictions the most important thing to unleash the three enterprises senator turbidite thatfr increase is the authorized funding levels that wouldey double the budget from a little over 5 billion today to 10 billion in 10 years that is the money the money they spent on energy energ research but the president proposes to spend even more and energy research with a pledge launched of them climate summit in paris over the next five years to point to 5 billion of mandatory funding however his commitment for mandatory funding that this is best not helpful and misleading and wishful thinking sotr instead we focus on priorities for discretionary funding that is the bottom line that is under control and not the source of the federal debt problems.or those that include 5. in 4 billion, a 50 million more than last year that sets a new record level of funding in the appropriations bill. h including of high impact energy technologies 1.7 mor

check out the scene in gulfport, mississippi. a bystander recording when a woman ran to a car, got caught in high water. the good samaritan helped the driver to safety. some areas on the coast have seen 12 inches of rain today. turn around don't drown as we like to say. >> thank you, jan. we say it but ears. we are looking at steady rain. it doesn't look like late april. a better pattern into the weekend. sunday we issued a yellow alert for rain. live look outside with our weather cam. three-degree guarantee is in jeopardy. 60 today. 51 right now. winds out of the east-northeast at 12. this is about as cold as it can get in terms of cloud cover in late april. we are almost into may. light showers into southern maryland. that is pretty much gone. to the west stronger showers. rumbles of thunder heading to culpeper. when it hits the stable air mass it won't be a thunderstorm. we are looking at the radar. shower activity to the south of upper mars borrow. the ball -- upper it's cold and damp. tonight chilly, some showers, not a bunc

the 19 inches of water that rushed into melissa's bakery in gulfport, now gone. it, we're going to come back. >> reporter: tonight, back in business, bringing in food from another location to sell out front. david, here in pass christian, the wolf river rising ten feet in the last 24 hours. and a flood warning in effect until tomorrow night. david? >> thank you. >>> next to an entire community on alert after a violent gas explosion outside pittsburgh. the flames, heat and noise could be heard for miles. the fire chief described it as looking down into hell. homes damaged, yuutility lines set on fire. here's gio benitez. >> reporter: massive flames reaching into the sky, shaking a pennsylvania community to its core. >> they heard a loud boom. field on fire. >> reporter: just look, a blaze so powerful, it literally melted nearby homes. >> when i came around the bend, it looked like you were looking down into hell. >> reporter: tonight, police say a natural gas explosion in a pipeline sparked it all this of fire that to some, felt like an earthquake. take a look bef

you can see the two men arguing inside a gas station in this gulfport yesterday.the argument escalated outside and one man was stabbed twice. the suspect drove away, but was arrested several hours later. the victim is expected to be okay. >>> now to a move that will upset some residents in prince george's county. trash collection will be reduced starting next month. trash will be picked up once a week in the county instead of twice. county workers will be going door to door to explain the new process. >>> let's get a check of your weather and traffic on the 1s. chuck bell, >> a quiet and dry start out there. so school kids don't need to pack the rain gear. most of us don't have to worry at all about rain today. but if you live up in the shenandoah valley, a slight chance of a shower there this afternoon. but out the door, upper fourth to near 50. highs this afternoon up into the mid-70s. so good looking kay. back on short sleeves an maybe sunglasses and shorts. 7 day forecast coming up fpday. back on short sleeves an maybe sunglasses and shorts. 7 day forecast com

driving rain has triggered flash floods along the gulf coast in gulfport, mississippi you.p to 10 inches of rain turns streets into raging rivers forcing police to roll out a especially designed rescue vehicle to ferry sfranded residents to safety. >>> and farther north, powerful winds and a possible tornado cut a path of destruction destroying homes as well as other buildings there. nearly two dozen tornadoes reported across six states from california to kentucky over the past 24 hours the same time in iowa. >> and in arizona, a dust storm caused some major problems east of tucson. the storm brought brought visibility to zero triggering multiple vehicle pile-ups and forcing the closure of interstate 10. that's near san simone. the closure forces drivers to go more than 100 miles out of their way to void the storm. the pile-ups involved more than a dozen vehicles. >>> meanwhile the epa will shell out about $1 million to compensate states, towns and native american tribes for damages from a toxic mine spill. the agency accidentally triggered a 3 million gallon spill while do

in gulfport, more than 20 people had to be rescued. today, oil closed at $46 a barrel. that is 20% lower than a year ago. like alaska over a barrel. ben tracy reports the nation's tallest state is in a $4 billion hole. >> reporter: alaska is known for peaks that reach for the sky, but right now, the state has a mountain-sized hole to fill. >> we need to fix alaska. we need to do it now. >> reporter: bill walker is alaska's governor. if you closed every public school and jail in this state, would it fill the hole? >> no. >> reporter: if you laid off every state employee, would it fill the hole? >> no. >> reporter: the problem is oil. the price per barrel has fallen off a cliff from a high of $107 in 2014 to as low as $26 earlier this year. oil and gas revenue funds up to 90% of state spending. the money pays for every bridge, road, and school. >> we had this roller coaster of an economy because we hooked our horses to one commodity-- oil-- and we rode it up and down. >> reporter: is this the day >> this is the day of wreckology. >> reporter: walker wants state lawmakers

this will permit us to deepen harbors including gulfport, charleston, mobile, texas, louisiana, anchorage, savannah, and harbors on the west coast. and i basic energy research is supported and is one of the most important things we can do to unleash our free enterprises. senator durbin and i have worked together on an amendment for the energy bill that increases the authorized funding levels of the office of science by about 7% per year. that would delve double the office of science a budget from a little over 5,000,000 today to more than 10,000,000,000 in ten years. ten years. that is the money basically that the united states government spends on energy research. the senate adopted our amendment which you demonstrate how much support there is. they propose to spend even more in energy research including the mission innovation program the pledge laws by the united states and other countries at the climate senate in paris.y the problem is, mr. president that president obama's budget request proposed budget request proposed 2,259,000,000 in new mandatory funding for the department in new m

in gulfport more than 20 people had to be rescued. >> oil closed at $46 a barrel.that its 20% lower than a year ago. oversupply has producers like alaska over a barrel. ben tracy reports the nation's tallest state is in a $4 billion hole. >> reporter: alaska is known for peaks that reach for the sky. but right now the state has a mountain-sized hole to fill. >> we need to fix alaska and do it now. bill walker is alaska's governor. if you closed every public school and jail in the state would it fill the hole? >> no. >> reporter: if you laid off every state employee would it fill the hole? >> no. >> reporter: the problem is oil. the price per barrel has fall in off a cliff from high of $107 in 2014 to low as $26 earlier this year. oil and gas revenue fund up to 90% of state spending. the money pays for every bridge, road and school. >> we had this roller coaster of an economy because we hooked our horses to one commodity, oil, and we rode it up and down. >> reporter: is this the day of reckoning? >> it is. >> reporter: walker wants state lawmakers to impose alaska's

gulfport is under a state of emergency because of all of the rain and parts of that area have received up to a foot of rain. >> wow! that's amazing. >>> 4:44. meteorologist bill evans joins us. a little bit of change in the forecast, but no rain like that. >> oh, no. and we're going to be looking at a cloudy day. it's going to be cool today and there might be a little rain, a little drizzle, but mostly just a cool day today with temperatures cooler than normal for this time of the year. here we go, we look at midtown manhattan, we take a look from asbury park, new jersey, right down the boardwalk here. you look at the flag atop the convention center right there, we're looking at that flag there coming and kind of blowing in. a little easterly wind here, so we got cloudy skies and an east wind. start the day, 52% humidity with an east wind coming in, kind of make it is a little damp and cool and the pressure is rising. yesterday's high 59. normal is 66, and we're going to be around 58 today. so temperatures will be cooler than normal through the weekend. patchy light rain, some drizzle

the mayor of gulfport declared a state of emergency.n several areas along the mississippi gulf coast. we will get a look now at all that plus your friday forecast before we kick it off this weekend. we have janice dean joining us. >> we made it, the weekend is here. we have severe weather that you touched upon again today across portions of texas and oklahoma and arkansas. severe thunderstorm watches in effect, texas and oklahoma panhandle moving into arkansas and snow on the backside of the system again for the central rockies, several severe thunderstorm warnings on the border of oklahoma and arkansas where we could again see large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. severe threat today once more for texas, oklahoma, arkansas and louisiana, you see the enhanced risk where mainly large hail and damaging winds, heavy downpours as well, could see an isolated tornado or two eastward across the mississippi river valley, this is the pattern we have seen all week long across this region. talking about the flooding, let's talk about

a state of emergency in gulfport, mississippi. nearly 10 inches of rain falling in the past 24 hours. winds so fierce this traffic light came crashing down barely missing an suv. police taking to the streets in boats rolling out specifically designed for rescues. >> my youngest son called me and said mom, my room is flooded. >> wlox capturing this rescue live. >> this is it a dangerous situation out here. >> you can see a woman running and helping that other driver. biloxi's river swelling at least 17 feet in the past 24 hours. in gould, oklahoma, a new system spinning up a striking supercell. and in the panhandle of texas, hail pelting drivers. so much falling, people breaking out the snow shovels to clear paths. and just outside indianapolis, a possible tornado slicing through parts of boon county. so here's the setup today. we've got that dip in the jet stream, the low slides across the panhandle of texas and oklahoma city to dallas right there to almost little rock and enhanced risk for severe weather. the biggest threat would

you can see the men fighting inside a gas station in gulfport yesterday and the argument escalated outsideman was stabbed twice. the suspect drove away, but was arrested several hour later. the victim is expected okay. >>> to presidential politics answand the race for delegates. both front runners are hoping for push the competition out of the running very soon. tracie potts joining us live from pennsylvania which is the next big contest. >> reporter: and gdonald trump still has a fight on his hands. he has to figure out how to get beyond pennsylvania and really clinch this nomination. it looks like ted cruz and john kasich won't be dropping out anytime soon. cruz insisting he's not the only one in trouble, but that trump also conditioan't get to the ma number of 1237 before the convention. trump is using a teleprompter now, owning it down a bit. he has a speechwriter. a foreign policy speech coming up here in d.c. next week trying to appear more presidential and pull the party behind him. >> and what hillary clinton is trying to really unite them behind her, but any chance bernie sanders

stretches across several states and hundreds of miles floodwaters are rising across the south including gulfportssissippi, again under water with the potential of more severe weather in the forecast across the region through the weekend. >> reporter: the potential for tornadoes has dropped, there is still a real concern about flooding rains and hail across much of the region. that's the latest here in dallas, i'm jay gray. eamon, back to you now. >> that was nbc's jay gray. thank you for that update. next, we'll turn back to the race for president. how drum could win big in indiana only if he only wins by a narrow margin. as we go for a break, a look at who votes in the hoosier state, at least according to exit polls from four years ago. wrely on the us postal service? because when they ship with us, their business becomes our business. that's why we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. here, there, everywhere. united states postal service priority: you >>> just in, donald trump is lashing out at the protesters that complicated his entrance to the california

floodwaters are already rising across the south including gulfport, mississippi, again under water.potential for more severe weather in the forecast across the region through the weekend. forecasters say the tornado threat may be down a bit, but flooding is an issue, more hail, alex, going to be a rough weekend for a lot of folks who have already been through so much. back to you. >> pretty extraordinary video you brought us there, jay gray. thank you very much. >>> back to politics in just a moment, and the question, so who is the candidate playing the woman's card? the candidates might want to keep this in mind, women have voted more than men in each presidential election since 1980. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. i'vand i'm doing just fine. allergies. claritin provides 24-hour relief of symptoms that can be triggered by over 200 allergens. yeah, over 200 allergens

flood waters are already rising across the south, including gulfport, mississippi, again under water with the potential of more severe weather in the forecast across the region through the weekend. >> that includes the possibility of more flooding, tornadoes and hail in an area where so many are still picking up from the string of violent weather through the week. sheinelle. >> jay gray, thank you. >> dylan is here with more. how bad will it be? >> today it will move east. we could see another 2 to 4 inches possible. >> dylan, thanks. >>> investigators looking for clues in the untimely death of prince. that's not the only mystery swirling this morning. did the rock icon leave behind a treasure trove of music that could be worth millions. nbc's stephanie gosk is digging into the story for us. >> reporter: what has become clear in the days since prince's death, even for the loyal fans, the pop icon, despite his fame, kept much of his life private. including most of his music. a secret archives so big, it eclipses the work everyone knows well. this music reporter interviewed him. >> i a

flood waters are already rising across the south, including gulfport, mississippi, again under water with the potential of more severe weather in the forecast across the region >> that includes the possibility of more flooding, tornadoes and hail in an area where so many are still picking up from the string of violent weather through the week. sheinelle. >> jay gray, thank you. >> dylan is here with more. how bad will it be? >> today it will move east. we could see severe storms, but the threat is for flooding rain. the ground is saturated. we had several tornadoes reported yesterday across texas and oklahoma. we had 3 to 5 inches of rainfall in the midwest. this is part of the bigger system. snow on the northwest side of the system. severe storms on the southeast site side. it is rainy and wet in the ohio valley and great lakes. we had flash flood watches and the red boxes indicate flood warnings. any additional rain will make the situation worse. and that is what we will see. have cloud-to-ground lightning and torrential rain. these indicate where we have heavy rain. as we go throu

the mayor of gulfport declared a state of emergency and close schools in the area with the sun not yet up in mississippi. immigration and customs enforcement under fire for releasing thousands of illegal immigrants with rap sheets. the obama administration criticized for failing to deport 19,000 undocumented aliens who committed crimes on us soil including 200 murders. house oversight and government reform committee chairman blasted the administration at a healthcare. >> these are people that were here illegally, got caught committing a crime, were convicted of that crime and instead of deporting them they were just released back into the united states of america. maria: the director defended the agency saying ice didn't have a choice. finally caterpillar scaling back its production of workforce in response to falling demand. the construction equipment maker says the proposed plants cut 800 jobs in manufacturing in country. maria: another sign the economy is bumping along the bottom, kevin kelly with us this morning, what do you make of these job cutting caterpillar? i feel like it is

flood waters are already rising across the south, including gulfport, mississippi, under water.weather this weekend. >> the main concern seems to be more hail and flooding rains. that's what they're watching for the dallas area. just a wait and see right now. but forecasters warn there could be more severe weather throughout the day. >> it's already 6:30 where you are and doesn't seem to be a peek of sunshine and there should be sunrise and much brighter. okay. thank you, jay gray. >> reporter: we have a pretty thick cloud cover here, alex. it's going to stay for most of the day. >> thank you so much, jay. >>> who has the momentum in indiana? ted cruz or donald trump? we'll talk about that with reporter from that state. >>> plus what the latest polls are showing. >> cruz just stands for the right uff. that's why i like cruz. he has the right message. he is a good person and trump is just slamming everybody. americans... ... 83% try to eat healthy. yet up 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more. add one a day women's gummies. complete with key nutri

it deepens the harbor in savannah and in los angeles, san diego, and gulfport and all around. i've been to hearings, mr. president, after a big spring flood at the energy and -- at the e.p.w. committee, environmental committee, where we've had 17 united states senators come in and ask for more money. well, we have record levels of funding for the army corps of engineers in this budget for the purpose of locks, dams, flooding, environmental cleanup and it's all within the budget control act. we set priorities. we reduce projects. we cut some out that weren't as important, and we stayed, we've cut that blue line flat. we've done our job on financial oversight. so there are a number of advantages to having a full 10 or 12 weeks to deal with appropriations bills. one is it allows senators such as the senator from nebraska, who is not a member of the appropriations committee, to have a chance tonight floor to offer his amendment if he would like to. the way our system works, senators may ask us, and as i mentioned, 77 did ask us to include some of their ideas and policies in our bi

biloxi and gulfport have delays in their bus system because of the storms.he 50s. tonight, a few showers and cool. friday, a chance of rain, with highs near 60. saturday is the best chance at a dry day with highs in the mid 60s, but rain returns saturday night and sunday. >> all right, lara, let's get some "pop". >> thank you very much, ginger. come on in. we'll do some "pop news" and begin with your first look at joseph gordon-levitt as edward snowden and no one is more excited than snowden himself about this movie. the whistle-blower tweeted a link to the new movie's trailer saying two two minutes and 39 seconds everyone at the nsa just stopped working. edward, realliy do you think they did? he's confident, that young man. as for oliver stone, he's set to tell his personal story, snowden is due to come out in theaters on september 16th. >> apparently he sounds exactly like him. >> exactly. >> it's like verbatim. >> yes. apparently. the film, i mean, it's classic oliver stone. >> yes. >> so good subject. come on in, ging. >> they usually make me wait. >> ne

we've got carnival corp ringing the closing bell and gulfport at the at the nasdaq. you tomorrow, kel. zbla. >> thank you, welcome to "the closing bell." here's how we're finishing up on wall street with strong gains across the board breaking a string of losses, we were down more than 1% on averages last week. today the dow up 1%, 164 points, the s&p broadly up 19, 2062 call it almost it the level there in the nasdaq. underper foorming a little bit and we're awaiting earnings this afternoon. this time from transportation giant csx bringing numbers as soon as they are out and michael ward will join us live in a little bit. we have senior markets commentator, mike santoli and along with susan ox and more on today's market action, tim seymour, good to have everybody on board. and just beginning mike with the action today, we are digesting the first set of earnings reports from yesterday, didn't trade that great, not saying alcoa is the biggest bellwegts in the world. and then in the meantime it was all about oil, huge moves there. >> oil and that actually triggered a re

biloxi and gulfport have delays in their bus system because of the storms. meteorologist mike nicco with the forecast the sunshine today. dry air. breezy again. a little bit warmer. ing for like the above average highs this weekend and no new storms. put away the umbrella. 59 at half moon bay and mid-60s to nearly 70 at the bay shore and mid-to-upper 70s inland. tonight a few clouds and check out sunday temperatures 70s at the coast and the rest of us in the 80s >> all right, lara, let's get some "pop". >> thank you very much, ginger. come on in. we'll do some "pop news" and begin with your first look at joseph gordon-levitt as edward snowden and it seems no one is more excited than snowden himself about this movie. the whistle-blower tweeted a link to the new movie's trailer saying for two minutes and 39 seconds everyone at the nsa just stopped working. edward, really? do you think they did? he's confident, that young man. as for oliver stone, he's set to tell his personal story. "snowden" is due to come out in theaters on september 16th. >> apparently he s

>> we had the flooding into the hours around gulfport, mississippi. some of that still exists.in with thunderstorms and there were a lot of of pictures as dramatic as that. they get to high ground. they had a call to get people out of the way. active in the middle of the country and strong thunderstorms all over the place in oklahoma and arkansas. snow in colorado. the severe weather is the-threatening part of this. the enhanced risk with texarcana. make sure you have your tornado fans in place just in case you need it. col r5do, the snow is no joke. if you are driving out that way, up to a foot of snow and a couple inches on the ground. we have you on the lower end. two to four inches. around ken ver in the higher elevations. denver gets a lot of april storms. 88 today in atlanta. this is the beautiful warm weather and as we go through the weekend, it heads east. the ohio valley. all the way back down to mississippi. the east coast and nice saturday. a lot of second plans will get canceled. you have a sunday that will be a soggy mess. you are watching "morning joe." we'll be r

we have nbc's miguel almaguer in gulfport, mississippi.ood morning, miguel. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. welcome to the new biloxi river. we are 100 yards away from the edge of the river typically is. this morning, it is cresting 4.5 feet above flood stage. this was caused by a massive storm yesterday. i want to show you what it looked like. more than 10 inches of rain fell in a couple of hours. it was a dramatic scene. mayor declared an emergency here. there were more than 200 911 calls. it is a wild week of weather across the country. more than 22 tornadoes touching down in seven different states. authorities from across the country have been most concerned about the tornado alley area in the midwest where they have seen a severe bout of severe weather. back here in mississippi, they are concerned that the water level will rise a couple more inches as we move forward. no homes are in the immediate threat danger, but the wild weather and heavy rain will continue throughout the weekend. savannah. >> miguel almaguer, thank you. >> l