joshua meltzer, good to have you with us. thanks. >> thank you. >> the south korean who is a student in new york is free but two others remain behind. >>> emergency crews in the french riviera are still searching for are victims of the flooding. judge welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news, the green zone. in baghdad, open to the public for the first time since the u.s. led invasion in 2003. >>> but first a look at th stories making headlines across the u.s. in our american minute. at least nine weather related dets are nodeaths are now reporh carolina. torrential rains caused passive flooding across the state, some areas have seen more than 200 feet of rainfall. president obama has signed a federal disaster declaration. >>> survivors of the cargo ship alfaro, the ship that went missing in hurricane joaquin likely sank. it headed for puerto rico, vanished late last week. 28 americans on board. >>> hospitalized passengers after a southbound amtrak train, official