once we have the convictions in little rock, this was a breakthrough. the sitting governor has been convicted of serious fraud in so have jim and susan google. jim dougal began cooperating instead, and i describe this in the book, the president of the united states committed perjury during the trial. now you can accept that or reject it but this is serious stuff. we could not get at times the information that we needed from jim. jim would say you have to ask susan mcdougal. susan mcdougal declined to cooperating famously a went to civil contempt in which writer for criminal contempt for it she was acquitted of some charges and we had a hung jury on the other charges. i wish to this day and this is a regret. it's not so much criticism, it's a regret that once we have the whitewater convictions let's get this darn thing over with. everyone cooperated and let's let the chips fall where they may including findings that might be very unflattering about the president of united states and the first lady. during the lewinsky phase of the investigation we were m

you have the little rock nine in 1957. the civil rights movement was growing. what was it like in the country and here in the city? elizabeth: a turbulent time. civil rights activism have been growing, particularly around schools as you mentioned, with little rock and other attempts to desegregate schools in the south as well. in chicago, there was a major movement to desegregate schools and that came to a head in 1963. if we think of 1953 nationally, -- 1963 nationally there was a , lot going on. that was the summer of the march on washington for jobs and freedom. most people know this for martin luther king's i have a dream speech. also in 1963, that fall, the bombing of a church in the south, the killing of young girls. there were a lot of major things happening. the children's march happened earlier that summer in the south where children were hosed as they tried to desegregate public accommodations. there was a lot of civil rights activity going on nationally and in chicago as well. often, people think of discrimination and racial segregation in the north

>>thousands of acres of fala70 miles upstream from little rock breached leaving what one official called wide open hole of water. >>and also with the daylight we're getting a better sense of just how that every large co along the arkansas river is going to be affected with major flooding over the next re expected in at least 6 spots in little rock arkansas, i'm karen caifa. >>the can't get a break don't know and that water is going to stay high all the way into next week guys so a road ahead for them for us though we got the opposite problem at a little warm up ahead. yeah, very upset and dry worst of the fog that's a form of moisture but. the result any flooding that's for sure foggy conditions out at the golden gate and then yeah it is getting a warm out there this afternoon. you can expect all that sunshine to help temperatures to rise into the 80's for areas like san jose which are already abundantly sunny and looking at clearing conditions now at berkeley you couldn't even see this few moments ago saying that fog beginning to retreat out of the east bay now or you'll be looking at s

by thursday we still are watching areas from louisiana to memphis to little rock. 7 million people. by friday we're not talking severe storms any more, we're talking rain storm heading to the east coast. on we did have strong storms in area of kansas. numerous areas are dealing with significant water issue. three inches of rain in many spots. couple of spots that do have flash flood warnings from heavy rainfall overnight, 5 million people at risk. we did have one confirmed tornado in lincoln, nebraska. take a look at this time lapse video. look how ominous the sky is. eventually that system did spin up a tornado. so, yep, one of those days. it's may. we expect this stuff to happen like this. we hope we get through it without ever taking any lives. >> i've never seen a tornado coming in real-time but is that normally how it is where there's this darkness and then the sun right next to it? >> sometimes the tornadoes actually come up where they are rain-wrapped. you can't see them they are obscure. those are dangerous ones to chase. back left of the storm in a clearin

that's what's happening in the little rock area and a number of the other communities represented up here on this subcommittee. that's where you start to see very promising, very promising reductions in the violent crime rate, the assault rate, the homicide rate, sometimes in a very short period of time. that translates to kids who can go out in the front yard and play after dark and people who can walk home and people who don't have to be afraid in their own neighborhoods. that's the impact we're after. >> one of the things that seems to be at play right now in a very, very significant way is the mail. our postal authorities, postal inspectors, do a great job and they don't have a lot of resources. is that something that we do have coordination with people like you and the rest of the agencies? >> i'm sorry. coordination between us and? >> and the postal inspectors. so much of this is mail. >> i see. >> as i visit with my county sheriffs and others, particularly out in -- really every place, but it seems like that's an area that perhaps we haven't, again, not because our postal insp

we have see the solid line of showers and thunderstorms around little rock and st. louis. moves into the ohio valley and great lakes tomorrow. it's a little more scattered tomorrow but still the possibility of a few strong or severe thunderstorms. then as we turn our attention to monday morning, that's whe things start to get going in the western part of the texas, around amarillo, and during the day that progresses towards the east, especially to the north and west of oklahoma city right around wichita. and this area in the line of tornadoes. big dip in the jet stream right there. strong upper level low in the west with cold air in the upper atmosphere, combining forces with a southeast wind right off the gulf of mexico, dragging moisture in. with that southeast wind at the surface and southwest wind aloft, these storms will twist and turn, and we may see some strong tornadoes,s especially on the northwest side of oklahoma city as we head into monday. >> ninan: remarkable how many states are affected. >> this is a big outbreak. >> ninan: joe biden picked kicked off his fi

mayor of north little rock already declared an emergency.ted to hit the capital into the weekend and early next week. dana? >> dana: all right, matt. thank you. in oklahoma, many counties are under a flood warning until tomorrow. casey stegal is live there in tulsa. >> reporter: if there is a bit of encouraging news, something i also saw in matt finn's live shot. blue skies and sunshine at least for right now is allowing things to dry out. it looks better in this part of tulsa than where matt was. do i want to step out of the way and show you how quickly the water has gone down. 24 hours ago, 48 hours ago, this was totally flooded out. what you see is riverside drive, this first little body of water here is a street. on the other side of the grass, the raging water, that is the arkansas river itself. it goes all the way down through oklahoma as well. it is also causing some big concerns, going back into its banks in this particular spot, but again, causing problems in other places. to give you a sense of how high the water was, dana, look at

keep working and pray. >> north of little rock, this woman rescued from her vehicle -- floodwaters washing it off the road thursday. the region plagued by storms for weeks. surveillance video showing the moment winds ripped the roof off this high school in corning, arkansas. miles upstream in oklahoma, the only way to get around is by boat, in tulsa, the keystone lake reservoir inundated, where water was released at record levels. mayor also warned people not to take boats into the water saying its polluted and the current is too powerful. >> victor what are officials telling you now? >> the mayor telling residents not get in the water. he said it's carrying pollutants all the way from oklahoma. the breach levee cannot be replaced until the water recedes. they are looking at flooding here for the next two weeks. dooifd? >> ginger zee, you are watching more rain on the way and they don't need it. >> and they're going to get it. david, new numbers tonight coming in. 20 to 30-inch rainfall totals for this month. that is four times some of the average numbers for kansas and oklahoma. you look

as we take a live look in little rock. levees are breaching along the mississippi and arkansas rivers, putting thousands of homes in potential danger. after weeks of heavy rainfall, tornadoes and flooding, folks in the state of arkansas are concerned that the worst is yet to come. and after touring the state from the sky thursday. the governor called the situation devastating. >>> time now is 6:08. california could impose a fee on uber and lyft trips. >>> congratulations. >> this is awesome. a team from santa clara county, playing a big part in a record- setting night at the scripps national spelling bee. >> absolutely amazing. all right. well, we are starting off the day with low clouds. areas of fog. as we head through the afternoon, we are going to see a mix of sun and clouds. isn't that just a beautiful view on our sutro cam. the weekend forecast is coming up. >>> we're going to get through the weekend commute. the one exception is the altamonte pass. that's a 46-minute ride. elsewhere, your travel times are in the gre

louis, little rock. that's where the big weather will be, and there is a potential for more tornadoes. the line by 6:00, fort smith, kansas city, rolling to st. louis later this afternoon, down to little rock, as well. by tomorrow morning, indianapolis, memphis, nashville, you're all into the same storm system. flooding, as eddie talked about, was the big story yesterday. some spots around oklahoma and northern oklahoma, north of oklahoma city and tulsa, 8 inches of rain in about four hours. more rainfall today, most across kansas and into parts of missouri. tomorrow, another big day for severe weather. bigger day on thursday. the flash flood threat today, kansas city all the way to little rock. guys, back to you. >> chad myers, you'll have your day cut out for you. a lot of work, to be sure. >> another one. >>> beto o'rourke introducing himself to america again. how his cnn town hall tonight could turn into a big moment in the race for president. that's next. you try hard, you eat right... mostly. you m

louis and little rock and little rock down towards dallas. in addition to that, watch out for flooding rain in sioux falls, des moines, kansas city all the way down to oklahoma city with the possibility of 12 inches of rain aggravating river flooding in some areas. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. >>> coming up, the major retailer going out of business. >>> also ahead, new evidence that women are being charged more than men for the same products in the drugstore. a closer look at the so-called pink tax. >>> but first yet another horse dies at a california racetrack. the 25th of this racing season. the new call for change next. >>> the eiffel tower in paris is back open a day after this man climbed nearly to the top. police say he has family troubles. the 2500 visitors who were forced to evacuate yesterday are allowed to return today. >>> there are new questions about safety at a california racetrack after the 25th horse death of the season. the animal rights group peta is calling for all racing at santa anita to be suspended until

i'm from one of those small towns like little rock where violence was spiraling out of control and real and effective engagement by our fbi office has made a difference in combatting that. on election interference, i've been encouraged by the clarity with which you've said that foreign interference efforts continue, that you have no doubt that russia will attempt to interfere again in our next election, that a campaign should immediately contact the fbi if offered dirt on an opponent by a foreign power and that you've been in meetings with the dni and dhs about how to protect our next election. in your remarks you highlighted the foreign influence task force you've created. what more resources do you need to bolster efforts like that task force to better protect our society from foreign interference and specifically our upcoming elections from foreign interphoenferencinterfe? >> i appreciate the question. on the foreign influence side, the foreign influence task force that i described, we basically put that existing resources with no additional help from congress. we're expanding our ef

heavy rain thursday causing concerns for flooding around little rock.roblems for i-40 as well as i-30 and more concerns about flooding around the iowa area. >>> the white house says military options remain on the table in venezuela. that news follows opposition leader juan guaido urging soldiers to revolt against president maduro. maduro also says the u.s. was fooled into thinking he was fleeing the country. the chaos sparked protests in washington, d.c., crowds backing both sides squared off outside the venezuelan embassy. >>> a measles scare leaves a cruise ship quarantined in the caribbean. st. lucia's ministry of health says it received reports of a confirmed case of the infection on the vessel. the agency did not provide the ship's name or its place of origin. reports say 300 passengers and crew have been confined to the vessel. >> you really love cruise ship news, don't you? >> you know what, i was over here looking up, before it was norovirus, now it's measles on a cruise ship. if it's not crashing into something, i mean -- >> then that typhoid f

neighborhoods ripped to shreds in little rock, arkansas.e national weather service confirming two tornadoes hit the state. the mississippi river hitting record levels in iowa. this is burlington, where you can see the flooding stretching for miles. wow, 16 million people in parts of 8 states from texas to indiana, under a flash flood watch. severe weather shifting east for the weekend. >>> two florida teens prayed for help after being september out to sea during a swim, and boy were their prayers answered. eric wagner and a crew were sailing a 53 foot yacht from florida to new jersey when they heard what he calls a desperate scream two miles offshore. they saw an arm flailing in the ocean behind them. they turned the boat around, threw the teens life jackets and a line. and the name of the bolat, the amen. >> i was like, if you really do have a plan for us, come on, bring something. >> the name of our boat is the amen. i started crying. >> there's no other reason or explanation in the world that that wasn't god. >> tyler smith and heather b

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louis, springfield, little rock. that's the highest threat zone from additional threat from damaging, wind, hail. heavy rainfall, that's almost a certain bet across the area. if you followed the weather story in recently weeks. you know that flooding has been a big time issue across that region. that's the last thing you want to see with additional rainfall on top of it. lastly, big time heat in store the next couple of days, and we're talking about among the hottest temperatures observed potentially for the month of may, near 100 for the southern u.s. this weekend. >> keep our fingers crossed. >>> absolutely. global sea levels could be rising at twice the rate previously predicted. according to a study, such a rise in sea levels could cost a loss of 1.92 square kilometer of land, that means 187 million people could be displaced. a study published last month found climate change is melting large portions of ice from greenland at a speed that has already significantly contributed to global sea level rise at a rate fas

mayor of north little rock is declaring an emergency.water is headed toward the capital of little rock. unfortunately this area is battered by storms, historic flooding, there could be several more inches of rain on the way here. blake? blake: matt finn in fort smith, arkansas. thanks. much of central u.s. under tornado watches and warnings through wednesday. this might not be over anytime soon. adam klotz at the fox weather center with the very latest. what have you got there? >> blake, we're seeing another round fire up. it will run into the early morning hours. all those middle of the country, all yellow boxes and redboxes. thunderstorm watches an tornado watches apwarnings. looking at pennsylvania, running into new jersey. all the pink boxes. those are tornado warned storms. we'll fire those up. running through the midwest of the those continue through the plain states. this is exact same pattern we see every single day for the last week. it is happening this evening back across missouri down through portions of texas, tornado watche

this is a live look at the arkansas river, for downtown little rock. see how quickly that water is flowing. and also, that near flood stage water level. notice we're also seeing some of this along the mississippi river. this is a live look near downtown st. louis. you can see the arch and the river directly behind that. now, all of this water is run off from the storms that have hammered for the past two weeks. a levee actually breached along the arkansas river, flooding hundreds of homes, causing 400 more to be evacuated. those levees are actually built along the river to prevent flooding, but they have never been tested at this flood stage before. so the biggest fear is that they might not be strong enough or high enough. the rivers are not expected to crest until early next week. and right now, the majority of that flooding happening in arkansas and oklahoma, we'll definitely keep you posted throughout the morning. >> katie, thank you. happening today in san francisco. it will be the largest gathering of democratic presidential hopefuls since the ca

. >> all of the water is heading south towards darnell and the state capital of little rock. the national guard assisting with sandbags and the mayor of north little rock has declared a disaster, i'd unfortunately, there is more rain in the forecast. >> dana: matt finn, thank you for the update. there are at least 20 suspected tornadoes tearing through indiana and ohio overnight, leaving an 81-year-old man dead and injuring at least 15 others. the twisters hitting western ohio very hard. thousands in dayton and salina have no power. here's a man who survived the storms in a town outside dayton. >> my wife was at the bottom of the stairs and i was still crossing the kitchen when it hi hit. when i heard the storm's around the house, i got down on all fours and covered my head with my hands. it blew out most of the windows. >> dana: major hail storms hitting a wide area of the united states from illinois all the way to idaho. the question is when will the central states get a reprieve from the weather? meteorologist adam klotz joins us now. give us some good news, maybe? unfortu

heavy rain, several rescued happened in little rock, including one, where a man reportedly drove around a barricade and ignored firefighters yelling at him to stop. eventually he had to be rescued himself. he appears to be okay. >>> governor hutchison is adding more funds to the state's emergency response. a lot more news ahead. stick around. it's 4:52. ad lib live picture richmond-san rafael bridge nbc bay area responds to a sunnyvale woman who thought she was getting a free i- phone. when she ended up paying for it, >>> and a good thursday morning to you. a woman thought she was getting a free iphone. >> when she thought she was paying for it, she turned to answers. >> reporter: good morning. patty says she had a buy one get one iphone offer. she was assured she'd get a $700 credit within two months. well, that didn't happen. patty says she spent the next ten months trying to get the money she was promised. finally, she turned to us. we asked at&t to take a second look. two days later, patty got that $700 credit. we asked at&t what happened. it doesn't get back to us. call us any time

it shouldn't be as bad tomorrow but heads up for areas like memphis, mississippi, little rock, all of area and sliver of eastern texas. besides that, we've had too much rain. it's one storm after another. all of the rivers are super high and soil is saturated. we get a storm that produces 2 to 3 inches of rain in oklahoma city and we get flash flood watches for 18 million people because the water levels are just so high in all of the rivers and streams and ponds and whatever else is out there. this is the additional rainfall, 4 to 5 inches. houston, by the way, yesterday, some areas had 11 inches of rain and epic flooding so you could get more heavy rain today. also in areas of arkansas, right up towards memphis. airports, guys, dallas, san anton antonio, minneapolis, a lot of problems in the middle of the country with delays and cancellations, too. >> so, we're still tracking rain for the weekend, how's it looking? >> you have to wait. >> that's a teaser. we can't give it all away now, geoff. we've got 40 minutes left. >>> still ahead, a controversial bill that would ban abortion as

outside little rock, the river abpped two levies and expected to rise four feet e the crest. hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland are under water. brags, oklahoma remains an island. no way in or out by the national guard. >> what does it look like? >> the rivers exceeded their banks and a lot of times you are seeing groups of houses. >> in sand springs, he came back to check on his neighborhood. >> we should not be able to kayak over a fence into other people's yards. >> four more inches of rain and he will lose everything. tonight there are new evacuations amid fears one of the levies could breech. savannah? >> thank you. let's bring in al roker. this seems to be relentless. no let up. what's happening now? >> we have severe weather right now. tornado watches and severe thunderstorm watches back into the west from texas to illinois. tornado watches and thunderstorm watches. we have a severe threat in the northeast. nine states and 52 million could have tornados and we push to the west and from texas to iinois, eight states and 33 million at risk. as we move to tomorrow

even into tomorrow, we continue the threat into areas of louisiana, little rock and memphis. we are ggeng to t a lot of flooding issues too. >> breaking news this morning, terror just outside of denver after another school shooting erupts in the middle of the day. one student was killed and eight othersed inj authorities swarmed the stem school. gun fire lasted several minutes with shots s being fired as deputies entered the school. they have arrested t believed to be students a the that school. frighten students ranging from kindergarten to high school. the shooting happened not far from columbine just a month after e 20th anniversary there. we have the latest. >> reporter: students running for cover, swat teams and tactical team as reiffing within two minutes of theirst 911 call surrounding the stem campus. >> there were a number of studen shot and injured. >> reporter: shortly before 2:00 p.m., two armed students, one with a hand gun entered the hool. when first responders arrived, authorities say shots were still being fired. >> our w officerst in and we engaged the suspe

louis, columbia to little rock.nd damaging no injuries or fatalities. >> that's the good news. rough couple of days. >> a lot of clean up to be done. >>> democrats have won an early legal battle with the president. the federal judge decided not to block a request over president's financial records. trump's lawyer argue the subpoena was unconstitutional because it wasn't tied to any specific legislation. attorneys for the oversight committee said the financial disclosures will serve to prove existing disclosure and ethic laws. the ruling means they must comply with the subpoena for eight years of trump's financial records. president trump criticized the judge, calling the ruling crazy and said he's going to appeal. >> we disagree with that ruling. it's crazy. because you look at it, this never happened to any other president. they are trying to get a redo. as far as the financials are concerned we think it's the wrong -- totally the wrong decision by, obviously, an bap appointed judge. he was a recently obama appoint

of the runway into the water and the other was american airlines, another american one 1420 in little rock in 1999. same thing. it came in and when it came in fast, came in in bad weather. both of these were rainstorms, did not get any traction on the runway. it called a scrubbing action, the wheels literally leave almost white marks on the runway and went off the end into the water. it is a combination of weather and perhaps because of the weather, didn't get the full length of the runway and didn't get the traction and i would be interested to know if they could tell which runway, why these runways are 6,000 feet and one at 8,000 feet and in a rainstorm, 6,000 doesn't give you much leeway. you could run off the end of that in a hurry. so sounds like weather and lack of good traction and contact with the runway. >> stand by. mary, i want to bring in cheryl. cheryl, are you there? >> i am but unfortunately i have to go because they are giving us a briefing now and i really, i need to understand what is happening. so -- >> it is very understandable. go on. >> family and friends and everybod

the rising arkansas river trapping unwary drivers threatening the city of little rock. the governor took an aerial tour and says he could hardly believe the destruction we've never seen this before we've never had to deal with this before the national weather service doesn't see any soon thunderstorms that we're seeing right now are the kinds that you have to really take seriously there's large hail there's tornadoes. >>and damaging winds and the parents going to continue. meanwhile the arkansas river is expected to crest at 40 feet tomorrow that is 18 feet above flood stage. >>really just an active weather very hard winter lots of snow and now we're seeing a huge contrast in temperatures and again tonight, we're looking at more tornadoes possibility got a warning is now in a parts of texas now to the southern parts you see those big storms kind of moving on through really headed toward doing right now could tool as well and personal as we're going to see more the heavy rain and the thunderstorms developing there. yeah, you heard about the arkansas river and there it is

smith, arkansas, to tulsa, to little rock. at's we've had kerry sanders out there standing in the arkansas river for the last few days. it's pouring there this morning. a little more ryain in pennsylvania. look at this, thunderstorms over ft. smith. it's just adding insult to injury. you're going to get another round later today. that's why we have flash food watches here and areas up here. it's been a broken record for the last 12, 13 days. today looks like to be kieft end of it, maybe a tiny bit tomorrow. and by friday, we get a break. >> they need a break. >> bill, 500 tornadoes in 30 days what accounts for those? >> those are preliminary reports. we haven't gotten a confirmed number. we've had as many as 200, 250 in one day. it's just one day. it's the cumulative effect. it's like we haven't been able to catch our breath and take a break. this is the peak of tornado season. we expect outbreaks, we just don't expect them every single day. >> looking for a break in the forecast. thank you, will. >>> congressman justin amash,

this is areas from little rock, arkansas.ver which starts near the tulsa, oklahoma area and floss towards little rock. you can see the record flooding. never seen water this high. homes that never saw water are now under water in this region and we need the rain to stop. let's look at the weekend forecast. we get a little break. today, saturday, maybe sunday and then next week heavy rain will return to the flood zones. a lot of these rivers will crest this weekend. this is the rainfall forecast for this weekend. a little bit west texas that's okay. still some flooding issues in southern kansas. we want to keep the rain out of there. much of the mississippi and illinois rivers won't get a lot of rainfall. that's good news. here's what we worried about. arkansas river where we still have record flooding through the weekend. missouri river is coming down a little bit and see those crest this weekend into the beginning of next week. st. louis will crest on tuesday for the second highest record level ever. they are okay because th

outside little rock, the arkansas river topped two levies and is respected to rise four feet above its hitting crest. hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland are already underwater braggs, oklahoma remains an island, no way in or out exception for evacuation missions by the national guard what does it look like >> the rivers have completed competexceeded their banks. >> reporter: zack capri came back to check on his neighborhood in sand spring >> w be o kayak over a fence into other people's yards >> reporter: four more inches of rain, and he says he'll lose everything and tonight, there are new evacuations amid fears that one of the levies could breach, as the rains are expected to start back up again, savannah >> kristen, thank you. let's bring in al roker. this seems to be relentless, no let-up. what's happening now >> savannah, we've got severe weather in the northeast right now, tornado watches. and we've got severe thunderstorm watches also as you move back from the west to texas, all the way to illinois, tornado and severe thunderstorm watches. we've got a severe threat tonig

central time for little rock, shreveport, louisiana, and as well as austin , texas. will start to see some relief as the system continues to press its way further to the east and by tomorrow, our concern will really be across detroit including chicago, columbus and toward buffalo, pittsburgh you could see storms, this was a slight threat zone meaning not spotty but scattered potential for some severe weather. once again chicago, detroit, toledo, indianapolis, as well as cincinnati going to be looking at the likelihood for hail, flooding downpours, and the likelihood for an isolated tornado, also on the table. wind gusts going to be up to 70 miles per hour, that is going to lead to more power outages across the country. now, into your monday, we will be tracking out yet another powerful piece of energy coming out of the west, that will allow for oklahoma city, as well as texas, dallas, and to tuesday and little rock to see another round of severe weather, and just want to reiterate in oklahoma city, a lot in oklahoma as well as woodward, oklahoma on monday we're looki

the rising arkansas river trapping unwary drivers threatening the city of little rock. the governor took an aerial tour and says he could hardly believe the destruction we've never seen this before we've never had to deal with this before the national weather service doesn't see any relief anytime soon thunderstorms that we're seeing right now are the kinds that you have to really take seriously there's large hail tornadoes. >>other strong damaging winds and the patterns going to continue. the arkansas river is expected to crest at 40 feet tomorrow that is 18 feet. >>above flood stage and it's not just in arkansas panic and you're talking about oklahoma the book on the borders right along that river. 18 feet above flood stage. the russian river back in february when that flooded that was 14 feet above flood stage an. the devastation there was dramatic these folks are still in the thick of it. alright grant thank you, turning now to the weather was said laurent cardona still going on even at this late hour is actual still happening in a texas that continues now that's wh

smith, little rock, this is 11:00, all of a sudden by 5:00 or 6:00 the heat is on and st.ouis you are in it to win it here. we will watch little rock, we will watch memphis. by morning we will even watch nashville. this is a storm that's going to gust out, make severe weather across the northeast for tomorrow but redevelop for thursday. another round of severe weather likely and what we talked about all night long last night was about how much rain fell in oklahoma, more rain falling today, felicity huffman warnings, felicity huffman emergencies all over the place. do not drive around those barriers. they are there for a reason, guys, because there's water in front of those barriers. you don't know how deep it really is. >> so it all looks alarming what you've just told us, chad. are people in that region there -- today you're saying there is still a threat for tornadoes. >> absolutely a threat for tornadoes and 8 inches of rain in eight hours. it doesn't matter where in the world you are, that type of rainfall, that deep, will cause flash flooding and put people in danger

in little rock, arkansas, storms caused flooding, blew roofs off houses, and knocked out power. in taylor, missouri, a woman had to be rescued after her suv got stuck in floodwaters. dozens of tornados were reported across five states just this week. >>> the trump administration is opening two new tent facilities to increase border patrol's capacity to treat and process migrant families. the tents will hold 1,000 families. occupants will have access to portable showers, recreational areas, and sleeping quarters. the facilities are set to operate through the end of the year. >>> coming up, why a 101-year-old woman was evicted from her retirement home in the bay area. >>> and president trump announces new rules to protect health care workers who refuse care for religious reasons. this is the "cbs morning news." re for religious reasons. this is the "cbs morning news." it's kohl's... super saturday! plus - friends & family - take an extra 20% off! save on women's dresses - just $37.59... diamond earrings - only $27.99... and the big one bath towel - just $2.79! plus - get kohl's ca

as we continue to see the storms working their way across but well the damage from all that rain little rock is expecting a flood the tomorrow at 5 feet above flood stage that is going to be in flooding all along that area by the time we get to pine bluff. maybe about 7 feet above flood stage so this is like a slow-moving disaster as all the water from all the tributaries along the arkansas river continue to feed into it it just gets bigger and bigger and bigger toll reaches the mississippi the mississippi of course has been dealing with flooding for a good part of the season look at all the flooding across many of the rivers and tributaries all the way up near chicago the heavy snow that we had the season now the warmer temperatures in the snow melt and all the heavy rain that we've seen all adding to the flooding conditions across the country's midsection. outside right now we've got some patchy fog rolling in right now it will thicken up tonight and again some patchy drizzle tomorrow. i think it looks like a warmer day about 60 degrees in san francisco. still cool approaching the coastlin

scope of the disaster is easy to see from the air, water spreading as far as the eye can see in little rockhe driver of this car was trapped by the rising waters emergency crews leading him to safety. neighborhoods are now submerged, some even building barricades around their homes to stop the flow of water from coming in residents in fort smith like eileen tiegel evacuated but returned today to check on pumps, hoping to stay ahead of the water. >> it is coming in more. >> reporter: knowing a few more inches could be devastating game and fish officers now patrol the area, looking for animals and any sign of looters. two weeks of severe weather unleashed heavy rain causing these historic floods and spawning deadly twisters >> tornado on the ground! >> reporter: there have been more than 1,000 tornado reports so far this year, about 200 above average. more than half of them in may across 32 states some of the worst damage in kansas and ohio where a deadly tornado struck the dayton area. so many now picking up the pieces, and tonight even a break in the rain isn't bringing relief, especially f

louis to springfield, a lot of heavy rain in areas from little rock to tulsa they don't need it our friends in dallas and fort worth arclincludedayod, o.too. not many people not included >> like a quarter of the country population wise. l right, bill, thank you >>> the gloves are cominoff in the race for 2020. democratic front runner joe biden is hitting back at president trump for once again siding with north rekoan leader kim jong-un. this time agreeing with the dictator that the former vice-president is a, quote, low i.q. individual. nbc peter alexander has more on the response from biden's camp >> reporter: >> mr.y resident, whe you so concerned about joe biden, sir >> reporter: joe biden's campaign bstlasting president the pridesenlat landed back in e u.s.ccording to his aides before responding to the president's weekend attacks. calling them beneath the dignity of the office. withthorth k korea's brutal dictator kim jong-un, while e lashing out at the former vice-president>>im kim jong-un that joe biden is a low-i.q. dividual he probably is based on his record i think i agree with him

35000 are going to have families begin their annual brought from villages across the state to the little rock to spend the next 8 months making sword savvy nair yes habitable. that i thought becomes with all the materials and build a small structure to live 1st we start to make a veil that actually relates the bride then the men start digging and of women move the dirt to create a path. that will go as it were 6 by. the water from the brine venis into the pan once the want to starts drawing a layer of salt forms on the bottom which we have to keep breaking into small chunks with the whole every day this goes on for months and i can't say to them that it can't. happen. the pumps are kept running day and night to move to brighton from the submerged areas into the flood business for years the small farmers have used these in pumps which cost them 840000 rupees about 1800 euros to operate through the season it is a huge expense that leaves many families with no savings. in 2013 self employed women's association a trade union piloted the solar pump project done families participated from the start

reports of tornados and a dangerous night ahead for cities including houston, austin, shreveport and little rock al roker joins us with the latest. al, where's it all heading >> reporter: a line of thunderstorms that extends almost 700 miles has tornado watches for it for texas, on into louisiana and arkansas. for tonight we've got a risk of severe weather for 5 states and 11 million people, damaging winds and tornado. that extends out tomorrow. with heavy rain expected anywhere from 5-7 inches in lower parts of the mississippi river valley, flooding is most likely airport delays houston, memphis, cincinnati and cleveland into tomorrow. >>> now to the public divide erupting in one of america's most famous families members of the kennedy family slamming rfk jr. over his widely debunked stance on vaccines. his own siblings say what he's doing is dangerous nbc's anne thompson has details. >> reporter: robert kennedy's three oldest children have stood together in joy and loss but now a disagreement over the measles vaccine strains family ties in a column for politico magazine former congressman jose

you are looking at a picture from downtown little rock. they have received almost two weeks of severe weather. all of that rain causing near flooding along the arkansas river and mississippi river. a levee broke along the arkansas river that flooded homes. with all of the severe weather in the midwest, all of that rain is causing these rivers to rise to historic levels. this is definitely something we'll be keeping an eye on throughout the morning. >>> happening today, the california democratic party state convention is set to get under way in the bay area, with more than a dozen presidential candidates expected to attend. in fact, here is a look at the 14 slated to appear. they include californians, kamala harris and eric swalwell. but not former vice president joe biden, who is currently strong front runner. delegate-rich california takes on extra importance with the state's primary taking place early. senator harris is set to attend events in san francisco tonight and tomorrow morning, before her scheduled convention appearance. and the

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louis, little rock, oklahoma city, down to dallas with winds accelerating beyond 80 miles per hour and a separate storm system causing an additional severe storm for philadelphia, pittsburgh, with wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour with isolated tornadoes likely and bracing for a flood risk throughout the entire midwest. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. >>> coming up, new concerns about chemicals found in e-cigarettes. >>> also ahead, ufos in our airspace. navy pilots coming forward detailing objects in the sky that even they cannot explain. >>> and the baseball great whose career was defined by one bad play. >>> "jeopardy" james rides again. james holzhauer knocks the second highest totality title and is now about $325,000 away from taking over all-time "jeopardy" winner ken jennings in about half the time. >>> the navy pilots sharing new details about seeing ufos during training missions along the east coast. five pilots have shareddddddd details of their sightings saying the objects were accelerating to hypersonic speed and making sudden stops and turns beyond the physic

get rid of the heavy rain this is the risk area for todayi itludes much of northern arkansas from little rock to st. louis with that enhanced risk isolated tornadoes todayge, wind dand hail and goes all the way back up through kansas and even includes areas around tyler, texasto shreveport. if there's life-threatening weather going on right now, it's happening between oklahoma city and tulsa. in tulsa, we've had a flash flood emergency in place overnight, water rescues, water in homes we know damage is beindone that continues into areas of missouri and even in abilene, texas. so we're not done yet. story of the day the here's a closer look at your day ahead. if that's not enough, we've had numerous reports of snow in colorado denver with over an inch las night of snow. that's what you're waking up to this morning, one of the latest we've ever had there on record other areas still very warm in the south. this is the additional rainfall forecast too more problems ahead, especially in missouri. >> bill, thank you >>> in today's quick hits, sesame street is continuing to showcase different types

. >> i met him in little rock, arkansas, when we were recruiting rod to lead the justice department onail and to become part of the incorporate couple's office in the whitewater investigation. >> what impressed me most about rod rosenstein was his complete professionalism , his soaring intelligence and the fact that he embodied the prolses and practices and culture over the department of justice. he was a fabulous trial lawyer. he was inside wouse in his preparation and also great on his feet in the courtroom. >> one of my favorite recollections of rod rosenstein the trial lawyer, this particular occasion, rod has a terrible fever. he had the flu. stepped osenstein just up sick as the proverbial dog. you would not have done it. hour after hour, virtually all day at that long trial day, he was on his feet. he looked a bit flush. he may have been perspiring but rod is so cool you never would have known it. you can depend on rod. he was rod the dependable. >> like most u.s. attorneys offices in maryland gets really great an -- applications. he attached a transcript from a case that he had

dallas, oklahoma city, little rock, arkansas, up towards st. louis.ombination of concern for large hail, tornados, flooding, as well as damaging wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour. kenneth, maggie? >> we appreciate that breakdown, paul. we're thinking about all those communities impacted this morning. 13 days straight. it is just incredible. >> time for a break now, yeah. >>> turning now to the latest developments in the battle over abortion playing out across this country. >> state lawmakers in louisiana fetal heartbeat bill that would have banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, pushing back a vote until at least this afternoon. the supreme court issued a two-day ruling on indiana's anti-abortion law that mike pence signed as governor. the justices upheld a requirement that fetal remains be buried or cremated. but they declined to rule on another provision, keeping in place a lower court ruling that blocked a ban on abortion based on gender, race, or disability of the fetus. >> and the only abortion clinic in missouri could shut down friday.