memphis is wonderful, i love it for all the sole i got from living in memphis.just a beautiful place. as much as iid think i could do in memphis. i wanted more elevation. i wanted to expand my horizons even more. l.a., i saw out to all the opportunities, i saw the palm trees, also all the girls. i was like wow, this is just incredible. i know i can do something with jookin' out here. the biggestof places to make it. that is why i made the move there. hows: give me your sense of you think the exposure for this art form will lead to greater acceptance of it. you are hanging out with yo-yo .a and wynton marsalis .e is exposing your gift what is your hope in your dream for the exposure of this art form, which i think will lead to greater acceptance of it? >> my overall goal for what i'm , i'm trying to bring it out to the world. my number one goal is for it to be respected. to beeve it has the power in the same category as modern, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, jookin', its own thing. i strongly believe it's such a beautiful dance, and it's so different because you have the

more than 5 inches in memphis. it locks like you really start to warm up, memphis, coming up for tomorrow with temperatures in the 90s. but then as we go into the next three days, three to five inches of rainfall right across the tennessee valley extending into northern sections of georgia and yes, across the upper mississippi river valley, two to four inches on already saturated ground. they can't take anymore. we have seen the pictures out of minneapolis where numbers of neighborhoods around lakes and different other regions, where they have had to sandbag. neighbor relying on neighbor. still that moderate risk from nebraska and kansas into iowa and missouri and a disturbance off the coast of florida and has a 60% likelihood of becoming the next tropical system. this could produce heavy rain does fall in coastal sections of florida. computer models say all kinds of things but, fred, we have to take it day by day. could be arthur. >> oh my. oh, first named one again. karen, appreciate it. >>> all right. next we he

but it's not just around the memphis area.hroughout northeastern sections of arkansas, look at rainfall totals. little dixie, arkansas, over ten inches of rain live picture out of a tower cam. temperature hovered around 70 degrees all day but because we've seen just warmer air move through, the thunderstorms have not been rebounding there as of yet. we're seeing thunderstorms erupt over northern bam alabama. in the three day outlook, look for rainfall totals 355 inches into northern sections of georgia. the midwest, stuck in a weather pattern relentless. we will see a moderate risk throughout the evening hours across portions of nebraska, into kansas, missouri, and iowa. watch out for hail, high winds and the potential for isolated tornado. now, fred, this is the thing we're focusing on. it's the july 4th holiday coming up. and the national hurricane center says now over the next two days, there's a 60% chance we will see this disturbance we saw last week become our first tropically named storm which would be arthur, over the

the men became known as the west memphis three. national attention with an hbo documentary on the case. >> i tried to watch it. i made it part of the way through the first one, and it was literally like being there in the courtroom again. and it's too much. it was an overload. >> reporter: but in new york city, a young woman couldn't keep her eyes off the screen. lorri davis wrote a letter to echols in 1996, and a love affair quickly blossomed. three years after davis' first letter, she and echols were married in arkansas's tucker maximum security unit. but their story of love behind bars is not unique. even the most notorious convicted killers have attracted outside admirers, and relationships often blossom across the prison walls. >> i think many of the women who are seeking out prisoners, even without their own knowledge are looking for someone who can't actually commit to an ongoing relationship. they find it thrilling, and at the same time it's safe, right, because he is behind bars. in fact, these are killers that are probabl

let's show you some live pictures coming out of a tower cam in the memphis area. is a thunderstorm in memphis right now, but beyond that, we've already seen such heavy rainfall with additional couple of inches of rainfall, they are saying that this is a particularly dangerous situation. number of areas reported some flooding. we've had reports of parking lots, streets, apartment buildings, cars stranded. there is another line of storms due across the region over the coming hours and in the red shaded area, flash flood warnings but as i mentioned for shelby county there is a flash flooding emergency. strong line of storms along interstate 70 through kansas and nebraska. be on the watch for some hail, high winds and a potential for tornadoes going through the afternoon about 20 million people in this risk area, but there's a moderate risk today. in iowa, nebraska, kansas, and into nebraska, we can expect about 3 million people there, could see the risk for tornadic activity later today. we'll keep you updated. christi, victor? >> thank you so much, karen. >>> seven

martin luther king has been shot in memphis. our world changed that tragic day. president johnson had enormous respect for dr. king. they worked closely together to pass the civil rights act, the voting rights act, what we are celebrating this week, 50 years later. our panelists to discuss the relationship between these two men is about as good as it gets. first, doris concerns goodwin, a pulitzer prize winning author, a former member of the lbj white house staff and one of the first members of the white house fellows program that was created by president johnson and by john gardener. joe califano, who served as domestic affairs advisor, better put, domestic affairs

a special request, someone going to memphis tennessee today.ut here in the midwest we have detroit looking like thundershowers possible there along with ord, that would be chicago. that's going to be late, though n-chicago, later on today, they'll see thundershowers as well as minneapolis, minnesota. thundershowers as well as thundershowers but not until later on today. if you're going there early things looking good. tam back to you. >> thank you matt. >>> this morning we're following a political upset of epic proportions. eric cantor, the second ranking republican in the house, last night a stunner he lost his congressional primary in virginia to a political unknown, a college professor connected to the tea party. this morning the political world is looking at what does this mean for all these big elections coming up this fall. abc's tahman bradley is in washington with details. >> reporter: one of the most stunning upsets in political history, eric cantor the second most powerful house republican defeated by a virtually unknown tea party cha

. >>> one of the west memphis three. it or not, his wife to-be met him for the first time while he was on death row and married him while he was still in a maximum security unit. jean casarez has their story of love behind bars. >> for me, it was just an average day there was nothing out of the ordinary than day. so there is nothing in it that really stands out in my mind. >> reporter: may 5th, 1993, the bodies of three second graders lay in an arkansas ditch riddled with lacerations, skulls fractured, their hands and feet bound with their own shoelaces. the genitals of one of the boys severely mutilated. in the little town of west memphis, rumors spread fast about a satanic ritual killing. law enforcement went with the lead and rounded up three local teenagers, including 18-year-old damian eckles. eckles and his friends were all charged with murder and faced the death penalty. >> i'm being put on trial for three murders that i know i didn't do. i'm only 18 years old. my entire world had been destroyed. >> reporter: the

so flash flooding is occurring right now in and around the memphis area. keeping a close eye on you. the severe threat including tornadoes later on this afternoon into the evening. again for areas of the midwest towards the great lakes tomorrow with that emphasis on nebraska into iowa, kansas and missouri. tomorrow's threat stretches into the great lakes, down through the southern plains. and then we're going to see the heat expanding across the southern u.s. 90s across the board here for many of you. 109 in phoenix. 87 in raleigh. 82 in new york. and real quick, we're getting into that season. we are watching this disturbance across the southeast. the atlantic here that could develop over the next couple of days. let's take a look at the tropical models. as we head into the fourth of july weekend, keeping a very close eye on this potential depression, maybe a tropical storm. don't think it's going to be a hurricane. but eric, we will be watching it. back to you. >> all right, janice. talk about depression. add another tropical storm, that's for sure. >> i

we take a tour of memphis with the king. >> hi, i'm from memphis, tennessee, and i want to show you myis, you think of beale streets and elvis. ♪ well since my baby left me >> elvis started recording here in 1953. jerry cash, jerry lee lewis. >> where did the king stand? >> right about here. >> this is the exact microphone? ♪ are you lonesome tonight >> it's very special because it has the same quality of sound that they would have had back in the '50s. >> this has cool old-style malts. >> want some of this? when i'm in town, beale street is where i want to be. here i am with my all-time favorite place to eat. blues city cafe. man, that was awesome. the best place to party that i like is at b.b. king's. a lot of musicians have drove through here. look, man, don't be a fool. if you want good music, come to memphis, tennessee. thank you very much. listen up, thunder dragons, it's time to get a hotel. hey, razor. check this out. we can save big with priceline express deals. hey you know what man, these guys aint no dragons. they're cool. these deals are legit. yeah, we're cool. she's cool

here's memphis. here's little rock. you can kind of see where the heaviest rainfall was in the pink and red shaded areas. five to ten inches of rain cafa and very quickly. the bulk of it in just a very few hours. and for the most part, they did see in memphis around five inches of rainfall in just about two hours time period. but not just there. across sections of arkansas, as well. look at this. in excess of ten inches of rainfall at little dixie. let's take a look at the tower cam that we have got because it's very interesting. we have looked at this all day long. fwael, this is an improved picture compared to what we saw an hour ago. the temperature has hovered around 70 degrees with the cloud cover. the rain has come down. neighborhoods flooded. there's a brief respite and then from the mississippi river towards northern georgia, three to five inches of rainfall expected over three days. and the upper midwest, that's the other area. tonight i dare say we could see severe weather outbreak across-s

molly smith of our affiliate wreg is in one of the hard hit sections of memphis. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is what we are seeing across the city. lots of standing water. several homes in this neighborhood had to be evacuated and this morning as they're returning home, they're getting a first look at the damage that they now have to clean up. this was the scene throughout much of memphis on sunday as floodwaters swamped the city. a relentless 30-hour stretch that delivered more than 7 inches of rain, nearly twice as much as they'll get for an even tire month. >> i could believe it. it's like a dam had broke. we took boats and something that likes like a big old machine and got out. >> reporter: while some found ways to get around, some families had to be rescued. with chest-high waters, an entire neighborhood had to be evacuate. so much water threatened west memphis, the fire department had to be called out. crews went door to door to make sure no one was stuck inside. >> the water started pouring in my back door real fast and after that

this one in memphis. where more than a million dollars was paid to executives in bonus but a rehab pool for the vets closed down for lack of funds. is it legal on the case? >>> caution, you are about to enter the nopsz, the factor begins right now. braff paragraph hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. more trouble for the obama administration because of the taliban negotiation. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. there is growing anger in america over president obama's swapping five taliban war criminals for sergeant bowe bergdahl who may have deserted his unit in afghanistan before being capture ited by the taliban in 2009. there is compelling evidence that the sergeant violated military law and may have even collaborated with the enemy. however, top obama security advisor susan rice is saying this about bergdahl. >> he is going to be safely reunited with his family. he served the united states with honor and distinction. >> another very dubious statement by ambass

. >> reporter: in 2003 megan was a memphis area high school student. she loved art. a painter. everything changed one monday afternoon. she just had gotten home from school and letting her dog out when a masked man attacked her at knife point. >> i had just spent time from my home so i -- my body was the crime scene. >> that forensic examination is what is called a rape kit, a collection of dna evidence that police can test to identify a rapist. megan's kit was not tested. it sat untouched for nine long years. >> you live like an animal in the wild in survival mode knowing there is this criminal out there and you are helpless to do anything about it. >> reporter: until 2012. >> tonight at 10:00 -- >> this man is now wanted by memphis police. >> when megan saw a local news report about a suspected rapist. she felt a cold shutter of recognition. he wore a mask and attacked with a knife. megan called the police and demanded they reopen her case. >> i found out on my birthday june 21, 2012 that his dna was found in my rape kit. >> anthony oliano, a serial rapist spending

>> i had a preplanned trip to memphis for a memphis and oklahoma city playoff game. i got on the plane and it was not until i was in the airport on my way to the arena that i was watching the crawl and they were promoting a press conference, and i was the one holding the press conference, and i stopped and gathered my thoughts in the airport, because i didn't know anything at that point. >> as the evidence comes in, you are put in being america's racial conscience in that moment. what was the weight of that like? >> i have not quite absorbed that yet. i have a sense of people that talk to me on the street, how symbolic this has become. i understand why it takes on so much symbolism, but i have not had a chance to think about the meaning for a larger society, because as i said, it's not over. >> how did you decide given everything you knew in the moment to go for the maximum, the maximum lifetime ban and the maximum step of disassociating him for the team. >> i knew i was going to go for the maximum after i heard the tape and the results of the investigation. the fact

department and the program passing has structure in terms of what we've done we visited chicago and memphis to visit the university of chicago and spent be time with dr. watson i think that's interesting dr. watson who gave us direction to make san francisco the model for the united states. we applied for d o y grant funding and the members of the working group filed for silicon valley tech money we've revamped the curriculum and several team members tenant the region c it convention so take officers and sergeants and a police commissioner to represent us at a convention was a remarkably experiences fingerprint 15 of us there the end was somehow i was elected to the state board of crisis interchange training it gave us a statewide voices with sales with a national one. in terms of really go ahead - quantifyingable results we've issued a department bulletin. the departure of ccii c it officers in collaboration with the management this hapdz happened to me this they were playing with the wires anyway, the chief issued 14th century 14 dash 43 in your packets that is nor the internal deployment

he now continues on to memphis, the last stop before the start of the u.s. open next week. >>> it was quite a show on the sun. a huge solar eruption a few weeks ago. about five earths wide, seven and a half earths tall. it can exceed 1 million miles an hour. and captured by iris, it was the first time it was captured by that satellite. >>> and sports headlines, the nhl's western conference final closed with a hollywood ending. >> to martinez, and it's in! the kings are headed to the stanley cup final! >> that did it, l.a.'s game-winning overtime goal broke a 4-4 tie. game one of the stanley cup finals this wednesday night in l.a. on nbc. >>> and the rangers final berth, the montreal canadiens, they had a payoff, and wearing a fallon rangers jersey around montreal all day. >>> and the nascar, the 400, two drivers had the chase cut short by a multi-car pileup. and also, a little pothole. well, not the case for jimmie johns johnson. he wins for the second year in a row. no back-to-back winner for indycar. castroneves won on sunday. >> high drive, deep right fie

and historic flooding in memphis, tennessee, as well. flash floods sent rushing water down residential streets. over in wisconsin an ef-1 tornado touching down in colfax on friday. captured in this newly released security video. you can see the debris flying as the twister moves through at i don't know how fast but plenty scary. bill karins, nbc meteorologist, >> the flooding has caused the most damage. the memphis area was incredible. six inches of rain in literally three hours. then in minnesota just rainfall after rainfall. i read somewhere someone said it's the land of 10,000 lakes, it's the land of one lake. from nebraska to iowa, more thunderstorms this morning. this will be the last day of it, but more flash flooding throughout this region. we still have major mrooding coming down from minneapolis. i showed you the pictures of st. paul. to the quad cities. better on the missouri river. as far as the west coast, we're wrapping it up today with almost nothing m bucket from l.a. to phoenix and vegas to san francisco. it wasn't even t

you're a memphis guy, memphis native, what's going on there? >> it's tragic.itigation as ronan will speak to, those issues will be sorted about who's to blame but i hope that congress acts not only for memphis but the other cities that ronan's story has helped uncover. >> is it a money issue? >> sounds as if there's a man power and money issue as to why you can't do some of the things. clearly someone made a decision not to do this and didn't raise this issue earlier. it's tragic. >> that's exactly right. >> having called the police and demanded that her kit be opened, would they have ever connected the -- >> no indication that they ever would have tested it. >> that's unbelievable. >> they didn't disclose to her it hadn't been tested. she had to dig for that information. >> saw it on the tv and called. otherwise her case would have -- >> assumed they tested it in a file somewhere and could link the cases together. but they hadn't tested it. >> why isn't this fixed. >> for memphis which has that number of rape kits you heard, they want $5.5 million to do this

. >> reporter: tonight heavy rains in memphis bringing flash flooding and forcing evacuations. crews working to restore power and rescue stranded motorists. the midwest and great plains getting pull hmmed by wild weather too. take a look. this driver in st. paul, minnesota barely making his way through blinding rain. and the lightning storm in columbus, ohio late saturday turning tragic. >> all of a sudden it was a bomb. just went off. >> reporter: off-duty firefighter stewart tutor was struck by lightning sending him into cardiac arrest. his colleagues resut tated him. he remains in critical condition. >> the lightning is a very real danger. more common than we think. >> reporter: strikes are fatal 10% of the time with an average of 51 americans dying every year. experts at the national weather service say the best way to protect ourselves is to go indoors. with thunderstorms, even if you can't see lightning, it can strike from ten miles away. and more dangerous weather on the way. the national hurricane center monitoring a system off the east coast of florida. which could soa

i think they met in memphis. memphis was the headquarters. she heard my dad deliver a message there. believe it or not, her parents lived in summer, mississippi where the trial of emmett till was taken. while she was in memphis, she was teaching school there. if you were african-american and those days, you did not need a college degree to teach school. she moved back to be near my dad. that is where they got married. she was an easy woman. she would be singing church songs. she was something. time, we boys at the asked her, i'm sure we had done something wrong, when it you going to whip us? does when are you going to whip us -- i am sure we had done something wrong, when are you going to whip us? when she was around the house we were not afraid of anything. .he was always moving she would do anything to protect her children. she was somebody. >> last year you published a beautiful book "simeon's story" case.the emmett till athought we might use conversation was and reflections on you about how after this span of time you came to choose to wr

so much water threatened west memphis the fire department called in extra help. after reports surfaced of people trapped in their homes or cars crews went door to door to make sure no one was stuck inside. >> the water started pouring in my back door. after that it was over. >> reporter: in nearby arkansas it was a similar scene. as much as 10 inches of rain drenched the town of brinkley. several homes had to be evacuated, but no injuries were reported. more than 100 people are staying in red cross shelters to get help. there is more rain expected in the forecast this week which is concerning, as the water levels on the rivers around here are very high. margaret? >> molly thank you very much. >>> this morning president obama is set to nominate a former ceo to be the new secretary of veterans affairs. bob mcdonald is a west point graduate who led procter & gamble for four years. our bill plante is at the white house with a closer look at the president's choice for that troubled department. bill? good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president announces his

and in memphis, right now you are seeing thunderstorms.d 18 inches of rainfall. cars have stalled out. we had an unconfirmed report that an apartment building had several feet of water in it. the rain is coming down so quickly it's being measured in inches per hour. right now there's a flash flood warning out for the memphis area. but this area is also a region where the ground is absolutely saturated. they can't take anymore wet weather. the midwest, we have seen for weeks now the ground saturated there as well. most notably in minneapolis where a number of areas, they have sandbagging, neighbor helping neighbor. but for today, the risk of that severe weather is going to be from des moines to omaha to lincoln to just north of kansas city. watch out, there are about 3 million people in this moderate risk. when we say moderate risk, hail, high winds, heavy downpours, the potential for tornadic activity. those are the items we're looking for today across the midwest, among those other things victor and christi, we've been talking about this

of the best practices out there throughout the country and so we ended up with a couple of cities, memphis and chicago and so on and we were able to visit those cities and then we moved into the direct interviews with experts in the field, which also improved the stake holders and the end users and probably the most important piece is throughout the design, we corroborated with all of the workers and the cit working group and looked at their focus and priorities with a trained eye towards how we can then incorporate all of those ideas into a 40 hour course that is designed for the police officers. we had to change from the police culture, we had to change from running into call as fast as we can and trying to ascertain everything as quickly as possible to maybe take a step back and deescalating the situation and using voice and so on and that is really a difficult process, but we have incorporated all of that into the training, and let me go through some of the other issues. we did and we completed site visits to the local resources such as the door clinic and the hospitality house and i t

he also directed the popular world war ii documentary, "the memphis belle," ." we speak to author and film historian mark harris. , "five came out back: a story of hollywood and ," by mark world war harris. who was william wyler? directors about who my right, he was the only jew. he was an immigrant from a small france, whenion of he was a boy and a teenager, had been either french or under german occupation. when he came to hollywood and worked his way up and he for the war, it became known as one of the most sophisticated and meticulous and mature craftsman , he was also very conscious of his status as an and they do -- and a jew who is trying to get family members and friends out of europe before the war crashed down. looks as an immigrant -- >> as an immigrant, you featured think cap rep -- frank capra in your book. take us back to the mindset of the late 1930's and early 1940's. thing that it is hard to recapture now is the idea that before the war, the relationship andeen hollywood washington, d.c., and between hollywood and much of america was very suspic

areas around memphis a month's worth of rain in seven hour as loan.ere the estimated rainfall totals, 6 to so 10 inches in little rock to memphis, i-40. this is cotton and soybean farms. right now the beginning of the squaring process. could hinder that squaring process. the problem is, we've got more rain to come, believe it or not. another 3 to 5 inches potentially coming in this area. also chicago, severe weather potentially for you, 2 to 4 inches of rain. a few big weather stories around the country. one, of course flooding in the south. the other, setup we're going to see for severe weather tonight. biggest cities impacked 20 million could see severe weather. omaha, des moines, where the moderate risk tonight is for isolated tornadoes. watches have been put up until 11:00 tonight. hail as well. even gusty winds. of course isolated tornadoes. downpours to boot. third story, here is it, it could be an area of low pressure right now off the gulf stream. so it's sucking in all of the warm water. there's potential here, 60% within two days it becomes

. >>> also, jim crow alive and well in memphis, it seems. a white supervisor threatens to hang his african-american employee for drinking from, quote, white people-only water fountain. this wasn't 1954, this was 2014. hear the actual tape, coming up this hour on cnn. >>> president obama pumping iron in poland. how would you like it if someone was just secretly videotaping you in your private moments at the gym? you may be in the zone but you're probably not working out in private. a couple more issues with the privacy coming up in a moment. hello, i'm ashleigh banfield, it's thursday, june 5th. welcome to "legal view." >>> hours after a screening, there are two new questions, big ones. were all of the senators watching the same video and why can't everyone see it everyonic like you and me? it's the so-called proof of life video, two of them, give tonight u.s. officials, late last year. they were intended to prove to senators that sergeant bowe bergdahl was actually, after four plus years in captivity, near death and needing to be rescued. bu

he also directed the popular world war ii documentary, "the memphis belle." we speak to author and film historian mark harris. >> a new book out, "five came back: a story of hollywood and the second world war," by mark harris. among the directors featured as william wyler. mark harris joins us to explains his book and this director during world war ii. enter being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> who was william wyler? >> of the five directors about whom i write, he was the only jew. he was an immigrant from a small town in a region of france, when he was a boy and a teenager, had been either french or under german occupation. when he came to hollywood and worked his way up and he for the war, it became known as one of the most sophisticated and meticulous and mature craftsman in hollywood, he was also very conscious of his status as an immigrant and a jew who is trying to get family members and friends out of europe before the war crashed down. >> as an immigrant, you featured frank capra in your book. take us back to the mindset of the late 1930's and e

but i think they met in memphis. memphis was the headquarters of the church of god in christ. she heard my daddy deliver ray message there. believe it or not, her parents lived in sumner, mississippi, where the trial of emmett till was taken. why she was in memphis she whereas teaching school. back in those days a few african-american -- you didn't need a college degree to teach school. she was teaching there and she moved back to sumner to be near my dad. that's where they got married in sumn sumner, mississippi, in 1925. she was an easy woman. she would sing. every day she would be singing church songs. oh, she was something. you know, with four boys at that time, she had four day boi boys the house. i'm sure we had done something wrong, we asked, mama, when are you going to whip us? that's how easy she was. we just -- when mom would leave the house we would be afraid that something would come out of the woods, a bear or something. but when she was around the house, we wasn't afraid of anything because she was always moving, always busy. she would do anything to protect her

he also directed the popular world war ii documentary "the memphis belle," ." we speak to author and film historian mark harris. >> a new book out, "five came back: a story of hollywood and the second world war," by mark harris. who was william wyler? >> of the five directors about who my right, he was the only jew. he was an immigrant

for the past 5 years the local management and guards mart is a worldwide company headquartered in memphis the local management manage our contract and we have 19 guards at the sites including homeless shelters. the local management as has done an "x" mr. star contract they've bid against another company that's the subject of a litigation. the guards themselves are all subject to displaced workers act so in my stunner we've begin through 5 security companies so we're concerned that the local management over the services stayed intact because of the lawsuit they left the main individual go and new replaced them with a new person but there's a steep learning curve. as well as the fiscal impact the new contracts starts out at $0.16 higher we held it steady and it's a one year contract with the city's discretion to exercise. >> thank you for the presentation i see no questions and we don't have a budget analyst report report open this up for public comment anyone from the public wishes to speak. >> yes. i would say the progress sometimes, it's a creative in terms of particular reason and struc

wonder where is the bull in this the bowling alley the am i dead the bowling alley still there in memphis tennessee been there thirty thirty one years to two years and so i wanted to do this show that sort of highlighted what it's like to actually go bowling with your friends as opposed to you know what you see now which is professional it is of famous people bowling yes so in the pilot we bowled against the mad men cast and it was me and nathan fillion and tom lennon and pete holmes versus you know jon hamm rich summer vince kartheiser and jay ferguson later you shoot it we shot at the roosevelt hotel you go to the roosevelt yeah they've got this place called the spare room it's got to lay out in a so we shot it there and we have done a bunch of them on the web there we both against the breaking bad cast and walking dead and conan fallon and so it's been really it's been really fun to do want to follow in your father's footsteps you want to be a bowler when i was a kid yeah i used to bowl i mean i bowled five hours i mean i grew up in a ball my my mother's father owned a bowling center a

as we head to the south central, there's the rain across memphis, flash floods effect for the memphis area, at least until 8:30. some rods reporting one to two feet of water. >> thank you so much. >> the supreme court ruling this week on a case that pitt religious liberty against women's rights. the justices deciding if for-profit organizations are rurd to cover contraception. hobby lobby, a chain of craft stores cheaped the requirements saying it cop nucted with -- conflict with its religious views. and aereo was told it was violating copyright law. >>> instead of offering offenders handcuffs souped advice is -- sound advice. >> seating police have controlled the streets on bucks. >> are you down okay, man, you are not looking good. >> reporter: looking for and talking to people using or dealing drugs. they encounter skyler. >> what is your drug of choice? heroin. >> reporter: they are familiar faces. long-time addicts who get arrested. instead of handcuffs officers are offered hope. >> we have someone here that can help. >> reporter: police team up with social services with a progra

but the rainfall is most intense in places like memphis. memphis's old record was set in 1877. about half of that record, not quite that record, though. good news is, i don't know that we're going to see that sort of rainfall out of these storms but definitely stay wet in parts of the great lakes and also towards the mid atlantic. humidity surging up the mid atlantic coastline so it's going to stay pretty warm and sticky in places around virginia with a few showers and still a risk of a thunderstorm as we get into our tuesday. the great lakes will be comfortable though on tuesday. an air mass making it feel good. rainfall totals, impressive. new york had over an inch and a half of rain at central park. as we get into our forecast for tuesday, expect more gusty winds and storms. al jazeera america continues. continues. >> an inspiring story to help raise awareness for cerebral palsy. a teenager walked 40 miles in the state of new jersey, with his brother on his back. his brother can't walk himself because of cerebral palsy. they said the support of the community helped them comp

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roads in memphis were littered with cars stuck in three feet of water. in minnesota, the land of 10,000 lakes has a lot more now. storms and heavy rains caused flood damages to the likes they have never seen before. indra petersons has more. are they out of the woods? >> that is what we are hoping for, but not the case. we have a huge upper low matching up with the jet stream. all this combining with the surface low. all the perfect elements are coming together and we have the threat for severe weather. take a look at the moderate risk out there. the moderate risk, where you see the red is the enhanced risk or threat of tornadoes. we are talking 44 million of you talking about the threat of severe weather. same places we were talking about the flooding, could be talking more rain today and through tomorrow as the system stretches further to the east. we are looking at the threat of severe weather back down to paducah and nashville. this is here. it will be a major role over the next several days. heavy rain today and to the east by tomorrow. eventually,

fools like 97 in memphis. the temperature - not reporting for houston and memphis. new york 74. it's a nice day for new york. let's talk humidity and heat and mannous, the amazon. into the rain forest, and where they are playing soccer it's hot. 86 degrees. feels like 93 because the humidity is high in brazil. >> they are not good for the particulars or the fans. thank you. >>> speaking of the world cup, it's time for the action in brazil. it's a huge day for team u.s.a. let's look at rio de janeiro, where fans gathered to cheer on the red, white and blue. it's not just in rio. in the states let's take a picture from chicago, where thousands came to grant park to watch the game. today team u.s.a. is playing in portugal for a chance to vaps out of the group -- vans out of the group of death. it'skming up. the -- it's coming up. the u.s. is trailing. andy was at that park with the fans. >> it was a rowdy scope a few days ago i assume it's the day. >> it may be more. everywhere is watching the big screen hoping the u.s. can pull off the win against portugal. the air really went out

add the humidity, memphis, you are just sizzling, 93 right now in memphis. we are going to get these storms pushed through and hopeful bring a little bit cooling in some of these areas. >> that will be nice to get some swe sweltering conditions. thank you so. >> in brazil, furniture cars and parts of people's homes were swallowed up by giant sink hole that opened up in a pour section of the city of natal. the area got a huge amount of rainfall earlier this week. more than 100 families were given emergency shelter. many homes are teetering. the sink hole is blocked from a world cup soccer stadium. speaking of the soccer, now, goals gal or. today brought more heart-pounded in 2 action. a third game was underway right now. from rio de janiero. i don't know if we can get any better. >> i didn't think you could get any better. what a game we have witnessed. you know, in the united states. >> genuinely, i don't think i have ever seen a better half of ball for shear excitement in the second half after a goalless first half. germany took the lead. ghana came back so