all right, let's go to mississippi gulf coast. heavy rain turned it into the river. it didn't stop drivers or this dirt bike from taking the tour. the tornado touched down friday morning. hopefully nothing like that. bill kierans is here. good morning. >> pretty warm for a lot of people. a lot of cloidz, a lot people missed that super moon last night. a, the heavy rain goes, mobile has seven inches of rain. that's a lot of rain. this problem in moisture will exist along the gulf coast. ever so slowly, it will get sucked up from forth florida, the west coast of florida, you could see downpours, new orleans, through houston. you have muggy-type weather. the top of the rains will be on the move. another little area of low pressure will southwesterly off the southeast coast i. will combine along this front. we see a soaking rain. the possibly of more bigger rainfall than we had in months. we definitely need the rainfall. so from the ohio valley, up to the northeast, the possibility of two-to-three inches of rain. >> that would be much needed rainfall. that's your nationa

first, in august, hurricane katrina hit the louisiana and mississippi gulf coast.n in september, an even stronger storm made landfall: hurricane rita. charlie whinham, from louisiana public broadcasting, reports from cameron parish in southwestern louisiana with this look back. >> reporter: now while katrina garnered all of the headlines and for very good reason, hurricane rita did its damage as well, causing $12 billion worth of damage. and folks around this part of the country consider hurricane rita as "the forgotten storm." many coastal communities were simply washed away. fortunately, no one in cameron parish died. rita was the fourth strongest atlantic hurricane on record. katrina ranked sixth. but katrina hit a larger populated area killing an estimated 1,836 people across the gulf coast and causing $108 billion in damages. in texas, rita prompted the largest evacuation in u.s. history. the combination of severe gridlock and excessive heat led to 107 evacuation-related fatalities, according to the houston chronicle. ten years after rita, there remains signs

. >>> this is mississippi's gulf coast, heavy rains turn the streets of pass cagoula into rivers.arkable footage, remember last friday at this time we had reports of a tornado. this is video of inside the tornado from johns island, south carolina, home security video from a house and this was an f2 tornado with winds over 100 miles per hour. pretty amazing stuff. thankfully no one was injured or killed in the tornado. over the weekend, heavy rains were down in the gulf, that continues this morning. mobile, alabama, picked up seven inches of rain, that's as much rain as we've in the northeast in three months. we'll continue to watch the threat of heavy rain panama city down towards tampa and that's a squeeze play we'll watch two areas of low pressure, one in the gulf, a little area of low pressure off the south carolina coast. that's going to take tropical moisture and hit it up against this cold front here and this is going to wring out some beneficial rains to areas of pennsylvania, new york, the appalachians, all the way through the northeast. it's been so long since we had a so

which side would persuade the people of the lower mississippi and gulf coast that it could best protect the independent and prosperity brought by local economic connections. whoever could stand a good chance of winning the war. so there were people that needed to be persuaded to fight on one side or the other. they began working to put those people in the hand of the biggest group of potential fighters for either side were american indians. american indians greatly outnumbered the spanish and french and british colonists in florida. the other people i saw was a man named alexander who was a scotsman and his father was a scottish merchant that his mother -- they considered him creak. he grew up in creek country and as a boy he went with his father to charleston and learn how to read and write which makes them a great subject. in 1776, his false or fled to his mother's land and he wanted to work within the creek to get involved in the war to be an important person that he was young but he was young and learning the ropes. as they called the council to session alexander walk through the pu

her name was amy prentice on the mississippi gulf coast in their home. he then drove 300 miles to delta state university and killed professor ethan smith. the motive is still under investigation. today's classes are cancelled. >> a rowdy airline passenger faces multiple charges after forcing her flight to divert. >> ow! ow! >> police pulled the woman from american airlines flight 1284. the plane flying from miami to chicago diverted to indianapolis. a passenger says the woman hit someone on board, kissed a flight attendant and punched her as well. no one was badly hurt. >> all right. 37 fraternity members face criminal charges in the death of a pledge ahead. we will look at the . elton john called out vladimir putin. >> can the legend and superstar find common ground over international controversy? >> the news is back in a moment right here on ""cbs this morning."" . this portion of ""cbs this morning"" is sponsored by toyota. >>> let's go places. a single destination. it's about everythingyourn . most stelara® patients saw at least 75% clearer skin and

we're situate d along the mississippi gulf coast. shortly after 10:00 a.m.al standard time we received information there had been a shooting in our town as well. police responded to the scene and located a female had been shot and killed in the course of our investigation we learned that an apparent suspect in our case may have ties to the delta state college and may have been leaving to go to that area. right now we're working with authorities up there under the assumption both crimes are related. >> so potentially connected, two homicides. we'll keep in close contact with you and see the issue at hand right now is to figure out where the shooter is and to make sure they apprehend him. >> reporter: the professor who was killed at delta state university this morning has been released. his name was ethan schmidt and he was a history professor. the coroner says he was shot in the head at least once. according to authorities this is still an active ongoing situation on the campus of delta state university, which again is located in cleveland, mississippi. we fi

overs the next year, the governor, his wife, marsha, all over mississippi and the gulf coast worked tirelessly in uncharted territory so in this new book "america's great storm: leading through hurricane katrina" the governor gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how he handled this uncharted territory and the important lessons he has taken away from that particular journey. i have been fortunate to experience the governor's talent for making the impossible possible. the press, our typical build schedule is as well month publication schedule and america, "america's great storm" came together in less than six. this was a small miracle for us and i want to thank the governor and his co-author jerry nash and the governor's marvelous assistant, here tonight and not many people who helped check facts, round up photos and do a lot of work to make this happen and the university press staff. there was a sense of in fact is the enthusiasm that we were doing something big together and that was meaningful for us. we are grateful to be part of your telling this story. you bring out the best in those around

possibility that lam may have been involved in a homicide earlier this morning in go shay, mississippi, on the gulf coast, several hours, maybe five hours south of cleveland where the shooting occurred this afternoon. it's east of biloxi. police there have been quoted as saying they believe that lam may have driven an suv from go shay up towards the university and say that a vehicle matching that description was found at the university. so that's why they're making that link. they're looking into the possibility that those two incidents are linked. the school remains on lockdown, according to authorities, but police are going building to building, releasing students as they can, so that they can go home safely. an important point to note is that no students were injured in this incident. hospitals have also been locked down today, and police are out in force at other schools in the area which were also locked down. they're there to help the students go home, their parents to come in to pick them up as the school day ends. so they're still very concerned about the fact that lamb has not been accounted for

gulf coast. temperatures in the 90s in the mid mississippi river valley. sunday more of the same. ast into the mid atlantic states, and monday again, right along >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley, hazy sunshine, a hot afternoon, back into the 90s today. but this is the end of the heat wave. tomorrow with scattered showers, possibly some thunderstorms. 86 the high, a morning low of 72 degrees. then the storms clear out. the humidity takes a break. we're on our way to a beautiful holiday weekend. 85 saturday, low humidity in town sunday. up to 90s, lots of sunshine for labor damon. have a great day. that's your latest weather. >>> al, thank you very much. >>> wrapping up the simple swap serious with joy bauer. easy to replace foods to help with healthy issues. joy has great ideas to help reduce your risk for cancer. let's start with the base picture question. what is cancer? what is happening inside our body? >> great question. cancer is a name given to a whole collection of diseases. no matter what type you have, whether it's breast cancer, or prostate cancer, or colon

gulf coast. temperatures in the 90s in the mid mississippi river valley. sunday more of the same. it's going to be a little bit of a wash out through the gulf coast into the mid atlantic states, and monday again, right along >>> al, thanks very much. another hot one today. humidity's up. temperatures up, too. 92. day five of this heat wave. five in a row of 90 degrees or bet perp just an isolated storm possible. stray showers tonight. most don't see it. another muggy night. mid-70s. tomorrow, wind shifts to the northeast. could be showers scattered early in the day. 83 the high. that's it. low 80s saturday, sunshine. warm dry sunday. 87. by labor day, back near 90 degrees. t. that's your latest weather. >>> al, thank you very much. >>> wrapping up the simple swap serious with joy bauer. easy to replace foods to help with healthy issues. joy has great ideas to help reduce your risk for cancer. let's start with the base picture question. what is cancer? what is happening inside our body? >> great question. cancer is a name given to a whole collection of diseases. no matter what type

into the possibility of a link between a murder this morning in mississippi which is down in the coast a little east of biloxi on the gulf coast and the incident at the university. they say that a man there they're looking at as a suspect did have a tie to the university. that he was believed to have driven out of the area in a suv that vehicle matching that description was found at the university and so they're looking at the possibility that these two incidents hours apart in terms of gentlemen graphic distance may be linked and one other thing that complicates this story right now. the shooter, again, according to police, and we'll hear apparently in a moment at this latest briefing has not been found. students are being removed from the building. and the assurance from police is that no students were involved, meaning not involved as the shooter or not involved we presume in injuries. so that's the latest. it's a very active situation. >> yeah. very much so. >> reporter: no conclusions yet. >> the police treating this as an active shooter situation as we understand it. give me a sense in terms of the resources that h

gulf coast. temperatures in the 90s in the mid mississippi river valley. lantic coast. sunday more of the same. it's going to be a little bit of a wash out through the gulf coast into the mid atlantic states, and monday again, right along the coast not great beach weather. temperatures in the 80s and 90s . >>> good morning. i'm kari hall. it's in the 60s now. a lot of sunshine and we'll see that throughout the day. expect a high of 78 degrees in the east bay and the tri-valley reaching 81. cooler than where we should be for the beginning of september. 76 degrees in the peninsula and 80 in south bay. comfortable in the north bay, 79. and in san francisco, expect a high of 68 degrees and it will be heating up as we head into labor day weekend. that's your latest weather. >>> al, thank you very much. >>> wrapping up the simple swap series with joy water. easy to replace foods you can make to help with some serious health issues. joy has great ideas to help reduce your risk for cancer. good to see you. >> hi, willie. >> let's start with the base question. what

gulf of mexico, huge area, and the lower mississippi river, where her jurisdiction, and now she is in a civilian capacity in coast guard headquarters. she is what they call an incident commander. vice admiral sally brice o'hara, a district commander, vice commandant to admiral papp, masters degree from the national war college. and here is master chief -- chief -- i smiling am because i see her back here. would you come up, please? >> speech. mr. ostrom: chief tina -- let's give her a hand. [applause] how are you? will you tell them about you, and what are you doing here? >> i was stationed onboard the cutter both in 1995 as a new member of the coast guard and again in 2002-2004 as a machinery technician first class. i had the opportunity to serve 2 two tours on eagle. it's an amazing ship. if you have any chance to see it, please stop by, because they take visitors in the port. mr. ostrom: did you have to climb up some rigging? >> as an engineer, i was mostly in the engine room. i did go up in the rigging on occasion to get out into the air and see the sky. mr. ostrom: when i first met her, i said you look cute

in the gulf of mexico at this point not strengthening to a monster but we'll certainly watch it and it will bring more in the way of rain across the coast of florida and alabama and mississippir coming in the pacific northwest. temperatures across northern alex: good morning on a cloudy, breezy, and cl weekend. temperatures today in the seven is. 30% chance of showers south of the region. >> this weather report is brought to you by voya financial. achoo. i know paula has been suffering. >> i'm dying because of my allergies. ragweed. >> the ragweed is pretty high and a lot are suffering. hang in there, winter and snow will solve that problem. >> thank you. >> if it's not one it's the other. >> grim reaper rob marciano, everybody. >> one-two punch. >>> coming up, perk's largest high school football player. check this guy out, seven feet tall, 440 bounds now setting his sights on the big leagues. we'll have that story after the break. the cold truth is, (coughing) you can't work from home when you're sick. you need real relief. alka-seltzer plus day cold & flu has three cold symptom fighters to relieve your tough symptoms. stay unstoppable. (truck horn) alka-seltzer plus. bleed

mississippi and western wisconsin as well. and as we go into labor day, you're looking at a marginal chance for rain in the upper midwest and down to the southeast and gulf coast states. vinita? >> ed curran at our boston station, wbz. thank you. >>> a california company is recalling its cucumbers after it led to a deadly outblake in 27 states. they pulled their limited edition of cucumbers on friday after they they were related to recent cause of illnesses and the death of a 99-year-old woman. they're grown in mexico. >>> a study of 600 people considered to be at high risk found that none of them contracted the deadly virus. the group was comprised of healthy gay men who took a healthy doze over a two-year period. questions remain about the treatment's effectiveness. >>> the "associated press" reports repellers in page arizona, are working to make sure a massive rock stays in place and doesn't fall into the. the plan is necessary. it's going to take a month to complete. >>> the "oregonian" reports they're putting stickers on real estate signs. they're showing a red slash through the state of california n no californians. some realtors say the yorlg nicers hav