>> i am i would rather deal with an annual flood from the mississippi river than the big floods that come from storms. >> foster says trying to over-manage the river has caused waterways to become too salty- killing huge chunks of the delta that used to naturally buffer people from storms. >> first we clear cut the cypress swamps, then we built the levees then we harvested most of the old natural oyster reefs and then we started drilling and dredging for natural gas. i definitely need air condition, i like travel, i love oysters, but at the same time i also would like to be protected from storm surges. >> coming up: scientists are taking foster creppel's approach seriously. >> one of the problems was we didn't have vegetation in any of our models. >> studying how coastal wetlands can make southern louisiana safer. >> so we knew that the wetlands were good for dissipating energy and it would be good for the project... um, but we couldn't quantify it. >> we want to hear what you think about these stories. join the conversation by following us on twitter and at aljazeera.com/techknow. >>

hard pressed to find a cloud east of the mississippi river until you get off shore. unbelievable for the last few days. temperatures cool on the coast. calm, more 8080. pits pit at 80. charleston, 83. the eighth degree mark is here tomorrow. for this evening we are looking comfortable. we will fall from the 70s into the 60s. no weather problems here. a great night to grill out on the backyard patio or so. tomorrow, starting cool, debra, in the 50s, a few 40s, we will warm into the lower and middle 70s by lunchtime o. our way to the upper 70s and low 80s. it will be a wonderful start to the week. we have slight rain chances early next we like it could be awhile before we see rain. we will talk about that and the dry pattern coming up with the seven-day forecast in a few minutes, teb ra? >> thank you very much, howard. so many questions remain in friday night's shooting in temple hills hakilled a firefighter and injured others. did the two firefighters responding to a welfare check follow protocol? prince george's county fire officials say not only yes but described to

the ohio river from mississippi. he describes the 18th century effort which divided the territory into a grid pattern and proposed a transportation at roads and the canal. he argues this was applied at -- wasands a purchase applied at the louisiana purchase. behindere two minutes but not too far so. wwhat i will do today is kind of catch up or start were were stopped ande talk about the idea of national planning. it relates to the fishman reading. i hope some of you have looked at it. a specific argument about how the united states has been intensively planned. this is the theme we have been building. p is making it a poin oignant argument at the national scale. that is what i will talk about to bring us along in this argument. settlementehash, cities and migration cities referencing lewis mumford. basically, there are a set of cities. other cities like new york, boston and migration cities -- the cities on interior water. how these two groups of cities were some of the earliest plans communities in the u.s. and how

down the mississippi river and put those. but put it back they're. a preview. the real money lay in buying land and chopping down the trees on that land. beautiful white pine in the chippewa river. and with the money that he made a bum more land. from rock island to st. paul, minnesota. moved up as wisconsin, the center move north. bought the house next door to james j hill who was another remarkable businessman and visionary just about to compete the run from st. paul to seattle. if you ever go and have a chance to see, and amazing monument comeau wonderful place to visit. the two men quickly became friends. they often spent the evenings at each other's houses. some big monologue. he always like to talk. so 1899 he faced a major problem. needed money to pay off a bond issue. way more land the money. also the northern pacific railway which ran from duluth minnesota tacoma and take a look at the northern pacific. the land grants of the northern pacific. property of the federal government gave to the old rail line, particular parts of the united states. so the nor

the campaign for control of an sv river is going down badly -- mississippi river is going down badly in a costly siege in vicksburg. there is a very expensive, bloody battle in central tennessee that accomplishes nothing. in the late 1862. there are major confederate victories in the eastern theater in virginia in 1862. on into the spring of 1863. one string of successive confederate victories with staggering human costs. now, this is interrupted temporarily, july of 1863. it is a hugely significant moment in the civil war. because in the span of 24 hours there is major union victory at gettysburg. blunting a confederate invasion of pennsylvania. gettysburg is of the top of the map. the next day vicksburg, the last stronghold on the mississippi river and the confederacy surrenders to union forces. the rest of 1863, it appears that union military momentum is building on that. by the end of that year, tennessee has been completely rid of confederate forces. union armies are now in georgia, union armies are threatening within 30 miles or so. everything is pointing toward a regain of uni

louis and the upper mississippi river valley. that is far deminnished to yesterday. that is the future radar and this moves out and we'll turn our sights out the west. there is rain and snow to the four corners and we see it develop especially across texas again all of the flooding over the houston area. and tomorrow, a severe weather threat and friday, again, the severe threat. and we'll look at more tornados and may is the biggest month. >> texas had a hard winter and spring as well. we are praying for our friends and hoping that everyone is safe. >> a family in north texas lost their home to a tornado. but realized their dog had given birth and the litter of puppies made it safe and sound. they emerged from the storm and found t mother watching over the pups. easy to give each one a name. >> what a great mom. she was watching and nursing them as well. >>> nuchls out break in harvard graduation. and ted cruz and kasich suffers huge losses. what happened to the unusual marriage they had. >> last night was donald trump's night and today is indiana's day. indiana has

then tomorrow that moves across the mississippi river valley and ohio and tennessee river ravall.ekend. we have been mentioning those threats for flooding once again today. for eastern texas, louisiana into arkansas, remember last week houston, texas had record setting rainfall. more rain is in the forecast. we will be watching it and keep you up to date. happy friday, ladies. the weekend is here. you made it. >> janice, you will help to keep our viewers safe out there. appreciate that. >>> it is no laughing matter. patty davis lashing out at news that will ferrell will play her father ronald reagan in a movie about his battle with alzheimer's. she writes this in an open letter. i watched the fear fade in my father's eyes i heard his voice tremble as he stood in the living room and said, i don't know where i am. davis went on to challenge farrell to go to a facility that treats patients who are suffering from dementia and see if there is anything funny about that. >> she is so right. i disagree now. we talked about it yesterday. i am not in agreement with that. i am not a fan now.

burning, sheridan, sherman, grant, any connection to those policies transferring to west of the mississippi river? that these policies in the shenandoah valley and georgia, proven to be successful, maybe in total war, were carried west of the mississippi river? a second question is this idea of coming together, that if there is no sense of coming together say between the races, could you translate that theory to the confederate treatment of u.s. colored troops? >> sure. the idea that union generals and officers consciously took their experiences from the civil war and transferred it to the west is not something that i found evidence for any more than i found evidence for them taking the experience of the colonial feed fights or the war toward the seminole indians or the wars of the 1830's and transferred that into the american, to the war. so as i said before, and i think this is pretty much on target, the way that military people are practical people, and they tend to sort of, you know, solve the practical problem that's sitting in front of them. and they might be gratified to discover that, you

and you know they've been told by their parents, don't get on the mississippi river.ear like that and getting in the canoe and then to have people come and appreciate what you're doing is a life-changing experience. but within that is this incredible great and beautiful spirit that is intact in the delta. >> anthony: sweet potatoes, greens, into the dutch ovens. throw on the corn when getting close. finally on the wet logs on top of glowing coals lay some steaks, some pork loin and pork tenderloins right on there. just keep an eye on them. good, we have full spectrum steaks. potatoes perfect. >> john ruskey: corn on the cob? >> anthony: yeah. a hunk of bread. living large on the mississippi. and yes, there is too much food for two people. and yes, that is a whole helluva lot of meat. and i know it would be awful to waste all that extra. but don't worry. >> john ruskey: woo-hoo. woo-hoo. >> man: woo. >> john ruskey: woo-woo. >> anthony: 'cause these gentlemen are tired and hungry. welcome, gentlemen. >> john ruskey: right on, quapaws. come on, there's corn on the cob h

is a very slow mover pulling in a lot of moisture northward producing heavy rain at the lower mississippi riveralley and extending north across parts of the plane. the forecast out here with the heavy concentration of varices diffused in part of louisiana with areas anticipating six inches of rain. the other concern across parts of texas is a dresser for severe weather. damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes will all be concerned across western texas. temperatures across several parts of the nation are very toasty. for its across parts of the southeastern u.s., one degree shy of 90 degrees out there. feeling like summer. very warm for this particular region of the u.s. 82 degrees for the forecast high seattle. over to you. >> did you hear her say temperatures are going to be toasty? >> now let's take a look at the latest in the world of sports. the warriors still able to beat the rocket. clay thompson picked up the golden state with 34 points. warriors have beaten the rocket six straight times and are now up to a no. curry has two get healthy for the next game. oklahoma city were dal

moving eastward the storm system as we move across the mississippi river valley things quiet down a littleatch going into the weekend. lea: let's talk about it. >> i like it, thank you. lauren: the identity, new research that shows, the longer you live. working past age 65 could add more years to your life so working longer actually had 11% risk of death from small causes and the study found considering them unhealthy, you are likely to live longer as long as they kept working. >> they have to see them all the time. lea: choose a job you love and never work a day in your life, maybe we'll find out, not sure. it is true. lauren: we will run down global market action and turnover to "mornings with maria". ♪ if you need advice for your business, legalzoom has your back. our trusted network of attorneys has provided guidance to over 100,000 people just like you. visit legalzoom today. the legal help you can count on. legalzoom. legal help is here. lauren: the final day of the week, final day of the month and this is how futures are looking, look at the tao, up 6 points, s&p completely unchange

it's along the mississippi river valley.ing edge of that, a few sprinkles coming into southern west virginia and kentucky, but most of this heavier rain is not going to arrive here until late tonight. so starting off cool. temperatures hovering around 50 degrees. you're going to get sersz exerc, get in a run, upper 50s by 11:00. hovering around 60 by noon. the broccoli city festival stays dry at the gateway center, d.c., in southeast washington, run being from noon and a lot of great bands, live music and great information on healthy living. well, as we look at the future weather, the areas you see in green, those are showers not moving in until late tonight, sunday morning. most of the showers off and on during the morning hours on sunday will taper off and maybe another round coming in on sunday highs, lows 60s. sunday, upper 70s. more showers maybe tuesday and again thursday getting into next week. that's the way it looks. >> tom, thank you. 6:22 your time. >>> and developing now, several dead, hundreds injured in a build

so at first that bot logs that were wrapped down the mississippi river from the force of wisconsin and minnesota and put those through their sawmills. but he knew the real moy -- i'm doing this wrong. we would get back to him. a preview. he knew the real money lay in by land and chopping down the trees on the olympic he began to buy beautiful white pine, birch and ipod and the chippewa river in wisconsin, and with the money he made for chopping down the trees he bought more land in wisconsin and in minnesota. douches and currently good businessman and he was a good one for -- lumbermen. do with a man in america knows so much about lines as he does. in 1891 he moved his family including his seven children at this point from rock island to st. paul, minnesota, so he would be near the center of this log operation was put up the mississippi as wisconsin became more cut over at the center of the locking moved north. he bought a house next door to james j. hill and with another remarkable businessman and visionary, who was just about to complete the great northern railway from st. paul to se

the next day vicksburg, the last stronghold on the mississippi river and the confederacy surrenders to union forces. by the end of that year, tennessee has been completely rid of confederate forces. georgia,ies are now in threatening within 30 miles or so. toward ag is pointing regain of union momentum and a likelihood the war will end by the following spring. one of the things that adds to , victory is now likely, lincoln has identified a new general. timeln has a difficult identifying a successful commander in the eastern theater of the war. man, ulyssess this grant from the western theater to the east. successful very fighting in mississippi. command allt to union armies in all theaters of war. lot.ln and grant talk a lincoln is convinced grant has the plan to end the war as soon as the weather improves enough to resume campaigning in the of that year. the story of 1864 in terms of the civil war is the story of the way in which that expectation ultimately com crashing down. isthe spring of 1864 there significant fighting into areas. i don't care that you remember the specific detail

as we go ahead through your wednesday, we're still looking at more severe weather across the mississippi river valley, more so the widespread chance of hail and even damaging winds. tornadoes are still possible, especially back there towards kansas, but it's not going to be as widespread as we have seen here on tuesday. all of that will shift off to the east. it's still pulling in cooler air from the north. some areas in the rockies, you're looking at about 38, 35 centimeters of snowfall accumulation, another line is going to be setting up here along the dry line in central areas of texas, could be looking at a bout of some strong to severe thunderstorms. oklahoma city, thunderstorms on your thursday, houston as well. los angeles some sunny skies, back towards the east, you still have temperatures into the low teens across much of the northeast. i'll leave you now with the extended outlook. >>> that wraps up this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. x >> today on "in good shape." possible causes of chronic neck pain. how children learn better when

high pressure in control, everybody east of the mississippi river enjoying sunny conditions. the winds are shifting out of the west/southwest 5 to 10 miles per hour. there's an area of low pressure getting better organized coming off the front range. warm front slicing through the great lake states, underneath that the air a warm. memphis, 77 degrees, wichita, 72. dallas, 75. as the low marchs east, the 70s march east, as well. looks like we'll tap into that tomorrow and tuesday. as a matter of fact, quite possibly we could reach 80 degrees both days in the philadelphia area. the only concern is sthat frontal -- as that frontal system will move in from the south, we have to without for possibility of showers arena thunderstorms. future tracker 6 we skip over today and tomorrow nothing going on. tuesday evening look at this line of showers and thunderstorms developing. the yes, sir, oranges and reds those are heavy downpours an thunderstorms with the frontal passage as it swings through the delmarva tuesday evening. some of the storms could have gusts as high as 40 to 45 miles

the main area of rain way out here in indiana, illinois, kentucky and tennessee, along the mississippi riverley, all coming our way. getting closer to us by later tonight. so good weather for the broccoli city festival. it's a music and healthy living festival at the gateway in washington. cloudy, cool, temperatures hovering around 60 degrees during the afternoon, but you'll need a light jacket going to the broccoli city festival. going out tonight, dining out, well, it looks like getting wet around 10:00. have an umbrella with you if you're heading out this evening. showers by 10:00 p.m. temperatures upper 50s through the evening. new hour-by-hour timing of rain beginning to move in. this is during the latter part of the evening. between 10:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., light showers from the west tracking east. it's after that around dawn on sunday, some of the heavier rain is coming into the shenandoah valley. by 10:00 tomorrow morning, area. moderate showers through 1:00 to 2:00 and afternoon tapering off and a few more showers in the mountains. much really dissipating getting close to washingto

louis, louisiana, mississippi river valley, about 24 people at risk. the other stories out there today, kind of cool northern half, montana, new system moving into the west, san francisco could deal with a stray storm mountains. temperatures in sacramento, not too bad and it should be dry for you. we avoided the big tornados yesterday, and today, there shouldn't be many either. >> let's hope for a good weekend on the agenda. thank you so much, bill. >> big plans. >>> find out what one boss did to make 2,000 of his employees very well thee. plus a new study that every dog owner needs to hear. that's up next. you're watching "early today." on a trademarked trade platform that has all the... get off the computer traitor! i won't. (cannon sound) mobility is very important to me. that's why i use e*trade mobile. it's on all my mobile devices, so it suits my mobile lifestyle. and it keeps my investments fully mobile... even when i'm on the move... ahhh. and it keeps my investments fully mobile... is better for your skin than wearing no makeup at all? neutrog

so more rain is anticipated for houston and the lower mississippi river basin. and across the northern areas of north america there is another strong low pressure system causing windy conditions across eastern canada. so we have floods -- rather, blizzard warnings in effect across the northern portions of quebec. watch out foreavy snow and stro winds. i want take you t the north pole to show you a tough marathon event that took place during the weekend. the earth's coolest race took place saturday in the north pole marren tho. 52 competitors from 18 countries braved minus 41 degrees celsius to run the race inxtreme conditions. the race was delayed by a week due to the severe weather conditions that caused the landing strip in the ice gap to crack, preventing runners and officials from arriving. the event took place on the waters of the frozen arctic sea ice. and several snipers were placed around the marathon circuit to protect the runners from polar bears. >> that's it for now. here is your extended forecast. >>> for future stories and special reports log on to

we've got a low spinning over part of the mississippi river valley, big strong storms paotssing through houston. and then we're on the north end of the front coming tomorrow. clouds rolling in tonight. temperatures mild. the clouds blanket us. we'll say in the 60s overnight. then tomorrow by 2 o'clock we'll see a couple of showers coming through. might be a thunder shower with this as it moves in. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. we're expecting near 780 tomorrow and there will be breaks here and there. we have showers through the after that the front starts to pass through overnight and we're left with clear skies saturday afternoon. in terms of rainfall, we're looking anywhere from maybe a tenth of an inch to maib half inch. just depends on where the showers pop up. not everyone will see the same amounts of rain. it's going to be that type of a system coming through. it's good for this weather pattern to break down for know. 80 tomorrow with thunderstorms in the afternoon. saturday 68, beautiful on sunday at 65. a chance of showers next week. good for us. >>> still ahead as we co

more than 15 million people in the path of the storms along the mississippi river from iowa to louisiana. >>> you've got a different kind of storm on your mind apparently. >> a strange story but interesting and worth talking about. we're talking about the blizzard. >> right. >> this past year. setting that record we got 26.8 inches and the record for all time was 26.9? well, the national weather service now saying new york's central park reading will be changed to an all-time 27.5 inches. that's a significant change in that number, david. >> okay. >> they're saying that it all stems, the error does, from miscommunication between central park's conservancy and the weather service's new york forecast office. this is odd. something we should probably look into. all eyes now focused on washington where the comments are coming out of. >> all right. >> that's a significant discrepancy. of course, newark, which had a record, that record deleted. so there are some measurement changes. we'll continue to look into it. go another layer on this story. in the meantime, let's talk about the here and n

line of storms. risk of severe weather goes from missouri and southern iowa back down along the mississippi river to houston and almost into the new orleans area. 24 million people are at risk of severe storms and we will see about half an hour to hour as these storms go through your area. large hail and damaging wind and isolated tornadoes. that's great. other areas could get maybe small storms right around washington, d.c. that is your national weather. now here is a closer look at your day ahead. for today, those storms are rolling through east texas this morning and push into louisiana, mississippi. then new line of storms should regenerate over arkansas and missouri throughout the afternoon. a cold side to this storm too. casper, yesterday, over 6 inches of snow. hopefully, once again today we get the hail and the wind but not the tornadoes. >> let's keep those out of the system. thank you. >>> find out what one boss just did to make 2,000 of his employees very wealthy. >>> a new study that every dog owner needs to hear. that's next. i am benedict arnold, the infamous traitor. and i know a t

. >> the storms are headed towards states long the lower mississippi river. the threat of tornadoes has decreased, but the winds could reach 80 miles an hour. >>> back here in the bay area, we had rain and wind, but nothing compared to parts of oklahoma and texas. lets go to our chief meteorologist now. we've been talking about that waterspout at lake berryessa. >> amazing video of that. we'll have it again tonight at 10:00. we have two shots of it, one from a boater and then another one from the land. it's incredible because -- not that we don't see them in the bay area, but you don't get that great of an angle on it. it's very impressive video imagery. we'll show you tonight at 10:00. not bad for the rain in hayward. sort of a non event but still delivers heart in lee 1/4 of an inch of rain. that's very impressive. so what we're looking at now then is the rainfall totals that will basically be with us for the next couple of days. in other words, that's the en of it for a while. i don't think we're going to see it for a little while. as you look as this syst

and rain will also soak locations around the mississippi river basin. still on the dry side across the eastern areas of united states. 21 for the high in new york city. 23 in the u.s. capitol and 21 for the high in seattle on thursday. here is the extended forecast. >>> as we near 28 minutes past the hour, we end thisbq >> reporters plus -- >> welcome to live from paris. a rare sign of humanitarian progress in syria. the u.n. began evacuating i've hundred people from deceased areas held by both government forces and militants. cooperation council summit kicks off in saudi arabia with u.s. president barack obama in attendance.

those storms will roll towards the mississippi river late today. including memphis, st. louis, paducah, back down through tupelo and jackson, mississippi, at risk. in all 24 million people. maybe a half hour or so will experience those storms. a little bit of rain in the carolinas and virginia. betty, but we did avoid the big one yesterday and that was great. >> that is huge. thank you so much for that, bill. >>> find out what one boss just did to make 2,000 of his employees very wealthy. >>> plus, a new study that every dog owner needs to hear and we are 100 days to the summer olympic games in rio. your olympic preview is next. 98,352 what's that? the number of units we'll make next month to maximize earnings. that's a projection. no, it's a fact. based on hundreds of proprietary and open data sets folded into a real-time, actionable analytics model. nine. eight. three. five. two. you're not gonna round that up? you don't round up facts. powerful analytics driving decisions for the world's most valuable brands. ♪ my name is barbara and i make dog chow natural in davenpor

. >> reporter: with louisiana's ports stand ling the mississippi river and just 700 miles from cuba, agricultural commissioner says it is in a prime spot to trade with cuba. this week congressmen from louisiana and arkansas along with farmers andal culture leaders from both states are visiting cuba. >> we expect within the first year 15 to 20% increase in sales of louisiana products, louisiana products, going into cuba. >> reporter: opening trade with cuba could add millions to the state's economy and create jobs, but critics say as long as fiddle cast troe maintains influence, opportunities will be few. >> he will block trade with the united states. he told president obama in the editorial the day after president obama left cuba, he said cuba doesn't need anything from the empire. he considers the united states the empire. >> reporter: george fled cuba as a child. he says opening trade does nothing for the people still struggling in cuba. >> they don't have the money to buy. cubans make $30 a month. >> reporter: kevin says he too is sensitive to the needs of those in cuba, but feels

mainly here across the lower mississippi river valley where you have the highest threat of cold air coming in. that moist, warm air out of the gulf of mexico. just setting up a battle line there. as far as the severe weather's concerned, that's still going to be a problem. north of that, i mentioned the cold air. frost advisories in place through the ohio river valley, because of the chilly temperatures. chicago with a high of 4. sunny skies out there for you. if we look at eastern europe heading into the middle east, i do want to mention across parts of turkey, widespread rainfall. that is going to continue to drift to the east. even an attached front moving across syria there through most of iraq where you'll be looking at the showers over the next several days. ankara, rain showers, thunderstorms on your wednesday. but it will taper off by thursday. baghdad, though, showers will be moving into your region. i'll leave you now with your extended outlook. >>> we have one more story to share before we go. the testing of a drone parcel delivery service has begun in chiba city near tokyo. the

it will be more so across eastern parts of texas and lower parts of mississippi river valley.t's what we are expecting to see some of the heavier rainfall totals. some spots seeing 6 inches of rain and that threat is going to continue as we head into tomorrow as well. damaging winds large hail and isolated tornadoes a concern souout there. that will be something else to watch for with threats in the eastern parts of the state. temperatures heating up across the carolinas. some will be close to 90 degrees. it will be warm across the pacific northwest as well. 82 degrees for the high in seattle. >> that is hot, hot, hot. no excuse to not go out and vote today. >> 20 after the hour. one brave woman the incredible moment a woman fights off an armed robber all while holding a baby. >> what's your answer? >> feeling the burn. what bernie sanders supporters really think of hillary clinton. >> we will see who ends up in the white house. ♪ i could get used to this. now you can, with the luxuriously transformed 2016 lexus es and es hybrid. ♪ don't let dust and allergies get and life's b

if you move to platville, wisconsin, 15 miles across the mississippi river, you can't take your iowaicense and change it out. you have to take out the birth certificate. it's back in orange county, california. that's not going to get there in a day. he couldn't vote. it ticked me off. i was there when this wacky bill was conceived. i saw the real world ramification. it really bothered me. it really ticked me off. i put on my facebook post and here i am talking to you. >> i appreciate it tremendously. when you say giddy. i think the argument that gets made in public, except the mass slips of few times is we want to get rid of cheating and fraud. this will help republicans because at the margins it puts obstacles in people most likely to vote for democrats. you're saying the republicans understood that? >> absolutely. you showed that clip of president reagan, that's the first time i got involved in politics. i was in fifth grade about 20 miles from sauk city. i was 11, 12 years old in 1980 and got involved for the first time. ronald reagan and then bob castin and former congressman ste

this whole seesaw will tilt the other way. 89 warmth will march east of the mississippi river.ll the cold goes back here and this is all warm as we see the southwesterly wind. we have changes heading this way. i know it's been a little brutal over the last week, but things will warm up nicely. there's the warm front as we get into tonight and tomorrow. that punches through, it could bring an isolated shower. the bigger change will be the climb in temperatures. monday, 63 degrees, monday into tuesday, showers possible with that approaching cold front. there's future tracker 6 later this afternoon sunshine along with a few high, thin clouds. overnight tonight, cloudy, dry, tomorrow morning, maybe an isolated shower west of philadelphia. same thing during the afternoon. phillies home opener for the most part looks dry, isolated shower, most of the game should get off okay. monday into tuesday here comes the approaching cold front. winds out of the south, southwest we'll see the line of showers, heavier periods of rain embedded in this during the afternoon. tuesday it's wet everywh

day after day, huge block of high pressure system sitting clear just about all the way to the mississippi riverspite the weather in the east, it has been rough in the central plains. a large system that can't move east ward has been producing rains and snow where they have been measuring feet of snow in the denver area. unfortunately widespread flooding in the houston area earlier this morning that began late last night and it's stuck over the same area. they've been getting several inches, 7 to 14 inches of rain have compounded the area from late last night. 4 inches in one hour at houston's international airport. you can see the storms are still lining up. through wednesday. outside back home here beautiful temperatures, 84 in washington, 82 in baltimore, 81 gaithersburg, 82 out at dulles. all across the northeast seeing those mild temperatures. 78 in pittsburgh. 77 in new york city. a very cool 51 in boston. that front has gone through up there but they had bright blue skies earlier this morning for the boston marathon. here's the forecast for tonight. high pressure in place, front is off to

it stretched to the mississippi river and all the way north to the great lakes. it was enormous and the prestige toits governor was likable illinois, texas, california all put together. he was not only governor of america's most important state, he was a national hero in the revolutionary war. he was a giant in his day. i do not understand why historians ignore him him a which is why i wrote this book, to restore him to his rightful place in american history. the most important presidents in the early days of our nation. now, some historians elevate john adams to historical prominence. most all but dfi thomas jefferson and james madison, and these were three great founding fathers. great political philosophers. but they were disastrous presidents. those three men left the nation worse off than it had been when washington seated them the presidency 20 years earlier. , declared went to war a naval war on the french. he stripped americans of their first amendment rights to free speech and freedom of the press. thomas jefferson imposed a trade embargo that bankrupted

we need to war live in tornado alley texas, oklahoma, nebraska in towards the midwest and the mississippi river valley tomorrow. let's take a look at it. we have all of the components all of the ingredients for severe weather today. low coming out of the rockies, cold air from the north. gulf of moisture, warm weather moving in. that will give us all of the set up that we need for large hail and damaging winds. damaging potentially damaging tornadoes later on today this afternoon and overnight tonight. let's take a look at it. there's the setup. where you see the orange and red that's the area of concern. this is an important season of course. this is tornado season this is tornado alley. they are used to it. this is the night to be prepared and make sure you know where your safe spot is. >> i know who is prepared for tornadoes. frogy the frog caster. >> what a great book. >> if there was ever a time to prepare you kids for weather now freddie the frog caster. it will teach kids what to do and be safe in torn doe season. this would be the day to read it to your kids. >> we are going to read it.

strong storms in the lower mississippi river valley. wet weather out west.rtheast. mid-atlantic states, the midwest looking good. and latter part of the week, sunshine returns to the great lakes, mid-atlantic, the northeast. showers up through the plains. wintry mix in the inner mountain >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. you'll need your rain gear this morning, but not this afternoon. the rain will shut down, the winds kicking in and temperatures warming into the 60s. should be dry for the first pitch at citizens bank park. rain returns tomorrow and windy, too. and a bit cooler, a high of 58 degrees. but it may be clearing by the evening game. and here comes the sunshine for wednesday and thursday and even warmer heading toward the weekend. 66 saturday. into the 70s with sunny skies sunday. have a great day. >> that's your latest weather. natalie? >> thank you, al. >>> all this week on today food, we're we're recreating some of favorite restaurant dishes at home. "today" food contributor si siri daly is here with some of her favorites. from ch

nearly 5 inches of it washed out road along parts of the lower mississippi river.lood warnings have been issued from louisiana to georgia. in northeastern oklahoma, communities are now cleaning up after several tornadoes touched down overnight on wednesday. >> just really almost caved in this home. r damaged more than 40 miles of homes and farms. at least seven people were injured. >> that's when we felt the shaking. my god, this is real. >> reporter: she took safety in her bathtub before a storm blew her roof off. >> the storm. come out, come look at the house. i nearly fainted when by saw this. >> reporter: back here in new hope. no one was injured. east coast, you're on deck for severe weather today. everywhere from the florida panhandle to the mid-atlantic, keep an eye on the weather today. dana? >> david, thanks for the warning. >>> donald trump is now saying only nice things about republican leaders, after a tough week on the campaign trail. the gop front-runner had a surprise meeting yesterday with the republican national committee. trump wants to revive his

the core of -- corps of engineers can't say those are the top two priorities of managing the mississippi river valley system, particularly missouri and mississippi, but those need to be apparent in their commitment to both flood control and navigation as things we want to do. i'm pleased this bill prioritizes things like the bank stabilization and navigation project on the mississippi river, the tributaries project that is central to our flood control efforts in our state. i'm also glad the bill increases funding for small ports and harbors to serve as a vital place for us to compete. the inland ports are basically export ports. and, mr. president, there's nothing wrong with buying things from other people, but it's better to sell things to other people. the inland ports serve a geographic area that's roughly twice as big as the coastal ports. doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the coastal ports. it just means let's get realistic about where we're making investments take allow us to compete. if a coastal port supports an area 300 miles inland from that coastal port, an inland port suppor

. >> 90 miles from new orleans, up the mississippi river, lies louisiana state penitentiary. commonly referred to as angola, at 18,000 acres, it is the largest prison in america. started as a slave plantation in the 1700s, converted to a prison plantation at the end of the civil war, and taken over by the state in 1901, the storied land has seen more than its share of pain. it was once considered the bloodiest prison in america. and its current population of 5,148 men serve sentences so long, it's estimated 90% of them will die here. yet things have changed drastically over the past decade. and much credit goes to warden burl cain. >> correction is our name. the root word is to correct deviant behavior. if we can save one person from being a victim of violent crime it's worth everything we do. that's really what our mission is, is not to torment and torture, but it's to correct bad behavior and do that any way you can. the root way to do that is morality. moral people obviously don't rape, pilfer and steal. >> right here, the midst of angola, i have seen change. because the s

satellite and radar, high pressure continues to dominate the pattern for everybody east of the mississippi river. high clouds to the north. showers pushing across the western great lake states. that's about it. if you're traveling across the lower 48. this could be your travel trouble spot up here. the same system is the one that reduces the showers and storms for us tuesday. the surface maps looks like, there's the warm front to the north. underneath it, the winds shift out of the south/southwest. sunny skies for the southeast, rain and thunderstorms across the high plains. the systems get closer to the region as we get into monday afternoon. it's tuesday when the warm front collapses and kicks off the showers and thunderstorms. future tracker 6, we'll skip over today and tomorrow, get into tuesday morning. tuesday morning is dry, the clouds roll in they will lower and thicken throughout the day. by afternoon the showers and thunderstorms erupt. some of them could be on the stronger side not expecting severe weather tuesday afternoon. it wouldn't surprise me if the storms produce a good gust of

. >> along the mississippi river this morning when the sun comes up it will be a beautiful shot.ood morning to you as well. this will be a big day for donald trump. it could be make or break in the badger state. he's had a bad couple of weeks. poll no.s show him down by as much as 10 points. he's really going to try to turn things around in the 11th hour. two big rallies one in lacrosse one in superior. what trump is trying to do is get to the 1237 majority of delegates

. >> along the mississippi river this morning when the sun comes up it will be a beautiful shot. good morning to you as well. this will be a big day for donald trump. it could be make or break in the badger state. he's had a bad couple of weeks. poll no.s show him down by as much as 10 points. he's really going to try to turn things around in the 11th hour. two big rallies one in lacrosse one in superior. what trump is trying to do is get to the 1237 majority of delegates before the convention so he can avoid any kind of big fight on the convention floor. yesterday he started complaining that john kasich the ohio governor by staying in the race was preventing him from doing that. listen to what he told greta van susteren in his town hall. >> he hurts me more than he hurts cruz. kasich has one win and 29 losses and he shouldn't even be in it, but that's okay. >> on this point trump gets support from ted cruz. last week john kasich warned voters against electing another first term senator to be president of this country. i asked ted cruz about that yesterday. here's what he said. >

the mississippi river was famous for its sandbars. lincoln invented in this combined borage was a way of walking the boat over sandbars. you would lower these posts and lift the boat up. they must've been like lincoln very strong. and shuffle the boat over the sandbars. it is metaphorical that the openness of lincoln. the river should be open. opportunities should exist. a rising tide would lift all boats. this fascinating mechanism would allow the man to be that rising tide, to carry it down the river. grant wins the battle at the siege of vicksburg. lincoln writes to him, the father of waters runs again unvexed to the sea. i wonder if he thought about his boat, his patent. the point of america was to have this element of opportunity and openness and to the river should run free. i go back to the landscape. the notion that the south couldn't be allowed to leave the union. because it was part of the sacred ground of the union. lincoln's so-called homeliness. he was famously ugly. i've spent a lot of time with lincoln and perhaps it is

today, snow in the highest elevations, heavy rainfall, flooding is going to be an issue over the mississippi river rain in the mid-atlantic, texas and oklahoma and the next big system moves in and another round of strong to severe storms including hail, damaging winds and tornadoes for much of central and northern texas and oklahoma. we talked about rainfall, we could see three to five inches and higher elevation snow upwards of a foot or more. houston, texas, last week record-setting rainfall, they don't want any more rain in the forecast but over the next five days the chance of more rain so we are watching that area carefully. you can see forecast highschooler than average, warmer than average feels like summertime across the south, that will be on going into friday and saturday and sunday, we have the clash of this two air masses, that is one indication we are into severe weather season where we could see potential for strong to severe storms for the next five days. >> if we have to get stormy weather news at least we are getting it from a sunny person. coming up we went to local market action

so the story began in rock island, illinois which is a town on the mississippi river about 150 miles west of chicago. and it's so hot in here because if you have a napkin for me i'm going to -- figured that i would come back to washington, d.c. on the one day hot and large. so this down in rock island is where a immigrant moved 1856, and he took a job at a lumberyard to the border had previous jobs in a brewery and on a railroad. so it was intelligence and friendly an ambitious and he rose quickly through ranks of the lumberyard in my readiness to work i never could wanted hours or knocked off until i had finished what i had in hand. so if you've never seen his brother-in-law. >> thank you. >> i'll pass it around when i'm done with them. [laughter] >> we didn't see and his brother-in-law had bought them and began to expand it. first they brought log it is from forest of wisconsin and minnesota and put those through the saw mills but doing this -- putting that back there. get back to warehouser here. preview of the rest of the talk. [laughter] warehouser knew that the real money lay i