grant starts southward from tennessee down to mississippi central railroad, moves through holly springs, oxford, close to water arusha river, valley, mississippi. he is turned back by two major confederate cavalry raids, a famous raid by earl van dorn attacks holly springs and that tears up grant's forward supply base. by more important raid is nathan bedford forrest in tennessee. that shuts down grant's ability to bring new supplies in. so you tear up his forward supply base interrupt any possibility of getting new supplies, and grant is stalled, and he turns back, and he later says i should have learned i ,ould have lived off the land but he will withdraw at that point, so that doesn't work. that is the first effort. then grant will send sherman come apart of a two-pronged movement in november and december 1862, down to chickasaw valley, where sherman says i landed, not assaulted, was defeated, got back into the boats and took off. that is his rendition. so those two efforts just to get to vicksburg did not work. by that time we are into 1863, everything is wet and muddy in the river has risen in the bayous and creeks ha

i'll take you to a historic town on the mississippi river crippled by a catastrophic flood. reporter: illinois national guard has been called into grafton to help with the flooding. man: this is probably going to be the second worst flood of all time. lemonis: grafton, illinois, just outside of st. louis, missouri, has experienced the worst flood to hit its community in over 25 years. oh, my god. this is, like, heart-breaking. i'm marcus lemonis, and i want to see it for myself and really understand how small towns in america recover from a disaster like this. is this worse than you thought it was gonna be? peter: this is brutal. lemonis: something like this make you want to call it quits? oliver: yes. lemonis: there's massive devastation... this is a street. ...an entire main street underwater. oh, my goodness. i met the mayor. we toured the city the only way we could, by boat... it's okay. ...roads closed and businesses wiped out... look at this. kim: oh, my god. lemonis: ...a severe burden on the local economy. peter: so i'm on the city council, and so we are gonna have s

. >> flood water has continued to rise at the pearl river as well as throughout central mississippi .ng to the about governor of mess tweeting about swollen river forecasters expecting river to reach its maximum crest at 38 feet coming day. this is a precarious situation that could turn at any moment. river gushing across neighborhoods in jackson and surrounding areas this weekend and national weather service say water levels have risen to at least 36 feet and almost eight feet above flood stage. >> assuming we get to 37 and a half to 38 photo, this will be the third highest pearl river has ever been this in -- in mississippi. falling in river base incline past few days heavy downpour soaking fears in reservoir could hit it kaft. dire situation prompting local officials to put parts of jackson and northern suburb of ridge land under evacuation orders and kate reid says thousands of building could be inundated by rising waters adding in a, quote, i've declared state of emergency to deploy to care of all mississippi impacted people no low-lying areas preparing for worst while some resid

future radar along the lower portion of the mississippi river valley where we have more rain in the forecastn top of the inches of rain we've seen over the last couple weeks especially downstream towards portions of louisiana, mississippi, alabama. these are the areas we'll watch and when you see the rainfall that falls across the ohio and tennessee river valley it will move downward. today's forecast. we get a little drying out period. as we get into the afternoon, evening and tomorrow we'll still see not the deluge of rain but still potential for showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. something we'll have to watch over the next couple of days. if i could, i know there was a big race scheduled yesterday the daytona 500. they had to delay it. what is the forecast going to be today? we do have some showers in the area but i believe around race time at 4:00 p.m. skies should clear and we have a good looking forecast for the race. gentlemen, start your engines. >> ed: drivers, start your engines. >> that's right. are there women, too? i should brush up on this. people. >> sandra: the presid

we have flood warnings in effect along the mississippi river valley into mississippi and alabama.s going to be a story not only today but the next couple weeks and months ahead. future radar, parts of south carolina and north carolina getting measurable snow. some of these areas will see more snow than boston on thursday. that will be a big story. rob: 11 minutes after the hour, michael bloomberg taking the debate stage for the first time in las vegas. is the billionaire ready for war after laying low as past controversies have come back to haunt him? >> this enormous cohort of black and latino males don't know how to behave in the workplace. >> murderers and murder victims. rob: democratic strategists kevin wallace says tonight is a critical test for bloomberg and he joins us live. jillian: a perfect example of why the president wants to fast-track construction of the border wall. we will tell you about it. take prilosec otc and take control of heartburn. so you don't have to stash antacids here... here... or, here. kick your antacid habit with prilosec otc. one pill a day, 24 ho

unfortunately there's more rain in the forecast for some of these areas all along the mississippi, tennessee and ohio rivert few hours, but you can still see we have flood warnings all among the mississippi stretching eastward as well as another batch of rainfall later today in the same regions and then not pattern is conducive for more rainfall over these regions, so that is the problem over the next couple of days with future our radar getting into tuesday with more rain in the forecast and then pushes eastward so some of the cities across the southeast gulf coast across the mississippi we will watch for potential flooding not only in mississippi but all of the states along the mississippi river. watching the rainfall today, here in the northeast in new york city army we could skip winter. it's very mild here and we are dealing with sunshine may be rain tomorrow, but milder temperatures in the foreseeable future here in new york city. cheryl: you read my mind i'm like are we not going to have a winter at all? >> don't rule out march but we have had a incredibly mild winter in new york city and even bosto

this time of year when you have snowmelt and springtime we see potential for flooding on the mississippi riveru see the tributaries and streams that feed into the mighty mississippi so this is not going to just to be a today story. it will be weeks and months. looking at the forecast, last 24 hours rain developing especially in the lower section of the mississippi river valley and you see where we have flood watches and warnings in effect along the big river and east of that, showers and thunderstorms. future radar shows another batch over the next 12 to 24 hours and we are stuck in a pattern where the potential is there for more rain in the forecast. there is your precipitation and you see several inches of rain in and around this area stretching to the southeast and as we get into saturday and sunday another batch of snow in the interior northeast, great lakes into the rockies and the northwest. watching potential for not a deluge but any rain on top of floodwaters will not be good news and that will linger over the next several days into the springtime. looking at computer models going into

developing in the ohio and upper mississippi river valleys.ough the gulf and the mid-atlantic states, as well. >>> good morning. i am meteorologist kari hall. it has been so windy the past 24 hours. it will still be breezy in the hills. the valleys get a calmer wind, and we're looking at a lot of sunshine. highs mostly in the upper 60s. we'll see more of the same tomorrow as sunshine continues this week. we are staying dry through friday, slightly cooler air for the weekend. looking at a slight chance of rain late saturday night into sunday. san francisco will start out warm and cool down by end of the week. >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you >>> coming up, health and healing. a very personal look at new hope for women struggling with pregnancy loss first, growing up in a family that struggled economically powerfully influenced my values. bernie sanders he's fighting to raise wages. and guarantee health care for all. now, our country is at a turning point. hard working people, betrayed by trump, struggling to survive. in this

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couple of weeks as we get into springtime melt all of the tributaries and streams go into the mississippi river can see, we've got po more rain in the forecast. stretching from texas to portions of mississippi, alabama, and georgia. areas that don't need to see anymore rain so this is going to be a problem and you can see where we have flood warnings, still in effect alling along the mississippi river valley. in towards the southeast as well. so these are areas we're going to watch over next few week as we get into that spring thyme melt as well. where thing all go down stream. all right i also want to point out we've got arctic air to sink in just in time for accumulate snow across carolinas and virginia, they will receive more snow than boston and new york city. if if we get measures that we are predicting over next 12 to 24 hour, you can see incredible that will be an incredible story is tomorrow as we get into thursday and friday. for parts of the carolinas, and virginia and as you can see more rain in the forecast here, across central rockies more snow for you and a cold air sink south and

buttigieg in the mississippi river area, buttigieg actually did well here this time. let's see if there's an outstanding vote in any of these places. that's dubuque. buttigieg wins in de duke. what's that? okay, they're telling me when it says 100% to disregard -- do we know how much it is? okay, so 100% is not in. >> when you see 100% take a discount off. >> is the 95% accurate? >> where is that? >> you have 95% up there when you were doing the overall numbers. see it says 95%? is that correct? >> i'm asking my producer right now. what do we know about the 95%, the iowa democratic party told us 62%. where is the significance there? we're trying to get clarity on that, is the answer. >> if i ask you, on what did buttigieg base his decision to give a victory speech last night, before flying to new hampshire, how would you answer that? >> well, i think his campaign would say, they're taking. they have spotters at all these different precincts. we have to get a grip where it is. here's one way we can judge this. add up -- this is the initial preference. they told us last

trump.qu among them: ducounty-- a working class area in eastern iowa along the mississippi river. last republican presidential nonee to win here had been dwig eisenhower in 1956. in their closing argumts thi weekend, candidates said thee could bring ea back to the democratic fold. former vice president e biden: >> we have to unite not only the democratic party. we have to unite the country. >> reporter: that appeals to ron healey, a retired united auto workers member and vietnam veteran. >> i think that we have a candidate in joe biden, that thatan help us put our count back together and put us in a positive direction with a president that when he speaks, we know it's the truth, that we don't have to wonder if it's possibly a popularity contest or some childish maneuver by an immature president, joe biden, >> reporter: college professor louise kames likes biden's many years of public service. >> why? um, experience and return government to cility and, you a lone ranger?rotocol and not be and, you know, i think he can unite people. i think he can bringde ndents into support the c d

all along the mississippi river. so this affects many states across parts of the south and the midwest. so here is what is going on. they've seen relentless storms moving through although right now we're not seeing a lot of heavy rain but these are all of the flood warnings that are in effect for the mississippi river and all of the tributaries. we're seeing the highest amount of flooding that we've seen in about 40 years. so a state of emergency issued in mississippi in the wake of that major flooding and there is more rain on the way. now in jackson, mississippi, the watt with -- the water on the pearl river causing massive flooding and people have left homes and they don't know when they could come back and there is also urban search and rescue teams trying to get people evacuated and they say it may be days before theed into waters start to subside so that is something we'll be watching over the next few days. here is the home, we've enjoyed some springlike weather and also some very dry conditions as you head ou

and as the math comes out here, you can see what he did along the mississippi river.e table in this part of iowa, and a big reason why he's, what, one-tenth of a point ahead of bernie sanders based on the latest tabulations. there you have it. again, martha, bret, it's amazing when you've got data, the things you can do. martha: nice to see numbers. bret: and we'll see them tuesday too. listen, the democratic party doing some damage control following the botched reporting in the iowa caucuses, even leading the calls for dnc chairman tom perez to resign. here with more, dana perino, co-host of the five, juan williams, fox news political analyst. the knives are out, dana, for tom perez. >> yes. bret: does he survive, is the question. >> that he should resign partly because they're in the middle of this, and so another -- remember, they had a leadership change in 2016 in the middle of it, and that didn't work out so well for them either. he was considered such a well-regarded person of the obama administration. he was the labor secretary. the he was even on the horse lis

then into the northeast on monday with that front draping across the tennessee and mississippi river valleys that front stalls. tuesday and wednesday, more rain in mississippi and tennessee. they'll get another four to five inches with the rivers already swollen there. tom? >> all right, rob. thank you. >>> let's head to washington now and the aftermath of president trump's impeachment trial, and the rapid-fire dismissal of key witnesses in that hearing. gordon sondland the latest to be shown the door, fired last night. hours earlier, lieutenant colonel alexander vindman and his twin brother were both removed from their national security posts. moves that appear to be retribution. here's david wright tonight. >> reporter: tonight president trump defended the white house purge of people he says were disloyal during impeachment. >> everyone was in the loop. it was no secret. >> reporter: among them, ambassador gordon sondland recalled late last night. and the national security council staff member kicked out of the white house friday. >> lieutenant colonel vindman and his twin brother,

even the threat for additional severe storms across the lower mississippi river valley as we head through the afternoon and evening. damaging wind gusts the main threats and isolated tornadoes and flooding concerns as well. northern edge of this storm, swath of snow from missouri into the lower great lakes. three to six inches of snowfall expected as we head into this thursday. behind this arctic front, big-time temperature drop-off. highs only in the teens in the area. even worse for thursday. i'm accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso. >>> listen up, wine drinkers. you may soon benefit from so much of a good thing. industry analysts say a surplus of grapes and lower demand could lead to a significant drop in wine prices possibly to the lowest level in five years. and here's more good news. experts say the quality could be the best in 20 years. >> excellent. >> fine wine. >>> and coming up, everyone, the top dog at the westminster dog show. >>> first the new charges against jussie smollett. his legal team responds overnight. >>> plus, we hear from a student who survived this terrifying

. >> reporter: but last year, the couple ctionfronted the vola new reality of the mississippi river, even though their oyster bed is nealy 100 miles east. miin and snow across the dwest had swelled the river to recd levels. the army corps of engineers had little choice but to open a massive safety valve called th"" unprecedented 123 days.r the gates add a temporary new branch to the river, lowering water levels in the mn channel. if i had been here earlier this year, i'd be facing a wallhaf water morea mile wide. at that time, water was moving north from theiver to lake pontchartrain across this vast expanse at a rate of nearly20 000 cubic feet per second. the arrival of so much fresh water from the mississippi into the saltier coastal water of the gulf threw off a delicate balance. local volunteers found the remains of more than 150 dolphins and 23 turtles. scientists on wlox's newscast in bili, mississippi blamed the loss of marine life on the influx of fresh water. >> additional non-salt water that comes in decreases the salinity in their environment, and that causes some majorob

this front pushing them to the coast so that means we get a chance to dry up across the mississippi river valley. trade-off is we're turning much colder. into the dakotas this morning accuweather real feel temperatures only in the single digits. i'm accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso. >>> coming up, something you never want to see at a fast food restaurant. >>> but first the crisis on this cruise ship getting even worse today as more cases of coronavirus are confirmed overnight. >>> plus, a major wipeout. the big scare at this surfing competition. >>> and later we hear from the driver who survived this beam crashing through his windshield. >>> a surf competition in >>> a surf competition in portugal went terribly wrong for one contestant. you see there on a jet ski was rushing to help after a surfer got caught up in a series of giant swells. but another giant wave tossed both of them into the air. the surfer was knocked unconscious, but he is now recovering. >>> and closer to home a wild scene outside miami. a good samaritan jumped into action to help this man escape from his burnin

we're tracking this strong storm making its way through the mississippi river valley. on the back side where it's cold we've got some snow and ice. out ahead of it where we have the warmth heavy rainfall and thunderstorms that we're tracking for our day. where we do have the snow, central missouri back to west texas, a swath of three to six inches of snowfall by the end of the day. where we have the storms we need to watch out for damaging wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour, some flooding downpours from louisiana into georgia and into the pacific northwest yet another storm bringing rain and mountain snow. i'm accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso. >>> coming up, the fast food chain making a big announcement about breakfast. >>> but first the mystery this morning after a pilot from american airlines is shot and killed. what police are saying. >>> up next the search for a missing boy from colorado and the new video raising questions about his stepmother's story. >>> we are back with surveillance video from houston. police say two suspects to set a fire in this house

at this time of the year, upstreak, you will get some of the snow melting and coming down the mississippi river and that is rising every spring, and we are combining those two things every summer and then we have been bone dry all month long, and so, as we look outside, it is a live look of san francisco and even though he is out to enjoy it, and take in the spring-like temperatures, and even though something is missing here, and there is a live look here in san rafael, and there is patches of fog in the north bay and now everything is clear and the temperatures are starting to warm up, and if you are starting to be heading out for concord and going out the lunch, expecting the temperatures for 62 degrees rising up to 67 and going steady tone the afternoon. make some plans to go out and enjoy it as you check out the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen, and you will see more of this into the rest of the week. in fact, the high temperatures into the south bay are very much like yesterday, but in a few spots slightly cooler and not much of a difference with milpitas reaching 68 and las

strong storms from missouri to mississippi. river flooding threat will continue today that rain will change to snow as cold air is drawn into this system for chicago and parts of the upper midwest, travel will abound with headaches. rainfall amounts anywhere from 1 to locally 3 inches from central florida on into the southeast. as we move to the north, 1 to 6 inches or more as you get in the upper mississippi river valley and the u.p. of michigan we'll have your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. >>> good monday morning. i'm meteorologist dehydration. we're dealing with dense fog in dub line and also seeing dense fog in the south county and the north bay around napa. once that clears out in for a feis day. highs in upper 60s and low 70s. we'll continue to warm up this weekend. in fact some of the valleys reaching up to 78 on thursday. it will be tooler with the slight chance of rain on sunday as we check out the seven-day forecast. >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al thank you. >>> the fire storm surroun

. ♪ i'll take you to a historic town on the mississippi river crippled by a catastrophic flood.n called into grafton to help with the flooding. man: this is probably going to be the second worst flood of all time. lemonis: grafton, illinois, just outside of st. louis, missouri, has experienced the worst flood to hit its community in over 25 years. oh, my god. this is, like, heart-breaking. i'm marcus lemonis, and i want to see it for myself and really understand how small towns in america recover from a disaster like this. is this worse than you thought it was gonna be? peter: this is brutal. lemonis: something like this make you want to call it quits? oliver: yes. lemonis: there's massive devastation... this is a street. ...an entire main street underwater.

[laughter] like a mississippi river steamboat or a hotel lobby with circular sofas and potted palms. chandeliers date from the grant administration and the furniture dates from arthur's continuation of what president garfield started in 1881. one of the few pieces surviving is this sofa. this ebony sofa given back to the white house in 1962. the things that got away in the sales often come back to our office with stories about -- these came from the white house and we can prove it because the photographs back it up. when they say this was thomas jefferson's table but remember there was a fire in 1814 and they saved no furniture. it really cannot be and it looks like it was made in 1930. [laughter] one of the events that happens in the east room are state funerals. seven of the eight presidents who died in office have laid in the east room with the only exception being president garfield. when he was assassinated -- which is an unexpected way to go layingroom was torn up new floor. is one you see on the left the casket of president mckinley. i have been asked to explain why william mc

river saturday night. a second home also destroyed. fortunately, no one was hurt. in neighboring mississippi, residents bracing for catastrophic flooding as the pearl river continues to rise after weeks of rain. the governor declaring a state of emergency. >> we do not anticipate the situation to end anytime soon. if you have not evacuated yet, we urge you to do so. >> reporter: hundreds of homes in jackson already under water. some residents using boats to get around, gathering whatever they could carry before the river crests monday. >> looking at this, i think it's gonna be pretty bad. we're just trying to salvage and save whatever we can. >> reporter: first responders rescuing at least four people over the weekend, as the river now swells to its highest level in 37 years. >> rob marciano joins us live with the forecast. rob, there's a new storm i want to ask you about, moving across the country. in the rockies, 5 to 8 inches of snow. it's heading to the midwest and then to the northeast? >> reporter: it is. it's moving pretty quickly. by tomorrow it will be in the upper midwest, and will

major flood threatening homes and businesses along mississippi's pearl river. now this system that's on the way in, effecting again millions all the way into the northeast. we have the track of that storm, and abc's alex perez, first, from mississippi. >> reporter: tonight, across parts of the south, flood waters inundating hundreds of homes, after relentless rounds of heavy rain. in mississippi's capital, jackson, the pearl river cresting at just under 37 feet, a level now seen in nearly 40 years. look in the distance there. you can see a car completely submerged, and of course the homes on the other side of the street. officials say as many as 1,000 homes across the area have been damaged. flooding not the only danger. in tennessee, this video from east of memphis capturing a home sliding down the rain-saturated banks of the tennessee river. one of two homes destroyed there over the weekend. this as mississippi first responders went door-to-door as the waters rose here. using airboats to bring families to safety. >> you got water in places where normally water

because it looked like a mississippi river steamboat or a circular lobby with sofas.e from thes grant administration and the -- from chester arthur's continuation of what president garfield had started in 1881 and one of the few pieces surviving from that was this sofa given to the white house in 1962. those things that got away in the sales often come back to our office with stories about grandmothers who said this came from the white house. once in a while we can prove it because photographs back it up or the object backs it up. sometimes they say, this was thomas jefferson's table, it's kind of late, remember? there was a fire in 1814 and they didn't save any of the furniture. so it really can't be. and besides, it looks like it was made in 1930. one of the events in the east room are state funerals. seven of the eight presidents who died in office have laid in state in the east room, the only exception being president garfield. when he was assassinated, which is kind of an unexpected way to go, the room was torn up like it would be today with them laying new floor

especially along the mississippi river valley and its tribute airs. and that becomes an issue. migrating to the east. by 11:00 a.m./noon, we get wintry weather out of portions of the tennessee valley to the carolinas. as much as two to four inches possible east of ashville. and farther to the east is where we think greater amounts are possible. eastern tennessee into the smokeys as much as six inches possible. that was pretty impressive for the southern united states. it's a very short-lived event here. the colder air settles in. temperatures climb fwlook 50s. and even jacksonville cools off into the 50s. guys. >>> a big hug from a young child meant more to a pizza delivery man in warwick, rhode island. it turns out it was just what delivery man ryan patterson needed after a family tragedy. >> after losing my daughter this past week, i was just -- it just touched me because it was like she was there, you know? and it meant a ton to me. >> patterson's 16-year-old daughter struggle would mental illness and died unexpectedly. he says the hug from that little boy touched him deeply

the nation's entire army of 16,367 men view were stationed into the mississippi river and most of themwere in the states. even the army's general in chief winfield scott who loath president buchanan made his headquarters in new york city. sky quickly recognized the gravity of the danger to his capitol however although washington hosted several militia companies they were more social clubs than military units and many of their members were sympathetic to confederacy. the national rifle in particular had quietly been armed and of artillery by disloyal secretary of war and its commander openly at knitted feet attempted to prevent union volunteers from reaching the capital. government spies often reported to plot by the government department including the treasury to inform the provisional government. three companies of light artillery were ordered at to the frontier into another contingent from west point that would take weeks for it to arrive. where would the crisis and unnerve citizens asked each other. representative john mcclaren of illinois worried not only will states receive from t

it is one of the reasons i in theed on an island middle of the mississippi river, because i wanted to make the point it is time to cross the river of our divide to get to a higher plane in our politics. [applause] and i wanted to make the point that when things go wrong, our country, we stand together, we do not divide. that point where i announced was about 1.5 miles from where that bridge collapsed in the middle of a beautiful summer day, and it is near our house. that place means so much to me not only because of what happened there and the people we lost, but what people did when it happened. it says a lot about the spirit of this great state, the extraordinary bridge of ordinary people when things happen, what do they do in their jobs when they are threatened? what do they do when they have to help someone or come up with a split second decision about what to do? that is what happened that day on that bridge. ,o one knew what had happened this highway crashing into the river, 55 trucks and cars submerged. off-duty firefighters walking by inhered herself and dived and out looking

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river. one of two homes destroyed there over the weekend. this as mississippi first responders went door-to-door as the waters rose here. using airboats to bring families to safety. >> you got water in places where normally water doesn't get to. >> reporter: today, we rode along, as authorities searched one more time. >> that's just something we urge the public strongly, keep your loved ones out of this. >> reporter: animal rescue groups helping save the pets left behind. >> you can't go up that tree, baby, we're here to help you. >> reporter: shelters also taking in animals from families until they are able to return home. david, you can see those water-logged streets behind me here. some of it is receding, but there is more rain on the way and it won't take much to create more problems, so, they are not in the clear here just yet. david? >> so hard to see those pets trapped in the floods. alex, thanks to you, as well. let's get to meteorologist rob marciano with this next system now moving in, it will effect the south all the way up into the northeast, rob. >

it is one of the reasons that i announced on an island in the middle of the mississippi river, becauseint that it is time to cross the river of our divide to get you a higher plane in our politics. [applause] and that a one to make the point that when things go wrong, our country, we stand together. we don't divide. [applause] and that point where i announced was actually just about a mile and half from where the 35w bridge collapsed in the middle of a beautiful summer day, and it's right near our house. that place means so much to me, not only because of what happened there and the people that we lost, also what people did when it happened. and i think this is a lot about the spirit of this great state, the extraordinary courage of people, ordinary people when things happen. what do they do? what do they do in the job when they're threatened? what do they do when they have to help someone when they have to come up with a split-second decision about what they're going to do? that's what happened that day on that bridge. what you saw, and no one knew what it happened, this humongous hig

there were certain pundits that predicted when i start that had speech in the middle of the mississippi riverrd that i would never make it to the end of the speech. now here i am nearly a year later. >> of course, referring to the bloomberg and president trump ads aired during the super bowl last night. and senator amy klobuchar will be a guest by the way coming up later on "morning joe." stay tuned for that. >> joining us once again from des moines, iowa, author of the "washington post" early morning newsletter power up jackie al man manny. you have bernie sanders and joe biden running neck to neck in iowa, bernie has a slight lead. what impact is this having in the late hours, if you will, before the caucuses actually begin? >> look, a lot of the undecided voters are looking for external validators right now to help them make their choice. i spoke with voters all weekend long to really take this duty very, very seriously to, you know, help push the democratic nominee potentially help pick them. i think it's why there was a lot of sighs of relief when that des moines register poll was cancel

his tonight going to be clear based on that description or will he be clear as the mississippi riverommitment that we made this year is to make our caucuses more transparent and we wanted to make sure that we could provide more information. that's part of the job that we have here in iowa, to do this year-long job interview and folks have asked as he more information over the course of the year so, this year we are providing it. >> we will see with the candidates can do. at the end of the day this is a race for delegates. this is about who will get to 1,191 delegates on that first ballot in milwaukee. we will see how the delegates will break down and that will be the best major. >> state delegate equivalents. what was john kerry talking about? comments that folks are focused right now on the candidates who've been putting the work into the ground. building the organization and building the ground here for over a year. people are really excited here in the state. i've been talking to folks all day. >> so within the party, what are the issues? >> their issues are health care and climat

there were certain pendants that predicted, when i started that speech in the middle of the mississippi rivern a blizzard, that i would not make it to the end of the speech. now, here i am, nearly a year later -- [cheers] [applause] here i am, one of the top five candidates in this race. and i've done it with a lot less money than a lot of my opponents and a lot less name identification, having not run for president before, like several of them had. look at our numbers, given the money we have been spending. we are frugal. you want that in a president. [applause] yesterday, we just ended our biggest fundraising month ever in this campaign, because we are gaining steam. two polls this last week, we were up to number three in iowa, one at 13%. we are gaining speed. the endorsement of the quad city newspaper -- i love that. i got in, one day, the endorsement of the "new york times" and the "quad city times." i was able to say one of the paper has one city, the other has a four, maybe five, cities. so that is momentum. and as i head to new hampshire after our great iowa caucuses, i will go there

rainfall heavy, especially in the mid mississippi river valley 1 to 3 inches of rain.now from central missouri all the way to interior northeast and new england. upwards of 6 inches of snow. airport delays from new orleans, dallas, chicago, and cleveland we're going to get to your forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds different philosophy. quickbooks helps me get paid, manage cash flow, and run payroll. and now i'm back on top... with koala kai. hey! more mercy. (vo) save over 40 hours a month with intuit quickbooks. the easy way to a happier business. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. beautiful start to the day as we take a live look outside over san francisco. a clear start to the day. we're going to see more sunshine and another warm day, feeling vinglike with highs into the low 70s in the north bay. some 60s in san francisco and 67 in oakland. low 70s for the inland east bay and the south bay. and we'll be slightly cooler going into the end of the week. but it is staying dry. some breezy winds, we're up to 70 degrees on saturday and more clouds as

moves out from the south central midwest and across the rockies and where they meet across the mississippi riveris where we will expects to see some significant snowfall. just to give you some idea des moines with 64 degrees only going to be in the 20s coming up for wednesday. what happens in between all the way from des moines to dubuque, to davenport to chicago pretty much to the north of interstate 55 to milwaukee, milwaukee may see the heaviest, possibly 6 to 12 inches of snowfall for chicago. those temperatures go from the 40s to the 30s. dropping down to single digits overnight into the rest of the workweek. only into the 40s coming into the workweek. so a lot of big changes that reminds us winter is still here. >> thank you for that. >>> let's get a check on cnn business this morning. global markets tanking as the coronavirus spreads beyond china and we're expecting that ugly red ink to spread to the united states. big move on wall street expected. dow jones industrial average now looking like it's going to be down almost 3%. that is big one day move. and that will be about 800 points on

it's interesting, you know, i have studied militia men from the mississippi river to the atlantic.he french, the spaniards. the brits. and at any given time, when militia men are in the field, half of them are drunk. now, that was the nature of being a militia man at that time. and so, in his journal, the french officer who has washington surrounded and in a pathetic position. once again, i refer to his journal which is a wonderful document. he says -- he said, i kept my indians under control. and he had about 200 indians with him. the french officer, jumonville's brother says i kept my indians under control pointedly referring to washington's inability to keep his indians under control at jumonville glen. washington didn't want to see the indians murder the french guys. but he didn't have control of his indians. a very bad thing if you're fighting on the frontier. you got to keep your indians under control. secondly, louis coulon de villiers said i destroyed all of their liquor. the french are not always temperate themselves but this was a dry run. totally dry run. no liquor in th

it was being concentrated around the mississippi river.duction of cotton was moving into new spaces, south and west as the 19th century progressed. people and the work of cotton moved south and west at the 19th century progressed. the map is representing cotton bales, where these things were being produced, but implicit in this map are the people forced to do the labor of producing cotton. each dot represents dozens or hundreds of thousands -- or thousands of enslaved people moved into the south and west to produce this cotton. the map is a representation not only of the movement of people across the country, the movement of cotton production, but also enslavement, the translation of the geography of slavery. -- transition of the geography of slavery. natural increase. the population was going up even beyond the numbers of enslaved people being imported. in 1808, the u.s. banned the import of enslaved afghans through the atlantic slave trade, so -- enslaved africans through the atlantic slave trade. but even after that, the population cont

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that includes atlanta, nashville, memphis, along the mississippi river delta where additional rainfalllead to significant flooding potential there moving forward. notice showers still across this region. as we move forward, watch what happens here. the system pushes out of the gulf, we get cold enough air to align with it. this would be thursday into friday. that highlights areas of the eastern tennessee valley on into parts of the carolinas. for a shot of snow showers there from thursday into friday. we'll see how the timing alipes with the cold air and the moisture. at this point minimal accumulations what we're looking at. any time you're talking about a couple of inches from raleigh points to the east, approaching say wilmington, that's impressive when you pick up winter weather even in the cold season. a trio of 13th across sioux falls and minot, across the upper midwest. >>> actress je in that e -- jenae dubois who starred in "times" has died. >> i call it the husband -- two drops behind each ear and he will try to hit more home runs than hank aaron. >> she played the evans famil

the pearl river in mississippi is expected to crest today at almost 40 feet.hat's the third highest level ever recorded, more than a thousand homes are at risk just in three counties near jackson, and more rain is on the way. officials warn the danger of flooding won't end any time soon. >> it will be days before we are out of the woods, and the waters start to recede, and the state and our first respders are prepared and ready to act. >> other rivers in mississippi are alsobove flood stage. the red cross has opened shelters for residents who evacuated their homes. >>> and it's not just in mississippi. lands slides took two homes. this is about 100 miles east of memphis. firefighters rescued the owners of one of the houses before it fell. the other was vacant. time now for a look at your weather for thisonday morning. >> good morning. we'll see a little bit of a break from the wet weather across the southeast for our monday. some spotty showers late along the gulf coast, but as we get into our monday night all the way through the middle of the week with the di

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the first batch of rain moving across saturated ground flood advisory as remain a posted for mississippi river part of kansas, and missouri today as this system could drop several inches of rain in a short period of time. and then that kind of combines with the next system across plain states, that's going to bring a stripe of snow in some cases 8 to 12 inches of snow for midwest part of the great lakes interior northeast so next couple of days we'll watch for that potential of flooding across the southeast, there's your forecast i want to mention that santa ana winds return to southern california tuesday and wednesday, so that's another story we're going to continue to monitor. so winter may be actually coming afterall. >> you know what in some yores perhaps. >> janice, thank you. >> i remember janice say march could be rough. sonic hedgehog speeding past 100 million dollar mark. leading in the way and a tracee carrasco has that story. >> sonic narrowly beating kawft the wild at the box office this fast weekend. harrison ford movie surprised everyone by taking the early lead on friday. well s

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