. >>> millions under flash flood watches in the mississippi valley, as barry continues knot. >>> novak djokovic. >> what a match. a wimbledon for the ages. the historic win, for novak djokovic. welcome to our viewers around the united states. this is "early start." >> good evening to you. novak djokovic chowing on some grass there. it's 4:00 a.m. in new york. 9:00 a.m., in england, where novak was eating the grass. president trump attacked four minority lawmakers, telling them to go back to their country. his racist tweet, normalizing using the oval office to maintain biggestry. the president writing in part -- >> the president doubled down, saying on twitter, the democrats used disgusting language. more from white house correspondent, boris sanchez. >> dave and jessica, the president exploiting a rift among the democrats and the white house speaker, and the speaker pushing forward a funding bill they didn't accept. all four of the women sending out rebukes of the president, as did nancy pelosi. look at what she tweeted -- i reject donald trump's xenophobic instruction. president trump

it's been downgraded to a tropical depression but packing a punch as it moves up the mississippi valley. >> one of the hardest-hit areas was iberia parish, louisiana, on the gulf coast, 50 miles south of lafayette. barry's winds tore the roof off an airport hangar and downed many trees. >> everywhere there's flooding, inside homes and businesses and on the roadways. the entire coastal region is beginning to get back to normal today. elizabeth hur has more. >> reporter: here in new orleans the big story on barry's front is this. the airport is back in business after all of the flights in and out of the city were canceled yesterday. take a look. most are now operating on time. this is welcome news for so many, especially for those who tried to get out of town even before the storm hit. now as far as the city is concerned, so far aside from some on and off rain, residents say it looks like they dodged a bullet here. for some perspective, it was just last wednesday some parts of the city got swamped with 8 inches of rain in just three hours. and so for officials, preparing for barry was par

banks >> the forecast has rain again all the way up the lower mississippi valley. hat rain will get into the valley and come backwn to louisiana so we want to make sure we watch the water levels. >> this morning, tens of thousands of people are still without power. in new orleans, a big sigh of relief. the city said it managed to make it through the storm without much trouble. >>> the d.c. region may not have been hit with hurricane but some of us are still cleaning up a big chunk of flooding. >> it created a sinkhuse that is cag problems for dozens of people who live on the wrong side of that wash-out. >> they had a shuttle service out there for us. everything worked out o etty well sr. >> crews are working on a permanent fix to the road but there is no timetable on when that will get done. at least the one resident is trying to look at the bright side. >>> ahead this morning, a new study shares the light on the effectiveness of gun control laws when it comes to children. >>> social media backlash. president trump fires a series of weekend tweets that many are call

arthel: for more on this commander of mississippi valley division, he joins us now by phone, general kaiser, thanks for joining us. >> i'm glad to be here, thanks for having me on. arthel: very important day to have you, let's start here, how dangerous are current levels of the mighty mississippi? >> the highest it's been for a long time, i remind all the viewers, 41% of our country past new orleans, we've taken altogether lower mississippi valley saturated and really no more room for water when barry showed up. high river that we are controlling and then we faced the storm surge which is now subsiding, what we are dealing with right now is heavy rainfall which some of your previous folks were talking about. >> yeah, more rain on the way, so general where is the greatest vulnerability and who is in the most danger? >> i think what you're finding very favorable forecast and we are getting river forecast that continue to drop and this is great news, so in baton rogue, the rivers, much lower than we predicted based on the rainfall, you're still going to have significant problem in missi

thousands of undocumented immigrants are far away. >>> millions under flash flood watches in the mississippi valley

we are dry today but here come that swath of rain going through the mississippi valley. out ahead of it on tuesday, there could be a little disturbance that push out ahead of it and could bring some shower and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night and better chance the moisture moving in late wednesday night and thursday and it will push through pretty quickly. could have are of heavy rain but for the most part we are dry by friday morning. let's take a look at a traffic with melissa. you can see this purple closure point on the screen baugh because of a sinkhole from last week's rain on last monday and manot be totally fixed until this friday. top of the beltway, no problems into or out of town. >>e still ahead,re working for your health. what you need to know to slow the signs of aging and lower your risk ofkin cancer. we are talking about sunscreen in your makeup. >>> watch "ellen" at 3:00, followed by news4 at 4:00. >> all this week on news4, video game the brain drain. we will show you simple andfun things parents can do to keep their hits mentally sha

. >> the forecast has rain all the way up the lower mississippi valley and that rain will get into the valley and come back down to louisiana so we want to make sure we watch the water levels. >> this morning, tens of thousands of people are still without power. in new orleans, a big sigh of relief. the city says it planned to make it through the storm without . much trouble >>> the d.c. may not have been hit with a hurricane but some of us are ll cleaning up from last week's flooding. t.>> look at th it created a sinkhole that is causing problems for dozens of people who live on the wrong side of that wash-out. >> they had a shuttle service out there for us. everything worked out pretty well so far. >> crews are working on a perutnent fix to the road there is no imetable onen done.will get those neighbors have to suffer through a lot more delays. >>> ahead this morning, a new study shares the light on the of gun control laws when it comes to children. >>> social media backlash. president trump fires a series are ekend tweets that many calling racist but un-american but he is standing

we are talking about a high risk of flooding through the lower mississippi river valley rain fall amounts could top out at over 25 inches of rain but generally 10 to 15 inches of rain either way, lester, it will be really devastating flooding with this >> thanks. >>> to our other big story breaking, the resignation of president trump's labor secretary. alex acosta faced harsh criticism for his role in the plea deal in florida in a sex abuse case against jeffrey epstein 11 years ago peter alexander has that story >> reporter: president trump and alex acosta walking out together before the surprising announcement acosta was resigning >> this was him, not me, because i'm with him he was a - he's a tremendous talent >> reporter: acosta's sudden departure comes less than 48 hours after the labor secretary defended his role as the attorney of jeffrey epstein where epstein spent 13 months behind bars for soliciting prostitution from a minor. >> the goal here was straightforward. put epstein behind bars >> reporter: acosta today. >> i do not think it is right or fair for this administration's lab

as the western armies push south into the mississippi valley, the buckle of the nation's plantation belt slaves fled their owners to union camps in western tennessee, eastern arkansas and mississippi. pressured military policy. union officers required to return the slaves often refused to comply encouraging congress to begin debate over new policies about confiscations and contrabands of commanders like grant. in the summer of 1862, congress enbasiced the second conification act allowing the military to free, employ and enlist slaves from the c confederaco confedera confederacy. black troops from the western border states were already in military service in the west. kans as early as november 1861, charles reportedly an entire company of liberate westerners under the command of a black officer on a raid. the president employs persons of african desent for the repression of this rebellion. boasting quote if we are jay hawkers we are jay hawking for the government. in october 1862, detachments of the brigades saw action. repulsing repeated attacks by white missouri horse men at island moun

gulf of mexico and as you can see the gulf states along the northern gulf and even the lower mississippi valley, right now under parts of a hurricane watch and storm surge warning just because of all that flooding and heavy winds that that reporter was just talking about so this storm starting to take shape right now and as you could see those outer bands. rain right now impacting the states of louisiana and even the florida panhandle right now. the one thing that is working in their favor is that it doesn't appear that this storm is going to reach hurricane status in order for it to do so it has to have sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour. and it looks like by the time it makes landfall in the state of louisiana either friday night. early saturday morning it will have sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. and it will be considered a tropical storm which is what it is now sustained winds at 45 miles per hour pena to keep back to you. >>a recent coming up you might want to pace yourself well with the guacamole why off of condo prices are skyrocketing and when there expected to level ou

in addition to the lower mississippi valley right now it is a tropical storm with sustained winds at 45 miles per hour. and it struck right now making its way towards louisiana with sustained winds at 70 miles per hour. so it will still technically be considered a tropical storm because in order for it to reach hurricane status. it needs to have sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour. so fortunately, it looks like it is weakening just a bit but not by much closer to home and back on land, let's take a look at our local forecast out there right now golden gate bridge noticing a very shallow marine layer, but overall clear skies and your friday microclimate forecast tracking a gradual warming trend in fact we will be a few degrees above average in downtown san francisco, 69 degrees in half moon bay, 67 degrees for your friday afternoon highs so will be a mostly cloudy start with mostly sunny skies by your friday afternoon and still tracking a cool but strong sea breeze about 25 miles per hour or less burlingame in millbrae warming up into the mid 60's. low 70's for those of you

. >>> millions under flash flood watches in the mississippi valley, as barry makes its way north. >>>ow about a win for the ages. djokovic breaking records. >> what does the grass taste like? >> fresh. >> i'm dave briggs. monday, july 15th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. why was #racistinchief trending on sunday? here's why. democrats fighting back after president trump attacked four minority democratic lawmakers, telling them to go back to their country. the racist tweet underlining the use of the oval office for bigotry. the president writing, in part, why don't they go back and fix the broken and crime-infested places from which they came. >> trump is wrong. all of them are american citizens. three of the four were born in the united states. ilhan omar moved to the united states when she was 12, became a citizen at 17. that's not the point. not a single member of congress has objected to the racist comments. democrats opposed to the line that trump targeted, and more centrist ones are defending the tweet, saying that democrats use disgusting language. more from boris sanchez. >> dave and j

is still going to be a rainmaker for today and for tomorrow as it works its way through the mississippi valley with significant flash flooding expected then by tomorrow we'll look for isolated showers throughout the day. notice the moisture spreads as far north as chicago this storm system going all the way from south to north and eventually the remnants of a southwest. triple digits for parts of arizona and into the desert. hurricane season under way and this is probably the beginning of a fairly active season ahead. >> means you're going to be busy and a lot of people looking out. thank you. >>> lebanon hosted the red bull clip diving championship for the very first time on sunday bringing gary hunt from the uk and from australian claim dominating wins. hunt the first diver to have all five judges award a score of ten. on the women's side, her fifth win out of five events this year. >>> still ahead inside the e-cigarette epidemic the ceo of juul speaks out to parents. >>> the soldier takes to the skies on an invention straight out of back to the future.ed, try febreze car vent clips. febreze

valley. so all along the mississippi river valley, the potential for very heavy rainfall, so we're just startingseason of the tropics this was a good learning lesson for folks loons the gulf coast. that it takes minimal hurricane even a tropical storm to bring a foot of rainfall and potential for heavy flooding. so that's going to be the big concern as question go through next couple of days. other big story in the wake of this storm is beginning to be the extreme heat. so temperatures if in the 90s for a lot of folkses across the plain states, up towards the northeast here in new york city. will, you know, get close to 100 degrees on friday. so heat indices are very warm there's your forecast today still watching the rem innocents of barry across the mississippi river valley, and then the story will be the summer time heat, for at least two-thirds of the nation as a we head into the weekend. back to you, ladies. >> janice welcome back from your wonderful hawaiian vacation by the way. >> thank you i know it is one of your favorite places of all time. we have a wonderful trip. >> we missed you. t

we are talking about a high risk of flooding through the lower mississippi river valley. rain fall amounts could top out at over 25 inches of rain. but generally 10 to 15 inches of rain. either way, lester, it will be really devastating flooding with this. >>> all right, al. thanks. >>> to our other big story breaking, the resignation of president trump's labor secretary. alex acosta faced harsh criticism for his role in the plea deal in florida in a sex abuse case against jeffrey epstein 11 years ago. our peterxa >> reporter: president trump and alex acosta today walking out of the white house together before that surprise announcement, acosta was resigning. >> i just want to let you know this was him, not me because i'm with him. he's a tremendous talent. >> reporter: acosta's sudden departure comes less than 48 hours after the labor secretary defended his role the as the attorney in the controversial plea agreement with jeffrey spent 13th prostitution from a minor. >> the goal here was straightforward. put epstein behind bars. >> reporter: acosta today. >> i do not thi

flooded and creeks are overflowing >> the forecast has rain again all the way up the lower mississippi valley that rain will get into the valley and come back down to louisiana, so we want to make sure we watch the water levels louisiana felt barry's full force. the storm surging engulfed some neighborhoods while in alabama some major roads were consumed by water as they work to restore power to tens of thousands left in the dark, in the big easy, there is a sigh of relief. >> we absolutely made it through the storm. beyond lucky, we were spared >> reporter: the floodgates to new orleans are open again and the port is open for business. dan scheneman, nbc news. >> now to president trump igniting new controversy this morning with a tweet targeting progressive congress women his message denounced as racist by democrats he suggested they go back and help fix the totally broken and crum infested places from which they came. while he didn't mention anyone by name, he appeared to be referencing four freshman democrats, none of whom are white and all but one are from the u.s. nbc's hans nichols has

, mid-mississippi river valley, ohio and tennessee river valley, the greatest flash flood riskrkansas and through mississippi up towards tennessee, you know, areas that you don't expect to see tropical storm issues but that's going to be the case, now, we are just getting into tropical season, i want to make mention so this is a good -- this is a good starting point of people needing to know what to do if and when you are in the eye of the storm, tropical storm, depression or a hurricane over the next couple of months so we are just starting peak season, good reminder that people need to be on guard and listen to local officials. all right, back to you. i'm doing the walk. [laughter] >> my brain is still on vacation. >> hawaiian time. >> 11:30 my time in hawaii right now. [laughter] >> crash will become later today. go on instagram and you'll find out. jillian: welcome back. workers go on strike, now the workers make $15 an hour, the question is what more do they want out of this strike, aisha here with the answer, good morning. >> good morning, yeah, prime day kicked off 2 and

we're going to see the potential for heavy rain across areas of the mid-mississippi river valley, areasalready swollen with floodwaters. this is going to be a big situation. it's not going to leave really for the next couple of days, even into the next week. so flood advisories remain in effect in all of those areas that were affected by the spring-time floods. so that's going to be a big problem. here's the precipitation outlook as we go through the next couple days. again, across the mississippi river valley, the ohio valley, a new system moves into the northern plains. then, the big story, olay, olay, feeling hot, hot, hot. [ laughter ] >> i notice ied yesterday on twitter, the same people complaining about the snow and cold are now complaining it's hot outside. i can never win. >> it's like a cycle. like every year the same people, the same thing happens. >> that's okay. i'm here all week. rob: keep singing, fresh from hawaii. >> tip your waitress. >> see you later. rob: president trump's re-election bid gets an influx of donations in the second quarter alone. the campaign says it's

louisiana, this is libby, alabama and we will eventually see devastating impacts across the mississippi valley is pushing for a highly controversial hydropower project in myanmar to be restarted. in 2011, the burmese government bowed to public pressure and suspended the $3.8 billion project at the start of the irrawaddy river, which is considered by many to be the birthplace of the burmese civilisation. but now aung san suu kyi's government says they are working to find a solution — sparking a renewed campaign to stop the project. lara owen reports. the start of the irrawaddy river, a waterway described as the country's lifeblood, and the proposed site of one of the biggest and most controversial hydropower projects in the region. this is the closest this woman can now get to her land inside the project site. it's difficult to see it but not be able to walk on it. she is one of thousands forcibly moved to make way for a dam that is yet to be built. translation: i cry every time i talk about the dam. now i have nothing because of it. before, we ate work we grew, there was no need to buy anythin

. >> the forecast has rain again all the way up to lower mississippi valley. that rain will get into the valley and come back down to louisiana. we want to make sure that we watch the water levels. >> reporter: the coast of louisiana felt barry's full force. the storm surge engulfed some neighborhoods, while in alabama, major roads were consumed by water as workersggow strule to restore power to tens of thousands left in the dark. in the big easy, there's a sigh of relief. >> we absolutely made it through the storm. beyond lucky, we were spared. >> reporter: the floodgates in new orleans are open again and the port is open for business. nbc news. t >> u.s. coast guard says they rescued at least 12 people in louisiana. for new orleans, the gois news the city didn't get that catastrophic storm surge that so many were fearing. >>> meanwhile, a family is devastated tonight after a road rage incident in wisconsin left a 3-year-oldlittle girl dead. brooklyn harris was ar with her mom when she nearly crashed intoanother car yesterday morning in milwaukee. hat's when

mississippi, alabama and we what we'll eventually see bring some devastating impacts across the mississippi valley will continue to monitor the situation with barry there. we have had a thrilling few days of sport. of course we've heard about the cricket world cup. well let me fill you in on the wimbledon tennis tournament. novak djokovic has beaten roger federer, in an epic wimbledon men's final, lasting five sets and more than five hours. the match went to a thrilling final deciding set, but djokovic prevailed after a tie—break and has now won 16 grand slams. andy swiss watched it all happen. a day to reach for the superlatives. one of wimbledon‘s greatest finals between two of its greatest players. it was a battle of the bookies‘s favourite against the sentimental one. but if roger federer had the support, it was novak djokovic that soon had the edge. he took the first set on a tie—break. but back came federer, charging to the second. umpire: game! a picture of poetry in motion. thrillingly, mesmerically, it ebbed and flowed. djokovic winning another tie—break before federer levelled again. wit

we are talking about agh hi risk of flooding through the lower mississippi river valley. rain fall amounts could top out at over 25 inches of rain. but generally 10 to 15 inches of rain. either way, lester, it will be really devastating floong with this. >>> all right, al. thanks. >>> to our other big story breaking, the resignation of president trump's labor secretary. alex acosta faced foharsh criticism his role in the plea deal in florida in a sex abuse case against jeffrey epstein 11 years ago. our peter alexander has that story. r >>orter: president trump and alex acosta today walking out of the white house together before that surprise announcement, acosta was resigning. t>> i just wanto let you know this was him, not me because i'm with him. he's a tremendous talent. en> reporter: acosta's sudd departure comes less than 48 hours after e labor secretary defended his role the as the attorney in the controversial plea agreement with jeffrey epstein where epstein spent 13 months behind bars for soliciting prostitution from a minor. >> the goal here was straightforward.

sourced rain so it's still very heavy anything up to 200 millimeters can still fall on the mississippi valley and that's the problem area of course now the rain hard talk itself as far north as tennessee maybe kentucky now with the case the next 2 days getting lighter but still falling on fairly sodden ground and then the picture probably changes from one of flooding which will still be there to increasing he particular at least seaboard $35.00 in washington but 30 in new york and humid with it that will be noticed there is some fairly frequent showers in the smaller arms of the caribbean recently and i think trinidad to probably pick up some rain in the next day or so but the bulk of the convective where the thunderstorms is heading towards the coast of honduras believe he's possibly southern mexico and that's the picture increasingly so during wednesday on that is with cuba looking actually quite dry for a change and same is true for haiti and jamaica conversed even might well see a developing line of significant rain running through bolivia and peru of the not so much anymore in brazil. pe

it makes landfall within the next few hours and continues its path through the mississippi valley into the midwest and ohio valley before it makes a turn eastward. the other issue we're going to be dealing with is the speed with which the storm moves because as it sits over these saturated areas, the concerns for flooding exist. let's go through the alerts which are posted. 8 million people affected all the way east of biloxi and all the way to the west from camryn, louisiana, to the texas border to the north by lake charles. storm surges 3 to 6 feet at this point. 1 to 3 feet as we head inland and new orleans right along the cusp or we could see significant storm surge, but we're going to continue to watch as this water moves in and continues to sit over the area. flash flood threats even though we're focused right now on the coast line, it spreads inland and all the way to the carolinas where we could see rainfall rates through parts of this region at 3 inches per hour and a storm which just sits over this area. now keep in mind we could see upwards of 10 to 15 inches of rape and rai

still talking heavy rain across parts of mississippi river valley.hes of additional rainfall are expected. meanwhile the rest of the southeast dry. just hot. some of that heavy rain working toward the great lakes region, even back toward the northern plains here. some isolated strong to severe storms are expected as this frontal boundary remains parked in place. we'll eventually get some of that rain from barry across the northeast. but we are hot and dry. that's the talking point as we head into our tuesday across the northeast. janai, kenneth? >> adam, thank you. >>> a real-life version of the movie "crawl" may be developing in the waters of tennessee. >> police in laredo, near the alabama border are warning residents to stop flushing their drugs down the toilet. officials are concerned it could lead to meth-addicted alligators. two years ago a python laced with meth was found in australia. it needed six weeks to detox. >>> meanwhile an alligator expert is now on the job in chicago's ongoing search for chance the snapper. >> the elusive reptile has

barry moving up the gulf coast, flooding is the big fear as 20-inches of rain could fall in mississippi valleycasey. >> yeah, arthel, we are up north north shore of lake pontchartrain, so large, north of the new orleans metro area, you have a lot of communities and some beautiful homes out here, but talk about high water is extremely too close for comfort, look at what lake pontchartrain looking like this hour.

flooding remains a threat as up to two feet of rain is expected for the lower mississippi valley betweenower is back on in new york city. a transform firer -- a transformer fire caused a blackout. snarled traffic, paralyzed subways and caused businesses to close. people attending broadway shows were forced out on to the streets. greg: he won't play nice if they kneel on the ice. a hockey coach with a simple message. >> first day of camp. something really important. okay? we are not women's soccer. we are not the nfl. if there is anybody here who is going to be disrespectful to the american or canadian national anthem. grab your gear and get the [bleep] out because you will never see that in this arena. we don't have that in hockey. i don't believe it would happen here. we are the most of pay the krottic sport we have out there. keep that in mind. thank you. greg: he's the assistant coach of the hat tricks a minor league team. he's also a former s.w.a.t. team member. i.e. a bad ass. i wouldn't mess with him and i'm a white belt in karate. he says his comments were about basic stuff you sh

sourced rain so it's still very heavy anything up to $200.00 millimeters can still fall on the mississippi valley and that's the problem area of course now the rain hard talk itself is fun north as tennessee maybe kentuckian now with the case the next 2 days getting lighter but still falling on fairly sudden ground and then the picture probably changes from one of flooding which will still be there to increasing he particular at least seaboard 35 in washington 30 in new york and humid with it that will be noticed there is a frequent showers in the smaller arms of the caribbean recently and i think trinidad to probably pick up some rain in the next day or so but the bulk of the convective where the thunderstorms is heading towards the coast of honduras billie's and possibly southern mexico and that's the picture increasingly so during wednesday on there it is cuba looking actually quite dry for a change and same is true for haiti and jamaica conversed even might well see a developing line of significant rain running through bolivia and peru for the not so much anymore in brazil. i've been looking

maximum sustained winds at 35 miles an hour and warns of possible flooding through the lower mississippi valleythe hurricanes also said were possible across louisiana, mississippi, eastern arkansas and western tennessee. let's get a check on the weather now with bill karins. >> overall, minor was kind of the word. some trees that went down on cars and homes, minor areas with storm surge along the coast. one levee with a breach. nothing major with this storm and going into the weekend, we were concerned with the possibility of historic rains and flooding because of that. we had about half the rain we thought was possible. mostly because the computers were telling us there was a chance of that happening. we were threatened of seeing up to 27 inches. the storm is now getting towards little rock and as far as illinois. thunderstorms in texas. the concern is this heavy rain band in central portions of louisiana. this area of red is a flash flood warning. one spot had a foot of rain north of lake charles. we are waiting for the confirmation to see if that's the highest rainfall total. flood flashes g

some of those storms spread into the tennessee valley and mississippi river valley as well, but out ahead of it remaining hot and humid across the southeast. i'm accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso. >>> coming up, the popular beauty product being recalled. >>> also ahead, the warning from a country popular with american tourists after several people died from tainted alcohol. what authorities are now saying. >>> and the jailed rapper overseas getting some high-profile support. >>> the walls of a historic building near houston have come tumbling down. the long abandoned first pasadena state bank was imploded. the 56-year-old 15-story building was the only skyscraper in pasadena, texas. >>> puerto rico is bracing for a massive protest today with a million people expected to hit the streets. they're demanding that governor ricardo rossello resign on sunday. he announced that he wouldn't seek re-election. he's also stepping down as leader of the pro-statehood party, but that's not enough for the island's residents. they have been frustrated for years with a weak economy and corruption. b

storm barry moves north, definitely, a lot of flash flood watches that are issues for the mid mississippi valleyd arkansas. that may have issues for tributaries that feed into the mississippi river. >> thank you for taking time for us this morning. thank you. >> thank you. >>> just before the break, we showed you dramatic video. this was a rescue here in louisiana. if that name sounds familiar for folks, we talked about a rescue of 12 people and a cat yesterday. this specifically, i believe the area was up as much as 12 feet. people trying to get the horses out of harm's way. there's so much to take into account when these weather events happen. we talk about pets and the laws that were passed following katrina and other events so people would leave their homes, would evacuate for safety, allowing them to bring their pets. when you look at horses and cattle, obviously, that is something different to take into account. see people banding together, getting the animals to safety. we want to show more of that to you. >> great to see. really great to see. >>> today is the day we've been talking about

35 miles per hour, and warned of possible flooding in louisiana, northward through the lower mississippi valley. the hurricane center also said tornadoes were possible across portions of southeastern louisiana and mississippi, western alabama, eastern arkansas, and western tennessee as well. so let's get an update now on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. hey, bill. >> good monday morning, overall with this storm, so far so good, i mean, we went into the weekend very concerned with what could have been historic rainfall. the timing of the forecast, where the storm was going was excellent by the hurricane center, perfect. what was not good was the predictions we had for how much rain was going to fall. our computer models was saying this was going to be a possible to major historic rainfall. we got half of the rain we thought we were going to get. a lot of less damage than expected. the storm is moving into areas of arkansas. overnight, this band of heavy rain and thunderstorms north of lake charles has produced up to a foot of rain. there was a flash flood emergency for the areas

now it's crawling up through the mississippi valley at about 10 miles per hour.tle bit, but that's -- it's a lot of moisture. i'm going to show in a second. that rain is headed our way, eventually moving east. so we will see some rain headed our way fromxd barry. but not today. day is nice and comfortable. plenty of sunshine out there. it's beautiful out there right now. and again, the humidity is on the low side.w, nowe get into your tuesday, that's when the humidity starts rolling back in.,h we will see that a heat and humidity build thursday, friday, saturday, into the weekend. oh, yeah, it's going to be really hot. n fact, some of the warmest temperatures we have seen yet. wehc÷ do have some storms due tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night and then a f late wednesday into thursday. ancr tshat's going b thear bo not too bad out there with the humidity. feels like the actual air about 89 degrees today. and again,x÷ plenty of "Ñsunshi blue skies out there. just going to be very comfortable. as far as your monday j940outlo pretty much all throughout the the day

not just for the northeast but the mid-atlantic, portions of the ohio and mississippi valley are underse excessive heat warnings and heat advisories today. the thing about this heat wave, it's not just the temperature, it's also factoring in the humidity or giving you the feels-like temperature which is expected to be around 100 for richmond, philadelphia, new york getting awfully close as well. boston looking at a feels-like temperature close to triple digits today. for a city like boston, today will be the last day. it's d.c. where you're likely to have one extra day. victor and christi, once that front slides through, cooler air will be behind it but you have severe storms behind it you'll have to keep an eye on. >> allison chinchar, thanks so much. >>> the tweet with congresswomen should go back to their country and then with rants of send her back. >> send her back. >> each time the president seemed to walk back the racist statements, he then doubled down. >> according to "the washington post," white house aides had to tell the president why the tweets were problematic. they say h

as you get into the mississippi river valley, could be 5 to 6 inches, as well.n democrats that some critics call racist he tweeted yesterday that progressive democratic congressmen who originally came from other countries should, quote, go back to help fix the crime-infested places from which they came and then come back and show us how it's done. he was apparently referring to ocasio-cortez anthe other freshmen house members, all u.s. citizens, only one born in another country. candidates on the campaign trail were quick to react to the president's latest tweet >> absolutely racist and un-american. >> right now, we have a racist president who is demeaning female members of the house of representatives based on the color of their skin. >> the president fired back, so sad to see the democrats sticking up for people who speak so badly of our country. >>> police in baton rouge, louisiana, are searching for clues this morning in the death of a long-time community activist and historian the body of sadie roberts joseph was found on friday. she'd apparently been kille

some of those storms spilling into the mississippi river valley as well. of it, remaining dangerously hot and humid with real-feel temperatures from the carolinas into the delmarva peninsula pushing 110. >> thanks, adam. >>> a mass shooting in one of mexico's top vacation spots leaves five people dead. >> police say six other people were wounded when a gunman started firing at a bar in acapulco. a suspect is under arrest. the shooting came just days after police stepped up security for the tourist season. >>> at least 19 people in costa ri have been killed alcol ov thea they believe that the alcohol was tainted with a toxic chemical methanol, which is used in fuel and antifreeze. the deaths happened in six cities around costa rica. 30,000 bottles of alcohol have been confiscated. >>> r. kelly wants a computer so he can complete his latest album from jail. that's according to his attorney. the singer's currently in solitary confinement in chicago. he's facing multiple charges of child sex abuse and pornography charges. kelly's attorney says he needs to fini

potentially from lake charles across the atchafalaya toward baton rouge and then streaming up the mid-mississippi valleyht on through tomorrow night. tremendous amount of rain there but most of the heavy rain is going to be across the deep south. could see a foot of it here and the question is, will the bayous be able the hold it? will the pumps hold it as well? eva. >> thank you, rob. >>> let's go further inland to abc's alex perez who is in baton rouge where major flooding is a concern. alex, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, eva. it's been a soggy 24 hours here in baton rouge, the on again, off again rain has essentially not stopped since it started. the storm has already toppled trees and toppled utility poles. a lot of people have spent the last day stuck in their homes following that directive from authorities to shelter in place. and here's the bad news, we're not in the clear just yet. this storm is not over, it's lingering, and flooding is still a major, big, big concern here. we'll have to follow this storm, watch it closely for at least the next 24 hours. eva. >> all right, thanks

that rainfall eventually gets up into the mid-mississippi valley and the ohio river valley as well. life in new orleans will get more back to normal today. the streetcar is closed again today. but the buses will start to run. sanitation crews have been out trying to pick up some of the trash left behind the past two days during the storm and the court port is open. we saw a kuz ship up the river. all the flights were canceled yesterday. today the airlines are going to wind things up. a number of utility crews staying at the local hotels here have fanned out to try to get the power back on for those who have lost it in the storm. rob marciano, abc news, new orlea orleans. >>> a man who needed no contest to charges he murdered a young couple on a sonoma county beached is expected to be sentenced tomorrow. shawn gallonen confessed to killing the pair as they slept on the beach in jenner in 2004. gallon yen admitted to shooting and killing his brother in 2017. prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty against him as part of a plea deal. he will likely receive a sentence of three con

pontchartrain, but this will make landfall in the next few hours with the very heavy rain, the mid mississippi valleythe tennessee river valley, and then you can see into sunday it does weaken but the rain threat does not. in fact, we are looking at several inches of rain, perhaps in feet where you see it shaded in yellow and pink here. so this is what we're worried about, that storm surge, the flash flooding, and as it moves to the north. but early on it looked like things were going okay with the mid -- with the mississippi river being around 17 feet, and now things are beginning to get a little more active. you can see much of the southeast, arkansas, mississippi, louisiana and florida inundated with that system as it travels on shore. as we look at our roof camera, a little gray out there. 54, san francisco. 60, san jose. 59, morgan hill. half moon bay, 54. this is san jose getting some sunshine here. 54 in santa rosa with some fog. by the delta it is in the 60 well as concord. livermore, it is sunny, and the fog the two-mile visibility in half moon bay. things have quickly brightened in santa ro

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barry prompting mandatory evacuations and part of the state and joining us now commander of the mississippi valley of the army corps engineer major general richard kaiser. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. >> thanks for having me on. kristin: my pleasure. major general, reports of levees overflowing, but i went to be clear we have no reports of levees or breach at this point in time; correct? >> let me clarify if i can. you have a couple levees you have river levees and specifically like the mississippi river. not a single one of our mississippi levees have breached or overtopped during this event. what you are seeing are different kinds of levees, levees that are more designed to protect from storm surge from the backside, so what you have seen with barry is a confluence of three huge things, very very high mississippi river in an area inundated for months coupled with the storm surge of that barry and continued inundation from rain, so the overtopping you have seen has already been stopped and we have been able to stop that. my understanding as we are working on the overtopping. krist

so far for new orleans in particular things are going okay, but the mid mississippi valley, the ohio river valley is going to look at the flash flooding, the potential for that anyway as the system continues to slide to the north. throughout the day it does weaken, but the heavy rain, the possibility of some flooding continues. and they're getting two to three inches of rain per hour, then they will see problems if it lasts throughout the entire day. if it continues to move, right now the mississippi well within its banks at 17 feet, but you have lake pontchartrain down there. so obviously watching it closely and you can see the rain expected throughout mississippi, arkansas and especially right here around new orleans. as we look live around walnut creek, it is nice and sunny. 54 in san francisco. the sun is coming up right before 6:00. it is 57 in morgan hill. 54, half moon bay. low clouds and fog, you can see it here from mount tam. winds are gusty in the higher elevations but the winds will be confined to the typical on-shore flow at the coast today. 57 by the delta. 60 in concor

it's going to rain up the lower mississippi valley.bly early, late next week, so even though barry may be nothing but a memory, we're still going to have flooding conditions that persist in the mississippi valley all the way down to louisiana. so, again, the rain is the threat. not only while it's raining, but, you know, in a couple days when those flood waters come back down the mississippi into the gulf. >> sir, talk about the dangers in water that has been standing for not just 48, 72 hours, but that could potentially be standing for a week or longer. >> yeah. well, first of all, i think our message about water is stay out of it. you know, 90% of all the water-related deaths from weather, you know, weather systems like barry are drowning. and 50% of those deaths are people in vehicles that drive their vehicles through water. our message is clear today, turn around, don't drown, don't put yourself at risk, don't put first responders or your family at risk. stay out of the water until you get the all clear from local officials. jededi

that a storm surge of 3 to 6 feet is what those along the north gulf states and even the lower mississippi valley have to deal with. let's take a look at its current track out there right now barry sustained winds at 65 miles per hour in shortly before it makes landfall in louisiana. it is expected to reach hurricane one status. so it will have sustained winds of 75 miles per hour as it makes landfall at 7 o'clock saturday morning, central standard time so this is something we're certainly going to keep an eye on here from the kron 4 weather center but closer to home tracking a warm up after today, not just along the coast. but our interior valleys as well, here's a live look outside in the east bay over berkeley and as you can see plenty of clouds overhead and that marine layer starting to make its way along the east bay shoreline, reducing visibility there. but better clearing right along our interior valleys so at or near 0 for most of the san francisco peninsula don't forget to turn on your low beams this evening just because of that marine layer, current wind speeds out there right now light

water when you look at the projected path of this particular storm it is going right up the mississippi valleyelm flood defenses in the coming days or you think that that levee everything else is going to be able to handle all of that water? >> no, we're fully confident that mississippi river levee system can handle it like you said, the stage in scially downtown new orleans is 17th photoand in levee system in the -- mississippi river levee system is a 20 feet. and they go up to 25. so i'm fully confident that the system can handle it. >> so what do you say to residents of louisiana -- this night who are probably feeling a little bit nervous about what is coming in from the guflt? >> i think it is understandable to be nervous it is a hurricane. but i would tell you the system is better than it has ever been. there's a lot of people that are vigilant right now to make sure that it is safe as it can be. but i would tell everybody to listen to your local officials there's always risk this storm -- any storm has been extremely unpredict, its path and intensity. so listen to your local, and stay sa

heavy downpour pressing into the eastern parts of canada through the great lakes and down the mississippi valley new york, and at temperatures rising across central states as well, but it's not as hot as it's been recently. across california and the desert southwest, a touch cooler here. here is a look at cities across north america for the next five days or so, in vancouver mostly dry for the next few days. showers clear from montreal and a dry end to the week. we have had heavy monsoon rains that brought flooding in mumbai and southern parts of pakistan. torrential downpour is in karachi through the day on tuesday. the rain not as heavy as it's been across india, but still we could see flooding for gujarat towards goa and heavy downpour is across southern parts of north india as well. that rain should clear from karachi through the middle part of the week, things like dry here. we will continue to see heavy showers and thunderstorms in mumbai over the next five days or so. there is potential we see a tropical storm farming and the south china sea. towards the north at that, and active weather

brought to louisiana, you're going to get much of the same. 6 to 12 inches of rain in the lower mississippi valleyisolated. it's flash flooding. we want people to stay out of the water. 90% of all deaths related to weather are flooding, water-related. and 50% of the deaths are vehicle-related deaths. turn around, don't drown, keep your family safe and don't put first responders at risk by making bad choices. >> peter gaynor, of the federal emergency management agency, fema, thank you for joining us this weekend. >>> ahead, on "up" with david gura, jay inslee talks about what he hopes to seize the white house. s to seize the white house. and it really shows. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. it was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say "oh we can't beat usaa" we're the webber family. we're the tenney's we're the hayles, and we're usaa members for life. ♪ get your usaa auto insurance quote today.