>> look, this has been a historic flood in missouri. all-time, historic highs, and tonight it's very possible that the mississippi near cape gerardo, missouri, is also going to hit a historic high. so we are still in the flood-fighting phase of this operation. i've signed an executive order to get hundreds of national guard troops as well as thousands of volunteers out on the front line ands could not be prouder of the way the people of missouri have responded. first responders have conducted hundreds of rescue operations, literally saving hundreds of lives. we want everybody to stay safe, and everybody on front lines we appreciate their incredible volunteer work. elizabeth: yeah. some of the video that we're seeing is just absolutely, it's breathtaking. i want to talk to you a little bit about the economic impact. i mean, you're talking about towns that are completely underwater, but aside from the damage, i also want to ask you about commerce because there's roads, hundreds of roads that are closed. amtrak is not able to function and

hi everybody i'm jenny from the missouri star quilt company. youtube gave us the opportunity to really differentiate, we got to a 1,000 subscribers year one and now we're at 300,000 subscribers. use in the tutorials. now we're the world's largest provider of pre-cut quilting fabric. in the beginning we were just shipping 10 orders a day. now we ship 5,000 orders a day. opening a business in hamilton kinda sparked things. we've got 14 quilt shops in town, three restaurants, a little hotel, we had over 100,000 people come to hamilton last year. we love jenny. my whole life i've always wanted to own a business. none of that would have been possible without missouri star quilt company. all i have to do is open my door and bake my goods and missouri star does the rest. youtube has enabled my family and i to bring hope to the town and to the people who live here. jonathan: we apologize for cutting away early. gremlin in the system. hopefully we'll get through it. live tv. getting back to airline industry on the hill. top executives talking about cust

it brought twisters to east texas and near record flooding to missouri.le were killed and 62 hurt. two young children were missing in arkansas after being swept away by floodwaters. we have two reports. first we'll go to mark strassmann in canton, texas. >> four tornados, packing winds up to 145 miles per hour terrified people in east texas, including dawn sumner. >> all of a sudden the wind started picking up, and we looked over the trees, and there was a huge, like cloud, funnel. >> reporter: sumner owns the when the twister hit, a dozen people hunkered down inside bathrooms crying and praying. some were teens, wearing tuxes and gowns for a prom that was supposed to start an hour later. >> it was very scary. that first, initial hit was the loudest thing i've ever heard. >> reporter: miraculously, no one was hurt. >> call 911. >> reporter: moments after one twister passed near myrtle springs, texas, strangers rushed into flash flood waters to rescue children trapped in this overturned truck. cpr likely saved their lives. dawn sumner's still in disbelief

tony dokoupil, cbs news, pacific, missouri. house had to clean up after the storm that president trump created when he said in a bloomberg interview that he would be "honored to meet with north korea's dictator under the right circumstances. the president's spokesman said today it is clear those circumstances are not right right now. mr. trump talked about north korea and much more in another interview with our own john dickerson. we have more on that from margaret brennan at the white house. >> i would not be happy. if he does a nuclear test. i will not be happy. >> reporter: north korean dictator kim jong-un's expanding nuclear arsenal is president trump's top foreign policy challenge. what are you making of the north korean leader. >> people are saying, is he sane? i have no idea. i can tell you this, but he was a young man of 26 or 27 when he took over from his father, when his father died, and at a very young age, he was able to assume power. a lot of people i'm sure tried to take that power away, whether it was his uncle

it brought twisters to east texas and near record flooding to missouri. at least 16 people were killed. and at least 62 were hurt. two young children tonight are missing in arkansas after being swept away by floodwaters. we have two reports. first to mark strassmann in cantman texas. report four tornadoes packing winds up to 145mph terrified people in east texas, including dawn sumner in canton. >> the wind started picking up. we looked over the trees. there was a hug funnel. >> reporter: sumner owns the rustic barn event hall. when the twister hit, a dozen people hunkered down inside bathrooms crying and praying. some were teens wearing tuxes and gowns for a prime minister that was supposed to start an hour later. >> >> it was very scary. that first initial hit was the loudest thing i've ever heard. >> reporter: miraculously, no one was hurt. >> watch out. call 911. >> reporter: moments after one twister passed near myrtle springs, texas, stranger

i'm actually speechless. >> reporter: high schoolers in eureka, missouri, joined the effort. classes canceled. the campus only accessible by boat. further up the merrimack river, mandatory evacuations. >> you don't know if you're going to come home to a home or not. >> reporter: for now the levee is holding. but more rain is on the way. >> it lasts in the midwest until early afternoon on thursday. we'll see a wide spread one to four inches of rain with isolated amounts of five inches or more. >> reporter: communities in arkansas and missouri are bracing for agonizing days ahead. blake mccoy, nbc news. >>> in boston tonight, an investigation is under way into an alleged incident at the famous fenway park, where a player on the visiting baltimore yo baltimore orioles say of fans hurled racial slurs at him. >> in the air, left side field, another great catch! >> reporter: baltimore orioles' adam jones says he was hearing it from the rid sox fans all night. here he is outside the dugout. jones jawing with the crowd. somebody had thrown a peanut bag at him and he'd been called the

nbc's blake mccoy has the latest from hard hit missouri. >> reporter: tonight, parts of flood missouri and arkansas prolonging the agony for homeowners like john shoe with a mote forming around his home, he's keeping faith the water will stay back. >> the river is a half a mile away. >> yeah. >> and now? >> now i got to look for property. >> reporter: basement after basement tonight flooded. 90 state highways shut down in missouri alone. in arkansas breached levees have sent thousands of residents fleeing to higher ground. severe storms today have also toppled trees across the south. satellite images show the incredible ground saturation these storms have caused. flood records are still being broken. in eureka, missouri, this is what it looked like as volunteers scrambled earlier in the week to protect homes and businesses. tonight, this stretch of the marimac river has finally begun to recede. >> on this side, water was to about here. >> reporter: relief for one town as swollen rivers creep ever so slowly south. folks here are finally getting some relief from the weather. the rain is

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missouri congressman billy long backs trump but not the bill. preexisting could be covered doesn't mean they can't price you out of the market. >> reporter: in arizona, breast cancer survivor, tony banister worries her preexisting condition will impact her family's coverage. >> it's not just me, it's my entire family. it's my sons, my future grandchildren. it's all of that. >> reporter: tonight, word of a possible russian rendezvous after a high stakes call between presidents vladamir putin and donald trump, the white house tonight confirms the leaders will try to schedule what would be their first face-to-face meeting to take place in germany this july. >> peter alexander in the white house. >>> back in the spotlight today, hillary clinton opening up about her election defeat in new york, the former presidential candidate blaming her loss on both the fbi and russia and asserting if the election were held about two weeks earlier she'd be in the oval office now. we get more from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: tonight, hillary clinton not hol

my name is billy long, i'm from missouri, missouri's seventh congressional district, the show-me state. i heard joe scarborough say the other day, billy long is one of the newer members in kuok. i think the reason he said that is because i don't do much media at all. i've been on cable i think three times, once for the tornadoes in joplin. i made the mistake of telling a reporter the other day that i was going to be a no. ever since i started running for congress, i'm not a member of the freedom caucus or the tuesday group or the study group, i'm a member of the show-me caucus, just one guy. i've got a very conservative voting record. when this came out and i saw pre-existing conditions would be handled like they were i had a problem with that. i mentioned that to one reporter. i usually do all this behind the scenes, i don't get involved with the media a lot. so anyway, the president called the day before yesterday, we had a 15-minute, 20-minute conversation, he wanted a yes. i was one of the president's earliest supporters. these guys can tell you back in 2015, i saw the trump train

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there are certain places that have seen water levels several feet higher than any time in missouri's recorded history. >> reporter: in branson, missouri, it was neighbor helping neighbor, filling sandbags, hoping to alleviate a worst-case scenario in the tourist mecca. >> the power of water is something that people underestimate, and so, it is scary, you know when it's taking these people's homes. >> reporter: the army corps of engineers opening up the gates at table rock dam near branson, hoping to lower the rising lake level there. >> the lakes are full, and so, therefore, the corps managing that water to pass through the white river system. >> reporter: more rain is expected this week. >> we're telling them to be over prepared and underwhelmed. >> reporter: here in arkansas, meanwhile, the search continues for the bodies of those two missing children. they plan to continue their search today until nightfall. kate? >> maya rodriguez in arkansas. maya, thank you. >>> president trump is looking beyond his first 100 days now after celebrating that milestone with a rally last night. to

the storm caused massive flooding in missouri and kansas. there were blizzard conditions in western kansas after the state was hit with a heavy spring snow. nbc's jay gray is in missouri this morning. what's the latest on these deadly storms? >> reporter: yeah. frances this is the kind of devastation so many across the strike zone are dealing with. this building pushed off of its foundation and pulled apart by floodwaters. >> look at this thing. >> reporter: a monster tornado. one of more than a dozen to strike this weekend part of a storm system that in other areas delivered flooding rains. >> some of the flooding we're seeing in parts of missouri has surpassed historic levels. >> reporter: soaking and swallowing entire communities. >> the power of water is something that people under estimate and so it is scary, you know, when it's taking people's homes. >> reporter: and taking lives. the storms have claimed more than a dozen victims across 16 states. >> very tragic. i never went through anything like this. >> reporter: at least for you ki

nbc's blake mccoy has the latest from hard-hit missouri. >> reporter: parts of flood ravaged missouri and arkansas remain under water, relentless rain prolonging the agony for homeowners like john shu, he's keeping faith the water will stay back. >> the river is half a mile away. >> yeah. >> and now? >> now i got lake front property. >> reporter: basement after basement flooded, 90 state highways shut down in mission sorry alone. in arkansas, breached levees sent thousands of residents fleeing to higher ground. severe storms have also toppled trees across the south. satellite images show the incredible ground saturation these storms have caused. flood records are still being broken. in eureka, missouri, this is what it looked like as volunteers scam bld earlier in the week to protect homes and businesses. this stretch of the merrimac river has finally begun to recede >> on this side water was to about here. >> relief for one town as swollen rivers creep ever so slowly south. >> thank you to blake for that. i want to go now to bill karins. we've seen the soggy forecast in missouri, but

and we're drying it out in missouri and arkansas, a little rain over the mississippi. so the rain is going to move up the east coast. i'm going to give you the throughout the morning commute baltimore, washington, d.c., richmond, some of the heaviest rain. thunderstorms in eastern north carolina, new york city looks like the middle of the day. and then for the evening commute in areas of southern new england, by the time everyone wakes up saturday morning the heaviest rains will be gone. then a lot of showers throughout our saturday. it's also derby day. that's a look at the story of the day. here is a closer look at your day ahead. so worse travel delays at the airports early today in d.c., and then possible lin areas of new england and the evening. we're going to watch chilly temperatures this time of year all the way down through alabama only in the 50s. here's a cute story. utility worker saved a baby otter struggling to get out of a canal near phoenix. the pup was dehydrated, flea infested. but workers nursed it back to whelt a diet of kitten's milk and trout mash

we have a flash flood watch in almost all southern missouri through st. louis, southern illinois and now spread all the way through indiana and even a sliver of ohio and southern michigan. some areas could get as much as 5 inches additional rainfall. and late today, thunderstorms roll through missouri and mississippi, so much more coming off the gulf that we have more people under a flash flood watch. in total, 16 million people. here is the rafinfall predictions. up to 4 inches of rain st. louis. and the other area is between houston and new orleans. and then on top of all of this, we have life threatening weather with severe storms in the same region from houston to new orleans, many ina few tornadoes later today. so yeah, east coast is great, west coast is great, the middle of the country though a lot of issues and hopefully we won't lose any lives today like we did over the weekend. >> and that footage was incredible when you see how high that water would you sas gettin. thanks very much. >>> still ahead, a standing ovation for baltimore's adam jones

she lives in southeast missouri. she was forced again this year to switch insurance policies when the insurance company she'd had left the individual exchange, the obamacare exchange. that left holly with only one choice -- like, again, people in the vast majority of our counties have the same option: they have one option. holly had one option, and that carrier didn't cover any of her four cancer doctors. now, remember, mr. president, this is a cancer survivor in literal -- and literally have been in the fight for her life. and now she can't get a policy that allows her to see the doctors that in that fight for her life she developed confidence in. so that means that she can't see her oncologist under any policy she can get. she can't see the radiation oncologist, the surgical oncologist, the reconstructive surgeon. none of those people are now available to her, and this is in a world, mr. president, where, remember, holly and you and me and everybody else was told, if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.

a farmer in oregon, missouri, she said her situation continues to get worse and worse. if anybody in her family was sick, they would have $28,000 out of pocket if two people in their family were sick before anything would be done by the insurance company to help bills.y the $6,000 deductible, $12,000 maximum, $16,000 in monthly amy adams. .- monthly premiums these families so have access. if you have already put $16,000 on the table and you have to put another $6,000 on the table before you can have your insurance company help you, nobody thinks that is interest. the current system is not working. we have to figure out how to make this market work better. most missouri counties now only have one insurance company willing to offer insurance on the individual market. we are hopeful those counties still have at least one company that year, even though it has been mentioned iowa has no companies willing to offer in the exchange or out of the exchange on the visual market because this that plan we are under now has stressed the marketplace so badly, nobody wants to be part o

across missouri stretches of highway that have turned into waterways are closed. torrential rain has caused flooding in seven states. at least 13 areas along rivers in missouri and oklahoma have reached record crests. in fenton, missouri, barbara neels hopes the fortress of sandbags around her property will keep the water away. >> i pray it doesn't touch the house. i just pray. >> reporter: the river is expected to crest early wednesday morning, but towns like eureka and others, well, they're in for a rough few days, scott. four more inches of rain are in the forecast. >> pelley: michelle miller, thanks very much. this morning the president, frustrated by a congress that can't or won't pass his agenda, suggested that the government should be shut down and the rules of the senate changed. congress passed a spending bill that includes no money for the border wall, less than half the funds president trump wanted for the military, and gives the money to planned parenthood, which the president vowed to cut. also his second try at repealing obamacare looks shaky today w

the banks of the current river in doniphan, missouri were no match for the rising water.major roads and bridges to shut down after the river crested at 33 feet, breaking a 113-year old record. jason schafer is an engineer with the missouri department of transportation. >> we have to make sure that the flow of water hasn't done any structural damage to the bridge before we put traffic impacts back on it. >> reporter: since friday, missouri has gotten nearly a foot of rain, causing this tractor-trailer to wash away, and turning neighborhoods into lake front properties. the governor has declared a state of emergency and called in the national guard. he says there's been nearly 100 evacuations and three dozen rescues. >> in many parts of missouri, this will be a flood of historic proportions. >> reporter: officials are now preparing for the worst, as there's more rain in the forecast. tony dokoupil, cbs news, pacific, missouri. >>> the white house is backing away from president trump's offer to meet with north korean dictator kim jong un. the president told bloomberg news, qu

eun, aaron. >> jay gray live in missouri.ank you. >>> here's something you may see on your social media feed today. times square is back to normal after a portion had to be closed for two suspicious packages. you see police in the middle of the left of the screen here. ininvestigating an unintended suitcase and cooler found around 11:00 last night. >>> sugar free week here on news 4. we kicked off the sugar free diet sunday at midnight. >> the goal here is to understand how we have all become so dependent on sugar in our diet. depending on how much you eat, it impacts your health. your brain. >> reporter: sugar can be very tempting. it's everywhere, and it can be hard to avoid. there are the naturally occurring sugars, the ones in fruits and some grains and vegetables, and then there is the added sugar. dr. nicole earhardt is an endocrinologist at george washington university hospital. >> sodas, snack packs that have added sugars. your yogurts have added sugars. all those types of things like a yogurt may appear healthy but i

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i had someone last week call, carla, was a farmer in missouri and she said her situation just continues to get worse and worse in her case, anyone in her family was sick they had $28000 out-of-pocket of two people in their family were sick before anything would be done by their insurance company to help them pay those bills. $6000 deductible, $12000 maximum , $16000 in monthly premiums. this is -- families even if they have coverage don't have access. if you party put 16000 on the table, and you have to put another $6000 on the table before you can have your insurance company help you, nobody thanks that is insurance. the current system isn't working we have to figure out how to work make this market work better. most missouri counties now only have one insurance company willing to offer insurance on the individual market. we are just hopeful that these counties still have at least one company next year, even though it's been mentioned today that iowa, our neighbor, has no companies willing to offer in the exchange or out of the exchange on the individual market because this bad plan th

we know of three flood related deaths here in missouri.ed in neighboring arkansas during these one of the major highways which serves this area, interstate 44 was shut down overnight. it will remain closed until this flood is over. we know rain is forecasted for tonight which should increase the likelihood of flash flooding. norah. >>> all right. michele, thank you very much. >>> astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson is providing us with a new guide book for space and time. and he's in our toyota green room with the big questions we still need to answer. plus his favorite planet aside from earth. >> it has a ring. that's a big clue. >> saturn. >> there you go. >>> celebrities put fashion in the spotlight at the met gala. ahead we'll bring you the lights. there's fashion. take you behind-the-scenes with a top designer as she prepares for the big night. you're watching "cbs this morning". >> katy perry right there. enamel is the strong, white, outer layer of your tooth surface. the thing that's really important to dentists is to make sure that

hi everybody i'm jenny from the missouri star quilt company.be gave us the opportunity to really differentiate, we got to a 1,000 subscribers year one and now we're at 300,000 subscribers. we started carrying all the fabrics that mom would use in the tutorials. now we're the world's largest provider of pre-cut quilting fabric. in the beginning we were just shipping 10 orders a day. now we ship 5,000 orders a day. opening a business in hamilton kinda sparked things. we've got 14 quilt shops in town, three restaurants, a little hotel, we had over 100,000 people come to hamilton last year. we love jenny. none of that would have been possible without missouri star quilt company. all i have to do is open my door and bake my goods and missouri star does the rest. youtube has enabled my family and i to bring hope to the town and to the people who live here. >> and now the toyota sports local toyota dealers. scott: the washington nationals back on the diamond tonight, no bryce harper, a spectator for the home opener in philly, listed as day to day with

missouri, flooding was so bad. pushed by overflowing water into the trees and homes after creeks spilled over banks. bring in meteorologist for more on the severe weather. it was just wicked. >> hit by just about everything. even a blizzard in portions of kansas and colorado. lett get too big tornado saturday night. on the ground for estimated 51 consecutive miles. 's get too b saturday night. on the ground for estimated 51 consecutive miles. up to 165-mile-per-hour winds. see the damage it did there. literally taking the roof off and almost the second floor of that house. let's get to today's threat. we have a spring storm. the same storm you saw the damage done. now moving to the great lakes. drag the cold front to the warm humid air here. 80 million people at risk. mostly because it's a lot of population centers. not very concerned with any tornado problems whatsoever for areas like new york city or new england. timing on that, here's 8:00 a.m. we go through about 2, the storms nearly cleveland, pittsburgh, proj

hi everybody i'm jenny from the missouri star quilt company. gave us the opportunity to really differentiate, we got to a 1,000 subscribers year one and now we're at 300,000 subscribers. we started carrying all the fabrics that mom would use in the tutorials. now we're the world's largest provider of pre-cut quilting fabric. in the beginning we were just shipping 10 orders a day. now we ship 5,000 orders a day. opening a business in hamilton kinda sparked things. we've got 14 quilt shops in town, three restaurants, a little hotel, we had over 100,000 people come to hamilton last year. we love jenny. my whole life i've always wanted to own a business. none of that would have been possible without missouri star quilt company. all i have to do is open my door and bake my goods and missouri star does the rest. youtube has enabled my family and i to bring hope to the town and to the people who live here. male announcer: tonight on undercover boss, john carona... good morning, everybody. announcer: founder and ceo of pr