a land renowned for floods, mudslides and famine. but with the fanfare comes the hope of change for the better. my name is john d. liu. i've been documenting the changes on the plateau for 15 years. i first came here in 1995 to film an ambitious project where local people were constructing a new landscape on a vast scale. transforming a barren land into a green and fertile one. the project certainly changed my life, convincing me to become a soil scientist. the lessons i've learned in the last few years have made me realize that many of the human tragedies that we regularly witness around the world, the floods, mudslides, droughts and famines, are not inevitable. here on the loess plateau i've witnessed that people can lift themselves out of poverty. they can radically improve their environment. and by doing so, reduce the threat of climate change. >> [singing] >> when i first came to the loess plateau, i was astounded by the degree of poverty and degradation. and i wondered, "how could the chinese people, the laest ethnic group on t

, even if we don‘t see and mudslides, even if we don‘t see a storm forming but it looks ripe for thatin, which is heading to the bahamas and southern florida. in contrast, the heat stays with us across california and therefore the further risk of wildfires because it is dry heat and quite gusty although we see some tempering of the temperatures but not much. while we clear the storm from the eastern seaboard it gets colder but there will be some sunshine. later in the week we will keep our watch for a potential alberta clipper. this is the next storm in the pacific and it looks like it‘s going to head towards japan. a lot of wet weather in guam. talking about storms, very nasty across the balkans. read warnings for serbia and croatia, a risk of dangerjuly because the strong winds combined with intense downpours from those thunderstorms and heavy snow could well cause a lot of disruption and bring down power lines. it is slowly creeping east on wednesday. by then, heavy rain in the baltic states and some easing possibly in some of the balkans from what we‘ve seen in recent days. howeve

. >> all the better to see the mudslides, broken bridges and shattered homes.gest radio telescopes in the world. we are looking for intelligent signs of life in the american western mountains where people have been waiting for help for weeks. we land inside the airport, a group of big-hearted military veterans turned baggage claim into a bunkhouse and operations center. >> i think we are like 35,000 meals and i don't know how many crates of water, and that's where the small trucks we have. >> they came down on their own dime and shake their heads in frustration with fema. if it were up to them, they would bring in the national guard, 15,000 at a time on two-week -- >> you have to pay them to sit, and you are wasting your money. for the security advisers to ride shotgun, and i will get you military vets, and we are all down here for free. >> we get a taste of the logistical headaches here, and maria obliterated the stretch of highway, and for little hope of road crews, the neighbors are building their own bridge. >> do you feel like americans in moments like thi

dozens more are missing the floods hit northern central vietnam rescue efforts are being hampered by mudslides and submerged roads thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes as weather service is warning of more heavy rains to come. germany's biggest ally of chancellor has signed a deal to buy large parts of air berlin includes more than half a bankrupt carriers fleet of planes but less than half the airline staff declared bankruptcy in august after years of losses. and the latest round of talks over britain's exit from the european union the e.u. is bracing negotiator michel barnier he says he is disturbed by the lack of progress this week he says the two sides are deadlocked over the amount that britain should pay when it leaves the block and that he therefore will not recommend that next week's session moves on to other topics such as trade britain's resit negotiator david davis on the other hand says significant progress has been made let's have a listen to the two of them the e.u.'s bar is first talking about the issue of financial settlement. sue said. regarding this issue

as floods hit northern and central vietnam rescue efforts are difficult not in the least because mudslides have submerged roads in several areas thousands of people have been evacuated as weather services warn of more heavy rains to come. kenya's government has banned protests for men taking place in three cities across the country including the capital nairobi it comes to weeks ahead of a presidential election even the government says the protest ban is a response to looting by demonstrators but the opposition claims it's clamping down on dissent. all right we're going to shift our focus now to the media east where bitter palestinian rivals hamas and fatah have reached a reconciliation agreement after a decade long split the deal follows talks in the egyptian capital cairo this week and hamas has agreed to hand over control of the gaza strip to a unity government by december first while control of gaza has been a major sticking point just over a decade ago hamas won parliamentarian elections in the gaza strip and then oust offensive from the territory but last week palestinian prime minis

they supplies around puerto rico because there were trees and mudslides and all kinds of things i'd taken out the distribution network. but there are a lot of folks that want to kill the jones act, who decided that they needed to pylon with the folks that work con yang president trump on hurricane maria and turn it into his katrina. president trump doesn't like people who don't look like him. so everybody want 2 to pylon to try to kill this piece of legislation, which is really responsible for keeping the us maritime shipping industry alive. >> armstrong williams: you may have lost some people with that connate west, president obama, you need to explain this. >> if you remember, after hurricane katrina, they had that b connie came on and said george bush doesn't care about black people because george bush wasn't doing enough to help out with katrina. they were trying to set up the same dynamic for president trump. to say president trump doesn't care about people of color speak. >> armstrong williams: oh. >> he went to florida, he went to texas, but he doesn't care about puerto rico. becau

more are missing as floods hit northern and central vietnam rescue efforts are difficult because mudslides have submerged roads in a number of areas thousands of people have been evacuated as weather services warn more heavy rain is on the way. kenyan police fired tear gas at opposition leaders in the western city of the sumo. clashes also broke out between police and protesters demanding election reform the demands come after kenya's supreme court voided the results of a presidential election in august due to irregularities. a small asteroid is doing a close flyby of our planet today but scientists say there's no chance that it will hit planet earth it's expected to miss by about forty four thousand kilometers still astronomers say the close flight path is giving them the chance to assess our ability to respond to a real asteroid threat. well here in germany chief executive carstens board says he's buying up more than half the aircraft of bankrupt rival air berlin or frankfurt based carriers to sign that deal later today air berlin which is germany's second biggest carrier declared bankru

hundreds rescued from floods and mudslides. many there are without power or clean running water. >> our team of correspondents is in new orleans and mobile, alabama. both under hurricane warnings. i want to go to meteorologist chad myers with the latest trajectory here. where and when at this point do you know, chad? >> where is likely buloxi. what has changed overnight. it is 80 miles an hour. it is forecast to be a 90-mile-an-hour storm at landfall. that is significant. because it could have been 70. remember yesterday we said it could be plus or minus 10%. it is now plus. some of the landfall models have gusts to over 100 through biloxi. certainly parishes. now we have tropical storm watches and warnings west of atlanta, georgia. the storm is not going to stop. when it gets to the gulf coast, it will keep going. keep knocking downpour power lines for montgomery and alabama. the storm surge. 9 feet tall. waves on top of that. all the way from pensacola back to new orleans. 5 to 9 feet. you get farther away, 2 to 4. the wind g

and has triggered flooding mudslides, killing at least 22 and forcing thousands to shelters.acting the oil industry. exxon and shall have shut down facilities in the gulf. about 15 percent of oil protection is off-line. theurning to the crisis in caribbean, we want to say thank you to those who made donations to help victims of hurricane maria. we collected supplies at local mega-marts. 39 pallets of food, supplies, and clothing will be shipped to puerto rico. larry: plus supplies coming from the fauquier county sheriff's office. so many heartfelt thanks to those who contributed. autria: that is great. larry: v.j. is here. we have not had rain veronica: getting close to three inches since early september. we will get part of it from nate. to become ack hurricane before making landfall. look at the rain. the purple area represents two inches. the blue, just over an inch. leesburg, over two. hagerstown, winchester, over three. 70's for us at lunch. 84, it remains dry. mild for the overnight. friday night, pretty good. 69. you will notice the humidity coming your way sunday. thi

the roads wash out and there's mudslides and it becomes very dangerous.here's been times that we've been four or five days where we can't get back to those families and those families, that's what they are living off of. >> as someone who is in the u.s. army, do you think that with sufficient capacity, will, money and resources that the u.s. military in a more targeted organized way get to the people and be sustaining them until the infrastructure is repaired? >> i think the u.s. military -- being actually -- being from the u.s. military, spending 14 years in it, i think we do have -- the military does have the resources to do it. i think it's just a matter of getting the resources to -- the adequate amount of resources to puerto rico to properly conduct these operations to get out into the isolated areas to get to people. >> what do you want people to know about puerto rico that are watching this? >> i want them to know that they are the most resilient people i've ever met. they are wonderful. even in tragedy, even in tragedy, they come together and they

the mudslides, broken bridges, shattered homes. we pass aracib on o.ne of the biggest telescopes in the word. people have been waiting for help for weeks. we land in the airport. they have turned baggage claim into a bunk house and operation centers. >> i think we are a lot 30,000 meals, 35,000. that is just the small strubgs we have had. >> they came down on their own dime and shake their heads in frustration with fema. if it were up to them, they would bring in the national guard. >> you come down 15,000 at a time to do water purification, engineers. you guys are all coming down. you're not paying them anymore. they are coming from wisconsin. you're wasting your money. all about bringing the security contractors to shotgun. i would give you military vets who will do it for free. >> reporter: we soon get a taste of the logistic headaches here. maria obliterated this area. and with little help for road crews, the neighbors are building their own bridge. do you feel like americans in moments like this? do you feel taken care of as citizens? we're not pe

and that mudslide made life all the more difficult for the people here. it took out this bridge.idge had been certified as safe ryne thely. they cleared this road, the families that live on that side are completely cut off, they have to hike over the mountain in this kind of weather for food and supplies. or for this raging river. >> what was it like watching it happen, were you afraid? >> everything i've been struggling for all my life, all of a sudden is gone. he restores corvettes for a living, his parched trailer is tosses. a few of his cars totaled by that wall of muddy water. >> he and his wife have been surviving in a house without power. burning their savings on generator fuel, to keep her insulin from spoiling. life was stressful enough, but then their trickle of a creek brought the highest water they've ever seen. >> my son was picking up the most important things as the water was coming up, just in case we needed to leave, he says. >> really, really. that must have been terrifying. >> this is the blue collar section of upscale guanabo, the same municipality where presi

the heavy rain, mudslides in that area. you see the area i have you wouldn't be able to tell where the storm was. it's a very small circulation, but it is here, and it's starting to get its act together a little bit. by tomorrow, within the next 14 hours, it's expected to become a 60 mile around hour tropical storm. that's a pretty good sized tropical storm, making its way close to can tune. becoming a hurricane just south of new orleans. making its way on shore, extremely close to new orleans. the northeast quadrant many if it hits to the west, the northeast quadrant will bring in a little more water. storm surge will be an issue as well as rain. look how it moves saturday at 7:00, and 24 hours later, it's already well to the north. it's out of there, it's not going to be one that dumps a lot of rain. by monday, around the same time, it's right over our area. and that means some good news for us as concerned. if it stays further to the north and west, it's looking like it might do that, we're going to get a lot less rain f

so, this area is very prone to mudslides and the houses are not extremely well built in this area so unfortunately we've seen loss of life from this storm. it is not prolific rain maker and will continue to be. it moves into the caribbean and strengthens into a strong tropical storm around cancun on saturday, into a hurricane on sunday with 80 mile per hour winds in the central gulf of mexico. moving very close to new orleans, and this is something we're going to watch very closely. right now i'm thinking about three, four, 5 inches of rain in new orleans. just the other day they had 3 inches of rain and part of the city was under water. this could be a big problem for them. hopefully it's not all that much rain because it will be moving very quickly. look at this. this is sunday at 1:00. 24 hours later it's already into our area. that's how fast this is going to be moving. so for us we are expecting to see rain sunday into monday, but it is not going to be a huge impact in our area. the impacts will be sunday night into monday. hopefully bringing us some rain. we really do need to s

it hit this morning with 100-mile-per-hour winds causing flooding and mudslides. one man stranded in the river in tokyo was rescued by helicopter. domestic air flights were canceled as well as the high-speed bullet train. >>> in mississippi folks are cleaning up after widespread flooding. some families got caught in the rising water yesterday and had to be pulled from their homes. >>> in gulfport a gas line cause was leaking and caused a fire. in oklahoma saturday a tornado blew a rooftop off a casino while the beach boys performed. >>> coming up on the "morning news" now, new revelations about bill o'reilly. there's a report out about an undisclosed sexual harass mountain claim against the fox news show host. >>> and a rare gathering. the presidents rally for hurricane donations. this is the "cbs morning news." put your phones down t and talk to each other. [laughing] nature's bounty lutein blue. because you're better off healthy. it's those familiar scents that bring the spirit and joy of the holidays to life. this season, bring that same spirit and joy into you

stomach a bridge was forced to close this year because of heavy storms in mudslides is set to reopen next week. stomach department of transportation said the $24 million bridge on highway 1 will reopen on friday the 13th part the bridge was demolished back in march. highway 1 remains blocked 80 miles to the south because of another largest slide a quarter- mile long. >>> the rockies and the diamondbacks have their -- for the wildcard game tonight. all the highlights and the rest of sports coming up after the break. stomach elife look at services city hall. a beautiful shot on this clear wednesday night. it is in purple tonight in honor of domestic violence awareness month. you're watching the 11 pm news. . at stanford health care, we can now repair complex aortic aneurysms without invasive surgery. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for varicose veins. and if we can precisely treat eye cancer with minimal damage to the rest of the eye, imagine what we can do for glaucoma, even cataracts. if we can use dna to diagnose the rarest of diseases, imagine what we can do for the condi

it is set to pass over nicaragua and honduras, bringing flash floods and mudslides and expected to movento the gulf of mexico by friday. the current models show it making landfall between mobile and tallahassee as a weak category one hurricane. >>> and an immigrant from afghanistan is the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. >> she landed in daytona beach, florida. it took her through 22 countries in 138 days. >> she took her time to encourage young women to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. >> a lot of people might say, so what, it's a plane, we see it all the time. but no. flight is one of those amazing achievements. >> she was born in a pakistani refugee camp. her family fled during the afghan/soviet union conflict and she came to the u.s. as an infant. look what she's accomplished. amazing. >>> coming up, we'll have more including strangers who helped each other survive and their emotional reunions. >>> one of the top players in the nfl laughing at a female reporter who asked a question. hear what he said, next. you're watching "world news

bay mountains will certainly see the most amount of rain in the areas because burned areas to have mudslides. up to 2" in the north bay hills. up to 1.5 inches at the coast. 2 feet or more of snow in the high sierra at 6500 feet down to 3,000 feet on sunday. this is a cold system. we have two of them coming. one friday night into saturday, the next sunday into monday. so look at that. we have quite the winter storm activity coming up here for the next few days. >> get to out the umbrellas. >> clear out the gutters. >> a lot to do. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, getting into nfl games faster. how a popular airport security program could be making its way into football stadiums. >> and what's cool about your school? email your nomination to us at cools chools@kpix.com, and we may feature your school on the thursday morning show. the still winless 49ers hope they've quarterback. the team acquired jimmy garoppolo from the patriots... in exc >>> the still winless 49ers hope they found their franchise quarterback. they got jimmy garopollo from the patriots in exchange for a second round draft pick

the $24 million bridge repair, one that was damaged by the mudslides during the intense rain earliere old bridge was demolished in march. highway 1 is still blocked 30 miles south of the new bridge because of another slide. a new road is being built or built on top of the slide and is expected to open next summer. >> it was a long summer this summer without visiting big sir. missed it. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," vianey arana is tracking a red flag warning tonight. >> overnight, the cooler temperatures and recovery did help. temperatures remained fairly cool in napa at about 35 degrees. however, that red flag warning will kick in tonight. i'm talk about the breakdown of the wind speeds in a bit. >>> as we look at the north bay, of course we are tracking the vicinity of the wildfire and tracking the garbage truck fire in the caldecott. good progrisz. we may have clearing. we'll update that, coming up. hours for firefighters in the north bay.. and the danger isn >>> another gruelling 24 hours for firefighters in the north bay and the danger is far from over. flames continue to

south of pfeiffer canyon that effectively found themselves on an island trapped between two massive mudslides that made it nearly impossible for the public to reach them. >> psychologically it's significant because the feeling of being cut off will be removed and we'll be able to proceed with our normal lives again. >> reporter: recognizing the importance of the bridge, caltrans accelerated the design and construction of the new span accomplishing in a matter of months what would typically take years. >> the department of transportation caltrans is very proud of the effort we put forth here to restore service, not only for the local community, but all the communities north and south of us. >> reporter: the new bridge also features a markedly different design. gone are the massive support columns that cracked and buckled as the ground beneath them gave way. caltrans said it should help the bridge withstand future slides and keep an ever grateful community connected. >> it's almost a small miracle. it's almost like an eighth wonder of the world. they've never put a bridge like this across any c

in mountainous costa rica major mudslides and wide-spread power outages. thousands now homeless. at least 22 dead, among them two kids swept away in fast-rising waters. hurricane warning now in place for parts of louisiana, mississippi and alabama. in new orleans, a race to sandbag tonight. residents here not worried so much about the levy system giving way as happened 12 years ago during katrina, rather fears the city's crippled pumping system will fail. >> it was recently tested, you know. the system itself, it just didn't hold. >> reporter: in august 17th critical pumps in the city lost power. only eight inches of rain turning into a calamity. >> i want to be really clear. we have sufficient pumps power and manpower to handle this threat if the rain totals remain as forecast and the intensity is directed. >> reporter: all attention is now on those pumps like the one over my shoulder here with the expectation that nate will become a hurricane. as you noted at the top here, lester, the mayor of new orleans has issued mandatory evacuations for certain parts of the die. >> kerry s

the $24 million span replaces a portion after a mudslide. the closure severely limited access to that community. >> it's been almost two weeks since hurricane maria hit puerto rico. groups in the bay area are trying to raise awareness about the plight. lisa amin gulezian was at a rally. >> it's hard to be here. >> reporter: geraldo calderon's son, a pilot, flew him out of the danger in san juan as part of the rally in the mission trying to bring help and awareness to puerto rico. >> there's no power. all the trees fell down. in some places only canned food. >> reporter: government officials insist help will continue. >> i hate to tell you, puerto rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack. >> reporter: they are sure puerto ricans are not a priority. >> if floridians and texans were told they would have -- that they would be without power for six months, i mean, there would be massive outcry. >> reporter: this grandfather is leaving the security of the city and vows to return to puerto rico this week. lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 n

the tropical storm produced mudslides, dumped more than a foot of rain, and killed nearly two dozen people across the region. >> and tonight, the gulf coast is getting ready. that part of the country could be just 24 hours away from feeling that storm's wrath. people there want to make sure they're prepared. good evening, everyone. i'm leon harris. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. nate's new track just game in. >> storm team doug kammerer is heret. off the peninsula. it's not going to make landfall. this is critical for the strengthening of the storm. if it was able to stay east of the yucatan, it would be able to strengthen. if it came onshore, it would get weaker. >> it's continuing to strengthen. the hurricane center has this at a pretty strong category 1, maybe even category 2 hurricane as it makes its way towards new orleans. it is moving very quickly to the north. you can see the latest advisory which just came out, winds of 70 miles per hour. again, hurricane is 74 miles per hour. moving north-northwest at 22. it's really racing to the north-northwest. it continues to strengthen. there ar

thankfully the rainfall amounts have been light enough that no debris flows or mudslides or anything occurred. as we head throughout the next couple hours, those showers will fizzle. we'll still have angry looking clouds out there. i doubt they'll give up the rain. the good side effect, look at this air quality. all of us just about greenwich is good. there's a few yellows around the strongest fires. that's going to continue. but here's something different from yesterday. look at that. no spare the air all the way through monday. now, we reprieve from the warmth. temperatures below average today as autumn returns. next week, 70s at the coast, 80s around the bay and 90s inland. >> such a relief to be able to breathe easy again, thank you, mike. >>> this was a scene of a tow truck accident on almaden expressway and branham. the driver crashed into a traffic light pole. he told police he lost control in the rain. officers say with the first rain of the season, people are forgetting to slow down when they get behind the wheel. in alameda county, another tow truck crash, this on westbound

now we are looking at november and now we have have have have e mudslides. >> as a result only 17 out fermenters are operating. that means fewer workers are working. >> do what we can do to save livelihood. people are making money working here. let's get them in and get it going. >> a plan is in the works later this week. another is smoke damage to the grapes on the vines f. they fail a test, they can't be used. >>s like ash tray. not something we want. >> optimism remains strong. >> this will get sonoma county back on its feet is the wine industry. we will survive, but it's a matter of how long it takes. >> david louie, abc 7 news. >> the impact varies. we have a comprehensive list of what's damage and what's not on our website. abc 7 news.com and abc 7 news app as well. >> johnny gomes is helping fire victims recover. he is helping people remove destroyed cars in napa. he is online hoping to raise $1 million and urging others to help in any way they can. >> open your homes if you are in the area for these people. please, any dollar helps and boy it's going to a great cause. help me

it gave way triggering a mudslide. it slammed into a house and caused a natural gas leak. 30 homes in the neighborhood evacuated while the stability of the hillside was evaluated. >>> it'll be 53 degrees in seattle today we should mention with more rain on the way. warmer than usual for the midwest to new england. 82 degrees in dallas and new orleans. 80 in denver. 87 in miami. >>> coming up. o.j. simpson getting back to normal life after his release from prison. we'll show you how he's embracing his new-found freedom. >>> serious new allegations against harvey weinstein. the bombshell claims from an oscar winning actress. >>> and a new legal battle this morning over a key ingredient in diet soda. >>> we're back with a pretty stunning view. so that's amazon ceo jeff bezos celebrating the company's latest wind farm all the way up there as you can see. that is in texas. more with dozens more in the works. the company hopes to produce enough clean energy to power the equivalent of 330,000 homes for a year. >>> oscar winni

conditions to portions of nicaragua and honduras with flooding rains tropical storm force winds and mudslidesng due northward and it's expected to strengthen as we go through the next 24 hours. you see it gets into some open water before crossing the yucatan peninsula and then it's into the gulf and this is a wide expanse of still relatively warm water so we do expect this to strengthen to hurricane status and then move towards the gulf coast making landfall as either a low end hurricane, high end tropical storm sometime over the weekend. that would be on early sunday. places from new orleans to probably panama city florida on alert for land falling tropical system. from there looks like the remnants move northeast ward into our area bringing us much needed rain and that would be by sunday. 65 degrees overnight tonight. it is dry with a light variable wind and then for tomorrow, we see that high temperature of 83 degrees. let me show that you rain showing up on our seven-day forecast. it will over 20 days. very nice and warm the next couple, showers likely as early as the beginning of sunday

typhoon packed 100-mile per hour winds, triggered mudslides, several homeless people along river banked after their tents were flooded. people near tokyo saw 35 inches every rain in a matter of 72 hours, that's the most in 17 years. >>> a mess. >> yes. katie joining us now, katie, we may see some showers of our own soon. >> definitely. i think actually some pretty steady rain along the way, guys. all courtesy of storm system that's getting its act together now for couple every days, it is finally going to make its arrival even as early as late tonight. trying to go out to the link and not get hit by any showers , we should be just on time. so, i'll explain. we start off by looking at storm scan3, wider zoom, definately show you activities , starting to get underway. through illinois, indianna, and back all the way south towards the gulf of mexico. this is the storm, more specifically the frontal boundery that will cross our area headed into tomorrow in the moisture, so this ends up bringing us the potential for steady soaking rain, have the umbrella ready to go really any time tomorro

coast guards has been using one of its air station toss deliver relief supplies to areas stranded by mudslides , and washed out roads. >>> well, eagles fans are flying high today. the eagles are firmly entrenched, firmly, entrenched in first place in the nfc east >> do have short week before big prime time match up thursday night. going to the fields, eagles quarterback carson wentz had career hi, four touchdown pass es in yesterday's win over the arizona cardinals in south philly. nelson agholor pulled in one every them. seventy-two yarder. and the eagles defense and special teams also came to play and the eagles win it 34 to seven. >> had great production. >> that's live look at eagles head coach doug pederson after the eagles big win, now four and one, the only nfc esteem over the 500 mark. let's listen now to coach peterson. >> scouting department is aware of guys like. that will same way with rick, we had him in here last year with the dorenbos injury, with the wrist injury, so we've been able to work with him. but, you know, we're constantly, as we have stood up here and told you, consta

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we've confirmed that three sisters died when a mudslide washed away their home. a fourth sister was able to run away and call for help. reena. >> ninan: david begnaud on the ground in puerto rico. thank you, david. omar villafranca is also in san juan with more on the recovery efforts. >> reporter: there are signs of progress in san juan, puerto rico. 10 days after maria crippled the island's infrastructure, some buss are back running weekend routes in the capital. "i think they are doing everything possible because there is still debris on the roads, and they are doing everything to help us. i don't have a car and i need the transportation." the day after the storm made landfall, marines launched on to the island from the navy's el ns "kearsarge." we caught up with the marines in want el yunque. their nition migz: clear 16 miles of road that lead to two vital communication towers. as of saturday, marines have cleared access to seven damaged towers. yabucoa was the first town to get hit by maria and one of the last to get help. when the relief trucks moved into t

. >> reporter: puerto rico's governor told me the rising toll includes drownings and deaths from mudslides that had not been reported previously. three deaths were from loss of oxygen when the power went off. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >> ninan: still ahead, the trial of the lone suspect in the attack on the u.s. compound in benghazi, libya. >> ninan: on the night of september 11, 2012, islamist militants staged a deadly attack on the u.s. compound in benghazi, libya. five years later, the only suspect charged in the attack, a 46-year-old libyan, is on trial in washington, d.c. here's justice reporter paula reid. >> reporter: the wave of assaults lasted through the night. by the next morning, four americans were dead: ambassador christopher stevens, sean smith, tyrone woods, and glen doherty. an f.b.i. investigation zeroed in on ahmed abu khatallah, the leader of the extremist militia group who carried out the deadly attack. he was captured in libya three years ago by u.s. special forces and whisked aboard a u.s. naval warship where he was questioned by the f.b.i. and u.s. intelli

farther north the white mountains have been bracing for mudslides there as well, just a very difficult time for those people, all over that northern area. >> yeah, several inches of rain in those parts. >>> well, coming up the health benefits of a popular food called into question this morning. that story ahead. >>> also new details. those two women rescued after spending five months at sea, hear why they say they did not >>> plus caught on camera, proof that everyone wants candy today. even bears? >>> we're back now with new video of a close call as a plane was trying to land in austria. heavy winds caused the right wing to drop and the plane's tire then bounced off the runway. the pilots aborted the landing at the last second. the polish airliner returned to germany. luckily nobody was hurt. >> kevin spacey is spacing more fallout over the sexual assault allegation. he will not be honored with a special "house of cards" will end after the upcoming season. that was made before the allegation came to light. >>> harvey weinstein is facing new backlash in his sexual abuse scandal. the pr

and things will likely get worse as we start to see the rainfall pick up and the muflds o mudslide potential for the north bay. doppler satellite nothing in terms of rainfall yet. let's look at the season and how we are doing a lot of numbers on the map .first column is where we should be with the average rain to date. the second column is our deficit currently running. santa rosa and the north bay about 1.5 inches behind and about a half inch behind in san jose. rainfall on the way looks like by 7:00 p.m. thursday we get showers onto the north, the first showers rafrg heading into friday afternoon. we are zooming in future cast in. we'll get a closer look at the rain time line and exactly how much forecasting in in weather update that's at 5:20 tonight. >> we look forward to a that rain. thank you, jeff. >> still to come eye opening report about bullying in bay area schools. how much more students are being targeted. also. >> it's a shame we have to be without him. >> waiting for justice the family of an off duty officer killed during a dispute involving his own family tells us what it's be

the north bay hills the most which is a concern because of the burn areas and could be a chance of mudslidesrom it so the amount of rain could be a quarter inch. north and east bay hills get the most. and several feet of sierra snow starting at 6500 feet elevation lowering to about 4,000 feet. so by sunday, there should be a good coating of snow in the resorts and the timing of this late thursday through saturday, then we have a second storm arriving on sunday. so saturday during the day should be a break before the next one arrives. but here's a look for the next few days. cool temperatures dropping off through the storm system through the weekend. but there is a cold front associated with it so it will be chilly, windy, wet, rainy, snowy, all of that in store for us later on. >>> right now, we are tracking a little bit of everything. if you are getting ready to head out on the roads, good morning. 580 that's where we're tracking our slowdowns now. we see a lot of yellow and red sensors lighting up our screen. we have an earlier crash westbound 580 near grant line. no longer blocking any la

rains overnight have helped and have not produced a risk of mudslides. >> when i was at mass on sunday, all the nuns were praying for rain. i think our prayers were answered. i hope we'll get more. >> reporter: officials hope to allow more evacuated residents to return to their homes over the weekend as 40% containment eventually turns into a tap- out of this fire. they are hoping that happens sooner not later as you heard in the weather forecast. the temperatures are expected to go up over the next couple of days. temperatures into the upper 80s if not the 90s and that could bring back the risk of a high fire danger here which is something they don't need right now. live in santa cruz mountains this evening, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30 is next with a woman who donald bullets in las vegas only to have her home burn down the next week in the north bay wildfires. >> that's when it was like, okay, i can only take so much of this. this needs to stop soon. >> coming up next, her harrowing story of survival and how she and her family are coping. >> and the trump

up to 20 inches of rain has triggered flooding and mudslides killing at least 22 people and forcing thousandsnto shelters. and the storm's already impacting the oil industry. exxon and shell shut down some falls in the gulf, about 15% of local production already offline. power outage rather than flooding are the big concern with this storm guard is already mobilized. we have more on the storm's track in just a few minutes. >>> but first we have new details about the las vegas shooting rampage. >> the killer may have planned to target other cities, meanwhile, as investigators search for more clues at the crime scene the gun control debate is heating up with that new statement from the nra overnight. abc's serena marshall has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, diane, ron. and as police continue to unravel the shooter's past in search of a motive they discovered he may have targeted other music festivals not just in las vegas but as far away as boston and chicago. in las vegas, thousands gathering to pay tribute. ♪ charleston hartfield, one of the 58 lives taken in the deadlies

pass over nicaragua and honduras later today bringing potentially life-threatening flash floods and mudslidesnd moves into the gulf of mexico. the current models show it making landfall somewhere between mobile and tallahassee. on sunday morning as a weak category 1 hurricane. incredible to think that we have another one coming. >>> and coming up right here, the concerns about certain foods sold at walmart and where it comes from. >>> also ahead a michigan mother sent to jail for not getting her son vaccinated. hear what the judge had to say. >>> and the new risk for distracted driving just how much danger is being caused by those fancy gadgets in new cars? >>> equifax did a terrible job of protecting our data because they didn't have a reason to care to protect our data. >> that senator elizabeth warren lashing out at the former ceo of equifax after the data breach that's potentially affected 145 million people. and warren says she's furious that equifax is profiting from the breach. that's because the credit reporting company also sells data protection service which more people might now be

dozens more missing after mudslides washed away homes, and steve joins us live tonight. steve, you were telling us those pumps can pull out an inch of rain in an hour? >> reporter: yes. but that's just during the first hour. after the ability of a pumping station drops to about half an inch an hour assuming all the pumps are working which would surprise just about everyone in the city. what that means is that if several inches of rain fall over new orleans all at once, this city will still flood even with all of the pumps working properly. >> we are thinking about that city and every city along the gulf. thank you. >>> we move on to other headlines at this hour and from las vegas new developments. what drew that hotel security guard to the hotel room in the first place and even though he was shot through the door was he the one who stopped more bloodshed. matt gutman from las vegas tonight. >> reporter: five days after the worst mass shooting in american history, las vegas police acknowledging they still don't know what drove stephen paddock to open fire on that helpless

deadly floods, mudslides, destruction. the scenes are all too familiar this hurricanes season. this time, central america and countries spared the worst of the previous hurricanes are in the firing line. translation: the flood has taken away everything they had. they had breakfast this morning, but no lunch or dinner, because they have lost everything. aid agencies say the succession of the storms these years have made them expand their provisions. we need to relook at scenarios and planning and take into account the fact we will see more storms and they will be more ferocious. what is now way tropical storm going north could strengthen into a hurricane as it heads mexico and the us. it will be the third in two months. storm watchers have issued a warning. it should be all right. i lost my boat in hurricane katrina. i don't want to lose it again. louisiana declared a state of emergency, ordering people to evacuate coastal areas. the coastal areas of mexico remain warm so there is the potential for it to intensify quickly. landfall is expected early sunday morning either as a st

a trail of devastation, mudslides, and flooding in costa rica in the wa ke and flooding in costa ricapowerful tropical storm. storm nate has already killed people and left several missing. the country has declared a national emergency, with more than 5000 having to leave homes, and the destructive power has onlyjust begun. forecasters predict it will go north, gaining force to become a category i hurricanes when go north, gaining force to become a categoryi hurricanes when it lands against louisiana in florida. categoryi hurricanes when it lands against louisiana in floridali categoryi hurricanes when it lands against louisiana in florida. i have declared a state of emergency for new 0rleans. it is strengthening and producing heavy wind and above—average rainfall saturday and sunday. but models will change as this event draws closer. the current forecast is 3—6 inches of rain over the duration of the system, 36— 48 hours mode and potentially doubling back. all this after the us is still reeling from two powerful hurricanes in the last two months. hurricane harvey went through texas in

a trail of devastation, mudslides and flooding in costa rica in the wake of a powerful tropical storm already killed people and left several missing. the country has declared a national emergency, with more than 5,000 having to leave their homes, and the storm's destructive path has only just begun. forecasters predict it will head north, gaining force to become a categoryi hurricane when it reaches the united states across louisiana and florida. the mail of new orleans is preparing the city for the worst. given these threats i have declared a state of emergency for the city of new orleans. while still uncertain, the latest forecast shows nate strengthening and producing heavy winds and above—average rainfall in the area late saturday, sunday. models are going to change as this event draws closer. current forecasts indicate three to six inches of rain over the duration of this system, which is going to be 36 to 48 hours, and potential double that. all this after the us is still reeling from two powerful hurricanes in the last two months. hurricane harvey tore through texas in august,