i'm natalie allen, this is krp, newsroom.japan where water is receding after raging floods forced more than 400,000 people to run from their homes. the pictures, this video, has been astonishing. fast-rising water spawned by tropical storm swept away houses and other structures. helicopters plucked some people from rooftops where they had been stranded for many hours. look at them. my goodness. at least three people are dead. 22 are missing. some areas got as much as 60 centimeters or two feet of rain since monday. cnn's will ripley has been covering this story for us. he jins me now live from north of the capital, tokyo. will, when i first saw this footage, i thought was file footage if to the tsunami a few years ago. i couldn't believe this was actually happening to japan again. >>. [ inaudible ] >> at one point we are told the water was up to the grown area -- [ inaudible ] on the rooftop, waiting for -- [ inaudible ] >> all right, will, stand by there. we are having trouble with your audio. we will try to reestablish with

i'm natalie allen.in new york city where pope francis will speak to the u.n. general assembly and visit the 9/11 memorial museum in the coming hours. new york is the pope's second stop on his six-day tour of the united states. on thursday, he received an enthusiastic welcome in america's largest city. throngs of people, thousands lined up along manhattan's famous fifth avenue to greet pope francis as he rode inside the popemobile. he then led an evening service at the newly renovated st. patrick's cathedral. he began by offering prayers to the victims of the mecca stampede. >> translator: in this moment i give assurances of my prayers. >> before arriving in new york, the pope delivered a powerful address to a rare joint meeting of the u.s. congress in washington. at one point, he paid homage to u.s. civil rights leader martin luther king jr. >> that dream continues to inspire us all. and i am happy that america continues to be for many a land of dreams. [ applause ] >> the pope also urged congress to fo

i'm natalie allen, here are our top stories.nues near budapest right now where migrants are refusing to get off a train they thought was headed to germany. police arrived in riot gear thursday hoping the migrants would leave but they are refusing out of fear they will be put in refugee camps yet again. french investigators confirm a wing flap found on reunion island is in fact from flight 370. this confirms what malaysian officials said weeks ago. the boeing 777 went missing in march of last year. 239 people were on board. the suspect charged with killing nine church goers in charleston south carolina could face the death penalty if convicted. that's despite apparent objections from some family members of the victims. a prosecutors says the ultimate punishment absolutely fits the crime in this case. >>> aylan kurdi's father paid smuggle ares $2,000 to get his family to greece. now he will take his dead wife and sons back to their hometown in northern syria where they fled which has been engulfed by fighting. our senior internati

natalie allen reports. >> reporter: ask any refugee where they are going and it's -- >> germany, germany when they were stuck at the budapest train station they appealed directly to german chancellor angela merkel. she is determined that germany will help those who are legitimate refugees. thousands of volunteers are following her lead. they bring supplies, toys, and welcome smiles. germany has a culture of welcome. people in need must get help and merckle can afford to be so bold. >> translator: this is literally a nationwide task and we can't leave communities fending for themselves. >> reporter: and she promises to do it all without raising tasks. but she knows the tides can shift if other european countries don't accept more refugees. >> translator: it's impossible that four or five countries carry all the burden. >> reporter: she's banking on european values and they include protection for those in need. >>> a funding shortfall at the world program. food aid was suspended this week. for the latest let's bring in ian lee who is joining us from cairo. they have already flown dangerous

natalie. >> when was that? >> thanks for fining the negative in everything. dillon is here while allen is on assignment assignment. >> another hot one today. yesterday temperatures made it up to 97 degrees. humid, too. today we are most likely going to tie records n. boston the record is 91. we'll tie that one. in philadelphia the record is 94, set back in 1884. remember how hot it was in 1884? if you don't, you will feel it again today. that's 14 degrees above average. this cold front moves in later today and into tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow much more comfortable, upper 70s and lower 80s. and seasonable in the weekend. it does come with rain. we are looking at the heavy rest rain through southeastern missouri into southern illinois. this is going to produce perhaps up to two inches in eastern kentucky. and up in the boston area we could ends up with two to two and a half inches thursday night into friday morning. that's a look at&t and directv are now one. which means you can watch movies while you're on the move. sitcoms, while you sit on those. and even fargo, in fargo! binge, w