if we can show you new orleans.y on a saturday, bourbon street would be popping in the middle of the day. they were supposed to have a huge convention there today. they all got out of town. most of them yesterday, heeding the warnings, knowing the storm was coming. bourbon street has been fairly quiet. it's not been an easy storm to track. ken is joining me now. can you hear me? >> i can hear you perfectly. >> where is the storm right now? it made landfall within the last couple hours, where is it moving? >>. >> real slow storm. you can see the center on the radar here the winds are there, still gusting and sustained at 17 miles an hour, it's not your textbook case or textbook look at what a hurricane would look like, look at all this rain, some of these areas have seen rain bands along the mississippi coast and mobile all day. it's going to be a big rain event. >> in the next 24 hours, where is it -- it's a life threatening storm. >> in the last three years, 83 fatalities has been with the inland flooding. it's are

lots of rain headed towards new orleans, towards baton rouge, just to the west of new orleans. we're continuing to watch this as it churns on shore. lots of floodgand storm surge. also, they've got lakes and of course the mississippi river that could break some we'll have to watch for flooding not only from the storm but also from just overflowing of ridrs lakes. back here at home we hain nothg going on. the sun just came up. temperatures are in the 70s right now. it is nice morning out there, look at that gorgeous sunrise right there, 73 degrees, humidity not that bad. let's talk about the rest of our weekend and talk about when barry could impacau us becse i do think the remnants could come our way. we'll show you when coming up. >>> back to tropical storm barry, it's just hours away from making landfall along the louisiana coast. it's still predicting that the storm will intensify to a category 1 hurricane but the primary damage as i lauryn said not the winds but the torrential rain and the dangerous storm surge barry brings. we have wendy woolfolk in new orleans. >> reporte

it's west of new orleans.he mississippi river there on the boardwalk of new orleans. barry has been drenching the gulf coast, but we are total the heaviest rain will fall overnight. most of of it in the gulf. the storm was downgrade from a hurricane when it made landfall earlier this afternoon. downgrade to a tropical storm. the heavy rain combined a slow-moving storm, that could cause what is predicted to be dangerous flooding the next few days. the mayor of baton rouge told me people are taking it in stride. >> you can probably hear some of the strong wind gusts moving through. that's been happening all afternoon as we get closer to the evening. every once in a while we'll get a break. we'll have strong gusts and the rain will start dropping in. this is the outer band. this is one of the levees that separates the city of baton rouge and the mississippi river. that is the mississippi river. it is full of water right now, and this area very saturated. as the storm makes its way up inland and northwest as they

that will be significant for the city of new orleans. ced just this past week. we are not in any way out of the woods. more details on the bbc news website. a man has been stabbed to death in birmingham in what police say may have been a targeted attack. officers were called to the sparkhill area of the city at around 11:30 last night. the man, who was in his 30s, was confirmed dead at the scene. clashes have broken out between police and protesters in hong kong where thousands of people marched against mainland chinese traders. police fired pepper spray and used batons on the marchers, who threw umbrellas and hard hats back at them. it's the latest in a string of demonstrations over anger in the former british colony. stephen mcdonell told us more from hong kong. this seems to be the new normal in hong kong. every weekend there are a rolling series of protests which at any stage could turn into a conflict with the police. they start off as a march and then at the end those who i suppose you could say are at the more radical end of the pr

of engineer for the new orleans district.or the intensity of this storm, do you think? >> we absolutely is are. we've actually been in a flood fight here in the district for over 260 days since last november. and we've been in a 24/7 flood fight since february and really what that means is that every day in partnership with local and state entities we've been inspecting levee and mississippi river levees are as good as they've ever been, and we have complete confidence in the 178 because this, if there's a proactive approach, if we find any problems in the daily inspection out immediately so far the no breaching no overtopping on federal levee and we continue to remain vigilant. >> we know that mississippi has troubles but our rick leventhal reported earlier in this hour that it actually crested last night and started to drop. that's got to be welcome news for you and your team. >> that is welcomed news and in the river it is good news -- so what are the greatest threats would you say? >> you know, there's always risk with th

correspondent helena humphrey is in new orleans where storm barry has made landfall . the storm has been all power to read and to drain few you all the ins and all thora to use a warning that the state of louisiana still faces a significant threat in the coming days. that at least $26.00 people are dead after al-shabaab extremists storm a hotel in somalia security forces say they've killed all the militants after a 14 hours each in the port city of kiss my own. clothes. i'm irish waiter thank you for joining us. u.s. vice president mike pence has said the situation at the mexican border is in crisis he blamed democratic lawmakers for the situation tense was remarking after visiting 2 overcrowded migrant detention centers in texas president donald trump said on friday that he had dispatched plans to the border to dispel the multitudes of reports of dire conditions at these centers meanwhile vigils were held around the clock around the country to call for an end to try the trump administration's immigration policies a vigil in front of the white house calling for the clo

not just in new orleans but at a lot of spots further upstream.ave to factor that in that, yes, we may only be adding dave brigtwo to four feet or th six, it's not going to take that much to trigger flooding. from a real-life perspective, let's look at what the numbers mean when we say two to three feet, four to six feet, it can be hard to visualize. here's the home along the coast. you have the high and low tides, you can see the differences there. what happens when you start to factor in that storm surge that comes in? here's about two feet, you saw that on the low end of the chart that we were showing. now bring in four feet. now it begins to trickle into the lower levels of someone's home. but once you get up to six feet, now you're starting to creep into almost covering the entire first story of someone's home. and if this is where you have been told to shelter in place, like some government officials have been telling people that do, this doesn't give you a lot of options if you are lucky enough to have a second level, you can go up there. i

and now 12:20 in new orleans, louisiana. mayor cantrell holding a news conference to update the city as barry comes ashore. understand this is illegal, you're not to tamper with bare kids that have been dispersed by the city of new orleans. any of our partners, high water vehicles and boats remain pre-staged around the city. should water rescues be needed, again, we're expecting a heavy rain event that will start to y today, the afternoon, tonight, and into tomorrow. call 911 for any emergencies. emergencies only. this is very important. i want to just thank the citizens of new orleans. you heeded the call and you stayed off of our streets after 8 p.m. last night. we will remain consistent with that message. again, this evening, asking you to stay off the streets being prepared to shelter in place. you heeded the call, you did great and although you may not have seen rainfall as we've been discussing, it is coming our way. so please continue to listen and react accordingly. and we appreciate you so much. i have to say. and it

correspondent helen humphrey is in new orleans where storm barry has made landfall . this storm has brought powerful wind and rain to new orleans and old fart is a warning to the state of louisiana still faces a significant threat in the coming days. imus waiter thank you for joining us the u.s. vice president mike pence has admitted that the situation on the mexican border is in crisis his words came after a visit of to 2 of overcrowded migrant detention centers in texas president donald trump said on friday that he had dispatched pens to the border to dispel the multitude of reports of dire conditions at the migrant detention centers meanwhile vigils were held around the country to call for an end to the trump administration's migrant detention policies. a vigil in front of the white house calling for the closure of detention centers it was one of around 700 nationwide the activists here say that the way migrants are treated isn't compatible with american values. because of the kids held in cages because of the horrible treatments going on the borders of the united

todd: delta airlines canceling all flights new orleans this morning. to our studios here in new york city, a lot to cover. we will get into the politics throughout the course of the morning, griff, jed and todd joining you on your tropical storm. griff: we have team coverage tracking tropical storm barry. every move, casey stegall is live in the storm's path in new orleans. >> yeah, we also have meteorologist rick reichmuth in the studio with his latest forecast. todd: we begin with rob schmitt live for us in morgan city. have you major way to the water. what's it like? rob: as you might think, as the winds are really kick right now. as you can tell the storm is getting closer and closer. every hour it inches closer. you might think this is the gulf of mexico. this is lake palord here in this town and we just moved about five minutes up the street here in morgan city. you can just see the water is not supposed to be nearly this far up. and this is what we are going to see all over southern louisiana and lakes and ponds and rivers high water as it moves

flights at the new orleans airport resumed on sunday. cbs news, new orleans. >>> trouble for american airlines. why they have to cancel more than 100 flights per day. >>> a store that sold the winning lottery ticket with over $1 million. >>> time for a cool change in the bay area, thank you little river band. we will have the forecast for you when we come back. >>> new video out of indonesia showing people scrambling moments after a 7.3 quake damaged homes and terrified residents. there is no threat of a tsunami but that did not stop people living near the ocean to move to higher ground. there were no reports of serious injuries. >>> american airlines is canceling flights. the max is been grounded since march following two deadly crashes linked to software. and now american is adding two months of cancellations until early november. it has 24 of the grounded planes in the cancellations add up to 115 per day. the airline says is using other planes whenever possible. >>> a number of retailers have filed for bankruptcy and now, forever 21 ma

natasha chen is west of new orleans in morgan city. natasha, you've been hit by bands of rain in and out. what else are people feeling and experiencing there? >> reporter: it's a lot more wind than rain just at the moment. we ran into the public information officer for st. mary parish, the parish we're in right now. he was talking about some of the concerns they have. they've gotten a couple of medical calls, for example, in a neighboring city and there are growing concerns that they may not be able to get to some of those calls very soon because a lot of roads are blocked right now with debris and downed trees. i want to show you the street that we're on. for a while there were some people coming by and just looking around, but you can see sandbags, people have prepared the best they can around these straits. that's because the main concern here is flooding and the rain, the heavy rain that we're expecting is yet to come. so the city's pumps will be tested at that time. of course we're also seeing massive flooding from the river here.

it has not hit new orleans yet. heavy rain is falling on louisiana. e reached 120 kilometres per hour. barry is also expected to bring surges across the coast, just south—west of new o rlea ns. the coast, just south—west of new orleans. that national hurricane centre says barry should quickly wea ken centre says barry should quickly weaken as it moves on shore. let us get the latest from our north american correspondence. high winds lashing the louisiana coast as tropical storm barry approaches land. as it travelled slowly across the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, families, friends and neighbours filled sandbags in the hope of protecting their homes. a state of emergency was declared days ago, and people were told to stock up on supplies. they may not have another opportunity for several days. people here have seen stronger storms, but it's the amount of rain — estimates of up to 2a inches — that barry will bring that people are really worried about. i'm on the levy on the south side of the mississippi river. you can see new orleans just over there

eric: arthel, thinking about you and your family, you're from new orleans, mom is okay. i'm eric sean, power has been knocked out to tens of thousands of people in louisiana, that's where the storm came ashore and hit the coastal city near lafayette, just southwest or so of new orleans, louisiana and mississippi declaring state of emergency, rainfall predictions topping 20-inches for some areas that are already water locked but all eyes on the swollen mississippi river and the communities surrounding it, jeff paul light in baton rouge, 3 rivers that come together in one place, hey, jeff. >> hey, eric, yeah, this is the mississippi right here and to give you an idea how full it is right now, backed by outer bands, this is the guardrail that leads to steps and it's supposed to be all the way down 10 more steps and you can't see the end of the guardrail, that just shows you how full and flowing the mississippi river is in baton rouge, it was going to be a rain event, as you take a look over to the side, the flags tell the story of the strong gusts as they start to roll in,

we are live in new orleans with how the gulf coast is bracing for the storm. ev engine. that cooperating on self driving technology. we will talk to the new ceos about the alliance. let's get a quick check on the major averages. it has been an up day for the most part in the u.s. it looks like we may creep to want to close and stay above it, which would be an important psychological level. the dow is up half a percent. .4%.asdaq also rallying, j, down in ion j& the session, now down 4.8%, on word there is a grand jury investigating what executives knew and when as it relates to talcum powder and this pestis claims, now that we know it is true that some cancers were caused by asbestos in talcum powder. a big drag on the dow. i found a way to chart the enthusiasm that is happy friday. i am sure a lot of people say that to you in the office. when it comes to performance for the s&p 500, friday so far in 2019 has been the best performing day of the week for the s&p 500. for those who like to sail off early mid day, could be missing out on some gains in the market. trade war f

you've got new orleans, the city, here.rounding it, you have the mississippi river and lake pontchartrain, as well. here's how it works -- normally the city as a colander when rain comes down. it has exit points for water to go out. the problem is, we are seeing that we are going to be experiencing an intense amount of rain. look at this -- when the water comes out it goes out through the pumps. it also can exit the floodgates. the floodgates, however, are now closed. and the pumps are limited. they can only pump out one inch an hour for the first hour and up to a half an inch an hour of rain every hour after that. the problem is with this particular storm, barry, we are expecting rainfall rates of two to three inches an hour, sometimes even higher than that. that is too much rain for those pumps to be able to pump out. and since there is no more floodgates that are open and allowing that water to exit, new orleans no longer acts like a colander but now acts like a bowl, allowing all of that water to just sit there and have

regard to the new system that we live under 110w the new system that we live under now is that new orleansotection. given that the fact that the last one almost destroyed the city, that is quite a load buyer to clear. new o rlea ns is quite a load buyer to clear. new orleans is a particular place and i know people there feel they are treated badly by the powers that be. can you tell us some more about that? i know it is a big question but i need a short answer. new o rlea ns but i need a short answer. new orleans is a catholic city in a protesta nt orleans is a catholic city in a protestant neighbourhood in the american south. so it has many international influences from the korean africa and europe in an area thatis korean africa and europe in an area that is 110% american so it is foreigner in its own land and then the south in general is regarded with disdain by folks in the north and new orleans is a majority african—american city and those are three key reasons why it feels that way. i think we all hope it goes better this time, harry. thank you so better this time, harry. thank you s

of new orleans. she is amazing. she is a community organizer. .hat is her roots the work she did in her neighborhood after katrina, organizing that community, fighting for resources to bring that neighborhood back. it was one of the neighborhoods those planners said would not be able to rebuild, you are too low, too much water. if said, i will be doggone that is going to happen. not today. and she organized so that that neighborhood would come back, that the people of new orleans would be able to come back and live where they choose to live, and not where someone else tells them to live.

in new orleans, the mayor, latoya cantrell, has urged residents to stay vigilant. ot out of the conditions that will cause heavy rainfall for the city of orleans. although barry has slowed, it's also intensified, pushing the timing of expected impacts further into today, tonight, and sunday. our correspondent sophie long's in new orleans, i asked her whether people there were heeding those warnings. yesterday evening she was urging people to wrap up their preparations and be in their homes and hunkered down there, take shelter at home. by down there, take shelter at home. by eight o'clock yesterday evening. last night on the streets of new o rlea ns last night on the streets of new orleans they were pretty much deserted. most people heeded those warnings. we are now seeing people out on the streets again, not nearly as busy as it would be normally, but people have come out. as you heard from her there, her messages very clear, this is not over, don't be complacent, the worst of storm barry, here in new orleans, is yet to come. what they are really worried about is t

sophie long in new orleans for us.sion is reported to have approved a $5 billion penalty for facebook over its handling of users' personal data. republican members of the regulator are said to have backed the settlement, with democrats voting against. facebook have not commented on the reports but the tech company did tell investors in april that it had set aside money to pay for a fine. our north america technology correspondent dave lee has more. it will be a record—breaking summer us regulator to impose on a technology company, dwarfing the 22 million or so that google was fine not so long ago. and that may not be the sum of it in terms of the total punishment. if $1 billion fine may also involve extra measures put on facebook to hold it more accountable, such as privacy, oversight, or even, potentially, or personal responsibility for mark zuckerberg —— five early in dollar. those are the details we don't yet have about the settlement. it will be the more contentious side of this because some people think that the m

and helena humphrey for us in new orleans thank you so much and please stay safe. and i will take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the sudanese capital khartoum and other cities to mark 40 days since security forces killed dozens of demonstrators on the 3rd of june of men in military uniforms opened fire on a protest camp outside army headquarters. insurgents have killed at least 3 security officers after storming a commercial building that houses a hotel in western afghanistan the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and kala in the capital of east province the defense ministry says 3 attackers were killed and 2 others arrested. an unknown assailant fired a rocket propelled grenade into a ukrainian t.v. stations building in kiev there were no immediate reports of injuries but police are investigating the incident as an act of terror a t.v. station have plans to air a controversial documentary featuring russian president vladimir putin critics saw it as too favorabl

in new orleans. several low lying parishing, worried levees may be breached, have already issued mandatory evacuations, but not the big easy. >> we are not issuing a voluntary or mandatory evacuation, sheltering in place, is our strategy. >> the advice, you'll need supplies for 72 hours. >> i have bottled water, i also have generator, i have a portable -- two portable air conditioners. >> barry is expected to pack a triple threat. high rivers, flash flooding, and a storm surge of 2 to 3 feet. perhaps pushing the mighty mississippi to its highest level since 1950. >> officials doing all they can, closing flood gates ahead. this could be an unprecedented situation. >> the number one threat is going to be water, it's going to be the flooding and the heavy rainfall. >> and lafayette in the middle of barry's projected path could see a month's worth of rainfall in the space of just a few hours. and that is why here in lafayette, they have prepositioned vehicles like this one. ready to rescue people from th

and helena humphrey for us in new orleans thank you so much and please stay safe. and out of some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the sudanese capital khartoum as well as other cities in the country to mourn the dozens of demonstrators who were killed last month men in military fatigues shot and beat crowds outside army headquarters on the 3rd of june saturday's rallies to mark 40 days sense that raid. a russian proton m. rocket has successfully launched a cutting edge of space telescope into orbit the specter argy telescope is the result of close collaboration between russian and german scientists the spacecraft is expected to detect a galaxy clusters observed millions of black holes and tens of thousands of star forming galaxies. india is due to launch its 2nd ever mission to the moon in just 2 days time the mission's goal is to land a rover near the south pole which hasn't been explored yet in preparation for monday's launch school kids in delhi have been exploring their country's space progra

we're the first barrier island to protect new orleans.s is the protection of new orleans. >> reporter: 24 hours ago the mayor ordered a mandatory evacuation. his town of 1,400 people sits there's only one road in and out of town and it will likely be under water. crystal trahan is one of the handful of people we met today who refuses to leave. >> just going to hang out. and my mother's going to kill me! >> reporter: lousiana's governor john bel edwards: >> the real danger in this storm was never about the wind anyway, it's always been about the rain and that remains a very significant threat. >> reporter: for the first time in history, all floodgates on the mississippi river have been closed within the new orleans hurricane protection system. 85 miles west of new orleans, the mayor of morgan city is anticipating between 20 and 30 inches of rain. he's planning to impose a curfew tonight to keep people off the streets, and here's why. your streets act as a flood system? >> correct. so we have subsurface drainage which is the drain pipes, an

reporter: there's such a focus on the levee system, the fact that the levees have been closed around new orleansugh what that means and how that has changed things for you in the city. >> you know, there's a $14 billion levee system around our parish, orleans, and jefferson. so what has happened is this is the first time what i understand that they closed down all the gates around that system. so my parrish has about six gates that that would shut down. when you do that, the people start worrying, start asking questions, why are we doing all of this. so you know, we're being pre-cautious. the governor is doing a great job in getting messaging down to the local communities. so we wanted to make sure our citizens are safe. we take it serious. we want to be vigilant. and making sure all of our citizens are safe, that's our job. >> we know this is a slow moving event. we know that the rain and the storm will be with us not just for hours but potentially for days. but i know you're also looking beyond that in terms of what comes next. what are you looking at in terms of flooding, especially after as

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barry's biggest threat is torrential rain, as much as two feet in new orleans and parts of mississippiw, we're going to start tonight with lonnie quinn, chief weathercaster at wcbs tv in new york. lonnie, what it is looking like for landfall? >> well, it's going to be borderline whether it's a hurricane or not. and it's funny, we all get tied into-- we get wrapped up with the wind speed, because the wind speed dictates whether it's a hurricane or not. it may be a strong tropical storm; it may be a low-grade, cat-1 hurricane, but it's going to be a big water maker. there's going to be a lot of rain associated with this. now, here's the latest information from the national hurricane center. you've got a storm that has 40 m.p.h. winds. so just barely a tropical storm for that matter, about 90 miles from the south of the mississippi river. but as it pushes to the west and eventually goes up to the north, we think it's going to be making landfall sometime maybe late friday, early saturday. is it a hurricane, it is a tropical storm? we shouldn't be just, you know, tied up into that entirely,

sophie long is in canal street in new orleans.hat it has slowed down, but it is still packing a punch, isn't it? yes, and people in morgan city are filling that punch at the moment. we have heard from the mayo that they are 100% without power. more than 100,000 other people are also experiencing similar outages, and it is around that place at the moment, morgan city, about 60 miles west of here, where they are feeling the brunt of those at 70 mph wind. here in new orleans, it isn't too bad, we are experiencing sudden downpours and strong winds, but as you heard from the migratory, they are expecting this term to have slowed, but it will come through. it is hoped that new orleans will be spared the brunt of the storm, but they are worried about here is a huge amount of rain that will fall overnight and in tomorrow stop some forecasters are expecting up to two feet of rainfall. this street i'm standing above was flooded only a few days ago due to the thunderstorms that preceded star matt on the mississippi river, just a few hundred

sophie long, bbc news, new orleans.joins us now, say shejoins us now, it say she joins us now, it has got a bit worse since you may report. when is it expected to make landfall? we think it's making landfall any time now. i can confirm it hasjust think it's making landfall any time now. i can confirm it has just been upgraded to a hurricane, so we are now talking about hurricane barry. it's pounding the coast at the moment, it's a very slow—moving storm, only moving at about three miles an hour. forecasters are describing it as a very messy storm. we now know it's making landfall, we are expecting that to happen much earlier than forecast. in terms of what's happening on the ground, even before that made landfall, 55,000 people are without power this morning, almost all flights have been cancelled from new orleans airport and offshore drilling rigs have been evacuated for some days now. it's taking a financial toll in terms of the human population in new o rlea ns. terms of the human population in new orleans. it was ve

we all remember hurricane katrina, how prepared are those new orleans levees to take this new batteringne here has forgotten the catastrophic flooding that came in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. i should say that the flood defences and drainage systems have been updated, they have been strengthened, millions of pounds have been spent doing that over the past 14 years. but we heard from the mayor of new orleans today that with the amount of rainfall that with the amount of rainfall thatis that with the amount of rainfall that is expect it to fall over the next 48 hours, there are very few systems in the world that can deal with those levels. it is a combination of factors that they are dealing with here, record high river levels and record high rainfall expected over the next few days. one of the problems is that the storm has been so slow moving, it has been hovering off the coast of louisiana for some days gathering strength and gathering intensity. so we wait and see what will happen to those defences. most people i have spoken to here are confident that they are not going to see

new orleans has already picked up four inches of rain.side of new orleans they have already picked up seven inches of rain. the numbers are going to get way up there now. this white shaded area shows you a foot of rain, alright? right there around new orleans, that area in black, that is 18 inches of rain. and that doesn't even take into consideration, jim, the storm surge that comes with the flow on shore. so again, i think it's going to be more of a storm about the water than the wind. wind will be an issue, but i think the water is the big thing. >> axelrod: lonnie, thank you. now to labor secretary alex acosta, who is hanging tough tonight and rejecting calls to resign and insisting the plea deal he worked out with investor jeffrey epstein was the best he could get. epstein received an unusually lenient sentence in 2008 after being charged with molesting teenage girls. acosta was the u.s. attorney in south florida at the time. mola lenghi now on what acosta had to say today. >> he needed to go to jail. >> reporter: for almost an hour,

behind me is the flood wall that protects the french quarter of new orleans, the city of new orleansd that from the mississippi river. that wall has not had to be used during tropical storm and hurricane barry. that is the good news. no injuries, no deaths, the most important news. the only casualty so far is the tourism, french quarter, which is always crowded, perpetual party part of the city has been quiet the last two nights. they expect the tourists to come back and get the tourist dollars. this board shows them, but what was canceled yesterday were things like the cemetery and voodoo bus tour and the plantation swamp tour. even ironically, the hurricane katrina tour. it's a tour that takes you to some of the infamous sites from 14 summers ago, the hurricane that devastated the city and louisiana where up to 1,800 people died. this could have been the culprit of the storm, this was the major concern if levels got over 20 feet. the thought was it would go over the levee walls of the city that would protect up to 20 feet. it did not happen. the reason they were so concerned is bec

new orleans a war of deadly floods as tropical storm barry bears down on the louisiana coast. and we have liftoff as a rocket heads to space carrying their job russian extra telescope has searched the sky for dark energy the find of water not that means from our correspondent in moscow. hard work of. more on those stories in just a moment but 1st to somalia where 26 people are dead after our shabaab militants stormed a hotel in case my own among those killed a politician foreigners and journalists security forces and kiss my oh say they have ended the siege and killed the militants officials are calling it the deadliest day in the port city since insurgents were driven out in 2012 the extremists have been trying to topple the government there for more than a decade. sort of a need to have janice abilities bill on the line from the somalian captain long edition of the disease what more can you tell us about this deadly attack. well just as you have mentioned is one of the deadliest attacks to ever walk a. mile and if i may shed more light on this i think. it's a credit for the

the torrential rainfall putting flood defenses to the test in the city of new orleans. here's mayor la toya. >> we're out of the eye but we're not out of the conditions that will cause heavy rainfall for the city of new orleans. although barry has slowed also intensified while the storm surge risk on our mississippi river have passed, the primary risk continues to remain heavy rain for the city of new orleans pl. we begin with fox team coverage senior correspondent rick leventhal on scene in new orleans but we begin with meteorologist adam in the fox extreme weather center adam. >> hey there jon barry helicopters to crawl moving to north only at 7 miles an hour but this is a system there's your center of circulation that's just a little ways off to west of laugh yet, louisiana, and the real story with this and continue to be -- and not where center of circulation is but all of the rain drug behind this system and so far stayed off coast of louisiana but it is getting much closer some of the heaviest rain is still on the way and overnight tonight -- and these are rainfal

dangerous storm surge on the gulf coast, with flooding expected to be most severe south—west of new orleans not out of the conditions that will cause heavy rainfall for the city of orleans. although barry has slowed, it's also intensified, pushing the timing of expected impacts further into today, tonight, and sunday. the bbc‘s sophie long joins me now from new orleans. sophie, this storm has been downgraded from a hurricane. how is it still dangerous? well, as you can see, am in the centre of your lens and it is raining quite hard at the moment. what we are experiencing is southern downpours of rain. forecasters are warning the rain will become more persistent. that is what they are really worried about. the conditions that preceded this storm meant that the mississippi river was very high, swollen to flooding levels already, and forecasters are predicting there could be up to two feet of rain to fall in the next 48 hours. it is going to land on already saturated ground. the street behind me was flooded three days ago. as i said, the mississippi river is already high. so they are worried t

tens of thousands of homes and businesses are without power and new orleans airport has been closed. n an electrical transformer and to smoke in multiple buildings in manhattan, the most densely populated of new york's five boroughs. al—shabaab militants have killed 26 people and injured many more in their biggest attack in years on the southern somali port of kismayo. politicians, aid workers, and journalists were among the victims who were gunned down in an exclusive hotel. the authorities say three of the islamist militants died, a fourth was captured alive. financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries are creating a workforce crisis in england. that's according to the national day nurseries association, which says people are leaving forjobs in areas such as retail, where they can earn more. the association is calling on the government to provide more money to support free childcare places. our business correspondent, katy austin reports. this private day nursery in east manchester wants

allison just mentioned potential tornadoes even in new orleans. gary tuchman is in new orleans.e's already seen a good portion of the rain this morning that we're waiting for sort of in our area over here to the west of gary. what's happening, though, now, gary? >> reporter: erica, my crew and i are hanging out on the banks of the mississippi river, just like huck finn and his crew. the reason it's relevant is there is no possibility that i would be able to stand on these rocks next to the mississippi river in new orleans if what we feared happened would have have happened. the thought was early in this week that this water would come over the banks, could go over a 20-foot level. right now it's at about 16 1/2 feet. if the water got that high, it would go in this direction where there's a flood wall. that flood wall is designed to protect the city of new orleans and the french quarter behind it from 20 feet of water or less. if it gets over 20 feet, then it gets dicey. unlike hurricane katrina, 14 summers ago where the devastation caused by levees that snapped open. in one case

mississippi river is already high so they are worried that they could still be some flooding here in new orleans we had some good news today, style — track the storm was downgraded from a hurricane as it made landfall to a tropical storm again, pastor —— parts of the coast are expensive strong winds of up to 70 miles an hour and flooding there too. there we re hour and flooding there too. there were concerns about the new orleans levees, however holding out? actually, concern about the levies is now petering off as well. they thought that that could be a problem, the levies are built to withstand up to 20 feet of rain with the storm surge that you talked about, and the red that we're seeing over the next 48 hours, it was feared as levels of the mississippi could quest at 19 feet, so dangerously close to the 20 foot that they are able to deal with. we are told now that the authorities are told now that the authorities are confident that they will do theirjob and protect new orleans from the catastrophic flooding that we re from the catastrophic flooding that were seen in the aftermath of hurrican

in new orleans. here is your 5 at 5. our top story back to the gulf where tropical storm barry is bearing down on the bayou. we're live next. refiners in the gulf slash production more than 53% of the region's output is now off line as barry barrels closer to the coast and a record setting week on wall street about to get sweeter because futures pointing toward records this morning after the dow closed above 27,000 for the first time ever. bashing bitcoin, president trump taking to twitter to slam the currency and facebook's libra in the process and the president is not alone. the billionaire investor mark cuban citing with trump calling facebook's libra a big mistake it's friday july 12th and worldwide exchange begins right now. >> this is a live shot right here on your screen. tropical storm barry hovering off the coast of new orleans the city has already seen record rainfall in recent weeks and the storm could make landfall as soon as saturday we'll have the latest coming up. this is a serious threat but first let's t

the reason is because of the topography of new orleans, for example, because new orleans is surroundedy water. you've got the mississippi river and lake pontchartrain that surround the city, and the city sits in between but also below. below sea level in some spots and that's going to be the key. here's the thing, new orleans under normal circumstances acts like a colander you would cook pasta in. rain comes down. it has an exit point that it can come out from, in the form of flood gates or the pumps that are there. the pumps have limits. the pumps can only punch out 1 inch an hour for the first hour and a 1/2 inch every hour after that. the problem is for hurricane barry, they're expected to get 2 to 3 inches an hour, coming down across the city. that's too much for the pumps to be able to handle. the flood gates, which would be another way for that water to exit have been closed because of the fear of storm surge. now when you're start talking about how much rain we have mentioned and fred, we talked, you're talking 10, 15, as much as 20 inches of rain. it's simply going to be too mu

and new orleans already under water. tonight, authorities there are bracing for what could be a major test of the levee system after katrina. dark clouds and a water spout there on lake pontchartrain. streets turned into rivers. this streetcar, the only traffic in a flooded downtown new orleans. and take a look. this satellite image tonight of the tropical threat right now at this hour. meteorologist rob marciano is just outside new orleans tonight, leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, a state of emergency for new orleans. this water spout spotted marching across lake pontchartrain, as severe storms ripped through homes like this one. >> whole bedroom was blown out and my wife and dog were kind of under the rubble. >> reporter: and flash floods pounding the city. dumping up to half a foot of rain, turning roads into rivers. the famed french quarter submerged. drivers forced to abandon their cars. residents getting around any way they could. this man swimming through deep water. >> this is ridiculous. this is like venice

so more water will be added to it even once you clear the new orleans area. >> shepard: all right. adam klotz in the weather center tracking the storm throughout this news hour and all weekends on fox news. first though, the house did its job. now it's up to the senate to save the 9-11 victim compensation fund for the heros and survivors that are sick and dying. >> the house and the senate with a trillion dollar deficit try to balance that budget of 10.2 billion over ten years on the backs of 9-11 victims and first responders. it's like watching joey chestnut throw down 70 hot dogs in coney island and at the end of it not have a coke. you know, he's watching the calories. aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. crabfest is back at red lobster with 9 craveable crab creations. like crab lover's dream with crab...crab... and more crab. or for those who want it all... new crabfest surf & turf. grab your crab crew, hurry in or order it to go! [music playing] across the country, we walk. carrying flowers that signify why we want to end alzheimer's disease. but

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the reason this is so important to watch, the mississippi river is at 16 foot at a levy in new orleans. when katerina hit it was 3. it's expected to go to the highest level in 90 years. the highest level a relevant test. >> with we have other breaking news into the situation room. new trouble if the persian gulf. apparently involving iran. let's go to barbara starr. what are you learning, barbara. >> fweeng, cnn learned in about the last seven hours iran made of an up successful attempt to seize a british oil tanker trying to move through the strait of hormuz in the persian gulf region. this is a british oil tanker that was surrounded essentially by five iranian revolutionary guard mall boats, armed iranian boats that tried to make the tanker shift course and go into iranian territorial waters. there was a british warship nearby escorting. it moved into position. we are told that montrose trains guns on the iranian ships and gave them a verbal warning to back off. montrose especially equipped with large canons on the deck to drive off small boats. the iranians had been threatening itti

new orleans may be facing its achilles heel. we already know the mississippi river is at or near flood stage. 16 feet the current level right now but you add in two to four feet of predicted storm surge plus the extremely heavy rain that is in the forecast and the potential for overtopping levy is very high. you can see some of the levys are actually below 20 feet. you don't have to be a mathematician to put that altogether. we have a serious problem on our hands. >> derek, thank you so much. >>> 36 minutes past the hour. chicago now breaking overnight, r. kelly arrested in chicago and charged with sex trafficking in new york. the entertainer is also facing charges for child pornography and attempting to influence a case in atlanta. the nypd, homeland security and other agencies assisted in his arrest. he has been fighting sexual abuse allegations for nearly two decades. in february he was charged with aggravated sexual abuse with four women. three a minor. >>> a 3,000 acre brush fire forcing people from their homes in maui. the

>>around it you got lake pontchartrain which is huge right next to new orleans you get the mississippi river right next orleans and you got the gulf coast. south of new orleans. so a free so there's a lot to be concerned about down there. yeah there really is especially new orleans which should get upwards of 25 inches of rain by the end of this weekend so flooding will be a concern long after tropical storm barry makes its way out of louisiana. >>here's a look right now at the current satellite and radar you could see those bands of rain impacting not only the state of louisiana, but even the texas panhandle as well, widespread light to moderate rain tornadoes will be an issue with this and a storm surge anywhere from 3 to 6 feet that's why tropical storm warnings and hurricane warnings in effect for much of the north gulf coast line and in addition to that the mississippi river could actually crest upwards of 20 feet, something it hasn't done since in 1927. let's take a look at its current path right now sustained winds at 65 miles per hour as it inches closer to the state of louisia