overtopped levees can lead to erosion or worse, breaches. this is all happening in southern illinois downstream from where it happened earlier. they are returning to survey the damage and begin any cleanup they might be able to do. dan simon is in eureka, missouri, one of the hardest hit areas. what do you see and what are people experiencing there? >> hi, fredricka, the floodwaters have largely receded. he are dealing with the cleanup. we have seen people toss furniture and appliances an all things damaged in floodwaters. people have piled debris in front of their garages. all kinds of things. they took in several feet of water. this is jason peck. he lives in this house. he told us. you said that this happened what, about midnight on tuesday. you were upstairs in your bedroom and then you realized in the basement, you saw all the water coming in, right? >> we had been kind of planning for it, sandbagged, all that kind of stuff. we knew, we heard it was coming. w started hearing some rushing water, went down stairs. 3:00 is whenever it got

overtopped levees can lead to erosion or worse, breaches. last hour, missouri governor jay nixon is touring the flood-damaged areas. cities like eureka and cape girardeau were completely evacuated. this as residents are returning to their homes today, to survey the damage and begin the cleanup. cnn's dan simon is live for us now in eureka. dan, how are they doing there? >> well, hi, fredricka. dozens of homes in this st. louis suburb have significant damage. and you can see, today it's really all about the aftermath and homeowners have been putting all of the damaged goods and belongings in front of their garages, hoping that it gets picked up. you can see, all along this street, there have been sort of this community response. you can see some workers coming here. these are volunteers, basically neighbor helping neighbor, trying to get this neighborhood cleaned up. we're going to talk to the homeowner here. this is dean emert. he's lived in this house -- how long, dean? >> 16 years. >> reporter: 16 years. you've never seen anything like thi

overtopped levees can lead to erosion, or worse, breaches. this hour, missouri governor jay nixon is touring the flood-damaged areas. cities like eureka and cape girardeau were completely evacuated. this as residents are returning to their homes today, to survey the damage and begin the cleanup. cnn's dan simon is life for us now in eureka. dan, i know you spoke with a father earlier who was, you know, pretty upset. what else are you finding in residents there who are trying to salvage what they can. >> reporter: well, hi, fredricka. it's just a real mess out here. and we're trying to get folks sort of the lay of the land and how things look. we're in the backyard of one home. and you can see where the water crept up. it actually came over this hill, and then completely flooded the basement of this home. you can see the water line right here, and we're actually going to show you what this basement looks like. the owner of this home, his name is tom hodge, who you'll see in a second. he actually moved in just six weeks ago. they had a baby jus

they have had one levee overtop near miller city. they could have a second one over top at the same location farther down. once we get down towards memphis, you go a little farther, towards greenville and vicksburg. these may not crest out for another 10-14 days. if we get any rain in the next 10-14 days, those numbers could end up being much higher than we are already forecasting for. >> we wish all the people being affected by this weather, we wish them safety and all the best. allison chinchar, thanks very much. >> president obama is preparing to issue a controversial order on gun control. we are exploring what's on the table and the impact it could have on race for president. >> new video of the hotel where the affluenza team, couch and his mother, hid before they were caught. >>> iraqi forces sweep through ramadi, evacuating citizens and tracking down remaining militants. we'll take you to baghdad straight ahead. kaboom... get your credit swagger on. go to experian.com. become a member of experian credit tracker and take charge

ongoing problem, as you've heard, since 1974, and, from what i understand, even small rain events are overtopping its bank and flooding people's yards and, in some cases, their homes." now, lexington county is looking at the problem more closely. in this most recent meeting, county engineers released a joint study with the army corps of engineers. in it, engineers recommend either restructuring and widening the creek, buying and destroying at- risk homes, or doing a bit of both. "these people have families and they have to relocate to rebuild, and then when the flood happens again, the cycle starts over and over and over. it's a repetitive cycle." buying problematic homes makes sense to councilman phillip yarborough. and pointer would be fine with "it will absolutely continue. absolutely continue. i mean, it's been going on for years." but, it won't be a simple fix. it probably won't be a cheap one either. the recommended plans for kinley creek cost 18 to 24 million dollars. councilman todd cullum said he didn't know if that level of funding would even be available. there were also questions abou

what started overtopping yesterday, there were five breaches in it that occurred last night. but it is the same levy system that other levies appear to be right now holding pretty good. it's the small levy that we're concerned with that we've had the problems with so far. >> my goodness. so what about evacuations and the concerns, you know, of residents potentially in danger? how do you get to them? what's the message being sent, et cetera? >> we have began a couple of days ago going through the issues of voluntary evacuation order, and that was followed up, state police went door-to-door in the olive branch, miller city, even though over to hodges park, advising people that at that time the situation was dire, and what did happen was imminent. so the majority of people had evacuated on that note. >> and what do you need as emergency management, what do you need to, you know, ensure people's safety? what is the message perhaps even being sent to that people are being vigilant themselves? >> the message being sent is as the river flows through where it breached, there is still

to officials water -- water over the top of one lengthy and second levy with a good potential of overtopping. the flooding forced evacuations in the southern part of the state, activate of activated members of the national guard to assist authorities as a precautionary level. most fortunately come it's not quite as bad, but it's one of the worst. fox 31 denver. continuing to look at is across america hundreds of people forced out of their home in southern california, as here with an ongoing gas leak. started spewing into los angeles back in october but recently became extremely worse, 2200 families living in temporary housing over 30 miles outside of the community. the local cast utility company trying to fix the issue but it we are drilling a relief well and the relief well will go way back down 8500 feet and intersect with the leaking well and then pump liquids and mugs down there to stop the gas and cement to permanently abandoned the well. meanwhile, the faa getting them fall send the guest -- the gas over the area, so wit is invoking a no-fly zone a ramp the area. the gas company is apo

we have one levy that overtopped and it's possible we could have more that get overtopped over the next several days. again, as we noticed, a lot of these areas aren't expected to crest for several days. greenville and vicksburg, another ten to 14 days. any rainfall we get the next ten to 14 days could these crests even higher. one good news is that we expect the spillway to help alleviate some of the flooding problems downstream in new orleans. >> thank you for that. coming up, crunch time for the presidential candidates with a month to go. not even until the iowa caucuses. some gop campaigns are making last minute changes hoping to cut into trump's lead. we'll check on the state of the race next. staying in rhythm... it's how i try to live... how i stay active. so i need nutrition... that won't weigh me down. for the nutrition you want without the calories you don't... try boost® 100 calories. each delicious snack size drink gives you... 25 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. so it's big in nutrition and small in calories. i'm not about to swim in the slow lane. stay strong

highs tomorrow, upper 50s for overtop and mesquite. 40s for mount charleston. 62 degrees, beautiful day at lake immediate. low os for pahrump by the afternoon. starting off a little chilly. you want to wear the jacket. by the afternoon, you might want to shed it. upper 50s expected with the high clouds streaming in later on in the day waking up to las vegas area tomorrow. it looks like we'll peak in the 60s by the afternoon. again, temperatures just slightly above our normal. calm conditions will continue wind-wise as that high remains over the region. as we take a look at the next seven days, not too much change in our weather pattern. we'll see a bit of a breeze kick up by saturday as that system passes through. temperatures will go down just slightly by the tail end of the weekend. really slightly. upper 50s flirting with the 60s into monday. it looks like back in the 60s again by the middle of the next workweek. very calm weather. boy, this weekend will be beautiful, though. >> i like it. >> take advantage of it. i will walk your dd lake mead, i'm sure it will be a long line. >>> a

ongoing problem, as you've heard, since 1974, and, from what i understand, even small rain events are overtopping its bank and flooding people's yards and, in some cases, their homes." now, lexington county is looking at the problem more closely. in this most recent meeting, county engineers released a joint study with the army corps of engineers. in it, engineers recommend either restructuring and widening the creek, buying and destroying at- risk homes, or doing a bit of both. "these people have families and children that they have to relocate to rebuild, and then when the flood happens again, the cycle and over. it's a repetitive cycle." buying problematic homes makes sense to councilman phillip yarborough. and pointer would be fine with that, if it meant a permanent fix to a problem that continues for now. "it will absolutely continue. absolutely continue. i mean, it's been going on for years." that was chad mills reporting. the recommended plans for kinley creek cost 18 to 24 million dollars. nevertheless, the council said it'll read this study in an solution. a columbia man will remain in j

and sunrise right now, calm conditions outside mid-40s for overtop. 52 degrees on the doppler. as far as what we can expect overnight. temperatures dropping down to the mid-40s. it's going to be a nice warm day for tomorrow. look out for a chance of showers headed our way before we get to that storm activity we'll give you a quick peek at the east coast weather conditions. you can see this massive system continuing to move northeast. you can see it moving through the carolinas, heavy snow, accumulations up to 2 feet in some areas through the weekend. weather alerts. we have a winter storm warning in effect for the east coast but also for the sierra until 10:00 p.m. tonight for additional heavy snowfall for your mountain peeks. we do have a system that's making its way into the coast. potentially bringing us a chance afternoon. long that storm will last coming up in a little bit. >>> a helicopter makes a hard landing. startling some in the area. antonio castelan is live out there with what happened. >> reporter: we're out in the middle of nowhere. luckily, this is where this hel

we will start off by going out the to sky cam three, throw the current conditions overtop.8 at the airport. feeling more like 21, modest breeze, you don't to have factor too much wind chill in today. wind will be a big concern with this storm, which at this point, frankly doesn't look that impressive. we have moisture starting to get underway, lot of times as storms are just starting to blossom they don't look all that interesting. the just wait. this will continue to pull moisture from the gulf. it will continue to make and strengthen and create its own cold air and eventually it will start to get cut off from the main flow of energy as it drifts toward us and that is why it is a prolong event because there is nothing to shove it out to sea. that is what you want for lower snowfall totals. for those hoping for a big snow this is prime set up. the timing could be so much worse so we are are very grateful it is coming when it is. starting tonight high pressure in place for you. the basically now is the time to just prepare and get ready. even through better part of the day t

: downriver on the illinois side of the mississippi river, governor bruce rauner says water has overtopped levees. >> hundreds of families have been requested to evacuate. unfortunately, the majority of far have said they don't want to evacuate. they want to stay with their home. >> reporter: in the community of olive branch, we met the bigham family, which has refused to leave. >> that's a whole family right there. there are six kids race razeed in that house. >> reporter: can the big said he and his siblings will defend the family home that's been here since 1959. in previous years, they built a flood wall, but the water is seeping in, so they've added a barrier of 70-pound sandbags plus eight pumps that are running. it is a family fight against a powerful river. >> you are worried about everything you've got and everything you're going to lose. >> reporter: back here in cape girardeau, the mississippi river crested two days earlier than expected. it crested last night. and tonight, it is falling, but slowly. jim, the river won't drop below major flood stage until at least thursday. >> a

officials water has already gone over the top of one levee and a second levee has a good potential of overtopping, the flooding has forced evacuations in the southern part of the state, governor brauner authorities. >> some areas have been hit harder than us. most fortunately it is not quiet as bad but this is one of the worst. >> reporter: i am jeremy ross reporting. >> no u your local forecast from meteorologist rob ikeer and the fox 25 stormtracker weather team. >> we are tracking some t arctic air that will be headed this way. just -- fyi, 37 would by about average for this time off year and mother nature makes it a little bit warmer before making it colder so tomorrow will be mild, low 40s but there it is, arctic air arrives on monday. it is really around two days, two cold days then temperatures back above normal as we head into wednesday and thursday, right now 34 degrees in boss n to, westerly winds at 10 miles an hour, that makes it feel more like 26 degrees. wake up temperatures right in the low 30s in the boss n to area. but again, we will feel more like mid-to-upper 20s when you facto

. >> i saw him laying down and i saw him laying there with the sheet overtop of him. i knew it was him. >> reporter: police say a man who what's vick from the shelter friday night when he was intoxicated came back 6:00 . he got in an argument with an employee and that is when police say the the suspect opened fire, shooting one man in his 40's in the head, killing him. another employee, a 26 year-old man was shot in the hip, a and then was taken to temple university hospital. he is expected to recover. officials say that they have lost a dedicated worker who excelled in a difficult job. >> when you have to run a facility that has rules and you are still loved here it makes you special person. >> reporter: chester says, normally people are searched, padded down when they enter the shelter. in this case they entered with food workers. after the tragic shooting, security procedures will be looked at closely. former philadelphia a's mayor wilson goodies ceo of self incorporated, a none in profit which runs eight of the city shelters including station house. >> we will inv

. >> i saw him laying down and i saw him laying there with the sheets overtop of him and i knew it was him. >> reporter: police say a man's vick from the shelter friday night when he was intoxicated came back around 6:00 a.m. sunday. he got in the argument with than a employee, and that is when police say the the suspect opened fire, shooting one man and then, one in the head, killing him. the another employee a 26 year-old man was shot in the hip and was taken to temple university hospital. he is expected to recover. officials say that they have lost a dedicated work shore excelled in a very difficult job. >> when you have to run in the city and you are still loved by residents here it makes it are very special. >> reporter: officials say normally people are searched and padded down when entering a shelter but in this case the suspect entered with workers. shelter officials say after tragic shooting security procedures will be looked at closely. former philadelphia mayor wilson goodies a ceo of self incorporated a none in profit which runs eight city shelters including station house.

to officials waters already gone over the top with one and then a second levy has the potential of overtop and the flooding has forced evacuations in the southern part of state as a precautionary measure governor activated members of the national guard to assist local authorities >> reporter: be tightened security at the inland regional center to hundred employees return to work the system close since december 2nd after the shooting rampage this shooters were killed by police the department of public health works with many of the victims who were epicenter for training session at a holiday party and news this morning a bicycle is that in san jose after climbing up with two cars becoming the first traffic death of the year just happened after 7:00 last night prior crossing the street lisa by one car and thrown into the path of another car. both drivers cooperative with police investigators don't think either driver was under the influence for bond and the influence of alcohol or drugs the film's have not been identified yet. >> reporter: and marveled the rivers of the golden gate bridge wil

``low pressure overtop of kansas ``is going to drop south, down to ``the gulf coast. ``severe weather expected through ``louisiana. ``it is going to take a 90 degree ``turn. ``that is why this track could be ``variable before it finally moves ``in. ``right now we' ``teens. ``by this afternoon, expect the ``clouds to roll back in. ``tomorrow morning' s commute, no ``we start to see the snow showers ``move through the southern ``community, lifting up to ``cincinnati in the early ``afternoon hours. ``5:00, there may be some decent ``snow bands. ``the evening commute tomorrow ``will be the concern in any ``travel south friday evening, it ``could be a big mess down towards ``lexington. ``friday evening, heavy bands of ``snow, moving out by saturday ``morning. ``there is kind of a wide range ``here. ``1-4 inches for much of the ``greater cincinnati area. ``south, 4-6. ``these totals can shift north, ``south, up and down. ``do not let this be the last ``forecast you watch because ``things are going to be changing. ``29 degrees today, a mix of ``clouds and sun. ``friday, expe

but once they become overtopped, that constant flow of water kind of erodes what had earthen material is there, and eventually the levee will breach. that is if it continues to be over-topped. that's what we're looking at across sections of southern illinois, extending down toward new orleans where there are different levees in place that have been put in place to prevent just exactly what we're anticipating over the next couple weeks. yes, i do mean weeks. already, 16 states where the rivers are at or above flood stage, and the rivers downstream from central section of missouri, we're looking at those rising over the next several weeks. all the way down to new orleans. right now, 281 rivers at or above flood stage. most extending from iowa and illinois down toward texas into louisiana. the florida panhandle and into the carolinas. now, we've heard about the fatalities already across the midwest. once those flooding rains began around december 26th to the 28 go ahead, there were about 1,500, 1,-600 millimeters reported, and already we have reports of as much as two dozen fatalities as

officials, water has already gone over the top of one levy and a second levy has a good potential of overtopping. the flooding has forced evacuations in the southern part of the state. governor ron are activated members of the illinois national guard to assist local authorities as a precautionary measure. >> sun communities have been hit harder. most, forcefully, it is not as bad. >> right now, an investigation under way in as 6, 2 men suffering serious injuries after being hit by a car. they were trying to cross main 82-year-old victim was released in the hospital. 77-year-old man now at leahy hospital. no word on his condition. >> you can expect low prices at the pump in the new year. some experts but digging prices can fall as low as a dollars 79 a gallon in the next month. 2015 saw some of the lowest gas prices and years. the average driver says that -- the safe side hundred $50 over the course of the year when compared to 2014. that helped power consumer spending and stimulated the economy. >> a new law center dot hoverboards. >> they were the hot toy of the holiday season, but can be dange

not a lot of cars are moving through the area and actually literally taking icicles down from the overtop of the bridges. other than that, drive times are okay, a 14 minute drivetime. no problems on the schuylkill into center city the blue route is doing great so far, from that four alarm fire that happened. lo custer is blocked between 22nd and 21st. watch for icy conditions smr jessica, thanks. >>> the nbc 10 team has you covered when it comes to the winter storms and preparations. we have what different communities are doing to prepare for this storm. >> matt delucia is live talking about coastal flooding. >> that could come with the storm. nbc 10 katy zachry is in philadelphia. crews are already prepping roads to keep you warm in the storm. >> reporter: we are a day-and-a-half from seeing the storm move into our area. take a look behind me. this is one of penndot salt yards located in south philadelphia. ever sentence we been here since early this morning. it has been busy, trucks have been moving in and out loading up with salt, heading to their designated spots. salting will not sta

and the second has good potential of overtopping.they have forced i evacuations. >> some communities have been getting harder. >> looking very frightening pictures. we know at least 22 people have died. five of them remain missing tonight. just a mess out there vicki liviakis. >>> an in world news, 47 people were executed in one day in saudi arabia. the executed men believed extremist ideology and were members of terrorist groups. they were plotting against a u.s. consulate in 2004. the executions are threatening to damage sunni shiite relations. this has sparked protests in teheran. >>> the site of the san bernardino rampage is set to reopen on monday. there will be tighter security as the inland regional center's 600 employees return to work. the center has been closed down since december 2. both shooters were killed by police. syed farook was an employee. he worked with many of the victims. >>> a 4.5 earthquake rattled the northern california coast last night. it happened about 9:00 p.m. friday. dozens said they felt the shaking.

that structure that you see, that is the levee that was overtopped yesterday and that constant erosion of water allowed this to breach. a lot of private land and farmland is vulnerable. those levees now will not protect those suburbs of that city along that levee. it has been devastating for a broad area for this winter. >> for sure, karen. looking at that image, you get a sense of how powerful mother nature is. karen maginnis, thank you so much. we move on to the united kingdom where prime minister david cameron is promising to work to bolster flood defenses there. this comes as communities across the uk struggle to recover from unprecedented flooding. both scotland and wales saw their wettest december on record. the rainfall will continue through the weekend, but by monday, the country will finally see some relief. >>> in turkey, a major winter storm dumped heavy snow across parts of that country. one city along the black satisfy coast picked up about 92 centimeters of snow. about 36 inches of snow. the storm also dropped about 37 meet ners istanbul or about 14 inches. hundreds of fl

have been much worse, despite the bay coming in from the west, the atlantic ocean behind me did not overtopunne. that dune cost about $10 million a mile, but if you ask people here it was well spent money. >> thank you. now kevin is here with a deeper look at the storm and what is coming next. >> that's right. we do think there is something coming next. this particular storm had so many elements that we eater broke records or came very close to breakings records. you can see the storm pushing out here. but all of this is the snow that was left by the storm. one amazing thing here is, look at the snow line right there. that is where ittened. some in massachusetts didn't see any snow, but if you went 25 miles south, they got four to five inches of snow. on saturday one of the worst days for the storm. we did have snow on friday as well, a little bit more down here towards the southeast. but look at some of the highlights from the storm. first of all, 31 states saw snow. this is all including mississippi, alabama, and the panhandle of florida. jfk had a record of a little over 30 inches. balti

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officials in illinois warning a second levee may breech as the mississippi river overtops its banks. turning to politics, president obama is preparing to kick off the new year with a controversial executive order on gun control. he is meeting with attorney general, loretta lynch on monday to discuss options for tougher gun restrictions. you are in the "cnn newsroom."

down, the water's just too high, throwing barges through that part of the river could potentially overtop cause problems. the current is very high at the moment, so we've got a shipping halt on the illinois river and restrictions on the mississippi, so everything from coal to copper to chemicals, all kinds of grain, fertilizer all stopped at the moment. nothing moving, deirdre. of. deirdre: jeff, thank you so much. jeff flock joining us there from a barge there in illinois. >>> well, another emotional issue, a surrogate mother refusing to abort one of the triplets she is carrying. the genetic father says he only wants two kids instead of three. she is suing, and is this unconstitutional? big question. is she in breach of contract? our legal experts will tell you. ♪ ♪ [vet] two yearly physicals down. martha and mildred are good to go. >> dierdre: a surrogate mom is refusing to abort one of the triplets she is carrying. she says she is the legal mother of the triplets. she is seeking custody of at least one of them, thinking it can be spared from abortion. sharon, glad to have you here. as

floodwaters are breaching a levee in illinois and not overtopping a broken levee and people in alexanderand flooding in lower mississippi is overflowing as waters won't crest for days. meteorologist allison chinchar is following this. this is a big deal, and devastate ing devastating to the area. >> it is, and we not only have one, but two levies breached and so we want to take a look at those in the similar area, and right here, you can see north of the memphis area, and the ohio and the mississippi river come together, and this is where we have had them, the fayetteville levee on the east side of the river, and dog tooth bend have started to breach. as we move farther down, this is also an area of concern, because as we push the water, a lot of the areas have not seen it crest. one of the cities cairo which is part of the southern part of illinois, that bridge there has been shutdown, and it is closed, the problem is that it is going to be causing a 90-minute detour, if you are planning to go around some of the area. again, as we mentioned, system of the cities have yet to see the high

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morning, officials in illinois warning a second levy could be breached as the mississippi river overtops its banks >>> out with the old, in with the new, and for several positions here, the new spaces occupied on the presidential campaign for dr. ben carson. three top staff quit. we are one month from the iowa caucuses. will the new campaign manager will able get a much needed boost in the polls? your "new day" starts right now. >> good morning, everyone, happy new year. i'm alison kosic in for kristi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell, good to have you here. our first show of 2016. we go inthis morning in israel, where there is a manhunt under way right now following a deadly new year's day shooting that left two people dead, several other injured. the gunman is on under surveillance cameras. we will see him in a moment, pulling out a weapon, firing into crowds, gathered on a popular road there, for bars, restaurants on that street. >> the shooter is reportedly a 29-year-old israeli arab, according to local media, it was his father who identified him from security footage. right now, though,

these overtops caused miles of flood damage impacting ag lands, homes and businesses. local law enforcement and emergency responders tried to evacuate everybody as quickly as possible. thankfully a lot of people heeded the call and went to find shelter. many residents i spoke with in these towns were still concerned about being able to recover from the flood and damage. one man from olive branch, bruce ford, said his auto repair shop was engulfed by water. he worries he could be out of business for months. bruce is working night and day to clean out the debris and move his equipment back in. he just wasn't sure when his shob would be ready to open. even worse if the levee breaches this spring he worries he won't have the means to fix it all over again in a few months. in evansville -- and this photo is a photo taken in that area -- this was taken on new year's eve, crossing the mississippi river in st. louis. it shows the devastation of the illinois side. as you can see, these buildings are nearly completely submerged in water, for many areas around st. louis the damag

here are overtops stories tonight. >> pam: big news for rader nation.l football league owners just wrapped up a final vote with 30-2 in favor of the rams moving to los angeles next season. the san diego chargers have the option to join the team at inglewood stadium site. >> pam: late today. raiders owner mark davis removed his team from consideration, after it appeared the league was in support of the chargers and rams' move. that means the raiders will stay in oakland with hopes that they can build a new stadium at the coliseum site. we will have much more tonight at kron4 at 8. >> pam: readiness and the east bay. where firefighters are working to free a man stuck several feet underground after working in a sore line. the man has been trapped for more than four hours. this is happening on the 23rd hundred block of 20 first avenue in oakland. >> pam: were told he is about 10 ft. deep. he was buried under or up to his chest in third after it caved in on him. since then i approves have the up much of that there. now, we are hearing that he is buried up to

down river, on the illinois side of the misssippi river, governor bruce rauner water has overtopped levees. (governor)hundreds of families evaxcuate, unfortunately the majority have said theyeydodoot want to evacuate they want to stay in their homes." in the community of olive branch we met the bigham family which has refused to leave. (bingham) we've got to much to lose // 6 kids we raised in that house. david bigham says he and his siblings will defend the family home that's been here since 1959.in previous years, they built a flood wall,but the water is seeping in.so they've added a barrier of 70 pound sandbags. plus they have 8 pumping running.it's a family fight against a poweful river now surrounding the bighams property. (bigham) you're worried about everything you've got and everything you're going to lose 3 democratic presidential candidate martin o'malley made a stop in siouxland was in storm lake before appearing at the plymouth county museum in le mars, saturday night. it's part of his three stops in northwest iowa. during the event, o'malley focused on new leadership, equal pa

the problem is, some of it loses steam throughout, a little bit, gets a little too overtop and grosst times but i think it was decent. overall it is worth seeing in the matinee and theaters. great with an audience. i gave it three out of five. it is not as good as don't be a menace or scary movie but definitely worth seeing. >> what is this other movie the finest hour, what is that about. >> it is a true story based on these two oil painters who were destroyed in 1952 by a blizzard and coastguard rescue mission went out and they, take 32 men that night. incredible story. the film itself, some of the visual effects look vague but over all the the story is what sells it, make sure you skip this move any 3-d. see it in 2d. it is a very dark movie. the 3-d adds too much to the screen. i gave it three and a half out of five. great performance by casey afflict and chris pine. >> okay. had about something for the the kid, kung fu panda three, kevin. >> yeah, so this is kind of cool. i sat down with jack black and kate hudson, one of my favorite actor ever brian cranston, and we talked about

but it's not overtopping the dunes, they did a ton of work, they were out there with the front-end loadersey knew was going to be eroding, there is water in some of the typical flood prone areas. >> the wind we're reporting out of belmar, typical there? are or are they quite high? >> typical for a nor'easter? >> i would say on average once a winter, with we get winds like this from a nor'easter type storm. history is not going to look at this storm and say, wow, those wednesday were historical. the snow is the historical part of the storm. we'll have more updates on that, central park just came in with six inches, reagan is at 14 inches and philadelphia is at 14 inches. >> that that snow you were showing us earlier an hour ago, you could see times square, now we don't know where it is. >> new york city is going to be pounded during the daylight hours today, this picture will look like this until at least 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. that's why new york could get a foot to a foot and a half on top of what we have already seen. >> bill was showing us that picture of times square, and you cou