mexico. the united states government is urging americans to steer clear of beaches and rough seas on mexico's southwest coast and workers were boarding up buildings at hurricane patricia is heading toward the pacific coast of mexico. it's a powerful category five sto storm. it has maximum sustained winds of about 200 miles an hour. you can see here a hurricane warning was put into effect for a stretch of coastline that includes the tourist resort of puerto vallarta.

. >> absolutely, especially the pacific of mexico. they have seen quite a few over the years but this is the biggest storm recorded in the western hemisphere. this is something different and coming in between two tourist resorts. tourists are being evacuated from hotels. those who haven't been able to get out are being housed in shelters and there are mexican arounded forces heading into the area to try to deal with the problems. of course, the worst affected are going to be the people living in small villages, fishing villages along the coastal region that don't have the type of housing to easily withstand this housing and they are at risk from the waves and floods and land slides that will be a sult zoo's stoarp expert said it will be the flooding that is the real problem. are they prepared for that specific flooding do you think? >> reporter: they are getting prepared and have been over their there is a fastn unit that does quite well, but it's the scale of this one that won't have been at a level that has been seen before. even st

. >>> residents of a stretch of mexico's pacific coast gearing up for the arrival of hurricane patricia. >> many in the resort area boarding up their homes and businesses. officials are warning that the monster category 5 storm may become the most dangerous to hit the area since they began keeping records in 1949. the u.s. government is urging all americans on the coast to take shelter. stay away from beaches and rough seas. so this is when we talk about the coast, texas, as well. >> yeah. eventually the remnants of patricia moving towards texas and the gulf states. flooding a concern there and this is an epic storm. 200 miles per hour. this's the sustained win. not gusts. strongest hurricane we have ever seen. there was a typhoon that had lower pressure, back in the '70s. this may rival that one, as well. so this is an epic storm. >> wow. >> about to cause a whole lot of heartache in mexico and eventually dealing with that tri-state and parts of the united states rather. not here in the tri-state but seeing some rain from patricia. >> really? >> that's in the seven-day forecast. this i

of rain. john holman, al jazeera, guadalajara, mexico. >> let's go straight to andy gallagher, who joins us from mexico city. what are you hearing about the impact on the pacific coast there? >> well, darren we're starting to get reports in from the authorities in those three regions and the president of mexico who are all saying early indications are that there ha hs been no huge damage and no fatalities so far despite all the forecasters saying, this could be a potentially catastrophic storm, the indications it hasn't been exactly as bad as predicted. seven hours until daylight comes to mexico that may reveal a very different picture. remember the storm as it moved in a category 4 as it is now will hit those more remote mountainous areas where people have no communications, and they live in ramshackle residence he. we are getting early indications that this isn't the catastrophic storm that perhaps it was forecast to be but as i said early days yet. >> andy how well prepared is mexico for these kinds of hurricanes? >> well they are fairly well prepared. hurricanes are pretty common in mexico but what you have to remember about this storm is just a couple of

of the music industry? >>> but we start with hurricane patricia bearing down on the pacific coast of mexico. residents there scrambling to prepare for winds expected to reach 200 miles per hour, dangerous downpours and flash flooding. we are on top of the story with team coverage from mexico and texas. but first let's beginning with weekend today meteorologist dillon dryer in the studio with me. >> it's still a very powerful category 5 hurricane at this point. the strongest storm to make landfall had winds of 190 miles per hour. this storm has winds up to 200 miles per hour, and it's close to making landfall. it's been wobbling a lot. and if it continues on this track, it could come very close to puerto vallarta, and possibly, if it makes landfall as a hurricane with 200-mile-per-hour winds, it could be the strongest storm ever to make landfall. it is going to make landfall shortly, and then as it moves over the terrain of mexico, it's going to weaken quickly. it will lose winds but not moisture. so for texas sunday morning, we'll see this energized to the point where we'll see several inche

it will be making landfall in just a couple of hours on the pacific coast of mexico. also, it's friday. so we'll go on the road with steve hartman, who has a terrific story about a little girl who knew her horse could be a champion. boy, did the horse come through. we'll have that and the rest of about ten minutes. >>> a little boy who has spent the last year fighting for his of his dreams. max mitchell designed the play house himself after seeing the swiss family robinson tree house in disney world. >> the make-a-wish foundation teamed up to make his dream a reality. we were there when we started construction. >> reporter: they are building a play house that only a little bow with a vivid imagination could dream up. >> it's got the main play hour and then a tower which will have an observation post on top of it. the turret will be positioned right there about halfway through. the play house will come this way. there will be a slide and a gang plank coming up here. >> reporter: it is a bit of a >> our goal is to in one day construct an entire play house for max. >> th

of duty. richard engel takes us into the dramatic raid that claimed his life. >>> a catastrophic hurricane is set to plow into the pacific coast of mexico. we have team coverage on the track, its size and the impact. >>> right now at 4:30, officials identify the first american soldier to die in combat against isis in iraq. 39-year-old master sergeant joshua wheeler was killed in a raid yesterday. what we are learning about the rescue mission that freed dozens of hostages. >>> a maryland bride surprises her father with an unusual wedding gift. why she says she gave her dad a certificate to prove her virginity. >>> prince george's county police say the suspect who had this gun known how to fire it an officer could be dead. it all unfolded yesterday just off the vw parkway. prince george's county police say joseph craig was a passenger in the vehicle stopped for a routine traffic stop, but clay jumped out of the vehicle and began running and then according to police, pulled the trigger on a fully-loaded gun at an officer. >> had he known what he was doing with the gun it absolutely would have fired and we would have had another officer kil

of rainfall. life threatening flooding and mud slides could happen. dangerous storm surge could happen and threatening surf and weak currents. hurricane hitting the pacific coast of mexico are rare, so they have been only one category 5 hurricane that hit central mention sew so far, and that killed 1800 people. take all measures to protect yourself because it's going to be a devastating storm system. moisture from patricia is energy jazzing this pressure system situated south of the u.s., causing for rainfall to the southern plains, especially texas. there are reports of hail already, more hail expected with the risk of tornados here. another system provides flooding rainfall in the central plains and canada as well, but mostly dry in the eastern united states, and temperatures will drop into the teens in new york city after days of warm weather. washington, d.c. at 18 degrees for the high with abundance of sunshine. all right. let's go to asia, then. the western pacific has been quite active as well. so far there's been 25 named storms, and this is the current one, but this system is now packing strong winds, still a strong typhoon, actually, pulling away from the isla

develop news the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the western hemisphere coming to the pacific coast of mexico. here is from ixtapa, hurricane patricia is now a hurricane five hurricane and people are warned to evacuate on the central coast. >> the sirens were warning people in puerto vallarta where it will make landfall today near the coastal city and move northeast to south texas. we have a posting on video the white house is urging people in the path of the storm to make preparations immediately to protect life and property. >> meteorologist mike nicco has been tracking the eye of the storm six hours from making landfall. mike? >> at 5:00 news this afternoon, that is when it will start coming ashore. let me show you what is going on. it is setting several records. it developed faster than any other hurricane. it is also reaching the theoretical limit of how fast hurricane winds can reach which is 200 miles per hour. there is thought with el nino stronger and deeper 220 is not out of the ordinary. i will stay over here and press the button you can see the map because my remote is not working

winds moving at 190 miles per hour of it's moving east and right now it's about 35 miles from the mexican coast. this storm erasing toward the pacific coast of mexico . >>> exerts say it could cause catastrophic damage of let's get ride over to bri eggers with a look at when it's expected to hit land. it looks like parts of it already on land. technically we don't see landfall until the eye of that storm does reach land. i expect that to happen within the next one to two hours. the inside of two hours. you are waving this loop here and you can see that even the eye is getting fill in by clouds a little bit but the imagery showing that really defined eye a few hours ago not so much any anymore. we are not talking about the strongest storm on record for the western emus fear and earlier today that minimum pressure was at 879 millibars. that's very close to the worldwide record holder typhoon tip from 1979 but we've already seen the storm dissipate just a touch. still packing a wall up of a storm as we get through the next couple few hours category five again expected to make landfall within the inside of two hours. then once it does and it tracks ove

several days ago it was a powerful hurricane off the pacific coast of mexico. once it came inland it zapped all the energy out of it. the circulation in the atmosphere continues. migrates eastward. now it lifts north. bring clouds in. most from the gulf. briefly from the atlantic. the winds will increase out of the east. that is good for us locally in the metro area because this will force most of the heavier rain west. up the eastern slope of the mountain. the good news for us, but not for there. there could be excessive rain in spot at the highest elevation but we are talking about two or three inches. for us, close to an. i of rain. by tomorrow morning the clouds will increase from the south and west. high pressure off the coast. helping direct the winds from the atlantic ocean. areas of showers will be breezy and cool. get to the steady rain tomorrow and wednesday morning. the moisture is pushed eastward or westward from the atlantic ocean it will force heavier rains west and north. the cold front will clear us out wednesday evening. we will be good to go a

live from london with me david foster and coming up, in the program there are fears of flooding after mexico's pacificoast is hit by the strongest ever hurricane. the vice president of the maldives arrested and accused of a bomb on the president's boat last month, tanzania campaigns regarding his record in power. ♪ well, there are signs just signs perhaps of a diplomatic shift over the war this syria, russia's foreign minister says moscow is now ready to provide air support to the free syrian army and its battle against i.s.i.l. before this russia has referred to all group fighting president assad as terrorists. moscow says it has been in talks with the u.s. about launching a new political process between syria government and opposition. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry who is in saudi arabia with who will meet the foreign minister for talks on syria is also getting involved in this stage but whatever is being said diplomatically russia is still pursuing a very different military strategy from the u.s. and syria. jamal reports. >> reporter: syrian state t.v. continues propaganda message to try a

you, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the western hemisphere is moving down on the pacific coast of mexicowill show you hurricane patricia. impressive looking eye, a spiral around it. it is going to some cities that were very, very familiar with, including tourist or vacation zest nations, but thing of the people living there dealing with 200 to 220 miles per hour winds. that is what they are going to get. plus as it comes ashore it will create a lost flooding and a lot of mudslides and move cross mexico. i would not be surprised to see flooding at the rio de janeiro with flooding already in texas and this will add to the situation. dozens of towns under declared emergency and we have to watch out for this system if you are head down that way i would say call ahead because there is going to be cancellations and so much devastation. you may not have anything to go when you get there. >> mike, thank you. >> hillary clinton is back on the campaign trail after enduring an 11 hour grilling on capitol hill. the subject is the benghazi attacks that killed four americans including bay area native

a category 5 storm, sustained winds of 295 miles per hour, hitting pacific coast of new mexico.urge inundating homes, businesses, resorts. tens of millions in the storm's path. flights to and from the united states canceled, and many a vacationers stranded. a lot of the shelters don't have food, water, or power because the storm got so strong, so quickly, it was completely unexpected. rosa flores is "outfront" live in guadalajara, mexico. rosa, what is the scene where you are tonight? >> reporter: hi, erin. well, my team and i just arrived to guadalajara. we flew in from chicago. and i can tell you that there is a calm before the storm here. a lot of folks are actually evacuating in this direction. we've been monitoring all of the twitter feeds and all of the cables from the federal government. they have activated every single federal agency imaginable, because they know this is a wicked storm that's on its way. and they're comparing it, erin, to a storm from 1959. authorities say hurricanes were first reported in 1949, they were being recorded. this is how far back they're havi

mexico and the state of texas are bracing for what is being called the strongest hurricane ever observed in the pacificcean. hurricane patricia is heading toward the coast of mexico and it's expected to cause a lot of damage. janine de la vega is live at sfo to tell us about the impact the storm is having on flights to the area. janine, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brian. people from the bay area who are vacationing they are going to have a tough time getting back here to sfo. all the connecting flights that go through lax are canceled today. and the direct flight to power toe vie war that scheduled to depart on alaska airlines it has been canceled. we are talking about 200 miles an hour winds and 6-12 inches of rain. the u.s. national hurricane center says patricia is expected to make landfall this afternoon or evening betweenman neoand puero vallarta. a lot of the airlines that fly to puero vallarta they have warnings on their websites. if you have any travel plans are supposed to pick up someone from the airport, check the status first with the airline or by calling or going online. bria

live from london with me david foster and coming up, in the program there are fears of flooding after mexico's pacificoast is hit by the strongest ever hurricane. the vice president of the maldives arrested and accused of a bomb on the president's boat last month,

of kunduz. >> also, i'm on mexico's south pacific coast where hundreds of thousands of turtles arrive each year, but the majority of their eggs are being stolen. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> welcome back. you're watching al jazeera. let's take you to our top stories now. the u.s. president has spoken out about the war in syria. he has criticized moscow's growing involvement in the conflict while also calling on russia and iran to work with him to resolve the crisis. syria's government, meanwhile, has thanked russia and wished it would coordinate with its forces. >>> sepp blatter said he will not step down despite calls for from four major sponsors who want him to step down immediately. >>> nine people are dead and 600 are missing in guatemala after a mudslide david mercer joins us now. nine dead. hundreds are missing. what do we know about efforts to find survivors? >> well, that's right. rescue efforts are going on. it's a frantic search fo

residents on a stretch of mexico's pacific coast are preparing for hurricane patricia. packing sustained winds of 200 miles per hour and its impact could be found in texas as well. brian sullivan joins me now from boston. where is hurricane trisha at this hour? it is 140 kilometers off the coast of mexico, moving toward the coast at 12 miles an hour. just how dangerous is the storm? of the mostis one dangerous storms on the planet ever. it ranks up there with andrew, with camille. they do not get that your instructor than this. typhoon hyantioned n. we expecting that kind of destruction from patricia? is more -- more tightly wound. the needle.d building construction was not as sturdy as what you find typically in along the coast of mexico. there are some advantages. that could work to their favor. mark: you mentioned manzanillo. it is mexico's biggest container port. how vulnerable is it because of the approaching storm? like i was saying before the positive side is that the really powerful winds are 15 miles across. the hurricane strength winds reach 35 miles. if the tr

parts of mexico are bracing for hurricane patricia. five -- heading right at the pacific coast of mexico. it could be one of the worst it was a late night for hillary clinton... testifying before the congressional committee investigating the deadly benghazi attacks that killed four americans. what we thought would last eight hours... went much longer. tracie potts has a recap of the but i'm exhausted." after 11 hours republicans admit... they didn't that much differently today than previous testimonies." it went on... and on.. and on... "how late are we going tonight?" "... serving breakfast congressman?" so long at one point clinton could barely talk her cool: "i've done everything i know to do." republicans honed in on did primarily on email." about it - and the answer is "do we want to badger you over and over again until we do get the gotcha moment that he's talking about?" clinton focused on the four americans killed in the 2012 attacks in benghazi. "i've lost more sleep than all it quickly deteriorated into partisan bickering: "you need to make sure the entire recor

hurricane patricia is headed toward the pacific coast of mexico as a category 5 storm maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. a hurricane warning was put in effect for a stretch of coast that includes the resort of puerto vie yar da. flooding causing damage, streets turned into rushing rivers to rising water in athens caused a building to collapse and toss cars on top of one another. these floods were brought on by heavy rain. cleanup is ongoing. >> look at this new video of a drug tunnel found in california along the u.s./mexico border. homeland security officials raided the tunnel on wednesday night and discovered more than 8 800 packages of marijuana. they arrested 16 people. the tunnel entrance was reportedly hidden in a fake carpet store south of san diego. according to the feds the tunnel had its own lighting system and rails to transport the drugs. >>> this morning we're hearing from the family of a little girl who was killed in a road rage incident in new mexico. the parents of 4-year-old are speaking bout the incident for the first time. allen garcia says he was driving

tonnes of drugs were smuggled out of peru, and soldiers accused of turning a blind eye to the trade >>> people on the pacific coast of the mexico are bracing for the arrival of hurricane patricia, expected to make landfall on friday. the powerful storm is packing winds up to 250km, as it bears down in the southern port. the storm has been upgraded to a category 5 and is threatening flash flooding along the coast. a state of emergency has been declared in some areas. >> they were the unsung heros of world war ii, who saved some of the greatest art from the nazis. the group known as the monument's men risked their lives to recover more than 5 million artefacts. 70 years on, they are receiving high honours. >> reporter: they were an unlikely bunch, museum directors, artists, historians, scholars, not soldiers. it was their job to find and save some of the world's greatest works of arts. german leader adolf hitler was keen to take as many directors as possible. when they were tweeted it was up to the monuments men to track them down. this man was one, he left for the u.s.a. in 1938. drafted into the army he helped to return what wa

mexico sent two top drug cartel bosses and 11 others to the u.s. it's part of a new deal to fight organized crime in the two countries. >>> mexico's pacific coast beaches prime nesting sights for hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, but their eggs are a delicacy and increasingly at risk for poachers. >> reporter: they arrive one by one, lit only by a sliver of moonlight. a million endangered turtles clamber on to the beaches each year. they lay their eggs in quickly dug hollows. it's their only protection against the dangers of the night like these men. they scour the beach, swooping on eggs to sell as local delicacies, even as the mothers lay them. it's illegal, but they are from poor and isolated communities, and say they have little choice. >> translator: i'm here because i need this work. we all have families. we don't have education or the papers to get the regular jobs. >>> -- >> reporter: over 70% of the eggs were taken. the eggs these turtles are laying are really up against it. they are also at risk from animals and birds, and that means that less than 1% of them are going to make it to adulthood. >> middlemen sell the eggs for ten times or m

one is hurricane patricia, bearing down on the pacific coast of mexico.the strongest hurricane ever recorded. it had sustained winds of over 200 miles an hour. those are winds like a strong tornado. but in a storm many, many, many, many times more massive. as the storm approached landfall in jalisco state it did weaken slightly as it made landfall. this is still just a mammoth storm and the worry is evacuations in that part of mexico happened early enough and completely enough that there will not be significant loss of life in the face of this huge storm. in addition to the winds, the storm could bring as much as a

of a new york city police officer on tuesday was arraigned wednesday. tyrone howard was charged with first-degree murder and robbery and is being held without bail. . overnight a storm off the pacific coast of mexico reached hurricane strength. hurricane patricia is expected to continue to grow and become a major hurricane on friday. a warning is in effect for a stretch of the mexican coast. elizabeth: vice president joe biden decided he is not entering the 2016 presidential race. biden: out of time, the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination. elizabeth: just because he isn't a candidate does not mean that he will be silent during the race. biden made a plea for bipartisanship and revealed his campaign would have focused on middle class. several candidates have reacted to his decision including gop front-runner donald trump at a rally in burlington. trump: i think he did the smart thing because i don't know that he would've won, he wouldn't have gotten the nomination. i don't think he would have. frankly, i want to run against hillary. elizabeth: democratic bernie sanders said he thinks the vice president a lifetime of public service. he understands the need to rebuild the m

pacific. it's baring down on mexico. forecasters say the impact of patricia could be catastrophic. expected to make landfall on the pacific coast by midday today. >> let's get more on the powerful storm. >> when the national hurricane center uses a word like unprecedented when they are discussing hurricane patricia at a category 5, you know that's important. it got our attention because it looks like it has developed so rapidly it has deepened in central pressure, which tells us it's getting stronger. it went from 160 miles an hour to winds 185 miles per hour. and this is going to be potentially catastrophic in coastal sections of mexico, on the pacific side. it looks like it will make landfall later in the day on friday. as it does, 6 to 10 inches of rainfall in some areas, but in those coastal regions, computer models are suggesting 10 to 20 inches of rainfall possible there. as it continues to trech towards the north and moving to the northeast. a secondary problem in the united states available moisture being tapped from the pacific, that in an area of low pressure that moves a

this with forecasters say is capable of catastrophic damage had the reins fears of flooding >> pam: flashing mexico's pacifices an hour tens of thousands of tourists locals told the head the high ground as the hurricane threatens to drive of the 20 into the rain. >>mark:it's living up to its description as a "monster". patricia exploded from a hours. tonight it has slammed into the alarms >>mark: the government ordered all ships to return to port the they are also close. >> pam: steam the sfo fluffing effective tonight and we need this star with katharine of the store making landfall. >> catherine: at have slammed into mexico the only good manners of the people have been responding to the warnings and often to the news room in a few minutes ago mostly antique they've moved inland of the residence again have been flat at last word again landfall mexico's southwestern cutat last word.it has made landfall on mexico's southwestern coast.about 50 the true full route way to close for comfort "accident for a lot of people people rushing to its base. >> catherine: tourist agreed to remove people huddled inside hotel

of beaches. hurricane patricia is headed to the pacific coast of mexico as the storm has maximum sustained winds of 200 miles per hour. a hurricane warning is in effect for a stretch of coast line that includes the popular resort of puerto vallarta. meteorologist bill henley has our weather. looking pretty calm and quiet. >> we're going to be fine. that's a devastating storm expected to make hand fall this evening. 200-mile-an-hour winds. we've got breezy conditions and a northerly wind that is going to keep things cooler. we're starting off warmer. you need the sunglasses. there are chilly spots. until we get to the weekend i'm tracking showers, a chance of showers, for sunday. 55 in northeast philadelphia. it's down to atlantic city, these are running 10 degrees above normal for this time of year. look how clear it is. past the comcast center, this view from center city nothing but sunshine is on the way. the sun coming up in about 40 minutes. and we'll see plenty of sunshine today. 14 degrees warmer this morning compared to yesterday at this time in millville. it's cooler in the pocono mounta

mexico. the united states government is urging americans to steer clear of beaches and rough seas on mexico's southwest coast and workers were boarding up buildings at hurricane patricia is heading toward the pacific coast of mexico. it's a powerful category five sto storm. it has maximum sustained winds of about 200 miles an hour. you can see here a hurricane warning was put into effect for a stretch of coastline that includes the tourist resort of puerto vallarta. >> you'll notice big changes with our weather. temperatures will be much cooler than what we saw yesterday. so colder day on tap for us, that will give way to a chilly start on your saturday morning and i'm also tracking sunday showers but until we get to sunday we will see drier conditions. our temperature change man shows we are down 19 degrees in the poconos from this time yesterday. ten degrees cooler in allentown, ten degrees cooler in atlantic city and we expect by the time we get to to the afternoon about pho-to-be about 15 degrees colder today. temperatures stay in the low 60s on this friday. saturday 64 degrees. we'll warm to 66, a little bit above average as we head into sunday but a live look outside right now where for phil

of the most powerful hurricanes ever in the pacific about to make landfall. patricia now a category 5 storm with gusts of more than 200 mil popular tourist destination in mexicoof catastrophic damage and texas already hard hit by massive flooding, they're in the crosshairs next. >>> fireworks on capitol hill. hillary clinton off the campaign trail and grilled in front of congress as tempers flare. >> we're better than that. >> facing more than eight hours of questions about benghazi and those four americans who lost their lives. >> i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. >> the fallout and republican candidate carly fiorina here live with her reaction. >>> major lawsuit against nutrition giant gnc. the retailer accused of selling supplements spiked with illegal gr

mexico tonight. the satellite video shows how massive the storm is. it was and still is a monster hurricane. >> this was posted to twitter by the astronaut. it is headed for the pacific coast of mexico. she made landfall just hours ago packing winds at 165 miles per hour. what do we know? >> it has made its landfall and weekend, think goodness but is a dangerous category five storm. it's spreading near port of ir talk, the weaker side if you want to call it that. as you go down the mexican coast, acapulco didn't get it as much. why do we say this is the strongest hurricane? the wins were 200 miles per hour in the central pressure was measured at 879 millibars. that's how we measure atmospheric pressure and basically that was never recorded before. could that have happened in a the ocean? yes but this was actually measured by an hurricane storm. this is the strongest one that we know of because we were able to take measurements. it's moving north, northeast. if you watch on our projection, it moves toward central mexico. they will get flooding rains and massive flash flooding. then it continues to move north. the the moisture will moved into the lower plane states and that moi

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the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the known history of hurricanes smacked into the pacific coast of mexico this weekend. and the strength of that hurricane was quickly dissipated by the inland mountains in mexico. but it was a really strong storm. and a big storm. and the remnants of hurricane patricia ended up moving north and just lashing texas with huge amounts of rain overt course of this weekend. it led to dangerous flooding in some places. at one point it derailed a train on saturday. and this weekend as jeb bush kept up his busy schedule of campaign appearance, that was where we got the blah, blah, blah surprise in south carolina. as jeb bush kept campaigning this weekend, his family met together in texas. they convened what they called a family celebration for bush campaign donors in houston. it was supposed to happen at the lovely houston home of former president george h.w. bush and his wife barbara, the former first lady. and of course that would have been really nice and really nostalgic for everybody but there was all that darn rain, that huge storm that flooded huge parts of

houses, but even government officials admit creating affordable homes is one of the greatest challenges. >>> mexico's pacificeaches are prime nesting sites for hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, but their eggs are prized locally, and poefrps are increasingly capitalizing on a lack of policing. john holman explains. >> reporter: they arrive one by one, lit only by a sliver of moonlight. a million endangered turtles camber on to the beaches in southwest mexico each year, one of only two species to stage this mass invasion. they lay their eggs in quickly dug holos. it's their only production against the dangers of the night. like these men known as horseman. they swoop on the eggs to sell as local del -- delicacies. it's illegal, but they say they have little choice. >> translator: i'm here because i need this work. we all have families. we don't have education or the papers to get the regular jobs. >> reporter: over 70% of the eggsen the beach were recently taken, and the number of the turtles worldwide have halved in the last 50 years. these eggs are also at risk from animals and birds, and that means that

of the country like 30 miles per hour winds. >> only one hurricane category that has hit the pacific coast of mexico. this was the second. now, it fell about 60 miles north of manzanillo as this thing went from a category one to a category five like that. intensified rapidly. and that's what has us worried as it was huge. the main thing they were measuring, dropping drastically, basically hitting the western mexico area and just fell apart. i mean the thing fell apart in 24 hours going from 165 miles an hour winds to basically nothing. now, what's happening is that we've got a situation where it is moving across that country. this storm, this moisture, which is kind of how they impact us, as they would fire up the specific hurricane season, right? here is what's happening, watching them now, 72 hours later, even more all the way up in to jacksonville and out of houston. >> yes. >> this is major moisture with their flooding in houston, they need to quit doing that with flooding in houston, seeing heavier rain towards atlanta as well and again el niÑo is tied to this with some big old footage that you can see the winds blo

of mexico. some of it off the pacific ocean. we will continue to put down huge amounts of rain in parts of texas. it's going to be a fairly good soaker north. for the rest of the country, southeast going to continue to drdre high pressure contntuing to dominate. the great lakes and ohio valley will continue to be dry as well with another quick shot of cooler air. not cold air but cooler as we head through tonight and early part of tomorrow, you can see the rain spread through the dakotas and parts of minnesota, iowa and into missouri. the heaviest stuff is in big thunderstorms in parts of texas. lingering low pressure will keke some pressure in t t four corner region. some of that will be snow in the higher elevations. heading through the day tomorrow, you can see high pressure along the nortrtast gulf, keeping things dry in that area. dry up and down the eastern seaboard. the center of the country continues to be moist with that system moving through. high pressure coming in once again for the pacific northwest. here's the prec

it is currently 235 miles southwest of the manzillo, texas, 200-mile-per-hour winds, and pacific coast of mexico has never had a category 5 storm hit. it looks like sometime friday late afternoon today into the evening hours. it weakens quickly but other thing is we have to watch this. expected. expected out of this thing and that moisture is going to stream um through mexico into texas. a dangerous situation involving over this weekend. flash flood watches into early next week and looking at coastal flood watches as well. strong rip currents and rainfall amounts as we move through today, about five inches around waco and move into tomorrow. that rain starts to spread into western louisiana and give significant flooding from houston, austin, corpus christi, six inches on sunday and as you move into the coast of louisiana, look at totals over the next five days. 12 inches or more and this heavy rain next week moves into the ohio river valley and mississippi river valleys as well. talking about this weather situation for at least the next seven days. . >>> good morning. mostly sunny skies but a co

of the most powerful ever recorded. it's made landfall along the pacific coast of mexico. this photograph showing a water spout off the coast of porto vallarta. from space, the picture shows a story. a massive storm, sweeping across mexico. the national weather receives says purk patricia i hurricane e of the strongest storms ever recorded. reaching 200 miles an hour. >> the national emergency committee has already installed, taking charge as of this moment. preventive measures, for what is estimated to be the biggest hurricane for at least the last 50 years in the pacific ocean. >> ahead of the storm beaches were empty in popular vacation spots, sand bags line streets, businesses boarded up. as residents braced for a catastrophic hit. convention center supposed to be secure only to find out it wasn't considered strong enough for impact of a category 5 storm. >> so we were evacuated from our hotel this morning for the hurricane. we came to this convention center and then they said that it's not a safe place. >> at the city's airport travelers scrambled for last minute flig

the hurricane'e' most powerful l nch landed on a sparsely populated stretch of mexico's pacific coast before the system crashed into mountains that weakened its potentially catastrophic force. the storm knocked down trees and power lines in some areas, but the devastation appeared to be far less than feared. there were no reports of deaths or injuries. back here in the states, record breaking rainfall in houston texas is causing major issues for drivers. five-point-four inches of rain fell yesterday... causing flooding across the city. the precipitation was more than double the record of about two- point-one inches of rain... 66-years ago. staying in the south, we turn to the tragedy in oklahoma - four people dead including a toddler. a car plowed into a crowd during the homecoming parade. nbc's jacob rascon has the story from stillwater << overnight, oklahoma state came together to mourn... as investigators review new video posted online showing the moment of impact. no brake lights are visible.. as the grey sedan... plows into spectators... kailey carter/osu student hit by car "i ju

hurricane that's going to rival the two most deadly hurricanes that they have seen along the pacific coast of mexico powerful looking. there you can see a clearly defined eye. when we see an eye that is as tightly wound as this is, that tells us this has increased in strength and intensity. right now, 160-mile-an-hour winds. the two hurricanes i was talking about, 1959, then we have back in 1997. all right, i mentioned that as this makes land fall, this is going to be a category five, maybe weaken slightly to category four, but it is still powerful enough to produce between 10 and 20 inches of hateful. some of those areas, right around manzanio, we're expecting the heaviest rain amounts in the purple shaded area between 10 and 20. mud slides, landslides, beach erosion, flooding. the infrastructure is going to be impacted. you will see some widespread destruction associated with this category five hurricane about midday coming up tomorrow. back to you guys. >> ox, cakay, karen, we'll keep posted on that in the next 24 hours to to the say the least. >> the company tells cnn the materials were found in

it's moving toward the pacific coast of mexico near the tourist areas.looks like it could be the strongest storm ever to hit the country. the national hurricane center says it is potentially catastrophic. it could hit near porta vie air ta. that's a big tourist area. patricia could make landfall this afternoon or tonight. so we'll be watching. back to you. >>> prince george's county. 911. what is the location of your emergency? >> someone killed my mom. >> for the first time we're hearing the chilling 911 calls that led to the discovery of a body inside a prince george's county home. a friend of amanda jones made the first 911 call monday night. he was on the phone with her when he said he suddenly heard a struggle after she got into the house. >> she was screaming at the top of her voice and stuff, sounded like she was fighting somebody. >> the next morning on tuesday jones' own daughter found her mother stabbed to death and she called 911. >> what happened? what are you seeing? >> she's lying here on the ground. >> okay. >> she's got exercise equipment

mexico. good afternoon, i'm michelle griego. >> i'm brian hackney. frank mallicoat is off. a very big story developing along the pacific coast right now. the west coast of mexico bracing for a storm the likes of which have never been seen in the pacific. hurricane patricia still offshore packing 200-mile-an- hour winds. it's bearing down on puerto vallarta. it's expected to make landfall in a few hours. people in puerto vallarta are preparing at this time. windows being boarded up, evacuations continue, tourists are trying to get out while they can. >> yesterday they were talking about a hurricane coming in and we have to fetch our connecting flights from mexico to the netherlands tonight. so we have to fly out. >> remember, this hurricane mushroomed out of nowhere. there wasn't a lot of advance notice. some hotels have evacuated their guests by busing them inland. and flights to mexico are being canceled at airports across the country. >> our lisa chan has been checking the boards at sfo. lisa. >> reporter: good afternoon. alaska airlines flight was supposed to leave here to puerto vallarta at 10:44 a.m. but it was canceled. in fact, the lines at the a

about a massive, unprecedented hurricane right now taking shape through sections of the eastern pacific, just south of mexicoke a look at this very ominous catastrophic damage is likely to occur with this. we're talking about hurricane patricia. look at this maximum sustain wind a at 200, yes, 200 miles per hour, it is a category five hurricane right now, movement to the north/northwest at 12 miles per hour, so this is going to bring a lot of damage as it continues to move on towards sections of mexico. we're talking mud slide, we're talking about catastrophic storm surge, 20 to 30-foot waves out of this. so we will talk about this for next several days as it impacts mexico. closer to home we have been enjoying very nice spring-like weather, 77 degrees, yesterday, that was the high temperature but take a look at what is happening with the pattern, we have a cold front that has moved just to the south of our area, high pressure building in overhead, so that means cooler, more than average temperatures, really over next several days. and we are looking a at 57 degrees, right now stepping outdoors, wind north,

. >>> hurricane patricia is slamming the pacific coast of mexico. and it's causing major damage there and now it's leading to significant flooding in texas. >>> just been one shock after the next. >> losing a loved one twice. a daughter hopes this video will lead to her mother's ashes. morning. tt2watx#@n4 p bt@qj4@ tt2watx#@n4 p "a@qz8$ tt2watx#@n4 p bm@qq3( tt4watx#@n4 r dztq 4/, tt4watx#@n4 r entq d+l tt4watx#@n4 r gzt& ],4 tt4watx#@n4 r hnt& m"x tt4watx#@n4 r iztq 'k tt4watx#@n4 r jntq 5;@ tt4watx#@n4 >>> developing overnight, hurricane patricia has weakened. the storm titled the biggest in history is now downgraded to a category one but still posing danger. >>> and is there a link between less policing and an increase in crime? what the head of the fbi has to say about the spike. >>> plus, a royal match-up for the amazins on tuesday. they'll have to beat kansas city to win the world series. cbs 2 news saturday morning starts right now. >>> good morning. coming up on 6:30 on this saturday, october 24th. >> i am andrea grymes. vanessa murdock is

workers have been boarding up the buildings as hurricane patricia heads toward the pacific coast of mexico. powerful category 5 storm. it had winds of 200 miles an hour, of course, the hurricane warnings in effect. and you have a combination of the extreme winds, plus the big storm surge, and we're not going to be getting video until at least tomorrow, so whatever you see tonight is just ahead of the storm, it's going to be much worse than anything we'll be seeing tonight. >> all right, glenn. and at home you can track the hurricane's path with our nbc 10 news app. you can watch the storm in mexico and also see the weather in your neighborhood. >>> meanwhile in france, the families of more than 40 people are reeling after a tour bus crashed, killing their loved ones. at least 43 people died when a bus hit a logging truck. the victims all retirees were on their way to wine country for the day. the crash is the deadliest highway accident in france in 30 years. >>> the reason he's gone remains a mystery, but today a local community comes together to celebrate the life of 3-year-old brendan cr

there is word of flooding and landslides after hurricane patricia made landfall on mexico's pacific coast. there are no reports of death or major damage. it made landfall as a category 5 hurricane, but has since weakened to a category 2 storm. it is expected to lose even pour steam overnight and turn into a tropical storm by dawn. fox news correspondent from god do law hair raw, mexico. >> hurricane patricia made landfall 6:00 p.m. local time with 165 mile an hour winds and a lot of rain. i am in go guadelajara and the roads are wiped out. a landslide knocked out the main road from guadelajara to puerto vallarta. the other major resort is also washed out. the freeway has been closed. i spoke to some americans who did get out, and they indicated that it was a 10-hour drive instead of four hours. many americans and tourists are in hotels in puerto vallarta. for the most part they dodged a bullet because it didn't hit either of the two major reports. fox news. >> thanks. it was now down graded to a cat gore 2 and -- category 2 and expected to weaken even further. it could still dump a lot of

pacific coast of mexico. moving north, northwest at 12 miles per hour. and we could actually see some of the moisture feed into our area midweek next week. obviously it's miles and miles away and days away too but we will be watching it. and back to autumn with the northwest wind. and better half of the weekend tomorrow. and a nice mix of sun and clouds. stay dry. just on the cool side. and here comes a little impulse on sunday morning. and a chance for a morning shower. and then a brighter afternoon. it's going to be a transition underway during your day on sunday. so remember that. that's our next chance for needed rain. and models are now bullish on that. and 64 in the city. upper 50s to right around 60 around the area. and then, a cool one saturday. clouds and a passing shower sunday morning and then monday into tuesday, more seasonal numbers. 6:15 on a busy friday morning. what's the latest meg? >> thank you. >>> first we start in queens. an accident blocking one lane on the southbound van wyck expressway at jfk airport. delays back. and now look fu