and 1 to 2 up in portions of the panhandle, especially east of tallahassee.emperatures are going to stay in the low 70s across the southeast, slightly cooler temperatures in place. 69 in d.c. and new york city. not bad for a friday afternoon. as we go through tomorrow, still rain, but it's moving down into portions of south florida now. mostly sunny across much of the country's midsection. just a couple of showers moving into the northeast. temperatures will gradually warm up. look at dallas, 90 degrees by saturday. 74 in atlanta, 79 in memphis. so, warmer air moves in quickly over the weekend. >> i'll say. >> john and christine? >> all right, jennifer gray. thanks for that report. >>> this morning, dozens of colleges across the country facing federal sex assault investigations. an unprecedented report released. what comes next for these universities? that's ahead. >>> and then, a teenager accused of planning a massacre at his high school. there are stunning details in this, folks. police finding bombs, ammunition and a journal detailing the plans. that story

we're in reenforcing april 1st we're delivering a hundred percent cd e panhandle and additional cost savings things we'll issue after the april 1st so we're very much in favor of getting this out into the market as quickly as possible. so i don't see the changing in the next few years >> will there be a estimate accompanying the cd e. >> would you repeat and will there be a new cost estimate. >> we have a revised cost estimate that was submitted in january yes. >> that's what we'll be presenting next month. >> i have - i want to echo a couple of the things that ed was saying. i think definitely as you breakdown the packages and you're going to put out budgets, you know, it's going to be all the more critical your cost estimating be very good otherwise your self-daef you're going to say that's too high and that's two low we have to show real expertise. you should have heard revisiting the rda be won't be objectionable. the thing on the glazing when there was a glazing was talked about not wanting to take on design liability and we're still throwing those things out in a design build w

the florida panhandle may be hardest hit. it got nearly two feet of rain. hundreds of people there needed to be rescued from the fast rising water, but there is flooding up and down the eastern seaboard. marlie hall is here in new york. marlie, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. the storm system that generated killer tornados in the south drenched parts of alabama and florida before wreaking havoc on the east coast. people tried to drive through flooded streets in newark, new jersey after hours of rain from a storm that is dumping record amounts of rain up the east coast. this woman abandoned her car and walked through water up to her knees. other drivers turned back before it was too late. >> i just had to back oust there before i got stuck. >> reporter: parts of this street in baltimore collapsed wednesday swallowing several cars. the wall, the lights, the cars, everything on that side of the street. gone. >> reporter: parts rose in maryland rose so fast people got trapped and rescuers had to rescue them. parts of alabama were also hit w

>>> containment is improving with a wild niert texas panhandle. flames driven by strong shifting winds have consumed 1500 acres northeast of amarillo. emergency officials now say about 75 homes have burned down. >>> in colorado it looks more like the middle of winter than spring. a storm dropped more than a foot of snow in some areas. the snow covered springtime flowers and turned roads into an icy, slushy mess. . >>> that's quite a storm back there. but here we're looking at some possible record breaking temperatures the next couple days as high pressure takes over, lots of sunshine, all the way to the coast today. the next few days it will be beautiful at the beach. we're heating things up in the

at this point, 2,200 acres of lane in the panhandle are threat ofenned. one of the 2,100 people who were told pack up, get out now, that's the state of affairs now. we were talking about watching for the aerial drops set to take place. let's zoom right in. we have our live location. we're waiting to see those aerial drops, the tankers and the flights coming through to drop the retardant on those fires. apparently, so far, they haven't begun. it could be because of the winds. it could be because of the smoke. but at this point, those fires are getting their way. there is one speck of good news in this ugly story. that is there is some cold that is coming. there's a cold front apparently on the way. if you have ever been to texas, especially the panhandle at this time of year, you know it can be dry as a bone. the earth cracks beneath your feet. apparently the humidity is supposed to get better. that cold front is going to bring in some more humidity and it should help those firefighters in their efforts. at this point, all hands on deck. the other clear in

down in the florida panhandle 9 billion gallons dumped on the city. five inches in just one hour. and more than 5,000 lightening strikes in just 15 minutes. >> and just see the water keep raising just praying it didn't get all the way in the house. >> but it did, a mother who managed to rescue her baby girl, who lost everything else. >> all my memories all my babies things everything i own is gone. >> in those moments of panic and desperation, nothing mattered more than getting to safety. >> she says please don't let me die, and i looked in her eyes and that was all i needed. >> they saved her just in the nick of time, it swallowed her car. >> this panhandle city has suffered at least $100 million in damage, and the governor has declare add state of emergency. it is a crisis that started in neighboring southern states the same storm system spun out 64 tornadoes across six states. one that ripped through arkansas reached the second highest category an e.f. 4, with winds that might have reached as high as 200 miles per hour. the evidence is everywhere. >> keep in mind, that there ar

. >> reporter: dangerous floodwaters swallowing entire communities in the florida panhandle. the rushing water ripping apart roads, stranding drivers, and flooding homes. >> we have been through tropical storms and hurricanes as you know. in 2014 and five, and we still did not have this much water. >> in pensacola, 20 inches of rain hit the area in just 24 hours. some people ditched their cars for canoes, and rescuers pulled people from rooftops. children saved by boat. >> my -- everything i own is gone. >> in mobile, alabama, firefighters pulled a woman to safety after her car was stuck in the rising waters, and it's a similar scene in washington d.c. where a driver got stuck on a bridge and he had to be rescued by raft. the relentless rain proved too much for an entire block of a baltimore street that collapsed, sending parked cars into a ravine. >> the sidewalks are gone, and the cars are gone p. it was like somebody came by and ripped off the side of the road. >> firefighters in new jersey took to the streets to help more stranded drivers, and in new york city, residents

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the panhandle was hit by almost 2 feet of rain, causing flooding, and tornadoes spun off to the south. the severe weather is blamed for 3 dozen deaths in eight states. >>states. >> >>> there were flames black smoke and evacuations in downtown lynchburg, virginia this afternoon. a train carrying crude oil derailed, sending burning oil spilling into the james river. a few of the tank cars are leaking into the river but officials say the city drinking water is not affected. >>> tomorrow the nba takes the next step toward taking the l-a clippers away from owner donald sterling. team owners will soon vote on whether to force a sell. and tomorrow they hold a conference call to discuss the subject. but as akiko fujita reports that could be just the beginning of a long legal battle. >> i am banning mr. sterling for life. >> nba commissioner, adam silver,'s decision to ban donald sterling was embraced around the league. and the owners rallying around the new commissioner on twitter, but some legal observers say that sterling's punishment is no slam dunk, raising serious questions about privacy

in the texas panhandle, the winds are hot and dry where a wildfire erupted on saturday. manual bojorquez is there. >> reporter: the flames raced towards the town of ridge, texas, sunday afternoon, driven by wind gusts up to 45-miles- per-hour. troy ducheneaux is the regional fire coordinate. >> we were seeing probably rates of spread that were pushing that about 3-6 miles per hour and so that's very, very fast. that's faster than a human can run. >> reporter: paula lea snapped this photograph of her neighborhood as her family fled. >> it was really scary. we just kind of started grabbing stuff and some pictures off the refrigerator and that was it. >> reporter: she believes her home is now the only one on her block not burned to the ground. more than 100 structures were lost. >> it's devastating for everybody else, but when you know your house is really the only house left on the block still up, it's really scary. it's sad. >> reporter: the panhandle is the driest it's been since modern record keeping began in 1895. there's been just over an inch of rain here so far this

. >> ifill: the worst flooding in decades literally drowned parts of the florida panhandle and coastal alabama today. the deluge was triggered by the same front that's spawned tornadoes and killed at least 37 people this week. >> ifill: streets turned into rivers, and cars into islands, as it started pouring yesterday, from gulf shores, alabama to pensacola, florida, and didn't stop. >> i came down about 6:00 this morning to check on everything. and the water was probably up to the sidewalk over here next door. and that was the first time in 29 years, i've never seen it get this deep before. the water was waist-high in some places, and still rising. >> we've had up to 22 inches of rain in the panhandle. >> ifill: that's roughly a third of pensacola's average rainfall for the whole year. and florida governor rick scott told today of urgent appeals for help. >> we've had flash flooding. we've had about 300 requests for evacuations. we've been sending vehicles there. we've sent 24 high water vehicles from the national guard. fish and wildlife is there with 31 vehicles, 13 boats. i declare

the florida panhandle slammed with heavy rains and as you can see, massive flooding. >> officials are calling it the worst flooding for that region in 30 years. >> the storm system bringing heavy flooding to the carolinas and up the east coast of washington, d.c. as we just saw a moment ago and new york city. >> we are outside grand central station. some area saw record flooding rains and flooding. it is not raining where you are right now. >> it was certainly raining throughout the night here up until we got on the air here. but it's especially bad down south as you saw, especially pensacola florida. at one point yesterday, there were five-inch it is of rain that fell in just one hour, truly incredible. more rain fell in the panhandle in the past 24 hours than during all of hurricane ivan more than a decade ago, but not just down south, it's all the way up the east coast into new york city. you are talking about roads giving way and tens of thousands of people without power. >> dangerous floodwaters swallowing entire communities in the florida panhandle. the rushing water ripping apa

. >> there's been historic flooding in the panhandle.e water still not receding enough to start a serious cleanup there. homes, businesses destroyed. >> oh, look at that. >> wow. local insurance agents have been inundated with flood claims. and then there's been serious consequences. two inmates at the county jail in pensacola were killed by a gas explosion. over 180 others were hurt. officials say the facility was flooded with 2 feet of water when the blast ripped through the building. and then you have to take a look at this. [ screaming ] >> oh, my god! >> the whole thing! [ screaming ] >> that is unbelievable. incredible video of a landslide swallowing up ten cars and a retaining wall, then dropping it all on to railroad tracks below. this is right in the middle of a baltimore neighborhood. that city suffering its worst flooding in decades. it happened so slowly. i can't believe it! >> whoever's shooting it showing a huge amount of faith that the rest of the road will not fall in there. >> wow. >> we could loop that for the next 45 m

a wildfire destroyed 75 homes in the texas panhandle.acuate near lake meredith, north of amarillo. it is snowing hard in parts of the rockies. some parts of colorado and wyoming received more than a foot sunday. and the storms brought tornados to kansas missouri and nebraska. several nebraska towns were damaged. the tornado threat continues this morning. meteorologist megan glaros of cbs station wbbm is tracking conditions for us. megan, good morning. >> good morning to you. yes, it is this big clash of air masses that's really the problem. you have very warm and muggy air in advance of the cold front and bittery cold air with enough snow to really cause issues across parts of the west. as those air masses collide you get a risk of severe weather which extends from the great lakes all the way down to the mexican border. tornados, large hail damaging winds. we're talking about missouri up through illinois wisconsin and iowa. those storms rev up in the afternoon but we're also looking at new on the back side of the system and not a small a

the literary capital but here on the gulf coast we tend to think of that from texas to the florida panhandle. there really is a pan gold sensibility. we have a similar environment similar types of trees live oaks long leaf pine's palm trees sandy soil salt in the air. the gulf of mexico of course nourishes and supplies us with wonderful seafood. estuaries and rivers places like pogo bayh are wonderfully rich in tradition and culture and there have been books and memoirs and so forth in and around all these things for hundreds of years. so it's an extraordinarily rich subject to take and of course along comes the oil spill in 2010 were all of a sudden we are at center stage and people are beginning to look at the gulf coast and think about wow what is it like there and what moves them and we didn't know we got so much of our oil and gas from there so the nation really became kind of tuned in to how important the gulf is. what i also found fascinating and they never will forget an interview with the kid in louisiana right after the spill. he was a fisherman son and the kid was nine years old.

. >>> that fire started sunday between the texas panhandle and 15. some are staying at churches and local schools. 89 homes were burned and they plan on going home no reports of injuries. >>> and the embattleed factory, in the town of irwin dale. they have been complaining about the bad odor the plant puts out. they were urged to move and a final decision as been he been talking about he can anding over there. >>> well a possible first for the city of coliseum lutz is a, a large bear spotted and the theory from a little girl about how that bear made it into town a woman who suffered a brutal attack while working to work in san francisco, the seemingly harmful thing she used to do, that she will never do again. . >>> it was caught on camera, doctors tell her she is lucky to be alive. she was mugged by a man on what appears to be a tire ire on. -- tire iron. the attack happened in the mission district at 7:30 while schmidt was walking to work. >> all of a sudden i heard a blow and i felt somebody pulling on my bag. >> she ended up needing 6 staples in

. >> in the texas panhandle a fast moving wildfire forced more than 2,000 people from their homes. dozens of homes have been destroyed and firefighters hope to have the fire under control tonight. >>> another part of texas panhandle and along much of the plains, spring snow, part of interstate 80 was closed after three feet of snow hit that area. kevin corriveau is here tracking this unusual and very dangerous weather, kevin. >> john, we are seeing still snow, not so much miami but down tornado be kabul. albuquerque. they closed the highway for 400 miles. a lot of the activity is moving out of the state. another foot of snow in southern colorado as well as albuquerque, and new mexico, tomorrow, so we're going to be watching that very carefully. temperatures are going to be back on the rise. we're going osee billings 61 for high, casper 51, overnight lows will reach the freezing level there. the other part of factor still part of the storm all the rain we're seeing here, pushing into chicago tall way down into arkansas. it was a severe weather event now it's moving towards a floodin

another massive cloud around the panhandle towards the southeastern corner of the u.s., that all continues to bring a few showers in here through the remainder of thursday. going into friday, the rain may intensify farther into the south of georgia. further north, brighter skies coming back in, temperatures in new york, around 19220 degrees celsius. brighter skies towards the panhandle for the weekend. >> still ahead, trying to rid itself of a reputation. >> in sport, one city has come to dominate the top club football competition. >> pro russian accept are a activities attacked a prosecutor's office in donetsk. the police have responded with grenades and tear gas. >> turkish riot police fight protestors on the square in istanbul. a year ago, shuffles between police and protestors sparked a long protest. >> talks for ending the civil war in south sudan. we are live in ethiopia. what was john kerry saying about the talks? >> well, john kerry's press conference finished just a few minutes ago, and he said the united states was deeply involved in the efforts to try and bring the killings in s

there also reports of how water and other areas, >> strong winds as you and wild fire in texas panhandleof people left homeless. fires started yesterday afternoon and has already destroyed 100 homes. fire is threatening an entire town at cause of fire is not known. >> a major snowstorm dumped more than 1 ft. of snow in colorado. it caused power outages in several areas. more snow is expected today. it >> chicago black hawks and headed back to minnesota with a chance to close at the series after they defeated minnesota while the two-one. the chicago blackhawks remained undefeated at home. >> loss angeles clippers owner apologizing for his comments and is awaiting a fellow owners voted to sell the team. he said am i entitled to one mistake? it is a terrible mistake and i will never do it again. it is hard for me because i am wrong, by caused the problem. he also said his girlfriend set him off.up. >> driver of a stolen vehicle crashed into building in englewood, when the police found the vehicle is there was a four year-old boy in the vehicle's passenger seat the vehicle crashed cost the b

all around a and new york is the literary capital but on the gulf coast from texas to the florida panhandle there rarely is a sense of melody. we have a similar environment similar treaties , sandy soil, salted and the air cover the gulf of mexico nourishes and supplies us with seafood. estuaries and rivers like mobile bay is rich with tradition and culture. there have been books in and around all these things for hundreds of years. it is an extraordinarily rich subjects and then along comes the oil spill in 2010 were real are center stage and people begin to look at the gulf coast and think what is a like their? we didn't know we got so much good will and gas from their sows the nation became tune dan. also i never will forget an interview with a kid right after this bill a fisherman's son and was nine years old and said this is the end of our way of life. i thought how many american kids talk about a way of life? i know what it meant the crawfish whale and the stuff that goes with louisiana above florida and alabama and coastal mississippi so on the alabama gulf coast have more in common

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is remaining in effect until 4:00 in tampa and a number of areas with the flood warnings in the panhandle. behind it high pressure is starting to build in, it is dry and very hot across the southern plains where we are expecting to see the 90s. >> thank you. a new shelter in northern india is giving the elephants a safe haven. the rescued elephants can roam freely 24 hours a day and receive baths and food. they need it. there are less than 30,000 elephants left in india because humans kill 40 a year. thanks for watching al jazeera america. inside story is coming up next. follow us at al jazeera.com. >>> in ukraine things sped past the stage where two groups of heavily armed men glare at each other of the now they are killing each other and eastern ukraine is looking more ungovernable. it's "inside story." ♪ music ] hello, i'm ray

adjusting grateful patients' backs in the nearby florida panhandle.miling handsomely in health care ads in the newspaper and online. but money trouble plagued the chiropractor like a crooked spine and his financial problems troubled shirley's family because shirley had $1 million in the bank. >> were you worried about her money? >> yes, i was worried about her money. he came into her life with the clothes on her back. >> he come into the marriage with a wore out pick up truck and a bunch of debt. >> her engagement ring from dr. mike, the wedding rings, the house they lived in, the family says, shirley paid it all. four years into the marriage something is wrong with shirley. months later, in a recorded interview obtained by "20/20," dr. michael would tell investigators shirley had been ill for weeks. >> she gets bad migraines, two, three times a year. >> reporter: the family says mike tells them shirley might have fallen down these stairs a few days earlier. while he was away. knocking down a potted plant. he later tells investigators too. >> i sat he

on the alternates are not in the bidding in this panhandle but their future alternates. the alternates number one is the opening in the roof. the opening in the roof >>was for skylight in the future that is alternate to be deleted so that's really $250,000 on alternate futures. the only thing i can share this is a good bid. had we had 4 biders or more we could sharpen our pencils but this this is a reflection of the economy. this is quite a bit work and there's quite a bit work out there >> i did you know, i have some questions on the moving from paid performance to this insurance. but i appreciate the quick response on this. i have talked about the executive director my only concerns is to make sure that someone reads through the performance bonds for our construction manager general contractor they expect the paid performance to continue downhill hill if this is a case if someone reads through the funding agreement to make sure that all of the similitudes would be paying performance bonds i'm previously confident that that that's a good move given we do the research >>

he said, i panhandled and lived the transient life, didn't know where i was going or what i was doing. >> i might have liked couch surfing here and there or traveling and going to surf for a few days and driving out into the wilderness. spent 16 years living out of a suitcase. >> had money got tight, walker went back to acting on tv's "touched by an angel." >> that's it. that's great. >> and on the big screen, in "pleasantville". >> what is all the commotion? >> he played skip martin, this all american cheeseburger and cherry cok loving basketball jock. and he was squeaky clean and super funny role in this morality sat tire. he's the buy corrupted or enlightened by reese witherspoon. made a big impression in that movie. >> the movie was a hit. and finally a decent payday for walker. that same year, some news he wasn't expecting. >> when paul found out that his girlfriend at the time was pregnant, i think it rocked him. he went to a christian school, and he didn't like the idea of having a child out of wedlock and it scared him and he also knew that he was a wild guy. he said, i was sl

. >>> nearly 100 homes have been destroyed in the texas panhandle, at least 3,000 acres still burningmexico. and the weather in a word has been hot and dry in those parts of the country and they are watching the skies. >> yeah, and now the wind is picking up as well. the wind really starting to increase over texas and new mexico, now beginning to move towards southern california. so the wind a big factor here. very low relatively humidity and heat is climbing. red flag warnings in effect around san francisco. but this is just the start of an extended period of heat here, and close to 100 wednesday and thursday. wind could be gusting 30, or 40 miles an hour, maybe closer to 50 in the mountains. flooding rains in east texas. this is a front which is pushing east. you'll notice the temperatures ahead of the front climbing in to the upper 80s. now it's not the entire east coast that is dealing with this warmup, some cooler air approach theres the northeast. there are a few light rain showers in the east. and close to 85 in washington, d.c. >> as my daughter used to say things have been tu

now to the latest on the florida panhandle as if the massive flooding was not enough. officials are now dealing with the aftermath of an explosion at the county jail that may have been triggered by a flooded-out laundry room. two inmates were killed. 184 other people were hurt. most of them have been released from the hospital at this point. three inmates do remain unaccounted for. we're expecting an update on the confusion surrounding that. chip is in pensacola for us. what's the latest there? >> reporter: this is the latest here. basically as you said, five inmates are missing. two are confirmed dead and still in that jail building. as far as where the other three are, we just don't know. those three inmates could be in there buried under some debris. that's what fire officials are trying to figure out at this time. or they could be on the run at this hour. the explosion happened right around 11:00 last night central time. it ripped through central booking where inmates are brought in and released. fire rescue rushed to the scene and aided in the triage and evacuatio

the florida panhandle has had a historic ryan.rain. >> have had up to 20 in.ain. >> hurricanes are among the most prolific grain producers on the planet. it is pretty amazing that a storm this time of the year will produce the kind of rain. but there exchange are part of the changing climate. look at the rain in our area. >> look at the humidity's right now. the windchill only in the thirties right now across the area. the state feels more like a late march day than it does the first day of may. >> uc be scattered showers traversing the area. the circulation is a counterclockwise to rest.twist. the rain coming down heavier. this is the forecast. here is to set up tonight at midnight. the rain winds down. we start the day tomorrow with some breaks in the clubs. daytime heating will set the process back in motion again. not huge amounts of grain but perhaps one-two tenths of an inch. and 94 rats and diego. that is why the wild fires are burning out there. they now have a heat wave going and the warmth extends up into alaska. check of some of these record highs.

reporter: check out the trash left behind in the panhandle to golden gate park. alamo square was a different story. half the park was fenced off, police on duty use, after too many complaints from neighbors about drunken spectators. >> with the closure of alamo square it was big advantage. we were able to ensure that the public was safe and there was no public safety issues inside the square, able to limit the intoxication and alcohol drinking. reporter: neighbors say it worked. holly butler is happy. >> my first year here but i'm glad they closed the parks. i was worried about the trash, and now it's clean. reporter: in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> breaking news out of san francisco. at a popular dog bark. san francisco firefighters say man and his dog win over a cliff this afternoon -- went over a cliff this afternoon. firefighters repelled down the cliff and brought both the man and dog to safety. fortunately no one was hurt. you can see the firefighters there and the man some the dog coming back up. >>> the chp says an accident led to two oth

this is another area of extreme drought across the texas panhandle. we have too much rain coming down, right where it's needed. but this could lead to flash flooding. the forecast shows that over the next three days, the rain continues to come down, just a steady stream of moisture coming in from the gulf of mexico. bulls eye, 3-4 inches of rain over texas and kansas and nebraska. so the flood warnings and watches will continue to come in likely with all of the rain still in the forecast. a flash-flood watch for south texas. the radar, the clouds across the southeast, severe weather yesterday with the number of wind and hail reports coming in, wind damaged cars there in parts of pennsylvania. it's clear now, and the area of severe weather will be pushed a little farther south, along north and south carolina today, where the best threat of severe weather is. the warm and cool air boundary over north carolina, goes down from 79 to 71 in richmond, virginia. the rain across the southern means, but cooler air is moving in to where the storms were yesterday

drought but over today and tomorrow, very heavy rainfall is forecasted for that area, the texas panhandlearts of oklahoma. the northeast developing now along with a severe thunderstorm watch are strong storms along pennsylvania and new york. >>> dave warren thank you very much. >>> talking again about those hurricanes to make those forecasts there are teams of highly trained scientists with extensive equipment. we followed the flight team as they traveled to cities along the gulf coast to see how they track the storms. >> i'm a navigator on the airplane. >> what is right here are all of the hurricanes this aircraft has penetrated starting in 1976 and all the way to ingrid last year in 2013. i would say maybe a third i have been on. >> i'm the flight meteorologist. it's my responsibility to direct the pilots towards the center of the storm. >> this is day three of the hurricane awareness tour. we're showcasing the aircraft behind me. this is one of two that we have that fly directly into a hurricane. >> this is the gps drop zone that we deploy from aircraft. we get two measurements every s

the panhandle has seen some of the worst rain and pensacola, close to 20 inches in just 24 hours. >> we have been through tropical storms and hurricanes like you know like ivan and dennis back-to-back in 2004 and '5 and we still do not have this much water. >> it is touching down. >> reporter: in other places, it has been wind, not the water, battering communities. tornadoes ripped through the deep south leaving a trail of devastation that stretches for miles. >> we lost it all. we'll be fine. we'll get it all. >> reporter: now it is communities like tupelo begin to clean up and try to come back, they're dealing not only with the physical damage here, but the emotional scars that the storms left behind. keep in mind, there are people out there working right now that are just in shock. you know, their lives have been destroyed and in many cases they lost loved ones and friends and neighbors. >> reporter: but clinging to the spirit and resolve they will need through a long and difficult recovery. jay gray, nbc news, tupelo, mississippi. >> more later from bill karins on the weather tod

the texas panhandle, getting rain over the next 48 hours. temperatures in the upper 70s. near 80, and look at the forecasted rain. the satellite showing not much now, but over the next two days, inches of rain coming downright where it's needed. texas and oklahoma, and the area of rain is continuing not only today, but tomorrow. severe weather is and needed rain. here in the southern plains. a cluster of thunderstorms in iowa, and it will continue pushing off to the east. and we had a flareup of weather. we could see more today across the mid-atlantic states, and this will be followed by cooler but drier weather over the weekend. it might be a nice one. >> hopefully we won't hear from wilfred this year. >> that will be a long way down the list. >> thank you very much. if there's one word to describe the power of a hurricane, it could be katrina, but can it been stopped? it's possible if the government looks in the right place. >> john faced a long road home. after sandy destroyed thinks new jersey neighborhood two years ago. >> it just washed things away. it came onboard,

a little too much rain in the texas panhandle. flooding problems there. much rain in the southwest. here is the warmer air. it's trying to push up from the south, but the front came through. that was the foe for severe weather yesterday. and the potential is there for severe weather later this afternoon and this evening. now we're getting rain right over this area which is under this drought, exceptional drought. the rain coming down pretty quickly. flash flooding will be a problem not only today but over the next two or three days. the moisture comes in from the gulf, and the low-pressure is stalled out over the southwest. focusing all of this rain over the same region. here it is, a bullseye right over that drought area. flash flooding will be a problem. there's a watch in effect and some flood advisories already in effect, but this will stay with us over the next three to four days as that storm sits over that one area. severe weather cleared out. calm day today. here is where we could see severe weather later today. north and south carolina, looking a

. >>> in the texas panhandle, firefighter are getting the upper hand in a wildfire that destroyed more than 89 homes. more than 2,000 were forced to evacuate. the fire is 65% contained. a house by house search is planned for today. >>> in california, gusting santa ana winds and temperatures to exceed 90 degrees are creating a fire danger. san francisco is expected to top 90 degrees today. folks in colorado are getting over a springtime snowstorm. parts of the rockies got more than three feet and between four and seven inches fell in denver. residents in northwestern iowa are cleaning up after a tornado caused $3 million damage. no injuries are reported. the storm hit sunday, one of dozens that touched down in the plains and midwest. >>> now to the search of the missing nigerian schoolgirls that includes u.s. surveillance aircraft now. the islamic group shows the leader of boko haram says the girls won't be seen again until members of his griep are freed again. susan mcginnis is there. good morning. >> reporter: boko haram claims the girls are some they kidnapped weeks ago and threatene

unfortunately more heavy rain will be expected on thursday as he conceded on covering much of the florida panhandle yet again in the gulf states the system with any effect in mid atlantic and new england escaped with some rough weather can be wisely spent be a flood watch is in warne's and present a wide range of these areas and includes dc new york and in colombia. so on these big cities will be on during a slight chances of damaging winds large hail and again a couple of connecticut fans could it be possible into your wednesday evening and wears them cross the northern areas western great lakes region especially with the im about to forty millimeters on the heavy rainfall. so please watch out for flash flooding as well as water pooling on roads. when we want the dissertation is force the south west especially in areas and in california we have a critical fire warnings in place. this is due to the centennial was very strong and that the kibaki in the center is at thirty seven degrees so please watch out for heat stroke his and missing people continued and in a long way in to the north for example

in the florida panhandle today, high water and high drama. first responders on boats rushed to rescue dozens of panicked families trapped at this pensacola apartment complex, some clutching their children. she escaped with her one-year-old daughter. >> all my memories, baby's things, everything i own is gone. >> reporter: the governor declared a state of emergency as entire roads were washed away. this collapse swallowing unoccupied cars. >> i walked out this morning and couldn't believe it, never seen anything like that. >> reporter: the downpour reached its height late tuesday night, shutting down i-10 and leaving drivers trapped in their vehicles, some for up to ten hours. one woman died when she drove her car into high water. even this fire truck was no match for the rising flood waters, stalling on the way to a rescue. the area saw up to two feet of rain in 24 hours. five inches drenched pensacola in a single hour. nearly 6,000 lightning strikes were recorded in just 15 minutes. for the south, it was the latest round of severe weather af

oh and mountain snow fall but no precipitation in the coming over at new mexico and texas panhandle so the risk of the wind fire stone remains out there the temperatures ahead of the geeks is ten point one in the camp is thirty degrees and most enduring thirty degrees in washington dc and london as well but not the kind of chilly fifteen in twenty ten and fourteen degrees in vancouver as well as the apple says that about thirty degrees lower than average but this time of year now across a daily is still iffy some heavy rainfall for the southern parts of the train and into a frown to suspend one duncan thinking i'd very heavy rain today about one cm to seventy millimeters off the belt and in your saturday. cool on cookie sheet by about one hundred thirty millimeters of rain and the eerie ample rain will spread that blind are actually going to the weekend some areas may get up to thirty millimeters or not because of flooding and landslides bakery and finance i was thinking mind throughout the day and a switch of town we have been very cold air coming in from the north the consumer taking

meanwhile, firefighters have stopped the spread of a 2,000 acre wildfire in the texas panhandle. it forced the evacuation of about 2,000 residents. >>> so is relief on the way? let's check in now with meteorologist bill karins. >> not really. california saw the attention for their three-year long drought. but areas of new mexico and nevada and texas, everybody is starting to join the party. let's show you what happened yesterday. we started our warming trend. yesterday was a very mild day. we were all the way up to 78 in portland. 90 in los angeles. we look cool initiate vegas and phoenix. but that will change in the days ahead. temperatures this morning, off to a warm start, nearly 70 in l.a. still, 72 in phoenix. warm air already in place. and we're just going to continue to get warmer. really no clouds that are going to stop it. the winds are coming out of the north and out of the northeast and that's a warm wind coming down out of the mountains. and all the marine cool air should be blown out to sea. we have excessive heat advisories from san francisco to san jose and red fla

the florida panhandle is being hit hard and in pensacola and the hoffa me to bring them in forty eight hours. miriam common heart. this is real hard to see what was going on in the dark and you just eat one or two tries in his brain and it didn't hit the lead in the house. the severe weather as well as damaging property and infrastructure has claimed the life to christ and fourteen people over the last week. in alabama the ready calls happen. an insane amount of running my kids crazy and way more than others in my entire life just torrential downpour. flooding everywhere roads collapsing all over the place that deadly weather cuts and looks set to continue until the end of the week. the national weather service believes the rams thirty million people are under threat from the city of conditions science is so warnings that a growing resistance to anti biotics prizes to make a credible threats to health in the first worldwide survey of the problems of alltel so can i say sian found grace l polk high rates of drug resistant eco type bacteria which causes problems such as meningitis infect

all right, well, those gusty winds larry mentioned are helping fuel a devastating wildfire in the panhandle. dozens of homes have been destroyed by the blaze that broke out late yesterday afternoon. hundreds of residents have been evacuated overnight. firefighters managed to get the wildfire 50% contained, but the extent of the damage is still unknown. >> it's a disaster, and many people have lost their homes. the crews were able to go back into the area, and they're starting the search of these to try to determine the extent of injuries, if we have any. >>> and there are also no reports of any deaths. no word on what started the fire. thousands of homes are still threatened, but overnight some evacuees were allowed to go home. >>> well, residents in other parts of the middle third of the country will be dealing with severe weather emergencies today. >> meanwhile, the east and the west, they will see near-record temperatures. accuweather's jim dickey has the forecast. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and diana. tracking a powerful storm system here this morning bringing a wide range

that skinny be a very good break on its wheel of the system is still lingering over the florida panhandle which means that more heavy showers sudden burst of showers also and thunderstorms will be capable of risking their lives against again. and that the crying kid looking at some high pressure system in bringing clear skies by the south western areas are still aching to see dr in a very hot conditions the wildfires is still raging across southern california the temperature is however will be on ongoing trends and fashions at thirty four in seattle on the way up there at twenty one bought into the next few days and temperatures the willoughby finally into day average range down to fifty from twenty one instead of portland making it the same kind of think big ears ascension is also finally into the room the freight that sunday at ten twenty six degrees. not cause a year at the we haven't reported four centimeters in diameter all here pointed in a one in western ma the shaft. this is it to this system but another low pressure system will also bring a ball kicks in and day out balkans. actu

the heavy rains have torn through several states leaving parts of the florida panhandle, parts of pensacolander two feet of water. residents and drivers trapped by what's being called the worst flooding in the state? 30 years. this is what's left of the scenic highway in pensacola yesterday. and this photo shows severe flooding in front of joe scarborough's old home. you can see a truck there buried in the mud. joins us from pensacola, sarah daroff. i know we're talking about a lot of stories out of pensacola today. >> reporter: a lot of very dramatic stories out of pensacola. it's been a dangerous few days. let me show you what we're talking about. behind me is what used to be south cory field road. now it is just a jumble of asphalt, dirt, and cars. people had to be rescued from these cars. you can see the smashed windshields. no injuries reported. everybody is okay. and it's not that pensacola isn't used to rain. this is actually one of the rainiest cities in the country, but it is the amount. nearly two feet in 26 hours. i want you to compare that to los angeles. the airport there has r

saturday into sunday, a little tornado risk for south dakota, severe weather, damaging winds into the panhandle of texas. >> thank you. >>> and tonight, more signs hillary clinton is mulling a presidential run and talking and fighting back about benghazi. with a new book coming, politico reporting she is taking on her critics. what is she writing? here is abc's chief global affairs corespondent, martha raddatz tonight. >> reporter: the revelations in "politico" are the first indication of how she would handle the fallout from benghazi if she decides to run for president. and according to the online publication, she comes out swinging. her anger aimed at congressional republicans she accuses of politicizing the tragedy. "i will not be part of a political slugfest on the backs of dead americans," writes clinton according to "politico." it is the same anger she displayed last year on the hill. >> the fact is, we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest? or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they would go kill some americans? what difference, at this point, does

the midwest. 65 tornadoes followed today by torrential rain and flooding.Ñir this is the florida panhandlefter the biggest rainfall there in decades. hundreds of people had to beÑi rescued from cars and houses. in pensacola, where the rain set a record, part of the scenic highway washed away. the flooding is blamed for at least one death in all since sunday. the storm death toll is, at least, 38, and thousands of homes have been damaged. mark strassmann is in pensacolaó >> reporter: more than 20-inches of rain fell in pensacola in 24 hours. flash flooding washed away roads and bridges. this sinkhole was 20-feet deep. the driver survived. >> you could see the currents. lightning was still popping all over the place and you just kept watching the water rise. >> reporter: kristin fairchild lives in pensacola's cordova park neighborhood. piedmont road is washed away and broken in pieces for six blocks. early this morning, she used her smart phone to take this video. these geysers are actually natural gas escaping from linesó broken by the rushing waters. >> i've done whitewater rapids and that

that happened over the florida panhandle. transportation correspondent jeff pegues is looking into this. jeff, what happened? >> reporter: well, jeff, an f.a.a. spokesperson says it was a u.s. airways regional jet and a drone that nearly collided in midair. it happened on march 22 at an altitude of about 2,300 feet as a us airways jet was coming in for a landing at tallahassee regional airport. we don't know how close the plane and the drone came to each other, nor do we know what kind of drone it was or who was controlling it. >> glor: drones are, obviously, increasingly popular. is anything being done to prevent this kind of thing from happening in the future? >> reporter: jeff, the f.a.a. is working on regulations and standards, but they're not expected to be on the books until late next year. but it might take longer than that because there are several issues at play here, including privacy and safety, as we now see with this incident from march 22. >> glor: jeff pegues, thank you very much. russia put on a huge display t