meanwhile more than 5,000 gallons of oil has spread into the south platte river.tate energy officials say the company that owned the damaged tank has put absorbedant booms to soak up that oil. >>> mexico is struggling to cope with back-to-back hurricanes, flooding and landslides continue to devastate some regions. so far at least 97 people have been killed and many are still missing. >>> lawmakers are gearing up for battle on the house floor tomorrow. they are set to vote on a republican bill that would fund the government but defund the president's health care live. mike viqueira should be joining us live from washington in just a couple of minutes. ♪ >>> before we get to that, we want to talk about what is happening in mexico. it is no long ear hurricane. now a tropical depression. manuel is continuing to slowly move to the eanortheast at 7 mis an hour. maybe not the winds are the big problem, but the fact that the storm is moving so slow and dumping a lot of rain in the same area, that is the big concern. the wind now 35 miles an hour. 6 to 12 or 20-plus inches

the south platte river overflowing at an alarming rate. look at this time lapse.loodwaters devouring the farmland in less than a half hour. piles of dirt lined up to protect tiffany thompson's home. her girls and pups makes the escape just in time. >> i have never been in an evacuation. it feels scary. >> reporter: neighbors mary ann and joseph, in disbelief. a har hour ago, you were there and it was dry. >> we were walking around the house and it was dry. >> reporter: homes piercing homes. roads obliterated. families holding on together. you saw the time lapse. it was like yesterday we were watching it rise before our eyes. it will happen again today. the forecast, the numbers not looking good for a lot of places that don't need this rain. another 1 to 2 inches if you're in the purple area. it will dry out eventually. this moves out and by tuesday, dryer air moving in. a westerly flow sttrying to tak over. i'll be coming back with the fashion's weather. for now, back to the studio. >> thank you, ginger. >>> president obama signed an emergency declaration ordering

and the south platte river is right there.reatening people's home, going into homes already and this area is going to rise more today. let's take a look at the flood watches and warnings. we have rain already on the rivers. and the watches and the warnings in red. the numbers will be in 19 to 2 inch range, as far as how much more rain is going to fall. this flood, not done. colorado consumed. again. >> it's just devastating. >> reporter: drama on high as the unyielding waters force hundreds of rescues. >> i think what we have is the greatest number of americans rescued by helicopters since hurricane katrina. >> reporter: all that fresh flooding. up to four inches of rain, laden in hail, smothering aurora. at least people confirmed dead. 600 unaccounted for. >> shock. it's unbelievable. i have never seen this much water anywhere. >> reporter: at least 7,000 people evacuated from their homes. 85 students trapped by the floodwaters. finally air lifted out of the mountains safely. and in the foothills, the south platte river overf

so the rivers flooding with major flooding is the big thompson south platt, the foudre, we have minor flooding on several other rivers in the area. as we look at the warnings you can see river floodings focus mainly on colorado but watches at least all the way around the southwest as we have been getting a tropical tap into western side of the states but that is going to get cut off which is why those storms will not hold as much rain. >> thanks rebecca. possible change for u.s. economy. still ahead on al jazeera, looking ahead to next week's federal reserve meeting. you'll hear my conversation with real money's ali velshi. >>> still smoldering, a day after fire relationships through new jersey's seasier seaside bo, the challenges firefighters have now. >> new jersey's governor spent the day trying to assess the damage of the fire that destroyed part of new jersey's boardwalk. at least 30 seaside businesses were destroyed. many owners had just repaired the damage from last year's superstorm sandy. roxanna sabeiri reports. >> being governogovernor chrisie smoldering in these buildings

and i wanted to show you how the south platt river had a remarkable showing, shot up into thursday andfriday into record territory and we still have record flooding going on in the south platt river today and into tonight. where the shower activity at least has become a little lighter. we're watching a little moisture come up from the tropics but now some drier air is starting to filter in from the west. as that happens, we're not seeing as much water come down in the showers and thunderstorms. anyway we don't want any showers and thunderstorms to come on around boulder. the crest of the storm is moving towards nebraska and more showers are still expected. on august 20th, al jazeera america introduced >>> the city's police chief summed it up as, quoting, one of the worst things we have seen in washington, d.c. the shooting happened in building 197.

. >>> at 6:01, happening now more than 5200 gallons of oil have spilled into the south platte river in colorado. take a look at these pictures. it is crude oil that spilled from two damaged tanks into the river. we understand that the tanks were damaged by flood waters. the river already very swollen due to the flooding and the problems they had. state officials are on the scene. >> that is a rough go. we take you to virginia where two people have been injured after a train derailment. we understand that the derailment caused a fire on the tracks. two people were injured and crew members were also on the train. so far it's unclear why the train derailed. >> washington, d.c. navy yard is reopened. the navy said today is a regular work day except for building 197 where the shootings took place. the base gym is closed because it is being used as a staging area for the fbi. investigators aren't sure why 34-year-old aaron alexis went on that deadly shooting spree. it appears he left messages written on the sawed off shot gun he used in that massacre. one of those messages read, "better off

the south platte river you mentioned goes out to nebraska.ilters into the water aquefer that serves the country. >> now with this flood, and gas development, and fraking develop, the water ways and fld walter ways are picking up all of this -- floodwater ways are picking up this, all of this sludge, silt, sending it down river. >> not talking just the denver area. we are talking the entire region. here is a critical point. you mentioned a couple 5,000 gallons of oil. in the context of the gulf oil spill it doesn't sound look much. in the west, a relatively small amount of oil by those comparisons scan ha s can have impact. it is affecting freshwater drinking water in an area despite the flood this week is a parched area. taushging an area where the population is growing. where water is a huge issue. where officials in the government aren't properly regulating where the energy situationed are being cited you. have climate change coming in with severe weather to create not just an instant or couple week kind of disaster but a disaster that if y

keep in mind, when we look at the south platt river this is all going down river. have to know how much water is upstream to know how much water is expected downstream. all of the gauges have broken so they don't know how much to expect and the debris making its way down the river could clog up the natural system and making less water to move through. >> that's terrible. more people are going to be facing a mess. >> especially in nebraska. >> thank you. >>> 18 minutes past the hour. >>> appears lightning to blame for a plant fire in midland, texas. officials say a salt water disposal system was struck by lightning late last night and it caused several large tanks to erupt into flames. it took crews about three hours to put out that fire. the good news there, folks, no injuries have been reported. >>> north carolina police officer who shot and killed an unarmed 24-year-old is due in court today. authorities say officer randall kerik fired 12 time at jont farrell saturday as police respond to do a suspected breaking and entering call but it wind up farrell may have o

we could see a bit more rain causing some flooding concerns along the south platt river but because of all the cloud cover in denver, it's only going oclimb to a high of 68° -- to climb to a high of 68° with all of that cloud cover as that front continues to track into the east. further to the north, mostly cloudy, chilly day in portland and seattle to say the very least. this frontal boundary continues to push onshore off the pacific, we'll continue to have to deal with this not just today but the next several days, replacing this frontal boundary, a much colder aish massing -- air mass. into the washington cascades. so be careful if you are traveling along i-90. if you are standing in the shade not in the sunshine it's a very chilly day. 68 in philadelphia, 66 in new york city. luckily we don't have any wet weather to contend with, just a few clouds floating in the skies in new york and into pennsylvania. in new york city it's going to remain relatively sunny, not as cold as we track into tomorrow, as it is today, 67 today and 72 on into tuesday and by the end of thby the endof the w

you can see the south platte rivering devouring this farmland.ing split in half by a mud slide. >> they told us to leave and we actually took a couple hours to grab what we could and we never thought it was going to be this bad. >> reporter: in nearby longmont, families got to go home saturday only to be told to leave late sunday as the waters threatened again. >> reporter: that was a window? >> yeah. the windows broke. >> reporter: the rodgers family covered in mud were cleaning up from the first flood when they were asked to evacuate for the second time in less than a week. >> reporter: and now they told you again you got to get out? >> yeah. it is just devastating. >> reporter: we are also learning more about those who died. these two were on their way to a birthday party with friends when they were caught in a mud slide near boulder. from only a few feet above the flooding, images show how the rivers overflowed, hijacking the streets. despite the pain and loss, sue see put this tragedy in perspective. >> i'm missing a floor but there is still

we see the south platt river flooding behind you. how bad do you expect it to get? >> just 40 miles upriver from where i'm standing, there's a 2-foot surge coming through. just less than 24 hours we saw a surge just a little bit bigger than that. actually, i'll have my cameraman zoom down behind me. this is ballo road, that just crosses the i-76 here in ft. morgan. and you can probably see the current already picking up speed there. just pulled out of it, you can see the local gas station. that's completely flooded there. completely inundated and slightly out of shot, we've got a couple of hotels that have to be evacuated. now to really bad news for the locals, because those who have already had to flee their homes because of the oncoming waters are using the local hotel, so that's probably taking another couple hundred rooms out, and that's really going to make life detail for people here. extra flash flood warnings are just gone into effect further south to where we are. avad da county, denver county, and adams county, flash flood warnings in place until 4:30, uma

it's going to spread beyond the banks of the south platte river here, and it's going to affect thousands of homes. there are evacuation orders in locally, residentially, and a lot of people actually moving to outlying areas. one of the hotels behind me, that's been evacuated, making it difficult for places for people to go. so certainly everybody is feeling a depression here. >> dominic, as we understand it, it's been a real challenge getting helicopters in the air. how serious is that? >> yeah, they tried doing that, but you know what, the weather particularly on the front range has been very difficult for those helicopters to get off the ground, and this is how the authorities have been describing just the challenge they've been facing. >> in terms of resources, we have a lot of air resources available to us. the weather is not cooperating at the moment, but we do have 16 helicopters now, 1-6, 16 helicopters on station, three chinooks, 7 blackhawks, and three type 3 civilian helicopters that have been contracted for this evacuation. >> unfortunately, they can't get off the ground for t

we see the south platt river flooding behind you. how bad do you expect it to get? >> just 40 miles upriver from where i'm standing, there's a 2-foot surge coming through. just less than 24 hours we saw a surge just a little bit bigger than that. actually, i'll have my cameraman zoom down behind me. this is ballo road, that just crosses the i-76 here in ft. morgan. and you can probably see the current already picking up speed there. just pulled out of it, you can see the local gas station. that's completely flooded there. completely inundated and slightly out of shot, we've got a couple of hotels that have to be evacuated. now to really bad news for the locals, because those who have already had to flee their homes because of the oncoming waters are using the local hotel, so that's probably taking another couple hundred rooms out, and that's really going to make life detail for people here. extra flash flood warnings are just gone into effect further south to where we are. avad da county, denver county, and adams county, flash flood warnings in place until 4:30, uma

because we are dealing with the sunshine, we'll continue to see areas dry out and may see the south platt river rise. if you travel along i 25, from werrima to sedgwick counties, we want you to be careful. the ridge of high pressure not set up across mexico, so there could be heavy rain. >> in italy they are breathing a sigh of relevel. the cruise ship cord upright, almost two years after sinking on a reef and capsizing off the coast of giglio. the effort to get the ship upright took almost 19 hours, marking the first time the operation was performed on a vessel of this size. >> 32 were killed, two victims never found. the salvage operation costing more than $800 million - the most in history. >> aaa saying today marks day 1,000 - the 1,000th straight way that a price for gasso lean topped $3. it's the longest stretch since the organisation began keeping records. aaa said we may never see gas be below $3 a gallon again. >> ben bernanke and other top policy makers are holding a meeting in washington. they'll put the brakes on the $85 billion bond-buying program. when the fed does that, int

flooding for the streams, major flooding for the north fork of the big thompson liver and also the south plattth very wet and soggy conditions with the flood condition for his colorado. but the good news is that we'll shift to a little bit drier, shall we speak, the showers and thunderstorms we expect for the southwest will not hold as much rainfall within them. and all of the rain has moved through for the northeast for the most part, what we are going to start to notice it it's going to be cooler and little less humid. now, the rainfall overnight for the north east continuing to see that storm track off, offshore, in to the ocean, so with just a chance of a shower and the temperatures as you wake up in the 40s in some spots and highs cooler in the 70s. so a little more comfortable outside. but here is that image of the doppler radar for a day's worth of rain with boulder in the center here and you can see the intensity in the dark purple indicating up to 10-inches of rain around that city. and we are expecting this area of low pressure that the moisture is tapping down in to the tropical moi

we continue to deal with that rain, that river rising across the south platte river.hat's why we're westerned for folks that rushing water is still a problem around the boulder area. back to you now. >>> still ahead, bikers hitting the road, but not where you might expect to find them. we're going to introduce you to the harley-loving men of baghdad. >>> to honor the victims in yesterday's navy yard shooting, defense secretary chuck hagel laid a wreath at the u.s. navy memorial plaza. the wreath is next to the lone sailor statue, which represents anyone who has ever been part of what is called the united states navy family. seven of those kills have been identified. police will release more names throughout the day. those names include michael arnold, sylvia frazier, kathleen guard, john roger johnson, frank koehler, pan, did it and ken knit proktor. >>> after massive flooding the rains have stopped in colorado allows rescue efforts to resume. nearly 1800 people have been rescued from areas cut off by roads washed away completely. some residents have begun to make the

the cash river, the south platt river and the big thompson river.ll check in with our meteorologist rebecca seven son in just a few minutes for more on colorado's rivers and the forecasts for the coming days. and joining me by phone now life is ashley herring, she is a public information officer with the boulder county office of emergency management. good morning, miss herring, thank you so much for joining us. >> good he more than. >> i understand 1200 people were rescued just today. but since the rain picked up around 9:00 p.m. your time. are the crews even age to get in there? if not what are the flood victims advise today do in the meantime? >> as you said 1200 were rescued during the day by air operations and by ground. and we intend to start rescue operations again tomorrow morning. we typically don't run at night just for safety reasons. however, they will be back up there, weather permitting, rescuing people and bringing them out. >> but if you can't get in there tonight, what are the victims expected to do in the meantime? where do they go?

this one collapsed into the south platte river. more than 400 miles of road has washed away, including u.s. 34 outside greely. today, rescuers stepped up their search for victims and here's anna werner. >> reporter: clear skies allowed military helicopters to rescue 800 more stranded coloradans today. larimer county executive officer nicholas christensen. >> we were looking at lots of pinpoint extractions, many locations smaller numbers, so it's taking longer. we're also encountering a number of refusals which is a concern to us. we want people to get out while they have the chance. >> reporter: on the ground, construction crews have moved in where the water has receded. this is hayden court in longmont. we found chanda robberson going through her waterlogged possessions. so when you saw the scene here, i mean, what does that feel like? >> kind of like you've been kicked in the stomach. yeah. like the rug had been pulled out from under you. >> reporter: this was a shirt from the day her son was born, marked with his footprints. >>

on this side of the continental divide, it flows to the high plains and to the south platte river shed and all of that goes to colorado where it meets the platte river. all that moisture heading in here, a lot of farmland and a lot of the farmland is going to be completely flooded now with record-breaking flooding. that means it's harvest season right now and a lot of those crops potentially having really significant damage to it. this is how much more rain we're going troosee, maybe about up to an inch in a few spots. today, i think the heaviest of the rain will be down across mexico. we haven't talked about it as much, but they have significant flooding going on there as well. >> so sad, we'll keep an eye on it. thanks so much. >>> eric, we have an alert as we're awaiting an update on a key united nations report on syria's chemical weapons use. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon getting briefed on the inspectors' findings. that's happening right now. he's expected to brief the security council. this as syria's regime is now agreeing to turn over its steakpiles. greg is life on the gr

from the sky tonight, you can see the damage, the south platte river cutting a highway in half in colorado. the rushing waters pouring into towns. look at this parking lot. nothing but tiny dots of color there, cars completely surrounded by the water. families who have returned home, wading through the mud. just look at this kitchen, transformed tonight. we're seeing this disaster in a new way this evening. a tiny camera attached to a remote controlled drone. you can see it hovering over the street there, traveling through the trees. we're going to take a closer look, just to show you some of that devastation this evening. we have live team coverage and we begin with abc meteorologist ginger zee, who has been in the middle of it all. just devastation as far as you can see, ginger. >> reporter: it really is. david, these neighborhoods are piled with big, muddy possessions. you can see, you know, friends, family, strangers that are helping others clean up. we know now that more than 17,000 homes were damaged, more than 1,500 destroyed. all of this as a second threat of evacuation hit the sam

river because o of -- along the platt river, this is south platt river flooding that's still occurring will not go back down below flood stage until saturday, that's in colorado. nebraska's forecasting the flooding to continue in the next 24 hours. all that rain has made it into larger rivers and continuing to push east. now a storm developing in the moobmontana and northern plains, showers and storms and cooler air, warmer temperatures climbing from denver minneapolis chicago and memphis, the warmup and the severe weather. showers and strong thunderstorms with severe thunderstorm watches developing in north and south dakota. areas of storms will move to the east, tomorrow, an area of showers and storms through the great lakes, oklahoma, kansas into texas. that's where the storms are tomorrow, also where the warm air will be. temperatures 80 close to 90 ahead of that band of showers and storms and followed by cooler air, chicago seem to warm up thursday and friday with strong storms then cooler weather comes in saturday, sunday and monday. temperatures are into the upper 50s, not nearl

there are flood alerts and evacuations on the south platte river have close to where we are. nine feet above flood levels. here is what happened yesterday. they had three feet of water bursting out of the platte river. locals say it is normally just a little stream. debris rolled out. guess what? we are expecting another two feet of water to come back on this very point exit's just going to cast all of this debris back into the landscape and vanish. the national guard saying the people living on the banks of the river, thousands of those are going to be displaced today. they have been using air lifts to get people out from the front range. a short distance from where we're standing. this is how they have been describing that effort overnight. >> where they lower somebody down from the helicopter, the helicopter can't land but they send a soldier down there at the end of a cable and that soldier clips on to the person and they lift him out. the guys from fort carson have done over 20 and they will keep doing those. some places that is the only way to get to these folks. >> the

looking at the flooding problem moving from colorado into nebraska now, and this is all along the south platte is taken from space, this is what it normally looks like, and there is the river flooding that occurred a few days ago near greeley, colorado. it is moving from colorado to nebraska. these are flood warnings in place along that river. the latest flood gauge shows it has climbed above flood stage and will stay there until at least saturday or sunday. although not as severe as it was in colorado, still there are some flooding problems moving across this country. this storm over north and south dakota, we're seeing a big warmup. we're also getting severe weather forming a line now. as this moves through it will be followed by colder air. tomorrow this area of thunderstorms moves into chicago, down to missouri, oklahoma, and northern texas. it is clear and will be cooler. temperatures are dropping into the 50s and 60s, but 80s and they hit 90 in kansas city. here is the taste of summer and it will continue to push east. moving into chicago. these thunderstorms around today -- just for tod

reuters first, but other sources, there is a damaged tank that spilled 125 barrels of oils into the south platte terms of the context here, it is hard to know in terms of contamination, is that a large spill? >> it is certainly one if you're down stream from that spill. and that is exactly the concern we have from the sites. the containment units is supposed to keep the whole slew of contaminates, where they can go into drinking waters, and end up contaminating communities and also can end up settling out into a sediment. >> we saw if not on a giant scale like we saw in colorado, should the oil and gas industries have done things that they didn't do? were there ways to prepare better for a flood event like this one, than what we know they did in this case? >> it is going to be really key in the aftermath of the storm that that question is evaluated. we're going to need to know if the sites were located properly. if they responded properly in terms of shutting them down. and containing all the contaminates within, so they wouldn't spread from the site. and if there were additional items done so t

this is the south platte river down there in denver and boller, and this is what it looked like before flooding, and look at how the river just expands. this is the recent image from nasa, and shows how the flooding has increased the river systems there. we had flash flooding initially, that is the river gauge, went above flood stage last friday, and now it is seeing major flooding, and not expected to go below major flood stage until wednesday or thursday. now all of the water has worked its way into the larger rivers, and conditions like this will linger here for at least the next two or three days. flood warning still in effect for colorado. this is all along the front range and to the east. the showers are lifting north, so that will improve conditions for in the next few days. >>> thank you. it is an up popular statistic, the number of people living in poverty. >>> and it is the eve of a crucial fed policy decision. "real money"'s ali velshi is coming up next with details on al jazeera. ♪ >> just to be able to defend the title for once will be awesome, and i've done so well here t

it is all the water that is down leading into the south platt river. this will be major flooding that will continue. this is what it was like before the flooding. this expands. this is the picture from space. we're seein seeing it well abovd stage. this river gauge shows that there is major flooding here and it will stay above flood states until consequence. now all of that water is moving east. thaso all this water is continug to move east. it's all from that storm which brought all that rain to colorado. it will effect the rest of the country and we'll have that coming up. >> thank you. speaking of colorado, the search continues for hundreds unaccounted for. we're looking at live picture. we'll take a look at the rescue missions under way right now and the biggest challenge for first responders in that flooding. >>> plus living in u.s. and how it compares to years past. al jazeera america - a new voice in american journalism - >>introduces america tonight. >>in egypt, police fired teargas at supporters of the ... >>a fresh take on the stories that co

a report released wednesday showed the damaged tanks spilled oil to the south platte river near the townmilliken. the company that owns the tank has put absorbent booms into the water to soak up the oil. old girlia, a 14-year- is back safely at home after being abducted earlier this week. police say intruders demanded jewelry and money from the family and then kidnapped 14- year-old perez when they were told there was nothing of value. she was found later. >> it is good to see that she is safe. >> right now, clayton county police have too been in custody, but they are looking for two other suspects in this case. still to come on 11 news at noon , dr. kim hammond is here to answer your pets questions, and there are only 96 shopping days left until quite -- until christmas. >> we have been enjoying gorgeous weathers with wonderful temperatures. another cold front -- we'll talk about when it will arrive coming up in your 11 insta-weather plus forecast. right now, sunny and gorgeous with temperatures in the 70's. ♪ in consumer alert, it is not take santa's lap to know what your kids will wan

. >> state officials say the spill is coming from notable releases from the south platte river.n 2012, about a third have opened. >> massive flooding that ravaged parts of the state of colorado last week happened to hit that part of the state that experienced an oil and gas boom in the last few years. there are 20,000 active oil and gas wells in that part of colorado that were hardest hit by the floods. now, one of the many challenges facing lawmakers and residents there as they try to rebuild is to make sure their drinking water is safe, how to make sure the notable oil spills leaking into the flood waters are not going to make people sick. and not just now, but the epa is one agency in colorado trying to figure it out. a local environmentalal activist says "we have serious concerns because the state has so few regulators." we need epa to step in and make sure the environment and public are protected. we need the epa to step in and make sure the public is protected. that is just one environmental disaster in one state that makes you feel like maybe it is a bad time for the epa

all this is going to go down river on the south platt river and makes its way farther downward and headmajor flooding in areas that never even got the rain initially and now they are concerned where is this going in my neighborhood. >> this continues to be a mess. thank you, indra. >>> pennsylvania appeals court today hears a case of jerry sandusky. he was convicted of molesting ten young boys. sandusky is asking for a new trial claiming the defense did not have enough time to prepare and prosecutors improperly referenced the fact he did not testify. he is currently serving a sentence of at least 30 years in prison. >>> casey anthony may soon be forced to answer big questions about her daughter's disappearance and her death. attorneys plan to dispose her next month in a defamation suit over anthony's assertion. remember a former babysitter kidnapped her 12-year-old daughter. since she has been acquitted of answering her daughter she will have to answer her questions and she cannot plead the fifth. >>> the final act in the michael jackson wrongful death trial won't involve jackson's moth

the south platte. this river gauge has surged to 19-plus feet.he old historic record was around 11. you know how bad it still is this morning north of denver. let's look, then, at what's to come. i wish i had better news. when you take the foot-plus of rain that's already fell, the raging rapids behind me and add another one to two inches that's coming in tonight. the front backing in, the monsoonal moisture budding up against it. this is not a good situation. the danger is still in place here. people have to be on alert. we'll be coming back with our nation's weather. and the tropics firing up. another area in texas going to get a lot of rain this weekend. >> more to come in colorado. it is not over. still a dangerous situation. we'll be coming back to you. >>> we're hearing extraordinary stories of survival and rescue this morning about colorado. we're hearing from a man who got trapped after his car was flipped over by a wall of water. his rescue, as you can see right here, caught on camera. and abc's clayton sandell in the flood zone this mor

it's called the south platte. look at that surge.t went to 19 1/2 feet this morning, cresting and still going up as we saw it last. that's almost eight feet above their historic record. this is big news, you guys. it is not over at all. i wish i had better news to share in the forecast. but look at this. the cold front sneaks in. it's been a stationary front. a stuck low pressure system. but it takes all of the monsoonal moisture and traps it over colorado and parts of new mexico. tonight through tomorrow is going to be the next big bulk of rain. we'll be talking in the next nation's weather about ingrid and how that's going to affect parts of south texas, a spot that really needs extra rain, coming up next. dan and bianna? >> more to come in colorado. it is not over. ginger, we'll be coming back to you. >>> meanwhile, we're hearing extraordinary stories of survival and rescue in colorado. the national guard is on the scene. they're using choppers to fly people out of towns that have essentially been cut off from the rest of the worl

this is an indication of the flooding that occurred, this is a normal day in the south platt river but after all that rain here is the flood warning. the river is over its banks, that's greeley there. the water is moving east. flood warnings have been issued not only in colorado but nebraska as well. the river flowing east and all the way through nebraska. one river there in nebraska shows how quickly the river went above flood stage and it will stay there until saturday and sunday. the flood warnings still being issued, just well away from where all that rain came down. it's moving east. another problem we're watching it the tropics tropical storm manuel and how it will affect mexico. that's all coming up. >> after yesterday's record setting day on wall street, thanks to comments from the federal reserve, investors are taking a bit of a breather today. the d dow falling some 40 point. there you see the numbers. jp morgan chase is paying out one of the largest regulatory fines ever regarding the london whale scandal. most importantly jp morgan is admitting wrongdoing in its trading los

this is a flood gage, not in colorado, but this is in nebraska along the south platte river, and floodingis expected there nurse all the way through the weekend and next week, so all of the rain over colorado, it's moving east. and flooding expected all the way through nebraska. temperatures warming up in the midwest as a storm continues to develop over billings and holds up this. here's the radar, showing that there are strong and even severe storms in south dakota and that rain will continue to move east. highs tomorrow, 80s and 90s in the midwest, specifically, chicago at 87°. after the rain moves through it cools off and is fairly nice over saturday and summed. that rain pushes east. and the temperatures are warming up over the weekend in new england. >> welcome to al jazeera. tony harris. here are tonight's top stories. defense secretary chuck hagel said red flags were missed before the shooting at the washington navy yard. the pentagon is now referring security policies for all its facilities around the world. >>> after a week of unprecedented flooding thousands of people in colorad

are in weld county where thousands of gallons are flowing into a major river that flows into the south platte river with specific spills reported near evans, milliken and plattville, we will document this disaster. to make things worse, clean-up cruise won't be able to reach the spillage until the water receipts and some colorado residents have been asked by health officials to boil their water after tests for e. coli came back positive. more than 200 highways and at least 50 bridges have been damaged or destroyed. the state is working quickly to repair some of its mountain highways before the winter season. roads that are necessary to get in and out of isolated towns. colorado's governor, john hic n hickenlooper has promised funds to help with the recovery and clean up efforts. the mexican officials tell al jazeera more than 100 people died in the landslide triggered by the country's twin hurricanes. soldiers are trying to move tons of mud that swept through a remote village in western mexico. in the damage from hurricanes manuel and ingrid has spread far and wide across the country. >>> the

and in the foothills the south platte river overflowing at an alarming rate.ook at this time-lapse. floodwaters devouring the farmland in less than a half-hour. right across the street piles of dirt lined up to protective any's vulnerable home. her girls and pups making the escape just in time. >> i have never been in an evacuation. it's kind of scary. >> neighbors, marion and joseph, watching in disbelieve. their home surrounded by that creeping water. >> a half-hour ago you were just over there and it was dry. >> yes. i have been walking all around the house because it was dry. >> across colorado, grave yards of debris, roads, piercing roads, and homes obliterated and everywhere you look families holding on together. >> ginger is report from colorado. back here at home, officials say mt. diablo state park is expected to reopen tomorrow, more than a week after a fire that charred more than 3100 acres. the fire is now 100 percent contained. it started one week ago today and forced the evacuation of more than 75 homes. none of the homes burned. cal fire firefig

. >> reporter: the south platte river here in morgan county have never seen it before.mally a little stream. but after the rains, this is what has happened to the main route out of the town, route 144. this is just half of the road. the rest is being taken away, and the yellow median line showing just how much damage has been done. fortunately, the community is being evacuated, but clearly, it is going to be some time before they are allowed back. and harris, this road, well, moments after recording that segment, the road beneath us started to crumble away, and we had to run for it. the local sheriff with us short ly after said it is going to be weeks before the people of orchard can get back. back to you. >> wow. i saw you a little while ago and you were setting up for the live shot and i could see water on the road and parts of it are simply gone as you say. dominic, thank you very much. we are also watching new mexico in part tof the epic flooding ad state police are reporting the first death related to the heavy rainfall. a man died when his vehicle was lifted and c

. >>> and meanwhile, the receding floodwaters reveal an oil spill in south platte river. tank is leaking more than 5,000 gallons of oil. >>> and a baby in tennessee will be able to keep his given name. the name his mother wanted him to have, messiah. a judge ruled in favor of the 9-month-old's parents. a lower court unconstitutionally changed the baby's name and said messiah was a title reserved only for jesus christ. that's what the judge said. >>> still ahead, will smith's son jaden causing a bit of a controversy over tweets about dropping out of school. critics say he's sending a poor message to his young fan, but jaden now has an unlikely defender in rush limbaugh. this is our "news nation" "gut check." [ male announcer ] pepcid® presents: the burns family bbq. guys, you took tums® a couple hours ago. why keep taking it if you know your heartburn keeps coming back? that's how it works. you take some tums®. if heartburn comes back, you take some more. that doesn't make any sense. it makes plenty of sense if you don't think about it! really, honey, why can't you just de

the runoff is rushing down the south platte river which runs from denver into nebraska.eanwhile, in colorado, thousands of residents are starting to return home to their flood ravaged neighborhoods. while their homes are still standing, the amount of damage is staggering. >> it was overwhelming really. i didn't realize that floods brought in a ton of mud. it just ruined everything. >> we're already planning for probably about 50,000 td, $60,000 to get it all redone. >> cnn's george howell has been following this disaster for us. he's joining us from boulder. george, are residents now finding out that they'll get the help they need to rebuild? because this must be a shock to so many thousands of people. >> well, wolf, certainly now that fema is here, that is very important news for people here who saw so much devastation because fema will help. they will obviously take applications and help people with the given problems, the different situations where you have flooded homes, all of the issues that people will apply for, but keep this in mind, wolf. when it comes to homeo