application if what is after all, a texas state case having to do with apportion the in one state senate is heard by the court. >> it clearly would have a big impact on the southt. in texas and california, where in place look dallas and houston, they are not citizens. they'd have an impact in other. and in other suburban areas, that would be a shifting of power. >> you see that as part of what would happen if we change the formula. by definition, power would be rebalanced going away from the distribute to areas with high immigrant populations, rebalanced towards other areas. i'm an immigrant, and finally got citizenship and right to vote. i'm sensitive to concerns. when we think of political theory, we want to make sure the voter is it's the principal of one man, one vote. it's easy to declare the principle that states should draw to equalize as best they can, the power of the voter. >> before you were naturalized, did you pay state income tax? >> i was in d c. i paid income tax. i great with no taxation. if i could have the deal of not being taxed, i would have taken it. >> did you pay sales tax and property tax? >> sure. that alone, would make you worthy of

." >> a natural gas pipeline ruptured in south texas last night sparking this massive fireball. energy transfer partners which owns the pipeline said the pipeline ruptured and isolated that section of the pipeline while reriewght natural gas -- rerouting natural gas. residents will be allowed to return after safety inspection are completed. no injuries were reported. >>> two men are hospitalized after a double shooting in philadelphia's logan section. this happened on the 4700 block of north carlisle street. 4 men got into an argument when shots rang out two men were hit. two men took off one is in custody, the other on the loose. >>> s.w.a.t teams raided a home in somerton related to well fair fraud in new jersey. swat teams were heading into the home assisting the new jersey attorney general who was serving a warrant on the occupant of the rental house. a witness who did not want to be identified spoke to "action news." >> all of a sudden i seen a couple of advance maybe 20 or 15 s.w.a.t team came out and they ran up the driveway, off to the side and all of a sudden they said

but for south texas we're seeing the worst flooding right now. talk going this particular area, i want to show you the radar zooming into this area, especially through alice texas we saw over eight and a half inches of rainfall in just a six hour period, in this particular area. while we think alice is going to be out of i.t. soon we are still dealing -- out of it soon we are still dealing with a lot of it near brownsville. the storm making its way to the oklahoma border, dallas and fort worth, i don't think you'll be seeing too much in the way of rain. but down here in the south these rain bands have been pushing through and very heavy rain one to two inches of rain per hour coming out of there. we're going to be watching through oklahoma through the night and tomorrow because we're going to be seeing very heavy rain e-rain showers here, the ground is already saturated flooding is going to be a big problem and up towards friday up here in missouri is where we think the biggest issues is going to be. >> thank you kevin. >>> smartphones, security,

a customer in south texas had a similar experience a few days ago. elizabeth gonzalez saw personal details about another dis beth gonzalez -- elizabeth gonzalez. >> i know what kind of car she drives. i know where she banks. i saw her routing number. >> they have not heard about the breech but it has her so concerned she may move her three policies elsewhere. in san jose david louie, abc7 news. >>> our drought is prompting a warning for pet owners. why they are being urged to make sure their dogs and cats are vaccinated. >> and look closely. can you spot the fake? michael finney is here and he wants to make sure the warriors gore is the >>> health officials issued a warning that the drought could put you and your pets at a greater risk foray bees. for rabies. >> there is a sewer grate. >> they believe they are going in search of water. which could raise a problem. >> do rabies exist in the wildlife population? in the skunks bats, foxes and raccoons. >> last year the public health department had 250 potential rabies cases. samples of the animal's brai

florida, they were involved with the sale and transport of large amounts of marijuana from mexico, south texasut detectives could find no connection between the mexican mafia and the murders. and despite investigators' best efforts, the trail of the killers eventually turned cold. >> there was a lot of frustration in this case, wondering, are we going to catch this person? or it's got to be this person right in front of us. >> the families wanted answers. they deserved answers. >> after three years, the families started to believe the case would never be solved. >> your raw instinct is you want to find them yourself. and pulverize them. >> the only real evidence investigators had were the composite drawings. >> it was clear that the people who made this sketch that gave our sketch artist the information, these were going to be great witnesses. >> so rachael's father turned his grief into action. he helped raise a $100,000 reward for anyone who could provide information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers. some of that money was used to put the composite drawings of the suspects

registering voters in south texas, down in the valley in 1972.ow, some of the people i met were understandably a little wary of a girl from chicago who didn't speak a word of spanish. but they wanted to vote. they were citizens. they knew they had a right to be heard. they wanted to exercise all the rights and responsibilities that citizenship conveys. that's what should matter. because when those rights are denied to anyone, we're all the worse for it. it doesn't just hold back the aspirations of individual citizens. it holds back our entire country. that's why as a senator i championed a bill called the count every vote act. if it had become law, it would have made election day a federal holiday. aunt mandated early voting opportunities -- [applause] -- deceiving voters, including by sending flyers into minority neighborhoods with false voting times and places would have become a federal crime. and to many americans with criminal convictions would have finally gotten their voting rights back. [applause] well, today, with the damage to the votin

this morning we have some good news in the soaked south. texas will be drying out. clear weather is in the forecast for some spots. the epic flooding there and in oklahoma has killed 31 and 10 are still missing. now there is a new concern. a spike in snakebites. the high water is flushing them out and dallas at children's medical center has seen six make bites in less than two weeks. >> i tried moving the snake with the woodchip and it just bit me. >> in dayton texas, a wild scene. cowboys saving 200 trapped cattle. they were surrounded by alligator infested water. they were led over 70 miles to safety. >>> a convoy of santas they brought smiles to tornado victims. they collected toys to bring to children in van, texas. that up to was hit by a killer twister last month. >> if we can bring a smile and a little bit of hope to their heart, it'll transfer to the parents and the community. >>> in atlanta flash flooding. roads turned into rivers. clogged storm drains are to blame. >>> after nearly a quarter century at the helm of face the nation bob schieffer signed off f

. >> take a look at this a natural gas pipeline ruptured in south texas sending a huge fireball into the sky. energy transfer partner which owns the by line reported a 42-inch line repture near the town. the company said the section was isolated and the gas rerouted. firefighters evacuate the seven nearby homes as a precaution. fortunately nobody was injured. >>> now to a stunning twist in a frightening home invasion in california that was caught on camera. prosecutors say someone with close ties to the homeowner masterminded the entire break-in. alicia vitarelli is live at our "action news" big board with the full story. alicia this is a friesenning one. -- frightening one. >> reporter: it is and to say this person is close to the family is an under statement. merge armed with knives two terrified woman with a baby inside locked themselves in a bathroom as the mentor through the house. the homeowner's son is responsible for the plan. investigators saying the son of the family terrorized by the burglars orchestrated this break-in at his father's home. prosecutors claiming two suspect

a customer in south texas had a similar experience a few days ago. elizabeth gonzalez saw personal details about another dis beth gonzalez -- elizabeth gonzalez. >> i know what kind of car she drives. i know where she banks. i saw her routing number. >> they have not heard about the breech but it has her so concerned she may move her three policies elsewhere. in san jose david louie, abc7 news. >>> our drought is prompting a warning for pet owners. why they are being urged to make sure their dogs and cats are vaccinated. >> and look closely. can you spot the fake? michael finney is here and he wants to make sure the warriors gore is the real -- mmm, red white and blue pancakes. it's patriotism on a plate. i bet washington and jefferson would have eaten these. and at $4.99, that's less than a lincoln. red, white & blue pancakes are back and only $4.99. denny's. welcome to america's diner. >>> health officials issued a warning that the drought could put you and your pets at a greater risk foray bees. for rabies. >> there is a sewer grate. >> they belie

. >>> massive explosion in south texas overnight. a natural gas pipeline erupting into ball of flames. >> this is what it looked like. the fire could be seen as far as 20 miles away. several families were forced from their homes. firefighters eventually managed to reroute the gas and put out the flames. there were no reports of injuries. >>> storms making thing miserable and dangerous for millions of people as the work week gets started. >> near harrisburg pennsylvania quite a mess to clean up after a tree came crashing down on a home and a car in one storm. the people inside the the house were fine. >>> here's the radar. more storms rolled through that area and the entire northeast today. rain across texas and into the midwest. molly cochran from ak cue waefrt has more. >> thank you, alex and marci. we remain unsettled across the knot east. thunderstorms from philadelphia into washington, d.c. we continue to watch carlos likely to become a category 1 hurricane once again before making landfall on tuesday. also watching a potential t

. >>> a scary looking sight, but no one is hurt in south texas when a gas line explodes.forced the evacuation of several homes. local officials say the gas was rerouted and the fire was out by this morning. >>> and quite a sight on the tarmac at the boise airport. passengers on board an allegiance air flight from los angeles made their way on a wing. vapor from a fuel leak had some concerned about a possible fire. some junks from the wing to the tarmac but no one was hurt. an airlines official said they acted without the direction of the flight crew. >>> this morning united is apologizing to frustrated passengers after their flight was diverted to canada. they accuse the airline of not providing adequate accommodations. contessa brewer reports. >> reporter: search google earth and you'll see green wilderness, a place so small the military facilities stand out and that's where 176 passengers from united flight 958 spent friday night. they'd left chicago's o'hare and four hours later were diverted. passengers started tweeting. stuck in canada now. why? because the plane had

. >>> south texas is bracing for more wet weather.mergency officials are keeping a close eye on a tropical storm brewing off the gulf of mexico. up to 15 inches of rain could fall as the storm moves through the area. emergency managers say the challenge for community leaders and businesses will be deciding what to tell employees, to stay home or come to work. they say tropical storms bring bands of very heavy rain that typically lead to flooding. >> this rain event will be probably heavier than what we saw on memorial day but more troublesome is that it's going to be over the whole area so it's not going to be isolated. it's going to be over the whole area. >> officials say the ground is already saturated but most of the watersheds have returned to their banks with normal flow. that's expected to change again when the clouds roll in. >>> it's 4:48. let's take you to more breaking news we just got on scene of this in germantown. nbc 10 photo journalist bringing us a live picture. you see flames coming from upper floor of the roof of th

it's that active jet stream out in the west that has dipped south. texas drying out, by the way. and brought all of that rain. the heavy storms, flash flooding, even. two to three inches through friday, right there, north carolina, southern virginia. >> a wet and tricky week ahead. all right, ginger, thank you. >>> we turn now to the fiery exchanges on capitol hill today over those defective airbags. takata and that massive recall. nearly 34 million vehicles. the airbags, they say, could explode in your front seat. and now, we learn that even the replacements might have to be replaced. abc's linsey davis with american drivers tonight who are fed up. >> reporter: congress giving takata, the company behind the biggest auto recall in american history, an earful on capitol hill today. >> safety of your airbag can't be just a game of luck. >> reporter: after admitting they were manufacturing potentially defective airbags, takata now telling congress many of the cars that had those airbags replaced will now need those same airbags replaced again. >> you're replacing them with other thi

it's that active jet stream out in the west that's dipped south. texas drying out. and brought all of that rain. the heavy storms flash flooding even. two to three inches through friday right there north carolina southern virginia. >> all right, ginger thank you. >>> we turn now to the fiery exchanges on capitol hill today over those defective air bags. thatakata and that massive recall. nearly 34 million vehicles. the airbags, they say, could explode in your front seat. now, they learned that even the replacements might have to be replaced. abc's linsey davis with american drivers tonight who are fed up. >> reporter: congress giving takata the company behind the biggest auto recall in american history, an earful on capitol hill today. >> safety of your airbag can't just be a game of luck. >> reporter: after admitting, takata telling congress many of the cars that already got the airbags replaced will need them replaced again. >> replacing them with sings that are still faulty? there's no excuse for that. >> reporter: the defective airbags can fire out shards of met

and i lost them in a fashion very different from any predator that we have in south texas.erested in the meat as much as it was the blood. and in all instances, it was all opened up just in this thorax area, and there was no blood at all. and everybody's saying, oh, my gosh, that's the chupacabra. >> shirts were made, and it was all over the town. >> the myth of the chupacabra is a big story here because we have a high hispanic population that has believed in this for a very long time. >> the story spread through spanish-speaking publications and the internet over the 1990s and into the 2000s. >> legend has it the chupacabra is a vampire dog said to inhabit parts of south america and texas. >> a chupacabra in spanish means the goat sucker or the sucker of goats. >> in all the stories that i have read about the chupacabra and it had fiery red eyes and stood on its back legs and appeared to have some spine down its back, or do that and the chupacabra's going to get you. >> dr. canyon's blood-thirsty predator kills 28 chickens over a 15-month period, showing its face only once

. >>> fire continues to burn at the scene of a natural gas line explosion in south texas. happened last night at an energy company facility in area row. >>> drivers in one bay area city are tired of seeing their cars with broken windows. the unusual plea to car thieves. >>> and the search continues for the two escaped killers in new york. we are going to hear what their plan was from the woman accused of helping them. >>> good morning everyone, this is the last full week of spring. we are going to talk about summer like temperatures. >>> chp, is checking on an accident delaying traffic for the east shore freeway. west 80 on hill my name is fernando gonzalez. i'm the gas service supervisor here in sonoma county. we moved up here 35 years ago and we just love it up here, it's a fantastic place to live. our function is customer support... ...making sure that our customers are safe and that's the most important thing. we know we are part of a huge company but sonoma county is our home. sonoma county is our pg&e. what we're doing really means something in the community and it's

in south texas that is a ton of rain. you can see the line up to the northeast they are getting rain there. it looks like it will end later today. and not as active toward texas. coming out of colorado and moving into northern texas. things may be a little better there after the record setting rain in may. oklahoma city had 19 inches of rain. we do have system to the north. temperatures 43 up in truckee. 60 in redding. 55 in monterey. fog, drizzle, sun and clouds. our system sweep into the north will keep up the cooler side. cool to mild. 70s. these are below normal on the temps. other locations coast and bay are slightly below. inland temps continue to run six or eight degrees below. but then a back to a little cool and quiet pattern wednesday and thursday. possible low another one will drop in. >> so should people make clothing adjustments because of what we are seeing? >> coast and bay there is a little drizzle. >> it's not that cold but it feels tropical. >> kind of mild. >> not that bad. thank you. >>> 5:18 is the tim

while the people here in south texas are slowly returning to normal this epic week of rain has left its mark. >> we spent eight hours on our kitchen counters with the floodwaters in our house. it really caught us all you know by surprise. >> and this storm will also be memorable for a lot of people because of how adevastating it was. because of the rain and floods and also tonight 11 people still missing, del. >> jonathan martin, thank you very much. in syria i.s.i.l. is saying it has captured a strategic town, sarwan, near aleppo, close to a major supply line through turkey. elsewhere there are reports at a 16 people died in government shelling in the northern city of idlib. in northeastern syria another 25 civilians died, gas slender burst, ignited an oxygen slender and gas tank. observers saying the death toll could top 50. >>> more than 200,000 people have died in syria's four year civil war so far humanitarian toll even higher. the u.n. estimating 10 million syrians are going to go hungry. caroline malone reports a new program trying to help feed themselves. >> reporter: this progr

the resignation has been accepted by the pope. >>> a massive explosion in south texas, a natural gas line erupting in texas. the flames visible for 20 miles. several families forced out of their homes. firefighters managed to reroute the gas and nobody got hurt. >>> and finally, something even stranger than cats and dogs living together. check this out. it's a raccoon. may look like he's perched on a log. if you look closer, he's on the back of an alligator. the guy who took this picture over the weekend in florida says the raccoon is not clinically insane. he hopped off quickly after he realized what he was doing. looks like a classic one-way ticket to me. >> what a capture, though. >> yeah. what a capture. it was just only for a couple of seconds. the conspiracy theorists say this is disney's way of promoting "guardians of the galaxy" and the character, rocket. no comment from disney. >> that was elaborate. >> yes, it was. i'm here all morning. >> thank you, dan. >> inner workings. >> i wasn't making that up. you can see it on google. >> really? >> yes. it's true. >>> all right, you

it provides narrow exemptions for a single doctor at a clinic in the south texas city of mcallen on theds that forcing women to travel 235 miles or more to the nearest clinic would be an undue burden. but it remains unclear if the clinic can stay open. when it came to the plight of women in the far west city of el paso, the appeals court said they could travel to new mexico, rather than take the estimated 1000 mile round-trip journey to the nearest open abortion clinic in texas. amy: if the decision goes in to effect in about 20 days attorneys for the decision say about 900,000 reproductive-age women will live more than 150 miles from the nearest open abortion facility. the clinics planned to take a pill to the supreme court. in a statement, nancy northup of the center for reproductive rights said -- "not since before roe v. wade has a law or court decision had the potential to devastate access to reproductive health care on such a sweeping scale." meanwhile in florida, governor rick scott has signed a bill into law forcing women to wait at least 24 hours to happen abortion and the wisc

. >> crews are on the scene of a natural gas line explosion in south texas that happened last night at an energy company facility. there are no reports of injuries but about seven homes were evacuated as a precaution. the company that owns a facility energy transfer partners will start looking into a cause once the fire is completely out. a state report says more farmers are spraying a hazardous type of pesticide for delayed brain development. it's commonly used on california's cash crops, almonds walnut nuts and oranges. it can be harmful to children's brain development. >> this is not new science. we've known for some time really over a decade that it's very dangerous for children's health. >> starting next month the state will enforce new regulations designating the pesticide as a restricted material and farmers will have to get permits to use it. >>> a vacant hotel in san jose could help deal with a homeless population. the hotel has been abandoned for years and has 42 rooms and city housing officials say it would be a perfect place to help the homeless population in the city. prop

>> reporter: from our understanding it was family violence situation somewhere in south texas, we don'tll of the details on that yet. but police are investigating it. we just heard another loud pop. police have been detonating some of the bags to see if they would cause a larger explosion. that was small. police are continuing their investigation on the ground. >> and how have the police reacted, when this started nobody knew what it was about. could it have been attached to the waco incident from a few weeks ago, there are so many different scenarios. now that they understand that this gentleman is talking about it there is a custody battle going on and they know who they are talking to has that changed the scenario in texas? >> i think so. people were on alert, the so called war on police as it were this may be an isolated incident, someone that has a grudge against the police department because of what happened in their case. >> you said this is happening at jack in the box in the parking lot. how close is that to residential apartments? >> reporter: i'm not sure. it's right off inte

he has a family connection in south texas border city and officials warn that matt may have intentions mexico. >> let's go to cnn investigations correspondents sara ganim with us in west plattsburg, new york. what have you learned this morning? >> reporter: good morning. we are on the eastern edge of the search perimeter. vehicle searches are going on around us constantly and more than 800 law enforcement official state and federal and local. they are chasing lead. more than 700 leads. the woman who say they may have helped them escape is now behind bars. >> the defendant is charged here with two offenses. >> reporter: shackled and appearing terrified. prison tailor turned prisoner joyce mitchell was arraigned helping richard matt and david sweat break out of the clinton county correctional facility. she faces a felony charge of promoting prison contraband and a misdemeanor of criminal facilitation charge. >> bail set in $100,000 cash and 200,000 bond on the felony. $10,000 cash and $20,000 bond on the misdemeanor. >> reporter: the two killers have been on the run for a week. but it's

it's him but working on that scenario if the it is him, he has had run-ins with the law before in south texas, apparently was arrested in 2013 threatening his family. >> charles hadlock live in dallas. thank you so much. we'll talk to former fbi profiler clint van zandt with his take on how the standoff might end. >>> more developing news this morning, over three hours from now hillary clinton will publicly kick off her candidacy for wpt a major event on roosevelt island. it's perhaps a fitting location for the clinton campaign halfway between the center of money and power and the middle class strong hold in queens. joining me from the event is msnbc's alex. what are you expecting to see today? >> reporter: this is hillary clinton's first big rally of her campaign. so far she's done these very low key small events but this is the first thing that's going to look like a presidential campaign. there's going to be symbolism, this is an island and a park named after franklin roosevelt one of the greatest democratic presidents of all time and she is clearly invoking that. and the pitch is very dif

louis, even upstate new york unfolding for places like south texas. don't don't need any more water. rob marciano abc news houston, texas. >> as you can imagine, sadness in ireland and around the san francisco bay area following that deadly balcony collapse in berkeley. an irish diplomat was among those participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at the site of the crash. dan sullivan, another irish student, was sleeping nearby when it happened. >> just a shock. like our thoughts with the families back home. it's just terrible. >> investigators are trying to figure out what caused the balcony to collapse. the building had been recently renovated. >>> the white house confirms a top al qaeda leader has been killed in a drone strike. the death ofis expected to be a major blow to the terror group. here now brian ross. >> reporter: demonstration of what has long been the u.s. nightmare scenario. a bomb hidden on an aircraft. something officials hope they have made much less likely. with the announcement that a cia drone had killed nasir al wuhayshi regarded

apparently he has family ties in a south texas border city and officials warn that matt may have intentionss into mexico. cnn investigations correspondent sarah gannon is joining us live in west plattsburgh, new york. that is near where they are searching. what are you learning this morning? >> reporter: we are learning the eastern edge of the search perimeter has a sense of urgency here. every week that comes through the intersection is searched by law enforcement officials. and in this search area, there are more than 800 law enforcement officials, local, state and federal searching, chasing leads. more than 700 leads so far. but those two convicted killers are still on the run. however this morning, the woman who police say helped them escape is now behind bars. >> the department is charged here with two offenses. >> reporter: shackled and appearing terrified, prison taylor turned prisoner joyce mitchell was arraigned late friday night accused of helping richard matt and david sweat break out of the corrections facility. she is charged with misdemeanor of a criminal facilitation charge.

/mexico border in south texas in the city of mcallen only a few miles from the u.s./mexico border.he also has tied to human smuggling operations so while this plays out up here in upstate new york there's still the very real possibility that they slipped out of the country already. >> all right. polo sandoval with the latest from plattsburgh. thank you so much. >>> i want to get now to north carolina. two shark attacks within 90 minutes of each other at the same beach. they may have been from a single shark. two swimmers each lost an arm while swimming in the ocean on sunday. they are now in fair condition, that's good news. now we're hearing that 911 operators had to deal with so much. this happened as the emergency calls poured in. >> ma'am, we have gotten several calls and we're getting help on the way. do you know -- are any of the fingers completely amputated? >> it looks like her entire hand is gone. >> okay if you can just make sure they take a clean, dry cloth and wrap it around and police pressure on it. >> a clean dry cloth to wrap around the wound. >> they have a towel w

. >>> south texas is bracing for the arrival of what could soon be tropical storm bill bringing with it more heavy rain pent 10 shall for more flooding. the state already endured major floods recently much this video from two weeks ago showing deadly floods in the houston area. two pennsylvania state troopers recovering after a high speed chase that spanned two counties and ended with a bang. this is the aftermath. look at the impact there. at about 2:00 this morning police say the troopers joined reading police officers who were chasing someone in a stolen car. that pursuit crossed into montgomery county under route 422 and that is where troopers through down spike strips. after hitting them the driver in the stolen car lost control and crashed into the trooper's cruiser. both troopers ended up in the hospital. the driver they were after is in jail. >>> tonight police are looking for the guy who held up a west wells fargo bank in north philly this afternoon. police say around 12:30 the man walked into the block on north broad street. they say he handed the teller a note and flashed

. >>> south texas is bracing for more wet weather. emergency officials are keeping a close eye on a tropical storm brewing off the gulf of mexico up to 15 inches of rain could fall. the challenge for community leaders and businesses will be deciding what to tell employees. stay home or come to work. they say tropical storms bring bands of heavy rain that typically lead to flooding. >>> this rain event will be probably heavier than what we saw on memorial day, but more troublesome is it's going to be over the whole area. so it's not going to be isolated. it's going to be over the whole area. >> officials say the ground is saturated, but most of the watersheds have returned to their banks with normal flow and that's expected to change again when the clouds roll in. heavy rains in michigan cause dangerous conditions in detroit on sunday and the heavy storms there stopped a nascar race at a detroit tigers game as drivers say they couldn't see anything out of their windshields during the storm. more heavy rain is expected there today. >>>

like a shocking number of people crammed into such a small space is actually not that uncommon in south texas it's no big surprise to us no more. we deal with it on a daily basis. >> because of la jolla's proximity to mexico and because the fence along the texas border is incomplete, illegal immigrants are able to slip undetected into the united states. >> this is the border fence that the united states has built. apparently, this is where the fence ends right here. right behind me, this is how close we are to the river, you know. so there is a gap between here, the end of the fence, and maybe 50 miles west of where we stand at this point. >> the immigrants are sent to border patrol for processing. with so much of the border fence still under construction and a shortage of people patrolling the area, chief gutierrez knows incidents like this are bound to happen again, and he think there is really only one solution. >> i think we need stiffer punishment for these coyotes, these people transporting immigrants and trying to make a quick buck out of them. i think that can be the only way it will

-mexico border mainly in south texas and even has connections that would allow him to smuggle into mexico. that's a real concern now as the search extends from mexico to canada and, of course here to upstate new york where the weather conditions are not cooperating. this is becoming a true test for law enforcement. >> they're going to have to cast a wide net. >>> the prison worker who allegedly aided the two fugitives in their escape is due in the courtroom at the bottom of the hour. new details are emerging about the role she's accused of playing in this plot. cnn sara is live at the courthouse in platsburg, new york. >> good morning. yes, joyce mitchell a prison seam stress expected to be here momentarily arriving at the courthouse for a hearing, a pretty routine hearing on the charges at the bottom of the hour. charges she brought things like hacksaw blades, chisels, lighted goggles to help the men cut their way out of the prison facility. new details coming from the district attorney who talked to me over the weekend. he said he believes these two prisoners likely rehearsed their esca

the ruling exams the clinic in the south texas city of mcallen on the ground that forcing women to travel 235 miles to the nearest clinic would be an undue burden. it remains i gripped the clinic can stay open if the law takes effect, an estimated 900,000 reproductive aged women live more than 150 miles for the nearest open abortion facility. abortion providers plan to appeal before the decision takes effect in about 22 days. in a statement, nancy northrup at the center for reproductive rights said -- a texas police officer caught on video aggressively confronting african-american teens at a pool party has resigned. widely viewed footage shows eric casebolt wrestling an african-american teenage girl in a bikini to the ground, pulling her hair, and sitting on top of her. officer casebolt also pulled his gun on other teens. on tuesday, mckinney chief greg conley apologized for casebolt's actions and said he had stepped down. >> eric casebolt has resigned from the mckinney police department. as the chief of police, i want to say to our community that the actions of casebolt is seen on the vi

. >>> a natural gas line ruptured in south texas leading to a massive fire there. the texas based company energy transfer partners says the pipeline ruptured around 8:00 p.m. last night forcing evacuation of the about seven homes. the fire could be seen from 20 miles away, and no injuries have been reported and the cause of the explosion remains under investigation. >>> two teenagers are attacked by a shark off the coast of north carolina over the weekend. the mayor in that coastal shore town says the teenage girl lost part of her arm and may lose part of her leg. girl was visiting the area from out of town. there are reports that the 16 year-old boy lost his arm in a separate attack. he wases air lifted to a hospital, one witness described what she saw. >> fifteen year-old boy and got bit by a shark and estimated six to 8-foot. went in the water, coming out of there with a lock. >> late's tack was second and third shark by the in three days in north carolina. >>> an ohio teenager is in custody charged with murder and kidnapping in connection to four deaths. police

our first big tropical system of the season named bill has made landfall in south texas. the hurricane center is warning of a life threatening situation. 80 million americans, nearly a quarter of the country's population feeling affects. our chief meteorologist is tracking it for us. this system is much different than most. >> that's right. unfortunately, as bill made landfall it is not expected to weaken like they usually do. in this case because of all the heavy rain across texas, the soil moisture out there will act more like an ocean for bill and expecting bill to maintain strength longer than it would normally after making landfall and so much moisture out there. lock at the heavy rain right now. houston suburbs pounded with the rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour. see the center of circulation right here. moving on shore. and lots of tropical moisture streaming in. tornado watches issued. that's what the red lines here for austin houston. severe weather threat is there, as well. of course, flooding will be the main concern as we head over 48 hours. numbers pote

. >>> texas residents are bracing for heavy rain and flooding as remnants move inland. flash flood warnings are in effect for some areas in south central texas and meteorologists warn strong win will last throughout the day. cbs news correspondent wendy gilette has the latest. >> reporter: tropical storm bill weakened overnight whipping up waves along the texas coast as it continues to move slowly inland. many residents in the area who voluntarily evacuated yesterday are not happy about the threat of more rain. >> my biggest concern is just for everybody that has property here. >> reporter: still bill blew a shore yesterday morning packing 60-mile an hour wind. the system is losing strength as it moves over land but still likely to bring four to 8 inches of rain to eastern texas and a foot farther north. some have have already received flood evacuation order. >> we are really sick of it. >> reporter: severe weather comes weeks after heavy rains left more than 30 people dead and damage thousands of homes in texas and oak a officialness dallas are not taking any chances. crew are running pumps and opening up emergency operations

he has family ties in south texas there, a border city there. may have intentions to cross into mexico. we want to tell our viewers that there is no, that we know of, no connection between what we are seeing in dallas and the search for richard matt and david sweat. but initially, because of the location, the thought was they could possibly pass into mexico. do you think it's credible -- cross into canada, i should say. do you think they could cross now into mexico? >> i think so. i think they could be anywhere at this point. we don't know if they slipped through the drag net that they have set up in new york. it's not impossible for that to happen. the authorities in new york, the new york state police, the u.s. marshals and fbi and everyone working on that task force has said, don't just go by the media reporting and our thoughts that they might still be close to the prison area. don't give up calling in if you see somebody suspicious in another state, in another location, because they might be somewhere else and don't just give up on it think

also rain in the forecast in south texas, florida and maine. >> today's hot spot phoenix with a high of 115. denver albuquerque and dallas hid the mid-90s. the low 90s in the southeast. 80s in the northeast. but the it won't quite reach 70 in seattle. >> clear skies expected in oakland. golden state warrior expected to have their victory parade there. the new champs showed off their trophy at the airport earlier this week. today they'll ride six floats through the streets. splags will end with a rally. the company building the floats had to repurpose some floats being built for san francisco's gay pride parade coming up next week which is always a big event out there. you do what you got to do. we make it happen out in the bay area. congrats to those folks. in washington state, tiger woods, aye yi yi. can only hope for a better day at the u.s. open. not going to get a whole lot worse. look at that. that just happened. oh tiger, tiger, tiger. >> was that tiger or reena ninan golfing? >> either one, doesn't matter. he was 10 over par. it was the worst score for this guy in 20 years of

it is taking aim at areas in the south recovering from deadly flooding. parts of texas, oklahoma and arkansas are at the greatest risk of flooding from this storm. heavy rain soaked oklahoma city upon its arrival. cars barely made it through. >>> officials are searching for zoo animals after a flood. they were roaming the streets of oftyof ty ta blowsy. zoo drerktds say they're not sure how many dangerous animals escapes. they're looking for more than 20 missing people. >>> this morning golden state needs one more win for its first nba title in 40 years. the warriors beat cleveland last night in spite of another brilliant game from lebron james. he scored 40 points and finished with a triple-double. but stephonfan curry made points. he told reporter quote, i feel confident because i'm the best player in the world. >> well beyond that he is the best player in the world but the best player in the world can't do it alone. >> that's true. that's true. >> what a series. >> what a series indeed. >> you want other people to say it. i imagine his teammates are going, okay, than

the storm made landfall tuesday and has already flooded coastal towns in the south. texas is reeling from historic rainfall and flooding last month that left more than two dozen people dead. >> attorney general loretta lynch will be form ally welcomed to office today. president obama will officially install lynch later this morning in a ceremony at a theater in washington d.c. she has been on the job two months. >> a new york city college student is behind bars, accused of attempting to carry out an attack in the city. the f.b.i. says the man tweeted out support for isil. they say he also searched the internet for items to make explosives with, including pressure cookers. >> the internet is becoming a weapon of choice for those involved in syria's civil war. government and opposition forces are active on social media but so are hackers. their moves may be far from the battlefield, but they are having a serious impact on the ground. >> it was a television controller's nightmare a cyber attack of epic proportion. 12 channels taken off air so how did a french t.v. station end

flash flooding going to continue to be a big concern through the weekend from the twin cities south into texas. t.j. and brandi back to you. >> justin thank you. >>> we are on day seven now in the search for those escaped prisoners in upstate new york. 500 officers some of them working through the night are looking closely at an area near the prison after dogs picked up a scent there. abc's marci gonzalez is in the search area. >> reporter: these dense woods and blocked off roads just three miles from the prison. >> show me your license and i.d. >> reporter: the center of the manhunt for these two escaped prisoners, sources saying bloodhounds picked up their scent and police have been searching on foot and by air ever since. finding a spot where they believe david sweat and richard matt may have camped out though new york's governor warns the killers could be anywhere. >> look they could either be four miles from the prison or they could be in mexico. right? you just don't know. >> reporter: governor andrew cuomo going on to a police are talking to several people who may have facilitated the e

. >> reporter: the helicopter was on patrol in south texas at 5:00 friday along the bored in laredo trackingal they believed already had dropped their drug load, most likely marijuana when criminal gangs in mexico fired at the helicopter hitting it twice. one hit the blade one hit the side lodging itself in the bulletproof vest of the pilot. he's a veteran of afghanistan * and iraq *. they believe it came from an ak-47 but that is under investigation. the suspects did make it back to mexico. heather: is this a rare thing to happen? >> reporter: armed confrontations with the cartels are rare considering the violence in mexico. begun battles are bad for business on the u.s. side. not long ago one agent could stop and apprehend a dozen illegal immigrants. but this new generation you have rock throwing and running and fighting. for agents that's dangerous. this year there have been three shooting incidents and six in the past three years. one agent was shot in 2012. this kind of thing is happening more off be in terms of the armed confrontations. it's unlikely they will catch the individual who