. >>> severe weather in southern arkansas. we'll get to that in a minute.tical headlines, though, msnbc has it covered at firstread.msnbc.com. >>> as we said in southern arkansas there in the town of hampton, heavy winds reached up to 75 miles an hour. trees and power lines just knocked down. winds, driving rain, also sent students and the teachers running for cover at a local high school there. several buildings were damaged in that storm. the school district has said the high school gym may be a total loss after the roof just rolled off. flooding that damageded area. >>> new this morning, health facials say 76 kids in the united states have died this year from the h1n1 virus. that includes just 19 children in the past week alone. but a new cbs news poll finds that more than one-third of parents are likely to get their kids vaccinated. het and hume's services secretary kathleen sebelius is stressing the safety offy the h1n1 vaccine. >> we know the vaccine is right on target to hit h1n1. we've got a great match. we also know that it's very safe. although th

more flash flooding is still possible in southern arkansas today.ow. >>> new information coming in to us about this. remember this was an explosion that happened at the fuel depot in puerto rico last week. the pictures still just unbelievable. while the fbi is saying it was an accident after all. they were thinking at first they found suspicious graffiti nearby. now they're saying it was an accident. a vapor leak cause that had blast. this burned for two and a half days and destroyed 21 of the 24 tanks. hundreds of people had to evacuate the area. no one was seriously hurt. >>> imagine how different your life would be if finding your favorite website meant you had to know chinese characters or arabic scripts. how the web is changing for millions of people who see english and similar languages as nothing but unfamiliar lines and circles. >>> wjla is airing a two-part episode of breast cancer. the program called touch of life includes clinical demonstrations on self-exam. the breasts of the volunteers are not blurred. the special is aired during sleep

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. >> can you imagine the potential for flash flooding continues in southern arkansas with heavy rainre today. >>> live pictures. let's take a look from the white house. president obama extending a bill that helps people live with hiv and aids. the ryan white care act helps mainly low-income patients with little or no health insurance. it was first enacted in 1990 and is the largest federally funded program for hiv and aids patients. >>> meantime the president doing more than just fact gathering on the situation in afghanistan today. a little more than an hour from now, the joint chiefs of staff are expected to sit down brief him on how a troop increase there will affect the military. what the president is essentially considering here is whether to approve the general stanley mcchrystal's request to send as many as 40,000 more u.s. troops there. secretary of state hillary clinton is not tipg her hand about what the president might do. but she did say in a tv interview this morning that it won't be quote a repeat of the same old approach, end quote. >>> and have you heard about this? t

southern end of the cold front. around the gulf coast, stretching towards arkansas and back in towards northern parts and southern partsmissouri. it is something we will be watching. back over to the east we go. cold temperatures. air you see in dark purple below freezing. rinds freezing for the blue shaded areas. check out this photograph we have. typhoon parma. we got it yesterday afternoon, 90-mile-per-hour winds. into the philippines possibly as a super-typhoon. we hope that doesn't happen. they got slammed last week. that's a beautiful shot of a beautiful storm. unfortunately it is headed towards the philippines today. >> there's so much flooding there. lot of people just devastated. >> this will be round two. what a gorgeous shot. had to show it. >> thank you, bob. >>> there's an exciting addition coming up here to our primetime lineup. "the joy beyhar show." have you heard bit? it premiered this week and airs every night at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. last night, joy chatted with bill mayer on roman polanski the arrest, after 32 years. >> is the hollywood community rallying behind roman polanski? do you

arkansas. notice a new watch box. tornado watch because that squall line is becoming a little more active right now. a little zoom into the area. here is your squall. goes right down through southern parts of arkansas, northern louisiana. it's way ahead of a cold front, but the energy is starting to rotate just a bit. so we could see some thunderstorms beginning to get a little rotation. in other words, we might see a quick tornado drop out. so far no tornado warnings. all these orange boxes here are severe thunderstorm warnings. that's for very gusty winds. you can see right here winds here gusting over 60 miles per hour. so watch for those squalls as they head through louisiana and arkansas, too. flood warnings, we have them all around. bright shades of green. dallas, you're included here. let me show you why. rain showers in dallas. big "d" just getting soaked. we're going to see about 2 to 3 inches of rain today. we saw 2 to 3 yesterday. this is the way it looks right now. let me take it back to just a couple hours ago and last night. dallas getting flooding conditions. you've already had about 2 1/2 inches on the ground. anticipate another 2 before it finally ends. flood warn

the last three hours the rain blossoming around arkansas and southern missouri and showers and thunderstorms there and in towards houston your drive for the time being and give yourself some time more showers and thunderstorms developing across the lower part of the gulf coast and stretching on in towards lower parts of louisiana, too. look at the rain around dallas and a whole shield is going to move back in towards georgia, alabama and mississippi. flash flood warnings and watches, pretty easy. look at the rain shield as it moves towards tennessee and piles it on quickly over the next 48 hours near north georgia, alabama and mississippi. little parts of little rock. this brand-new model for you, you could see a lot of rain across lower parts of arkansas at the time. look at the rain and snow mixed in when you get in towards northern parts of new england. western parts of maine mainly above 1,000 foot elevation and light rain showers still out there for boston. you travel on in towards california and even worse. let me take you live to l.a. here's what it looks like winds today are going to

southern christian leadership conference. her father actually co-founded the civil rights group. bernice king is one of two finalists for the position. arkansas judge is the other candidate. if king is chosen, she would become the sclc's first female president. >>> former alaska governor sarah palin isn't the only member of her family to quit their job. last month, her husband, todd, walked away from his oil field job. his resignation comes nearly two months after his wife stepped down as alaska's governor. palin's personal spokeswoman says that todd palin is now spending more time with his family. he made a little more than $34,000 working part-time for british petroleum as a production operator. he also has a job working in his family's commercial fishing business. >>> a family in buffalo, new york, has just grown from four to nine. and it happened a little sooner than they expected. doctors delivered their qui in. tuplets, three girls and two boys, 15 weeks early. mom said all of a sudden thursday her heart start ded beating quickly and the contracti contractions just wouldn't let up. the delivery caught everyone a bit off guard. >> scared

may soon head the southern christian leadership conference, her father co-founded the group. bernice king is one of two finalists for the position. an arkansas xbrjudge is the oth candida candidate. she would be the first female president. >>> former alaska governor sarah palin isn't the only member of her family to quit their job. last month her husband todd walked away from his oil field job. his resignation comes nearly two months after his wife stepped down as alaska's governor. palin's personal spokeswoman says todd palin is now spending more time with his family. he made a little more than $34,000 working part time for british petroleum as a production operator. he also has a job working in his family's commercial fishing business. >>> some women are dealing with tough economic tiemgs by putting on a hard hat and hammering out a career in the construction industry. >> reporter: talk about tools for success. women like janice mccain of maryland are trying to power through tough economic times with a fresh start in an industry still dominated by men -- construction. >> i want to get into looking at environmentally friendly ways of buildi

arkansas, into memphis, too. here's the memphis radar. rain overhead. southern of illinois, eastern missouri, too, the rain continues to fall. it's at a steady rate. the rain around chicago, breaking up a little bit. another shield of rain, that's headed northward as well. rain in the afternoon. rain for about the entire state of michigan, except for the western part of the u.p. grand rapids radar is covered up. toledo, light showers out there. it's moving up towards the north. if you're not getting it now, you're getting it later around detroit. the red-shaded counties, again between two and five inches of rain. that will continue to pull on up. east coast, we're socked with the low clouds. take you live to atlanta. talking about low clouds and the possibility of delays at the airport. this is why. buildings covered up in atlanta. that's live. low clouds in charlotte. washington and new york, too. >> i'm busy reading our facebookers' comments on david foster, music producer, has a national tour going on right now. when he was in atlanta, he called someone up on

southern parts of oklahoma. another tornado watch. the big system is carrying a warm front with it, too. heavy rain in northern mississippi stretching into the lower parts of arkansas. up further, look at the rain coming in to nebraska and it's all snow for you once again right around denver. zoom on in to the denver metro. heavy snow is basically just east of town over the airport. you're going to get the latest over there. a look at that and heavy rain spots in just a couple of minutes. natasha? >>> a lot of crazy weather going on this morning. thanks so much, bob. >>> we have good news in a bad economy. oh, yeah. congress is offering new help to home buyers. also ahead, the fallout from andre agassi's upcoming book after admitting he took drugs. >>> a scientist charged with attempted espionage could learn today if he has to stay behind bars until his trial. stewart nozette is accused of trying to sell classified information. he had worked on the reagan-era star wars missile shield project. his lawyer says he is not a flight risk and does not have ties to foreign intelligence agencies. >>> a former female writer for "late night with david letterman" is breaking h