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really centering and portions of southern indiana and kentucky and tennessee.a pretty nasty weather but it does spread out a bit. we've seen some turn is on the gulf coast popping up to the after hours and then heavy rain in the center of the country. that yellow area, that is an area that we are looking at a chance of severe thunderstorm watch.it will be very strong winds, heavy rain. we've seen some of the flooding already. it will continue to sweep across kentucky, tennessee. we have seen this a very large system falling in line with what we've been looking at. this has been a severe weather threat over the course of the day. the ohio river valley, louisiana. it will wrap up a little as we lose some of the daytime heat really driven by warm air. the big story here, it will continue to be the rain. will slowly watch this track its way to the northeast in the next couple of days. it will be a soggy rest of the weekend for large portions of the eastern half of the country. >> indeed it will, we wish them well. thank you adam. >> are you going to do the honors?

major flooding has taken a southern indiana city, forced water rescues, causing millions of dollars ine. power out in many places. eric van dam has more. >> talking washington county in southern sections of indiana, population of about 6500 people. salem the name of the town. we have footage to show you what they had to deal with late friday and into the overnight hours. you can see how deep the water actually was. they declared a state of emergency within washington county. there were water rescues, swift water rescues of about 20 people. we're not aware of injuries or fatalities, good news, but a lot of businesses and homes flooded completely. local roads in and out of this small town impacted as well, impassable. indiana state police have been helping with the county efforts to clean up and help rescue some of the individuals there. check out this photo behind me. you can see the extent of the flooding there. coming up halfway on this 18 wheeler. we have a total of 11 states across the central u.s. with flood warnings or flash flood warnings at the moment. a lot of it centered acros

clusters of ss southern indiana, another southern portions of illinois. we go throughout the afternoon we'll get storms that will move and form in oklahoma and arkansas then heading through areas of kentucky, west virginia, and also down in areas around north carolina and richmond. 22 million at risk as we mentioned. isolated tornados, large hail the biggest problem today out in oklahoma and texas. we have still that hot weather in areas of the deep south. pictures of the fire in florida that dry hot weather continues today. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now a closer look. as we watch out in areas of dallas early today for the storms they move to the east in the afternoon. the southeast very hot. orlando today 97 degrees near record highs from orlando, daytona beach to jacksonville. of course, this weekend frances we have the nor'easter t same storm plaguing the middle of the country coming up the seaboard for a soaking rain. the timing on that coming up. >> we're not goi happy about that when it comes to moms and celebrations. i want

i grew up in a small town in southern indiana. my grandfather immigrated to this country from the land of ireland. one of the heroes of my youth then and now is president john f. kennedy, when i was a kid, john f. kennedy's grandfather came from ireland, serving in washington dc, maybe i could too so i did what so many of you have done, worked hard, pursued my dreams and when i was not much older than those of you at this graduation i came to public office for the first time. now president mcnulty left this part out of the biography. i ran for congress of the united states twice before i was elected the third time. i ran in 1988, met my second favorite presidents, ronald reagan when i was a young man and candidate.

sections of southern indiana, take a look, under 25 feet of million of dollars in flood damage there. as the cleanup begins. and this slow-motion cell phone video showing fierce skies over central oklahoma. full of lightning. some incredible video there. senior meteorologist rob marciano joining e many now. >> those storms have a lot hoff lightning and a lot of water, too. a severe thunderstorm watch for tennessee, nashville, louisville you're getting it now. cleveland, asheville, thunderstorms into the afternoon. meanwhile, getting much cooler across the northeast. temps in the 09s, now 60s, 70s. rain coming on monday. >>> overseas now and the turkish nak star saying the government of turkey had a hand in ene sshs kanter's word tonight that the star center has been released. he's heading to new york. he'll have a press conference about that experience. >>> and the concussion controversy around a tom nfl player, tom brady in the spotlight over something his wife said. abc's eva pilgrim reports. >> brady, set, and down he goes again. >> reporter: tonight, new questions surrounding patr

downpours triggered flash flooding across much of southern indiana submerging homes and businesses.g traffic to a complete standstill. the city of montgomery alone got more than eight inches. and in atlanta storms knocked down trees throughout the city and created power outages as well. crews are still trying to restore electricity there. >>> and there's plenty of that wet weather still to come. >> accuweather meteorologist cam tran joins with us now with a look at the forecast. cam, good morning. >> good morning, kendis and diane. we are looking at the threat of severe weather across the texas panhandle including lubbock and amarillo, thanks to an upper-level system moving in. while further east along the i-10 corridor east of houston we have flood watches in effect. we could be seeing anywhere from two to four inches of rainfall today thanks to this stubborn frontal boundary bringing some drenching downpo out west we are looking at some record challenging heat. we're talking about the 90s in portland today. the 80s in seattle. diane and kendis, back to you. >> thanks, cam. >>> the

sections of southern indiana, take a look, under 25 feet of water. million of dollars in flood damage there as the cleanup begins. and this slow-motion cell phone video showing fierce skies over central oklahoma full of lightning. some incredible video there. senior meteorologist rob marciano joining me now. he has the latest forecast. hey, rob. >> those storms have a lot of lightning and a lot of water, too. and some wind. we've seen winds gust over 60 miles an hour with some of these storms. a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of tennessee, kentucky, nashville, louisville, you're getting it now. slowly pushes off to theeast tomorrow. cleveland, asheville, thunderstorms into the afternoon. meanwhile, getting much cooler across the northeast. temps in the 90s, now 60s, 70s. rain coming on monday. tom. >> getting a lot of seasons in one week. all right, thanks, rob. >>> we turn to some breaking news. an airplane has hit a vehicle on a taxiway in los angeles. it hit a supply truck much the truck flipped over. the l.a. fire department says eight peopl

. >>> torrential rains have flooded parts of southern indiana, look at the video.city of salem, 35 miles northwest of louisville, kentucky, was hit hard. severe storms moved to the area causing flash floods. officials declared a state of emergency. residents seem to a soft vocal about the situation. >> it will be a slow process and rebuilt. that's what the small town of salem's, we rebuild.>> no reports of serious injury and no estimate of damage cost. >>> a terrifying sight in texas were eight teenagers were stuck on top of a roller coaster about 1 am. fire crews arrived to rescue them on the joker, they hosted the texas high school seniors with the park staying open until 5 am. when the roller coaster cotts.com severe weather started coming through arlington. >> we think lightning into consideration the you have to remember, when we arrived on scene, there were eight young people stuck on a roller coaster in the air. the weather wasn't stopping us from going up to's help them -- to help them. >> all students are okay. >>> and airliner collided with the supply tru

and rescue efforts underway in southern indiana.ains leaving homes and businesses filled with water. a state of emergency in some areas. more rain's expected overnight. and a big wedding in the united kingdom, kate middleton's sister pippa wedding a financier. 28-80 for a $2 ticket. now back to "watters world." kennedy: we are one day into the president's first trip overseas. 8 more to go. what a day it's been. talking about is when saudi arabia's king gave trump the biggest honor. some are screaming he bowed. was he bowing or just a tall man bending over to get a medal. obama bowed and bent his knees. trump shook hands. obama was weak, trump's strong. simple as that. >> we know this is from michelle. we do not bow. we do not bend. we do not break. this week jesse had an important interview with former arkansas governor mike huckabee about the latest liberal hype and hypocrisy, take a look. jesse: a lot of drama this week in washington. i want to state one thing for you very clearly. if evidence surfaces donald trump or his inner ci

(justine) a state of emergency has been declared in southern indiana -- after heavy rains caused a severe flash flood on friday. clean-up efforts are already underway, but repairing all the damage is going to take time. officals estimate there's millions of dollars of damage. a city school will have to fix a softball field that's gone through 10-thousand dollars worth of renovations. duane molloy/teacher"it's discouraging but over time, things will be rebuilt. things will be repaired. i know people will pitch in to help." state police are helping make sure everybody in the affected areas are safe. the department of homeland security issued a travel warning to nearby residents. (justine) turning to weather now, meteorologist lawrence karnow has our forecast. lawrence karnow: it was a hot day for much of the bay area as temperatures soared into the 80s and low 90s around the bay and valleys. highs were as much as 16 degrees above normal. along the coast there was enough of a breeze and patchy fog to keep temperatures much cooler in the 60s. if you're going out tonight skies will be mostly c

state of emergency in southern indiana after flash flood hit the region.irst responders conducting dozens of rescues from businesses and homes. officials say some of the victims were trapped in flood waters nearly 20 feet deep. nearly 40,000 at&t employees are striking after contract negotiations broke down yesterday. the two sides fail to go agree on several fronts including pay and benefits and in new orleans, removing the city's fourth and final confederate statute onlookers cheering as they torn down the moment of general robert lee. julie: fired fbi director james comey agree to go testify in a public hearing about ongoing investigation into russia's election meddling, but now senator chuck grassley is expressing that robert mueller, probe can get in the way. grassley tweeting, i would not be surprised if the new special counsel mueller stops comey testifying before the senate committee even though comey is willing. michael is former prosecutor and former independent counsel. michael, thank you so much. >> thank you. julie: first of all, what do you m

i was born and raised in southern indiana. e ready to leave. >> reporter: the indiana department of environmental management told us the toxic air quality monitors didn't show high value, so they were relocated. as for the future of coal fired power plants, with or without the paris agreement, industry experts insist that market forces like cheap gas will lead to the eventual retirement of plants like the ones i saw. but critics say that day cannot come soon enough, katie. >> didn't show high values. you cannot help but feel for that doctor and family and that poor child. >> it's a tough situation. >> jacob, thank you very much. >>> lawmakers are reacting to the news that can president trump is leaning towards getting out of that global agreement on climate change. >> i think the consequence will be the diminishing of confidence in our government, in our commitment to preserving the environment, clean air, and water. but most of all, saving the planet. >> look, the united states has great relationships throughout europe and wil

it shows that the lincolns and the carter clan moved to the same section of southern indiana at nearly and 1816. >> thomas lincoln lived in this area right here, has his name on it. right below his property, you see a small square that says, "nancy hanks lincoln grave." >> that's his mother. >> that is abraham lincoln's mother, and she is buried on the carter's farm. so, very close connection, not only personally, but in proximity to where they lived. >> but was young abe himself friendly enough with the carters to give them a gift that would keep giving through the years? digging into lincoln's writing they find a lighthearted poem by lincoln about a boyhood adventure in indiana. >> abraham lincoln wrote a poem about a bear hunt, and in that bear hunt, he mentions the carters. >> penned sometime in the mid 1840s, one stanza reads... >> abraham lincoln didn't forget about the carters, and, to me, it really shows that relationship was so strong, it carried with him even years later. >> the amateur history sleuths seem to be getting warmer. time to really home in on those initials, "a-l.

southern indiana was especially hard hit by rushing water turning streets into fast-moving rivers andng entire neighborhoods. and in alabama flash floods washed out highways, stranding some people in their cars. the water was so deep in some spots they were almost unrecognizable. >> that's supposed to be a parking lot. >> once you usually enter the water it's too late to turn around. you're inundated before you know. >>> unfortunately we have more bad news. it's going to take some time before cleanup can even begin because the stormy weather is here to stay for a while. >> accuweather's meteorologist cam tran joins us now with a look at the forecast, and it's going to be a busy day and week. cam, good morning. >> good morning, diane and kendis. an upper-level system will bring the threat for severe weather across the texas panhandle. watch out in amarillo and lubbock while further east we're watching the concern for flash flooding. a flash flood remains in effect for the i-10 corridor east of houston stretching to pensacola. stubborn frontal boundary that could bring anywhere between

this is looking back off to the left, portions of southern indiana stretching to arkansas, 12-8 inchesf rain, as a result, still flooding issues that take a little while for some moisture and rain to run into the creeks and rivers. as a result, we have flood advisory stretching across portions of missouri up into illinois and farther toward the west. still an area where if you're in this area even though we are not expecting more rain come you can see additional flooding so something to pay attention to. future radar with the system that continues to track this direction, here it is moving through the evening hour continuing to descend on the east coast. eventually, we will see some thunderstorms with this one as well, really hitting some of the major cities along the east coast in the night hours running into early tomorrow any wood neck morning. we see some really highlighting areas from syracuse, new york, down to the appellation mountains, but those are areas where we can see at least an isolated tornado, definitely very big rain, and this is going to stretch further to the south,

. >>> cleanup day in southern indiana. several tornadoes touched down close to the boundary.tores, overturning cars. a business owner says he's stunned and grateful that no one died. >> it's a tragedy. we have been here 17 years my wife and i and it's a loss, it's a loss. we have a lot -- we will survive. >> the national weather service is the tornadoes were low-grade and sustained winds of 90 miles an hour. >>> three months since flooding forced thousands in san jose to evacuate homes after heavy rain, the dam overflowed into the creek flooding neighborhoods and 14,000 people evacuated and right now there are 200 families in temporary housing to evacuees getting vouchers and money for transportation but they are not home. >> the reality is we have an affordable housing crisis before the weather hit. this is just making it more acute and we recognize that there are bigger challenges we have to tackle to really address affordable housing problems. in the meantime, we can continue to push hard and we are still soliciting from folks who want to donate for example used cars. good

in southern indiana flash floods snapped utility poles and sent trucks floating down streets on friday. emergency crews made several resc rerescueues. onone maman and hisis fatather- werere save what they could in their hardware store only to get trapped in the building. >> at that point, we couldn't even push the door open. it was too deep. so we couldn't get out the door. that's why we went out the homa. a tornado wasor let's get more on this from our meteorologist ed curran from our chicago station wbbm. good morning. >> good morning. active weather continues across the nation today. we do have a large airy where we expect to see thunderstorms as the system continues its slow progress to the east. also an area of thunderstorms up to the northwest within those areas. we're taking a look at the possibility for severe weather. a marginal risk for severe weather in the green. a slight risk for scattered severe storms, damaged wind, large hail, maybe an isolated tornado in the areas that are yellow. you can see in futurecasts as the storms fire up, especially in the late afternoon and ev

and clean-up is underway in southern indiana after powerful storms triggered major flooding, police sayte of emergency has been lifted but a travel advisory is still in effect. rick. >> senator john mccain weighing in on the russian investigation this morning on fox news sunday saying the appointment of special counsel to investigate coordination between associates of president trump and russia in 2016 campaign raises the stakes in a major way. >> would the appointment of mr. mueller, we are now at the stage of a scandal and now the question is how is it handled, is it hand it would way watergate was or drip, drip, every day more and more or do we handle it like ronald reagan handled, scandal, he fired people, he went on national television and said we made a mistakes, we did wrong and we are not going to do it again and the american people let him move forward. >> for more on this, i'm joined by the author of the special prosecutor and american politics, katie, international affairs at lake forest university. katie, thank you for being with us. >> nice to be here. >> the former head of

into thursday evening, more of that heavier rain moving into southern indiana and southern illinois.entucky and into tennessee. today things are fairly quiet across most of the country. gusty back through the ohio valley. in the northeast spotty showers and clouds. that's a look at the weather across the country. >> we have clouds around this morning. here's a live look outside. away. more sunshine later today. 68 degrees. currently comfortable outside. temperatures are comfortable. 60 degrees. dulles 68 in quantity koe. 64 in frederick. later today cooler than yesterday. 77 degrees. mostly sunny. br breezy. winds could be near 35 hours at the time. rain comes as we go into friday. >> that's your forecast. >> all right. just ahead, a revealing look at princess dianna's life before she was a member of the royal family. >> first staying safe when you fly. >> good morning. i'm jeff rossen. we've shown you the video of the new case of turbulence midair. how can you avoid becoming a victim? >> and what do you do if you're stuck in the bathroom when turbulence strikes? the surprising answe

i come from a background of generational poverty in southern indiana. my parents were among the working poor and relied on food stamps to make ends meet. we couldn't afford health insurance so it was a good thing i was a pretty healthy kid. i worked diligently and became the first person in my family to go to college. i worked as a math teacher for a number of years. later when i wanted to start a family and discovered i would have a baby girl with down syndrome my life changed dramatically. it became very clear after her birth that to coordinate her medical care i would have to be a stay at home mom. we went from a two-income family with no medical expenses to a single-income family with massive medical expenses. i remember opening an envelope from the hospital with a bill for $64,000. and that was just to rent the equipment in the hospi f for her surgery the month before. i began to realize this was our new reality, because more bills would soon be showing up. it felt like the hard-earned middle-class lifestyle that worked so hard to attain was slippi

i come from a background of generational poverty in southern indiana.y parents were among working poor and we had food stamps so we could eat. we could not afford health insurance. it was a good thing i was a healthy kid. i worked diligently and became the first person in my family to go to college. i worked as a math teacher for a number of years. i went on to earn a masters degree. but later when i have a family and discovered prenatally i would have a baby girl with down syndrome, my life changed dramatically. it became very clear after her birth that toward may -- to coordinate her health care, i would need to be a stay-at-home mom. virtually overnight we went from being a two-income family with no medical expenses, to a single-income family with astronomical medical expenses. i remember standing at a mailbox cradling her in my arms and opening an envelope with an invoice inside from the hospital with a bill for $64,000, just to rent the equipment in the surgical round at the hospital the month before. i stood there fighting back tears because i beg

we have flood risk from indianapolis all the way to northern indiana through southern missouri, 2 to 4 inches of rain, some could get 5 inches. we have a flash flood watch in mississippi and louisiana. 13 million under these flash flood watches. rainfall totals between 2 to 4 inches around st. louis and inches of rain. we have a chance of isolated tornados, 19 million people in the severe weather risk from little rock to new orleans, back to houston. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now a closer look at your day ahead. temperatures are warm out ahead of the storm system, moisture pumping out of the gulf. classic set up for severe weather. and there is the chilly back side of the storm with temperatures only in the low 50s around kansas city with chilly rain. have you wondered what the record is for the longest consecutive wheelie? that is shattered in japan. driving for more than 13 hours and traveled 311 miles, crushing the previous best of 205 miles. two hours in attempt -- two hours into the attempt he experienced back pain as you can imagine. he took medicine wh

more of the rain will head into southern indiana and illinois.kentucky and into tennessee, too. today, though, things are fairly quiet across most of the country. a little gusty through the ohio river valley. it is going to be a hot one in the southwest. in the northeast, spotty >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. a lot of sunshine and very warm temperatures. in san francisco, expect the high to reach 82 degrees and a touch cooler for tomorrow. the cooler trend continues for the rest of the week. highs in the low 60s by the end of the weekend. for the inland areas, we have two more day of hot weather, today and tomorrow, then it gets a little milder on thursday. the rest of the week, we will have more clouds moving in, and this weekend, a slight chance of showers, especially on sunday's forecast. atest forecast. >> all right, dylan. >>> just ahead, a revealing look at princess diana's life before she became a member of the royal family. >>> first, this is a good one. staying safe when you fly. >> good morning. i'm jeff rossen. coming u

indiana and missouri. western states, you've got southern states -- it really runs the gamut. if you look at the ohio valley area, an area that has been historically coal heavy because it is easy to transport, you have rivers and rail and a lot of mines nearby, but really, it is distributed across the country. there's a lot of states that have tried to move away from coal. a lot of states have been moving away and a lot of power plants have been shifting, so the map has shrunk. host: that map we are showing our viewers is from the u.s. energy administration. you talk about the market conditions. let's talk about the price of coal in recent years and decades. the cost of coal and how it relates to why it's used or how it's used by different power plants. guest: the industry, their biggest selling point -- coal is cheap and it's not very volatile in price. if you look at a chart of coal prices over time, you will see some spikes but surprisingly little volatility. -- the price it takes cost to produce energy out of that coal. historically, that price has been lower than other fu

louis, southern illinois and now spread all the way through indiana and even a sliver of ohio and southern michigan. some areas could get as much as 5 inches additional rainfall. and late today, thunderstorms roll through missouri and mississippi, so much more coming off the gulf that we have more people under a flash flood watch. in total, 16 million people. here is the rafinfall predictions. up to 4 inches of rain st. louis. and the other area is between houston and new orleans. and then on top of all of this, we have life threatening weather with severe storms in the same region from houston to new orleans, many ina few tornadoes later today. so yeah, east coast is great, west coast is great, the middle of the country though a lot of issues and hopefully we won't lose any lives today like we did over the weekend. >> and that footage was incredible when you see how high that water would you sas gettin. thanks very much. >>> still ahead, a standing ovation for baltimore's adam jones last night after he says he was the target of racist taunts. sport is next. who's the new guy? they call hi

attorney in the southern district of indiana, i've been committed to battling child exploitation and abuse. last year i was shocked, along with much of the country, when the indianapolis star published an investigative piece that exposed troubling allegations of sexual abuse at u.s.a. gymnastics programs across the country. according to their report, over e last 20 years at least 368 young people, most olympic hopefuls, were the victims of sexual abuse at the hands of adults they trusted -- coaches, trainers, doctors and other adults associated with u.s.a. gymnastics. they reported the abuse to u.s.a. gymnastics, but unfortunately u.s.a. gymnastics failed in many cases to report those allegations of abuse to law enforcement authorities. the article shed light on their stories and inspired the legislation that's before us today. according to more than 5,600 pages of u.s.a. gymnastics records released by the indy star, some of the 54 coaches who had been accused of sexual abuse by young athletes in their care weren't banned from gymnastics until years after their history of abuse had b

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indiana and missouri. western states, you've got southern states -- it really runs the gamut. if you look at the ohio valley area, an area that has been historically coal heavy because it is easy to transport, you have rivers and rail and a lot of mines nearby, but really, it is distributed across the country. there's a lot of states that have tried to move away from coal. a lot of states have been moving away and a lot of power plants have been shifting, so the map has shrunk. host: that map we are showing our viewers is from the u.s. energy administration. you talk about the market conditions. let's talk about the price of coal in recent years and decades. the cost of coal and how it relates to why it's used or how it's used by different power plants. guest: the industry, their biggest selling point -- coal is cheap and it's not very volatile in price. if you look at a chart of coal prices over time, you will see some spikes but surprisingly little volatility. -- the price it takes cost to produce energy out of that coal. historically, that price has been lower than other fu

there is a lot where the coal is to have anal-fired power plants indiana, ohio and relying on the coal-fired power western states southern states so that runs the gamut that if you look at the ohio valley that historically has been called heavy because it is easy to transport with rivers and real but to beos distributed around the country but a lot of states have tried to move away from coal because of the market conditions and regulations a lot of power plants have been shifting away and so they have shrunk.r >> so now we're showing the u.s. energy information with the bottom different maps and charts. but the cost of coal and how it is used a different power plants?. >> the biggest selling point is that coal is cheap in nonvolatile in price.if would have to look at a chart over time surprisingly little volatility than not only the price of the coal itself but what it takes the cost to produce energy out of that coal.storic and that has been lower than other fuel sources of natural gas prices have come down dramatically because of the shale discoveries in pennsylvania and elsewhere so now it is cheaper to burn gas and c

indiana. in iraq, more than 50 people were killed in a string of suicide bomb attacks in the capital baghdad and at checkpoints near the oilfields in the southernrovince of basra on friday. isis claimed responsibility for the baghdad attacks, which killed at least 19 people. the attacks come as thousands of families continue to flee the fighting in mosul, where the u.s. and u.s.-backed iraqi militaries are battling to retake the city from isis. the united nations says at least 435,000 people have been displaced from western mosul so far. a new report by human rights watch has accused troops allied with the u.s.-backed iraqi military of detaining, interrogating and torturing up , to 100 residents as they fled the fighting in mosul last month. the syrian government says it's taken full control of homs, after thousands of anti-government rebels and residents were evacuated over the weekend. in 2011, homs became known as the capital of the revolution when it was one of the first cities to rise up against the syrian president bashar al-assad. in iran, president hassan rouhani has been reelected in a landslide. rouhani beat out his challenger, hard-l

indiana. the student protestors say that - as governor - pence signed laws that targeted people on the basis of their religion and sexual orientation. ( james ) a humpback whale that wandered into a southerncalifornia harbor has found his way back to the open ocean. wildlife officals say the whale swam away before dawn yesterday. authorities provided it some guidance by playing a loop of humpback whale feeding sounds near the harbor's exit point. the mammal arrived in the harbor saturday after making a wrong turn. whale experts say the 40-foot-long whale is only a juvenile, but a healthy one. ( james ) "the greatest show on earth" takes it's final bow. the ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus performed its final show in new york last night. its owners announced earlier this year that they would bring the curtain down on the show. they blamed high costs and declining ticket sales, especially since the phasing out of their famous elephant show. it was scrapped after animal rights groups criticized the circus for its treatment of animals. ringling brothers were in business for 146-years. ( james ) the number of people having fun in costumes appeared to out number the serious runners