so far so good there as lee moving onshore in southern louisiana.ually these bands of rain far to the right of your screen which pose more of a threat right now to mobile especially, a really nasty thunderstorm right through the mouth of bay. pensacola, those storms are knocking on your door shortly. that's the worth of it. in louisiana i think a lot of rev h heavy rain shifted north of i-10. in new orleans you've probably seen the worst of it. overall for new orleans it hasn't been that bad. you can see all the green on the map. look at bright yellows and oranges to the eastern half of the gulf. that has to move northward. we got the new advisory at the top of the hour on the hurricane that doesn't even look like a hurricane. you can see it at the bottom right of your screen. it's a borderline hurricane/tropical storm. it will go in between bermuda and the bahamas. that's going to be the trick, where does it go at the very end of the forecast? does it move up to the north towards new england, maybe nova scotia or hook back out to sea? as of now fiv

it is already bearing down on southern louisiana with heavy rains and battling wins. some residents who survived hurricane katrina are now preparing after norman'' it declared a state of emergency. >> they told me that the wind was going to be high. i tied down as much as i could. >> tropical storm lee is expected to bring up to 20 in. of rain in parts of the gulf. the governor issued this warning. >> hold for the best prepare for the worse. heavy rainfall in combination with rising tides. we will see flood watches and flash flooding. >> flooding has already begun. the national hurricane center says some tornadoes may be possible around the southern gulf states. >> i am not afraid of the flooded right now. it is the winds that i am concerned about. >> for now the gulf coast is bracing for the aftermath as a tropical storm lee heads for land. >> high surf advisories in effect for central and southern california warning surfers and the swimmers about straw were parents. the torch to the advantage of today's of big waves. >> it is crazy. the waves are huge. people kept a

southern louisiana hit with as much as seveninches of rain as residents in new orleans dole with sporattict warning. tropical storm warning in affect for mississippi to texas x. extending from the alabama coast to florida panhandle. and there is a key al-qaida operative gund down in a raid in his overnight. he was released from gaunt guantanamo and he was in contact with leaders and helped to organize attacks on u.s. and allied forces. i am jamie colby. we'll send you back now to forbes on fox. keep it on the fox news channel. the president's visit to hurricane irene ravaged wrers jers. lawmakers squaring off if additional recovery should be tied to spending cuts. should dc identify place to before it spends more. >> get rid of the department of the energy and and department of education. and they do absolutely no good and get rid of the regional greenhouse that costs 80 billion in tax payer money. and 365,000 perjob saved or created. >> and steve, do you, you look at numbers and doctors being spent. can't the government find place to cut and dole out dollars in the same time. >> it should

tropical storm lee triggered tornado warnings along the gulf coast and is pounding southern louisiana with heavy rains and high winds. the slow-moving storm is expected to dump as many as 20 inches of rain by tomorrow night. those are the top stories. thank you so much for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley. next week i will be at grnz with anderson cooper to bring you live coverage of the 9/11 anniversary. up next for our viewers in the united states, fareed zakaria, gps. we have a terrific show for you today, filled with some of the most interesting thinkers in their fields. first up, a new way to think of the role of women in the world with a terrific important pant. and then a first for gps i will have a robot as a guest. you want to meet my new friend data. next, a man who made me think differently about invasion, the world-renowned architect frank gary. he designs building like nothing you have seen before. how does he innovate and how do you capture the essence of a world leader? i will talk to the photographer platon. and think you can't sell chopsticks to china?

it's marshy in southern louisiana. very little change in intensification will be expected. rain continues to be one of the number one threats we're dealing with because of that slow movement. it will be moving into alabama as we head into tuesday and then open up towards tennessee we think by thursday. the rainfall totals by the way so far have been incredible. look at this out of new orleans. in audubon, 10.5 inches, pascagoula, 10.5 as well, biloxi, nearly 9. same story for the lakefront in new orleans and baton rouge, about 7 inches as well. how much more can you expect? let's take a look. this is a computer model forecast. this is on top of what you already have. heavy downpours across central mississippi, across northern bam billion and on up to the appalachians. heavier stuff we think could reach 6 to 12. that includes jackson as well as into the greenville area. and the northeast, we're concerned about flooding here, too. that has to do with the cold front that's coming in. we might get tropical moisture trying to sneak in as well. 1 to 3 over the flood-ravaged areas

. >>> and birds of a feather flock together at one house in southern louisiana. every day what looks like 100 hummingbirds show up to feast on a simple mixture of sugar and water. the homeowner says they started showing up after a hurricane in 2008. >>> for a look at your national and regional weather here's ryan phillips. he has your forecast. good morning. >> good morning to you. how cool are those birds? i like that. if you are looking for sunshine, all you have to do is go west, anywhere in the west. what a scorcher in las vegas. how about san francisco? 86. it was not even a record-breaking day, nine degrees short of the record. still chilly in the northern rockies here. stable high pressure in place. cold front off to the north. not going squeeze in any rain out of that. don't think it will be a wet day over in the pacific northwest. a nice day out yuma, over the c mark again with lots of sunshine. you can't beat the sunshine but after days and weeks on end, need some rain at some point. >> ryan, thanks so much. >>> euro debt problems mount. an answer from

determined no to the be forgotten , the system that was tropical storm lee is soaking north from southern louisianain to georgia and beyond. lee dumped 10 inches in some places and brought along winds that turned in to dozens of tornados. really throughout our childhood. even like through college and we were just too scared to open a bakery together officials confirmed three in atlanta, and across the state, georgia's emergency management agency said winds damaged 100 homes, richard and his wife hid in their closet. georgia power reported more than 5000 customers without electricity. what is left is moving in to the northeast, the part of the country coming out from under hurricane irene. >> we had a really serious be 3- day window to watch with the rainfall. >> reporter: people simply can't handle another drop. >> we need more water. we really, i don't know, what we are going to do. >> reporter: ght have a silver lining, pruprom the remnants of lee could push katia out to sea, sparing the east coast. >>> pictures are incredible that we are seeing. >> this is across mississippi, alabama incomes to

right now, lee is over southern louisiana, where ten parishes have issued emergency declarations. and the storm is starting to pick up speed, its impact felt over a wide area. torrential rains have been falling in mississippi, alabama, and the florida panhandle. tonight, atlanta right here in georgia will be under a flash flood watch. and we begin with ed lavandera. he is in jean lafitte, louisiana. how bad is it where you are right now? >> you know, the wind has not been an issue at all today. and the rain has been -- when it does fall, it comes in bands. they've been much more sporadic today. we had a significant rainfall this morning. since then it's been a little bit like this. but the problem here in this town, this is just south of new orleans, if you look over here, all of this is water and this is say common scene around as you drive through the main road coming into town. and the reason all this is happening if you look in the distance where that orange barrier is over there, that is the intercoastal highway, the waterway, that takes water from the gulf of mexico and wind

and today into tomorrow, it begins to spread its rain, into the southern tip of louisiana. so louisiana, mississippi, alabama, even portions of florida, picking up good, heavy rain for what could be three days of rain from this storm because there is nothing to steer this area of circulation out of the way, at least until tuesday and possibly even wednesday. so, this is a long-lasting rainmaker. this will actually even have storm surge. so, when you see that 16 to 24 inches of rain, particularly in areas that are southern louisiana, that very tip, it could be venice. it could be any of those areas right there and then look toward the west where you see houston barely getting into some of this rain. not the rain that is needed in the houston area and into texas, as well. this storm could easily carry rain to those folks that needed it. but on track right now, not looking like that. it looks like we'll test the flood and pumping systems and stations in the new orleans area. back to elizabeth and george. >> okay, sam. thanks. we do wish it would go west. they need it so badly.

southern louisiana is right now feeling the effects of tropical storm lee as thunderstorms slam intoet's go to nbc meteorologist bill karins. who is getting hit the hardest? >> it's areas that are dealing with the squalls and the possibility of tornadoes. now, as everyone has to remember well, dealt with irene last weekend at this time. then it was a completely different beast. it was a much larger storm. it was heading into an area of new england in the mid-atlantic that doesn't get a lot of storms. now we're talking about the gulf coast. we have to put this into perspective. they've dealt with many systems like this. one every other year. a tropical storm in i was hitting the gulf coast is not a huge deal for this area, and, actually, we kind of wish it went to texas because we desperately need the rain down there in texas. now, all that said, every tropical system does have threats. the biggest threat right now would be any isolated tornado that pops up. so far so good. we've had tornado warnings, but nothing confirmed and no damage. you can see where the tornado -- where the symb

that has a number of concerns, especially across louisiana,especially southern louisiana, southern mississippi, flood concerns. we are talking the potential especially in the weekend. some of the rainfall totals could be upwards of a foot to even beyond that. flooding certainly a potential. also, with a system like this in the gulf, you're dealing with a situation for gusty winds. even the on-shore conditions there, center of circulation, closer toward the latest burst of convex. a lot of the system off the coastline. it's going to be a slow mover. that's why the gulf will be a mess as far as this weekend is concerned. rip current across pretty much the entire gulf as far as the potential is concerned. some of the better areas especially through the central and northern gulf coast. we're talking about a stationary system. maxed sustained wind at -- the rest of today, saturday, into sunday, maybe not making landfall until potentially monday. you watch it beyond that. tropical storm strength, that whole time frame, this whole track through wednesday still having effects there across the northern

from southern louisiana. >> a lot is going to go. >> like what? >> all the tools in the box down there. we didn't think it would get that high. >> reporter: into georgia and beyond, lee has dumped up to ten inches in some places. and brought winds that turned into dozens of tornadoes. >> you grabbed him and held him close. >> yeah. >> reporter: officials confirmed three tornados in atlanta. and across the state, georgia's emergency management agency said winds damaged 100 homes. richard darby and hi wife hid in their closet. >> one piece. >> one piece. we can fix all this stuff later. as long as we got our lives, that's all that matters. >> reporter: georgia power reported more than 5,000 customers without electricity. what's left of lee is moving into the northeast, the part of the country still coming out from under hurricane irene. >> we have a serious three-day window to watch with this rainfall. >> reporter: in communities where the ground is saturated, ople can't hanane another drop. >> i feel like we don't need more water. we really -- i do

southern louisiana already getting drenched with heavy rain. tropical storm warnings are in effect for mississippi to texas. flash flood warnings extending along the alabama coast to the florida panhandle and forecasters say the storm's slow, forward movement could bring as much as 20 inches of rain to some areas. we'll keep you up to speed on that. >>> the state department issue add world wide travel alert for all americans. this is in advance of the ten-year mark of the 9-11 attacks. the alert doesn't mention any specific threats, but it says u.s. citizens should be aware that al-qaeda affiliates have demonstrated an sent to carry out attacks against the united states and urges americans at home and abroad to be extra vigilant. >>> i'm jamie colby. keep it here on the fox news channel. we'll send you back to cavuto. >> neil: forget whether a double dip recession is coming. maybe the last recession never left. not one new job created in august. manufacturing with a two-year low. business confidence, the lowest we've seen since february of 2009

some emergency shelter to join others, ball because more rain is expected in some parts of southern louisiana and mississippi, up to 20 inches. cheflz thank you. >> mitchell: thank you. cbs news hurricane consultant david bernard is in miami tracking tropical storm lee. what's the latest? >> reporter: russ, the tropical storm is moving very slow along the louisiana coastline, it's fairly strong with 60 mile per hour winds. the big story with this, not only this weekend, but next week, is going to be the rainfall, not just on the gulf coast, but all the way across the archlaish ans into the northeast, we could be looking at 4 to 6 inches of rain and that would be in places that saw heavy rain from irene. >> mitchell: let's talk about hurricane katia now in the atlantic. how close is that storm expected to get to the east coast? >> reporter: that's a really good question and it's one we don't have answers for at this time. the latest this afternoon puts the storm at 70 miles per hour, so it's just below hurricane strength, it's moving to the west northwest at 10, and when we look at the future

you can see flooding issues in southern louisiana and northeast toward the georgia area over the next days. for us, tomorrow morning, fog back at the coast. winds are up along the beaches, right now, partly cloudy tomorrow, mid-60s along the coast. around the bay, temperatures in the low 80 says. pretty nice day, tomorrow a lot like today, only cooler. inland valley beaches, near 100. tomorrow, very nice day, not as warm some, a little cooler as well. so chilly along the coast, if you are doing the barbecue's, in the afternoon, that's when you do it. this low pressure center, , we have been tracking all summer long. it's going to enhance the fog and marine layer to lift it up and fatten it up. each day as we enter the weekend, more cooling. it's a little thicker, it just gets further into the valley each day. >> >> the south swell exists, peaked last night. there is no heavy surf advisory out there. there is the size of the swell is not the issue, it's the direction, so these beaches with red. they don't get swells that often. the swell comes right by them. the divers up around the co

you can see flooding issues in southern louisiana and northeast toward the georgia area over the next days. for us, tomorrow morning, fog back at the coast. winds are up along the beaches, right now, partly cloudy tomorrow, mid-60s along the coast. around the bay, temperatures in the low 80 says. pretty nice day, tomorrow a lot like today, only cooler. inland valley beaches, near 100. tomorrow, very nice day, not as warm some, a little cooler as well. so chilly along the coast, if you are doing the barbecue's, in the afternoon, that's when you do it. this low pressure center, , we have been tracking all summer long. it's going to enhance the fog and marine layer to lift it up and fatten it up. each day as we enter the weekend, more cooling. it's a little thicker, it just gets further into the valley each day. >> >> the south swell exists, peaked last night. there is no heavy surf advisory out there. there is the size of the swell is not the issue, it's the direction, so these beaches with red. they don't get swells that often. the swell comes right by them. the divers up around the co

it has flooded parts of southern louisiana. residents of several bayou towns are ordered to evacuate. it is hovering over the coast with wind of 40 miles an hour. power is out to thousands of customers from louisiana to mississippi. we are going to have a live report from mississippi in less than continue minutes. >>> president obama will get a firsthand look at the damage caused by hurricane irene. he will go to the passaic refer where evacuations were forced. new jersey governor chris christie will lead the tour. irene has killed at least 40 people in three states. >>> they have just pass add safety inspection in march. that is according to the menlo park fire department. another scientist was injured. investigators say martin was transferring a mixture of gases including methane from one container to another when it exploded. they are looking at the possibility that the gases were overpressurized. in a statement, the company president expressed sympathy for his wife and daughter. and said quote, mtr is cooperating fully with

taking a look at computer animation, making land fall across southern new orleans area, southern louisiana10-15 inches of rain expected over the weekend. this is a accumulation. there is isolated areas may see up to to inches of rain. it's not just louisiana but mississippi, alabama will be impacted that means flooding. certainly is a concern there. here in the bay area, there is cooling trends tomorrow, inland areas dropping off into low to mid-90s, still warm there. coastal areas low to mid-60s, here is our accu-weather forecast. there is a nice-looking weekend just a cooling trend through labor day. temperatures bouncing back up as everybody goes back to work. mid-90s inland. upper 60s at beach autos thank you. >> and tl they're going need a lot of luck. >> in sports a preview of san jose state and how spartans plan to try to it >>> join me tonight at 9:00, coming up then, obama in owes yeen. why he has business interests on the side and environmentalists are declaring mutiny. >> then at 11:00 kind of exercise keeping calories burning after you kick up your beat feet. >> we'll see you t

so as our continues begin to improve here in southern louisiana, in southern mississippi, in southern alabama, we now focus on the northern parts of alabama, georgia and in toward tennessee as well as we watch this heavy rain threat move on toward the north. so the slow meth wodical moveme, unfortunately, leaves lee's remnants with us. >> lumbering along. jim cantore, thanks. >>> miles an hour katia is still a cat 2 storm out in the atlantic as it is heading northwest. the weather channel's todd santos joins us with the latest on that one. >> at least one of the issues with katia is that if the system gets close enough to the coastline, some areas that are already saturated from the recent rains, could see issues floodwise. want to take you into the flash flood watches across portions of the mid-atlantic into the northeast. at least hanging on to some of these throughout the daytime, likely into tomorrow. flash flood warnings in red. that has more to do with lee's remnants as jim just mentioned. these areas in green, even through southern new england, katia not expected to be a land f

louisiana coast co-worker doing his best to hang on the slow-moving storm dumps have a brain over southern louisianaenter is warning of flash flooding is expected to drench tennessee later on this week and on land here is some of the damage lee has caused severe winds cause this tree to fall onto a long thousands of people are without power along the gulf coast where they are dealing with flooding and what the possibility of tornadoes wh. parts of the gulf coast are expected to get 20 in. of rain residents have to be vigil with >> we expect storm conditions for the next 36 hours so please do not be lulled in the bricks of the rain we have to stay alert we are expecting 15-20 in. of rain in new orleans and all of us that have been through this with >> president barack obama is now getting a close look or it did to hurricane irene he is to traffic will to parts of new jersey and her on impassable streets and down power lines and closed bridges and makes it tough to get around it made the out river flood its bank and caused husbands to evacuate >> the water works may not be open hurricane beekatia, is

potential disaster down south, slow moving tropical storm lee, coming ashore early this morning in southern louisiana. forecasts are calling for torrential rain on the gulf coast. casey stegall is in new orleans where everyone is keeping a close eye on rebuilt levees apriled at better protecting that city. >> reporter: we are on top of the famed jacks brewery in the french quarter. it gives a nice vantage point you can see the clouds taking over the skyline. it has been interesting. at times the sun will shine through the clouds and then another squall will move in, bringing a lot of rain and wind with it. that's what we are currently experiencing the rain starting to pick up, heavy wind gusts. but it is the rain that is of the real concern, throughout the south, because these are the pictures now coming out of the low-lying areas here in southern louisiana. you are looking at jefferson parish that pace about five miles southwest of new orleans proper. water covering many of the roadways there. and it is the same story in the lower st. bernard's parish, where the sheriff's department worked to distri

the center of lee is over the southern louisiana coast.has already declared a state of emergency. forecasters now predict 10 to 15 inches of rain will fall on southern louisiana. the storm has already disrupted oil production from the gulf of mexico. platforms and drilling rigs evacuated. daily oil production from the gulf has been cut by half. and while hurricane irene had minimal impact on oil futures, federal regulators believe lee will drive up prices at the pump. you'll also see price spikes due to the high demand this labor day weekend. >>> here's a look at some of your bay area gas prices this morning. if you're buying in san francisco, a gallon of regular costs an average of $3.97. >>> a $1200 reward it now being offered in the case of a well- known attorney killed in a hit- and-run. a white pickup truck hit 63- year-old donald casper while he was jogging near forestville back on august 14th. his family and highway patrol held a news conference yesterday in front of san francisco city hall. his cousin had a message for the person b

tropical storm lee has triggered tornado warnings along the gulf coast and is pounding southern louisianarains and high winds. the slow-moving storm is expected to drop as much as 20 inches of rain by tomorrow night. as officials keep an eye on tropical storm lee, president obama travels to patterson, new jersey, today to survey the damage from hurricane irene. the state's governor chris christie will join the president on the tour of patterson's flooded areas. >>> a typhoon in western japan left at least 18 people dead and dozens more injured. the storm which struck yesterday also caused massive mudslides. at least 50 people are missing. >>> doc >>> dominique strauss-kahn is back in france. he's been under house arrest in new york after being accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid. prosecutors dropped those charges because of questions about his accuser's credibility. strauss-kahn was expected to challenge french president nicolas sarkozy in the country's presidential elections next year. polls show most french voters don't want him to run. those are your top stories. now back to "f

heavy rainfall as it makes land fall across southern louisiana. some time in the next 24 hours. 10 to 15 inches of rain is expected between louisiana out towards mississippi and alabama. parts of the panhandle picking up 4 to 8 inches. isolated totals of about 20 inches not out of the question. of course with that kind of rain they are expecting flooding across the region and possibility of isolated tornadoes as the tropical storm moves open shor shore. as you look at live doppler 7 hd you see the rainfall already starting to move into new orleans. seeing some heavy rain across this region so if you have travel plans to the area you weren't to monitor tropical storm lee. here's what i am monitoring here in the bay area. hot day inland temperatures coming up that the upper 90's for livermore apartment i don't care fairfield l clear lake got up to 98 degrees. 102 agrees in ukiah. most bay area high came up today t.near the coast where the fog was down, 61 in half machine bay today. 69 san francisco. 78 agrees in oakland. san jose very warm about 89

right now the storm is over southern louisiana, ten parishes, in fact are under a state of emergency. is starting to pick up speed at this hour. it is expected to move to the northeast and into the tennessee valley over the next few days. >>> the alabama gulf coast is one of those areas feeling the impact of tropical storm lee. meteorologist reynolds wolf live from gulf shores. what is it looking like where you are. >> reporter: if you were to walk up to the beach and look around, you would have the sunshine and few scattered clouds, other than this it seems like another windy day. looks really can be deceiving. if you were to go farther to the west in parts of alabama into louisiana and perhaps even mississippi, heavy rainfall and flooding and farther to the east in destin reports of rain. one big textbook thing you see are the heavy winds. some waves have been monsterous, they have a double red flag warning in effect. they don't want you in the water. because of the good weather and you have people hoping to get in. that has been one of the fears here in alabama. we're very lucky th

tropical storm lee triggered tornado warnings along the gulf coast and is pounding southern louisiana a slow-moving storm expected to drop as much as 20 inches of rain by tomorrow night. >>> as officials keep an eye on tropical storm lee, president obama travels to patterson, new jersey, to survey the damage from hurricane irene. the state's governor, chris christie, will join the president on a tour of the flooded areas. >>> a typhoon in western japan left at least 18 people dead and dozens more interested according to japanese news sources. the storm which struck yesterday also caused massive mudslides. at least 50 people are missing. >>> dominique strauss-kahn is back in france. the former international monetary fund chief had been under house arrest in new york after being accused of

portions of southern louisiana and tropical storm warnings for the coast of louisiana and southern mississippi. here is a look at the track. things get moving later on today. we could see a tornado or tropical storm. maximum sustained winds at 35 miles per hour. a slow and long time frame. you are talking about through wednesday, still interacting with the areas along the gulf coast. that is the latest on 13. tropical storm katia is in the atlantic. watch the track over the next couple days, south of bermuda and the bahamas as a major hurricane. we'll keep an eye on this system. we'll look at travel weather coming up. for now, you're watching "morning joe." we're centurylink...a new kind of broadband company committed to providing honest, personal service from real people... 5-year price-lock guarantees... consistently fast speeds... and more ways to customize your technology. >>> president obama plans to unwind after his two week vacation. nine, a backyard barbecue with the guy who forged his birth certificate. eight, flip through gadhafis sexy photos of condi. six, hire goons to rough up mit

just kind of a miserable weekend, at least for a good portion of the gulf coast, including southern louisianaseeing some of those areas improving. however, you see where a lot of rain is headed, up through northern alabama, eastern portions of mississippi. we have some flash flood warnings in place. also want to note that red box. that's a tornado watch until 4:00 p.m. central. if you're either in or near that box, make sure you have a way to get tornado warnings during the daytime today. if one is issued, lowest level of your home, away from windows. the other threat is the rainfall. we are going to see a stripe of some areas six-plus inches. in some cases, even nine-plus inches, especially through northern alabama and the mountains of north carolina. that will be what can trigger some flash flood potential. where you see the string of green going up the appalachians, all the way back through eastern tennessee and central pennsylvania, those are flash flood watches. the potential for flash flooding does exist through these areas for the day. if you have friends camping in the area, at least

33 past with this breaking news as tropical storm lee is generating heavy rains throughout southern louisiana gulf coast this morning. this storm could bring as much as 20 inches of rain to some areas. we're going get the latest now from nbc meter ojs bill karins. bill, good morning. >> good morning to you, alex. s all eyes are on the gulf coast. this is where we're getting drenched throughout this labor day weekend from tropical storm lee. we're not worried about the winds doing damage or anything like that. mostly only concerned with heavy rain and flash flooding and then river flooding eventually. let's take a look at the big map. you will see that all the green and the white down there over the top of new orleans and all over louisiana, that is our storm system that we're dealing with on the gulf. now, as far as the heavy rain goes, all of those bands coming up off the gulf, the center of the storm looking at just south to be there in baton rouge. now, back towards mobile and also towards the panhandles of now florida, you're still going to be get drerchged far from the center. anywhere d

notice by sunday, 2:00 a.m., approaching the southern coastline, louisiana, and then by monday, 2:00 a.m., still in that southern part of louisiana. what this is going to be doing, it's going to be causing a strong storm surge, we're also going to be talking about extremely heavy rainfall as it sits and spin, it pulls in all that moisture from the gulf and look at the rainfall totals, we're talking 10 to 15 inches and even some of the localized areas could see roughly 20 inches of rainfall. that is going to lead to some problems with flooding across parts of louisiana and even as well into parts of mississippi. now, for your forecast today, if you're going to be going down to the gulf of mexico, a lot of people planning to go to the beaches, not a good weekend for them by any means. elsewhere across the u.s., we are going to see some severe storms popping up. you can see for areas including michigan and then over towards the northeast as well as new england, we're going to see temperatures increasing as well as the relative humidity levels starting to rise. i point that out because we

forecasters are live looking at surf lots of rainfall coming for southern louisiana.ady pounding this wind, rain near the shore. grand isle is usually very busy but voluntary evacuation's have driven away businesses and people. it is the only inhabited barrier island and it is still recovering from the gulf oil spill. east of new orleans said preparations under way near new orleans. people are loading up sandbags. the eye of the storm is expected in central louisiana later today and turned east away from drought parched texas. fed >> a deadly explosion killed a scientist in menlo park. at a " member in technologies ". it happened in side of the lab. membrane technologies-- >> he died from his injuries another scientist was injured. >> this female that was near the doorway. as the explosion occurred she was blown out of the room. as she went.. she was transported to a local hospital. 23 of those people of the 25 had been evacuated. over 20 employees were evacuated fire officials say there's no risk to residents and the surrounding areas. >> member and technologies is a

a tropical depression there is expected to soak southern louisiana over the weekend bringing extensive flooding. forecasters say the storm could dump as much as 10-15 inches of rain on the state, possibly even 20 inches in some areas. in new orleans the city just marked six years since hurricane katrina. folks there now working to clear storm drains fearing clogged drains could flood homes. >> most of this is gravity drain, you know, this is an old section of town, and the water used to just run off. and when it runs off, it collects. and if they don't pump it, it'll build up here. >> the water can't get through that. there's so much debris there. >> we have to kind of keep up after ourselves, or we would really be in trouble. >> yeah. a lot of concern down there, and is we'll have a full weather report shortly. jamie: they're not alone in the worrying about the weather. vermont is just trying to dry out from the remnants of hurricane irene, and we're getting reports even of a new round of flash flooding in vermont. what's more, thunderstorms are expected this weekend. take a look at t

ed mentioned the tidal surge flooding they're seeing across parts of southern louisiana. the inland flooding we learned from irene is a huge concern, if not likely to be the most damage. these are some of the numbers as far as rainfall tallies. parts of new orleans seeing over 10 inches, pascagoula, mississippi, 10 inches of rainfall and jackson, mississippi, seeing 10 inches of rainfall as well. other issues in jackson. a lot of the rain came in last night and there are some -- there's some flooding going on within jackson proper and some evacuations happening as well as the heaviest rain moving to the east of jackson. these highlighted boxes, four of them, where we have a number of radar indicated tornado warnings for eastern and north central mississippi and extreme southeastern mississippi. just to the north of biloxi and gulfport area. all part of a tornado watch in effect for the next few hours, obviously. one of these is a tropical system moving inland we get twists in the atmosphere on the right side of the system and that's why we're concerned about this. we're s

the storm is just now beginning to pass over southern louisiana. but since friday new orleans has already seen up to 10 inches of rain. new orleans could hear it coming, as a slow-moving lee made its arrival known. and now massive pumps are being put to the test as they work to push out the rising flood waters. new orleans' mayor mitch landrieu. >> this storm is one of the stranger ones that we've had and how unpredictable it's become. all of the experts have said these rain bands continue to hover around it. >> reporter: which is why the army corps of engineers activated one of its three main pumping stations in new orleans built after hurricane katrina. excess rain water is pulled from the city and dumped into nearby lake ponchartrain. but in the coastal community of lafitte outside new orleans there are no pumps, and the water keeps rushing in. with an evacuation order in effect, dorothy ordered a high- water rescue truck to escape high waters gushing into her trailer. you were trapped. >> i couldn't get out. trees were falling and everything. i

another big batch of rain comes into sections of southern louisiana. let's take a look at the track for lee. you'll see that the movement of the storm is still pretty slow, even as we go monday, tuesday, wednesday. we do see a rainmaker. it's like alabama and georgia and tennessee. some of this will be beneficial rain. the biggest concern for flooding will ab long the gulf coast in alabama and into louisiana where we have about seven inches of rain on the ground from lee. let's take a look at the newest threat from now. we have a tornado watch box. this is in effect, straight into the evening hours. it does cover new orleans. another one popping up right now into hattiesburg, mississippi and into mobile, alabama. the tornado watch is extending further north and east as lee drifts further east to the north. it's slowly moving to the north at 2 miles an hour, barely moving. you can see the heavy convection coming onshore with thunderstorm activity drenching rains, about to pummel louisiana again and again. the tropics are very active. we don't only have

and finally they are starting to dry out here in southern louisiana.he first time in several days where we have had sunshine and, also, it's almost a little cool where we are. we are right on the water, the gulf of mexico just right back there behind me. and when tropical storm lee made landfall here early sunday morning, it dropped more than a foot of rain on the city of new orleans as well. and here in the parish as well where the 60 mile-an-hour wind gusts also posed some problems, pushing a lot of the water inland and up against the levees, but they did hold. no major property damage to report in this area in terms of homes underwater which is really amazing considering these aerial pictures you're looking at. but it was a little too close for comfort even for seasoned storm survivors. >> the house made it through katrina, it made it through rita, it made it through ike, and it made it through gustav. and some of the law enforcement officers said this storm pushed more water in, and it stayed longer than any one of those storms. >> reporter: now, w

southern louisiana, mississippi and alabama we'll see the roughest of this, potentially up to 10 to 20ches. but even in the western areas of the panhandle of florida four to eight inches not out of the question. we're going to see it take a northeasterly drive and that's where it's going to be into the tennessee valley we're going to see some rain. that's as we head from wednesday and thursday and then believe it or not into the mid-atlantic on the western periphery, maybe bringing rain at the end of the week. big picture for today, west coast, you're high and dry. here's where the biggest difference will be. places like the upper midwest been in the 90s, cold front coming through, dropping down to the 60s. heat, how about 91 to 101 in the tennessee valley today. certainly a very steamy day there. back to you. >> all right. good to have you as always. we'll be checking in with her plenty throughout the morning. >>> turn to some politics for you now. this what is we need to tell you about. house republican joe walsh is backtracking a bit after he called president obama idiotic. his word

just as predicted, extreme amount of flash flooding in southern louisiana, in the low-lying areas. we have seen cars underwater, some roadways shutdown. like in jefferson parish, about five miles southwest of new orleans proper. let's take you to lower st. bernard parish, 500,000 sandbags could not whole the waters back. it is important to point out the flooding you see is not a result of any levee breaches. it is just from a ton of rain on an already saturated area. >> we are expecting 15 to 20 inches of rain in the new orleans region, as a result of the tropical storm. as all of us who have been through this know, it is not how much we get but it is how much in a short period of time. >> reporter: interestingly, the main energy provider sent crewmembers from new orleans here over to the east coast to help restore power for hurricane irene. at the height of this storm there were some 35,000 residents in and around new orleans without power. a lot of those crewmembers obviously brought back ahead of lee making landfall and they are making progress, happy to report that up in has be

storm lee is lashing the gulf coast, high winds have knocked out power to thousands in the southern parts of louisianapi. heavy rains are flooding roads, there are reports of water reaching some homes. a mandatory evacuation has been ordered for parts of louisiana's jefferson parish. >>> vermont is one of the states still cleaning up from irene. nearly 700 -- he's believed to have been swept away by raging floodwaters. >>> after spending months in new york city fighting a sexual assault charge, dominique strauss-kahn the former imf chief is believed to be heading back home to france. this is new video of of him just leaving his apartment in new york a short time ago. strauss-kahn was arrested back in march for allegedly salting a hotel maid. the charges were dropped last week. and there's a travel all right from washington one week before the anniversary of the september 11th attacks. the state department warns u.s. citizens traveling or living abroad to be aware of the continuing threat posed by al qaeda. right now there are no specific threats, officials just want people to be aware. that will do it

>> reporter: they have shut it down because it is just after high tide here in southern louisiana. and that means that these floodwaters are going back up. many of the roadways in this area simply look like this. this isn't actually that deep but definitely treacherous enough for not allowing cars to go through. the water from the canals and waterways, coming from the gulf of mexico are being pushed over the banks and starting to threaten and have been threatening dozens of homes in this area for the last 36 hours. so, what they're waiting for here is for the winds to begin shifting from the south and go back toward the south instead of going toward the north. that would relieve a lot of this pressure here. everywhere you look, you see homes like this, where the floodwaters are knocking on the door, on the verge of going in. a handful of homes have taken on water in this community, we're told. as we drove around yesterday, we saw many, many homes that the water was right up on the doorstep. they've been frantically dropping in massive sand bags and using makeshift levee systems to

>> reporter: heather right now 17,000 people are still without power across parts of southern louisianas you were seeing from those pictures, as we've been talking about for several days, the region was inundated with water. believe it or not, not as much rain fell as forcasters initially thought this system would drop. when lee made landfall early yesterday morning it went more to the east of us, the worst parts went east of the big easy. there is still very much a growing concern about flooding problems in plaquemines parish. >> that is southeast of here that is where the worst flood waters are at this hour. so bad the president of that parish says later today, they will actually cut a hole in the back levee to relieve somee of the pressure on the levee walls. that is supposed to alleviate some of the problem. the rain is supposed to taper off as we go into today. the sun started peeking through the clouds a few moments ago. when we talked to you dad on america's newsroom it was pouring. it has been sporadic, we've seen that over the course of the last several days covering the story.

see you, what a difference a day makes, in plaquemines parish, in terms of the flooding in southern louisiana is making a fair amount of progress and where i am now, in fact was all under water if you can believe that, 12 hours ago, clearly, the waters are starting to recede and, wilkinson canal, by the way, behind me, goes straight into the gulf of mexico. but, they still have a long way to go, when you look at these pictures. this is a huge parish and we understand that extra pumps are being brought into the location to try and get all of the standing water out of here. the levels have dropped about 4 feet in the last 24 hours. primarily because the winds have finally shifted to the north, blowing all of the floodwaters back out into the gulf, and that is the good news here, bill. bill: what are the concerns right now, today? >> reporter: the concerns happen to be with highway 23, which is directly behind our camera. it is the main road in and out of the southern end of this parish. it still has about 10 inches of water on it. and, it has been closed to most vehicular traffic and here is wh

here is a southern slave owner, louisiana. his entire life in the u.s. army. the only national institution that we had on the edge of civil war. he is not going to let these people destroy his union. we talk about richard nixon. china. if a democrat had been the conservative republicans. if nixon goes to china, who can oppose it? if you have a southern plantation owner, war hero, a man who was the chief doctor in the mexican war, double the size of the united states and then, of course, with his death becomes the starting gun of these new states coming into the union. there was a proposal on board to divide california. and he said but california be a free state and tells his son in law at the time, a southerner from mississippi that we will hear from again in this generation that he will hang him from the highest treat if he keeps talking this recession stuff. and had taylor lived in taken, he was the eisenhower of his time. one the most significant more of his time. he might have pulled it off. ranking very low. >> thirty-three. >> that's pretty low of 44. we

houston, stretching across the i-10 corridor through parts of southern louisiana and into dixie eastng rolling off towards alabama and parts of georgia as well with this particular system. if you're traveling today, chicago and detroit will see thunderstorms as well as cincinnati and cleveland. maybe delays there travelwise and morning thunderstorms in houston are just about to wrap things up, but another system, one, and then, two, reinforcing the cooler air. we're not going to go right back to 90s and 100s. as a matter of fact, i think we're done with that for the most part. a brief warm-up in parts of kansas city and then the next batch rolls down from canada. we'll take it. blame it on canada. and into the east coast heading towards the weekend. one other thing we wanted to point out, this thing could become a tropical depression or storm over the next 48 hours. national hurricane center thinks it's highly likely. no need to worry about that yet. it's way out there. prime hurricane time. the last couple of weeks pair fairly quiet. we had kwai an airene, lee, maria -- this thing w

louisiana. we are on the right track. southernss development ranked us number one in the south for three years in a row. we still have more work to do right here in louisiana. jon: i know one of the theupblgs you'd like to do down there is pump a little more oil. we have a story about that coming up. governor bobby jindal of louisiana, thank you for being our guest. >> thank you for having me this morning. jenna: gas prices are down from near record highs. many of us paying more than $3 a gallon. why economists fear gas prices could shoot back up at the worst time. we'll have that story coming up on "happening now" ♪ why settle for a one-note cereal? get more with honey bunches of oats. four nutritious grains come together for more taste, more texture, more healthy satisfaction. have a bowl of happy. jon: in california authorities are struggling to deal with massive wildfires burning out of control. this fire is about 90 miles north of los angeles. the shifting winds and rising flames forcing people right out of their homes. the d

>> talking southern parts of louisiana.tential of about 20 inches of rainfall. the same for areas including mississippi, alabama, they are going to be dealing with heavy rain. here is the satellite imagery. it's there but you can't see it. we are starting to see more development out of the system. winds at 35 miles per hour moving to the north at one mile per hour. it's going to move so slowly and pulling in all that moisture, that's going to lead to the flooding potential through the next several days. this is sunday 2:00 a.m. it approaches the coastline of louisiana. then as i said, by tuesday just exiting out of louisiana as it does move this slowly, it's going to create a very heavy rainfall. we are also talking about a storm surge roughly between two to four feet. as i minimize this for you, i want to look at the radar. the rain is already coming into parts of louisiana and you can see for yourself some of those heavier rain bands and stronger rain bands working through. this is just the start of a very, very couple we

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also the world update this hour tropical storm lee has reached landfall in louisiana in the southern u.s. state of emergency in the region as well as coastal parts of mississippi where evacuations are taking place up to fifty centimeters of rain are expected over the next few days in louisiana including new orleans which is still haunted by the katrina flood disaster in two thousand and five comes less than a week after killed more than forty people. russia's youth being a part of the big cities to make their living but the rural towns they leave behind are dying out as a result and are going to school has more on the generation draining to hear how the few who stay behind a coping. no hot water or stable electricity supplies to the nearest pharmacy the post office and grocery store are miles away but for tiana some sort or even that is not the most difficult thing to cope with it's having no neighbors that. they used to be so many families living here but then some people died some little while everybody's gone now even the road. it used to be a successful tiny agricultural community

probable stormily is reached landfall in louisiana in the southern u.s. as a state of emergency in the region as well as coastal parts of mississippi where evacuations are taking place up to fifty centimeters of rain are expected over the next few days in louisiana including new orleans which is still haunted by the katrina flood disaster in two thousand and five ago comes less than a week after hurricane irene killed more than forty people in the u.s. . on what's going celebration central this sunday red square has been marching to a massive military to tutoring hundreds of armed forces performance from around the world who've been showing off their skills the russian capital's also been wrapping up its eight hundred sixty fourth birthday with a stunning light a laser show that he's literally a network of is following the festivities. the celebration sofa moscow's eight hundred sixty fourth anniversary i have and that's where they're magnificent laser show projects and sounds of mosco state university the oldest university in russia they said to make into

. >>> and tropical storm lee is now over the southern coast of louisiana. heavy rains could cause extensive flooding. >> good morning. the stratus is back and it drifted into the bay this morning. we are looking at temperatures into the mid-50s. the sun is up at 6:42. >> thank you, lisa. thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. a tense standoff continues in el selbrnte it morning. a 43-year-old man is surrounded by contra costa sheriff's deputy. the standoff began last night around 7:00 when deputies were called about a man beating a woman. thirty minutes later the suspect release add woman and three children from inside that apartment. around 10:30 police say the suspect fired shots. no one outside was injured. a sheriff's negotiator has been talking with the man trying to convince him to surrender peacefully. automated phone calls to neighbors advise them to stay inside, lock the doors and windows until this situation is resolved. we will keep you posted on any developments. >> this morning thousands of people in louisiana and mississippi, without power