less than one month later hurricane rita slammed into southwest louisiana as another one of the most intense hurricanes in history. with senatork landrieu and the rest of our louisiana delegation as well as some good friends to secure the necessary disaster recovery assistance and also to make reforms the army corps of engineers to better protect our families and communities from future naturalists disasters. louisiana has survived other major disasters including hurricane gustav in 2008, year, camen the same isaac, the red river flood in northern and central louisiana and the thousand year flood event and greater 10 roush this

less than one month later hurricane rita slammed into southwest louisiana as another one of the most intense hurricanes in history. with senatork landrieu and the rest of our louisiana delegation as well as some good friends to secure the necessary disaster recovery assistance and also to make reforms the army corps of engineers to better protect our families and communities from future naturalists disasters. louisiana has survived other major disasters including hurricane gustav in 2008, year, camen the same isaac, the red river flood in northern and central louisiana and the thousand year flood event and greater 10 roush this past august. rouge.aton into 2010 the deepwater horizon rate exploded off of the coast of louisiana killing 11 men and devastating power coastline. the disaster followed by the misguided sure drilling moratorium president obama put in place caused environmental chaos in louisiana. work with i went to so many others to increase the improved measures to read open the gulf of mexico to energy exploration and put people back to work. we introduce legislation to red

. >> well, across southeast texas and southwest louisiana, the rain will get another round coming. in the next 24 hours, maybe more severe weather as well. and everyone else going to get a piece of this cold air coming by the end of next week. getting into the deep south as well. friday and saturday of next week, everybody gets a piece of it. the coldest air of the season, by far. >> thank you. >>> and we still have much more ahead on "world news tonight" this sunday. witnesses coming forward in the deadly road rage attack. the nfl player, dead. the shooter released from custody. what one woman says she saw. >>> and the latest offer from a music superstar, stepping in to help her neighbors. hurt by the deadly tennessee fires. >>> and cracking a hot car cold case. how this mystery was solved. it only took 40 years. [burke] at farmers, we've seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a rodent ride-along. [dad] alright, buddy, don't forget anything! [kid] i won't, dad... [captain rod] happy tuesday morning! captain rod here. it's pretty hairy out on the inte

i discovered that one of the parishes which is around lake charles in the southwest of louisiana which is a center of this petro to chemical -- petrochemical industry was among the 2% most polluted in the country. and yet there was no discussion of the need to regulate the polluters. and, in fact, people were voting for people who said nothing about pollution. so there i was right almost the key hole of the red state paradox. and i want to tell you, take you on a journey with me to meet some of the most extraordinary, interesting, complex, lovely, caring people who were at the center of this paradox. meet harold and annette arena. i am seated on a soft living room couch in the home of harold, a gentle cajun pipe fitter, who's carefully holding before me from his adjacent chair a large photo album. he draws his hand back and forth over the plastic covers on the black and white photos. he turns the pages slowly, searching for one. 77 and a former deacon in the lighthouse tabernacle pentacostal church, he's dressed in a plaid shirt and jeans. he speaks in a slow baritone, his eyes on the

and southwest louisiana, as well. could to see six to eight-plus. and this does get i tornado and fire zone, as well. let's time out the rain. we get another pulse of it rolling across the deep south, getting up into louisiana and alabama, mississippi and georgia. but look at the snow getting into chicago. you may wake up to snow in chicago and detroit throughout the day tomorrow. this moves to the east on tuesday and wednesday. >> okay, thanks, rob, good to see you. how about a golf story? you like golf. >> let's do it. >>> a comeback story in the world of sports. after several injury-plagued years, tiger woods is back on his game tonight, and abc's ron looking a whole lot like the tiger woods who once dominated golf. >> good-looking swing. >> reporter: at the hero world challenge in the bahamas, his first tournament back from a 15-month layoff, because of back problems, woods came out on fire today. >> oh, yeah. how about this? >> look at this. >> reporter: tiger also seemed relaxed, and smiling, as he strolled the course. though he did struggle t

breaking overnight actually flash flooding across southeast texas and southwest louisiana. i want to show you pictures out of texas city in and around galveston county. their wettest december day on record in some spots inches and some spots over 9 inches and lake charles, louisiana, also getting a half a foot of snow in a short period of time and there's ryan street flooding out, familiar with that for sure. flash flood watches out not just through today but tomorrow as well. another batch of rain will come through and this will get up in the northeast where there's cold air, chicago, detroit, milwaukee, snowy day today and some gets into upstate new york as well tomorrow. but tonight and tomorrow, this low will spin its wheels and severe weather as well and more in the way of flooding rains.wet between now and 10am. look for a steady snow to fall much of the day. mixing with rain at times lakeside thanks to a warmer lake michigan. 1-2" snow lakeside and 2-4" snow inland. highs in the mid 30s. snow tapers off after about 7pm. tomorrow. >>> there will be a few nfl games tod

breaking overnight actually some flash flooding across southeast texas and southwest louisiana. i want to show you pictures out of texas city in and around galveston county, their wettest december day on record. in some spots, over 7 inches, and some spots over 9 inches, and lake charles, louisiana, also getting half of a foot of snow in a short period of time. and there's ryan street there flooding out quite a bit. familiar with that for sure. flash flood watches out not just through today but tomorrow as well. we have nover batch of rain that will come through and this will get up in the northeast where there's cold air, chicago, detroit, milwaukee, snowy day today and some gets into upstate new york as well tomorrow. but tonight and tomorrow, this low will spin its wheels and create another round of strong storms, which will probably have severe weather as well and more >>> good sunday morning, a few high clouds and sunrise like that will help to get you going as it is another chilly start, partly cloudy and cool today, dry and cold through wednesday but we'll look for the we

then less than one month later, hurricane rita slammed into southwest louisiana, as another one of the most intense hurricanes in history. i immediately went to work with senator landrieu and the rest of our louisiana delegation, as well as my good friends thad cochran, trent lott and others to secure the necessary disaster recovery assistance and also to make reforms to the army corps of engineers to better protect our families and communities from future natural disasters. louisiana has continued to face and survive other major disasters, including hurricane goose stove in -- gustav in august and september 2008, hurricane ike in september that have same year, hurricane isaac in 2012, the red river flooding in northern and central louisiana, and the 1,000-year flood event in greater baton rouge and acadiana this past august. as if all of that weren't enough, in april 2010, the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded off the coast of louisiana killing 11 men and devastating our coastline. the disaster, followed by the horribly misguided offshore drilling moratorium president obama put in pl

and thunderstorms oan 2 to 4 inches of flooding rains across south central mississippi and louisiana and southwestlabama. >> danielle, thank you. >>> the cease-fire agreement in syria appears to be mostly holding after it went into effect last night. the deal was and turkey. two countries on opposite sides of the civil war. if the cease-fire lasts, peace talks are scheduled for january. holly williams is tracking all of the latest developments from istanbul. holly, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. we have unconfirmed reports of a rocket attack, air strikes, artillery fire and other violent clashes in syria today. but for the most part, this cease-fire does appear to be holding. russia and turkey say it is a nation-wide cease-fire but it does not include isis or a powerful kurdish group that operates in northern syria. some rebel groups have also told us they did not agree to the deal and there is confusion about which rebel groups have or have not signed up. so while this could be a turning point in syria, it certainly is not an end to the country's five-year long civil war. a blood

southwest flight 214 was en yesterday when it was diverted to jackson, mississippi. the jet landed safely and no one was injured. >>> a louisiana sheriff is defending the investigation into the shooting death of former nfl player joe mcknight. mcknight was killed last thursday during a dispute with ronald gasser. gasser admitted shooting mcknight but was released by authorities. gasser was arrested late monday and charged with manslaughter. >> for those who have criticized the men and women of this organization in the strategy decisions that we made relative to that, tough. i don't care. >> norman says race apparently did not play a role in the shooting. >>> in new orleans, the widow of another nfl player will smith testified in the trial of a man accused of killing her husband. smith was killed last april in a shooting sparked by a traffic altercation. cardell hayes is charged with second-degree murder. raquel smith confronted hayes and disputed the claim that her husband was the aggressor. >>> jury selection starts toot into the charleston massacre trial despite the other racially case in the city. a request for a delay from