texas wednesday afternoon. look at this. a tornado touched down in the panhandle damaged a gas drilling rig and injured three people. two critically. the ground saturated across texas and it will not take more rain to cause more flooding. unfortunately, there is more rain in the forecast. meteorologist derek van dam tracking the weather for us. >> a persistent weather pattern causing this heavy rain. talking about the saturation john and christine, we had over 20 inches of rain falling in some locations and as we speak, we have 183 reporting stations along the creeks and rivers along arkansas and texas and oklahoma at or above flood stage. there is more rainfall in store today and through the weekend. there is light at the end of the tunnel. we'll talk about that in a second. look at the shading of yellow. the area we have received the most rainfall expecting 2 to 3 inches of rainfall. just because we don't have the heavy rainfall near houston and austin austin doesn't mean this will not move downstream causing the potential for more flooding. flood watches and wa

everybody else looking at cloud cover, the only severe weather will be texas panhandle and western texas away from our travel destinations, chicago is reporting a little bit of rain you might want to check to make sure your flight 0 z is on time. >>> fewer students say they are bullied at school. this is the lowest level since the survey was started in 2005. the survey discovered that boys are more likely to be bullied than boys and whites more than blacks. >>> the strength of your handshake could indicate whether you're at risk for suffering a heart attack. it's predictive of earlier death and blood pressure. researchers say stronger grip is associated with higher physical activity. >> here's america's money. >> reporter: the dow gained 200 points closing below the all time high. nasdaq up 69 and close to a new high, as well. s&p 500 set a record up nearly 23 points. >>> dairy queen the latest fast food chain to take soda off the kids menu. it will be available, but only if requested. hotel chain noted for it's chocolate chip cookies is celebrating a holiday today. it's national chocola

they're pushing directly toward the texas panhandle. things are relatively calm now across texas but we do expect another outbreak of storms in the northern and central parts of the state during the overnight and early morning hours, by mid fight tomorrow we'll see another round of potentially violent storms in the extreme southwestern part of the state. of course our heart goes out to everyone affected by these storms in texas and oklahoma. we would like to see some of that rainfall. our meteorologist shows us the possible bay area connection. >> and what's happening in texas may give us a clue to our weather here over the next year. so we look into the pacific, see what's going on with the ocean waters, and they are certainly very warm for this time of the year. anywhere from one to three degrees above normal signaling that el nino is under way. and it is doing the soaking rain in the south right now. another clue, hurricane andreas we have a category one storm. our first-named storm of the season and el nino favors a very active seas

large hail for the storms especially in dallas, and the texas panhandle.here's a chance of tornado i hate to say it, oklahoma is a potential ground zero. the coast coast is looking tranquil so we're expecting all green aircraft on the big board. the only issue is jfk out by the water more dense fog possible delays there because of that. matt and tam. >> thank you david. >>> coming up today on "action news" at 4:00 p.m. potty training for a toddler can be difficult. but a mother claims a proven method that can get you through in 72 hours. >> reporter: potty training can be long and agonizing process. i'm alicia vitarelli can you train your toddler to be diaper free in 3 days. >> it's insane. >> it was a different approach i would have ever taken on my own. >> reporter: these two toddlers tested out the message that has moms buzzing on social media. we'll share that today on "action news" at 4:00. >> a great white shark is blowing up social media and making it's way through coastal waters. >> katherine scott is following the manhunt for a gunman. >> reporter

texas panhandle to an antonio. areas -- san antonio. isolated tornados west of dallas and houston.looks like the showers which chicago are off the board. >> tonight on "action news" at 11:00, wendy saltzman looks at a local charity that didn't follow through on a home give way. here's a preview. >> reporter: a homeless mother and her children said they were promised in front of television cameras they would move into the house in less than 30 days. >> they exploited me and my family, they said the house is mine, it's not mainly. >> reporter: why is it still boarded up, i'm wendy saltzman, we go to the charity to find out what happened. >> the lord put this on my heart to finish this. >> reporter: and why this home is still not in liveable condition. don't miss my report on "action news" at 11:00 p.m. >>> going on to "healthcheck" fewer students say they are bullied at schools. they found 22% of students ages 12 to 18 said they were bullied in 2013 that's down 6%. this is the lowest level since 2005 girls are more likely to be bullied than boys and whites more than minorities. >>> r

from south kansas into the texas panhandle. let's get to the tuesday trivia. >> a nice, warm y, it is going to be a bit more humid with isolated s showers and thunderstormss late this afternoon, high of 83 degrees after evenining thundershshowers it becomes mild and muggy overnight with lows in the 60's,epeat tomorrow, cooler in the upupper 70's, drier weatr to endhe work week and a nice, dry mother's day weend ahead. >> the record daily rain fall in albuquerque came with hail. where do you think the hottest temperature in the united states was yesterday? which state? >> um. >> california. >>. >> new hampshire. >> new hampshire? >> 86 degrees. i'll show you more coming up. >> i never would have guessed that. >> that's why she asked. >> trick question. >>> coming up, receivesofia vergara breaks her silence. why she's confident she'll win? >>> was it a poisonous plot. a student putting windex in her roommates' food. >>> and children tricked into leaving a playground with a stranger. what you need to teach your kids. >>> and rihan

we also have the possibility of severe weather over the western parts of texas and oklahoma panhandle. western texas and into arkansas and into kansas. large hail and damaging winds and possibility of isolated tornadoes again. there is however silver lining to the forecast as we look forward, there is a general drying trend. we expect below average rainfall over the areas that have been hardest hit. >>> thanks derek. breaking overnight. officials investigating after the defense department accidentally shipped live anthrax samples to nine labs and overseas. there is no threat to the public but four defense workers in the u.s. and 22 in south korea have been put on post-exposure treatment as a precaution. cnn's kathy novak joins us from south korea this morning. kathy, what is the latest. >> reporter: christine, we are told the 22 people you referred to have been given antibiotics and some given vaccinations as a precaution. they are not showing signs of having the symptoms. we know how dangerous anthrax is. that is why this training is being conducted by the u.s. military. it was suppo

worth area back into the texas panhandle and the far western parts of kansas. so, again, another round of storms expected during the afternoon and evening on wednesday. i can show you that hour by hour. as we go through the morning into the afternoon there will be thunderstorms that develop through east texas, back through mississippi and alabama and stormy weather as we head into the afternoon by wednesday. and then wednesday evening more storms develop in oklahoma and then as we go into thursday morning, another round of thunderstorms for the north texas area including dallas and fort worth. and then houston sees more heavy rain by the time we get to thursday afternoon. that includes back toward san antonio. it doesn't end here in texas with the rain continues to fall. same in oklahoma and all the way through this weekend. the potential is there for five to seven inches of rain. just a stormy week rning, anne-marie. an author who once wrote a zbik about fifa said bribery and thievery go together like peanut butter and jelly. this goes back to the 1990s. six t

chance of precipitation chicago saint louis and rocky mountains the texas panhandle and wichita kansass where our enhanced chance of strong gusty thunderstorms lies today. there might be hail mixed in in this ribbon and wichita slight chance of tornado. those would be the places that impact travel in the afternoon. for now we have all green aircraft on the big board. we have rain that popped up in orlando, otherwise everybody is dry, tam. >> neighbors addresses are easily accessible, we know that, how about your medical info. here's nydia han with a preview of today's special report. knowledge if you have diabetes or asthma or cancer, you probably think that's private. but it turns out not only could it be public, the information could be up for sale and it appears anyone can buy it. we did we bought this list of one thousand people for five hundred dollars. these are people who have certain medical conditions. >> your name is right here. >> i see it. >> reporter: what do you make of that. who is selling that list and how are they getting your most private information and how can you p

. >> late wednesday a suspected tornado was spotted in the texas panhandle. the risk for severe weather is expected to stick around for friday into the weekend. omar virkz llafranca, whim beryl, texas. >>> police in los angeles have arrested a map for rt starting a fire that destroyed a huge apartment complex under construction and damaged nearby office towers. it looked like a huge bonfire. you could see the darn thing for miles. fortunately nobody was hurt. there's a 56-year-old in custody tonight held on bond. >>> a waldorf man trapped in a burning home is alive thanks to a charles county police officer and some neighbors who ran right into that burning home. police say 44-year-old leon hendrix was on the floor unconscious. they think he might have fallen trying to get out of his home. the first responding officer reign but needed help. hendrix was said to have been caught on something, so two brothers from across the street jumped in, and together they all pulled him out of the house. >> once the door was open, i was met with an abundance of smoke. and i w

in the texas panhandle, a tornado touched down and damaged a gas drilling rig. you can hear the force of the wind. in kansas, a slightly different sound. that's not wind. it is golf ball sized hail. look at this falling through a walmart roof. severe thunderstorms moved through that area. but it's disastrous flooding that has people across the south searching for nine still messing. at least 33 people are dead from texas to oklahoma. and gabe gutierrez spoke to a family at the center of the tragedy. >> reporter: a massive search effort is growing. authorities in hays county identify another victim. 42-year-old michelle sharba. we spoke with her sister and brother-in-law just before the tragic news. >> my sister, my best friend. we're three years apart. she's just the most outgoing, gregarious, sweet, wants-to-be everybody's friend. >> reporter: she's still searching for other family members. >> we used to sing song and make up his own words to songs. >> reporter: around 11:00 saturday night, her mother texted this picture of the rising water. it was around 1:00

. >>> in the texas panhandle a tornado touched down and got a gas drilling rig. over in kansas a slightly different sound. nope. that is not wind. it is golf ball-sized hail falling through a walmart roof. severe thunderstorms moved but that area but flooding has people across the south searching for nine that are still missing. in an nbc news exclusive, we spoke to a family at the center of the tragedy. >> reporter: a massive search effort is growing. efforts in hays county identified another flood victim. 42-year-old michelle sharba. we spoke with her sister and brother-in-law just before the tragic news. >> my sister is my best friend. we're three years apart. she's just the most outgoing, sweet, wants to be everybody's friend. >> she's still searching for her parents. her brother-in-law and her nephew six-year-old will. >> loves to sing songs and make up his own words to songs. >> reporter: around 11:00 saturday night her mother texted this picture of the rising water. it was around 1:00 a.m. officials say the home was swept away the families inside. neighbor

oklahoma and texas panhandle. back into eastern new mexico could see large hail. def i have rains, damaging winds. the other storm we're tracking. the disturbance over the bahamas. it's something to watch. the 80-degree temperatures. that's what we need to make it tropical. it is moving into cooler waters. that would make it subtropical. the national hurricane center only gives us a 30% shot of becoming our first named storm. we'll be updating as we get chooser to the week. if it got named it would be ana. >> thank you ginger. >>> now to a surprising new report about confusion in the sky. planes land at the wrong airport more often than you think. david kerley is at dulles airport with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, george. it's surprising. a bit embarrassing for pilots. it could be much worse. there are calls for changes to keep airplanes from landing at the wrong airports. it's a dangerous, possible deadly mistake. >> apparently we've landed at dec. >> reporter: it was supposed to land at an air force base in wichita, kansas. instead, it l

already posted associated with this cluster and another area of probable severe weather in the texas panhandle and that is headed toward oklahoma city and central oklahoma where some of the worst twister action occurred yesterday and dallas texas, has a shot at this and the coast from san antonio, texas, to iowa and parts of minnesota all have a potential of receiving some severe weather so what sorts of things are we looking for today. any storm that forms in that line through omaha and wichita and into the heart of oklahoma and texas could produce 60 miles per hour gusts beyond what we consider severe category for wind gusts any storms in this area west of the dallas and pushing in towards dallas fort worth, but the most important aspect is the tornadoes you can see where the tornado activity or potential is in a fairly large area and most of the state of texas if you are traveling out to the midwest, or check online farther to the east in chicago, and down to the west in atlantic no major delays on flights coming or going to philadelphia international airport, if you are traveling in the ea

the storms from the texas panhandle. up to the great lakes. slight chance that the storms could become severe during the day. >>> so now, to baltimore. still on inch over freddie gray's death. tensions erupting again. large crowd gathered near the site of last week's protests. police made it clear, they didn't fire any shots. a suspect's gun accidentally went off while they were taking him into custody. a community leader at the scene warned against wrong information. >> people don't need to hear it was a shooting by an officer when it wasn't. >> police managed to diffuse tensions. national guard troops will continue to withdraw from the city. >>> back here in new york city the nypd is mourning the death of one of its own. the ambulance that carried his body away from the hospital. officer brian moore, badge number 469. 25 years old. shot on saturday by man he had stopped to question. police arrested the man a short time later. charges now include first-degree murder. >>> more testimony in the sentencing phase of the boston bombing trial. joed

this one hitting a gras gas drilling rig in the texas panhandle injuries three workers. ed or at least 21 deaths in oklahoma and 11 people still missing. brandy hit is there. >> as the water recedes in texas, the death toll is rising. the national guard joining search and rescue teams on the move recovering bodies of those killed by raging floodwaters includeing 43-year-old michele carrey charba. >> thousands of homes damaged. some totally la ustd. >> she was among three families vacationing inside one home swept away by the blanco river. laura mccomb and her children remain missing >> going to be dark days but there's still that glimmer of hope. >> with more rain on the way, there's concern this dam near dallas could also burst as water spills over edge. in houston, flash flooding turned highways into rivers forcing families to abandon their cars. >> it came up fast. and it wasn't pretty. >> the severe weather continuing with the threat of tornadoes. strong winds and large hail, as well. after several twisters have already left behind miles of damage this past week from

. >> thursday afternoon and evening, watching kansas, oak, west of 35, in the texas panhandle. chance of more tornadoes large hail, damaging win gusts. >> reporter: forecasters say another storm system could bring more bad weather through mothers day weekend. flash flood warnings remain in effect this morning for six counties in oklahoma, two in northern texas. people are told to stand watch. last night two ambulances were responding to people stuck in flooding got stuck themselves. it is a another just problem and everyone is to remain on alert. live from oklahoma city, adrian a diaz, back to you you and the crew be safe out there, we will get back to you throughout the morning thank you. erika? >>> you said there is a roadblock so this area getting tornadoes they are stuck with them. >> atmospheric roadblock setting up. this is from yesterday just the different tornado reports that came in. h, wow. >> at least on the storm center site. this is just one little will spot we are looking at here, where most of them came in. weather service has their handful just checking on all t

. >> on thursday an and evening we'll be watching kansas, oklahoma, west of 35 and into the texas panhandle. chance for some more tornadoes large hail damaging wind gusts. >> reporter: forecasters say another storm system could bring more bad weather to those states through mother's day weekend. adriana diaz, cbs news, oklahoma city, oklahoma. >>> there are no reports of significant problems from a rash of small earthquakes that rattled the concord area. three quakes hit within a 35 minute span yesterday morning along the concord green valley fault. they were centered near monument boulevard and cowell road. the largest wa 3.5 "evening magazine." researchers say the small quakes are helpful. >> they don't necessarily leave pressure but give -- relieve pressure, but they give us information about the fault. >> there have been at least 11 small quakes in the area since sunday. >>> 4:33. back to the tornadoes. your son is in oklahoma. >> i have such a terrifying afternoon yesterday. i was on the phone with the national weather service in oklahoma a good portion of the day. my son was in a base

we've got some nasty thunderstorms, errupting already, in fact, around both the oklahoma and texas panhandles. meanwhile, some heavier rain, thunderstorms rumbling into the wisconsin-illinois border, them already see some of the clouds that are billowing here, just off to the south right behind the cbs-3 logo. in fact, i want to walk you through what's happening. in the overall picture to gave you a sense of this, that we're kind of sheltered. even though we are still tracking frontal boundary, and again, later today we start future weather off at 5:00 p.m. even little earlier than, that couple of scattered showers thunderstorms will rumble in, notice, there is a lot of activity back here, and there is a lot of activity over here. in fact, there may be subtropical system looking ahead to thursday. does not mean it will affect us however. >> this looks like we are kind of sheltered by lie pressure for the next couple of days here. meanwhile, i could still see shower around tomorrow. and then, we start to really see, look at the curvature just off the carolina coastline, with the system here. b

this tornado touched down all the way up into texas panhandle. it damaged a gas drilling rig and injured three people. two of them quit cloudy. meanwhile, the search for nine missing people continues. one family outside houston spent wednesday searching for the body of 73-year-old alice reported missing when she didn't show up for work. >> she's cold. she's wet. [ crying ] >> that's where we're trying to get her, home. >> reporter: her body was found late in the afternoon less than 100 yards from the crossing where she went missing. >> that was paolo sandoval reporting. subdivisions are expected to flood along the san jacinto river in the houston area. six storm-related deaths are reported in houston alone. >>> it is 4:43 right now. a mystery text message with the power to crash your iphone. the special characters that could be causing problems. >> and what's cool about your school? email your nominations to us at coolschools@kpix.com. we'll be right back. >>> triplets have been accepted to m.i.t. let's than 8% of applicants get in so the triplet

today oklahoma and texas panhandle back into eastern new mexico could see large hail.tainly some heavy rains, damaging winds. even an isolated tornado and the other storm we're tracking. the disturbance over the bahamas. it's already killed people in cuba with the flash flooding so it's something to watch. we plotted here the 80-degree temperatures in the waters and what's needed to make it tropical. it is not going to be moving into that, rather cooler waters. it's got a lot of dry air. that would make it subtropical. the national hurricane center only gives us a 30% shot of becoming our first named storm. and we will be updating as we get closer to the week. if it got named, it would be called ana. >> okay. a long way to go there, thanks very much, ginger. >>> we're going to turn now to a surprising new report about confusion in the sky. it turns out that planes land at the wrong airport more often than you think. so federal regulators are proposing new rules to prevent the mistakes. abc's david kerley is at dulles airport with the details. good morning, david. >> re

western kansas through the oklahoma and texas panhandles and another area of elevated risk there, that is for parts of the northeast and new england tomorrow. so get that in your head for now. and then watch this. heavy rain, everybody's natural question through the end of this month, more for ft. smith, oklahoma city and wichita falls, places that have had more than their monthly ever. this is record and will keep adding on. >> can't get a break. ginger thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to that terrifying moment. families on the beach in ft. lauderdale enjoying the holiday weekend when a bounce house goes airborne. picked up by a water spout. three young children inside. the whole thing coming unhinged. and tonight, there you are new questions. should it have been there at all? abc's gio benitez now. >> reporter: it's the video startling the nation. a bounce house right on ft. lauderdale beach with three children inside, taken up into the air by a water spout 30 feet wide. watch. police first notice the water spout at 12:30 p.m. monday on the water. around the same time, a memori

large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes once again from kansas through the oklahoma and texas panhandle. upwards of 9 million americans under a slight risk of severe weather. this includes the dallas and ft. worth region. it is west of oklahoma city. speaking of oklahoma city. look at this. we had 7 inches of rain in a 24-hour period. leading to flash flooding for six counties in central portions of oklahoma. this is the third most rainy event in a 24-hour period for the oklahoma city region. 5 inches occurred within a two-hour period. no wonder visuals of flooding this morning. people need to be careful. don't cross flooded roads. john and christine. >> derek, good advice. >>> so there is no smoking gun, no smoking video. this months long investigation by the nfl into the deflate gate found two patriots employees probably did release air from footballs during the afc championship game and perhaps more interesting, it said that probably tom brady was generally aware that was going on. andy scholes joins us with more details. i want to say good morning, andy. alas it is not. >> i know. t

breaking down the door and pushing into one of them is home to monitor touchdown all the way up into texas panhandle to such for nine missing people continues one family outside of his to spend wednesday searching for the body of 73 year-old jules reported missing when she did not show for work per body was found late in the afternoon less than 100 yds from the crossing or she went missing. >>michelle apon: that will have another round of the bellwether as of right now morning heavy rain may be some martel possible as to get closer to the afternoon western nebraska western kansas western oklahoma all went to west texas where another round of severe weather that includes isolated tornadoes a little closer to home will wicking a to cloudy skies as a light drizzle mist and fog keep in mind as to make a way out the door and just accordingly if you're going to be across inland locations plan on someone temperatures and sunshine you might want to dress up into a teacher at this afternoon the the temperature is right now before it's too low to mid '50's quickly hitting a to lure seven is that is during the

look at the storm system brewing across the texas panhandle over eastern new mexico. even the possibility of severe weather today. the national weather service has extended the flash flood watches and warnings from north texas to eastern oklahoma and western section of arkansas. remember the slogan turn around and don't drown. with 5 to 10 inches of localized rain you see why the flash flood watch continues. sunshine over northeast with temperatures in the lower 70s for new york city. back to you. >>> derek, thanks. >> we have breaking news this morning. overnight, u.s. marshals arrest the man accused of murdering a washington, d.c. family before setting that mansion on fire. this manhunt has gripped that city. we will tell you the dramatic details of the arrest next. >>> breaking news this morning. the manhunt for the murder suspect believed to have killed a d.c. family in their home before setting the home on fire. that manhunt is now over. a dramatic takedown overnight. >>> biker gangs in texas heavily armed. the new threat coming up. >>> new victories for isis acro

that parts of kansas, oklahoma, into the texas panhandle.southern portions of california. lock at this large expansive area of precipitation. low pressure system situationed off the coast of southern california. rain fall and even localized flooding taking place. more rain in store upwards of two inches of rain possible into the next 24 hours. we have a loin of thunderstorms that will be moving through the dallas and oklahoma city region just in time for the morning rush hour and wet weather across the northern portions of the great lakes as well. by the way, john and natalie, this storm system will move east ward aep bring the possibility of severe weather through w it through the weekend. back to you guys. >> okay, millhouse, thank you for that. >> mission the glasses, jorge posada. john /*. >> whatever. >> thanks for watching cnn. i'm natalie allen. >> more news coming up for the united states, for everyone else, cnn newsroom is next. >> we leave you with the sounds of b.b. king, blues legend died in the past hour. he was 89. bulldog: wha

we have a possibility of severe weather over the texas panhandle and we can't rule out the possibility of damaging winds and large hail as far north as chicago and grand rapids michigan. let's talk about the cold front responsible for the change in seasons into next week. we will dry out across the area with the excessive rain. look at the temperature drop for the nation's capital. nearly 20 degrees from sunday into monday. enjoy. >>> wow. thanks derek. time for an early start on your money. stock futures are slipping ahead of the open. a new look at u.s. gdp will be out at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. that could give the market direction. it is expected to show a decline in the economic growth in the first quarter. so google wants your money. they are launching android pay. it is a big improvement from google wallet. google has been working with major credit cards and carriers on android pay. it will work at more than 700,000 stores across the united states. there are times that were interesting. apple pay and google pay trying to fix a problem that doesn't exist. most people think credit

to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> within the last hour a tornado warning went into effect in the texas panhandleare getting word the tornado hit a gas drilling rig. three people are reportedly seriously injured. other parts of texas and oklahoma saw more rain today and the number of people killed over the weekend gone up to 19. a dozen other are still missing. we get the latest on the flooding now from houston. >> reporter: houston, a city to some 2 million people now in a stand still. streets are flooded and thousands of cars abandon thanks to violent storms that caused multiple deaths in two states, and destroyed hundreds of homes. >> it was wild. it was so fast. came up so fast. >> dozens of people are still missing in texas. the governor declared a state of emergency yesterday and says nobody will be left behind. >> we remain vigilant in ensuring we are involved in the search and rescue process looking to try save every single person who is missing. >> reporter: the white house promising federal action to help get them back on their feet. >> we will expedite the requests to make sure both se

from nebraska, through parts of oklahoma, even into the texas panhandle upward of 2.5 million americanesrisk of large hail, damaging wind and even isolated tornado. this complex storm system is moving east ward and bringing that chance of severe weather east ward with it across the plain states and eventually into the midwest by saturday and sunday. you can see saturday severe weather threat becomes more expansive over the central parts of the u.s. we are monitoring that situation closely. u.s. territory of guam and possibility of severe weather once again across the central plain states in the u.s. >> got to feel for the people of guam. where do you go? >> that's right. not much you can do in this situation except take cover. >> thanks very much. >>> the stars of the new "mad max" film hit the red carpet but a new actor is playing the title role in the long awaited sequel. we will take you to con for the latest and glitz and glam of the festival right after this. lillg for college. she'll use that education to get a job. she'll use that job to buy a home. this is lilly baker. her mom ju

you can see it in arizona, it is firing up right there across the texas panhandle, and that is the areanado watch. so conditions are favorable for the tornado to develop. and for oklahoma city it is going to go for 1.5 million people, and farther back, two reports of tornados in the texas panhandle in the last two hours, and the lightning strikes and you think of this and ice in the atmosphere e and the separation of the charges. so it is a dangerous scenario of the storms moving on the oklahoma. and then for western kansas from hayes to goodland to dodge city, the tornado watch there for 8:00 p.m. and now from this time we have radar indication of the radar algorithm showing the potential of the tornadoes from east attorney eastern oklahoma and this is eric right on i-40, and we are watching all of these as the evening progresses. >> pedram, thank you very much. >> yes. >>> 6:00 eastern here on the cnn newsroom, i'm poppy harlow in new york and it is the top of the hour and we begin with breaking news. u.s. special force ss have fought hand to hand with the most brutal terrorists on ea

late wednesday a suspected tornado was spotted in the texas panhandle. the risk for severe weather expected to stick around through friday and into the weekend. omar villafranca, cbs news, wimberley, texas. >>> a los angeles man is being held on more than a million dollars bail for allegedly starting a massive inferno in downtown los angeles. 56-year-old dawud abdulwali whose name may be an alias was arrested on a traffic warrant. the december fire gutted a 1.3 million square foot unfinished apartment building. >>> today colorado prosecutors will question a psychiatrist who asked james holmes -- who examined james holmes. the doctor concluded he was legally sane. prosecutors say he should be convicted and executed for carrying out the theater shooting. he has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. >>> a judge has thrown out a claim against the michael jackson estate by a choreographer. they say the accuser waited too long. he claimed jackson had molested him over a seven-year period. earlier he denied he was molested and testified at jackson's criminal

let's get more on the severe weather that is bearing down from oklahoma to the texas panhandle, as cnn's alena machado is in san marcos texas, right there in hayes county one of the hardest hit areas. which learn there had is a curfew tonight. how will that affect people? >> reporter: you drive around and get the sense why the curfew is needed. the time we have been here look at the people driving around wanting to see the destruction that mother nature left behind. that is the river responsible for all of this flooding. it is called the blanco river. and it has been flooded from upstream because there was a heavy downpour overnight in an you're ya north of where we are. all of that water flowed downstream and flooded this area. just you get a sense of how much how much debris we are talking about and how high the water got, look that the overpass. 16 feet is the clearance here. driving in we saw bales of hay on the highway. that gives you a sense of just how strong this water was. now, because this happened so quickly and the water rose so quickly overnight, many people didn't have time

a lot going on from new mexico to the texas panhandle and heading out into the plains chase will be aevere weather maker. a few showers up toward truckee. 37 and cloudy. it looks like a little rain snow mix. that might fire up again over mendocino county and lake county around 2:00 to 4:00 this week. cool but again showers to the north. it looks like they are in the mix through thursday. low clouds, breezy at times to down right windy is cold for some. cool pattern. showers to the north but that is not until later. 60s and 70s. way below average on these temps or inland temps and below for coast and baby a good 5-7 degrees for many. it does look a little better as we head toward sunday and monday. >> made you want to light up the fireplace. >> i'm telling you. they are using their heaters in may more than they did in january. >> i noticed you are wearing a warmer jacket. it doesn't feel like we are heading into memorial day. thank you, steve. >>> 5:21 is our time. a possible change in the way uber pays its drivers. the new pilot program being tested out here in the bay area. >> look a

scott: and this afternoon/evening widespread area of the northern texas panhandle, western oklahoma under tornado watches and a better chance tomorrow. just nasty. here it will be warm and humid. that is about it. alison: i can deal with that. doug: absolutely. get started and give you a look at what it look like at bellhane country club in alexandria. a beautiful afternoon. the golfers out there. am i ten feet from the pin? nine feet? they will figure it out. 78 degrees right now. beautiful. 81 degrees is the current report in the district campus of george washington university. 81 degrees in arlington. 82 in kensington. the temperatures at this hour continue very warm. 82 at reagan normal. 83 in fredericksburg. 82 in winchester. not just the local area. there is a large area of warm air across the midatlantic, northeast. part of the midwest and carolinas. with the light winds we will see the temperatures drop in the overnight hours maybe as cool as 59 in suburbs. 64 downtown. with a light southeasterly breeze fog is an issue but it will burn off. it's 87 in burlington vermont. 88 in nas

that's for portions of kansas into the oklahoma and texas panhandle. even the eastern sections of colorado under the severe weather threat this thursday. look at this oklahoma city. third rainiest day in the 24-hour period. over 7 inches of rainfall took place. no wonder we have all kinds of visuals of flooding across the region. john and christine. >> derek, that's a lot of rain. >>> four minutes after the hour. so there is no smoking gun. this long investigation by the nfl into the deflate gate found two new england patriots employees probably did release air from footballs for the afc championship game and that quarterback tom brady was probably generally aware of that rules violation. andy scholes joins us with the details. andy. >> john i can sense the sadness in your voice right now. you know there wasn't hard evidence against the patriots and tom brady, but a mountain of the circumstantial evidence that they intentionally deflated footballs. the most damning evidence were the texts between jim mcnally who referred to himself as the deflator and

. >> another storm system could bring tornadoes and flooding to kansas, oklahoma and the texas panhandle through the weekend. governor brown is using blunt language against critics of the tunnel project in the delta. he said until people have studied the project for a million hours they should shut up because you don't know what the hell you're talking about. mr. brown said that's how long state officials have spent on the proposal to divert water from the sacramento river. construction would cost about $15 billion. the problem of moving water from the north to the south has confounded california leaders now for decades. the governor says it requires complex solutions but that not everyone is going to like. >> i was blocking about that. it is much-needed snow although only 46 inches falling in the high sierra into yosemite. you know, it is a great concern because weigh would have it closed down a lot of travelers and backcountry hikers who use that road this time of the year. when it snows in the high sierra, generally speaking we can have some rain here locally. right now we have cloud

over portion of the texas panhandle and southwestern section of oklahoma. heavy to severe thunderstorms popped up in that area this afternoon. in that area there are widespread tornado watches. so everybody in yellow through the areas the tornado watch. area in red is an active tornado warning. there may be more numerous tornado possibilities in that area tomorrow. definitely part of the country firing up in a big way. we are getting early summer temperatures but that is the only part of the pattern we are seeing. not that much in the way of big storms. i don't think we will see the major storms in the next couple of days. we will see increase in temperatures and humidity. 83 at the reagan airport. beautiful afternoon. haze in the air but comfortable. above average temperatures continue. 81 in baltimore in gaithersburg. 86 in frederick. 83 in fredericksburg. look how widespread the heat is. temperatures and the 80's in the eastern third of the country. indianapolis 83. chicago 81. it does turn cooler. cold front back there but will take its sweet time movin

. >> on thursday afternoon and evening we will be watching, kansas oak, west of 35, in the texas panhandle chance for more tornadoeshail damaging win gusts. >> reporter: forecasters say another storm system could bring more bad weather through those states through mothers day weekend. the american red cross is working to help any displaced residents here in oklahoma, as well as in kansas and nebraska. live from oklahoma city, ukee and erika back to you. >> adrian a before you go, we understand when were you driving, one of the storms struck, can you you tell us what that was like. >> reporter: last night the storm, that the the tornado that hit right here struck around 9:00 p.m. that is when we were approaching the the the city. we were 20 or 30 minutes out. there was an emergency alert on the radio saying to take cover there was a tornado warning for this area. when with you are out in exposed you have to be careful. so we pulled over, and tried to, you know, just let sometime pass for that tornadic activity to move and we were watching radar on our cell phones. it was dark. it is hard to

this tornado touched down all the way up in the texas panhandle.a gas drilling rig and injured three people, two critically. the search for nine missing people continues. one family outside houston spent wednesday searching for the body of a 73-year-old woman reported missing when she didn't show up for work. she's cold and wet. she belongs at home. and that's where we're trying to get her. >> reporter: her body was found late in the afternoon less than 100 yards from the crossing where she disappeared. >> that was paolo sandoval reporting. subdivisions are expected to flood along the san jacinto river in houston. six storm-related deaths are reported in houston alone. the flooding is forcing some animals to seek higher ground in populated areas. in houston a 6-foot-long alligator, a big boy, took a corner parking space in the garage of an office building. he can have it! building managers called in a reptile wrangler, and gator chris lassoed the animal and took it to a gatedder farm. >> i like how everyone has their cell phones out. [ laughter ] >

we have the possibility of severe weather over the texas panhandle and we can't rule out the possibilityfar as chicago and grand rapids michigan. let's talk about the change of seasons heading into next week. we will dry out first and foremost across the area experiencing the excessive rain. look at the temperature drop for the nation's capital. 20 degrees from sunday to monday. >>> the breaking news we learned. the national weather service says there is a flash flood emergency northeast of dallas. that is in the area around garland. significant and life threatening flash floods right now in that area. they got 5 inches of rain overnight. expecting 1 to 3 in the coming hour. be careful there. >>> let's look at what is coming up on "new day." alisyn. >> we will have the latest on the shocking news of dennis hastert making illegal cash withdrawals as hush money and lying to the fbi about it. we will look at what he is accused of and why this matters. >>> the gop field getting more crowded. we will speak with one hopeful, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. he will join us live on wh

a down a door and pushing into a family's home this to lead a touchdown all the way up in the texas panhandlenjured three people two of them critically the such for nine missing people continues one- family house at houston spent was this a to the body of the 73 year-old jules reported missing what she did not show up for work. >>: she is cold and wet not near home when to get her her body was found late in the afternoon less than one-half yards from where she went missing. >>james: a live look at the national radar view michele's keeping eye and that's the perspective and local. >>anny >>michelle apon: another chance led all this after no and that's affected all the different parts of the western nebraska western kansas part of the panhandle oklahoma and texas western texas all of that area under the severe weather that is later on this afternoon heavy rain isolated tornadoes and damaging winds up close to the home we are working up to cloudy skies a little bit of light drizzle even some is and patchy fog keep in mind if you're making your way out the door it will start off that way with tem

watches and the southwestern corner of nebraska most of western kansas and western oklahoma and the texas panhandlese areas of the country continue to receive severe weather and tomorrow it looks like another day of stormy weather in the southern plains and along the gulf coast and northern florida. we'll see showers in the intermountain region of the northwest and kansas and nebraska, and across the state of california tomorrow, look for hot weather and highs will reach 90 degrees in chico and 92 in fresno and a high of 101 expected if palm springs and a much more comfortable 78 in los angeles. here's a look at the forecast in the bay area tomorrow clouds will linger at the coast and highs in the coast will be about 60 tomorrow and we'll see upper 70s to lower 80s in the inland location. dan and ama? >> thank you spencer. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, steph curry's special connection to one bay area city and it is not oakland. >>> in today's health and wellness report silicon valley's food fad. why protein powder is so popular. >> i'm 7 on your side's michael finney. can you write off sum

this tornado touched down all the way up into texas panhandle.gas drilling rig and injured three people. two every them critically. meanwhile, the search for nine missing people continues. one family outside houston spent wednesday searching for the body of 73-year-old alice reported missing when she didn't show up for work. >> she's cold. she's wet. [ crying ] >> she belongs at home. that's where we're trying to get her. >> reporter: her body was found late in the afternoon less than 100 yards from the crossing where she went missing. >> that was paolo sandoval reporting. subdivisions are expected to flood along the san jacinto river in the houston area. six storm-related deaths are reported in houston alone. >>> a scandal could be costly for fifa. u.s. authorities have indicted 14 editions accusing them of corruption -- officials accusing them of corruption from wire fraud to money laundering to racketeering. now some corporate sponsors which shell out millions a year are questioning the organization's ethics. >> we're seeing for the first time

. >>> serious injuries this morning after a large tornado hit the gas drilling rig in the texas panhandle. the tornado touched down last night in the town of canadian injuring three people. severe storms have battered texas all week killing at least 15 people including 6 in houston. that number is expected to go up with a dozen people still missing and new rounds of thunderstorms on the way. folks really need a break. >> no doubt, emergency in that state not just with the tornadoes and storms, the flooding, too, rob. his tor flooding, too, rob. his toic levels. are there any sort of break? >> amazing. parts of texas, the drought used to be as severe as california. in the next no thonts the drought is over for parts of texas from all of that rain. it takes the epic flooding episodes. this time of year, severe weather and more chances of tornadoes and flooding rains again p areas in yellow, knot and west of dallas, line of pretty intense thunderstorms dropping in from north to south approaching the dallas/ft. worth metroplex. more intense weather there. here, the only thing intense is how t