the mississippi river in st. paul crested at 20.13 feet. the high waters forced gus gespardo to cancel all of his boat tours during the busiest stretch of the season. >> we have kids relying on a job and paycheck so they can pay to go to school. a great group of kids. >> reporter: the business has already lost over $125,000, and he could dip deeper in the red as the river is expected to stay at major flood stage through the 4th of july or longer, prompting the national weather service to issue flood warnings and watches from montana to illinois. flooding also hit alaska's denali national park stranding more than 100 people at a local lodge. a viewer shot this video of one creek overflowing into another. the powerful currents wiping out everything in its path. extreme summer storms also slammed southeast texas where a tornado tore through galveston damaging several homes and destroying this r.v. >> it was right there, and it was -- i mean, there was stuff flying all through the air. it -- it had me scared. >> reporter: it was a twister like t

until one day we gathered at the st. paul church. it was in july. and we said -- >> 1963. >> 1963. july of 1963. july the 18th. and we said -- we were sitting around, and we had some older -- like their name was jimmy jackson, francis floyd, and older people. older, older ones. and we were just sitting there. carl williams. and we were just sitting there. and francis floyd said it's time for us to do something. we've got to talk to doc. we've got to go and do something. we need to go set in. so big jimmy jackson, there's a difference between -- there's a little jimmy jackson and there's a big jimmy jackson. there's a difference between them. and the big jimmy jackson said, well, we're going downtown to set in. and he said how are we going to go downtown and set in? dr. halen didn't say we can do that. well, we're going anyway. so we put the signs up against the wall and walked downtown. we went down st. francis street, turned down washington street. and as we was going down in the little -- we were in twos. as we were walking down the street mr. ernest wells had a barbershop, and he

john yang is along the mississippi river in st. paul tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. i'm on a walkway along the mississippi river, but as you can see, i'm actually in the mississippi river. the river is swollen by rain and still rising. ing and flooding is just one of the weather extreme this is region has been dealing with. >> tornado! look at it! >> reporter: violent summer storms tracked through the midwest this week. in indiana, tornados. in minnesota, record rain and widespread flooding. across the region, thousands have been driven out of their homes. and the ef-1 tornado touched down in southwestern indianapolis late tuesday, ripping the siding off several houses. >> and i could see it starting to form. and it wasn't maybe two minutes later, i started seeing debris everywhere. >> reporter: from minnesota to ohio, flash flood warnings. >> at least up to my knees down the street. >> incredible. because this doesn't happen -- you get a little flooding in the spring, but this is unbelievable right here. >> reporter: to

the left is st. vincent na pal church and the right is st. paul the ship wreck. >> very different artistic renderings. and the symbolism, again, i love the water into wine. i see jesus sitting there. here's what i want to do about it. and mom, i don't do that kind of stuff but he did and the idea was that you save the best wine for last. it's the analogy of the late coming of christ in the jewish story. the one on the right, you don't have to interpret this for us. but you've got symbols on either side of the virgin and then you've got three images. so very powerful why the spirit coming down. >> that's a dove. a descending dove. these cop say biblical stories and theological messages. let's go on. let's see what he's got for us here. all right. now here's your church. tell us basically, because a lot of your book, catholic churches big and small, is explaning churches, architecture. walk us through this picture. >> this is a star the c and here's an example of the next page with the interior but shows kind of the basic cruciform they try. it's th

the left is at st. vincent. the one on the right is at st. paul the ship wreck. >> very different artistic renderings. i love the water into wine. i see jesus sitting there. his mother comes over and says son they are out of wine. he said what do you want me to do about it? i always get the feeling he said, oh mom, i don't really do that stuff. you save the best wine of last. it is the biblical analogy of late coming of christ. the one on the right, you don't have to interpret this for us, but you have symbols on either side of the virgin. then you have three images up on top. each is very, very powerful. >> the spirit coming down. >> oh, okay, that's a descending dove. these convey biblical stories and theological messages. let's go on. here's your church. tell us basically -- because a lot of the books catholic churches big and small is explaining architecture. walk us through this. >> this is the star of the sea. next page i have the interior. it shows the basic form that most churches try to follow. >> translated means? >> they are in the shape of a crucifix, in the shape of a cross. >> i would sa

the weekend. minneapolis-st. paul, a line of storms sweeping west to east triggering flash flood warnings in nearly every county in the region. and historic flooding in memphis, tennessee, as well. flash floods sent rushing water down residential streets. over in wisconsin an ef-1 tornado touching down in colfax on friday. captured in this newly released security video. you can see the debris flying as the twister moves through at i don't know how fast but plenty scary. bill karins, nbc meteorologist, >> the flooding has caused the most damage. the memphis area was incredible. six inches of rain in literally three hours. then in minnesota just rainfall after rainfall. i read somewhere someone said it's the land of 10,000 lakes, it's the land of one lake. from nebraska to iowa, more thunderstorms this morning. this will be the last day of it, but more flash flooding throughout this region. we still have major mrooding coming down from minneapolis. i showed you the pictures of st. paul. to the quad cities. better on the

the eighth annual belly flop competition. and music from st. paul and the broken bones. and now, i'm not kidding, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, everybody. i'm jimmy, host of the show. thank you for watching. [ cheers and applause ] i have an announcement to make. i've been giving it a lot of thought. and i think i might get a toe ring this summer. i think i'm finally ready to pull the trigger. they made rings for the big toe because i'd like to make an impression. we have a cherrered summertime tradition here at the show. to celebrate the start of summer every year, in back of our theater we set up an above-ground swimming pool. there it is. and in front of our theater out on hollywood boulevard we set up an above-ground cousin sal and there he is. [ cheers and applause ] every year we up the budget on sal's t-shirt for this. you can see we're up to seven dollars. sal what we're looking for, correct me if i'm wrong, we're looking for people who are willing to disrobe, to change into a preowned swimsuit, and to belly flops into our pool. yes

. >>> the mississippi river is expected to crest today in the minneapolis/st. paul area. the river is expected to crest at over 20 feet, the highest it's been in 13 years. more rain is in the forecast today. the mississippi is expected to stay above flood stage for another week. >>> and now to the crisis in iraq and another example why there are no easy answers in the middle east. president obama wants congress to approve $500 million to train moderate syrian rebels. they're fighting fwoekt assad-lead government and the extremist sunnis. tara mergener is in washington. tara, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. that's right. secretary of state john kerry does arrive in saudi arabia this morning. he is hoping to rally some regional unity. now, this as washington considers military options to confront the extremist takeover of large parts of iraq. secretary of state john kerry travels to saudi arabia today to meet with the country's king. he's trying to rally support in the middle east and europe to help pull iraq back from the brink of civil war. on thursday kerry enc

alex perez is in the flood zone, joins live from st. paul, mini. alex, good evening. >> reporter: david, good evening to you. tonight, the mississippi river is still spilling over its banks. we have all seen these kinds of sandbags used to keep the water out. here in st. paul they have a new tool they are using to keep the water out. you might call them mega sandbags. across minnesota tonight, a fight to contain rising rivers. some small communities already underwater. in st. paul, officials for the first time turning to a new weapon. instead of traditional small sand bags, which can take hours and a small army to fill, they are using these huge sand bags. 125 or so of these inside this one big? >> yep. and these get filled by the shovel. these get filled by a concrete mixer. >> reporter: near lesueur, minnesota, the heavy rains already triggering mud slides. part of this home completely wiped away by mud. >> anything that jars it will be enough for the rafters to break and everything goes down. >> reporter: the whole state of minnesota, bracing for

the mississippi river in st. paul, crested 20.13 feet. the high waters forced gusto cancel all of his boat tours. >> we have kids that are relying on a job and a paycheck so they can pay to go to school. a great group of kids. >> the business has already lost $125,000. and he could dip deeper in the red as the river is expected to stay at major flood stage through the fourth of july or longer. prompting the national weather service to issue flood warnings and watches from montana to illinois. flooding hit alaska's denali national park, stranding 100 people at a lodge. and a viewer shot this of one creek flowing into another, the current wiping out everything in its path. extreme summer storms slammed texas where a tornado tore through galveston, destroying this rv. >> it was right there. stuff flying through the air. it had me scared. >> reporter: it was a twister like this one in pilger, nebraska last week. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: the massive ef-4 destroyed 75% of the town. and there's more to come. >> some of these areas that have ha

alex perez is in the flood zone, joins live from st. paul, mini. good evening. >> reporter: david, good evening to you. we see the mississippi river, still spilling over the banks. and here in st. paul, they have new mega sandbags. across minnesota tonight, a fight to contain rising rivers. some small communities already underwater. in st. paul, officials for the first time turning to a new weapon. instead of traditional small sand bags, which can take hours and a small army to fill, they are using these huge sand bags -- about 125 of the small ones inside one big bag. >> and these get filled by the shovel. these get filled by a concrete mixer. >> reporter: near lesueur, minnesota, the heavy rains already triggering mud slides. this home completely wiped away by mud. the whole state of minnesota, bracing for record floods, communities doing all they can to get ready. >> i am overwhelmed with a bunch of great friends, neighbors, friends of friends who are helping me try to save my house from the flood. >> reporter: and officials here believe the miss

in those days it was one army, the st. paul. everyone is assigned to a regiment. everything the army did came out of that pool of guys. >> how about the comparison with the indians? the indians -- the average indian braves had five to seven horses. the cavalry trooper had one. when the indians went on a raid, they had a pony string with them. when they were pursued by the cavalry, they could switch courses every two hours. with five or so horses, they were a lot faster than the cavalry. be cavalry on the other hand were very disciplined. because everyone is a civil war veteran. unlike in the civil war where they were very untrained, frontier cavalry are very professional. and they -- they were not as fast or agile as the native americans, but they were smarter. and they were more organized. the native americans, there were hundreds of tribes. there was just one u.s. cavalry. they could coordinate and they did very well, using the telegraph, using railroads. they were professional military fighting against tribes. and sheridan was the commander for most of the time

meanwhile, the coast guard cutter rushes toward st. paulit can, and tries firing tow lines across the ice to the alaskan monarch, but it doesn't work. lieutenant commander gooth's chopper is half an hour from the island when she begins hearing radio transmissions from the two ships. >> we hear the captain from the monarch telling them we're coming close to the rocks, we're putting our survival suits on. when we heard them say, "survival suits on," that keys us to say, this is not a salvage anymore, boys, we'd better be ready for a rescue. >> by the time laura gooth maneuvers her chopper over the bow of the monarch, four crewmen are ready to leave the ship. while the crew's being rescued, captain morris hanson and his engineer decide to stay aboard and wait it out. the captain is reluctant to leave his ship. >> he said that he wanted to try one more time. he wanted to try one more time to try to salvage the vessel. >> yeah, we've just grounded. we just grounded. >> just after we moved off, they went on the rocks. >> the wind and relentless s

date of her retirement it begin if 1970 when the public utilities commission contacted the san francisco's st. paul high school looking for the most accomplished steno graefr and she was recommended whereas shortly after joining the puc the puc manager started a tug of war with the general manager to steal her back to the puc and she was restored whereas madeline carved out a promptal job at the jiefl court and found herself in a tug of war with chief jordan who accused the general manager of stealing madeline it when turned out to be true a third tug of war when the clerk of the board caught wind of madeline's talents and convinced madeline to leave the rec and park department where she's been the last 17 years. and so madeline to my person thoughts allow me to stand in front of a mirror to help you see things that i and all current former people many are gathered in the chambers today and lettuce share for years you've been the go to person at the board of supervisors because of our weight of knowledge you've gained over the eras and you know more about the details of interworkings of the board c

. >> an area of most concern is the mississippi river at st. paul where the river is expected to crest at 20 1/2 feet by friday. that's more than 6 feet above flood stage and three times the water level. this time of flooding in the summer season is extremely rare. typically minnesota only experiences flooding due to snowmelt. the high water triggered mudslides that have caused substantial damage. >>> and in the black hills of south dakota, some spectacular last month. members of his unit says bergdahl was captured after he walked off the base. >>> irl this morning israeli warplanes attacked nine targets in syria. the air strikes were in retaliation for a cross-border attack that killed a 13 israeli boy. two others were wounded. it's not clear who carried out sunday's attack. the syrian army were a rebel group. >>> more than three months after malaysia airlines vanished it's unclear what happened. there's an arc where the plane may have crashed. ain't over until it's order. wendy gillette reports on what turned out to be an agonizing end for the usa

the mississippi river near st. paul is currently almost six feet above flood stage. it's expected to crest at more than 20 feet on thursday. in just the last two months, minnesota has seen twice its normal amount of rainfall. this comes after a brutal winter when 69 inches of snow fell in st. paul, two feet more than average. president obama will be in minnesota tomorrow. he'll primarily be looking for support for higher minimum wage, but, scot, governor mark dayton here in minnesota will be using his face time to try to get federal relief for the areas here hardest hit by these floods. >> pelley: jamie yuccas of wcco. jamie, thanks very much. there were some rough currents for the tea party in mississippi. last night, senator thad cochran fended off chris mcdaniel in a runoff to win the republican nomination. score one for the party establishment. still smarting from house majority leader eric cantor's primary loss. nancy cordes has more. >> we all have a right to be proud of our state tonight. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: 76-year-old senator thad cochran won

president reassuring people here that they will have a federal partner as the clean-up process begins. alex perez, abc news, st. paulea is bracing for more unsettled weather this weekend. abc's meteorologist ginger zee has a look ahead. >> let's look at the rainfall, accumulation that will occur through saturday. not in minneapolis. still will put an inch or 2 inches in st. paul. that is not good. not just the rain that comes along here, but also along the gulf coast. we have seen even some severe weather threats. with some of the heavy rainfall. especially near houston. severe weather threat, i really wanted to focus in on. it starts to kind of reinvigorate itself.ñr large hail, strong winds, a few tornadoes possible from the panhandle of oklahoma all the way to bismarck. >> thank you, ginger. a look at the rest of the nation's weather. a mostly dry day in the northeast. scattered afternoon thunderstorms along the gulf coast. hot and dry in the western central texas. denver could see thunderstorms this afternoon. >> seattle and portland will be in the mid to upper 60s. it will be pleasant in salt lake city with hig

. >> an area of most concern is the mississippi river at st. paul where the river is expected to crest at 20 1/2 feet by friday. that's more than 6 feet above flood stage and three times the water level. this time of flooding in the summer season is extremely rare. typically minnesota only experiences flooding due to snowmelt. the high water triggered mudslides that have caused substantial damage. >>> and in the black hills of south dakota, some spectacular natural lighting for mt. rushmore. saturday evening the severe weather sparked a lightning storm that lit up the national monument. >>> former prisoner of war bowe bergdahl is now receiving outpatient care as a texas military base. bergdahl was moved from a military hospital to begin the next phase of his military rehab tachlgts bergdahl was held by the taliban in afghanistan for five years. he was exchanged for five taliban officials last month. members of his unit says bergdahl was captured after he walked off the base. >>> irl this morning israeli warplanes attacked nine targets in syria. the

the entire state of minnesota reeling from storms and floods. and st. paul under a state of emergency tonight. and these pictures say it all. the swollen mississippi wreaking havoc. families relying on those sandbags. ginger zee is with us with the latest. and tornado warnings as we head into this friday night. >> reporter: tonight, severe storms and pounding hail in colorado. at least a half dozen reported tornadoes, including this one in louisiana. severe storms rolling along the gulf dropping more than a half foot of rain. you can even see the thunderstorms from space. this just a day after this waterspout was caught on camera near mobile bay, alabama. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: and in the soaking midwest, alex perez is right there on the mississippi river where the trouble is rising with the water. >> this is one of the many problems here in st. paul. right underneath that bridge, you see huge trees and debris, that is blocking the flow of water and causing the waters to rise more in some areas. >> reporter: and in south dakota, they're picking through

the water quite a while. i knew something needed to be done. >> reporter: here in st. paul minnesota it's the mississippi they are keeping their eyes on. you can see the floodwater is already all the way up the swings here on this playground and those buildings behind me also underwater. the river here not expected to crest until thursday, but there's a chance of more rain and flash flooding later this week. diane? >> thank you. alex perez in the water and on the story tonight. >>> and now to the new terror warning we've heard about tonight. abc news has learned of signs that terrorists in syria and yemen are trying to create explosives that can be smuggled on to a plane as everyday items. they hope passengers with u.s. passports will be carrying them. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas tells us what he is learning now. >> reporter: intelligence sources tell abc news that in lawless parts of war-torn syria, al qaeda-affiliated terrorists from around the world are now joining forces, to build bombs that are virtually undetectible i airport security. onto an air

river flooding, these are warnings that last for days here as the rivers crest, like the mississippi around st. paul, cresting at 20 and a half feet. and the record is 26 feet. so this is major flooding happening. as long as this line is in the pink area, this is river flooding, and it's expected to drop, but not below food stage until easily the middle of july, so the flooding will continuing there. showers and storms will be today and the potential for them to be severe. we're in a risk ever severe storms across north dakota, south dakota and parts of the northern plains. >> dave warren, thank you very much. >>> well, the city of detroit is going to be cracking down on people who don't pay their water bills. almost half of the residents there are behind on their payments, and many find themselves stuck in homes with no water. >> nestled in between an empty lot in a gutted house is the home of will mina harper. >> my house is the only occupied house on the block. three houses. >> three houses with electricity and running water, until harper's service was shut off. >> i filled this up with water. >>

the st. peter and paul. ion of (clapping) giving you truly an amazing building so if you may have read the article from john king that talked about the public spaces being magic and all the other sense of the public is that a being engaged so her vision and that of her team is making a difference. but it also is is a play that's staishg more technology. we used to have 6 public terminals for access to technology and you'll have 22 wifi and the first library connected to the cities fiberoptics network so board band and transmit anything you want that are as the afternoon unfolds he'll hear more and more but we'll start by thanking the community all of you for your patience and per southerners of making this a reality i didn't want to settlement for a modified expansion you knew from generations to come you would get an iconic building give yourselves a applause >> you wanted to vision for a civic plaza and the plagued that's going to be realized that's a civic plaza so thank you. again. the community was a key

area of most concern is the mississippi river at st. paulhere the river is expected to crest at 20 1/2 feet by friday. that's more than six feet above flood stage and three times the normal water level. this type of flooding in the summer season is extremely rare. typically, minnesota only experiences flooding due to snow melt. >> so lauren, how long until all this water recedes? >> a two to three-week period above normal rainfall both here in the twin cities and across minnesota for the mississippi to recede the low flood stage. it could take until the end of summer for levels to return to average, as we still have so wait out another major river, the minnesota, to drain into the mississippi. >> lauren casey from wcco. thank you very much. three men who escaped the canadian prison using a helicopter have been caught. the men were found hiding in a luxury condo in montreal three weeks after escaping in quebec. they're accused of being members of an international drug ring. they'll be back in court tomorrow. a huge opportunity for team usa at

he was ordained as a priest and a bishop by the former pope, st. john paul the ii. coming up, the u.s. moves to a global ban an landmines, and why the president obama administration says it may not use the weapon. >>> changing taste - americans appetite for meat is not what it used to be. >>> gaza's got talent. the young palestinian musicians using fast fingers to escape the violence. appetite for meat is not what it >>> good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm morgan radford. conniverous cravings, why the tastes of americans are changing when it comes to eating meet. first, a look at the temperatures across the country with meteorologist eboni deon. >> we are off to a nice mild start across parts of the north-east. we are starting the day around 70 degrees in new york, and d.c. area. as we head into the afternoon it will be a nice one, lots of sunshine and high pressure dominating. parts of northern new england will get a warmer flow. as we get further south it's more of a southerly flow. moisture and feeling sticky at t

louden by foot or atv the most basements are filled with water and sand. in st. paulnot seen since 2001. now worried the strong wind this weekend will bring down trees, loosened by those floodwaters. >>> president obama is promising federal help to flood stricken communities in minnesota. the president hosted a townhall meeting in the region, after being briefed by the governor mark dayton about sxt teextent damage. george stephanopoulos traveled with the president. and the president had a message for immigrants kidding sending their children across the border. >> our message is definitely don't send your children unaccompanied on trains or through a bunch of smugglers. we deon't know how many kids don't make it and may have been way layed into sex trafficking or killed because they fell off a train. we have no way of tracking that. so, that its our direct message to, to the families in central america. do not send your children to the borders. if they do make it, they will get sent back. more importantly they may not make it. >> much more of george's interview with t

the town of plain field. while in minnesota, several communities remain under water as rivers continue to rise. nbc's john yang reports from st. paul, minnesota. >> reporter: violent summer storms track through the midwest this week. in indiana, tornadoes. in minnesota, record rain and widespread flooding. across the region, thousands have been driven out of their homes. and ef-1 tornado touched down in minneapolis. >> i seen it started to form. two minutes later i see debris every. >> reporter: from minnesota to ohio, flash flood warnings. >> up to my knees down the street. >> incredible. this doesn't happen. you get flooding in the spring but unbelievable right here. >> torrential storms downed trees and power lines and disrupting the most important plans. more than 25 inches of rain so far prompting 35 counties to declare imagines. >> to have river flooding like this in june is completely out of the ordinary and something our communities never seen before. >> reporter: a wet spring and early summer have swollen rivers in four states. dozens of river gauges are reporting flooding. in st. paul, the mississippi river is already at

the eighth annual belly flop competition. and music from st. paul and the broken bones. and now, i'm not kidding, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, everybody. i'm jimmy, host of the show. thank you for watching. [ cheers and applause ]

also the mississippi river that is around st. paul has inundated places to the south the river, where it curves you have near st. paul. they are at a major flood stage and will see it recede gradually, over the next five days. rain full totals head to the south, south east. we have plenty of issues flooding here, 7 inches of rain fall that track through. here we are, watching wind build up. when it builds up and comes in behind the rain, all the roots and branches are loose, weighing to come down and cause power outages and flooding. storms will stretch again. across nebraska, iowa, and parts of minnesota, and into michigan they have been dealing with flooding. tomorrow, as we start out, it's the focus aft storms. one of the main ingredients to our active weather, severe weather is humidity, pumping up from the gulf coast. what will happen is the humidity will make the temperatures feel hotter. tomorrow it will feel like 110 in florida. over the next um of days. core of humidity will stretch over to new york state. our level for the e

the town of plainfield. in minnesota several communities remain under water as rivers continue to rise. john yang reports from st. paul, minnesota. >> tornado! come on! >> reporter: violent summer storms track through the midwest this week. in indiana tornadoes. in minnesota record rain and widespread flooding. across the region thousands have been driven out of their homes. an ef-1 tornado touched down in southwestern indianapolis late tuesday ripping the siding off several houses. >> i could see it starting to form, and it wasn't maybe two minutes later i started seeing debris everywhere. >> reporter: from minnesota to ohio, flash flood warnings. >> at least up to my knees, down the street. >> incredible because this doesn't happen. you get a little flooded in the spring, but this is unbelievable right here. >> reporter: torrential stormdz, downed trees and power lines. disrupting even the most important plans. this is the wettest june on record in the twin cities area. more than 25 inches of rain so far prompting 35 counties to declare emergencies. >> to have river flooding like this in june is completely out of th

the mississippi river expected to crest in st. paul, minnesota today. than 20 feet. some of the highest waters there on record. dozens of concert goers rushed to the hospital in boston for dehydration, drugs and alcohol after the group avicii performed. punishment expected for the u.s. soccer player who bit an opposing player during the soccer match. he could face a ban to the rest of the world cup. >>> time to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. tommy schaffer surprising his sister at her elementary school giving her flowers. a cheerful reunion more than four years in the making. the bad, a japanese cameraman getting knocked to the ground by that wild boar oont -- on the street. the ugly, a chubby crook getting stuck after a failed escape trying to rob an apartment. >>> a school district banning kids from bringing treats like cupcakes to school. the policy says they will bring pencils instead. does this ruin the fun? >> gina says the government has no right to stick its nose into. >> bonnie in pennsylvania says what's next? take awa

days, that water goes downstream and it is really filling up areas along the mississippi like right around minneapolis-st. paulood warnings out. looks like the river will crest right about thursday. we have lots of heat that's building right across the central united states. as it does that triggers these late-day thunderstorms. we did see the huge thunderstorms right across chicago. take a look at this. yesterday afternoon we saw down trees, down power lines. thousands without power. in some areas, almost three inches of rainfall in a very short period of time. looks like for this afternoon, chicago, you could expect another late day round of showers and storms. but not just there. this morning in omaha, omaha, by the way, has already seen nine inches of rain so far this month. their average is about three. and in minneapolis-st. paul they've seen almost 11 inches of rainfall. the average for them is something less than three inches so powerful storms. more rainfall adds up to continued flooding. back to you guys. >> karen, thank you. >>> oh, have you seen this video? look at your screen there. motorcycle acc

abc's neal karlinsky is in the waterlogged st. paul with the latest. good morning, neal. >> reporter: we're along the mississippi. you can see the mississippi is well over its banks into the park here and continues to rise, but this is not the region's only problem. overnight severe weather creating more havoc for the rain-soaked midwest. the college world series of baseball in omaha evacuated because of lightning and heavy rain. flooding was also recorded with 12,000 customers in the omaha metro area without power. in the nearby grand island area, hail the size of meatballs and winds over 70 miles per hour. hard-hit minneapolis seemed the wettest start to the year on record. mudslides wiping out two homes and washing out roads. >> the people have been here for years and years and never seen it this bad. >> reporter: in ohio the national guard called in after days of heavy rain flooded hundreds of homes and this colorado floodwaters ruptured a storage tank dumping 7500 gallons of crude oil into a river. meanwhile, they're keeping a close eye on the uni

the st. vincent de paul society, if possible we'd like to pass this to the board of supervisors. i think legislation is better when done through the board and i want to thank supervisor campos for understanding some of these issues are challenging for all of us but i want to thank supervisor campos for your continued willingness to have open dialogue now on this issue among many others and similarly believe that your heart is in the right place here and in terms of wanting to improve what we can if possible. i do believe the amendments that are here that we circulated around, but we have here members of the committee to make sure what we have in front of us strengthen what we already have, keeps laura's law in place here in san francisco and really bolsters the implementation so as the wilcox family themselves mention and i think we all believe, voluntary -- if we can get patients into voluntary treatment, that is the best outcome. so we want to make sure we do that if possible and put those protections in place and at the same time have the back stop of laura's law here in the c

this is major flood stage along the mississippi river around st. paul. ou see these rivers slowly climb. this is not flash flooding, this is river flooding. here is the record stage of 26 feet, and then slowly dropping. still above that major flood stage by the middle of next week and all of these locations reporting this river flooding and showing there is major flooding happening in nine stages. this may spread south as the waterworks its way through the riverheading south. there is the flash flooding possible in western pennsylvania as well. storms will be developing, a watch is in effect. there are some flood warnings in ohio and western pennsylvania. flooding already happening with the flood watch that remains in effect. the storm continues to bring up abundant moisture. and right next to that storm you see all that moisture coming down. that's what could lead to the flooding here. more inches of rain expected over the great lakes over the next three days. that's why we had that flash flood watch in effect for two to four inches of rain and along the