crews working overtime to blanket parts of western louisiana with sand bags where up to 10 inches of rain could fall over the next few days. flash flood watches in effect from east texas to western louisiana and up into southern arkansas. >>> to the west, torrential rain slamming california from san francisco to san diego. they forced officials to open the folsom dam floodgates for the first time in five years as the lake's water level nears capacity. kayna whitworth has the latest. >> reporter: el nino-fueled thunderstorms pummeling the west with deadly force. from inglewood, california, trees crashing down onto cars. >> i didn't expect this to happen. >> reporter: to san jose, where heavy rains were the likely culprit this in in collapse. >> we've got wires down, we've got accidents, we've got rescue responses. >> reporter: the system, briefly knocking out power to l.a.'s airport. lightning setting this palm tree ablaze. over the weekend north of sacramento, a woman drowning in floodwaters after the car she was in went around a roadblock. crews are sawing through this huge phi cuss

we were telling you about greater than 10 inches across parts of east texas and western louisiana. far this up across the mid- mississippi valley, still some healthy rainfall totals. we are likely to see video from this region in the coming days of flooding. we are talking about between 1/4 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch. so let's check out your fit's forecast tomorrow morning. it is a bright day and warming quickly. we have a tornado commencing at 9:30 tomorrow morning, that is what it is. thursday, 79. here are some stats occurring that day. 62 is the normal. 81 the old record high. the coldest high for that date was 38 degrees. saturday, before you go to bed, 2:00 a.m., sunday morning, we go become to daylight saving time. turn the clocks forward. we all love it lighter in the evening, right? right? change your batteries in the smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors as well. there is a small chance of rain on saturday, better chance on sunday. lots of 70s, lots of warming. -- lots of warmth. >>> new at 6:00, which presidential candidates do north carolinians support? the results of o

north-western louisiana was one of the hardest hit places much drone video shows water inundating neighbourhoods near shreveport. thousands were told to leave their homes. >> those who stayed will to use boats to get around. >> roadways are flooded. you can't see the signage. feeling your way through. >> torrents of water swept cars and trucks off the highways, the national guard was called up to help residents. in texas, firefighters rescued a family from a motor home. across the region authorities say dozens of people and animals had to be rescued. >> this was an event that mistakes up on you. it was fast. much rain came down. it was one you are not proactive for, you become reactive to it. >> heavy rains hit the streams and rivers. flowing over banks. fish were seen swimming in the streets. in tennessee, rain caused a land side. with roads flooded, in some places the schools closed. communities are trying to keep the the water at bay, and people are doing their best to cope. it could be several days before the region drives out. >> the city of flint michigan will stop billing them for water.

east texas, western louisiana, arkansas. a warm start to the day. mostly sunny skies with overall warm conditions. things don't change too much here. the stormy conditions will likely persist all the way until the end of the week until the ridge breaks down enough to allow a little bit of west or easterly movement for this area of low pressure. lit be a wet stormy week for sections of texas. pollen forecast, guess what? it is high. no big surprise. a couple of weeks. 82, 84, 82 friday. spring forward. rain chances creep back in. you will notice if we did shift the rain over to sunday looks like with a greater chance. 79 degrees monday, tuesday, high temperatures near 80 degrees. not much in the way of cooler air after the rain passes through the region. we will stay warm guys. >> all right, message received. thank you. >>> well, a father daughter trip nearly ends in disaster. >> coming up next, a plane falls out of the sky. >> now to what's making headlines across america. a routine traffic stop nearly turned deadly when a driver shot at a michigan

likely difference between high pressure off to the east and low pressure into eastern texas and western louisiana. nasty weather there, and i'll keep all of the rain at bay and the dry ridge of high pressure for us and we'll keep the flash flood threat very high here and we're seeing a tremendous amount rain and you can see eight to 12 inches of rain over the course of the next 48 hours, but here all is quiet and 81 the high today. breezy conditions continuing and temperatures again into the lower 80s away from the beach, and on the beach, can't emphasize it enough and gusts to 30. high temperatures there at 79. we're trying to get decent beach weather and i think a better chance for that as the winds come down just a notch. breezy, warm and dry until sunday and that's when wewe bring on the chance for some shower activity by sunday afternoon all the while lower 80s to take you through the upcoming weekend. eric? sheli? >> thank you so much. shooting a prominent minister last weekend on sunday in idaho was taken into custody and arrested overnight 2,000 miles away, all of the way to washington, d

we're talking about greater than 11-inches across parts of western louisiana and as you go out from there, still impressive totals, 4 to 6 across parts of missouri near st. louis, up to three inches across the ohio valley and by saturday and between a quarter and 1/2 an inch of rain. our forecast by 8:00, 66, tomorrow, upper 50s to about 60s are so all in all a mild forecast and as we head through tomorrow, mid-70s by lunchtime. we're heading to near 80 tomorrow afternoon. 80. now tomorrow, we have our severe weather awaness tornado drill, e.a.s. emergency alert system. it's a tornado drill if you hear warning. it will be nice and sunny. but by friday, saturday, and sunday, we'll feature more clouds and sunday will be the wettest of the next seven-days. >> all right, mike, thank you. >>> a passenger filed a lawsuit against the operator of bulk head island ferry, why she says durham chime in on >>> debra morgan with us, what's coming up at 5:00. >> we did an extensive poll before the primary next weekend. wral news wantedton what voters thought about -- wanted to know about many of the rac

we are talking about 7-10 inches of rain from parts of arkansas, east texas, western louisiana and then you see 4-6 across parts of missouri. now, quite a bit of rape, days getting to us. check out your seven-day forecast. 46 for the low, stpebgs for tomorrow. many, many, many 70s coming. normal high of 62. we are above that. tphrerting with the record high on thursday with a high of 79. the old record is 81. and -- flirting with the record high on thursday with a high of 79. the old record is 81. and check your batteries and after turning the clocks. >> yes. and carbon monoxide. >> i can not wait for daylight saving time. >> all right. >> feels like spring, thank you, buddy. >>> two panda cubs in can daare what the e. you don't have to be a spy to work at the intelligence agency. >> they are looking if are a new librarian for an embedded information expert. a master's degree, prior library experience and passing an intensive background check are requirements. if you apply you would be expected to pass a lie detector test and it is a good idea to be drug free. >> a good idea. >>> call i

some storms could be severe as well as western louisiana. for isolated large hail and the potential for tornadoes. look at the temperatures. they are going down across the east coast thanks to the impending storm. highs of 36 expected on sunday for the big apple. back to you. >>> i don't know what to think about that. i'll mull that over for a bit. 19 minutes past the hour. breaking overnight. new aggression from north frkor firing missiles into the sea. is that country ready to launch an attack? we are bringing that to you next. >>> a new provocation from north korea. the pentagon confirms the launch of two ballistic missiles off the coast of the peninsula. it comes off the heels of the sanctions against pyongyang as the u.s. and south korea begins the joint exercises for the military. ivan watson has more. >> reporter: christine, it started with the pre-dawn ballistic missile launch. two projectiles off the north korean capital. one official said it disappeared from the radar after the altitude of 17 kilometers. the other traveled 800 kilo

many areas in the eastern sections of louisiana and -- that's eastern texas and western louisiana had0" of rain and more rain tonight. our headlines, just showers on sunday, and probably more showers sunday than saturday and looks like nothing heavy all weekend, and then cooler over the weekend, 50s and 60s, and then we need our umbrellas on monday. it will probably be the wettest day of the week as it were. we are looking at temperatures right now generally in the 50s. okay. across the board in the futurecast, temperatures in the 50s. are 56 by tonight and 52 in gaithersburg, and some 40s, chilly overnight, and morning, 43 in gaithersburg, and 45 in silver spring and 45 in fairfax. clouds will roll in during the morning and start with sunshine and then clouds come in. not a lot of showers. 10:00, a couple of winchester. 1:00, mid-50s, and the soccer games will be played. 6:00, showers and a better chance still. sunday, there is your showers, light rain, drizzle, 62. warm or monday and showers and perhaps a thunderstorm, 70, and left over showers tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and frid

north-western louisiana was one of the hardest hit places. drones show water inundating neighbourhoods near shreveport. thousands told too leave their homes. those that stayed had to use boats to get around. >> roadways are flooded. you can't see the signage, feeling your way through the water. >> torrents of water swept cars and trucks off highways. the national guard was called up to help residents. in texas firefighters rescued a family. across the region dozens of people and animals had to be rescued. >> this is an event that sneaks up. it's one of those that you are not proactive for, you become reactive to it. rain sent streams and rivers flowing over their banks. >> in louisiana, fish from seen swimming in the streets. in tennessee rain caused this landslide in memphis. with roads in the south flooding. in some places the schools closed. communities are trying to keep the water at bay. people are doing their best to cope. it could be several days before the region drives out. >> next, donald trump's planned rally in chicago. how he is

perhaps down to 20 inches of rainfall coming down in a couple of days time in the region in western louisiana texas. notice the batch of moisture shifts farther east. we think much of mississippi into western tennessee get into the next round of heavy rains in the region. notice what is happening in the eastern seaboard. high pressure here. temperatures 15 to 30 degrees above what is considered normal. dulles, up into the 80s. boston at 77 degrees. the forecast keeps it mild for one more day before cooling comes back this weekend. >> thank you, pedram javaheri. >>> economists rate the economy a b plus. unemployment is low. gas prices down 25% from last year. americans are saving at the gas pump. vot voters say they feel lousy about the economy. here are the factors feeding into the economic populism. families are taking home the same amount since 1995. fewer opportunities for americans without college degrees. they are left behind. this demographic used to fill the manufacturing sector. fewer manufacturing jobs and jobs that remain require higher skills. white men's participation in the job m

the gulf states, after the massive rainfall which drops as much as 20 inches across northern louisiana, western mississippi. incredible amounts of rain. there's still a chance for showers and storms there. so flash flood watches remain in effect through tomorrow. a piece of that gets here saturday. but we won't see anything like that guaranteed. mid to upper 50's tonight. with a light east wind wayaybove the average of 39. and there could be just a spotty shower in the morning. talked about that. by noon we're into the low to mid 60's and into the afternoon, you see a lot of clouds around tomorrow. it should be a dry afternoon after a spotty shower in the morning. temperatures will be cooler but still eight or 10 degrees above average. right around 70 degrees. here's that weak front sliding in across the state. so you see the east-northeast flow across the region. plenty of clouds tomorrow. but again, rainfall will be very sparse. warm front goes to the north and some of that moisture over the deep south surges northeast and we start to see the second half of the day, a couple of scattered show

they also have flood watches in place for the western part of louisiana up into arkansas anticipating consistent rains this week, but that ridge of high pressure is kind of holding all this back to the west and protecting florida at the same time from any precipitation chances coming from a front at this time. southeasterly wind around the southern section of that area of high pressure is keeping it mild. the big picture is ridge of high pressure aloft that allows us in the tampa bay area to thursday. as this ridge starts to break down at the end of the week, we start to see this trough move increase. the timing of that at this hour looks to be saturday possibly into early saturday, although on this one. dominate. tuesday afternoon. most of the rain is well back to the west. that's why they're concerned the world. normal temperatures. we're seeing the surface wind coming in from the southeast lifting our temperatures and bringing moisture into our atmosphere through thursday. the thunderstorms and wet conditions are much farther back to the west. 82 degrees wednesday, 83 for thursday,

peduca. dryer air compared to what they had in louisiana. they have storm system after storm system, moving in the same areas. more moisture, in the western gulf of mexico. you could see the radar and thunderstorms raining midday. thankfully, dried out northwestern louisiana. more rain is on the way, as you heard recently. you could see the rainfall moving up here. you don't see the reds and yellows, to the south and west. it hasn't been nearly as heavy. it's been nearly some light rain, drizzle at times. this is the rainfall totals last fall. since the rain. and crittendon, and totals will pick up, especially in the corridor, south and east of downtown. precision doppler hd. you could he sao the area of bright yellow, and this is moderate to at times heavy rain. this is going to move southeast of downtown. it will cross the ohio river, to claremont, brown and adams county, hillsborough and highland county and clinton county will get in the next several hours. and as we're getting a break, you could see that on precision doppler hd, there's the break. more rain is pushing to downtown cincinnati as we speak. there's more to go to the south

hammering observe the same ground, so louisiana, up toward little rock and far western tennessee. more showers and thunderstorms as that ridge holds sway across the carolinas. the ridge of high pressure will weaken, we will open the door for some of the moisture to slide into the carolinas. that won't be until saturday afternoon and evening. very little rain chances tuesday and wednesday, you have a 20% chance thursday and friday, so the small end. we ramp that up to 60% saturday afternoon and evening, so we will keep an eye on that. in the mountains, 68 this afternoon, 67 thursday, 75 thursday, in asheville. mid 70's charlotte, 77, 76 and 75. heading to the coast, beautiful weather, sunshine, 78 thursday, end of the week friday. the seven-day forecast for the area, again, mainly sunny skies for this afternoon. with high of 75. clear and cool overnight, 49, 77 wednesday afternoon. the chance of showers, possibly a thunderstorm coming up saturday evening into sunday. >> anchor: one day of the year, at least, we all are irish. >> that's right. >> anchor: march 19, a week from saturd

louisiana. that flooding continues up into arkansas and western tennessee. this is the rainfall potential over the next five days. throughout the lower mid high pressure mississippi valley. for us, saturday, sunday, monday, we are talking about 1/4 inch to 1/2 up. so a far cry from what they are seeing off to the west. our fitness forecast in the morn, the anticipation is for a cloudy start. some fog, maybe some drizzle. it will be warm at 61. it may take quite some time to scour out the chock. if it is slow to clear, that 77 may be hard to reach. -- to scour out the clouds. could have you few vichgles but the chance for rain very small. no the weekend be took the rain drops out for saturday and sunday because the chance for rain is so small -- chance for sprinkles. this time of year. enjoy it while it lasts y i'm hoping it doesn't prompt effect to burst into beauty and we get a freeze. >>> next at 5:30, an old theater transformed into a living museum but the landmark didn't stand the test of time. >> our tarheel traveler take us inside the earl theater. >>

we have a concern of severe weather in texas and also into louisiana and extending across far westernda panhandle. the concern isn't just for damaging winds, large hail but for isolated tornadoes out here from parts of central texas into portions of louisiana. the big question mark is what is going to happen this weekend. we have a coastal load that will be developi tracking up the coast. we will be looking at the snow accumulating out here. some interior areas. 6 were 12 inches of snow lesser amounts in coastal areas. >> we can get our snow boots out. >> thanks. >> your kids will like it, though. >>> the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour. breaking her silence. >> you need to get out. >> hey, who wants to help me get this reporter out of here. i need some help over here. >> remember her? she lost her job over this video says she is the real victim. >> oh, really. okay. >> we have a new warning for you. >> throwing the hat in the ring with celebrities considering a white house run. you can book op to make sure your little animal, enjoys her first trip to the kingdom. expedia

getting more rain, but around the nation's midsection, especially from texas into louisiana and parts of arksas, western mississippi, a steady stream of rain. activity capable of producing tornado. but for long periods of rain likely to continue through tonight, so significant flooding will be a major problem, possibly causing some road closures. here at home, high pressure's us. but we're going to have that strong wind in place at least one more day and then going into the weekend it will start to relax a bit but it will be more humid across portions of south florida. the high riskskof rip currents and spring break arornd the corner and small craft advisory for boaters. coastal wawars ininthe florida keys are very rough with the seas building outside the reef. anywhere between 9-11 feet. winds from the southeast at 20-25 knots. the next high tide in dade and broward, 9:0707this afternoon and at 10, 28 tonight in the lower florida ys. will near that 80 mark. tonight wewell have those clouds holding steady with overnight lows in the low 70s along the coast. your extended outlook is calling for a relative

and then an area of where there could be some severe storms in western mississippi, back over toward northern louisiana and southern arkansas. now, the one thing we are also noting on this radar picture, do you see those shades of blue? that is actually snow r the high plains, no showers, too, for parts of the central plains, so that lets us know there is some colder air marching across the nation, and in fact the jet stream that northern branch is going toke to a little dip and push a cold front down through our area as well early next week, but for now it's all about the warmth for south florida. shades of blue on our temperature map for the plains. we see the 30s, the 40s, tulsa at 56 degrees. so a last gasp of issued winter, if you will, before we finally bring spring in officially so that by monday morning that cold sarah going to take ahold of the chattanooga, tennessee will have a morning low of 29 and it's going to get cool here as well. monday morning we're talking 62 in miami. that's about 3 degrees below normal for this time of the ye. and then check it out tuesday. we're forecasting morning

all the wett weather tucked over on the western side of the gulf moving into louisiana, texas, that's where all the severe weather is. all the wet weather. we're goinggo keep the rapin chances at bay for a few more we can see 8-12 inches of rain here in the next few days over into the southern plains. for us, underneath high pressure, it is just breezy, warm and dry on the morning commute. we will work our way through that cloud cover in your first alert forecast, taking temperatures from the mid-70s to the upper 70s by mid-day. the lunch hour, about 79. partly cloudy and breezy. today's high, 81. despite the sunshine, we can't get the temperatures to climb too far. the winds kind of regulate the overall temperature trend. the winds also posing a problem on the beaches. spring break continuing. a lot of kids heaeang out to the beach where we could see wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour. dangerous rip currents. a good day for the sand, not for the water. the breezy conditions continuing through thursday. friday, looking at partly cloudy skies. you will note the humidity creeping up. sa

western pennsylvania, clarion, pa. from the north, 0 north carolina brinkleys. the louisiana i write about in my book, write full heritage, fdr went to new orleans, they had done a big spill way to prevent flooding, went into the mississippi and went into the gulf of mexico, spent weeks there. he was deeply concerned louisiana, at deforested, thomas jefferson's louisiana purchase, these rich hardwood forestss allover louisiana gone, stripped bare. fdr worked hard with the rockefellers and others to create reserves, the national wildlife refuge and many others to save louisiana. if you see the ragged boodle of louisiana, delta national wildlife refuge is fdr at work saving that great fishing area for future generationss. as for the afters franklin roosevelt himself would go on a yacht of the astors and go to the florida keys. they went to port jefferson and got saved by fdr did, dragged toward the national park, one of fdr's conservation gambleds. >> host: if we hadn't had a depression what we have a conservation we have had? >> guest: no. one of the great ironies, roosevelt's

western kentucky, through western tennessee, parts of arkansas all of the way down to louisiana. this will likely continue through the night and during the day tomorrow. let's take a look at the rainfall potential over the next 5 days and again instead of yesterday being right here, the heaviest totals, it shifted to the east a little bit. we are talking about now new a foot of rain over the next five days, most of it coming through the day tomorrow. lesser totals up across the ohio valley and finally, sunday, monday, an opportunity to see the rain, a quarter of an inch to half an inch. so, quite a bit of rain is on the way. really quick i will run through it fast. i just want to show you how the upper level system weakens. it will be warm around here through the weekend and early next week. but, there is cooler air that will be coming in from canada and finally by next week we are talking about next friday and saturday and sunday getting into march 20th, 21st, and 2nd. cool air approaching. warm in the 70s and 80s. there is the cooler air. next weekend, that is the warming trend

that's scary. chess and warnings -- flash flood watches and warnings in new orleans through louisiana and western tennessee near memphis. the counties in green are getting a break right now. they just have light rain ongoing in parts of the area. you can see that rain will push in our direction. it's not going to be as heavy as what we're seeing across much of the area down there. so we're not going to see nearly as much rainfall as what they're seeing in some areas. >> you you can see some rain on radar that continues to push north and east -- it will move in but we have dry air. so that's why we don't have rainfall that's going to change. especially later on this evening. that's our best chance for rain. we're dry across downtown. it's going to stay that way for sometime. we're chilly compared to what we've been used to. 49 in cincinnati. forty-six in hamilton 44 in batavia -- temperature trend this is from the international airport. since 9:00 o'clock it hasn't dropped off. it was dropping and that's when we hit 49 degrees. we're still sitting at 49. since we have clouds around it keeps our te

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western edition. the governor has declared a state of emergency. the national guard is rolling in louisiana tonight.ore than 14 inches of rain and counting have fallen near shreveport. roads are washed out. water is rising to the rooftops. in oklahoma and texas, two people have drowned. tonight, warnings and watches stretch from the gulf to illinois, and david begnaud is in haughton, louisiana. >> reporter: whispering pine drive in haughton, louisiana, is one of the hardest hit areas. the heavy rains quickly flooded homes. over 100 have water up to the roofline. cars are submerged, leading to water rescues. >> it's a disaster. >> reporter: we first spotted carol chavis through her window with her husband and their two grandchildren. are you all okay? as they waited, the water rose, but before sheriff's deputies could rescue them, their neighborhood, todd eaton, did. do you regret not leaving earlier when it first started coming up, the water? >> we didn't know it was going to flood. >> reporter: young jackson is her grandson. >> and then it came under the door. >> reporter: were you scared? >> uh-hu

california, heavy snowfall into western areas of mexico, and then pulling off here towards the east, pumping in those southerly winds across parts of eastern texas, louisiana, report here, 531 millimeters of total rainfall since the storm system ga began, and it has been forcing thousands of residents to evacuate. one way they were getting out, major interstate in the region have also been shut down, state of emergencies is in effect for several parishes across areas of the one casualty reported from a similar instance like this. somebody was trying to drive through a flooded highway, and they end up getting swept away and drowning. if you ever see a flooded road, don't drive through it. the current could still be strong. as far as the forecast, moisture coming in from the south, but also pumping in the warm air towards the east. record breaking highs on thursday, up and down the eastern seaboard, temperatures, a little bit cooler, but still above average heading into friday. all right, here is the extended outlook. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for staying with us. stacey thunder: on this editio

western atlantic keeping us breezy and dry. high pressure across the gulf coast states keeping it very well. that stream of moisture from louisiana and arkansas, it extends all the way up to the great lakes. notice this arc here. that holds pretty strong for the next 24 to 48 hours. so keep the moisture heading off to our north. we stay dry,breezy. maybe by the time we get to the weekend, we start to see the winds relaxing just a touch. in the meantime, a warm dry, but very windy if not breezy pattern. the wind gusts, 82 today. dry on the drive home. rip current risk over 30 today. high temperatures on the wer at 79. down to 72. still breezien 0 the beach tonight and staying dry. we move into the next fewdays. touch leading into the weekend. 82 on saturday, and sunday. sunday, ahower chance maybe in the afternoon hours. other than that, pretty decen weekend stacking up. don't forget, it's this weekend daylight savings time kicks in and we move the clocks one hour saturday night into sunday morning. sheli, eric. >>> thank you so much. moms, dads, y y are going to want to hear this. e next installment of diary of a wimpy kid has an

extreme weather possible today with severe weather a threat across eastern parts of texas, louisiana and also westernou're looking at the threat for not only damaging wind and hail from some of the storms, but also the potential for some tornadoes. of course we'll keep you updated throughout the rest of this morning. heavy rain in the forecast and it's been ongoing already across the lower mississippi valley. that's going to be continuing here over the next couple of days with the potential of an additional eight inches of rain. so flooding is a real threat out here. a number of watches and warnings very issued because of the threat. across the eastern u.s., near record temperatures are forecast out there. we could be setting some records in places like new york city, a high of 74 degrees. in the 60s in chicago and in cleveland and in raleigh, north carolina, a high forecast to reach 80 degrees. now let's head over to you. >> fantastic. today, florida comes to new york. >> we'll take it. >>> all right, coming up, the big winner from last night, trump, will be joining us live. we hope. >> you just saw

western atlant. we have this dome of high pressure that's located right now over texas into louisiana. that's providing for a dry air mass in the upper level. we love high pressure. it's our fair weather friend we like to say because it provide for a north breeze and provide forthe dry atmosphere. how long will it last? looking to the weswe have another storm system set up that will provide for big changes in the forecastp by the end of the work week. currently look at these temperatures from coast to coast. the southwest steamy right now with temperatures in the 80s. we've got the 60s across the gulf coasttates, a frigid northeast as they're dealing with a clipper that will continue to bring them snow and even cooler conditions thin. look at this. temperatures in the 30s. you wouldn't believe that it's spring. as we're waking up to 31 degrees in washington, dc, tomorrow, 29 in buffalo, we're also going to be dealing with a bit of a chill. our lows will be in the 50s, again something we haven't seen in quite some time. it will be refreshing, a great way to start our tuesday. our inland

some locations in louisiana have already seen a foot of rain, prompting flash flood warnings from texas all the way up no western kentucky and southern this is likely to continue through the day tomorrow over the weekend, the ridge breaks down a bit. this activity tries to make its way in but it will be in a weakened state so it will be a lot of cloud cover for the weekend. temperature-wise there is some cooler air. we're in the mild air mass and we're going to say -- stay that way. here are the rainfall potential numbers as we go through the next several days and again with our ridge of high pressure in place, the same areas will continue to get showers and storms tomorrow so we're going to see the numbers really grow, especially across the lower mississippi valley and it's finally by sunday, monday of next week that we could range from a quarter of inch to half an inch of rain. so our rain chances small for friday and saturday but increasing sunday and monday. so overnight, mostly cloudy 56 in raleigh. 57 fayetteville. that's probably a little bit of a stretch for the morning commute, maybe a little overcast.

western athletic, leaving us with that southwesterly flow. so the warm temperatures keep on coming. storms are bringing flooding rains west of us in places like louisiana and texas. a lot of that rain would have made it here. so for the rest of this evening, it's still pretty warm, and it's gonna stay warm into the late evening hours and overnight tonight. mostly clear skies, quiet, and very mild as well. waking up tomorrow morning, temperatures in the mid-60s. you definitely do not need a jacket. we're in store for another very warm day. our rain chances will be going up as we head into this coming weekend. >>> could something you eat give you lung cancer? >> a new study says more and into the downtown areas of >>> your favorite italian dressing is getting more expensive. >> the cost of olive oil just went up 20%. droult and disease are being blame -- drought and disease are being blamed for ruining crops. spain produces about 40% of the world's olive oil oil and they are having the worst harvest in 20 years. prices are prompting shoppers to switch. >>> and plan on paying cash for gift cards. retailers are now responsible for fraudulent purchases. sto

louisiana and south carolina. so you find these very directed, you know, trading going along the western coast of africa, going intoecific markets in the united states to fill the plantations there and build that crop wealth. so most of the people here were coming as we said, from west and central africa. a few people born in the caribbean who had already been, you know, coming from long trading there. but most people are coming internationally. and so something that's important to note about the movement across the atlantic during the time of the atlantic slave trade is that the vast majority of settlement of the new world was african compulsory settlement. so of all of the people who crossed from the old world to the new world until 1807, four out of five came from africa. so the vast majority of movement was enslaved africans being forced on ships across the atlantic and they're not really good estimates about the actual number. the figure that's kind of come at is about 12.5 million people. and that's not including people who didn't make it to the coast. people who are being driven from the interior and died en

western pennsylvania, clarion, pa. from the north, 0 north carolina brinkleys. the louisianai write about in my book, write full heritage, fdr went to new orleans, they had done a big spill way to prevent flooding, went into the mississippi and went into the gulf of mexico, spent weeks there. he was deeply concerned louisiana, at deforested, thomas jefferson's louisiana purchase, these rich hardwood forestss allover louisiana gone, stripped bare. fdr worked hard with the rockefellers and others to create reserves, the national wildlife refuge and many others to save louisiana. if you see the ragged boodle of louisiana, delta national wildlife refuge is fdr at work saving that great fishing area for future generationss. as for the afters franklin roosevelt himself would go on a yacht of the astors and go to the florida keys. they went to port jefferson and got saved by fdr did, dragged toward the national park, one of fdr's conservation gambleds. >> host: if we hadn't had a depression what we have a conservation we have had? >> guest: no. one of the great ironies, roosevelt's

couple of feet @of rain they saw way down there @across louisiana and a lot of @heavy rains and flooding @continuing across portions of @western tennessee and @mississippi and arkansas. @it's going to take several days @to clean some of that up. @but you can see the heavy rain @is right on our doorsteps here @to the south of mansfield. @we've got a little break in @this precipitation pattern @right now but it's not going to @be very long live. @and you can see moving through @the future, our forecast maps @here will show you that the @rain will be ever present all @the way through this evening @into monday, just a chance of a @shower, less of a threat though @tomorrow. @and then monday night into @tuesday morning, there's going @to be a chance there for some @rain as well. @today. @and that's going to give us @that cool wind with the rain @over the top of that cool air @there at the surface. @that moisture up from from the @south will give us the chance @of showers and thunderstorms. @and some of the rain will be @heavy at time, 55 for a high @temperature. @sunset tonight 7:32. @sunrise tomorrow at 7:40. @so we are pretty clos

louisiana picked up 20.6 inches. pine bluff arkansas, 7.85. the list goes on and on and on. tremendous amounts of flooding here, as well as the western portion of the united states. thanks to a parade of storms that's continues to work their way onshore. we have a huge blocking high here, so all these storms hit the high and stop dead in their traction. later on this weekend we'll see it get on its giddy up and pull across the high plains sunday afternoon it will arrive here, the steadier stuff will be monday. it's cloudy today and tonight it's cloudy. tomorrow morning, clouds and showers to the south. that shower chance increases during the afternoon hours. 1:00 p.m., you're fine, 4 or 5 you'll be seeing more of what the model is showing. most of the shower activity will hold off until after 3:00 p.m. increasing clouds, pleasant high of 62. overnight tonight, mild, 44 degrees outlying suburbs, 48 for center city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 62 degrees today. 62 once again tomorrow. monday is the cooler day thanks to a lot of clouds periods of rain and easterly wind. 55 degrees is the temperature there. up ten for t

western patlantic and it gets warmer and pwarmer. pthe big problems, of course, are pback here to the west. pwe have all that rain and pflooding in louisiana. panother day and a half of this pmess. pthat's not going to change until pthat high pressure system breaks pdown, which will happen over the pweekend but until then, it will pcontinue to rain. pfor us, clouds and sunshine, pwarm, breezy, high of 83 pdegrees. pwake up tomorrow morning, it pwill be every bit as mild as it pis right now in many areas and pthen tomorrow's high will be palso around 83 degrees. pevening, as high pressure breaks pdown, it may squeeze out a few pshowers, nothing like what pthey're getting in louisiana but pa few showers sunday night into pmonday morning leaving behind a pfront. phigh temperatures still slightly pabove normal, vanessa. p>>vanessa: looks good. p7:48. pwe're in pasco county. pwe're getting word of a new pcrash with lane blockage in the psouthbound direction and we're pseeing delays just south of pmitchell is where you'll see at pleast one of the travel lanes pblocked. retty solidly backed up. pessentially from mitchell pboulevard all the way do

western pa, through parts of cincinnati, the midwest out through st. louis, very heavy rain moving up through dallas, houston and also the northwestern part of louisiana. flooding here and originally it look as though this heavy rain was going to move toward philadelphia for the weekend. but now it look like it's going to be hell at bay by that high pressure system that's bringing us all this summer like warmth. so during the day on thursday, dry and warm. friday a few spring kills passing by with a front then saturday looking dry with some sunshine with that rain staying to the west. even sunday right now looks better with just a chance of a shower. so for the philadelphia st. patrick's day parade there's a better chance of seeing a dry day or at least a dry parade on sunday. keep your finger crossed. in the city overnight we're looking at 57. in the suburbs 50 degrees. which is the normal high for this time of year. tomorrow, another record breaker going for 82 again. shattering the old record. here's a look at those numbers to beat. physical the record tomorrow 76. wilmington 77. mid 70s for the rest of the region. i think most of these if not all o