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>> good to see you both. bear the heat down there in d.c. well get to that now. a big blanket of heat covers over much of the united states creating big discomfort, even danger for several people. dont tell me youre going down into the subway? >> reporter: this is the real deal. this is how everybody tries to commute and get to work. outside its 94 degrees in parts of new york city. thats in direct sunlight. when you start to get into a confined area, you add about 25 degrees. the feel like te...

Morning. >> turning to the most amazing video of the day. french enventor flew a fly board above the street during a parade. holding a rifle showing the future potential military use. he claims the fly board can run for ten minutes and reach speeds of 118 miles an hour if you are really brave, that is. he is planning an english channel crossing. he better get across in ten minutes. >> i love when he just flies out of frame there. >> hes like, and im done. one second past 10 minutes and i must la...

Is jeanne moos. >> its a bird, its a plane. >> reporter: its the fly board guy who stole the show at the parade in paris. >> faster than a speeding bullet. >> reporter: actually the fly board airs top speed is around 118 miles an hour, thats the inventor and entrepreneur operating the fly board. >> we have control. >> reporter: french president emanuel macron watched approvingly as fans compared it to everything from marty mcfly back to the future hoover board to that flying villain, the green g...

Shall we. yesterday french invent inventoa holding a rifle showing the fly boards potential future military use. he claims the fly board which he originally developed to fly above water can run for ten minutes and reach speeds of 118 miles an hour, and if youre really really brave, thats how you would do it. now hes planning to use this to cross the english channel. >> wow. >> one wonders if well see that at next years july 4th trump parade. >> there you go, thats an idea. coming up, vice pres...

Shifts impacts their wallet. i heard a guy at the store saying look, i need this money right now especially with the major conventions that were here at this town and there were the dealt as here, 16,000 of them and they were told to leave the city and a lot of them did try to leave and they had donated the food they had amassed to collect to give to the homeless in the city and that was a good sign here. and a lot of people are talking about the idea where is the rain? where is the wind? everyo...

Rain and they can expect up to 20 inches of rain in this tropical storm. we know it can happen. people, put safety first and i know there is an area under mandatory evacuation. are people there concerned at all about water overtopping the levees where you are because thats whats happening in terraban parish and plaquemine parish. >> not only the fact that the levee system can hold this, but those pumps. the 118 pumps that are supposed to be working and they went around to clean the drainage ditc...

People up, getting people out, securing the city. i think that was a lesson learned. im concerned, however, that theyve gotten complacent. states of emergency have been prepared. one is speeded up for trying to help. more on the relative calm before the storm. >> reporter: boris and christine, here it is a watch and wait to see whats going to happen next. the water in the mississippi is a lot higher than it normally is. right now theyre believing about 10 to 15 inches of water could be on the wa...

Remember hurricane katrina. i dont have to tell that to you. there were so many changes made after the devastation there to the state. so many services put in. mechanics like pumps. are all the pumps working? >> well, the briefs i got from the mayor is 118 out of 120 pumps. thats the most weve had in a very, very long time. and the two pumps that are not working currently, theres much redundancy at those locations. and theyre not the most essential. and the power generation is very good. i will ...

It isnt just louisiana expecting to feel the impact. mississippi, alabama and the western florida panhandle are preparing for extreme rain and flooding. 118 pumps are ready to go just in case the water does come into the city but we talked to someone in the ninth ward who said theyre only leaving if god tells them to. so you could understand there are some people who just dont believe in the storm. >> good luck over there, ryan young in new orleans for us. lets get more in the latest storm for...

Possible wind damage barry is still a tropical storm, flirting with hurricane strength, which would mean roof damage, fallen trees, downed power lines, brian young is live in algiers louisiana, right up against that mighty mississippi, what are people telling you there, are they hunkering down or going to get out of town? >> well, you know, there are some people who decided theyre not going anywhere. they have a lot of people who are walking around us. you have a family coming out to look at the...