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why they expect more u.s. states to follow their lead. we are hours away from learning new details about what prompted the fbi search on donald trumps estate. the u.s. federal judge has ordered the justice department to release the affidavit. some crucial information will be kept secret. we could see the search warrant affidavit in redacted form at any moment. that is because the federal judge has ruled the justice department must make public the version they submitted to him on thu...

brutal strikes could be coming from russia. what the u.s. state department is saying tonight, as well, sharing declassified intelligence with ukraine. ian pannell from inside ukraine with what were learning at this hour. in this country, the deadly flooding. torrential rains on the move tonight across several states. and now we learn of the wife and mother on the phone with her husband as her car was lifted by the waters. what she said to him. she did not survive. trevor ault in the ...

brutal strikes could be coming from russia. what the u.s. state department is saying tonight, as well, sharing declassified intelligence with ukraine. ian pannell from inside ukraine with what were learning at this hour. in this country, the deadly flooding. torrential rains on the move tonight across several states. and now we learn of the wife and mother on the phone with her husband as her car was lifted by the waters. what she said to him. she did not survive. trevor ault in the ...

Record. were seeing this off of back to back to back months off of warmest temperatures. june was the warmest june on record. july was the hottest month ever recorded on planet earth. august was the second warmest august on record. this is having far reaching ramifications, especially on our rising seas. with a warmer planet, we have warmer oceans. we are melting our sea ice rapidly. when that happens, the warmer water takes up more volume. lets me take you to norway. this is the northern most i...

Typical summer monsoon rains which might cool things down, nowhere in sight. >> this kind of heat, we want people to stay inside, stay in air conditioning if at all possible. >> with the air conditioning blowing on me, were 86 degrees. >> in colorado, kids already back in school are sweltering even in some classes with air conditioning. >> its brutal. its absolutely brutal. im already thinking about what can i wear so that i can sweat and not look disgusting. >> in alaska large numbers of salmon...

Meteorologist ginger zee with the forecast for the weekend. hey, ginger. >> reporter: unfortunately, not looking great, tom. lancaster, pennsylvania, for example now going to have their wettest august on record. thats what you get when you have rainfall rates in the two inch per hour category. flash flood warnings in delaware and in southeastern pennsylvania. its all laying along the stationary front, stationary meaning not moving much. so that is not good news when youre talking about heavy rai...

Starting to see things improve. i dont want you to let your guard down. folks, its still a category 2 hurricane with winds up to 100 miles an hour. the gusts being even higher than that. we had reports of tornadoes yesterday. and that threat for tornados is going to exist for the next several days. and its going to stay put in this same region for those next several days. damaging winds are also going to be a factor. again, but, yes. rain is certainly going to be the biggest concern we have. hou...

They are expecting some severe storms to roll into this area at any point throughout the day, bringing with them in some areas as much as three to five inches of water. for some areas of florida, that rain is very welcome, but not so much here in the tampa area. and that is because theyre already experiencing their third wettest august on record. the grounds are saturated, the aquifers are full and some rivers already at minor flood levels. another rainfall could push those rivers into flooding,...

Things change, francis. weve had the first rainstorm, the first remnant of erika sweep in here within the last half hour. people on the beach who were enjoying the sun suddenly went running for cover while this rainstorm came through. it was a quick rainstorm. over pretty quickly. it demonstrates how fast is weather changes. and the reason that officials are concerned, thats because this area already having its third wettest august on record. the aquafers are full. the ground is saturated. some ...

Going to stick around. those beaches are going to be empty come late afternoon, early evening, when forecasters say the storms are going to roll in, bringing with them the possibility of high winds and heavy rain. that is something this area does not need. unlike other drought-stricken sections of the state, tampa is actually having its third wettest august on record. the auk quifers are full alread. more rain could push some rivers into moderate flood levels. flash flood warnings and watches ar...