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Happening now, breaking news sex scandal, a former house speaker once second in line to the presidency charged with lying to investigators about hush money he allegedly paid. sources say dennis hastert was trying to silence accusations of sexual misconduct. isis attacks claims responsibility for new suicide bombings in the iraqi capital and saudi arabia even as terrorist forces expand their reach in syria and libya. account u.s.-led coalition counter this new isis offensive? spies wide shut....

Breaking news new evacuations ordered in flood-stricken texas where states of disaster have been declared in two dozen more counties at least 19 people have been killed there, six more in oklahoma. now theres the threat of even more rain in the forecast. our correspondent dan simon is near houston for us. dan, whats the latest youre seeing where you are? >> well hi wolf this is the wettest month on record for the state of texas and believe it or not, its about to get wetter, thats because there ...

And exactly where these flash floods are going to pop up again. you know, authorities around the north texas area warning people the ground is extremely saturated. that it will not take a heavy amount of rain to create the dangerous flash flooding weve seen. here on this road in the suburb the north each suburb of dallas garland, on this road earlier this morning you saw the dramatic video of a police officer being rescued and pulled out by helicopter from his patrol dhar wascar on op of that br...

Its expected to deliver up to forinches of rain over the weekend. today on long island a final salute to a fallen hero. more than 30,000 police officers are expected at his funeral. 25-year-old brian moore died earlier this week after he was shot in the line of duty. officers and politicians paid their respects to moore at a new york funeral home. >> he was every commanding officers dream. if i had an army of brian moores there would be no crime in the city. and do you think the ideal body f...

Almost looks like a parallel tornado up in the sky. there are two types, one called a shelf cloud like a thunderstorm and this is called the roll cloud. kind of just rolls right across the sky. >> is it moving? like if you go through that, is it -- >> it is spinning. leading edge of cold air just kind of starts to spin a couple hundred feet off the ground. just amazing. almost looks freaky, like the military is working on something. as far as the forecast, its very cold out there. actually very ...

Use to describe anything that is tremendously challenging. >> yeah. >> and he could have picked any word to describe those conversations and he picked the words that describe the challenging relationship. as richard said, a country that isnt going to set the agenda for the world, but can certainly augment where the world wants to go through the security council. >> yeah. example is syria. all right. coming up, well talk about this more coming up. coming up on "morning joe," senator chuck schumer...

We saw some incredible video from colorado right outside of colorado springs. a massive mudslide tossing those cars. thats an area that was recently burned by the waldo canyon fire so when you have no vegetation, you end up with mudslides especially when you get the amount of rainfall they saw. its monsoonal moisture that produced those heavier downpours on friday into the weekend and were going to see the same setup again today. were seeing heavier rain across kansas, oklahoma, also an area tha...

Severe weather. >> i grew up there. >> calgary had the flooding. the rain is not going to be as bad today. it may shift south. >> new york had a bunch of rain over the weekend. its going to rain today. here it comes from ohio and pennsylvania and new york state. two to four inches across cincinnati to marietta. up to the northeast, one to three. its boston, new york, philadelphia. new york city, tuesday, 87, 86 and 85 degrees. its going to be warmer across the east coast as we take a look at the...

Those flames, lawmakers have scheduled a hearing on how to reduce forest fires. arthel: and, rick, dangerous floodings and a major, major concern for millions this weekend out west. low humidity is increasing the risk for more wild fires while part parts of the northeast will sizzle over the next few days, so whats going on with this wild weather? here to answer, chief meteorologist rick like newt is in our -- reichmuth is in our extreme weather center. >> reporter: were stuck in a pattern, and ...

This is the last 48 hours in some spots here around that 12 inches plus mark. in fact, kind of a broad area all the way towards dothan, alabama. more rain over the next couple of days, its going to move slightly towards the west, so, panama city, youre a little better, but pensacola and mobile getting very heavy rain in towards parts of tennessee. we have all kinds of flood watches and warnings from around parts of ohio all the way down towards that central gulf coast. so be very careful across ...