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I want to bring in chad meyers here. talk to me about the flash flood emergency. >> it means that flash flooding is occurring. and it is life-threatening over the city of houston. harris county and also just slightly to the west of harris county, too. let me get to what has happened over the past three or four hours. this big purple eruption of cloud cover has gone right over the city of houston. and southward too, all the way down to just about galveston. its a train of storms. one storm after ...

>> i dont know. maybe he was watching cnn fake news. what do you think? are we on? looks like weve lost connection with senator sanders. lets try to get that back. >> i never saw that. abby: eventually brought sanders back after a commercial break. ive got to watch that again. are we on? are you there? reporter: i dont know if we know if they happen. did we lose our connection with rick? reporter: i am here. super strange. i cannot turn to go outside. all of the crew is inside to shooting out th...

On the holiday. thats what we are in right now. if is really, really difficult and hard to see this happen right now, because california is probably going to be dealing with a lot of this including mudslides if it starts to really pour down rain. the state needs it so, so bad. >> thank you so much for that perspective. i want to bring in heather sumagaisi. she is a public relations expert watching this as well. can you give us an update on whats happening there this more? what is the biggest obs...

64-car freight train loaded with cement. tracking this storm all morning long from the cnn weather center. and ed lavandera live for us near dallas where the freight train was swept off the tracks. sounds like its still windy, raining. what are the conditions overall is there? and how are emergency crews able to get to that freight train? >> fredericka, its unrelenting rain. it doesnt stop. its pouring down rain, but its been a steady downpour throughout the morning and that hasnt stopped. altho...

Arrow? >> yes, indeed. im outside the late presidents home where we are seeing that same sill vertebcelebrate atmos. a pleasure to meet you. first, what do you make of this spectacle that we are witnessing now? its pouring down rain in the city yet people are still coming out to honor this one great man. >> its unusual for it to rain like this. in timber culture this is what is expected. >> reporter: explain that. >> rain is associated with wellness, with growing, with all of those things that p...

From dancing in the streets to ganging up on gingrich, here are todays top lines. let us now praise famous men. >> right now, david, it is pouring down rain. and in south africa, rain is a sign of good fortune. ♪ up you until this moment, people have been dancing in the streets. they have been singing songs. >> let us pause and give thanks to the fact that nelson mandela lived. a man who took history in his hands. >> had a vision about what he wanted for his entire country. >> and bent the arc...

>> and basically, the whole house just collapsed around you? >> yeah. i watched the door and i watched the bricks and i watched the picture window. everything wrap around me. and i didnt realize it, but it was the garage wall that fell over. and punctured the spot on my lung on my right side. >> actually punctured your lung? >> no. i had chest x-ray, and nothing was broke. just that puncture. looked like the doctor said it looked like a .22 shot. and then my head was bleeding so bad i just bled ...

Rally against the shutdown. people are suffering. this is real pain. >> it is real pain. as a matter of fact, i was proud to see people of unions and regular citizens. i was proud to see members of congress standing there in the pouring down rain in solidarity with these folks. we stayed out there a long time because people are really desperate. but i think its important for us to realize that this shut down wasnt an accident. that theyve been bragging about it for more than two years. and now i...

There are your current temperatures, 53 in kansas city, 58 in new york. cool across the west. 72 in san antonio, 71 along the gulf coast. a quick look at new york. look at the northeast, guys. beautiful temperatures throughout the work week and this is the type of forecast where i like to say im fully responsible. back to you inside. >> you take no blame when it pours down rain. >> or blizzards on us. >> high five to you. >> next on our rundown, radical islam wagging war on christianity. why are...

Called, heard something happening before that. >> she said that at one point she heard the sound of wet grass. did that seem believable to you? >> well, everything was wet at that point. it was pouring down rain. >> coming up next, defense attorneys mark omara and don west react to this juror, what she was saying. youll also hear from the prosecution and tell us what you think. follow me on twitter right now. well be right back. ness. when possibilities become reality. with centurylink as your t...