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Marking a road thats closed. were talking about more than 400 in south carolina and the bluish-purple spots, those are the bridges that are out. making just getting around so tough for people there, a lot of people still being told to stay in place. nbcs sarah dallof live in columbia with a torrent of water did really untold damage there. whats the situation like today? >> reporter: hi, frances. the sun is out and this is allowing volunteers and homeowners to get everything spread out on to the ...

The u.s. military does not want to let the same thing happen in afghanistan. >> jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. defense secretary ashton carter said hes waiting for russia to call him back about its military activities in syria. carter wants a second meeting with moscow on ways to prevent accidents in increasingly crowded skies over syria. nato is denouncing what it calls russias irresponsible behavior for allowing its war planes to cross into turkey. still ahead, picking up and drying ou...

The u.s. military does not want to let the same thing happen in afghanistan. >> jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. defense secretary ashton carter said hes waiting for russia to call him back about its military activities in syria. carter wants a second meeting with moscow on ways to prevent accidents in increasingly crowded skies over syria. nato is denouncing what it calls russias irresponsible behavior for allowing its war planes to cross into turkey. still ahead, picking up and drying ou...

We spoke to, you know, charles smith yesterday, spent quite a bit of time with him, actually, and he said, you know, people questioned why theyre such good friends, because charles is somebody whos rather measured and quite thoughtful in what he says. and he said, you know, at the end of the day, rodmans, you know, he comes from a good place, his heart is in the right place, and there was a lot of pressure on him as far as his kids were concerned. he said that, you know, he knows that hes been a...

Has and also the amount of wind. were talking tropical storm force winds across this area and gusts that could reach hurricane force. we could be talking about some gusts exceeding 70 miles an hour across parts of the cascades and even eventually into the northern rockies. we have a number of high wind warnings in effect and also winter storm warnings in effect across the cascades because theyre also going to be picking up some significant snowfall in this area. that snow will be dropping down t...

We can get our vehicles out. >> reporter: caseys home is one of those cut off. these are pictures from his neighborhood, cars buried in mud and a huge hole that was once a road. >> reality hasnt set in yet. >> reporter: he is determined to get home by hiking, an uphill climb fueled by a colorado spirit that doesnt give up. now the water is receding, and the states drying out, but there are months of recovery ahead. in boulder county alone, there are $150 million in damages just to roads and brid...

Indra petersons joins with a look at this wild weather. >> it feels absolutely nothing like june in so many places. snow out there. unbelievable. and still seeing the thunderstorms this morning throughout the midwest. flood watches are in effect for portions of iowa and even through illinois and look at all the instability. thunder, lightning still in the picture today unfortunately for a soggy memorial day. where is it getting better? finally were warming up in the northeast. temperatures are r...

that. >> that is very bold. very bold. cant wait to share the ending with you. good morning. welcome to "early start." im zoraida sambolin. >> im john berman. this morning mitt romney is in ohio. so is bobby jindal and jeb bush. >> parade? >> coincidence? it is sort of a parade. all about the veepstakes. also the key state of ohio. more coming up. also nelson mandelas 94th birthday. well hear from former president clinton who just visited with the icon in a cnn exclusive. thats com...

So, beautiful sunshine, drying-out weather and we have the flood warning for providence, until this afternoon, or late this afternoon, dry and mild weather through the weekend, and that is pretty much going to be the forecast for much of the northeast and, guys, i want to show you our highs today, well break records, across the central u.s., across the southeast, look at these 80s, 83, in kansas city, 77 in minneapolis, and 84 in raleigh and 68 in new york, really nice weather but, one caveat wi...

Feels like 7 degrees. thats why the normal is so rock hard. and it feels like minus ten for pittsburgh. we were heavily covering the heavy snowfall and in some cases dulles reported 32 inches of snowfall. a two-day total there. well, they were dealing with mud slides across southern california. we have some pictures of the la canada flintridge area. look at this. now, most areas saw two to three inches of rainfall. and they had some 800 homes evacuated across the region. they will get about a 20...