mismanagement in the supervision led to the collapse of two banks. what could fall in the days ahead. live from cnn, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin this hour with extreme weather ahead for most of the country. more than 20 million people are under threat for severe storms across the southeast. two rounds of strong thunderstorms are expected to cross florida and southern georgia today. when this afternoon, the second overnight. the main threats will be damaging wind, hail. in texas, dozens of reports friday, reporting golf-ball- sized trailed 39 hail . it went for several minutes, but likely never will measure, also a possible tornado in palm beach county. nudges wind and hail, the mississippi river continues to rise, flooding many communities around the banks. the water has already crested in some. here is the latest. as the river level rises, anxiety is also going up for business owners here in iowa. you can see where the partridges are the embankm
game seven in franchise history for seattle, so it will be a big one. three more teams will have a chance to close out on saturday, as well. everything get started with them heading to the maple leaves. nba nhl in full swing next week. absolutely wanted to go back and quickly get your pick of who you think will take it all? oh man, that is so tough. in the east, the books are knocked out of it now. the big story line, will king james face the kings are golden date? golden state can somehow win this series, they are still dangerous, even though they are not quite as talented. they have slowed down a little bit since that championship team that has put so many up in the rafters. it is tough. i really like this team. i think they will have a meeting with the lakers. all right, we will find out. appreciated. as carolyn mentioned, kevin
joining me now with a more from new york. carolyn, that wasn t the only game friday night. they took on the grizzlies, as well as he yeah, that is right. laker superstar lebron james found that he would be better in game six, and the nba s all- time leading core is certainly a man of his word. he came out hot in front of his home crowd, made 7 of his first 8 sets. a monster slammed late in the first half. he has 16 points in the first session, one more in his total for all of game five. he finished with 22, they put it down in the second half, winning by 40 to clear out their first series at home in more than 11 years. we understand we had an opportunity to play in front of our fans. we came out with a disposition. with a next play mentality. even when we make mistakes, we brush it off right away, moving
on to the next play. from the start of the game, we were locked in. all the way until the final seconds of the game. the lakers will face the winner of that series that you mentioned. that one, coming down to the winner take all tomorrow after losing three straight games, the kings are backing back in a big way. they built a double-digit lead in the second quarter, and the warriors never got within five for the rest of the game. they win a big 118-when i deny. after the game, he said his teammates never gave up hope. there is always a chance to and still win the game. one good night could get you far. we always believe in ourselves. we never came in here just thinking our season would be over tonight.