Midsection in the deep south are waking up under water. Some communities got more rain in one day than they usually get all summer. Parts of missouri have seen 15 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. So much rain in so little time caused the governor to activate the national guard. More than 25 people had to be rescued and 100 evacuated. Tennessee is also seeing the water rising, 200 people had to be rescued by boat. Nbc meteorologist bill karins will be here to keep us posted on that story. A wildfire in Southern California grew larger and now its on the move. The silver fire has grown to 22 square miles and is burning an estimated 1,000 acres an hour. The latest update puts the blaze at just 20 contained. Local officials have ordered nearly 2,000 people out of the area, 26 homes have already been destroyed, at least one man has suffered serious burns and five firefighters have also been injured with heat exhaustion. Theyll be off the job for at least 24 hours. The multistate man hunt
Investigate as well. This is a twinengine turboprop plane. It is not a commercial plane. Just a terrible tragedy there close to new haven, connecticut. Back to you. Thanks, tom. The news nation is also following developing news coming from the white house president obama will hold his first president ial News Conference in more than three months. The president is going to face some tough questions, a wide range of issues, both foreign and domestic. For the first time, hes expected to answer questions on his decision to cancel the upcoming e ing bilateral summit russian president vladimir putin. On the home front, lingering issues such as the stalled efforts on Immigration Reform will be on the forefront as well as the future of the landmark piece of legislation on health care. Again, under threat by Top Republican lawmakers. But right now the president is enjoying a victory. Hes signing a bill designed to keep student loan rates low. This will be one of the president s last public appe
If he doesnt order a cooling off period, the unions could strike as soon as next month. Jana katsuyama live in oakland, with the information revealed at todays unusual hearing. Reporter there was a lot of information. The two sides are expected to come back to the table at 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow here at the caltrans building. What became very clear, as you heard earlier, was the big gap between the two sides. The hearing room was packed at the state building in oakland. As the three investigators appointed by Governor Brown listened to b. A. R. T. And the three unions. All parties put their positions to the public for the first time. The average worker in our unit does not make 79,500. They make 66,000 a year. Reporter another Sticking Point is benefits. The cost of the benefit packages have risen nearly 210 . And the escalation continues. Reporter escalation of tensions have heightened ever since a four day strike in july. Feelings that surfaced as some 20 different people gave public co