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Ran off into the valley and all the water came down and ran through one valley. what we have in texas right now i consider to be a terrarium effect. its wet, its been wet, its flooding. every time the sun gets out, you get a little more humidity in the air. you get a little more and it rains. this is the exact opposite of what we had last year when we couldnt get it to rain. we had amazing cold fronts come right through texas without a drop of rain. it was already dry. drought makes drought. flo...

Ocess. as youre talking to all these people how many people actually have flood insurance? >> reporter: you know its tough for folks here. theres about 1400 structures in houston that have been impacted. all those are people. people that are now in their homes with a lot of water damage. i want to show you the power of the water and the surge specifically. this is what made this particular storm so dangerous. take a look right over here. this is all debris from a bayou thats about 200 feet from ...

Night to the sister of a family who were in this home. the home went down the quick-moving water, hit something, the home separated. dad was okay the rest of the family wasnt. i want you to join me in this next conversation if you will. were hearing all these different stories and other small towns devastated by the flash floods. martindale about seven miles from san marcos one of the harder hit areas. people also say their homes suffered a tremendous amount of damage. on the phone with me now i...

River where people come but not today. it came up to about 44 feet. look at all of these slabs. these cabins. people were staying in these cabins friday and saturday night until they were swept away. now theyre all the way on the other side of the street. theyre just tangled, all on each other. crews have been out here cleaning up the mess. you can look at this cabin behind me. you can see the water mark. these are elevated even higher. and look at this. the water marks here three, four feet ins...

The heat wave in india is so severe, the roads are warping. more than 1,400 people have died in less than a week mostly from dehydration and sunstroke. the most severe temperatures soaring to 117 degrees fahrenheit. many of the dead are homeless or from poorer communities without electricity or running water. we want to take you to india there. our reporter is there. this is the joint capital of two of the worst states hit by the heat. were talking 117 degrees. how are people coping with this? >...

>> or play beer pong. jimmy fallon hit something, youd rather watch them maybe humiliate than shill their movie. >> people do want to see celebrities. and we want to see them doing things, you want to look behind the curtain. >> stupid celebrity tricks. thats from the inherent. >> people call morning shows at night. i dont hate on it. i think its like you know theres room for all of it. i would hope that one day, we get a kind of serbic jerk on tv. >> a serbic. oh, we know each other. >> alex wa...

Almost 200 people onboard. two dozen injured. theyre investigating now reports that the plane may have hit something. this is one of the worlds top rated airlines one of its supposedly more luxurious and safest, but its not its first disastrous landing. one was roish here in the united states, and will ripley is "outfront." >> a terrifying end to asiana airlines flight 162. in the final seconds of an hour and ten minute flight from south korea to japan, this airbus a320 overshot the runway turni...

Boehner now controls the largest republican majority in more than 80 years but faces significant challenges from some conservatives. >> he is still going to have to assuage a lot of tea party caucus members. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell takes over as senate majority leader. >> we know a lot of hard work awaits. >> reporter: and he has an aggressive agenda. approving the controversial xl pipeline, tax reform and reversing president obamas executive actions on immigration. >> mitch mcconnell wants...

Recovery which i think is of utmost importance. its a very bittersweet situation, i think, the families have closure to some degree. but its a horrific end for their loved ones that the closure is sort of in between. i dont know if that helps at this point. >> we do know the debris was found 6 miles from the last known location of where the plane was in the air. does that tell us something about how quickly maybe the pilot had to react to whatever was happening inside the cockpit? >> its difficu...

There was what appeared to be a life raft that had been pulled out of the water, but not inflated. does that give us any more guidance as to what happened? >> i think its still very early on in the investigation. i think the bodies unfortunately, will also give us a better idea of how this plane came down. >> explain that. >> well theres an unfortunate situation in that youre finding bodies floating. and that will happen even at death. bodies will float over the course of two or three days. that...