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This since 1993. poppy, jim? >> gosh. dan simon, im glad youre there. thank you very much. were going to keep watching this. its not just st. louis. this is happening all over the midwest. it keeps getting worse with the rain that keeps coming. well stay on it. this is in phoenix, arizona. and in that carrier is 75-year-old woman who is injured while hiking. she needed to be air lifted off the mountain. all of a sudden things went very wrong. >> it had to be miserable in there. you see the baske...

Who knows what is going to happen. we know that the national guard is out in force, trying to assist folks as best they can. poppy, jim? >> farmers cant plant their crops. making matters worse, we understand a water pumping station failed, leading to further issues. tell us what you know. >> reporter: right. this was quite a situation. you had a pumping station that sort of feeds the downtown area. and as a result, you had many businesses and hotels that did not have hot water. it happened reall...

To be coming? much more on that, lauren. where do negotiations stand between the trump administration and mexico over the presidents demands here? >> there are some optimistic signs. from mexico, weve been hearing based on what theyve seen from the white house, they feel like a deal can be worked out. that sounds somewhat comforting to all of those business people and farmers and republicans, members of the presidents own party, who have been so concerned out there. and today the white house, on...

Three americans found dead within five days at the same resort in the dominican republic. dominican authorities announce that they are investigating the death of 41-year-old miranda warner. pennsylvania woman died in her hotel room in playa nueva romana. >> an american couple was found dead at the same hotel. all three checked into the hotel on the same day. martin savidge has been following the story. martin, do we have any details about how this happened? >> we have a lot of details. what we d...

Its already so bad and its going to get worse. how is the city preparing? >> hi, poppy, jim. first of all, this is kind of a crazy sight were seeing in downtown st. louis. this gives you the idea of the conditions here. look at this roadway that is totally submerged. you can see the lamp post in the background. that gives you a sense in terms of how high the water has risen. this is all mississippi river that has flooded this roadway. were talking about 400 roads that have been closed as a resul...

>> that is interesting. >> way to go, david sanger. >> thats why we love david sanger. >> thats why we love dana bash. >> jim and i are just going to go home. you guys do the rest of it from here. thank you very much, dana bash, david sanger. this story is just so incredibly troubling. within five days, three americans have been found dead at the same dominican republic hotel. what we are learning about the stunning vacation mystery. my experience with usaa has been excellent. they really appr...

Our air last hour, jim. you heard, though, the voices that he is hearing in support of this policy behind the scenes talking about it in public, that they believe mexico is just benefiting, benefiting, benefiting from this imbalance on both polishes and that this being tough, being trumpian and doing something that would be perceived as downright crazy by anybody else is the only way to approach this. >> by the way, politically it may really pay off for him. he may go through with this, even tho...

Just in from capitol hill. a unilateral move. >> republicans are joining democratic colleagues in a rebuke to arms sales to saudi arabia and united arab emirates. whats going on here? how did we get here, too? >> good morning, jim, poppy. this is a stunning rebuke this is something weve seen quite consistently from republicans and democrats on capitol hill when it comes to saudi arabia, specifically in the wake of the horrific murder of jamal khashog khashoggi. the day-to-day ruler of saudi arab...