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Preparing and addressing the concerns that we had, trying to reinforce and mitigate any kind of concerns we had along our levy system, we did not have rain. we did have two days of rain and now were back, were having a couple days of sunshine and as i just saw your weather forecaster, weve got rain l coming. weve had a team today at our emergency management director, brad thomas, the crawford county sheriff, ron brown, and his -- a couple of his deputies and four members of the arkansas national...

Continues in the arkansas river. roads and communities complete the underwater. officials in north little rock this morning went door-to-door warning residents to leave for higher ground. its a false alarm that a nearby levy had been breached had not yet. fox news team coverage for you on deck with the forecast but lets go to casey who is in arkansas where the water is already high and expected to rise over the next two days. you could see behind you, man 0 man. >> the arkansas river swollen and...

One of the biggest concerns right now for the state of arkansas and that is the levy infrastructure. will it hold? as you mentioned, there was a levy breached overnight, im about 90 miles west of where that happened and i talked to the emergency management in that count in yell county and they say about 75 homes were impacted. here is the good news, because they thought that this could happen, they issued evacuation orders early, let people know that they needed to move out and they did do that....

>> shepard: bottom of the hour. time for top of news headlines. a heavy has breached in arkansas. waters are rising. well go there live. you think your boss is bad, right? were hearing that kim jong-un may have executed the henchmen that set up the failed summit with the president in vietnam and sent his top negotiator to a hard labor camp. and borat from kazakhstan may have caused a high profile celebrity divorce. first, the fox weather alert. floods keep getting worse. flood waters are gushing...

The north korean dictator executing five officials after title apart in hanoi according to self korean media. the top nuclear negotiator reportedly undergoing hard labor. navy seal eddie gallagher set free in california, military judge citing prosecutors interfering with his right to counsel, charged with murdering and injured isis prisoner. his trial is set to start june 10th. mandatory evacuations underway as a levy fails in the mississippi river. near the illinois burner people getting to hig...

Mexico to step up. >> dagen: that was white house press secretary sarah sanders defending the presidents decision to potentially slap new tariffs on mexico unless the country helps and the migrant surge at the southern border. the president announcing that the united states will impose a 5% tariff on mexican products imported into the u.s. beginning on june 10th. with that levy increasing up to 25% if mexico doesnt take action. thats 25% by october 1st. republican congress and peter king sang th...

Evacuations under way in the state of arkansas after a levy breached there overnight. millions of others in the midwest and the south are at risk today as the historic flooding continues. officials warn other levies could give out. nbcs kristen dahlgren is on the ground in ft. smith, arkansas. >> reporter: hey there, stephanie. another tough day in the midwest. were at ft. smith, arkansas. you can see what this flooding has already done to neighborhoods this morning. there is a real fear that we...

Come june. rob: people wants to make a plan in arkansas. it has already failed in the town of darden by little rock. the sheriff going door-to-door as water pushes through that levy. days of rain causing rivers to swell across the midwest, and the plains states. look at all this water, flooding an area near lsu in baton rouge. so much water. the east coast, tornado ripping through maryland outside baltimore. nearby delaware powerful winds walking down trees and leaving thousands of people in the...

A lot of homes, a lot of properties damaged. it is kind of sad. >> the last two days i filled up sandbags. these are my neighbors. these are people that i depend on and they depend on me. >> meanwhile a tornado touching down yesterday in maryland snapping trees and damaging homes as the dangerous storm front swept through finally heading out to sea. >> bill: the twister capping a dreadful months. hundreds of tornadoes across the country. a handful of states. now more on dangerous flooding. matt ...

Congressman pete king will join us next. >> bill: an update on the navy seal ed gallagher less than two weeks before his trial. why he is a free man for now. >> sandra: people bracing for a new round of severe weather. how serious is the threat? >> we are expecting the worst. this last seven days has been the worst. were not expecting it to improve. we think the levy may breach and completely collapse within itself and well have a wide open hole there of water. when youre not able to smile, you ...