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>> im fighting for control, and usually, on a normal controlled descent, they can stop me at will, i can hang out on the side of the ledge if i want to. here, im doing everything i can to keep myself from falling. >> eric has to undo the knots. fortunately, hes able to find a tiny ledge to brace himself. >> nice. >> he was able to kind of maneuver his way over to it, then totally adjust the rope. >> i thought that with only 100 feet left, i could basically force my hand to, you know, control my ...

Mistakes. >> reporter: a poll shows bill clinton with 65% favorability. why not put him on the trail sooner? he takes all the oxygen out of the room and fear he could steal the spotlight from his wife. he tends to connect better with voters than she does and is tremendously popular, advantages that outweigh the possibility of him going rogue. randi kaye, cnn, new york. up next, what the pentagon is saying about a fallen hero, the first u.s. combat death in iraq in four years, how he and others...

Closed, 158 bridges closed. we have one video, remarkable, a pick jum truck being swept away, floating down what used to be a road with the driver inside. rescue crews did manage to kick out the back window of that truck and pull the driver to safety. joining us by phone is the storm chaser who shot this really stunning video, brandon sullivan. brandon, thanks for being with us. there were feet of rain falling. you know, 2 feet of rain falling over the weekend. its coming down and down and down....

The situation has become very dire. hundreds of people have had to be rescued. its putting law enforcement personnel in danger as well. they are out there saving folks across the state. heres a live look at the weather radar. you can see the sheer size of the storm. garret is live in myrtle beach. >> reporter: this is the result of rain falling for a week. were right in the middle of an intersection in north myrtle beach, one of the lowest tidal areas. the lakes are completely full and the river...

Flooding in general is just when water slowly comes up and inundates your household. this is flash flooding that happens abruptly and it happens very quickly and often without notice. that is why its so dangerous for anyone in their path to -- because it can travel upward of 40, 50 miles per hour. what about basically anything in its pat. i want to get you positioned. mexico to the south, united states to the north. weve got arizona, california, utah. theres the baja peninsula. that bright shadi...

Conditions like those you saw in this video we shot last night. now the search is still under way for these folks still missing. about five people. there was a witness who tweeted out overnight that there were 300 people in that community looking for these folks in the dark with rain falling. rain, unfortunately, is forecast throughout much of the day. thunderstorms in fact. so one official said it is causing very dangerous and treacherous conditions for those folks looking for those five people...

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...

Breaking news out of houston. unprecedented rain falling. floods overnight. you can see these high water rescues. two confirmed deaths in houston overnight. thats as 12 people are still missing across the state. >> that includes in that number a home coming queen swept away by floodwaters just after her prom. well speak live with her aunt and how the family is doing right now. k.... now lets get ready for the ball. here it comes. here you go. good catch! perfect! alright, now for the best part. ...

What is expected tonight. rahema? >> reporter: ed whats happening out here now, the weather has turned its gotten windy and there is also rain falling. at the same time, we have a group of about 500 people. you can see them behind me here, right by the steps of city hall. they have got signs that say "justice for freddie gray," "black lives matter," and their hands are up. what they have said to me they want to know whats going on. they want information. a woman i was just talking to said the la...

Theres rain falling. could turn into snow and that is going to also complicate things and could cover the remains of the people who were killed in the crash as well as for the investigators who would be looking for black boxes it could make the search for the black boxes more difficult as they try to work in this rather hostile sort of terrain. >> of course that search so important to those who have family members onboard that flight. we understand most of the passengers were german, spanish, tu...