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Rural or urban communities no matter what skin color. >> meantime, first lady michelle obama was the commencement speaker yesterday at the university of arkansas at pine bluff. she told the grades they must prepare to overcome hardships as they make their way into the world. in western russia, emergency crews are scrambling to save dozens of trapped miners and rescuers at a coal mine. at least a dozen people were killed in two explosions at that mine. rescue workers got trapped inside when the...

Drills, every week. we have blowout preventer drills, that test the documentation, the mms inspectors come out and review all of those, all of that documentation to verify we have kept it. >> while the drilling continues on the rig the men who run it, it is not about just their safety and security which is important but also the safety and security of the environment. because, many of them live on the coast, that would be affected by any possible problems and they say over the last five years th...

What happened yesterday in roswell, georgia, which is a northern suburb of atlanta, dramatic water rescue took place. some teenagers thought it would be a good idea to walk across this very rapidly moving water at the top of a dam. thats aba 30-foot drop, by the way. rescue workers were able to throw them that lifeline and they were able to get out of there safely. some tense moments there and just a big reminder, dont walk through the stuff. nasty, dirty water and look how rapidly its moving. a...

Later on today the sunshine will continue and the high will get up into the low 80s. >> enjoy it while we can. 46 minutes past the hour. lets check on this mornings weather headlines. jacqui jeras is in atlanta. >> up and down the east coast it is gorgeous. here in atlanta, were still kind of dealing with high water. check out these pictures that we have from roswell georgia. a high water rescue across a dam. some teenagers decided it would be a good idea to walk across it. not so much. the resc...

Bear needing a little rescue. >> me, too, but im not necessarily an noauthority on tt subject. lisa, thank. "the cafferty file" coming up and at the top of the hour, "john king, usa," where hell have the latest on the terror suspect and how he was caught. ahead, the historic flooding putting nashville under water. well hear from rescue workers on the scene.

Flooding. the death toll in mississippi and kentucky stands at 28. the pictures are too sad to bear. there is worry the numbers will get bigger. after floodwaters from the swollen cumberland river start to recede. rescue workers are using boats and jet skis to pluck stranded people from their homes. >> some people are left with the clothes in a bag. so as long as i can help them, ill be here. megyn: jennifer smith is live in nashville with the latest. whats it like down there? >> reporter: these...

Emergency responders as well as volunteers helping to have people driving in their cars and low lying areas and road closures are hammering the rescue efforts while the residents are dealing with water thats starting to seep into their homes and some structures are swept away by the rising flood levels. on your screen, you can see a building, that was once on the back of a tractor-trailer. it was later seen floating down what was once an interstate. these rains came very quickly, they caught man...

Rescue workers raised to people trapped on an interstate highway by rising water. the flooding triggered by an unusually heavy rain. the storm system dumped between 15 to 25 centimeters in a five-hour time period. time check the weather with more about this system with ebony deion from the weather center. >> thank, natalie. its been an active day throughout the northeast. some of these storms receiving severe weather, hunting down tornadoes and also the severe rainfall. were talking record flood...

Because of the storm and he doesnt know the extent of the damage yet. we got new video, where you can see, people are in water up to their waists and volunteers and emergency workers are rescuing people from heavily flooded areas and continuing to pummel the southeast, it is unprecedented and radar estimates show up to 20 inches of rain, falling in the last 24 hours. in tennessee. and road closures continue to hamper rescue efforts, while residents deal with water starting to seep into their hom...

Roof of the mine fell down and trapped these two miners. so far, efforts to contact them have been unsuccessful. the mine safety and health administration is on scene along with rescue workers. they are trapped in the western section of kentucky in hopkins county. three minutes at the top of the hour. we will have your top stories coming up in just a moment. ♪ hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? im trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how ...