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Going to do their jobs. >> they are going to do their jobs. but i do think its probably wrong to think now we have the special counsel named, so this can die down and we dont have to pay attention to it for a year while this is going on. >> what do you mean? fred hyatt is writing the editorial right now? >> it was written before i left the office. but congress has a role here thats separate from the role of prosecutors, which is to get to the bottom of what happened not as a criminal matter but ...

Like this just adds to what is already the steepest of challenges. >> and it also adds a risk to making television. not a priority to anyone. but if you hear microphones dropping in and out, signal jumping in and out. because when there is such thick cloud cover and heavy rain, it tends to mix with the communication systems and make it difficult. i dont know if you just heard the thunder clapping right behind us. >> and were in the middle of it. listening, starts off in the distance, hear it, se...

Beating us out of the house. thunder clapping and stuff. >> reporter: to make things worse, theernsds were rain-shrouded making them invisible to the naked eye. >> when you get tornadoes shrouded in rain its difficult to see the funnel cloud or the tornado from a long distance away, so as a result, its obstructed and people cant prepare as much. >> reporter: for others the problem was floodwater, way too much. some neighborhoods now completely inundated and strong wind downed power lines, leavin...