for you now. we are closely watching the weather radar, a tropical storm forming along the u.s. gulf coast is threatening to flood a region hit by hurricane katrina. the storm could drench the city with up to two feet of rain. that's just a forecast at this time. joining us on the form a district commanderred flemming. you say it's raining right knew in new orleans, how are you preparing for a worst case scenario. >> we've set up an emergency center. we've set up liaisons in the parishes here, we are out doing our typical maintenance and testing operations on our gates at the pump stations and we are prepared to adjust as the
megyn: before i let you go, is there something our viewers can do to help you there? >> thank you very much. megyn: we'll follow up with shaun to find that out. sometimes they have a web site, so we'll have our producers do that with him, and we'll mention it to you at the end of the show. unbelievable. well, folks, we are eyeing the weather radar as a new storm begins to take shape. tropical storm katya right now strengthening in the eastern atlantic and expecting to become a hurricane. we will check in with meteorologist janice dean on this one. plus a follow up on one of the most memorable pictures from yesterday, you saw it here first on "america live." why did these national guard troops drive these trucks until they were literally underwater? well, the answer may surprise you. stay tuned. now, to libya where the u.s. is asking rebel leaders to review their refusal to extradite convicted terrorist
we have, because, currently, the situation, where u.n. functions are spread in buildings throughout the city, some of those are probably easier targets. >> reporter: now, if the plan goes ahead it will be years until the office tower is built, a key date to keep in mind is october 10th. state lawmakers here said the city and state must agree on a framework by october 10th or the entire thing is dead. heather. heather: october 10th. got it, thank you very much, david lee miller. bill: 10/10/11. soon. we'll find out if minutes if the shuttle flies today. nasa is watching the weather radar, looking for a window to launch, let's hope we get lucky. we'll find out when we come back. [ male announcer ] this...is the network --
lot for me. but i would say 10 minutes after we got in there the hail hit and strong winds and rain hit. you are down there saying your prayers and hoping everything turns out okay. >> shepard: i am sure you were. again, these are pictures just into us. washington, oklahoma, as i mentioned, south-southwest of norman. i frankly i don't have any way to know what this was it may have been a home. can you see there are people there who survived and are trying to assess damage, it would appear. different location but in the same area, it's my understanding this one actually looks like the same spot. at any rate, the weather radar is showing us these storms are still quite violent now. 20 till 7:00. 20 minutes before 7:00 in the central time zone. can you see what's moving across tulsa right now, kansas city -- it's passed kansas city. north of charlotte, north carolina. some storms over there as well. the majority of it is from denver and to the east. this from kokh our fox station in oklahoma city. can you see the pink and purple
west of norman. large wall cloud. new tornadoes coming up on the south side and probably going to norman now. from the viewpoint i have here off the bridge in norman, just in the moore area, looking back southeast, back about southwest as you can see another large wall cloud coming and there is also a tornado developing very near and just south of the city of norman as well in radar. i can see it but this one in moore has weakened. continues we have multiple tornadoes in and the southwest suburbs of oklahoma city at this time tracking across the city. >> shepard: and live weather radar coming from oklahoma city. as he talks across this tornado forming. they are reporting ton oklahoma city, listen. >> so to new castle and moore area. al large violent tornado has been on the ground quite some time. reflectivity not very impressive. tracking this thing into the moore area. zoom in because i don't want to lose that intensity or the circulation that is. we are starting to see things
footage from tuscaloosa and over in smithville, mississippi. ef 4 and 5, it is stun thag we didn't see thousands of deaths rather than hundreds and hundreds are way too many. but one of the things that happened. doppler weather radar and warning system gave people an opportunity to run for cover. how much has that really made an impact in the number of lives that we saw saved in the light of the spectacular damage. >> they are saving thousands of lives and hard to go and look back and see how it did. doppler radar and people of the weather service and storm spotters . the live tv coverage that saved thens of lives and education that people had there undoubtly saved thousands of lives. they had problems in communication because of the thunderstorms and some of those systems may have been out and that will be
footage from tuscaloosa and over in smithville, mississippi. ef 4 and 5, it is stun thag we didn't see thousands of deaths rather than hundreds and hundreds are way too many. but one of the things that happened. doppler weather radar and warning system gave people an opportunity to run for cover. how much has that really made an impact in the number of lives that we saw saved in the light of the spectacular damage. >> they are saving thousands of lives and hard to go and look back and see how it did. doppler radar and people of the weather service and storm spotters . the live tv coverage that saved thens of lives and education that people had there undoubtly saved thousands of lives. they had problems in communication because of the thunderstorms and some of those systems may have been out and that will be discovered as they check out
director. how many were in attendance there yesterday? thousands, right? >> tens of thousands, actually jon, and it was quite a scene. jon: well, i know the pilots watch weather. you must have been watching this thing coming at you. >> actually, that's the interesting part about it. just about everybody had either a pda or a cell phone or computers and we were watching and tracking the weather radar and watching this thing just bear down on the airports for about 20 or 30 minutes. you could just see that it was honed in right on lake land airport, so we watched it for quite a while. jon: a lot of these planes that were flipped over weren't tied down, though, is that correct? i mean, if you had 20 minutes notice, why wasn't everybody out there tieing down their aircraft? well, the fact is that -- >> well, the fact is most were on display and they were tied down in a sense but many of the smaller ones are rolled into place for
about to get spanked with another snowstorm, tonight stretching into tomorrow. brace yourself. let's take a live look at our weather radar. you will see it there. there's the pink band of snow and rain. it will continue to build. storm warnings are around the region now, new jersey, eastern new york, new england. take a look at the nine states likely to be affected. some areas may get up to a foot of snow. the poconos could get 8 inches. central vermont, wow, 12 inches in the high-altitude areas. don't put your skis away yet. in portland, maine, about a foot. coastal massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, mostly rain, maybe a little wet snow that will not accumulate. it's the interior areas that will see all of the white stuff. summit county, ohio, which is experiencing some snow, looks awful. it's not a lot.
your thoughts in the "wall street journal". gerry, thank you. jenna: speaking about that region, syrian president adegreing his nation for the first time since massive protests erupted across his country. check out what happened to the president as he was leaving after making those remarks. who is surrounding his car, what's going on there? we're live with the story. also surprising news about what he did not mention today, but the world expected. a live look at the weather radar, where a big noreaster is now brewing. who will get hit? we're live at the fox desk, just ahead.