Not present, his father, Justin Ross Harris whos accused of killing the toddler. But he did call in from jail to thank funeral guests for supporting his son and apolog e apologized for not being there. His wife said he is not angry at her husband and said that the truth would come out. Harris could be heard sobbing over the phone as the crowd inside gave him a standing ovation. Earlier saturday, new details about the 33yearold. According to search warrants obtained by cnn, harris told police, quote, he researched child deaths inside vehicles and what temperature it needs to be for that to occur. The Police Officer went on to say, quote, justin stated that he was fearful that this could happen. What remains unclear is exactly whether that search was done. Friends and family say the man police paint as a murderer is not the man they know. I want that he would be able to forgive himself. Reporter family friend carol brown. Its just seems out of character for ross and i know people change. Its been 15 years or so since weve had contact in the church. So, you know, people change. But its just hard for me to imagine that that is the ross, the sweet ross harris, sweet little funny boy that we knew. Reporter a lawyer has instructed harriss family not to speak to the media. Those who have spoken off camera say a man with the moral fiber of harris would not be capable of killing his son. Left in the car for seven hours, Cooper Harris died. What is still unknown is what could have motivated harris as police say to kill his only child. Outside the University Church of christ, friends and family grieve waiting to find out if baby coopers death was a terrible accident or something more sinister. I was inside that funeral yesterday when leeanna stood in front of the crowd and said she found solace knowing her 22yearold would not experience the deaths of his parents and the death would one day come out and talked about having more children. Was there any kind of visible reaction when she talked about the things that this child would not, you know, or i guess would be able to avoid in his death . Well, the whole thing was just very bizarre and evident to the reporters in the crowd that they were speaking beyond those in attendance. There was media in the room. There was also people that werent family and friends in the room. A crowd of about 400. Cries and tears and sobs and then standing ovation to ross harris on the phone and he could be heard thanking the crowd for their support of not only him but also of his young son, 22monthold. Keep us posted on this. Will do. Remarkable story, nick. All right. Now to a Severe Weather slamming much of the country. In prior lake minnesota, south of the twin cities, the waters are rising and dozens of homes are flooded. More rain is expected there today. Alexandria steele is with me. Minnesotans cant get relief from the rain which is are incredible. They cant, fred. Its 35 different counties in that state already in a declared state of emergency. Flash flooding is creating wiespread damage across the state. River water levels rising. People are just trying to protect homes and streets. Theyre piling up sandbags five feet high. In waterville, minnesota, they say they have gone through 60,000 sandbags. And were seeing similar problems in memphis, tennessee, where the National Weather service reported a flash flood emergency. Warnings are in effect and drivers are warned to stay off watercovered roads. Some rescues have already happened and in shelby county, reports of some underpasses are flooded with water three feet high. Doesnt stop there, fred. Over in milwaukee, a 67yearold man seriously hurt after a tree uprooted and fell on him while he was jogging and were told that high winds are to blame. A number of problems right now across the country, fred. Keeping an eye on all of them. Thank you so much. Bad, very bad situation. And apparently, more terrible stuff on the horizon. Lets check in with karen mcguinness. Whats the next area . Thats the problem. We watched the storms just plow across memphis and then did not move very much and as a consequence, heres memphis. Heres little rock. You can kind of see where the heaviest rainfall was in the pink and red shaded areas. Five to ten inches of rain cafa and very quickly. The bulk of it in just a very few hours. And for the most part, they did see in memphis around five inches of rainfall in just about two hours time period. But not just there. Across sections of arkansas, as well. Look at this. In excess of ten inches of rainfall at little dixie. Lets take a look at the tower cam that we have got because its very interesting. We have looked at this all day long. Fwael, this is an improved picture compared to what we saw an hour ago. The temperature has hovered around 70 degrees with the cloud cover. The rain has come down. Neighborhoods flooded. Theres a brief respite and then from the Mississippi River towards northern georgia, three to five inches of rainfall expected over three days. And the upper midwest, thats the other area. Tonight i dare say we could see Severe Weather outbreak acrosssections of the upper Mississippi River valley and into the is central plains. Moderate risk of Severe Weather. Hail, high winds, potential for an isolated tornado and then one other thing to tell you about. This disturbance. The National Hurricane center say there is a 60 chance to see it become a Tropical Storm in the next several days and 80 chance in the next five. Okay. Well, it is hurricane season. It is. So patterns like that i guess we should expect but still it always sounds surprising with a forecast like that. Thank you so much, karen. Appreciate that. All right. Off to arizona now. They could use some of that wet minnesota weather, especially in the eastern part of that state. The san juan fire burned some 5,000 acres but conditions just might be improving. The weather is better today and crews are hoping they contain the fire before it reaches properties in the nearby city of vernon. Iraqs military just got a delivery that could significantly help their efforts to defeat militant islamists that seized huge areas. Today, five russian fighter jets arrived in iraq, the first of 25 war planes that will be delivered under a deal between the iraqi and rush kahne governments. The pentagon is rejecting complaints by iraqs Prime Minister that isis militants have been helped by the slow delivery of two u. S. Fighter jets. A spokesman said the f16s couldnt have stopped the isis advance. Meanwhile, fighting rages on in several iraqi towns. Iraq says the air force carried out a strike against isis forces. The official spokesman for isis purportedly released a statement declaring the establishment of an Islamic State in iraq and renaming the isis group simply the Islamic State. So far, cnn has not been able to verify the authenticity of that message. A u. S. Official tells cnn the suspected master mind of the benghazi attacks denied to u. S. Interrogator that is he took part in the 2012 assault. But the official says khattala did implicate other people in the attacks. Khattala talked to interrogators before and after he was read the miranda rights but some members of Congress Said he should never have been mirandaized at all. Some senators say this was mishandled. What are the concerns . Reporter fred, they really wanted him to go to guantanamo bay, cuba, first because the real concern is to underwent an intensive interrogation process so the u. S. Could get as much intelligence as possible out of him. Now, heres how House Republican mike rogers that chairs the House Intelligence Committee put it this morning on cnns state of the union. These are dangerous folks. If he doesnt give us anything and we get him put him in jail, what have we accomplished . I argue weve spent a lot of money and not gained anything valuable. So in other words, hes saying without getting that intelligence, just capturing him and spending the money to do that and not getting the necessary intelligence, whats the point, fred . Okay. Another issue that has the white houses attention, official with the white house confirming to cnn president obama will seek emergency funds to deal with the flood of undocumented immigrants on the border. What are you learning . Reporter we have heard that the white house on monday will request at least 2 billion to basically try to end this humanitarian crisis of children trying to cross the border without parents. Thats the key here. But there are a number of things to do with the funds. First thing is to stem the tide of immigrants trying to cross the south texas border illegally. They also want to see more housing for this big influx of undocuments minors arriving without the parents and make it more efficient in terms of enforcement and removal proceedings and also, of course, deporting these immigrants back to where they were coming from, fred. All right. Erin mcpike, thanks so much. Well talk more. Well be speaking with a journalist who lives and works here in america without legal documents. All right. A shocking string of shootings at a hugely popular tourist attraction. New orleans famous bourbon street. Police are locking for a suspect that shot nine people there overnight and according to police at least one of the victims is a woman in Critical Condition now. Seven other victims are reportedly stable and another had surgery. The shootings happened about 2 45 this morning. Police do not have a motive. And now, to the passing of a hollywood star. Many of us remember from the sitcom designing women, actor Meshach Taylor died last night. He was nominated for an emmy for his portrayal of anthony and also wellknown as the larger than life window dresser Hollywood Montross in mannequin. Film at 11 00. Yes, my dear. Your favorite. She is gone, too. Get him taylor had been fighting a terminal illness. He was surrounded by his familiar, wife, children and grandchildren and mother when he passed. And we are now less than 50 hours from the u. S. World cup match against belgium but theres plenty to talk about today including a round of 16 match featuring the neighbor to the south. Well have a live report from mexico city. Keeping a billion customers a year flying, means keeping seven billion transactions flowing. And when weather hits, its data mayhem. But airlines running hp endtoend solutions are always calm during a storm. 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Reporter lost in the political wilderness for months im finding lately that i just want to say whats on my mine. So let me cant be regular. Cant be routine. Reporter its fair to say president obama is doing more than working through some cabin fever these days. The bears loose. Reporter now, these president ial bear sightings happen every week. But this creature of washington is hungrying for more than coffee runs and fast food as he told a town hall in minnesota. Im like a caged bear and every once in a while i brack loose. Oh my god, its a bear. Reporter unlike the minnesota bear, he wants to reconnect outside the white house fence and beyond the beltway noise. Critics and cynics in washington, you know, theyve written me off more times than i can count. Reporter now the white house is making these getan aways part of the schedule spending more time with every day americans. This week it was rebeccas turn. She is a minnesota mom who wrote a letter to the president about her struggles making ends meet. I got the chance to start a conversation about what a lot of the people i know are going through. Reporter with the president s poll numbers approaching record lows after bearish stories of obamacare to the va, democratic strategists say the looser the better. Oh, its an Election Year so theres no question that the president will visit not just those important states but those not so important districts so im sure that theres a little bit of politics in all of this. Reporter no surprise with the Midterm Election battle with republicans under way the claws are coming out. They dont do anything except block me. And call me names. Reporter the president prefers the bear, and aides say hes out to convince americans that washington can be more than the circus where hes not the popular exhibit he once was. I dont want you to ever forget that. I dont want you to be cynical. 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Now to a team that has a lot of followers here in the u. S. Talking about mexico. Mexico has been taking on the netherlands in a match that just ended and nick parker is in mexico city where people have been over the top excited. But now, nick, they have to be pretty disappointed at the outcome not good for mexico. Reporter fredericka, thats right. It was the crushing disappointment i think for the fans that gathered in the main square to see the gripping match. On the giant tvs. I think its a massive sense of what could have been, history could have been made. Theres also essentially i dont know if you can hear it, but in the background, fans stayed behind long after the match ended to sort of shoulder the team chanting mexico, mexico. I think overall that does reflect perhaps a sense of resur gent pride and belief in the national team. So the locations into this team quite low. But since then, under the management, they have tried to show that anything can be possible. They had a very Strong Group Performance and then 10 off against the netherlands but the most of the match finally contending the two goals and dying minutes so sort of could have been pulled here with mexico. But ultimately, denied historic passage through to the quarterfinals but still some sense of pride here, fredericka. All right. Nick parker, what an exciting match right down to the end. Thank you so much. Im sure tuesdays match between the u. S. And belgium will be exciting, too. No one can predict that outcome. Thanks so much, nick. In mexico city. Fourth of july holiday and gas prices are rising. How much will we be paying hitting the roads this week . Is more. Theres a reason its called an all you can eat buffet. And not a have just a little buffet. Thats the idea behind the more everything plan. Its more of everything you want. For less. Plus, get the droid maxx by motorola for 0 down. Get more with our best plans on the best network. For best results use verizon. 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