People do not try to drive anywhere, its too dangerous. Were talking about rainfall of 5 inches an hour. All of this flooding on top of another round of tornadoes. Eight tornadoes were reported in North Carolina alone. Doc rivers has navigated his team through an emotional game and they end up with a win. Donald sterling banned for life and facing a 2. 5 million fan for his racist remarks. The state of oklahoma reviewing its execution procedures after a botched lethal injection attempt. Clayton lockett died of a heart attack 45 minutes after his excuse was called off. And with the help of senior white house advisers we always said where did the video reference come from . Now we know it came from the white house. Prorussian demonstrators seizing another building. A woman falls on the tracks and survives even after coming into contact with the third rail. Thought hed pose with a squirrel. Learned a lesson the hard way when the squirrel pounced and were all making the plans for prince harrys wed persian gulf. Wedding. What are you all laughing at . Its not funny if its true. Excuse my language. Mark hamil, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford are all confirmed in the new movie, which i believe will be titled episode 7, a new hip. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning norah. Good morning to you charlie. We begin with the weather. A powerful storm system is moving from the deep south to the east coast. The biggest threat shifted from tornadoes to flooding. The gulf coast is especially hardest hit this morning. Pensacola, florida saw more than a foot of rain in 24 hours. We go to our affiliate wkrg and they say mobile is also seeing flooding this morning. More than a foot of rain sweat through the area. The system intensified quickly. People became trapped in their cars and homes and needed to be rescued. The floodwaters made it difficult for emergency crews to move but firefighters still managed to save this woman after her car became submerged. It was a similar picture, 60 miles away in pensacola, florida, where the powerful system brought a nonstop roll of thunder and lightning. Thousands were left without power. Authorities were forced to shut down a major interstate connecting mobile and pensacola after roads became impassable. Cards were abandoned as parking lots filled with water. Now 1. 5 inches of rain fell in just 45 minutes, bringing this city to a standstill. Im blake brown, mobile alabama. The severe storm threat extends from the gulf coast to North Carolina. Tornado warnings were posted near durham this morning. At least four tornadoes hit the state yesterday. Anna westernrner is looking at damage in steadman North Carolina. Reporter fortunately the damage here is limited to just a few homes. The volatility of the storms however, meant anyone affected by that Severe Weather had to worry about the worst happening, a tornado that strikes out of nowhere. Just touching down. Its touching down. Reporter amateur video captured this twister as it moved through the town of steadman, tuesday. I got in the closet at the other end and covered my head. And then i heard it swerving over the roof. And the trailer began to shake. Reporter the storm toppled trees and ripped off roofs at this Mobile Home Park where North Carolina governor pat mccrory toured the damage. These tornadoes this week seem to be hitting and then jumping over many miles and hitting back down. Our biggest concern, as i said earlier, is the mobile homes. Crews worked to clear the debris, but it wasnt long before more Severe Weather swept in, unleashing heavy rain wind and some golf ballsized hail. The rain quickly turned roadways into rivers. Drivers did l best to maneuver through rising waters, but this car needed a push. Others were forced to abandon their vehicles altogether. Water level here a good three feet in the house. Reporter this was llewellyns car. Cant sell the house to someone who doesnt want an indoor pool. Reporter theres another ruined of storms predicted to come through here today. The wind is already picking up and people are hoping that they dont see a repeat of last night. Nora . Indeed anna. Thank you. And so far 35 deaths are blamed on this weeks tornadoes. In arkansas the governor visited little rock suburbs yesterday, where more than a dozen people were killed sunday. Searchers in louisville mississippi are still looking for a missing 8yearold boy. His parents died in mondays tornadoes. The mayor of louisville says we will overcome this. The threat of flooding reaches all the way to the northeast. Meteorologist megan glaros is tracking the threat. The risk for Severe Weather extending anywhere from maryland all the way down to north florida, still the possibility of tornadoes hail and damaging winds. Look at the eastern half of the country, all the heavy rain potential from the panhandle all the way into new england. But in the west its essentially dry here and very hot. Were looking at a heat wave with los angeles topping out at 97 degree 87 for san francisco, well see the 80s all the way up into the pacific northwest. There is no public reaction yet from Donald Sterling after one of the toughest punishments in nba history. The commissioner banned him for life. The commissioner said they confirmed his voice on the recording full of racist remarks. Carter, good morning. Reporter it took nba commissioner adam silver just three days to investigate the offensive remarks made by Donald Sterling and to take action. The response from the clippers was a simple statement that said, now the healing begins. We are one reporter with the crowd indonesia them a reinvigorated Clippers Team cruised to a 10point victory on the Court Tuesday night, but it was an earlier victory off the court that cleared the way. Its been very emotional, you know, the crowd support, the fan support has been amazing. Adam silva was brilliant today. Reporter nba commissioner adam silver slapped clippers owner Donald Sterling with a lifetime ban from the league. Mr. Sterling may not attend any nba games or practices. He may not be present at any clippers if a clippers facility and may not participate in any other league activity. Reporter the Golden State Warriors were planning to walk off the court after tipoff if sterlings punishment wasnt severe enough. There was also pressure on the clippers to take action. His decision took a lot of pressure off us. They wanted us to boycott. His decision allowed to us be basketball players. I will urge the board of governors to exercise its authority to force a sale of the team and will do everything in my power to ensure that that happens. Reporter the move to force sterling out will begin immediately and requires a vote of three quarters of the owners to remove him. Do you think the support is there . I think its going to be unanimous. Hall of Famer Shaquille oneal is part owner of the los angeles kings. I would like to know where all the other owners stand. Reporter the clippers are now one step closer to closing out the series but the Front Office Chaos concerns their coach. You think about coaching a team right now and i actually dont know you know who to call if i need something, you know . And so the quicker that this is done, the better for everyone. Reporter the nba commissioner also fined sterling 2. 5 million. That is the maximum amount allowed by the league. That money will now be donated to an organization dedicated to antidiscrimination efforts. Carter thanks. Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson is a former nba allstar. Hes now chairman of the nba players association. Mayor johnson, good morning. Good morning, charlie. What do you expect the nba owners to do now . I think theyre going to support their commissioner. Adam silver came out very strong yesterday, a life ban. I mean you cant get any stronger than that. And he said he was going to essentially force mr. Sterling to sell the team. We as players feel that it is exactly what we wanted to have happen. Mr. Mayor, do you expect Donald Sterling to sue the nba, to fight this . I think everyone is expecting him to sue and there be some sort of litigation. However, adam silva was so clear in his decisive unequivocal action, i think if i was mr. Sterling, if i was the one giving him advice the first thing i would do if i was him, i would apologize, then i would say i embrace these sanctions and then i would say im going to spend the rest of my life proving im not a racist, despite what you heard on tape. Also, the question of how much racism exists and how much you have experienced and how much youve seen and how much have you heard. Clearly hes not the only person who has expressed these kinds of things although they have not been recorded necessarily. You know charlie, whats important is if you think about the role of sports sports always advances civil rights. Sports gives us an opportunity to transcend what goes on the court or on the field. And this was a great example here, where it was bigger than basketball for our players. Our players felt an obligation to make sure they spoke out, not just for athletes but for anybody in society whos discriminated against. Thats why they felt theres no place for bigotry or racism anything thats institutional, thats not positive for the nba, we felt like a cancer you had to cut it out immediately. And i would say today that the basketball nba world has a clean bill of health. Donald sterling did have a history of racial discrimination, including several disturbing lawsuits. Do you think the nba missed an opportunity to deal with this earlier . You know what im not sure about that but what i do know is we didnt miss the opportunity today. If you think about it, this country for the last couple days, this was a defining moment, and i feel like we as an nba family we defined that moment the way it should have been defined. Whats going to happen to the team . You know the team right now, they feel relieved because now they can focus on basketball. They dont have to worry about whether theyre going to wear their jerseys inside out. They got a win on the court last night, but i felt like we got a bigger win off the court. Theyll be able to focus on basketball. I think both teams, the warriors and the clippers they conducted themselves as players in a professional manner. Lets not forget doc rivers in this. His leadership has been very critical as well. And he expressed so as well he and the president of the Clippers Organization. Absolutely. Let me just show you how much this moment meant to our country. You know yesterday before the ruling i get a call from Vice President biden. And he says tell those players that we are standing with them that none of us would accept the disdain and the comments that were so representhensible by mr. Sterling. When you have the president and the Vice President and the white house standing with the players in this league, that is a testament of what sports can do. Sports brings people together and allows us to talk about real issues and i think our players did a superb job. Thanks kevin. Thanks charlie. Thanks, norah. Oklahomas governor is demanding review of the states excuse procedures after a botched execution last night. Clayton lockett was the first inmate injected with the states new mix of lethal drugs. But minutes after being declared unconscious, lockett tried to lift his head mumbled and began squirming. Prison officials halted the execution. There was some indication it may not have worked. The line was blocked. Governor mary fallon ordered a 14day stay of execution for another inmate also set to die last night. New emails over the Obamas Administration in response to benghazi. The documents were concerned by the conservative organization judicial watch. Four americans died, including ambassador chris stevens. Bill plante is at the white house this morning. Reporter good morning to our viewers in the west. Judicial watch documents do suggest that the white house in shaping its talking points in the benghazi attacks deliberately twisted the facts so the president would look good in his reelection campaign. One email was send from ben rhodes, the brother of cbs news president david rhodes. It was addressed to white house officials, including spokesman jay carney who would help prethen u. N. Ambassador susan rice to present the administration response. It listed several goals for rice. Among them, to underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video and not a broader failure of policy. Also to reinforce the president and administrations strength. Rice on all the sunday interview shows linked the consulate assault to protests against an antiislam video, not a terrorist operation. We do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned. Reporter benghazi went on to become a flash point during a fierce election year. The white house insisted it was simply stating the facts known at the time. There are no Unanswered Questions about ambassador rices appearance on sunday shows. Reporter facing further scrutiny then secretary of state Hillary Clinton strongly defended both rice and the white house. With all due respect, the fact is we have four dead americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided theyd go kill some americans . What difference at this point does it make . Reporter republicans in congress now say the newly released emails are evidence that the white house was trying to protect the president has he faced reelection. It demonstrates for the first time the direction on the talking points came directly out of the white house. Reporter but a National SecurityCouncil Spokesperson said the rhodes email reinforces a consistent white house message saying in a statement, this email con tans general topline talking points. There were protests taking place across the region in reaction to an offensive internet video so thats what these points addressed. White house officials continue to insist they had every reason to believe at the time that the demonstrations inspired the attack. Republicans in the house to disagree will have the chance to bring the matter up again at a hearing tomorrow. Norah . Bill, thank you. The president of ukraine this morning says his country as armed forces are on full alert for a possible russian attack but adds police are helpless when it comes to stopping prorussian unrest. The latest target is in a small town about 20 miles from the russian border. Dozens of separatists overran the local Prosecutors Office and police headquarters. The United States is on the verge of bringing criminal charges against two of the worlds biggest banks. That could lead to the first guilty plea by a major bank in more than 20 years. The New York Times reports that Credit Suisse is under investigation for alleged live helping americans evade taxes. And the french bank bnp paribas is being probed for working with those on a black list. And police say a gunman 19yearold, had several home made explosives. A family friend said cramer often joked about carrying out a shooting at work. And it is now 7 19. Ahead were going to look at headlines from around the globe. Plus you saw it right here the 4yearold girl saved by her neighbor after a tornados fury. This likely to be the hottest day of the week. Its going to be gorgeous all the way to the coastline temperatures even at the beaches, what a nice day at ocean beach, nice and clear. A rot of 70s there by the afternoon. A lot of 70s there by afternoon. But getting hot in spots especially inland. Up in the 80 even some mid 90 so about 93 in livermore. 92 in san jose. 86 in oakland. About 77 degrees on the beach in pacifica. Slightly cooler for tomorrow. But hot. 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