To the gulf coast. In fact, people there are bracing for potentially lifethreatening floods as rising water levels have washed out many roads. Up to a foot of rain is expected and predicted to fall on parts of louisiana coastline. Already it is proving deadly in alabama where a 10yearold boy was struck and killed by debris blown ashore by the storm surge. Joining us now from new orleans is nbcs jay gray. Jay, good to have you with us this morning. A lot of people there concerned. The storm is expected to make landfall in louisiana soon. What are you seeing there in terms of the preparations . Not just here in new orleans but all along the central gulf coast. A lot of people making sure they have enough food and water to stay inside if necessary, and we have seen a lot of people taking the storm very seriously. Especially in this area where theyve already seen some local flooding if areas that take on too much water too quickly. Thats going to continue. The rain is going to continue. This thing starts to move inland. Heavy, heavy waves out on the gulf, and that driving rain thats causing so many problems, and according to forecasters, will continue to cause problems. You talked about it earlier. The storm has turned deadly. A 10yearold boy on the beach in alabama, he was struck by debris as one of those huge waves crashed into the shoreline there. Its an unfortunate example of what authorities have been saying over the last couple of days here. Thaw need to take this thing seriously and stay out of harms way, and that includes people on the roadways. There is a lot of concern about people driving through whats expected to be very high water. Well keep watching it. For now, though, thats the latest live from new orleans. Back to you. All right, jay gray live in new orleans for us. Thank you for that. Lets get the storm lets get the path of Tropical Storm cindy, bringing in nbc meteorologist bill karins, what do you have . We did get landfall over the last hour or two. Right along a texaslouisiana border. Usually landfall is a big deal. Usually you get a tropical system, and thats when you get the highest wind. The wind is at 45 miles per hour. It didnt really do any damage whatsoever. Were not concerned. Down to a tropical depression by this afternoon. The winds are really not an issue. As far as the advisories go, 13 Million People at risk of flooding during the day. We only have these flood warnings right now, but as you mentioned, the path that we deal with today, in a texaslouisiana border, guys, thats when the worst chances of flooding would be this afternoon. Updates from that storm throughout the hour. Thanks, bill. Were hours away from seeing the Senate Republicans draft of a Health Care Bill. Many are still waiting for details themselves, and yet, Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell will seek a vote before the end of next week. A discussion draft of the bill is reported to include deep cuts to federal medicaid funding. A repeal of all aca taxes, except on my cost cadillac plans, and it eliminates all funding for planned parenthood. A difference from the house bill is it ties federal insurance subsidies to income, not to age. It provides more gradual cuts than the house bill while offering deeper longterm medicaid cuts, and unlike the house, it will let federally Subsidized Health plans cover abortions. Last night at a rally packed with thousands of people in see cedar rapids, iowa, President Trump said he urged them to craft a more expansive bill than the one passed by the house. Take a listen. I think and i hope they guarantee anything, but i hope well surprise you with a really good plan. I have been talking about a plan with heart. I said add some money to it. A plan with heart. Obama care is dead. As of tuesday, the white house could not say how much the president knew about the contents of the Health Care Bill. According to the washington post, a discussion draft circulated yesterday among aides and lobbyists. Republican senators, they will receive the legislation in a meeting at 9 30 this morning, which Lindsey Graham commented on just yesterday. No, ill see it and well know if its a boy or girl along about 9 30. Support among the Republican Caucus appears to be waivering. The wall street journal finds opposition coming from both conservatives and centrist senators, many of whom feel they are left in the dark by the process. After hearing details, in the senate gop lunch everything i hear sounds like obama care lite. Paul is joined by three other senators, including mike lee, tom cotton, and ted cruz in demanding no more concessions from conservatives on the bill. Shelly moore capito and rob portman from ohio, both from states that expanded medicaid under obama care, along with Susan Collins of maine, a state that will vote later this year on expansion, have expressed concerns about the rollback. Portman and capito have been looking for a fund to treat and prevent opioid addiction, which was in the draft circulated yesterday. Then there are complaints about the process. In fact, senator ron johnson said that in addition to reading the bill, ill also want to get full input from constituencies in wisconsin. Adding, i find it hard to believe that well have enough time to pass the bill this month. 13 senators were involved in the working group to draft the bill. You see them there on your screen. Though several say they were not part of the final process. Even among those who were, several of those senators have complaints about how obama care was drafted back in 2009 as these clips compiled by the 11th hour show. Americans are asking the democrats to put Party Loyalty aside tonight, to put the interests of Small Business owners, taxpayers, and seniors first. We want to make sure they pass it before the American People find out whats in it because the American People by nearly two to one according to the cnn poll, dont like what theyve heard about the Health Care Bill. I want to make sure my health care is not going to be made worse by whats going to happen in the senate between now and the end of the year. When americans voted to change washington last year, they didnt think it would be politics as usual here, but, unfortunately, its sunk to a whole new level. Only one party and especially one person gains from this socalled Health Care Reform bill. The president will be able to show how he was able to accomplish something against all odds. After weeks of closeddoor clandestine negotiations, senator reed finally emerged with a 383 page crystals list. This bill is a dark example of everything that is wrong with washington today. They want to push through here. They want to finish it before the christmas holiday. They want to get this in the Rearview Mirror before the American People have an opportunity to see whats in it. All right. Joining us now reporter for axio, sarah fisher. Sarah, good morning to you. Last night you heard the president talk about how narrow he thinks the republicans pass to passing this legislation is. Take a listen. We have a very slim 5248. That means we basically cant lose anybody. But is talk of opposition just bargaining by some republican senators you think . Left out of the process . Or could they really upend this bill like the Freedom Caucus did for a time earlier in the house . Its absolutely possible that they could up end the bill because there are, as the presses mentioned, such slim margins here. The republicans really cant afford to lose not one person when it comes to this vote, but its looking like theyre definitely losing support. As you mentioned on screen just before, theres a bunch of different factions in the Republican Party that are looking at this from different angles. You have the folks who are really keen on making sure those medicare subsidies dont leave those states. Folks, like as you mentioned senator capito. Then you have folks that want to aim to fix obama care. They dont really want this to be obama care light. Its going to be a very tough rally, and were looking forward to seeing what comes out this morning at 9 30 a. M. Since april up 14 points to 30 , which is pretty surprising among republicans. You think if theyre able to have these delays go on, how likely is it the republicans can keep the momentum going to pass this bill this summer . Momentum is the keyword there, yasmin. They know they need to get this passed very quickly. You heard a senator saying earlier before that the reason mitch mcconnell, they think, is trying to push this through so rushed, is so that the details wont come out for constituents to really evaluate before they get it through. Its important that if they do want to get this passed, they try to get it done relatively quickly so that that momentum against the bill doesnt continue to build. All right, sara fisher for us. Thank you. Thank you. Both the house and Senate Intelligence committees are pressing ahead with their investigation into russias meddling in the 2016 election. Former Homeland Security secretary jay johnson was on capitol hill yesterday to testify in front of the house Intel Committee. He told members there is no doubt that russia was behind efforts to interfere in the election. In 2016 the russian government at the direction of Vladimir Putin himself, orchestrated Cyber Attacks on our nation for the purpose of influencing our election. That is a fact, plain and simple. My question for you, sir, just to be abundantly clear, will the russians be back . I think we have to assume for all the reasons that have been discussed here, that the russians will be back and possibly other state actors and possibly other bad cyber actors. On the senate side, Intel Committee members heard from Security Experts who said a number of states were the target of the russian Cyber Attacks. As of right now we have evidence of 21 states electionrelated systems in 21 states that were targeted. But in no case were actual vote tallies altered in any way, shape, or form . It. That is correct. Experts would not say which states were targeted. Members met with Robert Mueller yesterday as the two sides both carry out probes on russias role in last years election. Mueller has been meeting with lawmakers over the last week to make sure his investigation is not bumping into others. Speaking before his meeting with mueller. Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley talked about what, if anything, is off the table. There is some areas that i wont go into that i think are very definitely that he can interfere with. Probably some he will tell us that there is some that we cant interfere with. Is obstruction one of those areas, possibly the president obstructing justice . I think that everything is on the table. All right. Still ahead, were following the latest on a michigan airport attack that authorities are now investigating as a possible terrorist act. Plus, softball brings lawmakers together, and the capital officer injured threw out the first pitch. A check on those stories and weather when we come back. Whats the story behind Green Mountain coffee and fair trade . Lets take a flight to colombia. This is boris calvo. Boris grows mindblowing coffee. And because we pay him a fair price, he improves his farm and invest in his community to make even better coffee. All for a smoother tasting cup. 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He is charged with violates at an International Airport and other charges could follow. Lets turn now to the weather once again. Tropical storm cindy barrelling towards the gulf coast. Lets get another check of the weather with bill karins. We found out that cindy had weakened to 40 miles per hour. Its barely a Tropical Storm. Uneventful landfall over the last hour or two right along the texaslouisiana border. The only concern is how much rain are we going to still get from the storm and are we going to have flash flooding . Yesterday we had some, but it wasnt historic. Very isolated. The storm path will bring us more rain. We have feeder bands to mississippi, alabama. This is an area in the flood watch. Thats for the heavy rain as the storm moves to the north, and even memphis is under a flash flood watch. Heres our rainfall forecast. When you get up to the red, thats four to five inches. Thats enough to cause flash flooding, and this is going to be during the day today. Northern louisiana, right along the texaslouisiana border. Then from areas of memphis right through northern tennessee and the nashville area too. Even far from the center, even though its a weak system. Its still bringing the threat of heavy rainfall. This will even go through the day on friday. Right through kentucky and even into the mountainous areas of west virginia, which historically any time they get heavy rains in the mountain areas, theres always a problem there. Well continue to watch that. The other thing is isolated tornadoes. Yesterday we had two or three tornadoes. One in fort walton boech. Anywhere from alexandria to jackson, tup low, to birmingham, montgomery to mobile. Isolated with the bands today. The storms from gh to the quad cities to chicago and milwaukee. Thats where the cold front is dropping down from the south. Thats wind damage with those. Also from denver to garden city, amarillo, wind damage, and how about the heat . Some areas will go a week straight with excessive heat warnings. Thats a rare event. 20 Million People under heat advisories or heat warnings from redding to sacramento, san jose, all the way back down to the desert southwest. More record highs are likely today. Its endless. Its hard to imagine that were ever going to return back to normal. Fresno, 109. Winslow, 105. This even goes into the weekend. Poor phoenix goes from 112 back up to 117. You do get a little relief in california. Its just the heat wave is this is going to be one of those for the record books. The duration. Have to make sure your air conditioning continues to work. Have to lose that in weather like that . Not a good situation. All right, bill. Democrats and republicans joined together in the nations capital. At least for a night as the female members of Congress Took on the women of the Washington Press corps and the congressional womens softball game yesterday. 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