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>> a little bit of both. it was bad. june we saw so much rain. we're still dealing with the heavy rain across the country. in charleston, south carolina, the rain has been relentless. check out this video of a cyclist struggling to get through the flooded downtown street. georgia, tennessee and arkansas have seen flash flooding this season as storms continue to drench the south. for many places, it had been the wettest summer on record. in just july, miami beach got 18.5 inches of rain. in fort lauderdale. they saw 15 inches of rainfall. in fact, kansas broke 144 rainfall records in the first ...

Just 15, to 18, is it 20 billion, what is it? >> that is the total debt, 18.5, $19 billion. the pension portion, unfunded pension portion is just over one billion dollars. there is a $5.7 billion worth of health issues as well. , health costs going forward. so that's a relatively small amount of money. but i promise you this, bill, there will be absolutely no help for the creditors. they include european banks who are owed $10 billion. no help for them at all. bill: what are you finding with other cities now who are facing a similar scenario? are they finding it more expensive to borrow money ...

Years of manufacturing job loss and economic decay, the arsenal of democracy filed for bankruptcy. cnn's poppy harlow has been covering the story from detroit. she joins us now. how does bankruptcy work for an entire city? this is the largest municipal bankruptcy this country has ever seen. >> reporter: that's right. this is the largest municipal bankruptcy by far in the history of this country, 18$18.5 billio in debt how red in debt this city is, unprecedented. the way it plays out in court is yet to be seen. what we do know is this will mean pretty steep cuts for bondholders here but also li...

Actually fair justice? sarah sanam has more on the controversial justice act. >> reporter: this is where seth comes to remember freedom. the sound of the sea, the smell of fresh ocean air, to forget cold hard injustice. >> there was always a part of me that would say this can't be it. you know, it can't be over. my life can't end like this in a sail, darkness, you know, where death is only 50-yard away. >> reporter: he is the most recent inmate exonerated from florida's death row. he spent 18.5 years for a crime he didn't commit. so he wants georgia's governor to veto a bill to speed up convic...

Tonight. is where is this headed? >> lots of snow. contains city man just got dumped on colorado to maryland. up to new york. take a look record breaker in springfield all time record for the city of springfield, illinois. 18.5. in buoyla, colorado, close to 20 inches, red house, maryland, 16 inches. missouri a foot as well he is kansas. and then the severe decide of the storm, shepard, where we saw wind gusts in excess of hurricane strength. 86 mile-per-hour wind gusts in orlando. cape canaveral 67 miles per hour. cocoa 58 miles per hour. we saw some tornado warnings as well as the storm move...