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>> reporter: it's not yet over and we learn out of the five deaths, three occurred when people were stuck or swept away in their vehicles. officials in the southeast are doing everything they can to get people safely to the shelters, but they're battling the fact that a lot of the roadways have been turned into pools essentially. and under the water they have buckle and collapsed making the roads dangerous and impassable. drivers and passengers could be seen all day yesterday jumping out of their cars and on to barriers just to watch their cars essentially be turned over and play bumper cars w...

Going? >> they are continuing. one person died as a result of a reported tornado in mississippi. five people have died as a result of all of the flooding that has taken place in tennessee. the rain is not letting up and also the rescue efforts are being hampered by the flood waters. the roads are turning into pools and these bridges are collapsing. judging by the photographs we have been seeing it is easy to see why the national guard has been called in. they are working with helicopters who were on standby to rescue any one in the flood waters, people in low-lying areas or people still at hom...

This. people completely caught unaware on freeways, i believe that interstate 24. you have a house that was floating along the interstate, ran into a big rig and then begins to break apart. you have people still trying to get into the water to the other side. civil emergency officials are saying do not get into any water along the roadway. their resources are completely tapped thin. i have to tell you the heaviest of the rain, we had a big heavy band that went through 20 minutes ago. that has moved through, but we probably have another four to six hours of very significant rain moving across i...

>> phil keating, thank you, we'll check with you. >> we should mention later this hour we'll talk with the chief operating officer of bp, what they're doing to prevent the problem from spreading and obviously coming under a lot of criticism and we'll answer some of the questions for you. >> it's a busy morning here, obviously, we r we're tracking deadly severe weather in tennessee have killed at least five people. this is video, if you can believe it of interstate 24 near nashville. the road is completely washed out and let's get right over to rick reichmuth for the latest. >> what's shocking ...

As soon as he is finished, jay leno will perform. we are going to bring that to you live on cnn. first we want to take care of some business. there is breaking news including the weather. deadly storm right now pounding the south. deluge of rain in tennessee killed five people and put interstates under water. look at this video from our affiliate in nashville. this is a school annex building smashing apart after the water carried it down the interstate and into a tractor trailer. this gives you an idea how strong the current is. on interstate 24 the water was up to the roof tops of cars and tr...