Events of a year ago when spanish police heavy handedly broke up an attempt to hold a referendum on catalonian independence spanish courts had declared the referendum illegal triggering the nation s greatest political crisis in decades huge crowds came out to call for independence. a year on and the castle an independence movement is fractured its leaders in jail or in exile from belgium the most prominent leader colors pushed them on sent out this message the only path we must follow in order to live in a folder marci that is a catalan republic and international recognition and that national. dialogue between the regional and national administrations so far delivered some economic deals for catalonia but the demonstrators on bustling the streets know that the talks are mired amid internal discord between separatists and the socialist government in madrid that is weakened by having only a way for a thin majority in parliament.
The smell of toxic sulphur dioxide and burning trees hanging in the air. all around is a sulphur smell. i think we re one street over from the lava right now. reporter: officials say the air quality is an immediate threat to life. the governor declaring a state of emergency. it s a difficult thing to watch. the lava flow is unpredictable. not exactly certain what course it will take. reporter: thursday s eruption came hours after a 5.0 earthquake jolted the big island. on monday, one of the craters collapsed, triggering at least 600 smaller quakes. stunning imaging coming in tonight. marci is with us live from hawaii.wew e haee hund of earthquakes in the area. they don t know how long these eruptions will continue. that s right, david. that quake registered a 5.4 magnitude. officials say they have no idea when the eruptions could stop. we re told days, weeks, months
Have some sort of event on inauguration day january 20th competing against the inauguration. what s that all about? can they let the man have his moment? he is the next commander-in-chief. he can certainly have his moment. always there has been regardless of what party is getting sworn in always been like counter events. whether it s a protest, whether it s a party. so there is going to be a lot of progressives who are going to be in town and still a lot of folks who are democrats who aren t leaving, i m one of them. entertainment for us to attend. final word, marci. at the end of the day, this is an opportunity for americans to come together and remember this historic moment, this peaceful, what you would want as a peaceful transition. i would hope that the democrats and liberal celebrities would just take a chill and let donald trump have his day. let the do you know the for the americans to celebrate this wonderful historic moment. so, you know at this point i do hope that they take off inauguration day and leave the rest of us to celebrate. or maybe they can do, this hey, celebrities, you re fired. [ laughter ]
Have some sort of event on inauguration day january 20th competing against the inauguration. what s that all about? can they let the man have his moment? he is the next commander-in-chief. he can certainly have his moment. always there has been regardless of what party is getting sworn in always been like counter events. whether it s a protest, whether it s a party. so there is going to be a lot of progressives who are going to be in town and still a lot of folks who are democrats who aren t leaving, i m one of them. entertainment for us to attend. final word, marci. at the end of the day, this is an opportunity for americans to come together and remember this historic moment, this peaceful, what you would want as a peaceful transition. i would hope that the democrats and liberal celebrities would just take a chill and let donald trump have his day. let the do you know the for the americans to celebrate this wonderful historic moment. so, you know at this point i do hope that they take off inauguration day and leave the rest of us to celebrate. or maybe they can do, this hey, celebrities, you re fired.
Georgia, a chemical used to make plastics. it is a flammable liquid. the derailment was a single tank car that contained about 24,000 gallons. reporter: the chemical burning, creating a hazardous cloud spanning at least two miles. firefighters working through the night to get people to safety. i just wanted to get my kids out. that s it. i was worried about them. i don t want them to get sick or anything. reporter: and those people won t be allowed back into their homes until tomorrow at the earliest. meanwhile, several of the 45 people who were hospitalized for possible exposure and respiratory problems are still being treated this morning. reena and ryan. thank you, marci. a close call for a train passenger in new york. a woman described as extremely petite fell into the gap between a train and the long island railroad station platform. other passengers were panicked, they could see her but couldn t reach here. in fact to get her out of this tight spot firefighters had to
Dzhokhar a coward, liar and leech who spit on the american dream. and the father of the youngest victim, 8-year-old martin richard, saying tsarnaev chose hate he chose destruction, he chose death. this is all on him. we choose love. the richards and others wanted a life sentence for tsarnaev. and we learned tsarnaev offered to plead guilty in 2013 in exchange for that, but the government rejected the deal. the death penalty imposed by a jury last month made official by the judge as tsarnaev ended his statement focusing on his faith, saying, i ask allah for mercy on me, my brother, my family. i ask for mercy on those here today. a sincere apology would have been nice, a simple, believable apology. reporter: none of that has any impact on his sentence. tsarnaev is still expected to be brought to federal death row in indiana and he now has 14 days to file notice of an appeal. kendis and mara? thank you, marci. on the other end of the
Several are still missing. meantime, in flood-stricken areas of louisiana, the red cross is trying to make things as comfortable as possible for families forced out by high water. all that water is moving south, creating concerns further down stream. the gulf region and the northeast are in for more downpours today. molly cochran at accuweather has our forecast. good morning, molly. thanks, alex and marci. well, for monday, we remain unsettled across the northeast. heavy downpours and thunderstorms from philadelphia into washington, d.c. meanwhile, we continue to watch carlos, likely to become a category 1 hurricane once again before making landfall on tuesday. also watching a potential tropical system, whether it becomes a tropical storm or not, bringing in some impacts to houston and the threat for flash flooding. alex and marci, back to you. all right. thanks, molly. an american who was trying to row across the pacific ocean alone has ended her attempt.
New venus® swirl™ all right, well, now it s time for the mix, and you re going to want to check this out, marci. bubba watson, professional golfer, 26-year-old, right? take a look at this shot he made. he s practicing for his second major. check it out. while warming up on the greens in washington almost impossible shot. he makes it look easy. standing relatively near to the hole, he sends the ball in the opposite direction of where he wants it to go. oh, come on. look at that. opposite direction. gravity comes into play. like it s nothing. yeah, makes it look like nothing. opposite direction, right? don t you wish you could do that with everything in life, instead of going right, you go left and end up where you re supposed to be? that s amazing. i was on the golf team in high school and i would just miss the ball completely. forget the hole in one. i just wanted to hit the ball
The midwest and the east, another round is coming later this week. our coverage continues with accuweather s justin povick. good morning, justin. thanks and good morning. the worst of the worst weather occurring over the deep south and also the western tennessee valley. that s later on this afternoon. hard hit cities such as austin and houston and dallas and oklahoma city, you re not going to be so much in that area but we are very concerned about the western tennessee valley for additional flash flooding and some severe weather. not a very high risk for tornadoes but there will likely be damaging winds and also some large hail. spotty thunderstorms throughout the northeast. but it is going to be heating up. that s the big story here. again later on today and wednesday, real feel temperatures into the mid and upper 90s and some of the worst of the weather back into the central plains late week. tj and marci, back to you. thank you. memorial day a fort lauderdale beach turned terrifying when a waterspout sent a bounce house flying. take a look at this.
And new orleans just to name a few. severe weather possible here, as well. it s going to be heating up throughout the northeast. the i-95 corridor cities, it s going to feel in the 90s. tj and marci, back to you. justin, thank you. along the california coast, the company that owns the oil pipeline that ruptured says it plans to remove the broken pipe today. when it s removed, investigators will examine to see why it broke. the company s also downgrading the amount of oil that leaked now saying it may have been up to 101,000 gallons, about 4,000 gallons less than originally thought. the trial of an american report other begins today behind closed doors in iran. jason rezaian who works for the washington post is charged with espionage. he ll appear with only his lawyer by his side. the public is not allowed in court. both he and his family have been strongly rather the family i