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Water pass beneath them. they've experienced those problems before. obviously our pump system can only handle one inch of rain water the first hour and a half inch every hour after that. so i like to say our streets are designed as retention ponds. fortunately in jefferson parish we haven't had much structure flooding even with eight inches we received the other day. if we have isolated events of 15 inches of rain or 12 inches of rain, yes, we are going to have structure flooding. they're telling us now for jefferson parish we may only receive four to six inches of rain. that's better for us. ...

Earlier this week this fills up like a bowl with all that rain, and then the huge pump system kicks in, pushing that water out to lake pontchartrain over here the concern here is that the river is so high. and we're talking about potentially so much rain, maybe more than what you've been talking about. then you don't know how to get the water out. they don't expect this to happen in new orleans, but if there's enough rain. what do you do with all that water even if you're trying to handle it. there may be nowhere for it to go, except into the neighborhoods where people live. brooke? >> thank y...

Out now with the pump system but additional rain and flooding is expected in this city. let's get to the storm. it's still a disturbance, it is not yet a depression, that should happen later today. the hurricane center thinks it should become a tropical storm in about 28 hours and 48 hours from now become a hurricane just south of southern louisiana. we've taken houston out of this, it's mostly a louisiana problem and rainfall problem in areas of mississippi. here's my greatest concern. here's the storm surge forecast. you don't need a powerful hurricane to cause problems with rainfall and sur...

Who was with him on his island, in his manhattan townhouse while some very bad things were going on. >> oh, and wait, alex acosta gets job as labor secretary. interesting. elliot williams, thank you very much. still ahead on "morning joe," nancy pelosi takes on the squad. tensions are flaring between the house speaker and four progressive freshmen democrats despite a new call for unity. plus, new reporting that iranian ships tried to intercept a british tanker in the persian gulf. we'll talk to a member of the house's armed services committee. but first let's good to bill with a check on the...

Because of those rushing waters. others abandoning their cars on flooded streets. trains in arlington, virginia, plowing through a waterfall inside the station there. some flights delayed. amtrak service suspended for hours. and here's abc's stephanie ramos now. >> reporter: a flash flood emergency around the nation's capital during the busy monday morning commute. up to half a foot of rain falling in just two hours. forcing dozens of water rescues. drivers scrambling to the top of their cars to safety. many caught offguard. >> i was stopped at the light. a bus came through, it was like a tida...