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across the state dumping rain. take a look for yourself. you can see they are absolutely spilling over their banks. 2,000 people giving mandatory evacuations. a portion of interstate 10 is closed because of standing water and debby isn t done yet. the storm could bring in another foot of rain. we have the storm surge is an issue. explain to me, i know i see some water on days like this. where does the water come from and is it going away? reporter: sure. we always hear head into the right of where the storm makes landfall. even in the case of a tropical storm like this, that still the scenario of where you re going to see that on shore flow, that surge of water. when you have a storm like this that s been moving so slowly toward the coast, you ve had two days of nonstop wave action just coming and coming pushing this water on shore. it s not rain water flooding. it s tidal flooding. this is base shore boulevard here in the tampa bay area. earlier today we were over in ....
teen trayvon martin. he says his concern is for the boy s grieving parents. my main message is to the parents of trayvon martin. you know, if i had a son he d look like trayvon. meanwhile, more protests are planned in cities across the nation today. last night thousands rallied in sanford. that s the central florida town where martin was killed. protesters are calling for the arrest of the shooter, neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman. zimmerman says he acted in self-defense. 17 counts of murder, those are the main charges expected today for army staff sergeant robert bales. he is the m.a.s.american soldie accused in the killing of afghan civilians, most of them women and children. bales remains locked up at ft. leavenworth. the rutgers university student convicted of spying on his gay roommate says he wasn t trying to intimidate him. a jury convicted dharun ravi of bias intimidation and invasion of praf si ivacy in the case of clementi. ravi says he does ....