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Funding to sanctuary cities. so we're continuing to monitor tropical storm barry as it slowly marches north into louisiana. jeff paul is live in baton rouge for us now. jeff. >> yeah jon wrindz getting stronger the rain is starting to come down as those outer bands of tropical barry move through d emergency officials are warning about timing of this storm after a the break. [ sniffing ] come on. this summer, add a new member to the family. hurry into the mercedes-benz summer event today for exceptional offers. lease the glc 300 suv for just $419 a month at the mercedes-benz summer event. going...

The event we're happening anywhere in the united states. these rain events even though this associated with a hurricane, and a tropical storm, could be anywhere in the state welcome and we just ask for thoughts and prayers and know that -- we're going to be very resilient as we are here in louisiana, and we're going weather this storm and come out as a good team. >> how have residents there responded to warnings of this particular storm have they taken it seriously? >>s they, they are, they've had taken it very seriously jon, again, we've been through this time and time again, and when our sta...

>> tropical storm barry triggers heavy rain across the gulf coast after making land fall as a category one hurricane. i'm jon scott, and this is the "fox report." it is the bottom of the hour if you're just joins us the storm is baring down on louisiana while slowly turning north forecasters say it is carrying massive amount of moisture which could cause catastrophic fooding in the days ahead. we go now to jeff paul reporting live from baton rouge, louisiana, jeff. >> jon we're about 80 miles northwest of new orleans, and for most of the day it hasn't been too bad but now rain is starting to c...

We're there for we'll come down to get them out. flooding is not going to be just here the coast some of the greatest damage could be far finland especially in towns along smaller rivers, across mississippi which is already had tremendous flooding. jon back to you. >> all right steve in st. louis, thank you. our meteorologist adam is tracking barry from fox extreme weather center and has latest on that. hey there jon. still a slow-moving storm picked up three to five miles an hour, not fast enough that it is going to stop all of this flooding potential. center of circulation now is off to the ...

Orange color that's running all the way far north as meches to maybe into portion of southern illinois. that's five to ten inches of rain but jon this is a massive massive area we're talking about at least five top ten, particularly there in portions of louisiana maybe as much as 15 inches of rain so no surprise that we've got a really big area here where we're talking about -- flood watches,es advisories up the mississippi, and what ends up happening here is all of this is falling in the mississippi basin so this has all going to eventually have to funnel back down to these rivers that are be...