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and george stephanopoulos one-on-one with the president tonight. the growing crisis on the southern border. the number of unaccompanied children in border patrol custody jumping 25% since last week. and george asking the president about the migrants coming in, who say they're coming because president biden promised to make things better. tonight here, the president responds and should the president tell them not to come? how he answers that. the severe storm threat as we come on the air tonight. 85 million americans on alert from texas to the east coast. several states at risk of d...

Springtime we get all those dynamics set up for severe storms. we have had a tornado drought over the last couple of years. now we're starting to ramp up and actually above average in terms of tornado numbers. >> bill: thank you for that. want to get to our viewers live in jefferson city. the mayor is on the phone with us. thank you for your time. how does your town look today? try it one more time. can you hear us? we're live on the air. thank you for spending this moment with us. i know you are super busy. can you give us and our viewers a sense of what you are waking up to today? >> i can b...

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Flooding. we're going to watch this system. look at it develop over the next couple of days, out of the gulf of mexico, across the southeast. look at how much moisture we're talking about. we're going to see flash flood watches and warnings posted for several days as this storm moves eastward and northward up towards mid-atlantic and the northeast. we could get upwards of 4 inches of rainfall across this region, an area that really doesn't need the rainfall, so flooding is going to be a concern up towards the mid-atlantic and the northeast, where we could get several inches. so, for tomorrow's...

For strong tornadoes as well as damaging winds and hail. again, thursday into friday. look at all these big cities affected. if you live in these regions you know we're getting into the season. one of the main ingredients, warm, unstable air. we've got it in the south. 90s over southern texas, memphis, cold air behind it will produce snow. the good news it's been fairly quiet. the average from january to march, 178 tornadoes. we only had about 57. a tornado drought here but next several days we could see an uptick in the numbers. back to you, elizabeth. >> thanks, janice. >> you got it. >> a 9...