arthel: i'm from louisiana. and the two states are always working together to make sure that we're all safe. do you have, governor, all the resources you need at those shelters that you've opened up for the folks of louisiana? and also, are you getting the support you need from the federal government? >> oh, absolutely. we do have -- the red cross, salvation army, churches, if you're from louisiana, you know they're do a remarkable job. people come together at a time like this like none other, particularly here in the south. i've been on the phone this morning to the dhs, acting secretary, fema director, white house, homeland security, secretary of commerce i spoke to yesterday, i reached out to governor john bell edwards in louisiana and let him know what assets we might be able to share. so we are working, the federal government has been on the ground here for several days now with fema and so we have everything that we need and we are moving all of those personnel and assets into the affected area, just now.

best for new orleans and everybody louisiana and mississippi. and we will be back tomorrow at noon eastern join us then. jon scott is up next. thanks for being with us. >> bury has weekend to a tropical storm after making land fall as category one hurricane in southern louisiana. the e slow-moving if system dumping massive amounts of rain are that's had supposed a major test for new orleans flood defense built after hurricane katrina. good evening i'm jon scott is and this is the "fox report." rei came ashore west of new orleans and is now marching north across louisiana. the effect also being felt in mississippi and alabama. the main threat torrential rain and flash flooding. forecasters say that had downpour could last for days with some areas as much as 25 inches of rain. here's the director of the national hurricane center grant. >> calling for a real slow storm each one of those stops here is actually a forecast point and the closer those are together, that means we've got to slow storm so look at this. monday morning we're in arkansas and

and now 12:20 in new orleans, louisiana. mayor cantrell holding a news conference to update the city as barry comes ashore. understand this is illegal, you're not to tamper with bare kids that have been dispersed by the city of new orleans. any of our partners, high water vehicles and boats remain pre-staged around the city. should water rescues be needed, again, we're expecting a heavy rain event that will start to y today, the afternoon, tonight, and into tomorrow. call 911 for any emergencies. emergencies only. this is very important. i want to just thank the citizens of new orleans. you heeded the call and you stayed off of our streets after 8 p.m. last night. we will remain consistent with that message. again, this evening, asking you to stay off the streets being prepared to shelter in place. you heeded the call, you did great and although you may not have seen rainfall as we've been discussing, it is coming our way. so please continue to listen and react accordingly. and we appreciate you so much. i have to say. and i

louisiana? >> it is difficult, do we have a threat in louisiana? absolutely. if you look at the challenges we have, we have some of the fastest sinking rates in the nation. we are experiencing searise like the rest of the world. we are subject to hurricanes and other intense storms. we had an unnamed storm three years ago that don't rain. d --u dumped rain. rain that dumped seven to eight inches of rain in one hour three weeks ago. the challenge when you look across the threats our state is exposed to, the greatest one is attributable to how the corps of engineers, our own federal government, has managed our weather system that resulted in the historic ongoing and future loss of coastal wetlands, which is our buffer from tropical storms in the gulf of mexico. and these collective risks are a high priority for louisiana. it is why when i worked there, we blew up components of five agencies, created a new streamlined coastal agency to be in charge of resilience. is why we lead some of the efforts

of louisiana. but flooding is definitely indeed still a major threat for so many areas. our ryan young is in new orleans for us. so what's it looking like? okay, you do at least have some rain. but tell me how people are feeling about these elements. >> reporter: well, you know what, fred, i think the one thing chad is talking about, the fact the storm is moving so slowly. so you have so many people here who are tourists who are like, when is it coming? they want to get something to eat, they have been walking around, looking to see if any shops would be okay and, of course, a lot of the shops are closed. you look at the mighty mississippi out there and we have seen the water rising in terms of the water levels over the last 24 hours or so. but people are looking for impact. and i can tell you, even the city understands people are getting frustrated. in fact, listen to the mayor imploring people to stay inside. >> i want to just thank the citizens of new orleans. you heeded the call and you stayed

more offshore energy revenue funneled to louisiana. you stressed in the past it is a critical asset to coastal restoration. how do you get that bill across the finish line? >> if you look at the legislation, we commit every penny of that money to the gulf states that produce offshore energy to ensuring that we are improving the sustainability of the coastal communities, the coastal ecosystem. by demonstrating our commitment to not take this money and spend it on projects, but projects that congress has authorized in law for construction. we are demonstrating our commitment to ensure these dollars are spent on projects that will provide a return on investment to taxpayers, that improve the ecological productivity, the resilience or sustainability of our communities, and importantly, that reduce future disaster costs for all americans. that's why these investments save taxpayer dollars ultimately, rather than costing them. as we go through and educate other members of congress, we will continue to build support for this. a nearly identic

so, again, this is slydell, louisiana. they were saying we were going to get a whole lot of rain in new orleans once barry made landfall. so where all of this water's coming from, charles, is straight back there. i don't know if you can see it real well since the rain's coming down really hard, but you have those giant white caps in the background. that is lake pontchartrain. and if you're watching us at home and you live in iowa or you live in michigan, this is not like a normal lake. i think you should pull it up on google maps and see just how large it is. so lake pontchartrain feeds into lake bourne, and then lake bourne is what is connected to gulf of mexico. so when we have hurricanes and tropical systems coming through, the storm surge pushes up into the mouth of the gulf, into lake bourne and then pontchartrain gets really high as well. so the white caps back there just lapping against the shore. one thing that you probably notice when you've been walking around here and seeing, all of the houses for the most part,

funnel more offshore energy revenue to louisiana. you stressed in the past it is a critical asset to coastal restoration. how do you get that bill across the finish line? rep. graves: if you look at the legislation, we commit every penny of that money to the gulf states that produce offshore energy to ensuring that we are improving the sustainability of the coastal communities, the coastal ecosystem. by demonstrating our commitment to not take this money and spend it on projects, but projects that congress has authorized in law for construction. we are demonstrating our commitment to ensure these dollars are spent on projects that will provide a return on investment to taxpayers, that improve the ecological productivity, the resilience or sustainability of our communities, and importantly, that reduce future disaster costs for all americans. that's why these investments save taxpayer dollars ultimately, rather than costing them. as we go through and educate other members of congress, we will continue to build support for this. a near

. >> louisiana is really getting ready here. they're closing all of the floodgates, all of them as the mayor of new orleans calls for voluntary evacuations, federal emergency preparedness officials are warning there are possible tornadoes as this storm passes. mississippi's governor has joined louisiana's in declaring a state of emergency already. we have cnn meteorologist allison chinchar with us now who has just gotten an update. what are you learning this hour, allison? >> right, the latest update still shows what we've been seeing the last 24 to 48 hours, that the storm is still continuing to intensify. albeit slowly, but that in and of itself presents a concern because the slower this system moves, the more time it has to dump a tremendous amount of rain. here's the latest statistics -- winds still about 65 miles per hour. keep in mind that's less than ten miles per hour off from being a category-one hurricane. we're close, we're just not quite there. forward movement is west/northwest at about five miles per hour. we need

tropical storm barry pummels louisiana after making land fall today as a category one hurricane. hello i'm jon scott welcome to a second hour ho of the "fox report." the slow moving system is now making st its way north and packing what is being described as an off the charts amount of moisture. the torrential rainfall putting flood defenses to the test in the city of new orleans. here's mayor la toya. >> we're out of the eye but we're not out of the conditions that will cause heavy rainfall for the city of new orleans. although barry has slowed also intensified while the storm surge risk on our mississippi river have passed, the primary risk continues to remain heavy rain for the city of new orleans pl. we begin with fox team coverage senior correspondent rick leventhal on scene in new orleans but we begin with meteorologist adam in the fox extreme weather center adam. >> hey there jon barry helicopters to crawl moving to north only at 7 miles an hour but this is a system there's your center of circulation that's just a little ways off to west of laugh yet, louisiana, and the re

louisiana is responding to the storm. mike steel, the communications director at office of homeland security and emergency preparedness. thank you for taking time to fill us in. basically you are repaired? >> it seems like every move we could make at this point, we went to our highest level of activation thursday morning at 6:00 a.m. and we have been working around the clock since then. we had great cooperation from the local officials all the way up to our federal partner with the coast guard and army corps of engineers. everything is work as it should. some of the river projections in that area have been lower than expected. now we have heavy rainfall threats impacting parts of the state. it looks like the heavy rain will start tonight. and it could take more than a day to clear out of the south louisiana region. so it's something we'll have to keep an eye on, and there is a significant flash flood threat. eric: what type of measures have been taken. can you outline some of the precautions and things you have done to de

if you don't know, i know you worked in louisiana, the mississippi river around louisiana and around new orleans, i mean, it goes up and down and around and around and itth flows from the nor to the south. it is completely swollen from the rrin they got in the spng and also the winter they had ana the t'pontchartrain, thas on the north side of new orleans a's they're worried that going to swell up and that is going t create floodconditions. it's going to take all weekend for barry just to move through the state of louisiana. that's how slow this is moving. again, we're going to be watching thatnc flooding con. doesn't matter if it's tropical storm, hurricane, i don't think it's going to get huicane status before landfall. winds are at 65 miles an hour right now and it needs 75 miles an hour for a cat 1 hurricane. but it doesn't mter because the main problem is the heavy rains they'll see pushing on shore. and then again filling up some of those reservoirs and lakes. nothing happening here, but again since we're talking about barry we'll take you to the deep south right here, a little

heavy rainfall is now getting to the state of louisiana. it's been in mississippi, alabama, most of the morning and most of this storm was south of the center. now this storm, the center of it is into the bayou, is into the an appalachia trail. so this is the issue here that we're going to see surge, too, across parts of the southern part of the storm and now i just saw from almost south of morgan city by about ten miles and we had about a seven-foot surge. three hours ago it was three foot and water is still coming onshore and up the bayous and we'll watch the rivers and it is certainly not over and this is the european model and there's more rain than there was on the last night's run. there's still that 20-inch white bull's-eye right there west of baton rouge to the east of lafayette and that's where the heaviest rainfall will be and that's where most of the flooding will be, as well and not so much for louisiana, east of there like new orleans you may get five or six inches and all of the way up to mississippi, that's where the rivers a

this was a rescue here in louisiana. if that name sounds familiar for folks, we talked about a rescue of 12 people and a cat yesterday. this specifically, i believe the area was up as much as 12 feet. people trying to get the horses out of harm's way. there's so much to take into account when these weather events happen. we talk about pets and the laws that were passed following katrina and other events so people would leave their homes, would evacuate for safety, allowing them to bring their pets. when you look at horses and cattle, obviously, that is something different to take into account. see people banding together, getting the animals to safety. we want to show more of that to you. >> great to see. really great to see. >>> today is the day we've been talking about for the last few. immigrants across the country are preparing for the ice raids that are expected to begin in a few hours. >> coming up, how the threat of the raids is creating fear and anxiety for millions of people. . carrying up to 50 times it's body

we are conducting search and rescue today in louisiana, louisiana governor john bel edwards touring the damage monday across the state of louisiana. >>900,000 sandbags distributed never in our history have we done that before. >>i'm kristen holmes, reporting. when flood drop off flood waters rise first responders no water rescues are very likely. >>and that doesn't always mean just people 6 goats were rescued from flooding. this isn't a small louisiana town just south of lafayette. the goats were taken out of a flooded area who saw them on the boat ended up though taking refuge on a neighbor's front lawn for a while heading straight for the flower bad against the owner was pretty good natured about it. some of them not in a hurry to leave. as soon as the goats were rescued, we put him in the yard and they. >>and went to town on all of her days over there she just got her saying she wanted to weigh the bed so. luckily, we got somebody to take care of that for us. >>an animal rescue group did stop by later they checked on the goats to make sure that they're ok and. >>didn't need any medic

here's the latest update from the hurricane center, central louisiana during the day today. landfall around noon or so. that doesn't matter. there's no eye to track. it's mostly just for the history books of when the storm finally came on shore. this is the story as we go through the next 48 hours, once the storm surge starts to go down, and i don't think it's going to be excessive damage from that. we'll have to wait and see what happens with the rainfall. a high risk of flash flooding, southern mississippi, and just about all of eastern louisiana, including areas of new orleans to baton rouge, to new iberia, morgan city areas, that is the concern. this is where we could see rain bands setting up over the top of you for a day, maybe two days or so, and that's why we have the rainfall totals, this little area of pink with 10 to 15 inches, someone could get 20 inches of rain. it hasn't rained in the region yet, this is all what's going to happen, and the river forecast in this region, do have a lot of rivers getting into major flood stage, not quite the record back in 2016 fo

you see our reporters are in all corners of louisiana. the governor urging residents not to go sight-seeing. and look at these new images coming in out of breakway, louisiana, where you see the rising water. and at the same time, a lot of properties on stilts. so there has always been that expectation of rising waters given the way they built these homes. but flooding, standing water, nonetheless very dangerous. these images coming from our drone shot there that you are able to see. let's check in with our randi kaye first in baton rouge. so randi, what's happening? >> reporter: fred, we are here in baton rouge, just at the casino here. we have the mayor of baton rouge kind enough to make some time for us today. mayor sharon westen broom. a busy day for you. we've been looking at these rising waters here, certainly the winds have picked up. what's your greatest concern right now? >> we are certainly concerned about the comey river rising, because, as you know, in 2016 we had a massive flood here that impacted thousands of homes. and many

the florida panhandle as well parts of louisiana. already received more than 10 inches of rain in addition to the 10 plus inches of rain expected through the weekend once tropical storm barry makes landfall into the state of louisiana. so what is forming right now over the warm gulf of mexico waters and there is a hurricane watch and a storm surge warning in effect right now for the northern gulf coast. in addition to the lower mississippi valley right now it is a tropical storm with sustained winds at 45 miles per hour. and it struck right now making its way towards louisiana with sustained winds at 70 miles per hour. so it will still technically be considered a tropical storm because in order for it to reach hurricane status. it needs to have sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour. so fortunately, it looks like it is weakening just a bit but not by much closer to home and back on land, let's take a look at our local forecast out there right now golden gate bridge noticing a very shallow marine layer, but overall clear skies

this is going to continue to push in louisiana. likely bn a tropical depressio later on, but still they are worried about the threat of heavy rains. back closer to home we hav no rain. we barely have any cuds out there. ou's a beautiful morning right in thegh 75 it's going to let'about it comi >>> we are staying on top of tropical stm barry this morning. it is dumping rain and threatening communities in floda to alabama. >> as nbc's jay gray explains, louisiana is taking the h strongest punc right now. >> reporter: barry announcing wits arrivalth gusting winds, rain, and places like mandeville, louisian a violent storm surge. es this is lake pontchartrain. >> reporter: wavushing into this neighborhood. >> that's the area ofs tropical rm-force winds. it's going to take a few days for this to get out of the reisdown c stranded re pth safety. unorthodox and unorganized system also lashing bamalabama mississippi where even this alligator seems to be searching for higher ground. forecasters warning the storm will pus inland it floodingm

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there are hurricane warnings along the louisiana coast. the weather service says barry presents a problem never seen before. a combination of heavy rain from the storm itself on top of extremely high water levels from record flooding already this year on the mississippi river. >> look, there are three ways louisiana floods, storm surge, high rivers and rain. we're going to have all three. >> the mississippi already so high around new orleans that heavy rain plus a storm surge could overwhelm its pumping system. the result would be a repeat of wednesday's flash flood emergency. one resident who lived through katrina is concerned. >> this brings some unique elements. we've never had the river this high. you know, a storm come in, the l levies are saturated. after the katrina system we had gustav and they did a much better job of getting people in and out and securing the city. that was a lesson learned. i'm concerned, however, that they've gotten complacent. >> already states of emergency in st. bernard, saint charles, jefferson and plaquemi

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erica hill is in baton rouge, louisiana, watching things. good morning, erica. >> we talked a lot about how important the early emergency declaration was from the. the. it came from the governor but for louisiana's entire delegation in washington. we'll speak with ralph abraham, from the fifth delegation. he'll tell us what he's seen since barry came to town. we'd love some help with laundry. spray and scrub anything with a stain. wash the really dirty clothes separately. new tide pods with upgraded 4-in-1 technology unleash a foolproof clean in one step. aww, you did the laundry! it's got to be tide. this is not just a headache. this is not just a fever. this is not just the flu. it's meningitis b... and you're not there to help. while meningitis b is uncommon... once symptoms appear, they can progress quickly and can be fatal... sometimes within 24 hours. before you send your teen to college... make sure you help protect them. talk to your teen's doctor... about meningitis b vaccination. this melting pot of impacted species. everywhere is

marsh island louisiana. other bands moving over the mobile area, you get an idea you see reds and yellows pulling off towards the north. if you against under one of those bands you can quickly get 3 or 4 inches of rain in an hour cause localized flooding. we will see some of that rotate farther off towards the west. towards new orleans we will see that the. bulk of the moisture coming online is over across alabama and mississippi, even though we have got the center of the storm down just to the south of louisiana right now. that big bulk, that's where the worst of the winds are though. those winds are going to continue to pull in. now we have them sustained at 70 miles per hour. we have been seeing them gusting to 91. buoy offshore. there you guys see where that flooding concern is flooding concern for the rain that's about to fall. also flooding concern because that's right where the mississippi river is all that water is going to go into the mississippi and stressed last couple of months. griff: mississipp

the surge has come up here along the coast in louisiana. as you mentioned, the storm is slowly moving to the north. the center of rotation is to the north right now. but the big rain is still just south of us off the coast. and i don't know if you can see in my shot here but it's just started raining again here. but the winds have weakened. we don't have strong winds anymore. i expect this rain to continue to increase and cause a threat here in louisiana through the evening and into tomorrow. >> and aaron, you shot some incredible video, specifically that video that you shot in the marina that shows the boats cinching. describe that scene for us. >> that's actually just down the road here from higher ground here at the hampton hotel. just down the road there's a levy system that keeps the water back. they had left one of the floodgates open so i was able to get in there and look around. yeah, you can see in the video the boats start to take on water. i hopped into a boat with the local officials here, the city that i'm in, and they have a f

arthel: barry officially making landfall in louisiana and downgrading back to tropical storm but the danger is far from over as heavy rain rolls in the region. i'm arthel neville. eric: arthel, thinking about you and your family, you're from new orleans, mom is okay. i'm eric sean, power has been knocked out to tens of thousands of people in louisiana, that's where the storm came ashore and hit the coastal city near lafayette, just southwest or so of new orleans, louisiana and mississippi declaring state of emergency, rainfall predictions topping 20-inches for some areas that are already water locked but all eyes on the swollen mississippi river and the communities surrounding it, jeff paul light in baton rouge, 3 rivers that come together in one place, hey, jeff. >> hey, eric, yeah, this is the mississippi right here and to give you an idea how full it is right now, backed by outer bands, this is the guardrail that leads to steps and it's supposed to be all the way down 10 more steps and you can't see the end of the guardrail, that just shows you how full and flowing the mississippi

instead, now it's set up over the top of lafayette, louisiana. so in baton rouge, your forecast has definitely improved. not out of the woods, still under a flash flood watch and a chance of very heavy rain today. but the odds of getting that 10 to 20 inches of rain is now from lafayette down to the coastal areas. a lot of this region is kind of swampy and unpopulated. very rural. the number of people at risk has been lowered too. we have very heavy rain up through mississippi. we have a couple areas under -- a threat of isolated tornadoes. there's one tornado warning out there right now. we'll continue to see how it plays out. as far as the forecast path, what's left of the storm, we're not concerned with the winds anymore. the winds are down weak enough that we don't expect additional damage. the storm surge, so far all the pictures we've shown you of the water that was high, that was from storm surge yesterday. that storm surge was 3 to 6 feet. one location i heard hit 7 feet. that's down by at least half. so now they're saying storm surge, on

also in louisiana, baton rouge instead. when we were talking a couple hours ago here, morgan, you were saying it's calm right now, but it's headed this way in terms of barry. what are you seeing now? >> reporter: richard, we can definitely feel that those outer strands of barry are making their way through this area. the winds are picking up. one of the members of my team recorded a gust of 100 miles per hour. meanwhile, it's been raining nonstop for the past few hours, that could likely be the case for hours to come, if not days, considering how slow system is moving. keep in mind the water you see behind me, that's the mississippi river above flood stage but it's not as a result of tropical storm barry as it comes inland. this was already high as a result of other rains that have happened in this area. that's what causing so much concern for a lot of folks here in baton rouge because they remember just back in 2016 another massive rain event that actually goes by the storm that has no name caused more than a billion dolla

from the pink in to cameron, louisiana it's a hurricane watch. most likely change to a warning backup but we've got a couple of days. this hasn't been named a depression. if it's named a tropical storm in the next 24 hours the name is barry. the tornado warning, submerged cars, businesses, the french quarter, 250 calls for emergency help and assistance. the last thing they need is to pick up over 9 inches of rainfall when we are looking at maybe 10, 15 or 20 in the tais ahead. the reason this is so important to watch, the mississippi river is at 16 foot at a levy in new orleans. when katerina hit it was 3. it's expected to go to the highest level in 90 years. the highest level a relevant test. >> with we have other breaking news into the situation room. new trouble if the persian gulf. apparently involving iran. let's go to barbara starr. what are you learning, barbara. >> fweeng, cnn learned in about the last seven hours iran made of an up successful attempt to seize a british oil tanker trying to move through the strait of hormuz in the persian

the storm roaring ashore in louisiana right now. no longer a hurricane but has made landfall and is still very frightening and very dangerous. the most powerful bands of the storm whipping parts of the state west of new orleans right now. it looks like the city itself will be spared the worst of the predicted flooding ask threats to the levees. but outside the new orleans area now, tropical storm barry is pushing water over roads, forcing officials to close bridges, potentially cutting off people from help if they need it. barry is this year's first hurricane, even though it was only strong enough to be a hurricane for a couple of hours. it's still a powerful storm. it's moving very slowly. that's the biggest concern, because that means heavy rainfall and flooding could be a huge problem. forecasters telling people along the entire gulf coast that floodwaters are coming and could remain high well into next week. we'll go to the weather center in just a minute. but here's a rough track of the storm, where it is now, and the best gues

in state of louisiana all through tomorrow as well. very slow mover. tropical storm status, until northern louisiana, then a remnant. winds 65 miles an hour right now. stick around, talk about how remnants could impact us in d.c. metro. >>> stay with news4 and our app for tropical storm barry. >>> onday's flash floods caused all sorts of damage, including a heavily traveled road in potomac. belfast road closed thursday, workers still at it trying to repair massive sinkhole that opened up from the heavy rain. was scheduled to reopen today. reached out to montgomery county department of transportation to find out>> when. >merican is among two dozen people killed in deadly attack in hotel in somalia. taking place in southern port city. car bomb exploded killin 26 people and state department is looking to see if other american citizens are amo the victs. >> alshab ab attacked a hol where local politicians were meeting to plan elections. drove a suicide car bomb into the hotel followed byly heavi armed commandos. siege ended at 7:00 a.m. this morning when l

louisiana has been under a state of emergency since wednesday. we are now joined by senior correspondent rick leventhal who is on the ground in new orleans. i can see already and even hear the rain. it is really starting to pick up. >> i was just telling the producer it wasn't raining, were standing on the street and it was dry and within moment it started pouring out here and the wind definitely picked up in the last 30 minutes or so. we are feeling some perhaps outer band of the storm, it is still well south of new orleans and heading towards the west of us. is expected to hit saturday morning with tropical storm force winds and possibly wheat hurricane force windss but the rain is the story, the rain associated with the storm will be soaking. the already soaked state of louisiana and to the east and north of us. we will give you a look around. are you okay with that, it is pretty wet out here but we will give you a quick look around. we can tell you there are tornado warnings in effect for the next couple hours or so. we move down canal street

. >>> breaking news, a hurricane watch has just been issued for parts of the louisiana coast ahead of the storm that isn't even fully formed yet. let's go to our meteorologist tom sater. what is happening in the gulf of mexico? >> wolf, we don't even have a tropical depression but this came from energy inland and drifted south into the gulf of mexico. hurricane season started on june 1st and this could be a hurricane as we look at the weekend. the first landfall during the month of july in the gulf since 2008 and that was bonnie -- or dolly that moved into texas. tropical storm watch from the pearl river to the mouth of the mississippi. in peak is a hurricane watch from the mouth of the mississippi across all of the way over toward cameron, louisiana. there is uncertainty of where this will make landfall but there are a couple of things we know for sure. a precursor today, tremendous amounts of rainfall, two tornado watches, a flash flood emergency, with over 250 emergency calls today, as the system brushed through the area. the river system can't take any more right now. just to give

. >> louisiana is getting ready here. they're closing all of their floodgates as the mayor of new orleans calls for voluntary evacuations, federal emergency preparedness officials warning of possible tornadoes as the storm passes. mississippi's governor has joined louisiana in declaring a state of emergency. we want to begin our coverage, we have live coverage all over the area. but we want to begin with national correspondent erica hill, live in lafayette, louisiana. i understand the trajectory of this puts it just south of where you are. is that right now? >> reporter: yeah it could be. that's one of the things that we're really watching in this area. depending on the way this storm tracks, we are almost in looking at it, i'm going to bring in allison chinchar to explain this better from her view, but we are in an area that could go other way. you're watching -- go either way. you're watching carefully in terms of rain and at some point winds, but also what it means for this area. this is a staging area for the rescues

in louisiana today -- >> oh! >> reporter: -- barry still making a mess. ominous skies, multiple tornado warnings baton rouge took a beating as the storm lingered over the city for several hours. while no longer a hurricane, the weather system is still dangerous. what's left of barry is now slowly crawling north, also impacting mississippi, alabama, and arkansas cities like little rock and memphis could see flash flooding even as far east as florida, the storm revealing its sustained power. a large wave shattering a rescue boat window, leaving a deputy with cuts on his face. more than 24 hours since landfall, and there's still more drenching rain to come today, a first look at that levee problem in southern louisiana. myrtle grove overwhelmed the rushing water threatened to submerge homes, some five miles around >> kind of scary, kind of sad. >> reporter: residents who evacuated came home today with a demand that they have repeated for years. they want government to build a new, stronger levee. >> i'm tired of hearing we got to do a study, we got to do a s

to paint a picture of what folks are dealing with in louisiana like you, louisiana the population is just 10,000. more than 20,000. sandbags have been handed out. what have you noticed folks doing to preair for the storm, charlotte? >> we've got people -- we started moving. we've gone out for a lot of cinder blocks. in case you don't get a lot of water. we have friends moving furniture into other locations if they are fortunate enough to do that. the schools are opening the parking lots for areas that did flood can bring their vehicles. people are just so much more prepared this time than in 2016. no one saw it coming in 2016. now, you know, just driving around and you see people who are preparing sandbags. sandbags have been placed around a lot of the homes. we're hoping we're over prepared. we don't want to go through what we did in 2016. >> you certainly don't. you are mentioning really you are just noticing the human spirit really shines in the natural disasters in this times. you mentioning the school that is are allowing cars to bring tissue to come park there since there wasn'

louisiana is not going to be the only state impacted. mississippi, alabama, tennessee, arkansas, all expecting to get a tremendous amount of rain. we're starting to see some of those really heavy rain bands push into mississippi and alabama right now. the bulk of the rain, however, is still well to the south. it's going to be quite a while before we really start to see the majority of the heavy rainfall really arrive into a lot of these locations. widespread amounts of 5 to 10 inches but there are going to be some areas that pick up well over a foot of rain before this is finally pushed out. they're not just by the coast. keep in mind that pink color is the area we talked about above a foot. some of that creeps as far north into the state of tennessee. this is expected to be a widespread problem. in addition to that, most of the convection with hurricane barry meaning the thunderstorms are also on the southern edge, so we have really yet to see the bulk of potential tornadoes, damaging winds and even some hail out of these storms as well

. >> i'm a little nervous, not being from louisiana, i'm from ohio. i don't know what to expect, whatever god has planned, i think i'm ready to do whatever is needed to be done. >> whatever god has planned is happening right now, we have team coverage, tracking barry's every move. joining me right now is mariana in plaquemines parish and michelle grossman in the studio with me, at the weather center, you see them in the middle, the lieutenant general commander of the joint task force. he was responsible for coordinating military relief. and we'll get the latest from the red cross. maria, i know you've been getting hit all day long and you're monitoring the situation, how is it looking right there? >> hurricane barry made landfall west of where i am. plaquemines parish is about 40 minutes southeast of new orleans. i'm on the third floor of a fire station. when you have the governor of louisiana in the press conference saying, this is now a flood event, this is what he's referring to. as that storm sturj, you have the flash flooding, and water has nowhe

flooding in myrtle grove, louisiana, cutting off highway 445. and this neighborhood in livingston parish is already under water. abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano is in new orleans tonight. >> reporter: tonight, floodwaters rising on the outskirts of new orleans. lakeshore drive inundated with storm surge. high winds and heavy rain have city officials bracing for the worst. >> the primary risk continues to remain heavy rains for the city of new orleans. >> reporter: this levee south of the city spilling over, one of several to breach, submerging vulnerable neighborhoods. >> we have our boats, generators, as well as our high water vehicles stationed across the city in preparation for any events that we may face within the next 24 to 36 hours. >> reporter: authorities are confident that the levees and these flood walls will not be overtopped. the question is, how much heavy rainfall falls into the city that sits below sea level, and can the massive pumps like this one keep pushing that water out? earlier in the week, a much smaller storm dum

this is deja vu news live from berlin officials in louisiana warn off a life threatening flooding as a storm barry moves through the state forces have already pushed possum davies and caught some pots putting everything in their pockets the reports from the hardest hit areas also coming up to french president to matthew mcconaughey meets the parade as he's country celebrates bastille day with the boss show military pageantry live to paris. we look ahead to today's wimbledon men's final wave to tennis titans splashes roger favorite takes on to know that jeff. hello i'm christine wonder welcome to the program. forty's in the u.s. state of louisiana urging residents to stay vigilant as tropical storm barry pummels the state fears that could be inundated have so fall proved unfounded but other areas all still in danger of severe flooding it's america's 1st major storm of the season despite full costs new orleans has so far been spared the worst of it but tropical storm barry now no longer a hurricane strength only recently made landfall. i ask everyone to stay vigilant. and they say. thi

it's going to be in louisiana for 24 hours. that's the problem. it is moving very slowly, only at around seven miles an hour. looking at the radar, you can see that all day today, the heaviest bands of rain have hung just offshore. some of them are beginning to move on shore, and i think overnight tonight, from morgan city all the way north into baton rouge, that's where the heaviest band of rain will set up. earlier today, a lot of heavy rain off the coast, about ten inches there, and 300 miles away from the center of the storm. that's why i tell you, don't concentrate on the center of the storm. we saw seven inches of rain in mobile, and flash flooding. here's a look at the hour by hour forecast. you can see, the heavy band sets up shop right on top of morgan city, baton rouge, and then moves right up the spine of the mississippi river, which is swollen right now. the ground is saturated in parts of the southeast. and so, over the next couple of days, a lot of this rainwater will run off into the mississippi. how much rain are we likely to see o

as it meets landfall on the southern louisiana coastline. thousands of folks had power outages as winds reach speeds of nearly 75 miles per hour. officials in louisiana are now prfor several days worth of recovery efforts. >> we are planning for the long haul, the water will come back at some point, and it's part of our responsibility to deal with that high water as well. >> new orleans escaping the worst of the storm with levees holding up. weaker levees are being secured ahead of any flooding. officials are warning people to remain alert though, with up to two feet of rain expected in central louisiana into monday. >> there is still life- threatening conditions that exist as barry moves north. >> the storm still has a long way to go before it leaves the state. it continues to move very slowly. >> barry, then expected to move across mississippi and eastern arkansas, it's still a slow- moving storm with the potential of heavy rain as it heads north.>> stay alert, stay whether aware, and if you see rising water, take significant precautions,

then it takes itself all the way over louisiana. and to arkansas, dissipating monday night to tuesday. that takes us to the final maps. giving us the alerts here. taking us to the warnings. tropical storm watch. mostly because of the winds. we've had a wind gust up to 63 on the coast. not enough to cause any damage. it is not a wind issue. it will be a rain issue. storm surge, we've heard reports of two to three feet on the coast. i mentioned the one-foot storm surge in mississippi and new orleans. they still have the storm surge warnings out. let's get to the problem. this is going to be the issue as we go through out the day today and tomorrow. we have flash flood watches all the way now. the entire state of mississippi. mobil has gotten drenched, then the eastern half of arkansas. some areas they were saying were in the 20 inch category. this little spot here is 15 inches. the area of greatest concern with the high risk of flash flooding where roads could be closed, communities cut off, that is in this area from southern portions

. >>> a powerful storm slammed into louisiana, bringing howling winds, torrential rains, and flash floods. we have a live report. >>> hundreds of people rallied here in berkeley at a city sponsored protest. this just one day ahead of rumored i.c.e. raids in the bay area. >>> and thank you for joining us. i am juliette goodrich. >> and i am brian hackett. when it settled firefighters a man was underwater for two minutes. paramedics performed cpr on the victim. crews use ropes to get him up from the beach, then he was rushed to the hospital. we don't have any what on his condition, but the battalion chief told us ocean beach is dangerous on any day, but today the water was especially choppy. >>> now that that fear storm that's hammering the gulf coast right now, cities reporting hilly lane is live in new orleans were tropical storm barry has made landfall. hillary? >> reporter: juliet, there's been steady rain throughout the day, and even though the mayor of new orleans says this area did not get a direct hit, there is still a lot of concern about flash flooding and storm surge. early today

. >>> well, this morning, tropical storm barry is closing in on louisiana. the biggest threat is not high winds but the rain and storm surge. the effects of barry are already being felt all along the gulf coast. the storm could be the first hurricane of the season. marc liverman is in new york. marc, i know people are preparing, but how are first responders preparing? >> well, anne-marie, rescue crews and guard troops are taking up a position around the state of louisiana, bracing for the arrival tonight or tomorrow morning. as to how big an impact we'll have, we're still a few hours away from knowing away for sure. the outer bands are now lapping at the louisiana coast. weend in the region. tss a seve the national weather service is using terms like life-threatening floods. >> barry is a system almost certain to send a deluge of water to the area. as much as 25 inches could fall in some places. >> there are three ways louisiana floods, storm surge, high rivers, and rain. we're going to have all three. >> the army corps of engineers believes the flooded miss

we will have a live update from louisiana in a fewch minutes. ck the nbc washington app for the latest on tropical storm barry some dr montger after flash floods sweon >> yeah, they can now get in and out of thecrews hadrtf that road after a large sinkale abouthe lates happy people here lit reopened at about folks are thanking the montgomery county crews for the yo an idea of the lo like that after a literally ate uphe rrtial rains we had on monday. moun fire crews were htue checking this out because now they can get their fire equipment into this neighborhood. they had worked out a back road, but it may have actually had to take them through some people's owrds. that's h inconvenient it was when this all washed out.th crews have been working straight. they worked overnight last night to get this opened at 7:30 this morning. now, there is some permanent work to be down here. they have to shore up both sides of this roadway here and zom things to make sure they don't have these issues again. repair some sewer lines. you seees massive piphere in t

louisiana takes a beating from barry with the worst yet to come. the slow-moving storm drenching the coast expected to drop an additional foot of rain. water already topping levees, spilling into neighborhoods. >> look at the storm surge here on lake pontchartrain. huge waves on top of a five to six-foot surge. >> structures just blown away. the life-threatening flash flooding and warnings from officials this morning. >>> new york city blackout. the big apple losing juice. pedestrians stepping in to control the chaos. subway passengers stuck underground. times square's famous billboards blank. >> hi, guys, so we're backstage. stage. >> even j. lo's show cancelled. what caused the power to blow? >>> i.c.e. crackdown. deportation raids now under way. federal agents looking to round up thousands of undocumented immigrants. >> close that camp! >> emotions running high with a deadly shooting outside this migrant detention center. >>> wild shootout. officers attempting to pull over a suspect, met with gunfire. an officer ducking for cover. what they foun

. >> barry is aring down on louisiana with up to 20 inches of rain predicted. all while the mighty mississip is at peak flood stage >> caught on camera, aod kfc exples in the middle of the night. whatndaused it a could it have been prevented a >> the incredible high seas ase by the u.s. coast guard and a drug smuggling submarine carrying over on$230 milliorth of coke. a busy friday y ahead, and "ea today" starts right now. good friday morng. i'm frances rivera >> and i'm marlie hall we are starting with breaking news out of chicago. r & b singer r. kelly has been arrestedon federal sex crimes charges in both new york and chicago. the 52-year-old was taken into custody by homeland security investigation agents and n.y.p.d. i detectives. thats according to two law enforcement officials. a spokesperson for kelly spoke abt the singer's arrest. >> mr. kelly was arrested at he was walking his dogs by the fdi, and he was taken in and that's all we have right now we don't know what the charges are. we'll know more in the next couple days. >> further details on the case