weather, of course. let's get out to the weather and maria molina who, i believe, is outside with the latest. >> surprise. i'm inside! >> why would i think you were outside? >> that's crazy. >> sorry. >> it's ok. good morning, juliet and it's incredible to see all that flooding occurring across louisiana and as you mentioned earlier, we have all the wildfires in texas because of the drought. we have no rain from the storm system and gusty winds coming from lee helping to spread the wildfires. two totally different situations in two states that are next door to each other. we have tropical depression lee bringing in heavy rainfall and pumping in moisture from the gulf and bringing in a threat for severe weather this morning. there are a number of tornado warnings across the state of alabama and florida panhandle. we're keeping a close watch on. this rain stretches to parts of the northeast. it's not just because of lee but a cold front. that same front is bringing in relief from temperatures or hot temperatures across the city of actually dallas today expecting highs in the mid 80's but a lot