Good monday morning, im philip mena. Im frances rivera. President trump igniting a firestorm with a tweet and he suggested they go back and help fix the totally broken and crimeinfested places from which they came. While he didnt mention anyone by name he appeared to be referencing four freshmen democrats, none of whom are white, and all but one from the United States. Craig boswell has more from d. C. Democrats denounced the comments as racist. Reporter good morning, everyone racist is the key word and the four progressive congresswomen have fired back at the president as reaction from the president s tweets continue to add up this morning. Targeting a group of democratic congresswomen. The president saying they should back to the crimeinfe places y came from. All four are u. S. Citizens all but one born in the u. S. A sad state of affairs when the president of the United States is going to use race in a way that the divides the country and then be ignorant about who all these people are reporter the president did not mention the lawmakers by name representatives alexandria ocasiocortez and omar of minnesota shot back at the president. The progressor congresswomen are vocal critics of the psid ha bee Speaker Nancy Pelosi at times personal and public while the the president has done the opposite the president is helping unify the democratic party. Reporter pelosi slamming the president s attack saying he wants to make america white, again. Hours after the dust up, the president came back to the attacks on twitteritize the sama frances . Craig, thank you. President trumps promised i. C. E. Raids is off to a slow start. The round ups are under way, but Senior AdministrationOfficials Say so far the numbers are much lower than they anticipated. But the goal of 2,000 deportations could still be reached in the coming days raids are expected in as many as ten cities i. C. E. Agents are just doing their job while democrats believe it goes too far. We have compassionate, loyal i. C. E. E ing their job and shows you how far we have fallen in that it becomes news they go di simple g the border andaving a legal det in 2012 under the Obama Administration there were more than 1,000 i. C. E. Arrests per day on average back then families were not being targeted as they are now meanwhile, over the weekend the threat of mass deportations spurred nationwide protests. Coastal communities are under way as frtropical depresso barry churned through. As barry continues to batter the south with torrential rain over the weekend the coast guard rescued 12 people left stranded in flooded homesd rnin frances the flood waters are lower than they were, but the troubles in louisina, barry still making a mess ominous skies and multiplewarnis and baton rouge took a beating as the storm lingere hours while no longer a hurricane, the weather system is still dangerous. Whats left of barry is now slowly crawling north and 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 theres still more drenching rain to come a first look at that levee problem in southern louisiana. Myrtle grove overwhelmed the Rushing Water threatened to submerge homes, some five miles away kind of scary, kind of sad. Reporter residents who evacuated came home with the demand they repeated for years they want government to build a new, stronger levee. Im tired of hearing all we need to do a on saturday along louisianas gulf coast, the coast guard rescued 12 people including this man and a dog stranded by the rising flood waters while in southeastern louisiana, highway 23 through Plaquemines Parish reopened. With snakes, alligators and, of course, sewage in the flood waters, Health Officials are urging folks as they try to get their lives back together, do not wade in the water. Kerry sanders for us, thank you. Power has been officially restored to the city that never sleeps after a massive blackout left over 72,000 customers in the dark over the weekend. The blackout stopped Subway Service and disabled traffic lights and cut short broadway plays and Jennifer Lopezs concert at Madison Square garden Officials Say the outage lasted about five hours coincidentally it happened on the anniversary of the 1977 blackout which lasted two days the cause of the power outage is still under investigation, but new yorks de blasio, ruled out terrorism or cyberattack. The search is on for a missing california mom who disappeared during a hike. She has been missing since friday and her husband said she vanished after going to walk her dog. He told authorities he was moving their jeep and when he returned they were gone. He searched for her for 45 minutes before sending out a distress signal to authorities search and rescue teams have been scouting the area for two days with thermal imaging gears. Nine people are dead after a plane crash indecint happened o. Part of the descent was captured on cell phone video which shows the plane appearing to fall from the sky. The small australian sing singleengine plane had parachutes witnesses said some tried to jump out of the plane before it plunged to the ground. The cause is under investigation. 50 people were killed and 30 more are missing in nepal after heavy, monsoon rains swept across the area. Among the dead, two School Children who were buried when their boarding school collapsed. E monsoon left a trail of destruction knocking down communication towers a million more people in south asia are said to be affected. The bulls did not hold pack back eighs were hospitaled three with goring injuries the arm, leg and arm pit a total of eight people were gored during the past week the festival draws around a millgen people each year the last death occurring in 2009. Need help beating the heat this week, look no further than the l. A. Zoo tigers and seals and all the guys enjoying the wet weather outside. These guys know how to stay school and hydrated and look cute doing it. Great reminder to drink plenty of water unless you have a fur coat, dont forget the sunscreen, as well lets see how it is looking outside checking with meteorologist bonnie the storm is a tropical depression and will dissipate, it is still affecting 12 Million People in terms of flooding. Flash flood warnings for parts of louisiana andisw the winds a per hour the storm has weakened since this morning but it is still going to be a rainmaker for today and for tomorrow as it works its way through the Mississippi Valley with significant flash flooding expected then by tomorrow well look for isolated showers throughout the day. Notice the moisture spreads as far north as chicago this storm system going all the way from south to north and eventually the remnants of a southwest. Triple digits for parts of arizona and into the desert. 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Ceo kevin burns has opened his doors to us, aware of the firestorm his product category has ignited among families if we did this tour today with a parent of a teen whod been using or who had been addicted, how would you sort of defend all this first of all, id tell them that im sorry that their childs using the product. Its not intended for them as a parent of a 16yearold im sorry for them and have empathy in terms of what the challenges theyre going through. Reporter in the face of public pressure, burns has removed some flavors from stores shrunk its social media revaed ad campaign that critics say was aimed at kids. Their ads absolutely were targeting young people with lots of color, lots of bling, music reporter juuls latest campaign is focused on adult smokers, trying to escape the risk of lung cancer. It was really a friend of mine that said why wouldnt you just try the juul reporter researchers have new questions about the impact of chronic vaping. 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Interesting dissecting this chinese data the slowest growth weve seen in the last couple decades or so. Below the ace, and our viewers are smart and can look at this, retail sales up 9. 8 industrial activity up 6. 3 . There was some interesting impetuses to the upside that beat coming into the figures, as well no doubt about, it the lowest figures in 27 years. Elsewhere, amazon prime day today and tomorrow the likes of walmart, kohls, theyre fighting back, as well walmarts got a host of technology deals including xbox 1 bundles, Nintendo Switch bundles, as well it does really pay to shop around despite the fact that amazon prime, of course, have collared this twoday phenomena, as well. Else where gas prices very interesting. Theyve jumped a dime, thats ten cents to you nonamericans out there. Jumped a dime in the last three weeks. 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The Chinese People have saying, when people get cancer they die reporter it tells the story of a discovers grandmother only has a few months left to live so they conspire to keep her idark and stage a fake wedding as an excuse for the family to get together isnt it wrong to chi l would choose not to tell her i wanted to tell the story because it was an incredibly heartbreaking but hilarious experience reporter the farewell is very personal for writer director lulu wong. Born in china but raised in america, its her story. I was the lone westerner in my chineseamerican family and so every time i would say this is crazy, no one agreed with me. Reporter did you ultimately accept that she was happy just to see you and to be around the family rather than to be focusing on potential death . I saw her truly living as opposed to dying so to think that maybe truth isnt the greater moral value in some situations. Reporter like crazy rich asians, the film relies on an allasian cast including a comedian, shattering notions about what appeals to an american audience. What do you hope an american audience will take from this film film with a greater sense of grace. I see so many families torn apart by differences of opinion. Those differences become greater than the love. Reporter a true story about one familys lie about the inevitable, encouraging all of us to examine our own truth. Rehema ellis, nbc news, new york people are flocking to a toxic lake in siberia. Its dubbed as the siberian maldives check it out the stark blue hue of th russian lake caused by a Chemical Reaction of toxic waste elements from a nearby power plant. Nonetheless, instagram enthusiasts are traveling in droves to the deceivingly tropicallooking lake and hopefully, hopefully heeding environmentalists concerns to not come in contact with the potentially harmful water. 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