included in the promise of the country today. i still believe that. i m still optimistic, but i need you. so my question for you is simple, a simple one. are you with me? talk to your family. that was president biden receiving chants of four more years from a crowd in philadelphia yesterday where he and the vice president made a pitch to black voters. we ll have more from their campaign stop in just a moment. meanwhile, the former president was stuck in a courthouse holding room as a jury deliberated his fate in the criminal hush money case. we ll recap everything and bring you expert legal analysis. also ahead we ll go through new reporting on senator rick scott s latest bid to replace mitch mcconnell as the next republican leader in the upper chamber. all right, good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 30th. still may. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. we are on a verdict watch this morning. in just hours the jury in the donald trump hus
i checked the airports and there s no significant delays anywhere, so that s great. we re seeing volume delays no weather-related delays at all. the map behind me, little bit of rain starting to break out in areas of arkansas and east texas, a theme throughout the next couple days. we ll be talking about a thanksgiving soaker sliding into areas of louisiana. if you have any plans for driving, interstate 30 from little rock back southwards towards shreveport that s the possibility of heavy rain and snow should be developing late on thanksgiving and then look out friday, of all places, west texas and north texas talking from amarillo to lubbock, could be getting heavier snow. on saturday we have a mess throughout the south and then all of that nasty weather heads into the northeast on sunday. let s break down the timing of this. so many people traveling and heading into different areas they re not typically accustomeded to. as we look towards the storms in areas of north texas, notice th
rural portions of northern louisiana. today, later on sunday, things are going to fire up across the nation s midsection. this time the texas panhandle into the oklahoma panhandle, that s the area we re concerned about. this is the overnight period. then we ll see these storms advance east through the course of the day and fire off a new round of storms with this low pressure system that s going to eject just east of the colorado rockies. then as we go into monday to start off the workweek, the areas hit hardest by the tornado, andover, kansas. you have yet another chance of severe weather again. so this is a multi-day severe weather setup. you can see sunday s forecast. amarillo to lubbock to midland, texas, keep an eye to the sky. we have a moderate risk of severe storms. then the moderate risk into kansas and oklahoma city on monday to start off the week. we re used to tornados and strong storms, but no one can prepare themselves for the damage and destruction that comes with an ef-
if we have severe weather today, y i don t think we will see tornadoes, but large hail and wind damage from amarillo to lubbock. an isolated strong storm. tomorrow, more of the same. the front stalls on the east coast. one round of rain today. more rain developing tonight over the carolinas. that comes up the east coast through tuesday. the grass and flowers will get plenty of rain and rain water this week and your umbrella will be needed. this is the timing. 6:00 this morning, heavy rain in virginia. that works up to new york city for lunch hour at 1:00. that is the timing of today s rain. an umbrella day for the east and gulf coast. bill karins. an audience treated to seeing the greatest show on either for the final time. ringling bros. and barnum & bailey held their final show in uniondale, new york. the family who ran the circus is
that was so shut down because of the heavy rainfall in some instances, almost eight inches of rainfall that shut down a western portion of the loop the 12 loop and interstate 30. take a look at what happens. this is a forecast radar. this is not the actual radar. but this is what is expected. from amarillo to lubbock, all the way to midland, texas, a complex of storms as we head towards midnight. look at dallas not just yet, but after the midnight hour it looks like an explosion of storms we could see another round of potentially heavy rainfall. but kind of an east-west orientation around waco just outside of austin. dallas this radar doesn t go that far out. but it it does look like you could see another couple of inches. also for houston. these are areas that don t need any more wet weather, because as we just heard dan simon mention, we have seen record-setting may rainfall totals. take a look at fort smith arkansas. now arkansas is receiving