Pelley the black river jumped a levee today in northeast arkansas, flooding the Historic Town of pocahontas. Officials saw this disaster coming and ordered everyone out, but flash floods have killed at least seven people in the arkansas last weekend. Michelle miller is there. Reporter the black river spilled across pocahontas, arkansas, after heavy rains breeched a levee. About 50 homes have been destroyed and up to 100 homes and businesses damaged. Where were the breaches . They were east of here. Reporter Cecil Tackett is the citys police chief. This morning at 6 00 there was fish swimming across here. Reporter across this highway . Yes. Reporter murky floodwaters turned this playground into a water park. Days of torrential rainfall caused a number of rivers near pocahontas to swell as much as nine inches. Add the nearly eight inches that fell in pocahontas la and it was more than the levee could take. The threat of a breech forced a mandatory evacuation of the city of 7,000 on monda
Mess killings there was a terrible accident today at an auto auction near boston. A suv driven by an employee tore through a crowd then smashed through a wall and into a parking lot. Three people were killed. Nine hurt, and at least two of them have lifethreatening injuries. The driver who was in his70s was not sear yes, sirly hurt. Today President Trump promised peace in the middle east. Meeting at the white house with Palestinian Leader mahmoud abbas, mr. Trump was optimistic that he can end the fighting that has raged since 1948. We will get this done, mr. Trump said. One obstacle, hough, emerged immediately. Abbas insists on a palestinian state based on says that is just too great a risk. To mark his 90th day in office, secretary of state Rex Tillerson spoke to Department Employees for just the second time. Tillerson is planning big changes, doing more with less. Margaret brennan is there. My view of how you translate America First into our Foreign Policy reporter secretary of stat
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Especially near the Santa Cruz Mountains. But right now, if youre just waking up, bundleal up and pour yourself a nice cup of coffee. Peninsula, trivalley, out in the east bay and San Francisco in the 50s and were not really going to warm up. Were going to top out into those upper 50s and stay there. Overnight temperatures have been chilly and we are expecting those 40s, maybe even 30s out near the north bay. Here are your expected highs for today. Only 59 degrees, 58 near the south bay and heres a live look right now at our radar. We are seeing where that red and orangey color, thats more along the Santa Cruz Mountains, thats where theyre seeing the strongest downpours and of course those winds that were going to keep an eye out for but for now, it looks like we are expecting widespread showers throughout the day and well have timing on that and how much rain we can expect coming up so, umbrella and warm coat. All of them. Both this morning. Thank you very much, vianey. Now, he ruled
Havana and her people went wild, they surrounded him, engulfed him, fidel our liberator. Reporter he forged a close alliance with the soviet union that would endure for the rest the cold war. The u. S. Struck back, spearheading the 1961 castro personally led the resistance and the American Invasion failed miserably. A major embarrassment for president kennedy. Less than a year later, castro and the soviets orchestrated the greatest Nuclear Crisis the world has known. After of a tense standoff, the soviets relepted, pulling their missiles from cuba. During the 70s and 80s castro used his Financial Support from insurgencies throughout Central America and africa, but his conditions worsened at home, thousands began to flee the island, risking their lives in the 90mile boat trip to the united states. As the soviet union collapsed, so did cubas economy. With no subsidies, castro was forced to court the hated capitalists, asking business toes invest their western currency in cuba. As time pa