against the fbi and the doj, and the republicans in congress have not been willing to go that far, so you see that fully reflecting majority of republican voters believe this is a witch hunt and believe that the investigation is tainted, so that s in part because republicans have not been willing to openly criticize the president, so in some ways the message resinates and takes hole. you all can stick around, talking more ahead, breaking weather news as the storm is making landfall on gulf coast, and maryland is declaring a state of emergency to help people there cleaning up from catastrophic floods. we re following those preparations for a possible north korea-u.s. summit. it s moving along nicely, so we re looking at june 12th in singapore. that hasn t changed. hear that sizzle? yeah. red lobster s lobster & shrimp summerfest is back! get all the lobster and shrimp you crave, together in so many new ways. there s new cedar plank seafood bake.
add this. how on earth do you prepare for 50 inches of rain, really? this will be debated for years to come. as far as the forecast goes, the national weather service, the national hurricane center, once we knew where the storm was going, on point. they knew that we were going to get historic, life-threatening catastrophic floods. we couldn t believe the numbers seeing 50 inches of rainfall, and it s happening. so the national hurricane center did excellent work when it comes to forecasting. we did the best that we possibly with the information that we h look at the rainfall totals over 27 inches already. the problem is we re going to get more. more rainfall. typically with these systems, sometimes a cold front will move through. the jet stream will help things along not happening. we have nothing to steer this. that s why we have the potential for more heavy rain. heaviest rain band has moved east of the houston area. the area of low pressure, the center of the system is forecast to m
i m gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. elizbeth: harvey hittingtexa. the weinstein down. but the storm sitting over the region dropping torrential rains. bringing catastrophic floods. homeland security advisor is discussing the danger of face the nation. let s not lose our focus on how bad this is. some news outlets are reporting this is being downgraded and less of an event in just a storm now. that s a mistake. we ll see continued rank, upwards of 30 inches. i don t understand 30 inches of rain. i ve been around dozens of disasters, i ve never seen 30 inches of rain. were going to pay attention,
rising waters are heading their way after floodgates were opened to save new orleans and baton rouge from catastrophic floods. yunji de nies is keeping a close eye from that part of the state and filed this report. reporter: sunrise along the atchafalaya. a river rising way too fast thanks to those open floodgates. i couldn t watch very long. i watched for about five minutes and just left. reporter: st. martin parish president couldn t bear to watch them open because he knew it meant this town and so many others would drown. how high do you think it will be right where we are? you and i s heads will definitely be under the water. this water right here in the next four days will be definitely on top of us. reporter: the sign outside kate buchanan s bar says it all. she stands to lose her business and her home. she s shipping out her stuff but planning to stay. forecast the worst.
hey, andrea. hi, richard, thanks so much. coming up next, will pakistan grant the u.s. access to bin laden s wives? we ll ty yake you to islamabad where the prime minister has been speaking out for the first time. the new york times david sanger on the current state of u.s. relations with pakistan and live in memphis where residents are bracing for the potential of catastrophic floods. andrea mitchell reports right here up next on msnbc. [ woman ] jogging stroller. you ve been stuck in the garage while i took refuge from the pollen that made me sneeze. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief