canada and all around the world. i m kim bruun hoover. we begin with breaking news with what some call a once in a half century extreme weather happening right now in florida as we speak up to 20 inches of rain has fallen in parts of south florida in the past few hours with more in the forecast. well, that led to a flash flood emergency, the highest possible level of flood warning. so what you see here is the ford lauderdale hollywood international airport, which is partly underwater and closed until at least noon on thursday , the city of fort lauderdale has activated its emergency operations center and plans to issue a local state of emergency. officials also say airboats and high water vehicles will join rescue operations in the coming hours. for the latest, we go to meteorologist separately, ritz here in atlanta, who s keeping an eye on all of this? obviously relief folks in florida used to storms , but you know what we re seeing now so unusual. take us through what they
, heart pounding body cam. footage of those critical and terrifying minutes. officers rushing toward the gunfire, and now the killer s family is speaking up about what they call his mental health challenges. officials say the smoke pouring into the skies over indiana is definitely toxic. we are live on the scene of this huge recycling plant fire. thousands have been told to evacuate these stories and more all coming in to cnn news, central. there is an emergency unfolding in eastern indiana. happening now toxic smoke billowing into the air over the city of richmond, this as fire crews are making progress. they have contained the fire to the plant itself, but they are still battling that plant at the fire still very much burning, as it has been for the last day. 2000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, and officials say it could be days before the danger clears. omar jimenez is live for us on the scene, omar you ve been there now for some time described the situa
upon arriving in dublin, the president met with first responders and school children with whom he shared some anecdotes about his past and talked about his irish roots. his first extended stop in county luth on ireland s northeastern coast, the county was home to his maternal ancestors. then he ll visit a cemetery where some of his family members are buried. he will also tour yes, a castle before taking part in a community gathering in the town of done black. he then heads back to dublin, where he will spend the rest of the evening. john sounds like a fun day. right does with us now is journalist lynn kelleher. she is the author of the green and white house, ireland and the u. s presidents. you can see the book position artfully above her shoulder right now, lin so great to see you. look, president biden. you ve heard some people tout him as the most irish us president. but surely that would have to be john f. kennedy right with what, like eight grandparents from ireland. break grandpa