neighborhood that i m in is about as bad as it it gets. it s still under three feet of water for the most part. all these homes behind me evacuated for several days in this town of colfax a few dozen people evacuated and they re not going to be able to get back for some time and with the threat of rain, the future looks very uncertain. bigger city in iowa of 50,000 people and there the town water system was knocked out and no one has drinking water or water running into their homes. the weight of the ground saturated with water caused the underground water mains to crack and now they re bracing to try to repair them. they re out of water for several days. donations of ration water are coming in and people are making due. again, everybody is watching the forecast hoping it doesn t rain too much more as the forecast does suggest. all right, ron, thanks so much. as ron mentioned, those forecasters predicting another day of storms in parts of iowa. bill karins, exactly what they don t ne
no, we at nbc and all the major networks if you do not allow the q and a on tape, then we will not broadcast your speech, your defense, essentially. if you re going to come out and say you re innocent, you have to come out and let the press ask you a few questions about why you are, in fact, innocent. you can t go away like that. fair enough. luke, i know you ll be there and we ll come back, as well. thank you. take care. another day of extreme weather expected across the country today from deadly heat and humidity in the midwest and south to violent storms like those that ripped through d.c. yesterday. and heavy rains bringing record floods to parts of iowa and wisconsin. bill karins is watching the forecast this morning and ron allen is in hard hit colfax, iowa. let s start with you, ron. how are things looking there? we have it all in terms of bad weather here. at the moment it is very sunny and bright and temperatures going up above 100 degrees and it s humid, as well. as