united states uss abraham lincoln arrived on station in the arabian sea. harris: when diplomacy pull up on your coastline, you are going to see that. thank you very much. severe weather in america. it is expected to put 50 million people in the central part of our united states at risk of experiencing flash flooding, very large hail and damaging winds. this comes a day after at least 19 tornados, we re learning, swept through oklahoma, texas, missouri, kansas and arkansas. a live look at all of it now with steve herribegan in stillwater, oklahoma, where the waters are anything, but still. steve. harris, the tornados brought rain with them, in some places five to ten inches, this is the result here. i m on sanger street in stillwater, oklahoma, part of oklahoma state university is
artificial intelligence. thank you. dangerous weather in the heartland. in some areas torrential downpours. shut down an interstate and prompted some serious rescues. steve harrigan is live in stillwater with more. reporter: after four days of real anxiety, funnel shaped clouds and multiple tornados across the street, sun is back out here in stillwater, oklahoma. you can see what some of the tornados have left behind because of the fact they brought 5 to 10 inches of rain. they created dangerous flash flooding. i-40 was shut down for several hours this morning. the street i m on now disappears at my feet and then drops off. if you go further down this road, some cars disappear after the water. oklahoma state building in the distance over there. lot of people we talked to, lot of locals we ve been through may after may in oklahoma with this storm season, the tornado season, they say they ve never
would need to come to congress. the third point that i think is getting lost in all of this. the movement of the aircraft carrier, movement of the b-52 s and the patriot battery was requested by the generals in the field, not by john bolton, not by the white house. they essentially approved the defensive measures requested by those in the field. that s important to keep in mind. dana: we appreciate you coming out and explaining this to all of us. thank you. thank you very much, dana. dana: president trump and joe biden with differing takes on the economy. and major line of storms causing tornados and catastrophic flooding in the plains. steve harrigan is in stillwater, oklahoma. it s very still water there. the tornados are gone from oklahoma for now, but the flooding remains. i m steve harrigan in stillwater. that story ahead. hi i m joan lunden.
trace: yeah, more dangerous weather threatening the southern planes after dozens of tornadoes touches down. the national weather service has issued tornado watches for parts of arkansas and missouri. folks in oklahoma city dealing with major flooding. we ve been watching crews make water rescues all day long. about 100 miles north and east of oklahoma city and tulsa. the national weather service confirms a tornado touched down near the airport, shutting down a highway there where one person was injured. matt finn reporting live in tulsa. first, to steve harrigan live in stillwater. the real danger right now is clearly flooding. that s right, trace. despite the fact that most of the tornadoes are gone from oklahoma, the sun has come back out after four days of gray