Returning to his eighth straight nba finals. And remembering americas bravest who made the ultimate sacrifice, a special memorial day edition of msnbc live. Good morning, everyone. Im dara brown. Memorial weekend was a wash outfor one community. Fire officials responded to reports of buildings collapsing as the baltimore suburb was overcome by water. The governor considers the damage to be worse than the massive flood from two summers ago that claimed two lives. Its truly devastating. I would say its as bad or worse than the storm two years ago. They say this is a once ever thousandyear flood and when he two of them in two years. Our washington, d. C. Affiliates has more. Reporter the video is incredible, main street flooded again. The second time in less than two years. Dozens of people were rescued as raging floodwaters rushed through trapping workers and customers in business on this holiday weekend. Cell phone videos show the strength of the flooding causing structures to collapse
And the sudden tax spike, taking homeowners across the country by surprise. In some cases, a nearly 50 increase. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this saturday. Im tom llamas. And we begin with the state of emergency on this memorial day weekend. Alberto, take a look, getting stronger. The storm picking up speed. The National Park Service Closing some campgrounds in the gulf, evacuating tourists. Residents there in Manatee County loading up sandbags, preparing for torrential rains. Floridas governor issuing that state of emergency. Plus warnings tonight about potentially deadly rip currents. Millions bracing for a memorial day washout, from louisiana to florida. Abcs senior meteorologist rob marciano starts us off. Reporter tonight, alberto on the move, putting millions from louisiana to florida at risk this Holiday Weekend. Instead of barbecuing, these tallahassee residents are filling up sandbags. And in tampa, too. Lock it all down. Because anything that blows on high wind
Informant within the Trump Campaign lead to questions of obstruction . Ivanka hitting the trail for a loyal republican. Why this could be seen as a warning sign, coming up. We begin with a live picture of the white house after an Oval Office Welcome for another american citizen who had been imprisoned abroad. President trump celebrating the release of 26yearold joshua holt and his wife from eveveneza from prison. A signal that more americans will soon be coming home. We have had 17 released. And we are very proud of that record, very proud, and we have others coming. We are in the big of some big negotiations to get others out. In most cases, they are americans, but we can try and help other countries, too, where theres unjustice. The president is making new comments on the june 12 summit with kim jongun. That i thinks are very well in terms of the summit with north korea. Looks like its going along very well. A lot of people are working on it. Its moving along nicely, so we are lookin
Government from the minister of communications saying the venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro instructed his government to provide joshua holt and his wife with a measure of benefit. Unclear still how the negotiation process or the communication process between he and senator bob corker, who he met with yesterday, went and created the release of joshua holt back to the United States. Hes on a plane headed to d. C. Right now. Officials have told cnn the president has asked some aides to ready the west wing for an official statement to be delivered at approximately 7 00 p. M. Tonight. Thats when were expecting holt and his wife to arrive here at the white house. Holts story is really fascinating. He was a missionary who met his wife in venezuela. He originally met her online, married her in venezuela, and was arrested for stockpiling weapons. He pleaded for his release numerous times, most recently in may during a prison riot. He uploaded a video to facebook in which he asked american la
The president tweeted moments ago, quote, the failing New York Times quotes a senior white house official who doesnt exist as saying even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on june 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed. Wrong again, use real people, not phony sources. Now to the latest twist, north and south korean leaders holding a surprise second meeting in hopes of saving the summit. Kim jongun and moon jaein sharing a warm welcome at the dmz overnight. Cnns Boris Sanchez is live at the white house with more. Boris, things are changing moment to moment. Give us the latest. Reporter thats right, fred. A rapidly changing and developing story, similar to what you would expect from the Season Finale of a reality tv show. Look, even days before President Trump sent out this letter pulling the United States out of a summit with north korea, there were some skeptics within the adm administration doubting the meeting would take place. Beyon