Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters. Im annemarie green. If texas, flooding is blamed for at least six deaths. This morning, severe thunderstorm watches and Flood Warning cover central texas. Some rivers could reach record levels in the next few days. Hundreds have been forced to evacuate. Overnight, the coast guard searched for a man who was swept away while helping to rescue a woman near houston. In kansas, a search underway for an 11yearold boy who fell into a river friday evening. This morning, tropical depression bonnie is expected to move north along the South Carolina coast. Bonnie has sustained winds of 30 Miles Per Hour but is expected to produce rainfall accumulations of two to three inches, and dangerous surf along the east coast. The cincinnati zoo says it had no who slipped into a gorilla habitat was to kill the grill a. The enjoy home and doing fine. The family issued a statement thanking the zoo. Zoo officials are heartbroken and devastated.
M adam sexton. Stephanie and i m stephanie woods. Tonight, president obama is addressing the country from the oval office about terrorism. Abc s elizbaeth hur is live in new york. Elizabeth good evening. White house Officials Say don t expect major policy announcements tonight. But the president is aware the country is concerned so he will call on congress to take action. We have gunshots. Elizabeth the terror attack in San Bernardino is forcing Law Enforcement officials and the Intelligence Community to wrestle with the possibility of new, unpredictable homegrown terror threats. Threats that are prompting president obama to give a Rare Oval Office address to a shaken nation. Loretta lynch i think he ll talk about the actions we ve taken, not just since 9 11 but since paris, to help keep the American People and american interests safe. Elizabeth the president huddled with his Top National Security advisers on saturday, as the f. B. I. Is investigating computer the two shooters reached
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