today. strong thunderstorms poured heavy rain into oklahoma and there are reports of at least two tornado sightings in texas. an eyewitness grabbed this shot of a tornado on his iphone. several twisters touched down causing property damage. at least one person was injured. a truck s whose rig was slammed into a paint warehouse. the lone star state got at much as 10 inches in the lone star state. don teague has more. reporter: a dramatic scene in arlington, texas, where torrential rain turned a creek into a raging river, surrounding a nearby apartment complex and trapping at least 90 people. literally, within 30 minutes, it was so high that we couldn t even walk back and forth from the apartments. reporter: the water came up so fast, over such a wide area, rescuers and in communities across texas were overwhelmed. it just came up a lot quicker than we expected. and quicker than we were able to take care of it because we were having rescue calls all over the city. rep
far behind. a hurricane warning is in effect for puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. earl is expected to become a dangerous category 3 storm later today. we ll have to watch for the possibility of perhaps landfall somewhere in the eastern part of the united states. although at this time, the national hurricane center is saying that probably it will make a turn to the east. but by then, it doesn t mean we re out of the woods because right behind that we have potentially another tropical system, fiona. and that could take a southern track than earl. cruise ships are being diverted to avoid earl and airlines have already started to cancel flights. meanwhile, residents along the gulf coast remembered a killer storm that hit five years ago hurricane katrina. katrina devastated new orleans, a city still trying to get back on its feet. manuel gallegus reports. amazing grace reporter: a french quarter funeral new orleans style for katrina. mourners say it s time to b
of judges from the ninth circuit court of appeals will hear the case the second week of december. joe vazquez has the next steps in the battle. reporter: the next step is to wait. the appeals court effectively said today they will be expediting this case, fast tracking it. but one couple said it doesn t feel like fast tracking when they have to wait several months. they were hoping to get married the day after tomorrow. [ music ] jess and theo had their first dance and a wedding ceremony last month but it will not be recognized by the state. it will not be legal for three more months at least. i was flustered. it was definitely very, like, as soon as the news came out i was very, like, we are waiting again. reporter: in a brief statement, the three judge panel of the ninth circuit court of appealed ordered the stay is granted. the appellants are the proprop 8 campaign. the ninth circuit ordered same- sex marriages to be put on hold at least until a hearing on december
tracks live. gary. reporter: near the tracks live it was on the tracks live during rush hour today that was causing all of the problems with the downed pepco lines. red line commuters couldn t get further than forest glenn going south because of the lines. we just talked to pepco workers. they say the power lines and work has been repaired. spring creek road is still closed because they want to make sure more lines don t come down. this problem started right here. a storm had just passed over the spring street bridge and denny black was still carrying his umbrella as he saw a fire. all of a sudden it popped and started falling down on the bridge and it was a few of us on the bridge we started backing up and then right behind us the other telephone polls those lines started popping and falling down. reporter: pole number one was a transformer fire. it all started with a huge explosion. we actually had the wire burn through and drop into the right-of-way and came in c
today we begin with a 20 billion dollar tab. the deal was announced yesterday following the first face-to-face the deal was announced yesterday following the first face to face talks between bp and president obama. for more we go to tracie potts to given us the details. tracy, good morning. good morning. that s sure to come up when tony hayward testifies for the first time. we receive a copy of his remarks. he s expected to say he s personally devastated but he won t address whether his company cut corners on that oil rig. he says they re still investigating. this comes after that meeting with president obama where bp officials promised to stop paying out dividends this year and as you mentioned set up a $20 billion compensation fund for those victims who have been hurt by this disaster. he is frustrated because he cares about the small people, and we care about the small people. i hear comments sometimes that large oil companies are greedy companies or don t care. but th