Missing this morning. And the area could see another 1 to 3 inches of rain this weekend. The weather channels dave malkoff is in dallas with more on the overnight flooding. Reporter this underpass was the scene of a massive rescue effort overnight. The most rescues throughout the dallasft. Worth area that theyve seen in five years. Im going to bring you over here to listen for a second. Listen to this sound. You hear that . Thats the sound of dallas drying out after a wild night of swift water rescues and people trapped in cars. This underpass we couldnt even see the vehicles here when we first got here in the overnight hours. Now you can see theres at least six vehicles including a fancy mercedes sports car, completely covered in water. We could not see them. And the real dangerous situation was happening with this vehicle. This brandnew bmw with sam ong inside. He couldnt get out of his vehicle because there was so much water around him. He couldnt push the doors open so he actually
Its really not, because it closer to that. And its a little bit of a spot. The referee said its touching that pole, but its really not. You tell em. Love her. Thank you, everyone, for joining us. Im fresh out of time, but stay tuned for Newsroom International with suzanne malveaux. Welcome to cnn newsroom. Heres whats going on right now. History is made on the floor of the u. S. House and senate. The 113th congress is convening for the first time. The gavels came down moments ago, all reelected and newly elected officers take the oath of office. There were 97 freshman, 84 in the house, 13 in the senate. While republicans still control the house, democrats gained seats in both chambered, two more in the senate, eight more in the house. A bit of added drama as well on the house side. Speaker john boehner hoping to hold john to his leadership position. He has lost some support from some republicans that were outraged he delayed a vote on Hurricane Sandy relief. Boehner and nancy pelosi ar
She said her sister is killed in clashes with Security Forces is. Security is tight against possible attacks by militants loyal to ousted president muhammad more see but the military backed government is determined to push through this new constitution. A historic day in two weeks at least tuesday marked the third anniversary of the very first arab spring uprising ended decades of dictatorship with no further government the right to use a steal the french president s twice annual press conference and said to be hijacked by comedienne contrast to his alleged affair the last sentence. First up on fun think at this hour in just a floating on a new constitution today the military backed government is urging people to turn us into roads to ratify it. The army wants this third constitution in four years to be the final nail in coffin after president Ahmed Morrissey and his Muslim Brotherhood the deep political divide it was evident again this morning with the explosion of a small bomb in cai
Also coming up for you this hour, potential commemorations of world war i get underway, you hundreds of volunteers scaling the journals of servicemen to keep their memories alive. He has won his second competition, ending the reign of his rival. Our top story out of egypt, that country is voting today on a new constitution, and the military act government is urging people to turn out in droves to ratify it. The army wants this third constitution in four years to be the final nail and ousted coffin of in the ousted president mohamed morsi. A small bomb in cairo, i reported death of a protester in clashes with the police. Give us the update and what is happening in egypt now, lets go to our correspondent. Your italy station that was very busy this morning. Is it as busy now . Theres still a steady trickle of people going in, what is making the difference between this referendum is that today has not been declared a national holiday. People came before work, and we expect the numbers to p