and indiana have declared states of emergency. they are still searching for survivors. scott is in henryville, indiana with the latest on this story. good evening. tonight people are walking around looking at all of the damage and just shaking their heads. they knew the storm was coming. there were many warnings but henryville was hurt with what the local sheriff called the worst case scenario. throughout clark county in southern indiana, the devastation is overwhelming. once again, mother nature has dealt a blow to indiana. officials said entire communities, homes, schools and businesses are gone. we love you and we re with you. it s not just government. this is their neighbors here to help. the friday twisters threatened millions of people from the gulf coast to the great lakes. the national weather service issued nearly 300 tore naid zoe warnings friday. it wasn t over. thunderstorms rocked georgia this morning bringing more dam. despite the many warnings, the tw
precaution more than 20 school districts across tornado alley sent students home early today. in nashville, jay gray, news 4. really powerful storms. doug has been tracking them all day. are we done with this yet, folks out there and us too? not even close. they re not done with it yet, jim. i think we ll be done here. we aren t expecting any severe weather here and don t expect any tornadoes in our region so even though the line is moving our way, it is not going to make its way all the way here. take a look at that line right now back toward cincinnati, ohio around louisville and down through portions of nashville and tennessee. watch that line just blow up here and this was tornado after tornado after tornado and it s still happening. we ll zoom on in toward the louisville area. now you can see it s up toward maysville and around the london area and with this we do have tornado warnings with just about every single one of these individual storms that you see here. this
worse as the day progresses. let s begin with a look at our maps. we ll start with sent tin knell fox 5 radar. area south to the d.c. area along the i-95 corridor where they have heavier pockets of rain, that is the orange and yellow you see and northeast across delmarva, that is where they have a flash flood warning in effect. but elsewhere across the region this rain will just continue to fill in as we progress into the course of the day. here is a shot showing you as we pull out wider that you will see there is a lot more well to the west of us and that is going to continue. so flash flood watch for most of our viewing area through the evening hours tonight. we expect to see in with one to two inches to even up to three to six inches of heavier rainfall in the local areas, and that is because we have thunderstorms coming through and there will be areas where the rain will be much heavier. we have a coastal flood advisory in effect and that means this morning s high is expe
that broke a community s heart. how friends and loved ones came together tonight. the heat is coming back. heat advisories are back with us again tomorrow. live and in hd, this is abc7 news at. breaking news is from the house on capitol hill. just mexico, we learned that the house will not vote on it just minutes ago we learned that the house will not vote on john boehner s plan. democratic leadership has said that the pill the bill had no chance of passing their. as we inch closer to the august 2 deadline. we are live with every development of the dead showdown. a lot of dramatic twists and turns. we thought we respond to have a vote earlier this evening. then it was delayed for hours by john boehner. he simply did not have enough votes. late tonight word that we would not have a vote until tomorrow. at this hour, right now the house rules committee is trying to tweak this plant so that is palatable for a vote tomorrow. john boehner faced political mutiny lat
john boehner s plan to raise the debt limit has been delayed indefinitely. good evening. i m doreen gentzler. and i m jim vance. there was supposed to be a flurry of activity on the hill tonight but it hasn t happened yet. and there is a problem in the speaker s ranks. none of this is good news for the markets. already down five days in a row and growing more skeptical that washington can reach a deal to avoid default. steve handelsman on capitol hill with more of this. reporter: republicans in disarray appear on capitol hill tonight. speaker boehner and his top allies will work into the night to craft changes to his support for a vote possibly tomorrow. the vote that was put off tonight. house republican leaders realize they might lose the vote. further consideration of s-627 is postponed. reporter: an embarrassment for john boehner, conservatives rejecting his plan to cut $917 billion, demanding he fight for more through the deadline. i disagree. i just don t thin