again, we talked about the police. let s talk about the national guard. here they come. all right, guys, give me a beep. these guys doing a bangup job. they re not working a shift like you might at your job. maybe a 12-hour job, eight-hour job. they re here for the due ration. dedicated not just here from the region but throughout the united states. truly a national concern. that s the latest we have along canal street. back to you. reynolds wolf reporting in new orleans. i m thomas roberts here at world headquarters of msnbc in new york. we ll go back to tamron hall in a moment. plaquemines parish has been especially devastated by the storm sthaurnlg overtopped the levees there. the biggest distinction is that they were not fortified through federal funds. these are locally built through the. air rish money itself. billy nugggesser, this was him earlier today on the weather
alexandra steele, great to have you here with us this weekend. as a lot of you know they are still dealing with stuff in the stuff, some of this floodwater, but it was a week and a half ago we saw another major disaster, the tornado outbreaks that s causing some people to spend this mother s day in a shelter. that is the reality for a lot of women across the south. lost their homes, possessions. but later our reynolds wolf reporting live from alabama, one of the states hardest hit by those storms. they will tell us how they are coping. but at 12 minutes past the hour, let me say good morning to our ray d alessio from hln sports. yesterday was one of the biggest days in sports we have every year, the derby. the only day we re all horse racing fans, sorry. horse racing fans beforehand and when we lose money, we re like, okay, i m not a horse racing fan anymore. but always drama in these things. yesterday did not disappoint. the biggest drama, talking beforehand, the most wide open
sending out to kids. the newark archdiocese spoke out against it and the message. tell us what you think about it. e-mail me about the billboard and the ensuing controversy. we re also going to bring you bigger discussion on this story tomorrow. there s a lot going on this morning. let s start with jim acosta in washington. jim? reporter: kyra, in an attempt to ease tensions with the naacp, one tea party group throws another tea party group under the bus. i ll have details coming up. i m reynolds wolf reporting from new orleans and over the past couple of days, we haven t seen any oil coming out of the well head of the deepwater horizon, but now there are reports of seepage. we ll let you know what that could mean long term and short term. i m jacqui jeras, severe weather expected in the plains today and hot temperatures across parts of the south and
hello. we re still talking about alex. right. alex is nothing anymore but is still having an effect. it is. you can see all the rain and thunderstorms right here just north of dallas into oklahoma. that s all alex. all of this moisture coming up from mexico is still creating showers and thunderstorms and a flood threat. t.j., we re also watching this which is something completely different, an area of low pressure that s developed just about 150 miles to the southeast of the mouth of the mississippi river. this is really kicking up some showers and thunderstorms towards new orleans and particularly towards florida. that s where we re watching for development there. now, for those of you that are heading to the beaches i can tell you a lot of the storms are staying offshore. here is a look at some of the advisories for alabama. you ve been hearing from reynolds wolf reporting. we have a little activity in terms of some significant oiling where terry cove for example is closed comp