over 50 years will have the integrity to come back and testify. all right. heidi thomas, we thank you. we thank all the other women who have worked tirelessly to get this brought to court and, perhaps, we will see what happens in front of a judge and in front of a jury. heidi thomas, thank you. thank you. and still to come, rivers are swelling, levels we ve never seen before, as thousands face the brunt of catastrophic flooding today. a live report from one of the heartest hit towns coming up straight ahead.
safety and healthy. reporter: why is it towns like el centro that they re not having the same sort of reaction as muir yrrieta s is? the mayor says they re too different and the ugliest elements of the protests he believes are not from his residents but outsiders coming in. the world never got to see the compassion that murrieta has and what they re known for. reporter: is it possible the bus also come and we will see compassion here? well right now we re still a destination point. border patrol is still not talking to us much. reporter: a tale of two cities, two reactions to a border crisis that s not going away. go back home! reporter: kyung lah, cnn, murrieta, california. both sides of the political aisle agree the situation at the u.s./mexico border is a humanitarian crisis. 57,000 kids alone without their parents. they have crossed into this country since october, but so
homes in the carolinas and outer banks almost none. at last report, more than 40,000 home, however, still don t have power. but that can be fixed, thank god. north carolina national guardsmen are out in the hardest hit towns on security patrol. they re also out surveying the damage as well. chad myers got the good assignment, the warm and dry one in the cnn weather center with all the equipment that tell us what s happening and where it s going. joe johns, not so good, he gets the outer banks. i ll start with you, chad. we were really concerned that this was going to do a whole lot of damage. it didn t, but what s still ahead? i think it could have had it hit a more populated area. atlantic beach didn t get lucky. neither did okracoke, and the sound, and then the water had to rush back up.
extreme weather alert for you now. new dramatic video out of arkansas. a family just rescued out of their home after twisters slammed the midwest. here comes your mom. wow. that s a great survivor story. but sadly, 18 people are dead across three states this morning. maria molina is live on the ground in one of the hardest hit towns, mayflower, arkansas. maria, explain, if you would, we were talking about this outbreak on friday. how are they able to make the forecast days in advance that the conditions are ripe for that kind of stuff? we knew since tuesday that the ingredients would be in place come sunday for the severe weather outbreak. of course, you can t really tell exactly where a tornado will
lines off the road. as far as the weather goes today, we re in much better shape. the threat for tornadoes has moved south and east of here. we should have some sunshine and better weather for a long cleanup. under 20,000 customers without power here in the state of arkansas. again, mayflower, velonia, the hardest hit towns here. not far from little rock. little rock itself in good shape this morning. horrific. thank you. we ll check back in with bill kairns for more on the extreme weather in the midwest in a bit. now let s turn to the crisis in ukraine where europe is being drawn into the center of the conflict. a group of military observers from five different european countries are being held hostage by pro-russian militants in the eastern part of ukraine. kid knapped eight unarmed monitors accusing them of being spies for nato. they were put on display at a press conference.