not done yet the same weather system that brought a drenching thousand-year storm to the dallas area this week now threatening the same in the southeast. pummeling central and southern mississippi with near historic rain amounts, since this morning 6 to 12 inches have fallen across the area, triggering dangerous flash floods, cutting off neighborhoods and requiring evacuations, including dozens of residents escorted from an assisted living facility tonight some 5 million people across the southeast are under flood watches. blayne alexander reports. reporter: tonight in parts of central mississippi, the scenes are dire a desperate evacuation, dozens of elderly residents rushed from a nursing home as floodwaters rush in. we did have full saturation of the ground, so we knew we might have some flash flooding. reporter: so far more than 100 rescues across central mississippi, including this day care center in florence where dozens of children and employees were rushed to sa
three korean american hostages being held illegally in the north. one since 2015 and the other two since 2017. they ve reportedly been relocated from a labor camp to a private hotel near pyongyang. a sign experts say indicates they ma be released they may be released in advance of the trump kim summit. we re having very substantive talks with north korea and a lot of things have already happened with respect to the hostages. kim jong-un has long been detaining american citizens to use as bargaining chips in his dealings with the international community. it is nearly one year since the death of otto warmbier. they used him as a political pawn for as long as they could, and when he was no longer value to them, they essentially sent him home to our family in a body bag. the ideal is to complete the
faithful by taking a spin through vatican square. abc s alex perez is in rome. reporter: proving again his papacy will be different and personal, pope francis joined the crowd at st. peter s square easter sunday smiling, embracing the faithful. at one point accepting a soccer jersey of a popular team in his native argentina. and stopping for poignant moments like this one when he embraced and kissed a disabled child. a massive estimated crowd of 250,000 packed the square. a sign experts say of this pope s appeal. you have to really go back to the funeral of john paul ii, 2005, or maybe beatification to find a crowd similar to this. reporter: many arrived before sunrise to see francis celebrate his first easter mass as pope. in the three weeks since he was appointed the 76-year-old has angered some conservatives in the church. who argue he should act more like predecessors.