warnings, daily high temperatures could be tied or broken this week. millions more face severe storm threats from mississippi to massachussetts, extreme rainfall hail tornadoes possible as the storms churn across the country. this video out of chicago shows flooding throughout the city on sunday, after record rainfall. the chicago river crested at almost 3 and a half feet before falling. tragically gun violence is overshadowing another holiday weekend in the united states. police in baltimore are investigating a mass shooting that erupted saturday night at a block party. at least two people were killed 28 others wounded, most of the victims were teenagers some young as 13. religious leaders gathered in the brooklyn homes neighborhood to pray for the victims and those affected by the violence and according to the gun
the scorching heat to be to continue. as new orleans inched closer to record-breaking highs. with our fox weather forecast. here we go again. another week of extreme heat and severe weather. we already have severe thunderstorm warnings and flash flooding going on for parts of mississippi and alabama and towards georgia. let s take a look at it. we have heavy rainfall moving into these areas, a lot of lightning, the severe storm threats and at 4:00 central in alabama and here are the rep reports, the tornado damage, several terminated reports for central mississippi and a lot of storm damage here as well. going to go ahead for another day of severe storms and flash flooding. several inches of rain is going to add to the misery here of not only the strong storms but the heavy rain and the flash flooding and the heat oppressive for another week in the same areas texas into louisiana.
now. good monday morning. i m erica hill alongside victor blackwell. let s get you started with five things to know. a high stakes meeting between secretary of state antony blinken and xi jinping aimed at cooling tensions between the u.s. and china. xi says the two sides have made progress in just a few moments. we ll hear blinken s take. more than 50 million people in the southeast are under severe storm threats. a large tornado left damage in mississippi and a heatwave is pushing texas power grid to the brink. across the state of kansas, at least 100 public officials and legislators have received letters containing suspicious white powder prompting an investigation. and another weekend marred by gun violence from washington state, illinois, sggeorgia, liv lost and communities on edge.
we re working on china s terms. we ll get in to that in a moment. as we mentioned, secretary of state antony blinken will hold a news conference a short time from now. we ll bring you that live when that begins. new this morning, we re seeing first images after a massive tornado struck a town in mississippi. it left behind catastrophic damage. you see some of that there. homes, buildings torn apart. today more than 50 million people across the southeast are under severe storm threats. t dare ve derek van dam is in the weather center. what are the threats today? where the tornado occurred last night in jasper county, they are still under a tornado watch and threatened by very active storms moving through right now. that shading of red, that is a tornado watch, that is local. valid through 8:00 a.m. local time. and this is the area that got hit hard by what is likely a
julian: thank you so much for joining us today for getting answers. we will be here every weekday at 3:00 p.m. answering questions with experts from around the bay area. world news tonight with david muir is next. tonight the urgent search and rescue mission, the sub with five people on board vanishing just an hour and 45 minutes into its dive, missing more than 24 hours, they started with 96 hours of air. the u.s. coast guard combing the atlantic. the wreckage of the titanic rests 200 miles below the surface. james longman is standing by. severe storm threats from louisiana to florida, a confirmed tornado touching down in mississippi, reports of eight people trapped inside a bank, flooding in alabama, water rescues are underway and just a