and moving northeast at about 12 miles per hour. the heavy rain is right over this area west of nashville. that had you will of the flooding that you just talked about. so it is raining in that area with very saturated ground. down to the south, though, this is where we re seeing the storm still coming on shore across the gulf coast. that is not much of a risk but it is not zero. twl could be tornados with those, with waterspouts and down across the south. you wish it is over. but it is not. it is still raining on top of places, everywhere that you see purple, that is ten inches of rain or more and the highest number that i ve found is somewhere between 17 and 18 inches since the storm started. so flash flood watches are posted to the northeast. and that is what the rainfall is going to look like. this red area, six inches or more. it is interacting with a front up here. so we still have the gulf moisture and it is still a
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moment. but you re not out of the state forever. thi they say for three weeks they re going to be out of the state. twl is a unique situation. we haven t seen that in the awareness of politics. the escalating special sessions. this is a unique year. in the fall because of the delayed census, they have to pick up redistricting. they have to do a special session. when they do a special session, they can bring in other topics. so this will likely come to a head in october when redistricting has to be picked up. and democrats i don t know how you thread that needle as a crass. thank you so much for that reporting. i greatly appreciate it. joining me now is texas state representative philip cortez. one of the state s democratic legislators. representative cortez, thank you