morning in mexico, bringing heavy rains and leaving at least three people dead. the governor of texas announced a disaster declaration there as gusting winds and rain from alberto lashed the coast, triggering a dangerous storm surge that has flooded neighborhoods with several feet of water. meantime, today marks the first day of summer, and a dangerous heat wave is gripping much of the country. right now, 65 million people from the midwest to maine are under heat alerts, with temperatures soaring as high as 20 degrees above average in some areas, and more record highs expected. out west, the sweltering heat is fueling 29 wildfires as firefighters work around the clock to battle the blazes. in mm new mexico, the fires killed two people and destroyed more than 1400 structures. joining us now sam brock in surfside beach. how are conditions there today? reporter: good morning. right now the offshore winds continue to blow in from the gulf. as you can tell by how i look now, and
We saw some of that flooding all over the roadways. Now were talking about major highways, i10 south of here. 69 is closed. Beaumont becoming its own mini island, and in very many places across jefferson county, you have islands just trying to get help to them, because there are so many rivers that are passing through. Rivers that used to be streamtr like this street behind me. You see the water coming off the street there. Thats traveling into a drainage ditch, and this is the problem. We just saw a man try to cross the drainage ditch. He thought it was a street. He was almost washed away before our eyes. He was able to swim right back up before the current took him away. That is why police are saying here in southeast, texas, this is not over by any means. The brunt of the storm may be head thing way right now. Drew griffin in beaumont. Emergency services and possible rescues to go into Eastern Parts of texas into western louisiana. We thought new orleans was going to have rain, four
The white house for clarification on that. They have yet to respond to our questions. There is previous reporting out there about conversations President Trump has had privately with some, including his own white house counsel, don mcgann, making complaints about what he sees as Conflicts Of Interest on behalf of Robert Mueller. According to four separate sources who spoke to the New York Times earlier this year as part of a tirade President Trump went on against Robert Mueller, he complained mueller left his Virginia Golf Club over a disspews because of golfing fees. A spokesperson for the Special Counsel told the Washington Post that was inaccurate. President trump, if you recall, it was reported, tried to fire Robert Mueller until his counsel, don mcgann, threatened to resign at which President Trump backed off. Again, this is the frustration of President Trump of his own attorney making bombshell
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The latest news and information from around the world with host Ana Cabrera. The latest news and information from around the world with host Ana Cabrera. For the cockpit voice recorder, looking for the flight data recorder. Ultimately what those things could yield we dont know because we have the extensive conversations between the 29yearold and air traffic control. But i want to you listen now to what the ceo of Alaska Airlines said just a few moments ago. Take a look. It was a 3. 5 years employee of horizon air with a Ground Service agent. To answer the question you asked, he was a a Background Check there was a couple of couple different criminal Background Checks we run on employees. He got a badge with the port of seattle. Thats another. He worked his shift yesterday. We believe he was in uniform. His job is to be around airplanes. The c. E. Is tow certified, meant to be be shall did dsh airports have a secure and nonsecure side. He is meant to be on the secure side. Thats part of