most from the bayous cresting today and tomorrow and slowly come down. we have additional problems up to the north. the new updated path, it does weaken over land. still a big rain maker. the flooding today majority from beaumont to northern louisiana, this area hasn t been hit too hard but still an additional five to seven inches of rain along the louisiana/texas borders just horrible and joe, also watch out areas memphis to west of nashville could get seven inches of rain. the mayor said the city is underwater. he didn t say portion of our city are underwater. he said the city. so bill obviously the storm system hovered over houston for a long time, it was a nightmare would not move. is it . finally, beaumont by later this afternoon and this evening. hopefully it will have a good chunk of daylight hours.
this money, these gold bars we re talking about 500,000 gold bars that weigh 7,000 tons to bring it back within texas borders. the idea here is that they can boost their gold reserves. but really this is about something else. this is about potentially having more control over their gold. it s within texas borders. there is the whole idea of potential potential secession one day. will texas be the only state to do this? will new york say we d like our gold bars back? it seems idealogical in the sense they want the gold reserves in the state in case anything happens. you have to remember. texas is the second largest economy in the u.s. right. so they have a little bit of heft when it comes to doing this type of thing. as you look to other states who probably store their gold in new york city as well it s basically the standard to store some of your gold elsewhere.
hemphill county. the ground is saturated and it will not cause much more rain to cause more flooding. meteorologist derek van dam is tracking the forecast. more rain on the horizon. look how much has fallen since the beginning of the month. upwards of 20 inches near oklahoma and texas border. 10 inches near the gulf coast. we have more rain in the wichita falls area and oklahoma and texas borders. because we don t experience rainfall near the gulf doesn t mean the rainfall that doesn t fall near oklahoma won t make its way down the rivers. you can see the precipitation moving through the region. more rainfall in store. by the way, there is the
happening on the arizona border but an under reported story that we lament around this table, a good bit, about the drug wars that are going on just over the border in mexico. how bad is it along the arizona/new mexico/california/texas borders? it is absolutely horrible, like a war zone south of the border. and the state right below arizona, state of sonora, it s, you know, the gun fights, drug cartels are in charge. you get along the texas border they re shooting and murdering people on a regular basis and the bottom line is it s spilling over. more dangerous than say iraq or afghanistan as far as more killings go we have correspondents coming and telling us that. why isn t there the focus on that drug war with the rest of america? well, that is my question. i think 70% of america agrees with us, with the people in
to get the fresh seafood, have to start traveling toward texas borders, alabama, mississippi trying to bring in fresh seafood. reporter: how long do you think this is going to last? this is not just one season i suspect? no. this is going to be for a while. a good while. reporter: thank you for your time. that s the situation here in louisiana. it s a bad scene right now for so many people involved in the seafood industry and as he said, affecting other parts of the united states. alex, back to you. mark potter, not good. thanks very much. our top three today the biggest youtube videos making news and they all involve kids. nbc s courtney hazlett is confirming it is indeed michael jackson s children on a youtube video making the rounds. daughter paris is seen lip syncing to a rap song and youngest son blanket is seen as well. the videos were removed at the request of the jackson family when originally posted but have now been put back up. at number two a young man who may bec