arkansas. several inches of rain in a pretty short period of time as that front remains stationary. we will watch that as it moves across the mississippi river valley. here is the next three days. the good news is we are going to remain dry across the carolinas but those rivers are going to remain at major or historic flood stage. there is your forecast today, rain across the southern u.s. and then we will potentially see severe storms over the great lakes and the interior northeast. it is the first day of fall tomorrow evening at 6:50ish p.m. back inside and ainsley did you have a wonderful birthday? ainsley: i did. thanks to you and so many others, janice. it was a great day. ainsley: we have to make it an official holiday. steve: it was yesterday. ainsley: i m looking up wbe deboyd, a civil rights activist and one of the founders of the naacp. god bless him. now we know. steve: 18 minutes before the top of the hour, president trump blasting lawmakers on both sides for not giving him