and running but we also understand the severity of the storm and the really, really catastrophic damage that it can inflict on thes southwest coast of florida. you re starting to see power outages, but you ll see way more over the next 48 hours. you ll have millions of people without power in the state within the next 48 hours. no question. this morning kevin guthrie, our team management has asked for additional high water vehicles from the department of defense and coordination of fema. they have approved the request for dual status of the national guard forces under title 10 to provide additional resources and additional forces and we re really thankful for the fulfillment of that request. we have about 1,200 personnel for the department of transportation that are on standby to perform operations. these guys can t work if they can t get to where they are going. so that s the top priority for the department of transportation and highway patrol. to clear these roads torks mak
Im Melanie Zanona in washington and this is cnn hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me on for greek of whitfield and we begin with the dangerous weather situation okay. Texas that could get even more treacherous this weekend, heavy downpours and parts of the state have swept away vehicles, damaged homes, and triggering evacuations some areas have gotten hit with almost two feet of Rain Triggering widespread flooding and more rain is in the forecast cnn correspondent rosa flores as in houston for us. So rosa, People Living in the flood ravaged communities are bracing for more rain. And i see the air boats behind you. Theyre ready for evacuations, are picking up people this just happened in the last few seconds fred, so ive actually havent been able to talk to them other than one individual who just got off this vote and said that there was water in his house and he literally was just rescued but this is literally happening as were going live. So i havent talked to to th
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Them. Reporter Paulette Brown has been fighting fiercely for her children and grandchildren. In 2005 her son was murdered in San Francisco and shes still looking for justice. Now shes battling what she feels is race. Within the San Francisco unified School District. What do we do about this School District that is continuing to fail our children . Reporter brown said her grandson marcus ross was kicked on of a play structure and had to transfer schools due to safety. Our children are being left behind. Our grandchildren are being left behind. Were tired of it. We shouldnt have to fight like this. Reporter she wasnt the only one. Other families had their own stories to share. He was unfortunately approached by an adult man who threatened him. Reporter president of the San Francisco chapter of the naacp says this is the fifth complaint hes heard of a racially motivated attack at schools in the last three months. We have lost over 40,000 blacks from this city since 1970 and its because of
Touching down north of houston. What to expect today talks for a potential hostage deal between israel and hamas resuming today. But this morning, word that israels Prime Minister and other government officials are bracing for possible arrest warrants from an international court, plus a new crackdown overnight on crowds protesting the war on College Campuses here in the u. S. A local District Attorney caught on camera after refusing to pull over for speeding. I am the da. Okay, her claim to the officer and how the governor is now getting involved. The governor eyed as a potential trump running mate this november, responds to the backlash over her story about shooting her dog for bad behavior. What kristi noem is now saying nightmare in paradise the list of americans now facing prison time in the caribbean for bringing bullets in their luggage. Later, the major leagues reportedly making a major change to those controversial see through uniforms in the toddler who said there were monster