by all of the air ma meant we have in the neighborhoods behind me. mike, stand by. i want to get back to grif jenkins and tom it would appear based on everything the police are talking about there is a clear connection between the bombings on monday afternoon and everything we are watching unfold in watertown, massachusetts. if that is the case and it stays that way you have exactly what the fbi wanted. they waited to put out their best picture and when they did they got the tip they needed. would you agree with that? it appears that the off duty mit officer may have spotted them in the gas station convenience store and may have tried to take police action and killed in trying to take police action and everything unfolding may have unfolded from the 7-eleven.
same year. i didn t know they were back to back. it was deep impact robert duval and tia leoni. and hillary swanke is in that? no swank. armageddon bruce willis and ben affleck. i think the reason it out did deep impact. the most important part of the film, the tag line for deep impact oceans rise, cities fall, hopes rise. by the way, you don t don t want to know where i have that tatood. the air ma get done tag is heads up. you can figure out where i have that tatoo. the cruiseship story
near galveston. forecasters are tracking a new tropical disturbance and could be a setback for cleanup efforts there. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu meeting with president obama this morning to discuss the peace process, gaza and iran. they ll hold a press vabt after that meeting. the thermometer hitting triple digits across the northeast. cities are taking safety precautions. summer schools are getting out early. 911 operators fielding calls how to stay cool. other stories making headlines on a tuesday. thailand s government extended the state of emergency in bangkok for three months. that declaration supposed to expire tomorrow. authorities say the extension is necessary to maintain security there. senator robert byrd will be laid to rest today in a private ceremony. the late senator will be buried next to his wife ir ma at a cemetery in arlington, virginia.
before completely empty. officials estimate many home the damaged in the houston area. across the region more than 72,000 people have been rescued. as of right now 47 deaths tied to the storm. in beaumont, the water system is out. floods have disabled the pumping stations and a hospital had had to transfer its patients and shut down. on top of all of that, there is ir ma. a category 3 hurricane churning across the open atlantic getting stronger heading toward, well, no one knows exactly for sure. and that is a serious problem. we are watching all of this but we do have some breaking news this morning. i want to get to miguel marquez in the baptist hospital in beaumont texas where evacuations began yesterday. reporter: yeah. we re about to see the evacuations get underway. expecting a helicopter any moment. they have 11 babies, two healthy