County. mainly because four large transmission towers that feed power into this county have been knocked down. it s going to take a while, richard, for that to for workers to put those towers back up and get the power back into this county. not to mention the local power lines that are down. it s still early on. and we re of course concerned about the injured and the death count and we ll keep an eye on it here on msnbc. charles hadlock, thank you so much, my friend. next, the impact of the rodney king riots, 25 yrs later after four police officers were found not guilty in the beating. how race relations have changed or not in los angeles and the entire united states. and bad breath. that s why there is biotene, the # 1 dry mouth brand recommended by dentists. biotene. for people who suffer from a dry mouth.
That could be donated would be a warehouse. we reay nd a warehouse where people can drop off. it could be water, could be food. it could be clothing. it could be building supplies to help people, farmers or ranchers to help rebuild their property, but need a centralized location where all that stuff can be dropped off. if there s anybody who governor abbott in texas giving up the update 3:31 local time. charles hadlock on the ground in canton, looking at some of the damage there. you and i are both listening to this here, charles, and what is important to understand there in texas is what the governor is saying, this could be the longest in terms of the number of miles that a tornado has touched down. he was saying 50 miles. yeah. it s unusual to have a long track tornado in texas. especially east texas. for whatever reason, the tornadoes that generally hit this area are the light ones. the ones that just touch down
Here on friday. el chapo tried to escape by going through a drain age tunnel and coming out the others side. he was not able to. the authorities caught up to him after he and his top lieutenant tried to steal a truck. but again, he couldn t make it out this time. thomas, back to you. nbc s gabe gutierrez there reporting for us, thank you. developing in texas, we have the legal issues of tonya couch. that s the mom of ethan couch, the so-called affluenza teen. she is in court for a bond reduction hearing. she and her son arrested last month in mexico after officials believe couch helped her son flee texas after he violated probati probation. he killed four people in a drunk driving accident in 2013. his defense attorney argued he suffered from affluenza and basically because of his privileged upbringing he didn t know right from wrong. charles hadlock joins me from ft. worth with more on that.
Leaders, obama calling it the most ambitious deal in history. joining us is joseph rome, author of the book climate change what everyone needs to know. thanks for being here right now and we can t help but talk about what charles hadlock was indicating and that s that the flooding in the midwest is now going to move down the mississippi, what does that tell you? when you hear a phrase like he said, the highest ever, you know, off the charts reported setting, that s a good sign that on top of a whatever local weather patterns there are or regional like el nino, global warming, fossil fuel driven climate change is putting its finger on the scale and juicing the atmosphere and causing the even bigger event, weather event than you would have otherwise seen. you re very familiar with this number, pugh doing a survey
Protected by the levee system, and they have 25 houses underwater or the approaches to the water are going to be to the houses underwater, and there is grief there, and big sigh of relief that the flood, appears to be passing that town, and nwu the crest will flatten out as it travels down to the gulf of mex e koeshgs and other places like memphis will be seeing higher water, but likely not a record flood there. franc francis, back to you. and charles, that is not record flood, but the southern states, it is headed down in that area, and are they doing anything to prepare for the possible flooding? in memphis, they are putting out the low lying flood event, but this flood is a very big flood. it is one of the major ones. it is the largest one in the city of cape girardeau has ever seen. it is going to flatten out as it head pos the south. thank you, charles hadlock. we will see if the flooding is going to continue to helpp or