abortion pill. and tonight, the retired l.a. sheriff s deputy missing in greece amid soaring temperatures. the all-out search, and news coming in, a second american is now missing, too. first tonight, new storms now pummeling florida. authorities warning of life-threatening and potentially catastrophic flooding. dangerous driving, high water rescues. residents who say they have never seen this before. and now, the extreme heat moving into the east, right up the coast. washington, philadelphia, new york city. meantime, that heat helping to fuel a massive wildfire, destroying homes, shutting down a highway. from the air, the images coming in at this hour from arizona. tonight, new reaction here after the supreme court s unanimous decision today, leaving access to the abortion pill mifepristone unchanged in this country. many many states, women still able to get it through the mail. but what the justices signaled today, leaving the door open to future challenges involvin
tonight, the washington post now reporting an official in one of america s spy agencies was so alarmed by a promise president trump allegedly made in a phone call with a foreign , ey lodged an official whistleblower complaint. so, who is now blocking it from being seen? the growing blackface scandal involving canadian prime minister justin trudeau tonight. now a third image has emerged. what the prime minister said before the cameras just today. yet another death linked to vaping tonight, and the cdc now revealing an explosion in cases. the deadly crash involving a country music star s tour bus. and the new study tonight. a third of the birds in north america have vanished in just 50 years. good evening, and it s great to have you with us here on a thursday night. we have several developing stories. we begin tonight with the flooding emergencies playing out right now as we come on. torrential rain from what was tropical storm imelda.
happened in rural areas. 100 homes are so, they urged them to evacuate. we don t have reports of injuries or anybody trapped in their homes. but they expect this to continue. it s not just arkansas that is having a problem. up and down the arkansas river but as well as the mississippi river, parts of missouri are facing flooding emergencies as well. the president has declared a federal as approved a federal disaster declaration for parts of arkansas. there has been flooding not here but in ft. smith, arkansas. the concern is what happens if this river continues to rise. we re here in the downtown area. emergency management officials just met in a meeting a few minutes ago and they re trying to figure out their next steps. we ll stay close to this story with you and other reporters who are reporting it. we re hearing from attorney general bill barr for the first time since former special
aftermath but the challenges then we have got to focus on louisiana. they are about to get smacked. hey, janice. janice: flooding emergencies east of houston. beaumont as well as port arthur. if you reflect back to hurricane katrina. we were all focused on new orleans. people cannot get rescued right now east of the houston area in beaumont and port arthur, flooding emergencies right now. so we re going to be watching you throughout the hours. because you can see the radar. the radar has moved a little bit east of houston. but we re still seeing incredible rainfall rates for southeast texas in towards louisiana and the storm made a second landfall, it is still a tropical storm. i also want to touch on the buffalo bayou. even though they are expecting drier weather over the next five days, we are going to see it still see the buffalo bayou at west belt drive for example as 70 feet. that s major record flood stage for days if not weeks. so any rain in the forecast is not welcomed news. a