virginia. today, it suddenly turned into a raging river. streets floode flooded in desti, florida. cars were abandoned. a mudslide blocked roads in montgomery county, virginia. these storms are part of a double threat. a hurricane could be on the way over the weekend. eric fisher is our chief meteorologist at the cbs station wbz. eric, how bad will this get? scott, very stormy times ahead here all the way through this week and into the weekend. this began last weekend and yesterday with those big rainfall totals, double dinlitz in the florida panhandle and flash flooding in virginia. we have flood watches from north carolina up into new england. this is the same area we will watch all the way through this week into sunday, perhaps into next week. it is a classic setup to funnel in a lot of tropical moisture. we have a dip in the jetstream drawing in a lot of moisture. it has nowhere to go. it s trapped on the east coast. scott, this is the type of setup we want people to ta
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watching joaquin. joaquin will come very close to the u.s. coastline. a georgia woman has been executed despite several last-minute appeals including one from pope francis. kim davis says she met with the pope during his visit to the united states. her lawyer says it was the pope who initiated the meeting. you shouldn t be able to criticize your wife as she makes a run to the white house. i help people. i love people. a manhunt is under way in louisiana for a man convicted of manslaughter who was accidentally released from prison. the president of planned parenthood and republican lawmakers clash on capitol hill. the conversation is worth $590,000. i thought the comments were pretty sexist. ralph lauren is stepping down. the president of the old navy chain will take over. a small airport in tax. takes a hard landing. a wing even scrapes the runway. all that. a foul ball that he couldn t make play on. then a foul ball. then the ball boy throwing him
joaquin will come very close to the u.s. coastline. a georgia woman has been executed despite several last-minute appeals including one from pope francis. kim davis says she met with the pope during his visit to the united states. her lawyer says it was the pope who initiated the meeting. you shouldn t be able to criticize your wife as she makes a run to the white house. i help people. i love people. a manhunt is under way in louisiana for a man convicted of manslaughter who was accidentally released from prison. the president of planned parenthood and republican lawmakers clash on capitol hill. the conversation is worth $590,000. i thought the comments were pretty sexist. ralph lauren is stepping down. the president of the old navy chain will take over. a small airport in tax. takes a hard landing. a wing even scrapes the runway. all that. a foul ball that he couldn t make play on. then a foul ball. then the ball boy throwing him this ball. out
woman scheduled to be executed this evening. francis said there should be justice, but mercy as well. in the end though, his plea was rejected. here is mark strassmann. last minute, last ditch appeals has put the execution on hold. in 1998 a jury convicted the now-47-year-old kelly gissendaner of plotting the murder of her husband, douglas. gregory owens, her lover, pleaded guilty to the stabbing death and received a life sentence. but the mother of three went to trial and got the death penalty. through a representative, pope francis wrote to georgia s board of pardons and paroles today, asking that gissendaner s life be spared. that letter came after the pontiff addressed a joint meeting of congress last thursday, pleading for an end to the death penalty. reporter: today s letter on behalf of the pope read in part, while not wishing to minimize the gravity of the crime, i nonetheless implore you to commute the sentence to one that would better express both justice and mer