The possible connection to other threats across the country. Severe weather spreads outside texas and one nfl star now apologizing for a tweeted about flood victims in houston. First up tonight, putting free speech to the test on metro. The group behind some controversial ad campaigns wants to plaster an image of the Prophet Muhammad on the side of metro buses and in train stations. News 4s Jackie Bensen spoke to that groups president and metro and is live with new reaction tonight. Jackie . Reporter well jim, we spoke with metro riders tonight and asked them what they think about this. These postersized ads are a form of paid advertising. Now the American Freedom Defense Initiative wants to pay to have the winner of an event billed as a Prophet Muhammad caricature contest featured here. Two men who link themselves to isis on social media opened fire and were in return killed by a security officer. Theres nothing about this cartoon that incites violence. It is within the established am
Nbcs tom costello covers aviation for us and joins me this morning. Good morning. What do we know . Reporter we have five different aircraft today that we are told were affected by a bomb threat threats called in have all been deemed to be not credible, and four of the five flights were already on the ground safely. American 648, san diego to philly delta flight 55 los angeles to atlanta, united 995, which was San Francisco to chicago, and youre looking right there at the scene of philadelphia, by the way, thats american 648, san diego to philly. Last flight 939, portland to guadalajara, mexico also were told on the ground. One flight still in the air, korean air 23 seoul, south korea to San Francisco. That flight is still in the air, landing 2 20 p. M. Eastern time in San Francisco. That threat deemed not credible. Korean air is continuing on with the flight. All of these threats are, we are told, very similar to the ones that were phoned in over the past couple of weeks in which the
Hey, good evening. Thanks for joining us. We have breaking news and sadly a rising death toll in the wake of the massive weather system that has devastated parts of texas, oklahoma, and new mexico. Nearly a foot of rain seemingly in places all at once. Sections of houston underwater. Rivers and streams hitting flood level in a matter of hours overnight, and then rising even further. Also rising as we mentioned, the number of lives lost. At least 13 people have now died in this country, 13 more in mexico. In addition 15 people are missing, including a mom and two children who were in a vacation cabin when it was swept into a local river and carried downstream. Well speak to the womans sister who was on the phone with her as the house was being swept away. Well also talk with one of the many First Responders who have flown themselveses into the floodwaters to pull others out. First, lets get the latest from rosa flores. Oh, my god stop stop stop stop you need to get out reporter dozens o
lauren mccomb s sister with julie shields. i was struck by someone who s experiencing such profound loss can show the kind of poise and strength and love that she is showing tonight. and as you listen to our conversation i think you ll agree. julie julie, i cannot imagine how difficult this must be for you and for your family. if you can, walk me through what happened. i understand you were on the phone with your sister laura, when the house was floating down the river. what did she say? she called me and she said okay we re in wimberly we re in a house, and we ve got water coming in. and i said okay. i said, well, where exactly then she starts to look outside and see how high the water is getting. i told her to call 911. and she was really surprised she didn t really fathom that 911 was what she was supposed to call. and so she called them and they told her that help was on the way. and then a little after 1:00 in the morning, she called me and said i just want you to know
hundreds of homes literally off their foundation. also this morning, a new flooding threat about three hours north of us in ellis county texas. they re dealing with a dam break there. dozens of homes have been evacuated. officials say the recent rain weakened the dam and created the breach. and more misery could be on the way. meteorologist bill karins reports the houston area is under a severe thunderstorm warning this morning. this could see more flash flood producing rains. this is the nation s fourth-largest city where already widespread flash floodwaters forced the 2500 people to abandon their cars. we have a lot to get to. let s start coverage in houston. nbc s charles hadlock is there. charles, good morning. reporter: good morning, jose. well, we got a round of showers this morning that put everyone on edge but the rain seems to be tapering just a bit now. this type of rain houston can handle. yesterday or the day before we got 11 inches of rain six fell in an hour o