in the blast. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. more than 12 million people under flood watches, heavy rains pummeled phoenix, leaving streets and walkways flooded. meanwhile, a storm warning has been lifted for far southern texas, but rain from that system could spread into oklahoma and louisiana through midweek. so let s talk more about this with cnn meteorologist derek van dam. so much going on. what is catching your eye right now? well, some of the new flood watches that have been issued by the national weather service encompass some large metropolitans across north-central texas including dallas, fort worth, 12 million americans under flood watches as we speak. lots going on here. we re trying to get to all of it. i want you to see what s kind of the broader scope of what s happening. there s this low pressure system that s part of the monsoon that s brought the heavier rain and flooding you saw a moment ago across phoe
pm, now scrapped because of a hydrogen leak. then there was this, pretty remarkable, slow developing drama unfolding all morning over the skies of tupelo, mississippi an ending in a cornfield. it began with the pilot threatening to crash that plane into a walmart. that is where we begin with this mississippi breaking news. the latest development we have just learned is that that plane is now down. apparently landing safely with the pilot now in police custody, after circling the skies for hours. i believe four hours total. and threatening to crash there in mississippi. it all started early this morning. people got rid of the plane, his pilot saying a planned to crash into a walmart in tupelo. that prompted evacuations from walmart. police that the pilot were apparently in by phone early on. then the plane flew this really haphazard manner for hours before coming down in that cornfield, again just minutes before we came on the air. here is part of the coverage from our affilia
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not congested. it wasn t high up playing around the airlines in the commercial traffic. more than likely, a traffic control had a very limited role in this event. all right jeff, thank you for getting us to. this after it s really demanded our attention as we were down in our news area trying to put the show together, because we never know might have happened here. but it looks like that plane is safely landed and that pilot is now in police custody. but not without having create a lot of records for a lot of people there. again, clearing out that walmart in tupelo mississippi. jeff thank you so much. msnbc aviation analysts. good to see. you aviationwe said there were two. there s more breaking news to share with all of you. moments ago, nasa called off the launch of the artemis rocket. it s sprang another worryingly during feeling this morning. the initial launch was plant and scrapped on monday. it was actually for the very same issue. let s go to nbc s jake word,