i m sara marie and washington whitfield with this breaking news, was millions in the southeastern part of the state are under flood watches after five straight days of heavy rain. entire neighborhoods are inundated with water more than a third of texas counties had been declared disaster areas and texas governor greg abbott could expand it to include more counties as the flooding spreads, the high-water rescues have searched as well so far in harris county, which includes houston, more than 200 people have been rescued from homes and vehicles, and more than 150 pets have been pulled from the floodwaters in north houston. an officer was able to save a man and three dogs from rising water using a jet ski. watch this i m trying to get them out of the water. he is trying to make it black dog over there are yes dogs circle all right it s like attention judge all right. let s catch your breath a little okay. you can have a seat up here i m officer scott norton, our pretty incre
alibaba plans to go public. yahoo has a major stake. what does that ipo mean for yahoo and its shareholders? one of the wall street s top internet analysts will weigh in on that, an the battered social media stocks. are these battered shares a buy? first let s check in with sue at the n dwrismt se. it s a very strong day here. we re off our best levels, but close to a triple-digit gain. right now dow jones industrial average is up 86 points, nasdaq as ty just mentioned down a full percent and change, once again a very tough session, and we re only 36 points and change from breaking that 4,000 mark. s&p 500 is up better than a tenth of a percent at 1870.71. the nasdaq is not really following the dow in today s trading session. seema mody will give us the breakdown. hi, seema. good afternoon. that s right, an ugly day for the nasdaq. the primary catalyst become tech. and yaw hoar is in fact on the top of that list. shares moving lower after ali baba. filed for an ip on in t
bagram air force base in afghanistan, country superstar brad paisley s surprise visit to your best cookout ever to rock legend s blondie as we kick off the unofficial start to summer. and we wish all of you a very good morning, america. happy memorial day to you. as we honor our troops all morning long. robin and george have the morning off. the rest of the team here. we want to take you to a live picture this morning. arlington national cemetery, president obama will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. back this morning after the surprise visit to afghanistan to visit troops. we ll have more on that later. we will, indeed.r david, to new developments in the deadly rampage in santa barbara over the weekend. more details this morning about what happened and who the six victims were. abc s bazi kanani is at the isla vista deli mart with the latest. what can you tell us, bazi? reporter: all six of those killed were studentsko at nearby uc santa barbara, a school th
360. thanks for watching. early start begins right now. priority number one. after public outcry and political pressure, congress will vote today on a $9 billion hurricane sandy relief bill. relief many say is long overdue. turn for the worst, venezuelan officials admit hugo chavez is battling respiratory failure, now calling their leader s status severe. and trapped on thin ice. two teenagers stuck in the middle of a frozen life, clinging to a dead tree for hours. their dramatic rescue just ahead. wow. good morning. welcome to early start. we re happy you re with us. i m zoraida sambolin. i m christine romans. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin this morning with a snowy mess in west texas. conditions are so bad that large portions of interstate 10 between el paso and ft. stockton were closed overnight. do they really get a lot of snow? they ve gotten record snow in that area. you re absolutely right. it was really the spaghetti bowl on i-10. the biggest