louisiana and mississippi each declaring states of emergency. forecasters warn that worst is yet to come as severe flooding expected in the coming days. president trump monitors developments on tropical storm barry ellison barber at the white house with more on that and what else is on the president s plate hi. retweeted a qarng from the national weather service in regards to tropical storm barry beyond that we haven t is really heard from the the president today but he did declare a national emergency in the state of louisiana. on thursday, the declaration authorize fema to provide equipment resources to alleviate impact of the emergency and says that emergency protective measures limited to direct federal assistance will be provided 75% federal fund here s vice president mike pence. people in new orleans and baton rouge all across louisiana should just listen to state and local emergency management
people who will not leave their homes. because they don t want to leave their pets behind. look, our pets are part of our family, and you know, i ve been a veterinarian before so i understand that bond, that human animal bond is very strong, and you know luckily right here where with i m talking to you from baton rouge there s a pet sheeter that people of louisiana can bring their pets, know that they re safe know that they re well fed, and after this blows over, about they can pick them up and take them back home. where will you be as a this storm continueses to ravage your state? still be all over the state all over the district. again, our concentration we re going move from baton rouge probably into the florida up into notion, north central louisiana, just preparing for the worst, and hoping for the best. all right congressman, and gubernatorial candidate rail l of we thank you for spengdzing some time with us this evening. more on tropical storm barry still ahead inclu
good on the promises that he made. well mayors of some of the biggest cities where these raids are expected to take place, los angeles, baltimore, chicago, san francisco, denver they re all saying, they re ordering their people not to cooperate with immigration and custom enforcement we ll see what happens perhaps starting if tomorrow. jeff mason reuters good for you to be on. thanks for having me. tropical storm barry causing massive flooding use the coast and we re following it all. hey there adam. we know hurricane winds are a big part of this we re looking at winds spots 30 to 40 miles an hour but real story the legacy of this storm is going to be all that rain that s just off the coast. it is moving inland. ville the detailsca coming up. mean face on it. it looks like a piece of candy. look at the interior. this is nice. this is my sexy mom car. i would feel like a cool dad. it s just really chic. i love this thing. it s gorgeous.
concerns that because the ground is so saturated jon that could happen again if, in fact, this storm system brings heavy rain to the new orleans area. we already know there are well over 100,000 power outage associated with the storm and coast guard has already made at least 11 is rescues and there could be more necessary if, in fact, some of that flooding continues. jon. all right rick leventhal in new orleans. rick, thank you. we take you now to mississippi where tropical storm barry is also leaving his mac and a magnolia state expected to get pongedded with rain over few days and flooding a major concern there. getting rain is our concern, flooding and this has been something that has been going on in mississippi since february particularly in the mississippi delta as we see this storm l coming ashore not only here in mississippi coast but southwest mississippi and moving up the mississippi river to already flooded mississippi delta 540,000 ache aers
calling for a real slow storm each one of those stops here is actually a forecast point and the closer those are together, that means we ve got to slow storm so look at this. monday morning we re in arkansas and by tuesday in missouri, so isn t it not just coastal but slow isly but surely moving northward rain along into the right side side tropical rain throughout the rest of the weekend into early next week. we have fox team coverage now tropical storm barry. meteorologist adam in extreme weather center and in bay st. louis, mississippi but we begin with senior correspondent rick leventhal reporting live from new orleans. rick. jon we have a stead rain falling in some mild winds blow nothing like some of the conditions what we ve been warned about which is is, obviously, good news for people of new orleans. who are protected from the waters surround cities like what we re standing on next to the