good monday morning great to be with you and great to be back with my partner phillip. yeah, i am so happy to be back been gone for like a week. can t wait to get right back into it. we begin this morning with a life-threatening flood putting millions at risk as tropical depression barry churns its way inland officials concerned the flash flooding could dump more than 20 inches of rain in louisiana and wash out six other states. the coast guard rescuing 12 people this weekend who are left stranded in flooded homes. nbc s dan scheneman reports. reporter: barry has been downgraded, but is still dangerous. much of the southern portion of the state is still experiencing heavy rainfall. and it could lead to flash flooding reporter: up to 6 inches of rain possible in some areas, in baton rouge, roads are flooded and creeks are overflowing the forecast has rain again all the way up the lower mississippi valley that rain will get into the valley and come back down to loui
good morning to you. welcome to news4 midday, i m jummy olabanji. i m eun yang. this is our first time working together on the set and i m happy you re part of the family. welcome, welcome. we want to star with reaction after president donald trump took aim at a group of progressive congresswomen ove e weekend, each a woman of color. en the presidtold the u.s. congresswomen to, quote, go back home and fix their country. here is reactiono) to the tweea that many calling racist. reporter: a firestorm of reactions continuing today to a series of tweets from president trump, targeting a group of democratic congresswomen. the president saying they should go back to the broken and crime-infested places from which they came. that s a racist tweet. telling people to go back where they came from? reporter: all but one were born in the u.s. it s really aad state of affairs when the president of the united states is going to use race in a way that divides the ignorant abou
latest on the coronavirus pandemic which has infected close to 1.5 million people worldwide. nearly 400,000 of them in the united states, where the death toll now approaches 13,000. tonight, word the mayor of los angeles has ordered that starting friday, anyone entering an essential business, such as a grocery store, must wear a face covering. there s some hopeful news in the search for a vaccine, and the latest on british prime minister boris johnson. still in intensive care tonight. you ll meet frontline heroes, including a nurse risking her life to save others. we ll remember some of the lives lost to this pandemic. in collaboration with facebook, we ll answer your questions with a panel of experts and talk to new york mayor bill de blasio. this country, this generation, is being put to a test comparable to great challenges of the past. pearl harbor, 9/11, and the worst still lies ahead. tonight, the nation and the world continue to reel under the onslaught of the pandemic