abc's steve osunsami is on the scene, too, tonight. >> reporter: federal agents rushed to louisiana. the atf is here tonight with their national response team, and so is the fbi, looking for clues in these burned up pews and steeples, hoping they lead to whoever is responsible. at mt. pleasant baptist church, which burned on thursday, you can still smell the smoke tonight from the police line. >> i don't understand it. you're at a place of worship that you've been worshipping for 40 years, and then sunday morning, you don't have it no more, for no reason. >> reporter: at greater union baptist, 11 miles away, someone burned it to the ground april 2nd. another five miles from there, st. mary baptist church burned on march 26th. today, we found hymn books and bibles that burned, too. all three are black churches and authorities fear they're looking for an arsonist and a racist. >> whether it's a single person, a single technique, a single method, we're not ready to speak to that yet. but obviously there is a relation to these three fires. >> reporter: congressman clay higgins, who repre

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whether it's a mosque in christchurch, a church, a black church in charleston, or churches in louisiana which have been burned down, or the attack on synagogues like this one, whether it's, you know, an orthodox synagogue like the chabad house that was attacked today or a conservative synagogue like the tree of life six months ago, these are attacks on us all. so people of all faiths, people of all races, people from all walks of life need to lock arms and stand up for what we value. the values that have made this country great, values like pluralism and diversity and respect, we need to remind one another that we stand together in these difficult moments because this is when it counts. >> do you feel as we watch this that there is more collectively we ought to be calling on government to do? if nothing more than a tone being set for these kinds of things to not be tolerated and for americans to come together against what is now seemingly a pattern? >> i certainly think in this moment people of all walks of faith, people from all walks of life, from all faiths, should be able to see our

and with me bribe mccacken with the atf in charge of the response team on the ground in louisiana. so chief, thank you so much for being with me. and i understand, if officials are now confirming these were intentionally set, can you tell me what your investigators have found? >> it is still an ongoing investigation, brooke, at this time, so we're continuing to work the scenes. our certified fire investigators are digging through the scenes, processing them for any potential evidence working to determine the origin and cause of the fires. >> can you tell me if there were eerie similarities between the three fires other than the fact they were at these black churches in the community. >> at this time since it is an ongoing investigation -- >> i got it. >> can't answer that, i'm sorry. >> were there any known threats to the churches or to the community prior to that first fire at the end of the march? >> none that i'm aware of at this time. but atf or national response team agents are on the ground working local with the local fire officials there in saint landry's parish and the lou

the emergency management agency has not put a number to those but one in louisiana, one death in louisiana and two children killed when a tree fell on a car in texas and now one additional confirmed from the sheriff there. but the number in mississippi will increase as we learn more throughout the morning. >> of course, as you saw there by the map, this storm is moving east. it doesn't seem to be losing any of its opponepotency. in its path is the masters. >> tens of millions of people as well. let's talk about the masters. tiger woods poised to win his first major in more than a decade. andy scholes is live from augusta this morning. changes are made to try to get as much play in before the storm hit. >> reporter: those severe storms are expected to hit here in augusta around 2:00. so they had to move up the final round in order to try to finish it today. the players are going to tee off at 7:30 a.m. this morning and go from holes 1 and 10 and instead of pair, in threesomes and the first time it's happened in masters history. tiger woods will be in the final threesome to go out later on t

. >> at a small church meeting house in a small louisiana farm town, a small community is making a very big decision >> the option to purchase has been signed. signed today >> reporter: the community up to 40 homes is moving together to higher ground. the state of louisiana is using federal funds to purchase land, build new homes, demolish the old flood damaged homes and turn this neighborhood into wetlands. so you're going to knock down all these houses and these as well >> right >> reporter: pat forbes who administers block grants for disaster relief is in charge >> it's quite clear that we're having more disasters. and consequently we have to start doing things that are smarter. one of the easiest smartest things you can do is get people out of harm's way. >> reporter: pecan acres was built in the 1970s near a canal. in the last decade it's seen more frequent and intense flooding its levy is no longer adequate back to back floods in 2016 and 2017 drew the governor's attention. and a plan was hatched to buy out the homeowners and move them here, barely two miles away but ten feet high

when you look at the attacks, three black churches in louisiana, the 11 members of the jewish community, jewish faith, killed in the synagogue, if that's not terrorism, what is? and any number of those statistics released show there's an increase in hate crime. how does this administration justify downgrading domestic terrorism in our intelligence department? >> well, i can tell you it's certainly not adjustable on any data set that we're aware of. we have to look to other motivations on this downgrade. you're right. the fbi has noted a 17% increase in hate crime just in the one year between 2016 and 2017. so the administration's going in the opposite direction of the facts, and even more so, rev, we got to make a comparison here to radical extremists online and compare that to what the president is saying verbally, what he's messaging through his administration, and i see, having worked terrorism during my career, i see an analogy here between radicalization in the islamic movement and what we're seeing domestically and even globally. so the church burnings in louisiana raise a questio

it fires up into louisiana and parts of arkansas for the day tomorrow. that's where the storm prediction center has a moderate risk of severe weather. 63 in the big apple. >>> pete buttigieg gaining ground. a poll of early caucus goers finds support at 9.. he registered 11% in new hampshire voters. joe biden and bernie sanders stand at the top of the pack. analysts say the new polls show buttigieg has managed to emerge from the crowded field. buttigieg who is guy and married is set to appear on ellen. he has more to say about the state's former governor mike pence. >> i'm not critical of his faith, i'm critical of bad policies. i don't have a problem with religion. i'm religious too. i have a problem with religion being used as a justification to harm people, and especially in the lgbtq community. >> pence responding, he says the mayor should know better than to y criticize him and his faith. >>> democratic presidential candidate elizabeth warren rolling out a plan to make sure big corporations don't pay 0 in taxes. the new tax would hit americas 1200 mo

heavy rains in louisiana putting roadways and down trees blocking several roads in wichita paris and west monroe national weather service confirms and after a tornado struck robertson county, texas. sheriff told fox news half the town of franklin is totally destroyed. fifty-five homes are gone and more than one dozen injured and more than 140,000 customers remain without power in texas, mississippi, louisiana, arkansas and alabama as of late saturday. officials at the masters golf chairmanship today in augusta, georgia trying to be the store. they started the final round a couple hours earlier today and canceled the traditional green jacket ceremony for the winter. i felt. arthel: you can never get used to seeing those horrible images of people's lives splattered like matchsticks on the ground. brian, thank you. with the latest on when and where the severe storms. next we will turn it over to meteorologist adam joining us from the fox extreme weather center. adam. >> this very system the one that brought the damage yesterday still on the move moving to alabama and now stretch across

here's the hour by hour, the purple over louisiana and southern arkansas, super cell thunderstorms. the possibility of tornadoes, that moves east over nashville. down to birmingham. over night tonight. then the threat moves east. so virginia all the way down to georgia and the carolinas. and probably as far north as pittsburgh, there could be severe weather with snow believe it or not in parts of the great lakes. >> so jeff, do we know why these threats are so severe this weekend? >> there's a large upper level uthwest. g out of the deep this is cold air in the upper atmosphere. that's mixing with a lot of warmth and humidity coming out of the gulf of mexico. causing really rapid, rising in strjet ream mosphere. windis spinning these thunderstorms and causing these tornadoes. >> jeff, thank you very much. >>> another large caravan headt officis say reds o central american migrants have crossed into mexico. this as president trump considers sending undocumented immigrants in federal custody to so-called sanctuary cities. steve dorsey is at the white house. >> they want more people in

gabe gutierrez is joining us now from that parrish in louisiana. gabe, at this point, police don't think these three church fires are a coincidence but stopping short of calling this arson. can you explain that? >> yes, that's right. not labeling these hate crimes just yet, hallie. this was the greater union baptist church and this is all that is left of the physical structure anyway. but you can see so much of this was destroyed and it is devastated this community. this community on high alert as federal authorities are now trying to solve this mystery. this morning a south louisiana community is on edge after three historically black churches burned in ten days. >> all stations we have a church on fire. >> reporter: the fbi and the atf now joining the investigation. >> i think it has something to do with race. >> reporter: the three churches just a few miles apart the first went up in flames on merchandise 26th and second on april 2nd and the third april 4th. >> the fires are suspicious. we believe that crimes have occurred. we believe that the t

state of louisiana is using funds for an experiment that could turn into a blueprint for what some are calling climate refugees there's a rising risk to real estate good to see you. >> that's right. now the federal government has given individual flood homeowners money to move before but never done anything like this moving an entire town out of harm's way at a small church meeting house in a small louisiana farm town a small community is making a very big decision >> the option to purchase has been signed. it was signed today. >> the community up to 40 homes is moving together to higher ground the state of louisiana is using federal funds to purchase land, build new homes, demolish the old flood damaged homes and turn this neighborhood into wetlands. >> so you're going to knock down all of these houses? >> right >> pat forbes who administers community block grants for disaster relief is in charge >> it's quite clear that we're having more disasters. consequently we have to start doing things that are smarter. one of the easiest smartest things you can do is get people out of harm's wa

he grew up in louisiana fishing, wrinklinwrinkling and grip on hs mother's gumbo. then he went on to a journalism career that included 24 years with the wall street journal. it is springtime he had 12 wall street novels. it i his third book of narrative nonfiction. the book is described as narrative nonfiction but it has the memoir will been throughout. if we can welcome everybody to the panel. thank you so much. [applause] all of these books are really, really different and they all have kind of a different angle in different time frames the derelict intern working in. and most are specifically situated around something very specifically. or the years that kathy was working with the kennedy family. but in almost all of them a lot of time has passed, sometimes decades have passed. and my question was, maybe we could talk about what it was for deciding the stories that needed to be told at this moment. like why at this moment did you decide, what made you decide that the book needed to be written now after so much time have been passed? >> i decided to write my book

josh campbell joins me now by phone from lafayette, louisiana. josh, thank you so much. what's the latest? what do you know? >> hey, don, as you mentioned, a subject has been taken into custody, we're told by law enforcement officials here in louisiana. the subject is described as a 21-year-old resident of st. landry parrish. that's hear in the local area. cnn has been provided the subject's name. we're not providing that yet at this point. we're waiting for law enforcement officials to officially announce, that which we expect to happen tomorrow. there is a press conference. the governor is actually traveling from the state capitol here to the local area to do a press conference to make this announcement on this latest development, this arrest. as you know, you've been covering this on your show at length. this is a case that has really rocked this community. you've had three churches, historically black churches that were burned to the ground. and the question up to this point was this someone who did it? was it one person? was it multiple people that is part of the on

. >>> investigators in louisiana say three church fires within two weeks may be arson. more now from reporter john lawrence. >>reporter: the ncaa is calling it an act of domestic terrorism. >> at first, we thought maybe it might have been an electrical problem. >> days later, a second historic black church in the louisiana district caught on fire. >> and two days later, the third occurred so it leads me to think maybe we're being targeted. >> loose flews governor said churches are sacred places and no one should fear for their safety in the house -- the fbi is on the scene. >> we're in the middle of an ongoing investigation and still working through the fire scenes at this time. >> right now, there are no leads on possible suspects. but officials are sure the guilty parties will eventually get caught. >> they're going to clamp down on them and bring them in, and let justice take its place after that. >> some pastor in nearby areas are sleeping inside their churches hoping to prevent additional fires. in the meantime, the faithful are counting on a higher power to help t

. >> it is going to be a big deal, pecially back through texas and louisiana. it's part of the system bringing the heavier rai fromew england down through virginia right now but it tends all the way back down as a frontal system from texas to louisiana. we are going to lose t heavier rain this morning through the northeast, but through lubbock, texas, wlhave torrent downpours, severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado watch for the next several hours until 9:00 stall time. that's an area we need to focus on the strong storms this morning. the afternoon as the front system combines with daytime chance there's a good we'll see strong storms, including east central texas, most of louisiana, and part of mississippi, even southeastern arkansas. large hail in excess of 1 inch in diameter, we could see tornadoes spin up and gusty winds. tomorrow this threat shifts little farther to the east, especially back through the appalachians part of tenneenee intocky and west virginia. 49 million people at risk tomorrow for, again, thosema ng wind and large hail with an isolated

dozens of homes in hamilton, louisiana, flattened and yet this closet was spared with clothes still hanging inside. at least 11 tornadoes touched tned s ic i e different states. didn't have time to get scared until it was over. >> reporter: raja ann gray was at home in texas with her four grandsons when one ripped through their small city. they survived by hiding in this hallway. >> my front porch, the awning over the front of the porch is in my neighbor's yard. >> reporter: the worst of these storms hit louisiana, mississippi, and texas saturday. in angelina county two children were killed when a tree hit their car. at the height of the storm, more than 100,000 people were without power. a tornado also touched down in alto, texas. population, 1,200. see ville morgan has lived here most of his life. morgan stayed home with his family, planning to ride out the storm, thinking they were in for heavy rain and high winds. >> when you guys are huddled in the corner here, what were you telling your grandchildren. >> everything is fine. >> reporter: by daylight crews were on scene cleaning up the

. >> donna: i read a lot of the summaries but i am taking this home to louisiana. i think it's worth reading before we start responding to or making allegations about what's in it. it is thorough, it is deeply sourced and what i like about the way the special counsel handles it is he addressed all of these important, pertinent question about russian interference and meddling and while there was no so-called "collusion" -- >> jesse: or literal collusion. >> donna: there was a lot of penetration. if >> jesse: were you reading the same report? [laughter] >> donna: i was too young to have read that. >> greg: i got the audiobook. >> donna: this was a lot of russian whoever that tried to make contact with the trump campaign and guess what? the trump campaign wanted the information but there was no collusion. if you want to protect our democracy, if the president wants to clear the air, let congress complete its job, it will not mess with your baseball season, i swear. >> jesse: my only point is, i agree, read it, the media should not be trying to criminalize casual behav

louisiana. best of luck. thank you for keeping us updated. >> and congratulations to you too, sir. >> my fellow louisianan, thank you so much. hope to see you soon. i want to bring you james galliano. what is going here? they stopped short of calling this a hate crime but did say suspicious elements were found in each case here. what do you think? >> i think first all of the pastor nailed it. we have to be cautious. we've got to follow the evidence. obviously you see something luke this, it's a history in the deep south. and these were three churches on very close area down there. now before they can be linked together and i think it's important they're taking a look at this because they've got the resources and obviously the history of looking into crimes of violence that are targeting something like a historically black church. >> they're all over 100 years old. >> early 19th century. absolutely. they'll be looking for any type of accelerant and what things could be found at one crime scene and linked to th

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. >> reporter: the worst of the storms hit texas, louisiana and mississippi saturday. at the height of the storms more than 1,000 people were without power and touched down intic tx, population 1200. cecil morgan stay home with his family thinking they were just in for heavy rain and high winds. when you were huddled in this corner, what are you telling your grand kids? >> we're just praying. we didn't tell them nothing. >> reporter: they're on site assessing the damage and providing help to those in need. you lived here for 30 years, what are you going to do now? >> start over. that's all i can do. do something. >> reporter: now over o200 have been displaced. volunteers and law enforcement tell me it was a miracle everyone survived this storm system, including the morgan family >> truly a miracle can. >>> white house officials today defended president trump's controversial propose tool send detained migrants to so-called sanctuary cities. they're cities and towns that refuse to fully cooperate. >> the democrats would step up and help the democrats fix the laws, this a

. >>> in louisiana the fbi has joined the investigation into a string of fires at historically black churches over the past two weeks. a fire marshal said it isn't clear yet if the fires at three different churches and the st. landry parish are connected but did call them suspicious. there have been no reports of injuries. >>> millions across the nation are under risk for severe thunderstorms this weekend especially in the south where temperatures are far above normal. wnbc's dave price is here with a forecast. good to see you. >> good to see you, jose. we have rough weather rolling through sections of texas, louisiana, mississippi and arkansas at this hour. and it's going to be a rough night. the ingredients are all there. an unstable atmosphere. cooler air coming in off the gulf collides with warmer air over the land. and then a cold front is going to bring high winds, and that's going to create the threat of severe weather from dallas to austin, over through jackson, up through sections of arkansas as well tonight 21 million people at risk. and then tomorrow this area begins to ex

eastern texas into louisiana and then into western mississippi. if you can and it's safe to do so, if you're in a mobile home in this area get out. go to a neighbor's home, a friend's or family member, go to the mall if you can. if you have a tornado warning area, this is the day you have to take shelter quickly. the potential for strong and long-tracking tornados that are on the ground for upwards of 25 miles across. let's time it out. we're looking at potentially a category 4 or category 5 hurricane. those are the violent winds we're talking about. there's your timeline. eastern texas. 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. and then it tips continues to move further and further east. folks in alabama will need to pay close attention to the weather. you've been talking to andy at the augusta, that's going to be a problem tomorrow. tod today we have to get through a very long afternoon around evening with some of these storms. >> ivan, thank you. we'll check back with you. >>> north korea's leader kim jong-un says he and president trump still have a good relationship,

overall drenching storms covering alabama, all of mississippi, louisiana, arkansas, going into portions of missouri, as well as the tennessee valley region with drenching storms, flooding downpours. also targeted severe storms throughout all of mississippi, including isolated tornados and damaging hail. for the northeast, watching out for scattered showers to creep in throughout the ohio valley region. nice initially on thursday, but friday goes all the way down south. thunderstorms and severe storms along the entire east coast. kenneth, mona? >> thank you, paul. >>> also breaking overnight, texas has executed the white supremacist behind a gruesome hate crime. three men chained james byrd jr. to the back of a truck in june of 1998, dragging him nearly three miles on a rural road near the louisiana border. one of the killers, john william king, was put to death last night. he's the second person executed for the murder. king's family has created a foundation to fight racially motivated hate. >>> the fbi has joined the investigation into the california crash that left eight pedestrians i

. >> reporter: forecasters predicted the tornados in texas and louisiana and a powerful tornado in rusten with winds estimated at at least 135 miles an hour. a mother and son killed. the governor has declared a state of emergency. >> we're obviously hopeful there are no more injuries or fatalities. we can't say that for certain until search and rescue is complete. >> reporter: so far this year in both texas and louisiana, 54 tornados have touched down. some creating devastation and destruction, just like this. tonight, the threat remains in effect in alabama and northern florida. lester? >> all right, kerry sanders, thanks very much. >>> we're following a situation in the suburbs of chicago. a chemical leak emergency, a dangerous cloud in the air sending dozens of people to the hospital, some in critical condition. let's get late details now from nbc's ron allen. >> reporter: a dangerous cloud of gas filled the sky after a tractor carrying a potentially deadly chemical leaked. >> the smell was very, very strong. >> it looked like a really dense fog. >> reporter: first responders arrived t

a 21-year-old has been arrested in connection with a string of louisiana church fires. that person the son of a law enforcement officer. this is according to local reports. >> these are just horrible crimes, soon police in louisiana are set to hold a news conference, this as they say the fires at three historically black churches were intentional. intentionally set. cnn law enforcement analyst and long time fbi agent josh campbell is in louisiana with the latest. good morning, josh. what do we know about who is behind this and his motivation for these attacks? >> hey, jim and poppy. since late last month this community has been gripped by fear following these three church fires, predominantly african-american churches. up to this point authorities didn't have an idea of who this person was and we weren't receiving information from them that they had leads. a major development yesterday, they took the subject into custody, a 21-year-old local resident, one detail that's striking is you mentioned he is the son of a law enforcement officer here. we don't have details as fa

. >> we turn now to the arrest in that series of fires at black churches in louisiana. the suspect turned out to be a deputy's son and investigators are piecing together what may have motivated him. nbc's gabe gutierrez is there. >> reporter: one after another they burned in southern louisiana. tonight 21-year-old holden mathews is in custody accused of setting three historically black churches on fire. >> this pulpit is over 100 years old. >> reporter: the three churches just a few miles apart went up in flames within ten days. investigators have not determined a motive but are looking into hate or racial bias. >> when mathews was developed as a suspect, we saw an immediate threat to public safety. we felt that other crimes were imminent. >> reporter: so they acted immediately calling in the help of roy matthews, a local sheriff's deputy and the suspect's father. >> roy matthews is one of my best friends. he was shocked and hurt as any father would be. he knew nothing about his son's activity. >> reporter: the deputy helped lure his own son away from his home where aut

baseball sized hailstorms pummelled central texas and louisiana wasn't spared either. in shreveport lightening lit up the sky. while pounding rain throughout the state made driving dangerous. the bad weather across the southern u.s. also wreaking havoc on flights nationwide, causing over 600 delays and 300 cancellations. even our flight took a detour. as these storms are now headed north and east. this area has been getting pummelled all day. we are still under a tornado watch here, and jose, many areas of the south the weather is only expected to get worse. >> tammy leitner in louisiana, thank you. david price is here with the latest on these storm and the word indeed tomorrow could be much worse. >> tammy was talking about it, and this is going to be a long-standing problem through the southern tier of the united states working its way towards the northeast. you can see the heavy rains on the radar in the deep red. the concern not only for rain, though, but for tornados as well. where tammy is in monroe we have tornado warnings in effect in through mississippi. this

and in louisiana, an intense light show. dramatic show showing cloud-to-ground lightning, a reminder of how dangerous storms like this can be as we head into the peak of severe weather season. april and may, we can get severe storms nearly every day. this is the third day in a row where texas is going to get it. severe thunderstorm watch south of austin, corpus christi, almost as far south as brownsville. this will make its way into a surface system. look at the arc ahead of the low. we expect to see heavy rain, gusty winds, slight chance of seeing a tornado or two but the damaging winds and big hail will be the main drivers of this. houston, as easy as that city floods, you can see how the future radar will be lit up. i think flooding is going to be an issue later on tonight. it progresses across i-10. the northern prong gets into the ohio river valley. louisville will get into it. tomorrow, the severe weather threat will get into carolina. charlotte, raleigh. three days of rough weather for much of the southern u.s. more i

muertas es el ba plan ce que dejan tornados que estÁn barriendo gran parte de los estados de texas y louisiana. los fallecidos son una madre y sus dos hijos atrapados en una inundaciones en el condado de texas y otras dos personases en otra zona en louisiana arrastradas por la fuerza de un tornado las imÁgenes del agua por todas partes y de casas y edificios destruidos se van repitiendo mientras los equipos de rescate tratan de ayudar en lo posible para los afectados por este mal tiempo. >>> la seguridad fronteriza preocupa a los gobiernos de estados unidos y mÉxico y crea tensiÓn entre ambos el presidente donald trump condena la actitud de soldados mexicanos por apuntar con sus armas a agentes de la aguar dÍa nacional, pero la realidad es que es frecuente ver a funcionarios de estados unidos portando armas cuando cruz a un a suelo mÉxico tenemos mÁs detalles desde san diego. >>> el ingresado agentes extranjeros con pistolas es comÚn en baja california, siempre son observados por conductores y comerciantes. >>> por cualquier cosa mueven los conos pero salen para este lado. >>> en tijuan

in louisiana, the hard-hit town of ruston struggled with the loss, much more than just buildings. the winds here were at least 136 miles an hour, ripping this massive tree off its roots and tossing it into that home. inside, kendra butler and her son remington were killed. monday would have been his 15th birthday. >> he won't be here but we'll still celebrate his birthday. >> reporter: cathy jackson lost her grandson and daughter. how are you getting through this? >> god. keep the family praying. i'm praying. we take it one day at a time. >> reporter: this was one of at least eight confirmed tornadoes that slammed into louisiana, carving a path of destruction and stretched about 150 miles, lester. >> gabe, thank you. >>> strong numbers tonight on the u.s. economy growing at a he y3.r. that's far better than most economists expected. >>> no the battle lines being drawn tonight between president trump and his newest challenger, former vice president joe biden. the two taking swings at each other today, and biden also trying to answer questions about controversies arising from his pa

real highlight where we are looking at orange, houston across portions of central louisiana, we could see this continue to linger overnight off towards the east as slow-moving system continue to work its way. future radar, really the heavy of this taking 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. tonight. monday morning no longer big concern. clouds 2 to 3-inches of precipitation and you can see down power lines in regions also because of it. otherwise, eric, temperatures here for folks on this sunday, if you're not in that region, spring-like look here, spots in the 70's, 60's across portions of the country. eric: besides that, folks, be careful, almost nice spring day. arthel: thanks, adam. that does it for us, thank you for joining us, we will be back at 4:00. eric: news continues in washington and we will have a lot more on fox news channel after this break. . . yeah-h-h! isn't that a fire hazard? uh, it's actually just a fire. priceline. every trip is a big deal. they're america's bpursuing life-changing cures. in a country that fosters innovation here, they find breakthroughs... like a way to fight canc

make sure everything is good. >> louisiana was state champion -- they became louisiana's state champion for the third year straight. >> we can do that well. but are we saving lives? are we touching souls? like so it isn't just about football. no, no sir. if we get consumed by the football part, we will start losing. >> this fall, ronnie jackson will play first string at the university of san antonio on a full scholarship. coach rice got another one out. al jazeera, new orleans. >> love that. five-time nba champion san antonio has stayed alive in the playoffs, forcing a game 7 against the denver nuggets. >> when you have a 43 point game, you can usually pick the winning side. in game six, denver needed just one more win. but despite impressive form, there is no quit in five-time nba championship coach gregg popovich and his san antonio spurs. while he doesn't have the likes of tim duncan, he does have marcus and gerard. both have shown they have the hunger. game six was a tight set for the most part. the spurs did eventually pull away. he scored 12 of his 25 points in the penultimate qua

that is, again, late evening tonight, across louisiana. keep an eye on the sky if you are located here. this will definitely impact your plans and be a dangerous day if you are located there. keep an eye and listening to the local television stations and radio stations as well for local information. here is a look at the radar as we speak. lots of lightning and thunderstorms. it's dark in this part of the world. once we get the daytime heating from the sun, we see the thunderstorms refire and they could potentially become life threatening. the chance of severe weather shifting eastward on sunday. of course, we have a golf game taking place in augusta, georgia, right? the masters. that could be impacted by strong, severe thunderstorms. here is the forecast. up to 80% chance of rainfall on sunday afternoon. hopefully they move the tee times back a few hours. this is a storm that is going to bring us potential for up to a half foot of snow across chicago and into detroit. let me bring you to minnesota. have you heard of the sterm snirt? it's

o>> reporter: a string thunderstorms flooding parts of texas and louisiana, spawning tornadoes, ripping apart communities and claiming at least five lives. >> it was it was -- i couldn't believe it was really happteing. >> reporr: homes and businesses peeled open, debris miles.ed for from the air, you can see the pa of a twister that cut through ruston, louisiana, and this cell phone video captures a tornado near college station, texas. all across the strike zone, power lines and roadway signs seared at their base, sheet metal wrapped around trees. c >> inot believe it. it was just one second and all this happened. >> reporter: other areas swallowed by unrelenting rains as the cleanup and recovery now begins, the sto system continues its march toward the northeast. jay gray, nbc news. >>> bill karins is here tracking those serious storms. how far east will they reach. >> all the w e to theastern seaboard, then be gone byay satu the storm is currently over kentucky and areas o ohio. no severe weather right now. it will be later on this afternoon is when we're concerned, especially if we

landry jail there in louisiana. his mug shot isn't being released at this point but we expect to learn more information coming up here not terribly far from now in about 90 minutes or so there is a press conference scheduled to take place down there in louisiana where we hope to learn a whole lot more. to the video now of some of these devastating fires that have been impacting that region now for a few weeks and has had this community on edge no doubt. authorities in louisiana say the suspect is the son of a local sheriff's deputy in the parish and that his father is the one who turned him in. it's really all we've got now. meantime, the local religious community vowing to rise up. >> think we might be able to start building for the church as well. we know what's done in the dark will come to the light so god will have the last say in all of this. >> the first fire happened at the end of last month destroying the st. mary's baptist church. a week later the greater union baptist church was hit. then two days after t

i know new hampshire and louisiana are working waivers on their assessments. >> those are around some of the flexibilities that are built in, so that innovative student pilot assessment, and new hampshire was really kind of the inspiration for that, because they have really dived deeply into personalized learning, and really trying to see if this is the right direction for students in their state. and i'm very eager to see how that continues to unfold for new hampshire, louisiana is similarly aligned in the. and i would encourage more of you to think more broadly about what you might be able to accomplish with an alternative innovative assessment. i know there's been a lot of discussion over the last number of years around how much testing there is, too much testing, what kinds of tests, but again, i think if you have an idea of how you might again raise the bar for student achievement in a way that could be a creative, new approach, we would encourage you to consider applying for that particular flexibility. and then the other one around title i funding, to test out the student cente

>>in louisiana. the storms also claimed the life of a 13 year-old boy who drowned in a drainage area. mississippi emergency officials report at least one death in the town of hamilton. the governor of mississippi has also declared a state of emergency for areas affected by the storms. thoughts and prayers are definitely with those folks something we don't like to hear, but we know that maybe during this time of year is this normal or is this what people expect these type of storms this strong. >>yeah, definitely this time of year this is the beginning of the spring storm season were tornado outbreaks do happen and it was saturday they were watching the storms just clearing through texas and mississippi louisiana. and like you mentioned we are looking at severe weather possible today in the northeast associated with the same system so it's that time of year it's not weather whiplash wtalked about last year in 2 that broad areas from the 70's tune in for freezing temperatures now the same system right

we are learning the sign of a sheriff's deputy is allegedly responsible for several church fires in louisiana. prosecutors have charged this man 21 year-old holden matthews was arson they say matthew set fires at 3 historically black churches over a period of 10 days. his father is a local sheriff's deputy. people shop in hurt any father would be. >>and my heart went out to him after that when we notified him to come in. and talked to him he was in terrible shape. >>that's the nation into a motive is still ongoing but law enforcement officials say they're looking into a connection to a genre of music called black metal that has a history associated with church burnings. >>high profile attorney michael avenatti could be sentenced to more than 300 years in prison if convicted on federal charges today a federal grand jury in los angeles indicted him on 36 criminal counts. the indictment accuses of an audi of stealing millions of dollars from his clients, not paying his taxes committing bank fraud. and line during bankruptcy proceedings not be denied all of the allegations on twitter and said he

. >>> today we're expected to hear more about the suspect in a series of church fires in louisiana. 21-year-old holden matthews was arrested in landry parish late yesterday. three churches have been destroyed by fire over the past ten days. all the churches have mostly black congregations, raising suspicions that the fires could be racially motivated. the congregation is not shaken. >> we have learned because of our great belief in god, if we fear god, we have no need to fear anyone else. >> matthews is the son of a deputy and authorities say it was his father who turned him in. >>> investigators are looking into what started as a gas leak in north carolina. >> blew the windows open. part of our ceiling started coming down. >> i'm saw just the fireball where the cafe used to be. >> firefighters in downtown durham were evacuating people from the area when the explosion asd art. yesterday morning. several others were damaged. some described the explosion as feeling like an earthquake. a 61-year-old coffee shop owner was killed. 17 others were hurt. >>> attorney general william barr said

. >> authorities making an arrest in a series of fires at black churches southern louisiana. >> this community is safe again. >> glor: the government warns o. >> when nobody came from social security, i knew i was in trouble. >> alexa, give me the news. >> bloomberg reports amazon is listening to what you tell alexa. >> dozens of companies employees are studying your conversations. >> glor: and "eye on america," fed up teachers, we examine the issues. >> i want my students to know they're important enough to me that i'll fight for them. >> glor: good evening. i'm jeff glor. this is our western edition. and we're going to begin tonight with the arrest of julian assange. the man who spilled hundreds of thousands of government secrets was forcefully pulled from a london embassy today, handcuffed, bearded and bedraggled, pointing and yelling. assange was removed from the ecuadorian embassy where he had been holed up for seven years. the ecuadorians, who had apparently had enough, invited police in to arrest him. a u.s. indictment unsealed today charges him with conspiracy to break into a

the top agent in louisiana said they are in the early stages of the investigation. the subject was arrested 12 hours after he came on the radar of authorities. although we are in the early stages they are not ruling out anything. they continue to work in the command center to identify what happened and dig into this person's past. >> nice to have you down there as this story unfolds. >>> a central figure in the college admissions scandal in court today as the daughter of lori loughlin speaks out to friends saying she's devastated. >> also ahead, don't miss this. we'll speak with dr. sanjay gupta about chasing life and what he learned. the producers said sanjay will stick needles in me and john live on air. they call it acupuncture >> or sweeps. >> or a voodoo doll of us. here's a preview >> my grandfather died young of a heart attack. my father had heart surgery when he was very young. my father, my grandfather unwittingly motivated me. we know there are remarkable things happening all over the world that can help us live longer, better, happier, more productive liv

reporting from cnn, mexico city. >>> we turn now to louisiana. three black churches have burned down in what officials call suspicious circumstances. >> no injuries, no deaths were caused by these fires. these fires occurring within ten days in the same rural area. the fbi is helping local authorities to investigate. our kaylee hartong has this report. >> reporter: all three of these churches burned in the middle of the night so thankfully no one was injured, but there are more similarities than just the timing of these three churches burning to the ground in the last ten days has got authorities to believe this is more than a coincidence. each of these three churches in louisiana very active in their communities in the last 100 years. they were located on or near rural highways in the area. authorities have not yet been able to say they can conclusively connect all three fires. they found suspicion -- they're cautioning any arson investigation can take months because you're dealing with a complicated and unknown crime scene. mefs of the metal. t

earningre are churches in louisiana and we don't hear the attorney general coming out to condemn this, we don't hear condemnation from the president. it emboldens a white supremacist group that -- the white supremacist groups that we know are out there, and proliferating by the day. another important issue that we should talk about is how do we strengthen the capacity of local law enforcement to investigate these incidents when they do arise. it's a significant piece of the problem. we forged a partnership with the international association of chief of police where we have identified best practices to help law enforcement confront hate in their community. of thea critical piece problem that needs to be addressed. role ofat about the social media and the responsibility of companies like facebook and twitter? what role do they have? what role is it playing in what response ability do they have? guest: the threat of hate online is one of the biggest aspects of this crisis. it was the case in the past that people masked themselves behind hoods. today we see a lot of white nationalist anza

we'll have it for you regarding louisiana later in this hour. there's word north korea could be working on turning radioactive material into bomb fuel. that's according to a u.s. thinktank. satellite pictures show there's movement at the country's main nuclear site, this is one of the images taken last week. you can see rail cars towards the top there. it's marked. researchers say that could indicate that north korea is indeed moving the radioactive material. benjamin hall reporting live tonight from london. benjamin? >> the last few months, we've seen more and more evidence that north korea continues to enrich uranium. among them, you can see a large new construction crane by the reactor and new shipping containers, tankers. of significant concern, a new issue with an overlooking dam that helps to cool the reactors with fears that that could soon breach. rare pictures of kim jong-un inspecting the air force. the force images of him since last november. observers say it's a reminder from him that his military is always ready. it's key to say the

the winningest coach in louisiana says football is not his call. then it's just a job. right his real vocation coach bryce brown says is to get his players out of new orleans alive that's our mission is to get him out you know basic survival you know and we're talking about gun violence drug violence you know that's the kind of stuff that we try to keep our kids away from. is it working. just ask ronnie action jackson. the team's star running back it was a photo program on the wall where i view right now on the vibe in day out of one not. jackson grew up in the gritty streets of the city they call the big easy breaking into homes eight two cousins were fatally shot his uncle wounded in the program including price for what he. says he saved my life in assistant coach once rescued him from a drug den guns and narcotics lying on the table he tried to quit football more than twenty five times with the man they call coach bryce refuses to give up on his players off the field but he's a great mentor he teaches about life as always a lesson on life how to be a great person a v