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Mr. ban arriving today on the flight over. a cnn crew was aboard and the interior of pakistan briefed him about the situation here. they used maps to show him the flood areas, and they go all the way to central pakistan. and one-fifth is under water. thats the equivalent of the state of florida under water, and based on the figure, 15 million people affected. this is one of the natural disasters in recent memory. and the indian ocean tsunami and the 05 earthquake combined, this is worse. he is h...

Under water, and thats the equivalent of florida under water. and this is worse than the 2004 indian ocean tsunami and the 05 earthquake, and he says he is here to see the devastation himself. >> another thing, we always here in disasters that there is a second wave of disaster if help does not come, and thats often a second wave of disease. is there a threat of that now? if something is not done quickly, we could see more people dying because of disease. >> reporter: yeah, no question about it....

Oil has leaked into the gulf and they want to make sure that if they do do the relief well they dont do anything that would compromise the well and cause more oil to leak into the gulf. >> wouldnt that be the worst possible -- >> can you imagine? >> i cant even imagine it. >> yes. yes. >> anne thompson, thank you, i know you will it will be reporting on it we will go live as soon as admiral allen comes out. thank you very much. and what political story will be making headlines in the next 24 h...

The university of michigan hospital in ann arbor, said to be the 17th victim. can you confirm that? >> theres an incident that occurred near flints mcclarion hospital and the man was aired lifted to ann arbor but were not certain its related because there were two assailants and the description of the vehicle in which the assailant drove away differed from the description of the vehicle in the video and the description the other victims said the vehicle looked like, were looking for a 95 to 05 b...

Nasas budget and contracting and was great ambassador for nasa both nationally and internationale and was able to gain support for a robust effort to continuing to explore the unknown. so at least from one of the folks at nasa who had worked with sean okeefe over the years from 01 to 05, a pretty glowing testimonial to the kind of an individual he was and his determination to bring the space agency through that very difficult period. time, tough budget, overbudget, and, of course, the "columbia"...

Problem here. you do have slow burning crises with the economy and with afghanistan and other things so they probably have four years or conceivably eight years in the white house where they have to somehow straddle this dilemma of having normal lives, raising families, at the same time, but dealing with these crises that wents go away. structural crises are a very difficult thing for a president to do. >> the bush white house took a lot of heat for the president being on vacation too much. did ...

Prosecutors. a military panel will begin deliberations today, the detainee pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism. terms of the plea deal have not been disclosed. the second one facing trial a young canadian charged with murder, conspiracy. he was born in canada, son of an al-qaeda financeeer, his trial is expected to start tuesday. hes accused of throwing a grenade that killed a u.s. army soldier during a fire fight in afghanistan in 2002. he...

Envisioned an oil spill this big. so they have, in fact, admitted they have no idea what the long-term environmental impact will be. i understand dish im not knocking carol for that. the fact is nobody knows. lets bring -- actually one person know. nbc white house correspondent and co-host of "the daily rundown," savannah guthrie. savannah, what is the long-term impact of dumping over a million -- scientifically speaking of dumping over a million gallons of chemicals into a body of water have in...

Theyre looking for an amnesty program. its illegal to induce, encourage, harbor or shield people yet when arizona says were going to help the federal government, they sue the state of arizona. i provided a declaration in support of arizona and that insane lawsuit. they need resources. in 05 i testified about a hearing where it was both sides of the aisle cutting i.c.e. agents. >> neil: what -- what keeps i.c.e. from saying youre out of here? >> ask janet napolitano. >> neil: i would thing vehicu...

Chicago, heavy thunderstorms rolling through that area. most of this is just some heavy rain, certainly some flooding son some of the roadways a slow go for your morning commute. and the heat indices, look at all the pink on the map, these are heat warnings posted for all these states, dangerous level of heat here, temperatures up and of to 1er 05, 115, at least what it feels like, looking for some relief to come later in the week toward the weekend. that is a quick check on weather. "american m...