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its a slap in the face. i was a district attorney. some of them need cut loose. i havent had a chance to check the list for my former prosecutors. so this is a significant problem. but i think were going to get a handle on it. i think the evidence that weve seen. he violated the constitution and most of the so-call eed pardons will be held. >> well have more on the story in just a few minutes. so much for southern hospitality. one republican presidential candidate is using the word arm...

these families are afraid out here. and these victims have been through a terrible amount. its a slap in the face. i was a district attorney. some of them need cut loose. i havent had a chance to check the list for my former prosecutors. so this is a significant problem. but i think were going to get a handle on it. i think the evidence that weve seen. he violated the constitution and most of the so-call eed pardons will be held. >> well have more on the story in just a few minutes. so...

in the past he said that woods death was a direct result of a fight with wagner onboard his fight. listen to what davern told "today" show this morning. >> youre saying that wagner did not do everything he should have done to look for her after she went missing. >> exactly. >> was he responsible for her death in some way? >> well, like i said, i think we all made mistakes that night and -- >> that wasnt my question. was he responsible for her death? i am not asking about your story. >>...

even higher. three navy ships off the coast of new york to help with search and rescue missions and reps from the obama administration are going to fan out across three of the hardest hit states, virginia, north carolina, and vermont. lets go ahead and start there where floodwaters have destroyed roads and bridges and left hundreds of people stranded. amber lyons is in saxtons river, vermont. how are things looking this morning? >> reporter: not too good out here. you can see from this...

or two in some spots. water is still rising in parts of the country. we begin with hurricane irene. the storms impact will be felt for months after the winds died down. the death toll rising to at least 27 people. along with the estimated cost, the cost of cleaning up this mess from north carolina through new england, obama administration officials will visit three states today that were hit hard by hurricane irene. virginia, north carolina and vermont. where floodwaters are still r e ...

good morning. we begin with lingering misery caused by hurricane irene. youre looking at live pictures now from patterson, new jersey, where crews are actually going door-to-door rescuing people from their homes. that water, by the way, coming from the passaic river is supposed to crest today at its highest level since 1903. a pretty eye-catching image of how massive the storm was. this is coming to us from nasa. its an animated satellite of irene as its churning up the eastern seaboar...

washington on capitol hill as democrats and republicans prepare to vote on the last-minute budget deal packed with billions of dollars in spending cuts. so what is really on the chopping block? im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." but up first, to a near nuclear meltdown in japan where a fresh round of intense quakes are rocking parts of the already disaster-battered country. until today, the crisis at the fukushima daiichi plant was rated at a number five. three mile isl...

>> why would i want to consider having sex with a 17-year-old woman who is under age. >> no one needs to find out. >> thats exactly what i said. what do you think we should do about that. >> what do you want me to do? >> i want to [ bleep ] you. you want to [ bleep ] me? >> amber lyon here. now very disturbing. >> yeah. i mean imagine being on the other end of those phone calls, fred, it was tough to deal with after a while. you know, i just wanted to throw the phone across the room. >> its pret...

Underage. and in a year-long investigation, cnns amber lyons, reveals the devastating realities of the sex trade business involving young girls. >> im going to sell myself for sex on backpage.com just like a 12-year-old girl we found. >> her ad is almost identical for one used to sell a 12-year-old girl for sex. except that we used a picture of me when i was a young teen. >> iwas quite awkward calling my dad and asking him to send me a picture of myself when i was 14 so i could post a sex ad onl...

Endlessly. >> endlessly the phone rang for the next couple of days. and we got a unique call from a guy who said he was representing a ceo, a wealthy client, who liked my pictures on my back page ad and wanted me 0 come meet him at a motel in north carolina and spend the weekend with him. and i told them i was clearly under age. and they had the picture of a $0,000 check that was waiting for me. so we packed our bags and headed out and you with see what happens with that one. >> you can watch th...