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wisconsin. its located along the wisconsin river just south of portage. emergency officials told about 150 residents to get out yesterday. >> the water already filling up some homes. and this may be only the beginning. >> our rob marciano is in our extreme weather center tracking all of this for us this morning. so are they still in a situation where the waters are still rising now? >> no, the river at least at portage did crest last night. but its going to remain above flood stage for...

dark long enough for you and your kids to go out and play. well tell you why. our top story, bishop eddie long is speaking out about the sex scandal thats enveloped his atlanta-n atlanta-area megachurch. today he addressed allegations of sex with young men from the pulpit. he said while hes never professed to be a perfect man, he said hes not the man thats being portrayed on television. after the church service, long spoke to reporters. >> i just want to take this moment to address y...

highway 33 is failing at this time. so emergency vehicles, police, fire are all trying to get in there. they say theyre not going to be able to reach residents if they dont get out now. hopefully most of those people have already done that. heres the area were talking about. i zoomed in very closely. this is highway 33 right along here. this is the wisconsin river. and my guess is right in this area is right where that dam is. the levee, the calladonia levee. this is really all the inf...

torrential downpours caused flooding. its expected to last throughout the weekend. a federal judge is ordering the air force to reinstate an openly lesbian flight nurse. major margaret witt was discharged in 2007 under the militarys "dont ask, dont tell" policy. but the judge said it violated witts constitutional rights. they blocked a bill that would have repealed the "dont ask, dont tell." the separation of church and state watchdog group staged at fort bragg, north carolina. it ...

it is buying up all these books, thousands of them and destroying them. a matter of national security, they say. where is your car right now? think its safe because of your new fancy state of the art security system? think again. windows are hot wiring, that is so five years ago. now theres an app for that. sitting in the comfort of your own home and making a leaving. part two of our series, "making money on youtube." thanks for joining us, a packed house, a minister under fire, and ...

days of rising flood waters in parts of minnesota and wisconsin. no reports of deaths or injuries though. but the flooding is expected to last throughout the weekend. a federal judge is ordering the air force to reinstate an openly lesbian flight nurse. major margaret witt was discharged in 2007 under the militarys dont ask dont tell policy but the judge ruled the discharge violated witts constitutional rights. this past week the senate blocked a defense bill that would have repealed d...

its 6:00 a.m. here in atlanta. 1:00 p.m. in baghdad. good morning. im drew griffin in for t.j. holmes. we want to welcome with pride our troops watching on the armed forces network in iraq and afghanistan. thanks for starting your day with us. also coming up over the next 90 minutes, protecting state secrets or going too far. the defense department buys and then destroys thousands of copies of this book, written by an army reserve officer. a book disclosing secret operations in afgha...

In the region. with us now, brett, former national security council member and current member of the council of foreign relations, and from washington, d.c., lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer for the center for advanced defense studies. brett, ill start with you here. iraq, the election, it would appear its a good thing that there was any form of an election in that country relative to its past. at the same time, it would seem an easy, looking at the pervasiveness of corruption, to be too optim...

good afternoon to you. i am dylan ratigan. president obama leaving washington to put health care in its fight in front of the american people. but today were asking, has the president become something like the teacher in the cartoon charlie brown? democratic congressman massa supposed to be resigning from congress within the hour. he said its because of health problems. but that isnt stopping from blaming democrats for pushing him out because of his no vote on health care. were talking...

To be holed away to the south. amid the fighting, reports of civilian casualties, today nato saying five civilians were accidently killed when they were mistakenly believed to be planting bombs. sunday, two u.s. rockets went astray killing a dozen other civilians. there are mistakes that could prove costly to the u.s. and its allies in a mission that is as much about winning over people as it is defeating an enemy on a military basis. ahead of the strike, afghan and military advertised the comin...