captions by vitac www.vitac.com morganza to the rescue or morganza to the disaster? how you stand depends upon where you live in relation to the mississippi. we are coming up to 40 hours since the army corps of engineers started to open up the spillways of the morganza, and spillways that had not budged since 1973. the spillway acts like a pressure valve on the swollen mississippi river to stop the downpour from baton rouge and new orleans, and flooding more areas. more are to be opening today. this is home of the atchafalaya basin. and looking at this place is another place where lives are loaded on to trucks literally. no one knows how high it will be
decision, but he has made the decision. he said his greatest passion is business and he is not willing to leave it behind. he also said he appreciated all of his supporters. and the army corps of engineers opened up the morganza spillway, and while the move spares new orleans and batton, the diversion is taking out other homes and farms in the region and others are evacuating and waiting. we know we will get the water, but it is a matter of when it will be here. i don t know. it is a weird feeling that here it is that we are sitting on this beautiful cool morning and watching this beautiful sunrise, and we are going to be in knee-deep in water here, too, before long. the historic flooding has affected six states from missouri to illinois to indiana to louisiana. the u.s. government hits the debt creeling today and now u.s.
before the judge. the defense said he is not guilty of these charges. there will be and he was not allowed to leave no bail allowed. the judge said he was a flight risk. next court proceeding where strauss-khan will appear, this friday, may 20th. huge throng in the courtroom and outside from international press and u.s. press from around the world. an astounding case. randi. richard roth for us covering that, thank you. also we want to tell you that it is now morganza to the rescue. that s right. ordisaster. where you stand depends on where you live on the lower mississippi. coming up on 48 hours, if you re keeping track, since the army corp of engineers started opening the floodgates on the morganza spillway. the floodgates, you probably recall, hadn t been budged since 1973. that s right. 1973.
owners in the northern portions of the city of vicksburg and the southern portions of the city. a lot of people have been displaced, and of course, we are trying to get them the assistance that they need and de, and with reworking toward that end. reporter: well, the water is rising and this is a problem and will be for a long time. yes, based on the u.s. national weather estimates and the army corps of engineers we will have a rescission date of six weeks, and that is when the hard works begins to rebuild. reporter: and what about loss of life? no loss of life or injuries and i credit that to to awareness campaign. we worked with the red cross and with americorp, and with the united way to do a door-knocking campaign to notify the business owners and residents to give them information to make preparations. i m grateful to that and to the united way who aided us in assisting people who needed
new york city. dominique strauss-khan was arrested saturday for allegedly chasing a housekeeper through his luxury hotel suite naked and trying to force himself on her. let s go straight to richard roth who s been following today s developments. richard, bring us up to date. reporter: randi, the proceedings have just concluded and basically, dominique strauss-khan, the leader of the international monetary fund, has been charged with sexual assault on a maid in a new york hotel in times square on saturday. we re just now seeing and we just heard the formal charges so it is important i think to go through these. strauss-khan charged with two counts of criminal sexual act in the first degree, one count of attempted rape in the first degree, one count of sexual abuse in the first degree, one count of unlawful imprisonment in the second degree. one count of forcible touching. one count of sexual abuse in the third degree. the top charge, criminal sexual act, carries with it a ma