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Is coming closer and closer to where we are standing? this is a good example of how far-reaching the disaster is, because were nowhere near the mighty sis tamississippi, we ar miles south of the morganza spill way and the water has made witne its way into the basin and, they suffered a drought beforehand, and now that the land is swatch rated, the water is filling up like a fishbowl and heres what a resident told you, how long he has seen the waters rise. take a listen. >> mothers day weekend, i...

You think we didnt really see any landfalls across the united states. a couple near misses or brushes. remember the gulf spill? we were worried about all of the activity in the gulf of mexico. very worried. in fact most of the hurricanes or tropical systems that did evolve either off the coast of west africa or right around the caribbean basin, most of those affected the yucatan peninsula, central america, also southern mexico and extreme southern texas. look at the major hurricanes that we saw ...

the imf? today is it, folks. doomsday. the start of the apocalypse right now according to the family radio network which has spent millions of dollars to warn you that the end is here and it is today. hello from the cnn center. this is my final "cnn saturday morning" on this doomsday, saturday, may 21st. im t.j. holmes. well get back to doomsday happenings throughout the morning. let me tell you about dominique strauss-kahn. out of jail now staying at a luxury manhattan apartment for...

Look at all the cypress around you. >> reporter: while feeding in the good stuff with nutrients and sediments. >> this is the kind of thing we want to see happen. we want to see water flowing through these swamps. >> reporter: so if theres a silver lining when we see these people packing up and moving out of their houses, nature is benefitting in some way? >> nature is benefitting from this, the fish are benefitting from it, the trees are going to get good and theres probably going to be a littl...

Basin. were not even to the basin and already this current is ripping through. this is dry land over here. the river has already come up 12 feet and its coming up another 7 feet. thats over my head. >> all right. its 12.5 feet right here. this is normally exposed. >> yeah, this is normally dry land. >> reporter: these scientists are testing the waters. some of their gear is already submerged. >> i take it that instrument is not supposed to be totally under water? >> no. thats pretty much ruined ...

Hurricanes meaning category three or above. youre wondering seemed like a fairly quiet year, but, in fact, most of these major hurricanes affected the caribbean basin or right around mexico or into central america. but we did see quite an active forecast, both for colorado state and for noaa and for ali and kiran, if you look at these hurricane names you wont see yours on this list. back to you. >> pretty much guaranteed. >> i would not rather have a hurricane named after me or a gas station. th...

Deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. the mississippi river flooding is about to hit the three-week mark. experts warn its going to take until the middle of next month before floodwaters recede in some of those areas. rob marciano has found that there actually may be some good that comes out of this flooding. he takes us along in another boat, this time with government scientists to sample the swamp water. >> were going to be going pretty fast to get you out to the river. >> hold on. this is ...

Upriver. floodwaters in the basin will reach the height next week. >> everyone rushed and people were raising their pants and moving their homes out, trailer homes, and everything. and we are still waiting. >> many not waiting around but packing up and putting out signs to tell looters there is nothing left. a business owner boarded up and moved his seafood business. >> fishermen cant fish. we cant operate and the fisher memberships homes are flooded. that right there is the icing on the cake. >...

not going to go over my levees, but im not confident that enough of this is going to cave off and im going to have a breach. id say its 50-50. president obama is face to face with israeli prime minister be benjamin netanyahu. the president wants the 1967 borders to be the starting point for negotiations on a palestinian state. netanyahu is said to be furious over the presidents proposal. shouts of "god is great" peppered with gunfire. anti-government protests followed friday prayer...

seeing the release of dominique strauss-kahn. >> thats right. in fact, were waiting for the former imf chief to walk out of jail. a judge agreed to free him on bail yesterday. thats the same day a grand jury indicted him. in order to get out of jail strauss-kahn will post bail of $1 million and a $5 million insurance bond and forced to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and guarded around the clock. >> strauss-kahn had been under suicide watch or has been and could be walking out o...