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memorial day. on this national holiday, a heavy rush of politics. sarah palins mystery tour rolled into town. we dont know when she will appear because her aides will not tell us. her stops included ft. mchenry and shes being cagey on the subject of whether its a rolling civic lesson or a 2012 campaign. >> i believe there are many more people out there to add. competition breeds success. i would hope that there is going to be debate. >> also this day, president obama leads the traditio...

Much. live from joplin. more crazy weather across the u.s. this memorial day weekend. unofficial kickoff to summer in parts of washington state and snow still falling. snow showers could linger through the weekend. closing many of the campgrounds in the state. that puts a damper on many vacationers plans. chris war sent joining me now. chris, whats going on out there? >> well, we have some very cool weather in the west. and very warm weather in the east. lets take a look at what is going on. w...

and welcome to "american morning." it is friday, may 27th. the beginning of a long holiday weekend for many in this country. >> thats right. hopefully the beginning of some nice, calm, summer weather which we have not seen. >> we havent seen. its not going to be a great weekend for those in joplin, missouri. the search for the missing there continues. the state officials are releasing a list of 232 people who are still unaccounted for, a list they concede may not be entirely accurate. ...

Since the tornado went through, since that time, they have had almost two inches of rainfall. so were trying to get all that rain out of the streets and into the streams, but until 10:00 this morning, local time, flash flood warning in effect for that area and then the flash flood watch for later on today as the next round of storms begins to fire up. show you the radar, we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for western kansas. that is the pulse of energy thats coming out of colorado. th...

it is tuesday, may 24th. were getting a much better picture of the scope of the disaster that were talking about in joplin, missouri, today where our ali velshi is. >> good morning. what are you seeing there? >> good morning, kiran, christine. i wish i could tell you its a good morning in joplin. it simply isnt. over my shoulder you can see the remains of the medical center which in this vast area is really the only building of significance that is still standing. lets begin this morni...

And wind makers down here across parts of arkansas as well as into parts of tennessee and northern mississippi and these showers are moving over the same areas, repeating themselves, and thats whats concerning because this is over the mississippi river valley and so if we get too much rain here, that could be impacting the river and maybe bring that crest up a little bit higher for a little bit longer and then new development across central parts of tennessee, towards louisville and we expect th...

have mended fences today, offered reassurances to the american israel public affairs committee or aipac which describes itself as americas leading pro-israel lobby group. obama stressed his fundamental support for the jewish state. >> no country can be expected to negotiate with a terrorist organization sworn to its destruction. we will continue to demand that hamas accept the basic responsibilities of peace, including recognizing israels right to exist and recognizing -- rejecting ri ...

Upstream, thats where well see the bulk of this. i told jeanne meserve that it looked like the showers and thunderstorms were maybe a couple hours away, but this cluster of showers and storms is really kind of falling apart fairly quickly. as they do start to encounter a little bit drier air. weve got vicesburg and natchez. these are the areas that did see some showers earlier in the morning and now it looks like its tapering off a little bit. at least that is the way it looks in the forecast. h...

noontime, just two hours from now, here in atlanta, another republican is jumping into the race for president. who is it, but exactly who is herman cane, anyway? a suicide bomber and possibly even two striking an afghan military hospital. six people dead. taliban, though, claiming responsibility for attack and also saying that the death toll is a whole lot higher. in kabul for us. listen to what he told me last hour. >> at this point, were told that they dont believe any americans we...

Vicksburg, mississippi, are the army corps of engineers is working to fight back the flood. hi, casey. >> good morning. let me give you a sense of just the amount of water that these engineers are trying to deal with. you look behind me, you can see diamond jacks casino. you can see the end of that building and what looks like a window. thats actually a door. so that is under about four or five feet of water. there is a roadway between here and there that is completely covered with water. and ov...