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And the other reason why i think the military analogy is valid, i sat down with admiral allen not long ago and he said that only in a military setting can you really have unity of command. you can have unity of effort or unity of purpose, the way things are set up now with the command center, and the federal officials here and bp there and kind of working together. but everything that we hear from the coast o about the success or failure of the containment efforts, about the oil thats now approa...

Fundraiser, tony rise co. prosecutors accuse blago of trying to sell president obamas former senate seat and fill his campaign coffers. >> new details behind a scare in florida. a couple in custody after they tried to enter the command center for the wars in iraq and afghanistan with an arsenal in their vehicle. an american construction worker who is telling comes he was on a mission to hunt and kill osama bin laden. sent by whom? sent by himself. and apparently it wasnt the first time. the man ...

Floods tore through campgrounds in arkansas. police say they found a 19th victim yesterday. there was no warning. survivors talk about a wall of roaring water sweeping away everything in its path. our casey wian is live for us at the command center in langley, arkansas. casey, this is such an enormous, enormous tragedy. and if there were any warnings, they just came in the middle of the night for people who were sleeping. >> reporter: absolutely, john. it was incredible. when you talk to survivo...

Barrels a day. >> its going to be pretty crowded out there, as you can imagine. its going to be carefully, carefully staged and sequence. >> staged from bps houston command center, recently visited by cnn. now, how is the oil going to get to the four ships? this graphic shows that. the riser pipe in place now is going to be one of the pipes used. other lines previously used in the top kill and other operations will be sent to the other vessels. and a new cap will be put in place. you can see it ...

In the way of us being effective. >> if you were to look at the nature of the response to containment seven weeks after the fact, are you surprise the president wasnt at a u.s. coast guard command center within days of this spill as opposed to waiting a month and a half to present himself in a commanding control role. >> yes, absolutely. i cant imagine -- again, i feel like im in the land of oz. its surreal that we are at this point, and i hate to keep harping on what has happened and not be con...

Just came from, they just made a decision theyre not putting any boom in front of the beaches. because if the oil hits the there, its bad, but its temporary. where in some of the other areas it could end up being permanent. thank you, everybody. >> that is of course the president of the united states from the u.s. coast guard command center in the gulf region. hes in the middle of a multi-state -- really the beginning of a multi-state tour that will end back in washington, d.c. tomorrow night, w...

Things can be trapped, a person could have been trapped down there. and you can see with the force of the river and the fact it is so rocky and difficult terrain, how much trouble these people would have had when the river came over its banks and what they are doing is going done the river looking at what they can and the deep spots where they are now, they are preparing to put the tanks on and have a look. the problem with having a look inside of the river is the river recently stirred up a bun...

Stations where first responders can come to get rehydrated, regrouped and go back out there for this massive search effort. this is a very tight community. weve seen a lot of survivors come by here to this command center, share their stories of panic and how they survived. first responders coming back. a lot of tears weve seen. on site is the red cross. we are joined by brigitte williams who is in charge of this effort. what have you seen so far in terms of the emotional toll? >> the emotional t...

From more than 60 years ago. the violence in kyrgyzstan broke out in april. now 62 people have been killed there. if you fly low-cost spirit airlines youll need to rebook. the pilots went on strike this morning. negotiations which have been going on for four years hit a stalemate last night according to the pilots association. they canceled some weekend flights anticipating this would happen. a search for flooding victims, happening now in a campsite in western arkansas, flash flooding kil...

Off and how quickly they mobilized all their resources to rescue abigail. >> sunderlands mother says it was difficult for the teen to actually leave her boat while being rescued. on to a tragedy now in western arkansas where another death has been confirmed today. that means at least 17 people died in the flash flood that hit the albert pike campground. crews are using all-terrain vehicles and canoes to search for more survivors. sandra endo is at the command center in langley, arkansas. >> re...