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this hour, this moment i came to declare my candidacy for president of the united states of america. >> her main cain there. mitt romney meantime is in south carolina focusing on jobs and the economy, also a hopeful for the presidency. its his first visit to the state since gearing up his political machine for possible presidential run in 2012. so far the former massachusetts governors candidacy is undeclared. peter hand by is at the event and joins us on the phone from suburban columb...

this is lee catalina. i will be trying to figure out why the end of the world will have to take place in u.s. standard time. and spending the day boogie boarding the morganza flood gates and then camping out in the swamp. well, i asked and you delivered in tweeterdom. happening right now in oklahoma, a manhunt is under way for two men wanted for shooting an off duty sheriffs deputy. he was working as a security guard in a restaurant and was walking to a bank when ehe was shot in the ...

Because north of the spillway, there are millions of acres of flooded communities and farms. in vicksburg, mississippi, the river is 13 feet above flood stage and still rising. my colleague martin savage is there, and martin, i understand that you got off of a boat? >> well, we did, randi. this is a historic town that is now facing a historic flood. they have about 1,700 people area-wide forced out of their homes because of the flood waters continuing to rise and threaten the downtown area. join...

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. lets go straight to richard roth whos been following todays 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...

Month. not everyone can build their own levee. and people on the delta are watching water levels. and now its raining in some areas making an even muddier mess. the rain comes as the mississippi was cresting in naches at more than 60 feet. were in mississippi with more on that. the waist-high water is frightening to see. >> the rain didnt help much. its made officials here more worried about the flooding which is at crest stage here and holding probably at least through today. were outside vic...

Our photojournalist is going to pan to the right. were told were several miles in from the mississippi river at this point, we were earlier at a levee holding some of this back up north of here from some of the areas over here. millions of square acres are safe for now. but there is a problem with that one particular levee at lake al b march. they have what they call a slide. that is when the sheer weight of the water weakens the underpinnings of a levee. those underpinnings have shifted, slid a...