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Im t.j. holmes, glad you could spend part of your weekend with us. heres a look at the stories making headlines. the corps of engineers could open a major spillway in louisiana later today. doing that would help reduce the pressure on levees protecting baton rouge and new orleans. but it would flood at least seven louisiana perishes. the spillway has not been opened in almost 40 years. and in iran, a man found guilty of throwing a bucket of acid on a woman who scorned him is set to face a simila...

2004, she turned him down. he disfigure yours her face perm negligently. what is she going to do, literally pour acid into his eyes? >> reporter: exactly. the man was meant to be rendered unconscious and then five drops of acid were meant to be poured in each one of his eyes. she was going to administer the punishment herself, but she was worried that the acid might spill on her hands and shed have further as id burns on her body, so it was decided that a physician there would pour the acid into...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello. youre in the cnn newsroom this saturday, may 14th, im fredricka whitfield. saving two of louisianas biggest cities at the sacrifice of flooding homes and farmland. thats what will likely happen as the u.s. army corps of engineers opens the morganza spillway beginning an hour from now. while opening the gaelts would slowly divert floodwaters from baton rouge and new orleans, areas in yellow could get up to 20 feet of water, in green up to 1...

new orleans and baton rouge would be saved. also mirroring arizona, the second state with some stiff immigration laws. the governor nathan beale signed that law yesterday. the author will be here with me in the studio live and also someone whos against it. you want to hear the conversation. also another conversation youll be interested to hear, a rare interview with hank aaron, talking about baseball, how its letting down the black community. also talking about who the real home ru...

so what does the former president have to say now that terrorist is dead? he is breaking his silence. also, a rare interview to share with you this morning with that guy, hank aaron, talking to me about a number of things, the low lite of his career and he is also talking about president obama, barry bonds and who the real home run king should be. hello to you all center in atlanta, georgia. im t.j. holmes. morgan city, louisiana, is a place that is on edge right now. we talk about...

Where folks were required to evacuate. >> we know the mississippi has crested but youre not out of the water so to speak now. >> no, were not. there will be a few days before there will be a discernible drop in the mississippi. everybody is focusing on the mississippi but there are two other rivers we have to watch also that run right through the middle of the city. they wont begin to drop until the mississippi drops. so weve got a few more days of maintaining the shelters, protecting the proper...

On where the economy is headed and we are back with the panel. mixed numbers on the economy this week and lets take a look at them. unemployment rose to 9% but the private sector added 268,000 jobs. the third straight month. and sharp are drops in the price of crude oil and other commodities. paul, where is this recovery? >> it as mediocre recovery. lack luster. it is there. no question. private sector finally creating new jobs, that is good, making up for the fact that the government is losing ...

On where the economy is headed and we are back with the panel. mixed numbers on the economy this week and lets take a look at them. unemployment rose to 9% but the private sector added 268,000 jobs. the third straight month. and sharp are drops in the price of crude oil and other commodities. paul, where is this recovery? >> it as mediocre recovery. lack luster. it is there. no question. private sector finally creating new jobs, that is good, making up for the fact that the government is losing ...

On where the economy is headed and we are back with the panel. mixed numbers on the economy this week and lets take a look at them. unemployment rose to 9% but the private sector added 268,000 jobs. the third straight month. and sharp are drops in the price of crude oil and other commodities. paul, where is this recovery? >> it as mediocre recovery. lack luster. it is there. no question. private sector finally creating new jobs, that is good, making up for the fact that the government is losing ...

Who were in there for the wrong reason getting out. i dont think it signifies anything, ali, about the long term. i wish i was wrong. as far as gold, the drop was really insignificant. it was only 4 or 5% from its high on a closing basis. ditto for oil, maybe 10%. these are the kinds of drops you see all the time in commodities. silver was a one off event in my opinion, and i think the uptake in silver is very much intact. >> charles, the last time we were together, you, steven and me talking ab...