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Following a long standing feud. flash flooding causing misery in parts of texas. a storm roared through yesterday dumping 8 inches of rain in some areas. fire crews had to rescue 150 drivers from hwaters. at the height of the more than 120,000 people were left without power. dzhokhar tsarnaev is in a federal prison hospital this evening and were told hes now not saying much to anybody in law enforcement, not since he was read his miranda rights. key republicans in congress are furious that t...

Alberto gonzales. thank you so much for joining us this morning. appreciate your insight, sir. >> thank you for having me. >> lets get to christine romans in new york with the rest of the top stories. >> hi, john. were keeping an eye this morning on a court hearing today in canada in the alleged terrorist plot to attack a pass edger train running between new york and toronto. canadian authorities say al qaeda is behind that plot. two suspects are being held without bail. one is due in court in j...

Case against dzhokhar tsarnaev now stands with former u.s. attorney general alberto gonzalez and former cia ambassador james woolsey. then a public memorial set today for m.i.t. officer sean collier. well talk with the m.i.t. and cambridge police chiefs about the fallen officer and what they want people to remember about him. plus the man accused of sending a ricin laced letter to president obama and other officials, there he is, hes been set free. where the investigation into those poison lette...

Chicagoans have vacation homes, all the folks there can see is just water and sandbags. forecasters say swollen rivers in the area arent expected to recede for several more days. >> in clarksville, missouri, where there are no flood walls or levees, forecast of more heavy rain isnt helping. flooding is as high as street signs in some spots. volunteers are stacking sandbags as fast as they can, but it may be a losing battle. >> businesses are already closed. it will be a long time before we total...

12 inches of snow, twin cities area up into canada. this is while we are seeing soaking rainfall here. many of the spots. river levels fall from record levels. flash flooding, major concern where the rain is falling. but all of the rain, all of the floodwater continues to filter down the mississippi. many spots southward still watching the rivers rise. widespread major flooding ongoing here through the week. john and diana, back to you. >> jim, thank you. to boston now where top officials have...

>> south of there, plenty of rain and melting snow are adding to flooding fears across the midwest. rain is in the forecast again today from wisconsin to missouri. towns along already flooded waterways, that is nothing but bad news. abcs alex perez is in flood zones. >> reporter: streets turned to rivers. canoes, kayaks the only way around as water rose higher and higher. even the fish sought refuge. spring in the midwest has given way to an all-out race against time to sandbag and hold the risi...

Catholic leader cardinal sean omalley said mass and it included ed davis. near boylston street people came out to pay their respects and to leave mementos at that makeshift memorial. thats the story in boston. im chris pollone, back to you, betty. five were shot in a washington state apartment complex. it happened in federal way around 9:30 local time last night. one suspect was shot and killed by a responding officer, so far, the motive is still unknown. residents in the midwest today are f...

Express rails were shut down. but the flash flooding has abated because the rain has ended. but were seeing the river flooding. let me show you. heres the flood threat. every place here that you see in green is a flood warning showing you where we are seeing flooding. in places like illinois, record flooding at a dozen river gauges. in indiana, one river cresting at its highest level in a half century. so thats where we have the flood threat still. were going to see a cresting effect and a casca...

London as well. so there is a determination thats increased. >> matthew chance in london at the site of the london marathon. thank you so much for being with us this morning. appreciate it. meantime here in this country floodwaters forced many thousands to evacuate their homes around illinois. >> lets check in with meteorologist alexandra steele in atlanta to see when that area might dry out. >> good morning. when you look at those pictures they are really incredible from chicago to st. louis....

Weve seen homes evacuated and shelters open in chicago, all of the expressways have been closed and they have reopened because flash flooding has abated. rivers will remain above flood stage although chicago has crested. illinois river as well. this is a tributary of the mississippi. historic crest expected monday night into tuesday. peoria, thats the biggest threat there. the mississippi river, the threat area here is between the quad cities and st. louis. record flooding potentially the third ...