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13 inches of rain. all the wet weather damage estimated to be in the millions. the worst part, its not over. the weather channels mike seidel is there for us. youre standing in it. but the local forecast suggests theres not an end in sight. where is all this water supposed to go? >> reporter: well, the worst of it was saturday. were going to get some scattered showers and storms today. but the intensity will be nothing like saturday. theyre not going to get the kind of -- have the kind of issues...

>> and this large, dense haboob stares no square inch of ground in its path. this time lapse by photographer michael binski shows a different angle. from this spot near the heart of the city, you can see the storm roll right over the phoenix skyline, including a busy i-10 in the foreground. but just before the haboob reaches the highway, he makes a mad dash for safety. >> when the dust storm hit, i had jumped in my car and it was instantaneous blackout. id never been in a dust storm that turned ...

Comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping posture all night long. the revolutionary recharge sleep system... from beautyrest. its you, fully charged. welcome back to "way too early," the sun is up at 5:45 in the morning. over washington, d.c. that is just beautiful. jefferson memorial, washington monument, white house in the foreground. lets get a check on the weather from nbc meteorologist todd santos. whats it looking like out there...

>> it is eerie when you pick up the post this morning. here is the cover photo. what you see is the building in the background. bus stop in the foreground. this photo was snapped by etans father and he took it just right around the time that etan went missing. what he didnt know when he snapped this photo, he just thought he was taking the bus stop photo is that photo behind is the sandwich shop. its the little bodega where pedro hernandez worked and where he says he ended up killing etan. he sn...

this 70-year-old man was kidnapped in august. in december al qaeda claimed responsibility and laid out a series of demands. now were seeing in this video today that hes asking, as you said, president obama to make good on those demands. >> so has there been any official reaction from the united states at this point? >> well, not yet. i mean, some of those demands, as weve been talking about, hes asking for the u.s. to release all prisoners from the taliban and al qaeda. also asking for...

in washington state, an arms standoff is over. the suspects body found inside a fortified underground bunker. police think peter keller killed his wife and daughter almost a week ago and holed himself up in a bunker he spent eight years building. i talked with agent cyndi west how the standoff finally ended. >> about 9:15 our s.w.a.t. team used and explosive to breach the roof of the bunker enabling them to get enough of a view where they could see him. they tell us they saw a body, we...

They chose which cities this would come to. obviously its a huge tourist attraction for anybody who gets it. as the president of the intrepid museum has said, this now becomes, quote, the largest and most significant space artifact in the entire northeast when it find its home on board the aircraft carrier here on the hudson river. and you get a good look at that -- bill: ellis island. martha: ellis island looking towards the new jersey side of the hudson river there. you see the ferries going a...

Throttles back with all that extra drag the aircraft will slow down significantly faster than a clean 747. jon: youve got 14,500 feet of runway ahead so plenty of time for a nice slow approach and rollout. it just looks almost like it is hovering there, this thing. its going to be a fairly slow approach. there it is. with the trees in the foreground you get a little better idea of how quickly or how slowly this thing is moving. its been a slow fly-by and very inspiring one for all kind of new yo...

>> everybody else seems to be hiding out, too. this is crazy. >> this sudden darkness is the most paralyze aspect of the storm, one that can result in deadly accidents on the road. >> the primary danger that these people are going to experience is the rapid loss of this ability, particularly if youre in any kind of a vehicle, like car, a plane, what have you. you run the risk of crashing that vehicle because you simply cannot see what is in front of you. >> and this large, dense haboob stares no...

Haboob extinguished the street lights. this sudden darkness is the most paralyze aspect of the storm, one that can result in deadly accidents on the road. >> the primary danger that these people are going to experience is the rapid loss of this ability, particularly if youre in any kind of a vehicle, like car, a plane, what have you. you run the risk of crashing that vehicle because you simply cannot see what is in front of you. >> and this large, dense haboob stares no square inch of ground in ...