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States, record high floodwaters are now receding, but the danger in many places is far from over. surging water is flowing downstream. thats putting millions of people on alert. cnns jeremy roth has this report. >> very little celebrating the day after new years in parts of missouri saturday. instead, residents are cleaning up the debris left behind by a massive and deadly flood that is still posing a threat. >> we got to get that debris out of there. >> the governor touring some of the hardest ...

Defecting to south korea seems like the only way to a better life. they say the challenges they face are far from over when they get there. well have that story ahead as this broadcast continues live from atlanta and around the globe this hour. youre watching cnn worldwide. ♪ (cell phone rings) where are you? well the squirrels are back in the attic. mom? your dad wont call an exterminator... can i call you back, mom? he says its personal this time... if youre a mom, you call at the worst time...

Theres a new mens fragrance that hit the shops here in russia. all right. well, here it is. its called leaders number one. but make no mistake, with the profile of vladimir putin on the side and the words inspired by vladimir putin. smells of citrus fruits and pine needles, a mixture of hard and soft just like the president putin himself. so i suppose i should give it a try, shouldnt i? let have a smell. im impartial on it. i can see it wouldnt be to everybodys taste. matthew chance, cnn, moscow...

Welcome back to "cnn newsroom." im george howell. prime minister david cameron is promising to work to bolster flood defenses. communities across the united kingdom are struggling to recover from unprecedented flooding. both scotland and wales saw their wettest december on record. the rainfall will continue through the weekend. but by monday, that country will finally see some relief. there is very little rain in sight for the midwest but the flooding is far from over. thats because swollen wa...

Own if they balk at his plan. >> it will be an uphill battle. >> the president hopes to travel to cuba and perhaps more than a dozen other countries in whats shaping up to be a global farewell tour. but the presidents agenda could be upended by setbacks in the war on isis. a foreign policy crisis that could complicate white house plans to have the president campaign heavily with the 2016 democratic nominee, a prospect that may well put him and hillary clinton on the trail together again. >> i th...

Major u.s. airports. if you compare the top three busiest airports in the u.s., atlantas hartsfield jackson has 178 armed police. los angeles, 572. while ohare is budgeted 175. numbers do not include additional security such as private security personnel. in an e-mail to cnn, the aviation department says the multilevel security has proven effective in stopping and preventing crime and that violent crime incidents are extremely low. but theres been no explanation why the nearly 300 aviation polic...

Wouk to "cnn newsroom." fair to say its a busy travel weekend with a lot of people headed home after the holidays. in the city of chicago passengers at midway and chicagos ohares airports may be surprised to learn some aviation officers are not only unarmed, theyre told to runaway if there is an attack. >> hoarse cnns senior investigative correspondent drew griffin with the story. >> take a look at the passenger terminals at chicagos ohare and midway airports and you will see what appear to be p...

Others from going through it themselves. cnn, los angeles. >> bill cosbys wife camille is being forced to break her silence on the charges against her husband. a judge ordered miss cosby to testify this coming wednesday in a defamation suit against the comedian. in the civil suit, seven women say bill cosby portrayed them as liars and they accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting them. miss cosbys attorney says the private conversations are privileged. but the plaintiff says she was subpo...

Mississippi. donald trump laid out a new target. president obamas looming action on guns. trump accused the president of waging an assault on the second amendment and says this is what hed do to the presidents executive actions. >> hes going to sign another executive order having to do with the second amendment. having to do with guns. i will veto that. i will un-sign that so fast, so fast. >> now, trump did not mince any words about his plans there or against his rivals, taking shots at marco r...

Treated like trash, thats how they felt. they felt they were being treated like trash. >> thats the heartbreaking part of this. >> thats not entirely fair because there were people who welcomed the migrants. >> people who made difficult political decisions. >> exactly. but it created more of a pull factor. was that better? >> we had that conversation in the uk where the conservatives said if you stop saving them, theyll stop coming. you have to debate what that does to your humanity. can you wat...