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Yes, it normal but we have to do a better job, the government has to do a better job ofs being done and so we can move beyond fear and make ourselves safer. >> joshua cath, thank you. >> happy new year. midwest, deadly floods caused 22 deaths. charles hadlock joins me now from eureka, missouri. what are people doing to get to safer ground? i can see all of the water behind you still. >> reporter: the good news is that the water is now receding. were in eureka, missouri, earl year today you nee...

>> describe for us the mood, if you will, and the atmosphere among those families. weve been hearing from a few different people -- >> reporter: people are carrying on. there was a lot of shock at first when the fire started. but once things seemed to be under control, people have proceeded calmly. i think there was a bit of nerves at the beginning, panic. my biggest concern, as spectator, there might be some stampede or something because there were so many people but there wasnt. authorities ha...

Public officials can say look, we have a large fire in 63-story hotel, well suspend the fireworks so firefighters can do their work, please go home. they had to make calculations. im sure theyll give their reasons. they might have got through with it with nobody else got hurt and it may be a side issue. the major issue, can they get this fire put out without any loss of life? i think thats yet to be seen. >> stay with us. back out to dubai. joining us on the phone is margaret bashir, reporter fo...

The whole day. they were starting street closures at 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. local time. they were locking down the area. ive been here a few days. gates have been up they havent had the crosswalks closed off until today. they have let people know there will be street closures and things. it was very much, i wouldnt say lockdown situation but very tight security. you felt a security presence everywhere. >> give us a sense, if you will, now in terms of the fire from where youre seeing, you said the fi...

Went forward with them. >> all right. well ask you to stay on with us, if you will, margaret, if you can stay as we continue coverage. lets bring back in chief vincent dunn, are you with us, still? >> yes, i am. you are harding there, again, some very contrasting eyewitness accounts with the official government line that the fire has been 90% contained. they havent said 100%. its a question i posed to bobby halten, can those two statements be true, that from a average eyewitness account you coul...

Surprisingly they did have them, and there were thousands of people in the streets here. were walking down the main street. you can see the north side of the address hotel, it engulfed in flames on the large side of the building. >> when you say -- >> still burning very hard. a lot of smoke. >> when you say you are walking in the streets, are you walking in an area previously designated for the public or has the public spilled out on to the streets in an area? >> reporter: its an area where the ...

Candidate ben carsons two top aides campaign manager barry bennett and communications director doug watts both resigned effective immediately. and moments ago, deputy campaign manager lisa cohen also stepped down from that campaign. the changes come after a precipitous drop in the candidates poll numbers, who led the gop field as recently as last month. our own hallie jackson spoke with former carson campaign manager barry bennett. >> reporter: you have the ben carson backdrop up but youre no lo...

Area of the hotel. thats cordoned off. we went through garages. we had to walk around the town to get back to where we were staying. we have taken quite a long walk. there were thousands of people on the street, thick crowds. right now im trying to cross the street and security is giving people a hard time. theyre still being very strict where people go. >> margaret, i want your opinion on something here. certainly as a tourist and spectator, theres a lot of debate as to whether or not the firew...

Thats 12 feet above flood stage but 7 1/2 feet below the record flood of two deck kay cades ago. the meramec river crested at 44 feet, 28 feet above flood stage. its on its way down. the water should be out of eureka later today. interstates 44 and 55 have been closed as the water climbed yesterday very rapidly. now the missouri department of transportation says that those interstates should be open i-55 may open tonight. i-44 may open tomorrow. al of this water, of course, heading down to the g...

the fire looks as though its nearly reaching those top floors. as you mentioned, we are about two hours away, we just crossed 10:00 p.m. local time in dubai, where every year on new years eve there is a massive fireworks display. one of the concerns here that the firefighters, first responders are already seeing is that large crowds were gathered in this area to watch those fireworks display. the tallest building in the world, thats where many of these fireworks are actually shot from....