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>> wow. lieutenant edwards, you got the call to help her. you got the call to help rescuers that got capsized at that point. what were you concentrating on as you were trying to get this rescue in and try to save everybody that was now trapped? >> we knew it would be difficult for us. and that -- theres heavily woods, densely populated. difficult to find her and the other rescuers as well. so the nice thing -- a lot of air support and it was just a concerted effort where everybody was very fortu...

Floodwaters rushed through the streets. cameras captured the dramatic scene of a teenage girl clinging to tree limb to keep from being swept away. jacqui jeras is in atlanta with more on this story. it was just amazing to watch this unfold. nobody had any idea what would happen to this girl. >> yeah, some amazing moments there. yesterday, it was so surreal, it seemed like a movie didnt it where you were cheering the girl on and just hoping for that happy ending. unfortunately, this was real life...

Cant trust bp to do anything but when it comes to deep water drilling, well just take their word for it. i dont think anybody wants to go through whats happened over the last 57 days again. lord knows i dont and i cant imagine that the people of the gulf, they dont want to do that either. we need to figure out exactly what happened, ensure that that never happens again. but lets not rush to put in place the type of risky framework that led to this type of disaster. lets not let that happen again...

Enjoy this much? >> she is just a treat. >> shes adorable. more than that, she just has such a great attitude. there is probably so much you can learn from her just talking to her for ten minutes. >> it had been a long day. shed been going since maybe 6:00, 7:00 in the morning. she still had to do "the joy behar show" after that. we talked about a lot of other things as well. more of my interview with betty white in the 8:00 half-hour. >> we look forward to it. she is great. time for a look at...

But i will never know how to live your life. our houses were burned down we had nothing left but they came after us they cut peoples throats and shot at us and thats why we had to leave. but im glad. the border guard gives them permission to come ashore. to look. theyre covered in mud brown has become the color of their nightmare journey. when they fled they were forced to leave everything behind nourmahal and his brother and their families have just crossed enough river that marks the border be...

Holding on. a rescue air boat is on the way. the woman swims from one tree to the next but appears to be tiring. >> hang on, girl. >> reporter: by now shes been in the water for at least 20 minutes. a few minutes later she managed to clamor out of the torrent and on to a branch. but still, no rescue in sight. lightning forces the chopper to leave the scene. 40 minutes later, help is at hand but the first rescue boat capsizes. finally, fighting the current, a dingy gets close enough to pull the w...

That story for us. good morning. wow, this was pretty dramatic to watch yesterday. >> yeah, it really was. there were a lot of water rescues yesterday but this one was so surreal, it almost played out like a movie where you are cheering for the main character and hoping for that happy ending. but this was real life and many touch-and-go moments that could have ended tragically. this was sooner road in oklahoma city until eight inches of rain in just three hours turned it into a torrent of mud-br...