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the maldives. president mohammed masheed announced his resignation after a police mutiny. they are calling for a greater role for islamic values in the country. cnn has no confirmation of who is currently in control. europe is still dging itself out from last weeks snow and more cold weather on the way. some communities in southeastern europe are struggling to cope with record low temperatures. ukraine along has reported 135 deaths from the extreme weather. those are the headlines fr...

>> we figured lets make it good for the economics. what you came out with at the end was a project that was good for the environment the economics. it was a win/win for everyone and everybody. >> reporter: critics say the only winners would be the farmers whose land would be drained. the environmentalists say the others wouldnt been. >> this is a flyaway for the north -- for the continent. theres just too much at stake to build the worlds largest pump system. >> reporter: the water continues to ...

as many as 850 people. we will have much more on this in 20 minutes from our senior white house correspondent ed henry. now, i want to show you an x ray like none you have never seen before. take a good look at this. these are people crammed into a tractor-trailer in mexico. they shouldnt have been in the trailer nor in mexico, nor in the united states. where this rig and another like it were allegedly headed. they were stopped yesterday in the southern state of chiapas. 530 migrants...

Businesses. im in the french quarter right now with emergency vehicles and emergency personnel really dispersed throughout the area not knowing when a tornado, for example, that often comes with hurricanes will strike. we also know that national guard members, for example, have been put on active duty. others have been put on standby. theres a lot of activity going on. people thought the storm would be here by now, but its moving slowly. its a monster storm. right now its about 7 miles per hour ...

Flooding potential that will last for days and the severe weather. we have the first tornado watch. that is something to watch out for. >> raphael, thank you. we are moving on. the thousands are bolting up and gearing up to go to higher ground and battening down the hatches. the biggest fears are in the big easy. the nightmare is another katrina-like failure of the levees. the ones you see will have a much better effect to weather this storm. >> i want to assure you all that there is nothing tha...

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It makes landfall later tonight as a category 1 hurricane in southeast louisiana. tamron? >> reporter: rafael, thank you so very much. isaac will put new orleans new $15 billion levee system to the test for the first time since katrina. one major problem that we are telling you about, the levee is only eight feet well above the six-foot storm surge expected in some areas. ken holder is with the army corps of engineers. ken, i want to bring you in here, it is interesting, what we experienced, we ...

Thomas, you see another band. were feeling the impact of the outer bands of isaac. we have been feeling it for the last few hours. this clear shot you see right now n the next 24 hours, that will not be the case. the few folks i see milling about, trying to see what is happening here in the french quarter. those people will be hunkered down like the rest. it is about the pump system. will this area be not under water, but suffering the impacts. we will have to see what happens there. i have spok...