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In new south wales it is feared a levee in the city of grafton could collapse now. the mayor of the town ordered that 2 1/2 thousand people living there are being told to evacuate. police are urging people to move to higher ground. listen to announcements from the emergency services. the australian military has also been brought into the worst affected areas to help with relief work. and its been a really tough couple of weeks as i said. and as you understand it has been a very poor start to the...

Coordinated. their attacks are more successful. that may be one of the reasons the syrian vice president just said in the past couple days he doesnt think they can actually beat the syrian rebels as the government. that may be the first sign the syrian regime is willing to negotiate. jon? jon: that would be amazing. leland vittert reporting live. thank you. jenna: normally when we talk about syria we have to offer a disclaimer to be responsible junenalists when we show video from syria it is ama...

Been formally charged in that terrorist attack and the murder of four americans more than three months ago, jon. jon: yeah. thats still the big question yet to be answered. catherine herridge reporting live. thank you. >> reporter: youre welcome. jenna: were going to take you to the senate right now where senator dick durbin is talking about the latest on the fiscal cliff negotiations, other democratic leadership is there. lets just listen in for a point. >> why hasnt he brought up the farm bill...

Driving our debt and medicare. he doesnt mention it. >> steve: did it sound to you like hes still running for president? >> yeah, sometimes it is hard for these guys to decelerate. hes not negotiating with republicans on this fiscal cliff deal. hes negotiating with the public directly. they havent had a sit down meeting with therepublican leadership. they are taking the case to the public and say look, the rich need to pay their fair share. the rich already pay for a disporportionate part of the...

Very blessed this afternoon. reporting live, im danielle lee. back to you. >> thank you so much. its nice to end on a bright note. that does it for us on this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." keep your friends and family safe. tamron has a look at whats next on "news nation." >> we have a lot in the next hour. we got word that the travel pool that is a group of reporters that cover the president, theyve been told the president is leaving the white house to do something. hes not campaigning ...

That isnt prone to flooding and all is puddling. the ground is so saturated theres no way where for the water to go. they wished they left and we heard about power outages and those get worse when the real winds hit from sandy later today and those power outages could last up to two weeks depending on how many people are without power. this is a situation now where people are told to get inside, stay there and be ready to ride this thing out for the long hall. reporting live, im danielle lee, ba...

And average wildfire season for the u.s. has been about 5 million acres burned. we are at over a million acres above that and we still have well over a month to go before the fire season is over. reporting live, im dan springer, back to you, jen a. jenna: thank you very much. jon: brand-new developments to report in the shooting at the family research council in washington d.c. a story which broke as "happening now" aired about 24 hours ago. police say the gunman walked into the conservative lob...

morning pressing the candidate. shark attack. cape cod on alert this morning. a man bitten on both legs just 75 feet from shore. onlookers say a large dorsal fin broke the surface just before. plus this. the drought is spreading across the midwest. there is no rain in the forecast, and it is hot. just how bad will the corn crop be? farmers wont know until they harvest the corn. but what is certain, food prices are rising for you. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. and good morning....

Things to bring out of the apartment complex. no one was injured. it was extremely hot today. they used a robot and they had an assessment team inside. no one injured and they were able to secure a ton of evidence we are told. a ton of evidence that will help them show according to authorities that this was a diabolical act that was planned for a number of months. jon? >> adam housely reporting live. and good news, adam, that nobody was hurt in all of that mess. >> as police work through the del...

That may be a couple of days. there is still a threat specifically inside his apartment. back to you. >> heather: certainly want to make sure all those people stay safe. thank you very much, adam housley reporting live. >> gregg: we are getting some new information on the dozens of innocent victims wounded in this senseless tragedy, trauma patients began flooding area hospitals just minutes after the gunman opened fire. doctors and nurses continuing to work feverishly around the clock healing th...