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Damage and widespread flooding. in a situation where you have levees, the artificial structure is built on both sides of the river bed and the water can rise, but, in theory, its not expected to go over the side of the levee that you have. the structure. almost like a fortification, if you will. the game plan is, hopefully, those waters will not top the levees. one thing we need is the cooperation of mother nature. in other words, we dont need any precipitation. right now the forecast is going t...

Passing baton rouge heading down towards new orleans. meanwhile, you have this area surrounded by this blue line. the blue lines happen to represent the levees that we have. when you have flood gates when they open, we expect the water to flood through here and not a quick process, slow moving. but by the time things are done, you could have water in excess of 20 feet in some locations. so, 20 feet high. now, when you have this area that is home to some 25,000 people with structures that number ...

expected to be open in maybe just the next few hours, leaving residents in low-lying areas preparing for the worst. we have a live report coming your way in just a second. also, can i tell you about some surprising discoveries at osama bin ladens compound and the intensifying diplomatic fallout. then a little later, so happy to share with you a candid conversation with baseball legend hank aaron. the home run king. some say still the home run king talking about what it was like break...

From 31 states water ultimately makes its way into the mississippi river drainage basin. thats why when you have this problem it can be so profound. what is at risk here? lets bring up this area. you look at the most at risk area, greenville, mississippi, baton rouge, louisiana. lets show you something stunning. before and after in satellite image. this is fulton, tennessee. this is mostly land. you can tell looking at it. you see river beds over here. river bed over here. watch this as you come...

As for jared loughner, police recovered a bag containing several boxes of ammunition that they say matches the type used in the shootings. the fbi now has that bag. it was located in a dry river bed. loughners father says he confronted him about the bag the morning of shooting, asked him what it was, asked him what he was doing with it and got no clear answer from his son. we begin keeping them honest with tough questions about whether loughners school dropped the ball. today pima community coll...

Its -- scenes like this you dont want to go to. >> hes talking about an accident that happened yesterday when sixteen agers wading in shallow waters of louisianas red river. they fell into deep water where the river bed drops to 20 feet, and they drowned. it happened in front of their horrified families. a 17-year-old was rescued. the victims ranged in age from 13 to 18. none of them could swim. well, he is considered to be bin ladens heir apparent, and the only american on the cias kill list....

Dam holding back a man-made lake has burst, sending thousands of gallons racing downstream into a formerly dry river bed. the dam gave way near arizona state university. there have been no reports so far of injuries or damages to other structures. harris faulkner is at the breaking news desk, she has new information on this story. >> reporter: i do. by the way that man-made lake outside of phoenix holds 1 billion gallons of water and theyre thinking the thing is nearly empty now after that dam b...

>> well, what happened was is when they looked -- they had to move to the edge of the embankment and they looked down. first they spotted the car and then curiosity caused them to move a little bit to a better vantage point. they spotted a woman. she was sitting in the river bed on a blanket trying to get some shade from some of the foliage down there. upon seeing that, they climbed down the embankment to assist her and found that she was very weak, dehydrated. she was sustaining herself by drin...

Like a tsunami. angela chris felt helpless as the river carried her child away. >> my 16-year-old son was camping about 100 yards from us, and we were screaming because we couldnt get to him. he came floating down the river with his little buddy. he said, mommy, please save me. my husband went back and he was in the tree, and we were coming in. >> more than 100 searchers are fanning out again this morning for that loan camper still unaccounted for. catherine calloway joins us from langley. whats...

Cops say 41-year-old latchin cranswick has been missing since january, last seen taking out the bargaining -- garbage at his house. crews have looked over a 9-mile stretch of river bed and found nothing. they say he does not appear to be the victim of a crime. that mystery goes on. a new controversy brewing at the justice department and it is quickly getting ugly. three-months after senator charles grassley asked very pointed questions of the justice department, attorney general eric holder ha...