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Nothing about his successor, which does suggest there may be a bit of a power volume or a power struggle going on to take over the remnants of al qaeda. one point i want to make, you know, theres al qaeda central. thats what bin laden was directing. and then theres the al qaeda affiliates and allied groups around the world. thats the real threat right now. those are the ones u.s. intelligence is most wired about. >> all right. thank you so much, michael. >> all right. thank you, alex. for more...

Well, its going to be a long 24 hours for people living along the red river. lets bring in meteorologist karen maginnis. >> overnight into sunday it could continue to rise, and then we think it will have reached its crest, but a little further downstream, we think by wednesday, thats at grand forks. weve got some preparations to show you taking place in fargo. you may remember the river crest in 1997. theyve had a lot of snowfall. with the snow melt and additional rainfall theyre anticipating, w...

It is gridlocked towns like franklin, tennessee. this is just a mess. we have not seen this river crest so were going to still have more water rise. they are still going to be search and rescue going on probably well into tomorrow. >> unbelievable. thank you very much, jim. i think the mayor said they already had over 1,000 water rescues in nashville alone. good news from boston about a water main break that has acted 2 million people. crews have now repaired the giant main that broke over the...

Providence, rhode island, you are special here, you have set a record for the biggest rainfall ever in any month. so, incredible rain, and were watching the priver at cranston and the pawtuxet is cresting at 20.76 feet, and is not expected to rise, over that and the flood stage, though, is at 9 feet and the record stage at 15 feet and this is way over record stage and the pawtuxes river crest, second only to the crest a couple of weeks ago, at 14.98 feet and these people are -- enough already! a...

And its people back. look at it now. well take you live there in a moment. i mentioned that big bubble of water that comprises the river crest has now passed memphis. the trouble is far from over there though. the memphis commercial appeal newspaper reports that in the central part of that city along the river, the river that was once a half mile wide is now three miles wide. think of it. and crossing the street in some spot now requires dodging snakes and leaches and rats. one small bright spot...

>> i hear a scream from the stewardess and i see her fly across the thing. and so i go running and i see this guy with his hands on the door, these two guys trying to hold him, he couldnt. the guy was a bull. i just jumped on his back, put him in the choke. >> and i also have to say that americans are not going down like that anymore. the men were all up and out in a minute, getting him subdued. the mississippi river is expected to crest at memphis. thats going to happen tomorrow just inches s...

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