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countrys economy is expected to lose billions of dollars. more rain is in the forecast. the united states is pushing other countries to further isolate irans government after it says it foiled a tehran-backed murder plot. the u.s. accuses iran of killing the u.s. ambassador. the alleged plot sun characteristic of irans current government, some say. the nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a u.s. passenger play on christmas day 2009 has pleaded guilty to all charges against him...

Lets do other headlines for your friday because flooding here continuing in louisiana where waters diverted to the river basin, i hope i said that right, is slowly swamping communities. towns are being sacrificed to save the big cities like baton rouge. chris guiterrez is live for us there. good morning, chris. >> good morning to you, gretchen. to give yoan idea of how high the river is out here, take a look at this picture here. usually you can clearly see the name baton rouge written in red on...

Talking 40 kilometers wide in some parts. you can see in this image right here, thats roughly miles. many homes are in jeopardy. when youre talking about water spreading out thatch past where it normally should be. well follow that again, were expecting that to crest later on this morning. as we look at the radar, fairly quiet for areas down towards the south. you can see rain moving through parts of missouri but its not going to be enough to actually affect river levels. finally, i want to talk...

syrias president and his cronies. new sanctions as the u.s. calls for an end to the security crackdown. waiting for water levels to fall, for thousands of people forced out of their homes by the mississippi floods, life becomes a waiting game. and the disaster that rocked an economy to its foundations, japan sinks back into its third recession in a decade. dominique strauss-kahn has resigned as head of the international monetary fund to focus on clearing his name. his decision fo...

Several weeks ahead. were looking at morganza, louisiana, theyre opening up the spillways there as well. theyre deciding whether they want to do that or not. we expect the greenville river to crest five meters above flood stage may 16. may 19 talking about vicksburg. heading to new orleans, one meter above flood stage. thats going to be on march 23. china, the yangtze river, the biggest river, river levels are so low ships and barges are being grounded because they dont want the ships to get stu...

However in four days when its expected to crest its going to be cresting at 55.6 feet. then, floodwaters are going to be rushing further south into louisiana, baton rouge, this is a huge hot spot. the river is already at a major flood level at about 40 feet right now in louisiana. by friday, the city is anticipating that its going to get up to 44 feet and expected to rise even more. that would break a record that was set in 1927. so this again, christine, is a tragedy we just keep seeing unfold ...

>> good morning everyone. live from americas news headquarters, im jamie colby. there are some big developments today behind the usama bin laden takedown. the pentagon expected to release brand new details as well as home videos of of the al-qaeda leader inside the compound in pakistan. the footage among a wealth of information collected during a raid that killed bin laden and four hours. al-qaeda is vowing revenge, saying american happiness will soon turn to sadness and there are parts of the m...

Of bin laden bills body. i will speak with him ten minutes from now. record river levels along the mississippi are expected to be broken as the mississippi river continues to rise this weekend. many residents who have never seen much flooding before are now facing painful possibility of evacuating. evacuations are taking place in parts of memphis, ten the, where several homes have been flooded. >> i have a lot of my moms stuff in there. i dont know if i can get in. you can only do what you can...

Risen? it certainly looks like its gotten up to the trees. i dont know if its the tops of the trees. >> theres no way to know where we are at this point in time on this river. i have my producer in the weather office, monica, could you please put up the graphic that shows memphis river levels, please. theres been so much rain in this area. 10 to 12 inches of rainfall just in the past two weeks. then you add on the fact that all this snow has melted to the north. because were still -- and nor a w...

Visits to the states. a storm left the city in shambles. students in birmingham returned to school yesterday and in huntsville, the schools reopen tomorrow. the opening bell has just rung on wall street. investors are looking ahead to fridays april jobs report that economists predict will be slightly weaker than last months. today the market willing driven by major earnings reports from anheuser-bus anheuser-busch, whole foods and intel expected to make a, quote, major announcement at 12:30....