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Damage, well get power outages. the line extensdz from the ohio valley, other concerns we will have for this storm, we have flooding concerns. areas of red we have river flood warnings. one-to-three inches of rain, then we will have river rises. we are starting to get warmer. we will call about one-to-three inches of rain in the north. they are late tonight into tomorrow, the memphis area have been soggy there. finally, the blizzard conditions today, denver will expect snow afternoon today, four...

Tammy. >> reporter: albany is what ive been told. earlier we talked about the flint river and i wanted to give you a first hand look at it. this is what floods in this town. right now there are not as concerned about it because its lower than what it normally is. the river rises and comes up into this area. this is the main concern with the flint river. its gotten so high at points that theyve had to rebuild a bridge because the flint river has done so much damage to it. theyre concern with this...

Very soon. possibly flooding the entire downtown just miles away. a county judge estimates a third of the town is choosing to stay. how serious is this situation right now? >> its completely serious. its potentially catastrophic seriousness. a colorado river about a half mile that way thats projected to come up to potentially record flooding. >> reporter: hundreds of residents heeded the warnings and escaped on the last buses out. >> i was calling the storm a bluff from the beginning. i guess it...

When i was with you at 5:30, it stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. was coming down at 1.2 inches per hour. but in houston, communities like beaumont and galveston, theyre seeing the heavy rain as well. and they still will see a lot of water piling up here. so the storm system is now finally moving off to the north and east. and with that, well start to all right, we are continuing see the rain push out to the east and with that well start to cover the rescues in houston, to see conditio...

Highest peak on the north american continent. i think a lot of the criticism is just the fact that obama would spend the time and the effort and political capital on such a thing when the middle east is a tinder box and our economy sucks and so many things are going wrong and he would make it a big deal to come up here and rename a mountain. thats a lot of the criticism. >> obama, the emphasis of his trip was the highlight of climate change is affecting alaska and alaskans like most other states...

Passed even though they cant pass anything else. today, speaker boehner met with clay hunts parents and announced the support for the bill. then the bill hit the house floor and passed by a voice vote. it passed the house. now on to the senate with almost no time yet for the year, for this whole congress. sources in the senate tell us tonight that senate leadership is trying to schedule a vote on the clay hunt bill as soon as they can 37 but again, there isnt much time left to do all the things ...

Efforts for our vets, it has carried broad bipartisan support since it was introduced this summer by congressman tim walls of minnesota. for weeks now, veterans have been pressuring members of congress to get this thing passed even though they cant pass anything else. today, speaker boehner met with clay hunts parents and announced the support for the bill. then the bill hit the house floor and passed by a voice vote. it passed the house. now on to the senate with almost no time yet for the year...

Final end of this war is finally upon us. the president has said this war ends in 2014. well, 2014 is here and the end of the year is coming, like it or not. time is short and the river rises. it is time to plan now for how we leave because were leaving. finally. more to come. watch this space.

As chuck hagel flies off to brussels and the chairman of the joint chiefs flies off to bagram and the president calls hamid karzai directly and the statement goes out from the white house today that no agreement between us and afghanistan on troops staying means the zero option is alive and in play. with all of that happening right now, the possibility of the final end of this war is finally upon us. the president has said this war ends in 2014. well, 2014 is here and the end of the year is comi...

Are concerned, a little bit more forecasting for you. new crest expected now in morgan city and butte larose, thats not going to happen until next week. so this water thats spilling ferociously out of the morganza spillway is going to take its sweet time as it spreads out across the atchafalaya basin. one other thing to note, to add levity to this, we found a woman yesterday selling t-shirts, 20 bucks a pop to raise some money for her and her neighbors to, you know, help ease the pain as they ha...