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of l.a. this morning. >> it was unbelievable to even hear this morning, but yes, according to the los angeles times, quite a bombshell this morning theyre breaking a story out of california that the former governor, arnold schwarzenegger, admitted fathering a child with a former member of his household staff and that is why the marriage broke up. schwarzenegger says it happened over a decade ago, but that he only told his wife maria shriver, after he left office earlier this year. >> t...

Didnt those guantanamo bay prisoners provide information that helped catch bin laden? nobodys suggesting they get any reward money. right? the "talk back" question today, who should get the bl billion boun bin laden bounty? facebook.com/carolcnn. >> youre right. nobody anticipates the gitmo detainees to get some of that money, but it is an interesting technical issue, if you think about it legally speaking. >> dont you want a huge reward, like, floating out there for people who have information ...

Threat of flood as the river rises. this weekends planned levee break is planned to save the town and it will damage 130,000 acres of prime farmland in missouri. flood levels are at their highest since 1937. a win for the obama administration as a federal appeals court overturns a judges ruling that the national institute of healths funding could not be used for embryonic stem cell research. the previous injunction on the funds had cited the 1996 dickey wicker law that prohibits federal funds ...

We have karen maginnis in the weather center as well. i believe her microphone is working. we have about an hour were saying now to reach its high point. it will be a lock time before it goes back down. >> this is not a flood where the river rises and come back down. this gradually tapers off. theyve had so much snow. the snow melt has been so significant, this will not be alleviated easily, so from fargo to grand forks, this will take 24 to 36 hours before theres a crest at grand forks. moderat...

Some areas have gotten more than a foot and a half of rain. an additional 12 inches is possible in some of these locations. i want to reiterate, the river flood risk will be huge. the storm is going to be long gone, but the rivers are going to continue to rise. actually, i misspoke with you 20 minutes ago when i was talking about cape fear river near wilmington. this is actually right now, theyve already broken the record at that river. so you can expect major flooding. that one will gradually g...