Discovered. Theres an army facility there where this originated. You will remember last week we told you about live anthrax samples that had been sent out fee ya via fedex to laboratories in nine different states. Now a sample is found that had been irradiated in 2008. Think know they have one live batch and theyre checking to make sure a shipment from that batch sent to australia doesnt also contain live anthrax. Both the army, the department of defense and the cdc now working to make sure no one becomes sick as a result of these samples that have been discovered. Thats the latest from the live desk. Back to youlert right now. The right lanes in both directions on the arlington Memorial Bridge are shut down. Theres also new weight and pedestrian restrictions. Megan mcgrath is live with more on why these lane closures are happening and the impact this will have for drivers out there. Megan . Reporter barbara engineers have been taking a close look at the Memorial Bridge since a routine
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child, they need to go to prison for a long time. the poster child is samuel eun. shortly after his arrest sam eun was front and center in the sheriff s press conference. to alert authorities and the public out in california where eun where eun had been working as a youth minister prior to his arrest. so the question is and we don t have the answer is if he was willing to have sex with a child here, was he grooming and trying to have sex with children either in his church or in his community in california? you have the right to remain silent, simple anything you say can be used against you. on may 12, 2013, eun posted bail and returned to the san francisco bay area. pending trial and further investigation, he was relieved of his duties by the church and prohibited from contact with minors. eun and the congregation refused our requests for further comment.
to over here. in your opinion theyou were in the car? i was in the car. i got on top of my car and stood up and waiting for rescue. reporter: it didn t come though? i took off my shoes and swam across. reporter: through the water as it was pouring down? really hard really strong yes. reporter: if you look jose he has no shoes on and he s walk walking around here. at least your cell phone works, you could call for help but there were people all around here? all over, yes. reporter: and if you look at this vehicle back here you can see that s sam eun s brand new bmw. it was pulled up and rolled by the force of that water. the water real strong. he had to get out of there. there were a lot of people down here. we re next love field, you re an airline mechanic you work on fancy jets. yes. reporter: so you got off work
move. the floodwaters just lift the car like it s a bathtub toy. fortunately, dallas police were there and pulled the driver to safety. this was just one of dozens of emergency water rescues across the state, dallas just one of several cities in texas as well as oklahoma inundate bid the torrential rains. this has been the wettest month on record in the region. they re not even done yet. more severe weather is in the forecast today and over the weekend. we re seeing a rise in the death toll. 25 people are confirmed dead 14 listed as missing left s begin breaking coverage in the flood-devastated town of weapons of mass destruction, texas, where nbc s gabe gutierrez is this morning. gabe? reporter: jose good morning. we re finally getting a break in the rain after a torrential downpour overnight and further to our north in austin crews had to rescue a houseboat that had broken free from its dock. now, flood alerts are now in effect for some 800 miles from texas to missouri. t