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Expecting severe weather. the good news here the river is cresting. you see the dark outline thats where the highest point of the water reached us. its going away. because the river crested doesnt mean the story is over. this water is begin to be on the street at least a week. theyre expecting 7 to 1 days before all this water gets out into the mississippi back into flood stage which is 25 feet. we peeked at 35 feet. nobody got water into the businesses or their homes, were told. this is merely ...

Remains a little tense. the police have blocked off this main street leading into this neighborhood of east jerusalem. its predominantly arab. the people here that have been protesting have been angered by the killing of a 17-year-old that they say, they have been swarming around them for different side streets throughout the course of the day. were about 12 hours into these running clashes. police have been saying that this is a very tense situation in the neighborhood. not only is it in this n...

"last word. "account. >> my son died and i believe it could have been prevented. i mean, were americans. were supposed to be a can-do country. i find it inconceivable and unacceptable that this has become a normalized condition in society. its outrageous. i mean, why has it taken as many people to die, kids to die? its insane. >> authorities say 22-year-old elliot rodgers killed six people before killing himself. a gas station takedown. >> going to the wrong side southbound in the northbound l...

So theres a great sense of trying to figure out where are the worst-hit areas, where is the need greatest? we have actually seen -- i saw one guy being transported in the back of an open pickup truck. appeared hed suffered some kind of shoulder swrinjury. we do know there are injuries and damage. trying to get to the hardest hit areas such as around the mall of tupelo, thats been extremely difficult for us. we continue to try to navigate through side streets to do it. >> and were looking at live...

On the lookout for drunk drivers. >> i was just doing my -- what i call my drunk run. stay off the main roads because drunk drivers will take a lot of back roads, a lot of side streets to avoid getting caught. >> albright eyes a possible drunk driver. >> there was a corvette that was in front of me. when he hit about 85-mile-an-hour i turned my lights on. >> albright pulls over the suspect and starts to administer a dui test. >> i did all my field sobriety test. determined the individual was too...

Down there. so no sense of peace here at all, frankly. i mean, the real question, anderson, is exactly what talks could result and president yanukovych doesnt seem to want to go anywhere at this point, anderson. >> nick, are people able who are in the square, protesters, are they able to get back and forth or are they stuck there, completely surrounded? >> reporter: no, they can come and go. down further away from here its possible to get in and out. we dont know what sanction they might face by...

The protesters pushed into a corner but expanding down side streets. no matter what the police do, theyre not actually denting its will despite eroding the space it has in the central square. >> jim, we heard what president obama had to say earlier today. is the white house actually -- is there anything theyre actually going to do about ukraine or just is it talk at this point? >> well, anderson, i think that remains to be seen. the administration at this point according to a senior administrati...

Move away from this area, if theyre perhaps arrested or picked up at all. its along the side to my left here where police have very firm lines. theyve been pushing in, laying waste actually to much of the ground there. its burned away. half of the square now you can see in daylight is pretty much burned rubble and damaged debris. the protesters pushed into a corner but expanding down side streets. no matter what the police do, theyre not actually denting its will despite eroding the space it has...

In pursuit, anti-government protesters. now advancing out of their fortified camp. we watched at least one policeman dragged away. the protests had been contained. suddenly, they had broken out of the square and into the side streets. retreating under attack, police got much more violent and protesters started dropping, carried away to any shelter the demonstrators could find and many claim the forces now using snipers too. protesters have turned this hotel lobby into a field hospital. the injur...

If they can, if they cant, they should be prepared to stay inside for several days. if large-scale clashes do continue to occur. meanwhile, the protesters are calling for more and more people, as many people as possible to find ways to head down to independence square and join them tonight in central kiev. to try to avoid police barricades by using side streets and alleys. the ukrainian government released its own statement today issuing a deadline, a deadline i should tell you has passed as of ...