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new york city. dominique strauss-khan was arrested saturday for allegedly chasing a housekeeper through his luxury hotel suite naked and trying to force himself on her. lets go straight to richard roth whos been following todays developments. richard, bring us up to date. >> reporter: randi, the proceedings have just concluded and basically, dominique strauss-khan, the leader of the international monetary fund, has been charged with sexual assault on a maid in a new york hotel in times...

And last year in new york the times square bombing was carried out from a man who had training from the pakistani taliban and not al qaeda, but the pakistani taliban. >> it is interesting to hear from al qaeda and al shabab groups, but now the pakistani taliban. we have to continue the discussion, because it is fascinating. tim lister, thank you. sgloot >> in the days after the raid that killed osama bin laden, the world was hungry about details of the operation and bin ladens last moments and s...

mississippi river. >> our hearts go out to everybody downstream. this is monumental water. never been seen before. >> that man flilives in morganz louisiana, home of the morganza spillway. it now seems likely that sometime over the weekend the army corp of engineers will open that structure for the first time since 1973 lessening the force and volume of the mighty mississippi, thus lessening the flood risks to the downstream cities of baton rouge and new orleans. but the waters got to ...

Back to countries of origin, specifically mexico. and also, this immigration bill had the effect of basically having people leave the state of arizona and going back to mexico or to other states that are perceived as more friendly to immigrants. >> so, what are the feds doing about all of this? >> well, tomorrow, president obama is going to el paso, and he is going to -- we dont know what he is going to address, but it can be a number of issue, border security or the tackling of immigration refo...

Arkansas. it is between little rock and memphisk and the water there starting to top the levees. 1947 is the last time they were told to get out of there because of the flooding. and mr. smith was a young boy then, and his family refused to go then, and now what is he saying 64 years later? well, our "sound effect" now. >> im not leaving tonight either. i saw a lot of people leaving, and i just laughed. i said, they will be coming right back, because the water not going to come here. >> reporter...

Feels last night like only jon stewart can. and it is todays sound effect. >> the nagging question in my mind concerns pakistan. a country whose suburb of abbottabad has been home to bin laden for apparently the last six years. and you know, pakistan, of course, was last years honored recipient of the united states $3.2 billion scholarship, awarded each year to the country that if we didnt give them $3.2 billion would in no way be our friend. i was reminded of an interview that pakistans prime m...

Guess the decision of whether or not to bomb it or whether or not to go inside. and they certainly chose to go inside. all right, nick, thank you. good to talk with you. president obama will travel to ground zero thursday to meet with families of 9/11 victims. we have seen celebrations and solemn reflection at the site since bin ladens death was announced. but its possible no one summed up the feelings better than "daily show" host jon stewart. it is todays "sound effect." >> last night was a ...

Of a disappointment for the first family because this is a historic day, as youve been talking to john about all the other things surrounding this with congresswoman gabby giffords, mark kelly going up as the commander of the space shuttle. that great story behind that, also this being the second to the last shuttle launch. so, a lot of historic reasons for wanting to be here for this event. of course, that part of it wont be happening tonight, but at least the president will still be coming her...

>> how long will this go on do we think? >> well, we finally have a jet stream progressing west to east and lit getit will get a little bigger here and as we push through memphis, we will talk about atlanta and talk about north carolina and south carolina and eventually all of this will run on up the east coast for tomorrow and then off of the coast for friday. >> all right, chad. appreciate it. >> then it will be over and it has been a long week. >> yes, it has. >> but not for the people here, ...

Because, oh, well, a million or so people have some outdoor plans on friday. the line between westminster abbey and buckingham palace in hopes of catching sight of the just-married will and kate. and all things considered, rain isnt the worst thing that could happen, preventing real trouble is the work of scotland yard and the subject of our sound effect today. the former commander of specialist operations says the relatively short procession route of will and kate poses far different security c...