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new allegations from all people, a stripper. expectations are growing that a resolution could soon come in the anthony weiner/dirty photo texting scandal. these expectations are mainly fueled by the wife of the congressman who is back from a trip from africa with her boss secretary of state hillary clinton. the congressman's friends said he would not quit without speaking first to his wife. very early this morning, she was spotted driving into the garage of their washington apartment building. now, one of the woman caught up in this sexting scandal is calling on congressman weiner to resign. she is ginger lee. she is a former porn star turned feature dancer which apparently means you're a headline stripper studying to be a real estate agents. lee and her lawyer gloria allred met there to tell her side of the story and tell her relationship with the congressman. here's what lee said. she said it started as a conversation about politics then the conversation took a sexual turn. she said she didn't respond but she did ask for some advice. watch this. >> when the scandal broke and people started e-mailing me, i didn't know what to do. i asked congressman weiner. he asked me to lie about our communication. i put out a three-sentence communication that he told me to say. my statement to the press said, quote, i haven't met representative weiner. i follow him on twitter because i support him and what he stands for. i have been hounded by his political opponents, but that has not changed my view of him and what he fights for." end quote. i didn't want to say anything further. i refuse to lie so i went silent and went into hiding. >> let's go to capitol hill to our senior congressional correspondent dana bash. dana, you've been following this thing ever since it really broke last monday. any sign yet today of the congressman of him or even from him? >> none. none at all. in fact, several sources who i have been speaking with who i've spoken to him said he's, quote, gone dark. he's not been in communication with anybody since he said he was go into treatment this past saturday. everybody here, brooke, is holding their breath. really on pins and needles because of the fact that his wife, as you mentioned, human th houma abidine is back is there were those making that decision until he coo look her in the eye and talk theory about his fate. it's a holding pattern, for sure. >> holding pattern there on the hill. i know you've been talking to folks on both sides of the aisle in the last two weeks saying you're calling on hresignation, we heard from the president saying if this were he, he would resign. and now this former porn star, this dancer, coming forward. does this carry any more weight? >> it's hard to imagine any more pressure that anthony weiner has gotten to resign. i spoke to one democratic congressman calling for weiner to resign and he said this, when everybody from the president of the united states to a porn star says you should resign, you should resign. that pretty much sums it up. we were outside of a meeting of house democrats yesterday. it's just one after the other of the other of his colleagues. saying they want to keep the pressure on him to resign. i want to make sure, not everybody is saying that. some of this colleagues is saying it's up to his constituents and it's not their job to pudge one of their colleagues out. the pressure is absolutely at its highest point right now. really, they're just waiting to hear from anthony weiner on what his decision is. they're waiting on that to decide whether or not he does stay, there's another punishment they want to pursue. >> well, who knows. now that we know huma is back in washington earlier this morning. we know the congressman wanted to consult with his wife. we could get news any moment. dana bash on the hill. my thanks to you. a white house report on libya about to be delivered to capitol hill. here's the deal. congress is getting antsy. democrats, republicans, both, about united states' involvement in libya without formal congressional approval. in fact, a bipartisan group went to a federal court today alleging that the obama administration is in violation of the war powers act. i want you to listen to congressman dennis kucinich. >> this lawsuit also is challenging a policy that permits the president to commit the united states to a war, under the authority of nato. similarly, we're challenging policies that would allow the united states to be committed to war under the authority of the united nations. >> in fact, i have a copy of the suit right here. it is about 36 pages. and it mentions all these different plaintiffs. as i said, it's a bipartisan group, kucinich, jones, connors, capuano, burton, duncan. it goes on. as i said, republicans and democrats. we also have house speaker john boehner warning that the white house might be in violation of the war powers act. if it does not seek approval by sunday, sunday marking day 90. i'm going to get a chance to speak live to congressman dennis kucinich. he's going to join me in the "newsroom" here at the top of the hour, 4:00 eastern. do not miss that conversation. now this. government, get the hell out of the way and let the private sector do what the private sector does best. >> whoo, he's not a candidate yet. but, boy, it sure sounds like rick perry is running for president. and then, flooding along the missouri river now threatening the college world series. live pictures. this stadium, from what i've been told, perched precariously close to the rising waters. we are live in omaha. next. looking good! you lost some weight. you noticed! these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? 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[ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios... five whole grains, 110 calories. here we go, talking flooding again. people in the nation's heartland have their hearts in their throats right now. rising anxiety is mirroring the rising floodwaters. look at these pictures here. people trying to beat the clock, on the missouri river. threatening thousands of homes. two levees threatening the town of hamburg, southwest, iowa. in omaha, nebraska, they're worried about the rising river and the college world series which is to begin this week blocks from the rising river. let's go straight to omaha to casey wian. casey, there's never a good time for a flood but you have all of these people packing into this baseball stadium in the next couple of days. it's tough. >> reporter: yeah, not only that, brooke, this is the debut of this beautiful, new stadium for the college world series. this is the going to be the first time that this big event will be played here. so officials are trying to do what they can to make sure that the fan experience is not impacted. they have brought in massive pumps from as far away as texas and maryland to get water out of low-lying areas. they have signed up volunteers to fill hundreds of thousands of sandbags to protect the low-lying areas from the rising water. and they have also fixed a pipe that was stressed and burst and allowed water to release into one of the parking lots yesterday. so they've got all of those efforts ongoing. why is it so important? well, we're talking $40 million of economic impact from the college world series and the little league games that happen around the same time. so despite the massive floodwaters behind me, officials say that the games will go on. >> the roads here, 80 is open, of course. there is it some other roads that are closed. but i-80 is east/west. shouldn't be a problem getting here. we've -- all of our hotels in the downtown area have preparation plan, emergency preparation plan. we're checking with them today. we'll continue to do that daily. they'll have excess sandbags if they need them. again, hopefully, they won't need them. so we're very conscientious about what could happen. >> reporter: and brooke, the worst they're planning for is potential heavy rain. it's not in the forecast. there are some scattered thunder showers forecast for the next couple of days. but if they get bad luck and that rain is a lot heavier than they expect that could cause problems on saturday. no one is hoping that. >> casey, i'm trying to look over your right shoulder. is that a statue? can you give us a perspective as to how high the water is rising? >> reporter: absolutely. well, the water's actually not rising that quickly. it's about 4 feet above foot stage. the statues are chest level on some of them. what's incredible at least to me is how fast the water is going here. they have released from dams upriver. they're at a rate of 1.25 million gallons per second. and you can see this water, as it's rushing by us, all day long, we've seen patio furniture. we've seen big logs. we've seen portions of decks. we've seen trash cans just being carried down by this really fast-moving water. so it's not the fact that it's rising really rapidly. it's the fact there's a massive volume of water going here. if there's more rain it will stress the levees and they've got big problems. brooke. >> looking behind you, we're remarking how fast the water is moving. then we saw the video. let's play the video again. we have all of these folks trying to counteract the potential flooding and the sandbags. there's a massive sandbagging going on right now. here they are right now. >> reporter: yeah, hundreds of thousands of sandbags. they've had folks volunteering. across the river on the other side, council bluffs, we were there yesterday, businesses are filling up their own sandbags because the terrain on the other side of the river is a lot flatter. and if the water does breach the levees they've got big problems. it's not going to affect as many people but it's big problems in. >> we're thinking about those folks there with the college world series and everybody around nebraska. casey, thank you. top secret forces went into pakistan to take out osama bin laden, they needed a little help on the ground. things like a place to stay. now, we're learning some of the locals there in abbottabad who helped them are under arrest. we are telling you now what we are learning about pakistan's decision to punish these informants. also, mitt romney cutting up with wait staff there in a new hampshire restaurant. is there a joke ever so funny it bears repeating four years later? jessica yellin next. ♪ you love money ♪ well, you know i love it too ♪ ♪ you love money ♪ well, you know i love it too ♪ ♪ i work so hard at my job ♪ and then i bring it home to you ♪ ♪ i love money in my pocket okay. the republicans had their debates and maintain that romney is the front-runner. and perhaps, tim pawlenty is the number one challenger. the experts tell us both men are electable. and the pundits say neither is generating buzz. enter rick perry, texas tough and potentially buzz-worthy. have a listen. this is rick perry, he wowed republicans in that speech last night in new york. >> government, get the hell out of the way and let the private sector do what the private sector does best! [ applause ] are we going to rely upon that federal government, that one size fits all, all-knowing, all-doing oz, restore the notion of government of the people, by the people, for the people. if we don't do it, who will? if not now, when? are you ready to take this country back? >> jessica yellin. national political correspondent. jess, you were there last night. kind of sounds like a guy who's running. hmm. >> he sure did, brooke. i thought, is he building up to his own campaign announcement. at the end that, he said support republican governors in the next cycle. i talked to people at the end of that speech in that room, major republican activists in new york. and they liked him and they wanted him to run. i'll fetell you why. he was not afraid of taking his case to president obama. everyone i spoke to thought he was charismatic and gave a good speech. i know it sounds shallow. they all felt there's not one member of the current republican field what has a really strong case for president, necessarily. and has a great delivery style. he certainly has that. and of course, he has that great texas economy story to tell which is very compelling to many people, that would be a good contrast to president obama with the texas economy doing so well. the one "but" i'd say is the country ready for another cowboy-boot wearing texan? after. two terms of george w. bush -- not sure. >> point noted he was pretty fiery, though. listening to him. here's where, jessica, you'd love to be a fly on the wall. this is the fly on the wall moment. today, we know that rick perry has a meeting with rudy giuliani who is also toying with running. and giuliani has a meeting with new jersey govern chris christie who is emerging as a key maker. who is wooing who here? >> i know. first, we have to take chris christie at his word. he's said so many times he's not running. in so many different ways. as recently to cnn, we have to buy it. this week, he said he's 100% not running. chris christie, as you say, a kingmaker. rudy giuliani, by all accounts and i've talked to a lot of people close to giuliani and have known his thinking for a long time. he's interested. toying with the idea, would love to be president. in theory, if no one else thinks could beat president obama. and then rick perry sure sounds like a guy who is getting ready to run. rick perry and giuliani, they both have an old relationship but perry is one of the people who have endorsed giuliani back in 2008. no doubt, i'm told by other people if either of them were to become president, the other of them would serve in the cabinet of the other. giuliani is still in debt from his campaign, so he might have trouble raising money than rick perry. bottom line, they could all be useful to each other in the next election, brooke. >> okay. it could play out that way. as you mentioned none of them has a hat in the ring thus far. and who emerges is mitt romney. let's play this mitt romney movement. >> let's see if i can get my arms around everybody. come on, much closer. much closer. >> so that was mitt romney. that was a diner in new hampshire he's doing a little pretend. you think at first, one of those ladies might have grabbed his -- of all places this is derry, by the way, grabbing his darier. he's darned if he does and darned if he doesn't. he has to show his personality more. here he goes out and he's having fun with the people. he, you know, plays around with some ladies. everybody is like, holy awkward, grandpa, what you doing? >> love it. >> he's trying to have a little fun. i want to point out there isn't anyone in the field that's just announced who is just totally at ease in these retail settings. and that's why there's so many attention to these kind of incidents. it's a certain kind of gift to be able to do that thing really well. is that what qualifies one most for president, i'm not sure. it makes for good chatter around new hampshire. >> derry, new hampshire. i'm going to leave it there. >> thanks so much. there it is, the mug shot, side-view. john edwards. it was just released. not just the front view. i'll say this, you don't normally see people smiling in a mug shore. also, want to live longer? you can eat right, exercise, turns out you could have less of a chance if you don't live in one specific part of the country. where would that be? 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[ nurse ] i'm a nurse. i believe in the power of science and medicine. but i'm also human. and i believe in stacking the deck. when john edwards was indicted by a grand jury earlier this month, he had to pose for a mug shot. voila. here they are. look that the smile. edwards pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and campaign law violations. a plan for tax hikes and spending cuts has police and protesters trading molotov cocktails in protest. take a look at this. tens of thousands of protesters want to keep parliament from debating government job cuts, tax hikes. greece has the lowest credit rating in the world, and is struggling now, just to stay solvent. britain's royal newlyweds getting ready for their first official tour. prince william and catherine middleton, not middleton anymore. so used to saying that. they're going to visit canada at the end of the month. the duke and duchess of cambridge as they are now are going to spend time promoting british interests. the highlight is a black tie for bafta. they will also make stops at inner city schools and prince william will plan a charity polo match in santa barbara. it is stun when you go hear the headline. no access to health care, abundance of food. for many, you could call it the good life. a new report shows the grim trim, the lifespan of americans. how how long do we live to, dare i ask? >> yeah, it's go in the wrong direction. that's what i can tell you. we want to live longer and longer like in previous generations. but we're living shorter and shorter and shoulder instead. >> so how do we rank compared to other countries. >> all right. take a look at this. according to this new report from the university of washington, we are number 38. that means 37 countries have a longer life expectancy than we do. for example, we do not do as well as the virgin island, martinique and costa rica. those are places that americans think we have better health care. we do better than them. >> pretty decent quality of life. water. >> maybe that's it. >> geographically speaking, i know there are big differences as far as the united states as far as who is living longer. >> right. huge geographical differences. the southeast, where we are right now, not doing as well as other parts of the country. for example, let's take a look at mississippi. the counties in yellow have a worse life expectancy than honduras, peru, the philippines or brazil. these are places where you just don't live. those yellow counties, you don't live as long as you do as the rest of the united states. >> well, why? why not? >> i'm going to give you visual elements to show you that. i'm going to show you a map of where we have the shortest life expectancy. where people fare the worst. that's where we have the shortest life expectancy. also, the highest obesity. >> the buffets? >> yeah. exactly. the two go hand in hand. in those places in yellow. 1 out of 3 is obese. not overweight. obese. >> and to counter that, it's the good, old-fashioned get out, eat right and exercisy. >> it is. it's tough. whoever figures that out, win a nobel prize, i suspect. coming up next, they helped the cia find osama bin laden. but now they're not getting medals. they're under arrest in pakistan. also this, we've been telling you a law filed over the u.s. involvement in libya, the white house has just released their own report. brianna keilar got her hands on it. we're going to see what the u.s. role is in libya. be right back. asn't paying atte. i had no idea the guy in front of me had stopped short. but my car did. -my car did. -tha

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