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Right. tp-3 as he's called facing kobe and the lakers in preseason action. who knew he could touch the rim there, deandre jordan for the monster slam. later, chaunsy billups all my himself off the glass. it was a total dunk fest. clippers fighting for los angeles supremacy 114-95. tim tebow and the broncos may have lost against the patriots but they were winners in this way. huge ratings. the clash between tebow and brady, tom that is, ranked in a 19.5 rating. in the middle of the day. making it the most watched nfl game so far this season and highest rated regular season game for cbs in four ...

The water has to go somewhere and it goes downstream and that is why the flood warnings are issued across areas along the mississippi river and all of the excess water that fell along the ohio river has to flow downstream into the mississippi river and that has been causing flooding and we saw the river crest in memphis, tennessee, earlier this week, may 10th and now the flood crest, still flowing downstream, we expect it to reach vicksburg, mississippi, coming up on the 16th, and -- in natchez, coming up the 19th of may and we are looking at major flooding out there and the morganza spill way...

We have our chad myers with us. i call him our chief meet urologist. we also have dr. wendy walsh to talk about the human toll and how people feel about this, and the man who saved new orleans in hurricane katrina, retired general russel honore. to chad, it's going to relieve? pressure but not all of it. >> absolutely not. we don't actually know the number of gallons that will come out yet. the number is still up in the air. they have permission to open them. they don't know exact low how many they're going to need. without this opening, you're at 19.5 feet. that big levee in new orleans, you ...

swollen levee system, a taxed levee system, and they don't know if it's going to hold even with this. they're being inundated with water. people who have dealt recently with tornadoes just a couple weeks ago, and hurricane katrina and rita that hit the area and have done so much devastation to louisiana. you can't take your eyes off the pictures. imagine if this was happening in your community. this much water, knowing your homes, your hafarms, your livelihood would be flooding. wheler get to the players. ed lavendera on the ground. he'll join us in a second. look at inflooding. this...

Here by the area highlighted in lighter blue, we are expecting at least five feet of water if this were to occur in places like morgan city and extreme southern parts of louisiana. interesting. it this happensish morganza, all theo kur for this one event, the first time that's ever happened before. definitely a history-making event. if this flood gets over the mississippi heading towards baton rouge but not opens yet would be a little different consequences. water levels in new orleans would reach 19.5 feet. obviously, that's the reason why this consideration is being considered at this point....