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Long-term damage to the gulf. then on tuesday, it's on major oval office address. on the end of the u.s. combat mission in iraq. was uptick in violence in iraq in the last few days and weeks, the president says the war is ending. he previewed a speech yesterday in the weekend radio and internet address saying baghdad is now able to chart its own course, as an independent nation. later in the week, wednesday and thursday, obama launches into the middle east peace process. he will host talks and dinner with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas, eric. ...

With rabin and arafat and everyone shaking hands. what can change this time? there has to be a reason to think they can get this done. >> well, i think the obama administration has been proceeding on a theory, a widely held theory, certainly, almost universally accepted in europe, that if only you could make progress on the arab-israeli front, that that would make every other problem in the middle east, including the threats from iran, more easy -- more easily resolved, i don't buy that, but, what it has done is caused this focus, this obsession on the arab-israeli talks, that at this point, t...

Catastrophic flooding in new orleans was due to levee breaches, which were due to design flaws, and other mistakes of the corps of engineers. that's the bottom line that unfortunately the country and congress sometimes forget. >> eric: what should they do? >> we need to make it right. we are with all of the work and construction i'm talking about. in terms of that individual suit. i have appealed to the obama administration to reverse their legal position, which is wrong and really quite frankly offensive to a lot of folks around here. >> eric: will you have an opportunity today to see preside...

Certain... event will trigger this. so i'm hoping this is the last time i'm crying for night this helps a little bit and everybody in the parish has a story. >> jamie: you can see the emotions are still so raw and we have full coverage of the events marking the five years since hurricane katrina including president obama's remarks, coming up later we're live in new orleans to take a look at how the city has changed. since katrina, left its mark. >> eric: as you said, president obama coming off his vacation and hitting the ground running this week, as you said, he's heading to new orleans today...

>> eric: a developing situation over the atlantic, right now. tropical storm earl, has become a full-fledged hurricane, and, guess what? it is not the only one. we'll have the latest on what is developing out in the atlantic and what could be coming here. and, flames have been spreading in north american california, we'll have new details on the wildfire that is sparking evacuationses. activia is better than ever! hey, you guys. want to try activia's great new taste? today is your tasty lucky day!