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dramatically. >> artillery fire going out from israel, also coming from lebanon. >> president biden talked to benjamin netanyahu about immediately increasing humanitarian assistance. >> people decesperately trying get their hands on supplies. >> what's happening in the west bank and also what's happening to israelis. >> the russian-state media says the crowd was protesting the war. >> it's not just a narrow geopolitical conflict. it's a clash of civilization. >> the rapid response force will be in the mediterranean soon. >> if attacks continue, we will respond. >> friends and allies ...

>> reporter: open floodgates, thousands hit by floodwaters so new orleans stays dry. the alternative, city officials say, would have been worse than katrina. >> water is pouring through 15 of 125 floodgates at morganza, louisiana right now, a quarter of the gates will eventually be opened. downstream, water from the spillway is already overrunning some homes. as many as 25,000 could go under water in the next few weeks. president obama is welcoming jordan king abdallah to the white house. the conversation is expected to center on the arab uprising. so thursday, the president is exp...