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ABC World News With Diane Sawyer-20110510-00:57:00

finally tonight, sometimes there are men to match a river. one of them is celebrated right here in memphis. making us think of the song "proud mary," where people on the river are determined to give. it has been a proud monument in memphis. the statue of tom lee, the african-american levee worker. 82 years ago, he saw passengers fleeing a sinking steam boat and even though he couldn't swim, that instinct take over, pulling them out of the water. in the end, he saved 32 people. in a kind of irony, tonight, the statue of tom lee sits, like so much of memphis, engulfed in water. his outstretched arms above reminding us of determination, resilience and how sometimes the odds seem stacked against you. but you just reach out and hang on. ♪ rolling yeah

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CBS Evening News With Katie Couric-20110510-00:31:00

the mighty mississippi is living up to its nickname tonight, flowing higher and wider than any time in recent memory. it's been said, along with its major tributaries, by weeks of heavy rain and flooding is widespread along the entire river system. the biggest area of concern right now is memphis. the river is expected to crest there early tomorrow at 48 feet- - 14 feet above flood stage. mark strassmann is in memphis tonight. mark, hundreds of people have already been evacuated. >> reporter: and more will get out tonight katie. this street is a snapshot of why. riverside drive in downtown memphis, no longer beside the river, but in it. hour by hour through jittery memphis the mississippi is a rising threat. >> only a few feet between the river and the interstate. >> reporter: a river now three miles wide in some spots, six times its typical width. in south memphis, danny lee mitchell wades through his basement.

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ABC World News With Diane Sawyer-20110510-00:45:00

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ABC World News With Diane Sawyer-20110510-00:59:00

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NBC Nightly News-20110510-00:33:00

stuff that the water has brought. >> reporter: there will be no quick relief for submerged neighborhoods like this one. the national weather service said floodwaters won't even start to recede for another 48 hours, keeping hundreds in shelters. >> where's your mommy? >> reporter: and some of their best friends in safe harbors of their own. >> they're out of their environment, so we want them to be as comfortable as possible. >> reporter: 200 pets have been taken in here. their owners will return when they can. downstream in mississippi, the engorged river is now leaking through the levees. a sign here the worst is yet to come. >> it will come and it will go. we hope it doesn't do more damage than it has. >> reporter: anxiety rising with the floodwaters for cities and towns where the river runs through it. janet shamlian, nbc news, memphis. >> reporter: this is anne thompson. this spring, the mississippi river refuses to be tamed. some 30 miles northwest of new orleans, a deliberate rush of

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110510:05:54:00

of florence doesn't want "jersey shore" to film at the city's landmarks and he doesn't want there to be any drinking. which is outrageous on both counts. first of all, i guarantee you snooki and vinnie and jwoww and sammi sweetheart and all the rest aren't interested in going to the landmarks of florence. unless of course you're talk about a really banging nightclub called the landmarks of florence. although now that i think of it i guess it's possible the gang might want to check out the abs on michelangelo's david because when you think of it he really is the original juicehead. but other than that i don't think there's anything to worry about. italy, your landmarks are going to be fine. as for drinking, how can you not want drinking on "jersey shore"? that's like star trek without the enterprise. that's like "twin peaks" without laura palmer. the analogies aren't even enough. "jersey shore" without drinking is exactly like this. and first of all, a warning. this may be disturbingly boring to some viewers. >> i love you. >> hold it down over here for me. >> even if i'm best friends in the world with them, i want a room where i can bring girls back to. [ bleep ]. and i can't do that in front of

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ABC World News With Diane Sawyer-20110510-00:31:00

good evening to you from memphis tonight. we're in the waters of the mississippi. which are, at this moment, about to peak at a height not seen in nearly a century. it is the mighty mississippi. 2,300 miles long, penetrating with its tributaries 38 states. as we look down today at what is happening here in memphis, we remember the words of an old river hand who said, the flooding mississippi will to what it can to defeat you. be prepared to fight 24 hours a day. and as we said this is a height not reached in nearly 75 years. normally, the river is a half mile across. now it's swollen to three miles. eight states directly in the flood zone. more than 4 million people vulnerable to the power of this river. and tonight we want to tell you everything being done at this hour. our team is out in force. we're going to start with our trip today into the parts of memphis where it was just too late to stop this river.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110510:02:53:00

i love venice, rome, sicily, and so many other places in italy. but i've got to take a stand here because things have just gotten -- well, they've spiraled out of control, frankly. i'm not talking about berlusconi and his ona ona parties with models and prostitutes. allegedly. italy has really crossed the line this time. they are depriving me of my snooki. now, you may have heard -- you may have heard the fourth season of "jersey shore" was supposed to be videoed -- filmed in italy, right? the cast was all packed up, ready to go over the weekend, until italy revoked the filming permits and they had to turn around and come back home. they didn't even get out of newark airport. when i think of my snooki, passport in hand, luggage full of slippers and hairspray, all poofed up with nowhere to go, it hurts my heart. mtv is playing the whole thing down, saying that it's just a temporary delay because italy's president will be in florence this week and they're waiting for his visit to be over and that it's all cooperation and amore. i'm not buying it. something does not sound right. there are reports that the mayor of florence doesn't want "jersey shore" to film at the city's

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ABC World News With Diane Sawyer-20110510-00:39:00

nothing. i mean, it's not even a puddle down at the bottom. >> reporter: they're looking for four distinct threats to a levee and floodwall system like the one keeping the mississippi out of the streets of memphis. first, overtopping. that's lapping over the top. the army corps says that threat has passed and, in fact, the river could rise another six feet before going over the floodwall. second, erosion of the levees. tonight, those dirt berms remain strong. then the floodwalls protecting downtown. they too appear to be holding. the fourth and final threat are those sand boils. even now eroding the levees from underground. >> we're going to wait till the water goes down a whole lot more, and then we'll celebrate success. >> reporter: the mississippi surged past karol, illinois, where the army corps blew up a levee to relieve pressure, flooding farmland. now the river is cresting in memphis today. then it's expected to be at full height in vicksburg, mississippi, by wednesday morning, and crest in baton rouge by thursday.

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CBS Evening News With Katie Couric-20110510-00:57:00

shakespeare, jim continued reading to alice well after most parents give up on story time-- well into high school. that's right. while the other kids were leaving parties to get beer... >> i don't know that i was particularly popular. ( laughs ) >> reporter: alice was leaving for "king leer." >> and i didn't drive, either! so i would have to burden someone at a party to take me home to get read to and drive me back! >> reporter: yet she and her dad kept it up every night until the first day of college after unpacking her things at rutgers, jim and alice sat in the stairwell of her dorm and shared one last read. >> it was a hard thing to bear, to know that after almost nine years that we were now doing it the last time. >> he put in every night for years. he didn't have to do that. he's selfless. >> reporter: alice ended up graduating top of her class with a degree in-- you guessed it-- english literature. and thanks to all that reading her dad did, alice is now able to read to him from her own

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