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The real deal. but check this out. this is an interesting story. this is a bunch of bologna. this is like 385 pounds of mexican bologna someone tried to smuggle into the united states. customs agents say that mexican bologna may include ingredients that aren't appetizing. take a listen. >> usually it's a kilo or two or maybe one or two of the large rolls you would typically see at a deli. >> so carol, who knew? bologna bust. this cannot compare to the one in 2003. this one -- 750 -- i believe 750 pounds of phony bologna got stand at the border. who knew there was like a bologna, you know under...

>> 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...

Portable radiation devices used by customs agents look very similar to this one, emitting a signal or blip as homeland security secretary called it today, when she announced that agents are being extra vigilant. >> we are doing screening of passengers and/or cargo if there happens to be even a blip in terms of radiation. >> reporter: since 9/11 customs has routinely screened passengers and cargo for radiation, but after the secretary weighed in today, there was a much more visible showing. the passengers on the morning flights from tokyo told us they had noticed nothing. did they check you at ...

Now, they send data directly into the computers at the epa, which have not yet reported any increased radiation. and as a precaution, airline passengers, luggage and cargo arriving in the u.s. from japan are now being screened for potentially harmful levels of radiation. customs agents say that so far they've only detected small amounts of radiation in some cargo at several u.s. airports. now, none was high enough to cause any concern. all right. now, with that let's take a look at your friday forecast. a busy news day on this friday. heavy rain from seattle to san francisco today. up to 2...

New york by night, a beautiful shot. well, president obama and nuclear experts agree that there is no risk that japan's nuclear fallout will reach u.s. shores. >> but homeland security is beefing up monitoring at airports that handle flights from japan. reporter sarah wallace from station wabc here in new york city found increased screening at new york's jfk airport. >> there were two guys standing at the exit when we came out and they had little -- like these little machines down by their side. they told us when we were getting off the flight, they told us that we were going to be checked. ...