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The nasdaq though edged nearly two points lower, pulled down by apple and google. The markets began the day higher after better than expected news about jobs with payroll firm adp reporting 198,000 private sector jobs added back in february, more than economists expected. Also helping today, applications for new Mortgage Loans shot up 15 last week after Home Mortgage rates edged a tad lower. New records have a way of making investors feel optimistic. They also triggered new worries as people try to figure out if the next milepost is dow 15,000 or dow 13,000 again. At these heights, theres fear...

Happy to report that the conditions on the ground appear to be improving, but the flood threat is far from over. The situation here in the Convention Center, chris, where i am is pretty dire. I am at the citys largest shelter where at last count more than 8,000 people are here sleeping, seeking refuge. Weve walked around here. People are sleeping under these bright fluorescent lights, packed in room after room. You see here all the donations that have come in on one side of your screen. Volunteers are sifting through all the clothes trying to get them sorted into the right sizes to help people...

KUWAIT, April 12: The Crisis and Disaster Command Center, operating under the Civil Defense Committee within the Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah building at the Ministry of Interior, is actively collaborating with relevant authorities to address the current rainy situation in the country. Th

Home, i'm just so proud of our team and what they've done. >> i know you've seen really, really inspiring stories, and i know it makes you emotional, too. >> it does. >> why? >> the last couple days -- i didn't know what day of the week it was this morning when i got there. i had to go back and think about it. for the last eight, nine days, however long it's been we've been in our disaster command center preparing and now recovering from this, it's been such a challenge for us. i've been working like all of our team. the worst day for me is not the best day for people here without their homes....

Hurricane katrina, that big boo bah. let's see how bad this end up being. i expect the winds they going to be three to four times, he's going to have a hard time flying in the helicopters. the wind is expected to be above 35 miles an hour and that's hard fly for helicopters and unsafe. those there are flying will be doing search and rescue and get water to people that are isolated. >> david, to you now, you've been sitting there patiently. thank you. you are in houston tonight for the red cross. how's the red cross been preparing? >> well, i'm in houston at the disaster command center here of ...