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Nobody very strong seemed to be wanting to run on the democratic side, and the same things were said about the democratic field, and then in a year and a half we had president bill clinton. a lot of times until you really get to know people a lot better, and many of these candidates are not very well known, you don't see their strengths and ability. i think by when it counts next spring and summer, we will have a candidate that's tha stacks up very well with barack obama and we'll have a very united republican party. nobody can unite our party like barack obama. >> always optimistic. governor ...

speech or impact or lack of impact in the hot spots of the middle east and north africa. dominique strauss-kahn is out on bail and under indictment now on charges he tried to rape a new york hotel maid. >> the relationship, well, frosty to begin with and the president struck a new nerve it seemwise this assessment near the end of thinks big middle east speech. >> we believe the borders of ace rail israel and palestinian should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swats so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states. >> mr. netanyahu called that a...

>> reporter: well, it's semantics right now. they can't force someone to leave their home, to leave their property, but they're strongly se suggesting, and we're talking about emergency teams going door to door. thankfully most people are listening and making that trip to a shelter or friend's house or family's house, but there are some who say they're going to ride this thing out worried about what's going to happen to their possessions, their belongings when they leave them alone there. the police trying to allay some of those fears have said all days off are canceled for officers. we're wor...

Something happening in this area. the first wave, the first crest has already happened, but a second crest is expected in the next couple of days. and the big issue here, don, is that if that second wave catches up with that first wave or that first crest how we could just have much more massive devastation in this area. more rain is in the forecast, but even if we don't get another single drop of rain, don, we're going to continue to have flood issues at least for the next two weeks. >> oh, boy, they need help. jacqui jeras, thank you so much. and to find out how you can help, visit our impac...

Yesterday we saw all this happening, heavy rains fell, five inches at least yesterday, flooded homes, washed out streets as you see there. suburban westchester declared a weather emergency. airlines as well had to cancel at least 200 flights at o'hare international airport. the power company says they are working to restore power now to about 13,000 customers, rescue teams and several suburban towns used boats and even a helicopter to search for people stranded by the rising waters. and add to that more rain is forecast for the chicago area this morning. meteorologist jacqui jeras has the de...