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it's important to say they are not saying there is a specific threat, but what they are saying is there is a continued threat. certainly from al qaeda and affiliate organizations, and it notes that briefly al qaeda and the terrorists groups have linked their attacks to significant dates, and of course 9/11, there couldn't be anymore specific or significant dates than that. you know, i was just talking with a friend that said is this something that we should really, really be worried about. the state department issues these, randy, on a regular basis. in fact, this supplements another...

We hope it stays like that. if the facts on the ground change, we'll get back to it. meantime, it was five years ago about this time, we began learning what new orleans was really in for with hurricane katrina. at first, so many thought the big easy dodged a major storm, the eye of the storm skirting the city to the south before making a bee line for the mississippi coast. at the time, the worst looked over, until it became apparent that was not the case. new orleans' flood system of levees, pumps, antiquated and outdated, overwhelmed as the waters rushed n. 80 percent of the city, under wat...

Looks like it did five years ago. >> they lost hospitals and university buildings. i know will people there have a lot of courage. many of them stayed. >> let me depive you the good news and bad news. bad news is in the ninth ward. we were down there in hurricane katrina when the levees broke all homes were flooded with 3-19 feet. today there is not enough money or volunteer organizations to get those places built. that is the bad story . the good news is flood system is way improved. they have a new flood wall that will be the 50 line of difference if there is a hurricane with that type of st...

>> we don't do this lightly. but safety is first. >> reporter: as power crews work to restore electricity to the more than 200,000 still in the dark, the rebuilding in the bayou has begun. but for many residents losing everything -- >> second time around. >> reporter: again, is making them think twice about staying. diana has decided not to rebuild her plaquemines parish home. >> maybe if i was inside the levee system down this way, not so bad. but i have no plans on returning. >> reporter: it's that levee system credited with protecting new orleans, that now has residence concerned. >> you pu...

It's a slow buildup. in the meantime we have record flooding. there's homes the water is halfway up through the live rooms, just incredible. some areas have never seen water this high. the only saving grace is that at least we're not going to add to the problems. now we've got to wait and see after all the water cleblths how high the mississippi river gets. on the eefrnt seaboard, if you're waking up with us this morning, today is your rainy day. this is the same system that brought the rain to the flood system. now it's moving through charlotte and richmond. as we go into the afternoon areas,...