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been carrying throughout the east coast. back to you. >> no doubt about that. thanks. we'll continue to check in with you. let's check in with affiliate wcbs who's driving around in brooklyn, see what the scene is there. >> doing everything that residents can expect and even more. we'll get by this. we will get by this. >> there are some gutsy calls involved here. when you start telling people to evacuate, that's something many have never been told to do before. when you make the decision in conjunction with governor cuomo to shut down the mta system at noon on saturday before the st...

Thousands in the south as the mississippi river keeps rising. the coast guard now reopening a 15-mile stretch of the mississippi river near the town of natchez. water levels are so high, officials had to close that part of the river on sunday because they feared any wake from a boat, any boat traffic, could damage the straining nearby levees. >> more than 9,000 people so far, both in louisiana and mississippi, have been forced to get out. leave behind their flooded homes, pack what belongings they can get on their vehicles, with 15 of the morganza spillway gates now open, water is being divert...

not going to be kept private, obviously at this point and they're speaking out this morning. >> that's right. we've got new details on the confession from schwarzenegger that he fathered a child, a long time family staff member more than a decade ago. today's "new york times" reports the child is a boy, about 14 years old, and his mother is working in the schwarzenegger's home while she was pregnant. at the same time the paper says schwarzenegger's wife maria shriver was with the youngest four children. >> released a statement saying this is a painful and heartbreaking time. as a mot...

The corps plans to open those gates until the flow rate reaches 125 cubic feet per second. ever wonder how much more type you have left to live? there is a dna test that could answer that question for you. would you take it if you had that option? the medical breakthrough is breaking open a pandora's box of controversy over that question. and new rounds of deadly violence targeting christians in the middle east over the weekend. but we are not hearing much from the white house about this growing crisis. why that could be about to change next. plus, look at this video. look what the winds did t...

People? those types of decisions require precise measurements. >> head for that white levee break over there. >> coming up. >> bob holmes and his team of usgs scientists have a critical job in the fight against the flood. using sensitive gps-syncedp doppler instruments they can precisely measure the river's flow through the demolished levee. it's been averaging 3 million gallons per second. why is that important to find out the flow rate? >> the corps is interested in diverting water fthrough the floodway. they'll know how much is coming in. that's how they make their management decisions. >> ...