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Threatening people in louisiana. the pressure on those levees is building. kris gutierrez joins us from st. charles parish. >> reporter: hello martha. most people done realize, 31 states drain water into the mississippi if we use the analogy of a highway there are a lot of on-ramps 9 main exit ramp is south of louisiana in the gulf of mexico. to relieve pressure the army corps of engineers opened up the spillway behind me yesterday. between this saturday and next tuesday they are going to open another spillway. that should happen soon with that four day window again. when they do that, we coul...

By the witness who was at lambert when the twister hit. >> you can see people running from the windows. five people were injured all of them at the hospital and expected to be okay. tonight, incredible memories for the people who witnessed this. jay patelejoins us on the phone from st. louis. >> yeah, i am. >> we are watching it . has the natural sound of the people scream getting out of the way. >> what was it like in the airport? >> sounds more panicicky. when we found out it was a tornado, and you went down to the baggage claim area. how did you get the video. did you shoot it on the run, w...

Right? despite what you may hear from politicians, there is no quick fix to get back to cheaper gas prices. >> now, when ever gas prices shoot up, like clock work you can see them racing to the cameras and you can see people grabbing headlines and scoring a few points, the truth is, there is no silver bullet to bring down gas prices right away. >> in the long term the answer is investing in clean and renewable energy. >> people may be racing to the phone to call him. republicans are not on board with the president's approach. >> they don't believe that the president is serious about increasing...

Today, too, jon, from st. james palace, a quick comment, there was a decision not to wear a wedding ring, they tried to scof any rumors about why, it was simply down to preference, he doesn't wear any jewelry at all, which is not to say that fiance kate middleton won't be wearing jewelry. the wedding ring will be made from a lump of gold from wales and that will be presented, of course, on the wedding day, april 29th, and she's already wearing that engage mentoring, a diamond and sapphire ring, once worn by prince william's mother, diana. jon: greg palkot, we're going to be looking forward to ...

>> i think they just need to take a pause in washington, d.c., let the regulation that's been passed the last 12 or 18 months, let the business community absorb those costs, understand what the costs are, get their hands around it, and then we'll start to be able to hire but until you know for sure what is going to happen to your business, the safest thing is just to set on your hands until you get clarity from d.c. so sometimes, you just need to take a pause. >> uh-huh. one of the things you said is when the white house has called together business leaders to get ideas from them, that you fee...