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And concerns about egypt seem to be abating on wall street. the dow and s&p closed at their highest levels in two years. the dow closed at 12,040, the highest since june of 2008. let's get to the scene for the latest on the massive winter storm, impacting more than 30 states. hello, everybody, we are watching this major winter storm system that is bearing down across the mid western, the great lakes region of the united states and the south central united states. i want to tell you a couple things going on right now. along interstate 70 that cuts east to west across missouri, from st. loui...

Widespread, but where unfound it. >> yes. it is becoming now into these areas that are critical marine protected areas, critical habitats for commercial recreational fish. >> reporter: if a few weeks ago noaa officials put out a report describing where the report was. they talked about an underwater plume being anywhere between 3,000 and 4,000 feet below the water. these scientists are telling us that they found those oil, drop let, in much shallower water as well. another interesting aspect what they found over the past ten days. they will continue to do research and analysis and planning ano...

September. >> ed lavandara reporting for us from st. petersburg, florida. a country under water and millions of lives near ruin, and the flood in pakistan and how the world is take its time to respond to the disaster. and is the u.s. withdrawing too quickly from iraq? ly ask the iraqi ambassador to the united states. he is here in "the situation room." ♪ [ female announcer ] yoplait's real fruit and the goodness of dairy gives you a little slice of happy. and happiness comes in 25 delicious flavors. yoplait. it is so good.

41 minutes after the hour. a man who spent three years in prison for a fatal crash is free this morning and toyota's massive recall may have helped win his release. he was released last thursday and got to spend some time with his family this weekend. the accident happened in 2006. he was driving an older model toyota camry, a 1996 model. it wasn't one that was subject to the recent recalls but the attention from his case prompted the review and turned up new evidence and some new witnesses. no one is happier about that than he is who joins us now along with his attorney from st. paul, minneso...

Back up to the boat and analyzed them and something that was almost similar to, i guess, a csi crime lab, they took tissue samples of the corals, and also water samples. those are still being analyzed and the scientists estimate they won't have the results of those for at least a couple months. >> amber lyons, thanks so much for joining us from st. petersburg, florida. let's talk about nasty weather further north. five inches of rain fell in some places and ten towns issued disaster declarations. 10,000 people lost electricity and as of now, 3,000 people were still waiting to restore their s...