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Going on with the levee. >> reporter: well they're -- which is just extraordinary. we're at pretty much the missouri/illinois border where the mississippi and ohio rivers meet. and they're both swollen beyond compare. so we're seeing an extraordinary event, for sure. the president has declared this area a major disaster to open up some funds for these folks. yesterday as you mentioned, i went out with the usgs team of scientists to measure the flow, get an up-close look at the levee that was broken. we measured average flow of about 3 million gallons per second of this water pouring into this ...

I should know that atlanta has that cone-shaped -- >> right. but up close it's hard to tell. now that they're broadening it out. >> clearly it's atlanta. happy cinco de mayo, by the way. >> happy cinco de mayo back. >> it's going to be a beautiful day in atlanta if you're celebrating it. sunny and 71 for the high. >> the parade will have great weather in atlanta. the top stories now. president obama visiting ground zero in new york city today to mark the death of osama bin laden. there are no plans for him to speak publicly. the president will lay a wreath at the world trade center site and ...

Want him to just compromise. this standoff for labor rights is at a crucial tipping point. republicans are nervous tonight and the wisconsin 14 are live with us and they will respond. ipods, ipads, and iphones. john mccain says we should be proud that they're made in america. the problem is they are not. wall street is driving up the cost of gasoline. you're paying now but the democrats may pay big time in 2012. it's the first part of an "ed show" special series tonight. this is the story that has me fired up tonight, folks. the wisconsin 14 and governor scott walker i guess you could say are ...

Two people meeting and they've always said that we speak -- they don't speak for the 14 of us, that they have to go back to us. and at no point was there any agreement that they would vote or vote for this or was there a time line set up for us to go back. so i think what walker is trying to do is just explain, shift blame away from himself in that. >> let's listen in for a minute to what he said. listen to this. >> it would be nice today if we could announce that we had an agreement for these 14 state senators to come back. but instead we've got a letter from senate democratic leader mark mil...

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