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this morning on "early today," health watch. as another deadline approaches for congress to finish work on health care reform, our new poll shows a nation sharply divided. public enemy. the nation's top attorney on what he thinks will be the fate of osama bin laden. and a high horse. a rescue effort to save a mustang in arizona. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with the numbers game. as house leaders scramble to reach the 216 yes votes needed to pass health care reform, pressure is mounting on wavering democrat...

now more than ever, the smart choice is carmax. the way car buying should be. democrats may try to kick health care through a direct process without a vote through a process called deem and pass. if top democrats can't come up with the 216 yeas they need. but republicans are calling it a trick. dire warning. forecasters say one-third of the nation is at risk of historic flooding in the coming days and weeks. this morning, as the northeast slowly dries out, emergency crews are racing to get sandbags in place from north dakota to missouri. and, masters plan. tiger woods will make h...

e regiwn. >> yeah, it's really good. then there's this whole yes i get out of school thing, you know. school versus sandbagging. i'm going to pick sandbagging. >> reporter: john lost his home in the '97 flood in grand forks, north dakota, battled it last year, then this. >> whatever happens we'll deal with it and it's nice to have people helping you every step of the way. >> reporter: those living along the river are grateful the young people showed up in force. >> i'm impressed with the kids. >> reporter: to help save the town again. they are used to it. if the river reaches flood ...

talking about, but the tea party members, we saw what happened outside jerry connolly's off. did they make any headway with democrats? >> not with jerry connolly's office, they didn't get in there, but my sense is a lot of these wavering democrats are very much staying in hiding. we were able to talk to one earlier this morning as you mentioned, but a lot of them, they are keeping their votes to themselves until they actually vote their position on this. and we may not find that out until this weekend when the vote is potentially going to happen. >> all right. we'll keep watching it ...

creepily. the woman who chose him as the winner refused to go on the date with him, even though he won. the woman accusing a super bowl winning quarterback of sexual assault is asking for privacy. here is rafer weigel with more on that. >> there her attorneys, this college student maintains she wa sexually assaulted by ben roethlisberger. they have asked the media to leave her name and picture out of the press. tmz said she dropped out of school. the school says she's still enrolled. allele expert on prime news talked about the different directions they could go, if they decide to....