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>> reporter: what is your plan, planning to stay out -- >> i'll stay out until they tell me i've got to get out. like i say, this is my home. >> reporter: the crest is now expected tuesday, in baton rouge, a week earlier than they had first predicted, and the army corps of engineers, says the system is working exactly as it was designed to work. ali? alisyn: that is good to know, a little bit of good news, working so well, rick leventhal, thanks for showing us that. opening the emergency floodgates is like taking pressure off the levees downstream, by releasing pressure upstream and it makes s...

It official today he's running for president. going to make this announcementment on twitter and facebook. he has told supporters he hopes to raise $100 million for his campaign. cnn going in depth now on the manmade effort to hold back the mighty mississippi. you're looking at video of the river rolling through the bonnet carre spillway in louisiana. >> 72 flood gates have been opened, sending millions of gallons of water rushing into lake pontchartrain. 50 olympic sized swimming pools from the mississippi every minute. >> casey wians live in vicksburg where the army corps of engineers is w...

Commended him for his diligence, his fast action, and for being a good american. now, to what certainly would have been the top story tonight had it not been for this attack in times square. the man in charge of overseeing the gulf coast oil disaster said today that there is only one way to really stop this leak, and it's going to take at least three months. the coast guard admiral thad allen said today 90 days is the best case scenario for drilling a necessary relief well that could effectively stop the oil from flowing. we're told teams began drilling one of those wells yesterday. the latest...

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