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captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. everyone. mark twain wrote that the mississippi river will always have its own way, no engineering skill can persuade it otherwise. but tonight the army corps of engineers and government officials hope to prove him wrong. they're watching the levees up and down the river as flood floodwaters surge higher. the levees are holding in memphis where the river crested this morning at a near record, almost 14 feet above flood stage. mark strassmann is there tonight. ma...

significant delays. at soldier field, the grounds crew had a busy morning trying to clear the stadium for the bears and patriots. wisconsin was under a state of emergency for more than 70 countie counties. parts are impassable, even in parts used to the winter storms. wintry weather is even blowing through the deep south. this is what it was looking like for me, for all of us today. snow in the deep south. that is rare. jackie jeras is here to give us an update on all the extreme weather and flight delays happening across the country right now. but first, the video of the metrodome r...

permanent residence and apply for citizenship. understand, again, these are young people who broke no law. these are young people who had no intent on break the law. these are young people who played by the rules, graduated from high school or gotten a g.e.d. or about to do so in order to qualify. in a competitive world, america's openness to immigration is one, frankly, of its strength, not its weaknesses. and the beneficiaries of the dream act are the new americans we want, young people who speak english, abide by the law, value education and in many cases are willing to risk their...

become famous so much. that's it. james, thank you very much. >> good to see you. >> thank you, lena. breaking news here on cnn. we want to tell you about -- we told you about the emergency landing of a delta flight at jfk airport. we're going to talk to our susan candiotti about that. susan has more information. she's ourings national correspondent. these are the first pictures. look at the fire department and emergency apparatus on the scene at jfk. again, we know it was flight 30 we are told and not exactly sure how many passengers were on board. we're told up to 200. do we have o...

coming back and why government played a critical role. first, opening arguments, very simple. it worked. the gm bailout, an enormous success. your tax dollars did two things -- restored an iconic american manufacturer to produce cars and it makes money. it is profitable. what more can you ask for? we'll get our money back. >> whoa, hoss. this is a great success story. i'm not about to put a cloud over this wonderful story. we have a ways to go. the u.s. government is owed $27 billion. chrysler isn't a great success story. we can't get too carried away but the money is doing a good jo...