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i think she's stuck with the network because of the attacks. we'll is more in the next hour. live from studio 7, i'm drew griffin in for suzanne, who's on assignment in dangerous conditions in afghanistan. let's get you up to data on this tuesday, september 13. taliban fighters attacking the u.s. embassy with rocket-propelled grenades and guns. u.s. troops trying to flush these guys out. they're in an abandoned building where the attack was launched. fewer than ten taliban are believed to be involved. republic saying two americans could be released in days. that is if the men's f...

continuing with brooke baldwin. >> don't go far. i want to talk to you about that piece in mississippi. hello to you. good afternoon. i'm brooke baldwin. let's begin where drew sort of left off there. you know what, you need a scorecard today. or maybe a traffic cop to keep up with the presidential hopefuls. i'm giving you a map. des moines, iowa, ground zero ahead of the iowa straw poll. des moines, iowa, flooded with republican candidates. plus, yep, sarah palin. she turned up, arrived there just a short time ago. she is not, i repeat not in the race, at least not officially. why e...

this hour, this moment i came to declare my candidacy for president of the united states of america. >> her main cain there. mitt romney meantime is in south carolina focusing on jobs and the economy, also a hopeful for the presidency. it's his first visit to the state since gearing up his political machine for possible presidential run in 2012. so far the former massachusetts governor's candidacy is undeclared. peter hand by is at the event and joins us on the phone from suburban columbia. it's presumed he's throwing his hat into the ring. otherwise, why would he put so much mileage...

Look but from the straw polls taken at this event each time they've had it, i wonder who's come out to actually be the person to run? do you know that information, last time they had it? >> yeah. it's not very reliable predictor of future success to get the presidential nomination. in 2006 the last time they had this former senate leader bill frist, who was at that point mentioned as a 2008 presidential candidate, he won the straw poll when it was in tennessee, his home state. he didn't even run for president. but, you know, george w. bush, he won it before he ran for president. so there's -- ...

Ahead of this problem. >> cnn's political reporter, peter ham by, appreciate that. people along the mississippi delta today still watching the water levels there. now it is pouring in some areas, making an even muddier mess. take a look right there. pretty widespread. the rain comes as the mississippi was cresting in natchez, mississippi, at more than 60 feet. cn thfrnlths's brian cnn's brian todd. >> these floodwaters have not receded. doesn't look like they're about to any time soon. you mentioned the rain we got earlier today. it made things much worse. officials are now saying that doesn...