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Historic rainfall. more than 2 feet in a matter of hours. >> this is a disaster akin to a hurricane strike. >> reporter: in all, nearly 500 people had to be rescued. >> our primary need is been pump trucks and we have more arriving as we speak. >> reporter: there was progress at fo fort lauderdale holiday international airport. planes took off for the first time since wednesday, after a travel nightmare that included more than 1100 canceled flights and hundreds of stranded passengers. >> in the airport from 3:00 to three in the morning with a 10-week-old, no way of getting out, no way of anyon...

As gasoline is concerned. it's not safe. i'm assuming that that's why if you hear this truck next to me. pump trucks, construction people coming in and out of this area. but, like i said, it's not safe to show you the rest of the damage behind this collapsed roof. but, there is new shocking video that shows floodwaters that caused a wall to collapse and home triangle a teen and his mother inside their basement. the floodwaters was so strong it caused the wall to buckle sending the water to rush through the basement. the teen and his mother were able to escape and they are both okay. in about 3...

they bear the name of his predecessor. president obama is seizing the bush tax cutted and calling for them to be extend, but not for everyone. the president wants to let them expire for the wealthiest americans. that puts him at odds with congressional republicans, as well as his rival mitt romney and sets the stage for a very heated battle with less than four months to go before the election. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is covering this for us. first of all, why is the president doing this today? >> reporter: well, wolf, this is certainly part of his narrative that ...

Want to hear, but more rain and flooding expected to punish parts of that state today. flooding has already forced hundreds of people to evacuate from their homes in colfox and in ames. residents are lining up for bottled water. the heavy flooding has caused water mains to burst, making the city's tap water unsafe for them to drink. nbc's ron allen has the latest. >> this is the town of colfax and, as you can see, this is about as bad as it can get. all these homes in this area have been evacuated for the past few days. the good news is that the water is actually going down somewhat. it is dow...

Creeks turned into rivers. nbc's ron allen is in hard-hit colfax, iowa. >> reporter: contessa this is about as bad as it get sthrkts town of colfax in iowa. as you can see, all these homes in this neighborhood have been evacuated. the people have been gone now for several days, since several consecutive dives heavy thunderstorms flooded this area. the river is back over in that direction. even while we are standing here, we can see the water still moving it is still shifting and still rising. the water now is about three or four feet deep, in the deepest parts of this neighborhood it is still ...