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It's -- scenes like this you don't want to go to. >> he's talking about an accident that happened yesterday when sixteen agers wading in shallow waters of louisiana's red river. they fell into deep water where the river bed drops to 20 feet, and they drowned. it happened in front of their horrified families. a 17-year-old was rescued. the victims ranged in age from 13 to 18. none of them could swim. well, he is considered to be bin laden's heir apparent, and the only american on the cia's kill list. but just how dangerous see? you'll hear from some people who know him. that's next. long summ...

Dam holding back a man-made lake has burst, sending thousands of gallons racing downstream into a formerly dry river bed. the dam gave way near arizona state university. there have been no reports so far of injuries or damages to other structures. harris faulkner is at the breaking news desk, she has new information on this story. >> reporter: i do. by the way that man-made lake outside of phoenix holds 1 billion gallons of water and they're thinking the thing is nearly empty now after that dam burst. jon: wow. >> all of those gallons of water coming down. in arizona, you mentioned there was r...

>> well, what happened was is when they looked -- they had to move to the edge of the embankment and they looked down. first they spotted the car and then curiosity caused them to move a little bit to a better vantage point. they spotted a woman. she was sitting in the river bed on a blanket trying to get some shade from some of the foliage down there. upon seeing that, they climbed down the embankment to assist her and found that she was very weak, dehydrated. she was sustaining herself by drinking the river water with some water bottles that she had in the vehicle. there was no evidence of a...

Like a tsunami. angela chris felt helpless as the river carried her child away. >> my 16-year-old son was camping about 100 yards from us, and we were screaming because we couldn't get to him. he came floating down the river with his little buddy. he said, mommy, please save me. my husband went back and he was in the tree, and we were coming in. >> more than 100 searchers are fanning out again this morning for that loan camper still unaccounted for. catherine calloway joins us from langley. what's making the search so difficult right now? >> reporter: it's the same thing that's been difficult ...

Cops say 41-year-old latchin cranswick has been missing since january, last seen taking out the bargaining -- garbage at his house. crews have looked over a 9-mile stretch of river bed and found nothing. they say he does not appear to be the victim of a crime. that mystery goes on. a new controversy brewing at the justice department and it is quickly getting ugly. three-months after senator charles grassley asked very pointed questions of the justice department, attorney general eric holder has now revealed that at least # of president obama's justice department appointees either represented...