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he cited statistics appealing to bipartisanship and invoked the words of ronald reagan and also acknowledged how sharply divided washington is while trying to channel a bipartisan frustration among americans for what goes on in washington. take a look. >> i realize that a lot of the new members of congress and i don't see eye to eye on many issues. but we were each elected by some of the same americans for some of the same reasons. yes, many want government to start living within its means, and many are fed up with a system in which the debt seems stacked against middle class america...

President obama called the missouri governor, jay nixon, to express his condolences for all the families of joplin. and directing the head of fema to travel to the area to assess the damage there. there's the photo, obviously, from the white house today of the president making that phone call. we're going to talk to the governor of missouri, coming up in just a few minutes for you, inside "america's newsroom". rick: the president, overseas right now, and news just crossing that the volcano erupting in iceland could perhaps cause some travel problems for him and for many others. we have amateur...

Potentially this could cause the travel problems with the river rising. as i step out of the way for you in a bit, for the river, yes, it has been rising. in many areas of louisiana, we're talking nine refichbryes home to louisiana, second largest in the u.s., in baton rouge, gives you an idea of where some of the refineries are located. another one, the second one in gariville, louisiana. and nine of those being in louisiana, certainly they're paying close attention to this potentially with the river being so high. maybe some of those -- we have a breach. this could cause some problems with t...

Areas will have to be careful navigating through those waterlogged streets of course. for travel problems in the rest of the country, meteorologist jacqui jeras joins us with weather for the monday morning commute. so what should people look out for on this sunday evening? >> they're going to have a lot to look out for. those water-covered roadways, there are literally hundreds and hundreds of roads that are closed all across the midwest and ohio river valleys as a result of that. this is the big picture for tomorrow. we're watching for problems because of thunderstorms across the upper midwes...

Ted rowlands, cnn, illinois. >> travel problems in the streets and weather in the rest of the country, we're joined by jacqui jeras. what should people look out for on this sunday evening? >> lots to look out for. the water cover roadways, the number one thing. literally hundreds and hundreds of roads all the closed across the valley because of that. this is the big picture for tomorrow, and we're watching for problems for thunderstorms across the upper midwest and winds will be our other big travel issue, especially across the southwest and then again into the northeast. if you're traveling t...