. >> an american kidnapped in pakistan is appealing to president obama for wep. warren weinstein was working for a u.s. consulting form when abducted in lahore. in a video sent to several media outlets, the 72-year-old urges the white house to help him get released. the white house is urging him to step in. >> nine years after the death of yasser arafat there is conflicting information about how he died. a russian investigation says there was no evidence that he was poisoned with polonium. a swiss report says overseas. they say high levels of rare and highly radioactive elements from in arafat's body. there was moderate bagging for the theory. french scientists rejected the theory, along with reports from russian scientists who say arafat died of natural causes. >> the death toll from flooding in brazil has risen. 60,000 were forced to flee. a brazilian army distributed food, water. the region has been under a state of emergency for six days now. tens of thousand in this country are here without power as a new snow storm blanketed the midwest, causing this 35-car

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