army corps of engineers, it's a necessary move to protect major cities. they're going to open it slowly so people and wildlife are not caught by surprise. >> there's a slow opening for a lot of reasons. one is from an engineering perspective. the water will come out of here pretty quickly. you don't want to scour the back side of this structure. from an environmental perspective, ofb yous think there are lots of bear and other wildlife. we want to make sure they have the opportunity to get to higher ground. last but most importantly, from a human perspective, we want to make sure folks have the understanding that water is coming their way and they need to evacuate in accordance with their local evacuation policies and procedures. >> our ed lavandera sat in on that u.s. army corps of engineers briefing last hour. he joins us from the morganza spillway in louisiana. roughly an hour from now, ed, they'll be opening the spillway. how quickly before people would see that run-off of water? >> reporter: well, they've developed a map that will show that. it will t

army corps of engineers is them coming up with a solution to help everybody in the long run. and they said they have a big team of experts trying to work this out. >> every hour we are in communications with the hydraulics folks, the national weather service, hundreds of engineers and scientists are together working exactly for the answer to that. how long can we hold? when will the water get here? and what will be the impacts? >> caller: now the u.s. army corps of engineers tonight also has begun to move barges in place that will eventually be filled with explosives along various points, about two miles along this levee. they have not done the loaning of the explosives yet, don, but they are moving barges into place and are monitoring this very closely. no decision has been made yet about when and whether they will blow this levee up. don? >> susan candiotti, thank you very much. >>> we took you live to smithville, mississippi, a couple minutes ago. a community wiped off the map by the deadly tornadoes this week. ahead this hour, we'll take you live to tuscaloosa, alabama. be

at new orleans only express about category one conditions. >> this is contrary to the army corps of engineers which was -- >> one in 400 ability of occurrence. >> they said that -- >> that was a big storm. >> they're doing that to cover their behind. >> you cannot out engineer mother nature. >> this was a big storm. this was a storm that was until then unimaginable. >> they seemed to know what they were talking about so everyone started picking on fema instead. tavis: you have to love that south african accent. for those that don't know, what is the harry shearer connection to new orleans? >> i lived there. i was brought up in southern california but i fell in love with the place and fortunately, so did my wife, so we have a place there and we try to spend as much time as possible. tavis: you started doing that since when? >> i went down there in 1988 for jazz fest. what was imus in all my life? i never saw professor longhair life. -- what was i missing all my life? tavis: what is the point of this documentary? so much has been said, done, written about new orleans. what is the point of this

today, i talked to the colonel, head of the army corps of engineers, in charge of all of this. he told us these levees will hold but the power of the mississippi is awesome. what is the immensity of the force coming at them? >> as we're sitting here looking at the mississippi, in one second, we're seeing approximately 2 million cubic feet per second go through the mississippi right now. if i took just one second of flow, that would fill a football field 40 feet high. >> and now let's go straight down the river to jim avila. he is there where the water is at this moment pounding those levees tonight. jim. >> reporter: diane, this 15-foot high floodwall, mighty mississippi right behind it, was built just after the double whammy of floods in 1927 and 1937. and despite the ominous leak here, the army corps of engineers says the levee system is holding. this is the biggest threat to the massive levee system protecting memphis. ground zero for the army corps of engineers. >> this is a sand boil. >> reporter: a sand boil, a fountain of bubbling water on the dry side of the levee. a da

the army corps of engineers could decide to breach a levee north of baton rouge, louisiana, as early as this weekend sparing that city and new orleans while sacrificing thousands of other less populated areareas. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. a brazen robbery was caught by security cameras when a thief jumped behind a jewelry counter to execute a smash and grab. the suspect wrestled with one of the employees before getting away with several rings. police have made no arrests. >>> one fugitive didn't have the

army corps of engineer standpoint. e are designing products and systems, we are using the effect of climate change as best as we can and the design criteria for that. we are putting together the cost of the program, the cost of the program and those effective climate changes are in the cost of that. so what we're asking for the upper priscian necessary to carry out the work, we of the costs included in it. host: morgan city, indiana. cynthia. caller: i am calling in about the more danza. nine times out of 10 we're going under. -- moreganza. we do not even know about these -- host: i think we lost to there. she was referring to the spillway. what happens to her city and others? guest: there is an area within the floodway where there are structures. the governor has already been out speaking publicly for the last week, letting people know the flooding could occur, and they need to be aware of it and do a voluntary evacuation. on our facebook page we do have a of trying to project the amount of flooding that occur should w

be gone, that's all you can think about report roirt was an agonizing decision for the army corps of engineer. sacrifice these homes and farms to save cities down teem. the mississippi could overwhelm

after the army corps of engineers makes the difficult decision to open floodgates. some cities will be saved, others will not. >>> a grammy winner, an oscar winner, a hall of famer, and me. who doesn't belong in this room? i get carlos santana, morgan freeman, ernie banks in the same room and try to get them to stop selling themselves short. >>> documenting a terrorist takedown. those s.e.a.l.s who went in after osama bin laden had high-tech cameras. we have new details for you. welcome to this "cnn sunday morning." i'm t.j. holmes. as always a special good morning to our military men and women watching us on the armed forces network. thank you for being here and thank you for what you do. we need to start with what's happening in louisiana, an intentional flooding that's taking place. look at this here, one floodgate is opened now at the morganza spillway. more gates could be opened later today. the whole point is to try to relieve some pressure on the swollen mississippi river. the army corps of engineers opened the spillway potentially flooding hundreds of homes i

. >> reporter: if the corps of engineers opens the spillway, stevensville is just one of several towns that could be swept away. it's a decision the army corps could make as early as tomorrow in order to save the bigger cities of new orleans and baton rouge downriver. >> i know it's necessary that they do what they got to do but still i guess in a way i am a little angry. >> reporter: we're circling over the floodgates right now. there are 125 individual gates. if and when the army corps of engineers decides to open them, water will spill from there and on to the farmland. leaving a devastating footprint. flooding a swath of land 100 miles long, displacing 2,500 people. but if the gates stay closed, levees along the mississippi may not be able to take the pressure, leading to breaches and failures that in the worst case would flood both baton rouge and new orleans. leaving a disaster worst than katrina. adam bodan lives below the spillway. >> that's what they tell us, take whatever you want out because it probably will not be there when you come back. >> reporter: louisiana governor ji

the army corps of engineers blew up a huge left yes in illinois to help save numerous towns from raging flood waters but it came at the cost of a group of missouri farmers. >> i just never expected to see water do this. >> reporter: roy's family is huddled together as the flood waters have devastated them and their farmland. the family owns 400 acres in missouri and now it looks like -- 2400 acres in missouri and now it looks like a swamp. the army corps of engineers decided to blow a hole in a levee in cairo, illinois on monday night t has helped save flood-prone towns. the streets in cairo, illinois are dry. the water level has dropped substantially since the breach and they're grateful for the army corps' decision gentleman i know we're not the richest town in the world but what we have here is ours and we don't want to lose it. >> reporter: but while saving them, more than 130,000 acres of missouri farmland got the water instead. many farmers were out surveying their soaked acreage the day after the explosion. >> the farm is all i ever have done and it is under water. i really don't

. >> and a brutal choice, why the army corps of engineers is now considering flooding out thousands of residents in hopes of saving a million others. >>> the mississippi river is now threatening louisiana's cajun country. army corps of engineers is opening a key flood way that will flood out hundreds of homes to relieve pressure on the downstream. >> division to open the flood way could be any time between saturday and tuesday. we continue to ask the corps for five days notice for at least three days to let sheriffs enough time. >> across the sout and lower midwest, about three million farmland are covered in water. in arkansas the estimated damage to the state's ago debris kill to your could top half a billion dollars. >> ron paul has officially announced that he is running for president next year. he made the announcement on "good morning america." he first made a presidential run in 1988. in 2008 he made an unsuccessful bid for gop nomination but he is an internet sensation and drew support of thousands. >>> 50,000 potential u.s. immigrants are getting disappointing news today.

we've had somebody from fema, the corps of engineers, the coast guard, national weather service in ourngs every day. the project going on today is a joint effort. this is the army corps of engineers getting the permit, they're paying for the rock, the state is paying for part of it, the local parishes are paying for part of it. this is a joint effort. i thanked the president. this is an unfortunate event. historic waters going back to 1997. as we speak our communities are working together, folks are doing whatever they can to protect the communities. so i thank the president. his agency are down here working together with local officials as well as the state to fight these floodwaters. i will say this will be a marathon, no t a sprint. we won't be done in a week. this water will be elevated for a number of weeks. we have to work together to get through this. >> when you talk about once in a lifetime moment, you have a once in a lifetime flood, you had a once in a lifetime oil spill, before you were governor, a once in a lifetime hurricane. what goes through your mind? >> we've had four

later today the army corps of engineers could open the morganza spill way in louisiana. it has not been opened in more than 40 years. w450i why would they open it now? it could save the cities of new orleans and baton rouge saving them from flooding, but unfortunately it would flood homes and businesses in the southwest part of the state. also on monday, president obama will give a commencement address at a high school in memphis and will also take the time out while he's there to meet with families affected by the flooding. but that may not be much comfort to others who know floodwater also take their homes. >> it's worse than we thought. it's really worse than we thought. we thought maybe we might have water in our yard, instead this is going to come into our home, it's going to take everything we have got. >> all right. let's turn back to this morganza spill way, just north of baton rouge, residents living west of the mississippi all the way down the flood plane have been warned about what this might mean, it will mean flooded homes and farms. ed, do we know when they

colonel edward fleming, he's the new orleans district commander for the army corps of engineers. colonel, you've got an incredibly tough job. you see the raw emotions of those people. you're essentially going community to community in louisiana and telling these people, i'm sorry, but your home, your town is beginning to disappear. >> yeah, that's right, john. and look, that's something that i take very seriously. i'm not going to delegate that to somebody else, but we operate this as a system. there are lots of on-ramps for water coming into the mississippi, the ohio river and the missouri river, and there are just a couple of off-ramps. and this morganza floodway is one of them and we've got to take some excess water off the top of the river, because of the historic levels that are coming down. >> and we are told that this opening, the beginning of it, it's a long process, but the beginning of it, the first opening could come as early as 2:00 local time tomorrow afternoon. is that correct? >> well, yeah. i've been g to operate that floodway, and when we reach the trigger of 1.5

we had video of when it first occurred, from the army corps of engineers. ey're on pins and needles in louisiana, not only the officials there but the people who live there of course because they don't know where all this water is going to go exactly. more of our breaking news after the break. but it's time for your medicine, okay? you ready? one, two, three. [ both ] ♪ emma, emma bo-bemma ♪ banana-fana-fo-femma ♪ fee-fi-fo-femma ♪ em-ma very good sweety, how do you feel? good. yeah? you did a really good job, okay? let's go back to drawing. you know that comes with a private island. really? no. it comes with a hat. you see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for 25,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? but that won't happen with the capital one venture card. you can book any airline anytime. hey, i just said that. after all, isn't traveling hard enough? ow. [ male announcer ] to get the flights you want, sign up for a venture card at capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? uh, it's okay. i've played a pi

. >> and a brutal choice, why the army corps of engineers is now considering flooding out thousands of residents in hopes of saving a million others. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the mississippi river is now threatening louisiana's cajun country. army corps of engineers is opening a key flood way that will flood out hundreds of homes to relieve pressure on the downstream. >> division to open the flood way could be any time between saturday and tuesday. we continue to ask the corps for five days notice for at least three days to let sheriffs enough time. >> across the south and lower midwest, about three million farmland are covered in water. in arkansas the estimated damage to the state's ago debris kill to your could top half a billion dollars. >> ron paul has officially announced that he is running for president next year. he made the announcement on "good morning america." he first made a presidential run in 1988. in 2008 he made an unsuccessful bid for gop nomination but he is an internet sensation and drew support of thousands. >>> 50,000 potentia

army corps of engineers, talking about the potential of opening up the spillway in order to protect newleans and baton rouge. let's listen in. >> drains into this area and comes by the mississippi and the after fa yeah. >> that's the mississippi river tributaries project we're working on right now. next slide -- on this slide here, this is what guys thought about 30 years ago and what we've been constructing for the last -- since 1928, to put a system together where we meet certain gauges an certain requirements where we take water off of the main stem of the mississippi and we move them around to different areas and stage that water so we can continue to protect lives as we move down river. you know we opened up the flood way at bird's point new madrid, we opened that up last week. we also opened up the bonnet carre spillway, there's discussions about opening up morganza. i'll get to that in just a moment. the gauges are still at historic highs. i was at cairo, illinois, two days ago. while folks are coming back to that city even after it was evacuated. the gauge levels are still as hi

the army corps of engineers blew up this levee near cairo, illinois, sacrificing nearly 130,000 acres of land and 100 homes to save the community. concerns continue to rise downstream. still officials in mississippi warning residents this flood is going to be historic based on the predictions of the national weather service. >> and casinos in toonica aren't gambling with mother nature's destructive power. money is being taken away for safekeeping. many casino operators expect to be shut down with flooding for at least three weeks. kirk gregory, nbc news. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. the dramatic rescue of a 93-year-old woman who made the mistake of trying to cross a flooded highway was recorded by a sheriff assisting from the shore. using a safety line and cable, two missouri national guardsmen battled raging water to pull the woman from her car and ultimately to safety. no injuries were reported. >>> chicago's lake front harbors have a new hangout for raccoons. the spike in population has been a problem since last summer, leading to the c

missouri had filed lawsuits to try to prevent the army corps of engineers from blowing up that levee. they were afraid of the kind of flooding we're seeing here. but, again, the corps of engineers decided that flooding the farm lands was better than seeing the town of quiero, illinois, flooded as well. >>> in arkansas, a missing boy scout troop from indiana has been found unharmed. the sheriff's department says the six scouts and two leaders were stranded in a remote area because of the flooding. they were spotted and rescued with the national guard helicopter. >>> hundreds are still missing in alabama after last week's deadly tornadoes. the mayor's office says about 340 people are missing in tuscaloosa. one of the hardest hit areas. rescue crews are still searching for survivors. >>> the u.s. promised to give pakistan more than $7 billion in aid over the next five years. but will we get our money's worth? >>> plus, the navy s.e.a.l. team six, the secret group of elite soldiers, how their mission could be a model for the future. ♪ ♪ that's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh ♪ ♪ i like it, uh-huh

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as soon as tomorrow the army corps of engineers will open the floodgates.t's a desperate move that will scare that arusha northlands but not the world community's to the south and west. >> we have to be ready for the worst-case scenario just in case. >>pam: governor said deputies are going door to door telling residents they have no more than 48 hours to pack up and leave sometime this week and a mile long still weighing will begin releasing water. right now it's barely holding back the mississippi river. there is 20 ft. of water behind the skates.gates. f the flood waters keep moving downstream, that larouche and new orleans will be inundated. if they open the waters will surge into the basin, home to about 25,000 cable about half of them live in morgan city, the town is relying on a 20 ft. wall for protection three it for everyone else in the region, the governor said the crisis is likely to last through the summer. we will face weeks of elevated water, some parts will be higher than normal for july and august. the flooding has already taken thousands of

. >> army corps of engineers says one second of water flow would fill a football field 44 feet high. despite the pressure, officials think the levee will hold. >> we're going to wait until the water goes down a whole lot more. then we'll celebrate. >> crests are expected in vicksburg, mississippi, baton rouge on thursday. they are pushing gas prices higher because of worry that flooding could impact refineries there. >> officials warn the cleanup will be putrid and expensive. the governor says some neighborhoods won't see water recede for at least two weeks. >>> the levees, some of the stronger ones were built by the army corps of engineers but some were built by farm ears and they are questionable strength. that is the problem, trying to figure out which ones will hold and which ones might not. >> so it has crested. >> you still got more levees especially down around louisiana and that is where all the water is going. also the river widens, too. >> away from the coast we'll see warmth out there but don't get too used to it. if you like the heat, this is not the forecast for you at l

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flooding that the army corps of engineers says could last until the end of the month. as the flooding moves south, the army corps of engineers has asked permission to open a second spillway near baton rouge. if permission is granted, several communities will have to be evacuated including morgan city and houma. brian. >> and the water keeps on going, anne thompson, janet shamlian before that, part of our team in memphis to start us off tonight, thanks. >>> now we want to turn overseas and pakistan and the ongoing friction with the u.s. over the killing of osama bin laden. the pakistani prime minister said today it's disingenuous to blame pakistan to, quote, being in kohouts with al qaeda. at the same time, the pakistani government has launched an investigation into how bin laden could have lived in a military town undetected for so many years. peter is on the ground in islamabad tonight. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. tonight, u.s. officials tell nbc news, pakistan is prepared to give american intelligence officials access to osama bin laden's th

>> we have been working with the corps of engineers. the levees that protect the mississippi are some of the strongest levees we have. the corps has been out every day almost every second of the day monitoring the levees. the morganza spillway was an important component for us. it's going to relieve a tremendous amount of pressure in the city of new orleans. based on what the corps has told us, we believe the city of new orleans is going to be safe. this is a very tragic situation, really for everybody in america and of course the people who live along the atchafalaya basin and in morgan city, and our hearts go out to them, but we have every reason to believe based upon the information the corpses has given us and the inspections that have been done, that new orleans is going to be safe. >> reporter: so many new orleans when you say it was a natural disaster, they stop you and say it was man made. there's a lot of anger toward the corps. further, is it tough to square the fact that others will suffer to spare new orleans, really? >> well

yeah, the good news is the army corps of engineers says the levees are doing their job. they're holding firm and they're saying this will be the worst of it. at the end of the day they believe the numbers will show that the river would crest at 14 feet above flood stage. a bad situation could get even worse today for the people of memphis. the mississippi is expected to crest at 48 feet tuesday, its highest level since 1937. >> never ever seen the water this high. probably never will again. >> reporter: president obama signed a disaster declaration for tennessee monday making federal aid available to the areas effected. flood waters have already swamped some memphis neighborhoods and forced hundreds from their homes. as the water continues to rise some residents are hopeful they'll have a narrow escape. >> they want to come here but i'm praying every day now because i have three kids. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: further south the army corps of engineers opened the spillway monday in hopes of averting similar destruction. it's not expected to crest in louisiana until ne

army corps of engineers for staffing costs associated with expect -- expedited regulatory review for the proposed terminal and the 34th america's cup for costs not to exceed $157,703. >> the army corps of engineers one, they will be an agency that will support the work of other federal agencies through their process. the item i am here to present today, kelly actually prepared. she has been negotiating based on a template that was first trail blazed by the puc, entering into a memorandum of agreement to get dedicated staff who are there to address the permit issues that you have on a timely basis. physically the proposal is to provide staff and support. for the city to provide staffing support. we estimate that about 80% of these costs are america's cup related. 20% are related to the cruise terminal. the other federal agencies that would be reimbursed through this effort include the know and national fisheries, who are doing an endangered species act consultation. in addition to pulling the mark, construction by peers will play a role in processing the national environmental protecti

memphis has the most high risk population for flooding according to the army corps of engineers. orities expect the river to crest at 48 feet, less than a foot shy of the record levels set this is the 37. with the mississippi swollen by abnormally high rainfall there is nowhere for the water to flow. 1100 trailers have been evacuated. 400 residents are currently in shelter. on sunday officials went door to door to alert others they may also need to leave their homes. >> memphis is the latest of cities to be affected by the swollen river. last week the army corps of engineers blew up levees to relieve the threat. there is pressure levees around memphis but they are currently. >> low lying farm lands and have been inundated about the situation. >> you were laughing about what happened yesterday for mother's day. a little tired out. >> a little run down. a little tired from all that pampering. >> good job, good husband that you are. >> it really was and a little breezy but, poor folks in memphis are dealing with and all the shelby county in tennessee and definitely our hearts go out

. >> reporter: the army corps of engineers opened the flood gates on saturday on the mississippi. thousands of acres inside the spillway are already flooded and water will soon start showing up here outside the store leslie bay hem's father owns. >> just trying to get as much out as we can. >> reporter: with the evacuation order looming they are doing what they can to protect their property before the flood gets here. >> this is a very poor community, the people who live here are not wealthy. >> reporter: by tuesday these homes and everything else in a 3,000 square mile area will be floodd. water depth will range from 6 to 30 feet. they want to sacrifice certain areas to even the floodwaters from flowing into baton rouge and new orleans. it is working. river levels are dropping. this is the first time the flood gate has been opened in nearly 30 years. but the people new it could come. >> it's my problem, i have to deal with it. >> reporter: they say they plan to return and rebuild. >> today another two floodgates were opened, that makes a total of 4, 4 out of 125. the u.s. army cor

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for details on the federal gun of response, we talked to an official with the army corps of engineers. this is 40 minutes. >> we are back with teheran. she is a contingency operations stricter of the army corps of te corps ers here to to your questions and comments about the rising mississippi river, the yr rir. s that we are seeing. the latest we heard from the weather service is the er hassippi crested at around 48 feet. what is the situation on the ground right now? guest: i am with the u.s. army corps of engineers and homeland security, so that is looking at all of the disaster support throughout this country in the contingency support to the battlefield. so we're really busy right now. besides that, and i will talking about the flooding in the second, we have a lot of people that were impacted by the tornadoes that came through this of the few weeks ago. we have people on the ground that are working in alabama for debris and temporary housing. we have completed a temporary power mission and processed and sent those folks back home. we had a very wide scale water distribution cent

yesterday, the army corps of engineers opened more of a major spillway north of new orleans, and it's considering doing the same at the morganza spillway near baton rouge. dean reynolds has more. >> reporter: in butte la rose, louisiana, dwayne farrell is gathering up what he wants and leaving the rest to the floodwaters about to inundate his home. >> there's nothing we can do about it. so get our stuff out and hope for the best. >> reporter: his property lies two football fields from the river where the water is already over its banks and up the trees. perhaps as early as saturday the army corps of engineers will open the spillway at morganza, an hour's drive away, to relieve pressure from the bulging mississippi river as it rolls south. >> we're doing everything that we can to take that excess water off of the river, and take the stress off of the levee systems. >> reporter: by opening the floodgates, some of the mississippi river water will temporarily be allowed to merge in the atchafayla and pour a torrent of water over the homes, buildings and businesses for 100 miles south to t

army corps of engineers blew up a large section of mississippi river levee tonight in desperate attempt to protect illinois town from rising floodwater. blast itself as you saw lasted only 2 seconds. corps says the break will relieve river pressure protecting the town of cairo. missouri officials say it would ruin 130 acres, 130,000 acres of farm land and cause the region economy to suffer. >> here in california the department of water resources conducted its final snow survey of the season today and looks like there will be plenty of water to good around this summer. final snow pack reading 144 percent of normal and melting slowly as spring temperatures begin to rise. >> which is terrific news for our water supply in california. and now we can enjoy the next few sunny days guilt free. >> nice warm no worries. let's check in with sandy. >> that's right. you won't have to worry about any of the water situation. we are going to be enjoying a warm-up. it is going to get up that the 90's inland. not tomorrow. but by wednesday. today we did have some fog in the morning and then the fog clear

coming up, what the army corps of engineers is doing to help keep water level down in some areas. >>> and if you have a teething baby, we have a consumer alert regarding over-the-counter medications. we will be right back. >>> the dangerous situation this morning along the mississippi. look at this. thousands of people are packing up their belongings and fleeing the area. the river and the tributaries are rising. the army corps of engineers are deciding if they should bust down more levees to protect more homes. >>> ten minutes after five right now the. we have not seen anything like that, but we have had pretty wild weather lately. hopefully, we can have a break especially for cinco de mayo. here's justin berk. >> oh for no other reason than cinco de mayo. some people celebrating won't care about the weather by the time they are through the celebrations. let's go outside. 44 in baltimore. 44 york, pa. ocean city, 49 degrees. we had some spectacular scenery around the region with some showers and double rainbows. i will try to load up the images and share them shortly. this morning, i

the army corps of engineer opened it to divert water from the mississippi river. >>> an announcement is coming today that an emergency alert text message system will be launched by the end of the year. it's called the personalized localized alerting network on  plan. the system will be used for hurricanes, tornadoes and other disasters and will allow emergency officials to send messages to specific geographic areas. it will be up and running in new york city and washington d.c. by the end of the year. nationwide service is expected as early as next april. >>> well, today bay area tech executives will testify in front of a senate subcommittee about smart phone tracking practices. congress wants answers after researchers revealed last month that iphones and android phones were secretly keeping track of users' locations. now apple and google say they only record the location of wi- fi hot spots and cell towers to improve service. they also say tracking can be turned off. >>> the pakistani government has agreed to allow american investigators to interview osama bin laden's wives. the ob

what is the army corps of engineers considering to stop the destruction. >>> and slots near arundel mills mall won't happen by the end of the year. why and how long the wait is going to happen until that casino opens? you are watching "good morning maryland" first and only at 4:30. >>> now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >>> 20ments away from five. -- minutes away from five. president obama declared a emergency for tennessee mississippi and kentucky because of flooding levels. look at this video. over the past two weeks, heavy rains and tornadoes have hit much of the area causing rivers like the mississippi to rise. the army corps of engineers is deciding if they should destroy more had he beenees to protect homes and communities-- levees to protect homes and communities downstream. >> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> 4:40. we are looking at that general area and it's so cold there arefrost and freeze warnings right now. much of the ohio valley, but a dozen states, the frosty weather is notsinly going to get in here but a -

no documentation. >> right now, it's the army corpes of engineers making news. admitting responsibility after six decades, saying we are deeply ashamed and regretful to find this word in our records. our hearts tell us these grave markers should be replaced. the grave markers are no longer their responsibility. instead, responsibility lies with eldorado county and they have no time line on when the n word will be removed. >> i would be willing to die for something like this. i would be willing to die if they move any one of them. >> because ralph white, justice delayed is justice denied. in eldorado hills, robert lyles, cbs 5. >>> at ground zero in new york today, his name was never mentioned, not once, but chip reid shows us everyone knew what president obama meant when he said justice has been done. >> we think we will never forget, we mean what we say. >> this is not just any fire house. the home of engine 54 lost 15 men when the twin towers fell. an entire shift, more than any other new york fire house. a bronze plaque honors their sacrifice, including 28 ch

the army corps of engineers sets off an explosion. that was at a missouri levee. e mississippi and ohio rivers and save the town of cairo, illinois. the operation will flood 100 homes elsewhere, and 200 miles of farmland. >> reporter: i'm rob marciano, last night they exploded parts of the levee system here because the water was too much for the mississippi and ohio rivers. this is the confluence of the ohio river on the left side, and the mississippi on the right. and last night at this time, they were nearly touching each other on this road. so at least for the time being, that effort has worked here. the waters have come down somewhat. but further down river, that's certainly not the case. not everybody happy about it, especially on the missouri side. >> almost a week after tornados ransacked tuscaloosa, alabama, the mayor's office says more than 300 people are still missing. the tornado separated one couple for 27 agonizing hours. >> at that point, you know, the dog got sucked out, you know, they were just like flying like kites on a string. and the tub started

. >> reporter: the army corps of engineers opened the floodgates of the mississippi on saturday. thousands of acres inside the spillway are already flooded. and water will soon start showing up here, outside the store his father owns. how are you dealing with it? i mean emotionally? >> just trying -- really, ain't really dealing with it. just trying to get as much out as we can. >> reporter: with the mandatory evacuation order looming, it's neighbor helping neighbor, doing what they can to protect their property before the flood gets here. >> this is a very poor community. people who live here are not wealthy. >> reporter: by tuesday, these homes, and everything else in a 3,000 square mile area, millions of acres, will be flooded. water depth will range from 6 to 25 feet. it's part of the army corps of engineers' plan to sacrifice some communities to keep the mississippi floodwaters from flowing into baton rouge and new orleans. and it's working. river levels are dropping. this is the first time the spillway has been used in almost 40 years. but the people here always knew this d

army corps of engineers will open a major water diversion to try to protect the city, but it may not be enough. maya rodriguez from our new orleans affiliate wwl has that story. >> reporter: 800 acres of corn, ted glazer's livelihood could soon be completely wiped out. >> when i see water on top of this, i don't know what i am going to do. >> reporter: glazer is one of thousands of people in louisiana who will be affected by a flooded mississippi river cresting at levels not seen in more than 80 years. >> we haven't seen this kind of water since 1927, and there's no doubt that we're going to see a lot of water. and this is why this system was built: to be able to protect against the flood that comes from the river. >> reporter: the high water is expected to put added stress on the miles of levees lining both sides of the river, including those protecting the city's of baton rouge and new orleans. so tomorrow morning, the corps of engineers will open the bonnet carre spillway, 28 miles upriver from new orleans. and they've requested to open the morganza spillway near baton rouge. but o