clayton sandell reports from the north dakota flood zone. >> reporter: near minot, north dakota, they're waging war against an old enemy. in 1 mabd, residents of about 20 flood-soaked houses used boats to collectbelongings. belonging. workers frantically fortified levees against the river, still rising. the mayor has ordered about 10,000 people to evacuate, one-quarter of the city's population. neighborhoods have become ghost towns. at this nursing home, elderly residents had to be evacuated. >> bye, neil. >> see you when you get back. >> reporter: in nebraska, iowa and south dakota, they're fighting the swollen missouri river. residents of dakota dunes are getting help from helicopters. and prison inmates. clayton sandell, abc news, minot, north dakota. >>> as the waters rise, "good morning america" is there. we'll have live updates from the plains. >>> a leading republican says he's ready to negotiate face-to-face with president obama over the debt crisis. house speaker john boehner made the offer after a less-than-productive meeting at the white house. a lawmaker from georgia summed i

parts of montana, north dakota and south dakota are already under water and the water could linger through the summer. >>> according to the new york times, pakistan intelligence agency has arrested some of the pakistani informants who gave information to the c.i.a. before the u.s. commando raid that killed osama bin laden. according to the newspaper, those arrested include a pakistani army major who copied the license plates of cars visiting bin laden's compound in the weeks before the raid. the fate of the informants is unclear. the arrests are the latest indication of a damaged relationship with pakistan. >>> the bay area's lock heed martin will lose 1200 jobs nationwide with most of the layoffs coming from sunny vale, colorado and pennsylvania. lock heed says it will offer voluntary layoffs to eligible middle managers first. that could ruse the number ofin voluntary job cuts. >>> social security misspent billions of dollars.

. >> lehrer: then, margaret warner gets an update on the north dakota floods as the record water levels keep rising. >> brown: judy woodruff examines cracks in the republican party's longtime opposition to raising taxes to curb the budget deficit. >> we disagree with senator coburn's stated policy of raising taxes and spending it. >> if we don't, guess what's going to happen? we're going to be treated just like greece. greece is gonna-- greece is gonna be our model. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks provide their weekly analysis. >> brown: and ray suarez has a book conversation with pulitzer prize winning author oscar hijuelos about his new memoir, and how early success changed his life. >> sort of almost becoming a carnival act. you know, i sometimes felt like a freak. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> well, the best companies are driven by new ideas. >> our future depends on new ideas. we spend billions on advanced technologies. >> it's all about investing in the future. >> we can find new energy-- mor

dakota...ouris river is now projected to crest nearly >>> they dodged a bullet tonight in minot, south north dakota. the damage is already done. >> as the river begins to crest at its highest and most historic levels, it come time for drastic decisions to save another neighborhood in minot, north dakota. the river is flowing more than 50 times its normal speed and has expanded to ten times its size. as it passes through the city, dragging debris downstream for miles away. with manmade levees threatening to fail in the heart of downtown, minot's mayor knows how dangerous that is. >> everything we're looking at is in jeopardy. if this goes, everything goes in this whole area for several blocks up, several businesses all of broadway. we either hold this duke, this whole temporary duke or we lose it all. >> one thing that could make that fear a reality is a walkway that has become overrun by the rushing flood waters and wedging its way into the levee's side. what is incredible about this small brid

further to the still, we have good storms in north dakota as well as south dakota. heavy rainfall expected in the middle of the country today. we're going see some rain up in the northern tier as well in some >>> dan and bianna. >> thanks, jackie. >>> we've got an unusual story from the mountains of northern california where some local firefighters had to make an extraordinary rescue. >> that's right. it involved a rusty pipe and a very cute kitten. a very delicate operation at that. abc's dan kloeffler has the story. >> reporter: talk about a tight squeeze. when the members of the redding, california, fire department had this piece of pipe dropped off at the firehouse, they were shocked to find it what was inside. a live kitten trapped. >> it was so tight. i didn't want to harm it in any way. it was already traumatized. you could tell by the way it was crying. >> reporter: it couldn't crawl it and they couldn't pull it out. so they decided to take drastic action. they would have to cut it out. they filmed the entire delicate operation. >> tiny kitty in the pipe her

river in north dakota is finally receding tonight, leaving behind record flooding. homes are flo >>> the souris river in north dakota is finally receding tonight, leaving behind record flooding. thousands of homes are flooding, and one third of the population of minot is under evacuation orders. many of them don't have flood insurance and fema assistance could amount to as little as a few thousand dollars apiece. >> i have tears in my eyes this morning. you know, sickening feeling, because i know when i come back, it's probably not going to be worth fixing, because the house is almost a hundred years old. >> state lawmakers may be able to bail them out, thanks to north dakota's oil boom, which generates $1 million in tax revenue annually. hopefully they can help. >>> eric martinez is here. we're looking at flooding there. we're looking at rain here. >> rain, blame it on me! >> that's what we like to do. thunderstorms later? >> yeah, a lot of activity out there. definitely be careful. i've got the detailed forecast coming up, but enjoy the rest of today and tomorrow,

floodwaters bury 4,000 north dakota homes and threaten two nuclear plants in nebraska. >>> and surf's up, a frisky shark shows one florida surfer how to really catch a wave. captioning funded by cbs >>> and good morning, everyone. appreciate you joining us. i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. congresswoman michele bachmann formally launches her bid for the republican presidential nomination today and she'll do it in the city she was born, waterloo, iowa. the des moines register poll, former massachusetts governor mitt romney came in first by over one point over bachmann. businessman herman cain came in third. tara mergener is in washington. good morning to you. >> bachmann is kicking off in her campaign in familiar territory and on the heels of encouraging news. michele bachmann is hoping her hometown roots will help steer her to the white house. >> everything i needed to know i learned in iowa. >> reporter: this morning the minnesota congresswoman officially kicks off her campaign for the republican presidential nomination with a rally in waterloo, iowa, her birthplace. "the des m

the big rain south of north dakota pushing into iowa.ittle trailing activity being kicked in for north dakota today but not the big stuff. however, we do have record-setting flooding. we heard earlier in the broadcast thatsm >>> this weather segment sponsored by at&t. at&t, rethink possible. >>> hard to believe it was two years ago today that michael jackson died and the news shocked the world. just like his life, jackson's death was surrounded with controversy. correspondent priya david clemons is in glendale, california, where jackson was laid to rest. good morning. >> good morning to you. fans are certain to travel heretoforest lawn cemetery to pay their respect to the king of pop but the scene here will be radically calmer than it was two years ago. >> and the afternoon of june 25, 2009, we couldn't see the star for about two weeks. why? there were thousands of people here every day, lining up. >> reporter: two years ago at age 50, jackson died suddenly from an overdose of the powerful sedative. his personal physician conrad murray f

the surrey river is rising in minot, north dakota. a quarter of the city's residents, about 10,000 people, have been told to evacuate. >> barricading and putting dirt in front of all of the basement windows, clay, trying to get everything shored up. sealed up as far as the basement goes. hopefully the water doesn't go any higher than the main floor. >> dakota officials warn the flooding threat is likely to last for weeks. >>> turning now to the economy, wall street is coming off its roughest day in awhile. it was driven down by a rash of bad news on jobs, home prices and consumer confidence. ashley morrison here in new york with that and more. ashley, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, terrell. the asian markets picked up where wall street left off. tokyo's nikkei lost more than 1.5%. and other exchanges were also sharply lower. the bad news on the economy is starting to pile up, analysts think we're in what they call a soft patch with stocks being just the latest signs. the free-fall wiped out more than a quarter of the mar

the next few hours will be critical on souris river in minot, north dakota.loodwater is already at record levels, people in the nearby small town of sawyer are being told to evacuate. >>> the cnn family and sports fans everywhere are remembering this man. nick charles, he was cnn's first sports anchor and he, along with his co-anchor fred hickman were fixtures on "sports tonight" for two decades. charles died of bladder cancer this morning. he was 64. >>> and today marks the sixth anniversary of the death of an angel. farrah fawcet died of cancer two years ago. she became an icon with 12 million of her pin up poster were snapped up in 1976. you know exactly the one i'm talking about, the one with fawcet in the red swimsuit. >>> syria has banned reporters since march. they are being allowed in, but they're being closely watched by government minders. >> so this young man here, he just came out of the mosque and he said he doesn't want any trouble. but you're seeing a small group of pro government demonstrate fors there expressing their support for the regime.

n >>> the town of minot north dakota is expecting more rain this evening. that's what the area does not need, it's experiencing some of the worst flooding in that state's history. 12,000 people have been evacuated. and officials report the river could crest by tonight. brian mooar has the latest. >> reporter: days of intense flooding have transformed the streets of north dakota into canals air boats, the best way to survey the damage and search for anyone who didn't make it to dry ground. though there are hopes the flood swollen river is cresting, thousands of homes are underwater. residents riding out the disaster in shelters like this one. and for now, the state's governor can't offer much more than comforting words. >> the flows through minot are expected to be three times the amount of the previous all time record. so it's not the all time record by just a little bit, it's -- it really is a catastrophic event. >> a mandatory evacuation was ordered for nearby sawyer as residents headed out, levees were shored up. local officials pronounced on saturday th

some of it develops over towards fargo, nebraska and south dakota. the heaviest rainfall as we speak is falling back towards parts of the midwest into the ohio valley. you can see the rain is moving through. also notice the shape you have of the storms rolling through. that indicates a great deal of wind coming in from the west and moving toward the south and southeast. back towards st. louis you'll have heavy thunderstorms this morning. still heavy rain this morning there and in madisonville, southward to portland, flash flooding and poor drainage areas. parts of the desert southwesting with still dry. they did get a little bit more of a handle on the fires yesterday. winds did not materialize too strong into the afternoon, which is great. as we get into wednesday, one out of the throw major fires in the state of arizona may be contained by wednesday. that is the hope if weather conditions cooperate. today may be better, still warm and dry. at least the winds not quite as strong. the stormy conditions in parts of the central plains into the midwest.

residents of flood-ridden north dakota are told to head for higher ground. >>> and wild ride. some pi-sized cowpokes prove themselves inside the rodeo some pi-sized cowpokes prove themselves inside the rodeo ring. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello, and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, includes the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry, and today we begin withdrawing down. last night president obama addressed the nation unveiling his plan for the next steps in the war in afghanistan. it's a proposal that will have thousands of troops coming home from the nearly decade-old conflict. for more we go to tracie potts in washington for us. tracey, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. president obama said it is time to bring this war to a responsible end. with the american economy in mind, president obama says the war in afghanistan is coming to an end beginning next month. >> we have spent a trillion dollars on war. at a time of rising debt and hard economic times, it is time to focus on nation building here at home. >> reporter: his

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residents of dakota dunes in south dakota are getting help from helicopters.like to help out when they can. they're doing a good job. they're filling up sandbags at a high rate of speed. >> reporter: the river is expected to crest here sometime thursday evening. but it may be as much as a week before the water levels drop far enough for residents to go back home. clayton sandell, abc news, north dakota. >> really just incredible weather across the country. looking in on thursday forecast for the country. the dakotas, minnesota they can expect severe weather. also looking at gusty winds. hail, and a chance of tornadoes around atlanta, the carolinas, birmingham annd knoxville. showers and thunderstorms from albuquerque and rain from seattle to san francisco. looking for more snow in the northwest. >> 58, seattle. 94, phoenix. 87, kansas city. 96 in dallas. a little cooler here in the northeast, with 70s in new york and boston. >>> and you know that we do love our animal stories here on "world news now." so this one comes to us from roanoke, virginia. >> yeah, ch

. >>> the minot river in north dakota slowly recede. how people are trying to move on after losing their homes. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. organizers estimate more than 1 million people gathered in san francisco today for the city's pride celebration. today's parade was the centerpiece of it all. anne makovec shows us the excitement along the route. >> reporter: and with the revving of engines from the dikes on bikes, the 41st san francisco pride parade was off and running and stamping and dragging its way down market street. >> it's a celebration of love and happiness and acceptance of yourself and acceptance of the community and the whole world. >> reporter: in attendance? people of all colors of the rainbow including enthusiastic politician, law enforcement -- a lot of children. >> it's fantastic. >> reporter: and straight supporters. >> we have a lot of people in our family are gay and to support them. >> reporter: one of the grand marshals? chaz bono. >> it's huge for me, this is like san francisco pride and it seems like i

right now the wizards are based in north dakota. so we have to hope they will be willing to leave north dakota. >>> u.s. women's soccer team getting their world cup off to a great start. 2-0 shutout over north korea in pool play. cheney and bueller scored tore team usa. the women are off until saturday when they play columbia. >>> coming up the first lawsuit after the deadly amtrak train crash near reno. that hits the courts. >>> plus "the voice" will be chosen tonight. a look at the performances. we can tell you how you can audition for the next season. >>> and we're looking at 24, caldecott tunnel all the construction cleared as well, smooth drive towards the bay bridge on this llroute.i' sw lli'ho show you what's developi and what changes are happening even right now as we speak. >>> welcome back, you're looking at the bay bridge. it's 4:53. the tv show "the voice," which i've never seen, because i get up too early, ends tonight. ♪ >>> the four finalists rocked the house last night, each performing an original song with their due

. >>> 4,000 homes under water in minot, north dakota. but the mayor says despite all the hardships, there is actually great news. we will explain. >>> first, president obama will get in the middle deficit negotiations tomorrow. he has white house meetings schedule as he tries to break the stalemate over the debt ceiling. talks over the two parties broke down last week, and our correspondent has more on the disagreements keeping a deal from getting done. >> reporter: to the surprise of democratic negotiators, republican house majority leader, eric cantor, pulled out of bipartisan debt ceiling talks, which was a contentious meeting. he is abandoned negotiations, and cantor said democrats continue to insist any deal must include tax increases. john boehner publicly backed him up. >> i know the frustration that he feels when democrat members continue to want to bring tax hikes into the conversation and insist we have to raise taxes on the american people. >> reporter: behind closed doors, republicans insist on cutting medicare. >> yes, we do

the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota is recognized. mr. thune: last week i had the opportunity to travel my state of south dakota as i think most senators who were home over the break did. during the week i was able to be part of a couple of events in my state with former comptroller general david walker. i think most people here are acquainted with mr. walker. he had a ten-year run as the comptroller general of this country. he has since started an organization called come back america initiative and has been traveling the country trying to explain to the public the issues surrounding our national debt, high federal spending levels and their effect on our nation's future. i would add that he is someone who takes both parties to task. he is an equal opportunity critic. he is very bipartisan in his criticism of the out-of-control spending that exists here in washington, d.c. but he did point out, mr. president, the tremendous growth in government which has occurred in the course of our nation's history. in fact, when our country was founded

abc news, minot, north dakota. >> time for a first check of the weather now. nice today. >> yes. and it was good. i liked it. >> there we don't have a marine layer right now. we're going with mostly clear skies during evening hours, and will probably see low clouds and patchy fog developing overnight. and there is mostly sunny skies, high temperatures raempking from 60 at the coast and 84 inland z big question is, will this weather pattern hold throughout the weekend? in about five minutes i'll have an answer for you in the accu-weather forecast. >> all right. thank you, spencer, maybe you think baby fat is cute but experts disagree. their recommendations for exercise for toddlers next. >> first, the spray. >> which sun screens wear as well as they work? bargain brand that passed a smell test, ahead. >> and later what do you want to know? michael finney is taking your consumer questions through facebook and twitter. we have links at abc 7 news.com on the top of the home page. >> and first checking traffic here at 4:10 on a thursday, the giants game, day game today. you know traff

want to tell you about the slow water retreat in minot, north dakota. the souris river beginning to recede after cresting this weekend. the crest two feet lower than forecast but still shattered a record set in 1881. as many as 4,000 homes and businesses still under water, more than 10,000 residents have been displaced by the flooding and now face an uncertain future. cnn's jim spellman is live in minot, north dakota, bring us up to speed. >> yeah, good morning carol. a lot of those people, those 12,000 almost people that have been displaced, have been coming back here to the edge of the floodwater to take a look into their neighborhoods and it's just terrible news they're finding. block off block, right at the edge of the flood zone, and even these houses have a few feet of water, go half a block down and the water almost up to the roofs and it goes on and on. 4,000 like you mentioned homes and businesses here, under water. it's just the vastness of it is what has struck me. block after block, mile after mile through the heart of the city. as fast as t

have a nice weekend. >> you too. >> and there is a flooded river in north dakota reached an all-time high. >> in the town of minot, the river has risen almost four feet just today. and many more at risk. >> the river expected to keep rising through sunday. >> and. >> whether you survey damage from air or ground, the flooding in minot, north dakota is nothing short of utter devastation and residents are preparing for more water incoming day autos if you don't get completely taken over by water you're likely to have some water. so we'd urge you to use caution. >> amy hopkins says her house was one of the first to get hit. >> i don't know what we're going to do when this is done and there is tough choices in minot. >> this will affect the city. officials focusing on city hall. and it's all hands on deck effort. >> and they're to assist in flood in minot. >> and there are makeshift sandbags before fleeing. neighbors helping neighbors to safe whatever they can. >> many people in minot have been at this for this sm time z are foregoing return to jobs to fight this flood. 50 but despite thi

with the assistance of the north dakota national guard the cat was one step closer to dry grounds.rgeantersergeant earl acker and myself waited on dry ground. >> he is in pretty good health. he put up a good fight. he was ready to go and we did go through two or three other areas and everything looked good. this is a little guy. and he wouldn't have had a chance. >> reporter: lucky the cat and his rescuers are now safe on dry ground. a good day for lucky, the cat is outsmarted by the mouse. in minontte, jennifer thorgenson. >> a happy ending there. >>> and a sight that no surfer wants to see and not soaring over his head. check out the video from the beach and the florida panhandle, and the shark is jumping over right there, caught on camera. that is a four-foot spinner shark that flew right over the surfer, and see it again. startling everyone who saw it, and the spinner sharks can grow to about six feet in length and they do prefer the shallow, they like the shallow water. fortunately, but that surfer is lucky, they don't like people, the spinner sharks like fish. >> and it is a

in north dakota the swollen souris river is cresting at this hour and 17 feet above flood level. lower than expected but high enough to swam 4,000 homes and force 11,000 residents to evacuate. the epic flooding is the worst the region has seen since 1881. in new york, more than half a

here in south dakota homes sit along the river's edge. but tonight these sandbags may not be enough to keep the water back. as the missouri river rises, so does the concern. for more than a week, many have tried to fortify their homes. but tonight thousands have been ordered to leave. mass evacuations across the upper midwest as the river threatens to topple levees and burst banks. in south dakota, eric nordstrom has lived along the river with his family for more than a decade. tonight, he's ready to walk away. >> it's just a house. it's not a home anymore. it's just a house. we moved out about a week ago and went elsewhere. >> reporter: with the missouri river running nearly 2,400 miles long, seven midwest states are under a flood emergency. the massive flow of water controlled by six dams. every release adding more pressure to communities down river. but the reservoirs are nearly full. there's too much water to hold back. the army corps of engineers, blamed for waiting too long to release the excess flow. >> mother nature really put a s

>>> well, thousands of people in south dakota are packing up what they can and leaving their homes. the army corps of engineers plans to release water from two dams along the missouri river which means these families may not be able to return home for months. engineers are also building up the levees so there's no unexpected flooding after more than a month of heavy rain. >>> a new report this morning says japan underestimated the threat of tsunami to its nuclear power plant. an international nuclear watchdog group is now calling for greater oversight of nuclear plants. the group does praise emergency workers' response to the disaster. >>> on the third day of her bus tour, sarah palin met up with donald trump. while in new york yesterday palin and her family grabbed a slice of pizza with trump. he says they didn't talk about anything political and she did not ask him for an endorsement. palin still hasn't confirmed whether she will enter the 2012 election. this morning she will tour the

we are back it 1800's turning into a major story add in north dakota out bound named my now renounceflood waters it is the worst and flooding in a century report 10,000 residents have been evaluated as neighboring small towns have given up hope the water river is expected to crest sometime today it is expected to crest 7 ft. above normal range. this is a look outside of from our mt. tam cam some clouds out there but it is going to be a decent day. >> this is a live shot from san jose we are dealing with patchy fog and low clouds we will have a lots of sunshine this afternoon chance of showers by mid-week. 53 in santa rosa right now 65 in antioch right now this is a are fought jack. lots of sunshine in store for us last of wind up to 80 mi. per hour " 78 in santa rosa l. 74 vallejo 70 is along the peninsula. 81 expected in more go hill. the fog is going to be clearing by 1030 a & you might want a bring a light jacket. slightly warmer and dishes tomorrow and then a chance of showers and kicks in on tuesday evening lots of sunshine by thursday and warming up next weekend. >> 66 is not a

. >> a glimmer of hope for north dakota. what happened today that has some in that town breathing a sigh of relief. >> starting to gain the upper hand the progress being made tonight as firefighters battle three wildfires in arizona. >> also days after the president outlined his plans to withdraw troops from afghanistan that country's president speaks out. . >>> more hope in north dakota. the source river is slowly starting to go down. still thousands remain on alert as officials warn the danger will continue for days. we have more now from the flood zone. >> reporter: the river is now swamping at least one in five homes. water blasting its way over the levee system. >> the water that we are dealing with which has been -- between 25 and 30,000 feet per second, is five times more than -- more than five times the original design of the flood control channel. >> reporter: some houses just a few yard from the levies built in the last week. thousands can only watch and wait. >> can't do anything but accept it to our best and -- p

the hebrew immigrant aid society in new york or the father at the lutheran social services south dakota who after working two jobs in a day still find the ability to make it to a night class where they can learn english and about our nation's history and government. the energy that drives these parents is the same energy that drove our immigrant parents and grandparents. the idea that their hard work would give their children a

they're building emergency levees in south dakota, and minot, north dakota, the mayor ordered 10,000 residents to evacuate. >> these areas for secondary diking are designed to save the most amount of infrastructure and be built in the amount of time available and i want to tell you that the amount of time available is critical and that's why we've had to make some difficult decisions. >> it's feared some people won't be able to return to their homes for two months or more. >>> switching gears now, "cbs moneywatch" time now. ashley morrison is here. >> a mostly quiet day for asian markets. tokyo's nikkei edged up to close at a three-week high. hong kong's hang seng edged up a fraction. the automakers release their may sales numbers. on tuesday stocks rally, even with consumer confidence dropping to a six-month low. the dow jumped 128 points. the nasdaq added 38, despite those gains, may was the worst month for the market since august. for the month the dow lost almost 2%, while the nasdaq 1.5%. >>> analysts are warning it could take the housing market five or six more years to recover

north dakota ramps up the battle against record floodwaters that have already swamped more than 4,000 homes and forced 11,000 people to evacuate. a controversial victory in new york for same-sex marriage. seth doane has reaction to the biggest state yet to change the law. politicians without pay-- california legislators failed to pass a balanced state budget on time. now, bill whitaker tells us, it's their personal budgets that are taking a hit. and meet the magic chef. a former restaurant star who now cooks up smiles for youngsters with cancer. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. we begin tonight with the ongoing drama of the battle against the rivers in minot, north dakota. today, residents and city officials braced for another bad day as record crests were expected. a second evacuation has been issued in a nearby town, and tonight, while there is some good news to report, the fight to save the area is far from over. jamey yuccas, is in minot tonight. >> reporter: as the mouse river begins to crest at its highest

. >>> bracing for disaster, floodwaters are pouring into minot, north dakota, and the worst is yet to come. >>> and back to boston. mob boss james "whitey" bulger returns to massachusetts to face murder charges and more. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm manuel gallegus in for betty nguyen. >>> we have new insight into possible links between osama bin laden and pakistani officials. the "new york times" reported a cell phone captured during the raid of bin laden's compound may tie the al qaeda leader to pakistan's intelligence agency. the cell phone belonged to the terror leader's most trusted courier, the man he depended on to maintain communications with the outside world. the "new york times" reports the phone contained contacts to a militant group in pakistan that bin laden used as part of his support network. the group known as harakat ul mujahadin was a longstanding asset of isi, pakistan's intelligence service, which allowed it to operate in the country for 20 years. by tracing calls made on the phone, u.s. intelligence analysts determined the

the situation starts to ease just a little in minot, north dakota. there are new worries for a pair of nuclear power plants along the flooded moss river. jamie yuccas of wcco-tv is in minot with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. people getting welcomed news this morning that the river crested over the weekend and water levels are starting to go down. further south in nebraska, they're seeing water level rise on missouri river there, threatening two nuclear power plants near omaha. 20 miles north of omaha, the ft. calhoun power plant has been closed since april for refueling. it's here where a collective wall or berm collapsed yesterday after river levels reached dangerous levels. >> they've been designed to what we think historically is the largest possible flood. this plant is set to deal with a flood at a much higher level than we're seeing now. >> reporter: gregory jaczko toured the other plant, cooper plant south of omaha is still dry at this point. if the river rises another three feet, the nrc will have to shut down the plant. >>

the mayor of minot, north dakota told the people there today to pack up and get out. the army corps of engineers spokesman put it bluntly, a flood is coming. it's expected to break an all-time record there, 11,000 people are on the move tonight. we're talking about the souris river and the water from the historic snow melt and heavy rains so far unstoppable in this awful season. kevin tibbles is there for us tonight. good evening. >> reporter: brian, tonight minot is bracing for flooding set to overwhelm the record books as the fast moving, fast-rising souri sirks river already seriver -- souris river here threatening to devastate the city. this brother and sister scramble to move their worldly possessions out of their family home. >> it's a big empty feeling inside and like i said, you salvage what you can, and tomorrow's going to be another day. we'll be here to clean up. >> we all say we can rebuild. >> reporter: some 11,000 people, a full quarter of the town's population heading for higher ground. >> with all the dike work we have had done, i never imagined we wou

the river in minot, north dakota, broke through the levees. it's rising so fast, you can watch it inch up the sides of homes, as now 40,000 people brace themselves. hundreds of businesses likely to be lost. and abc's david kerley has the story tonight. david? >> reporter: good evening, diane. this water is moving very fast. in fact, watch this ball travel down central avenue in just the next couple of seconds. it is rising fast, too, about a food every four hours. down river, they are actually trying to evacuate as quickly as possible, but for thousands here in minot, it's too late. water is swallowing parts of minot, and this isn't even the worst of it yet. already more than ten feet above flood stage, another four-plus feet of water is coming. cassandra martin moved to town just ten days ago, and already knows her house is under water. were you able to get everything out? >> no. we had to leave everything. and i'm due in six weeks with a new baby and we have nothing. >> reporter: the dam protecting town is spilling water at a rate 200 times

the north dakota town of minot, this that misery level is less than 3 ft. of that nuclear power plant. while the nebraska people are worried about that nuclear power plant, one-third of the people and north dakota are worried about that completely homeless. the national guard patrolled these flooded streets to assess the damage. some people returned to see what was left. left>> devastating, heartbreaking, heart wrenching. >>catherine: fema has already stepped an but this river cleanup is on hold it " feet is going to be told feet 12 ft. above flood stage. it above flood stage for at least one more week. >> i am so glad that my wife was with me. is a check of what is really important. >>catherine: the city has been relatively prosperous with an oil boom in northern dakota. that gives people a reason to stay and rebuild. >>jacqueline: and live look with that that fog along the coast. we have big changes in to the forecast tomorrow. details on that coming up in just a bit. stay with us. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borr

. >>> the waters as high as it's going to get in minot, north dakota. the river that flows through it has crested at the river high. it could be days, even weeks before some people can get back to their homes. >>> about a third of the city of minot was evacuated. jim spellman was there. any word on how much damage has been caused there? >> reporter: fredericka, just this morning we heard from officials here that about 4,000 homes have flooded. it's really terrible. we're right at the edge of the floodwater in northwest minot, you can see this did he have vase tags here. you don't have to go but a block or two before the water is up to the roof. some people along the edges have been a little lucky, they built sort of sand bags around the homes and they are just hoping that it didn't come up a little bit more and they got a little bit lucky. it ended up being 2 feet less than estimations. people have been showing up to take a peek down into the flood area and see how their own homes made out. most of them have found pretty bad news unfortunately. >> it's

to give an example, and it's a south dakota example in the dakota dunes. it is a region built around a golf course, the dakota dunes golf course, just outside of iowa, outside of the north hsu city, which, some -- north sioux city which some might call it a suburb of sioux city, but people with wherewithal and vision developed an area there for residences. it's close to the river. when the corps of engineers announced that these discharge levels would be coming down the river they went about protecting their homes by building a levee with private funds. this is a community coming together to protect their homes. and the corps of engineers protects about half the homes in that area but it is not stable enough for them to build the levee to protect all the homes. you have two levees, one private money, good homes protecting themselves, another one, corps of engineers money to protect the balance of those homes. if we lose the levee near the river about half the homes in the dakota dunes and probably the nicest homes will be under a massive amount of water an

back to north dakota and the flooding. i just got word that the last four straight hours we've taken readings of the water, and it has slowly, the numbers, albeit 1/100 of an inch, we've seen those numbers begin to fall. it did reach 1,561.72 feet. four feet above the record. it was two feet below their earlier projections. weeks before, though, it will be weeks until we really see this begin to recede. even as we head into the july fourth holiday it's really going to be quite a long time until that muddy debris kind of lowers and you see what's left. unfortunately, really no rest for the weary. more rain coming in. we're going to see the rain today and tonight. tomorrow minot begins to dry out with sunshine. take a look at the radar. heaviest rain to the east and south. as we put this into motion and show you the forecast for the rain, this timestamped until tomorrow. then tuesday at 4:00 in the afternoon, minot. one big look at the big picture for today. of course, here's where the storms will be. biggest storms isolated

. >> the fear, the flooding, and the helplessness in the north dakota city of minot. >> they're giving up on saving homes from rising flood waters. >> the low clouds in fog burned off this morning, and, boy, what terrific afternoon we have seen. temperatures warm the next few days, and then you know what? we're going to talk about showers. yes, showers? we'll look at the seven-day >> investigators are asking for help in the attack of a jogger. police released this sketch of the attacker who is accused of slashing the female jogger with a box cutter. it learned -- happened near an apartment complex. the man is in his early 30 sors -- 0s. anyone who may know this man is asked to contact the police. >>> in hercules, firefighters rescued a woman trapped inside a burning house. the fire started after 1:00 this morning inside the home on fall ton way. it took a half hour for 20 firefighters to put out the flames. the victim was airlifted to valley medical center in san jose. her condition is not being released. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> to the flooding now in no

the city of minot, north dakota began to flood today as a bloated river poured over its levees. at the same time, thousands of people poured out of the city for the second time this month. even before the souris river the river threatened to engulf bridges and roads, cutting off whole areas and forcing some 11,000 people to evacuate minot by nightfall. >> just waiting. >> sreenivasan: nearly 500 north dakota national guard soldiers were on hand to help, providing traffic control. time was of the essence in one neighborhood where the only road in had already been inundated. >> the first time they came by they said a levee had been broke that the dike had been compromised. so, we needed to get out as soon as possible. >> sreenivasan: the souris, which flows from canada into north dakota, has been bloated by heavy spring snowmelt and rain. earlier this month, the river than an inch shy of the historic flood that swamped the city in 1969. 10,000 residents were evacuated, then allowed to return only to be told to leave again. >> about two weeks ago, we had a big crew here, moved ever

she came from north dakota. >> i expected it to be nicer than north dakota. but it is actually not. >> the weather is not good for the strawns should be the busiest time of year. but north beach is getting a cold shoulder. >> it is like yesterday. we had maybe five tables. >> garcia has been parking car in the lot for years. the rain kept him business . he would stay in the hut. it is like the hand brakes. rain, rides don't exist and bad for business. >> we are down 90 percent today and yesterday due to the weather situation. >> one of the major street fairs is the star for the weekend. 35th year of the union street fare and ready for the rain expected this weekend. >> party. and come rain or shine cliche or not it goes on artist will bring the tarp to cover displays and music will play the classics it is the coldest may in like 12 years. they may be selling hats instead of sunscreen. don sanchez, woops. seven news. >> it is june and not january. sandhya is joining us now with the radar. >> it is quieting down in the bay area. we had thunderstorms earlier in

>> thank you. >>> this morning the city of minot, north dakota is filling up with water. they expect their worst flooding in history in the next week. jamie yuccas is in minot for us this morning. >> reporter: water at record levels and expected to go seven feet higher. i want to show you the scenes popping up this morning. over my right shoulder, cars and buildings as the sun rises and starting to see they are submerged at this point in those floodwate floodwaters and it's expected to get worse. sirens blaired in minot, north dakota, on wednesday, letting res contents know the mouse river is over the top of the levee and time for 1,000 people in evacuation zones to leave. >> i am a single father and i have four boys and scared out of my mind. >> this city is being evacuated effective immediately. >> reporter: police drove through neighborhoods to urge residents to leave their homes. >> i had to leave most of my stuff up there on my place and rough trying to haul everybody. i got me and my boys and my baby here and i couldn't take nothing with me but the clothes and docum