mo rocca hears fashion tips from sisters nora and delia. john blackstone shows us one graduate's remarkable walk for his college diploma. first the headlines for the 15th day of may, 2011. in louisiana they're sacrificing some communities in order to save others. the army corps of engineers has begun to open the spill way, diverting water from the swollen mississippi but doing so could leave hundreds even thousands of homes underwater. dean reynolds has the story. >> reporter: the manipulation of the mississippi. water diverted from a louisiana spill way on to croplands in a desperate attempt to lessen the pressure on levees and flood walls at baton rouge and new orleans. one gate opened saturday. one or two more today and more later. general michael walsh of the army corps of engineers. >> this is certainly going to be a marathon and not a sprint as we go through this tremendous amount, huge amount of water as it comes down. >> reporter: it's coming all the way down the mississippi. now cresting in arkansas and cresting next week at baton

delia gongalves is there to see the feeling there tonight. >> reporter: even thousand the crowds maye thinned out, the streets are now quiet. i have to tell you the pride and excitement you can imagine still exists throughout the city. especially for some service members that we spoke to earlier tonight who were honored here at the ballpark. a few things seem more american than baseball. >> ♪ oh, say can you see ♪ >> reporter: and at tonight's national's game ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ >> reporter: a very special mention. >> it brought a sense of closure a little bit to the country and, yes, it's really special to be here tonight. >> reporter: the current and retired service members not only got a free ticket to military night at the stadium but a seat of honor at the celebration. one that is more meaningful this day after. >> i was very happy. that's our goal for the last ten years. i think all of us owe a huge debt to the intelligence teams and special forces guys who actually performed that operation successfully. >> reporter: navy lieutenant mike hanzel says the capture and ki

delia?> reporter: anita, sadly this situation is really terrible because the 16 year old was not wearing a helmet at the time of this accident. he wasn't even an avid skateboarder we are told. and some people are even using this tragedy to revive the debate about helmet laws. right now though it is just time to grieve and remember for all his friends who came here to the community rec center. >> he was meant to be a thinker in this world. >> reporter: although his son lived a short life he left a lasting impression. >> when he was 5 years old i remember what he used to say was i'm going to be a lawyer some day so that i can sue people that litter on the street. >> reporter: at 16 he was a thoughtful, kind young man with a promising future. one of the state's top debaters leading his team to the state championships. a successful student. served as a role model to many. >> he was the best friend that you always wanted to have. >> reporter: even his competitors. >> he was a wonderful debater an

all right delia, thank you.nita. >>> it's a street ceremony to honor police officers and firefighters who have fallen in the line of duty. the honor guard from various agencies both local and national marched in the streets followed by the 17th annual blue mass in downtown dc. 153 people in law enforcement died while doing their jobs. 19 of them from the dc metro area. >> i pray for police officers and all first responders everywhere. i hope nobody else has to go through this. not easy to lose a son. >> i feel great. i feel wonderful. this is one of the few chances that we have a chance to come and share memories, grieve together as one agency and not separate agencies from various jurisdictions around. >> mass is considered a kickoff to police week. congressional leaders unveiled a statue today. the leaders along with former secretary of state, henry kissen nger. >>> a maryland educator has just been named 2011's teacher of the year. her name is michelle shearer. our kristin fisher was with her students this ye

delia gonclaves. thank you. anita?sli, at least 95 dogs and seven birds were found living in one home in brunswick. frederick county animal control control responded. many were suffering skin issues and other problems of poor health. none had been neutered or spayed. animal control officer says an elderly couple lives in the house and are cooperating with the investigation. neighbors say they have never seen the dogs outside the home. >> i don't know what kind of disease could be in that house based on all of the feces and urine. >> taking on adoption of one of these dogs will require more than normal house breaking, interaction socialization to have them adapt because they are not used to go outside and they are not house broken. it is not an impossible task but not an easy task. >> wow. possible animal abuse and neglect charges are ilk considered. each charge would carry a $1000 fine and/or 90 days in jail. >>> emergency officials in memphis went door-to-door today urging people to get out of their homes. a massive w

we're joined by delia gone goncalves now. >> reporter: the 17 people who appeared in court all pled not guilty to charges of disorderly conduct and a new charge of failure to obey. before court this morning they staged a rally proclaiming that their fight and the protests are not over. nine of the protesters today chose to pay $100 in a post and forfeiture fine which is not an admission of guilt but does it close the because on their court appearances. however, eight people, including michael brown, say they're seeing this through. >> who wouldn't pay $100 to avoid having to come back to court again but we need to make a statement that the district of columbia pays the highest federal taxes in the country. we're the home of 39 congressional medal of honor winners and we're tried of being treated like second-class citizens. >> reporter: the eight people have until a hearing june 28th to decide if they're going to pay that $100 fine and move forward or continue this fight in court. michael brown tells me everything is on the table. jc, back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> d.c. council

his first interview and he has a lot more on this story at wusa9.com and that's where you can see delia's story on how to talk to your kids about terrorism and reaction to this from around the world. >>> police are not releasing a lot of information tonight about the deaths of three people in central virginia. two men and one woman were found shot on a road right near charlottesville. officers discovered the bodies while investigating a home invasion robbery two miles away. none of the victims lived in that house, but police think those crimes are linked. >>> today marks one year since yeardley love was murdered. the lacrosse player's boyfriend is still behind bars waiting for his trial. family and friends did reach out to love, but they did not realize how abusive that relationship had become. tonight some students say that mind set has changed. >> students are more willing to report things prior to this incident wouldn't have reported. >> over the last year, the university says its increased the number of safe rides to drive students home late at night and added hours to the bus schedul

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the name is the not because this is the only place where we should invest the money the of custom delia but because of . whatever reason it was here is than this you should have some women pick up a mean take a crucial element. of course that service a benchmark for everybody else comes in them so i believe skulk will want to become this kind of the benchmark for modernization and of course not the only ones you by the way i would like to thank everybody who works here and you must let me put a utility for passing our facility of course we could have this meeting in the kremlin but i think it is better to be here. all right. all right good it's. quite hard to choose. all right let's go to kenya can inspire you to use agency one of the let's move that i'll probably you know i mentioned some people i know personally of please get on the if you look and but it doesn't mean i'm going to talk to the kremlin politely. thank you very much mr president but he said not that you've replaced two thousand government governors but place to single minister why is that is that we need a situation the

words of support, delia from los angeles offering prayers.rs, a new york schoolteacher, jonathan. and people offering help any way. they don't know what it is they can do to help but they want to let them know they're supporting. another one that people have been using is the survivor's page. this is joplin, missouri, tornado survivor page. where people can say things how can i check on the state of st. john's medical center. has baby sky her been found? somebody inquiring about that. syria waters writing in no, three hours ago. there are many others talking ability who they're looking for, where they were, looking for randy, his truck was found at home depot. please call with a phone number. this is when it gets heartbreaking knowing these people still have no information on where their loved ones may be and they're reaching out on social networking sites to try to find out. another one, because in some of these cases and we can still hold out hope that perhaps people are alive, just can't reach their loved ones, this is where the american r