started heading towards downtown duluth. spent an entire night out on the town, and now is safely returned back at the zoo. don is joining us right this minute from duluth, minnesota. the one who first saw the seal on the side of the road. >> i went for a ride, and i ended um in a big puddle. almost staumed out my car. as i turned around, i got out by the zoo and i seen what ip thought was an injured dog on the side of the road. >> how far away from the zoo is this scene here? >> just across the street. the seal had been washed out from the other side of the road and walked back all the way up the hill and trying to get back to the zoo. >> ah. >> and as luck would have it, you know, the fire and rescue showed right up. >> in general, how bad has it been? >> it is ripping up roads. culverts, streets. it's sucking in houses, hotels. >> oh, my god! >> water has a lot of power, and it's done a lot of destruction. >>> the most wanted man in ohio has been caught on camera -- for months he's been casually walking into this same stor

duluth. there are some parts of the downtown area and parts of canal park that the water has receded.e zoo, the creek there was still roaring last night. some of the animals, those seals you spoke about, and the polar bear that almost escaped its exhibit, have new homes now in st. paul at comeau park, about two hours south of here. they are going to go to their new homes while they try to find new habitats for all of the animals that were in the zoo. mark dayton will be making his way through here today as well to assess the damage. >> thank you so much. >>> we got so much heat here, we think about that, the zoo animals, the polar bear almost escaped, soledad. >> oh, my goodness. thank you very much. >>> still ahead this morning, we'll take you to a college in denver that is giving illegal immigrant students a break on tuition. >>> plus, today's "tough call." thieves steal a family's dog. and then leave a note to tell them why. you're listening to -- let's play that, celeste's play list. what have you got? >> the plain white t's. >> "hey there, delilah." ♪ >>> welcome back, everybody.