people in the town of finley spent much of monday packing up. even some streets of suburban memphis were blocked as students packed into a church jim to brace for record flooding. high winds created a wild side off the coast of hawaii. two water tornadoes touched down near the coast of honolulu last night. the waterspouts stayed offshore and ultimately did not cause any damage. look at how ominous that is. >> it is neat looking but they are dangerous. those are just tornadoes over water. people think that it is just, with a word like waterspout, that it is a small thing but it is a tornado. what does do, sometimes it can suck up marine life and it can drain fish over land. -- rain down fish over the land. >> storms in our area this afternoon? >> tonight, straight line winds could cause some minor damage. >> no winning fish? >> exactly. [laughter] going to the rooftop camera, we have a picture of the scattered clouds in the sky. it looks kind of hazy because of the humidity. you will feel a hint of humidity as well. not impressive, for sure. stro

with to flooding rivers, people have been moving out of the way as flood waters reached the town of finleyin the midst of the cast volunteers took time to remember stray dogs. after the story was posted on facebook people of come to the rescue of dozens of frightened animals. trapped by fast rising flood waters. it somehow to be brought out by boat. >> the water is rising, they're the top of their dog houses in the can get out. >>catherine: the pictures keep coming and about the terrible devastation of alabama, the spot hardest hit. some of the stories are encouraging. this home is clearly a loss. not much left standing. yet the woman who lived here survived by taking shelter in a windowless room. volunteers are playing a big role in helping out. one man from indiana said the destruction is hard to take in. >> you see it to bear or a poster from the bedroom wall or a car that you know has been up in the air and tossed around. it's unbelievable. >>catherine: this was the reunion in arkansas today, this is a boy scout there is his mother. they were reunited this afternoon along with to troop

francisco florez, anthony brewster, rohaun finley, nima hawkings, tremen larakin, pauline lookinbill. if you wish to speak on behalf of the appellant, please stepped up. >> i am david pillpell. i want to speak in support of the appellants. the question is whether further environmental review is required. i believe that for this project as i understand it there may be direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts from this project. i do not believe they have been adequately assessed. i understand the city if approval discretion is limited under the communications act of 1996. as such, i believe an eir is the best place to explore the project impacts, alternatives, and the traditions. to that end, i believe it is inappropriate to reject the cadex and require further environmental review. you would need to look at all the various aspects of street furniture and enforcement in the public realm, whether they be good bed or otherwise, whether they are bicycle racks, trees, or all kinds of things on the sidewalk. when you take these things together, the cumulative impact is an impediment, that ne

it's a similar story up river in the town of finley, and mark strassmann is there tonight.rk, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, harry. this is crestview drive. it's underwater and evacuating because of three nearby cresting rivers. it actually goes from bad to worse. the worry is that more water's coming. one dump truck at a time, crews raise this entire levee. 18 inches higher could make the difference. just like these inmates filling sandbags. all to help hold back the bloated mississippi. cody rodriguez knows the stakes. he helped build this five-foot levee around his grandmother's house. floodwaters swallowed it. >> we pretty much lived here 24 hours a day to save it there's only so much you can do. >> reporter: for this house and so many others it's too late. the mississippi-- a mile that way and 11 feet above flood stage and rising-- keeps pushing all this water where no one wants it to go. compare nasa's satellite images. the region's rivers at normal levs last year and now. water seeping from banks and levees all over. river levels higher than the great flood

mark strassmann in finley, tennessee, thanks a lot. it is now 19 minutes past the hour. time to get the rest of the headlines. for that let's go to cbs news correspondent and "morning news" anchor betty nguyen at the news desk. >> good morning, russ and rebecca. good morning to you at home. violence in syria does continue. this morning, syrian tanks rolled into the mediterranean town of banya in a swift crackdown on anti-government protesters. the assault comes one day after army forces attacked demonstrators in cities across syria. human rights activists say more than two dozen people were killed. but that figure cannot be independently confirmed. the u.s. is pressing the syrian government to end the violence against the protesters. >>> amnesty international, the human rights group, claims libyan forces may have committed war crimes during their two-month siege on the rebel-held city of misrata. the fighting in the city is among the bloodiest in the battle for libya. aid groups estimate hundreds of people have been killed there. amnesty international estimate l libyan f

and ida finley suffers from alzheimer's. call 417-483-0883 if you have seen her. and skyular logsdon was locate and the little boy did not survive the storm. but this woman, emma marie hayes was located and her family is with her at the hospital. we will talk to the governor about the frustration and the lack of organization and what he can, if anything, what he can do about it. we will talk to him coming up in a moment. and later on tape, a family scrambling for shelter as the tornado gets close, and the family dog was missing. take a look. >> come on back. >> it is coming right over us. we are right in the path. stay in. where's the phone? >> you want to see how this one ended, believe me. we will bring it to you on "360." that's good, right? good job. years ago, my mother taught me. and over the years, i've taught my family. we've created so much here together. so when my doctor said that over those years my high cholesterol was contributing to plaque buildup in my arteries, i listened. and that's why i'm fighting my cholesterol with crestor. [ male announcer ]

ida finley was also last seen at the greenbrier. she suffers from alzheimer's. call 417-483-0883 if you've seen her. 16-month-old skyular logsdon. someone we told you about last night. he was located, sadly did not survive the storm. this woman, emma marie hayes was also located. she's in a hospital, doing okay and her family is with her now. we're going to talk to the governor of missouri coming up next about these problems, about this frustration, about this lack of organization and what he can, if anything, what he can do about it. we'll talk to him coming up. >>> and later, a family scrambling for shelter as the tornado gets close. but the family dog was missing. take a look. >> it's coming right over us. we're right in its path. >> where's the phone? >> you want the see how this one ended. and we'll bring it to you ahead on "360." [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network exper

people they're leaving their homes, residence and finley tennessee spent yesterday packing up and movingear also getting ready for the floodwater. they are leaving levees in the area built up to try and protect their homes. there has been flood warnings for two dozen counties in tennessee. >> mark: we are just dealing with some fog right now but a warm up on the way. >> james: a quick break down as we look at the san jose camera here. it will be cool, breezy with low clouds burning off before too much longer here. plenty of sunshine and warmer temperatures than yesterday getting into low 80s. this evening cool and mild setting us up for nice day tomorrow. temperatures right now we still have not moved on lot on the thermometer 50 in oakland, the son has been up for an hour now, 49 in san jose, these temperatures will begin to rise and continue to climb to these numbers here. these are the expected highs. 69 san francisco, 81, cored, oakland it will probably top out at 74, 75 expected in mountain view and in fremont. that is where the highs will go this afternoon. as for what we expect to

tomorrow, political roundtable on the 2012 presidential election with democratic strategist karen finley and sherry to coalesce. cheri jacobus. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> of the obama administration faced its first appeals court challenge to the new health care law. they heard oral humans at liberty university. they're ready university is a religious college in lynchburg, virginia. it declared that mandating individuals to buy health care insurance is a violation. two other circuits have oral arguments scheduled. this is one hour and 25 minutes. >> good morning. i am on behalf of the plaintiffs. we ask this court to find that the mandates are unconstitutional for two reasons. first, the clause does not give congress to pass the mandate turned suddenly, they violate the plaintiffs' constitutional rights. it is to promote an ideal that is humanitarian in nature. but it goes beyond the limits of the constitution by regulating the first time in history non- economic activity. congress has the authority to pass these mandates for three reasons. congress lack

finley, and it wasn't long ago the minister for toronto, a political minister for toronto in the harborem ready, and there was only always a point of credibility. they didn't have a presentation to major metropolitan city. it is one of the fundamental realignments which has taken place tonight. i think that along with the story of the block and the liberals in quebec those are the stories we will be writing about for some time and will likely impact how all of the party's 04 word. >> you know, david, the might paul martin lost in 2006 to steven harper, he didn't wait. he said in his speech that night that he would be stepping down. that was a decision one assumes he came to if not on his own certainly talking to people like you. to make a decision on the night off, which i suppose is something that paul or michael igneri diaz has got to be pondering at this point. how difficult is that to make that decision on the might of? >> the party leader has a lot of responsibilities and to a lot of people with the custodians of institutions and they have to consider all those things. mr. martin f