in anne arundel county and we're in laurel at this bridge, which is closed most of today of the floodgates up receiver and we're open to relieve the pressure on the dams in the area and leading to a rising tide of water. officials are stationed on the bridge and they're concerned about the 43-year-old structure and the rising weather and the debris striking it throughout the day. earlier, anne arundel county and fire and e. mr. s. officials tell us they received a -- and ire s officials tell us they received a phone call about people living in the woods. they arrived in the area because one was reported missing and not responding to calls. they transported to another area hotel and another man found dead at the scene and we speak to a gentlemen by the name of mateo. he told us he was living in the camp the next 3 1/2 months and he was there this morning and had to wade in waist deepwater to get out to safety. >> and i woke up about 3:00 in the morning because the rain was coming down so hard and i looked over. and -- thatlooded the whole area. >> how did you get out? >> i walked up. >> and

they have opened the floodgates. that is bad news because of the flooding but good news because wscc has been able to warn people. they're evacuating businesses in the downtown historic section of lawrm and brock bridge road which -- laurel and brock bridge road just on the anne arundel county side of the patuxent river. there have been some rescues out of vehicles over there. we're also told there's a homeless camp near the laurel track. in fact, i went and investigated there this morning. could not get to the several tents that are back in the woods. they are under water. and we're told emergency crews are headed over there on the chance that someone may be trapped. let me -- i'm working alone today but i want to take you and show you a little more of the downtown area. behind me here is the marc train station and just above that are some of the parking lots there. the town of laurel has made plans to tow commuters' cars out of these lots if the water gets much higher to try to protect the property of people who le

floodgates had to be open and several homes had to be evacuated. we broke the story on our website and twitter. sign up for breaking news alerts on abc2news.com. >>> in howard county some people are dealing with flooding. people in -- in ellicott city are no stranger to. it take a look at these pictures. they were dealing with serious flooding. >>> this is a reminder that you should never drive through standing water. rescue crews were busy all day. >>> hornses in recount -- homeowner in anne arundel and howard county are dealing with a mess. first, be sai. the foundation may be weakened and there could be electrical shorts. so stay away from that area. go through your furniture and other items to figure out what things can be repaired and what you should get rid of. and moisture can cause mildew to grow and that could make your family sick. with flooding continuing to be a problem, let's head over to meteorologist wyatt everhart. he's in the storm center. we're talking about more rain, more snow. what's on tap? >>> there will be some snow showers

laurel is dealing with a lot of ring water after the floodgates on the brighton and duckett dams up north had to be opened. the city's mayor declared a state of civil emergency and ordered some parts of the town to be evacuated. one woman has already died in those floodwaters. our scott broom joins us live from laurel with more on that. >> reporter: the death a serious matter, but tonight i'm looking at a parking lot that was filled with cars of commuters who use the marc train here. the good news for them is the city rescued their cars and towed them out. the bad news is the commuters parked there went around cones set up just for this reason because these lots were expected to flood. so they'll have to pay to get their cars back. commuter car rescue courtesy of the city of laurel, about a dozen cars saved by the tow hook. elsewhere employees in low lying businesses were ordered to get out, about 250 people moved during the day. the patuxent river rising slowly as the washington suburban sanitary commission was forced to open the floodgates at its upstream dams to release an unexpected p

but it is valid be one kimberly, obviously we are talking about opening serious floodgates. >> absolutely has anyone questioned why this individual never had a reassignment surgery prior to being incarcerated? probably because she couldn't afford it. so she goes and commits this robbery, she goes to jail and the taxpayers should foot the bill? this is a point where she goes to die if she has the surgery, this is a purely elective surgery that the american taxpayer should not have to pay for. >> that's what we have to talk about here. opening the floodgates, no matter how much compassion you feel for this, this could be an extraordinarily interesting case and people still couldn't understand what all the other problems why this would be okay okay, you have the eighth amendment rights. that is part of our constitution and part of our constitution, including the eighth amendment says medical needs. they have to be dealt with. charles: okay, it's open to interpretation. i was going to tell you guys about this, have a good afternoon. okay, don't be afraid of animal animals. >> would you please

the washington suburban sanitary commission had to open the floodgates to relieve the pressure on the dams that control the water level causing problems downstream in towns like laurel. >> the reservoirs are able to handle so much rain, but this was a little too much and so they had to relieve the pressure. they opened up the floodgates. >> reporter: the red cross is helping to staff the evacuation center near route 1. and so far, residents say they are trying to balance the decision of staying with their home or staying away from the water. >> you have to take the flood serious. three inches of water, can you drown in it and that depends on how prepared you are. >> reporter: six inches of rain fell last night in some areas along the patuxent river. the evacuations that were ordered affected several hundred people in the city's historic district. the mayor of laurel said he could change that order to a mandatory order tonight. >> we were watching the waterline, quite frankly. as more waters dump, it could cause us more concern and more issues and that could be a determination. we're g

the floodgates have opened.lice reported 214 criminal offenses committed across the uk between 1955 and 2009. 73% of its victims were under 18. the youngest was just eight. 82% were female. the sheer scale of his crimes -- so many victims over so many years. while he was working at the heart of so many trusted u.k. institutions, the report does not adequately explain that catastrophic failure, but says it hopes this is a watershed moment. >> if you go back into this, children would have said that something is happening that i am not comfortable with. they would have told somebody. there were not taken seriously. >> the report talks of the tragic consequences of one of vulnerability and our collide. -- and power collide. when victims did speak out, no one believed them. today's report says that much never happen again. >> learning about science may become a thing of the past for school children in indonesia. the government wants to cancel science class is to make more room for religion and nationalism. teachers s

second half, opens up a huge lead and the floodgates. check out this highlight. watch this. slow on the rebound. a reverse slam dunk. we will show you another angle. newton appreciate the beauty. that is like straight out of the nba. maryland wins. uva and boston college. laying it in with the left hand like it is nothing. the cavaliers when their third straight 55-61. ryan makes a nice pass right there. he is fouled. gw wins, 82-54. spring training starts on february 12. that is when pitchers and catchers report. everybody came to downtown today for fan fest at the convention center. the players gathered a good bit of attention the arguably biggest sell might have been the newest president. welcome president william howard taft. he came out to quite the charade. he joins the mount rushmore presidents. he predicted and 81 ring the season. tyler moore, all of them were there. we actually caught up with drew the closer at the center of the controversy last season about the infamous game five and what he has learned from it. >> our team is obviously a lot better. reportedly the

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george, the floodgates seem to have opened.e're expecting near 1 million people here for the swearing in and the parade to follow. we'll be here all day long. george? >> thanks, josh. >>> today is a day for poetry and pageantry and parades. abc's jon karl is live at the capitol with more on that. as the president is ready to deliver his speech steps from where you are, his team is gearing up for the dig debates on so many issues. >> reporter: no doubt. and they are transforming that campaign, to win the election into a force, they believe, a grassroots army to get that second agenda passed. this is a day when you really feel the history in the air. the president will walk through that red archway, down those steps. there's only been 56 of these in all of american history. only 55 separating us from george washington, put his hand on the bible. and people have been gathering here since before the sun was out. streaming in. from my vantage point, i don't know if you can see that, down the national mall, you can see hundreds of th

the democratic process which is what they said they were after but if that's if it opened up the floodgates for weapons stockpiles and fighters to leave the country and go south of the border this is a more to mali where the recently deployed french military were reportedly stunned by the technologically advanced weapons that are in the hands of their adversaries nobody seems to think that perhaps organized groups come from somewhere other than mali it seems they came across the nearby libyan border libya is as i say central to all this problem because all the a lot of weapons have been produced by the collapse of the darfur region but also a complete failure to establish any kind of real state you have essentially all the operating in different parts of libya and you have across much of this hour a situation where people have arguments where very little civic sense so bribery and corruption order grabs is common place gadhafi was bitter opponent all right it was ahmed groups whatever his faults and they now have the ability to use the chaos in libya to buy themselves a base the first effec

fact the two thousand and nine crew that ousted then president meadows elia actually opened the floodgates for these narco traffickers to start coming into the country and while the rest of the ruled in the whole country was distracted by this the really took full advantage of the narco traffickers took full advantage of this so that's one part of these drug wars that was happening along the same time as felipe calderon mexican president was enjoying the success of the people in of the mexican government driving out the cartels driving out the gangs and pushing themselves into an area that's known as the northern triangle which is consists of honduras guatemala and el salvador honduras of course it's the shorter end of the stick because you couple these narco traffickers in that the violence that comes with the turf wars the battling over the drug routes with seventy percent plus poverty rate extortions are a big big problem targeted assassinations corruption within the govern. if this all leads for for kind of a really nasty cocktail for impunity where crime goes unpunished when crime goe

already did leaflet his focus very heavily saying that there was a nationalist agenda to remove the floodgate and that is what without what actually grew up whatever is on to the street initially peacefully in the first instance but what is more and he said the first one is first mr peter a busy said this could ruin the peace process could it get really has been about off to all the efforts over the years is a peace process really in jeopardy now no i think that's are probably the vast majority of people. want peace to continue even if there are times of great difficulty like this and as i said this has been the worst outbreak of violence since the conflict officially ended and that was how to make it now but where is it going to go now to could this die donald could it get worse i mean what's the thing you could do i don't it could get worse but it won't return to become a full scale return to civil war one on. there simply isn't the appetite for it even among unionists who would want the flag to be flown the vast majority are protesting and each of those who are vast majority of them are ag

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