>> it is very serious for two reasons, fredicka.snow keeps on coming and that is going to cause some problems with road closures because of winter weather advisories across nevada. also in yosemite. temperatures have been at least ten degrees below normal. plus a series of blizzards come in past the winter. the danger with all the snow is the threat for flooding. the temperatures can't stay this cold too much longer now that we're going into the later part of spring. there's almost too much snow. in the short term it's going to cause some travel proubls. in the longer term in the weeks to come, the threat will be for flooding. from utah to wyoming, to northern california there's too much snow. a lot of the flood areas is usually clear so the snow can melt freely and drift off, already filled with snow itself. there's too much snow there. that's going to cause a problem with flooding going forward. >> thanks so much, bonnie. appreciate that. i know a lot of folks aren't welcoming that news. everyone needs to be informed, right? >> su

they've been married 25 years, fredicka. but the fact is that it is -- california is one of ten community property states that's exactly right, look for a quiet discreet resolution. >> how is that possible? >> in fact, i'm remembering, i think it can be done. i'm remembering you did a face to face with one of the children who talked about her struggle. >> with katherine. >> the bottom line is that's the motive to do this discreetly, carefully, thoughtfully and minimize the visibility which of course is highly visible now. >> interesting, richard. i don't know if there would end up being a bit of a custody battle at least over the two younger kids. i don't even know if that would be an issue that arnold would try to pursue. >> i agree with avery. it's going to be resolved behind doors, but fred, at this point maria shriver has not said she wants a divorce. >> that's right. >> she's got to want it first. >> you can catch our legal guys right here every saturday, noon eastern time. they're always fired up about some case. >>> b

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he mentioned, fredicka, he thought they would surprise the community. he also said he thought he would have the roof on that structure by tomorrow. those pictures we just showed you were shot on thursday afternoon. let's look at some pictures we just shot a few minutes ago. he's already got the roof up on that building. it's really incredible how fast he and his co-workers have been working. now, another part of this story is the fact that many homeowners also want to rebuild. you can see this structure right here which was part of a home. it was partially completed when the tornado hit. this homeowner told my colleague, paul vercammen that he wanted to rebuild. they said he couldn't have a building permit yet. the process is working for some, not working for others. one more development to share with you. earlier today we went to the beginning of the tornado, the place where the tornado touched down about three miles to the west of us. you can see the long, long debris field. what we've been told throughout the week is that this tornado cut a six-mile

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> you're in the cnn news loom, may 14th, i'm fredicka wit field. we're waiting for an expected announcement from the u.s. army corps of engineers that it's opening the morganza spillway to protect new orleans from the mississippi floodwaters. other areas could see disastrous flooding. we'll go live to the briefing. in areas like that, they could get major flooding once that spillway is indeed opened. morgan city is protected by flood walls. those walls could fail. the city's mayor talked about his concerns with our ed lavandera. >> are you worried about it flooding? this is the heart of the city right here. >> it is the heart of the city, primarily protected by that wall right there. it would take a failure of that wall before this would be at risk. what we're really concerned about is that high river stage raising the water level back where the lake is, and if that got topped, because that level of protection is not nearly as high as that, if that got topped, the water is going to flow throughout the city. it won't be held within a particular com

we're still looking at three weeks, talking middle of june, fredicka, before all the areas will be above flood stage. >> that's incredible. thanks so much, jacqui. we'll check back with you throughout the afternoon. >>> meantime, politics now. a big day in the world of politics. let's start off in atlanta where a new name has been added to the list of gop candidates. herman cane officially declared his candidacy. the former ceo of godfather's pizza told e supporters why he felt the need to run. >> we have become a nation of crises. we have a moral crisis. we've got an economic crisis. we've got an entitlement spending crisis. we've got an immigration crisis. we've got a foggy foreign affairs crisis. and we've got a deficiency of leadership crisis in the white house. >> cain is a tea party favorite, but he is trailing his gop rivals in early polls. >>> former utah governor jon huntsman is making a swing through new hampshire prior to a probable run for the white house. he spoke at southern new hampshire university's graduation today. he didn't make an announcement. >> talk about putting s