more from jim ryan. >> reporter: the mighty mississippi is on the move. for millions who live along the length, the river is proving to be a dangerous neighbor. from southern illinois to the gulf of mexico, flood waters are engulfing homes inch by inch. >> most everything got wet. all the carpet will have to come out. the walls are going to have to be redone. >> when it comes down to it, we're being devastated. >> reporter: in memphis, the mississippi has risen to 47.4 feet. the second highest level ever. testing the city's old levees and wooden flood gates. it's expected to crest tuesday at 48 feet. thousands are be urged to find higher ground. some won't budge. >> we've been living here all our life. i don't want to go nowhere. >> reporter: this man and his family were the last to evacuate their mobile home park. >> my trailer is higher than anybody else's around here. i wanted to stick it out as long as i could. >> without our church, we wouldn't know what to do right now. >> reporter: this is a trial by water. >> our son is 6. he asked to go home yest

jim ryan, abc news, memphis. >> and our flood coverage does not end here.ll have much more coming up today on "america this morning" and then on "good morning america" and diane sawyer will be in memphis later on and she'll be anchoring tonight's "world news" from the flood zone. >>> overseas now and the increasing pressure on pakistan. the u.s. now wants access to bin laden's three widows and also any material taken in last week's raped. there are still questions over how bin laden managed to live for five years undetected. abc's jim sciutto has the very latest from islamabad. >> reporter: his years hiding in plain sight shocked america and the world. a senior pakistani official placed the blame inside the pakistani government. telling abc news, quote, elements of pakistani intelligence, probably rogue or retired, were involved in aiding, abetting, and sheltering, the leader of al qaeda. president obama expressed his own strong suspicions. >> we think that there had to be some sort of support network for bin laden inside of pakistan but we don't know who o

jim ryan has the details on what could be record-breaking floods. >> the mighty mississippi is on the move. for millions, the river is proving to be a dangerous neighbor. >> all carpet is going to have to come out. the walls are going to have to be redone. >> when it comes down to it we're being devastated. >> in memphis the mississippi has risen to 37 hadn't 4 feet the second highest level testing the levees and wooden floodgates. it's expected to crest tuesday at 48 feet. thousands are being urged to find higher ground. some won't budge. >> we're going nowhere. >> this man and his family were the last to evacuate their mobile home park. >> my trailer is higher than anybody else's around here, i figured i would stick it out as long as i could. >> for those calling shelter home this is a trial by water. >> it's sort of hard because i have to try to explain to him we can't go home because the flood water is so bad. >> up and down the river residents are pulling together, packing sandbags and fielg piling them on up hoping they'll hold off the water. it has force had road closures in th

jim ryan is now in vicksburg, mississippi. >> reporter: the swollen mississippi river rolled into the delta. in tunica, mississippi, the river swallowed up homes along with people's livelihoods. >> it's just a question of waiting to crest and seeing when it comes down. >> reporter: 15 of mississippi's 19 riverside casinos, employing thousands of people, are now flooded. farther south, engineers have been anxiously checking and reinforcing the levees. near vicksburg, mississippi, contractors lined one side of the levee there with sheets of plastic. >> this helps with erosion to keep it from damaging the levee if the water should go over. >> reporter: downstream in louisiana, inmates have been filling sandbags for residents to use to protect their homes. over the past week, the overflowing mississippi had its backed up tributaries have already washed away crops. in arkansas, nathan reid watched hopelessly as the waters drowned his fields. >> millions of dollars economic loss, just back here. i've got a neighbor that's got $2.5 million worth of wheat flooded right now and it's gone. >> r

jim ryan reports now from memphis. >> reporter: the swollen river has already inflicted massive damageomes and farmland. >> the only thing that i'm scared is you know, what if what happens here with what happened to new orleans, the levees break? >> reporter: memphis is especially hard hit. >> not since 1937 have we seen this type of river flow or stages on the river and our mission is to ensure that we reduce the risk to the civilians and the people who live behind our levees and flood walls. >> reporter: residents by the hundreds are being evacuated. the authorities say they need to abandon their homes and move to higher ground. officers are moving throu flooded alo river to see if anyone sh they're also seeing the power of the wae. >> it'll just be unreal how much damage is -- with all these water this these houses and homes. all of these peoples' belongings will be devastated. >> reporter: farther south near new orleans the u.s. army corps of engineers has opened the bonnet carre spillway. and it's diverting water into lake pontchartrain to spare the city from flooding. >> just lik

ryan sea crest. that's a wrap. thank to jide miller and jim

i am jim eads of public affairs for ryan, sea-tac services firm representing taxpayers. my firm is headquartered in dallas and canada and europe. i applaud you, chairman smith and representative cohen for your leadership on this issue. this bill was -- would establish a national framework for state and local taxes imposed on digital commerce. precluding multiple and discriminatory taxation. some might question whether this is a solution in search of a problem. indeed, in a prior position i might have suggested that. but today, digital commerce is a rapidly growing segment of our economy. this legislation will provide the certainty to the millions of consumers and businesses that purchased digital goods and services, thousands of provide is required to collect taxes on that commerce and state and local jurisdictions seeking to tax those goods and services. prior to my employment at ryan i was executive director of the federation tech the minister raiders. that will brought me before the committee many times when considering various legislative proposals affecting state an

jim mcgovern said? $100 billion a year, $8 billion a month in afghanistan, national credit-card? >> that is why i think they are going to address it in the upcoming budget deal. paul ryan gave an important signal when he said it to the republicans, we are not going to get everything we want out of this deal. it is based not only on the reaction he has gotten in his own district on medicare changes, but that obama ate their lunch on this with his own proposal. now they are required to come to the table and work something out. >> pols are cowards and it will not do this until something happens in the academy. >> but they have to. the budget will force them to come to grips -- >> you still have a lot of people who say we should not increase the debt limit, absolutely at. >> -- absolutely not. >> the republicans say that the only non-negotiable thing is no increase in taxes. that is great -- that is crazy. >> i think they can get past -- the larger question is are they going to take on the big issues -- >> i would like to be optimistic, but i see the gang of six, the once you add in fact broken the orthodoxy -- tom coburn, a republican, and dick durbin, democrat -- and the

jim says as well, local military spending appears to be -- jim says as well, "military spending appears to be out of the budget. guest: the ryantakes the savings that defense secretary savings that defense secretary gates outlined in january and says let's go ahead and do that. also, both sides anticipate that we will be spending less in iraq and afghanistan over the coming decade as those conflicts wrapped down. you never know if that will actually happen or not, but they're counting on that. a lot of democrats are saying, yeah, military spending is a huge part of our budget, 19 percent. -- 19%. let's look at ways of saving money there. host: next come from madisonville, kentucky, roy, on a republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i just want to know, our budget, it is it going to get higher or lower? what can you tell people about it? i just think that the budget -- you know, we should have a little more revenue, be it lower or get higher or something. think about what is going on in think about what is going on in the country, jobs and everything. you know, tell me what the budget is all about. i just think th

jim grant. we get to go at it in the class. host: have you talked to paul ryan or john boehner? how are they both doing? guest: i think they are both doing great. this is not easy stuff. you have to give paul writing credit for attacking a problem. people will probably tell you that medicare is an issue that we have to address. people recognize that it is an issue. to his credit, he came out there with a budget proposal. the challenge for the administration is to come out and saying here is the way we would address it, said across the table from each other, and at the end of the day if nobody is happy with a, at least you have addressed the problem. we cannot agree on energy policy. we have not had a good energy policy in 30 years. we have not solved the issues along the border and what we are going to do because people are afraid to take a tough vote. just kick it down the road. i will tell you this. if we do not do it, the day is going to come when markets react and things start going downhill very quickly. everything the government is doing will hurt the private sector. where

jim ant. we get to go at it in the class. host: have you talked to paul ryan or john boehner? how are they both doin guest: i think they are both doing great. this is not easy stuff. you have to give pau writing credit for attacking a problem. people will probably tell you that medicare is an issue that we have to address. people recognize that it is an issue. to his credit, he came out there with a budget proposal. the challenge for the administration is to come out and saying here is the way we would address it, said across the table from each other, and at the end of the day if nobody is happy with a, at least you have addressed the problem. we cannot agree on energy policy. we have not had a good energy policy in 30 years. we have not solved the issues along the border and what we are going to do because people are afraid to take a tough vote. just kick it down the road. i will tell you this. if we do not do i, the day is going to come when markets react and things start going downhill very quickly. everything the government doing will hurt the private sector. where were y

jim grant. we get to go at it in the class. host: have you talked to paul ryan or john boehner? how are they both doing? guest: i think they are both doing great. this is not easy stuff. you have to give paul writing credit for attacking a problem. people will probably tell you that medicare is an issue that we have to address. people recognize that it is an issue. to his credit, he came out there with a budget proposal. the challenge for the administration is to come out and saying here is the way we would address it, said across the table from each other, and at the end of the day if nobody is happy with a, at least you have addressed the problem. we cannot agree on energy policy. weave not had a good energy policy in 30 years. we have not solved the issues along the border and what we are going to do because people are afraid to take a tough vote. just kick it down the road. i will tell you this. if we do not do it, the day is going to come when markets react and things start going downhill very quickly. everything the government is doing will hurt the private sector. where w

jim grant. we get to go at it in the class. host: have you talked to paul ryan or john boehner? how are they both doing? guest: i think they are both doing great. this is not easy stuff. you have to give paul writing credit for attacking a problem. people will probably tell you that medicare is an issue that we have to address. people recognize that it is an issue. to his credit, he came out there with a budget proposal. the challenge for the administration is to come out and saying here is the way we would address it, said across the table from each other, and at the end of the day if nobody is happy with a, at least you have addressed the problem. we cannot agree on energy policy. we have not had a good energy policy in 30 years. we have not solved the issues along the border and what we are going to do because people are afraid to take a tough vote. just kick it down the road. i will tell you this. if we do not do it, the day is going to come when markets react and things start going downhill very quickly. everything the government is doing will hurt the private sector. where

jim moran in a few minutes but now let's check in with tony perkins with our forecast. >> and he has a bonus for us today. >> sure too. and before we get to the forecast. this is ryan.yan just turned 1-year-old and he had a great time tackling the take, we are told. it looks like it. >> he had a successful tackle. >> they were smart. no shirt for ryan while he's eating cake, keep him clean there. thanks for sending photo in. it is very cute. to send us your child's photo go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. >>> here is a look at what is happening out there. we'll start with the radar image and you can see we've had some precipitation. that's pushing eastward and dissipating. so we're losing the rain as the time goes by. it is pushed off to the east. more rainfall out to the west but we don't really deal with that until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest. temperatures across the nation look like this, we are at 57 degrees here in the district. 63 in wilmingtonton. 52 in boston. cincinnati is at 55 degrees. is that what that says? and 57 in st. louis, 37 in omaha. so temperatures drop off significantly behind that cold front in the western plains and the northern

gingrich talked to our jim acosta in iowa, and that is where gingrich is which is a great place to be if you are running for president. and he had come plilt plimentar to say about ryanwhat you could call damage control, and he also had this comment about the repeal of the president's health care bill last year. keep your eyes on this, because it is far from over, randi. >> and what about the buzz of the senate race in wisconsin. what is happening there? >> well, back to paul ryan, the budget chairman, a republican from wisconsin. he told candy crowley that he would announce whether he would or would not run for the open seat. and he said no. he would stay in the house, because he can do better work for the country in the house. but a guy who may run for the seat is tommy thompson who has been the health and human services secretary under president bush and ran for house republican four years ago, and he is likely to go for the seat which is held by herb cole who announce shed not running. and so the republicans will try to hold on that seat for the next election, randi. >> they will try to hold on tight, paul. thank you. >> yes, they are. >>> we continue live from l

ryan a senator. he is a congressman. i apologize. maybe he is happy about that mistake. >> he took a pass at running for the senate. so i am sure he is. >> jim acosta, many thanks. >>> they survived the tornado but cannot find their baby son. now, the family is going out of its mind trying to track him down. more on that story next. >>> plus, one ray of hope for the residents of joplin. it comes from greensburgh, kansas. four years ago, a tornado virtually wiped out the town but people did not walk away. the town's mayor will tell us how they rebuilt. 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 experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. ♪ that airline is gonna nail that frequent flyer with restrictions when he tries to use his miles. ♪ that's a lot of red tape! step on it! [ tires screech ] ♪ i can't escape the red tape! now you can with rapid re

who is sent and let me ryan mind everybody was my money to begin with and that might be a very positive thing. >> mr. gammon. >> i agree with all that has been said. i think jim clapper is made a persuasive case that i would have probably agreed with even before he made it, and i think in a era of greater stress on the intelligence budget i think it is important, important and it real terms and symbolically that he have that legit control. >> i was smiling as general hayden was talking about the language, because i remember how difficult it was that we did want the dni to be responsible for determining the budget but in order to get the bill through, i think we did create a compromise or some lack of clarity in order to get the bill accomplished, which sometimes happens so it will be interesting to see if we can perhaps clarify that. let me turn to the personnel issue. as representative harman has mentioned at the start of this current administration, shortly after leon panetta was confirmed as the cia director, the dni, admiral blair, issued a directive in which he claimed the right to select an individual other than a cia station chief to be the dni represe

who is sent and let me ryan mind everybody was my money to begin with and that might be a very positive thing. >> mr. gammon. >> i agree with all that has been said. i think jim clapper is made a persuasive case that i would have probably agreed with even before he made it, and i think in a era of greater stress on the intelligence budget i think it is important, important and it real terms and symbolically that he have that legit control. >> i was smiling as general hayden was talking about the language, because i remember how difficult it was that we did want the dni to be responsible for determining the budget but in order to get the bill through, i think we did create a compromise or some lack of clarity in order to get the bill accomplished, which sometimes happens so it will be interesting to see if we can perhapclarify that. let me turn to the personnel issue. as representative harman has mentioned at the start of this current administration, shortly after leon panetta was confirmed as the cia director, the dni, admiral blair, issued a directive in which he claimed the right to select an individual other than a cia station chief to be the dni represent

who is sent and let me ryan mind everybody was my money to begin with and that might be a very positive thing. >> mr. gammon. >> i agree with all that has been said. i think jimclapper is made a persuasive case that i would have probably agreed with even before he made it, and i think in a era of greater stress on the intelligence budget i think it is important, important and it real terms and symbolically that he have that legit control. >> i was smiling as general hayden was talking about the language, because i remember how difficult it was that we did want the dni to be responsible for determining the budget but in order to get the bill through, i think we did create a compromise or some lack of clarity in order to get the bill accomplished, which sometimes happens so it will be interesting to see if we can perhaps clarify that. let me turn to the personnel issue. as representative harman has mentioned at the start of this current administration, shortly after leon panetta was confirmed as the cia director, the dni, admiral blair, issued a directive in which he claimed the right to select an individual other than a cia station chief to be the dni represen