john king saw it firsthand. >> reporter: this water is not supposed to be here. right now, up to my chest. if i walk out here, it drops off pretty quickly. as we go down this way. if you look at this deck, that's where the river is supposed to begin right there. and all of this land on this side would be dry. >> officials say flooding has forced more than 4,000 people in louisiana and 5,000 in mississippi from their homes. >>> in libya, seven people were reported killed in fighting in misurata with dozens wounded. meantime, nato denied a state television report that libyan armed forces struck a nato warship during a shelling exchange. >>> state police in maine are trying to identify the body of a young boy found near the maine-new hampshire border over the weekend. they said they were exploring a possible military connection and released a photograph of the boy's shoes, black sneakers with pictures of a character from the film "cars."

john king joinings me on the phone. gary tuchman has also joins me. john, you met a family today who was at the morgue for a third day in a row, still can't get any news about their 12-year-old son. tell us what you saw, what you heard. >> anderson, their emotions are so raw, their frustration is so high. they're beginning to get angry. they don't want to be angry, because they know they want to help them. they are tammy and tony. their 12-year-old son, a neighbor told them he saw the body and told them their son is dead. that's the hardest part, and he stood over the body and waited for an ambulance. but they want to get to the morpg. they went to this office where they were told to go. they days they've come and brought pictures and filled out paperwork. three days in a row they've been told they can't do that. so they tried to bring us hoping maybe some media attention will help them. they were told yet again, come inside, get in line, fill out the paperwork, but no, you can't bring that camera. listen to this. >> how long is it going to be before a

john king with me in just a couple of minutes.lding 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. >>> well, time to get the latest political ticker. john king is in new hampshire. good to see you. people don't just stop by new hampshire just to be stopping by. you've got to go out of your way to get there. john huntsman has got a purpose. >> reporter: he's got a purpose, t.j. the former two-time republican governor of utah, but a month ago he called president obama boss. he was the u.s. ambassador to china, appointed by a democratic president, and he's resigned that job and he's here in new hampshire for five days as he tests the water for republican campaign as president. we saw him at a traditional new

john king joins me on the phone, and gary tuchman also joins me, and he has been reporting that angle. john, you met a family today who was at, who was at the morgue for a third day in a row and still can't get any news about the 12-year-old son. tell us what you saw, what you heard. >> anderson, the emotions are so raw, and the frustration is so high, and they are beginning to get angry, and they don't want to be angry, because they know that the people are trying to help them, but they are beginning to get so so angry. they are tammy and tony, and their 12-year-old son, a neighbor told them that he saw the body and the son is dead. that is the hardest part, and that he stood over the body and waited for the ambulance to take it away. they want to get to the morgue and they went to the office to where they were told to go. three days in a row they have come to fill out paperwork and three days in a row they have brought pictures and three days in a row they tried to get inside of the morgue. they wanted to bring us today to try to see if media help would help them. they were told to

i'm joined by john king from jt john king usa."ry close-knit group. i had talked to lee. his son was killed here. he was a firefighter. now his other son is also a firefighter. >> it is a family. it goes through the generations. in the midwest maybe you work in the auto factories. nypd, nyfd, there's generations of it. fathers, sons, grandfathers. this was a family wound. and to tell you, you know, it was uplifting to hear the chief and the other firefighters talk about how nice it was to have the president in there. at the same time, i felt my mood going back down. it's a reminder when you hear them speak of just the cold-blooded murder that happened on that day. and, you know, behind you were mentioning this earlier, this will be filled in pretty soon and the names will be etched in those stones and the reflecting pool here. it has a vietnam memorial look to it, the dark stones and the like. you begin to realize when you hear the first responders and are reminded of their stories and the pain of why this needs to be a solemn day.

john king is there. he's getting a firsthand look with the governor bobby jindal. ive. >>> also is newt gingrich distancing himself from the house gop plan to replace medicare with a voucher program? you'll hear what he's saying that's raising talk. >>> "saturday night live" spoofs us once again. we'll show you their version of "the situation room" and me. >> announcer: this past year alone there's been a 67% spike in companies embracing the cloud-- big clouds, small ones, public, private, even hybrid. your data and apps must move easily and securely to reach many clouds, not just one. that's why the network that connects, protects, and lets your data move fearlessly through the clouds means more than ever. ah! fiber one honey clusters cereal! that's really good! it tastes good, so there can't be fiber in it! it's actually got about half a day's worth of fiber. [ fiber seeker ] really? try it. [ mr. mehta ] honey, touch of brown sugar, crunchy clusters -- any cardboard? [ male announcer ] cardboard no, delicious yes. >>> mississippi floodwaters are inundating thousa

john king will be right back from joplin, missouri.ve an update on the tornadoes that have killed at least two people in joplin, missouri. there are two tornadoes on the ground in oklahoma city, oklahoma. in libya, they're hearing thunderous explosions tonight. they come after the start of the nato mission. president obama join queen elizabeth and members of the royal family for a state banquet evening in london tonight. the president addresses parliament tomorrow. >>> a pentagon spokesman confirms wreckage used in the osama raid. pictures of the wreckage reveal there is quality. prime minister benjamin netanyahu made a speech to the joint members of congress. >> congratulations, america. congratulations, mr. president. you got bin laden. good riddance! >> up next, john king, more from him in joplin, missouri. he'll speak with missouri congressman about the devastation and the cleanup. [ male announcer ] bridgestone is using natural rubber, producing products that save on fuel and emissions like ecopia tires... even making parts for so

"john king, usa" starts right "john king, usa" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> thanks, wolf, and good evening tonight from the state capitol in concord, new hampshire. we spent some time here today with a man who a month ago called president obama boss but is now selling himself, very politely, mind you, as the best republican to win the white house next year. >> that doesn't mean somebody is better than the next guy. it just means you have a different approach to problem solving and doing business. >> more on john huntsman and the sudden surge in the 2012 campaign pace in a moment. plus, dominique strauss-kahn leaves rikers island jail, free on bail but not welcome in the upper east side apartment where he had planned to live while fighting sex assault charges. but up first tonight, two breaking global challenges. the obama administration issues a new warning because of intelligence seized at osama bin laden's compound in pakistan. chris lawrence is live from the pentagon with more on that. chris? >> reporter: well, john, what we've been able to determine i

. >>> so tonight on "john king usa," john king is aboard the cnn express, he's following sarah palinround. if anybody can figure out whether she's inching closer to a run, it will be him. "john king usa" tonight, 7:00 eastern right here on cnn. >>> president obama is leading the nation's tributes to fallen service members. something all presidents do on memorial day. it is a tradition but he's also making some major changes in military leadership as you may have seen right here live on cnn. the commander in chief today introduced his picks for chairman an vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and chief staff of the army. the man to the president's immediate left is army general martin dempsey who the president wants to replace the retiring chairman mike mullen. it was just last month that dempsey became army chief of staff. sew wasn't considered the favorite for the top job. all the nominees require senate confirmation, of course, which the president says he hopes will happen as swiftly as possible. >>> from the rose garden, mr. obama traveled right across the river to arlington

thoughts but i'm not going to tell you because i'm responsible and you go to the next station and john king is what you stated clearly if you want me to do that you know i wonder why obama had to do this on a sunday night i you know it was already way almost eleven thirty by the president has some fight against evil carol and they have the white house correspondents dinner when celebrities are in town this is the one weekend when literally everybody in the press corps is just hammered and it really is the white house press corps has had the lead put on rights of the day is finished nothing's going to happen after two o'clock so you get to see what happens during those little free moments of time for the white house press corps to get the drunk otherwise you're so cool that he did. to that letter to the interview with c.n.n. about his historic experience last night about how he was interrupted in the middle of the caps game to go down to the studio and talk about i got to put on the powder by himself because the makeup lady was going into the crowd then he's like i got an e-mail from white h

our own john king is in natchez, mississippi. john? flood control 101 in natchez, mississippi. this looks like a parking lot. it is a parking lot of the united states coast guard station right here in natchez. there are cement barriers in here. sandbags on top. they have an inch, inch and a half of water inside the coast guard station. you can see they're working 24/7. 12 hours on, 12 hours off for the coast guard shifts here. they have the pumps designed to bring the water outside. if you look around this building, it's amazing. the mississippi river is a couple hundred yards that way behind this building. normally plenty of room. pier space, dock space on the other side. now the water all the way through the parking lot. you see the building surrounded by this barrier. you see it this way. you see the flag pole there. just over my shoulder here, that's the gateway in. you're supposed to be able to drive a car in there and park it in here. on the other side of the, there's a basketball court. it's got five and a half feet of water in

john king, what do you know?don, cnn is told by several sources now that the president of the united states will announce in just moments that the united states has the body of osama bin laden. that osama bin laden has been killed. that the united states is convinced that it has the body of osama bin laden. the mastermind of 9/11, the architect of al qaeda. we don't know the details. we don't know how this came about, but we are told now by several sources, administration sources and congressional sources, that the administration is now telling senior members of congress and telling others that it believes it now has -- it is convinced it now has the body of osama bin laden. he has been killed. we don't know the details of how that happened. but that is the dramatic announcement the president will make. and don, just think of what this means, almost ten years since the 9/11 attacks. more than that since osama bin laden has been the head of al qaeda. the president of the united states is to walk into the briefing

, anchor of john king, usa. me get to this new poll. this new cnn university of new hampshire poll. gop primary voters. look at this. romney, 33%. ron paul, 9%. gingrich, 7. everybody else really down, giuliani is not running. palin, 5%. john, first to you. you're from new england. is he like a native son, mitt romney, in new hampshire right now? >> yes. i was in new hampshire on friday. i spent a lot of time talking to republicans. governor huntsman, he was up there. governor romney is by far the overwhelming front-runner. he was governor of massachusetts, owns a summer home, a lake home in new hampshire. he has 1,000 percent name identification. he ran last time. so he is by far the front-runner. other than, that i wouldn't put too much stock in the early polling except to say that romney at this point has to win new hampshire. he's the big front-runner. he's not going to compete full time in iowa. new hampshire is the make or break state for governor romney. >> will other republicans ignore new hampshire look

john king flew over the flood area with the louisiana governor, bobby jindal. >> they're resilient peoplethey'll get through this. i've talked to a lot of families. nobody's happy about it, but they're moving their property, they know exactly where they will evacuate. the good news is if you give them the amount of time they had, they can secure their property. >> and you can see more of that tonight on john king usa at 7:00 eastern. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. so lily and i are back on the road again. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. >>> the florida mar whereins and new york mets were playing extra innings and the florida manager had a tough decision. bring in a pinch hitter or receipt tlet the pitcher back. the pitcher, who had only one hit in his career, got a single and it scored the winning run. he was the game's winning pitcher and guess what, he's upped his batting average to 0.083. the red sox were down 6-0 in the bottom of the 90s, gonzalez completes their come back. he doubles off the green monster. two runners sc

i agree with the piece of john king this morning that there is nothing systematically wrong with a san francisco's policies for protecting its historic and architectural heritage. if you go back to 1967 when the article was inaccurate and you look at a picture of the skyline 5 or 10 years after that and compare it today, he will see that preservation has not awarded or trump development. in fact, the exact opposite is true. if you look at south of market today, large parts of it looked like a ball about city. in short, there is nothing systematically the matter with the policies that we have in place. >> i will cut to the quick. perhaps allowing them to function by a improving the revisions to articles 10 and 11 might simplify and shorten the process and might avoid some of the reviews that everyone is complaining about. there is a dynamic balance between historic preservation and development. this is good for both historic preservation. it does not prevent or inhibit change. it just defines what needs protection by identifying how and where change to occur. and when it must be discree

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. >>> john king, usa, starts right now. >> thanks, candy. good evening tonight from one of america's historic treasurers. the gettysburg national military park. a fitting place to spend this memorial day. on this national holiday, a heavy rush of politics. sarah palin's mystery tour rolled into town. we don't know when she will appear because her aides will not tell us. her stops included ft. mchenry and she's being cagey on the subject of whether it's a rolling civic lesson or a 2012 campaign. >> i believe there are many more people out there to add. competition breeds success. i would hope that there is going to be debate. >> also this day, president obama leads the traditional wreath laying at arlington national cemetery and announces a major change in his national security team. with america fighting three wars, we'll explain whether the new war council signals a new approach. >> i'm announcing my choice for the successors today because it transition must be seamless and we stay focused on the security challenges before us. >> but, first

john king is at the magic wall for us. location of this so-called magic about 60 miles hour 100 kilometers outside of the capital islamabad, walk us through this. >> it's significant because how many times has the pakistani government told us no, osama bin laden is here in afghanistan? how many times have the owe figures said, no, he's here. it turns out tonight, let's take a closer look, we'll measure it out for you as we zoom in. it turns out, where was he, about 120 miles to the east of the afghanistan border, waziristan was where people said he was probably hiding. 30 miles north of islamabad. let's take a closer look as we come in and you see somewhere in the ball mark of one million people. it's very closely in residential areas and you come up here and educational institutions up here. this location here is where we are told tonight, somewhere right in this area here people are saying is where this played out. you can see a large complex here and other large complexes here. walled off areas, residential complexes wi

eastern on "john king usa."u think sarah palin will run for president or is she doing this for publicity? we want to hear your opinion. e-mail us at cnn.com/am, give us a tweet, @cnnam or facebook.com/americanmorni facebook.com/americanmorning. we will read some of your responses later in the hour. you're @at christine romans, i'm @alina cho. >>> hip-hop and reggae singer shaun king ston hospitalized after crashing his jet ski into a bridge in miami beach. police say the 21-year-old had a female passenger on board when he crashed. he is reportedly in stable condition. police investigating this accident. >>> it's become this generation's elvis sight. imagine the shock when a story appeared on the pbs website saying rapper tupac shakur is alive and in new zealand. the fake story was posted by on-line hackers who say they did it in retaliation for the network's program called "wikisecrets." tupac shakur was shot and killed in las vegas in 1996. >> he is not in new zealand. >> he is not. >> germany announcing it wil

we're back with john king and dana bash. ng out how you get to that $4 trillion number, that, john, you said, here's the first voting bloc. the fundamental divide is do you do it all from cuts, or say that we're going to raise revenue, which is what the bowles/simpson plan does and what the president says. do you get some agreement there from the republican party where they seem pretty unified against any increase? >> that's the first debate, try to get the people who would be president next time. the question sb what about those who are elected right now? there are some republican senators, conservatives, saxby chapel bliss, tom coburn, who say if you do fundamental tax reform, rip up the code, and then it brings in as a net result more money to washington, they're potentially okay with that. >> okay, but dana, let me ask you the hard question. everyone says, close the loopholes, you can lower rates. everybody loves that line. then you say to him, which loop hopes are you closing, and nobody has a clear answer? which loophol

>> behind the fence, john king! there he is. jk usa pulling it in. >> look at him, he's holding his hand as if he hurt it a little bit. he smacked that home run. >> nice. john sent the ball down to big poppy and the slugger sent it back up with this cool autographed bat in return, with the words, "thanks!" how cool! >> if i'm john king, i'm buying a lottery ticket today. >> the only thing that ever happened to me, i got hit with a buck at an eerie otters/bam, right in the -- torso, let's say. >> glad you survived. >> that's going to wrap it up for us, as we pine away for john king's 300th home run. >> carol, can you believe that? he caught that thing, right place, right time, a little bit of talent. >> i got hit in the head with a foul ball once, but never caught one. >> so that explains it! >> exactly! >> i'm kidding, carol, good to see you. >> have a great day, thank you so much. >>> good morning to you. it's the heart of tornado alley. you know what i'm talking about this morning. the devastation in joplin, missouri, is shocki

john king is here in washington along with gloria borger. ed henry over live at the white house. we're live at the state department. all part of the best political team on television. hugely important speech today. people will be watching not only closely here in the united states, but throughout north africa, the middle east and around the world. >> it's one of those stories that all of uts have been covering for months now, even years as you go from one administration to the next. all of them trying to establish middle east peace. the drama has been unfolding here in the middle east, as well, and all of us can give perspective on how this has gone about. you've been in the region for so long covering this. the last time we were at the white house together, the president wanted to bring forward middle east peace and you had all the major players there, includes mubarak. and we were talking about this and he said people just didn't believe it was possible. >> right. final status, gesh yapnegotiati september of 201 1rks even though the expect

cnn's john king is joining us now from new hampshire with more.ssador today. how did that go, jon? >> reporter: wolf, what an interesting republican campaign this is. month ago he called president obama boss. now he is running in the republican party that has the tea party. has the birther movement. yet, listen to this candidate who is not afraid. not only to praise his former boss, barack obama. but also bill and hillary clinton. >> i have been at this a while. i don't remember any republican running for the nomination who is on record saying the current democratic president has brilliant analysis of world events and honored to work with hillary clinton. you worry about that? how do you get conservative republicans to think i want this guy as my guy? >> occasionally you write thank you notes which for a lot of people is an important tradition. i believe in civility and i believe we ought to have a civil discourse in this country. you are going -- not going to agree with people 100% of the time. when they succeed and do things that are good, you c

the legality of this lawsuit are being worked out as we hear on the show just want to give judge john king today's plimer of hope woodward he's aware of the backhanded methods the right even is using to make money off of those blogs that are merely trying to spark an open conversation about current events along all about protecting new sources protecting their work i doubt that these targeted blogs are purposefully maliciously attempting to steal anybody's material sadly i think right haven knew it too they just wanted to make a buck off of bloggers regardless so we hear on the show want to thank judge john mccain for giving us a glimmer of hope in today's often gloomy society of greed and corruption. now fox news claims that to be fair and balanced that slogan was pretty laughable not only is the network explicitly right wing but you could even say that it's an arm of the g.o.p. just look at all the potential republican candidates and it's employed from sarah palin and mike huckabee to rick santorum and newt gingrich has the channel running to a little trouble for fox news chairman roger

of england. >> many wrongs to be righted in the country of king john. hn the villain in the robin hood film. he was unpopular. look at it closely. 56 lines. small letter. brief yaition. translate nude english it covers 16 double space pages. >> very small writing. the paper was rare and spichbs. there was a lieutenant to say and so it is all jammed in there. >>reporter: this certainly has served as an inspiration. symbol around the world of freedom and the rule of law. 17 copies were written probably taken from village to village. this is one of 4 that survives from 12 17 issue. usually housed in the university of oxford library where it is not on display. >> really l didn't know much more than that other than the fact it was pl this. >> we have come here to see it. >> that's correct. yes. ironic. >>reporter: this is a rare chance to see it. magazine that cart a on display through june 5. >> cast a listening shadow are the bronze doors of our supreme court show the signing of the magna cart a. >>reporter: in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> fabulous opportu

let's bring in john king. john, you spent the last few days out in joplin.tunity to spend time with one family looking for confirmation. >> wolf, that was tony and tammy. literally as i was walking up the stairs here they called to say they had brought -- finally brought to the morgue and the morgue has identified the body of their 12-year-old son zack. they have incredibly frustrated and that's incredibly sad to say that. these parents now have confirmation that 12-year-old son is dead. for them, it is a step towards closure. they saw a body being put in the sxwlans told them sadly their son was dead then. they spent to the past five day, trying to get to this moment. it is a horrible moment a parent should never have to go through. their frustration has been for five days they got in line and asked the questions, five days they filled out more paperwork and kept being told come back tomorrow and it could be a week. we tried to go into the meeting you are showing now on the screen with them. tammy wanted us to come in and see if the attention of cnn could h

. >> cnn's john king is in gettysburg.ou want to keep your speaking fees up and you want to sell books, it can look a lot like a presidential campaign. so which is this? >> reporter: you know, that's a great question. is this self-promotion? as part of a family vacation? or is it testing the waters in the begin of a presidential campaign? you heard governor palin saying this is not a campaign bus. i saw it. it's parked nearby. it looks like a campaign bus. says one nation, has her autograph on it. there are dozens waiting here in the gettysburg national park hoping she would stop by here tonight. we don't know if she will because they won't give us the schedule. that's the interesting thing about this. the palin organization is telling us the stops an an hour by hour basis but not giving us the schedule. however, however, she, herself, did say today though she said this is not a campaign bus, she is contemplating still getting in the race. listen here as she says she is certain, not counting herself in, but contemplating i

i should tell you that cnn's john king came by this information.they could be released today, carol. if released they would come out through the cia. there are a number of photos, as you can imagine, the source is saying they are very graphic. but a number of photos to choose from to be released. now that government official familiar with intelligence matters also saying right now that, while the deliberations, people who are talking about whether to release this photo, while they are leaning towards releasing it, there isn't consensus. there is some hesitancy, and right now they're trying to figure out what their final decision will be. the official word from the white house, there is no decision. but it will ultimately be the white house's decision, carol, if these photos are to be released. again, one of these sources telling cnn's john king, we could see a photo release today. >> interesting. we'll keep our eyes out. brianna keilar, thank you. >>> the army blows up a levee to save a town in illinois. >> farmland in missouri, at the mercy of the

commander mark kelly spoke with john king for one of his last interviews from space. when the shuttle program ends late this year? >> i don't think the adventure will be lost. i think what's always at risk is, as we transition to a new program and a new vehicle, there's going to be a period of time when americans aren't flying on u.s. spacecraft. so that's a challenge. people leave. engineers and operations people will move on and do other things. so it's the corporate memory that i think i'm most worried about as people go. but, you know, over time we'll get the right mix of people, and nasa has an incredible worg force. >> you can catch the entire interview on john king usa tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> how safe is your cell phone? an announcement on whether or not it can be linked to cancer expected at 12:00 p.m. eastern. >>> plus cyber war fare. the u.s. says that computer sabotage from another country can be considered an act of war. we'll have a live report from the pentagon coming up in the next hour of "news room." d feas. start with soup, like our hearty

here's john king in for anderson cooper. >>> good evening. i'm eliot spitzer.suicide attacks targeting a military academy leave dozens of young cadets dead. first, a look at the other stories we'll be drilling down on tonight. >> i am a candidate for the presidency in the republican party primary. >> ron paul is running for president again. if he had won the last time, guess what he wouldn't have done about bin laden? >>> then, remember japan. >> this is a ticking time bomb. >> i'll ask him if the japanese government has learned from its mistakes. how bad in libya? 30,000 refugees crammed into leaking boats. a terrifying trip toll safety. some have made it. many have not. more on the way. >>> body parts scattered across the street. that's how witnesses describe the gruesome scene in northwest pakistan after the taliban followed through on it's promise to exact revenge for osama bin laden's death. they waited until military recruits gathered outside the fort after just completing a nine-month training program. they were heading back home to their villages. then

. >> it was patched together by rebel barrons who were rebelling against king john of england. >> the same king john who is the villian in the robin hood film. he was unpopular. look at it close 56 lines and small letters and translated in english it is 16 pages. >> parchment was rare and expensive and a lot to say in the magna carta and so it is all jammed in there. >> the magna carta is an inspiration and a symbol around the world of freedom and the rule of law. >> 17 copies were taken and from village to village. this is one of four that survived. it is usually in the university of the oxford library where it is not on display. >> we didn't know much more than that other than the fact it was there. >> you have to come here to see it. >> that's correct, yes. ironically. >> this is a rare chance to see it the magna carta will be on display through june 5th. >> it casts a long shadows and the front doors of our supreme court shows the signing of the magna carta. >> it is abc 7 news. >> what a rare chance to see something so important. >> it is indoors. >> it is cooler. >> spencer chri

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what a senior government official, who was actually involved in these discussions, is telling cnn's john kingw, another source, a government official, familiar with intelligence matters says, that, yes, right now it seems that in these deliberations the people who are making these decisions obviously top officials in the administration are leaning toward releasing those photos, a final decision has not yet been made. that source says. but there is growing consent tus, even though there is some hesitation on the part of some people in these discussions. how would these be released? the first source, government official involved in the discussions of whether or not to release these photos says, it would come out through the cia, and there are a number of photos to choose from. a number of photos of osama bin laden dead. many of them extremely graphic. now the official word from the white house is that no decision has been made at this point and they will update us if anything is to change on that. but again, drew, the bottom line here, one source saying the administration could be releasing the

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cnn's john king visited the affected area with governor bobby jindal earlier today. n morgan city, louisiana. >> reporter: john, you saw the devastation from the helicopter today, describe it for us, how ugly was it? >> reporter: eliot, it is just remarkable. and extraordinary what the state of louisiana, in conjunction with the federal government are trying to do. yes, some homes have been sacrificed but what they're trying to do is protect other communities like where i am in morgan city. you see behind me, that's supposed to be a wharf. you should be able to walk down there. instead, four feet of water, and the water is continuing to rise, as we saw with the exclusive tour with governor jindal, we've flown over the morganza pi spillway. as many as 15,000 homes could be buried, washed away, as they flood those communities. we flew over the morganza spillway, eliot. you could see the water going into the farmlands, rising very slowly. you can see the homes there or communities that will be flooded are still dry, maybe a foot of water. within the next several days, we

"john king usa" starts right now. >>> thanks, wolf. good evening tonight from joplin, missouri. a very busy day of breaking news. the man charged with killing six people and wounding 13 in that january shooting spree targeting congresswoman giffords is ruled mental incompetent to stand trial. and the government gives the go ahead for prosecutors to seek felony charges against former presidential candidate in 2004 democratic vice presidential nominee john edwards. we begin tonight here in joplin with the threat of more severe weather rattling a shell shocked community where even residents who have lived in america's tornado alley for decades say they have not been able to sleep. >> i'm scared something's going to happen if we go to sleep. and i'm not going to be awake to hear it to help everybody else. i just -- in my mind, it just keeps going over and over. >> tonight could be another restless night in joplin and across an already stressed region. let's get first to chad myers in the cnn severe weather center in atlanta. >> we have 25 tornado warnings right now. that means thatt

john king usa starts right now. >>> thanks, wolf. good evening. tonight we're in louisiana. the water is here, you see them behind me. theorizing, slowly but steadily. in a week from now some of the homes in this community likely to be under water. look around. no sandbags, no urgent flood control efforts. one of the small towns potentially being sacrificed. deliberately flooded to protect more populated areas like baton rouge and new orleans from devastating flood levels. we spent our day today traveling up and down the mississippi river in louisiana and in mississippi, and tonight we'll show you its powerful punch in many forms. right here the pace of change is slow yet certain. last night we showed you the spillway from above a helicopter ride. the gates open toded to the gates open toded t divert wr away from mississippi. now the water is rising slowly as you see it. you see the rails that go up behind my shoulder. nose are normally dry. that's the edge of the river. it's rising more slowly than the engineers originally predicted. the folks were told by the mississippi c

john king usa starts right now. >>> thanks, wolf, good evening, tonight its rail re -- israel reacts to the speech for new israeli palestinian peace talks. the crackling tension is overshadowed what the president had hospital to be a lofty speech but u.s. goals in the fast-changing middle east. >> the status quo is not sustainable. society is hold together by fear and repression may offer the illusion of stability for a time. but they are built upon fault line that's will eventually tear us under. >> tonight we'll tap cnn's unrivaled global reach to the speech or impact or lack of impact in the hot spots of the middle east and north africa. >>> >>> dominique strauss-kahn is out on bail and under indictment now on charges he tried to rape a new york hotel maid. >> the relationship, well, frosty to begin with and the president struck a new nerve it seemwise this assessment near the end of thinks big middle east speech. >> we believe the borders of ace rail israel and palestinian should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swats so that secure and recognized borders are estab

john king usa starts right now. >>> thanks wolf and evening, everyone. tonight agony and destruction in joplin, missouri, at least 116 people are dead in what is now tied as the single deadliest tornado on record. neighborhoods turned to rubble, the tornado cut a path of destruction a mile wide and four miles long. >> the best way i can describe it is it looks like a nuclear bomb has hit. and the search and rescue teams race against the odds tonight, hoping to find survivors in the rubble. and there's this, a forecast warning of more tornadoes and severe weather across the midwest tomorrow and joplin is again in the danger zone. jackqui jeras is in joplin and gives us the very latest on this stunning stunning tornado. >> reporter: people are in search and rescue mode and the best news we have heard today is that seven people have been found alive, so seven survivors in joplin, missouri and that search and rescue is the big focus, and they say it's going to be a number of days that they're going to continue to go out there, and one of the biggest problems

john king usa starts right now. >>> thanks, wolf, and good evening, everyone. tonight sarah palin suddenly schedules a bus trip starting right here at the nation's capitol. fox news says there's no change in her role as the network. >>> we begin tonight again with the pain and anger in joplin, missouri. the official death toll there tonight stands at 125. though officials concede they expect to find more bodies, perhaps dozens more oz r as they begin to clear the rubble from the deadliest tornado. 232 names on this list. that's way down from the 1,500 estimate officials had been using for days. and with the new list came new promises to speed up the process by which families can identify the remains of lost loved ones. >> going forward, we will have regular briefings in order to update you about what our progress is to get that number of unaccounted for individuals to zero, that is our goal to connect each and every one of those names with a loved one to make sure that we have reconciled that process. >> there are some signs, some signs that process is improvin

she talked to our john king and asked if sarah palin would d disway her from running there the whitese. >> if she gets in, she gets in. that won't impact whether or not i get in or not. >> things are really heating up, joe, in this race for the white house. i'm just buckling in and stay tuned, i guess. >> that field is really filling in, finally. thanks so much for that paul steinhauser in washington. >>> making her mark on this memorial day. reaching out with a sympathetic ear and a soft shoulder. meet our cnn hero in just one minute. ow#ç3 >>> on memorial day weekend, we remember u.s. troops who gave their lives for the country and the families who have lost loved ones that makes today's cnn hero even more special. she's turned her loss into an inspiration for others. >> my husband, corporal michael davis, was killed in baghdad, iraq. you know, even four years later people still don't really know how to react when you say, hi, i'm taryn and i am a widow. after the funeral, i felt ostracized. everybody like to write off my grief due it my young age. he you're still young, you'll get