my name is kevin blackwell. i have gone to cafe floor many times and i appreciate the food menu and the set up where it invites everyone in the neighborhood. i wanted to thank you for your time considering this. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hi good afternoon. i paul work and an interior designer and small business owner in san francisco. i read a letter that you drafted a couple of months ago that stated clearly and i thinks withly to have the exceptions in the building code and as a small business owner i am encouraged by that and people say that california is an unfriendly place to do business so i appreciated your comments and my kitchen is 89 square feet and that is exactly the size of their main kitchen and i know it's challenging to turn out a dinner for four much less the meals they turn out everyday and it's nothing short of impressive that they can do that. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >>i have been going to cafe floor since 72. i went to the boys school and meet my mom f

kevin curtis, those charges have now been dropped. u.s. attorney handling this case now says new information has come to light. cnn's victor blackwell is live for us this morning in tupelo, mississippi. this man has been exonerated, vindicated? >> that's true. we're waiting for more information from the u.s. attorney, felicia adams, about what this new information is. she has not elaborated. of course we've asked the fbi about their investigation up to this point into the letters sent to the president. senator roger wicker of mississippi, and katie holland, a judge here in tupelo. they're not saying much about that or their investigation into curtis. but curtis himself, paul kevin kurt isz, is speaking. and he's saying that he had no involvement. he loves his country. he had nothing to say specifically about the letters, he says that he loves his country, he respects the president, he would never try to hurt an elected official. he also said, he and his attorney, that he believes that

kevin curtis. the u.s. attorney handling the case says there is new information now, but are they any closer to finding who did send the poison? cnn's victor blackwell is following all these new developments for us. >> reporter: kevin curtis calls this whole thing a nightmare. now he wants to get back to his family, his dog, his normal life. he was released on a bond of $25,000 on tuesday, but now the charges have been dropped in connection with these ricin laced letters to president obama. mississippi senator roger whittaker, and sady holland, a judge here in tupelo. law enforcement, they're not saying much about their investigation of the letters or of curtis, but curtis has said from the very beginning that he was not involved. in fact, when they came to him with questions about ricin, he didn't know what ricin was. he says he thought they said rice, and he doesn't even eat rice. >> when you've been charged with something and you just never heard of ricin or whatever. i thought they said rice. so i said, i don't even eat rice. >> reporter: curtis seems to harbor no ill will against the law enforcement officials. he said the investigators treated

kevin curtis, charges against him have been dropped. curtis' attorney says her client was a scapegoat. victor blackwelll have the latest from tupelo in 20 minutes. >>> happening in new orleans suburb is picking up the pieces after a pair of back to back twisters came through town. nerves are rattled in kenner. meanwhile, parts of the soggy midwest could see relief today while other areas brace for more flooding. jennifer has more from the weather studio. >> we are watching the flooding along the illinois as well as mississippi river and many of these locations were still at major flood stage. for peoria, ten feet above. let's go to video of what conditions were like on the ground. we're talking many homes are under water. looking at video coming out of fargo, north dakota. they're prepping for flooding for this weekend. as i take you back over to our graphic here. i want to point out to you for the mississippi river right at cape jer girardoau. talking about 100,000 acres already flooded. up towards the area of the northern plains, north dakota, temperatures are going to be soaring this weekend into th