as drew levinson reports, it comes a day after victims' families were there to pay tribute to their loved ones. >> reporter: today the world gets a close-up look at what family members of those who died on 9/11 saw yesterday. the national september 11th memorial honors the nearly 3,000 people killed at the pentagon in shanksville, pennsylvania and at the world trade center. >> and my dad -- >> reporter: sunday relatives delivered emotional messages to their loved ones as every name was read. >> i love you forever. >> and my father sebastian gehrke, who i never met because i was in my mom's belly. >> reporter: the names, etched in bronze surround two reflecting pools that sit where the twin tourist once stood. six moments of silence marked when the four planes crashed and the tourist came down. later beams of light streamed into the sky from the spot where the buildings once stood. while the memorial plaza is open here at ground zero, there's an underground section as well as the museum that won't open until sometime next year. many family members are impressed with the work here. >> i was

drew levinson on how this labor day weekend appears to be a washout. >> reporter: some drivers trade their steering wheels for paddle as tropical storm lee flooded parts of the louisiana coast. the tiny town of lafitte was hit hard. emergency crews ordered people to head for higher ground, but not everyone left. >> i was born and raised in this area and it's my home. >> reporter: the storm surge is pushing water from the bayou into town. there is no levee system to pump water from the streets. >> this one is of the main reasons we have been advocating for a levee system here, because you have constant flooding and it's going to continue. the tropical systems aren't going anywhere. >> reporter: it is causing rivers to swell an upgraded levee system is protecting areas flooded during hurricane katrina of the six years ago katrina's fury flooded 80% of the city . pumps are getting a very good test and there are some folks doubleful about the pumps, but you can see the pumps are working fine. >> reporter: new orleans mayor warns it's still a threat. >> the greatest risk ever for us is to

drew levinson reports on this super soaker of a storm. >> reporter: tropical storm lee is flooding parts of the gulf coast. forecasters predict it could dump up to 20 inches of rain. in new orleans, which sits below sea level, some streets are under water. but the city pumps are working. pushing the water into lake pontchartrain. for some, that is the problem. >> that is lake pontchartrain right there. the same level as my boathouse. >> reporter: this man wielding a toilet plunger spoke to the local cbs affiliate. >> besides trying to take matters in your own hands, what else are you doing today? >> i'm raising all the stuff in my boathouse trying to save it because i didn't expect it to get this high. >> reporter: so far lee's storm surge has not penetrated the levees protecting new orleans. six years ago, katrina's fury ripped apart some of those levees, flooding 80% of the city. they were rebuilt and appear to be holding. lee is wreaking ha jock in jean lefitte louisiana with mandatory evacuations and with lee's drenching rains and floodwaters, emergency rescue crews are urging people

drew levinson reports on this super soaker of a storm. >> reporter: tropical storm lee is flooding parts of the gulf coast. forecasters predict it could dump up to 20 inches of rain. in new orleans, which sits below sea level, some streets are under water. but the city pumps are working. pushing the water into lake pontchartrain. for some, that is the problem. >> that is lake pontchartrain right there. the same level as my boathouse. >> reporter: this man wielding a toilet plunger spoke to the local cbs affiliate. >> besides taking matters in your own hands, what else are you doing? >> raising things from my boathouse boathouse and trying to save it. >> reporter: six years ago, katrina's fury ripped apart some of the levees here, flooding 80% of the city. they've been rebuilt. and appear to be holding. lee is wreaking havoc in the tiny town of jean lefitte louisiana, with a mandatory evacuation. emergency rescue crews are urging people to stay inside. off the roads. and out of the water. >> we're from utah. we don't know any better. and we don't know what could happen. >> reporter: the s

drew levinson reports. >> reporter: josh fattal and shane bauer are back on u.s. soil and revealing what two years inside an iranian prison was like. >> many times, too many times, we heard the screams of other prisoners being beaten and there was nothing we could do to help them. >> reporter: also at the new york press conference, sarah shourd. the three friends were hiking along the iraq/iran border in 2009 when iranian authorities arrested them. while in prison, bauer and shourd were engaged. she was let go last year. but bauer and fattal were found and, in august, convicted of being spies. >> we were convicted of espionage because we are american. it's that simple. no evidence was ever presented against us. >> reporter: the two men were sentenced to eight years in prison. it's not clear why they were released. but iran's foreign ministry calls it a gesture of islamic mercy. they were first reunited with their families on wednesday when they flew from iran to oman. bauer ran right into shourd's arms. >> there is so much to talk about and so many joys to be had

drew levinson is in lower manhattan with more. drew, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. it was both a glorious and tough day for the family members yesterday of those killed on 9/11. tough because it's been ten years. glorious, because of the way they are being remembered. >> yvette constance anderson. >> reporter: sunday, relatives delivered emotional messages to their loved you ones as every name was read. >> i love you forever. >> reporter: the names etched in bronze surround two reflecting pools that sit where the twin towers once stood. six moments of silence marked when the four planes crashed and the towers came down. later, beams of light streamed into the sky from the spot where the buildings once stood. while the memorial plaza is open here at ground zero, there is an underground section, as well as the museum, that won't open until sometime next year. many family members are impressed with the work here. >> i was very moved by the pools and the names being carved out. >> reporter: president obama c

and former president george bush honored fall ant the world trade center just hours ago and drew levinson us where thousands of victims and relatives are gathered. >> reporter: a very emotional day as we listen to every one of those names being read out aloud, the victims of 9/11, all this ten years later. family members clutched photos. for the first time they gathered at the newly completed national memorial at ground zero. president obama and former george w. bush accompanied by their wives stop to view the reflecting pools. one by one the names of nearly 3000 victims are being read down here at ground zero. some family members delivered a special message. >> my sister melissa white, we love you. we miss you and we'll never forget you. >> dad, mom, jewel and i miss you. you are forever in our hearts. rest in peace. >> reporter: there was also a remembrance at the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania. on monday the 9/11 memorial opens to the public in new york. victims family expect it to be a tribute to their loved ones and a lasting reminder to this never forget. tomorrow the pub

drew levinson has a look at the damage lee has caused. >> reporter: front yards look more like lakess lee dropped more than a foot of rain along the gulf coast. low-lying communities are taking the brunt of the storm. the tiny town of lefitte louisiana is under several feet of water because of overflowing bayous and sandbags in some places are failing to hold back the flood waters. >> a couple of days ago this was not a named storm. i hate to see if a hurricane really came up. >> reporter: parts of the nearby community of crown point are under two feet of water. folks are looking for dry land. >> i don't know if i can survive starting all over again. just to rebuild and put our stuff back in, it is hard. >> in plaquemines parish, water is topping levees and trapping a herd of cattle and flooding roadways. >> it came up a lot more than we expected. if this goes under water, the only way out is on top of the mississippi river levee. >> reporter: flooding in slidell stalled cars and forced people to row and walk to safety. >> normally we don't get this. >> reporter: in alabama, people a

drew levinson. >> reporter: torrential winds and rain from tropical storm lee continued to batter mississippi and louisiana sunday. more than a foot has fallen and more is expected as lee shotguns and sloshes its way inland. >> it's coming up pretty fast right now. >> reporter: new orleans seems to be weathering lee as best they can. 6 years ago they were underwater because of levee breaks, thanks to hurricane katrina. the new levees, along with new giant pumps are holding. they are pushing water into the lake pontchartrain. there are none in the little town of la feet which is under several feet of water. they are failing in some places to hold back the floodwaters. >> the height of the by you is actually higher than what this is right here. >> reporter: the police chief told the new orleans affiliate every time he turns around there's another breach in the bag. >> it's a battle. >> announcer: it's tough to keep it back. >> right now it's almost looking impossible. >> reporter: those la feet people who didn't he'd the warning are now underwater. they are heading in, where forecasters are pre

drew levinson, cbsnews. >> well lee also spun several tornadoes that nearly destroyed communities in mississippi and in alabama. more than two dozen homes were damaged after strong winds ripped through lillian, alabama. a tree crushed a mobile home as well. fortunately it missed the bedrooms where the family members were sleeping. and they are being remembered. >>> meanwhile, president obama toured new jersey communities hit hard by hurricane irene. and it matters in the state's third largest city. the downtown area flooded as they overloadedbank tv -- overflooded banks. >> the entire country is behind it. we need to make sure to provide all the necessary achievements, in order to help the communities rebuild. >> all 21 counties in new jersey are eligible for the disaster relief. and just last week, the white house told congress, you know, there's a need for more than $5 billion in the disaster for future aid. >>> well, one week from tonight, we will remember the anniversary of the terror attacks that, you know, changed america forever. among the heros, we will honor the ones on boar

drew levinson with what they said. >> reporter: shane bauer and josh fattal stepped back in to the welcomingrms of a nation who watched their plight for two years. >> shane and i are now free men. >> they spent more than 780 days in an iranian prison convicted along with sarah shourd for spying and trespassing. shourd was released last year. >> many times, too many times, we heard the screams of other prisoners being beaten, and there was nothing we could do to help them. >> reporter: the three were hiking in northern iraq in 2009 and claim they mistakenly crossed the unmarked border into iran. they have called themselves hostages and political prisoners. >> this was never about crossing the unmarked border between iran and iraq. we were held because of our nat national. >> reporter: they were reunited wednesday, it was especially sweet for shane because sarah was also there to greet him. the two got engaged in prison so after a year apart for them and two years away from their families it's understandable they wanted a little private time before flying back to the united states. the men say

drew levinson has more for us. >> good morning, terrell. asian markets picked up where wall street left off. hang seng lost 1 1/2%. others took a bigger hit. european markets opened on the upside and wall street futures are mixed. they are trying to finish what has been a very ugly week. stocks got clobbered from the opening bell on. at one point, the dow was down more than 500. it recovered some, but still closed with a loss of 391 points. over the past two days, the blue chips are off nearly 6%. it's the biggest two-day drop since december 2008. >> it's bad news after bad news. we are not getting any good news. >> reporter: job growth is stalled. the housing market can't climb out of the foreclosure mess. consumer spending remains stuck in neutral. no one wants to open their wallets until they see things are getting better. but the economy can't improve until consumers and businesses loosen their purse strings. they are spending accounts for for more than 70% of economic growth. >> i think people are realizing that we are still in a bad p

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as drew levinson reports it comes a day after families came together to mark 1 years since the terroristks. >> reporter: today the world gets a close-up look at what family members of those who died on 9/11 saw yesterday. the memorial honors the 3,000 people killed at the pentagon, in shanksville, pennsylvania and at the world trade center. >> and my dad. >> reporter: sunday emotional messages were delivered as every name was read. >> i love you forever. >> and my father sebastian gehrke, who i never met because i was in my mom's belly. >> reporter: the names etched in bronze surround two reflecting pools that sit where the twin tourist once stood. moments of silence marked when the planes crashed and the tourist came down. later beams of light streamed into the sky at the spot where the buildings once stood. while the memorial plaza is open here at ground zero, there's an underground section as well as a museum that won't open until sometime next year. many family members are impressed with the work here. >> i was very moved by the pools and the names being carved out. >> reporter: pres

agent named bob levinson over four years ago disappeared when he checked out of his hotel in the iranian tourist island of kish island in the persian gulf. he disappeared. it is only recently that his family -- and he leaves behind a family of a wife and seven children -- only recently that they have the belief that he is alive. we have brought this to all levels of our government. this senator, who represents the state that christine levinson lives in, has been to the iranian ambassador at the united nations years ago trying to intervene. and the secretary of state -- our secretary of state has, in fact, pushed this very hard. now, why am i saying all this? because on the occasion of the release of the hikers by the iranian government, for whatever compassion that they have shown the government bringing together disparate parts that have their own little power centers in iran, whatever success they had in bringing that together and releasing those hikers back to their loved ones, quey w we prar that that same decision-making apparatus in tehran would now activate the process to bring bo

drew levinson looks at the damage lee has already caused. >> reporter: front yards look more like lakesas lee dropped more than a foot of rain along the gulf coast. low-lying communities are taking the brunt of the storm. the tiny town of lefitte louisiana is under several feet of water because of overflowing bayous and sandbags in some places are failing to hold back the flood waters. >> a couple of days ago, this wasn't even a named storm. i would hate to see if a hurricane really came up. >> parts of the nearby community of crown point are under two feet of water. people who live here are gathering their belongings and looking for dry land. >> i don't know if i can survive another starting all over again. just to rebuild. and get our stuff and put stuff back in. it is hard. >> in plaquemines parish, water is topping levs, trapping a herd of cattle and flooding roadways. >> it comes up more than expected. and if this goes under water, the only way out is on top of the mississippi water levee. >>> stalled cars, and people were forced to row and walk to safety. >> normally we don't get

the past, well, since 2006, your own inquiries with the select committee, the police inquiry, the levinson inquiry, i would doubt very much, indeed, whether anything remains under wraps. i think everything, rightly, will emerge. and hopefully one day it will. >> mr.-- [inaudible] your sort of flippant attitude to surveillance tactics, what do you think -- [inaudible] >> what do i think? >> [inaudible] >> if i came across as being flippant, i apologize. i don't know whether it's genuine. you quoted a line from it. the history of how this matter's unfolded with those two sources of information, one is everything. first and foremost, everything that was seized by the police. now, bit by bit that has emerged in the civil litigation case by case. we have found out about it when it has emerged through the civil litigant lawyers. the other source of information is the internal e-mail system at news international which was properly investigated, it seems, quite recently and that was done under police supervision. and they are seeing what's coming out of that. i don't know what's in there. i haven'