check out the model of the minnesota state capitol made of 75,000 leggons of the capitol in st. paul. >> that's impressive. i thought that was the real thing. what can't you build th legos any more. >> you can do just about anything. it's pretty cool. >>> here is a look at your early morning entertainment headlines. jo did i e foster is standing by mel gibson afer a nasty battle with his ex-girlfriend. foster tells the october issue of "more" magazine that gibson is, quote theeasiest, nicest person i've ever worked with. the second i met him, i said i will love this man for the rest of my life. >>> they may love david hasselhoff in germany, but last night he was the first to be eliminated from "dancing with the stars." >>> finally, paris hilton has been booted out of japan. yesterday officials delayed hilton's entrance while looking into her case. she was scheduled to cancel a tokyo news conference to promote her fashion and fragrance lines. you know what? i don't feel bad that she wasn't given preferential treaent this time around. >> worse than that, she wasn't allowed through

minnesota. they had significant flooding about 8-inches later. in ohio we received a photo from ohio state university showing the devastation after a f2 tornado struck a week ago. the facility has been closed during the scene up and in rush county indiana a mile long field fire forced the evacuations of residents of the village of williams town. firefighters think harvest equipment played a roll. all terrain vehicles are important to farmers. we are helping honda power sports give away a atv this fall. to qualify we want to know what are the top 101 ways that farmers are ranchers use a atv or side-by-side. go to the honda big red button, we will take entries throughout cement and we will announce the winner later this fall. when u.s. farm report returns it's time to talk markets. we will sit down with al in just two minutes please stay with us. mosh our round table guests this week, mike flores and gentleman we have had an unusual market the last two or three weeks i don't know where it will stop but the thing i would like to find is somebody. could you give me a summary of what happened t

and minnesota state fair so side vulnerability of self. close to the scene of the standoff the bomber detonated his explosives out of being intercepted by security forces apparently while on his way to the site of the operation however the blast wounded at least twenty six people many of them civilians. and this now take a look at some other stories from around the world britain's opposition labor party has selected former climate change minister as miliband as its new leader would be to his brother david by the sca the winner overcame his main rival and sibling the forward foreign secretary by just over one percent the younger miliband victory was held by his more left leaning stones which won the trick which won trade union votes and he replaces gordon brown who stepped down after losing the general election may when the labor party was ousted after thirteen years in power. palestinian demonstrators have clashed with israeli troops in the west of vine in anticipation of two more is a lifting of a ban on jewish settlements that the ending

. -- michelle bachman campaign, all centered on the minnesota state fair. they have the most fried food, fried spaghetti -- anyway. they've tried everything. her team did this ad that said basically michelle's opponent one attacks the food at the minnesota state fair. ad.was a great dad >> did she want to do that? >> you would have the fact checkmate. but what had -- what google had done with new innovations, if they allow us to draw a circle around the minnesota state fair and stream ads into the people that are only inside the fair grounds, to their smartphones, and 2200 people that afternoon watched an ad inside the. grounds about her opponent trying to tax their corn dog at the fair. we are really able talking communicate across all kinds of levels. >> is that a problem in terms of what we just talked about for a second, what did this was the factual ladder not? doesn't that really matter a lot, win you have a huge breakdown of trust and the public just as not trust anybody at the moment? how -- are you feeding that mistrust if you put something out and

page is currently serving on the minnesota state supreme court where he has been a justice for the last judge page spoke with me recently about the value of education and how we as a country cannot let public education become the political football some have made it. what do you make of the political climate today in this country when, for lack of a better term, public education becomes such a political football? >> we are at a time when everything, everything becomes a political football. from the minuscule to the most important. education is a pretty important thing. and we don't do anybody any favors by politicizing it. we have to figure out how, from whatever perspective we come from, to set aside our sort of political interests and figure out what's best for children. and then act on that as opposed to posturing to try to seek some benefit of some sort. >> and we're not doing a good job with that? >> well, in minneapolis, for students of color, and i don't have the precise number in front of me, but roughly 50%, maybe a little bit more than that, drop out. we can't be doing a good

>> the gun owners and minnesota and wisconsin have issued states of emergency. -- the governors in minnesota and wisconsin have issued states of emergency. in arcadia, wisconsin, attend -- waters continue to rise. >> you see the severe flooding and roads washed out. >> yesterday more than a month's worth of rain fell in less than 24 hours and parts of the region for some flood waters as high as 3 feet. no major rain is in the forecast for today but more is expected tomorrow. >>> rain is something we actually need around here. it has been awhile since we saw enough of that. will that change this weekend? adam caskey is in the weather center with a first forecast. >>> there are changes in the overall winner patti and late this weekend and in the early part of next week. those changes could potentially translate into heavy rain showers which would be beneficial. we will talk about that coming up. look at the bright sunshine. there are hardly any clouds out there. it is a little hazy because of the new timidity out there. it feels like summer. chevy chase is 91 degrees. officially at reagan nati

of minnesota state supreme court justice, his life's focus has been on education in helping children. he'll on my program next week right here on "the ed show." have a great weekend. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> plisks gone mad. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chuck todd in for chris matthews. leading off, politics gone mad. today may be remembered as the day american politics jumped the shark. when comedy central stephen colbert came to testify before congress about the plight of migrant farm workers, he did so in character as a right wing, blow hard cable anchor. it's not clear whose reputation took a bigger hit today, congress' or colbert's. >> as we've heard this morning, america's farms are far too dependent on immigrant labor to pick our fruits and vegetables. the obvious answer is to stop eating fruits and vegetables and if you look at the recent obesity statistics you'll see that many americans have already started. >> it didn't stop at capitol hill. her ay reid and sharron angle supporters broke out into a full on brawl at a local christian sc

losing his mother at the age of 16 in his entry into local and state politics, his eight years as minnesota's governor and his possible 2012 presidential bid. this is 40 minutes. >> there have probably been many defining moments. one is the support of we have given to the men and women in a number united states military. our national guard has played a larger and larger role. that has required minnesota's to stand up. we lead the nation beyond the yellow ribbon. for minnesota, i am a pretty liberal. that is a big deal. i am right about that. >> the president said that next year, that is a transitional day. do you disagree with that? >> first of all, i applaud the president for making the decision to put more troops in afghanistan. i wish said he would not have taken five months to make that decision. once you make that arbitrary date, it begins to put questions into the minds of our allies from the highest level and pakistan. all the way to an individual who might be a trans letter. when you send a message, people start to hedge their bets in ways that are not helpful to the united states. >>

minnesota, residents relied on the best front line of defense they know -- sandbags. the water was so strong, it managed to wash away part of this bridge. the worst of the flooding spanned three states, minnesota, wisconsin and south dakota. >> we were told to leave last night and we came back today and i said i want to get my tools out. >> reporter: and you came back and you see all of this? >> yes. >> reporter: i want to show you what several homeowners are dealing with tonight. it's beyond just their yards being flooded. in some cases here, they're surrounded by water. look at this house. the water actually started climbing up the front steps. but it's not just a problem here. we're actually talking about seven states in the midwest currently under flood warning tonight. george? >> linsey davis, thank you. >>> in florida, a chilling and curious hostage drama is playing out. the target, a bank just outside miami. and how the robbers pulled off the heist seemed cruel. matt gutman has the story. >> reporter: police say this man was turned into a human bomb to pull off a daring bank heist. it began as a home invasion overnight. three assailants bursted into diego us came ya that's ho

minnesota at these last eight years? >> if i could give you two that come to mind, one is the support we have given to the men and women in our united states military. our national guard has played a larger and larger role in the last eight years. it has acquired minnesota to step up in unprecedented ways to support the men and women in the military. i am proud of the beyond the yellow ribbon campaign. i am a conservative. minnesota has been pretty liberal credit history. for me to come in and draw a line in the sand on holding the line and cutting taxes is a big deal, and i am proud of that as well. >> let me ask you about afghanistan. you are there this past summer. the president has said that july of 2011 is a transitional date for the american military. do you disagree with that? >> i applaud the president for making the decision to put more troops into afghanistan. that was needed, but i wish he had not taken by month to make that decision, and i wish she would not have simultaneously announced the withdrawal date with the search he decided. once you make an arbitrary date like that, it begins to put a question in the mind of our woul

that's something that we'd see at the minnesota state fair, right? >> i know. i can eat. i really can. bring it on. hey, i wanted to let you guys know, this grandma, she has gone wild. and the crowd goes wild, yea! this is paula, she's from san antonio, texas. now, the sign -- what are you talking about? define wild for me? >> we do stuff we don't tell the grandkids about when we get back home. >> kind of like vegas? if you come to the big apple, it stays in the big apple. would you say? >> exactly. hi, henry, andrew, paul, little mark, haley, and hanna. >> what a wild grandma she is. let's talk about your weather. it is heating up and beautiful across areas including our nation's capital. look at this stunning shot of the capitol in washington, d.c. as for the heat today, in the 80s. tomorrow, some spots could hit close to 90 degrees, as high pressure moves offshore. check this out, big apple, 80 today, 87 tomorrow. 90s in raleigh, north carolina. as for the flooding in texas, folks dealing with tough conditions there as a result of tropical storm hermine. tha

. >> reporter: minnesota is in a state of emergency. hundreds evacuated after thunderstorms brought up to five inches of rain. rivers and creeks overflowed the banks. jeff dube lived in the area for 14 years and he says he's used to the weather and this is different. >> when it gets to a certain point, you worry. >> reporter: the less dents try drying out and another storm is moving in on saturday. alexis christoforous, cbs news. >>> and you didn't see it, but the national guard is helping some residents in the hard hit areas. >>> fault baltimore county is getting $5 million in federal funding. fema approved the money after cleaning up from storms. we got off to a foggy start this morning and for the most part, that's lifted. take a live look at the inner harbor. you can see, this is from sky eye chopper 13. you can see a low ceiling out there and everyone's concerned about what to expect for the weekend and bernadette woods is in the first warning weather senter. good afternoon, bernadette. good afternoon, don and everyone out there. b

this weekend the governor of minnesota declared a state of emergency in 35 counties. at this hour we learned that the rivers is receding and the floodwaters are receding and many are going into cleanup mode at noint. the ongoing problem is in wisconsin where that levee is eroding by the hour and the evacuation plan is active, lester. >> jeff, thank you. >>> now to politics and a new front in the pch battle for control of congress. it's about tax cuts passed as temporary during the bush years, but there's a push to makeome of them or all of them rmanent. we get more tonight from nbc's mike macara. >> reporter: cpaigning in normally democratic new england today, a familiar face. >> i know why people are hurting and mad and frustrated. >> reporter: as president bill clinton saw his party lose control of congress, a fate that president obama and democrats want to avoid. >> how bad will november be at this point in time in juror judgment? >> the democrats will do very well and we'll keep the majority. >> this year doing well simply means holding on, and now the campaign tr

. >>> the governor of minnesota has issued a state of emergency after southn parts of that state haveflooding. a powerful storm system mped almost a foot of rain earlier this week. now the rivers and the streams are overflowing, washing out roads, among other things. and more rain is on the way this weekend. >> that looks bad. meanwhile, we are way behind on rainfall hee. >> and a drought. in some areas they saw over a foot of rain. some areas here need over 7 inches of rain to catch up to whate should benormally. the good news is we should have some rain in the forecast, and that coming after an incredibl hot day today. we reached 99 degrees during the afternoon today. just some amazing heat. the third day in a row where we saw temperatures over 90 degrees yesterday, saw 95 degrees. the good news is we're going to see some relief from that heat, but there it is, the record of 99, the old record of 94 set back in 1970. the old record today was 97, so we were 22 degrees warmer than the average. it was not too humid. that was some very good news. we cooled down to 88 degrees. across the

. >> reporter: minnesota is in a state of emergency also. hundreds evacuated after thunderstorms brought up to five inches of rain. rivers and creeks overflowed their banks. turning backyards and bases in to a flood zone. jett has lived in the area 14 years and says he is used to the weather but this time is different. >> when it gets to a certain.you start to worry. this is bad. >> reporter: residents used every break in the weather to try to dry out but another system is expected to move in on saturday. alexis christoforous, cbs news. >>> the national guard is helping residents in some of the hardest hit areas. >> we could use some of that rain. >> a little bit. we have to be careful what we wish for. >> like the folks that don't want the cold weather yet. they are getting their wish right now. >> boy, is it going to make it to a record like 97, 98 or whatever what. >> it is a chance at a record breaker today. in the 90s in some areas already. we have a good five hours or so to heat up. get to it. the day at a glance. temperatures at natio

the governor's of both minnesota and wisconsin issue the states of emergency. more is expected tomorrow. >>> back here. we had our story that has been the unbelievable heat to start the first two days of fall. we at least tied the old record. high temperatures across central maryland today. depends on exactly where you were. south and west of baltimore looking at 102. 100 in frederick and 93 in georgia lee that -- galin. temperatures have not cooled off much. almanac numbers 95. the old record for 1970. we at least tied that. low 90s and eventually into the mid and upper 80s. dress light as you head out for a friday evening. what about the rest of the weekend? there are big changes in terms of the temperature. >>> thanks. now for the for a look at tonight's top stories. a man in the hospital tonight after serious injuries involving a school bus crash. the bus carrying students to meadow vail was struck by an audi that crossed the line. dense fog covered the road this morning investigators have not determined whether that played a role in the crash. >>> the poli

hundreds of homes have been evacuated after flooding in wisconsin and minnesota. a state of emergency has been declared in both states. and the national guard is now sandbagging, bracing against more bad weather today. and then, there's a new tropical storm that could be heading toward the gulf. it's expected to become a hurricane later tonight. sam is tracking all of us for it. >>> all of your facebook fans and friends it's okay. facebook is up and running after its worst service disruption in four years. we're going to show you the funny ways people dealt with it. >>> we're going to begin with severe flooding in the midwest, where 10 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours. one of the hardest-hit areas was arcadia, wisconsin. and linsey davis is there. good morning, lindsay. >> reporter: good morning. the flooding has stopped. but the flooding is still a problem. look at the intersection of main street. and where the water goes literally up to the foundation of several homes in this area. the river continues to crest until possibly sunday. and then, to make matters wo

hundreds of homes have been evacuated after massive flooding in parts of wisconsin and minnesota. a state of emergency has been declared in both states. and the national guard is now sandbagging, bracing against more bad weather today. and then there's a new tropical storm that could be heading toward the gulf. it's expected to become a hurricane later tonight. sam is tracking the storm. sam will have the latest for us. >>> also, all of you facebook fans and friends, take a deep breath. it's going to be okay. facebook is up and running after its worst service disruption in four years. the glitch that millions of people went into a frenzy for. we're going to show you the funny ways people dealt with it. coming up in just a little bit. >>> we're going to begin with severe flooding in the midwest where more than 10 inches fell in less than 24 hours. one of the hardest-hit communities was arcadia, wisconsin, and linsey davis is there. lynn say? >> reporter: good morning. even though the rain for the most part has stopped, the flooding as you see continues to be a problem. take a look here at

succumbing to the laws of gravity find out why it's thirty five bridges have collapsed in the state of minnesota alone. and as moscow's mayor gets the sag rushes gay community is allowed to stage a protest on the capital streets for the first time from more head to our tea dot com. now in just a minute's time are a financial analyst discuss radical ways to revive the economy but first here with us here with the business news. oh welcome to our program good to have you with us while europe is facing a multi-year slog out of the economic crisis emerging markets are attracting more attention from investors they will they be able to grow in the event of a sharp slowdown in the developed economies but i think lola. in the months leading up to the summer holiday season europe was gripped by fear that it would be overwhelmed by do that there was much talk of greece rial and really spain defaulting on their bonds this opened up the bleak scenario of the euro zone collapsing and dragging down the world economy just as it was recovering from recession but a bailout package later and i'm first started to f

minnesota governor. he talks about growing up in south st. paul as the youngest in a family of five children. losing his mother to cancer at the age of 16, his entry into local and state politics, his eight years as minnesota's governor, and his possible 2012 presidential bid. this is 40 minutes. >> governor, has there bn a defining moment for you as governor of minnesota at these last eight years >> there have been many defining moments. onal guard has played a larger and larger role in the last eight years. it has acquired minnesota to step up in unprecedented ways to support the men and women in the military. i am proud of the beyond the yellow ribbon campaign. i am a conservative. minnesota has been pretty liberal credit history. for me to come in and draw a line in the sand on holding the line and cutting taxes is a big deal, and i am proud of that as well. >> let me ask you about afghanistan. you are there this past summer. the president has said that july of 2011 is a transitional date for the american military. do you disagree with that? >> i applaud the president for making the decision to put more troops into afghanistan. that was needed, but i wish he had n

infrastructure succumbing to the laws of gravity find out why thirty five bridges have collapsed in the state of minnesota alone. and as moscow's mayor gets the sack rush is gay community is allowed to stage a protest on the capital streets for the first time for more head to our. major media outlets as the un general assembly gathered to cover speeches from world leaders last week but one the biggest countries left the show so did the media leaving other nations to talk to an empty room are not found out just who was listening. and international circus of political power. public stress for new yorkers. reporters secret service and barricades three signs of world leaders are crammed inside one building for the annual united nations general assembly debate. this diplomatic gathering provides more than one hundred ninety countries an opportunity to promote their foreign policy agenda but generally it's always the same voices now is the time to build the trust dominating the states and identifying those responsible in the september eleventh attacks journalists flew in from all over the world to cover this se

is succumbing to the laws of gravity find out why thirty five bridges have collapsed in the state of minnesota alone. and as moscow's mayor gets to say russia's gay community is allowed to stage a protest on the council streets for the first time from war head to our t.v. dot com. and time now for a business of days kareena joins me now in the studio gangrene i know there are reports that moody's has lowered spain's top radio rating by one notch so how is it affecting the country well marina del downgrades putting additional pressure on the government first of all as opposed to past most still a budget and the three decades more of that. this is more a region is economically and socially one of russia's better developed provinces the region has a significant scientific and industrial capacity that will realize its full potential after the construction of the. park until yes he has completed the i t. park or has r. and d. projects in the spheres of automotive construction aerospace and oil chemistry high tech data center furbished with cutting edge servers and communication equipment will be co

part of wisconsin and minnesota are under a state of emergency as heavy rain continued to pound the region. several committees have been evacuated and rivers and creeks overflow. there is ready to get even more rain. >> the u.s. delegation walked out of the united nations after it iran's the made extreme allegations. >> president obama's speech advocated working in the middle east. >> an agreement is not reached, palestinians and never know what comes with their state. israel is a never know the certainty of security that comes as sovereign unstable neighbors. >> mr. obama said the door to of diplomacy remain open. it seems more likely to close after the president of the floor. >> mahmoud othman demijohamahade u.s. is behind the 9/11 attacks. delegations walked out. mr. obama found it deeply offensive. >> he is changing the focus from him and his stewardship to issues that is much more confident talking about. >> president obama has an interview scheduled with bbc persia. it'll be a chance for him to talk directly to the albanian people. -- i iranian people. >> the san has pushed back a vo

infrastructure is succumbing to the laws of gravity find out why thirty five bridges have collapsed the state of minnesota alone. and as moscow's mayor gets the sack russia's gay community is allowed to stage a protest on the capital streets for the first time. more on our tea dot com now time for a business update was created on this in the studio morning morning and how are the protests in europe against austerity measures affecting the global markets well we're seeing asian markets fall and they're most likely be some negative effect on these protests of these parties on the european markets as well we'll have to see details coming up. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. every month we give you the future we'll do you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us for technology update on our g. . welcome to business good to have you with us while you have this facing a multi-year aslaug out of the economic crisis emerging markets are attract

is succumbing to the laws of gravity find out why thirty five bridges have collapsed in the state of minnesota alone. moscow's mayor. rushes the gay community is allowed to stage of protests on the capital streets for the first time for more on that and the other stuff just over to r.t. dot com. well one group in russia has come up with an unusual method to fight stress and beat depression they're burying people alive the organizers of this extreme treatment claim twenty minutes in a fresh grave might change your mind on many things in life i bennett went to try to remedy. the above ground there are a few signs of life. below the surface a man trapped with his greatest fear is pavel has just been buried alive for twenty minutes not torture but extreme therapy. oh fantastic it feels much better on the song than on the ground. the first time pavel's anxiety got the better of him now he says he can handle the pressure. as the first thing you experience is panic once your face is covered with dirt you start tasting as i'm thinking of what the hell am i doing down here or you want to come down to s

is succumbing to the laws of gravity find out why thirty five bridges have collapsed in the state of minnesota alone. and there's moscow's mayor gets the sack russia's gay community is allowed to stage a protest on the capital streets for the first time more on that and much more head to r.t. dot com. well tens of thousands of people have marched across europe outraged at their government's decision to impose austerity measures to pay off massive debts brussels saw the largest rally around the e.u. had accordance with demonstrators carrying balloons banners and blowing whistles people around europe called on the government to ensure stable jobs wages and pensions trade unions expressed fury that workers had to pay back the bank's mistake that austerity measures could lead to even more unemployment david campbell brown i'm a member of the european parliament blames i think for most of the continent's current economic trouble. i think the euro is teetering on the edge this is a manifestation of it this is a massive problem and you can throw hundreds of billions that it is they're trying to do bu

infrastructure is succumbing to the laws of gravity find out why thirty five bridges have lapsed in the state of minnesota alone. and as moscow's mayor gets the stamp russia's gay community is allowed to stage a protest on capital streets for the first time more on this had to our t.v. dot com. that brings us to the point where we need to get the business update from karena don't go away. hello and welcome to our business program good to have you with us while europe is facing a multi-year slog out of the economic crisis in motion markets are talking more investor attention but will they be able to grow in the event of a shop slowdown in the developed economies as they have local reports. in the months leading up to the summer holiday season europe was gripped by fear that it would be overwhelmed by debt there was much talk of greece rial and reve in spain defaulting on their bonds this opened up the bleak scenario of the euro zone collapsing and dragging down the world economy just as it was recovering from recession but a bailout package later and investor started to focus their attention on the other b

state college. northern wisconsin, minnesota, quiet conditions across the mid- atlantic. this is igor.ined winds at 75 miles per hour. this is passing to the west of bermuda. this is not going to affect the mainland of the united states. this is off of the coast of the delmarva peninsula. fortunately, this is not going to impact it. a nice shot of colder, drier air, lots of sunshine to enjoy. temperatures about 5:00 a.m. eight degrees cooler than what we had today, upper 70's to near 80. -- temperatures about 5 to 80 degrees cooler. -- 8 degrees cooler. in the morning, clouds will remain. by afternoon, near 80 with lots of sunshine, low humidity levels. the winds will start to pick up just a little bit, out of the north at 8 to 12 miles per hour. summer will officially arrived -- come to an end. it will feel a lot like august, near 90 degrees on thursday and friday. we would be just one degree shy of tying the record7 da of 90-degree-plus in washington. >> you basically have to have four days over 90 degrees. haute to break the record. >> yes. we have plenty of time. >> all right. >>>

water as much as 5 inches of rain fell in portions of minnesota and wisconsin yesterday, minnesota is now in a state of emergency, hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate their homes and the trouble is not over yet another big storm system is expected to move in tomorrow. talk about different weather for us here as well we are ready for a heat wave. >> ready for a heat wave you know we don't typically call heat waves going into october but we are talking about one today and it is going to be hot. so here is a lookout side san jose and we got plenty of sunshine down in santa clara valley looking pretty good another live shot there for you, trans america building, plenty of blue skyone more this is the coastline ocean beach looking good this afternoon. so our forecast, what can you expect for the afternoon sunny and warm inland temperatures up to the lower 90s. sunshine and warm around the bay, sunny and mild around the coastline temperatures lower 70s. pinpoint forecast, temperatures 87 degrees cupertino, 89 degrees in los gatoses and also expecting temperatures near 90 degrees morgan hill an

i think in minnesota, our secretary of state is wonderful, and so excited about how minnesota did their recount, and how al franken is are senator. i am very happy about that. i think it was a great election, and minnesota has a high voter turnout rate, and that is because of how our elections are won. thanks again to secretary of state and our former secretary of state who worked really, really hard on our elections. host: ok, we will leave it there and go to a texas, independent line. caller: good morning, ladies. i wanted to let you know that i used to be a member of common cause. host: ok. guest: sign up again. we will take your membership, but i think i hear a "but" coming. right. you are there is a key party "but. host: ok, what is your point? caller: that is one of my points. you go on and on about every excuse and the world -- excuse in the world about having an id. you have to have an id for everything. the lady from minnesota -- i don't know about the utility bill, but anyway -- host: why don't you speak to that, susannah goodman? the pros and cons of only showing a utility bu

. >>> parts of wisconsin and minnesota are under a state of emergency as heavy rains pound the area. the region is expected to get even more rain today. alison? >>> the president of iran made extreme allegations yesterday at the u.n.. so extreme it caused the u.s. delegation to walk out. emily schmidt has more about that and how it could affect america's relationship with that country. >>> president obama's speech advocated working toward peace in the middle east. >> if an agreement is not reached, palestinians will never know the pride that comes with a home state. israelis will never know the certainty that comes with sovereign and stable neighbors. >> mr. obama said the door to diplomacy remained open, but that door seemed much more likely to close after iran's president took the floor. mahmoud ahmadinejad said americans were behind the september 11 terrorist attack to help the american economy and to save the zionist regime of israel. at that point the u.s. delegation and 27 others walked out. a white house official said mr. obama found the remarks deeply offensive. >> it is an a

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. >>> in minnesota, the governor got a firsthand look at the flooding in his state. m pawlenty says he's going to seek a federal disaster declaration. one minnesota river topped a 28-foot levee, damaging or destroying at least half the homes in a small community. >>> here is a look at your monday forecast. showers in minnesota in the northern part of the state. it is a soaker for much of the east coast and ohio valley. drenching rain from new england to florida. severe wither and flooding from raleigh to atlanta. rain in the pacific northwest. >> 70 in seattle. 80 in portland. and 90 in boise. low 70s in fargo, omaha, and kansas city. 73 here in new york. 75 in atlanta. and 89 in miami. >>> the democrats head into the final weeks before midterm elections on the defensive. they are battling to hold control on jobs and congress. the stakes are so high the party is putting its biggest names on the campaign trail. here's john hendren. >> reporter: president clinton is campaigning to protect an endangered species -- incumbent democrats. clinton campaigned yesterday deep on

in the upper midwest, two days of heavy rain has led to serious flooding across four states with southern minnesota the hardest hit area. heather brown of cbs station wcco is in zumbrota. i understand the rain may be over but in many places people still can't go back to their homes. >> reporter: no, they can't, katie. towns across minnesota look a lot like this park, several feet of floodwater covering the land. they've overturned buildings, they've damaged cars, but what really shocks people the most was how quickly these waters rose. record rainfall in a single day. in pine island, minnesota, jerome and his family woke up to six feet of water in the basement. >> this is the worst anybody's ever seen it around here. >> reporter: as much as ten inches in 24 hours stretching across 150 miles of the upper great plains. some people were able to sandbag but many didn't have time to protect their homes. now people are salvaging what they can. >> it's a mess. everything down there is gone. >> reporter: in orinoco, minnesota, water pouring through an open dam was powerful enough to rip apart this bridge.

the governors in minnesota and wisconsin declaring states of emergency. >>> plus 38 days from midterm elections and 38 days and two years from the 2012 presidential election. we're going to tell you who's headed there today. from the cnn center, this is "cnn saturday morning." good morning to you all. i'm joe griffin in for t.j. this morning. thanks for starting your day with us. >>> also coming up in the next 90 minutes, these stories. the fbi raiding many groups in the midwest. many are calling this harassm t harassment. >> if you've got a medicine cabinet full of unused prescription drugs, they could pose a danger, so the dea says you can turn them in. they have sites all across the country. we'll tell you how. >>> and after a minor glitch, the russian soyuz spacecraft is back. two rush are shans were also on that flight. >>> well, there are new developments today in the deepening sex scandal at one of the largest churches in the u.s. bishop eddie long leads a congregation of 25,000 people outside of atlanta, but now four young men have filed separate lawsuits accusing him of c coe

twin cities metro area has gained population at a greater rate than any other party in the state of minnesotasee her redistricted out of her seat? she is the thorn in the side. she created the tea party caucus in the house. don't you think they would love to see -- >> i think they might go -- what she might go back and say to them is look what i'm going to do, if you do that i'm going to the northwest seat, the 7th district represented by peterson, a democrat, kind of a blue collar lumberjack shirt type of democrat who has been chairman of the house agriculture committee i'll take him out this was george w. bush's best seat in the state of minute. better out there in lumberjack country than in the rich suburbs around the lake, near minneapolis. if i were bachmann i would say i'll take out one of your senior democrats if you try play that ball with me. >> greta: it is sort of a war game even in terms of who you vote for is so important. great board game. >> politicians have been playing it for the last 10 years have been looking forward to redistricting. to reapportionment of the seats among t