parts of montana, north dakota and south dakota are already under water and the water could linger through the summer. >>> according to the new york times, pakistan intelligence agency has arrested some of the pakistani informants who gave information to the c.i.a. before the u.s. commando raid that killed osama bin laden. according to the newspaper, those arrested include a pakistani army major who copied the license plates of cars visiting bin laden's compound in the weeks before the raid. the fate of the informants is unclear. the arrests are the latest indication of a damaged relationship with pakistan. >>> the bay area's lock heed martin will lose 1200 jobs nationwide with most of the layoffs coming from sunny vale, colorado and pennsylvania. lock heed says it will offer voluntary layoffs to eligible middle managers first. that could ruse the number ofin voluntary job cuts. >>> social security misspent billions of dollars.

here in south dakota homes sit along the river's edge. but tonight these sandbags may not be enough to keep the water back. as the missouri river rises, so does the concern. for more than a week, many have tried to fortify their homes. but tonight thousands have been ordered to leave. mass evacuations across the upper midwest as the river threatens to topple levees and burst banks. in south dakota, eric nordstrom has lived along the river with his family for more than a decade. tonight, he's ready to walk away. >> it's just a house. it's not a home anymore. it's just a house. we moved out about a week ago and went elsewhere. >> reporter: with the missouri river running nearly 2,400 miles long, seven midwest states are under a flood emergency. the massive flow of water controlled by six dams. every release adding more pressure to communities down river. but the reservoirs are nearly full. there's too much water to hold back. the army corps of engineers, blamed for waiting too long to release the excess flow. >> mother nature really put a s

>>> well, thousands of people in south dakota are packing up what they can and leaving their homes. the army corps of engineers plans to release water from two dams along the missouri river which means these families may not be able to return home for months. engineers are also building up the levees so there's no unexpected flooding after more than a month of heavy rain. >>> a new report this morning says japan underestimated the threat of tsunami to its nuclear power plant. an international nuclear watchdog group is now calling for greater oversight of nuclear plants. the group does praise emergency workers' response to the disaster. >>> on the third day of her bus tour, sarah palin met up with donald trump. while in new york yesterday palin and her family grabbed a slice of pizza with trump. he says they didn't talk about anything political and she did not ask him for an endorsement. palin still hasn't confirmed whether she will enter the 2012 election. this morning she will tour the

at the hebrew immigrant aid society in new york or the father at the lutheran social services south dakota who after working two jobs in a day still find the ability to make it to a night class where they can learn english and about our nation's history and government. the energy that drives these parents is the same energy that drove our immigrant parents and grandparents. the idea that their hard work would give their children a

the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota is recognized. mr. thune: last week i had the opportunity to travel my state of south dakota as i think most senators who were home over the break did. during the week i was able to be part of a couple of events in my state with former comptroller general david walker. i think most people here are acquainted with mr. walker. he had a ten-year run as the comptroller general of this country. he has since started an organization called come back america initiative and has been traveling the country trying to explain to the public the issues surrounding our national debt, high federal spending levels and their effect on our nation's future. i would add that he is someone who takes both parties to task. he is an equal opportunity critic. he is very bipartisan in his criticism of the out-of-control spending that exists here in washington, d.c. but he did point out, mr. president, the tremendous growth in government which has occurred in the course of our nation's history. in fact, when our country was founded

miguel has more from south dakota. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a critical day here along the missouri river. record water flow is coming down from dams upstream. for so many of the houses here along the river, there only a few feet and some cases a few inches to spare. >> swollen and about to surge higher, the missouri river is threatening to swallow homes and take lives. in north and south dakota, 20,000 people have been asked to evacuate. >> very traumatic. >> many refuse to leave. instead they fortify homes and protect communities on the water's edge. still the rising river threatens to spill off levees and burst banks >> already said goodbye. we shed our tears and said goodbye to the house. >> across the plains, you can see the worst flooding in decades. >> they should assume the levees will not hold. they should move out of the area that will be affected. >> worry the mississippi river 2400 miles long, seven states face serious flooding. a series of six dams control the river's flow. today's record release will gush even more downstream as r

fugate, some citizens of south dakota have been told to evacuate for as long as two months. can you tell me what actions you are taking in south dakota to assist our communities and residents in this disaster. can you also tell me what resources are available to the people of south dakota while they are displaced and during the recovery phase. >> we are working with the governor and team there as we are getting more and more flooding, looking at the assistance. there are two pieces of the assistance that can be provided. people with flood insurance would have that. but we provide through other programs and a declared disaster that includes individual assistance. we provide housing assistance to the survivors in the ent of a flood. as we continue to work with south dakota and as we go through the requests from the governor, those areas that do have individual assistance, that assistance is being provided for housing and other assistance based upon the impacts to their homes. >> in your testimony, you have outlined several far reaching nfip policy initiatives in in the working

kelly bartnick in pierre, south dakota, this morning. thanks.f your weather on this thursday morning. good morning again. >> good morning, erica. let's pick up right where kelly left off in the northern plains. the missouri river. now bear in mind we've been looking at warmer temperatures. that snow pack that he mentioned has not even roolly made a dent in terms of thawing. we are looking at this well into the end of june, early july. so here's the >>> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to chris. >> marysol, thank you. across the globe nations seeking to decrease dependence on foreign oil are looking for new sources of energy. and a natural gas -- natural gas is said to have a huge potential. the industry estimates nearly 2 trillion cubic feet are awaiting underground in this country alone. but there's a growing debate over the means of extraction. so-called trafracing involves shooting high pressure fluids into the ground to force the gas out. and many claim those liquids are toxic. now the debate has a new concern. the proces

virginia i only have a few choices would be great if i could choose the health care plan that's in south dakota if and that gives me benefits and perks and fadi a great idea and he would be better than the ability of state health care commissioners to regulate state plans then what you would have is if you were you you probably wouldn't have a competition you instead have a seven or eight where we have seven big health insurance companies and probably have i mean it's because they and they go for the same plant and of course obamacare says the government takes care of everything and they don't have a business or job and they're not so far to tell i give them no more pathological our veterans who are who are looking and i know i've got tons of ministration does a very very good it's good to hire a veterans administration to medicare the high satisfaction of it and you know investigation that matter into ministration need to be appalled to find out why can't you hear every program but if you do it investigation the united health care years ago there's another point and this is going to be problem

companies can compete with each other to get users and security card companies and all move to south dakota where whatever state has the lowest common denominator stand competition is good better learn how to harness monopoly know when you do right now do i not know you did i. right now if i'm in virginia i only have a few choices i'd be great if i could choose the health care plan it's in south dakota if and that gives me benefits in virginia and family a great idea and when we get out of you ability of state health care commissioners to regulate state plans then what you would have is you would you probably wouldn't have a competition you instead have a seven or eight where we have seven big health insurance companies would probably have five it's because they and they would be all b.c. offer the same plans and of course obamacare says the government takes care of everything and they don't this isn't the job of doing that so far to tell her give them no more power to our veterans who are who are looking i know i got it's administration does a very good it's good that i asked veterans admi

i had some money set aside and i was free to go through connections i was able to go to south dakotainosaur bones. >> war these people? >> this is all whole tribal people these are not the '80s beazer when commercial locators. >> how they make a living? is it you look for one good bomb? >> there is a sane and the business. if you want a sellout make some money. a lot goes to private collectors the movie jurassic park involved angle whole new class of people. >> if you set out to look for a say that dinosaur how you began. where do you start? >> it is not easy, most dinosaur bones are found in col rhoda and south dakota where there is no vegetation. you need with people that are already connected these people are crazy one of the bone had brothers is a twin. he is a great debtor i day and has a sixth sense when it is finding the racks. >> how they find? >> you have to look it an area where there is a rock formation where the rock in the sediment were laid down. you have to know what you are doing it all all bought erosion. anyone can find the dollar is are you just have to know where

the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: i would also ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to enter flew a colloquy with -- into a colloquy with senator johanns. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, tomorrow the senate will vote on a cloture motion that deals with an amendment that would do away with a tax provision that was enacted many years back by congress, but was extended just this last december. in fact, there were a whole series of tax extenders that were passed by the congress in december of last year, but this particular one, the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit was also extended, until the year 2011. december 31 of this year is when it would expire. the amendment we'll be voting on tomorrow, or at least the cloture motion we'll be voting on is with regard to an amendment that would eliminate that and end it now. there are a number of problems associated wi

the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: my understanding is the senator from california cannot yield time to another senator. the presiding officer: the senator can yield time but not the floor. the senator from california. mrs. boxer: thank you. so is there objection to my unanimous consent request that senator thune go right after senator brown for as long as he wishes. ms. snowe: mr. president, reserving the right to object. you've been addressing the senate. so wouldn't it be appropriate for the senator from south dakota now to speak? mrs. boxer: the unanimous consent sthaeuft right to -- is that i have the right to call on senator brown. i can yield to senator brown is my understanding. the presiding officer: you can yield time but not control the floor. mrs. boxer: i was going to yield time to senator brown. the presiding officer: not give senator brown the floor. mrs. boxer: then i will yield to him for some questions. and i can do that under the rules. the presiding officer: that is correct. mrs. boxer: so th

this time along the missouri river in south dakota. the water is rushing through the awahee dam at the fastest rate since it was built in the 1950s. the river is expected to crest at 15 feet above flood stage within the next several days threatening homes in pierre and bismark, south dakota. the flooding is the latest to in update the plains and south states. >> what was targeted this time that the attackers posted on the internet. >> we will explain how her majesty's secret service is using an ohio bakery to combat terror him. >>> a storm finally over the move over the next 24 hours. coming up highlight shower chances and let you know when sunshine and warmer temperatures return for the bay area forecast. ♪ [ ukulele strumming ] ♪ [ folksy whistling ] [ man ] quitting is a fight you can't let yourself lose. it can take many tries. but keep trying, you will beat smoking. honey, you okay? yeah, i'm fine. ♪ [ ukulele ] . >>> another security breach tonight for sony. a hacker claims he has stolen more than 100 names and passwords from a u

>>floodgates are opened north pier south dakota where crews are trying to divert high water from thesouri river thousands of people in north and south dakota began evacuating of a weekend in advance of the rising water and some communities in eastern nebraska are starting to look like ghost towns. >>the former head of the international monetary fund cleats not guilty to rape charges. prosecutors say dominique strauss-kahn attacked a housekeeper in a manhattan hotel last month. he is out on bond and is under house arrest in a luxury townhouse in manhattan defense attorneys have complained details of the case will lead to the media the sale of information that could undermine the prosecution's case he was considered a front runner in france's next presidential race before his arrest. >>a plea agreement between former senator john edwards and federal prosecutors reportedly broke down because it writes did not want to serve prison time add routes is accused of using kemp fain funds to cover up an affair sources said that edwards initially agreed to plead guilty to felony if he didn't hav

barney horner, who is the great grandson of chief john grass from standing rock reservation in south dakota. one of the songs he gave me before he passed on, on indigenous people's day in 1995, was a song that he called the blue horse special. the blue horse special is the song that i have been fortunate enough to be able to play in a lot of different performance contexts. it's a song that was made by a man named matthew too bold, a very well respected elder whose wife, ellie, just recently passed on. both of them were very well respected for their singing skills. when i thought about doing an arrangement for today, the blue horse special came to mind. i thought i wonder if i can bring a cedar flute into an air, i thought, i wonder if i can take a pala song and turn it into a reel. what i will do is sing you the original pala song, so you can hear that, then we will go into an arrangement that also includes a little something at the end for my grandparents. (singing)

quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, i -- one of the, i think, probably the senator from oklahoma has a strongly held view about ethanol, particularly on this issue. on the vtec. but -- and i understand that. and i understand there are members here who would like to see that particular tax credit go away. i understand that. and what the senator from minnesota and i have come up with is a way for them to achieve that objective. but it does it in a way that is reasonable, that is measured, and that doesn't totally in the middle of the year abruptly disrupt an industry and all the investment that's been made. i mean, the question i would ask my colleagues, mr. president, is does our word mean anything around here? we passed this in december. there were 81 senators -- 81 senators who voted for a package of tax extenders, one of which was the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit. 381 senat

it's also true in south dakota. but the water that's coming down the river in this massive quantity has brought about a lot of criticism and a lot of scrambling. first, i want to say, mr. speaker, that the events that brought us to this are unprecedented in modern recorded history in this that of all of the area that the picks loan program has, all of the drainage of the missouri river and upper missouri river, in particular, the corps of engineers watch the precipitation, they watch the snowcap and anticipate how much water they'll have. we've had an eight-year record drought in the upper missouri river. so these reservoirs, these six huge reservoirs that were not designed for the primary purpose at all of fish and recreation but were designed for navigation and electrical generation and cool the generators for coal-fired generators, these reservoirs have been very, very valuable to the states, south dakota, north dakota and montana because the tourism industry for recreational and fishing has so high grated to tho

on the list and also south dakota number four and north dakota number three and wyoming was number twober one least stressed place and this is a shocker, folks. reynolds, what would you guess? >> i could see it now and i'm not surprised. >> it's a shocker, hawaii. the least stressed state that we have. wow. can't believe how that made it on the list. aloha state tops the gallup poll for the third year in a row. can they make it four next year. >> part of the stress is wearing the grass skirt. >> you can't be stressed with that. you can't be stressed. maybe we should start wearing grass, no, never mind. >>> some sneaky and some smart hackers in the uk pulled off a cyberattack on an al qaeda website. working for the british intelligence agency. the code for an online al qaeda magazine called "inspire." you may have heard about it in some headlines over the years. what they did here was replace the site's bomb recipes with cupcake recipes. so, when followers downloaded 67 pages of instructions on how to make a bomb, what they actually got were instructions on how to make rocky road and ca

this time along the missouri river in south dakota. the water is rushing through the awahee dam at the fastest rate since it was built in the 1950s. the river is expected to crest at 15 feet above flood stage within the next several days threatening homes in pierre and bismark, south dakota. the flooding is the latest to in update the plains and south states. >> what was targeted this time that the attackers posted on the internet. >> we will explain how her majesty's secret service is using an ohio bakery to combat terror him. >>> a storm finally over the we spend a lot of time together. well mainly in traffic. i'm serious. we've been together, what, a super long time. true. and at first it was all business, you know, i'd take him here, i'd take him there. everywhere. and over the years, we've really bonded. sure. why else would you always buy me chevron with techron? 'cause we need gas. i think it's more than that. i think that you care about me. you're a good friend. best friends? um, uh, yes, best friends. yeah. [ male announcer ]

. >>> finally, in south dakota an '80s baby just celebrated its 130th birthday.orn in 1881, a giant tortuous getting some very special treats for reaching that milestone. zookeepers expect to celebrate many more birthdays with the 500 pound animal saying it could reach the ripe old age of 150. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather. here's meteorologist bill karins. i'll have what he is having. good morning. yesterday, 100 degrees in dallas, so that was a big thank you to the championship team who is keeping it nice and hot hoping for the parade. it won't be that bad. 98 in san antonio. today in many areas, there's 104 in phoenix, 101 in vegas, 76 in l.a., even as warm as 80 in me uncomfortable. spokane, washington, 71 and partly cloudy. a nice day today, and i think i got another one in store for tomorrow, forecast coming up. >>> and also coming up, deals distract the street -- google goes for even more and miami's painful ad blender, your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, thought he'd never get another shot at main

miller and his wife jennifer called it a gift, $1 million to children's hospital in his his native south dakotais something that we wanted to do for the area where michael was from. >> the hospital named their pediatric care unit after the millers. jennifer found out she was pregnant with the couple's third child, there first girl. >> tell me what happened. >> we came back from chicago after game two at about 430 in the morning. we had jaelyn. they said that she was not getting blood. >> reporter: doctors told the millers that's there 6-pound baby was struggling to breathe and she had five holes in her heart. >> i got to hold her for a few seconds and they whisked her away. >> it is just scary. they wanted the baby's heart rate to be between 40-50 and she was north of 100. >> reporter: for the next 10 days she remained in intensive care. mike was waiting at a chance for a championship and began shuttling back and forth. >> i missed practices. the whole chicago series is a blow really. you show up and play as hard as you can. >> i think it was pretty tough for him, you know, trying to balance bo

and south dakota to evacuate in advance of all the water. heavy rain on top of the snowmelt is causing all this flooding. >>> in wildwood, new jersey, something will break your heart. an 11-year-old girl fell 100 feet to her dealt from a ferris wheel. she was on a class trip when she plunged from one of the tallest ferris wheels on the east coast. this is the first time someone has fallen from the ride since it opened in 1985. >>> career diplomat lawrence eagleburger died. he served as deputy secretary of state and for a short time secretary of state under president george h.w. bush. he played a pivotal role during the fall of the berlin wall and the end of the cold war. eagleburger was 80 years old. >>> a gathering of christian conservatives in washington is a big deal for almost every republican presidential candidate. they're all there. former u.s. senator rick santorum talks about what sets him apart from other gop contenders. >> i had always been pro life, for traditional marriage. but i had always been like a lot of folks. a lot of fol

they're building emergency levees in south dakota, and minot, north dakota, the mayor ordered 10,000 residents to evacuate. >> these areas for secondary diking are designed to save the most amount of infrastructure and be built in the amount of time available and i want to tell you that the amount of time available is critical and that's why we've had to make some difficult decisions. >> it's feared some people won't be able to return to their homes for two months or more. >>> switching gears now, "cbs moneywatch" time now. ashley morrison is here. >> a mostly quiet day for asian markets. tokyo's nikkei edged up to close at a three-week high. hong kong's hang seng edged up a fraction. the automakers release their may sales numbers. on tuesday stocks rally, even with consumer confidence dropping to a six-month low. the dow jumped 128 points. the nasdaq added 38, despite those gains, may was the worst month for the market since august. for the month the dow lost almost 2%, while the nasdaq 1.5%. >>> analysts are warning it could take the housing market five or six more years to recover

the crews are working to build levees around south dakota, the cattle of the year as the missouri river is expected to rise by 4 ft.. >> the atlantic hurricane season officially begins today. it is expected to be busy. the national hurricane center is expecting up to 18 and named storms with 3-6 becoming major hurricanes. last season was the third most active. >> whether around the bay area, we have a line of rain just offshore. james fletcher. class >> oz and sunshine, it looks like a beautiful morning. just wait! the storms are tracking in our direction. there is a lot of that stuff sitting off of the northern california coast. san rafael close to 8:00 a.m., will hit you, downtown san francisco, around 8:15 a.m.. that is the way the timing is right now. as we zoom in, the only real rain that we are seeing right now is out there in the oakland hills fire, possibly down over the lower portion of the san francisco bay near santa of retail. with our siemens some things in the napa valiant , na. corporate super we have late rain in that period. here is where temperatures are at the moment.

seven states from montana through south dakota are under a flood emergency.ore than 20,000 people have already been evacuated. in south dakota, officials are releasing more water from reservoirs today, putting more homes at risk of being washed away. and the river is not expected to crest until july. >>> planned parenthood is fighting a new indiana law that would cut funding for all providers that offer abortions. a hearing on the lawsuit took place this morning in federal court. the obama administration is threatening to withhold all medicare funding for indiana if the state doesn't drop the ban, which was signed by governor mitch daniels. the judge is expected to make her decision by july 1st. >>> new tests show that bean sprouts from an organic farm in germany may not be the cause of europe's deadly e. coli outbreak after all. 23 of 40 samples have turned up negative. testing is not yet complete. 22 people have died. thousands more are sick. >>> formeri imf chief dominique strauss-kahn was met by angry workers as he arrived at court. this was his first cou

in south dakota, what was supposed to be a mock shootout ended up being an actual shootout.g the re-enactment of an old gun fight, on a live rounds were fired from a gun and hit people and the audience, three tourists were hit but no one was seriously injured. [music] to >> the fog is moving into the bay, cloud over to livermore and concord, to the jews in the '50's most places. san francisco at 54 degrees, 55 richmond, antioch is one of the warm spots at 64. it will be one of the warm spots for tomorrow as things begin to warm up a few degrees. we had to deal with a lot of fog in the morning. it will be clearing out about seven to 8:00 first concord in livermore. about 11:00 a.m. for san francisco, so the sunshine will begin to emerge for the very beginning of the pride parade. a lot of low clouds and fog at the coast. it will be pretty at the beaches tomorrow. the sea breeze is pretty strong, northwest about 20 to 30 mph. away from the coast, we will see the temperatures warm up but still below average numbers for this time of year with the numbers into the mid to upper '7

ktvu broadcast the service with anthony valerio and vincent perez from south dakota mary's -- from st. mary's cathedral. [ bag pipes playing ] >> reporter: san francisco is truly a family. [ bag pipes continue to play ] >> and today our family mourns the loss of two of its own. [ singing ] [ singing ava maria ] >> we have lost two friends, uncles, and publicker is vents -- public servants. >> tony was an urban chicken farmer. [ laughter ] >> the strongest feeling i had after hearing what happened and i couldn't shake it, i wanted to be in the house with my brother. >> we will miss him. we will miss his smile, and his jokes, and his funny little walk. [ bell tolling ] . >> reporter: that final bell tolled nine times. the service was follow bade procession as they were taken to holy cross cemetery as a final contribute to valerio and perez. it was an emotional day for everyone in attendance. this is what it looked like on the ground. thousands gathered along the route. many saluted, brought their children or just stood respectfully as it swept by their neighborhood. so many firefighters

. >> reporter: in nebraska, iowa and south dakota, they're fighting the swollen missouri river. residents of dakota dunes are getting help from helicopters. and prison inmates. clayton sandell, abc news, minot, north dakota. >>> as the waters rise, "good morning america" is there. we'll have live updates from the plains. >>> a leading republican says he's ready to negotiate face-to-face with president obama over the debt crisis. house speaker john boehner made the offer after a less-than-productive meeting at the white house. a lawmaker from georgia summed it up. >> frosty is the word. >> i'm a psychologist. let me say, it was good for them emotionally to talk. it's good group therapy. >> all right. well, the president should get a warmer reception when he meets with the democrats on the budget crisis. 14 the sarah p has tour has rolled into new england. and so, it's on a collision course with mitt romney. palin is planning a clam bake tonight on the new jersey seacoast. that is just hours after mitt romney makes his run official at a barbecue also in new hampshire. he becomes th

we continue to work with south dakota as we go through the requests from the governor.istance is being provided for housing and other assistance based upon impact to their homes. >> in your testimony, you outlined several ip groups policy alternatives that you're working group has been discussing. when do you plan to publish some of these alternatives? >> we looked at some very broad areas in doing this. we found there was no consensus, a single idea, but when we look at both constituents, and industry, we found there were four areas of interest. as we have done that and look at tech, we think some of those may not be the best way to go. i think we are probably now looking at focusing on the system that utilizes the federal programs but with a greater participation of the private- sector and how we do that. we are looking at later on coming up with a more consolidated recommendation and coming forth with the consensus report. >> as you know, we are facing a september 30 deadline for reauthorization. in the past, any in the senate have been reluctant to extend the progra

residents had to be evacuated. >> see you when you get back. >> reporter: in nebraska, iowa, and south dakotaresidents of dakota dunes in south dakota are getting help from helicopters. and prison inmates. >> believe it or not they like to help out when they can. they're doing a good job. they're filling up sandbags at a high rate of speed. >> reporter: the river is expected to crest here sometime thursday evening. but it may be as much as a week before the water levels drop far enough for residents to go back home. clayton sandell, abc news, north dakota. >> really just incredible weather across the country. looking in on thursday forecast for the country. the dakotas, minnesota they can expect severe weather. also looking at gusty winds. hail, and a chance of tornadoes around atlanta, the carolinas, birmingham annd knoxville. showers and thunderstorms from albuquerque and rain from seattle to san francisco. looking for more snow in the northwest. >> 58, seattle. 94, phoenix. 87, kansas city. 96 in dallas. a little cooler here in the northeast, with 70s in new york and boston. >>> and you kn

>>> and now for a look at other morning road conditions, we have some flooding along i-90 from south dakotao minnesota. rain can make i-95 slippery from richmond, virginia, to raleigh, north carolina. there could be snow on i-70 west of denver. >>> and if you're flying, airport delays are possible in kansas city, minneapolis, chicago, denver and charlotte. >>> defense attorneys for casey anthony put more forensic experts on the stand today. in her murder trial. >> still undecided is whether casey will testify. we have this report from orlando on the grave risks involved. >> she's a woman of many faces. the doting mother. the stone-faced defendant. the party girl on the town. the frustrated prisoner. the accused murderer crying in court. but will jurors hear from her directly? and would it help her case? >> we know from testimony that casey told her girlfriend in a car one day, "i am such a good liar." so, it's a very big risk, by putting her on the stand, if the jury says, we're just hearing another lie. >> reporter: but if she doesn't take the stand, the defense will be hard-pressed to pro

and in parts of north and south dakota, the swollen missouri river is flooding neighborhoods faster than they can fill the sandbags. of course here in the bay area records for rain were sated their weekend. and now meteorologist rob mayeda is here with a look at what is in store for the rest of the week for us. >> hello, diane. not quite done with the chance of showers or even the chance of thundershowers. in a few areas for this evening, right now looking at oakland, it's windy outside, 62 degrees. typically this time of year we should see highs in the 70s and 80s. inland today close to 70. the warmest places. so still unusually cool there you see san francisco and the clouds going from south to north around an area of low pressure off to our southwest. and right now in san jose, 63 degrees. a little breezy, though. northwest wind at 17. and it will be breezy for this evening as that low-pressure system starts to approach the coast and move over san luis obispo. well will see these locally breezy conditions for this evening. and probably for tonight. now in terms of the rain, most of it

residents along the missouri river in south dakota are packing up. the surrey river is rising in minot, north dakota. a quarter of the city's residents, about 10,000 people, have been told to evacuate. >> barricading and putting dirt in front of all of the basement windows, clay, trying to get everything shored up. sealed up as far as the basement goes. hopefully the water doesn't go any higher than the main floor. >> dakota officials warn the flooding threat is likely to last for weeks. >>> turning now to the economy, wall street is coming off its roughest day in awhile. it was driven down by a rash of bad news on jobs, home prices and consumer confidence. ashley morrison here in new york with that and more. ashley, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, terrell. the asian markets picked up where wall street left off. tokyo's nikkei lost more than 1.5%. and other exchanges were also sharply lower. the bad news on the economy is starting to pile up, analysts think we're in what they call a soft patch with stocks being just the latest signs. the

former south dakota governor mike rounds could use his home. he blames the army corps of engineers for waiting. >> i think their system has to be looked at. we know right now this should not have happened. i don't want to see it happen again. >> reporter: but the corps says there was no way to predict there would be so much water, of little comfort to evacuees told to leave for at least two months. gaining power, tonight, the missouri is on the move and on the rise. as for the nuclear power plant in nebraska, authority say there has been no radio activity leak and they insist it'sophy. back there, with that water dam release tomorrow, it will swell the river again. the question tonight, brian, will the levees hold? >> such violent water, such a beautiful rainbow. thanks. >>> we turn to overseas in iraq today. we haven't had news like this in a while. five americans were killed in a rocket attack in baghdad. the deadliest single day for the u.s. there since '09, and today, of course, five american families got the worst possible news. >>> and li

. >>> thousands of south dakota residents are bracing for a flood disaster. more than 10,000 people in minot were ordered to evacuate as record floods approached the tops of river levees. [ siren ] the evacuation sirens sounded as the deadline to leave was moved up. nearly 500 north dakota national guard soldiers are in minot making sure people are out of their homes. >> we knew it was going to happen. we were just waiting. i wasn't leaving until they blew the siren. i'm the only one left on this block. i'm the only one left around here. >> that's how devastating it is and how sad. people have to stand by and watch everything they own get ruined. >> the mouse river may rise more than 13 feet over flood stage by monday. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," stocks took some losses in asia. tokyo's nikkei edged down a fraction and hong kong's hang fell seng lost more than 0.5% and oil to around $94 a barrel. here at home the federal reserve admits the economy is growing more slowly than expected. back in april the fed predicted the economy would grow as much as 3.3% thi

and so my state of south dakota spends annually about $3 billion. this federal government borrows $4 billion every single day. the borrowing of the federal fel government exceeds in one day what the state of south dakota spends in an entire year. that is the dimension of the problem that we are dealing with. all that being said, it's been 792 days since we produced a budget here in the united states senate. so i would say to my colleague from alabama, clearly this is a problem that needs to be addressed. wouldn't you say that this is reflective of the lack of political courage, the lack of political will the lack of discipline around here? we've got colleagues on the other side that say we don't need a balanced budget amendment. all we've got to do is balance the budget. well, where is it? and where is the budget that's supposed to balance? it's not happening. so i think the balanced budget amendment is a simple, straightforward way in which to deal with a massive, massive challenge facing us in the future, and we need some discipline imposed upon f

the blanket of heavy smoke now stretches all the way to south dakota, iowa and nebraska. and the summer is just getting starting. steve osunsami, abc news, georgia. >> it may feel as hot as a volcano all across this country, but in hawaii, they are dealing with the real thing. spectacular new pictures of a lava lake about 500 feet across, boying and flowing at kilauea, where a fresh eruption began late last month. >>> we turn overseas now to yemen, and the terror threat for the united states. the situation on the ground there, from chaos and al qaeda, is so dangerous, that 100 american military warriors there have been given new orders. and here is martha raddatz, who traveled to yemen just months ago. >> reporter: we saw them ourselves during a resent trip to yemen. american special forces, darting from our cameras, but clearly training yemeni forces to kill or capture al qaeda terrorists. now that effort has been halted. the chaos in yemen is growing, with the president fleeing yemen after an attack. he is now fighting for his life with burns across nearly half his body

today the army corps of engineers pumped more water out of a dam in south dakota to relieve the pressure. the resulting floods swamped dozens of nearby homes. the water could be there for months. a wildfire in eastern arizona has grown to nearly 500 square miles. it's now the second largest in state history. a picture from space gives you a sense of the size. more than 2,500 firefighters have been unable to contain the fire so far. no one's been hurt, but as many as 10,000 people may have to evacuate their homes. in egypt, protestors toppled an oppressive regime, but now comes the hard part. that story is next. in the first place. ning advair is for asthma that's not well controlled on a long-term asthma medicine, such as an inhaled corticosteroid. advair will not replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. advair contains salmeterol which increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. advair is not for people whose asthma is well controlled with a long-term asthma control medicine like an inhaled corticosteroi

. >> mitchell: towns along the missouri river from bismarck, north dakotah to yankton, south dakota areracing for more flooding as dams are open to relieve pressure. they opened a 14 gate damn near yankton. people if bismarck piled sandbags and prepared to evacuate. in arizona some 1300 firefighters are battling a massive wildfire near the new mexico border. crews set back fires to slow the advance. fire which is already burned through 225 square miles. >> a volcano in southern chile erupted for a second day spewing clouds of ash six miles high that drafted across the andes into argentina. officials cancelled all flights in the region. chile has about 500 volcanoes that are considered active. >> the social networking site twitter has become popular among politicians eager to get their message out. but after new york congressman an be -- -- anthony weiner struggled to explain how an em bar ross-- embarrassing photo went out to his followers some are having second thoughts. nancy cordes has more. >> reporter: of the 533 members of congress, all but a handful of them use twitter. now acces

in the plains tonight high water is bearing down on south dakota's capital, pierre. flooded reservoirs mean dams have been opened and a huge cascade of water is now flowing down the missouri river. pierre is sandbagged and ready, but the high water conditions could last well into july because of a record mountain snowpack that's now melting. >>> we turn overseas now. nato turned up the heat on libya today, unleashing a barrage of air strikes in the capital, tripoli. as the country's leader, moammar gadhafi, vowed once again to fight to the death. nbc's stephanie gosk is in tripoli now and joins us with the latest from there. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. well, the minister of information said that this has been one of the most horrific days of attack against his nation. 31 people killed in 60 airstrikes. now, those numbers may be a bit exaggerated, but without a doubt this nato assault on this city today has been the largest so far. in broad daylight nato unleashed its biggest barrage yet. dozens of air strikes in central tripoli rocked