tj holmes got the chance to sit down with hank aaron to ask him about it. >> what would you say to thosewho say hank aaron is the home run king? he will always be my home run king, and they refuse to acknowledge anybody at this point that is above your name? would you say let it go, or would you say -- >> i would tell them thank you. i would thank them, first of all. thank them if they think that way, but here again, and we were talking about barry bonds. and you know,b barry bonds hit more home runs than i did, and she should be justifiably be the home run king. that's the way i look at it. i look at it saying he did everything he was supposed to do in baseball. now, people say, well,ia know, he was on this, he was on that. i don't know what he was on. you know, i have no idea. i'm not god. i don't have any idea. the only thing i know is that barry bonds was a terrific ball player. i hit 755 home runs. and no matter how you look at it, i'm not going to hit another home run, not in this era. i may ndo it somewhere else, no here. he hit more than i did, so he should be classified as the h

and our own tj holmes is there in joplin. you've talked to an individual, and you have his story. tell us what happened. >> reporter: suzanne, i have heard this story time and time again, since we have been in joplin. people who say, "it's joplin, it's the midwest. we get tornado warnings and watches all the time. we hear the sirens, and we just keep going about our business." rick morgan did the same thing, for most of his life. would that be fair to say? why do you ignore these sirens? >> i don't know. just, you know, they go off, and it's like, you know, tornado never comes, it seems like. and so we have a little storm shelter in our house, and, you know, i can't tell you how many times -- only got a four-foot ceiling so uncomfortable going down there, so my wife and kids go would go down there and i would stay up and watch the storm and say if it's really bad, i'll go down there. >> reporter: rick, will you admit right now, and forgive the language, but that's a pretty stupid thing. >> more than stupid. it's more than stu

. >> earlier today, cnn's tj holmes spoke with the communications director for the counsel on islamic. he said both imams went through security twice. >> i think they were, you know, obviously upset to the extent they were inconvenienced rng but they understand what's going on in the world. and particularly in the heightened sensitivities after the death of osama bin laden. >> you mention as well, these two were imams. where are they based? they were flying out of memphis, but is that home to both of them? >> yes, in memphis. >> and not that it should make a difference if they're flying, but are these two muslim americans? >> you know, i didn't ask them that. that's one question i'll ask them. >> this has in fact happened before, five years ago. several imams headed to the same conference were taken off a us . airways flight. >> now that osama bin laden is gone, some muslims are hoping his death will usher in a significant change in americans. many americans' view of islam. >> and if you have any muslim friends, you know what they're talking about. today, one of the largest d.c. mosqu

but first, i want to get to my colleague, tj holmes, he is in joplin. he has found some amazing stories. and tj, tell us where exactly you are now. >> reporter: well, we are just to the west of joplin, a lot of people know where the hospital is. it's been the focus of so much attention. so we're just a few blocks to the west of that in the western part of the city. a neighborhood that's for the most part been decimated. certainly we have seen neighborhoods flattened. but for the most part a lot of these homes got severe damage. we started to get cloud cover here coming in. also, they were supposed to test the tornado sirens, wanted to make sure they were working. that was supposed to happen a few hours ago. we didn't hear them in this part of the city. don't know if they actually went through with that test or they're not working here, but that was a concern given we could have severe weather later. this neighborhood is, quite frankly, very busy right now, because everybody is kind of coming out, you see a lot of trailers, u-haul trucks, as well. look at

let's check in with tj holmes in joplin. >> reporter: hey there, carol.overall story here in joplin is incredible. but a lot of the individual survival stories are just as amazing. i'll have that for you at the top of the hour including the house behind me that you can't recognize that was relocated sunday night from one corner to the other. >> reporter: i'm on capitol hill where israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will speak before a joint session of congress in little more than an hour. no doubt he will get a warm bipartisan reception, far different from the icy atmospherics that surrounded his meeting with president obama. more in the next hour. >> reporter: i'm brianna keilar at 10 downing street in london. literally the red carpet has just been rolled out as british prime minister david cameron is set to welcome president obama next hour. we'll have that for you live. >>> thanks to all of you. and after 25 years, "the oprah winfrey show" is coming to an end. how did oprah become oprah? she'll give credit to one of her old bosses. he's known as

tj. some of the fun responses are on twitter. you can find me there at t.j. holmes, and tjholmes/cnn. >>> weather now, some nasty stuff that is hitting the lower mississippi river valley right now. that could be a problem for all those levee-protected areas. residents watching the river and the rain gauges. the river has crested, crested earlier than anticipated in some places, but continues to flood southwestern louisiana. some of the flooding is intentional, you remember. the army corps of engineers last week began opening several gates in the morganza spillway in louisiana, taking pressure off baton rouge and new orleans, but again, that water has to go somewhere, and it was diverted to some other communities. anywhere from three to five inches of rain, meanwhile, could hit the mississippi river valley today. some started the crest earlier than anticipated in some of regions. jean is in natchez, mississippi. it was raining earlier on you, jean. it looks like that stopped for now. that's something. >> for the time being it has, t.j. this river higher than it's eve