at the time of her trial and verdict, people were very stuck in their corners on this. there were those who thought she was innocent and those who thought she was clearly guilty. in the time since that has happened, since her conviction, has much opinion been swayed one way or the other? for all intents and purposes this trial has continued outside of court? that has been the biggest problem for amanda knox. the tabloid press has gone wild with this story and has polarized people. so many people in italy still believe she s guilty and you ask why and they will tell you, she s got evil eyes. that was what we got a lot of. but the tide is beginning to turn. the knox case is under appeal at this moment. and if you actually go through the evidence which is what the new trial jury is going through now, it s, again, you don t want to give away the story but seems scarce. we will watch it with you drew. catch drew s special murder
horrific this live camera we have, this live shot, will show you the situation gets grim. the pyramid there in memphis. beale street for the time being, things look great there. closer to mud island, the situation is very dire. we can expect things to get a little better in memphis as we make our way through the next several hours and days with more flooding, massive flooding again, heading farther downstream. that s the latest on this story. keep a sharp eye on it, let s pitch it back to you in new york. you said i mentioned the spine of the i have to say i quoted you on that, reynolds. you were the one that said it. sounds tweeting each other. sounds smarter when she says it. it does. smart stuff, reynolds, thank you. whatever it takes. he said whatever it takes. takes more than just that. with the royal wedding and death of osama bin laden dominating the headlines for the past ten days the disaster relief efforts in alabama have some ways fallen off the radar.
i ve never seen anything like this by far. i ve been four hours, gone maybe 40 miles. you can t fight mother nature. she s going to play whatever she s going to play. she s going to play so they re using their gps to avoid this part of the country. in memphis, tennessee, floodwaters are threatening hundreds of homes right now. emergency officials predict nearly 3,000 properties in the memphis area could be impacted by flooding if the mississippi crests at 48 feet this weekend. that would be the river s highest level since 1937. right now it s approaching 46 feet. y were mentioning the towns adjacent or abutting big rivers in this country have the high water mark on important buildings in the city and many places there will be a new high water mark. david mattingly is in memphis this morning. a slow-moving story and won t peak until next week. that s right. inch by inch, this river is on the move. we re at 46 feet right now. expecting a couple of more feet
already stepped up security after the news that osama bin laden had been killed. they re well aware rail has been a repeated target of al qaeda and other terrorist groups. they knew to be on alert already. there s widespread expectation in addition there will be more of those kinds of notices and alerts sent out as officials continue to sift through the volumes of material that were seized at bin laden s hideout. back to you. making sense of what that intelligence means. thank you. the other interesting thing, our security has changed here in this country since 9/11. stricter immigration, obviously it there are more checks and balances in place. we re going to be talking to peter brooks, deputy secretary of defense at the heritage foundation, could they pull this out if this was found in the mother lode of intelligence, could they have pulled it off. we ll talk about the question of pakistan warning the u.s. not to come and do these things again, otherwise they ll reconsider thei
abroad, the amanda knox story sunday night at 8:00 eastern here on cnn. you know drew and his team do fantastic work, but the thing that s going to be important about this, i think most people have heard about the amanda knox story, it was hard to discern what was news and rumor and what was tabloid and just tabloid. and the amazing part about what was allowed at trial, as evidence in some cases was conjecture and rumor. i would be interested to hear the whole story from drew. let the debates begin. gop holds its first presidential debate last night, but it was remarkable for, i guess, the cast at this event. some of the biggest names being bandied about were not there. tim pawlenty was and many say he was sort of the top billing. who was there and who wasn t. and energy independence. something we talk about a lot in the united states. would it help defeat al qaeda? jim acosta has a very interesting story on that. it is 42 minutes after the hour.