with a lot more on that. how is it looking right new? hey alex. reporter: now that everyone is celebrating the fact that spring is arriving early it has warmed up to 65 degrees here today. the problem, of course as you just mentioned, all of that snow and ice that we received over those brutally cold months is starting to melt and moving down the ohio valley and now many people are bracing for spring flooding. a wintry mix of rain and melting ice is causing lots of problems across the country. but in the ohio river valley it s a troubling scene. so much water and no place for it to go leaving neighbors desperately trying to protect their homes. i m terrified. yeah. i am pretty scared. reporter: the swollen river has forced street closures in part of the great cincinnati and northern kentucky area. all along, major rivers from upstate new york to louisiana. there are flood alerts. the record breaking cold and
and we rediscovery this animal ix years later and it is pregnant and thriving to be one of the allergic reaction ever captured. how old is this pregnant stingray? we have no idea. we know she was 14 feet in length. she was eight plus feet in width. but we took small little dna samples and from that we could learn her life history her chemical history. had she been absorbing pollutants. from that we can trace this size and growth from this capture to the doctor s previous capture and begin to create a model. alex what is so cool about this, this creature is ground zero when it comes to discovery. this animal presents itself regard to discoveries and delivering information in a way that has never been done with the species. hs the first time this species has ever been recaptured and when it has been it is
ohio. none of the water is supposed to be here. the river did crest earlier this morning about six feet above flood stage and starting to go down. that is the good news. the real problem here is as everyone knows, we have quite a winter this year. alex, now that it is starting to get warm it s supposed to be about 65 degrees here today. all of the snow and ice has to go somewhere and it s melting and heading down the river. this seems to be the result. the real good news of this of course, is the fact that the river is crested and the homes that have water up to their back doors, those homes now seem to be out of the water so to speak when it comes to this inundation but we will be watching this as the river moves further and further south. obviously, communities further down south may have something to deal with. a hectic couple of days here. we had a lot of ice flows yesterday and those seem to have broken up but now just a lot of
partisan direction. she has turned over a lot of information and we will see what the state department review determines and see where things are after that. senator robert casey, always a pleasure. thank you, sir. thanks, alex. coming up justice department saying 76% of ferguson residents have an arrest warrant. how much does that contribute to the unrest in that city? we will examine just ahead. and a lot helping you. technology that s with you always. this is our promise. it s never been better to wander because wherever you go, you ll find us doing everything we can, so you can.
their cards pretty close to the vest. while they did release that they had generated of a number of leads and thought they knew where the shots had come from they hadn t released much else meaning they didn t say what type of weapon was used or if they believe the shooter may have been tied to the protesters as well as a motive. just to recap what had happened we had two police officers shot on thursday both luckily are okay, they were treated at a local hospital and released and now the news that an arrest has been made. we will have more information for you in about an hour following a press conference. alex? sarah, thank you so much for staying on the ground and covering that us. let s get back to the doj report, doorian. they dug down deep into this report and here is what was found. in 2013 the municipal court in ferguson issued nearly 33,000 arrest warrants for these nonviolent offenses mostly driving violations.