we re keeping a close eye on the massive wildfire rolling across idaho sun valley. look at these pictures. you have thousands of people in the path of this fire. they re being told get out of their homes. in the southeast very different story. that s where you re going to see heavy rains swamping parts of the florida panhandle and areas along the gulf coast. the rains are even saturating areas as far north as the carolinas where some roads there under two feet of water this weekend. i want to bring in chad meyers to talk about all the severe weather. dan simon is in idaho. chad, i want to start off with you here. this is crazy. it s insane to see this extreme weather throughout the country. you re looking at the florida panhandle where it doesn t seem to let up. if you had a weekend vacation in panama city, you didn t have a good time. ten inches of rain in about 48 hours from friday night to sunday night. it just never stopped raining. i got a couple new things from noaa.
0 it s nice to see you as well poppy the i m done. that s all the time i have. i am done. i m going to pass things to around the world which starts now. have a great day. emotional moments in a south african courtroom. oscar pistorius wipes away tears as the court indicts him for the nurd of his girlfriend. he says british authorities tried to intimidate him by depaining his partner for nine hours at a london airport. prince william talking about fatherhood, changing diapers and going back to work. welcome to around the world. i m suzanne malveaux. i m alvin watson filling this for michael at home. hope he s having a great vacation. not dodging bullets in cairo. and no tear gas on the set. he s a track star. she was his girlfriend. today prosecutors indicted him for killing her on valentine s day. the saga of oscar pistorius reads like a hollywood movie script. he insists he accidental shot and killed her after he mistook her if an intruder. prosecutors say it was p
0 other runners, carl louis and michael johnson. thanks for having me on the show. thanks for watching around the world. we ll see you tomorrow, yes. hope so. cnn newsroom starts right now. medical marijuana bill and a gun bill plus he just passed a bill banning gay conversion therapy. governor chris christie has a lot on his plate. how his moves are impacting the gop across the country. the clothing company, forever 21 cutting employee hours and blaming obama care for it. bear attacks on the rise. how seven people were malled in four days. this is cnn newsroom. we re keeping a close eye on the massive wildfire rolling across idaho sun valley. look at these pictures. you have thousands of people in the path of this fire. they re being told get out of their homes. in the southeast very different story. that s where you re going to see heavy rains swamping parts of the florida panhandle and areas along the gulf coast. the rains are even saturating areas as far north as
12th, 2011. some of the nice folks who decided to stick around and start their day at rockefeller plaza. hope they re having a good time. i m al roker on the plaza along with carl quintanilla filling in while matt is on assignment. tamron hall is at the news desk. coming up, another close call. yeah. it s ti ee s tough to fly. scary lately. a taxi super jumbo jet clips another plane spinning it 90 degrees and obviously stunning the pilot and people on the jets. another update. also ahead, president obama s younger half sister mia. their mother was a remarkable woman and an unusual woman as well, driven by a sense of service and a love of family. she s writing about her mother in her new children s book. we are also going to ask what it was like growing up with her brother and what she thinks when donald trump and others raise questions about president obama s bit rth in hawaii. also coming up, joy s diet s.o.s., how do you get motivated to start and stick with a die
cosby for taking a shot at his run for the white house. the only thing he s running is his mouth. today, tuesday, april 12, is his mouth. today, tuesday, april 12, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m carl quintanilla in for matt who s on assignment. flying s been scary the past few weeks. we have had controllers asleep in the tower, a hole in the roof of a passenger jet and the scary mishap at jfk. the jet was taxiing for take off when it clipped the smaller plane, spinning it around. it is amazing no one was hurt. more details in a live report ahead. also, the fallout to one of the most shocking american idol eliminations in years. pia toscano was considered a front-runner until last week s surprising vote. take a look. the person who leaves us tonight after the nationwide vote is pia. she was shocked. the audience booed. the judges couldn t believe it. she s here t