reporter: open floodgates, thousands hit by floodwaters so new orleans stays dry. the alternative, city officials say, would have been worse than katrina. water is pouring through 15 of 125 floodgates at morganza, louisiana right now, a quarter of the gates will eventually be opened. downstream, water from the spillway is already overrunning some homes. as many as 25,000 could go under water in the next few weeks. president obama is welcoming jordan king abdallah to the white house. the conversation is expected to center on the arab uprising. so thursday, the president is expected to layout detailed u.s. viewpoints and a vision on events that are reshaping the middle east. lawyers for imf chief dominique strauss-kahn says their client has an alibi. lunch with another person at the same time that police say he was attacking a hotel housekeeper. lawyers say his launch part they are will come forward to vouch for his whereabouts. strauss-kahn is jailed at new york s rike
are will come forward to vouch for his whereabouts. strauss-kahn is jailed at new york s rikers island. his next court day is bring. pakistan says nato troops wounded two of its soldiers today in a cross border dust up. nato will only confirm an incident they say, but according to pakistan, three nato aircraft crossed in for tack stand and the two sides shot at each other. pakistan vowed to defend its air space after that secret u.s. raid that killed osama bin laden. senator john kerry says that pakistan will return the tail of a u.s. helicopter it clipped a wall during the bin laden raid and experts believe the helicopter was a stealth blackhawk modified for quietness and avoiding radar. pack is an hinted that china would like to see it. what you ll find is american officials will take the tailback, compare it to the photographs that we ve often