agreement we ve had with help. reporter: president obama signed the treaty back in april and yet some republicans say democrats are rushing them into ratification. just like the guy that goes into the car dealership and says, i m not leaving here until i buy a car. reporter: other republicans are more agreeable. there s no question that this treaty needs to be ratified. it s not even close. it leaves our country with enough nuclear warheads to blow any attacker to kingdom come. reporter: also coming up for vote, a bill that would cover health costs for 9/11 first responders. the house passed it in september, but it s bestalled i the senate ever since. we have people dying and we have politics here playing let s make a deal with american lives. retired u.s. army colonel, msnbc military analyst jack jacobs joins us now from london. the military now has to certify when it s ready to change completely this don t ask, don t tell policy. how long could that take, an
some areas of california could see two inches an hour today. but some of the most dramatic damage is happening in northwest arizona. the power of rising floodwaters. six-straight days of rain were too much for these arizona homes. the water tearing apart the ground beneath. until this four, new homes were swept away here. so new, residents had yet to move in. in california overnight, the threat of mudslides forced sheriff s deputies to evacuate more than 200 homes in the l.a. foothills. we expect a major storm, wednesday morning into wednesday noon, the likes of which, i ve heard, we haven t seen for ten years. reporter: today s rain, expected to be the worst yet, keeping rescue crews busy. near san diego, three undocumented workers were rescued after being trapped by high water. near riverside, three dozen horses were saved from four feet of rising water. elsewhere, storm drains overflowed into homes. everything got wet. reporter: this morning, the flood warnings w
and start reversing. and join the myboniva program. to get one month free, plus more tips and recipes visit boniva.com or call 1-800-4-boniva. l oprah: it really is true that just about every girl in america who saw love story wanted to be jenny cavilleri, but i bet you didn t know there was a real girl who inspired that character. did you know that? i m hearing it. oprah: ok. but her name is not jenny. meet janet. my name is janet sussman gartner. i was born in brooklyn, and i attended school with erich segal. little did we know he would write a book called love story in which i was the inspiration for jennifer cavilleri. i went off to college, and erich wrote me love letters, but i had absolutely no romantic feelings for him. he said, i predict in 10 years we ll be married. and even after, when i got married his letters came. i had been married for 5 years, and in the middle of the night, we re fast asleep and the phone rang and i picked it up, and all i heard was
six counties, as states across the west battle heavy rains and rising waters. it s a storm that s not over yet. a week of rain, ending with a bang. some areas of california could see two inches an hour today. but some of the most dramatic damage is happening in northwest arizona. the power of rising floodwaters. six-straight days of rain were too much for these arizona homes. the water tearing apart the ground beneath. until this four, new homes were swept away here. so new, residents had yet to move in. in california overnight, the threat of mudslides forced sheriff s deputies to evacuate more than 200 homes in the l.a. foothills. we expect a major storm, wednesday morning into wednesday noon, the likes of which, i ve heard, we haven t seen in ten years. reporter: today s rain, expected to be the worst yet, keeping rescue crews busy. near san diego, three undocumented workers were rescued after being trapped by high water. near riverside, three dozen horses were save
was taken to a local hospital for a mental evaluation. one of the president s top legislative priorities appears headed for victory on capitol hill. today senators are expected to approve that nuclear treaty with russia. it would cap nuclear warheads for both countries and restart on-site weapons inspections. the senate is also set for a key test vote on that 9/11 health bill. democrats say they do have the voes to pass it but time in this lame duck session may be running out. it s been awhile since we filled out the forms but the counting is now finally done and the census bureau is rolling out the new census. the 2010 census gives us a new portrait of the population and what it means politically. t.j. winick has been going inside those numbers. he joins us now with all the details. reporter: good morning rob and vinita. a decades long trend continued. that is, population losses in the northeast and midwest and gains all across the south. the 2010 census results sh