weekend. romney met with small business owners in south carolina, which is a key early primary state. his first trip there this election cycle. the crest of the mississippi river flooding has now reached naches, mississippi, which is about 100 miles north of baton rouge, louisiana. even though the water is not expected to rise, it s not expected to go down, either. stressed levees may have to hold up for more weeks. can you believe it. health officials warn the water is dangerous with e. coli levels up to 2 h00 times higher than normal. pope benedict xvi made history with the first call ever to the internuncial space station. he talked to mark kelly about how the technology in space could save lives on earth. he also mentioned his wife, gabrielle giffords, who was shot in the head. and mark kelly s wife was a victim of an attack, and i hope
tomorrow, continuing to slowly track eastward and that s where we ll start to see areas further east like ohio and indiana and kentucky see that potential for severe weather. a lot of moisture with the system, most of the heavy rain again away from the mississippi river areas. you are going to see quite a bit of rain across parts of the ohio river. some of that water will take days to slowly, gradually move downstream. but that will be adding on to some of those flooding problems and the state of oklahoma, missouri and arkansas will need to watch out for more rain. rick: thank you very much. we ll have a live report on the mississippi river flooding coming up a little later on in the hour. arthel: all right. former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn is out of jail. where he is spending his nights now. rick: also, netanyahu rejecting president obama s plan for a palestinian statehood that was spelled out at the state department this week. how this could impact the relationship, thou
event, and peter handy who is on the trail with mitt romney. shannon, cain may not have the name recognition others have. give us the lowdown on him. some of the things you mentioned, he has solid business experience, a financial background. he was the former ceo of godfather s pizza. he had other experience in other profile executive experience in restaurants. he s going to run on that, don. he s going to run on the fact he has solid business credentials, and he s got immense tea party support. he hopes that will help differentiate him from the more well known names like mitt romney and newt gingrich. part of the announcement was to drum up support, but part was also like a reintroduction. i m herman cain, the business guy, and if you re worried about where the economy is going, i m the one you have to support. this is romney s first trip. tell us what he s doing and why the state is so important. this is the state, mitt romney is the front runner for the republican no
this hour, this moment i came to declare my candidacy for president of the united states of america. her main cain there. mitt romney meantime is in south carolina focusing on jobs and the economy, also a hopeful for the presidency. it s his first visit to the state since gearing up his political machine for possible presidential run in 2012. so far the former massachusetts governor s candidacy is undeclared. peter hand by is at the event and joins us on the phone from suburban columbia. it s presumed he s throwing his hat into the ring. otherwise, why would he put so much mileage to get his message across. it s a game we play. mitt romney is not officially a candidate. he came to south carolina obviously because this state is one of the first four states along with iowa, new hampshire and nevada that kicks off the presidental nominating process. it s a state he lost badly in 2008 when he last ran for president. he came down here today with the simple message about jobs a
deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. the mississippi river flooding is about to hit the three-week mark. experts warn it s going to take until the middle of next month before floodwaters recede in some of those areas. rob marciano has found that there actually may be some good that comes out of this flooding. he takes us along in another boat, this time with government scientists to sample the swamp water. we re going to be going pretty fast to get you out to the river. hold on. this is the intercoastal waterway. reporter: cruising the swamp, a spectacular slice of nature where majestic wide birds stand guard along the swollen bayous. we re out in the basin and going to take a couple of measurements. we ll figure out the stream flow, where the sediments and newt yets are going to the lower