Did hehe say what is this s pla to watch your is now streaming exclusively on max hello thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, new details coming into cnn seven, u. S. Troops it s our recovering after they were hurt in a raid that killed at least 14 members of the radical group, i. S. I. S. That raid happening thursday in iraq. And according to u. S. Central command it targeted i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan future attacks. And you re looking at brand new images of the cache of weapons and other items that were seized in that raid in the anbar desert in western iraq, iraqi militia sorry, just releasing these pictures cnn s chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh, is following these developments and has the latest from london will be hearing more details from the iraqi military as to exactly what s happened in frankly, the middle of the anbar desert in western iraq in the early hours of
the only two that are still cresting is artificial. it s because we ve opened the spillways and floodways. we re maintaining this via other measures. there s still a lot of pressure on this big system. in fact, the river is still in flood which means you re above flood stage, all the way up towards cape girardeau, missouri. so this is a long way where we all this water, all this pressure. we ve also had record volume of water moving through here. all that causes stress on this main system. certainly we re not out of the woods yet. take a look at vicksburg. we have crested here. but the river remains 13.8 feet above flood stage. 14.8 feet above flood stage at red river landing i cannot say that one, can t i natchez, 13.7 feet above flood stage. baton rouge cresting at 9.7 above and holding at 17 feet now
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
where you saw these pictures, there is some more from there, a levee, look at this. protecting a home that is surrounded by water. imagine what it took to build this and make that into an island in this situation. here is another levee also near vicksburg. the house is also an island. look at the work that these people have put in to save their homes, it s just incredible. that water encroaching from all three sides. this levee has its work cut out for it protecting a large home. the swing set in the backyard is already underwater as you can see. and this house looks like it s in the middle of the ocean. look at that, unbelievable the effort that these folks have put in. i hope that the worse o worst os over. very tough situation. fox news is learning some disturbing new details about the september 11th attacks and the role that iran may have played in helping al-qaida. these are explosive new claims from two iranian defectors who
the arkansas area is where the heaviest of the rain will be as well as up and across parts of missouri. this is over the next five days. you see this dark red color that are spots that are going to see five, six inches of rain and that drains back into the mississippi. so while we re seeing the river recede a bit in areas like cairo down towards memphis and later on this week receding a little bit by vicksburg all this water will go back into the mississippi river basin and prolong the storm more. the other thing to note, martha, so much of louisiana, you re getting this flood, they are in a drought across this area. they need rain, they are not getting any of that rain which is ultimately good news but the flooding is certainly going to continue to be there. martha: tough all around. rick thank you very much. drastic actions require drastic measures. people living in that flood zone are building home-made levees to try to keep the water out. near vicksburg, mississippi