offering people with a business idea and a dream the perfect opportunity to launch their own start-up. it they just have to sell an audience on the idea in one minute. t.j. holmes reports. reporter: these young entrepreneurs are 60 seconds away from winning $10,000. that is, if they can come up with the perfect business pitch. the upstarts recently attended the 100 entrepreneurs event at howard university. they had 60 seconds to pitch their dream business idea to a panel of four judges. grammy award winning songwriter and producer brian plikle cox was among them. i m looking forward to a business, even if it makes sense, it can be effective, if it can be profitable and i m looking forward to it. pictures range from an interchangeable jewelry design business to ways of bringing organic food to the inner city. finally, someone came up with this idea. reporter: the team of toni
path through louisiana s cajun country. we re fortunate that were have what we have, we haven t an opportunity to get out. material things we can replace. our family and what we believe in daily, just can t put prices on that. did you put up the sign? yeah, i put it up, i m proud of that sign. it s just what we say, we will be back. almost a week after the mississippi crested in memphis, the river remains 11 feet above flood stage. president obama is in memphis today to get a look at the flood damage. and to comfort families who have lost their homes. zero and liftoff for the final launch of endeavour expanding our knowledge, expanding our lives in space. shuttle endeavour roared into space just two hours ago. his wife congresswoman gabrielle giffords watched liftoff at kennedy space center. she s recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. head of the national monetary fund will be arraigned inside this courtroom shortly. a hotel housekeeper accuses domini
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so what does the former president have to say now that terrorist is dead? he is breaking his silence. also, a rare interview to share with you this morning with that guy, hank aaron, talking to me about a number of things, the low lite of his career and he is also talking about president obama, barry bonds and who the real home run king should be. hello to you all center in atlanta, georgia. i m t.j. holmes. morgan city, louisiana, is a place that is on edge right now. we talk about the efforts to protect against historic flooding along the mississippi river. the flooding that hit the ohio river valley and upper mississippi now threatens cities on its path to the gulf of mexico. later today the army corps of engineers could open that huge spillway in louisiana. the last time i was opened was back in 1973. the governor is earning southeastern louisiana residents to get out of there. opening the spill way to divert flood watters from other areas in, particular, baton rouge,