how thousands may lose everything they own as officials try to save them from flooding. a large number of videos found in osama bin laden s compound. why intelligence officials think they may have been used to send secret messages. you knew it would only take a matter of time. a warning about his new job on two and a half men. welcome to msnbc saturday. developing this hour, news on the raging mississippi river. we re waiting on a decision from the army corps of engineers about when they plan to open emergency flood gates in louisia louisiana, intentionally flooding millions of acres of land to save new orleans. seven parishes across the state are expected to be flooded with water levels rising as high as 25 feet in some areas. tom trong has more for us. you re right by the river that looks higher than usual. good morning to you. what s the latest? the latest is people are still preparing for evacuations. especial the low lying areas. this is where the army corps of e
remember president obama s joke about the border this week? maybe they will need a moat. [ laughter ] maybe they will want alligators in the moat. they will never be satisfied. well now residents there are outraged and taking action and they penned a letter. we will read part of it to you. fox & friends begins right now. captions by closed captioning services [rooster crowing] where is that rooster? wake up, everyone. thanks for waking up with us on this saturday. we want to welcome in molly line in for alison this morning. good to have you back. we start this morning with severe flooding down south. the raging mississippi river forcing louisiana officials to make some very difficult decisions. when army engineers open the morganza spillway today. more than 3,000 square miles could be under 2 a feet of water. rick reichmuth has a closer look at what s happening there today. rick? yes. really big deal for them to open it. new orleans is down there. mississipp
care law. so quite the challenge for mitt romney the days ahead and you re probably right, this issue won t be going away for him. a letter to the editor responding to the wall street journal. sherry daniels, wife of the indiana governor mitch daniels made her political debut of sorts, at least on the national stage, what did we learn from her about her husband s intentions and what did we learn about mitch last night hanging out at a bar? well, chuck, the speech that the first lady of indiana, sherry daniels gave along with the introduction that her husband, indiana governor mitch daniels gave weren t political at all. if you were trying to read the tea leaves about what it might mean for 2012, people were disappointed. news came from another report that first lady laura bush contacted sherry daniels who appears to be on the fence on a 2012 run to encourage her about
been saying for 30 years. so i think the time is right. paul is off and running on this third presidential bid. he ll give a speech in new hampshire today. tonight he ll talk with chris matthews on hard ball . mitt romney hoped his power point presentation would convince voters he was right on health care reform in his state and president obama is wrong on health care for the nation. i also recognize that a lot of pundits around the nation are saying that i should just stand up and say this whole thing was a mistake. that i was just a bone headed idea and i should just admit it, it was a mistake and walk away from it. there is one problem with that. it wouldn t be honest. sherry daniels made headlines even though her speech didn t make news. some analysts see this as a sign she might be willing to support her husband if he decides to run for president. domenico montenar is a political reporter. maybe the daniels have the support of the bushes. that s right.
we heard yesterday that laura bush, former first lady, had actually called sherry daniels to tell her, you know, that not to be concerned about a run and to sort of coach her threw wh through what that would be like. they re close with the daniels. we have been hearing for months that there were folks in the bush circle who would like mitch daniels to run. if he doesn t run, that opens up a vacuum of where all the supporters, all the money would go. we re left back again scrambling probably by midsummer. let s talk ron paul. can he build on the support he got last go around with young people, given that this time he s more popular with tea party voters, but i don t know, that could potentially back fire and lose him the youth vote. yeah, ron paul is going to have his core supporters but he s probably not likely to win a nomination, contessa. what about mitt romney and health care? has he boxed himself into a corner here? he is boxed in. the big problem for mitt romney is he s