80% of the same dna profile. alisyn: let s pray they get a lead on this case. thank you for coming in with your expertise. bill: checking the markets. were treading water. 5 points on the negative side. watching markets from overseas and getting reaction from dell computers, they turned in a decent number. we ll watch it throughout the morning here. it s early. alisyn: it s improving. it s actually going up. meanwhile the new face of al qaeda. the terror group naming a successor to usama bin laden. bill: the big muddy is rising. washing out thousands of acres of farmland. will the people who worked that land for decade. will they ever recover? we do not have any evacuation
kentucky. so now that will trigger some federal help for what looks to be the worst flooding since the 1920s. t.j. winick joins us with the latest. reporter: good morning, rob and peggy. the river nicknamed the big muddy is making for big headaches across the midwest and the deep south. the army corps of engineers blew up a levee in missouri on monday. bringing down water levels in some areas. still, other towns along the mississippi, missouri and tennessee are sandbagging furiously as their water levels rise. try to pack up some more stuff as much as i can and pile it up in my car. reporter: in carruthersville, missouri, building a secondary retaining wall along the river which is supposed to crest this weekend. we live on the river. the river s been a tremendous resource for us, and we re going to deal with mother nature as we can. reporter: homes on mud island and in harbor town, tennessee, could flood for the first time in history. worried homeowners like larry linnem