boost yesterday morning, that ended up fading. the dow losing three points, nasdaq and s&p also closing down. overnight, the u.s. army corps of engineers blew up a levee where the mississippi and ohio rivers meet. the river swollen 20 feet above flood stage right now, threatening to wipe out towns upstream, including cairo, illinois. the breached levee will send water flowing into missouri farmlands, a controversial move but one allowed to happen. national guardsmen hope to use infrared cameras in arkansas to locate six missing boy scouts and their two troop leaders, all believed to be stranded by rising floodwaters. the scouts were camping in the national forest over the weekend. it s an area with very poor cell service. a california company recalling grape tomatoes over fears of salmonella. taylor farms pacific supplies the prepackaged supplies to walmart and five other retail chains. the recall applies to 29 types of packaged salads with
this morning. it s not getting any easier if you re going to be stopping at the pump this morning. the government says that the average price for a gallon of gas now $3.96. just shy of four bucks there. this is up eight cents since last week. also a 37% increase from the same time last year. it s also the highest springtime price for gas ever. thousands of acres of missouri farmland are being flooded right now. that s after engineers blew up a levee that had been struggling to hold back the mississippi river. recent rain has swelled the rivererd blasting hole in the levees. also is expected to save the town of cairo, illinois. which sits right where the mississippi and ohio rivers come together. more rain, though, is expected in that region later today. full search efforts to find a group of scouts believed to be stranded in an arkansas forest will resume at daybreak. the group of six scouts and two troop leaders has not been heard from since thursday. it s believed that the group
libyan leader moammar gadhafi to step down. prime minister calling for gadhafi to give up power and put an end to that country s violence. six missing louisiana boy scouts and their two troop leaders are believed to be stranded by rising floodwaters this morning. they went camping over the weekend in a state forest in arkansas. police and the national guard hope to have a helicopter in the air this morning to search for these boy scouts if the weather cooperates. there s no cell service in the area. the feds running out of options and time. 61-foot high floodwaters threatening to destroy a small town in illinois, the town of cairo. this is pictures from overnight as you see several booms explosions. the u.s. army corps of engineers blowing up a levee where the mississippi and ohio rivers meet. the point of this, would be to divert water into mississippi farmlands, thus relieving the pressure in towns like cairo. this came amid objections from the state and its farmers, but despite
week s severe weather outbreak stands at 356 across the south. analysts predicts gas will average $4 by the end of this week. it s already at $3.97 a gallon, according to aaa. last week s tornadoes across the south knocked several gulf coast refineries off line. in arkansas, a national guard helicopter rescued six missing boy scouts, and their troop leaders. the scouts had been hiking along the little missouri river, and hadn t been heard from for days. it turns out the rising river blocked their path out of a wilderness area. here s a rundown of some of the stories we re covering over the next hour. first, a tour of the compound where bin laden was hiding. we never can bring them back, but we can do everything we can to bring the people who are responsible to justice. reaction from new york firefighters after the death of bin laden. plus, an arab-american
i ll tell you what, too, in march he decides i could take him out with a bomb and not sure if we got him or not or the collateral damage would certainly happen. we have reports of women in there as well or wait and try to get more intelligence and try to get some type of individual operation so we could see for sure. that s an unbelievably gutsy call. absolutely. having a team go in on foot essentially when given the fact that one of the choppers accidentally dropped out of the sky right in the yard. that was something they didn t count on. right. let s do other headlines for your tuesday now. the army corps of engineers blowing a giant whole in a levee along the mississippi river. take a look at this. the army blasted the levee open to divert rising floodwaters across farms in missouri and try to save some homes in illinois. meanwhile, arkansas state police and the national guard hoping to have a helicopter crew search for six boy scouts and two troop leaders later on today.