18-year-old honor student can go now. he got into trouble for this prom proposal taping block letters to the side of his school. the connecticut high school banned him. then came the tv appearances and a let james tate go to the prom facebook page with 200,000 followers. this the afternoon head master announced she changed her mind and some say she bowed the pressure from online. no doubt we re in the midst of prom season and there are hundreds of kids around the nation stuck on prom. they created dresses and tuxes of duct tape just for the event. in georgia the high school had an entire duct tape prom. some of the students and their teachers came to visit me just to give me an up close look at their sticky situations and sensations. this is about the community. we ve had the best time doing this. we have a fashion show around the fountain at the square. we have people have written songs about us.
the photos of jackson before he went under the knife make sure you check out our blog. go to cnn.com/don. a sticky situation is happening at some proms across the nation. students are donning dresses and tuxes made from duct tape. did you know it can be made into a fabric? check out the duct tape sensations. we ll show them to you after the break. but first in vietnam an estimated 23,000 children are living and working on the streets. many come from rural areas to the city seeking opportunity. instead, they end up facing a daily struggle just to survive. that s where this week s cnn hero comes in, an australian who moved to vietnam just to help. here in hanoi kids come to the streets hoping it will be better than living in poverty in the countryside, but often they find things are much worse for them here. you can identify kids who are living and working on the streets.
photos michael jackson wanted to have destroyed. good evening everyone. i m don lemon. the news starts right now. the legendary mississippi river is rewriting history tonight. for the first time in nearly 40 years the morganza spillways a opened today to divert the swollen river into the atchafalaya basin. it s a pressure valve to relieve the threat of flooding in beige and new orleans, but it means tiny communities could be under many feet of water and force thousands of people from their homes. this is what it looked like back in 1973. the one and only time this spillway had to be opened. the fact this spillway has not been opened in four decades underscores how serious this situation has become. for the next hour we ll be joined by general rousel honore, a hydrologist and key correspondents. we want to get to ed lavandera wh was there when the spillway was opened earlier this afternoon. reporter: don, the first gate of the morganza spillway has been opened. you can see
before all that plastic surgery. we ll show you the photos that michael jackson wanted to have destroyed. good evening everyone i m don lemon. the news starts right now. the legendary mississippi river is rewriting history tonight for the first time in nearly 40 years the morganza spillway was opened today to divert the swollen river into the atchafalaya basin. in they communities in the basin could be under many feet of water and force many people from their homes. this is what it looked like back in 1973. the one and only time this spillway had to be opened. this underscores how serious this situation has become. for the next how we ll be joined by general russel hono honore. reporter: in don, the first gate of the morganza spillway has been opened. you can see the water gushing out through that first gate, halfway down this morganza flood control struck purr. there are 125 gates. for now only one has been opened. officials say they will continue to open up more in the
photos michael jackson wanted to have destroyed. good evening everyone. i m don lemon. the news starts right now. the legendary mississippi river is rewriting history tonight. for the first time in nearly 40 years the morganza spillways a opened today to divert the swollen river into the atchafalaya basin. it s a pressure valve to relieve the threat of flooding in beige and new orleans, but it means tiny communities could be under many feet of water and force thousands of people from their homes. this is what it looked like back in 1973. the one and only time this spillway had to be opened. the fact this spillway has not been opened in four decades underscores how serious this situation has become. for the next hour we ll be joined by general rousel honore, a high drydrologist and key correspondents. we want to get to ed lavandera wh was there when the spillway was opened earlier this afternoon. reporter: don, the first gate of the morganza spillway has been opened. you c