ten minutes past the hour on cnn sunday morning. parts of the east coast still drying out after the massive flooding triggered by tropical storm nicole. eight people died in storm related accidents. seven of those killed were in north carolina. much of downtown windsor still under water and expected to remain so for several more days. 100 people had to be rescued. you can see how some of those rescues wept. here s a look at whitney point, new york. view from one of our cnn i-reporters. the last time i saw flooding on these levels back in 2006. reynolds wolf, relatively quiet yesterday compared to the previous days. oh, absolutely. what a comparison, no doubt about it. we definitely want to get the point across to people today. we ve got so many people today
sworn in elena kagan joining other judges on the bench. one of the most high profile cases on their docket, whether federal law trumps state law on immigration. the chamber of commerce argues that federal law prohibits making use of the database mandatory. outcome could be kind of a blueprint here for dealing with future immigration issues. another issue before the court, protesters free speech rights at military funerals. no matter how disturbing the message might be, a federal appeals court ruled it was protected speech. several states have tried to put limits on where and when protests like these can happen. also before the court, should states be allowed to ban selling violent video games to people under the age of 18? video game makers say a ban violates their free speech rights, but the state of california says it has a legal obligation to protect children. a look at some other stories making headlines right now.
so today we re taking a look at a couple of pundits from what some would call the hip-hop generation. author kelli goff on the left. lenny mcallister firmly on the right. going to talk about the upcoming midterm elections, the mood, and what we have to look forward to on the road. germany celebrating 20 years of reungs this weekend. 20 years ago east and west came together after the fall of the berlin wall. we ll revisit that moment in time coming up. but we have another moment in time reserved for reynolds wolf right now. what a special moment in time it s going to be, t.j. much of the nation has been wondering where fall has been. fall is about to crash in on the eastern third of the country. cooler drier air is on the way. we ll let you know when it s going to get there in just a few moments.
it is viral video time, which means it s josh. what have you got this time? the first one, we have to keep our eyes peeled to the screen because a person, a guy, is going to go whizzing by at a speed you ve never seen before. take a look at this video and watch real close. whoa, that was a person. now we re going to see the video. keep going. what you see is this camera the guy is wearing. it the a guy in switzerland, jokke sommer, 23 years old. he s done over 300 of these jumps, and it s called wing suit proximity flying. skip to the next section of the video. i think this is pretty amazing. it s flying in a way that no one s ever seen before. where is this? switzerland. this guy lives in norway. and he s done about 300 of these jumps. he set this one here to some music, lady hawk, my delirium. it s just so cool. i want to do that. you guys want to do that? i like airplanes personally. i just feel a little safer with
president obama heads to his old stomping ground to campaign for a senate candidate. a look at this week ahead in politics. good morning, t.j. a busy week on the campaign trail. let s start with president barack obama. he s going back to chicago. one thing he ll be doing is helping the democratic candidate out there who s trying to keep his old senate seat in party hands. take a look at the cnn political ticker, the president will be trying to help governor o malley of maryland to help keep his job. biden is headed to ohio, minnesota, and wisconsin to help democratic candidates. it s not just democratic surrogates who are out there. you ve got top republican names as well on the campaign trail helping out fellow gop candidates. among the two i ve talking about, the governor of new jersey, chris christie, he s become a rock star. he ll be in wisconsin helping republicans. and mitt romney, the former massachusetts governor, who may