looks like 12 more hours. and then finally, we will dry out here in southern california and all this flooding threat will start to die away. that's the latest in flint ridge, back to you. >> thank you. i'm going to send it back down to mark whitaker in washington, d.c. hey there, mark. >> thanks, thomas. well, president obama is scheduled a last-minute press conference before leaving for his hawaii vacation. he's expected to take credit for a string of major legislative victories in the 111th congress. the don't ask, don't tell signing ceremony this morning the president played to the history books. >> today we're marking a historic milestone but also the culmination of two of the most productive years in the history of congress. >> with me now, ron brownstein, political director of atlantic media and editorial director of the national journal groups. a lot of history being invoked here. >> yeah. >> but how do you explain this paradox? on the one hand, all of these