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new york city. dominique strauss-khan was arrested saturday for allegedly chasing a housekeeper through his luxury hotel suite naked and trying to force himself on her. let s go straight to richard roth who s been following today s developments. richard, bring us up to date. reporter: randi, the proceedings have just concluded and basically, dominique strauss-khan, the leader of the international monetary fund, has been charged with sexual assault on a maid in a new york hotel in times square on saturday. we re just now seeing and we just heard the formal charges so it is important i think to go through these. strauss-khan charged with two counts of criminal sexual act in the first degree, one count of attempted rape in the first degree, one count of sexual abuse in the first degree, one count of unlawful imprisonment in the second degree. one count of forcible touching. one count of sexual abuse in the third degree. the top charge, criminal sexual act, carries with i ....
Church services were in full swing in most of the areas, but a lot of places like this one had water preventing people to get to church and we thought the church would have services today when we were here last night at this time. the parking lot was free from water. but in 24 hours you can see what s happened. it s become a lake and so the water still rises and water still pushing into places like this, affecting people where they can go and what they can do, and they re just waiting for the crest to happen on thursday at a record 57.5 feet. they passed the all-time record yesterday, which stood since 1927 here in vicksburg. harris? well, i know that authorities there have been telling people to please stay away from the leaveees, saying that. i m wondering what the danger is there of of the levees not holding? we re told by engineers and officials the big levee system is doing very well along the delta and holding. there are some pockets where you see some flood walls that are, ....
Save the hundreds of thousands baton rouges in breution and new orleans. the millions of gallons of water haven t even be gun to reach areas like the with one we are standing in and this situation continuing to get worse. people tenning to pack up and being told to get out of krotz springs and the commune nearby communities as soon as possible. shannon: the river is expected to crest in vicksburg, mississippi, at 57.5 feet on thursday. many people have been evacuated in parts of vicksburg where levies are continuing to spring leaks. dan is there monitoring the situation. hello, dan. the flood has already done so much damage in and around vicksburg. as in any natural disaster so much of whether you are hit or not depends on luck and a few feet can make a big difference. this whole row of houses here is underwater along with a ....
To rise above 56 feet today. on this side, you see what they tried to do. they placed hesco barriers, and these are usually seen military sites to buffer explosions. and the crest the river is not expected to crest until thursday at 57.5 feet. many people evacuated. 3,000 people across mississippi are expected to be out of their homes, and when they are able to get back is yet to be sceneen. all eyes will be on the levees, and the army corps of engineers spent the weekend trying to shore up what they can of the levees. many people are operating on the worse case scenario, and they packed up their things and left their homes, because they are ....
Unfortunately not the case. here are some pictures from vicksburg, about 80 miles down river. they re not expected to see the crest until thursday. i believe it s going to be about 57.5 feet. already, they are suffering down there, a lot of flooding, especially the businesses along the banks of the mississippi river and a number of homes. as you pointed out, the tributaries as well, not just the mississippi are backed up. that s causing a lot of flood damage, especially in agriculture. you have three million acres in four states, arkansas alone saying it s got half a billion in damage to the crops down there. fredicka, we want to give a shout-out to two guys who have a very long way to go. these two fellows we found on the levee. they were by moon landing. they work for the army core of engineering. it s their job to follow the crest along stream. they started in illinois weeks ago. they made it down far, moving it ....