you all right, man? lean on me, thanks. when you re not strong. live from america s news headquarters i m aknee he that vogel. parts of oklahoma city remain sub merged in rain water tonight. the flooding of roadways and homes more of the aftermath from last night s tornadoes. the storm drenching areas of oklahoma city with up to 7isms of rain and killing at least nine peel. roads south of interstate 40 already experiencing erosion problems and more storms could be heading that way in the next few days. convicted murderer joran van der sloot is getting married. the suspected killer of natalie holloway is serving 28 years forel killing a woman in 2010. he van holloway vanished in
the couple used to communicate while he was in jail. dude, relax. rhode island set to become the 15th state to decriminalize marijuana. no big fines, no jailtime, nothing on your record. and other states are noticing. we ll talk with a state representative from rhode island about the growing nationwide movement. plus this. oh, you remember the kid who played darth vader in the volkswagen ad. this week, he goes in to have open heart surgery. 7-year-old max paige. this hour, we ll hear from his parents as we all say may the force be with him. newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we begin this morning with one of the most respected men on wall street and his bank s jaw-dropping blunder. in 60 minutes, jamie dimon appears on capitol hill to say jp morgan chase s multibillion dollar loss is an isolated event. but those risky investments are reviving the debate over toothless banking regulations and taxp
forces in libya are free tonight. late word of a new kidnapping and last ditch battles that may be linked to moammar gadhafi s escape plan. and cnn goes inside the virginia nuclear power plant near the epicenter of that historic quake. we have a lot of questions about nuclear safety and whether the east coast is prepared if another big one hits. wolf blitzer s off today. i m joe johns. you re in the situation room. hurricane irene is bearing town on the bahamas with winds of up to 120 miles an hour right now, and the national weather service warns this category 3 monster could be upgraded, upgraded to a category 4 tomorrow. that means irene could be capable of catastrophic damage when it slams the east coast in the days ahead. the storm has been pounding the turks and caicos and other islands and gaining strength along the way. there are reports of damage but so far no serious injuries. we do have a view from space that gives you an idea of just how big the storm is. it
when the crest moves on? rrp well, that just means that the water is not going to encroach anymore. but because this water level s going to stay so high for so long, there s concerns about are the levees going to be able to take it. they re doing fine right now but over time they re going to be watching them very closely to make sure there s not any sort of erosion problems or any sort of leakage that they may have to address. but they re watching them, everything s fine so far and they say they are prepared to move in just in case there are any problems. david mattingly for us in memphis, thank you. our sound effect is a star spangled mix of motherhood, marines and a year-long bike ride. major bill connor is cycling 3,300 miles across america raising money for the semper fi fund that raises money for vets. he routed through tulsa, oklahoma on mother s day. oh, my god, i m so happy!