the chief argument would he receive freedom, temporary freedom, on bail. the prosecutor said he was a flight risk, someone similar to roman paman polansky. he has a daughter here in manhattan with whom he could stay with. the judge said he s going to be treated just like any other defendant but he indeed was a flight risk because he was on an air france jet bound for europe. but his defense attorney said that was a ticket bought long ago. john? richard, we understand we have new details of this alleged incident tonight, what do we know? reporter: well, a law enforcement source telling cnn that the police checked hotel records saying that he checked out of the hotel, strauss-kahn, about 12:28, they suspect the incident happened about noon. the defense attorneys in court
the state making a decision to open the spillway and release water into some communities, burying homes in those communities to protect communities like baton rouge, new orleans, one of the extraordinary measures this state is taking. the stakes are enormous. governor jindal saying $300 million alone in crop damage, tens of millions in other property damage. there are a dozen oil refineries in flood zone. there are chemical factories, homes and businesses as well. listen to governor jindal here explaining the tough decision to open the spillway he says will protect larger communities without a doubt but for the families right in the devastated zone, listen to how many homes could be, could be just buried. look, worst case scenario and i don t think the numbers will be this bad. they said 3 million acres under water. 20 to 30,000 people will be flooded. approximately between 11 or 15,000 homes. since then the estimate has been revised. they didn t have to open as much of the