monica lewinsky showed up at the white house in 1995, first term. george bush s iraq agony was because of decisions he made in his first term. there s a certain myth about this. people say you get re-elected and get arrogant and cocky. you look a lot of this is what s happened to presidents before they get re-elected. a way of me say, even if you do disagree. i saw bartlett nodding his head so i think i m going with him. you have to think before you casually say there s a second curse. after impeachment, clinton 11th the white house with 66% approval rating and after iran contra, reagan left with a 63% approval rating. it s not that cut and dried presidents have to go through this. you do agree, let s take reagan, the most famous case. you had complacency, you had mistake at vickburg, reagan people bored going around germany looking for mercedes instead of figuring out what
and painful recovery for the people here, people in vicksburg, mississippi, not far from here. that way. what we are told by authorities in vicksburg is that their patrolling the streets night and day to make sure abandoned homes and businesses are not looted, broken into because, again, flood waters are going to stay around important several weeks. so it is a very slow and painful process. it is cresting here, natchez further south. that will crest probably tomorrow. record levels, wolf. it is you know, no signs of ebbing any time soon. we will stay in close touch. thank you. brian todd on the scene for us. likely gop presidential candidate taking heat from conservatives for praising his former boss. the president of the united states. also another boss, secretary of state hillary clinton. we are going to hear from jon huntsman. tensions between the u.s. and israel. spokesman for israel s prime minister will join john king at the top of the hour. [ male announcer ] nature is
we know when they say it s coming to vickburg, mississippi, we a took it serious and started building this levee. reporter: a lot of people are wondering this same thing, how much martin, my son said a whil ago an arm and a leg. i really don t know yet. i m just going to have to leave you with that because it is i don t know what it is going to cost. reporter: the bill actually hasn t come in. but i would say it is worth it so far. it is. reporter: thank you. thank you so much. right now they say that the floodwaters likely to be hanging around this neck of the woods for some time. maybe into the middle of june which means for the hart family there won t be a lot to do except enjoy their new lake house home. wolf? what a story. i wish all those folks the best of luck. china is developing a weapon that could do serious damage to u.s. navy carriers. how america s military is now fighting back. why a former supporter of
few feet. you are in floodwaters. photojournalist john persons will pan loudoun and show you crops here are already flooded out. they have soy, cotton, corn here. all being wiped out. this in a we are when a lot of farmers around here thought they would catch a break. thought they would have good crops and maybe be able to recover from lean years and actually turn a profit for a lot of them, because of the floodwaters, that s not going to happen now. we have to talk about cresting because that s a key stage right now. near here in vicksburg, mississippi, it crested on thursday but that crest is expected to hold at least until saturday. top levels. now here in natchez, mississippi, water levels are rising and going to get to record levels probably tomorrow. but in vicksburg it is critical. key flood stage right now, record crest, going to hold until tomorrow. as you mentioned, wolf, what we are told now is that the mississippi river is going stay out its banks, won t recede to within it
this hour, concerns that there are potential targets at risk by cutting homeland security funds. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with deadly new clashes today in syria as security forces try to break up anti-government protests in a number of cities. human rights activists say that at least 34 people were killed. they say to end the crackdown or get out of the way. here is arwa damon. reporter: wolf, when we see the images coming out of syria, the path that the regime continues to take seems pretty clear. they are aiming to clear. a voice yells off camera. this is video said to be from the city of hopes, which has seen many protests in recent weeks. it was posted to youtube. cnn cannot verify its authenticity or when it was shot. but one opposition activist told cnn on friday that the security forces fired straight in crowds of demonstrators and the syrian human rights information link reported a mounting death poll throughout the day. a simila