oronoco o what to na owatonna >>> breaking news. midwest flooding. a state of emergency is declared for much of wisconsin and minnesota. as heavy brings force residents to evacuate and may only get worse. >>> under fire. iranian president sparks a u.n. walkout after blaming the u.s. for the 9/11 attacks. we'll talk with sarah shourd, the american hiker locked up in iran more than a year about what life was like in prison. >>> and mom arrested as these two girls fight, you can hear the mother of one of them cheering on her daughter. >> get her, sarah. get her, sarah. >> now she faces charges of child abuse. early this friday morning, september 24th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs >>> the weekend is upon us. good friday morning to all of you. i'm maggie rodriguez. >> i'm harry smith. >> let's get right to the dangerous flooding. heavy rains left many areas covered in several feet of water and more rain in the forecast today. holly wagner of minneapolis station wcco-tv brings us up to date from owatonna minnesota. >> reporter: here in southern minnesota

poly wagner of our minneapolis station brings us up to date this morning from owatonna, minnesota. >> reporter: here in southern minnesota the intense early autumn rain triggered flooding that knocked out roads and flooded homes. the water kept rising through the night and the rain isn't over yet. the high water forced hundreds of people to leave their homes. floodwaters overwhelmed owatonna, where residents battled the rising water through the day. >> enough! enough rain. sglosht over ten inches of rain fell in some areas yesterday. and it's not just the damage to buildings and roadways. valuable farmland is being swamped, as well. >> higher than we've seen it back in the early '60s, so we're on record, uncharted territory right now. >> reporter: the governors of minnesota and wisconsin declared emergencies for large parts of the states. in wisconsin the small town of arcadia got the worst of it, the national guard called in. nearly 350 homes there were evacuated, as three-foot waves of floodwater surged through the city. back in minnesota, residents worked through the day and into t

. >> reporter: about 200 miles west, the water in owatonna, minnesota, is going down. the damage is adding up. >> you're probably looking $25, $30,000. >> reporter: this view of maple creek from his living room is the reason eric cornell moved to maple drive. >> not so lovely right now. >> reporter: he never anticipated seeing the creek four feet high in his basement. >> this is basically my entire house all i have left to save. >> reporter: for doreen cougar, it's not so much the dollar value as it is the things she can't put a price on. >> oh, yeah, they really are wet here. >> yeah, yeah. but pictures like that you can't get them back. >> reporter: mike endicott isn't even in a position of assessing the damage. he's still wringing out. you have about a foot now. what was it at its worst? >> it was up to here. >> reporter: he says everything in the basement including all their bedroom furniture is moving to the curb for trash pickup. and they like most people on maple drive don't have flood insurance. for "good morning america," linsey davis, owatonna, minnesota. >>>

. >> reporter: about 200 miles west, the water in owatonna, minnesota, is going down. the damage is adding up. >> you're probably looking at $25,000, $30,000. >> reporter: this view of maple creek from his living room is the reason eric moved to maple drive. >> not so lovely right now. >> reporter: he never anticipated seeing the creek four feet high in his basement. >> this is out of my entire house, all that i have left to save. >> reporter: for doreen it's not the dollar value as the things she can't put a price on. >> they really are wet here. >> yeah, yeah. pictures like that, you can't get them back. >> reporter: mike isn't in a position to even start assessing the damage. he's still wringing out. you have about a foot down here now. what was it? >> it was up to here. >> reporter: he says everything in the basement, including all their bedroom furniture, is moving to the curb for trash pickup. they, like most people on maple drive, don't have flood insurance. linsey davis, owatonna, minnesota. >> such a mess to clean up. >> floods are terrible. >>> here's a look

you know, it's homecoming weekend here in owatonna. if you know anything about small towns, homecoming very big deal. they have cancelled tonight's game. instead the high school kids came out here did the sandbags, saving people's homes. i don't think i can think of a better homecoming. back to you guys. >> tom lydon thank you. police say two men kidnapped a bank teller and sent him into a bank to steal. how the robbers actually got away with the cash and what police are now revealing about this bizarre bank robbery. and yesterday a federal judge sentenced a pakistani scientist to decades in prison for attempting to kill american interrogators. now, a lot of folks in pakistan are very upset. [chanting] >> jon: protesters marching in the street demanding that the u.s. release this woman. and now even pakistan's prime minister is getting involved. we'll look at the case that's become an international incident and what it means for our relationship with a key nuclear ally coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] every siness day, bank of america

the hardest hit are owatonna, minnesota, and arcadia, wisconsin. alex stone reports. >> reporter: a powerful storm soaked the upper midwest on thursday, swelling rivers and creeks. >> water basin flooding is continuing to rise so it's causing a lot of problems for us. it's going to be a long day. >> reporter: the heavy rains forced mandatory evacuations in arcadia, wisconsin. police officers went door to door in the rain to urge over half of the town's residents, about 1,500, to get out of harm's way. >> i feel sorry for the people of arcadia. the people losing things. basements are going to be flooded and thinthat you don't -- just, you know -- it's terrible. >> reporter: raging rivers are threatening towns all over wisconsin and minnesota. flooding streets and basements like jeff's in owatonna. >> two and a half, three feet of water right now. we're getting ready to pump it out. >> reporter: wisconsin's governo emergency and orthe wnergency and orthe >> mother nature way d thday. >> reporter: more rain is expected, making the flooding worse alex

the hardest hit are owatonna, minnesota, and arcadia, wisconsin. alex stone reports. >> reporter: a powerful storm soaked the upper midwest on thursday, swelling rivers and creeks. >> water basin and flooding is continuing to rise so it's causing a lot of problems for us. >> reporter: the heavy rains forced mandatory evacuations in arcadia, wisconsin. police officers went door to door in the rain to urge over half of the town's residents, about 1,500, to get out of harm's way. >> i feel sorry for the people of arcadia. the people losing things. basements are going to be flooded and things like that. just, you know -- it's terrible. >> reporter: raging rivers are threatening towns all over. wisconsin and minnesota. flooding streets and basements like jeff's in owatonna. >> two and a half, three feet of water right now. we're getting ready to pump it out. >> reporter: wisconsin's governor declared a state of emergency and is ordering the national guard to help stricken homeowners. >> mother nature was not a very good thing today. >> reporter: more ra

this family came home to find the maple creek in owatonna, minnesota, caused their home to collapse. >> where do you go from here? >> i don't know. >> reporter: a month's worth of rainfall in more than 24 hours, continues to cause serious problems. >> this is a historic event. the water levels here are beyond what most people have experienced in their life. >> reporter: in brooking, south dakota, six mile creek ran right into people's homes. and in arcadia, wisconsin, for a second-straight day. the sheriff's department went door-to-door, urging people to evacuate. >> we don't want them to come get us with a boat. >> reporter: keith nolesco was determined not to leave. without getting a half-foot of water out of his basement first. does it seem like it's rising or staying steady? >> the fire department told me it's going down. and i hope it is. >> reporter: there is a slight chance of rain forecast for today. but the forecast is calling for sunshine over the next few days. things will get a chance to dry out coming up. but may not be back to normal exactly for another few weeks. ashle

for "good morning america," linsey davis, owatonna, minnesota. >>> police in new jersey are looking for a man who shot and killed a female student at a party near seton hall university. the man was denied access to the party then came back with a gun opening fire. 19-year-old jessica moore was killed and four other people were wounded. >>> in eugene, oregon, police are trying to figure out what led about 400 people to riot late friday night. the crowd threw bottles and broke car windows on residential streets in the college town. nine people were arrested. >>> and finally, a scary scene aboard a delta air lines flight last night. the plane was forced to make an emergency landing at kennedy airport here in new york city when the landing gear got stuck. a passenger captured it all on cell phone video. >> brace for impact. >> heads down, stay down. heads down, stay down. heads down, stay down. heads down, stay down. >> sparks shot up as the tip of the right wing scraped along the runway, but the plane did land safely, and none of the 64 people on board was hurt. and that's a first look at

this family came home to find the maple creek in owatonna, minnesota, flooded their basement. >> where do you go from here? >> i don't know. >> reporter: a month's worth of rainfall in less than 24 hours, continues to cause serious problems. >> this is a historic event. the water levels here are beyond what most people experienced in their life. >> reporter: in brooking, south dakota, six mile creek ran right into people's homes. and in arcadia, wisconsin, for a second-straight day. the sheriff's department went door-to-door, urging people to evacuate. >> we don't want them to come get us with a boat. >> reporter: keith nolesco was determined not to leave. without getting a half-foot of water out of his basement first. does it seem like it's rising or staying steady? >> the fire department told me it's going down. and i hope it is. >> reporter: the forecast is calling for sunshine over the next few days. things will get a chance to dry out coming up. but may not be back to normal exactly for another few weeks. ashleigh? >> linsey, thank you for that. >>> and there's a tropical storm th

this family came home to find the maple creek in owatonna, minnesota, caused the foundation of their home to collapse. >> where do you go from here? >> i don't know. we just wait. >> reporter: even the dry weather on friday, thursday's rainfall, more than a month's worth, in less than 24 hours, continues to cause serious problems. >> this is a historic event. the water levels here are beyond what most people have experienced in their life. >> reporter: in brooking, south dakota, six mile creek ran right into people's homes. and in arcadia, wisconsin, for a second-straight day. the sheriff's department went door-to-door, urging people to evacuate. >> we don't want them to come get us with a boat. >> reporter: keith wolesco was determined not to leave. without getting a half-foot of water out of his basement first. does it seem like it's rising or staying steady? >> the fire department told me that they think it's going down. and i hope it is. >> reporter: there is a slight chance of rain forecast for today. but the good news is, sunshine is in the forecast for the next few days. thing

heather brown of our minneapolis station wcco is live from owatonna, minnesota with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. the rivers have started to go down here but the water is still here. scenes like this gas station are common across southern minnesota, the water stuck in these areas. at this point, we don't know how much all of this will cost but the governor has said he will ask for a special legislative session to figure out how to pay for it, all of this because of record rainfall in just a single day. streets turned into rivers, back yards into lakes. across the upper midwest schools flooded and bridges washed away as heavy rain led to rivers overflowing their banks. as much as 10 inches fell in 24 hours in areas of wisconsin and minnesota. the rain let up friday and some rivers are receding but many forced out of their homes can't return. power stations were flooded and roads closed. the water rose so swiftly, many people had little time to protect their homes. now, they are salvaging what they can. >> a mess. everything down there is shot. >> reporter: towns like

. >> reporter: scenes like this in owatonna are the result of a powerful storm from the remnants of tropical storm georgette. sections of pipe stone have been closed off. tractors had to come in and rescue people from their flooded homes. >> my wife right now is just beside herself. she said, "i have to leave." >> reporter: the water's only up to billy's doorstep, but it feels like he's in over his head. >> it's just, what do you do, you know? what do you do? >> reporter: no major rain is in the forecast for today, but more is expected tomorrow. no rest for the weary. george? >> okay, linsey. thanks. >> as we said, a new storm has also formed in the caribbean. tropical storm matthew is expected to slam parts of central america today and could strengthen into a hurricane tonight, and sam is tracking the storm, as always. sam? >> hey, good morning, george. the 13hm of atlne s thi and the latest forecasts do have it coming across belize early sunday morning and then staying on the yucatan for a while. so we're good with steering this storm for the first part of the forecast but not so good afte

. >> reporter: scenes like this in owatonna are the results of remnants of tropical storm georgette. sections of pipe stone have been closed off. tractors had to come in and rescue people from their flooded homes. >> my wife, right now, is just beside herself. she said, i have to leave. >> reporter: the water's only up to billy's doorstep. but it feels like he's in over his head. >> what do you do? you know? what do you do? >> reporter: no major rain is in the forecast for today. but more is expected tomorrow. no rest for the weary. george? >> okay, linsey. thanks. >>> a new storm has formed in the caribbean. tropical storm matthew is expected to slam parts of central america today. and could strengthen into a hurricane tonight. and sam is tracking the storm, as always. sam? >> good morning, george. 13th named storm of the hurricane season is matthew. and the latest forecasts have it coming across belize early this morning. and staying on the yucatan for a while. we're good with steering the storm in the first part of the forecast. not so good after that. after it's on land, the stor