high marks for making that decision. >> reporter: melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> coming up, redskins' former executive director weighs in on the draft. >>> mother nature is working for us. no shortage of sunshine in the week ahead. wait until i tell you how long it sticks around. we'll be back after the break.          >>> hopefully all our mothers had a nice mother's day today. 74degrees at national. same at dulles, and 75 at baltimore. nice day, just an odd sprinkle here and there. other than that, fairly well for all other mothers. we've got 59 degrees in annapolis and 56 at baltimore. light win, nothing much to be concerned with there. had the odd sprinkle or two and light shower that's moved through. short wave that pushed through to the southeast. that now getting out of the way, and the cloud coverage we had becoming partly cloudy versus mostly cloudy. we are going to be looking at the sunshine setting itself up. cloudy skies that will become partly cloudy into the course of overnight. tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. that's going to stick a

i'm melanie alnwick. sarah is off today. happy mother's day. the big question, what will mom's day look like. let's take a live look outside. 8:00 in the morning. looks like it's going to be a nice day from what i can see. we're going to go down to gwen tolbart in the weather center. >> happy mother's day to you as well. we also are going to end up with a bit more clouds than sun. take a look at true view. we have a bit of rainfall to areas of our south primarily. this is an upper level disturbance that's producing some showers and some rain, heavy rain to the south. but as far as the d.c. metro area is concerned, we're really talking just some light showers that could pass through. most of this is moving off to the southeast throughout the course of the day. so we're not talking a rainy washout day. just keep the umbrella handy in case there's a pop-up shower to. our weather maps, yesterday's highs were right on in terms of our almanac, right at seasonal where they should be. right now temperatures in the 50s, mid to upper 50s not bad at all.

melanie alnwick has a closer look for us. rotor next time you reserve a table for two, it may come with a tablet. >> you can order your food whatever you want. you can see delicious pictures of all the items. rotor founder. e la cart says he got the idea when he and fellow students at mit were trying to split a check. >> some people brought cash, some had cash. some people ordered an appetizer. it was really complicated. it was kind of a bad joke. how many hit kids does it take to split a check. >> they allow dineers to pay using the device whenever they want and have the receipt e- mailed and while you're waiting for your food, can you play trivia or other games. >> waiting for the wait irto come in and take your order and then -- it saves a bunch of time. >> some worry the tablets could some day replace waiter and waitresses. >> i think they can be helpful to us what it gets busy f people are waiting, they won't have to wait for the server to get to them. they can put the food arrest drinks in as as soon as they want. >> th

melanieal inwick, fox 5 news. >> and they're used in the san francisco bay area and boston. there are plans to expand nationwide. some restaurants in our area are already using other tablets in place of menus. >>> >>> we're not going to need people. >> and -- >> call it, the put your phone away. >> and if you can play trivia. >> yeah. >> and a beautiful day to go outside. >> it is. >> and still expecting showers and storms and they're conveniently holding off until after dark and some skies are leave cast and plenty of sunshine and to pump the temperature to 81 degrees. and the showers and storms are off to the north and west and with that frontal system. and most of the activity is to the north and west and there is nothing severe and that is why it's going for awhile. and and we put everything in motion here and can see the cloud deck getting thicker to frederick and hagerstown. had a good storm go by and cumberland and that is a slow process and that is going to work through our region and we're going have the line of showers around. later tonight and the morning commute

melanie alnwick is here to break it down for us. >> reporter: let's talk pepco. it goes out and buys power on the open market and transfers it. the rules are set up differently. in d.c. power, purchased once a year. maryland power, purchased twice a year and they were made when the prices were cheaper. this is what bob hain he to say. >> about 15% it for maryland and 10% for residents in the district of columbia and that is a win-win situation. we were able to take advantage of the lower energy costs. >> you have to imagine that going to the electricity store and stocking up when there is a sale. pepco bought the boxes of power and can pass discounts to customers. it works for $10 a month for d.c. customers. the decrease takes affect in june. >> and savings is a good thing. how long will the prices last? >> the rates are adjusted once a year and i'm told that it should last until next june. you have to remember, though, we're talking about a portion of the bill, the cost of power makes up 71% of the bill and as we know, there are many other add-on fees and taxes

police picked a location on san marin drive in honor of melanie, who was killed at the spot two years ago. melanie's father showed up as a reminder to holiday traxers no the to drink and drive. >>> they're clearing the air a bit at the port of oakland. a new program has been launched this week to allow containership ships to shut down the ships while docked and plug into cleaner electrical power. the switch to shoreline power will eliminate thousands of tons of toxic emissions each year. >>> an airman from northern california has been killed in afghanistan. 32-year-old tech sergeant christopher soulsby from citrus heights died when an improvised device detonated in the kandahar province. he had been in afghanistan since january. he was due to return home this summer. >>> honoring those who died in the line of duty is the purpose of a touching memorial day tradition. thousands of scouts fanned out across the golden gate national cemetery to place american flags on each of the 138,000 graves. >> we're just showing how much we care, and that what they've done for our country is not just

thank you for your time. >> thank you, melanie. >> and you can catch fox news sunday at 9:00 a.m. right after our show. >>> no one is happier or prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the donalds. and that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter. like did we fake the moon landing? [ laughter ] >> what really happened in roswell, and where are biggy and tupac? >> a bit of revenge on trump at last night's correspondence dinner. i was watching the reaction shots and i don't think donald trump thought those were funny. >> i didn't see any smiles on his face. >> and i think he's plotting in his head. >> retaliation. >> i wonder what the retaliation is going to be next. he's thinking ahead on that. >>> but the weather yesterday was very nice. >> we had a really nice day yesterday. today is going to deal with a little bit of a shower activity across the area. so do be prepared for that. here is a look at true view for you. where you can see there are some showers starting to move in a little bit and some areas will start to get moderate

absolutely al classing melanie in a sixty two minute clay court clinic the american would few answers against the reigning champion dropping the second set to love it wanted out hopes to beat russia's underdog this no go along with the second time in as many matches in the next round. and some old ladies singles fixtures from monday maria kirilenko made their way into the second round with these defeating american local one that began not to be true but meanwhile is out after losing to a russian the with an australian passport and as they see it as you all know about twenty one year old gold scout golf with great called by play. when against because they're born to reach the second round they have ever french open appearance and as i've said she will face a skier born in next finally world number one clearly doubt he has no trouble getting past japanese virtue and he recalled. it was a good start for me to remember. it was a little bit longer about he was for more than three years ago. but she plays a different kind of tunnel so it was difficult for me to go through where i wanted to

>> you better not blink or you could end up missing one of melanie's moments on the silver screen. >> this one is 48 frames. it probably took me about a week to do it. >> reporter: that's just two seconds of screen time. kung fu panda 2 is 95 minutes long with over 136,000 frames of animation. which explains why this film took years to make and roughly 500 people, including melanie, one of the an merits. >> why does it take a week to do 40 flames? >> because you have to individually pose everything. you spend your whole day focusing on ity-bit emotions that you play over and over again. as soon as i'm done and my director says, oh, this is great, then the shot will get passed on. >> reporter: melanie's shots eventually ended up like all the other shots in front of a completion artist, line erin. >> we polish. after it goes through all the departments, woe make sure that everything that's supposed to look that way looks that way. >> reporter: this is how i'll see it in the theater? >> right. >> reporter: and i don't think there's anything wrong with this. but there is. look closely, th

melanie alnwick. >>> the dow ended monday down just three points. the nasdaq was off i abit more losing nine points. sphoks in japan are closed today but in europe, they are mostly -- stocks in japan are closed today but in europe, they are mostly up. >>> time magazine coming out with a special bin laden edition. what is on the cover? we'll show you coming up. >>> i'm audrey barnes. we are learning more about the 40-minute kill or capture mission that netted u.s. security forces america's most wanted terrorist, osama bin laden. i'll have more in a live report coming up. [ female announcer ] most women in america aren't getting the calcium they need. but yoplait wants to change that. only yoplait original has twice the calcium of the leading yogurt. that's 50% of the daily value ♪ ♪ so pass on the news and we can help close this calcium gap together. to get you started, we're giving away a million free cups at yoplait dot com. the yoplait you love now in a 4-pack. try it today. i anti >>> we tax a live look over the nation's capital this morning

melanie is wearing light jeans on the end. i asked, where do you get the confidence? she embraces her curves, wears figure-flattering, tight-fitting silhouettes. she said, her mother and grandmother. i wanted to bring in the ladies. they know how to pull it together. marlene, you were just brag about shop, right? >> there you go. >> and bright colors and wearing things, again. just whatever they like. but knowing how to pull it off. >> you don't have to be the conventional supermodel on a cover of a magazine to love your body. i think melanie learned the lessons from you, pamela and marlene. >> good job, ladies. you raised a beautiful girl with lots of confidence. >> we should all love our bodies. >> embrace it. next, thank you. next lesson is about embracing the culture. this is something we have from a mother-daughter as well. bebe taught her taught, the other bebe, to embrace their culture. >> they are gayanese. this hits home because my mother is from portugal and i shied away from wanting to wear trinkets she brought back. the irony is that today her daughter beb

melanie alnwick is here with what thebaout will mean for local travelers, melanie? >> and that will take a year for southwest to fully integrate the operations. customers are buzzing about the buyout already. southwest posted the video showing the celebrations with airtran execs and employees after the buyout was official. >> and how do we make this official? >> reporter: airtran will cease to exist once the integration is complete. the $1.4 billion deal gives southwest airlines all of airtran's routes, including atlanta and that is a major hole in the system right now. >> hello, atlanta! >> reporter: southwest will have a presence at reagan national airport. something that travelers are looking forward to. >> this is the first time i have flown to airtran and in a bit. >> i checked in, one bag was one pound over and i had to pay $49 for the extra five pounds and $20 for the other bag. >> reporter: southwest balloons drop bag fees and be class on airtran flights and perhaps before the planes are branded. >> bringing two airlines together and one love. >> it could me

and remembering melanie love. after, some of her friends speak for the first time. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- new interview tonight, obama revealed new the raid thatout world's mostthe wanted terrorist, osama bin laden. the president is not only about the raid but about gamble.uch a huge more with kris van cleave. caroline, for the first time, the president answered questions the mission to kill osama bin laden. ultimately, he put his faith in u.s. intelligence and the special forces. 40 minutes of my life. obama toldt barack camenutes that the mission huge risk. it was still a 55%/45% situation. we could not say definitively that bin laden was there. had he not been there, then been somed have consequences. consequences in the form of lives and the already strained pakistan relations, but the is osama bin laden, evil for a generation forthe man responsible 9/11. ultimately, i have confidence our guys to carry out the mission. compaq i felt that the risks were outweighed by the potential benefit of us finally getting our man. t

. >>> two years ago,melanie and her father were hit by a drunk driver. to mark that somber anniversary her family is teaming up with the chp. >> reporter: an emotion day for a father, an important night for the nevado police department. take a look behind me. officers are preparing to open this sobriety checkpoint. police being assisted by a number of law enforcement agency, tonight this checkpoint is in honor of melody. >> i don't even remember setting out on the walk with melody. it was a walk we had taken dozens and dozens and dozens of times. i remember other nights but not that particular night. >> it became apparent it wasn't a dreamt when someone came and asked if they could pray for me. >> reporter: a 5-year-old filled with dreams struck by a motorcyclists. aaron lost his leg, the next day he lost his daughter. >> i have this memory of asking where's my daughter, where's my daughter you know i was fading in and out. >> reporter: tonight he will be up at the nevado checkpoint that police have dedicated to his daughter. >> we hope to deter as many

melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> a big music superstar was a no show at a school assembly, but it turns out it wasn't his fault. we'll tell you about the big mixup that led to a big disappointment for some local students. >>> he probably wishes never joined twitter. we'll tell you why this nfl player lost an endorsement deal but first here's neil cavuto. >>> the world's biggest economy is hiring adding more than 240,000 jobs last month resulting in the best hiring spree since last spring, but even with those new jobs the unemployment rate ticked up to 9%. a quick look at wall street, major u.s. industries each ending the week down more than 1%. gas prices also going down taking a breather, first time we've seen that in 45 days. drivers nationwide pay an average of $3.95 a gallon. did you hear about this? it turns out you could own a bin laden home right here in america. a lakeside house in florida once owned by one of osama bin laden bin's 54 siblings is on the market. the price tag? just under 2 million bucks. i'm going they've you with that. help make sure mother's day isn't a bust. y

my name is melanie nathan. i am a personal advocate and conflict resolution specialist. i serve as vice president on the board of fair housing in marine and was recently reappointed to the marin human rights council. i practiced law in south africa before moving to the u.s. in march of this year i was faced with a choice. i could stay in the united states with might call-year-old daughter in a shared custody arrangement or i would have to leave her behind to go into exile with my same-sex spouse and our four-year old. our nightmare involves navigating the complex immigration system to keep our family together. had we not been of the same sex, we would have not had any problems. after receiving help from senator feinstein, i led the drive to introduced private bill 867. when my advocacy became public, scores of bi-national couples began contacting me for help. not a day goes1/ request. i testified before the california state assembly, judiciary committee, and provided written testimony to senator leahy for the uniting of american families act. the irc, in making their rec

melanie alnwick has more. >> reporter: traffic and time stress. two of the things commuters in d.c. have to deal with. a new program hopes to convert maryland and drivers into city residents. the deputy director of the d.c. office of planning said there is many benefits. >> of course less congestion, reducing community time and reducing benefits to employers los angeles and having employees arriving to work on time. >> reporter: call the live- where-you-work program. it would give employees 6,000 to $10,000 to buy a home near well work place. have from the city, half from the employer. >> we're tire markel -- targeting larger institutions, hospitals and those type of employers that are employing lots of people. >> reporter: the office of planning is looking up to three employers to start the pilot program and hopes to get them to neighborhoods the city is looking to revitalize like brooklyn. >> i find a lot of people want to move. the reasons are great and close to metro. people want to be here. it's one of the areas where it's getting better every day. >> reporter: top dollar will

melanie delhomme showed us photos of her watery house, the one she shared with charlotte smith, her mother. they're worried all of tunica cutoff, a community they love, is gone for good. no question you want to go back? >> we want to keep our address. >> yes, it's my home. >> reporter: hard to believe that most of these houses sit on stilts and this boat is in 18 feet of water. existing code calls for raising new construction above the 100- year flood plain. for most residents that means going up another eight to 10 feet, and for them, it's too expensive. almost no one here had flood insurance. >> this is home right here. >> reporter: and at 77, les sherwin says the shelter bed is all he's got. could you afford to rebuild to the new code? >> no, sir, i couldn't. >> reporter: they're facing a harsh possibility. other flooded communities will return, but tunica cutoff may have been flooded off the map. >> it's hard to face it, you know what i mean? if you hadn't been there, you just don't know. >> reporter: for perspective, tunica's casinos sit ten miles from tunica cutoff, its from tunica c

francisco chamber of commerce is here, along with red rifkin of the san francisco city of public works and melanie from the department of environment. we had a strong partnership. there was no way we could do this work without a strong partnership here within the city planning and the port of san francisco that had a strong partnership with us at s.f. park and agreed to participate in the pilot program. we have a great team of individuals at the m.t.a. who worked on this project for the past couple of years and i need to make sure we especially thank them and jape primus and steve lee. -- jay primus and steve lee. [applause] and i think you saw earlier on we had some of our team that works out in the field, our parking meter shops, those individuals also deserve recognition. they've done a great job to get us here today. they're tireless efforts have gotten us to a point on behalf of this agency, we need to make sure they get recognized and thank you for that. to begin, it's my privilege to introduce san francisco mayor edwin lee, who as everyone knows is a stall wart and abiding champion of susta

champion getting her title the crown software domination assault leads on an absolutely outclassing melanie oudin over you say sixty two minutes playboy playmate the american would you answer is against the reigning champion dropping the second set to love skip one of the all hopes to be russian on the dog go in school the second time in as many matches in the next. some all ages singles fixtures from monday made her way into the second round the greens defeating american cocoa bond the nod if it truly meanwhile is out so. after losing to a russian with an australian passport in this first year to do one of our twenty one year old dogs scamper off a great comeback win against our warm to reach the second round of have best ever french open appearance and as i've said she will face your blogger next and world number one karen was now if you have no trouble getting balls japanese veterans came in called uptick rule. it was a good start for instance or remember. us a little bit longer about it was wimbledon three years ago. but if you close a different kind of time and it was difficult for me

through the defending champion getting her title defense off to start the talent absolutely outclassing melanie oudin a sixty two minute break with khamenei the americans with few answers against the reigning champion dropping the second set to love schiavone now hopes to be russian on the dog of this not bolen's for the second time in as many matches in that stage . as a more weighted singles fixtures from monday when he couldn't go made their way into the second round with these defeating american koch who thought they'd better get not a bit sure but meanwhile is out after losing to the russian with an australian passport of the series do all the work so it's about a year old dollar and scared off a great. where they can see that. in her first ever french open appearance and as i've said she will base here for the next and world number one caroline was now he had no trouble getting because japanese better and chemical gas april. was a good start for me to turn remember. it was a little bit longer about she was serious ago. but she plays a different kind of tunnel so it was difficult for me to

defending champion adding her title to counts off to win eighteen stops we tell an absolutely lossing melanie oudin out he was saving a sixty two minute record going to the americans with few answers against the reigning champion dropping the second set to love skip on in our hopes to be russian on the dog dollars for the second time in as many matches the next round. some more ladies singles fixtures from monday ready made their way into the second stage with these deflating american couples on their way again not to the tour of the main while it's out of the. losing to a russian with an australian passport and the cia do on of a twenty one year old daughter landscape tough a great comeback win against. born in her first ever french open appearance and as i've said she will pace here born in next and world number one carrying was not he had no trouble getting past japanese veteran kimi called up to crow. was a good start for a reason to turn a member of the us a little bit longer than she was wimbledon three years ago. but she person different kind of time and it was difficult for me to thro

melanie has been living in the gym three days. >> i need my soap and my dog, the most important thing. >> reporter: waterer has been seeping in the town since last week slowly submerging her home and most of her neighbors. most have no flood insurance. >> we need fema. we had have to be a tent city. we aren't going to give up. we are going to go home. >> reporter: it will be declared a federal disaster area. >> the emergency is going what it can right now until the president signs the disaster declaration declaration. >> reporter: it could be the end of the month before they get back to their homes or what is left of them. >> it's a bitch. >> reporter: it's not just the mississippi ritself doing the pummeling down here. when she overflows its banks, the tributaries get backed up as well. which is what we found in carter, mississippi, miles from the mighty mississippi. this small town sits near the yazoo river. and it's seeping in here close to the craps ed is growing and moving in slowly and surely. he has planted 3700 acres of cotton, soybean and corns, but he says for not. >> it mak

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asking melanie moving in a six minute break or to the american with your answers against the reigning champion drop in the second set so love so six to six love the final schiavone now hopes to beat a russian from. the second time in just many matches. and golf live donald missed a chance to leapfrog lee westwood at the top of the rankings after its two one defeat to ian poulter in the final of the match play championship donald b. martin kaymer who's also aiming for world number one status and the same. for most of the only destroying old with coulter held by this birdie of the six he opens up an early lead but his opponent raised his game and sank a monster pots on the twelfth to get back in terms poulter pulled ahead for the first time after the fourteenth dawn also with no answered suppose there is consistency from then on a sponsor provided yet another birdie on the sixteenth and make sure it's all over the canals but after all that in a pretty poor part for the title it would also propel him. to some consideration for donald as well as the world number two not the group b. and b

passport on aspects of the on about defending champion francesca schiavone had no trouble verses american melanie used in sixty six law and the world number one carolyn was yes killed says japanese that are an kimiko exotic groom as she opens her quest for her first major trophy until a run. and gulf loop donald missed the chance to leapfrog lee westwood at the top of the rankings outskirts who wants to impulse or in the final of the match play championship donald beat martin kaymer who's also aiming for world number one status in the seventies on that. final with poulter help quiet this birdie of the six he opened up an early lead but his opponent raised his game and sank a monster pots on the twelfth to get back on level terms poulter pulled ahead for the first time after the fourteenth also with no answers approaches consistency from then on as a culture provided yet another birdie on the sixteenth and made sure it's all over at the penultimate hole it's a run in a tricky part for that side of the wood also propelling him to continue the race to dubai insulation for dollars as well as the worl

set too low ball in this one defending champion francesca schiavone meanwhile has beaten the american melanie oudin six two six involved and later on world number one caroline was not he will tell us to japanese veteran keen to go down to groom as the data requests. we'll have first major trophy. now in golf got a mistake chance to leapfrog lee westwood at the top of the rankings after a two want to fade to pull tory in the final of the match play championship don't obey german martin carr who is also aiming for world number one status in the semi's and lead for most of the all english final against walter of held by the brady of the sixty eight opened up in the lead but his opponent raised his game and sank a monster part on the twelfth here to get back on level terms. both of them called to have for the first time after the food see the don't have no answer to his consistency from then on a sport or provided yet another birdie on the sixteenth and make sure it's all over the not so much hill after all ing in a tricky poor part for the title the win also propellants him to eight in the race

you on the longest trail and in the first round defending champion francesca schiavone plays american melanie oudin and world novel one carolyn does not ski will pass japanese plate he will drop its room as she opens up the quest for her best major trophy. in golf luke donald missed a chance to leapfrog. he wants that at the top of the rankings of traits you want to fade to pull to in the final of the match play championship donald b. german malting climber who is also aiming for world number one status in the semi's and lead for most of the english for the money against full term this parody of the sixty eight opens up in the early lead but his opponent raised his game and sank a monster park on the twelfth here to get back on level terms. of pool to have for the first time after the fourteenth hole dolittle had no answer to his consistency from then on pull to provided yet another birdie on the sixteenth and made sure it solo at the penultimate kolata rolling in a tricky part out for the title but would also profiles him to aid in the race to comply and some consolation for the old as well

right after the break hobbies who want to keep found gerard piqué and had been for two males but also melanie just the one from the three matches remaining to secure that twenty first spanish title and the third straight. now in tennis rough on the dolls thirty eight match winning run on clay came to an end on sunday georgia which disposing of the king of clay in front of ralf was home crowd in madrid top ranked in the doll had beaten the serb in all nine of their previous meetings on clay bots no this time around the joke a sustaining his incredible form and he is winning streak which has now reached thirty four consecutive matches but they'll show these characters well playing a number of brilliant points like you to follow winner at the start of the second sad there but overall joy which dictated play and seated just two sets to take the title from the defending champion. seven six six well howard finished the roughest last defeat on clay dates back to nearly two years ago while jock which claimed the six title of the season and then himself a top favorite status ahead of the upcoming for

on war on the war machine priorities having a devastating effect on middle and working class america melanie samuels runs to pantry in new york she says the face of hunger in america has drastically changed now we're seeing people that do have an education used to have decent jobs no one line coming in teary eyed crying they never thought this would happen to them some forty percent of the forty three million food stamp recipients today are working americans and every fifth child now lives below the poverty line america grew prosperous on the belief that the next generation of workers would live better than the first but nowadays the outlook for the future is anything but optimistic we're going to see more and more of a squeeze more people on food stamps more people with kitchens and more malnourished and hungry children in this country no question as the foundation of the middle class continues to crumble concerns are growing that the heart of the american dream has stopped beating all together and if the middle class collapses the face of america in the twenty first century could become on

melanie hamilton returns to work in a few weeks. now addition to diapers and feedings, the new mom faces daunting task of finding a nanny. >> it stresses me out. what if he falls or what if something happens where he needs to be taken to the hospital? it's awe huge decision. >> reporter: more than a million nannies are professional baby sitters work in family homes in the u.s. but well-publicized of nanies shaking babies, giving them benadryl and striking children have found a growing need to watch nannies' every move. >> information is being shared. websites where you can post information about nanies. >> reporter: she's co-founder of big city moms one of the largest new mom support groups. goldberg says a growing interest among moms to monitor nannies through site likes "i saw your nanny." the blog invites moms, nannies and total strangers to detail the exploits of nannies behaving badly. inattentive caregavers talking harshly to kids, leaving unattended in grocery stoshgs slapping kids. there are similar nanny reports. many moms

melanie is the owner here. she's just off camera here. they're trying to salvage what they can from this place. it's been a business 14 years. they plan and promise they will reopen. they just can't say exactly when that will be. for a lot of other people as you can see there isn't a whole lot that they can reclaim. there's not much at all as they try to sift through the pieces and pick up their lives. it is a day of faith sunday smithville at the baptist church. several hundred people gathered in the parking lot of that church because their house of worship was absolutely flattened as a result of the tornado that came through on wednesday. for many people it was a very emotional time. not just because the exact that they celebrate their faith but the fact they got to see one another again. this town has been dweeply divided and people have been spread all over as a result of the disaster that struck here. so it was a chance to come and, yes, celebrate. celebrate the fact that they were alive. there are some in their parish who unfortunat

andy, melanie, thank you so much. doctor, high five, double, ten, 20 to you. we're fwlglad for people like y. >> thank you. >> coming up, meredith struts her stuff at the cannes film festival. vo: so to show her what she's missing, we built a pc store in her house. julie: (gasp) employee: thanks for dropping in! julie: you've got to be kidding me! this isn't my house anymore! employee: have a little look around! julie: very nice! employee: this one is touchscreen. julie: i like that. so there is no tower anymore? wow! i admit i'm wrong on this account that there is a computer better than mine. vo: new pc in the house julie(to camera): i'm a pc and i'm gonna kill him. [ water running ] [ indistinct talking on television ] hola padre. hola. [ male announcer ] you do everything so they're at their best. so start their big days with the incredible protein. eggs. sure. cake or pie? pie. apple or cherry? cherry. oil or cream? oil or cream? cream! (announcer) some use hydrogenated oil. reddi-wip's uses real dairy cream. nothing's more real than reddi-wip. [ female an

come on over, melanie. neck we have alli showing us the layered look. >> we love alli with the tinsel in her hair. >> this is probably my signature look on the weekend. i love wearing layers and long and loose. this is a wrap from macy's. it's only $39. what i love is the actual dress she's wearing underneath is from venus.com. if you come over here, i can show you the tank top version. it's got a great open back but a sports band so you can still wear a bra. it's really inexpensive and you can take in a siesta or lunch with the girls. >> looking beautiful as always. come on over here. we'll let you sit on the couch with us. >> next we have paula with the loungy look. >> she's got the tank and pants from h & m. you can definitely afford to upgrade the same sweats and what i like is that harem pants, do not be afraid to try them. some girls may thing they're not flattering, but they actually are. scrunch up the bottom, have the little ornate waistband and put a blazer on. it gives a little shape. it's like a

. >> melanie is wearing it that way. >> melanie is in a basic white top and jeans from the gap. the curvy jeans are flattering. sometimes women are afraid of the white jeans. classic look head to toe. organic accessories work. the belt defines the waist. but not just basics. we have faith modeling an example of the more feminine side of white this season. she has on a great dress. it's crochet, long. wear it over a bathing suit or just on the beach. a white scarf or any other fun textured embellishment adds to white. look for texture. >> the great thing about this color, absence of color or all the colors at once depending on how you look at it is you don't have to spend a lot of money. >> it's in eexpensiinexpensive. please be sure to update your foundation though. make sure -- >> you mean underwear. >> it should match your skin tone unless you're going for that look. >> don't wear white under white. >> no. wear something close to your skin tone and it glend bleblend >> and this top is only $19? >> venus.com. only $19. this sweater is $39. you can get a lot for your money. >> t

. >> reporter: melanie is homeless. this photo shows why. her house ruined like all three homes in tunica, 20 feet of floodwater. with new building codes, rebuilding is unaffordable. tunica cutoff could be gone for good. >> we want to keep our address. >> it's my home. >> reporter: in mississippi alone, floodwaters have destroyed at least 800 homes. most people will rebuild. almost no one in tunica cutoff had flood insurance. they will str to start over somewhere else. >> it is hard to face it, you know what i mean. if you hadn't been there, you just don't know. >> reporter: within mississippi spill zone, the state is sounding the alarm. governor haley barbour is urging anyone who has a threat of flooding to get out bhil they can. chris? >> mark, with the mississippi now bearing down on louisiana, some worst case estimates have some low-lying districts in new orleans inundated with up to 25 feet of water down there have the that's the worse the inundation than katrina. could anything be done to avoid this? >> reporter: remember, the mississi

. >> tenemos en vivo a la seÑora melanie, especialista en el censo. cuÁl es la novedad? >> la oficina del censo pÚblico nuevas cifras sobre grupos de origen hispano, esto es algo nuevo, los grupos incluyen informaciÓn sobre mexicanos como puertorriqueÑos, cubanos, y de otros orÍgenes hispanos. se incluye al distrito de columbia, florida,9 mÉxico, michigan y otros. >> en quÉ estados hay mÁs grupos de latinos? >> todos los grupos que se han reportado, mexicanos, puertorriqueÑos y cubanos, presentaron un aumento, cuando hablamos sobre los grupos que mas incremento presentaron, tenemos a los mexicanos con el 86%, los puertorriqueÑos 74%, luego los cubanos y por ultimÓ otros grupos hispanos. >> quÉ encontraron en estados como la florida? >> en la florida, el incremento es de puertorriqueÑos, luego, los mexicanos con el 73%. cuando hablamos de nÚmeros generales, son de estas nacionalidades. >> muchas gracias, que pase un buen dÍa. >> gracias a ustedes. >> nosotros continuamos con mÁs de despierta amÉrica. >> esta semana ha sido una semana de mucho aprendizaje,