hello, i'm melissa long here at the cnn center in atlanta with a look at some of the stories happening now in the news.

the mississippi river is gushing through a hole in the massive levee outside winfield, missouri. and police officers are telling anyone in town to leave as soon as they can. thirty authentic balenciaga bags five thousand acres are under water because of the breach. it's one of a dozen more broken levees up and down the river. a second levee protects the town of winfield itself.

president bush landed in the flood zone last hour. he is there to take a look at the damage for himself. he is pledging 1.8 billion dollars for flood relief. officials in iowa and wisconsin say the floods have done at least that dolce gabbana hand bag much in damage to corn and soybean crops coach designer handbags in both states.

senator barack obama will be the first major party presidential nominee in 30 years to refuse public financing for his campaign. he told supporters he made the decision because, in his words, "the campaign finance system is broken." senator john mccain who opted out of public financing during the primaries says he will take federal money for the fall campaign. coach replica bags