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Hello,I’m Melissa Long here at the cnn Center in Atlanta on this Tuesday with a look at what’s happening Now In The News.

Just weeks after linking Iran’s nuclear program with the possibility of World War III, President Bush is trying to explain a major turnaround in US intelligence on Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Mr. Bush says a report showing Iran halted work on nuclear weapons four years ago was a warning.The president says what happened in the past could be repeated. He says Iran was dangerous,is dangerous and will be dangerous if it has the knowledge to build a nuclear bomb.He also shrugged off criticism that his administration has been hyping the threat for years.

A teacher jailed for letting her students name a teddy bear Mohammed is back on British soil with her family.Sudan’s president pardoned Gillian Gibbons yesterday.The 54-year-old was sentenced to 15 days in jail for insulting Islam but was released six days early thanks to intervention by British lawmakers.

A plea deal for one of the so-called ''Jena 6'', Mychal Bell has pleaded guilty to a juvenile battery charge.It will allow him to avoid a second trial.His attorney says he could be out of jail by June.The African-American teenager was originally charged as an adult with attempted murder for beating a white classmate even though he was 16 years old at that time.

Three men charged with killing Washington Redskins player Sean Taylor are on suicide watch.This morning,a judge in Miami denied bail for all three.They are accused of shooting Taylor during what police described as a botched burglary at his home November 26th.A fourth suspect is being processed at the Miami-Dade Juvenile Detention Center.All face charges of murder, armed home invasion and armed burglary.Police are also searching for a fifth suspect.

A storm system that brought hurricane, force winds, and torrential rain to the Pacific Northwest is moving into the Midwest.Check out this picture, this is a flooding in Washington State.People have been stranded by the high waters ,dozens of them, they had to be rescued by Coast Guard choppers. The governors of Washington and Oregon have declared states of emergency. The storm is blamed for four deaths.

And those are the headlines at this hour on this Tuesday, December 4th.Do stay with cnn for more on these stories or other news of the day.