SAVIDGE: Now a look at the other stories we're following today. The court-martial of a former Air Force instructor gets under way today at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Staff Sergeant Louis Walker faces 28 charges including rape, adultery and aggravated sexual assault. The case is part of a wider investigation that identified at least 31 women in Lackland who said they were victims of sexual misconduct. Twelve Air Force instructors are under investigation. The Department of Homeland Security is going to let Florida use a federal database in the states' effort to purge noncitizens from its voter rolls. Critics say the move could lead to abuse and keep legal citizens eligible from exercising their right to vote. But Florida Governor Rick Scott tells CNN that the process will ensure that election laws are upheld.</s>GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT (R), FLORIDA: The right to vote is a sacred right. We cannot -- we've got to make sure that U.S. citizens' right to vote is not diluted. As the judge said it would cause irreparable harm if that happened. So we're going to go through a very responsible, logical process with good due process to make sure the non-U.S. citizens do not vote, but U.S. citizens, absolutely we want them to vote.</s>SAVIDGE: A recall at Ford Motor Company. The automaker says the carpet pattern could interfere with a brake pedal on more than 8,000 Escapes compact SUVs. The recall only applies though to 2013 models. It has been raining so hard in Southern Japan that people are being swept away by overflowing rivers or buried in their homes by landslide. So far 28 people are confirmed dead. Four are still missing and thousands have been evacuated. There is not a whole lot of relief in sight with more downpours predicted today. Two Americans kidnapped in Egypt are now free. We'll go live to Cairo in a moment.
Air Force Court Martial; Florida Gets Access To DHS Database