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Actually a barrier to the mississippi river. and its one of several. another one is right over here. a walkway, its called the moon walk. you might think thats a strange name until you remember that moon bran drew wa --landrieu was the mayor. named that in his honor. and this way another level of barriers. i have to race down here. hold on tight, steven you have a lot of steps to go down here. the army corps of engineers embarked on million at this billion-dollar plan to upgrade the levee system...

Potentially life-threatening. flooding is expected to slam new orleans. and obviously very, very concerning. steve: we have team coverage this morning tracking tropical storm barrys every move. jedediah: meteorologist rick reichmuth is here in studio with the latest forecast. todd: we begin with doug mckelway in the french quarter overlooking the river. >> right now it is looking pretty good, actually. one of the reasons for that is we are between bands. im completely dry right now and the wind ...

Always are. >> im with you to know that all of the flood gates were closed, $14.6 billion spent for army corps of engineer to be flood walls and all the barriers, surge barriers in the new orleans area, the perimeter around the city, its good to know that its working, lets hope and pray that it keeps working. >> absolutely because, again, the national hurricane center is saying people should not let their guard down, do not wave any white flag, its not time to go out and fight sea and things lik...

Turn around, dont drown, dont go into stand water. the first 72 is on you. have enough supply for that. what is your best advice for all of us around the country no matter where we live if we face any type of natural disaster or crisis like this? >> really two things. first of all, dont think just because the storm may not turn out to be as bad as officials are going to say, dont let that be a factor about things to come. emergency management officials do and should plan worse case scenarios. we...

Louisiana. look at all this moisture drug behind it. the heavy rain stays behind this system bringing with it what will be downpours. such little movement tells you it will have a lot of time to rain. the greatest flood risk continues to be off toward the center of the state and it runs all the way up to memphis. its a lot of moisture and its moving slow. there is a long ways to go at this point. eric: we cant forget hurricane katrina. it claimed the lives of about 1,800 people. they say a lot o...

Concern that he could be falsely approved. he said this billy graham rule you talk about is part of a vow he made to his wife. but as we often talk about other situations usually in other countries, these do tend to be per versions of nothing wrong to making a wow to your wife and staying true to your marriage and your relationship. theres no implication that you covering him on a campaign would be any compromise to that. >> absolutely not. that was kind of the thing here. when his campaign dire...

Some point over at least 20 tents. and we -- were losing business. also because of our cultural center, having -- hosting all kinds of events for the hungarian community. a lot of our hungarian were afraid to drive into the streets. we decided after knocking on so many doors to try to get this resolved with the city that we would just take matters into our own hands. ainsley: peter, what have you done? are you placing barriers outside? >> actually, first of all, i just get couple of planters. i ...

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These cities are seeing a tremendous increase in the number of people sleeping on the streets. so why is that? >> yes. well, recognize that the zoning restrictions -- for instance in los angeles, 80% of the land is zoned for single-family housing, then you throw on top of that the other regulatory barriers, the latest of which is they have to have solar panels. he take something that was affordable and you quickly translate it into something that isnt. when you talk about single-family new const...

Members consider mysterious deaths. several of them had taken drinks out of the minibar before falling ill and dying. the health minister ordered toxicology tests on several of those victims, we are awaiting those results. in the case of fridays liposuction death, the health minister has offered a full review of the clinic, the case, and the doctor. >> shannon: l.a. residents are fed up, that leaves two nights western roundup appear to some residents are using prickly plants and other barriers t...