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Biden has a slight lead in iowa and new hampshire but another early voting state, south carolina, massive lead. >> look, he has signs of life certainly. he is still in the drivers seat. there are others gaining on him. as we saw petehim. we saw pete buttigieg raise more than bernie sanders. there is a debate next week. he cannot turn in another performance like he did in the past. a and, basin, joe biden famously mocked rudy giuliani. he said every thing that comes out of his mouth is a noun, ve...

So you can see the boot print and boot. >> they called you the best of the photographers on the moon. of the dozen that walked there. when you look at the moon today, buzz, what goes through your head? >> ill try and locate just where we were. a couple degrees north 224 degrees west. but we are concerned now about the far side near the south pole. there is a basin where it looks like a good bit of impact previously could have left ice crystals, were then in the shadow of the sun coming up and at...

Were well prepared by to the north that is where the story has moved to a day on up the mississippi. places like the state of mississippi, kentucky, arkansas, still some flash flood warnings. this thing is following the whole basin of mississippi and this river is already at a high level, i tell you, we could have a very interesting season going forward but the folks up north are still not out of the woods yet. >> dana: he mentioned new orleans was well prepared, but was there anything else in p...

When the eyes move inland, it chokes that fuel line. this one is different. as it makes itself inland, its still going to be able to tap into this moisture, were looking at 90 degree temperatures here. this is unusual, thank you, climate change. a three day excessive rain alert has been issued. so this entire region, im getting more concerned now about mississippi, just being inundated. 10, 20 inches, 25, theres no place in the country that can -- >> let alone a place that is set up like a basin...

Northeastern and central louisiana. the flooding going to be bad. we certainly understand that public safety is number one. but our farmers and ranchers are going to take a significant hit on crop law this is year look like. dges what about the mississippi quarter levels? question know it has been close to flood stage, and that whole basin has just been saturated for months now. youre right it is wet, wet and any drop of rain is a drop too much right now so i know core of engineers is watching w...

Getting more concerned now about mississippi, just being inundated. 10, 20 inches, 25, theres no place in the country that can -- >> let alone a place that is set up like a basin. thats the whole problem, you look up and see barges going buy and theyve already gotten soaked. theres no saturation point there are them. you get any new information during my watch, let me know. ill come back to you. thank you for keeping people aware. >> sure. were going to talk to somebody whos a local official, ...

Orange color thats running all the way far north as meches to maybe into portion of southern illinois. thats five to ten inches of rain but jon this is a massive massive area were talking about at least five top ten, particularly there in portions of louisiana maybe as much as 15 inches of rain so no surprise that weve got a really big area here where were talking about -- flood watches,es advisories up the mississippi, and what ends up happening here is all of this is falling in the mississippi...

Rain. its just the winds. its got the classic look of the rainfall but not necessarily the center. >> what kind of advice do you have for residents who are in their homes? we heard from the mayor of new orleans who says pay attention and stay where you are, shelter in place. you know, these floods can be very unpredictable because just as you and chad have been describing kind of the low basin, this is below sea level in so many parts that are being hit right now, the water can come really fast....

>> reed, that live shot demonstrative of what 75 mile-per-hour winds ares are a category one, in morgan city. appreciate that. our chad myers i believe is in our weather center. yes? chad, lets take a look at this storm and what it is doing. just last hour it was 40 miles or so off the coast. it is a slow mover and that is very frightening for folks in this low basin area because that means the slower it goes, the more rain thats dumped, the more accumulation, et cetera. kind of paint the pictur...

In terms of spacing of this. seernl area of louisiana where we will be seeing some spots likely 10 to 20 inches of rain. baton rouge towards new orleans thats likely going to be the bulls eye of this. i also want to point out it goes farther towards the north. a lot of mississippi getting 6 to 8 inches of rain. and thats going to cause flooding problems localized but again all that water has to get into the mississippi river before it tries to get out. we will see storm surge from this, maybe 3 ...