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Normally have, all flowing right into the basin and were now dealing with it today. >> no more rain today or nothing significant in these areas will have an effect. >> thankfully the weather will cooperate today but it still doesnt take away that tragic story. despite the amount of water coming out of the flute gates it will still take while to make its way down to morgan city. later this afternoon, into monday and tuesday eventually getting very close to morgan city. can you see in this map the...

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>> scoop that for me. >> that represents 250,000 cubic feet per second. now, this one, this is the morganza and im going to make a mess, don. >> water is going to spill like that anyway. >> the red line indicates actually the top of the levee. by taking this all out you can see that the line is going to fall back down, its going to be back below flood stage. >> thats with both of them. >> this has had an immediate effect but its going to affect so many other people who live in that basin. you kn...

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And that base might need some attention. it is a base that is numerically much larger than the corporate base of the republican party. it is a base that is made up of people that work for a living. the republicans decision to attack that basin the midwest has not only inspired democrats in the states to stand up for people that work for a living, it reminded the economic party as a whole that the democratic party has peeps. that people have to work for a living are the reason the democratic part...

Much. more on the jetties, the feds and why were still talking about a sense of urgency in the nations worst oil spill. we spoke with billy nungesser and john young, the council chairman of jefferson parish. i know that for the two of you, one goal was to build these rock jetties to try to protect the shore. at this point that has now been denied. i believe the army corps has said its not scientifically sound. what was the reaction when you heard this denial. >> soledad, we were extremely disa...

In the ocean the most difficult drilling, he wasnt telling the truth? >> we are not allowed to drill in the western colorado -- >> sean: he says there is no oil there? >> there is oil shale. a trillion barrels of oil in the basin. >> sean: colorado, utah, wyoming. >> right. on the alaska offshore, west coast, eastern gulf of mexico, east coast 100 billion barrels of conventional oil. >> sean: we could dill at anwr originally designated for ing and set aside. we could drill off the coast of calif...

Much. more on the jetties, the feds and why were still talking about a sense of urgency in the nations worst oil spill. we spoke with billy nungesser and john young, the council chairman of jefferson parish. i know that for the two of you, one goal was to build these rock jetties to try to protect the shore. at this point that has now been denied. i believe the army corps has said its not scientifically sound. what was the reaction when you heard this denial. >> soledad, we were extremely disa...

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