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Full capacity. they have opened 9 of 125 gates. so we dont have the full 600,000 cubic feet a second but its taking the stress off the levees in baton rouge and also in new orleans. so the water comes up over this road, thats expected. were looking at the bellwether, the record set back in 1973. and you can see what theyre doing. theyre doing final preps on this particular structure. its one of those fishing camps you have heard about. they have sandbags up to 3 1/2 feet. in 1973, chris, water g...

Two biggest cities in louisiana, baton rouge and new orleans. some of the worst case scenarios would put more water in new orleans, 20 feet of water, and it would be worse than katrina. theyre sending water down the river basin. this is the mellon canal. this is going to start backing up as the water feeds in here. it will probably cover up where im standing and go across this roadway, but again the inundation maps say were in the 0 to 5 foot range. if the water goes up 5 feet and theyre saying ...

Neither one of them wants it? >> if neither one of them wants it parties are forced into a toughuation. if there is not money to close, they are stuck to maintain it until they can do it or work out with the bank foreclosure or bankruptcy. >> some people are waiting to get divorced. trying to ride out the economic recession. is this a case where couples are deciding together, hey, we cant do this right now, so we have to tolerate each other a little longer until things get better or maybe one sp...

>> the news is mixed, right? it was all about corporate earnings. look at caterpillar, economic bellwether, they came out with very good numbers. also showing that demand for heavy machinery, bulldozers and the like, thats up. it is all about the earnings like that, which is very good for investors. it is fueling a sense of confidence. theyre still worried about inflation and economic growth and the other issues, but i think that the earnings have sort of tempered those concerns. >> thats a good...

Additional 2,000 troops to keep the peace. to maintain the peace to help out with the peace, i should say. and this comes -- we saw this video last week, when the women were marching peacefully in the city, attacked which left seven dead. >> and this situation is happening in the ivory coast. and of course just raises the spotlight on women and all of these uprisings, not the one that the ivory coast is whats happening in the middle east in north africa, but putting the spotlight on women. and w...

Al arabia news channel. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> so which countries are blocking their citizens from seeing whats going on? egypt? >> most arab rulers are autocratic. and of course in varying degrees. and in some places you have parliamentary elections and a greater space for freedom of expression and assembly and political action. but on the hole most arab leaderships are autocratic. and now, given egypts importance as a bellwether, as a trend setter, or at least it used to be fo...

Over the years, the fact that the united states has been pushing and will continue to push for the rights of the egyptian people, and i think its time for the u.s. very, very soon, perhaps after sending an envoy to see mubarak, to see that the transition has to include president mubaraks departure. >> it is amazing in these situations, words have such consequences, are so important how you craft your statements from the perspective of the u.s. but looking from the u.s. perspective, this isnt jus...

Cracking down on the social media outlets that started up earlier in the week, reporting on the incident. president obama and his national security advisor has been keeping a close eye on the protest in egypt and how they are being handling, holding a two-hour meeting yesterday. joining us with insight into that and what the middle east unrest means for the u.s. is senior fellow of foreign policy at the brookings institution. thank you for coming in today. >> hi, shannon. lets talk about first o...

Away. egypt, one of the more stable countries in the region and important u.s. ally. lisa joins us to talk about a possible ripple effect. are we looking at others taking to the street and demanding change? >> certainly we are. if you look at what happened in tunisia, they think its what is happening in egypt. you have seen protests in yemen, protests in jordan, and algeria. egypt is considered the heart of the arab world. if mubarak were to go and were to be overthrown, its the bellwether of wh...

Welcome back. fredericka whitfield along with my colleague john voss. there are a key questions. a lot of questions. one in particular for middle east watchers will be the open defines and the public clashes that weve been watching in egypt. what kind of ripple effect might it have on the entire region? >> it started in tunisia. protests in other countries like yemen and disruptions in jordan. all of this a major concern for the obama administration. lets go to our state department producer stan...