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Donald trump says today he has decided he is not running for president. a judge in new york city has ordered the head of the international monetary fund, a man who could have been the president of france, held in jail at least until a hearing this friday on charges of sexual assault. and emergency officials are warning people all along the southern end of the mississippi river to seek higher ground as the water in many areas continues to rise. dan springer live tonight vicksburg, mississippi, do...

Like baton rouge and new orleans down river. listen to ed lavandera. >> you you can see the water gushing out the spillway. there are 125 gates. for now only one has been opened. officials say they will continue to open up more in the coming days. right now theyre trying to slow down the process. you can see the water making its way into this area that was just a big grassy area. the reason theyre doing it slowly is to give the wildlife and animals a chance to adjust to the vast amount of water ...

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>> weve been told its going to be one for the books. and if thats the case weve got take every precaution, to protect all our desks, chairs and our children, too so -- >> reporter: if the corps of engineers opens the spillway stephansville is just one of several towns that could be swept away. its a decision the army corps could make in order to save the bigger cities of new orleans and baton rouge down river. >> i know its necessary that they do what theyve got to do, but still, i guess in a wa...

Bill get ready to see a lot of these pictures over the coming days if not the week and a half, the swelling mississippi river now at record levels as it bears down on the big easy. now the images are chilling, an further down river, people in vicksburg, mississippi are bracing for the worst, theyre packing up before the flood waters take over their home necessary vicksburg. >> they know whats headed their way. rick reichmuth is in mississippi for us and maria molina is at our fox weather center....

Its electricity from nuclear power in the wake of the ongoing nuclear crisis there. the country will instead focus on renewable energy and conservation. and developing right now, the mississippi river has crested in memphis with disastrous results. the river reached a height of almost 48 feet around 2:00 this morning. it will remain that high for up to 36 hours. hundreds of people have abandoned their homes, many more are preparing to do the same downriver. nbcs jay gray is live for us in me...

To the paddle boats but look out here, it is just a big sea of water. the mississippi usually a half mile wide here at memphis. it is now six times bigger than that. this water is not going anywhere any time soon. this is just a preview of whats going to be happening down river. they did not set a record here in memphis. that crest is going to happen just a few inches from now, some time tomorrow. but thats going to be short of a record that they set here back in the 30s. this water is going to ...

Shannon: a developing sphwhaition yens the national weather service says massive flooding in the state is reaching, quote, catastrophic levels. some places have seen 10-15 inches of rain already and the worst flooding may not come until wednesday. joining us now on the phone, greg fisher, mayor of louisianaisville where the ohio river is expected to rise 3-4 feet above flood stage today. mayor, thank you for joining us. can you give us an update of how things are going on the ground? >> pretty w...

Lake winnipeg, and we have pictures coming out of the fargo area. this is thanks for the national guard. they let some of to local tv people fly along with them. some of these little towns just outside of the red river are completely cutoff, and in fargo, the river crests saturday night and early sunday morn, and it is the fourth highest crest in fargo. but down river, randi, we are looking at grand forks, and they are not going to crest until wednesday, going into thursday, and they are really ...

Issued. fargo has crest. it might fluctuate just a little bit, but it crest yesterday evening. showers and windy weather conditions, as ive mentioned, thats going to kind of hamper things. the crest at fargo, 38.5 teet. grand forks down river, theyre expected to crest at wednesday morning at 50.5 feet. sometime early wednesday morning. previous floods have taken it in excess of 54 feet. were still looking at flooding. its still going to be a problem. they closed bridges, portions of highways and...