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America gets to know tom steyer, the more theyll like him. >> we recognize that yours is a biased opinion. >> i agree, i agree, but i think its a well informed biased opinion. >> thank you so much. thank you, thank you. we should also note, you have a place near sonoma and we are keeping a very close eye on those wildfires that are raging in that part of california. nbcs miguel almaguer has made his way to simi valley in california. what are you seeing, buddy? >> reporter: craig, were in the mid...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello. youre in the cnn newsroom this saturday, may 14th, im fredricka whitfield. saving two of louisianas biggest cities at the sacrifice of flooding homes and farmland. thats what will likely happen as the u.s. army corps of engineers opens the morganza spillway beginning an hour from now. while opening the gaelts would slowly divert floodwaters from baton rouge and new orleans, areas in yellow could get up to 20 feet of water, in green up to 1...

If you look over on this side, youll see the green hillside, thats the levee, its built to 75 feet. the crest expected here monday, 65 feet. so well below that. if youre on the other side of the flood protection system here, youre in very good shape. if youre not, though, youre in very bad shape. take a look. this is one of the casinos that dots the coast here. you can see along the waterfront that that building has been heavily flooded. we took another tour yesterday up whats called lower fergu...