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The river in this area is expected to crest above the level set in 1927, the historic high water level. over here, you can see a blah reason na industrial fly business that has on its own set up sandbags and a barrier there to try and protect it from this rising river. you can see the water in front, which sa roadway that goes out to the casino. completely inundated. well have to see if that barrier is going to by high enough to with stand this surge. the army corps of engineers has been prepari...

Nbcs janet shamlian is live in memphis. janet, water up to your ankles, it goes much deeper on that famous street that youre standing on. >> reporter: youre right, richa richard. this is the legendary beale street. you hate to make fun of it, but we have the first wake ever on beale street from this large tug behind us. now, the mississippi at this point is usually a half mile wide. right now it is three miles wide. and the river is still rising. it is going to crest late tonight or early tomorr...

Go at it. >> if you look, i suspect paul does not, but the left wing blogs are criticizing the president for being to austere. paul is right, domestic spending increased last year. i voted against the omnibus, i vote the against the mini bus, i voted against the bus. the freeze is important. he identified $20 million which if you aggregate is $250 billion less spending. does that solve all our spending? no, it is a step in the right direction. the use of the veto pen, is it a wake up call? it is...

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Coast of the gulf of mexico. these hotels and attractions are on land, and have been gutted. look at pictures. they also build the barges with the casinos, so they floated them away and theyre safe. inside the casino, it sort of feels like youre on land. the workers took the casino barges away before the flood, but all the properties are fully underwater. tunica at one point was the poorest county in the poorest state in america. sugar ditch alley made famous by "60 minutes" back in the day, uns...

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