nigel page thursday is possibly no luxury spared and there is a lounge in the rear for those in first and business class. and that is populous. reporter: they re a small bite of the exquisite cuisine. and they re on-demand and you can decide then. reporter: flying in business class is hardly any less extravagant. the crews and those passengers a 9-course dinner that they can enjoy while watching one of 1200 channels. if my wife starts, she gets fed up with me. and that is how you know you re in trouble. absolutely. and practically a five-star hotel room, the first-class suites have a vanity mier, a 23- inch tv, a mini bar, a real flower, a tree basket, and a cozy bed to enjoy the star lit sky above. we have it on the seat and that is and and if they were not enough for you, you could use your personal remote to turn all your massage chairs between the pulp and wave setting and if you re ready to take a nap and say goodbye, go ahead and hit the privac
week began opening several gates in the morganza spillway in louisiana, taking pressure off baton rouge and new orleans, but again, that water has to go somewhere, and it was diverted to some other communities. anywhere from three to five inches of rain, meanwhile, could hit the mississippi river valley today. some started the crest earlier than anticipated in some of regions. jean is in natchez, mississippi. it was raining earlier on you, jean. it looks like that stopped for now. that s something. for the time being it has, t.j. this river higher than it s ever been in recorded history, 61.8 feet. for a while they were worried it could get even higher. you see on the pavement they put down a marker for 65 feet. it s far short of that, thank goodness, but they made preparations for it here in this under the hill part of natchez, they built some temporary levees here. you can see those. i was told there were more of them and they were even higher, but they were so heavy the road
jacqui jeras back with us in the weather center. did opening the morganza spillway help? did it do what they want it to do? it did exactly what they want it to do, but it still needs to be monitored because it s not over yet. you mentioned vicksburg has crested. pretty much all of the lower gauges in the lower mississippi valley have crested or are cresting. you can see vicksburg. it s crested but it s still almost 14 feet above flood stage, so we still have lot of high water making its way downstream. we re cresting in baton rouge and new orleans. new orleans is at 17 feet and that s because they re opralting the spillway, diverting the water, down through the atchafalaya, and that s why things are steady there. that s a manmade thing because of what they did by opening up the gates. we had record volume of water moving through the areas late last week. the crest has happened. i thing this is the peak. we re starting to wane off now, but we re not out of the woods
you for mentioning my wife gabby. all right, let s turn to weather. nasty weather hitting the lower mississippi river valley right now. could be a problem for all those levee-protected areas. residents are watching the river, watching the rain gauges as well. three to five inches of rain expected in the region. the mississippi has crested earlier than anticipated in some places but continues to flood south central louisiana. the flooding, some of it intentional. you ll remember the army corps of engineers last week began opening several gates in the morganza spillway in louisiana, taking pressure off baton rouge and new orleans. but, of course, that water had to go somewhere and it has headed for other areas that are being flooded as we speak. how you can help victims of the sudden flooding and also tornadoes of the south, go to cnn.com/impact. you will find there a link to the red cross and other chartable organizations. today, as you probably know, right now is the end of days.
race getting more crowded in exactly an hour. we will tell you who is announcing a bid today. we do have a developing situation in oklahoma city to tell you about. a manhunt under way for two men wanted for shooting an off-duty sheriff deputy as he worked add a security guard at a restaurant. he was shot without warning, but the shooting was caught on videotape, which may help identify at least one of the suspects. major john waldenville is a 25-year veteran is now listed in critical, but stable condition. also on the same day, general david petraeus predicted a summer surge in high profile taliban attacks. a deadly bombing in afghanistan. a suicide bomber attacking a hospital in kabul. the afghan government puts the death toll at 6 with 26 others injured. also, president obama seeking congressional support for the military mission in libya. under the 1973 war powers act, the president has 60 days to get congressional authorization for military action, if not, the missi