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Al alex. >> i think remembering the fallen and bringing memorial back into memorial day. we do a lot of feeling, remembering and there are times it brings tears to my eyes and other times i can smile with a big smile the way that alex would have wanted me to. >> harris: a reminder to all of us what all of this day and tomorrow and this whole weekend are really about. well, an update now to a frantic situation we juries told you about on the fox report. a chemical plant that exploded, forcing a s...

12 minutes past the hour now. this weekend marks the fifth anniversary of the major league baseball civil rights game. its happening this time in atlanta. hang sunday afternoon. braves playing the phillies. the game just a small part of the story this weekend. the weekend is devoted to remembering and honoring those who played a big part in breaking down walls. the jackie robinsons, willy mays and also the hank aarons of the world. hank aaron certainly a legend. the home run king who some say is...

expected to be open in maybe just the next few hours, leaving residents in low-lying areas preparing for the worst. we have a live report coming your way in just a second. also, can i tell you about some surprising discoveries at osama bin ladens compound and the intensifying diplomatic fallout. then a little later, so happy to share with you a candid conversation with baseball legend hank aaron. the home run king. some say still the home run king talking about what it was like break...

so what does the former president have to say now that terrorist is dead? he is breaking his silence. also, a rare interview to share with you this morning with that guy, hank aaron, talking to me about a number of things, the low lite of his career and he is also talking about president obama, barry bonds and who the real home run king should be. hello to you all center in atlanta, georgia. im t.j. holmes. morgan city, louisiana, is a place that is on edge right now. we talk about...

>> reporter: right. but as you just pointed out, theyre at flood stage already down there. its just a couple inches above flood stage, but thats when the problems begin. its only going to continue to rise. so they face several weeks now of problems, and, again, as we know down there, that is a state and that is a city that is very much remembering what happened to its levies back in the stays of katrina in 2005. five years may have gone by, but these are different levies that are going to be pre...

Seven more days and nights. >> we were talking about this last night. you can chart this on your calendar when the water is going to arrive. you were saying in new orleans, it may not arrive until the 23rd or 24th, is that right? >> reporter: right. but as you just pointed out, theyre at flood stage already down there. its just a couple inches above flood stage, but thats when the problems begin. its only going to continue to rise. so they face several weeks now of problems, and, again, as we kn...

Breach of one levy or one thing that went wrong, it would be catastrophic with all the water that is out there on the mississippi and the various tributaries tonight. so that is what is in the back of peoples minds. nobody is relaxing at this point, and as you say, it is a slow-moving event. its not going to get to vicksburg until a week from today. so they are going to be under the gun, and they are going to be with a lot of concern for seven more days and nights. >> we were talking about this ...

I dont really think about him anymore. what kind of talk is that? >> its very hard to listen to that, its very hard to listen to that chuckle. but i think what we should talk about an interesting thing and michael can fill in blanks here im sure. but one of the things thats come out in the last week or so are the opportunities that we may have had, maybe not slam dunks to get closer to bin laden that didnt happen because we were already deploying troops and equipment to iraq. so if you listen to...

>> its very hard to listen to that, its very hard to listen to that chuckle. but i think what we should talk about an interesting thing and michael can fill in blanks here im sure. but one of the things thats come out in the last week or so are the opportunities that we may have had, maybe not slam dunks to get closer to bin laden that didnt happen because we were already deploying troops and equipment to iraq. so if you listen to that with a certain kind of hindsight and you listen to that reme...

That was behavioral weirdness right there. we knew the guy was the james earl ray, john wilkes booth of that era. we knew he was in that category of hated by americans and to say i dont really think about him anymore. what kind of talk is that? >> its very hard to listen to that, its very hard to list to that chuckle. but i think what we should talk about an interesting thing and michael can fill in blanks here im sure. but one of the things thats come out in the last week or so are the opportun...