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Credit card will save $0.15 per gallon shoppers who use a wal-mart gift card save $0.10 a gallon. >> some parts of louisiana could see up to 2 feet of rain by the end of this week as slow moving isaac continues to drench that region putting much pressure on some of those levees there. specifically this 18 mile long one in plaquemines parish. ken, are you with us? >> i am here. thank you very much for having me this morning. >> this changed a lot over the last 7 years. is that because the storm w...

Hour, the fate of new orleans can rest on the system of levees and flood gates designed to protect the city from the coastal waters in the mississippi river. since hurricane katrina hit 7 years ago, to the day, folks, we are only a couple of hours shy-- the system has been repaired, modernized at a cost of nearly $1 billion tax dollars. it is not sure at this time whether or not the upgraded 24 pump stations will be able to keep up with the heavy rainfall that isaac might drop. its a slow-moving...

Are going to be an expectation. >> all right. john young, thank you very much. the president of jefferson parish here in this area. thank you so much. let me go back to craig, one observation i can share here, at least when ive been talking with local authorities, if they are a parish president or someone from the army corps of engineers like ken holder, one of the criticisms was that a lot of local officials at the time, even then president george w. bush, the fema chief at that time, were seen...

Drains to remove obstructions. so were ready. >> reporter: okay. what is this shelter situation in your area? you had the mandatory evacuation, not all communities have had a mandatory evacuation? >> right. well, and again, jefferson par sish a very large parish. just to clarify that, we have only had a mandatory evacuation for those communities outside of the levee protection system you were talking about with ken. thats about 9,000 people. we have grand isle and grand point, those are mandator...

It makes landfall later tonight as a category 1 hurricane in southeast louisiana. tamron? >> reporter: rafael, thank you so very much. isaac will put new orleans new $15 billion levee system to the test for the first time since katrina. one major problem that we are telling you about, the levee is only eight feet well above the six-foot storm surge expected in some areas. ken holder is with the army corps of engineers. ken, i want to bring you in here, it is interesting, what we experienced, we ...

The army corps of engineers expressing the same confidence i have heard from you as well. he explained the pump situation, but he feels if we dont get a storm that just sitsson new orleans that youll be okay and the people here who are deciding to hunker down will be okay as well. >> i agree with what ken holder said. the pumps are designed to drain one inch per hour and a half inch every hour after that. last year with tropical storm lee it dumped 14 to 15 inches of rain on the east bank and we...