to higher ground. >> never seen it like this before in my life. it's crazy. unreal. >> reporter: but eddie won't let the flood get him down. he looks forward to fishing here again with his boys. >> we are fortunate we have what we have and we have an opportunity to get out. material things we can replace. our family and what we believe in daily is just -- can't put prices on that. >> did you put up this sign? >> i put it up. i'm proud of that sign. because it's just what we say. we will be back. >> reporter: and ali, this is a very slow process in terms of flooding this river basin. over the weekend, they started opening the gates of the morganza spillway. one at a time. they're up to nine. that is a deliberate process to give people the opportunity to pack up and get out of these areas that will soon be flooded. ali and christine. >> thanks very much. we'll check in with you later in the morning. shifting to bloody violence erupting along israel's borders