Joining me from plaquemines parish, nbcs mariana at tense i dont. Youve been showing us the water going over the levees. It appears things have changed brac based on the water coming from the sky. Reporter the water has overtopped the levees in plaquemines parish. What were noticing now is because of the rainfall, because of the flooding and the storm surge, this water is moving to my right towards the highway. That is highway 23. The only way in and out of this area, leaving these communities essentially cut off. More updates for our audience from the National Weather service. Still a high risk of storm surge in the area, still a high risk of rainfall today into tomorrow, six to ten additional inches in Southeastern Louisiana where i am. I want to bring in state representative christopher leopold. When you see these images, the water spilling into the highway, the only artery in and out, whats your concern . Unfortunately weve seen it many times before. The concern, which we have no control over, is that the whole road way doesnt get flooded. It looks like it may and probably will. Weve been through it before. Thats why a mandatory Evacuation Order was issued on thursday. Did people heed the evacuation warnings. People have a tendency to want to come back right away. They do. Therefore, sometimes they dont leave. I think those that wanted to leave left and those that wanted to stay have stayed at this point. As you can see, if anyone wanted to get out, they would still have an opportunity to do so hopefully before nightfall. How will this make Recovery Efforts challenging for you guys . It will make it a little more challenging than normal. Unlike in the past, the levee wont be able to used during the dewatering process because of the abnormally high river and the levees have been saturated for so long with the high river, its simply not safe to do it this time. When will your teams, crews, authorities be out and about starting to pick up the pieces . Im not directly involved with that. I would imagine as soon as the weather permits. Thank you representative christopher leopold. You heard it. As soon as the weather permits, richard. Judging from what i said in terms of the area still being at risk for more rain fall and storm surge, i dont know if thats going to happen any time soon. May. how has the level changed . We saw the stop sign. We can see one of those electrical polls. How has the water level changed . Reporter ive been speaking the the firemen here on site. Im standing in front of a fire station, richard. Nay know the area pretty well. They say thankfully the river has started to go down which is a sigh of relief for everyone here. Whats concerning is the water spilling onto the highway and everyone hoping and praying, as you just heard from the state representative, that it doesnt cut off these communities. That is going to complicate relief efforts and people wanting to get back to their homes. Mariana, well be talking to you over the next couple hours. For now lets go over to nbc meteorologist Michelle Grossman tracking barry for us as well. Theres been a change since the last time we spoke two hours ago. We have a new advisory. Whats been the change in the last couple hours . The change is a decrease in speed a bit. Looking at 65mileperhour winds. Again, winds havent been the biggest issue. Thats a lot of wind. We could still see Power Outages and trees down, roads being ripped up. Forward speed of 7 miles per hour. Still moving very slowly. Went from five to six to seven with the latest advisory. We have buckets of rain coming through. Lets talk about what the path is right now. Really the takeaway from this path is how slow its moving at seven miles per hour. We have a lot of moisture and its going to be a long time before its out of here. Here we go. It was a category one storm when it made the landfall. Quickly downgraded to a Tropical Storm. Thats what happens when you reach the land. By 1 00 still only in parts of arkansas and up through the tennessee valley, eventually the ohio river valley and into the northeast. This is our biggest concern, a Flash Flood Watch and flash flood warning. Weve already had a lot of rain so far. This is just the beginning of it. Setting the stage for downpours over the next 48 hours. This is going to be a long event. Its not going to be until wednesday when we see how this all shakes out. The water that will be sitting there, has to find its way to streams, creeks, rivers. Then well see what destruction is done now. Its going to be heartbreaking over the next several days in some spots. Memphis, tupelo, greenville, little rock, jackson, hattiesburg. But we also have flash flood warning. Watch means conditions are favorable. Biloxi and mobile seeing the flooding happening right now. Flash flooding, that means we could see lifethreatening conditions in terms of the flooding. Radar in the last six hours, not much has changed. You see the yellows, oranges, indicating heavy downpours. Biloxi getting a little break right now but another ban will move in. This will move to the north. The track predicted a couple days ago moved to the west. So new orleans, youre going to get some rain. Were not expecting an event we were expecting a few days ago. Baton rouge in the bullseye of very heavy rain. That will move up to parts of mississippi. Where you see the pink, thats your high flood threat. Baton rouge, new orleans, also jackson, mccomb and alexandria. We have very wet ground. Weve already had roads being ripped up. We could certainly see more Power Outages. We have a lot of Power Outages in four states along the gulf coast. Were seeing winds from 15 up to 52 miles per hour. Thats going to move up to the north. We do have a futurecast in terms of wind, just to kind of show you where were going to be. By 6 00, 7 00, 8 00, the numbers right there in bat ton rouge. Not huge numbers you see big, big strong hurricanes. But you see enough to bring Power Outages down by tomorrow morning. Its sticking around. Its a very slow moving storm. It will bring the wind in place for a long time. Well also see the rain fall for a long time as well. As we go throughout monday, the same story as well. Well continue to see the rain falling especially as we move to the northeast and then the tennessee valley. In the northeast well see some rain by thursday and also friday. Richard . Just starting with that one, covering so many states, Michelle Grossman, youll get back to your commuters. Ill bring in Andrea Thompson associate editor of scientific american, justin kern from the American Red Cross joining us by phone as well. Lets start with you first, andrea. Looking at the numbers michelle is alluding to, theyre growing in terms of people losing power, leveled off in louisiana as the storm moves. As has been said, ill use a technical term, this is a chubby system, really wide, about 300, 350 miles wide. As it moves north, its affecting a lot of folks. Yes, it is. Its going to keep affecting people well inland from the coast. Some of the flooding threats will be into northern mississippi, arkansas, possibly even the Tennessee River valley. Yeah, this is affecting a huge group of people as these storms often do. When can the crews get back in there, those brave utility workers out there every time during such a situation, whether a Tropical Storm or hurricane moving through. Also, there are the services on the ground, justin. American red cross right in the middle of it. How are the services right now . How are they being taxed and what are you seeing in terms of folks coming to get some help . Absolutely. Yeah. Weve got more than nine evacuation shelters open for people in that area, especially in the baton rouge area thats getting pounded with rain. The idea to pre deploy a lot of stuff over the last few days because we knew the threat may not be from the winds, but certainly from the flooding in these areas. Setting it up in terms of having food, having places for people to stay that are safe. If you can get there, id encourage people to do it, but l if youre seeing those rising waters in the roads or if its unsafe, hunker down and shelter at home tonight if thats the best option for you. Andrea, lingering, sticking around. Gobs of water. It was said earlier at the top of the show when i was quoting one of the officials, the National Hurricane center, the director specifically saying, hey, you know, this one has offthecharts amount of water. Whats offthecharts amount of water other than seeing these pictures, a lot of water coming down in a lingering way . Part of it is, too, when you have the storms, you get these bands of thunderstorms. You can get several inches in an hour and the ground cant absorb that that quickly. Thats what causes the flooding of the it runs off into the rivers, causes the rivers to swell. Thats been a lot of whats been happening in the midwest and along the Mississippi River all spring and why the rivers are already in a precarious state. Rock and a hard place . You want them to move fast but fast often means higher winds. Yes, it can. It can be a doubleedged sword. With this one, because the main threat is rain, having it go so slowly is the last thing you want to see. You want it to move out as quickly as possible. Which makes us worry for you, justice. As we look at how slow and the deliberate nature that barry is moving, leaving so much water behind, are the folks that volunteer and work at these service centers, can they make it through two days of this . Yes, this is what they train for. This is where they really thrive, their talents and their compassion. The call is already going out for people from across the country to join them here in louisiana as well as mississippi where the stated need is right now. Well roll with it as it comes along, with the ultimate goal of helping people in need. Justin, you can go back a couple years, go back to katrina. How are you feeling this time around . I think weve done a great job of setting things up ahead of time. You dont want to compare storms, but theres a lot of great communication with partners. Thats what im hearing. So i think thats the kind of thing, were Work Together and understanding we all have a role in this and that includes people hunkering down at home watching us. Andrea, final to you. As we watch the water and a lot of it, drinking supply. This is a petrol chemical heartland, if you will, for america. You pick any statistic you want, half of the natural gas refining happens in that area in the gulf. It does. It can be a concern for those facilities in terms of preparing them. I think the companies do a lot to kind of try and guard against the flooding and things like that. With water quality, sewage can be a big issue because the infrastructure in these cities, the rain intensity is more than they can handle. Well see what the sunrise tomorrow tells us as we hit the 5 00 hour there locally. Thank you Andrea Thompson, justin kern, we a appreciate you taking the type. Justin, our thoughts with you as you do if good work. Thank you. Undocumented americans bracing for tomorrows immigration raids as the president says theyll happen tomorrow. Well have that for you next. Well have that for you next corey is living with metastatic Breast Cancer, which is Breast Cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. Shes also taking ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr her2 metastatic Breast Cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. 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Heres a hack make sure theres bandwidth for everyone. The more you know. Theres nothing to be secret about. I. C. E. Is law enforcement. Theyre great patriots. They have a tough job. Nothing to be secret about. If the word gets out, it gets out, because hundreds of people know about it. Its a major operation. If the word gets out, it gets out. It starts on sunday and theyre going to take people out and bring them back to their countries or theyre going to take criminals out, put them in prison or put them in prison in the countries they came from. Were focused on criminals as much as we can. Were now mere hours away from what the president is discussing there. The reported deportation raids targeting thousands in nearly ten major cities, nine. Undocumented immigrants and advocates from coast to coast are bracing themselves for the show of force by the trump administration. According to new york city mayor bill deblasio, these raids may have already begun in his city. He tweeted earlier his officers are receiving reports of attempted but reportedly unsuccessful i. C. E. Enforcement actions in the sunset park and harlem neighborhoods in brooklyn and manhattan in new york city. Joining us now, raul reyes, msnbc. Com contributor, diana pliego from the National Immigration law center. Thanks for being here. Raul, what are the rights please migrants will have when theyre engaged by i. C. E. . I think its a surprise to many people, if youre undocumented in this country, you have rights. Undocumented people have the right under the fifth and 14th amendment to due process, have their claims add juft kated. If youre an undocumented person and i. C. E. Comes to your door, you dont have to open the door, dont have to speak to them or give them any information. You have a right to an attorney. The problem is, in reality, these are rights that exist on the books and in principle. On the ground theyre routinely violated. And i. C. E. Will sweep up other people in the household, many times these are people latino and it opens the door for racial profiling. Theres a big gap between the laws on the books and how i it plays out at the granular level in communities. Thats one reason people are so scared. Diana, youre one of the services asked for help. Folks come and ask for help in these situations, whether families, or people here undocumented, here illegally. What is it you say to them in terms of these are your rights, this is what you can ask for. First of all, thank you very much for having us on the show and having this important conversation. I think one thing that is important for people to do is be empowered and informed. So i really encourage anyone who might be directed impacted by these raids to be informed about what those rights are that raul was pointing to. You can always visit milc. Org know your rights to know you dont have to open the door, to know the difference between the different warrants presented to you, which ones are valid and which are not. Its important to be prepared and have a plan in place in case something does actually happen. The aclu did file a lawsuit to try to stop what is going to be happening in the next 24 hours. These are the governments i. C. E. Raids. The governments system for providing notice is in chaos. In thousands of cases, the government mailed notices to incorrect addresses, sent them with no date or time and set hearings for dates including weekends when no hearings were being held at all. Raul, will that be able to stop the raids . If youre here illegally, youre here illegally. If youre here without documentation, thats a fact. However, for these people, the term of having, as we mentioned, a final order of deportation is very misleading. What this aclu lawsuit points to is many of these were issued for people in absentia, no legal requirement that they receive them. The problem for i. C. E. Going forward, im not sure if the aclu will be able to have, say, an injunction or some type of temporary restraining action to stop this. On the ground there are many people who do not know that theyre subject to removal right now, and even if i. C. E. Were to come in their homes President Trump is saying these people will be removed right away. Thats not true. They have the right to reopen their case, the right to apply for as sigh lull. If they didnt have their case adjudica adjudicated, they have a right to a lawyer, though not at government expense. This will add to the backlog in our immigration system and the overcrowding in the Detention Centers. Where are these people going to be placed . We know family detention is wildly and dangerously overcrowded. Diana, what do you tell folks who have family members in these Detention Centers . We must say the Detention Centers are often contracted to private companies here. I think, what i say to you is to, first of all, stay strong. This westbound incredibly traumatizing for people. A lot of times people are moved around from Detention Center to Detention Center, so it can be incredibly difficult to sometimes locate your loved one. I definitely encourage people to reach out to organizations that are willing and able and have the resources to help you find your family member, to get an attorney and to not give up the fight because people do have rights and they do have this right to due process even if its trying to be stripped from them, to continue fighting for your rights and make a public outcry to try to help your loved one win their case. Raul, its been said for those who are critical of the