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Statistics. in april, it was at 14.5 end in june it was 12.8. our experts say the construction workers are finding work in other fields. the general contractors of america breakdown like this actor has been struggling. >> construction really depends on overall demand. we need to see continued growth in the rest of the economy, a stronger rate for office construction and retail construction. the public sector has formally been a big source of construction activity and that has been declining for over a year now. that is going to continue to be a problem area. reporter: as for the public sector,...

Results from the washington caucuses. the next step as you mentioned in the republican presidential campaign process, mitt romney has 31 percent of the vote romney next -- paul 27 percent, santorum 16 percent. mostly in the eastern part of the state. the bigger voter rich counties will be coming in through out the evening. we are keeping our eye on all of these results. an eye on the campaigning for super tuesday races as well. we have fox team coverage tonight. chief political correspondent karl cameron is in cincinnati ohio. we begin with dan springer in seattle. good evening, dan. >> ron pa...

Before the water is going to make it to areas including new orleans. right now, you can see we have a river of 12.8 meters. that's vicksburg. that's major flood stage. the same for natchez and baton rouge. notice we're dealing with moderate flooding for new orleans. that's good news with the area being so low, they need all the protection they can get. >> my goodness, still talking about potentially two more weeks of agony, being on the edge of your seat? >> absolutely. may 22nd. >> jennifer, thanks so much. other stories making news right now. two islamic leaders in south florida and one of...

How a levee works. say if the levee fails, we'll see all this water rushing through, and you have to keep in mind with the morgan city and the atchafalaya basin, they're going to see the water coming through. if you have a levee there, of course, hopefully the water stays below it. by opening up the morganza spillway, that's going to need more protection downstream for areas like baton rouge and new orleans, and they need it because that's a low-lying area. you're looking at area of them opening up part of the morganza spillway. let's talk utwhat we're going to expect and how far we're going t...