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Because north of the spillway, there are millions of acres of flooded communities and farms. in vicksburg, mississippi, the river is 13 feet above flood stage and still rising. my colleague martin savage is there, and martin, i understand that you got off of a boat? >> well, we did, randi. this is a historic town that is now facing a historic flood. they have about 1,700 people area-wide forced out of their homes because of the flood waters continuing to rise and threaten the downtown area. joining me now is the mayor. thank you very much, sir, for being with us today. >> thank you for having ...

Meet with flood victims and some of the state's first responders. >> meantime the mississippi river still on the rise and in vicksburg, the flood waters forcing more road closures, homes in the area, getting swamped. dang springer is live at the flood gates in downtown vicksburg. how high is the water in vicksburg today, dan tion and when is it expected to crest? >> reporter: jon, it's still rising slowly here, the number is 56.7 feet here in vicksburg, expected to crest at 57.5 on thursday. now, that number may not mean much to you but it's at an all time high, the record set in 1927, but thi...

new york city. dominique strauss-khan was arrested saturday for allegedly chasing a housekeeper through his luxury hotel suite naked and trying to force himself on her. let's go straight to richard roth who's been following today's developments. richard, bring us up to date. >> reporter: randi, the proceedings have just concluded and basically, dominique strauss-khan, the leader of the international monetary fund, has been charged with sexual assault on a maid in a new york hotel in times square on saturday. we're just now seeing and we just heard the formal charges so it is importan...

Church services were in full swing in most of the areas, but a lot of places like this one had water preventing people to get to church and we thought the church would have services today when we were here last night at this time. the parking lot was free from water. but in 24 hours you can see what's happened. it's become a lake and so the water still rises and water still pushing into places like this, affecting people where they can go and what they can do, and they're just waiting for the crest to happen on thursday at a record 57.5 feet. they passed the all-time record yesterday, which st...

To rise above 56 feet today. on this side, you see what they tried to do. they placed hesco barriers, and these are usually seen military sites to buffer explosions. and the crest -- the river is not expected to crest until thursday at 57.5 feet. many people evacuated. 3,000 people across mississippi are expected to be out of their homes, and when they are able to get back is yet to be sceneen. all eyes will be on the levees, and the army corps of engineers spent the weekend trying to shore up what they can of the levees. many people are operating on the worse case scenario, and they packed up...