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mississippi river. >> our hearts go out to everybody downstream. this is monumental water. never been seen before. >> that man flilives in morganz louisiana, home of the morganza spillway. it now seems likely that sometime over the weekend the army corp of engineers will open that structure for the first time since 1973 lessening the force and volume of the mighty mississippi, thus lessening the flood risks to the downstream cities of baton rouge and new orleans. but the water's got to go somewhere, and that somewhere is farmland and swamps. bayous and hamlets to the west and south. ...

People in that they're worried about things that the rest of us would be worried about too if we had that kind of money and some of the burdens that are associated with it. they're worried also that they sound like spoiled brats themselves. some of them, they really do. they said, among other things, that things that even if they have $25 million or in some cases $100 million in the bank they really don't feel financially secure. so you find that people -- they say some things that are very unsympathetic but many of the concerns are really things that people who work for a living can understan...

Biggest pension problems like illinois, california, and new jersey. karl rove is once again lashing out at sarah palin. this time in an interview with "new york" magazine where he mocks her reality tv career and debuts a palin impression. hmm. the magazine's contributor editor talked about it last night. >> rove says in your piece that things don't change quickly in politics meaning the models don't change. the rules don't change. >> he sees her as attempting to kind of circumvent the whole institutional framework of the republican party that he obviously represents. it's not in his interest...

As well. >> welcome back to "morning joe." 43 past the hour. contributor editor to "rolling stone," michael hastings whose piece on general stanley mcchrystal triggered the white house's decision to recall the commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan and accept his resignation. now, hastings has a new "rolling stone" piece on the man who took mcchrystal's place, general david petraeus. hastings writes this, during his time in iraq petraeus earned the nickname king david for the manner in which he ruled over the ancient city of mosul. to get america out of the war petraeus has turned to...

Rolling stone contributor editor. $51 million on lobbying according to the latest estimates for the center of responsive politics. most of that money was shelled out ahead of final passage. more will be spent on regulations written for reform. first, krista, with banks paying so much money to try to influence lawmakers, how worried should we be? >> i'm going to quote hillary clinton who, if you remember during the presidential campaign, she mentioned something quite interest which was, lobbying is part of the political system. it's the way vested interests explain their case. what i think is r...