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Up against the river on two sides. and so what you have to deal with here is this storm surge that's going to come down the river as it rains and water comes down. the storm surge pushing back up. every little bit of rain we get and every little bit that storm pushes closer, we'll move more and more water here on to street where i am, on front street, a street where a lot of these historic homes come up against the water. a lot of these residents have left. these are people that lived here a long time. they know what they're up against. this home here is about 240 years old. he and his wife he...

Are the people in your town heeding the evacuation warning? >> i feel they are. we have been disseminating the information to the citizens of this community as soon as we get it. it seems like people are taking this storm very seriously. people are evacuating, people are securing their properties. and preparing for the worst. >> in terms of what you need down there, in the aftermath of this storm, after it's blown through and taken with it what could in some places be as high as a 12-foot storm surge, not to mention, the many feet of water that could get dumped on towns like yours, do you have...

With the state department to try to negotiate something. there are a couple chips they might have used. the first lady of venezuela have two nephews imprisoned in the united states for narcotics trafficking. >> potential swaper, are you saying? >> a swap. reduction of sentence, i don't know and hugo chavez has a daughter who i understand is living in florida. so who knows, but there is some chips there that might have been used. >> it will be interesting to see if they ever learn if there is a real correlation there. good to see you. thank you so much. >> thanks. still ahead, mountains of lava...

Are still searching for missing people in the wreckage. emergency teams say hundreds of rescue workers are wading through mud with search dogs also helping out. we're now learning officials did not send out alerts to cell phones until just before 4:00a.m. on tuesday, that's after the mudslides had already started. the emergency director for santa barbara county north and west of los angeles said officials sent out warnings by e-mail, social media, and nuls outlets in the days leading up to the disaster but officials say only a small percentage of people in the area followed a voluntary evacuat...

State, is prepared to help people who do not follow those evacuation orders? >> absolutely. you know, we -- the governor has been calling his team and periodically, we'll be meeting again at 10:30. we're hoping people heed the warning. south is called an evacuation warning today because it's so close to the southern tip of plaquemines parish. we hope people will get out. we'll be ready to respond with any emergency situation after the storm passes. >> so, the president has granted that request for an emergency declaration which frees up some money to prepare for the storm. and frees up reimbur...