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The execution of the morganza bridge was by design. the way the corps did this, they played the playbook, and the playbooks worked. they released the pressure, the water will go through the ach atchafala atchafalaya. >> general, what a decision to have to make. you have to weigh -- you know, this is the best of all options, but still, a lot of people are going to be hurt by this and impacted by this. >> we're writing history. as of 3:00 today when they went into the process of opening that flood gate, we are writing history. the difference between this flood and previous floods in 1927 and 193...

At about four miles an hour. they stop every half hour, take a measurement, gather the data and transmit it so everyone else knows where the crest is. they will do that all the way down to mile marker zero and the gulf of mexico. they have a long way to go, probably will be doing that all the way to the end of the month, fredicka. >> martin savidge from greenville. let's check in with jennifer delgado in the weather center. more on this situation. it's very frightening for those who operate their homes and businesses. from some of the video we saw, serious evacuations and it looks successful...

a re-sounding success. watch or dvr inside the mission, getting bin laden tonight, 8:00 eastern time. topping our news at this hour, louisiana's morganza spillway is opening. it's expecting to begin burdening the waters away from new orleans and baton rouge. while many homes will be protected, the homes and farms of 2500 people will be expected to be flooded. >> an arrest warrant may be issued for moammar gadhafi. an international close to the courts cells cnn to expect a formal announcement on monday. it's the first time the icc has investigated alleged crimes against humanity. ...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello. you're in the cnn newsroom this saturday, may 14th, i'm fredricka whitfield. saving two of louisiana's biggest cities at the sacrifice of flooding homes and farmland. that's what will likely happen as the u.s. army corps of engineers opens the morganza spillway beginning an hour from now. while opening the gaelts would slowly divert floodwaters from baton rouge and new orleans, areas in yellow could get up to 20 feet of water, in green up to 15 feet. the morganza spillway hasn't been opened in nearly 40 years. but for the u.s. army corps...

flood walls. those walls could fail. the city's mayor talked about his concerns with our ed lavandera. >> are you worried about it flooding? this is the heart of the city right here. >> it is the heart of the city, primarily protected by that wall right there. it would take a failure of that wall before this would be at risk. what we're really concerned about is that high river stage raising the water level back where the lake is, and if that got topped, because that level of protection is not nearly as high as that, if that got topped, the water is going to flow throughout the city....