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With the latest. >> for hundreds of miles along the mississippi river, battles are being fought. some big, some small in some cases there are hard decisions being made that protect whole cities flooding crops and farmers. as the mississippi river continues the slow rise heading for gulf of mexico and more homes are getting swallowed by the raging water, u.s. army corps of engineer and governor in the delta seem resigned to open flood wave for the second time ever to relieve pressure on levees that protect new orleans and baton rouge. >> it's extremely likely that the corps decide to open up th...

It would flood thousands of homes, and inundate a stretch of farmland but protect baton rouge and new orleans from the swollen river. kris gutierrez is there live and i understand you got an exclusive tour of the area with the governor? >> reporter: you are exactly right, jamie, governor jindal and i toured the morganza spill way north of baton rouge and it could be opened as early as tomorrow and opening that could save the capital city and you can see officials are preparing for the rising mississippi river. >> down here, in louisiana we have learned hope for the best and prepare for the wor...

>> for hundreds of miles along the mississippi river, battles are being fought. some big, some small in some cases there are hard decisions being made that protect whole cities flooding crops and farmers. as the mississippi river continues the slow rise heading for gulf of mexico and more homes are getting swallowed by the raging water, u.s. army corps of engineer and governor in the delta seem resigned to open flood wave for the second time ever to relieve pressure on levees that protect new orleans and baton rouge. >> it's extremely likely that the corps decide to open up the spillway could ...

Set back for their party who now has to defend another open seat in a jon kyl of arizona. and kay bailey hutchinson of texas. president obama heading to tennessee next week to meet with victims of the mississippi river flooding. the white house says he will visit memphis on monday to talk with first responders and government officials. the president has declared memphis and nearby counties disaster areas so they can get federal help. he is also planning to give commencement address at a high school that won a white house contest. army engineers have made an agonizing decision to intentionally ...

Leave us alone and drop back down into its banks, it's going to be a long arduous clean up chore. hopefully i will be able to get the house back into shape so i can move back in again. >> more and more roads are being washed out across the state, making it very difficult to move around and stay. the president officially declared 14 separate counties in mississippi as disaster areas. jon, back to you. >> what a tragedy, steve harrigan, thank you. moving south. the river has topped a levee in louisiana flooding 12,000 acres of farmland there. the port of new orleans says the coast guard could cl...