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show you its powerful punch in many forms. right here the pace of change is slow yet certain. last night we showed you the spillway from above a helicopter ride. the gates open toded to the gates open toded t divert wr away from mississippi. now the water is rising slowly as you see it. you see the rails that go up behind my shoulder. nose are normally dry. that's the edge of the river. it's rising more slowly than the engineers originally predicted. the folks were told by the mississippi crests near here next tuesday many of the homes could be underwater. dwayne moved here four mont...

Louisiana, he'll be anchoring his show "john king usa" from there at the top of the hour. tell us what's going on right now. because this is an awful situation and enormous dilemma. >> it is remarkable what we're seeing here, wolf, some small communities being sacrificed to protect larger communities like baton rouge and new orleans. i'm in morgan city right now. this is the town's flood wall. you should be able to walk down there. that's a wharf down there. instead four feet of water and the water slowly rising there. that is why this state is taking remarkable extraordinary measures to keep ...

Is an historic part of this town. this is the frontlines of the flood here in mississippi. right now they're hoping it's going to hold, but as you say, john, they don't really know because the crest is not here yet. john? >> martin savidge for us. as he noted on the front line in mississippi. this is the front line in louisiana. trying to keep the water out of populated areas, the u.s. army corps of engineers, new orleans office. i know you're very busy. what is your biggest challenge right now? the spillway is open, things seem to be going as predicted. >> now what we're working on is working...

Any planned medical or dental procedures, and don't stop taking pradaxa without your doctor's approval, as stopping may increase your stroke risk. other side effects include indigestion, stomach pain, upset, or burning. if you have afib not caused by a heart valve problem, ask your doctor if pradaxa can reduce your risk of a stroke. you're looking at live pictures here, morgan city, louisiana. no parking on wharf. that means cars, not boats, ladies and gentlemen. the water on that dock is three, four feet high and rising. you could walk down there, you could drive a car down there. this is m...

The water into an unpopulated area, into the wetlands. it will be good to rebuild the wetlands, but rebuild those homes as well. this is incredibly important. this will be done by tomorrow. a great innovative way with the flood waters. this one is being sunk 500 feet along, 30 feet deep. sunk in place with sheet piling and rocks. if you went behind us, it would go to ultimately lake lelore. you got a 20-foot flood wall, the water comes to the spillway, the flood wall protects it but it comes back to the lake. this will stop it from happening. >> on the boat ride out you took a call from the pr...