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the state making a decision to open the spillway and release water into some communities, burying homes in those communities to protect communities like baton rouge, new orleans, one of the extraordinary measures this state is taking. the stakes are enormous. governor jindal saying $300 million alone in crop damage, tens of millions in other property damage. there are a dozen oil refineries in flood zone. there are chemical factories, homes and businesses as well. listen to governor jindal here explaining the tough decision to open the spillway he says will protect larger communities...

and president obama makes some high school students cry. this hour, the inspiring against the odds story that brought the commander in chief to their school. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." first this hour, the shrimping republican presidential field. we've seen prominent contenders opt out of the 2012 race in recent weeks, including former arkansas governor mike huckabee. say so long to the prospect with the biggest name, deepest pockets, and most outrageous remarks. that would be none other than donald trump. he announces an event to report the tv series, celebr...

This is no small wall of dirt, this thing goes for a full mile around a full community and businesses there, and they were quite angry at the response from the government when they asked them to build the wall. here is what one guy had to say. >> he we couldn't wait for the state or government, they weren't doing nothing. thank god for them folks, they came together and put their heads together and stopped the water from coming down here. >> and it is a resilient people, the mississippiens, 1300 people have been displaced by flood waters in this county alone. most people are finding other plac...

>> rick: fox news alert. just a few hours ago the army corps of engineers opening the morganza spillway in louisiana in a bid to save baton rouge and new orleans from flooding. the rising mississippi river is taking aim at vicksburg, mississippi where the flood threat is closing in. that's where dan string .  us li. -- dan stringer is.  us li. he joins us live. >> reporter: the big levees the berms, big break walls are doing their job. some of the damage is still getting done. behind me an old railroad station about five or six feet of water. as we pan over to the left we can see a large con...

Levee. >> this is basically nothing. i mean it's not even a -- down on the bottom. >> reporter: they're looking for four distinct threats to a levee and flood wall system. like the one keeping the mississippi out of the streets of memphis. first, overtopping. that's lapping over the top. the army corps says that threat has passed, and in fact the river could rise another six feet before going over the flood wall. second, erosion of the levees. those dirt berms remain strong and then the flood walls protecting downtown, they too appear to be holding. the fourth and final threat are those sand b...