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>> the mississippi already so high around new orleans. heavy rain plus a storm surge could overwhelm its system. the result could be a repeat of wednesday's flash flood emergency. one resident who lived through katrina is concerned. >> this brings some unique elements. we've never had the river this high. you know, a storm come in, the leve's are saturated. i think after the katrina system we had gustav and they did a much better job of getting people up and out and securing the city. i'm concerned, however, that they've gotten complacent. >> already states of emergency have been declared in s...

Along the louisiana coast. the weather service says barry presents a problem never seen before. a combination of heavy rain from the storm itself on top of extremely high water levels from record flooding already this year on the mississippi river. >> look, there are three ways louisiana floods, storm surge, high rivers and rain. we're going to have all three. >> the mississippi already so high around new orleans that heavy rain plus a storm surge could overwhelm its pumping system. the result would be a repeat of wednesday's flash flood emergency. one resident who lived through katrina is con...

The fight for a citizenship question on the census. instead, he's going with an executive order suggested to him a year ago. we'll explain. plus, breaking overnight. new sex trafficking charges against r&b star r. kelly. >> how many calories do you have to cut today to stay healthy? not as many as you might think. welcome back to "early start." >> i'm boris sanchez. we start in the gulf coast. they are bracing for barry. it's now a tropical storm. there are hurricane warnings along the louisiana coast. the weather service says barry presents a problem they've never seen before. the combinati...

The issues as well. >> you really look at this system here. we look at all the impacts. it has every impact associated with typical hurricanes. one of them is the winds. let's talk about that. so you think about still a tropical storm in georgia and continuing as a tropical storm across the carolinas. you will have a wind issue. heavy rain plus the wind and we're very concerned about this storm surge as well. so the rain fall, 6 to 10 inches. look at this storm surge. we have been talking about this for the last few days. a vulnerable part of the gulf of mexico where the water just gets trappe...

Even tonight. so really this is a reminder that these impacts are well ahead of that center. and we will start seeing some of these impacts as early as tonight. >> shepard: you know, the area where this thing is headed, your whole cone and beyond, that's not a big city area where people have updated their homes. this is a place where people have had houses for decades and decades they could be in a world of hurt it looks like. >> yeah, shep. that's a good point. you look at this and think about this as we head inland. still a hurricane. this is tomorrow evening. still a hurricane. this is on t...