Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20190713:17:46:00
It's not a main levee. it's a back levee. it points further stop. highway 23 has not been overtopped. it has not been closed. that is possible going forward. this validates i believe the decision that president kirk lapine made to have a mandatory evacuation in the lower portion of plakaman's parish. we anticipated that the back levee would be overtopped and so we are not surprised by what has happened. but what everyone should understand, no mississippi river levee has been overtopped and not a single levee in the state of louisiana as of right now has failed or breached. finally, i want to s...