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And this team went into that area and covered it with plastic in anticipation of the flooding that over the next few -- not flooding, but the rainfall over the next few days. eric: are there any people in danger at the moment or is it pretty well under control, even though we're seeing live pictures from conway of how massive and strong this flooding is. >> we have 22 miles of levy system in crawford county that protects severa square miles, im talking probably 5,000, 6,000 square miles of land along the arkansas river. but anyway, that area is -- we're very concerned with. as long as we have ...

Necessary. joining us is now one of those people is jim darling of mcallen, texas. of the border that your city shares with mexico, what percentage, if any, do you have any sort of barrier, fence or wall on it currently? >> well, we're not right on the border. we're a couple miles away from the border but our southern portion of the city has some wall on it. it's on the levies. we have a levy system that controls the river flow from flooding and several years ago they built some walls on the levy as part of a levy improvement program so we do have some in our city. >> mayor, how would you desc...

Something we entertain a lot of folks from up north, they call affectionally snow birds down there. when it is cold up north, they come down south. they're great. it's great for them. it's great for the economy. it is great for jobs. so that would be one example of a way to work collaboratively with the state and local officials, to come up with the right solution. i remember a few years back in hi hildalgo county, texas, using the steakeholder approach, we came up with a win-win propositi proposition. you're familiar with a levy wall. >> yes, sir. >> there was obviously a need to improve the ...

For more blooding. emergency management director for alexander, illinois. mike turner. mike, we know one levy has already over topped. are you monitoring a second potential breach? >> well, yeah right now, it is actually the same levy. what started overtopping yesterday, there were five breaches in it that occurred last night. but it is the same levy system that other levies appear to be right now holding pretty good. it's the small levy that we're concerned with that we've had the problems with so far. >> my goodness. so what about evacuations and the concerns, you know, of residents potentia...

Behind you. >> reporter: that's exactly right, tamron, we're here in laplace and president obama is scheduled to travel here in just a few hours, a trip the white house says was scheduled before mitt romney's trip to louisiana last friday. and behind me is what the president will see, people's lives in their front yards. residents here are still cleaning up the damage days after hurricane isaac blew through here, and this neighborhood in particular took about four feet of water in the streets, several inches in homes. it might not sound like a lot, but it's amazing what several inches of water...