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Many there are trying to heed the advice to get out of the city. a little 90 miles from new orleans, biloxi, mississippi, where there is a curfew until 7:00 a.m. roads have been flooding there. >> we have been here until 5:00 a.m., making sure that we track the storm. new orleans, of course, taking a direct hit. it is a little erie that it's 7 years -- >> to the day. hit new orleans in 20 feet of water in some spots. it's the real test to see whether or not the upgraded and new levees can actually withstand this hurricane system that took after hurricane katrina. >> we begin our live coverage ...

In louisiana over topping. let's head to new orleans. jonathan seere is live for us. hi, jonathan. >> hi there. we have our local affiliate fox 8 heading down there. the levy there are reports of water over topping that. however the levy system protecting the city of new orleans so far appears to be holding very well. viewed as the first test of real storm since hurricane katrina where the levees were freed. the investment protecting that city from hurricanes like this one coming through right now. you can see the winds are really picking up. we have heavy rain and really the rains are going t...

The system will cover over the state of louisiana dropping anywhere from 18-24 inches of rain after that it is still a flood issue. a lot of the area the water has nowhere to go. authorities say they have faith in the levy system. the drastic images from 2005 there is mass devastation we saw with hurricane katrina. since then the levy system has undergone a $14 billion facelift. there is more than 133 miles surrounding the city of new orleans while the number of perish parishes that protect residents they have a $550 million water pumping system. people who hunkered down feel they have faith i...

System. there have been a $14 billion investment to upgrade the 133 mile stretch of levy system that protect this city as well as a number of vulnerable parishes oo thank you very much live in new orleans. the rnc could have opened and closed for business but not before they unveiled a real time debt clock to highlight the nation's soaring deficit. >> for this convention we also want to draw your attention to the unprecedented fiscal recklessness of the obama administration as depicted by the real time national debt clock shown here in the arena. >> kelly right now is live in washington with...

Time it accelerates by the time we head to the weekend. heather, patti ann? >> people of new orleans bracing for the brunt of the storm. we are live with the latest from louisiana. >> gulf states have declared a state of emergency. we think it will make land fall tonight or early tomorrow morning. the biggest trend of the storm is the fact that it is going to be a rain maker. this is a low lying part of the united states. so what are people doing? well if traffic is any indication there are thousands of people that booked it out of town yesterday. there was a mandatory evacuation a number of a...