Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120815:18:48:00
Today msnbc joins all our plat fors in providing special coverage of what's become one of the worst droughts ever in the u.s. a new report issued today shows it's the worsts in more than 50 years and covers more than 57% of the lower 4 states. think about that, shows no signs of easing centered in the nation's midwest farm belt. expected to result in higher food and other prices in the months ahead because crops, particularly corn and soybean crops have dried up. farmers struggling to feed their animals and barge traffic banned or restricted in parts of the mississippi river because of near re...