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Some other things. are they going to save the city, i doubt it. i don't know. cities in the pachlk dorian, what they've done is basically built a pumping system. it works to a point. it is built to a 10-year design. it can pump out water when you have these heavy rain storms. but if they get whacked by hurricane 3 or 4 storm that will push huge amount ofs of water up into the city. it has been flooding like mad. >> epic storms, rising seas and

Imperative that you heed the directions of fema. we are working closely with state and local officials, be prepared, be careful and be safe. there is the age-old problem. new orleans, a city that has existed below sea level better than 300 years, the problem is let the good times roll and take it easy. one of the reasons people are staying put in many cases, they are expecting anywhere from 10 to 20 inches of rain. the city's pumping system admits they cannot handle that if it happens, we are looking at some flooding, how much we don't know. carley: that is some scary stuff, stay on guard. we ...

Orleans and really inundated the city. bourbon street was under water. other portions of the french quarter under water. that water has now receded for the most part. people have been pumping it out. but they have gotten a taste of why these sandbags are so important. why keeping storm drains is so important. because we expect a lot, lot more of that to come. it explains the urgency of the president's tweet. he said and i will read the pertinent part of his tweet. as you make preparations to protect your homes and loved ones from the storm. it's imperative that you heed the directions of fema,...

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...