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Years. >> perhaps we'll interview josh romney in a few decades. thank you for being on the show. >> sure. >> watch the full report on the romney 5 continue on "rock center with brian williams" on the local nbc station. there's no relief in sight as the most widespread drought in more than 50 years is worse with each passing day. punishing heat and lack of rain devastated crops of california to the midwest, as far north as michigan. farmers have seen more than a third of all corn and soybean crops wither and die in the fields. it's left the agriculture secretary vilsack with few options. >> i...

And the mississippi river isn't nearly as mighty as it should be. >> this seems to me we're starting to get a little thin here. >> very thin. >> reporter: george level runs a tow boat company in memphis. his crews navigate massive barges through these increasingly narrow channels dotted with dry docks. one of his men shot this picture of an island that appeared right in front of his boat. >> we lose another couple of feet, we'll be in bad shape. >> watch when our captain hit a shallow spot. nothing but thick, dark mud spewing from the back of the boat. the river is more than 17 feet below norm...