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Look at this video. they have been sandbagging for days and days and days. they let the kids out of school because the kids need to put sand in the bags. no kidding. this is a big deal as the red river rises. it's for fargo, grand forks, and all of the other places. now, just kind of thinking ahead, let's hope they don't need federal funds if the government is shut down to help them save their city. here's the red river map at this point in time. it's not going to make it all the way to the flood stage. that's that dark line right there. still, a big rise all the way up to 39.5 feet, well abov...

At 9:00 eastern. all right. waiting and watching in minnesota as the red river rises. governor tim pollenty is confident flooding but they're not taking chances. 7,000 sandbags are being used to fortify the area with an extra 300,000 bags ready if needed, but engineers are keeping an eye open for any leaks. >> just so you have a joint every six feet. those joints, we believe, started failing and so we started getting water on the dry side of our levee system. >> we're kind of at ground zero right out of our back windows. >> reynolds wolf is live in moorehead, minnesota where the river is exp...

He says it is the right thing to do for the country. in an interview with a fox news channel the president says he believes congress will approve the legislation. >> do you think this is going to pass? >> i do. i'm confident it will pass. and the reason i'm confident that it's going to pass is because it's the right thing to do. look, on a whole host of these measures, whether it's health care, whether it was fixing the financial system, whether it's making sure that we pass the recovery act, i knew these things might not be popular, but i was absolutely positive that they were the right thing...

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