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Damage and widespread flooding. in a situation where you have levees, the artificial structure is built on both sides of the river bed and the water can rise, but, in theory, it's not expected to go over the side of the levee that you have. the structure. almost like a fortification, if you will. the game plan is, hopefully, those waters will not top the levees. one thing we need is the cooperation of mother nature. in other words, we don't need any precipitation. right now the forecast is going to keep the rain far to the north, also to the east and more of a developing farther out towards th...

Passing baton rouge heading down towards new orleans. meanwhile, you have this area surrounded by this blue line. the blue lines happen to represent the levees that we have. when you have flood gates when they open, we expect the water to flood through here and not a quick process, slow moving. but by the time things are done, you could have water in excess of 20 feet in some locations. so, 20 feet high. now, when you have this area that is home to some 25,000 people with structures that number around 11,000, you're going to have a lot of damage. all this water falling down towards morgan city...

expected to be open in maybe just the next few hours, leaving residents in low-lying areas preparing for the worst. we have a live report coming your way in just a second. also, can i tell you about some surprising discoveries at osama bin laden's compound and the intensifying diplomatic fallout. then a little later, so happy to share with you a candid conversation with baseball legend hank aaron. the home run king. some say still the home run king talking about what it was like breaking babe ruth's record. why it wasn't necessarily the career highlight that it should have been. ...

From 31 states water ultimately makes its way into the mississippi river drainage basin. that's why when you have this problem it can be so profound. what is at risk here? let's bring up this area. you look at the most at risk area, greenville, mississippi, baton rouge, louisiana. let's show you something stunning. before and after in satellite image. this is fulton, tennessee. this is mostly land. you can tell looking at it. you see river beds over here. river bed over here. watch this as you come through. wow. water. just coming in over that. that's one image. let me close that one down. we'...

As for jared loughner, police recovered a bag containing several boxes of ammunition that they say matches the type used in the shootings. the fbi now has that bag. it was located in a dry river bed. loughner's father says he confronted him about the bag the morning of shooting, asked him what it was, asked him what he was doing with it and got no clear answer from his son. we begin keeping them honest with tough questions about whether loughner's school dropped the ball. today pima community college released records showing incident after incident of loughner's bizarre and troubling behavior,...